Shi Xun stayed in Pingyang for three days, and then returned triumphantly to Linfen County with Huchuquan's gift—or rather his own extortion.

When leaving Pingyang, a large group of Huns crowded around the roadside to watch, Shi Xun glanced at it, and suddenly saw a familiar face, as well as the deep resentment revealed in the other party's pupils - it was clearly the king of Zuogu Li who had been his own prisoner that day. At that moment, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and smiled faintly at King Zuo Guli.

Shi Xun doesn't remember the lines from which film he watched in his previous life: "That's right, I beat you, I beat you, what's wrong with you?" You're going to bite me? He really wanted to recite this line to King Zuogu Li. This time I came to Pingyang to call the kitchen spring, it can be said that it was smooth sailing, although there was Morley blocking the way, but it made himself more benefits at the negotiation table, at this time Shixun was full of pride, and he would not take the resentment of the defeated general to heart at all.

It's just that he didn't expect what kind of disaster this resentment would bring to him, and what kind of opportunities it would also bring......

Soon it passed through the Baibo Valley and arrived in Linfen County. Linfen County ordered Zhu Yan to go to the north gate to greet him as usual, and from a distance, he saw the smoke and dust covering the sky, and a long line of troops was coming, so frightened that he almost didn't turn around and fled back to the city - didn't the Huns kill him?!

The county guard went to Pingyang to fight the autumn wind with the Huns, and he knew about it, and brought back dozens or hundreds of Hun soldiers to bring back some supplies, including sheep and horses, but it was also reasonable, but ...... What about the thousands of refugees who followed?

It is said that although Shixun did not ask Hu Chuquan for supplies, since his request was not excessive. In order to be able to build a good relationship. It is convenient to support each other in the future. Hu Chuquan still generously gave 50 Hun cavalry, 20 horses, and 100 sheep - no matter how poor he was, this little wealth was only a drop in the bucket, and he could still take it. In addition, two thousand and seven households were selected—plus a little bit of sincerity—and the Han Min, who could not farm, could weave, and had no use for eggs, totaling more than 7,600 people, followed Shixun south.

These Han people had long been plundered by the Huns. For several years, he relied on begging and enslavement to the Xiongnu nobles, and barely survived. But even if they are slaves, most of these people are not qualified, let them starve to death, it's a pity, continue to feed, it's really disproportionate to the input and output, and they will be expelled directly, and they are afraid that they will gather to make trouble, so simply. I gave it to Yesun.

Nearly 10,000 people are helping the old and the young, and they look worse than the refugees fleeing the famine. When Zhu Yan saw it from afar, he pinched his teeth and said in his heart, "Don't place them all in this county." I calculated silently in my heart, if I want to put down two or three hundred mouths, I will work hard to find some idle land, and I can barely support them until next autumn, if there are more...... But even if the counties are evenly apportioned, Linfen is estimated to have nearly 1,000 people, so what can I do?

Therefore, after temporarily relocating these refugees outside the city, he followed Shixun into the city, and asked cautiously: "Serve the benevolence and virtue to save these people from the sea of suffering, but it is really difficult for a county in Hedong to provide for it." I heard that Hongnong has been repeatedly attacked by soldiers, and the household registration is not complicated, so why don't you drive it to Hongnong? ”

Shi Xun glanced at him and replied lightly: "The hard work is clear, first count the account and the strengths of each person, what kind of business has been, come and report to me again." ”

Zhu Yan's character is clear, born in the Huiji Zhu family, and he is a member of the famous general Zhu Jun, who is the commander of Linfen County for Wang Yi, and has been in office for six years. It was Xun who traveled back to the counties, and wanted to take a good look at the incompetent Moshou chief, but found that the officials in Hedong were much higher than what he saw when he supervised the post and Jiyin and pacified Guanzhong, both in terms of talent and discipline - it seems that Wang Yi still has certain strengths in civil affairs - so he turned around a lot, except for the removal of Xie County Cheng and Dayang County Lieutenant, basically all of them were able to stay in office. When I first saw Zhu Yan, Shixun stared at his face and couldn't help laughing. Zhu Yan was so strange, and said in his heart that my face was not ugly, let alone weird, was it because he looked similar to whom, so the county guard looked at it again and again, and laughed after seeing it?

