At this time, the maid came in and served tea, Zhang Xuan took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Bohai County has been a place of outstanding people and rich materials since ancient times, since the Douzigang in the south has become a heavy place for bandits, Bohai County has also suffered many hardships and suffered heavy losses, although Gao Shida has been exterminated this time, but it does not mean that the bandits have been eradicated, according to my experience, only the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the bandits have no soil for survival, so the restoration of production in Bohai County and the maintenance of local stability have become a top priority, I am not very familiar with my Bohai County, and today I am here to consult the head of the family, Can the head of the house give me some good advice? ”

Zhang Xuan said very implicitly, in fact, he was telling Gao Shuyuan, if you have any requests, just put it forward.

Gao Shuyuan smiled and said: "The general's governance ability is obvious to all, Qingzhou was the most troubled place in the past, and now it has become a famous and wealthy place in the Great Sui, which is convincing, so the general just let it go, and we local gentry will fully support it." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "In fact, the key to governing the country is to govern officials, and the appointment of officials is particularly important. ”

Zhang Xuan glanced at Gao Biaoren, and said lightly: "Now the officials appointed by Gao Shida have either escaped or been caught by the people, it can be said that they are scattered, and now they urgently need to appoint officials. ”

According to the usual practice, Taishou generally cannot be appointed by the family of the county, and most of the families hold the position of county leader, which is also the rule of Qingzhou, and Zhang Xuan does not want to break it in Bohai County.

Gao Biaoren was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly said: "I'm afraid that Gao is only a shallow learner and will live up to the general's expectations." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "How can Prime Minister Gao's son not even be able to serve as a county minister, I'm just afraid of Qu Cai." ”

"Where! I will do my best. ”

Now that Jang Hyun has shown sincerity. Gao Shuyuan couldn't help but express his position, he nodded and said: "The general has worked hard for the revitalization of Bohai County, as the township party of Bohai County, how can we not give full support, please rest assured that the bandits have been eliminated now." The people were determined to believe that the whole of Bohai County would support the officials appointed by the general, and the revitalization of the Bohai Navy was just around the corner. ”

"I hope so!"

Zhang Xuan left Gaofu and returned to the county office, along the way he was still considering the right candidate for Bohai County, thinking about it, he still decided to promote Qinghe County's grandson Jian to Bohai Taishou, Qinghe County's vitality is far from recovering, and there is only one county in Gaotang. The county commander can be concurrently served by the Gaotang County Commander.

When he came to the county office, he unexpectedly saw Fang Xuanling's carriage, which made Zhang Xuan stunned, wasn't Fang Xuanling in Nanpi County? Why did you come to Yangxin, did something happen?

An intuition told Zhang Xuan that it was likely that there was something on Bohai or Dou Jiande's side, otherwise Fang Xuanling would not have come in such a hurry.

Jao Hyun got out of the carriage and walked briskly towards the county office. As soon as he entered the gate, he met Fang Xuanling, who was hurrying out. Fang Xuanling pulled Zhang Xuan aside and said in a low voice, "Dou Jiande's messenger is here." ”

As expected, Zhang Xuan asked with a smile: "What does Dou Jiande want to do?" ”

Fang Xuanling pointed to the back room, meaning that this is not the place to speak, Zhang Xuan understood, so he followed him into the inner hall. Fang Xuanling smiled at this time: "It's a bit unexpected, Dou Jiande is willing to attack the Bohai Society for us, and he is willing to be our eagle dog." ”

Zhang Xuan sneered, "It's his grain that was robbed by Gao Lie!" ”

"Of course, he also hopes that we will support him with food, but I feel that Dou Jiande is afraid of becoming our next target."

"I really want to attack him. Even if he was willing to be a cow and a horse, it would be useless. ”

Zhang Xuan didn't want to fight Dou Jiande for the time being, he hoped that Dou Jiande could become his eagle dog, exterminate the Bohai Society for himself, and finally harvest the foundation of the Bohai Society himself.

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Xuan asked again, "Who is the messenger?" ”

"It's his mastermind Song Zhengben."

"Song Zheng is the Raoyang County Order?"

"It is this person, this person has great ambitions, but unfortunately he has not met talents, and he has always been a small county commander, but he has governed Raoyang County in an orderly manner and has become the richest county in Hejian County."

"Speaking of which, Dou Jiande still uses people inappropriately, this person is obviously a talent in a long history, but Dou Jiande uses him as a strategist, why don't you use horses to plow the fields and let cattle pull goods?"

Fang Xuanling smiled dumbly, the analogy of the handsome man was very interesting, but he got to the point.

"Do you want to see him?"

"Since you're here, of course you want to see you."

