Chapter 1213 County Magistrate Meng Yi, Prince Fusu

At Meng Tian's banquet, Su Mingzhe met an acquaintance:
"Yi Xiaochuan's luck is just too good to be true!"

"I killed Liu San myself, so no one wanted to use him as corvée. But this guy actually ran into Meng Tian!"

Yi Xiaochuan also recognized Su Mingzhe. He was flustered for a moment, but then he reacted:

"Damn it, Nai Gong is now the younger brother of General Meng Tian, ​​why would he be afraid of this little bastard?"

However, due to Su Mingzhe's interruption, Yi Xiaochuan did not meet Lu and did not know Lu Susu.

However, Yi Xiaochuan was walking as he pleased and accidentally contracted the plague, and met Gao Yao again.

Gao Yao helped Yi Xiaochuan to seek medical treatment everywhere and met Cui Wenzi, a genius doctor in Taishan County.

After Yi Xiaochuan's condition improved, he and Gao Yao rushed to Tangwushan together.

The boy of Beiyan Mountain told the two to come back in sixty years.

The two had no choice but to wander around and kill time.

As a result, nine Rongdi tribes invaded the border and the officials were arresting people everywhere.

Both of them had no identity documents and were true illegal immigrants, so they were naturally among those arrested.

After Yi Xiaochuan was sent to Yunzhong County, he was originally responsible for repairing the Great Wall. When Hukam led an army of 50,000 to attack, he volunteered to fight the enemy.

As luck would have it, the tiger talisman left a tiger head tattoo on his chest. When Meng Tian saw it, he mistakenly thought that Yi Xiaochuan was his long-lost brother.

In this dimension, Yi Xiaochuan, who had no friend Yu Shu, accepted Meng Tian as his elder brother in order to get rid of his status as a slave.

"This Yi Xiaochuan is quite good. He doesn't bully others by taking advantage of his power!"

Su Mingzhe thought that since he had scared Yi Xiaochuan away last time, when they met again this time, even if Yi Xiaochuan did not rely on Meng Tian's power to humiliate him, he would at least mock him openly and secretly to get back at him.

As a result, Yi Xiaochuan pretended not to know Su Mingzhe throughout the whole process and even raised his glass to invite him to have a few drinks.

Day two.

Su Mingzhe took his 2,500 elite soldiers and continued to return to Linhe County to deploy defenses.

The merit of capturing the Tuan King was so great that although Meng Tian was a general, he had no choice but to report it to the court, which would issue a reward decree.

No matter what, Meng Tian assured Su Mingzhe that he would at least be a left minister with a fief of 600 households.

After returning to Linhe County, Su Mingzhe held several positions. He was not only the county magistrate, but also the county secretary and county lieutenant. He was in charge of both military and political affairs.

At this moment, more than 3,000 people from Linhe County who were rescued were released after their identities were identified.

There were more than a thousand captives who, after being captured, assisted the tyrant and helped the Tuan people persecute other relatives. These captives were directly confiscated and made official slaves.

In addition, more than 4,000 people who had fled to other places returned one after another after hearing that the war was over.

With these eight or nine thousand people, although Linhe County is not yet very prosperous, it has begun to show vitality.

It was early February.

The chill gradually passed.

Su Mingzhe began to lead the people to reclaim wasteland.

The north is a barren land. Even if the land is disease-free and has been cultivated carefully throughout the year, the yield per acre is only two or three stones.

In order to produce more grain, Su Mingzhe not only lent his own grain to the people as seeds, but also asked the elite soldiers in the army to buy thousands of oxen and horses to help the people in the county plow the fields.

More than 10,000 people worked together, regardless of gender, age or status, day and night, and after more than a month, they finally reclaimed one million acres of land.

It was March.

The nine Rongdi tribes retreated, and the imperial court sent new county governors and county magistrates.

The new magistrate of Linhe County is called Meng Yi, originally a Confucian scholar from Qi, and now a retainer of Prince Fusu.

After Meng Yi followed the county magistrate to Yunzhong County, he first met with Meng Tian, ​​and then came to Linhe County alone.

Su Mingzhe heard the news and went out of the city to greet him. When the two met, Meng Yi got off his horse first, bowed and said:
"Meng Yi pays homage to Zuo Shuchang!"

"Mr. Meng, please don't be so polite!"

Su Mingzhe watched the head of a county salute him, and then he suddenly remembered that his title had been promoted to Zuo Shuchang, which was equivalent to a "Qing". In the local area, he was on equal footing with the county governor.

