Refugees came unexpectedly. Zhang Jiao's Taiping Sect spread talisman potions and distributed food everywhere, but they required that they must join the religion. A group of people who are about to starve to death, just want a bite to eat, let alone join the religion, tragedy has happened! Most people flocked to the Taiping Cult. The government and aristocratic families are also doing their best to maintain order in the world, but there are too many refugees and they can't help them at all! The wealth of Changshan City has become famous throughout Jizhou through Zhang Jiao's secret propaganda. Many people flocked to Changshan, and some were even able to demolish Changshan in one breath!
"Brother, it's done! It's done!" Zhao Yun laughed and said to Cheng Feng
"You guy, what's good?" Cheng Feng was a little speechless.
"Patient! The herbs you prepared can cure the disease!" Zhao Yun said excitedly
"Ah! It's really good! God bless the man! That's great, haha" Cheng Feng also became excited
"Lord, here we come, here we come." Another voice interrupted Cheng Feng's laughter, which made Cheng Feng speechless for a while. If it were visible, you would definitely see a black line on Cheng Feng's hair and a drop of cold sweat hanging on his forehead!
"Master Han, what's going on?" Zhao Yun asked, suppressing a smile.
"Refugees, refugees are here, and they are approaching our Changshan City in large numbers, but" Han Yong said, he couldn't continue.
"But what?" Cheng Feng frowned, knowing that Zhang Jiao was going to cause trouble. After all, he moved three of his warehouses last time, and this matter hasn't passed yet. Zhang Jiao will definitely cause trouble! Sure enough, Han Yong went on to say, "But most of the people who came here were the elderly, children and women, and even some young people were also infected."
"Damn Zhang Jiao, luckily my elder brother prepared the herbal medicine," Zhao Yun said bitterly
"It's okay, Zilong, you quickly go and lead the troops to brew the herbal medicine. Tiangang goes and tells Mr. Tian to open the door to let the refugees in and resettle them as planned. Mr. Han, you will be responsible for cooking the porridge and let the refugees have a hot meal first." Cheng Feng commanded
"What is this? I don't want to drink it. I want to eat meat!" A patient shouted loudly and refused to drink the herbal medicine handed over by Zhao Yun. He refused to drink it despite Zhao Yun's persuasion, so he almost asked someone to force it into his mouth. When several other people saw this, they also shouted that they wanted to eat meat and not drink medicine. Xiao Zhao Yun was so anxious that his face turned red. More and more people refused to take medicine and wanted to eat meat. The shouting is getting louder and louder, and chaos is about to break out!
"Why are you making such a fuss!" Cheng Feng shouted loudly.
"Humph, we want to eat meat and not drink your dirty stuff." Cheng Feng looked at the speaker. He was quite strong and his face was a little yellow. "Don't drink? This is an herb specially used to treat plagues. You all." Don't you want to drink?" Chengfeng ignored him and turned to ask the refugees!
"Who are you? We want to see the Lord of the City. We want to eat meat!" Someone took the lead and shouted
"Bold! This is the city lord!" Zhang Liao said angrily, feeling that these people are too capable of causing trouble.
"Ah! Lord Prefect!" A large group of people quickly knelt down and begged for their lives. Cheng Feng asked again, "Do you want to drink this medicine?" As soon as these words came out, a group of people made strange movements. They wanted to drink but did not dare to move forward. . "Those who take the medicine stay, and those who don't take the medicine leave!" Cheng Feng said again coldly.
"Hmph! What can you do if you don't drink? Do you think it can cure a disease?" The man from before said again.
Cheng Feng glanced at him and said lightly, "Kill!"
"Whoosh!" "Ah!" Two voices came out. Just hearing a scream, I saw the man was hit between the eyebrows by an arrow! "Ah! Murder! If the folks don't fight, they will all die here!" someone shouted!
"Those who riot will be killed without mercy!" Zhao Yun shouted loudly, raised his gun and jumped on his horse. In the blink of an eye, the few troublemakers were beheaded on the spot. This scene deeply shocked this group of people, although they saw it every day. Dead people don't know whether they will be able to see tomorrow's sunrise every day, but they are still full of fear when facing the killing so directly. Several corpses were still there, and the smell of blood permeated the crowd. A group of people were so scared that they knelt down and did not dare to move. Only a few people wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, they still didn't say anything!
