Han Xiang

Chapter 96 Back then, Lao Tzu's Team

Yuan Shu refused to send troops, and Qin Yilu could not return either.

When Cao Bing besieged Xiapi, in addition to a frontal attack, he also listened to the counselor's suggestion to flood it with water.

Lu Bu went to the Baimen Tower in the south of the city to supervise the battle every day. It wasn't that the south was the most aggressive, it was because he still had illusions about Yuan Shu.

If Yuan Shu sent troops to rescue, the reinforcements would appear in the south immediately.

Lu Bu waited for ten months but failed, Cao Jun's offensive outside the city continued unabated, so he personally escorted his daughter, intending to break out of the encirclement and go to Shouchun to get married.

Lu Bu thought that even if the city was destroyed, Xiapi's wife and children would be fine. After all, he had treated Liu Bei's wife and children with courtesy and kindness when he captured Liu Bei's wife and children twice before.

Lu Bu naively thought that people could do the same, but he forgot that the opponent outside the city was Cao thief.

It's a pity that in the end he broke through and was beaten back to the city by Cao Jun, so Lu Bu's hypothesis could not be verified.

Cao Cao's soldiers rushed thousands of miles to conquer Xuzhou;

Cao Cao's people migrated thousands of miles to Hefei.

In November of the third year of Jian'an, Xu Ding and Xu Chu led more than [-] villagers through mountains and rivers, and arrived in Hefei in nearly two months.

Long Xiang was overjoyed when he heard the news, and took Tang Xi and Cao Xing out of the north gate of Hefei to meet him.

The reason why Xu Village's migration took a long time was because the old and the young walked slowly. Not only were they harassed by Han Hao north of the Huai River, but they were also mistaken for rogues by the Huainan defenders after crossing to the south.

Once close to the city, there will be officers and troops out of the city to drive them away. In order to reduce casualties, the Xu family brothers can only take a detour by taking a detour.

Long Xiang dragged Xu Ding while walking and chatting. When he learned about the difficulties of the migration, he said that he would make proper arrangements for the people in Xu Village to ensure that they could live and work in Hefei in peace and contentment.

Xu Chu, a 'tiger idiot', followed behind the two of them. He had a big arm and a round waist, a majestic figure, and his figure was wider than Zhang Fei.

Although Long Xiang was very happy in his heart, he couldn't be unreasonably enthusiastic, so the starting point was Xu Ding.

As long as we have a good relationship with Xu Da, Xu Er will naturally succeed.

Xu Chu didn't talk too much harshly, so he followed the two of them and observed secretly.

I found that although Long Xiang was young, he showed self-confidence in every gesture, and guessed that he must be a person with great ambitions.

This Hefei may be the right place.

Birds of a feather flock together.

In the Han Dynasty, the feudal lords were separated, and the gentry officials under the vassals recommended each other and married into alliances according to their interests, and the people at the bottom would also hold together to keep warm, and they mostly formed small groups based on villages and townships.

The first batch of people who came to Hefei were the family members of the same robes moved by Long Xiang from Shouchun. These people not only have the spirit of fellow robes as a bond, but also live together in groups, which is the ballast of unity and stability in Hefei. stone.

Although more refugees joined in the follow-up, and the total number of them far exceeded that of the same robes and family members in the early stage, but because the scale of the cluster was not large enough, they could only be attached to the surrounding scattered groups, and it was difficult to pose a threat to public security and the implementation of government orders.

This time, more than [-] people moved from Xu Village, and they all followed the lead of the Xu family brothers. They were a group of pure and easy-to-manage people.

At the same time, the total number of people in Xu Village surpassed that of the first batch of residents and became the largest group in Hefei's society.

Longchamp is not worried about this kind of group joining, but thinks that introducing competition is a good thing, and preventing a certain group from being too prominent is of great benefit to the sustainable development of Hefei.

According to Long Xiang's suggestion, Lu Su centrally resettled the people of Xu Village in the northeastern area of ​​Hefei, and distributed the corresponding rations immediately after calculating the number of households.

In addition, Long Xiang also exempted the "investigation period" for the people of Xu Village.

