Rushing with all his strength, Lin Ze only spent less than half a day to catch up with Wu Fan and others who were walking quickly, and then joined the group as if nothing had happened.
Others did not show any strange reaction to Lin Ze's return.
However, Wu Fan, who was attentive, noticed that Lin Ze's face was calm and silent, and he secretly thought to himself: Could it be that the adults did not do anything and retreated without doing anything, so they were not in a good mood?
Thinking of this, Wu Fan mustered up the courage to persuade: "Sir, you are still young, and your future martial arts achievements will be extraordinary. Don't worry about temporary gains and losses."
Lin Ze raised his head and looked at his subordinate in surprise, completely unable to understand what he wanted to express.
Wu Fan's scalp went numb when he saw Lin Ze. He thought he had said something wrong and accidentally offended Lin Ze. He quickly explained: "My lord, please forgive me. I was just talking nonsense."
Lin Ze said "Oh" and said: "Don't do this stupid thing in the future. By the way, tell the others later that I have been with you all the time and have not separated."
"I obey," Wu Fan immediately replied cheerfully, thinking with great understanding: It turns out that Sir is also a man of face, and what he just said was too abrupt.
A few days later, the news that the Governor of Dongshan and his personal guards were killed in an ambush by the rebels reached Wu Fan's ears, and he looked at Lin Ze in awe.
After all, this world is a world where martial arts is respected. The stronger Lin Ze is, the more loyal Wu Fan and others will be as his subordinates.
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When receiving the urgent letter from Chen Ping, Lin Ze and his party rushed to the mountain city and expected to have two days before they could enter the territory of Shu.
After reading the letter, Lin Ze said to the messenger: "Bring me a message to Admiral Chen and tell him to try his best to maintain the stability of Shu. Other difficult matters will be dealt with after I return.
"
After the messenger wrote down this passage, he rushed back to the capital of Shu without stopping.
Five days later, Chen Ping took the officials of the Governor's Mansion to welcome Lin Ze's return outside the capital of Shu.
After taking the lead to greet him, Chen Ping said with a shameful face: "My nephew has betrayed his uncle's trust and caused heavy losses to Shu. I ask my uncle to punish him."
Lin Ze's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "If you have anything to do, let's talk about it when we get back. What do you think of saying these things in public?"
After saying that, Lin Ze ignored Chen Ping and took the lead into the city.
Chen Ping followed behind with a sad face, very frustrated. It seems that my uncle is very disappointed with me this time. He can't even do the things of Shoucheng well. How can he plan for progress in the future?
After returning to the Governor's Mansion, the first thing Lin Ze did was to move all the jade stones into his secret room, and then convene everyone in the Governor's Mansion to discuss matters.
Lin Ze sat on the main seat without hesitation and said in a deep voice: "Who can tell me what happened in Shu and what is the current situation? The more detailed the better."
Chen Ping stood up and bowed and said: "Reporting to your lord, the barbarian captives rebelled and caused harm to Shu. According to the news from the Intelligence Department, at least 300,000 civilians fled their homes due to the barbarian rebellion, and more than 30,000 people died tragically.
The land for hundreds of miles is desolate.”
"After the incident happened, the governor-general responded quickly and put down the rebellion in a timely manner. Except for the 50,000 stubborn resisters of the 300,000 barbarians who were killed, the rest surrendered again and were imprisoned outside the capital city of Shu under the supervision of the army."
"There are three biggest problems today: First, there is a shortage of food in Shu. The 300,000 barbarians were originally taking care of millions of acres of fertile land for us. After the rebellion, the fields failed to harvest. Although the lower officials organized people to harvest, the harvest was finally harvested.
The amount of grain and rice is less than one-fifth, so there is a shortage of grain."
"Both, millions of acres of fertile land without enough people to cultivate it will face the risk of becoming deserted. I'm afraid it will be even more difficult in the coming year."
"Third, what will be done with the remaining 250,000 barbarian captives? It is unknown whether they will be killed, and if they are not killed, they will not be able to survive."
"As for the above, please make your decision, sir."
After hearing this, Lin Ze said calmly: "These are the questions? Are there any others?"
Not only Chen Ping, but also everyone else in the hall was stunned. Isn't this problem serious enough? I have to say that the magnanimity of Mr. Lin is extraordinary.
Lin Ze looked around for a week, and when no one answered, he slowly said: "Since there are no other problems for the time being, I will solve these first."
"First, send someone to deliver a letter to the Governor-General and General Han, telling them that regardless of the outcome of the battle, they will temporarily withdraw their troops and let the soldiers return to the capital of Shu. I will write this letter and we will not send half a month's worth of food to them.
Yes, let them figure it out."
"In this way, food consumption will be reduced sharply. Then I will go to Ba's house and ask to borrow food. I just need to spend this period of time. What do you think?"
Everyone looked at each other and used the lack of food as an excuse to threaten Young Master Hu Hai and General Han Xin to withdraw their troops. You are probably the only one who can do this, or perhaps only the military advisor has the courage and courage to do it.
Then they all replied in unison with great understanding: "Your Excellency is wise, and I have no objections from my subordinates."
Seeing that no one had any objections, Lin Ze continued: "As for the millions of acres of fertile land, when the army returns, won't there be people to cultivate it?"
"In the past, we recruited a large number of troops to conquer the barbarians. Now that the barbarians are about to be destroyed, it is natural to reward them based on their merits and remove their armor and return to the fields."
"I plan to use 50,000 of the soldiers to farm fields. Each person will be given twenty acres of land. The governor's office will be responsible for planting seeds and guiding the cultivation. The final harvest will be 50-50%. What do you think?"
No matter what other people thought, Xu Gao's eyes lit up for the first time and he said: "So, all these millions of acres of land are all decided by Sannongsi?"
Lin Ze nodded: "Master Xu's Sang Nong Division will definitely not be able to escape from this matter. I'm afraid that Master Xu will be exhausted."
Unexpectedly, Xu Gao didn't care and said: "Don't worry, Sir, there are millions of acres of fertile land, and the lower official will have an excuse to apply for help from the great master. After hearing this, the great master will definitely be moved and send his disciples and elders to help. Please don't worry, sir.
As long as you give my farmer disciples enough trust, keep it and let you have a good harvest."
Lin Ze smiled slightly and said: "As long as the farmer's children are willing to help, I will naturally make it clear to the young master that I will treat them with high-ranking officials and generous salaries. As for what the farmers do, I don't care. I will leave these millions of fertile fields to you.
Just look at the results.”
Xu Gao immediately stood up and saluted: "Thank you for your trust, sir."
A relaxed smile appeared on Lin Ze's face and he said: "How, this solves the two problems. I have already made a case about the barbarian tribe. I am not sure yet whether it can be done. Those people will start every day.
Hang a bowl of porridge."
At this point, Lin Ze's face showed murderous intent and said: "Soldiers who have been ordered to take care of us, but anyone who causes trouble will be shot without mercy."
"Okay, everyone, please step aside. Chen Ping will stay. I have something else to tell you."