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

Afterwards, he got up and handed over the two volumes of orders bearing his prefect's golden seal to the two of them.

"Then, from now on, Jing Xing will be the magistrate of Xiang'an County under the jurisdiction of Lujiang County. Yuanlong, you are younger and more energetic, so you will be named the magistrate of Qian County under the jurisdiction of Lujiang County first."

"Qian County is no different than other counties. It was deeply influenced by the Shanyue bandits before. Therefore, if you want to completely free yourself from the desert, it may take a lot of effort."

"Although the two of you are from Xuzhou Tao Gongzu, I have always trusted you unconditionally, just like I trusted Kuai Qi and Mi Fang."

"The future of Lujiang County is left to the two of you."

Chapter 37 Three tasks for this year

"That's the end of the story, then I, Chen Deng, will do my best to protect the people of one side, and I will never fail the entrustment of the envoy."

"It's just a matter of identity. Since my father is still working in Peixian County, and my Chen family is located in Xiapi... I hope you can forgive me a lot."

Opposite to Zhang Yan, after hearing what Zhang Yan said, Chen Deng took the transfer order in his hand with a sigh.

He also didn't expect that he would be freed from the damned position of Tuntian school lieutenant just a few years after resigning from Dongyang County, and become the county magistrate in charge of the life and death of the people once again by means of expatriation.

However, although Chen Deng had a good impression of Zhang Yan's generous behavior, after thinking about it for a long time, he still trembled his lips and explained something to Zhang Yan.

And the word "lord" was naturally replaced by the word "envoy".

"I hope you can understand that Wang Lang has nothing to do here..."

"It's just the post of magistrate of Xiang'an County. If Shi Jun doesn't dislike my lack of talent and learning, then I will go all out to solve Shi Jun's worries and problems."

At the same time, Wang Lang's voice came from the other side of Zhang Yan.

……

"As the saying goes, the king envoys his ministers with courtesy, and the ministers serve the king with loyalty."

"Although Tao Gongzu said that he was old, he treated me with courtesy. Although Wang Lang and I are not a famous scholar, I can't do anything that is worthless."

He explained to Zhang Yan with some embarrassment, and Wang Lang also understood that what he and Chen Deng did was tantamount to taking advantage of Zhang Yan but not doing anything, it was really unreasonable.

But when he thought about the situation of his own family and the reputation he had managed so hard to manage, Wang Lang felt a little hard to give up.

Fortunately, Zhang Yan is not an awkward character, so after hearing Chen Deng and Wang Lang express their opinions successively, he did not have any displeasure, so he patted each other's hands carelessly, and took the initiative to He comforted the two people present.

"It's okay, I understand, I understand."

"After all, loyal ministers don't matter to two masters. Yuan Long and Jing Xing are both first-class celebrities, so naturally they wouldn't do that kind of unethical behavior."

"Of course, I won't force you two. It would be best if you two can follow me all the time. If you can't, there is no need to have any psychological burden."

"I was the one who brought up the matter of borrowing someone from Tao Gongzu this time, so I definitely won't have any bad thoughts because of the statements of the two of you. I can only thank you for your help."

"It's just... just like the old saying, a good bird chooses a tree to rest, and a good minister chooses a leader to serve. As long as Tao Gongzu is still in power, then I will not force others, but if Mr. Tao is old..."

"If he is older, then there will really be such a day, and I hope the two of you can give priority to it."

"The gate of Lujiang will always be open to you."

Talking softly to the two, Zhang Yan didn't care about the attitudes of Chen Deng and Wang Lang for a while.As long as he is willing to do things under his hands, it is not very important to him now whether to change his mouth and when to change his mouth.

After all, he also knew that even if he didn't do anything, at Tao Qian's age, he probably didn't have many years to live well in the Qin and Han Dynasties.

Compared with people in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Yan naturally has many advantages in intelligence:

For example, in the next few years, Cao Cao will launch a large-scale attack on Xuzhou, where Tao Qian is located, in 193 AD for revenge on the surface and secretly to snatch food.

After the people in Xuzhou were massacred by Cao Cao, Tao Qian would become ill because of his weakness, and eventually died of illness in his hometown Danyang.

Even with the development of this world line, Tao Qian relied on Zhang Yan's relationship to resist Cao Cao's attack, but for an old man who is a few dozen years older, Tao Qian's lifespan is already dying, and he can't stand anything too big toss.

