Over the banquet.
Drinking and drinking each other.
With a flattering smile on his face, Meng Da toasted Liu Chan repeatedly.
"Your Highness's reputation for pacifying Runan is known even to the three eastern counties. Such achievements are truly admirable to the generals."
Liu Chan was noncommittal and just said: "It's all soldiers who use their lives."
Meng Da continued to flatter him: "As long as His Highness is here, the pseudo-Wei is just a country chicken and a dog's ears, and can be defeated easily."
Seeing that Meng Da was bragging more and more, Liu Chan took a sip of wine, glanced at him, and asked, "How will the general manage Fengling County in the future?"
Governance?
Meng Da looked embarrassed and said: "Either it is okay to fight in the war, but I am not good at governing the place. From my point of view, it is nothing more than planting more fields so that the people under my rule will not go hungry."
Liu Chan shook his head and said: "Since Zhuyang entered Fangling, the road was winding and dangerous. There were many potholes in many places, making it difficult for vehicles and horses to pass. The general's first priority is to repair the road."
If you want to be rich, build roads first.
If this road is not repaired, do you still want to develop Fengling County?
Isn't that a foolish dream?
Furthermore, it serves as a channel for transporting soldiers, grain and grass, connecting Hanzhong and Nanyang.
If this road is not good, won't it delay the fighter's opportunity at a critical moment?
Building roads?
Meng Da had a bitter look on his face and could only say: "There are only 100,000 people in Fangling County, and we have already done our best to support the army of nearly 10,000 people. If Your Highness punishes them for road construction, I am afraid that those who go up the mountain to become bandits will be even worse." If there are more, the banditry in the three eastern counties will be even more difficult to eradicate."
As soon as Meng Da said these words, Guan Ping tore into the golden leg of lamb and his mouth was full of oil. At this moment, he said: "General Meng Da does not need to worry. The bandits under the command of Xi Jun have already been killed by His Highness. It will not work." What climate.”
Did your Highness rush to kill you?
Meng Da was stunned.
"That chicken comes and goes without a trace. It is like a loach. It is so slippery that it is impossible to catch it. Your Highness can actually injure it severely?"
Liu Chan smiled softly and said: "For different situations, different methods must be used. I used the caravan baggage as bait. Naji's army lacked supplies in the mountains, so naturally he would not miss this good opportunity, let alone He said that the fact that I was pretending to be a merchant had already been informed to Xi Jun through the secret agent of the school affairs office. With me as the bait, Xi Jun knew that there was an ambush, but he was still unwilling to accept it and wanted to come and try his luck."
"I see."
After listening, Meng Da could only sigh.
"The general will admire His Highness's courage in using his body as bait."
This guy really wants to flatter Liu Chan every chance he gets.
"In your opinion, Your Highness, I want to mobilize the people in the county to repair the roads? How many people should I do?"
Liu Chan thought for a moment and said: "The mountain road is rugged. If we want to repair the road, many people will die."
In later generations, when building railways on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, they crossed countless mountains, rivers, and overcame various difficulties such as lack of equipment, frozen soil, and altitude sickness, and sacrificed nearly 3,000 railway soldiers.
The conditions in this era are even worse, and we are in high mountains, so the difficulty will only be greater, not less.
Deaths and injuries are also inevitable.
"The best thing is to let criminals and soldiers repair it."
Although Fengling County is a place where criminals are exiled, the number of criminals is not enough to build roads!
"There are hundreds of criminals in total, and not a single one has been surrendered."
If it were last year, there would still be reduced pawns, but now there is really no reduced pawns.
"General, why don't you capture the bandits to repair the roads?" Fei Yi suddenly said from the side.
There are countless bandits in the three counties of the East, and Shanjun is only the largest one, and there are countless other small groups of bandits.
"In this case, the general will understand."
Meng Da looked at Liu Chan, with a vague thought in his mind:
This is your highness’s test for me!
We must not only build roads, but also prevent chaos in Fangling County, and quell banditry in Fengling County!
If I do this job well, I will naturally be reused by His Highness. If I don't do it well, it means that he has no talent and is not worthy of being reused by His Highness.
"One year, one year! At the end of the day, it will be necessary to repair the road in Fangling County. It will be able to pass two carriages by then!"
The official road to pass two carriages?
In the plain areas, it is considered a narrow official road, but among the mountains and ridges, it is the widest.
Many places may need to be connected by plank roads.
This is a big project!
"One year is too hasty, I'll give you three years!"
Meng Da wanted to express himself.
If it took three years to complete His Highness's road construction task, how could His Highness see his talent?
"The general is willing to issue a military order to repair the bad roads within one year. Please, Your Highness, behead me as a warning to others!"
At this moment, Meng Da had already stood up and half-knelt in front of Liu Chan with his hands in hand.
"good!"
Liu Chan stood up and stepped forward to help Meng Da up.
