Chapter 636: Current Situation in Hanoi
Ever since he learned that Lu Zhi had arrived in Henei, Huangfu Chaobo repeatedly urged Shadow to find Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing or their apprentices. Because he went offline to search for it, the three old men seemed to have a life span of only a few years, so he had to find the whereabouts of these people as soon as possible and ask them to come to Luoyang to take care of the three old men to see if they could extend their life span.
In less than a day, Huangfu Chaobo and his party arrived in Huai County. As the chief officer of a state, he had informed the old man Zhu Jun in Huai County of his itinerary as soon as he set out. So when he arrived in Huai County, Zhu Jun was waiting outside the city gate with Zao Ji, Hua Xiong and other officials in Henei. Even Mu Shun, who was far away in Dangyin, had already rushed to Huai County with a team of personal guards. After Huangfu Chaobo accepted the greetings of his subordinates on his horse, he immediately dismounted and helped Zhu Jun onto the carriage, and then the group went to the prefectural mansion in the city.
Everyone knew Huangfu Chaobo's purpose, but since he had already arrived in Huai County, it was impossible for him to meet with the officials and generals of the county city. So after returning to the prefect's mansion, Huangfu Chaobo first went to the back hall to pay his respects to Lu Zhi, and then immediately returned to the lobby to accept the formal greetings of his subordinates again.
"Greetings, General!" Under the leadership of Zhu Jun, all the civil and military officials in Huai County saluted Huangfu Chaobo respectfully.
"Everyone, please stand up!" Huangfu Chaobo sat in the main seat, accepted everyone's greetings, and said;
"Everyone, since I took over Henei, because of Luoyang, I have rarely had time to take care of Henei, so I have always let you do your own things. Chaobo would like to thank you all here." As he said, Huangfu Chaobo stood up and saluted everyone present.
Seeing this, everyone stood up and saluted in return, saying, "I dare not thank you for dying for the general!"
"Okay, everyone, please return to your seats. I will remember your contributions." Then, he turned to Zhu Jun and said, "Master, please explain the current situation in Hanoi to Chaobo."
Zhu Jun laughed and said, "Mr. Zao is in charge of political affairs, and General Hua and General Wu'an are in charge of military affairs. I am just talking, so let you explain these situations to the general in person."
The civil and military officials present knew that Zhu Jun wanted them to show off in front of the lord. As Huangfu Chaobo's teacher, Zhu Jun did not need these performances, but as subordinates, they had been in Hanoi for half a year, so how could they not have results to report to their families? So everyone looked at Zhu Jun with more respect.
The first to come out to report was County Magistrate Zao Ji. As the earliest civil servant to follow Huangfu Chaobo, although his status has declined in recent years, to be precise, it cannot be said that it has declined, but with the continuous increase of talents under Huangfu Chaobo, what he does is more inclined to his strengths.
Zao Ji first stood up and saluted Huangfu Chaobo and Zhu Jun, and then slowly reported to Huangfu Chaobo about the internal affairs of Henei.
There are a total of 18 cities in Henei County. At present, there are nine cities, including Huai County, Wude County, Huojia State, Xiuwu County, Ji County, Chaoge County, Dangyin County, Linlu County, and Gong County, which are inclined to the County Governor's Office. The remaining nine counties, including Heyang County, Chen County, Bo County, Qinshui County, Yewang County, Wen County, Zhou County, Pinggao County, and Shanyang County, have been controlled by the aristocratic families headed by the Sima family of Wen County since the last prefect Wang Yi.
When Zhang Yang led his troops to attack Luoyang, the troops were drawn from these cities, so when Huangfu Chaobo took over, there were only two or three thousand soldiers in the other seven cities except Huaixian and Dangyin.
Although there were not many soldiers in the other cities, due to the many affairs in Luoyang, Huangfu Chaobo never ordered to take over and rectify the internal affairs of the seven cities, and everything was just going on slowly.
According to Zao Ji's opinion, after more than half a year, Huaixian and Dangyin have been completely controlled, the guards of the two cities have been trained and reorganized, and Hua Xiong's Baotao Camp has been established for several months. Now it is time to bring these counties under control.
In addition to these, Zao Ji also reported on the farming. According to his current level and Huangfu Chaobo's current power, Zao Ji can command 15,000 soldiers to farm, so this is also the reason why an ordinary county city in Huaixian has to maintain 20,000 guards. You must know that Luoyang only has 20,000 guards.
It is now the beginning of May, and the first quarter of the grain will be harvested by the end of next month. Fifteen thousand soldiers have cultivated a total of 150,000 mu of land. By the end of June, they will be able to harvest 400,000 to 500,000 shi of grain, which can be said to have greatly alleviated the grain shortage in Sizhou. Moreover, now that the waterway between Longhua Grassland and Luoyang has been opened, more and more cattle and horses are transported back to Luoyang by water. If cattle and horses are used to assist in farming, the cultivated area will increase a lot.
Hearing this, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but be very happy. The current Sizhou can be said to be an empty frame. It is really in deficit and can only be maintained by constantly purchasing grain from Jizhou and Chenliu. Fortunately, more than a dozen counties east of Hulao Pass have been included in the jurisdiction, and with the cultivation of Huai County, it can still reduce a lot of food burden.
Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but feel moved. It seems that it is indeed as Zao Ji said. It is time for the cities east of Huai County to start. Now there are still two months before the next season of farming. If the speed is fast enough, it can still catch up with the next round of farming.
So, Huangfu Chaobo turned his attention to the two generals in the army, Hua Xiong and Wu Anguo, and said: "Generals, I wonder how the soldiers in the combat camp and the guard camp are trained? If I can reorganize the soldiers of the seven counties east of Huai County within two months, can I do it?"
When the two heard it, they immediately stepped out and said: "Please rest assured, generals, I will definitely reorganize the soldiers of the seven cities within two months, and it will definitely not affect the next season's farming!"
Huangfu Chaobo was very happy when he heard it, and he stood up and said: "Okay, since you are all confident, Then I will allow the Henei Prefecture to reorganize the troops in the cities east of Huai County. The specific matters will be coordinated and arranged by my mentor, and Zao Ji, Hua Xiong, and Wu Anguo will assist. The reorganization must be completed before the end of June and must not affect the next crop planting in early July. "
When everyone in the field heard this, they all stood up and replied in unison: "I (the last general) will obey the order and will not let the general down!"
Looking at the turbulent mood of the generals below, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but sigh with emotion. He suddenly had an urge to kill the dead Ma family, but fortunately, this urge was suppressed by him again.