Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

"Although Tao Gongzu is a good person, he is really bad at knowing and employing people. Yuanlong, you are so good at governing political affairs. Before that, the Dongyang county magistrate did a good job, but Tao Gongzu insisted on transferring you to Pengcheng to serve as the Diannong school. Wei..."

"What bullshit is Captain Diannong? I've only heard of Captain Diannong, but I haven't heard of the term Diannong."

"While in charge of military training, and at the same time using soldiers to cultivate fields, how can the combat effectiveness of soldiers compare with the regular army!"

"And you, Jing Xing, we all know about your situation. You resigned from office to observe your filial piety because of the death of the old Taiwei Yang. In the past three years, you have rejected many referrals from aristocratic families. You have long been in the eyes of those aristocratic families. Bad reputation."

"Tao Gongzu caught up with you this time and the three-year filial piety period has expired. He asked you to come out to relax. To put it bluntly, isn't it just to help you get rid of the constraints of those guys who don't like you?"

"If you want me to say, it's better for us brothers to follow Zhang Shijun together. Yuanlong, you are both civil and military. Whether it's civil or military, you can find a good position if you think about it."

"As for you, Jing Xing, you can rely on your own ability to make a career in Lujiang, isn't it much better than being persecuted in your hometown?"

It has to be said that Mi Fang is still quite talented in speech, and he has not lived up to his Mi family's reputation at all.

It was only a few breaths of effort, and I saw that he was a little excited to help Chen Deng and Wang Lang analyze the pros and cons, and he denounced Tao Qian's "faintness" like a cannonball, feeling angry on behalf of his good friend Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong.

Even as he was talking, he stood up with a dancing expression, completely different from the languid look he had just now.

"How is it? I guess the envoy just sent will come back later. According to what I know about Mr. Zhang, he will definitely invite us to a banquet to discuss the development of Lujiang."

"Why don't we serve each other together later, I will definitely speak good words for you two, Yuanlong and Jingxing, so that Shijun can use you well!"

Swallowing, Mi Fang looked at the two people beside her with some excitement.

At this moment, Chen Deng and Wang Lang looked at each other, and in each other's eyes, they both keenly noticed something different.

"Um...then, why don't we wait until the banquet later, and let's meet the envoy Zhang first?"

After a moment of silence, Wang Lang tentatively opened his mouth and said to Mi Fang.

Chapter 29 I'll talk about it later

It has to be said that Chen Deng was still a little moved by what Mi Fang said just now.

Although he said that he has now served under Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, just like what Mi Fang said just now, whether he is in politics or leading the army, Chen Deng has a lot of confidence to do well, but Tao Qian, on the contrary An official post of Lieutenant of Diannong was arranged for him.

To put it mildly, this official position is for Chen Deng to organize farmers to receive training during slack time, so as to improve the overall quality of soldiers in Xuzhou.

To put it bluntly, it is to let the soldiers under his hands not concentrate on training, but turn to farming, so as to increase the output of grain in the Xuzhou area while maintaining a large number of active soldiers.

This looks really good, and during his three years as the captain of Diannong, Chen Deng has indeed increased the grain production in the entire Xuzhou area by more than [-]%, and even made the plain near Pengcheng known as the world's granary. The harvest can feed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the entire Han court.

What about the cost?

Although the post of Diannong school lieutenant made Xuzhou's output and military strength look a lot better on paper, but Chen Deng himself knew that it was not to be compared with Qingzhou and Jizhou soldiers and horses who were also in the north. Although Tao Qian's subordinates are also known as having [-] elite soldiers, the actual combat effectiveness of these [-] soldiers and horses may be inferior to that of Yanzhou, or even Yangzhou.

You know, only four or five years ago, Xuzhou's elite soldiers were not the paper tigers that anyone can come up to and squeeze!

There is a saying in the ancient military book: "Danyang Mountain is dangerous, the people are many and vigorous, good at martial arts, and have noble strength. It is a place where elite soldiers come forth in large numbers."

And although Danyang is located in Yangzhou rather than Xuzhou, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, was originally from Danyang. When he first took office as the governor of Xuzhou, he was accompanied by a group of Danyang elite soldiers of about 3000 people. These 3000 people were all Tao Qian. The Xiangdang Party, invincible in all battles in the northern region, even came from the same line as the five thousand elite soldiers under Li Ling, the grandson of Li Guang who attacked the Huns in the north hundreds of years ago.

At that time, not to mention comparing it with other northern frontier troops, even the Imperial City Forbidden Army under General He Jin might not be able to gain any benefits from the well-established Danyang elite soldiers.