"Do you want to drink this medicine?" It was still a simple sentence, but it made everyone tremble in their hearts. This prefect is so powerful! "Drink or not! If you don't drink, you will die!" Cheng Feng shouted
"Drink! Drink!" A group of people cried. Cheng Feng waved his hands and opened dozens of large pots behind him. A strong smell of herbs covered up the smell of blood, but everyone could not forget the few people who died. Without the leader, the refugees became more honest. Everyone drank the medicine and followed the others to the resting place. "When the refugees come again, they must drink the medicine. One bowl a day. Those who don't drink, beheaded! Those who talk nonsense, beheaded!" Anyone who stirs up will be killed! Anyone who doesn’t obey orders will be killed!" Cheng Feng ordered coldly.
"Yes!" The three armies roared in unison! This scene deeply shocked the victims. Even if there were a few who wanted to cause trouble, they could only obey the arrangements honestly, because these killing gods were really killing!
As time went by, more and more refugees came. After experiencing the initial difficulties, Zhao Yun and others also gained rich experience. Everyone was working in an orderly manner, distributing medicines and resettling them! The refugees who arrived earlier have recovered a lot of their strength after a few days of rest, and even many of the sick have improved. This made everyone believe that this herbal medicine can really cure the plague. Now there is no need for the soldiers to say more. More and more people no longer resist drinking these herbal medicines! Many people who had recovered their strength also joined the work of resettling the refugees, making the manpower more abundant, and Cheng Feng was relieved to see it. After a few days of getting along with each other, the refugees also understood that the troublemakers were from the Taiping Sect. They were almost killed by them. They couldn't help but feel frightened and hated the Taiping Sect even more. They also felt sorry for the young prefect. Even more admiration. They discovered that in fact, the people in Changshan were not fierce at all, but more like family members, giving them unimaginable warmth! As more and more people join. More and more refugees were resettled, and a large number of people joined the canal digging project, which brought unexpected gains to Chengfeng!
Listening to Tian Yu talking about the recent changes in Changshan, Cheng Feng's grin grew wider and wider, and finally burst out laughing. In this era, some people really have everything. "Well! It seems to have brought about a virtuous cycle! By the way, Guorang, His Majesty's decree is to save the victims at all costs, right!" Cheng Feng seemed to have remembered something and said to Tian Yu
"Yes! I just don't know what my lord thinks?" Tian Yu was a little confused. The resettlement of Changshan victims has been going on smoothly and orderly. Except for someone who made trouble at the beginning, everything has been done step by step. At most, the food and grass consumed was a bit large. , but according to the current savings in Changshan, even if hundreds of thousands more people come, it will be enough. Besides, more and more people are joining the construction. Now the drought in Changshan has been alleviated. By autumn, I dare not say that it will be enough. A bumper harvest, at least it won’t be a year of reduced production.
"Haha, I don't have much idea. It's just disgusting to see Zhang Jiao win people's hearts with his hypocrisy!" Cheng Feng said with disgust. This words made Tian Yu's head full of black lines, "Damn it, you are disgusting. Zhang Jiao can't wait to eat it." about you!"
"Do you think this will work? Doesn't the imperial court require the governors of various places to manage the victims autonomously? Although I am the governor of Changshan, Zhang Jiao still occupies half of our Changshan Mountain. In the name of the governor, I send a notice to Zhang Jiao to praise him. Actively responded to the call of the court and made great efforts and contributions to resettle the victims! Encourage him to keep up his efforts along the way, and the court will definitely remember his contribution!" Cheng Feng said with a thief smile.
At this moment, Tian Yu really felt that this prefect was too irritating. You are absolutely fooling yourself and building a memorial arch. But if you think about it carefully, there are many benefits to doing this. The first thing that will affect the people's attitude towards Zhang is Part of Jiao's gratitude is transferred to the court. Secondly, it can disgust Zhang Jiao. Thirdly, if it is manipulated again, it can reduce Zhang Jiao's accumulated fame and popularity! Although this move is a bit damaging, it is indeed a soft knife! When Tian Yu mentioned this benefit, Cheng Feng was stunned. He really didn't think much about it, he just wanted to prank Zhang Jiao. Since Tian Yu is praising himself, he should accept it shamelessly!