In fact, it really doesn't matter what he looks like, but Shi Xun thought of the word "冏" in his table, and he couldn't help laughing. However, the original meaning of "冏" is a window hole, which is a good word, and you really can't take out the weird extension meaning on the Internet in later generations to talk about things - just like the little Wang Bayinniu who can't find someone to complain about his own Guannei Marquis.

Fortunately, after laughing, the county guard did not embarrass Zhu County's order, not only that, but he was able to manage the order in the county in an orderly manner under strong pressure from the direction of Pingyang in the north, and there was no big mess, which was quite encouraging. Even in the peaceful and prosperous era, Zhu Yan's performance appraisal is enough to be even, not to mention that in this troubled era, it is not easy.

Zhu Yan really did not disappoint Shi Xun, he took the county officials to work extra for three days in a row, and finally counted the identities, backgrounds, and specialties of those refugees, and handed a thick stack of bamboo slips to Shi Xun. Shi Xun opened the bamboo slip and was looking at it, Zhu Yan opened his mouth to report: "There are no farmers among them, three have become the original big families and their families in the four counties such as Pingyang, six have become businessmen and craftsmen, and one has become a scoundrel in the township, but he has no courage." ”

It's Xunxin who said yes, the scoundrel and brave, it is estimated that all of them were captured by the Huns as slaves, and even recruited as soldiers, so it is impossible for Hu Chuquan to give it to me.

I heard Zhu Yan say again: "Those big households can be temporarily settled in the county, and after the four counties are pacified, they can return to their fields." The rest of the people should drive to Hongnong, the county can't afford to support it, and they don't know how to ...... crops."

It was Xun Xin who said that it was fortunate that the Huns helped to uproot the rich households in the four counties, what's the matter, I will raise it first, and then return the land to them in the future, and let them go back to their hometown to be the overlord of the soil? There is no reason! At that time, he instructed Zhu Yan: "Ming Ming can choose one of them to be literate and understand the law, and those who can be officials can be kept in the counties or county governments for use." ”

Zhu Yan agreed, and then replied: "It's only twenty or thirty people." ”

Shi Xun carefully examined the bamboo slips and found that among the people he brought out of Pingyang, women, children, and elderly men accounted for seventy percent, and there were less than 2,000 young and middle-aged men. At the moment, it will be combined with Zhu Yan and Zhang Ji. Seven or eight hundred unmarried or unmarried women were chosen. Xu with Qingzhou soldiers - of course. They were all ugly women, a little pretentious, and the Huns would never let go - more than 20 men who were literate and hyphenated were assigned to the counties and county governments as scribes; More than 100 craftsmen of all kinds, such as carpenters, stonemasons, masons, and masons, were charged into the county government; Seven businessmen who had successful experience were temporarily funded by the county and ordered to return to their old jobs.

The Chinese attach great importance to agriculture and light business. Since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty inherited the remnants of the Qin Dynasty, and added many personal restrictions to the merchants, such as not being an official, not being a silk, and so on. However, on the whole, the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty were quite laissez-faire towards the merchants, and did not impose heavy taxes (Emperor Wu once issued orders such as "Calculation and Confession" and "Sue", but they were abolished by Emperor Zhao), so the so-called "Sufeng" class of Sima Qian was gradually formed. That is, although they are commoners, their wealth is comparable to that of kings and princes. Especially in the early Eastern Han Dynasty. A large number of Sufeng married with heroes and royal families, and their social status steadily improved, and even gradually became one with the scholarly family. Therefore, for scholars, merchants belong to the kind of class that must be stepped on openly and must be praised secretly.

