Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 108
"Forehead……"

Wang Hou maintained a smile on his face, and Wei Jin was sitting in the middle of the carriage. The newly issued official robes with a rank of two thousand stones, black sleeves and black lapels were also neat and tidy. It's like a clay bodhisattva in a temple.

There is no way, Cao Hongjie is sitting on the left, the little bird is leaning on his shoulder like a person, that smile is sweet, but a small hand is pinching his ribs all the time, on the right, Lu Ji is better, too Wei Wei was sitting upright, even slightly leaning towards the other end and the window, but her presence made Cao Hongjie feel like a formidable enemy.

Generally, even trusted generals have to stay in the capital as hostages when they go out to take office or go to war, but there is no way to recruit Wang Hou here. Cao Hongjie is his own daughter of Mr. Cao, even if Wang Hou is rebellious, he can't kill his daughter Bar!And according to the Yi tribe, he had to chop himself off.

Anyway, the daughter can't betray herself, and following Wang Hou can still stare at him, a slob, so Cao Cao simply sent Cao Hongjie to follow him.

But this Lu Ji, Wang Hou couldn't figure it out. The first time they met, the relationship between the two was definitely not good. She definitely treated herself as an enemy and beat herself to death, but when she came back, But she seemed to be getting better, and even accepted the adoption of Cao Cao, who killed her father and enemy, and told Wang Fu that when she was in a downturn, she also showed up to entertain guests.

Especially this time, Wang Hou risked his life to rob Cao Hongjie, and gave her gold to send her away before leaving, but Lu Ji still didn't leave. You must know that if Wang Hou really died in the prime minister's mansion, she would also be imprisoned and questioned. , Beheaded on the cross street!And this trip to East County, she followed up quietly.

This girl suddenly discovered her inner beauty?Or did he fall in love with himself because of his "handsome face" like Wu Yanzu in the late Han Dynasty?

With a creak, Cao Hongjie twisted his little hand, and Wang Hou hurriedly turned his head back slightly, and forced a smile uglier than crying on his old face.

Woooooo, friends of the future generations who were originally married with mistresses and mistresses, let me have one, can you teach me, Wang, how to enjoy the blessings of all people?Whoa whoa whoa...

Fortunately, Dongjun is not too far away from Xu, with a total of more than 260 kilometers. Even if Wang Hou brought a lot of luggage and a large team of thousands of people, it took five days to arrive.

"My lord, Puyang is here!"

Zhao Yun's words made Wang Hou, who was caught between the ice and fire, feel as if [-] had arrived. The carriage didn't stop, and Wang Hou himself was the first to rush out of the carriage like a cannonball, breaking free from Cao Hongjie's trap. Devil's Claw, he also stood on the shaft of the carriage and breathed a sigh of relief, shaking his head in admiration.

"What a beautiful scenery! What a beautiful scenery..., uh..."

Before he finished his sentence, the relaxed smile on Wang Hou's face froze there, and then the smile disappeared from his face little by little.

Living in Xudu, Wang Hou felt that he was living in the counties of later generations. When he went out to record the population of various land registers, the cities he went to were going to the countryside. He came to Puyang to serve as a high-ranking city official in the Han Dynasty. Wang Hou had already He was mentally prepared to go to the countryside to work, but the scene in front of him shattered his low psychological expectations. This is not a village, but a ruin, okay?
The burned city wall is comparable to that of Xiapi City, which has just experienced a destructive war, and its teeth are intertwined, and one piece collapsed in the east. If Wang Hou was the attacker, he would have to laugh at such a city wall. But the scene in front of him really made him unhappy.

"Are you there?"

Following Wang Hou, Cao Hongjie also ran out excitedly, but seeing the look on his face, the excitement on her little face also subsided, and she reached out to grab Wang Hou's arm again.

He lost his mood for a while and went back to the carriage, and sent someone into the city to greet Liu Yan, the former prefect of the East County and the captain of the Zhenbei school, while Wang Hou simply sat on the shaft of the carriage, and followed the carriage along the way. Shaking, to inspect the prefecture-level urban area under his rule with his own eyes.

However, the situation in the city is not much better than it looks outside the city. The originally dense houses were burnt black one by one, and collapsed to the ground. The streets are full of rubbish and rubbish. Decomposed corpses and bones can be seen.

Just four years ago, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, and Chen Gong, the governor of Yanzhou, launched a rebellion and lured Lv Bu into Yanzhou. Lv Bu's army marched eastward. First, they attacked Zhencheng in Dongjun for 26 days and failed, and then they were led back from Xuzhou. In Puyang, the two sides set up battles and fought fiercely for [-] days. During this period, Cao Cao once cheated into the city for the Tian family, a wealthy family in the city. Both sides set fire to the city. Cao Cao was defeated. The destruction of the city by street fighting is simply immeasurable.

After the First World War, this was an important town in the north of the Yellow River, densely populated, and the place where the industry and commerce flourished was withered. After Cao Cao entered the city, he carried out a retaliatory massacre of the surnames in Puyang, which led to the tenth of Puyang's household registration. One, I was alone in the tragic situation before my eyes.

In four years, Puyang not only did not revive a little bit, on the contrary, it was even more withered than after the war just ended. Wang Hou didn't see many people when he entered the city from the south gate in a carriage and went all the way to the prefect's mansion.

