Chapter 19: Alliance
"Where?"
Both Liu Fu and Chang Wei looked at Zhao Xu. read
"The countryside." Zhao Xu squinted his eyes, "The forts of wealthy families are all in the countryside."
The countryside surrounds the city.
Especially in the purely agricultural era of ancient times.
Most of the population lives in the countryside.
The land of the wealthy family is outside the city, and the vassal people are also outside the city.
Coupled with the sturdy fortress, it is like a small world divided into separate kingdoms.
Yancheng exists more as a commercial and military government center.
"Your Highness is right." Liu Fu and Chang Wei stopped smiling.
As King Yan said, now is not the time to be proud.
Come out of the warehouse.
Zhao Xu said to Liu Fu: "Take these 60,000 acres of land deeds and continue to recruit people. Don't limit it to Yan County, Yanzhou, and even people from Dasong can come."
Liu Fu asked someone to lift the box containing the land deeds and said, "I understand that once these land deeds are issued, there will be 20,000 households attached to the palace, with at least three people per household and 60,000 people."
Zhao Xu's goal was to completely control the entire 300,000 households in Yan County.
This number of households did not satisfy him.
However, there is finally progress.
He asked: "What happened to the poor scholar you found?"
Liu Fu became excited when he mentioned this.
"How could they not be happy to be able to work for the palace and become an official in the future? They are begging the subordinates one by one to be loyal to His Highness."
"That's good. Then you immediately build an office. It's called the Department of Government Affairs. It will be responsible for the affairs of the 20,000 households. It can be regarded as training of administrative abilities. When the palace takes control of Yan County, we will allocate official positions based on ability." Zhao Xu urged.
He is racing against the wealthy families headed by the Zhang family.
It depends on who runs faster.
After a pause, he asked again: "Have you found the toothpaste I asked you to find?"
"Found it. We were delayed yesterday due to the night attack. I'll call you here right away." Liu Fu bowed and turned to leave.
At this time, Zhao Xu turned to Chang Wei.
He was just about to go to comfort the soldiers when he called him back.
"The soldiers in Yan County are full of children from wealthy families. After taking over the army, you tried every means to expel the children of Zhang, Huang, and Du families, and let Dong, Yang, and Lu families take over." Zhao Xu said.
Chang Wei nodded solemnly, "I will understand."
As soon as he finished speaking, a servant ran over and said, "Your Highness, people from the Dong family, Yang family, and Lu family have arrived."
"Let them come in." Zhao Xu said in his heart that he really meant Cao Cao. Cao Cao arrived and went to the living room.
After a while, six people entered the living room.
In addition to Dong An, Yang He, and Lu Chang, their fathers, Dong Yuan, Yang Cheng, and Lu Ran, the heads of the three families, also arrived.
"Your Highness is safe and sound, I will feel relieved soon."
Dong Yuan looked Zhao Xu up and down and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Zhao Xu was in high spirits and seemed to be unaffected.
When they learned that King Yan was attacked, they immediately guessed that it was the Zhang family.
But speculation is just speculation.
However, this made them even more uneasy.
Just imagine, the Zhang family can even kill Prince Yan's Mansion, so how can their family be no problem.
"These thieves are really hateful. They dare to assassinate the palace. They are so bold." Yang He snorted angrily.
"Indeed, this move is tantamount to rebellion." Lu Ran agreed.
"..."
The six people said something to each other and started to curse the thieves who attacked the palace.
Zhao Xu only met the heads of the three families once when he was selling ice-making skills.
Now, with the addition of the eldest son of the three families, the six of them are really tall, short, fat and thin, and they are completely different.
He smiled and said: "Thank you for your concern. All the thieves will be killed and I will be fine."
The six people nodded and Dong An said: "Your Highness, this matter is extremely strange. In my opinion, the inside must be coordinated with the outside. Otherwise, how could this thief enter Yan County?"
After hearing this, Zhao Xu probably understood the thoughts of these three families.
Visiting him is one of them, but I'm afraid the main purpose is to remind him that the Zhang family did this.
If the palace was assassinated, they must be afraid and anxious to deal with the Zhang family together with the palace.
Lest the palace is ruined and they suffer revenge from the Zhang family.
Thinking of this, he secretly thought.
In this way, he will have another boost.
Then he said: "What you all said is absolutely correct, so I have dismissed Huang Gang from the post of captain. I was just talking to General Chang about this matter and asked him to choose more people from your three families."
When Dong Yuan and the other six heard this, their faces were filled with smiles.
King Yan first gave them the sewing of military uniforms for the royal family, and now he promoted the children of the three families in this way.
This makes it clear that we must rely on the three of them.
In the past, they had some concerns about the United Palace.
But now, they decided to give in.
After all, if they don't attach themselves to the palace, they may be destroyed by the Zhang family.
It is possible to survive and even prosper by relying on the prince's palace. After weighing the balance, it is easy to make a choice.
"Thank you for your trust, Your Highness." Lu Ran's face flushed with excitement.
Pointing at Lu Chang, he said: "Your Highness, the dog Lu Chang has not liked reading since he was a child. He specializes in dancing with guns and sticks, and he has some brute strength. If Your Highness does not give up, you can keep him by your side and serve."
Among Dong An, Yang He and Lu Chang, Lu Chang is the tallest and most majestic.
He could vaguely see that he was capable of fighting.
The first time he came to the palace, he stared at Xu Lie as if he were fighting a cock.
If it weren't for the unfamiliarity with each other, we would probably have to spar with each other a few times.
"Your Highness, Lu Chang has no other abilities, but he is more than capable of poking and provoking enemies in battle for Your Highness." Lu Chang bowed and said without being polite.
Zhao Xu walked up, pinched Lu Chang's strong arm, and said with a smile: "Okay, in this case, you follow General Chang and go to the county barracks first."
"Yes, Your Highness." Lu Chang grinned.
Dong An and Yang He were a little envious, but they were not good at fighting, so they could only stare blankly.
Zhao Xu wanted to win over the three families.
In this way, in the countryside, he could use the three families to restrain the three families of Zhang, Huang and Du.
As for the future, if they are loyal to the palace and obey his orders.
He will give them a way out.
So, he comforted: "Don't worry, you two families will benefit from it."
Hearing this, the Dong family and the Yang family exhaled lightly.
Zhao Xu pondered for a while, and then said: "In fact, you all know who the common enemy of the palace and you is. Since you are of the same mind, why don't we swear in black and white here today and advance and retreat together."
He didn't believe in empty words.
Decided to let the three families vote for the palace in black and white.
If they are unwilling, it means they are just sitting on the fence. He can use them, but he must be on guard.
If they are willing, it means they are truly attached to the palace.
Then give them more trust while being on guard.
In short, trusting a person 100% is very naive in a life-and-death power struggle.
After Zhao Xu's words, the three families were silent for a while.
After exchanging glances, they made up their minds together and said, "We are willing."
"Okay!" Zhao Xu was overjoyed. In this way, the situation in Yan County would be further tilted towards him.
Someone brought pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and Zhao Xu and the three families signed and sealed together.
The oath was made.
He ordered the servants of the palace to buy wine and food, and kept six people in the palace for a banquet at noon.
The six people left after getting drunk.
At this time, Liu Fu came over with the outfit of the Yancheng Yahang.
Zhao Xu was a little drunk, but he sobered up immediately.
At the moment, what he lacked most was the people he could use.
Now, he will start making population-related arrangements.