Therefore, it was only natural for the new county magistrate to bow to him.

The two finished the ceremony.

Su Mingzhe invited Meng Yi to the county government office to welcome him.

Unexpectedly, Meng Yi did not move. Instead, his eyes were piercing, like a tiger about to eat a man. He asked:
"Zuo Shuzhang, Meng Yi saw green rice seedlings, crisscrossing fields, and fields all over our county on his way here. May I ask if this farming is done by Zuo Shuzhang and his men?"

"Not bad!"

Su Mingzhe did not deny the new county magistrate's tough attitude.

After all, this kind of thing cannot be denied, and there is no need to deny it.

But the new county magistrate had a cold face when he first met me. What did this mean?
Is it wrong to lead people to farm the land?
Meng Yi didn't care what Su Mingzhe thought. When he heard that the one million acres of land were cultivated by Su Mingzhe and the elite soldiers in the army, his eyes lit up. He couldn't help but straighten his clothes and bowed to Su Mingzhe.

Su Mingzhe was shocked by Meng Yi's action. After he kowtowed, he came to his senses and hurried forward to support him, asking:
"County Magistrate, please stand up quickly. What do you mean?"

After Meng Yi stood up, he explained:
"On the way to Yunzhong County, Meng saw that other counties were all barren, and the people were displaced and hungry. Only when I arrived in Linhe County did I find that there was vitality everywhere. After asking some people, I learned that it was Zuo Shuchang who sympathized with the people and cared for the people. He took out his own rewards to help the people buy cattle and horses, and lent them grain so that they could farm in time. What Zuo Shuchang did is truly a model for the officials of our Great Qin and a hero of our generation. Meng Yi wished he could hold Zuo Shuchang's horse and stirrups to show his feelings!"

"You are too kind, County Magistrate! You are too kind!"

Su Mingzhe did not expect that he could gain a charming person just by helping the people to plant the fields. He immediately said a few humble words in embarrassment.

In fact, he helped the local people with farming just to gain some fame.

After all, he is a man who is determined to rebel, and a little more fame will be beneficial to his future rebellion.

In addition, even though Su Mingzhe helped the people of Linhe County cultivate one million acres of land, the final harvest still depends on whether God is willing.

Even if the year was good weather, with no insect plagues or wars, and there was a bumper harvest in the autumn, according to Qin law, the people had to hand over two-thirds of their grain output.

No one knows how much of it will ultimately fall on the people.

However, these subsequent events have nothing to do with Su Mingzhe.

Now, Meng Yi regards Su Mingzhe as his idol and keeps asking him how to govern the county.

Su Mingzhe did not hide anything and took him back to the county government office to start the work handover.

After finishing his official duties, Meng Yi told Su Mingzhe another good news.

When the nine Rongdi tribes invaded the south, Maodun, the sixth Hun leader, took the opportunity to steal the lair of the nine Rongdi tribes.

Upon hearing the news, the nine Rongdi tribes hastily negotiated peace with the Qin Dynasty and withdrew their troops.

After the imperial court learned the news, it prepared to contact the Xiongnu and attack the nine Rongdi tribes from both sides.

"When I was at the border, I heard that the Great Khan of the Xiongnu, Maodun, killed his own father before he came to power. Such a person who has no king and no father must be a wolf and tiger like the Rongdi!"

Su Mingzhe did not quite agree with Meng Yi's good news:
"We, the Great Qin and the Xiongnu, have all joined forces to attack the nine Rongdi tribes. We have contributed manpower and resources, but in the end, we were unable to occupy the land of the nine Rongdi tribes. The final result of the war can only be a wedding dress for the Xiongnu. When the Xiongnu annex the nine Rongdi tribes, their strength will surely increase greatly. At that time, they will definitely invade us from the south, just like the Rongdi in the past!"

Meng Yi was shocked when he heard what Su Mingzhe said:

"What Zuo Shuzhang said is exactly the same as what the Prime Minister said in the court!"

"Oh?"

Su Mingzhe was slightly stunned. He did not expect that Li Si had such insight. He asked curiously:
"So what was the final opinion reached in the court?"

Meng Yi looked slightly embarrassed, but still spoke:

"Prince Fusu believes that the nine Rongdi tribes are an imminent danger, so they should be eliminated first."

"As for the Xiongnu who will follow, if they really move south, we, the warriors of the Great Qin, are unrivaled, so we will not be afraid of them!"

(End of this chapter)