Three Kingdoms: Plundering Entries, From Merchants to Emperors

"Mr. Zhang, your injury has not healed yet, why are you here?"

Zhang Chen hurried forward and helped Zhang Fu who was kneeling on the ground.

Zhang Fu said with tears in his eyes: "Your Excellency is brave and unparalleled. You defeated the bandits in one battle and saved our people from danger. I feel guilty for questioning you before... Now I feel ashamed!"

"Mr. Zhang, you are too serious. The bandits were powerful before and bullied our people repeatedly. It is inevitable that everyone is worried. Not to mention you, even I am not sure that I can really win in one battle."

"Your Excellency... I am ashamed of you and the soldiers..." Zhang Fu said, and couldn't help crying.

"Your Excellency!" As he was speaking, another voice sounded in the crowd, and a hunchbacked old man squeezed out of the crowd tremblingly.

Zhang Chen looked closely and found that it was the old man who led people to block the county government office that day.

Zhang Chen hurried forward, held the old man's hand and said: "Old man, you are not able to move, why are you here?"

"I heard that you have won the victory and killed all the bandits in the four camps outside the city, so I came to ask for forgiveness."

"Why do you say that, old man? What crime have you committed?"

"That day, I gathered a crowd to block the county government office, which was really treasonous. Today, you have returned victorious and saved my people. When I think back to what I did the day before, I really regret it!"

"Don't say that, old man, you are also thinking about the people of the city. How could I not know your sincere heart?"

Zhang Chen comforted the old man for a few words, looked around at everyone, clasped his fists and said loudly: "Village Dear friends, after this battle, everyone has seen that those who bully the weak are just paper tigers with nothing but appearance! As long as our army and people are united and work together, no one will dare to invade Guangping! No one will dare to bully our people! "

"The army and people are united!"

"Work together!"

Zhang Chen paused and said, "Now that the banditry has been eliminated, from today on, everyone can make a living with peace of mind, abide by the farming season, and work diligently. I believe that it will not be long before Guangping will be peaceful and the people will live a rich life without hunger and cold!"

"Your Excellency is wise!"

"Your Excellency is wise!"

The people kowtowed and cheered together, and for a time, there was a lot of noise.

Zhang Chen knew that at this moment, Guangping, from top to bottom, finally returned to their hearts.

At the same time, in Qujiazhuang, dozens of miles away from the suburbs, the owner Qu Yi was listening to a report from a junior officer at this moment, and his face changed.

"What did you say? He really used only 400 men to contain thousands of bandits?"

"It's not containment, to be exact, it's a massacre!" The lieutenant replied, "I was a hundred meters away at the time, and I saw clearly that those bandits were no match for the Guangping County soldiers. I think that even if Lord Zhang did not attack the three camps separately, causing the bandits to lose their position, it would only take time for them to win by fighting head-on."

Qu Yi pondered and said, "There are nearly 3,000 bandits in the four camps, and there are many remnants of the Yellow Turbans in the 'Black Tiger Camp'. Only a few hundred "How could they kill them without any chance to fight back? Weren't these county soldiers recruited not long ago? How could they have such fighting power?"

"I am also puzzled. Although those bandits are just a mob, they are numerous after all. Only our brothers who first boarded the camp could defeat them with hundreds of people." The lieutenant said, "But, I have followed the general for many years, from Liangzhou to Jizhou, and experienced more than a hundred battles of all sizes, and only then have I become famous today. But those county soldiers, no matter in military appearance or momentum, seem to be no less than us."

Qu After hearing this, Qu Yi frowned and stood up and said, "Go check quickly, what is the name of this unit and who is the leader?"

The lieutenant said, "I have already checked, the Guangping County soldiers are called 'Xianzhen Camp'. The leader is the young warrior who came to the village to deliver food and grass a few days ago. His name is Gao Shun, and he is currently the Guangping County Lieutenant."

"Gao Shun? Xianzhen Camp?" Qu Yi couldn't help but sigh, "What a great talent! I didn't expect that the young man from the Zhang family has such a person under his command. Go quickly to prepare a generous gift, and you will personally deliver it to Lord Zhang's house tomorrow to thank him for the gift. "I'm here to express my gratitude for the food and to express my intention to make friends with him."

The lieutenant was surprised when he heard this and said, "The general appreciates this man so much, just because he trains soldiers well?"

Qu Yi sighed, "The one who can train such soldiers is definitely not an ordinary person. Such a person is willing to obey his orders, which shows that this person is also extraordinary. He has been in office for less than a month, but he has accepted refugees, reclaimed wasteland, trained soldiers, and suppressed banditry. All these actions are to unite the people. This person's ambition is definitely not limited to one county!"

Zhang Zifan, are you the person I'm looking for?

Qu Yi thought secretly in his heart.

...

Wei County, Ye.

The governor Li Wen was sitting in the government office. On the table in front of him, there was a letter of appointment that had not yet been printed.

The two people standing down were dressed in coarse cloth and dressed like ordinary people. They were just coming fromReturn to Guangping County.

Li Wen's face was calm, and he slowly asked the two people: "You two have been to Guangping for many days. How about the new county magistrate Zhang Chen? Report truthfully."

One of them bowed and said: "Your Excellency, I went to Guangping and passed through various counties. I met many refugees along the way, but the officials of each county did not deal with them. Only Guangping County organized refugees to open up wasteland. Within a month, more than 800 acres of land were expanded and thousands of refugees were resettled."

After listening, Li Wen nodded and said: "Yes, encouraging agriculture and sericulture is the basis of being an official."

Another person said: "Since taking office, the magistrate of Guangping County has recruited refugees and formed county soldiers. Recently, there were bandits making trouble and hurting the people. The magistrate of Guangping County posted a notice to send troops to suppress the bandits."

Li Wen frowned slightly and said: "Your courage is commendable, but the county soldiers have been formed for less than a month. It's too hasty to do this."

The man hurriedly said, "Sir, this morning, the magistrate of Guangping County led 400 county soldiers to confront the bandits head-on, and also dispatched three teams of 100 people to attack three bandit camps. In less than half a day, the bandits were all captured!"

"It's true!" Li Wen was surprised after hearing this: "How can the county soldiers have such combat power when they were formed not long ago?"

"I dare not deceive you, sir. Before I returned, I saw with my own eyes that many people knelt down at the city gate to greet them. The magistrate of Guangping County was covered in blood, which was obviously caused by him personally entering the enemy camp and fighting with the bandits!"

"Hahaha, good! Good!" Li Wen said happily, "Dr. Hua is not deceiving me. What a great Zhang Zifan! If my Han Dynasty had more officials like this, there would be no worries about not being able to have peace and prosperity!"

After Li Wen said this, he took out the seal of the prefect on the table and solemnly stamped it on the letter of appointment.

"Pass on this prefect's order to appoint Zhang Chen as the magistrate of Guangping County immediately. Send this letter of appointment to Guangping by express horse!"

"Sir, he killed the court officials without authorization..."

"Humph! Zhao Xiong and Guo Dayong are cruel officials who have harmed the people. Zhang Chen was ordered by this prefect himself. Can't he kill them?"

"Yes, sir, you are right." The man hurriedly said, "Zhang County Magistrate was ordered by you to execute Zhao and Guo."

"Go and do it quickly. Tell Zhang Zifan that if he can govern Guangping in an orderly manner, this prefect will recommend him to the governor and reward him!"

"Yes." The two responded and left.