Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1280 When Ah Zhen Met Ah Qiang

Near Pingyang, although the climate is still icy and snowy, several military villages have already started construction. The nearest one is the military village adjacent to the Huang's workshop area. A large group of troops, horses, soldiers, farmers and slaves are busy during the slack period. Some are in a hurry.

In this era, there is no such thing as piling to strengthen the foundation. Generally speaking, the ground is first leveled and compacted, then stones are added as the foundation, the soil is built for the wall, and finally green bricks are laid and glued together to complete the Junzhaiwu Fort. A class of peripheral construction was made.

  Originally, as the defense system in the Pingyang area, apart from relying on the original Pingyang small town, there is basically only a training barracks in the mountainous area northwest of the city, and there are basically no others.

As an ordinary town, such a defense system is basically enough, but for a growing economic city with a growing population and a growing population, the only second ring city wall still cannot cover all the areas that need to be protected. And according to the strategy of defending the city, the damage is still too great for the economic facilities outside the city. Therefore, considering several aspects, Feiqian finally decided to expand Pingyang's defense system to cover the surrounding areas.

If it is an ordinary county, as a county guard, if you want to carry out such a large amount of work, you must first communicate with the local gentry, and then gather various materials and manpower before the construction can start, but this is in the north, It is on the territory that Feiqian was granted, and Feiqian's will is everything here. In addition, the businessmen who come and go to Pingyang also hope that Pingyang will always be prosperous and stable. Therefore, there is almost no opposition to the construction of these military fortresses. Opinion.

  The only ones who have some opinions are those Confucian children who have been preaching in a high-profile way all day long to recuperate, encourage agriculture and mulberry, and return gifts to the people.

The refugees from Jizhou and Youzhou have accelerated the speed of the overall construction. These people are a group of mobs in troubled places, but as long as soldiers are added to restrain them, these refugees will soon be united and sell their strength. Obtaining the daily rations is not only in order, but also grateful to Zheng Xifei Qian.

Not arresting strong men, not plundering women and children, giving them some work and food, is already a great kindness to these refugees, and the soldiers of the organization also said that some acres of land may be allocated according to the number of people in the future. Farming, that is simply their dream, how can they not be overjoyed?

  A team of soldiers passed through such a busy construction site. The leading cavalryman held a banner high, and wrote "Lv" in a big letter. It was Wei Xu, who was sent by Lu Bu, who had arrived.

Except for two or three cavalrymen of the Zhengxi Army who led the front with flags of recognition, most of the rest were Bingzhou veterans who followed Lu Bu to the south. At this moment, in this snowy weather, they seemed to be used to it Cold, instead of shrinking his neck, he looked around with interest. General Zhengxi's army and horse strength, for people like Wei Xu, is really a colossus in this corner of Bingzhou. Such a few army villages, if they are built, they will be built. Let's look at the hands of the patrolling soldiers. Looking down at the armor and equipment on his back, he looked down at what he was wearing, and then at Wei Xu's face. The excitement of seeing the prosperous Jingxiang seemed to be gradually fading away.

  The sound of the army horses marching slowly on the snow, in addition to the rustling sound, there were gradually fewer people talking in the queue, including the commander Wei Xu, who had always had a gloomy face.

In the past, Wei Xu was always careless. When marching together, he was always like the old man. He and the soldiers on horseback cursed the sky, cursed the weather, cursed the enemy, and even cursed the superior. He is also a commander who has no airs at all. Although he looks a little rough, he is more accepted by ordinary soldiers, after all, he feels closer.

In the past, during the march, Wei Xu cursed, laughed together, and even booed together, no matter how difficult the road was, he didn't feel bad, but after setting off from Linfen today, the more he approached **, Wei Xu's face became more and more serious. Ugly, with a sullen face as if frozen by wind and frost.

  Ordinary soldiers didn't figure out what Wei Xu was thinking. When most people saw the red outer wall of Pingyang, they couldn't care about Wei Xu's emotions anymore, so they couldn't help cheering!

  It’s freezing cold, what’s better than rushing to the field, and then warming up to the fire, drinking a bowl of hot soup, and then getting into the bed and sleeping in the dark, even a **** would not change it!

  Wei Xu raised his head involuntarily, even though he felt a little unhappy, but after seeing Pingyang City with his own eyes, he still couldn't help but took a deep breath, and then let it out for a long time!

