When Lu Yao was fighting in the northern border, all the affairs of the county were entrusted to the chief Shao Xu, and Shao Xu did not disappoint Lu Yao's expectations at all. In just a few months from summer to autumn, he not only included more and more Hu Jindingkou into the registered households and people, but also fully launched agricultural production, including the construction of water conservancy facilities and roads, and the preparation of weapons and armor.

When he was in charge of political affairs, he even had time to mobilize military and civilians to repair the Luochuan Dai Royal City on a large scale. Many collapsed and damaged buildings were restored one by one, and then various offices affiliated with General Yingyang or the prefect of Dai County entered the office. I don’t know when, the Dai Royal City gradually recovered from hundreds of years of desolation, and the desolate and desolate atmosphere faded and replaced it with a sense of vitality that was busy but not messy.

When Lu Yao first decided on Dai County, the open square where the worship banquet was held was the center of the entire Dai Royal City. The place was repaired with the most care, the weeds and thorns were cleared, and the originally broken stone slabs were replaced. The newly replaced stone slabs were gray and placed intersected with the original white stone slabs. Although they were not neat enough, they also had a somewhat mottled beauty.

There is a vacant land directly north of the square. It is expected that the Lieutenant General is the main building of Lu Yao's General's Mansion. Although Lu Yao insists that there is no need to build any luxurious and magnificent buildings, in Shao Xu's view, it represents the majesty of the Dai County regime and cannot be too shabby. Therefore, he found some experienced carpenters to prepare slowly, and temporarily used the vacant land to accumulate a large amount of wood, bricks and stones here, and the construction was fully started after the autumn harvest.

There are large intact houses on the east and west sides of the square, and the Ma bandits occupied this place back then. Now the houses on both sides have been simply renovated and have been put into use. On the east side are the chief clerks of General Yingyang, Gongcao, the military officers, the soldiers, the soldiers, the soldiers, armored soldiers, and the thieves. On the west side are civil and military officials and several scattered officials. Due to the invented matters, the officials of each Cao Cao were not yet fully equipped, so Shao Xu often traveled to and from both sides of the square and handled multiple affairs at the same time.

When he was fully focused on a certain job, he often felt that time passed quickly. Shao Xu was wandering around the country and other places in the day, and handled affairs in a sensible manner. When he wrote the last document on today's last file, it was already noon. The dark sky made the house even darker. At some point, the assistant officials had already presented lights and placed them on the left and right to illuminate them.

He smiled and said to the young officials sitting in the lower head: "The shogunate has decided to make a lot of money and hope that you will work hard for a while. These official duties must be issued as soon as possible, and urge the local military farm chiefs to do their best and not slacken."

The officials responded in unison and took the file and left.

Shao Xu stretched and was about to get water to drink. The servant came to report: "General Xue asked for a visit."

The Deputy Commander of the Dean County Army, who was acting in military affairs, came to visit, which was very important. Shao Xu quickly tidied up his clothes and shouted, "Come with me to welcome."

Xue Tong and Shao Xu are both literary and military officials, both indispensable subordinates of Lu Yao. Xue Tong has a higher position and her prestige in the army is far beyond the reach of a scholar, Shao Xu, but with his talent in politics, Shao Xu has naturally gathered a large group of literati around him. The two are responsible for their own affairs and do not have much contact with each other.

Since the war in the northern border stopped, Lu Yao rushed to Guangzong, Jizhou without stopping. Xue Tong was ordered to lead the entire army slowly to return to the south. In the process of gradually withdrawing from Dai County, the reorganization of the various troops had already begun. In the past few days, he was even more busy, and he was stationed in the military camps in the south of Luochuan City and rarely went to the center of Dai County Military Mansion.

Since the grassland on the dam fell completely into the hands of the Dai County Army, the Jin people in Ruyuan and the huge number of scattered Hu tribes on the grassland provided huge reserve forces for the Dai County Army. According to Lu Yao's intentions, the Dai County Army carefully selected these subordinate forces, and drew a large number of people and horses for their own use. On the other hand, with the strong cooperation of Wei Cao, the Ruyuan Hero tribe headed by Ji Zhan and Wei Xiong was also classified as a member of General Yingyang's Mansion.

This has expanded the Dai County Army again. Although the soldiers still need to be trained and screened before they can be truly assigned to the army, the number of officers who are scheduled to be promoted to the position of military chief has been more than twice as high as before.

The promotion and the military strength were sufficient, which made the generals very satisfied, but the many complex and tedious affairs in the process also caused a headache. As the chief general below Lu Yao, Xue Tong had to suppress his temperament and buried his head among the piles of documents. The generals and schoolmen often heard the waves of impatient roars in his big tent, so they took a detour to avoid getting angry.

But today Xue Tong was not busy in the military camp, but suddenly came to visit Shao Xu. Seeing dozens of iron-armored warriors clearing the way, the majestic and resolute general strode in with a heavy expression, and the officials along the way retreated. When Shao Xu invited Xue Tong into the yard, everyone whispered and discussed what big thing had happened.