"If this continues, send a few people to deliver a plaque to Zhang Jiao, with the four words "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" written on it, frame it with red silk, and send it with gongs and drums beating along the way. I have to praise him!" Cheng Feng laughed loudly and thought of such a way, only to make Tian Yu look bad. This was too bullying.
Cheng Feng sent the plaque to Zhang Jiao, which immediately made Zhang Jiao angry. "Damn it, I spent a long time and put in so many supplies, but I haven't gotten much benefit yet. Cheng Feng, just come and give it to me." Eye drops, you Chengfeng! I'm not done with you!" Zhang Jiao kept fussing angrily, hopping all the time! When this happened, the Taiping Cult became a joke. Everything they did was like growing crops. They cultivated, watered, fertilized, and managed. When it was time to harvest, the seal was taken away, and they took it away. Let's go, you're disgusted by the idea of taking advantage of others. Who can bear this?
"Brother, just ask me to lead the troops to destroy him. I really can't stand this villain anymore!" Zhang Liang said angrily.
"No! The time has not come." Zhang Bao said quickly, "If we raise the army now, all our efforts will be in vain. Besides, the plague has not passed yet. If we start an attack rashly, we will not have enough combat power. We have to wait!" "
"Still waiting? I really can't stand it!"
"Third brother, don't panic. Your second brother is right. No matter what Cheng Feng does. No matter what our reputation is, as long as we develop followers, we will be the biggest winners." Zhang Jiao had calmed down at this time.
"Not bad." Seeing Zhang Jiao calm down, Zhang Bao breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that this big brother would get hot-headed and start a rebellion! "Just call him Cheng Feng Nao. Our status in the eyes of the people is getting higher and higher now. Even if he suppresses us like this, we are not afraid. When the plague eats up the Han army, our chances of winning will be greater!"
"What's the use? As soon as he gave us this plaque, he put a big label on us for future uprisings. Now we are loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but in the future, we will be rebellious officials and traitors. Doesn't this mean we slap ourselves in the face?" Zhang Jiao gets angry when he thinks about this
"Brother! There are two sides to this matter. Think about it, if the people of the world really respond to us by then, doesn't it mean that the imperial court has no support at all? If we don't respond, we will continue to wait, and they will cause chaos on their own. Big brother should know. Such natural and man-made disasters have been happening continuously in recent years!" Zhang Bao advised.
"This is the only way, it's just too irritating!"
"He has a good plan for success, and we also have a ladder! Didn't he praise us? Then we will ask him for supplies and official positions. Big brother, you can also organize people to go to Changshan to ask for help. Look, How does he deal with Chengfeng!"
"What a great idea! Haha. Second brother still has a way."
Not to mention the overt and covert struggles between these two forces, but in recent years, the Han Dynasty has been in turmoil and has experienced many hardships. The population has dropped sharply, and a large amount of land has been deserted. Major families and famous families have occupied land and raised soldiers and horses privately. The prototype of a group of heroes is just waiting for a break! Cheng Feng's action against Zhang Jiao seemed to have begun, and various degrees of encroachment occurred frequently in various places.
"Hahaha, this Cheng Feng is really interesting. Zhang Jiao shot himself in the foot now!" Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty laughed in the Luoyang Palace.
"The response to this corner is pretty quick, but I don't know how Cheng Feng will deal with it next," Zhang Rang replied.
"Well! Anyway, this kid is a ghost. He passed on my decree and designated Changshan as a feudal territory. I want to see how he fights with Zhang Jiao. I also told him to do things easily without asking for instructions. Anyway, this kid does things. I never ask for instructions!" Emperor Ling laughed.
"According to the order!"
"Also, Liu Yan suggested that Kyushu should have state pastoralists and governors of each state to do military, horse and agricultural affairs. What do you think?"
"Your Majesty can send his capable generals to serve as state pastors in various states. Firstly, he can control the military and political power in each place. Secondly, he can ask the state pastors to deal with the wealthy families!"
"Hmm. So is there a suitable candidate?"
"It's best to be from the Han clan!"
"Well, you can figure it out! After selecting a good person, wait until next year to issue a notice! Also, don't send Jizhou. I want to see how much noise Cheng Feng can make."
