Wang Zhuo met Zhang Dalongtou, who was about to become Chief Zhang, in a ditch. At that time, the latter was helping a husband join the army with his cultivation level of condensing pills or forming pills, surrounded by cool ice energy.

The sister-in-law took the baby to dig a hole.

Water hole for the vegetable garden.

Because her husband was in the army, the family simply rented out the farmland to her mother's family and several cousins ​​in her husband's family. However, they also had a vegetable garden that could be used to supply daily supplies to the nearby Zhouqiao Market in exchange for extra income. They really couldn't bear to part with it, so

Persist.

However, today, as the heavy rain period in May has passed, the rainfall is obviously insufficient, and the ditch used for garden irrigation is close to drying up, making it difficult to obtain water. There is still deep water in Zhouqiao Ditch, but it is difficult to go back and forth... At this time, the role of men

That’s it, what do other vegetable garden owners do?

That's right, dig a hole.

Just keep digging in the semi-dry ditch next to the vegetable garden, because it is not far from the decent tributary of the river that passes through Zhouqiao. The groundwater is understood. If you dig down, you will know how to dig.

Store water and then carry it for irrigation.

Although it is still very tiring to carry water in this way, it can still barely support a small vegetable garden.

However, for this sister-in-law, carrying water is no problem, but digging a hole is difficult, especially in the summer when she enters a pit full of mud and loses her clothes... However, there is really no one to help her.

A sister-in-law dug a hole.

Brothers from their mother's family and brothers from husband's family have to dig trenches with the people in the village community to irrigate the more important crops. Other gardeners also have their own fields to be busy with and have no extra energy. Of course, if you are a little more malicious, it may be

They would rather see this competitor disappear naturally because of Tianshi.

Anyway, Zhang Xing, who was getting more and more leisurely while visiting the village community, discovered this problem and simply went to dig the hole himself... and even called the children nearby to help pick up loaches in the dug mud.

It can only be said that if you don’t consider that there are more than dozens of knights on horseback surrounding them, the children are trembling with fear, and they want to sift through every piece of mud dozens of times, and wash all the loaches clean. There is a look of a military and civilian family.

The love of fish and water.

“Long Tou is really considerate and caring for the people.”

Wang Zhuo looked at this scene, smacked his lips, rolled up his sleeves and trouser legs and walked out. After a while, regardless of the dirt, he shoveled the semi-caked mud into the fence basket with a shovel, and then personally

Carry it up and send it up.

Zhang Xing couldn't help but wonder: "What is this for?"

"This silt is good material for fertilizing fields." Wang Zhuo answered easily, but then spread the sludge along the shore to dry.

Zhang Xing was stunned, but then he noticed that the other party's clothes were stained with a lot of mud in just a moment, and asked again: "The leader Wang has not condensed the elixir yet?"

"It's almost there, but I'm really short of breath. I'm really ashamed." Wang Zhuo didn't think much and responded directly. "But now that the situation is surging and the gang is getting bigger and bigger, I should not be short of a Ningdan... I heard people say

, there was a rebel leader from Hebei who became a general of a battalion, and after two battles, he directly roared and condensed pills on the river?"

"It's a bit exaggerated, but it's still the same. Just like Zhao Guang, both the governor and the governor were connected in one roar." Zhang Xing speeded up as he spoke. After a little thought, he figured out the area and depth of the water pit. It quickly expanded, and it was obvious that he had encountered a spring, and saw muddy water gushing out. "But this is also related to his experience. The prodigal was looked down upon by everyone in the past, and he was born in troubled times, but he gritted his teeth and brought a group of people with him. After repeated trials and inspections, Dahe wandered up and down the north and south for two or three years, and finally he was forced to join the gang due to the current situation. Then Lien Chan Company was the top two in front of the formation, and he was forced to lead a battalion of cavalry. Naturally, he was able to do it all. "

Wang Zhuo nodded, thoughtfully: "It turns out that I have been holding back this breath for many years, but after all, I gave him a chance to scream."

"If you have more opportunities, you have to fight for them yourself. Even if half of it is given by external forces, you still have to give it to the whole troubled times. The help can give you 20 to 30% at most... What about you?" Zhang Xing finished digging the hole and waved the wrapper thoughtfully. Duanjiang Zhenqi used the shovel to build steps along the puddle, and even sent it all the way to the shore. "How are these days, Chief Wang? How are the servants? Are they still okay?"

"Thanks to the leader's concern, everything is fine." Wang Zhuo, who had already started to spread the second basket of mud, looked at the anger on Zhang Xing's shovel, thought about it, and answered seriously. "It will be better after the Huaixi uprising. , there are no worries on all sides, and the trade routes are smooth... People around us are clamoring for our silk fabrics from Xiayi and fruits from Dangshan. It is said that they are all sold to Dongdu and Jiangdu... I didn't expect that even if I become a rebel, I have to give them to the same high-ranking officials. The nobles made clothes and prepared food, but who asked them to give money? When I came, I had already arranged the irrigation matters. I went to Yi to take the Suishui River, and to Dangshan to go to the Bian River."