"Those officials are actually ordinary people who have been calling recently. General Xue should not be surprised." The faint voices outside the courtyard even crossed the hall twice, making Shao Xu, who was cooking tea and entertaining guests a little embarrassed. Due to the complexity of official duties, Shao Xu urgently needed help from his subordinates, so he was widely searched in the refugee team. As long as he could barely read the words, most of them were filled into the shogunate to listen to them. Now it seems that these people have almost no self-awareness of their subordinates, and they really lack some training.

Xue Tong didn't care about this, and he had no intention of having a long and slutty chatter with Shao Xu about this issue. As a pure soldier, Xue Tong had his own habit of expression. He supported his hands on the table and said straight to the point: "Shao Changshi, what do you want to do?"

Shao Xu was stunned for a moment and smiled politely: "General Xue, what do you mean..."

"In the past few days, the Fang brothers, who were regarded as guests by Daoming, suddenly closed their doors to thank the guests, claiming to be sick and resting, but in fact they have disappeared. A large amount of money was transferred away in the treasury, especially the various golden and jade treasures seized from the bandits, and were almost collected. Duan Mobo, who was supposed to be closely monitored, and the important prisoners, Mai Zeming and others, were secretly taken away the day before yesterday, and never returned to the prison again. In addition, Zhu Sheng, the boy, came in and was in a mysterious way, and I don't know what he was busy with. Yesterday I sent someone to recruit him, but this guy dared to push and stop four..." Every time Xue Tong said something, he stretched out a hand to indicate, and finally raised his entire palm in front of Shao Xu.

He stared at Shao Xu and repeated the question just now: "According to the Jizhou report, Shi Le bandits defeated the Yanzhou army, and the whereabouts of the lord are unknown. Although Xue was extremely anxious, he understood very well that what we needed to do at this time was to calm the situation, not the other way around. At present... these incidents suddenly happened, and I had to come to ask for advice, Changshi Shao, what do you want to do?"

Xue Tong's tone was not harsh, but she expressed a clear attitude. Shao Xu had no doubt that if he did not respond carefully, the military would immediately take action, and it was unknown whether he would even arrest his chief minister.

The majestic and powerful man in front of him is definitely Lu Yao’s most trusted subordinate. With Lu Yao’s military and political power rapidly expanding, it is inevitable that there will be mud and sand. Xue Tong is the most reliable guarantee. He will use any means without hesitation to eliminate any abnormal movements within the Dai County in the bud.

Although I have tried my best to be cautious in the past few days, I have involved too many aspects and cannot hide it from this old friend who is a general who is all over the entire army. Therefore, it is really expected that Xue Tong came to me at this moment. To some extent, Xue Tong and herself were originally a relationship of restraint and weighing each other. If Xue Tong had no response at all, it would be abnormal.

Even so, Shao Xu did not think it was necessary to surrender to Xue Tong immediately. As the chief of General Yingyang, he was not the object of threat by warriors at will. He casually played with a string of vermilion coral beads in his hand, until he saw Xue Tong's hands pressing on the table gradually clenching into fists, then he put his sleeves on his sleeve and poured a cup of tea for Xue Tong diligently.

"I dare not take it for advice." Shao Xu said seriously: "Since General Xue asks, Shao must have no reason to hide it. But before explaining to General Xue, I want to ask you a question first."

Xue Tong held the teacup in his hand and did not drink it for a while: "Chief asked him to come."

"The lord once told me that as today is turbulent and the current situation is shaky, it seems that the chaotic times in the late Han Dynasty are about to begin." Shao Xu said this, glanced at Xue Tong, saw him nodding slightly, and then continued: "If we are not afraid to take the initiative, compared with the current situation in the late Han Dynasty, I don't know what kind of person my lord is in the eyes of General Xue? Can I get to Zhang, Le, Yu, Zhang, and Xu Yilu?"

More than twenty years ago, Chen Shou, the prince's son, wrote "Three Kingdoms" and passed down. In the book, it included five generals under the command of Emperor Wu of Cao Wei, including Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Yu Jin, Zhang He and Xu Huang, and commented: "The five sons are the first of the good generals of the time." Compared with the five good generals of Cao Wei when the founding of the country, Shao Xu General Lu Yao may have been a rare reputation.

But Xue Tong looked at Shao Xu deeply, shook his head and said, "Why do you have to bully me? Even if you are humble, you always have the ambition to support the world and be as strong as Huan Wen... He is not a good general like the five sons, but...but..."

Xue Tong didn't know what to say for a moment, but Shao Xu laughed and moved the topic: "I have fully understood what General Xue means. The lord is indeed not a good general of the five sons, and it is not."

Although he smiled, the squinted strategist who had been commanding under the Chengdu King's tent seemed to have a sharp light flash in his eyes, indicating that he was not as relaxed and calm as he showed: "General Xue, I am not intimidated. Before going to Jizhou, the lord had a secret discussion with me..."

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