"The general is very energetic, which is really admirable. I will ask Runan to send a thousand troops to Fangling County to help you repair the road."
A thousand more people?
Hearing this, Meng Da couldn't hide the joy on his face.
"With the support of thousands of people like His Highness, this matter will be worry-free!"
Liu Chan looked serious and said, "Don't talk so much. If there is a rebellion in Fangling County due to road construction, my first priority is to question you. Do you know?"
"Don't worry, Your Highness, Fangling County will be monolithic and no one will dare to rebel!"
"Eradicating bandits, repairing roads, and developing people's livelihood are all complex tasks that the general may not be able to handle alone. I have left ten students from the Jiangwu Hall here to grant official positions to help the general manage Fangling County!"
Those Jiangwu Hall students brought from Runan will naturally spread along the way.
This is not only to give them official positions and an opportunity to display their ambitions and show their abilities, but also for Liu Chan to control local areas and supervise the eyes of various places.
Liu Chan's team, Liu Chan's cronies, and Liu Chan's capable ministers and officials were not created all at once.
Instead, they need to be trained in the local area, and those who have the ability to emerge will be reused by Liu Chan. This is Liu Chan's original intention of establishing the Martial Arts Hall.
He wants to take control of the place!
"It would be even better if there are wise men from the martial arts hall to help!"
Meng Da knew that His Highness had placed his own people on him.
Assistance is true, supervision is also true.
But Mengda didn't care at all!
He was afraid that Liu Chan wouldn't be able to see what he was doing. Now that His Highness's people are around, then his performance would have an audience, right?
"Today, one year later, Zen is waiting for the general's good news!"
Mengda beat his chest with his right hand, making a loud sound.
"The general will definitely live up to His Highness's great trust!"
Stayed in Fangling County for three days.
After understanding the local situation, he met with the local nobles, recruited fifty powerful people to serve as the prince's personal guards, and recruited three people to join the martial arts hall. This was a way to win over the powerful nobles in Fangling County.
Afterwards, Liu Chan summoned Mengda's tribe and immediately distributed the reward.
He also rewarded the army with wine and meat, which caused the army's sergeants and soldiers to shout "Long Live" again and again. They all praised Liu Chan and wished to die for him.
After finishing these things, Liu Chan soon stayed.
Dou Xiao, the magistrate of Yin County, was asked to take four thousand people back to Nanyang, while Liu Chan took two thousand people out of Fangling City and headed towards Shangyong.
The ones stationed in Shangyong were the Shen brothers. Liu Chan encouraged them with rewards, and with sticks and carrots, he continued the work of repairing roads, eradicating bandits, and developing people's livelihood.
Then he placed ten students from the Jiangwu Hall in Shangyong County, summoned five children from the Shen family to the Jiangwu Hall, and recruited fifty children from the local powerful gentry to serve as the crown prince's bodyguards.
It was easy to win over the people of Shangyong County.
The subsequent operations were no different from those in Fangling County.
Reward the army, give out rewards, and show your face harshly in front of Shangyong County’s military advisor!
As the Lord, this person's heart naturally needs to be bribed.
Three days later.
Liu Chan set off again, this time his destination was Xicheng County where Liu Feng was located.
Ten days of trekking.
Only then from Shangyong County to Xicheng County.
Outside Xicheng, Liu Feng, dressed in official robes, had already led a group of officials from Xicheng County to wait for Liu Chan outside the city.
Seeing Liu Chan arriving, Liu Feng quickly saluted and said, "Your Highness, I pay my respects."
That's right.
Your Majesty.
If it were last year, Liu Feng would still have some unthinkable thoughts in his mind.
After a series of events, he had already completely placed himself in the position of a minister.
Don't dare to think any more.
He himself also knew that even if he had evil thoughts, it would be in vain.
Today's His Highness, can he, Liu Feng, be able to succeed and replace him?
Even after going through all these things, Liu Feng began to admire Liu Chan in his heart.
Only with such a lord can the great king's ambition of reviving the Han Dynasty be realized?
"Brother, there is no need to be polite. Get up quickly."
Liu Chan helped Liu Feng up and said: "Suppress the three counties in the east and lead troops to Nanyang to help. Chan has seen what my brother has done."
Liu Feng said sonorously and forcefully: "This is what I should do."
"Let's talk inside."
Only then did Liu Feng react and said quickly: "Your Majesty failed to entertain me well. Your Highness, please."
After entering the city, the scene in the west city was much better than what we saw in Fangling and Shangyong.
It was quite lively with people coming and going.
Among the three counties in the east, only Xicheng County is free from banditry.
It's not that there are really no bandits, but that Liu Feng has led his troops to eliminate them several times.
Speaking of Liu Feng, this person is quite capable.
Liu Feng was the son of the Kou family of Benluohou and the nephew of the Liu family of Changsha. When Liu Bei went to Jingzhou, he raised Feng as his son because he had no heirs.