That is to say, newcomers to the city need to inspect for three months, and all adult men and women must be incorporated into the ranks of civilian husbands, assigned to voluntary labor at various construction sites in the city, and monthly rations are distributed according to the minimum standard.

At the end of the three-month inspection period, the Army Sima Mansion (Hefei Hou Mansion) will issue an identity number, and then allocate fields according to the number of each household, or incorporate them into a team of full-time craftsmen, and thus become an official Hefei resident.

Xu Wei stayed in Hefei for three days in the summer and was very clear about the inspection period system.

At this time, Long Xiang gave the green light to the people of Xu Village and won the gratitude of the Xu family brothers.

After settling down the people in Xu Village, Long Xiang immediately gathered generals in the Sima Mansion of the Army. He planned to re-divide Hefei's defense.

There are six seats on the left and right sides of the main hall, the three seats on the right are Lu Su, Feng Zhong, and Cao Xing, and the three seats on the left are Tang Yu, Xu Ding, and Xu Chu.

Seeing that the six people in the hall were both literate and martial, Long Xiang was inexplicably associated with Water Margin.

At that time, Wang Lun founded the Liang Shanzhai, which is probably the picture in front of him, with only a few leaders.

"I think I was old. Keke"

Long Xiang almost sang "Shajiabang" on the top, but fortunately he reacted in time, and changed his tone and sighed: "I first arrived in Hefei last year, Zijing, Boan, and Zhongkang were not there, only the four of us were busy going up and down. , it's getting easier now."

"Who would have thought that the former Marquis Qu is now the lord of Hefei, and he manages it very well." Xu Ding clasped his fists in compliment.

Long Xiang nodded slightly, and responded with a smile: "It's all thanks to the support of my brothers, and I will rely on Bo'an and Zhongkang in the future."

"Yun Qi just give orders, my two brothers are willing to follow the example of dogs and horses."

Xu Ding and Xu Chu looked at each other, and at the same time stood up and clasped their fists to show their loyalty.

Xu Ding brought the whole village to vote, and he was looking for Long Xiang's character.

Xu Chu had some reservations at first, but after getting along for a few days, he found that Long Xiang was indeed, as his brother said, a gentleman who was generous and kind to the people, so he approved of this young man.

Long Xiang signaled Xu Ding and Xu Chu to sit down, then turned to the master Lu Su and asked:

"Zijing, Uncle Zhong has built a craftsman camp during this time, and Bo'an and Zhongkang have brought more than a thousand brave men from the village to vote, and now Hefei has nearly three thousand soldiers. no?"

Lu Su glanced at the brothers of the Xu family, folded his hands and faced Long Xiang and replied: "The strong men in Xu Village are all practicing martial arts, and they are indeed a great help to us. I think there should be no problem in guarding Hefei."

"So good."

Long Xiang was inexperienced in defending the city. After listening to Lu Su's answer, he felt reassured, and then said to everyone: "Although the current defenders in Hefei are sufficient, they lack weapons and armor. It's time to send people out of the city to mine, Now that the wood is cut, workshops for smelting, forging, and arrow making can also be established slowly."

"That's what I mean too." Lu Su nodded affirmatively.

Long Xiang looked at the generals and said: "Since there are new soldiers, I will re-adjust the division of labor, Uncle Xi."

Feng Zhong's craftsman battalion already has a thousand people, and will continue to expand the number of multi-functional craftsmen as needed according to Hefei's population growth; Tang Yu is still in charge of Hefei's city defense, and Cao Xing is still in charge of external intelligence.

The newly joined Xu Cunxiangyong was divided into two parts by Long Xiang.

Among them, Xu Ding commanded 200 people and assisted Tang Yu in charge of the city defense of Hefei. Originally, only two gates in the north and south were opened, but because the defenders became more abundant, they were adjusted to open all four gates, which greatly facilitated the people.

Xu Chu led the remaining thousand people, as the emergency force in Hefei, where they needed to go.

Since then, Hefei has gradually changed from a hidden development to a semi-open development.

With the continuous investment of manpower in mining, smelting, forging, etc., the conditions for building a cement plant in Longxiang have gradually been met.

(End of this chapter)