"It is said that the gang is well-organized, but to be honest, there are obvious differences within the gang. Your army is the most closely organized, and it is the easiest and most effective way to do such a big project." Zhang Xing said with emotion. "After this time, you have to Select twenty people who are good at civil affairs, engineering, and clerical work, and I will use them in the office... I will leave the ones here in Jiyin to Li Longtou."

Wang Zhuo hesitated for a moment: "If they are willing, I naturally have nothing to say."

Zhang Xing nodded without comment, but continued to ask: "Is Xuzhou convenient for doing business?"

"It's convenient, and the public security in Xuzhou is obviously better than that of Huaixi, and even better than that of Liang County, but it does not provide food and related military supplies." Wang Zhuo naturally knew what the other party wanted to know. "After Han Yingong left, the three counties of Xuzhou (Donghai, Donghai, Xiapi, Pengcheng) fell into the hands of Sima Zheng. Logically speaking, this person does not need me to talk to the leader, but I really didn’t expect that the other person was of high birth, good at martial arts, and so down-to-earth in his work..."

Zhang Xing didn't say a word and worked quietly. After repairing the steps, he turned to help transport the sludge.

Wang Zhuo understood and continued: "The first step is to organize the army. Needless to say, the sources of soldiers and horses in the so-called Xuzhou camp distributed in three counties are mixed. There are soldiers from local counties and soldiers from the original Xuzhou camp after three campaigns. The remnants and logistics system are also local, and then there are the Kansai garrison and Dongdu warriors who came after the Three Expeditions... The morale of the locals is low, and the outsiders are homesick... Now think about it, during the battle of Calendar Mountain, Han Yingong was His behavior is certainly attributable to his own selfish motives, but with this selfish motive, how can it not be the indulgence of the soldiers below?"

"That's the truth." Zhang Xing nodded seriously. "So Sima Erlong stabilized these people? Rebuilt the Xuzhou camp?"

"That's right." Leader Wang replied while spreading the smelly sludge sent by Zhang Xing on the shore. "No one can stop the Guanlong soldiers from homesickness, but Sima Erlong can at least stabilize these people...

Enforcing military discipline is fair and just, rewards and punishments are appropriate, and the barracks, officers, logistics, and sergeants are reorganized to a certain extent."

"Then civil affairs, finance?" Zhang Xing followed the trend and asked, as if he was not surprised.

"Yes, but this person did not participate directly. Instead, he intervened step by step along the military affairs. And the main thing is to be fair and just, nothing special."

"Then he is indeed practical in doing things..." Zhang Xingyi said. "And everything is fair and just. In line with his cultivation and background, the three counties of Xuzhou will naturally obey him."

"If you insist on obedience, you will naturally be obedient after last autumn, but it is only obedience. From this spring plowing on, I am afraid it will not just be official obedience." Leader Wang suddenly put down his shovel and stood on the bank and said, "He

After last autumn, we followed our example and began to inspect the land and re-grow the fields."

Zhang Xing answered with a calm expression: "If that's the case, how can we surrender? The taxes of the three counties of Xuzhou are calculated, and they are faked to be two to three times the actual land... This is the original meaning of our fair land allocation."

Come back and start over.”

Wang Zhuo nodded: "That's the problem. Neither I nor others at that time thought that he was treating the symptoms rather than the root cause, and no one cared about it. But it wasn't until recently that we found out... from last autumn

At the beginning, he reported to Jiangdu, saying that the six counties of Huaixi were in rebellion, all trade routes were blocked, and thieves were constantly intruding. The three counties of Xuzhou also reported a sharp drop in their grain income, and the taxes sent to Jiangdu were last year's autumn tax accounts.

It was blatantly reduced by 30% last year, and today the spring tax is simply reduced by half."

Zhang Xing was finally stunned for a moment, because he knew what this meant.

First of all, they are not treating the symptoms rather than the root cause, but they are probably using a top-to-bottom approach to truly complete the reconstruction of tax fairness in the three counties of Xuzhou. And rebuilding tax fairness is the fundamental magic weapon that can help stabilize the local area.

, and was even an important cornerstone for the rise of the Great Zhou Dynasty that year.

To put it bluntly, once chaos breaks out and returns to farming, fairness in agricultural taxes and corvee is the foundation of all social fairness.

Secondly, this shows what methods Sima Zheng used to completely control the local official system of the three counties of Xuzhou.

After all, compared to the Dengzhou Camp and Youzhou Camp, which did not cancel the General Guanzhou, the Xuzhou Camp is actually similar to the Hejian Camp in a broad sense. It has already eliminated the General Guanzhou and divided it into counties. The army has also been divided into counties.

Completely separate.

The reason why Xue Changxiong looks powerful but is actually vulnerable is largely due to the fact that he cannot effectively control the local area and is always out of touch with the local government. Local officials are also alienated from him... But we can't blame him. The local government and the military

The general manager is a natural rivalry... and what about Sima Zheng? This guy took office in Xuzhou a year later than Xue Changxiong, but he actually managed to get the local officials of the three counties to cooperate with him and reach an agreement on the most basic money and grain income.

