Chapter 216 Hefei people don’t go hungry

Author: Ximen Yangzhou

Chapter 216 Hefei people don’t go hungry

Long Xiang snorted coldly: "Hateful? The higher you jump, the more miserable your death will be."

Zhang Fei was furious when he heard this. On the way back to the army, he clasped his fists and asked Long Xiang for a tassel.

"Yunqi, the killing is not enough today. Now you can send some troops to me, and I will go and destroy Junqiu's enemies."

"The enemy of Junqiu has no fighting spirit, and his virtue may not be able to fulfill his wishes."

Long Xiang first shook his head in denial, then nodded and looked at Liu Ye, adding: "Mr. Ziyang has a clever plan to defeat the enemy."

"Oh?" Zhang Fei approached Liu Ye and asked naively: "Sir, how do you plan to defeat the enemy? Tell me and it will open my eyes."

Liu Ye stroked his beard and replied: "Li Shu had bad intentions. When he saw General Xu in Chunqiu, he would not attack the city with all his strength. At this time, he only needs to drive a few prisoners to convey the message, and the enemies of Chunqiu will retreat in an instant."

"Drive the prisoners away? General, didn't you say that?" Lei Xu hesitated before speaking.

Long Xiang explained with a smile: "General Lei, don't worry, I am releasing Zhang Duo's troops, and all your troops will be retained."

"Oh okay. No"

Lei Xu immediately corrected his words: "The final general has no part."

"Hahaha."

Long Xiang patted Lei Xu on the shoulder and smiled, "It doesn't have to be like this. I, Long Xiang, have always been trustworthy in employing people. Since you are willing to stay in Hefei, you will be one of our own from now on. Many of the soldiers participating in the war in Hefei today are Zheng

Treasure's Part."

"Uh, that's how it is." Lei Xu suddenly realized.

Long Xiang added: "They used to be under Zheng Bao's command, and there were often times when they were short of food, but now they basically have enough food and clothing. Many of them have even built new houses. Now they are the same as everyone else, no matter whether they are old or new.

Hefei people.”

"Hefei person?"

Lei Xu said to himself, and suddenly looked at Long Xiang curiously: "Then I will bring these."

Long Xiang solemnly replied: "As long as they are willing to build Hefei and defend Hefei, they must also be Hefei people. Hefei people who are willing to work will not starve."

Lei Xu swallowed and asked cautiously: "General, is there still a shortage of people in Hefei now? General Mo can move all the soldiers and their families here, but I heard that the city is already full."

“So what if the city is full?”

Long Xiang disagreed and pointed to the surrounding fields: "I plan to build a new city near here. The scale will be several times that of Hefei now. If you move all your family members here, you can just participate in the construction of Hefei's new city. From now on, it will be the first city of Hefei."

A group of residents.”

"Build a new city?"

Lei Xu didn't believe his ears. It was easy to build a bridge or a few houses, but building a new city required a lot of manpower and material resources. He looked at Long Xiang in confusion.

Long Xiang solemnly said: "This Hefei New City will surpass Shouchun in the future and become the center of Huainan. It will absorb more people. In the future, there will be two cities as a barrier to ensure farming on this fertile soil."

Lei Xu asked: "How long do you plan to complete it?"

Long Xiang replied: "I plan to build four walls first. The streets and houses inside will be gradually replenished. It will be relatively safe to farm within the walls. I will build the fields while building. It is estimated that it will be completed in three to five years. With the protection of the city, soldiers will be able to build it in the future."

You can fight outside without worrying about the safety of your loved ones. In fact, I am better at defending the city than fighting in the wild."

Lei Xu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he cupped his fists and asked Long Xiang to come with a happy face.

"Then we will relocate the people as soon as possible?"

Long Xiang waved his hand gently: "Don't worry now. After I have retreated from Junqiu's enemies and settled your troops, it won't be too late to pick them up."

"only."

Lei Xu was satisfied with the picture painted by Long Xiang and wished he could move all the people under his rule here immediately.

Although I know that it is hard to come to Hefei, how can it be easy in the adult world? Having enough to eat is already a great temptation.

