Chapter 258: King of Huangzhou, Chen Jiusi ( words, please subscribe)
The eleventh year of Zhizheng.

The dike burst at the mouth of the Yellow River in Daqian, and a ten-foot-tall stone man with one eye was washed out on the ancient Yellow River Road.

This incident alarmed the leader of the Zoroastrianism, Ming Wang Han Shantong.

He brought his followers to watch and received the order from the gods.

The letter said: [Bao Qian is ruthless and tyrannical, and the gods are angry and the people are resentful. The one-eyed stone god is sent down to help the king of Ming to defeat Bao Qian and set the world right.]

[Don't say that the stone man has only one eye, he will stir up the Yellow River and make the whole world rebel! ]

An imperial decree was sent from heaven, and Zoroastrianism took advantage of the situation to rise. The King Ming worshipped the stone man as a god in order to punish Bao Gan. He gathered more than 100,000 followers in Bailu Village, killed a white horse and a black cow, and swore an alliance that they would not return until Bao Gan was destroyed!

Han Shantong, claiming to be a descendant of the Zhao Song dynasty, restored the Song dynasty, and all four states and seventy-two prefectures in the north responded at once.

At one time, 300,000 followers gathered together, and the 300,000 followers gathered nearly one million refugees, stationed troops in Hebei, and Daqian was in a state of emergency.

When Emperor Qianshun heard the news, he was shocked and urgently asked for advice from all the civil and military officials in the court. A nobleman from Mulan suggested that the capital should be moved to Shangdu to avoid war.

Emperor Qianshun was deeply concerned about this, so he summoned civil and military officials to discuss the issue of the northern expedition to Shangdu.

The Mulan people are a grassland nation. Their empire is very large. In addition to the thirteen provinces in the Central Plains, it also includes Outer Mongolia and other places, covering a vast territory.

Therefore, there were two capitals, Shangdu and Dadu. Shangdu controlled the grassland, and Dadu controlled the Central Plains.

The emperor often requested to change the place of governance for half a year, but the Central Plains was prosperous, so Emperor Qianshun stayed in Dadu most of the time.

Now the war has spread to Hebei and is about to approach Dadu. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, so Emperor Qianshun wants to go north to Shangdu to avoid the war.

Unfortunately, things don’t always go as we wish.

Just as Emperor Shun was preparing to hunt in the north, news came from Shangdu that it had been captured by a joint force led by Mr. Duozhi Huguan, one of the four great Dharma Kings of Zoroastrianism, and Elder Niu and Elder Hu, two of the twelve elders.

For a moment, the Daqian Empire was shaken.

You must know that Shangdu's political status is second only to Dadu. Now that Shangdu has been conquered, everyone in Daqian is suddenly in danger.

At this time, Yingzhou Pingzhang Zhengshi Du Zundao suddenly rebelled. He joined forces with the Red Turban Army and immediately captured half of Hebei and killed more than a thousand Mulan officials.

The northern part of Daqian was plunged into unprecedented panic for a time.

Later I heard from others that this Du Zundao was actually Xiashanhu, one of the four great Dharma Kings of Zoroastrianism.

The entire court of Daqian was shocked. One of the four Dharma Kings of Zoroastrianism actually became the Prime Minister of a state of Daqian. This was already a third-rank official, a high-ranking member of the court.

Emperor Shun was also shocked and immediately ordered a thorough investigation to see if there were any Zoroastrian spies infiltrated the court.

Upon seeing this, the officials of Mulan immediately jointly accused the Han officials of the court. Countless Han officials were arrested and killed at one time, and every Han official felt insecure.

Even so, Emperor Shun was still panicked. At this time, Prime Minister Tuotuo ordered the princes to go north to defend the emperor.

At the same time, they promised lucrative benefits, such as increasing their territories, increasing their taxes, and even elevating their royal titles.

Although Daqian was in ruins, it had deep roots and received the order to defend the country.