Whether it is because of his charisma, force of arms, or political pressure, in short, judging from the results, he has achieved the integration of military and political affairs.

This is troublesome, no wonder he still has the thought and ability to reach out to Langya.

Several thoughts passed through his mind, but only for a moment. Zhang Xing continued to help transport the last few pieces of solidified sludge. He did not ask how the other party knew the inside story, but continued to get to the point: "Jiangdu is only a Huai River from Xuzhou.

No one came to check the partition?"

"Let's talk to the leader like this." Wang Zhuo continued to work and answered at the same time. "In Jiangdu, the saint is still in charge inside the palace, but outside the palace, it is basically the Sima family who dominates the sky..."

"The Sima family was chosen by the saint himself to cover the sky with one hand." Zhang Xing sneered.

"That's the truth." Wang Zhuo rarely stopped and sighed. "After this guy arrived in Jiangdu, he was so suspicious and irritable that no one believed him. However, Sima Changying's death in battle made him feel that Sima was a little more trustworthy, so he

The Jiangdu military was entrusted to Sima Huada brothers, who were also bodyguards at that time... Here in Xuzhou, at first, they did feel that it was inappropriate for Sima and his son to have both internal and external military power, so they replaced Sima Zheng with Han Yingong, but Han Yingong

If you run away, you will trust Sima Zheng even more."

"More than that." Zhang Xing thought about it seriously. "This saint is not that confused. He should still feel that Sima Changying died, Sima Zheng was young, brother Sima Huada had insufficient cultivation, bad reputation, and scattered party members.

On the contrary, it means that it can be used... If two old masters, Tu Wan Chang Lun and Yu Ji Luo, were to take charge of Jiangdu's military power, he would not be able to sleep."

"There is no need to take over Jiangdu's military power. These two are just on the front line and can't suppress the rebels. He can't stand it anymore in Jiangdu. But these guys still know what a grandmaster means, so they are not as brutal as before and deal with them directly.

." Wang Zhuo answered calmly. "I don't even think about it. Those two grandmasters are clearly facing off against a great grandmaster and the entire Jiangdong and Jiangxi. It's good to be able to maintain it."

"Speaking of this matter..." Zhang Xing suddenly changed the subject. "What's going on with Lai Zhan'er? I understand that he kept Lai Zhan'er with him because he was afraid of death, but why not let Lai Zhan'er take advantage of the situation and take over the military power of Jiangdu?

?”

"Why should the leader ask questions knowingly?" Leader Wang glanced at Zhang Xing and did not answer directly.

Zhang Xing exclaimed on the spot: "Does he even doubt the confidants he single-handedly promoted?"

"Who knows that Lai Zhan'er happens to be a native of Jiangdu and has been the general manager of Xuzhou and Jiangdu for many years?" Wang Zhuo sneered. "And who is Lai Zhan'er? In the eyes of this land supreme, everyone else except him

You, what should you not give up? After killing your brothers, you will then kill your cousins. Now only one of your cousins ​​is left in Guanhai in the north. Your son will be scrapped if he has any future prospects. Even so, the King of Qi is still locked up.

In Jiangducheng, the queen went to persuade her a little, then she got angry on the spot and refused to allow her wife of decades to speak again...Does Longtou still remember those palace servants who were reluctant to live in the palace and be released?"

"Of course I remember."

"As soon as I got back, I killed them all in the name of colluding with the gang." Wang Zhuo let out a long breath and looked at the sky without saying a word, but there was only a silent scorching sun above his head.

Zhang Xing also looked over his head, and then couldn't help but laugh: "The saint calls himself the land supreme, which supreme being is he trying to compare himself to? The three radiances or the four emperors?"

"Even for Bi Sanhui, there is an old saying, 'As time passes, I and you will both perish,' right?" Wang Zhuo simply answered.

At this point, the two of them had actually finished their work, but they put away the tools together. Then, Wang Zhuo went down and scrubbed the dirt in the puddle, while Zhang Xing shamelessly took it from a child.

The result of half a day's work, the so-called half-broken basket of loach, I was only given a handful of copper coins, and then I went ashore with Wang Zhuo.

After leaving Caiyuanzi, this time the two sides no longer talked about Xuzhou and Jiangdu, but began to discuss some key issues, but it was unexpectedly simple and straightforward.

"You already know everything about this time. I won't say much more. I'll just talk about your arrangements. It depends on whether Du Po Zhen comes or not." Zhang Xing responded seriously and had no intention of asking for advice. "If he comes,

, I will hand over Zan County and Yongcheng northeast of Huanshui in Qiao County to you, let you be the general manager, and then be attached to Li Longtou."

"Then I'd like to thank Longtou for your understanding." Wang Zhuo nodded, but didn't ask what would happen if Du failed to break the formation.
To be continued...