"Looking to you gentlemen, Governor Feng, good news." Zhao Sheng came in overjoyed, holding a letter in his hand.
Zhao Sheng has lost weight these days and has become thinner and darker. If he were put in front of his old friends in Handan, he would definitely scare them.
After more than three years of Shangdang war, almost all the people fled, the land was abandoned, the houses needed to be rebuilt, the land needed to be reclaimed, and everything was in ruins.
After Zhao Sheng came to Shangdang, he quickly made a development plan, but when it was implemented, he was dumbfounded...
There are no officials in the Shangdang!
When he was the prime minister in the past, he did not need to do anything himself. He only had to arrange things and leave them to the officials below.
But apart from Feng Ting, the county governor, the Shangdang could not even recruit county magistrates and county lieutenants. Where would the officials come from? Many county magistrates and city chiefs had not yet been appointed.
In desperation, Zhao Sheng could only call his customers to help.
If there are not enough officials, hangers-on will come to help!
I have to say that the gap between Zhao Sheng's group of hangers-on and Wei Wuji's hangers-on is a bit big. There are people when eating, but no one when working.
When many diners heard that they would be "assigned" to Shangdang, they immediately packed up their bags and left.
Of course, most of the diners were loyal and followed Zhao Sheng to Shangdang without saying a word.
It's a pity that although these people are loyal, they are also people with high ambitions and low abilities. They can talk about the country for a long time without repeating it, but they can only stare at it when they practice it themselves.
In desperation, Zhao Sheng had no choice but to take action in person, leading the people to reclaim farmland every day, helping them build houses, build water conservancy, distribute plows sent from Handan to every household, and also find ways to help these people get cattle for farming.
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In the end, there were not enough cattle for farming, which seriously affected land reclamation. Zhao Sheng directly used his connections to get 3,000 horses from the officials in charge of horse administration, and lent them to the people to cultivate the land, and then returned them after the cultivation was completed.
The endurance of horses is not good, and the speed of plowing cannot be compared with that of oxen, but they are still better than humans!
This strategy was told to Zhao Sheng by a retainer named Mao Sui, who was also one of the very few of Zhao Sheng's retainers who could do practical things.
After this incident, Zhao Sheng's standards for accepting customers were very different from before.
Under Zhao Sheng's governance, Shangdang gradually emerged from the ruins. There were newly built houses and newly reclaimed farmland everywhere, and the faces of the people were full of hopeful smiles.
If we only look at the surface, the prosperity of Shangdang is even comparable to that before the war.
Zhao Sheng had never seen these mud-legged people before. In his opinion, he and these mud-legged people were from completely different worlds.
But after he helped these mud-legged people rebuild their homes, and looked at the smiles on their faces, he also smiled from the bottom of his heart.
Nowadays, the reputation of the virtuous son Zhao Sheng is spread everywhere in Shangdang. For the first time, Zhao Sheng's reputation has spread from the scholars to the common people in Guizhou. There are even nursery rhymes praising him.
Zhao Sheng never thought that the mud-legged man, whom he had never seen before, could bring him such a great reputation.
He is a person who is willing to do anything for reputation. He used to kill his concubine for reputation, but now he can stay with these idiots every day for reputation.
Because his talent is that the higher his reputation, the higher his intelligence.
Fame brought him not only 3,000 diners, but also real strength!
As Zhao Sheng's reputation spread among civilians, his strength became stronger and stronger, his speed in handling things became faster and faster, the Shangdang's development became better and better, and Zhao Sheng's reputation also increased.
It’s getting bigger and bigger…
A virtuous cycle is formed.
These days, it can be said that Zhao Sheng has visited almost every corner of Shangdang, including fields, dams, houses... He is busy everywhere.
Zhao Sheng can guarantee that he can now beat himself half as well as he did before.
In comparison, Le Yi and Feng Ting were very relaxed. They were responsible for defending the Qin army, but the Qin army was too lazy to attack the sheep. The two had nothing to do every day, and they could not leave Yaodu Pass, so they could only train soldiers.
Relieve boredom.
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Pingyuan." Feng Ting bowed respectfully to Zhao Sheng.
The sufferings Zhao Sheng suffered were originally his, but he really had no choice, so he complained to Zhao Kuo, and finally Zhao Kuo sent Zhao Sheng over.
"It's not hard, it's not hard." Zhao Sheng waved his hands nonchalantly, he was enjoying it now.
"Mr. Pingyuan is truly a gentleman." Feng Ting admired Zhao Sheng even more.
"What's the good news?" Le Yi asked.
"General Lian Po defeated the Qi army and captured 200,000 Qi soldiers. Then the king went south and surrounded Linzi. Qi State sued for peace. General Tian Dan also defeated the 200,000 Han and Wei troops at the foot of Ye City. The kings of Wei and Han personally rushed
Go to Yecheng to make an alliance with the king. Now our three Jin states have formed an alliance again, and I, the State of Zhao, are still the leader of the alliance."
Zhao Sheng said happily.
"That guy Tian Dan defeated the Han and Wei coalition forces?" Le Yi didn't believe it.
"Really, look, this is the news from the king." Zhao Sheng handed the letter to Le Yi.
"Thirty thousand army souls!" Le Yi looked at the information in shock and couldn't calm down for a long time. With this strength, even he couldn't guarantee victory.
It can even be said that if both sides only lead 30,000 troops, the possibility of losing is as high as 90%.
Of course, if it were an army of 300,000, Le Yi would still be confident.
After a few breaths, Le Yi sighed with emotion, "It seems that this guy has made up his mind to attach himself to Zhao State, even spending his money."
"Jun Duping is truly a famous general throughout the ages." Feng Ting said with great admiration.
At the same time, I feel a little disappointed. When I was in Korea, he was considered to be the best. Even the King of Korea respected him very much.
Now that we have arrived in the State of Zhao, we know how vast the world is.
Not only was any military commander randomly selected to be stronger than him, but even the civil servants' abilities were far beyond his imagination.
The monarch and the prime minister (Tian Dan) are out on an expedition.
Former Prime Minister Zhao Sheng came to Shangdang in just two months, and he managed the Shangdang party in an orderly manner.
Feng Ting also heard that Lin Xiangru, the most famous virtuous minister in the Zhao Kingdom, was recovering at home.
Without Zhao Kuo, Tian Dan, Zhao Sheng, and Lin Xiangru, the Zhao court not only did not have any turmoil, but even continued to deliver food and grass to the front line.
Facing these ruthless people, Feng Ting couldn't think of any competition at all.
"I've been like this all my life, but the next generation of my Feng family is no weaker than anyone else." Feng Ting thought in his heart.
He had three sons. The eldest son died in the Battle of Changping, leaving him a grandson.
The second son is named Feng Muze, and the third son is named Feng Quji. One is a martial artist and the other is an essayist. They are both very talented. Le Yi highly praises them.
Grandson Feng Jie is also very smart.
Feng Ting believes that given time, they will be able to surpass themselves.