But now?

Recalling what he had seen and heard over the years, Chen Deng couldn't help but feel a little regretful in his heart.

"Tao Gongzu...is still a bit old after all."

Slightly pursing his lips, Chen Deng dared to say that the three thousand Danyang elite soldiers in Xuzhou now, not to mention letting them attack the Huns in the north like their ancestors, with one enemy, even if they let these people and the Qingzhou rebels on the northern border of Xuzhou Competing, this group of people may not be able to get any benefits.

On the contrary, when it comes to farming, if you go to test the other party for some seasonal agricultural festivals, the other party will definitely come and talk to you eloquently for a whole day.

Indeed, Xuzhou now has the most abundant food in the world, and Xuzhou has the largest number of soldiers and horses among the thirteen prefectures in the Han Dynasty. This is just Tao Qian who confuses the soldiers and peasants under his command. This is all false, and they are all paper tigers. ah!

Today's world is in chaos, and the princes from all over the world are busy expanding their military equipment. Once the future... the world changes, then this Xuzhou will become a piece of fat on the entire land of China, and anyone will come up with it Take a bite.

Unavoidably, a trace of worry arose in his heart, Chen Deng just gave Mi Fang a look that said nothing, then he lowered his head and meditated, without further words.

Unlike Mi Fang, Chen Deng is the eldest son of the Chen family in Xuzhou, and will need to inherit Chen Gui's status as the head of the family in the future.

Therefore, even if he is moved by Mi Fang's suggestion at the moment, for the sake of his personal face and the safety of his family, he cannot directly betray Tao Qian and switch to Zhang Yan's sect like Mi Fang did.

The reason why Mi Fang was able to do whatever she wanted, to come and go as she wanted, was because of Tao Qian's weakness of character, but in the final analysis, it was because of Mi Fang's elder brother, Mi Zhu, who was famous above her. He, Mi Fang, stood up to express his position.

As long as Mi Zhu is still under the Xuzhou Governor Tao Qian's hand for a day, Mi Fang's actions will always be his own actions, and will not represent the interests of the entire Xuzhou Mi family.

For the same thing, it was different when it was Chen Deng's turn.

In the Chen family, he, Chen Deng, was the legitimate son, and his older brother, Chen Ying, was just Chen Gui's concubine.

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But then again, although Chen Deng was limited by his background, even if Chen Deng had some complaints about Tao Qian's actions in his heart, he still had no way to rebel from Tao Qian's tent, which can be used as Tao Qian this time. The "envoys" sent by Qianwai secretly planted a seed on Zhang Yan's side, or simply reached an agreement with Zhang Yan himself first, but there was nothing inappropriate.

Taking a step back, Tao Qian is already old now, and Chen Deng is only 25 or six years old, so he can still wait.

Secretly made up his mind, Chen Deng planned to wait until he met Zhang Yan to see if the so-called "son of the eunuch" on the other side was really what the colleagues from the aristocratic family in Luoyang in the north said. Unbearable.

As for Wang Lang, after hearing Mi Fang's persuasion, he was far less natural than Chen Deng showed.

"Zi Fang, don't bring this matter up again!"

"It's not the time yet, wait until we see the envoy himself!"

A drop of cold sweat dripped from the forehead. Although Wang Lang and Mi Fang hadn't been together for a long time, what Mi Fang said just now really spoke to Wang Lang's heart.

Who is Wang Lang?He is a man of letters!

What do literati seek?It's just one "fame", two "benefits" and three "dignity", just three simple points.

Don't look at him, Wang Lang, in order to show his filial piety to his mentor Yang Ci, he was recommended by his fellow aristocratic families several times, but he kept his door behind closed doors. Isn't he all for his own reputation?

Don't you see, among the students of the old Taiwei Yang Ci, now he is famous in the official circles of the Eastern Han Dynasty for his image of loyalty and filial piety. This is the real reputation, which is what he has been pursuing as a scholar.

As for serving under Zhang Yan's command, the remaining "profit" and "dignity" may be a matter of time if you want to get them.

To be honest, after discussing with Chen Deng just now, Wang Lang only felt that he had never been so close to realizing his life aspirations.

"Hey, Jingxing look at you like that!"

"Okay, okay, I won't say it, it won't work if I don't say it?"

"Look at the one or two of you, I'm obviously doing it for your own good, but you act like I'm a lobbyist, who cares!"

On the other side, Mi Fang pouted sharply at Wang Lang when she heard the words.

