173 New Beginning

After Zhao Fei entered Zhen’s mansion, he attended the banquet.

Zhao Fei intended to please him, while Zhen Yi regarded Zhao Fei as the benefactor who saved her daughter, and the two got along very well.

Although Zhao Fei still wanted to see Zhen Mi again, this was impossible.

After all, he is a lady from a family. Once Zhen Mi returns home, many etiquette things will not be as free as outside.

During the meal, Zhao Fei told him about his plan to pacify Shanyue, which also attracted Zhen Yi's admiration.

"I don't know if my nephew lacks money, food and military resources. I can provide one or two here," Zhen Yi said to Zhao Fei.

Zhao Fei shook his hand, "Uncle, no need. When I was in Nanchang County, I recruited three thousand soldiers, and with more than a thousand men under my original command, it was enough to deal with a mere mountain Yue."

"It is good to have this kind of heroism, but you must not be careless. I heard that my nephew made some military achievements in the battle to pacify Qiang and Hu in Xiliang. I believe they are proficient in military affairs. Jiangdong and Xiliang are very different. Nephew cannot underestimate this mountain and Yue. In this hilly land, they are good at climbing and seclusion. It is much more difficult to deal with the Qiang and Hu cavalry on the Xiliang Plain. This mountain rarely fights head-on. Once the official army enters the mountain and clears them, they often go around from the mountain road to the back and cut off the food route of the official army. Many people have tried to eliminate the mountain and Yue. Not only have they not made military achievements, but many of them are defeated and died."

Zhen Yi has a good impression of Zhao Fei, so he spent so much to say and to Zhao Fei.

Zhao Fei nodded. He knew that Zhen Yi's words were very reasonable. During the reign of Emperor Guangwu of Han, General Fu Bo, Ma Yuan, had a lifetime of military service, and it was very easy to deal with the Qianghu rebellion. When the abused Qianghu people heard the name of Ma Fu Bo, they were frightened and fled.

Hundreds of years have passed, and Ma Fubo's influence on the Qiang and Hu tribe has not disappeared much. Ma Chao was called the Shenwei General by the Qiang and Hu people at a young age, not only because of his extraordinary force, but also because of his descendants of Ma Yuan.

But even such a powerful Ma Yuan failed when he pacified the Southern Barbarians.

Of course, there are also the relationship between northerners who are not used to the climate in the south and are not good at fighting mountain wars, and Ma Yuan is old.

However, no matter what the reason was, Ma Yuan failed. Not only did he fail, but he was also old and weak, and died of illness while suppressing the rebellion.

Therefore, Zhao Fei would never underestimate the Southern Barbarians. Perhaps the physical fitness of the Southern Barbarians is similar to that of the Qiang and Hu people, but with the terrain here, it is much more difficult to deal with than the Qiang and Hu rebels.

After all, in Xiliang, Zhao Fei has the ability to speed. As long as his combat power is stronger than that of the Qiang and Hu rebels, he can pursue it. There is no trace of shelter in the vast grassland. If the Qiang and Hu rebels are slower, they will not be able to escape.

It’s different in the mountains. Not to mention the influence of so many snakes, insects, rats and ants, Zhao Feilai has to spend a lot of effort on how to ensure the safety of the food channel alone.

"Uncle, don't worry, I won't be anxious to deal with the Southern Barbarians this time. I just plan to use the method of division and surround to smooth the water chestnuts of the Southern Barbarian Mountain Yue little by little." Zhao Fei and Lu Su also discussed a lot about the issue of Shanyue, but did not explain too much to Zhen Yi.

"Okay, since my nephew knows it, I'll be relieved. Come and drink," Zhen Yi said with a smile as he raised the wine bottle.

The guests and hosts were having fun. After the banquet, Zhao Fei did not see Zhen Mi. He was a little disappointed, but he was not very concerned about himself. As long as he was still in Jiangdong, there would always be a chance to meet him in the future.

After all, the Zhen family in Jizhou has already confirmed the marriage with the Yuan family again. Even if Zhen Mi comes back, it is impossible to replace Zhen Mi again, which is too unfair to Zhen Mi's sister.

As for the evil side of Zhen Mi being affected by someone's breaking the engagement, it can only be blamed for her own bad luck. After disappearing for a year, the Zhen family could not take into account the feelings of her as a little girl.

This is exactly what Zhao Fei wants. As long as Zhen Mi is still with her father in Jiangdong in recent years, he doesn't have to worry about not being able to marry Zhen Mi.

"Then uncle, I'll say goodbye," Zhao Fei clasped his fists at Zhen Yi and said.

When Zhao Fei walked out of the city, he did not see that behind the door of the Zhen Mansion, a big flashing eye was looking at him through the crack of the door.

I came here to take a look. You are quite conscience, so I don’t waste my hard work of lying for you. Zhen Mi bit her lower lip with her teeth, and she was happy and thought with a little sadness.

Zhen Yi noticed his daughter's existence, but he knew that his daughter was thin-skinned, so he pretended not to know.

His daughter is not young anymore, and Zhao Fei is not bad either. He is so young and he is a county magistrate. Although he is from a civilian family, the Zhen family is just a family of wealthy businessmen.