Because Liu Bei was homeless for the first half of his life, he left no heirs. "Wei Lue" says that when Liu Bei was defeated in Xuzhou, one of his sons fell into the hands of Cao Cao. I don't know whether it is true or not.
In short, when Liu Bei relied on Liu Biao in Jingzhou, he had no sons to carry on the family line for him. The ancients said that "there are three types of unfilial piety, and the greatest is not having children." Liu Bei, who was already in his forties, had to consider the issue of future generations.
So Liu Feng was selected.
Liu Feng is not an ordinary person. He has shown extraordinary talents at a young age.
When attacking Liu Zhang, he won many battles and attacked the three counties in the east, which also showed his ability to stand alone.
Among the young generals under Liu Bei, Liu Feng is considered to be relatively capable.
It can be called a general star.
In his previous life, because of Guan Yu, Liu Feng suffered the fate of being sentenced to death. In this era, with Liu Chan around, this kind of thing will naturally not happen again.
And Liu Feng's abilities can really be displayed in this era.
There is still a three-day inspection period in Xicheng County.
In three days, what he did was the same as what he did in Shangyong and Fangling.
Of course there are some differences.
Compared with the Shen brothers and Meng Da, Liu Chan and Liu Feng have a closer relationship.
During these three days and nights, Liu Chan slept with Liu Feng.
In order to appease Liu Feng's heart, Liu Chan risked his body.
My father's ultimate move, as a son, he can't throw away his housekeeping skills.
Three days later, Liu Chan organized his troops and horses outside the West City and prepared to enter Hanzhong along the Han River.
In this more than a month in Dongsan County, I have gained something.
It calmed people's hearts and completely stabilized the Dongsan County that might have been in turmoil.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. Your Majesty will definitely take care of the things like suppressing bandits, building roads, and people's livelihood. Your Highness will not be disappointed."
Liu Chan chuckled and said, "Brother carries the heavy responsibility of Dongsan County on his shoulders, so be careful in everything you do!"
With that said, Liu Chan rode his horse and whipped his whip, no longer lingering.
The mountain road is difficult to walk.
We walked in the mountains for fifteen days.
Liu Chan then entered Hanzhong and went to the Longting camp.
Liu Chan knew that this was the entrance to Ziwu Road that Wei Yan had written to him before.
That's right.
Wei Yan has always been in contact with Liu Chan.
Wei Yan was originally a subordinate of Liu Bei. Unlike Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, he was not as close to Liu Bei, and he did not have a daughter or son who could stay with Liu Chan and keep in touch with him.
He kept in touch with Liu Chan through letters, explaining his ambitions, asking about the techniques of governing the place, and learning how to defeat the Wei army.
Generally speaking, Wei Yan is a person who knows how to maneuver.
"The last general, Wei Yan, pays homage to His Highness."
Liu Chan had already sent an envoy to inform him of the news that Liu Chan had traveled all the way through Dongsan County to Hanzhong.
At this moment, Wei Yan was waiting under the Longting camp.
When he saw Liu Chan arriving, he immediately stepped forward to salute Liu Chan. His humble appearance was nothing like that of a general.
"General, there is no need to be polite."
Liu Chan jumped off his horse and helped Wei Yan up.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Wei Yan stood up, looking a little uncomfortable.
Just because Liu Chan stared at him, wanting to see every pore on his body.
He was horrified.
Could it be that His Highness has the good taste of Longyang and the habit of cutting sleeves, and he has fallen in love with someone?
What should I do if we have to sleep together at the same table late at night?
If Liu Chan had known that Wei Yan would think this way, he would probably have had a common man, a real man, to answer him.
Liu Chan stared at Wei Yan, mainly to see if he was as rebellious as the rumors said.
After taking a closer look, Wei Yan's face was upright, but where did he seem to be rebellious?
If he was really rebellious, how could Liu Bei leave such an important matter as guarding Hanzhong in his hands?
but
This person really needs to be beaten, otherwise, he may make the same mistakes in future generations.
"When I was in Runan, I heard that the governor was running Hanzhong in an orderly manner. The Wei army did not dare to invade. Instead, they had to defend the governor with heavy troops. The people under his rule lived and worked in peace and contentment. The army's farms could provide food for tens of thousands of people, and there was no need for support from Chengdu. Now It seems that is indeed the case.
The governor's face was glowing red, and so were the officials and soldiers behind him. They thought they would not suffer from hunger and cold. This Longting was just a camp, but it was so strong, which shows the governor's ability. "
Being praised by Liu Chan, Wei Yan felt as if he had drank iced Coke in the dog days of summer, which was so refreshing.
"Your Highness is ridiculous. This is the responsibility of the general."
Liu Chan smiled softly, but said: "I heard that the governor is planning to use troops on Ziwu Road and prepare to attack Chang'an?"
When asked about business, Wei Yan also became serious.
He nodded solemnly and said, "My Majesty does have this intention!"
(End of chapter)