Li Siqi, the King of Qi in the northwest, Chagan Temur, the King of Ruyang in the south, and the King of Lu in Shandong all led their armies north to support the king.

At the same time, Dadu invited the pillar of the country, the Grand Master, the Living Buddha Bashiba, and the emperor's personal guard, the leader of the Baoxiang Army, Bolo Timur, to go south to suppress the Zoroastrian uprising.

The world changed dramatically in a short period of time, it was truly the end of a dynasty.

The Zoroastrianism gathered millions of followers and occupied the four states in the Central Plains. The troops from all over the country who were loyal to the emperor surrounded the center and laid siege to it.

At this point, Zoroastrianism responded immediately.

Ming Wang Han Shantong and Venerable Liu Futong led 50,000 elite Zoroastrians to confront the Living Buddha Ba Siba and the leader of the Baoxiang Army, Bolo Temur, who came from Dadu.

Du Zundao, one of the four great Dharma Kings, led 30,000 elite troops and 300,000 refugees to block the Northwest Road, Li Siqi, the King of Qi.

Mr. Guan, one of the four great Dharma Kings, was a wise fox. He led 30,000 elite troops and 200,000 refugees to cross the Yellow River and block Chagan Temur, the King of Ruyang, from heading north.

Han Miaozhen, the Phoenix of the Four Dharma Kings, led 20,000 elite soldiers and 100,000 refugees to block the King of Lu's reinforcements.

For a time, the Central Plains became a huge meat grinder.

The battle was extremely fierce, but at this time the court's reinforcements continued to flow in. Tai Buhua, the governor of Taizhou Road entrenched in the southeast coast and the King of Patrol, led 50,000 naval forces to the north along the coast and disembark at a small fishing port 300 miles away from Beijing (Tianjin, this place name was acquired by Zhu Di, so it is not called Tianjin now) to support Dadu.

Fang Guozhen, a big bandit entrenched in the southeast coast, learned about this and directly led the navy to intercept Tai Buhua.

By the way, Fang Guozhen is the leader of the Shenlong Sect, the chief of the four Dharma Kings of the Zoroastrianism at that time, Fang Guozhen, the Sea Dragon.

Although he has betrayed Zoroastrianism, he still has feelings for the religion and helps share some of its pressure.

At the same time, Taizhou's local gang, the Salt Gang, gathered together to rebel and launched a vigorous anti-Yuan movement under the leadership of a man named Zhang Jiusi, gathering more than 50,000 people at one time.

Taizhou city defense is in danger.

And there was Fang Guozhen on the sea, and for a while, Tai Buhua, the patrol king, found it difficult to return.

Later, despite heavy casualties, Tai Buhua forced his way back to his old nest Taizhou, severely damaged Zhang Jiusi and defended Taizhou. However, there was Fang Guozhen outside and the petty thief Zhang Jiusi inside.

For a moment, the sea patrol king was overwhelmed.

He could only be trapped in Taizhou.

At the same time, a large-scale rebellion broke out in Hubei.

Peng Yingyu, the former Zoroastrian leader, launched a high-profile rebellion in Hubei Road.

He sent his six disciples and the famous thief Ni Wenjun to capture nine prefectures in Hubei overnight.

There is a tendency to go north to attack Shaanxi.

At that time, King Li Siqi of Qi, who had already moved westward, hurriedly sent his troops back to his nest to defend Shaanxi. He was also afraid that Peng Yingyu would get too excited and attack his nest.

However, after conquering the nine prefectures, Peng Yingyu did not take any further action.

They didn't even invade the four prefectures of Huangzhou, Xianning, Ezhou, and Huangshi in Hubei.

The Darughaci and prefects of the four prefectures were all shocked and jointly wrote a letter to the court, hoping that the court would send troops to rescue and help defend, but the court ignored it.