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
"This Zhang Jue is really difficult to deal with. He actually came to me to ask for something. It's really interesting!" Cheng Feng looked at Zhang Jue's letter and the few people who came and thought to himself,
"Master Taishou, our leader specially asked me to come to see you. I hope you can give us some support for the sake of the people." The leader said!
"Oh! Leader Zhang is really admirable for thinking about the people. Since he is petitioning for the people, then why should I, Chengfeng, not help?" Chengfeng said with a faint smile.
"Really, that's great. Please ask Master Cheng to quickly allocate supplies and ask me to take them back as soon as possible. After all, the victims are waiting!"
"Well, okay, Wenyuan, you can escort five hundred shi of grain to Mr. Zhang Jiao, and help Zhang Jiao and the others resettle the victims on the way. I think they don't have enough manpower. Besides, Leader Zhang is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and we also You have to show your respect, go to Changshan on behalf of us!" Cheng Feng ordered
"Yes, sir!" Zhang Liao suppressed a smile and saluted. This lord is really speechless. It seems that he is competing with Zhang Jiao for his IQ. That Zhang Jiao is so miserable.
Seeing hundreds of people coming back with things, Zhang Jiao felt a toothache. If you say you won't give it, you won't give it. It would be great to take it out happily. But as for Cheng Feng, things should be given away with great fanfare. To send, just look at the convoy, there are more than a hundred vehicles, each with a flag, and a letter to Duke Zhang to provide special food for the victims, and the governor of Changshan will send it! Aren't you particularly disgusting? Zhang Jiao was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Isn’t this asking me to work hard for you? You took my things, changed hands, and then gave them to me in such a big way. The people saw it and praised you one by one. No matter how suffocated he was, Zhang Jue still had to smile in front of him, but the corners of his mouth that occasionally twitched showed his inner unrest!
"Master Zhang, Zhang Liao was ordered by the prefect to come here to resettle the victims. Please take care of him!" Zhang Liao said with his hands raised, but in his heart he wanted to chop him with a knife!
Not to mention Zhang Liao's displeasure, Zhang Jiao almost jumped up when he heard this. What? You come to resettle the victims, it’s my job, okay? You are robbing me! But they came on behalf of the government, and he didn't dare to resist, so he could only break his teeth and swallow it. "Easy to say, easy to say, let General Zhang make the decision on everything."
"Well! What are you doing standing still? Hurry up and unload the truck to make porridge. Also, make the herbs according to the prescription developed by the adults and treat the patients!" Zhang Liao didn't want to say a word to Zhang Jiao, so he turned around and gave instructions.
There is a certain degree of blindness in Zhang Jiao's application of the talisman potion. The focus is on the medicine. Some people have good physical fitness. After drinking the potion, they will be better in a few days. In fact, it is their own good and has nothing to do with Zhang Jiao. Some of the medicines used were indeed useful. In short, the medicines used by the Taiping Sect also saved a large number of victims and allowed more people to join the Taiping Sect! But once Cheng Feng's herbal medicine arrived, the result was different. Except for those who were really seriously ill, they could basically save people. Most of the people Zhang Jiao saved were young adults, while Cheng Feng's people were of all ages. , It is a pity that the scope of Chengfeng's treatment was too small. Seeing the results, Chengfeng wrote to Emperor Ling on a piece of paper and handed over the prescription. Emperor Ling was overjoyed, rewarded him with thousands of gold, and announced it to the world. After the governors from various places adopted it, the deaths caused by the plague were reduced to a great extent. At this time, the people all over the world knew that there was a Changshan prefect Chengfeng who could cure the plague. Those who were close rushed to Changshan. This was directly hateful. Zhang Jiao felt itching at the root of his teeth. Cheng Feng lost a lot of the popularity he had finally accumulated! But Zhang Liao was still calmly directing the rescue of the victims! With the joint efforts of the entire Han Dynasty, this summer's plague was overcome. Many people died, but those who survived encountered new problems, that is, hunger and winter!
"Lord, we are overcrowded now. There are too many people, and there is no room for them in this city?" Tian Yu frowned and said a little worriedly
"Has the new place we opened been settled?"
"Everyone has been resettled. Except for the reserved fields, they are all refugee camps!"
"Well! Place the new refugees outside the city, in the southern area of Changshan County!" Cheng Feng thought for a while and said slowly
"Southern part? That area is occupied by the Taiping Cult. Most of the villagers are Taiping Cultists. If you put them together, wouldn't this push everyone to Zhang Jiao?" Zhao Yun was puzzled.