An envoy often does not represent himself personally, but the forces behind him. If Wei Xu came to see Zhengxi alone, he would definitely not have any extravagant hopes that Zhengxi would send someone to greet him, but right now he is representing Lu Bu. Isn't this tantamount to embarrassing Marquis Wen?

The majesty of the city in front of him is not so majestic, but the word prosperity seemed to pop out of his heart and hit his forehead, which made Wei Xu a little dazed. The unhappiness in his heart that no one came to greet him, Unknowingly, it also shrank.

   "General Wei! Zaozeng has already greeted you outside the city!" Although Wei Xu is just a partial general with a low-level name, no one cares about this. At least it sounds nice to be called a general, doesn't it?

Wei Xu was taken aback, and looked in the direction pointed by the leading Zhengxi cavalry. An official dressed as a scribe was wearing a black cloak and was carrying some staff. Standing outside the city gate, he saw Wei Xu throwing over Looking at him, smiling slightly, arching his hands, and slowly leading people forward to meet him.

  Wei Xu pondered for a moment, suppressed a murmur in his throat, lowered his head, swung off his horse, and walked towards Zaozhi. The rest of Lu Bu's soldiers who followed Wei Xu also got off their horses and lined up on the side of the road.

"Your Majesty is busy with affairs, and I couldn't meet you personally. If I ordered someone to come, I hope the general will forgive me." Zaozhi walked up to Wei Xu, cupped his hands to see Li, and said with a smile, "The general came from a long way, and the king will forgive you." Hou was overjoyed, and has already arranged accommodation in the city for the general to rest and go to work. If there is any need, just ask for it."

   Reaching out his hand not to hit the smiling face, Wei Xu hurriedly bowed his hands back and said, "Don't dare, thank you for your work."

   The two of them gave way to each other, and then walked side by side into the city.

Wei Xu's entourage also followed Wei Xu and walked into the city together. As soon as they passed the city gate, they couldn't help making chirping noises. Jumping out without stopping, Wei Xu's cheeks twitched a little.

Unlike most counties, the city of Pingyang was restored and rebuilt under the planning of Fei Qian. In addition, there are health management regulations that are not available in other counties. Therefore, Pingyang City, which has many plans for later generations, is particularly clean and tidy. , even compared to Kyoto, it is much stronger.

Think about it, even in Kyoto, where my braided braids were preached to go to heaven in later generations, there are still mules and horses, dirt roads, yellow sand, beggars and garbage mixed together, not to mention the feces and urine everywhere in the corners and alleys. What good taste can there be?

   But in Pingyang, it looks so clean and tidy, even for ordinary people who come and go. This is due to the fact that the people of Pingyang have the habit of taking a bath.

  After experiencing a plague baptism, the temporary lime water bathing pool dug out in the suburbs was not only not filled, but was filled with stone slabs and repaired to become a serious big pool. In this era, the plague was an extremely terrible thing. The ordinary people in Pingyang suddenly felt that such a pool mixed with lime water could reduce the threat of the plague, and could it also prevent other diseases?

   Bathing in this special water can cure diseases. When this kind of saying spread, Fei Qian was a little bit dumbfounded. However, from a certain point of view, the improvement of personal hygiene can indeed reduce the breeding ground for bacteria and reduce the possibility of illness. Therefore, Fei Qian had to ask Zhang Yun to redeploy the formula for adding lime in the pool, reducing the amount of limestone. , added charcoal fines, etc., otherwise, before the plague broke out, a large area of ​​corroded skin might have broken out...

  Wei Xu stepped on the stone slab under his feet a little harder, and then looked around. Such gray-white slabs extended from his feet to the distance, which was obviously the case in all streets. Both sides of the street are newly built wooden and brick attics, basically all kinds of shops, most of them are two or three storeys, and there are a few four or five storeys. The signboard came out and swayed in mid-air.

  People walking on the street also looked calm and happy. When they saw soldiers marching, they didn't hide or evade, and continued to busy with their own affairs generously.

  Wei Xu knows that this is very rare. This shows that here in Zhengxi, soldiers are soldiers, unlike other places, soldiers also work part-time in other occupations...

From time to time, shopkeepers in the shop, or passing scribes, and even some elderly farmers, after seeing Zaozhi, stopped and bowed their hands to salute, which made Wei Xu feel a little proud. It feels like the youthful murmurs about watching Zaozhi have long since been thrown out of the cloud.

   "General Zhengxi..." Wei Xu sighed softly, "It's really amazing..." I was a little unhappy before, but at this moment I don't know why it seems to be almost worn out. Zhengxi is really strong, and he really has the right to be proud.