When he was persuading the other party just now, he could clearly see the hesitation in Wang Lang's eyes, and now it has not been a while, and the other party has started to put on an act again, this kind of thick-skinned really makes Mi Fang a little embarrassed accept.

But it didn't take too long, just when Mi Fang was still thinking about whether to persuade the two of them, an envoy whom he had sent out to deliver a message earlier walked towards the three of them, sweating profusely come over.

"Young Master Mi, Young Master Mi! The news has arrived for you!"

"The Marquis of Wan said that he would host a banquet for the three of you in the official office of Wan City at noon today..."

"Look, why don't we start now?"

Chapter 30 The Man Wang Situ

"Haha, today is really double happiness, double happiness."

"Yuanlong, Jingxing, you two don't know something. Ever since I left Zizhong, I have been thinking about it all day long. I don't know what kind of help Tao Gongzu will send for me. I really didn't expect that the two of you followed Zifang and him." Come to our place in Lujiang together."

"Come, come, come and sit with me. I have ordered a banquet to be prepared in this official office. Let's eat and talk about the future of Lujiang."

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Speaking of Zhang Yan, ever since he learned of Mi Fang's return when he was dealing with government affairs, he immediately ordered the servants in the government office to prepare a banquet, planning to meet Mi Fang, a lost and recovered family member, for a while. At the same time, he was thinking about what kind of position to put the other party in.

But it didn't take too long, the porter at the door announced that Mi Fang, son of the Mi family, had arrived at the Wancheng government office and brought two friends with him.

Because in the previous greeting post, Mi Fang did not elaborate on who he would bring along, but said that they were two good friends from his hometown in Xuzhou, so Zhang Yan didn't think much about it, and just thought it was some ordinary people who were traveling with him. Scholars, I plan to come and join me together.

Therefore, Zhang Yan also planned to have a banquet with the two of them, and then choose two suitable places in Wancheng to settle each other down.

After all, Wancheng is now in a period of development, and it can be said that what is most lacking is scholars. Whether it is the two largest government departments, the Civil Affairs Administration and the Public Security Administration established before, or the newly established Propaganda Department, they are all in a state. If you are willing to join, you will definitely not be picky eaters.

But what he didn't expect was that when he happily ran to the door, intending to take the three of them into the hall, under Mi Fang's introduction, he found that the guests Mi Fang was talking about were obviously not just friends from his hometown as simple as that.

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"What, you are Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong?"

Are you talking about that Chen Yuanlong from the Chen family, a century-old family in Xuzhou?

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"And this one, Wang Si...cough, Wang Lang, Wang Jingxing?"

"Wang Jingxing, the master of Confucian classics, who studied under Old Taiwei Yang?"

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"Long time, long time!"

"Come, come, come with me, both of you!"

"Zi Fang, why didn't you inform me first, you almost neglected these two distinguished guests!"

Looking at the amiable Chen Deng and Wang Lang who were following behind Mi Fang in front of me with some surprise, Zhang Yan didn't react at the first time when Mi Fang introduced him, the expression on his face There was a hint of astonishment on the expression.

Then, under Mi Fang's reminder, he remembered the agreement he had made with Mi Fang's elder brother Mi Zhu in Luoyang City nearly three months ago.

That is to say, he asked Tao Qian, governor of Xuzhou, to send civil servants to help him manage Lujiang, and Zhang Yan accepted a favor from Tao Qian. If Tao Qian needed it in the future, he would stand up and help him.

If you really want to say it, it was a long, long time ago.

Since Mi Zhu had not mentioned this matter to Zhang Yan in correspondence for more than three months, Zhang Yan thought it was Tao Qian who rejected his request, and this matter was dead.

However, Zhang Yan did not expect that today these two people not only came to Lujiang to help him with Mi Fang, but also their identities were extremely important.

It was also today, after Mi Fang's explanations, that Zhang Yan knew that Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou who settled far to the north of Lujiang River, not only did not refuse Zhang Yan's request, but was even persuaded by Mi Zhu. , sent him two all-round talents who are both civil and military, capable of governing and leading troops.

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"Hey, this is probably the strongest team that good old man Tao Qian can bring out in this period of time, right?"

"Even if this kind of talent dares to borrow from others, are you really not afraid that I won't return it to him?"

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He slandered secretly in his heart. Although he had already known Tao Qian's character from a series of novels and historical materials, Zhang Yan still couldn't help but feel a little bit of Tao Qian's help when he really faced the other party's great help. surprise.