Gu Chang, who had the high hopes of the villagers, went on the road in such a mighty way, and the group marched east along the river and went straight to Zhiye City, Weizhou Prefecture.

Although Gu Chang was born in Jiangdong's premier Qingwang Gateway, he is not a person who advocates quiet and mysteriousness, no matter what his deeds are in the old years, he has a rich resume as an official under the rule of Xingtai. After years of honing in local affairs, the political achievements are also obvious to all, and it is by no means just based on the reputation of the family that he was selected by the villagers as the first candidate to go to Hebei.

When the group left Luoyang, it was already about to be January. Although the deadline set by the general to take up his post is March, considering that Hebei is newly restored, all kinds of ruins are waiting to be rebuilt, and Gu Chang himself has no experience of walking in Hebei, so he still needs to set aside at least ten days to find out the situation within his jurisdiction, so the time is already very cramped.

Because after traveling north, Gu Chang threw off the large team and tried to arrive in Yecheng as soon as possible. Of course, although the journey was in a hurry, he did not forget to carefully observe the scenery and people of Hebei along the way, in order to form a general understanding in his heart as soon as possible.

Although Wang Shi's large-scale Northern Expedition began in May last year, he operated Fangtou Fortress a few years ago, so Hanoi, Jijun and other places in the west of Fangtou, of course, have now been re-ruled as Qinzhou and Shangzhou, and they have been governing the land from a very early stage, and the people's livelihood has been restored, although it is still not as prosperous as Heluo, but it has been much more prosperous than Jiaoguang and other places in the old years of Gu Chang.

Along the way, Gu Chang also had to sigh, no wonder the Central Plains people have always looked down on the Wu people. Although there is no lack of wealth and happiness in Wuzhong, compared with the two banks of the Yellow River, which have been developed for hundreds of thousands of years, it is still not good to compare the advantages and inferiors. Even though Hebei was repeatedly destroyed, as order was restored slightly, the realm was quickly revitalized.

Gu Chang is now in his early forties, and compared to the reverence of those young children in Jiangdong for General Shen, he has an older calmness.

But when they really set foot in the Hebei realm, they also have to sigh that if it were not for General Shen's unborn Jiangdong talent to turn the tide and support the country, even if they Wu people could avoid the suffering of the Central Plains, if they wanted to really set foot in the Central Plains and fight for the general trend, the foundation was still far from enough.

Of course, today's Wu people, including mature and stable people like Gu Chang, have few self-indulgent sighs. Although Hebei has a deep foundation, the rapid development of Jiangdong in recent years is also obvious to all, especially the Sanwu area in the essence, whose prosperity and wealth are not inferior to any region in the world.

During the journey, Gu Chang's ears occasionally sounded the words of several villagers before leaving: "Yangzhou is the first class in the world in ancient times, and Wu Yue is the overlord and the alliance of all parties." Even if it doesn't matter what is going on, the Later Han Dynasty collapsed, and the land of the six counties became the foundation of the emperor's house. The characters are strong, they have never been inferior to the Central Plains, but they hate the crown belt of China and North Korea, and they laugh at me for destroying the land! Today, the general is in charge of the army and recreates China, and the society is made by my Wu Er's flesh and blood, how can Dian Wu steal again! The villagers are ashamed, and the generations of martyrs are working hard here!

In ancient times, mergers and acquisitions were sudden, and it was difficult to cohesion. The great cause of the general will be cast, and every inch will be at the extreme. However, the northern family has always been arrogant, and strong soldiers may be able to cut the situation, but they may not be able to break their hearts. This is the time when we are waiting for the southerners to come out and do our best to convince the northerners. Han Zu relied on his old friends of Peiguo, and Guangwu favored Nanyang's old friends, so my three Wu folks all helped the general's humerus! Crossing the river and crossing the river, death is death, and there is no resentment in Xiang Chu! ”

If such a thing was said by a young man, Gu Chang would not feel strange. But at that time, seeing those villagers and elders talking about this, they were all excited, and Gu Chang also felt deeply.

