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Chapter 234 The general's words are the rules!
In the southwest suburb of Xuanfu Town, the Yanghe River just flows through here, and flows into the Sanggan River in the southeast.

The Zhang family has two farms here, not far from the Yanghe River. It is more convenient to fetch water for irrigation, and the annual harvest is also very good, which is much better than the other farms.

Less than [-] li to the north from here is another farm of the Zhang family. Here the farm is close to a forest, but due to the infrequent rain, many of the farmlands are deserted, and more than half of this farm is also idle.

The people rescued by Zhang Cheng from Mafang, as well as the refugees taken in along the way, and those who were coerced from the bandits on Taishan and Waitoushan, totaling more than [-] people, were temporarily resettled here. .

According to Zhang Chengxin's entrustment, his aunt also ordered Zhuangtou to obey the arrangements of the team officer He Shihui. Fortunately, he brought back a large amount of grain and money with these common people.

He Shihui followed Zhang Cheng's instructions and took care of two simple meals a day in the form of work-for-relief, while these people began to repair the houses in the village, and even expanded some new houses according to the terrain.

They are industrious farmers. Although building a house requires skills, they don't need to build tall courtyards, pavilions and buildings. They just build some mud thatched houses to keep out the wind and rain.

Shengsheng expanded the village by a third or more. They then dug ditches and repaired canals, reclaimed wasteland, and built a wall that was two people high and ten feet wide around the village. An ordinary farm has been built into a fortress.

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"He Shihui, it's not bad, this castle is well managed."

Standing on the newly built wall of the fort, Zhang Cheng looked out at the farmlands outside. The original farmlands were planted with winter wheat. It was almost the harvest season, and the waves of wheat danced with the wind. Medium, very nice.

Farther away, spring wheat was planted on the newly opened wasteland. Although there may not be any harvest, it is always better than nothing.

"General, the valleys and forests over there have been expanded into horse farms. The war horses, mules and horses we brought back are all raised here, and all the horses are taken care of by the horse owners in the horse workshop."

He Shihui was very excited when he was praised by Zhang Cheng, and he began to introduce it non-stop: "After half a year of recuperation, the spirits of the escaped people have recovered very well, so Feng Yuanshan is also a good hand at planting crops.
Most of the canal repairing and wasteland reclamation work is done by him. We really can't help, so we organize these young men to practice and practice in our free time, and Su Zhenxiang is also responsible for sewing, washing and cooking. The sister-in-law is in charge. "

"Well, it's really good. You have done a good job. You should leave professional matters to professional people. We laymen should not participate blindly."

Zhang Cheng was very satisfied with He Shihui, and then said: "You order, we will have dinner in this castle today, and call Huzhuangtou, Ma Zhongli, Feng Yuanshan, and Sister-in-law Su to have dinner together."

He Shihui agreed, and immediately ordered people to make arrangements, and then reported: "General, we brought back here a total of 320 people, including 870 four males, 710 nine young and strong, and 97 children;

There are 440 women and seven people, including 71 girls, and they still live separately according to the general's order. "

"Damn it, the male to female ratio is seriously out of balance!"

Listening to He Shihui's report, Zhang Cheng came out with such a sentence, and He Shihui was stunned for a moment, with a confused expression.

Zhang Cheng ignored him and asked, "How many orphans are there among those boys?"

"Oh, I haven't investigated this carefully, but it is estimated that there should be more than sixty."

Looking at the farmers busy in the fields in the distance, Zhang Cheng said to He Shihui: "He Shihui, do some research. All the orphans here are over ten years old and under 16 years old. If you recruit them, they will be useful."

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Before the end of the day, there was a rather large courtyard near the fort wall on the north side of Xinzhuang Fort, and it was full of people, a group of women were busy busy.

A slightly strong woman in ordinary clothes was standing in the courtyard. Zhang Cheng was opposite her, and she only heard Zhang Cheng say: "I will ask you to go to the table, you just go to the table, which one?" If you have an opinion, Zhiguan will come to find this general.”

At this time, Hu Zhuangtou just trotted over, and asked respectfully in front of Zhang Cheng: "General, the food and wine are almost ready, do you think it's time to open the table?"

"Let's open it, order to go down, and tell the following to pass the dishes."

After Zhang Cheng finished speaking, he called Ma Zhongli, Feng Yuanshan and others to the table.

They politely asked Zhang Cheng to go first, but Su Zhenxiang still retreated, very timidly, Zhang Cheng pretended to be angry and said: "Sister-in-law Su, if you are like this, don't stay in Xinzhuang Castle."

This sentence was a bit harsh, Su Zhenxiang trembled when she heard the words, and said hastily with a slightly crying voice: "I listen to the general, I listen to the general..."

Su Zhenxiang's reaction surprised everyone, but Zhang Cheng didn't take it seriously. He laughed and said, "Take a seat!"

Surrounded by the crowd, Zhang Cheng sat at the head of the table, and the rest sat in the order of Chen Zhong, Lin Fangping, He Shihui, Hu Zhuangtou, Ma Zhongli, Feng Yuanshan, and Su Zhenxiang.

After everyone sat down, Su Zhenxiang was still standing by the table, not daring to sit down, Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "Sister-in-law Su, why don't you sit down?"

"General, the bitch knows the general's wishes in her heart, but since ancient times, there is no reason for village women to sit at the same table with the general. The bitch really dare not sit." Su Zhenxiang replied tremblingly.

"Sit down!"

Zhang Cheng said in a deep voice with a cold face, Su Zhenxiang sat on the chair involuntarily upon hearing the words.

After scanning around, Zhang Cheng continued: "Today, before drinking this bowl of wine, let's talk about it first. Since you have followed me, you must follow my rules from now on.
The rules that existed before have all been changed since I came here, and I will follow the rules that I set up in the future;

There are no rules before, starting from this general, you must follow the general's instructions, and the general's words are the rules, which must be followed;

If you can't do it, you can quit now. If you don't retreat now, if you retreat in the future, it will be a betrayal! "

Everyone at the table was stunned for a while, and they might not be able to understand for a while, but Chen Zhong, Lin Fangping, He Shihui and the other three hurriedly left the table, knelt on the ground, cupped their fists and saluted: "We only follow the general's orders, But the general's order, I will go through fire and water!"

With a leader, the head of the village surnamed Hu immediately left the table, knelt down and kowtowed: "Hu Siwang only obeys the general, but life and death are determined by the general's word."

(End of this chapter)