Only a document was issued from the Prince of Ruyang's Palace, saying that they hoped they would hold on and unite as one. In addition, they would send someone to talk to Peng Yingyu and ask him not to use military force against the four palaces.

As for support troops, there is not even a single soldier.

The Ruyang Palace is now focusing all its energy on heading north to deal with Zoroastrianism and defend the royal family. They are the biggest supporters of the royal family and the golden bloodline of Tian Khan.

According to legend, a few days later, a man who looked like a Buddhist monk from the Western Regions went to Hubei from the Ruyang Palace and sat down to discuss Buddhism with Master Peng Yingyu.

Finally, both parties reached an agreement.

The monk turned and left, and asked the Ruyang Palace to issue an edict, telling the local officials not to act rashly, and that Monk Peng would not attack them unless the court sent troops.

Two days later, Monk Peng suddenly announced:

He was going to establish a country in Hubei, with Xu Shouhui as the emperor, himself as the imperial teacher, and Ni Wenjun and Zhao Pusheng as the left and right marshals.

The country was founded in Tianyuan, the reign was called Zhiping, and the capital was Xiangyang!
For a moment, the whole world was shocked and Daqian was furious.

According to legend, Emperor Qianshun was so angry that he nearly fainted and wanted to send out troops to fight immediately. But when he looked back, he was shocked to see that the Zoroastrians had blocked his doorstep and he was worried that the city might be destroyed the next day.

When he was furious, he could only roar a few times in the palace, causing the concubines around him to suffer.

It's useless.

As for the fact that Monk Peng established a country in Hubei, King Qi and Li Siqi were very angry, but they remained restrained. King Ruyang had already negotiated the terms with Peng Yingyu, so he did not react at all and did not even send troops back.

This may be the condition for Peng Yingyu to agree not to attack Huangzhou Prefecture, Xianning and other four prefectures.

Hubei was founded.

Sichuan was also not at peace. It was said that a group of big bandits appeared. Their leader was named Ming Yuzhen, who had a double pupil in his left eye, which showed his noble appearance.

The sieges on cities and strongholds in Shu threw the entire Shu into chaos, greatly involving Shu. The most interesting thing was that when he was doing things in Shu, he was actually doing it under the banner of Maitreya Religion.

After Peng Yingyu founded the country, Ming Yuzhen directly defected to Tianyuan.

Xu Shouhui, who had just taken office, was so happy that he directly conferred the title of King on him.

Later I heard that Ming Yuzhen was most likely supported by the Tang Clan in Shu.

For a time, Hubei and Shu echoed each other, and the Tianyuan Empire was considered to have gained momentum, occupying the southeast area, like a tiger crouching and a dragon coursing.

In addition, slightly ambitious people in various places have also begun to surface one after another.

For example, He Zhen from Guangdong and Chen Youding from Fujian.

Let's talk about Chen Youding here. This guy has nothing to do with Chen Jiusi. Although Chen Jiusi is very likely to have replaced Chen Youliang in this time and space, he has nothing to do with this Chen Youding.

They are not from the same clan, at most they just have the same surname by coincidence.

Moreover, this Chen Youding is also very powerful. He is quite strong in martial arts and good at swordsmanship. It is said that he is a disciple of the Five Mountains Sword School.

However, he was loyal to Daqian. During the Zoroastrian uprising, he suppressed Zoroastrianism and was promoted to Pingxi garrison commander. His promotion speed was comparable to that of Chen Jiusi!

It can be said that when the world is in turmoil, heroes emerge in troubled times!
At this time, Huangzhou Prefecture, Chen Mansion.

It has been more than two months since Wang Baobao left Huangzhou Prefecture. During this period, the world has undergone tremendous changes and many heroes have emerged.

And Chen Jie also completed his original capital accumulation.

After Wang Baobao left, Chen Jie was like a dragon entering the sea and began his drastic reforms.

First, he called together his core members and held a meeting.

Those who join the club are all core members under Chen Jie.