Upon receiving the news, a welcome team was prepared on the side of the prefect's mansion, more than 200 cavalry lined up there with drums and gongs, and the front of the team was Liu Yan, the prefect of Dongjun.

It seems that this position is really difficult to mix. Before departure, Wang Hou inquired, Liu Yan was probably in his early forties, but when we met, some people believed that he was sixty. But his hair and beard were mixed with gray and white, his eyes were bloodshot, and his face was as wrinkled as those on the Loess Plateau. When he saw Wang Hou, he got off his horse with great ease, cupped his fists to greet him, and bowed enthusiastically.

"Meet Wang Fujun!"

"Don't dare! Mr. Liu Fu is too polite!"

Wang Hou was not too happy when he was called from Lingguan to Fujun, but he jumped out of the carriage in a hurry, clasped his fists and bowed in return.

I was so happy to see Wang Hou, and I was finally able to get out of the pit of fire. After saluting, the Taishou Liu, who was born in the clan, held Wang Hou's hand kindly and walked into the mansion, saying as he walked: "Your Majesty, come here. , Liu is really overjoyed, and has already prepared a banquet in the mansion, Wang Fujun, don't delay it!"

It was inevitable to be greeted and sent off in the officialdom. Despite his uneasiness, Wang Hou forced a smile and cupped his fists to thank him, and followed Liu Yan into the mansion.

The East County is so ruined that the officials don’t really have much to eat. What they eat at noon is hard wheat rice. The dishes are only a few soups and three or four meat dishes. However, the meals are not cheap, because they have just finished eating. , this Liu Yan started cheating.

A big seal of the prefect, a military talisman, and a few keys were slapped on the table, and he bowed carelessly: "By the order of the prime minister, hand over the seal of Dongjun to the king's mansion, I wish the mansion a peaceful place, and Liu will leave! "

"Hey! Mr. Liu! Mr. Wang has just arrived in your place, and I hope Mr. Liu will give you some pointers!"

Even if you resign and take up the post, you have to hand over the old employees for three days!You keep patting your butt like this and leaving, what am I going to do with my black eyes!
Who knew that Wang Hou chased him to the door sadly, but Liu Yan laughed and cupped his hands.

"Your Majesty is worrying too much. There is nothing to hand over. The grain is in the barn, the soldiers are in the camp, and there are some trivial things left. You don't need to worry about it. Liu will leave!"

As he said that, he got on the horse in a really cool way, patted his buttocks and left, leaving Wang Hou stretching his paws in the yard sadly. Speechlessly withdrew his hand, turned around and went back to the yard, shouting loudly.

"Red Festival, help! It's time to settle accounts again!"

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This Lu Ji came right. In the afternoon, Wang Hou pulled the reluctant Cao Hongjie into the account room, and there were twenty boy soldiers who were proficient in arithmetic, but there were more than 500 soldiers accompanying him, more than 500 The servants and tenants were carelessly thrown out of the mansion by him, but when the account was roughly finished at night, Zhao Yun and Wang Congge had already entered the small barracks in the courtyards on both sides of the prefect's mansion in an orderly manner, and the servants and tenants They also carried the belongings, cloth, and furniture brought by Wang Hou to the mansion in an orderly manner. The servants in each courtyard were sweeping the rooms with sweeping handles.

Coming out of the account room, looking at Lu Ji who was standing in the front hall with the air of a housewife, directing the servants, Wang Hou felt relieved, but Cao Hongjie curled his lips sourly.

Thanks to Lu Ji, the dinner was cooked in time. Although there were no good dishes, the dried vegetables and pickled radishes left by Liu Yan, a broth, and a pot of corn soup were sent to Wang Hou's study. Something to eat is better than nothing to eat.

After all, it was Lu Ji's Zhangluo, and Wang Hou was embarrassed to push her out, so Lan'er called her over, a square dining table, Wang Hou and two beautiful girls with big eyes and small eyes, a family It's neat.

But holding the bowl, Wang Hou still has no appetite at all.

Liu Yan really didn't lie to him, the food is in the granary, the soldiers are in the barracks, and the military booklets are neat and tidy. There are 3000 soldiers from the county in Puyang. Hoarding Baima City, there is still a lot of food left, about a hundred thousand shi, but!This is really the only thing left in Dongjun!

The bamboo slips in the eunuch’s counting room were covered with ashes as deep as little fingers, and the last record of taxation per mu was in the sixth year of Zhongping, that is, ten years ago. He didn’t know how to collect taxes in these ten years, and Wang Hou had no choice but to do so. After Liu Yan was taken away, Suo Luping, the military lord with the largest remaining official position, called to find out about taxes, but what this guy said made him vomit blood.

"What kind of tax? When there is no military rations, Liu Taishou will take the big guys from door to door to ask for it, and if you don't give it, you will grab it!"

Is this motherfucker still an officer?
blah blah blah!

There was a sudden crisp sound, and two pairs of chopsticks were stretched out into his bowl together, one with a piece of meat and the other with an egg, and Cao Hongjie and Lu Ji who hit the chopsticks were also obviously stunned. The next second, the two Niu's eyes were right again, and the electric current surged in her eyes.

I am so difficult! ! !

Wang Hou slapped his forehead heavily again.

(End of this chapter)