Zhang Xuan followed Fang Xuanling to the guest hall again, Song Zhengben was sitting in the guest hall drinking tea, seeing Fang Xuanling followed by Zhang Xuanling, he quickly got up and bowed to salute, "See the general!" ”

"Mr. Song knows me?"

"The year before last, the heroes would be in the capital, how could the general's majesty not be known."

Zhang Xuan smiled and asked again, "Is Dou Gong still in Leshou County now?" ”

"When I came out, the army was still in Leshou County, but most of the houses in Leshou County were burned down, and the people in the county were killed and injured heavily, and they couldn't stay any longer, we plan to move, but now the place of relocation has not been decided, can the general give a suggestion?"

"Asking me to give advice?" Zhang Xuan smiled: "I think you Dou Gong should have a decision, right?" ”

"Dou Gong wanted to choose between Changle County, Xindu County, Raoyang County, Hejian County, and Gonggao County, but he couldn't make up his mind for a long time."

"What does Mr. Song think?"

"Personally, I prefer Raoyang County."

"Because Mr. Song is a county magistrate there?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

Song Zhengben's face was hot, and he hesitated and said: "There is a little bit of this reason, but it is not the main reason, the main reason is that Raoyang County has fertile land, a large population, and there is Tuoshui, Mudaoshui and the intersection of the Shahe River, and the irrigation water source is sufficient, in Raoyang, the first thing can solve the food problem, the second Raoyang city is tall and strong, the moat is extremely wide, easy to defend and difficult to attack, third, Tuoshui is the Bohai Society's grain transportation channel, and by cutting off Tuoshui, we can control the food security of the Bohai Society, occupy Raoyang, our desirable strategic advantage, Dou Gong put Changle County in the first choice, But I think Changle County is too close to Qinghe County. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Mr. Song's thinking is very thorough, admirable, frankly speaking, I also think Raoyang is good, and if the Bohai Society is destroyed in the future, at least it can develop westward." ”

Song Zhengben's eyelids jumped, Zhang Xuan was no longer hinting, but clearly telling them to go west.

Now that the words have come to this point, Song Zhengben simply opened up, and he bowed and said: "The reason why the humble post came to the envoy this time is because there is a mutual enmity between Dou Gong and the Bohai Society, and Dou Gongzhi will sweep the Bohai Society, hoping to get the support of the general." ”

"How do you need our support?" Jang Hyun also said frankly.

"I hope the general can give us the grain of Gao Kaidao, so that we can hold out until this fall."

"But it seems a bit unrealistic to just rely on the 30,000 troops in your hands to sweep away the Bohai Society!" Zhang Xuan said with a smile.

Zhang Xuan's words can be described as hitting the nail on the head, Dou Jiande kept saying that he was willing to be his eagle dog, so where is the capital to be an eagle dog? Dou Jiande only has 30,000 remnants left, and the Bohai Society has annexed Dou Jiande's 60,000 troops, and now the strength is at least 80,000, why can Dou Jiande sweep away the Bohai Society?

A few days ago, Dou Jiande's 80,000 army was defeated at the hands of Gao Lie's 30,000 army, and now it's the other way around, can Dou Jiande's 30,000 army still defeat Gao Lie's 80,000 army?

Song Zhengben's face was flushed when he was asked, and he said for a while: "If I can sweep away the Bohai Society, of course, everyone will be happy, but if we are annihilated by the Bohai Society, the general will have nothing to lose." ”

"Who said I had no losses!"

Zhang Xuan said coldly: "I can help many victims with 100,000 stone of grain, but I gave you nothing but didn't get anything, if Dou Jiande was me, what would he choose?" ”

Song Zhengben sighed, "I understand, the general just refuses to accept Dou Gong's suggestion." ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "100,000 stone of grain can be given to you, whether you fight Bohai or not will have nothing to do with me, and I don't care, but I hope you understand that there is no free lunch in the world." ”

Song Zhengben seemed to see a glimmer of hope again, he took a deep breath, restrained the nervousness in his heart and asked, "General, please say, what conditions?" ”

"My conditions are very simple, I want Xindu County and let Dou Jiande move to Raoyang, whether he loses or wins, he must not step into Xindu County again."

Song Zhengben nodded, "I understand, I'll go back and report to Gong Dou." ”

Zhang Xuan looked at Song Zhengben again and said, "Why didn't Mr. Song stay?" If the gentleman is willing to stay, I will appoint you as the chief keeper of Xindu County. ”

Song Zhengben was stunned, he lowered his head, sighed for a while and said: "Thank you for the trust of the general, I am very willing to serve the general, but now that Dou Gong is in trouble, I can't abandon it, it will be laughed at by the world, and the general will not abandon the master, and when the situation of Dou Gong improves, I will definitely come to the general, and I hope that the general can be included at that time!" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "If Mr. is willing to come, I will definitely reuse it!" (To be continued.) )