Today's young people, who may only be excited about the prestige of following the great general Xingfu Sheji, do not know much about the bitter situation of their Jiangdong people who were excluded and discriminated against in their early years. The older generation of Jiangdong scholars, in fact, the more eager Jiangdong people can live in the mainstream of the world, and even Gu Chang's father, Gu Zhong, before he died, sighed that he had a lingering hatred in his life, but he did not enter Luoyang and listened to the voice of the countryside for a long time.

Therefore, Gu Chang also felt a great responsibility along the way, knowing that although there was no danger of going into battle to kill the enemy, he must not be slack. Jiang Dongying's sons bravely killed Hu and promoted his prestige, and his responsibility was to spread kindness among the herdsmen and prove to the people of the world that they Wu people also had the ability to govern the country through the world. The general has his own countryside to help, the military and the government are strong, of course he wins the country, and of course he fulfills the pole!

With such a mood, Gu Chang traveled day and night, although Hebei was still windy, snowy and bitterly cold, but it took less than ten days to arrive in Yecheng.

Gu Chang arrived so quickly, Yecheng was also surprised, and Zhang Tan, who was temporarily in charge of Weizhou Prefecture's affairs, also hurried out to greet him, and surrendered his hand from afar: "The arrival of the Taiwan decree has not been long ago, and the envoy should still be on the way, and he didn't expect to arrive in the city on this day, and it is really rude to come to see him in a hurry!"

Gu Chang was not lacking in curiosity to look at this general who was born in the Qinghe Zhang clan a few times, and saw that the other party's attitude was respectful and polite, and he did not imagine the reserved arrogance that Hebei people should have, and he couldn't help but be proud of the general's might, and no one in the world dared to underestimate them anymore.

Of course, Gu Chang did not slack off because of the identity of the other party, he was a candidate selected by a group of villagers to show Wu Shi's style and talent to the people of Hebei, naturally there will be no shallowness of the villain's ambition, the other party treats each other politely, he naturally has to be polite, and said with a smile: "The king is useful, how dare he be lazy, and he will travel lightly on the day he is granted, but he is afraid that he will be too late to enter the rule and be lazy." ”

The two sides had met for the first time, and even if there was a courtesy, it was only a point, Zhang Tan asked Gu Chang's opinion again, and then personally led Gu Chang to the Santai camp to meet the general. On the way, it was inevitable to praise Gu Chang's outstanding demeanor, and he really deserved to be a general and a high election.

Gu Chang naturally knew that there was no lack of boasting and boasting from the other party, but after hearing this, he was still inevitably happy, and he also humbly said that he was just a mediocre villager, and only because he did not delay the affairs of Weizhou's entry into governance and happened to be idle on the platform, he was sent north to take up his duties, and he still had to rely on the tolerance and help of the countrymen in the state.

While speaking, the group arrived at the Santai camp, but was told that the general was not in the camp at the moment, but went out to inspect early in the morning.

Knowing this, Gu Chang was not in the mood to stay in the camp, so he asked the soldiers left behind in the camp to lead him to the general. As for Zhang Tan, he was still temporarily in charge of state affairs, and there was no formal settlement between them, and state affairs were quite busy, so he took his leave and returned to the city.

So Gu Chang wandered around the camp for a week under the guidance of the soldiers, and finally caught up with the general in a workshop.

Originally, in Gu Chang's imagination, the general commanded the army to supervise the battle, and he must have been neatly dressed and majestic, and he would be fierce between entering and leaving. But when he saw the general's current state, he couldn't help but be stunned.

The scale of this workshop is not very large, the flat ground rammed earth fences, enclosing a space within a radius of miles, and compared with the large-scale, often covering an area of more than ten hectares, and hundreds of craftsmen in Jiangdong, it is really a bit inconspicuous. And similar workshops are not uncommon around Yecheng and Santai Daying.

Large stoves are being built in the workshop, some are still burning, and there is no shortage of craftsmen who are busy around. As for the general, he was in the middle of it, wearing an inconspicuous gray robe, and was discussing something in a low voice with several craftsmen around him, if it weren't for the fact that there were several guards standing behind him, Gu Chang wouldn't even be able to see the general at a glance.