"Hmph! He can confuse people's minds with his openness. I also have a countermeasure. I just happened to place the refugees here and take this opportunity to take back this half of Changshan County!" Cheng Feng sneered.
"Take it back? Wonderful! Haha" Tian Yu was stunned, then laughed.
"Why are you laughing? How can you accept this?" Zhao Yun was still confused.
"Zilong, let me ask you, do you want people or land first?" Cheng Feng said with a smile.
"Of course they are people! Without people, there is nothing, right?"
"What if there are enough people."
"Then we need land, otherwise we won't be able to support so many people!"
"Yes! So is there anyone in Changshan now?"
"Yes, there are too many, and I can hardly let them go!" At this point, Zhao Yun suddenly understood that there are people, and more land is needed. "But, how do we take it back?"
"Simple, no matter how much land Zhangjiao occupies, in name, it still belongs to Changshan County. That is what I have the final say. We will keep enough victims in the city and place the rest in Changshan South County. The treatment is the same as in our city. The residence is divided according to the local area. Those who join the army are still permanently exempt from tax. The treatment is the same as that of the people in the city. However, there is a premise. All Taiping believers will not enjoy our policy. Land It will only be distributed to people who are not Taiping believers. As long as there are Taiping believers in the family, they will not be divided! In this way, most of the refugees will join us. After all, land is the only support for their survival!" Cheng Feng laughed.
"That's okay!" Zhao Yun nodded, "It's just that I'm afraid that the people won't want to go. After all, the city is safer."
"This is not a matter of willingness. Now the city is full of people, so we can only go outside the city! If someone takes the lead in making trouble, just kill them on the spot. Because the people are simple, and they will not refuse to go if they have land to share. , but anyone who has complaints or excuses is not a pure common person! Please put up a notice soon to inform this matter!"
"Lord, I still have some ideas. Is it possible?" Tian Yu did not directly agree to Cheng Feng. Instead, he said this,
Cheng Feng's eyes lit up, you must know that this Tian Yu is an excellent housekeeper! "Come and listen!"
"Look. Our New Deal is implemented well, but the people of Nanjun are also from our Changshan County. Shouldn't they be the same as ours in Beijun? If we also allocate land to the people in Nanjun, in that case, the people If you have something to rely on for survival, you won’t join the Taiping Religion!”
"Yes, if we exempt taxes, I think they will be able to recover soon! If Zhang Jiao does anything wrong, they will fight hard for the land in their hands!" Cheng Feng added, " Okay, it’s settled!”
A message spread throughout Changshan. All people in Changshan South County, including newly arrived refugees, as long as they are willing to live in Changshan and are not Taiping believers, can be allocated their own land, and the prefect will be exempted from tax for three years. This time, it can be said that one stone stirred up a thousand waves. Without mobilization, a large number of refugees came to report and went to Nanjun to open up wasteland. And the original people in Nanjun left the Taiping Sect one after another and went to divide the land in full swing!
In this way, Cheng Feng regained Changshan without moving a single soldier, which made the people in the whole place very enthusiastic. Even the birds seemed to be singing loudly. The only problem now is how to survive until the spring of next year. After all, we can plant now. Also inappropriate. Finally, after several people discussed it, a decision was made to encourage people to hunt in Fenghuang Mountain. After drying the prey and wild vegetables, they would store them for the winter. Roads, wells, and canals were also built in Nanjun. People can obtain food by participating in construction! Now with more and more labor joining, the changes in Nan County are astonishing. When the autumn harvest comes, we can’t say that every household is rich, but they can still survive the winter! This kind of result was something Zhang Jiao never expected. Regarding Cheng Feng's way of nibbling away from the foundation, Zhang Jiao could only sigh and give up Chang Shan!
In fact, many aristocratic families also want to use this method to deal with the Taiping Sect, but they need to pay too many materials. They are busy enclosing land themselves, how can they sell the land away! Even if some people reluctantly give up their love, they find that the subsequent problems are even greater, so they give up! This has led to the rapid development of the Taiping Sect in other places, and the number of people has increased dramatically. This is also the best news Zhang Jiao has heard recently. Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner in the long river of time!