Of course, Shi Xun does not have any light business thoughts, he feels that this is a great opportunity, taking advantage of the opportunity of the old law being abolished and the new law being incomplete in the troubled times, taking the opportunity to improve the strength of businessmen, and can inject some fresh blood into the Chinese nation. Of course, with his current status, it is impossible to reverse the status quo of discrimination against businessmen at the policy level and ideological level, but he can always use the power of the county guard to encourage commercial development in his own acre and thirds of land.

The surplus output of his new oil mills and paper mills was left to merchants to operate, not to be sold. This time, he caught a few bankrupt businessmen and simply used the loans to keep them firmly in his own hands.

After picking out those who are useful, the rest of the women, old and young are scattered in various counties, and there are more than 1,000 young and middle-aged men left, who want to be skilled or not, who have no courage or courage, and whose physical strength is in the middle and lower reaches, and who can't work or be a soldier, Zhu Yanxin said that you should be expelled, right? Who thought that Shi Xun smiled slightly and ordered: "Call that Zeng Ergou over." ”

In a short time, a guy covered in darkness rushed into the lobby and came to Shixun and bowed. Zhu Yan and Zhang Ji couldn't help but cover their noses with their sleeves, but Shi Xun didn't dislike the black ash on each other's bodies, but just looked at Zeng Ergou and asked, "What I talked about with you the day before yesterday, are you completely prepared?" ”

Zeng Ergou reported in a dumb voice: "As long as there are enough manpower, let the commander order, the villain will definitely live up to the trust." Shi Xun nodded: "There are more than 1,000 people here, you can use it, although you don't have the strength, over time, you can also exercise." However, if anyone is not satisfied with his work, or who is cheating and cheating, or who tries to escape, he will be left to your disposal, whether he lives or dies! ”

It is said that a few days ago, Shi Xun returned to Linfen County with Morley, and by the way, he inspected the armament situation in the county. Zhu Yan led Shixun to inspect, and said without stopping: "Since the previous patrol in the middle of the service, Yunben County is close to the Huns, so more precautions must be taken, and the lower officials will gather craftsmen and add weapons." In addition, the county has imported thousands of catties of good iron, in addition to a small number of agricultural tools to help farming, the new knife 100, spear 200, cluster is not counted, please check in the service. ”

Shi Xun said that I should not only inspect the newly made weapons, but also go to the workshop to see how many craftsmen there are in your county and how much they produce—"If you make a lot of weapons, the county will have to transfer a batch of weapons." ”

When I went to the official workshop, the production scene was quite hot, and there were more than 30 blacksmiths and small workers, all of whom were stripped naked, or pushing bellows, or picking sledgehammers, and working non-stop on the ground. Shixun wanted to get closer, but felt a wave of heat mixed with dust and dust rushing towards his face, so he couldn't help but cover his face with his sleeve. Zhu Yan hurriedly advised: "The lower officials have sent a small official to supervise the construction, and be careful not to approach the service to avoid hurting your body." ”

Shixun didn't know how to strike iron at all, so he listened to people's advice, ate a full meal, and hurriedly retreated. I turned around and was about to leave, when I suddenly caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of my eye - hey, what is that? It's familiar!

Immediately walked to a pile of black objects piled up outside the workshop, reached out and pulled out the horsewhip to flick it, this must not be charcoal...... "What is this?" ”

Zhu Yan didn't know why, so he hurriedly summoned a small official to come over, and the small official trembled and reported: "This is graphite, which can be used instead of charcoal." ”

Well? Shixun couldn't help but squat down, pulled on the pile of black objects with a horsewhip for a long time, and regardless of the dirt, reached out and picked up a piece, rubbed it with his fingers, sniffed it with his nose, and stood up, endured the heat, and leaned over to the iron-striking fire for a while. Only then can he finally be sure - Shi your mother's ink, this is clearly coal! (To be continued......)

PS: Attention instrument can't be changed: Zhu Yan Zhu Mingming, there was a small face in the first few chapters, this time it's official, I have to give you some role.

Charging Zeng Ergou: You ask me what Zeng Ergou can do? This kind of common name, of course, you can only do hard work, and you will have a lot of scenes tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, please look forward to it.