The golden rice fields are all over the mountains and fields, and the joy of harvest is overflowing on everyone's face. This year is a good harvest year, the world is peaceful, the weather is smooth, people are well fed and warmly clothed. All over Jingzhou, people are busy for the harvest. Come and go in a hurry
People, under the vicious sun, braved the scorching heat to harvest their own happiness. Since Long Fei came to power, the people's life has become much better. With these crops, they will never go hungry again.
Old man Huang sweated profusely and worked hard to harvest the mature crops. The eldest son carried the bundled rice out and loaded it on the car and took it home. The women threw the rice ears hard on the roller to let them thresh. This is what it is today.
This is the third trip. The family has been busy since early in the morning. They only care about being happy and haven’t eaten until three o’clock in the morning.
Old man Huang raised his head, wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the large rice fields waiting to be harvested in front of him, and took a breath. The eldest son happened to come over: "Dad, mother wants us to go back to eat!"
"Okay! Work for a while and then go back!" As Huang old man spoke, he spat into his hand again and continued to work hard.
The boss twisted his sore waist and complained: "It's such a busy day, and the second brother won't come to help. The three children in our village are all back!"
Old Man Huang glanced at the eldest brother: "Your second brother is a soldier who earns food. How can he leave as soon as he wants? Besides, without your second brother, we wouldn't have the good life we have now. Work quickly and don't complain!"
"If I had known, I would have joined the army!" The boss was obviously a little dissatisfied: "You will also be given money, and wearing armor will look more majestic!"
Old Man Huang smiled slightly, stood up and patted his son on the shoulder: "Okay, we only let one of our two sons go. Look, your fourth uncle only has one son, and he can't even want to be a soldier. Besides, every time your second brother
Didn’t Yue still send money back? You two, one is filial and the other is loyal, our old Huang family can be considered worthy of General Long!"
Long Fei rode his horse and led Dian Wei all the way, looking at the people harvesting crops. Both of them were from poor backgrounds and knew what food meant to the people. This year's harvest was particularly good, and the people were very enthusiastic about handing over food.
It's very high. Two-thirds of it has been reserved in the treasury. By the time it's over, it should be all ready. Arriving at the entrance of a village, Long Fei raised his legs and jumped off his horse.
"Uncle, can you give me some saliva?" Long Fei cupped his fists and raised his hands to the old man Huang who was unloading the truck.
Old Man Huang glanced at Long Fei for a few times. Long Fei didn't look like a businessman or a rich man. The fierce look of Dian Wei behind him was a bit scary: "Are you...?"
Long Fei said quickly: "We were passing by here, we were a little thirsty and wanted to ask for a bowl of water!"
Old Man Huang glanced at his son, who put down his work and went back to the house to bring out a bowl of water. Long Fei took it and drank a few sips quickly, turned around and handed it to Dian Wei. Looking at the cart of rice, Long Fei nodded and said:
"This year's crops are in good shape. Uncle should be able to harvest a lot of rice, right?"
When it came to the crops, Old Man Huang's vigilance dropped a lot, and he laughed and said: "Isn't that true? My old man has been farming for so many years, and this year is the best year!"
"My uncle's accent sounds like he's not from here!" Long Fei tied Yu Feng to a tree branch and stretched out his hand to help Old Man Huang.
When Old Man Huang saw that this man was not bad, he started chatting: "Yes, we are from Yuzhou. We didn't have enough food and clothing before, and we had to work. So we had no choice but to bring the whole family to Jingzhou. When Liu Biao was there, we still had to work."
Farming for others will not give enough food, but it is better than Yuzhou. The people just want to have enough food and clothing, but the world is so big, there is no way for the people to survive. Fortunately, General Long is here. Look at the food I have spent in two years.
Can’t finish it!”
"Oh!" Long Fei nodded repeatedly: "What about General Long?"
As soon as these words came out, Old Man Huang's face immediately lit up with excitement: "General Long is a good man! Only with General Long can we, the common people, have a way to live. General Long is the benefactor of all of us!"
Dian Wei heard from the side and said with a chuckle: "Boss, it seems you are quite popular with the people!"
Old Man Huang was stunned for a moment, then looked at Long Fei, then at Dian Wei, and then at Yu Feng tied to a tree branch. The old man fell to his knees with a thud. His son and women didn't know what was going on, so they hurriedly stepped forward to help him.
The old man pulled everyone to their knees with runny nose and tears: "This is General Long, why don't you kneel down!"
Everyone was shocked. His son looked at Long Fei. No matter how he looked at it, he didn't think it was the same. The dignified general just went out and helped him unload the truck. Long Fei hurriedly reached out to help Old Man Huang. Old Man Huang knelt on the ground and said nothing, and he couldn't get up.
I offended Long Fei and asked him to punish me. Long Fei had no choice but to persuade him by threatening to walk away.
When the whole village heard that General Long was coming, they all put down their work and gathered at Old Man Huang's house. Long Fei became the god in everyone's hearts, and everyone rushed to talk to Long Fei. This reminded Long Fei of those things on TV in the past.
The scene during the leader's inspection, a large group of common people, a group of officials, the common people stretched out their hands as if touching the leader's hand would bring good luck.