This includes Chen Jie’s old team and of course the new team.

In summary, the power in Chen Jie's hands is currently divided into two forces: official and private.

That's the power of the official.

Chen Jie was the garrison commander and a minor official of the sixth rank in the imperial court. However, although he was a low-ranking official, he had great power. Chen Jie controlled almost all the military forces of Huangzhou Prefecture.

Currently, all Huangzhou Prefecture can rely on are the Qinglong Guards, the Black Cavalry, and the City Defense Forces.

All these three parts of power are under the control of Chen Jie.

Among them, Qinglong Guard, Chen Jie mainly set up three thousand households.

Two of them are wolf smoke, one is in the late Baodan stage, and the other is half-step wolf smoke.

Among them, Chen Jie served as the garrison commander and the commander of the Qinglong Guard, and was in charge of the top leader.

Below are three thousand households.

The thousandth household, Chen Xiaohu, is in charge of a thousand elite Qinglong guards. His deputy general is an elder of the Yuquan Sword Sect, one of the four major sects in Huangzhou Prefecture, named Lu Rong, who has the strength of Baodan realm.

The second thousandth household, Jin Yanzi, is in charge of a thousand elite Qinglong guards. His deputy general is Yu Baihe, the deputy leader of Chunxiang Pavilion where Jin Yanzi used to work, and her strength is at the Baodan realm.

The third thousandth household was promoted by Chen Jie Xin. He was the former deputy head of Jiuxiao Hall, Xiong Guangrui, and his deputy general was another elder of Yuquan Sword Sect, Zhao Zhong!

This is the configuration of Chen Jie's Qinglong Guard, and also the strongest infantry under Chen Jie's command.

Then there are the Black Cavalry. The Black Cavalry is in charge of cavalry under Chen Jie. The two thousand-household officers are Chen Wang and Chen Heng.

At the beginning, they led 1,500 gang members into the Black Cavalry, followed Wang Baobao in battles across the country, and also fought several rounds with the Dog Elder's Dog God Soldiers. They were considered cavalrymen who had truly seen blood.

Moreover, the two of them gave Chen Jie an immediate credit.

That is, they learned Wang Baobao's method of leading cavalry and using the power of cavalry to improve combat effectiveness.

It is said that this is what Wang Baobao learned from the art of war. Chen Jie tried it and found that when Wang Baobao was leading 2,000 cavalrymen to charge, he could only borrow about 4% of the cavalrymen's combat power, and he could increase the combat power to the Changhong realm.

Chen Jie was very surprised by this.

Moreover, Chen Wang said that this is only the simplest application of military tactics.

According to legend, advanced military tactics have many uses. Not only can they increase combat effectiveness, but they also have other wonderful uses.

For example, infantry can arrange formations, and the wonderful use of formations is that they can form formations to seal off evil spirits, such as the legendary Zhuge Liang's Eight Formations of Gods and Demons. Once you enter the formation, even the most powerful masters will find it difficult to get out. This is called a trapped formation.

There is also the famous Tianmen Formation from the Song Dynasty. According to legend, it has the function of borrowing the power of evil spirits and can seal the evil spirits of those who enter the formation, preventing them from exerting their martial arts power at all.

Yue Fei, Marshal Yue of Yue Family Army, once set up a large formation to capture a powerful man who was comparable to a land immortal. He sealed his strength and finally killed him with the army formation.

In other words, if a strong man in the Furnace Realm is able to set up a large formation, even if Zhang Sanfeng, the best in the world, enters the formation, he may be weakened to the extreme and then be killed by an ordinary Furnace Realm general.

Of course, this presupposes that you can trick Zhang Sanfeng into the formation. However, with such a formation, there are at least tens of thousands of people involved. How can you conceal the truth from a martial artist with super powers? This is another question.

But no matter what, the power of the military strategist is still very strong.

Chen Jie also understood the news that Chen Wang overheard.

