After the autumn harvest was over, Hu Fen sent someone to ask for the autumn tax to be handed over.

Xiping Jincheng is under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou.

Therefore, Hu Fen’s request is very reasonable and legal.

But how could Yang Zheng give it?

Zhang Wei was asked to write a tearful letter crying about poverty, and said that this year he had been invaded by various tribes in Hexi, and there was no harvest, and the family couldn't open the pot.

At the end of the letter, he also asked Hu Fen to send one million dan of grain to save Xiping from the plight...

Zhang Xuan seemed to be an honest person from the beginning. After finishing writing, his face turned red.

I don’t know if I was shocked by my shamelessness, or if I just couldn’t stand it anymore.

Yang Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "Isn't this forced?"

The messenger returned with the letter.

A few days later, he came back again.

Holding a lot of bamboo slips, it is written how many farmlands there are in Xiping, how many farmlands there are in Hehuang... How much grain should be handed over, clearly and clearly.

He calculates more carefully than Yang Zheng.

I have seen thick-faced people, but never such thick-faced people.

Yang Zheng couldn't help but admire Hu Fen's brain circuitry. He ate my food and gained strength, and then he came to chop me with a knife?

Yang Zheng suddenly remembered a famous saying, a good brother has a knife at his side.

Hu Fen's posture was both stabbing and stabbing, and he also thought he was a fool.

Yang Zheng once again asked Zhang Hui to reply, saying how difficult it was for Xiping to be restored after so many years. Deng Ai, the rebellious minister and traitor, is still watching with knife in his hand.

I did collect some grain from Xiping, but I also need to eat and drink?

If you, Brother Hu, still care about the old relationship, you might as well be tolerant and bear the debt for now. When I get better that year, we can repay you twice as much.

Zhang Xi was breathing heavily while writing.

I have to say that his literary talent is indeed good.

The writing was so emotional that Yang Zheng couldn't help but sigh for his poverty after reading it.

In the end, in order to express his sincerity, Yang Zheng sent two carts of salt stored in the Western Capital Treasury to Wuwei. It was not easy for everyone, and it was considered a bond of brotherhood.

I thought that was the end of the matter.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, the envoy came to Xidu for the third time...

Yang Zheng himself didn't know how to reply.

But this time, Hu Fen is not asking for food, but for people!

In the battle to defeat the Qiang, more than 10,000 people were captured, including 11 Yongliang generals.

At first, one Yang Xin was killed, leaving ten people.

These are valuable assets.

The prisoners were all elite soldiers trained hard by Deng Ai, and the generals were all people with family backgrounds.

Go back and drink some water, eat some meat, and raise it for ten days and a half, and you will be a good man again, able to chop yourself with a knife and howling.

It turns out that Hu Fen went around and around for them.

He didn't mention it, and he almost forgot about it.

"Where are these people?" Yang Zheng asked the guards around him.

The guards shook their heads one by one.

In the end, a personal guard found out that these people were engaged in Xiping's infrastructure construction.

Build bridges and roads, build houses, plow the land...

It's not hard to find someone who knows what they're doing.

Yang Zheng led the envoy to find them.

Under the autumn sun, everyone was shirtless and having sex in full swing.

Many people brought their families to Xiping with the help of Xuanyi Division and Jiuyingying.

Li Te and other Di people and even the entire tribe moved here.

"The people are down there. You can bring back as many people as you can persuade them to go back." Yang Zheng said with a kind smile.

The envoy looked at Yang Zheng, then at the fierce-looking Liu Heng, Lin Sen and other personal guards behind Yang Zheng, and asked uncertainly: "Really?"

"Of course it's true." Yang Zheng's smile became gentler, "Look, I didn't tie them up with chains or ropes, did I?"

The messenger believed it, walked to the crowd, coughed, and shouted: "Prince Deng and Governor Hu will take you back!"

The busy crowd gradually became quiet.

The envoy thought he had impressed everyone and said, "Prefect Deng and Prefect Hu will take you back!"

The tone was quite exciting.

However, the soldiers looked at him with some inexplicable expressions.

Three parts disgust, three parts resistance, three parts resentment...

Being neighbors with Deng Ai, Yang Zheng naturally had to send people to make secret visits from time to time.

To the Sima family, he was a loyal dog. To the imperial court, he stabilized the place, built water conservancy projects, built forts, and vigorously developed farming, making indelible contributions to the stability of the northwest.

The Wubao he built protected the people of the northwest during the great chaos a hundred years later.

However, he was only sorry for the soldiers under his command.

A ruthless person is ruthless to himself and of course he is ruthless to others.

In history, at the age of nearly seventy, he rolled down the cliff wrapped in a blanket and defeated the general with only ten thousand people, creating a military myth.

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However, after the victory, in order to show his achievements, he piled the heads of the enemy soldiers with the heads of his own men to build a Jingguan...

"You, you...are you going to disobey me?" the messenger screamed.

The sound was particularly harsh among the silent crowd.

But the crowd slowly dispersed...

For more than half a year, many prisoners have become accustomed to life in Xiping.

Having enough food, clothing and warmth, being with your family, marrying two Qiang and Hu women without family...

Yang Zheng also promised that as long as they undergo two years of labor reform, no, after reform, they will be granted return status.

If they want to join the army, the door of the army is also open for them.

The difference in treatment between Xiping soldiers and Nanan soldiers is visible to the naked eye.

And what do they have when they go back?

Continue to risk your life with Deng Ai, and then start another battle to defeat the Qiang?

Deng Ai's defeat made many people lose confidence.

The messenger watched dumbly as the prisoners walked away, leaving only floating dust...

Yang Zheng said regretfully: "Oh, everyone has his own ambitions. Isn't joining the army in Xiping the same as joining the army in Yongzhou or Liangzhou? We are all officers and soldiers of the Wei Dynasty! If the envoy has nothing else to do, please come back and give me

The envoy prepares a cart of salt and sends the envoy on his way..."

There is not much else in the West Sea, but it has the most salt, which is simply endless.

Just a small salt lake can dig millions of stones of salt.

Liu Heng probably misunderstood, so he jumped out and said with a ferocious smile: "I obey!"

"You crude creature, don't scare the messenger."

"I would like to see Hu Qi, Fan Zhen, Huangfu Kai, Yao Kehui and other generals," the envoy said without giving up.

But it can be regarded as grasping the key point. The reason why the soldiers did not want to go back was because they would still be like cows and horses.

It's different with generals.

At least he was from a strong local background.

One look at Huangfu Kai's name and it is obvious that he was born in the Huangfu family of Chaona County, Anding.

Like Dunhuang, Anding is a rather special place in the northwest and has produced many characters.

"Come here, bring everyone here." Yang Zheng didn't mind.

"Wei!" The soldier took the order and left.

Not long after, nine people were brought there.
To be continued...