If Tao Qian died of illness, even if Zhang Yan wanted to take the initiative to "return" Wang Lang and Chen Deng, it would be impossible to talk about it.

……

"This……"

"Well, since the envoy has said so, if I refuse again, it will appear a little ignorant."

"Since Tao Gongzu's order is for me and Jing Xing to assist Zhang Shijun, then we will naturally strictly abide by Tao Gongzu's order, and give priority to the king's perspective in everything."

Bowing in the direction of Zhang Yan, Chen Deng corrected his mentality after hearing the words, and together with Wang Lang, they bowed their hands to Zhang Yan's figure one after the other.

At this point, Zhang Yancai nodded with a smile, then explained the situation in Lujiang to several people present, and began to give orders.

……

"Okay, then this matter will be settled like this. Since I have just been appointed as the prefect of Lujiang not long ago, I am not too familiar with the whole situation of Lujiang."

"As you saw when you came here, the entire Lujiang River is carrying out a large-scale census and registration centered on Wancheng."

"After you have taken up your respective positions, you have to find out the population under your jurisdiction as soon as Wancheng did. You can discuss the specific method with Kuai Qi."

Pointing to the direction of Kuai Qi, Zhang Yan continued to speak in a deep voice after seeing several people nodding to each other.

"If I remember correctly, today is the first day of August, and there are still five months left in this year."

"In the next five months, there are three main tasks for you. The first is naturally to conduct a large-scale census, and the remaining two are to rectify the residents in your own jurisdiction. Plant another crop of grain before summer, and at the same time open up a large area of ​​farmland toward the southern plains after winter.”

"Restricted by Shanyue before, although we have a lot of arable land in Lujiang, it is far from reaching the upper limit that Lujiang's 70 people can cultivate."

"This time, I sent the army under my command to suppress the bandits all the way to the south. Shanyue is the main target to be eliminated. I think it will take another three or two days before their news will spread back to Wancheng."

"When the mountains are cleared, we must turn the plains of the Lujiang River into farmland and the hills into pastures."

"Even in those relatively barren mountainous areas, we have to find ways to plant fruit trees and mulberry hemp, and use the entire Lujiang land as efficiently as possible."

You know, what are the advantages of Lujiang, or what are the advantages of the six counties in Jiangdong?

In addition to the large population and convenient transportation, the reason why Zhang Yan chose this place as his first base is that the most important thing is that the fertile land in the six counties of Jiangdong has the most extensive usable land among the thirteen states in China. area.

In this era, land is the most fundamental productive force and an essential factor in the production of all agricultural products, handicrafts, and luxuries such as sugar and tea.

Now that he has a large piece of land in his hands, Zhang Yan naturally wants to use it all.

What he mentioned a long time ago to feed the people of Lujiang was not just a simple talk.

Chapter 38 Be prepared for danger in times of peace

"Reclaim wasteland? That's good."

"The area around Lujiang River has suffered from wars for a long time, and it is located at the junction of the Central Plains and Jiangdong. It is really necessary to appease the people's livelihood so that it can be governed as rich and powerful as the northern counties."

"It's just Mr. Zhang, you just took office not long ago. I saw that the city of Lujiang County and Wancheng is already under construction. It would be too much to order farmers and people to plant an additional crop of grain this year and arrange for reclamation in winter." A little impatient?"

On the opposite side of Zhang Yan, Chen Deng and others first took Zhang Yan's order and expressed everyone's support for Zhang Yan, then they pursed their lips and expressed their doubts.

"My lord, although whether the food reserves are sufficient, whether the people can afford to eat, and whether they are full are the most basic elements to evaluate whether a local county is rich, but if you look at the current cultivated land in Lujiang, although it is not as good as you said before, [-]% saturated, but at least in Lujiang, there shouldn’t be too many people going hungry this year, right?”

"I can understand your emphasis on farming and mulberry. It is reasonable to reclaim wasteland, but to plant another crop of grain before winter..."

"Even if it's just a crop of wheat or beans that matures the fastest, it will consume a lot of manpower."

"Perhaps in a short period of time, considering the population size of Lujiang, it will indeed bring a fairly good grain harvest to the envoy, but whether it is the consumption of land fertility or the fluctuation of grain prices in the market, it may not be a good thing. A good thing, right?"