Zhen Yi was still happy to see Zhao Fei and his daughter. After all, since Zhen Yi disappeared, he stayed in this wilderness in Jiangdong. The Zhen family had not paid much attention to him for a long time, and he never mentioned any transfer. He seemed to have been exiled.

Zhen Yi is also an arrogant person. The Zhen family has reasons for doing this, but he doesn't want to go back to the Zhen family and ask for an explanation and fight for power.

Zhao Fei arrived outside Shangcai County and continued to set out towards Linchuan County with his soldiers.

When Zhao Fei arrived in Fengcheng County, under the leadership of Chen Dalusu and others, the repair work was already being carried out vigorously.

It is winter now, and the Chinese New Year is about to celebrate, and Shanyue has not come out to invade. This renovation is just for the New Year.

Currently, there are only two counties in Linchuan County in Zhao Fei's hands, Fengcheng County and Yongfeng County. Zhao Fei temporarily regards Fengcheng County as his capital in Linchuan County.

Due to the invasion of mountains and rivers, there were many refugees in these two counties, all of whom were fled from other counties in Linchuan County.

Yuzhang County and Kuaiji County were afraid that these refugees would be mixed with Shanyue spies, and they did not dare to let them in, so these people could only gather in the last two counties in Linchuan County.

"Lord, there are many refugees here, and they have nothing to do with the aristocratic families. It is the lord's good source of troops. Therefore, Su took his own initiative and sent people to send food to help them. The food was consumed very quickly. He had already sent people to contact the Lu family and prepared to use money to buy food," Lu Su came to Zhao Fei and apologized.

"Zi Jing is so hardworking and devoted to me. This is a good thing. If you are in a hurry, how could I blame Zi Jing?" Zhao Fei said with a smile.

Zhao Fei looked at the announcement and said that the county magistrate Zhao Fei opened the warehouse and released grain, and each person could come to receive relief grain once a day, but he had to accept the arrangements of the government, repair the city, and do something within his ability.

The second skill of Zuo Shi Mingxian in Lu Su's practice is to protect himself and increase his lord's favorability towards him. Zhao Fei had a good impression of Lu Su, and there was no need to mention the bonus of this skill of the general.

Of course, this is just a favorable feeling. Zhao Fei still has some precautions for Lu Su. When purchasing food to appease refugees, Lu Su will not add any benefits. More importantly, Lu Su is very good at being a minister. In this announcement, it is written by Zhao Fei's order. This reputation of loving the people as if they are sons must be recorded in Zhao Fei's name.

These refugees will definitely be extremely grateful to Zhao Fei, the new county magistrate.

"Haha, not only food, but also meat, but also money. The New Year is coming soon. These refugees are also our future people. We must let them have a happy New Year and get their support. It will be much more convenient to attack Shanyue next year," Zhao Fei said to Lu Su.

"Yes, my subordinates have written it down," Lu Su said respectfully.

Zhao Fei made some rounds around Fengcheng County, and the progress was pretty good. He dispatched some from Lusu and Chen Dao. These refugees could receive food, but they were very enthusiastic and had good repair work efficiency.

Zhang Liao and Lu Ganzu Shangguan Yunche went to Yongfeng County, where they presided over the same work and comforted the refugees.

Zhao Fei walked to Chen Dao, "Shuzhi, recruit soldiers from these refugees first, and start training when the spring next year. There are still too few troops at present."

Zhao Fei calculated that he had 1,500 elite soldiers and more than 3,000 new soldiers under his command. He was not even able to guard the city and had to recruit soldiers.

The physical fitness of these refugees is slightly worse than the 3,000 new recruits recruited in Nanchang County, but they have nothing to do with the aristocratic families and are the best source of soldiers in Zhao Fei's heart.

In Yongfeng County, Zhao Fei would also send an order to Zhang Liao to start recruiting soldiers.

In the next ten days, Zhao Fei's busy days came. With him, Lu Su would ask him for advice on many things and would not make any decisions.

Zhao Fei didn't say anything that Lu Su would decide by himself. The method could be Lu Su thought of it, but the final decision must be made by Zhao Fei.

Zhang Liao and Chen Dao's recruitment work went smoothly. Zhao Fei also took the time to go to Yongfeng County and personally escorted a lot of food and meat.

Zhao Fei ordered that these soldiers who joined the army be given priority to arrange their families. Not only were they assigned to live in the house first, but some of the meat was also given.

These recruits who were previously refugees, Zhao Fei must have done these tasks to increase their loyalty.

Of course, like before, all low-level officers have been selected by Zhao Fei to take on the role of those who have made faster progress and higher military strength after so many days of preliminary training.

Especially in terms of military affairs, as the lord, Zhao Fei cannot use many things to deal with others.

Even if Zhang Liao's loyalty is worth 100, Zhao Fei absolutely believes in him, but he still needs to do what he should do, which is a matter of principle.

Zhao Fei would never hope that in the army under his command, those soldiers only knew that their general was very powerful, but they had no impression of Zhao Fei, the lord.

As time goes by, the Chinese New Year is getting closer and closer. These two cities have gathered so many refugees. After so many days of hard work, many new houses have been built. Finally, everyone has a house to live in. Everyone has a lot of food. If there are people joining the army at home, they are even meat. Everyone has a happy smile on their faces.
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