The drizzle stops at dawn.

In the early morning, just as the sky was dawn, Xue Ne's family packed their bags and embarked on the journey north.

Xue Ne went to Youzhou and was in charge of the military of the six states. Compared with Zhang Rentan, his power was doubled. However, the pressure on his shoulders would be much greater than that of Zhang Rentan, because at the end of last year, Zuorong officially announced the establishment of a Zhenguo and completely broke with the court. If Xue Ne could not achieve results in the short term, he would inevitably be criticized by the queen.

Zhang Rentan will be transferred to Bingzhou and serve as the governor of Bingzhou.

In terms of grade, although both are governors, Zhang Rentan's level was actually promoted.

Bingzhou belongs to the Grand Governor's Office, while Youzhou is just the Central Governor's Office.

It is hard to say who took advantage of these two appointments. Zhang Rendan became the governor of Bingzhou and would face the threat of the Eastern Turks; while Xue Ne served as the governor of Youzhou, facing the increasingly deteriorating chaos in the entire Northeast region after the Battle of Hebei.

Whether it is Xue Ne or Zhang Rentan, the difficulties they face will not be too small.

After Yang Shouwen sent Xue Ne's family away, he became much more relaxed.

Two days later, the Hutuo River Ferry resumed traffic, and Yang Shouwen and the others left the inn and embarked on a journey south again.

After crossing the Hutuo River, the situation seemed to be getting better.

The Turks failed to break through Zhaozhou, so the damage to Zhaozhou was relatively less. Therefore, Zhaozhou recovered very quickly. After a winter of rest, the flowers bloomed and they broke through the ground and looked full of vitality.

"Governor Jing is indeed a good official. After taking office, he ordered the city to be rebuilt and the digging of ditches.

However, all projects are not considered corvee service. As long as you work, you can get food. Many people are rescued because of this."

Sitting in a tavern by the roadside, Yang Shouwen couldn't help but become interested in this governor as he listened to the traveler's talk.

Work-for-relief?

I don’t know if this is the earliest work-for-relief in the world! Yang Shouwen was able to come up with such an idea. So he asked his friend and learned about the past of this Governor Jing.

The governor of Jing, whose name was Jinghui, was named Zhongye, and was from Taiping, Jiangzhou.

This person entered the officialdom with Ming Jing and became the governor of Weizhou.

Last year, the Turks invaded Hebei Road, and the autumn harvest was in various places. However, in order to resist the Turks, the states ordered the people to be recruited to build cities, but Weizhou did not do so. According to Jinghui, no matter how strong the city is, it cannot be kept without food. How can the autumn harvest be delayed in repairing the city?

It is precisely because of this that when the Turks withdrew their troops, there were food shortages of different degrees in various places.

Only Weizhou, because of the protection of autumn grain, not only did none of the people in the state starved to death, but also provided assistance to other state governments.

After Gao Rui was promoted to the Imperial College Priest, he recommended Jinghui to Wu Zetian.

After Jinghui arrived in Zhaozhou, he only took one winter to calm Zhaozhou down, and there was no situation of rampant bandits.

A native of Taiping, Jiangzhou?

Yang Shouwen suddenly looked at Abusjda and said, "Brother, if I remember correctly, Jinghu seems to be a peaceful person."

Abusjda was stunned and nodded immediately.

"What's the relationship between Jinghu and Jinghui?"

Abusjdah heard the sound of a grin and gestured and said: It's impossible that it's a brother, that's too coincidental.

Yes, that's a coincidence!

Yang Shouwen just thought about it casually, but actually didn't take it to heart.

"It's not early. Let's hurry up. If we delay the time, we will sleep in the wilderness tonight."

Jeddah nodded with a smile, and the two of them immediately agreed to the account, then walked out of the restaurant and set off.

At dusk, the two arrived outside Pingji City.

Yang Shouwen took the big jade and led his horse to the city.

The investigation outside Pingji City was very strict. After the two submitted the office, they were questioned a few words. This was not common in previous levels. However, Yang Shouwen could understand it. As the saying goes, once you are bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of a well rope for ten years. Although the Turks have retreated, they still left a certain degree of trauma for Pingji.

"What are you?"

After the two of them had checked the house, they led their horses to the city.

But at this moment, a noise came from behind.

Yang Shouwen looked back and saw that the guard city Minzhuang stopped a fleet of chariots and horses.

They found many swords and guns from the chariots and horses, and immediately became alert. Everyone was nervous and looked nervous.

The leader of the chariot team hurriedly said, "Don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand, we are playing puppets."

"Playing a puppet?"

The head of the troupe was stunned and waved his hand to signal Min Zhuang to put away his swords and guns.

At this moment, a middle-aged man walked from the side.

He was wearing a green robe and a black cloak with a collar of a fire fox, and came to the side of the carriage.

When the head of the group saw the man, he immediately stepped aside and showed a respectful look.

"I heard from your accent, it seems like people from Minzhou?"

"Ah, sir, we are the tricksters from Minzhou."

The man in the green robe nodded, picked up a knife, and said in a deep voice: "This knife does not seem to be a weapon created by the Central Plains."

The leader hurriedly said, "Sir, I have good eyesight, this is the Uz Steel Knife."

The Uz steel knife, which was later known as the Damascus knife, also made Yang Shouwen take a look more.

It was a scimitar, not too long, only about two feet long, and it should be used with you. However, the shape of the knife was very strange, which made Yang Shouwen feel indescribable. He was about to observe carefully that the man in the green robe had already put the knife into the sheath.

He returned the knife to the leader and glanced at the people in the convoy again.

There are men and women, there are old and young.

"Since I am from Minzhou, why do you have such a knife? I remember that this kind of knife seems to be more common outside the border."

"Sir, you are a trickster, and you are home in the world. Wherever there is fun, you can go.

Speaking of which, we were also unlucky this time! Last year, we heard that the King of Huaiyang went to Heisha City to marry, and thought it would be more lively, so we went north to make a living together. But when we arrived in Yunzhou, we heard that Death Bad rebelled, which caused us to be trapped in Yunzhou for half a year. It was not until the end of last year that Yunzhou was cleared and released, but we were already penniless.

It was only after I played tricks along the way that I came to Zhaozhou.

We heard on the way that Luoyang will open a martial arts department this fall, and it will definitely be very lively, so we thought about trying our luck.

But the gentleman also knew that the road was not peaceful.

We tricksters also need to be on guard against bandits, so we brought some weapons... We have a place issued by Yunzhou here, please check it out. Mr., we are all the people who are the ones, and we are not bad people. Please prove it to us."

As he spoke, he handed over the things he passed.

This leader is worthy of traveling around the world, and he can see that the identity of the man in the green robe in front of him is extraordinary.

"Honest plan?"

"It's a villain."
Chapter completed!