On the way back, Long Fei had a new idea. He wanted to start a newspaper. What is a weapon to control people's thoughts? Apart from religion, public opinion is the most important. Whoever the people's hearts turn to will be invincible. Yes, run one.
A newspaper, although not many people are literate, can encourage them to be literate, and it is very important to understand the recent major events in Jingzhou and even the world. Having a newspaper has another advantage. The issuance of government orders and the direction of public opinion are all in your own hands.
This is very beneficial to controlling Jingzhou.
Riding on the horse, Long Fei lowered his head and thought deeply. Dian Wei followed behind, humming a tune he learned from somewhere: "Boss, what's wrong with you?"
Long Fei suddenly raised his head and glanced at Dian Wei: "Let me ask you, who do you think is the most knowledgeable in Xiangyang?"
"Learning?" Dian Wei raised his head and thought for a long time: "Master Xun?"
"Besides Xun Yu, Jia Xu, and Li Ru, who else is there?"
"Hmm...!" Dian Wei thought for a long time, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he chuckled: "Second Madam's father! He is a famous scholar! I heard he was a bachelor of some kind!"
The second lady refers to Cai Yan. Cai Yan's father Cai Yong is indeed the most knowledgeable person in the Han Dynasty. Cai Yong is erudite and talented, good at diction, mathematics, astronomy, proficient in music, and good at calligraphy.
General Zuo Zhonglang has been studying his knowledge at home since he was rescued by Long Fei, and rarely sees people. Today he was suddenly mentioned by Dian Wei, and Long Fei laughed: "Okay! I think you are knowledgeable! Let's go,
Drive!" As soon as he urged the wind, he came quickly towards Xiangyang City.
In the afternoon of that day, Long Fei brought gifts and Cai Yan and Long Yu, the second son of Cai Yan, to visit Cai Yong. The old man was already over seventy years old and still in good health. He was playing chess with Jushou in the backyard when he heard that his grandson was here.
, hurriedly threw down the chess pieces in his hands and ran out happily. He turned a blind eye to Long Fei, hugged his little grandson, and they kissed me. I was so unhappy.
The family was so close that Jushou felt a little lonely. Just because he followed Long Fei to Wancheng, his whole family, including his friend Tian Feng, was chopped off by Yuan Shao. Now he is alone and has nothing to do all day long. He originally planned to
He begged Long Fei to arrange an errand for him, but he couldn't bear to lose face, so he kept delaying it for several years.
Cai Yong took his daughter and grandson to play. Long Fei shook his head and smiled bitterly. His father-in-law still looked down upon him. He turned around and saw Ju Sue. Ju Sue hurriedly saluted. The two sat down in the pavilion where they had just played. Talking about Wancheng and even
With the changes in Jingzhou in recent years, Jushou felt how powerful Long Fei was, and of course he expressed his own views.
Jingzhou seems to have an iron wall, but in fact it is extremely vulnerable to attack and can be invaded from all directions. This is one of the reasons. Second, the people of Jingzhou live and work in peace and contentment, but the officialdom is obviously lacking in strength. It only relies on the efforts of a few talents in Yingchuan and no one else.
The addition of Jingzhou can easily lead to a dominant family, which is the biggest threat to Long Fei's rule. Thirdly, due to the terrain of Jingzhou, the army is dispersed and stationed, which seems to be stable. If Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Liu Zhang and others attack from three sides, it will be difficult at all.
Handle.
Jushou only said these three points, and Long Fei broke out in cold sweat. He has been thinking about this problem for a while, but there is no good way. Long Fei stood up in a hurry and bowed deeply to Jushou: "Mr.
Wake up the person in the dream and ask for advice, sir!"
Jushou hurriedly helped him up: "General, you're welcome. I'm very grateful to the general for taking in the defeated man. Let's talk about peace and advice. If the general won't give up, Jushou will tell you!"
The two of them were chatting happily in the pavilion. They analyzed all the shortcomings of Jingzhou very thoroughly. Jushou also put forward many good suggestions. In the final analysis, the most important one is still inseparable from the people's support.
, as long as the people support it, no matter how powerful the officials are, they will not dare to overturn the situation. On the issue of how to win over the people, Long Fei expressed his thoughts: "Sir, to be honest, I came today to ask my father-in-law to help me win over the people!"
"Oh?" Jushou nodded: "Mr. Cai is of high moral character and the general has good vision. I wonder if the general has any good ideas?"
Long Fei then roughly told the story about the newspaper. Jushou pondered for a long time, frowning and asked: "If the person who writes the paper has an opinion against the general, wouldn't it harm the general?"
Long Fei chuckled and said, "Sir, don't you think this is new?"
Jushou smiled: "The Emperor Guangwu had a Di Bao, but it was gradually cancelled. The general just picked up the Di Bao again and extended it. What's new?"
Long Fei shook his head and smiled bitterly. He didn't expect that his predecessors had this idea a long time ago, but they just didn't continue it. Long Fei said: "My newspaper is different from Di's newspaper. It not only publishes imperial edicts, but also new things and all kinds of things from all over the place.
This, in general, is a microcosm of our Jingzhou. Naturally, we cannot publish everything in it. We will only explain to everyone those situations that are beneficial to us and report them emphatically, so that everyone can unite and share the same hatred! Sir, are you willing to help me?