Unknowingly, Zaozhi stopped in front of a small courtyard, and said with a smile: "General Wei, here we are. This is the temporary residence of General Wei for rest. But if there is any need, General Wei will do whatever you want." , I still have official business to do, so I will resign first, and I hope General Wei Haihan."

   After Zaoyi finished speaking, he called the steward here again, explained some matters face to face, and then said goodbye.

Wei Xu knew that it was impossible to see him on the same day when he came, and it was not an urgent military matter. Of course, it would depend on the schedule of Zhengxi General Fei Qian, so he had no objection. After sending Zaozhi away, he let the steward take him Started to arrange the soldiers into the hospital. Although Wei Xu has a lot of soldiers under his command, the big soldiers will not ask for a single room with a big bed or anything. Having a hot Datong shop can make these soldiers feel comfortable and call them elegant butterflies.

Wei Xudao didn't take a rest immediately, but after taking off his armor, he put on civilian clothes and took two guards, walked around the yard back and forth, checked it out, and returned to In front of the courtyard, before entering the house, I heard footsteps coming from outside the courtyard, and then the steward of the small courtyard came over, cupped his hands and said, "General Wei, a visitor from the east courtyard of the posthouse is here."

   "East courtyard of the post house?" Wei Xu raised his eyebrows and said, "Who is it?"

   "It is said that it is Yang Shilang..." said the steward of the courtyard.

"Young family?!" Wei Xu's eyes bulged, "But Hongnong Yang? What is he doing here?" There is no Yang family in the world more than Hongnong Yang, so when Wei Xu heard that the surname was Yang, he thought of Hongnong Young's.

The steward of the small courtyard said with some embarrassment: "This... villain is just a small steward, this... villain will not know... If the general is inconvenient to see, the villain will just go back..." The steward of the small courtyard is just an ordinary The petty official in the village didn't know anything about He Luo's relationship at all, let alone the conflict between Lu Bu and Yang Biao. Seeing that Wei Xu's mood was a little off, he subconsciously began to evade it.

   "Hmph!" Wei Xu strode forward, "I'm going to meet with you for a while! Let's see how majestic the Hongnong Yang family is!"

In front of the courtyard, Yang Xiu stood with his hands in his sleeves, with a slight smile on his face. He really didn't know that Lu Bu was coming, but he just heard that another group of envoys had come, so he took the initiative to come to have a look and pay a visit. After all, Yang Xiu The name of the family name is still good, maybe it can be related to something, isn't it?

  Yang Biao's situation is worrisome, and Shanjin and Shanxian County were captured by the Western Conquest. It was like a thorn in Hongnong's back, which was painful and difficult to deal with.

   Fighting, it is definitely impossible to win for the time being, so the only thing to do is to seek peace.

  Yang Xiu came here in person, that is, to express sufficient sincerity, but he didn't expect that after only two or three days, many envoys came one after another...

  Pingdong General Cao Cao's emissary!

  The envoy of General Yuan Shao!

   This is an appointment to come here for the New Year, right?

...

Before Yang Xiu found out one or two, he heard that there was a new group of envoys, so he came to say hello to see what was going on. As a result, a bearded, round-chested military man rushed out, wearing rumpled clothes. He was wearing a battle robe, with a strong, sour smell, and rushed to his eyes, grinning his bearded mouth, and saliva gushed out from between the yellow and black teeth: "Young son of the Yang family, Rulai! What are you doing here!"

Wei Xu stared at the white and clean young man in front of him with some disdain, looked at the way he was incensed and powdered, looked at his thin skin and tender flesh, looked at his thin arms and legs, and thought to himself With a hemp body figure, I can hit ten of them, so I yelled unceremoniously.

No matter how good his self-cultivation is, Yang Xiu couldn't hold back his face at this moment, he slowly put away his smile, stared at the reckless soldier in front of him, and regretted why he didn't wait to find out before coming back, but it's useless to think about it right now, he just said: " Who are you?"

   "Someone is under Marquis Wen's command, and Wei Zhichang, the ever-victorious general!" Wei Xu glared at Yang Xiu and roared, spitting everywhere. Wei Xu swallowed the word "bias" when talking about his official title. Anyway, in front of outsiders, at least he can't fall into the aura of Marquis Wen in front of Yang!

   "Marquis Wen?!" Yang Xiu couldn't help being taken aback.

  Suddenly, an indescribable atmosphere spread between the two of them...

  (end of this chapter)