"For you, maybe you can get a lot of grain reserves this year, and Lujiang's tax revenue can be better than in previous years, but two times a year... Isn't it a bit too inconsiderate of people's power?"

Chen Deng considered his words and said to Zhang Yan in as calm a tone as possible.

Since he didn't predict the future like Zhang Yan, from Chen Deng's point of view, he couldn't understand why Zhang Yan was so persistent in accumulating a large amount of food in a short period of time.

Judging from the education that a son of a family has received, if according to Zhang Yan's statement, there are two kinds of land a year, and then the wasteland is reclaimed during the winter slack season, the loss of people's resources will be too serious.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Yan's move is because he doesn't take the people seriously, and it is easy to make these people feel tired and tired.

This inevitably made him feel a little too much, or that Zhang Yan was a little overjoyed.

Beside him, Wang Lang, who had been in power for nearly ten years, also nodded, agreeing with Chen Deng's statement.

In his opinion, Zhang Yan's behavior is very common. It is because he is in a high position on weekdays, which leads him to think many things too simply, thinking that as long as he advances the work step by step according to the time, he can really succeed in the future. Achieve very dazzling results without paying any extra cost.

After being in power for a period of time, such cognition will soon be changed by the facts, so Wang Lang didn't feel any resentment towards Zhang Yan, or felt that the other party clearly didn't understand, but he was too finger-pointing.

These are all situations that often occur after the superiors enter the local government, and it is not a big deal in his eyes.

On the opposite side of the two of them, Zhang Yan naturally had a foreknowledge of the other party's thoughts.Therefore, shortly after Chen Deng finished speaking, he softly explained in the direction of the two of them.

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"Yuanlong, what you think is also reasonable, but you have just arrived in Lujiang, so there are many things in Lujiang that you didn't know before, and this is quite normal."

"Based on the situation you just mentioned, it is nothing more than feeling that my actions are a bit excessive, and at the same time, I think that the food production is too much, which exceeds the actual needs of the people. This will cause the people to get tired of government orders because of fatigue. At the same time, it affects the price of food in the market, right?"

"This kind of worry is very correct and necessary in normal counties, but in Lujiang, the actual situation is actually not the same."

Smiling and signaling to the two of them to be calm, Zhang Yan first took a sip of tea, and then continued to explain his plan to the two.

"Perhaps you think that according to the current situation in Lujiang, food is not so scarce that it needs to be plowed twice a year. Short-term fluctuations in food demand."

"But apart from the common people you see, I still have an army of more than 2 people in Lujiang. These troops are completely non-productive and only conduct military training every day. They are regular troops that consume a lot of food. "

"According to our Han court's standard, a soldier's monthly ration is at least two stones, but the standard I supply to my army is three stones, which is almost twice the consumption of ordinary people in Lujiang."

"In other words, when the [-] soldiers are actually consuming food, they are equivalent to [-] ordinary people who are not engaged in production. This has reached about [-]% of the total population of the entire Lujiang River. Therefore, the food reserves in Lujiang River are far less than yours. As optimistic as you can imagine.”

He roughly calculated the food consumption of his army to the crowd. Even though Zhang Yan had already made preparations in advance, when he really mentioned this huge consumption, he still couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Headache.

The situation in Lujiang was no different than that in Luoyang. In many cases, money could not directly solve all problems. Therefore, when the total grain output was limited, the [-] people Zhang Yan brought from other places had already reached the limit that Lujiang could support.

Is this enough?

Perhaps in the short term, it will be enough before the princes ask for Dong, but if considering the future form of the Central Plains, the number of [-] soldiers is far from enough.

And this is also one of the reasons why Zhang Yan plans to hoard a large amount of food as soon as the two years are not bad.

After expressing his worries to everyone, Zhang Yan changed the subject, stepped out of the original internal situation of Lujiang River, and began to analyze the situation around Lujiang River.

"Yuanlong, perhaps from your point of view, Lujiang is now very stable. Jiang Xiaman has been repelled in the past two years, and the remnants of the Yellow Turban have basically been suppressed."

"But to be honest, there are still many threats around the Lujiang River. Once a war breaks out, our food production will be easily affected by the war. The output is far from what it is in peacetime."

"We cannot be blinded by the short-lived peace in front of us. We are prepared for danger in times of peace. It is necessary to prepare in advance."

Chapter 39 The Threat of the Lujiang River and the...

"In that case, I may have misunderstood you a little bit."