That is, the military strategy is very powerful, and its power is mainly reflected in the military formation, and a powerful military formation has many functions.

For example, Wang Baobao's Fengshi formation is to lead the cavalry and increase the combat effectiveness of the commander.

The second is similar to the Eight Diagrams of Gods and Ghosts. This kind of trap can trap people to death.

There is also a Sealing Array similar to the one used by Marshal Yue back then, which can seal the martial powers of a master, preventing him from flying into the sky or hiding in the ground, and even from using his internal energy, turning him from a strong man into an ordinary person, and then gathering the power of the military formation to kill him!
After hearing this, Chen Jie sighed that the power of the military strategists is definitely a powerful force that is no weaker than the power of martial arts.

Unfortunately, most of the military strategies are passed down, and the military books are not leaked. Even if Chen Jie wanted to learn, he had no place to learn. It would be great if he could get the "Wu Mu Testament" left by Marshal Yue.

You must know that back then, Guo Juxia, relying on the Wu Mu's posthumous letter, managed to defend Xiangyang for eighteen years, and finally smashed the Khan of the Mulan tribe, Mongke, to death.

You know, at the beginning he relied on the strength of one city to fight against the entire country of the Mulan tribe.

The main reason for this is that he has Wu Mu's posthumous letter in his possession.

No wonder, later someone spread the rumor: Whoever obtains Wu Mu's posthumous letter can rule the world.

Marshal Yue didn't want to rebel back then. If he had wanted to, the Southern Song Dynasty might have been destroyed.

As Chen Jie thought about it, he desired this divine book even more. Of course, Chen Jie also knew that besides himself, there must be many more people in this world who wanted to get this divine book.

After all, according to the current situation, Daqian will definitely lose its power, and the heroes of the world should chase it away!

After learning the knowledge of these military strategists, Chen Jie also began to deliberately want to train troops.

First of all, as for the cavalry, Chen Jie appointed Chen Wang and Chen Heng as captains. At the same time, because they had followed Wang Baobao in his battles, their 1,500 men had died, but only about 100 were left. So Chen Jie waved his hand and allowed Chen Heng and Chen Wang to select the best men from all over Huangzhou Prefecture to supplement the black-armored cavalry.

Chen Jie asked them to select another 2,000 men to form a cavalry team of 3,000 men. Unfortunately, there were only more than 1,800 sets of black armor in the entire Huangzhou Prefecture.

Chen Jie gritted his teeth and prepared to pay a huge sum of money to order skilled craftsmen to make armor.

In addition to the cavalry, Chen Jie also had 8,000 city defense troops.

Originally, the city defense army had more than 10,000 soldiers, but after the battle to defend Huangzhou Prefecture, more than half of the soldiers were lost, leaving only 5,000 people.

These five thousand people are the elite among the elite.

Wang Baobao took advantage of his presence to recruit more students, but after Chen Jie took office, he was very dissatisfied with these guys.

We conducted a physical fitness test and eliminated two thousand people.

Then Chen Jie selected 4,000 elite soldiers from the fishing gang's reserve team and put them into the city defense army. Immediately afterwards, Chen Jie announced an increase in the treatment of the city defense army.

In the past, the salaries of the city defense forces were not enough for them to support their families, so they were all extorting money. Chen Jie demanded that all city defense forces were not allowed to ask for money from the common people.

If you need money, Chen Jiusi will give it to you!
As a result, the city defense army was completely reformed, and Chen Jie even specially changed its name to Xuanwu Guard.

Echoing the Qinglong Guard from a distance.

In addition, a deputy commander of the Xuanwu Guard was appointed, who was Bai Mosheng, the former military strategist of the Cao Gang, whom Chen Jie liked very much.

Chen Jie served as the commander, and Bai Mosheng was responsible for handling daily affairs.