Fortunately, Hefei has grain reserves to ensure that the people do not starve. Moreover, the land on both sides of Shishui is flat and fertile, making it more suitable for farming than the mountainous areas north of the Lujiang River.

Long Xiang likes refugees to come here, but too much concentration will overload Hefei. He wants to go back and make careful plans with Lu Su, and a planned resettlement is more in line with his steady character.

On the way back to Fei, Long Xiang followed Liu Ye's plan and released dozens of prisoners and drove them to Junqiu.

These prisoners were all Zhang Duobu. The original general died of fear. They became "lonely ghosts" and ran straight to Junqiu after they were freed.

There is no way, Hefei is not willing to take them in. They need to find a place to eat. The key is that there are people behind them to drive them away.

Long Xiang ordered Xu Ding to lead a thousand men to follow closely, not only to control the direction of the prisoners' movements, but also to pick up Xu Chu and quickly drive away Li Shu's side force.

The reason why Long Xiang did not send Zhang Fei was because of three considerations.

First, Zhang Fei only had dozens of personal followers, and he fought a tough battle in today's battle. Now he is short of men and horses, and is not suitable for a long-distance attack;

Secondly, due to Zhang Fei's reckless character, Long Xiang was worried that he would be red-eyed and chase the enemy to take the lead, which would make it easy for him to fall into a trap and be ambushed;

Thirdly, the six thousand prisoners could only be placed outside the city. Long Xiang needed a strong person to intimidate him, and Zhang Fei had just captured Lei Xu alive, so he was undoubtedly the best candidate.

Because the construction of the new city of Hefei was about to start soon, Long Xiang handed over the defense of Hefei to Tang Yi alone, and asked Feng Zhong to lead the craftsman battalion out of the city to take the prisoners to work. He also assigned Zhang Fei and the Hu Guard Camp 500 people to supervise the work.

There was originally a celebration banquet for the victory in the war, but Long Xiang pushed back the time. Junqiu's enemies had not yet retreated, and they had to wait until the Xu Chu brothers returned to celebrate together.

Long Xiang then took Lei Xu back to his house, pointing to the room next door where Lu Su lived and said:

"Housing in Hefei is tight. When you bring your family here in the future, you will be assigned a separate house. For now, just give in and live next door to me."

Lei Xu was flattered, waved his hand and said humbly: "That's right. There is a wing for the guards to rest next to the entrance of the mansion. The general can stay there."

"Do as I say. The bed and bedding are all in the room. If anything is missing, we can add it later."

Long Xiang couldn't tolerate Lei Xu's refusal, so he turned around and told Zhang Fei: "Yide, you need to familiarize yourself with General Lei first. I have to go to the Chief Registrar's Mansion to find Zijing."

"oh."

Although Zhang Fei nodded, he asked doubtfully: "You must be tired today, why not ask someone to invite Mr. Zijing?"

"There are six thousand songs to be arranged outside the city. Zijing should be very busy now, why bother to put on airs and invite him to come? I like to be pragmatic rather than pragmatic."

After saying this, Long Xiang went back to the house to take off his armor, changed his clothes and left in a hurry, leaving Zhang Fei and Lei Xu to dry in the same place.

Lei Xu was a little embarrassed to be next to Zhang Fei, so he scratched his head and took the initiative to stir up the topic.

"General Long is really arrogant"

"Well, even though Yunqi is young, he does things vigorously and resolutely. Even I can't compare to him."

After Zhang Fei boasted, he suddenly remembered Long Xiang's instructions, pointed to Lei Xu's room and said:

"I'll show you the room first. Yunqi didn't even let me live next door to him. Your colleague is quite proud."

"Well"

Lei Xu raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat and explained for Long Xiang: "General Long should have considered it himself. If General Zhang wants to live in this room, I will just change it with you."

"Too lazy to bother."

Zhang Fei was about to step across the threshold when suddenly something familiar appeared in his peripheral vision, and he turned sideways and realized that it was indeed the young master of the Qiao family.
Chapter completed!