He casually stopped the entourage from coming forward to report and avoid disturbing the general, and he stepped forward slowly, the distance was still a few zhang away, which had already aroused the vigilance of the samurai on the side of the general, all of them looked vigilant, slightly sideways, holding their weapons, ready to break out and hurt people at any time.

The guard's vigilance attracted the attention of the general, and he turned to look at Gu Chang, who was holding back his footsteps and was embarrassed, but he didn't recognize it immediately. It is not surprising that the scale of the officials in Xingtai is huge, and Gu Chang has been working in Jiangdong for a long time, so there is naturally no shortage of strangers to the generals.

was not recognized by the general for the first time, Gu Chang was somewhat disappointed in his heart, but when he saw the general walking towards him, his mood inevitably became apprehensive. For today's Jiangdong scholars, the prestige of the general is not the second choice, although there is no prestige of the chapter uniform and armor, even if it is just a fashionable dress, the handsome and beautiful appearance is still like a pearl, but also makes them feel honored and honored.

The soldiers who had been stopped by Gu Chang earlier quickly stepped forward and whispered, and the general looked at Gu Chang from a distance, and his sharp eyes only seemed to stab Gu Chang inside and out like a sharp sword, and even his breathing became a little shorter. However, as soon as this sharp scrutiny was put away, it became warm again, and then Gu Chang felt that his face was cold, and it turned out that cold sweat had appeared on his forehead unconsciously.

He hurriedly stepped forward, clasping his arms and waiting to speak, but saw the general smile and wave his hand at him, and at the same time bowed his head to signal him to step forward.

Seeing this, Gu Chang could only put away the number of courtesies, lowered his head and walked to the general's side, and then heard the general turn around and say to several craftsmen: "Since this method is bad, you might as well try again." I'll try the ones I've talked about in the past few days......"

When those craftsmen heard this, they all bowed their heads, but they only called the general noble, and they didn't seem to know the true identity of the general. Gu Chang was more curious about what kind of techniques these craftsmen had that actually attracted the general to supervise in person, and was about to look around, but when he turned his head, he saw that the general had already walked away, and motioned for him to follow, so he also suppressed his curiosity for the time being, and hurriedly followed suit.

After walking out of the workshop and boarding the car, the general smiled at Gu Chang again: "I thought that Gu Jun would not arrive until the end of the month, but I didn't expect it to arrive in the middle of the month." ”

After hearing this, Gu Chang hurriedly lowered his head and said: "Hebei is in an urgent situation, how dare you wait for leisure, after being ordered, you will catch the moon with the stars and ......"

The general raised his hand to interrupt Gu Chang's words: "Sudden increase in affection, rude Jing Gong." However, the nostalgia is earnest, and I would rather be hurt and affectionate than to raise the gentleman to me, and I also have high hopes for Gu Jun. ”

When Gu Chang heard this, cold sweat appeared on his forehead again, and he didn't know if it was because the villagers were too eager to express themselves that the general was dissatisfied. You must know that his appointment alone has been blocked in Xingtai for more than half a month, and the original Xingtai was drafted a year ago, because the villagers chose him and he hurriedly set off from Jiangdong to the north, which can be regarded as a delay in taking up his post.

"I don't know where the saying goes, sharpening a knife is not a mistake for a woodcutter. If you can really choose a good choice, you can make the state do everything with half the effort, and you can afford to wait for a few days of wasted time. So I don't expect Gu Jun to be normal, do I have confidence? ”

"Humble duty will do your best! Please also dare to ask the general to be tolerant and humble and seek to be earnest, and to endure the pain and abandon the ......"

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he raised his hand and patted the back of Gu Chang's hand, and said with emotion: "I want to thank the villagers for helping me, and I dare to forge ahead with my back." It's just that the world affairs are too complicated, and in recent years, there is no time to turn to intimacy. ”

Shen Zhezi's emotion was indeed motivated, and since the establishment of Xingtai, he has rarely returned to Jiangdong. In this Northern Expedition, the enthusiasm of the villagers to help the war, including the competition for the history of Weizhou, also made him feel a lot recently, and there was no lack of self-blame for the snubbing of his hometown.