In addition, Chen Jie promoted a series of thousand households, more than half of whom were former disciples of the Fishing Gang, and some were former capable city defense forces.

It completely changed the weak situation of the city defense army.

In order to make the city defense army more capable of fighting, Chen Jie also implemented modern military training in the city defense army, namely the Xuanwu Guard.

Modern military training includes things like standing at attention, at ease, and marching.

These things cannot directly increase a soldier's combat effectiveness, but they can train the soldiers' obedience and teamwork ability.

You must know that the first requirement for elite soldiers is to enforce discipline.

These modern military trainings are designed to train their ability to follow orders and obey commands.

Although these abilities cannot be demonstrated in normal times, on the battlefield, if the commander understands the art of war and knows how to deploy troops and form battle formations, these disciplined soldiers can make the enemy feel what terror is!
This is Chen Jie’s way of training troops.

In addition to these, the army also had to be taught to read and write. Chen Jie set up a primary school internally, and Bai Mosheng taught them to read and write. At the same time, he instilled in all the soldiers the idea that their leader was only Chen Jiusi.

They ate Chen Jiusi's food and received Chen Jiusi's salary, so of course they would go through fire and water and risk their lives for Chen Jiusi!
After a brainwashing speech, the entire army was refreshed, and it seemed that they only recognized Chen Jie and not the imperial court. Chen Jie was very satisfied with this.

This is the effect he wants, otherwise what is the point of brainwashing. This is Chen Jie's official preparation. In addition to the official, Chen Jie also has local gang organizations.

As for the local gangs, Chen Jie did not relax at all.

The Fishing Gang is the only big gang in the entire Huangzhou Prefecture. The gang leader is the garrison commander Chen Jiusi, and the deputy gang leader Zhou Chu is the highest-ranking commander of the Fishing Gang.

The fishing gang also split rapidly, establishing branches in the eight counties of Huangzhou Prefecture and appointing branch leaders.

Among them, except for the old nest in Mianshui County, which employed the former young master of the Cao Gang, Liu Song, the rest were the young generation of the Fishing Gang, the Jing generation.

That is, the ones named by Chen Jie.

Chen Jingyi, Chen Jinger and others were respectively appointed as mayors of Huanggang County, Macheng County, Huangpo County, Yong'an County, Luotian, Guangji... and so on.

This was Chen Jie's arrangement, and Chen Jie's plan was to use these branch leaders to replace the local county magistrates and darughachis, and to undermine these local organizations.

Then, Chen Jie allocated 1,500 official gang disciple quotas to each prefecture city.

All together there are 12,000 ordinary gang members.

In addition, in the main city, Huangzhou Prefecture, the Cao Gang has about 5,000 official gang members.

Of course, among these five thousand people, the most important are the three thousand White Tiger Guards.

The remaining two thousand were the main disciples under the command of Zhou Chu.

The White Tiger Guard is the troop that Chen Jie values ​​the most and is also the troop that Chen Jie is closest to. Chen Jie's requirement for it is to be no weaker than that of the Blue Dragon Guard.

It’s just that there is a lack of experts at the moment.

As for ordinary disciples, there is really not a shortage of them, because most of these White Tiger Guards are from Mianshui County who have followed Chen Jie all the way, and many of them even followed him from his hometown, Xiantao.

Chen Jie directly took out his treasures, those low- and high-grade wolf pills.

A large amount of rewards were given to them, and a group of soldiers in the Iron Bone Realm and the Willow Tendon Realm were trained.

It can be said that these three thousand White Tiger Guards are Chen Jie’s personal guards.

As for the leader, Xiaohu is currently the leader, but Xiaohu likes to charge into battle, so he recommended someone.

Yu Chun.

He was once Chen Xiaohu's deputy, formerly a member of the White Tiger Hall, and had followed Peng Shizhong. He was also very powerful. With Xiaohu's help, he took the Hualing Pill and gained the power of Huajin.

This strength is indeed a bit low.

