"Hey, I don't know if we can return to Huaian in the future!" Gao Tai stood not far away, looking at Huaian City in the distance, his eyes showing a hint of reluctance, and sighed.

Since he followed Gao Cheng's father to Huaian to settle down, he has been here for more than 20 years. After such a long time, he has regarded Huaian as his hometown. Now that he has suddenly left, he feels a little sad.

Not only him, Gao Ying and Gan Yu, the two girls were also reluctant to leave, and the pear blossoms were crying with rain.

大船缓缓开动,白马湖波浪起伏,高澄环视四周,数十艘的大船不断劈波斩浪,他的身边,站着张昭,戏志才,周泰,吕岱,周仓,裴元绍,张飞,糜芳……还有一个穿着干净衣衫的青年,这人穿着寻常,双目明亮,炯炯有神,精神修为不凡.他就是接受征辟赶到淮安的陈矫.

“内政有张昭,陈矫,徐宣,军队有吕岱,周泰,蒋钦等人,这样的家底,在一个庐江郡已经够用了!还有刘备关羽张飞三个巨大的帮手,有这样的人才辅助,即便是平庸的人,也能掌握庐江!”

高澄看着周围的这些人,十分满意.除了这些名臣大将,他麾下还有七百精锐,整整一万人的水军.这些水军的根基是当初淮安水寨编练的兵马,再加上这些天收拢的水贼,还有糜芳带来的五百糜氏精锐.兵力不算太多.

"Ten thousand troops are barely enough!"

上次高澄手中的五万大军,在下邳的时候已经交还给刺史府.而眼前的一万多人,是完全归属高澄掌握的私兵.除此之外,徐宣蒋钦和刘备等人收拢的流民已经有了十万,这十万人沿着颖水不断南下,已经快要走到淮河.

When he crossed the river and came to Lujiang, Gao Cheng could select elite soldiers and recruit soldiers, and it would be no problem to pull up tens of thousands of troops. With all the local soldiers in Lujiang, Gao Cheng could also be considered to have 100,000 troops.

...

In the second year of Zhongping, Dahan, winter.

Gao Cheng brought a large number of warships and reunited with refugees, and finally arrived at Shu County, Lujiang Prefecture. At this time, the entire Lujiang County knew that the new prefect was about to arrive, and local tyrants sent people to inquire about the information.

Looking from afar on the boat, the above smoky wind was blowing, and a thin layer of ice formed on the water surface. Most of the officials of Lujiang County, except for some minor officials, came outside the city to greet them.

Among them, the county magistrate was temporarily vacant, and Gongcao Zhang Tao and chief clerk Qiao Yu came with many civil and military officials.

砰!大船靠岸.船夫连忙搭上舢板,高澄身穿貂裘,腰佩美玉,身边周仓捧着昆吾剑,其他一众麾下气质异于常人,各自气息强横.让下方迎接的众人心中震动.

"Give me a visit to the envoy!"

张陶和乔羽约有四十余岁,乃是临湖张氏和皖县乔氏的子弟,庐江的官吏,以两人为尊,其中尤以张陶权势最重.上一任的太守在位的时候,什么事情都要和他商量,几乎变成了傀儡.

Gao Cheng's thoughts flashed, thinking of this information.

Then he took the lead in getting off the boat, Zhang Zhao, Xi Zhicai, Lu Dai and others went down one after another. Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and seemed a little low-key at this time and followed everyone.

“都起来吧!”高澄一挥衣袖,淡淡的说道,目光落在张陶和乔羽的身上.

张陶连忙笑道:“下官张陶,暂为庐江功曹,使君,下官已经备好酒宴,还请使君和诸位贤达一同移步!”

Zhang Zhao frowned slightly, and looked at Zhang Tao with some dissatisfaction. This person was so ungrateful. Before the prefect could speak, he took the initiative to ask the prefect and everyone to go to the banquet with him. He wanted to turn the guests and regard himself as the master of Lujiang?

其实张陶并不是有意如此,而是长时间掌握庐江大权,他早已将自己看成了庐江郡的代言人,下意识的就说出了这些话.

In his opinion, the Zhang family of Linhu was rooted in Lujiang and belonged to the representative of local families. Gao Cheng was just a prefect of Lujiang and might have resigned from office at any time. He never expected that Gao Cheng wanted to take the entire Lujiang County in his hands.

高澄说道:“好,我也想早日认识一下庐江的俊杰,你在前面带路吧!”

张陶连忙转身上前,他已经备好了车马.

这时候,后面的大船陆续赶到,连续几十艘大船颇有屏天蔽日的感觉,随后从船上下来一千精锐,这些人内套棉衣,外穿重甲,手持铁盾长刀,杀气十足.

“这么多的精兵!没想到新来的太守,家底如此丰厚!有这些士卒护身,应该能坐稳太守之为,山蛮和水贼再次来袭,也能抵挡一二!”

"Yes, the last time the Shanren attacked, traveling thousands of miles, and attacking the two counties of Longshu and Anfeng. Tens of thousands of people and tens of thousands of stones of food and grass were plundered. The previous prefect sent county soldiers to attack and defeat them in succession. If Mr. Zhang and Mr. Qiao had not joined forces and sent elite family troops to resist, the entire Lujiang would have suffered a great disaster! The new prefect had so many soldiers, so he would not have let the Shanren be presumptuous again, right?"

“谁知道呢?不过看太守身后这些人的气势,应该都是高手!”

跟在最后面的几个官吏低声的议论着.

众人来到舒县的府衙,按照张陶的安排,这里已经备好了酒菜.

大堂的两侧放着燃烧的炭火,每个木案上都用炉火温着酒水,香料在墙壁四角的香炉慢慢散发着香气.每个木案旁边,都有一个俏丽的侍女伺候.

高澄目光一扫,直接上前跪坐上首,周仓和裴元绍两人分布两侧,充当护卫.张陶,乔羽还有张昭等人分成两列,跪坐在木案之后.

张陶面带笑容,正准备说出一些祝贺的场面话,却见上首的高澄淡淡说道:“现在庐江府衙的人都到了,好!在酒宴之前,正好说一下正事!”

“这是彭城张昭!以后就是庐江郡的功曹,这一位是当初击破黄巾立下大功的刘备,担任主簿!还有广陵徐宣,担任广陵郡督邮!”

“他们三人,以后就是你们的上官!以后由他们辅佐我,治理庐江郡!”

Gao Cheng's voice was faint and spread throughout the lobby. The smile on Zhang Tao's face suddenly became stiff. The other government officials trembled all over and looked at Gao Cheng in disbelief. Is this prefect who was about to dismiss Zhang Tao and Qiao Yu as soon as he arrived in Lujiang?

Did he know that Zhang Tao was a child of the Zhang family in Linhu, and Qiao Yu was a descendant of the Qiao family in Wan County? These two people were in high positions and powerful in their respective families. The new prefect did this and directly offended the two noble families.

I’m afraid Lujiang will be troublesome in the future!

"Eunuch, are you wrong? I am the Gongcao of Lujiang!" Zhang Tao was stunned for a moment, and then said unwillingly.

A sneer appeared on Gao Cheng's face and said, "Zhang Tao, you are the Gongcao appointed by the previous prefect, but I heard that your Zhang family has occupied hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Linhu! These lands were all added when you served as Gongcao. With so much land, I want to ask, can you fully cultivate it?"
Chapter completed!