But it is enough. After all, his main task now is to guard the Chen Mansion.

And in the Chen Mansion, there are Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons. Yes, the hidden dragons are not real, but there are Crouching Tigers, and the Little White Tiger is now the guarantee of the Chen Mansion.

In addition to these, Chen Jie also established a reserve army plan, also known as the militia plan. This plan was that each county's fishing gangs would send special personnel to find a group of civilians. They might normally farm, but they would set aside one morning every three days for military training.

The quartermasters would distribute supplies, but not much, just three pounds of millet at a time.

When this plan came out, people in the entire Huangzhou Prefecture were excited.

Countless people came to sign up, considering that the entire Huangzhou Prefecture was still in the midst of famine.

Except for Mianshui County, almost no one could get food to eat, and the people of Mianshui County were shocked when they heard that Chen Jiusi was looking for people to join the army.

They also signed up enthusiastically. After all, they had all benefited from Chen Jiusi. Chen Jiusi had asked them to join the army at the beginning, and now they had been promoted one by one, and many of them had built big tiled houses. They were really envious of them.

At this time, everyone signed up frantically.

Originally, Chen Jie had planned to prepare 30,000 reserve troops, but instead 300,000 people showed up, and Chen Jie was terrified.

A selection plan was made overnight, and they screened out one batch after another, until finally 80,000 people were qualified.

Chen Jie gritted his teeth and decided to increase the quota to 50,000 and recruit 10,000 new soldiers every year, in an effort to absorb these 80,000 people within three years.

Those who were working below tried hard again, and finally screened again, and finally selected 50,000 excellent ones.

The recruiters said privately that these people could become regular soldiers directly after some training.

Even among the 30,000 people screened out there are quite a few outstanding talents, but unfortunately, they can't be used.

Chen Jie had no choice. Soldiers needed to be paid for their food and wages, and he didn't have enough money.

Moreover, soldiers consume more food than ordinary people. There was no other way, so Chen Jie could only bear the pain and cut off 30,000 reservists.

But it also gave them a way to survive.

Chen Jie had two million dan of grain in his hands, which was enough to feed the people of Huangzhou Prefecture for more than half a year. If they were frugal, the grain would even be enough for the people to eat for a year.

In about half a year, the summer grain will be harvested, and by then Huangzhou Prefecture will have enough food to eat.

To this end, Chen Jie formulated a strict disaster relief plan.

The main purpose of the plan is: work-for-relief!
That’s right, Chen Jie launched a package plan directly in Huangzhou Prefecture, which included building reservoirs in every town.

Reservoirs are good things. They can be used for irrigation in drought years and for storing water in flood years, thus preventing frequent floods from causing disasters to the people.

After calculations, Chen Jie found that as long as all the reservoirs in Huangzhou Prefecture could be built.

At the very least, it can double the people's grain output and provide an additional 300,000 acres of arable land.

In the past, there were many wastelands that could not be irrigated due to lack of water, but now with reservoirs and canals, they can all be irrigated.

In this way, with the reservoir as the center point, the irrigation problem of land in the surrounding area of ​​dozens of miles can radiate, which is enough to solve the food problem of the people in a town.

Some wastelands around the reservoir have also been revitalized.

In addition to helping people with irrigation, the reservoir can also create some side businesses, such as raising fish. People nearby can also raise ducks and the like, so that people can eat their own farmed fish.

This is much more reliable than relying on the Mianshui River for food.

In addition to this series of plans, Chen Jie also expanded factories on a large scale in the private sector, such as textile factories.

Thanks to his reformed Jenny textile machine, the cotton cloth produced by assembly line operations was of very high quality, which directly made their Mianshui cotton cloth famous.

Then there is Shen Wansan who also sells products.

Since Chen Jie was directly in charge of Huangzhou Prefecture, he knew that Brother Shen Wantan was also very wealthy, so he increased his support for Chen Jie's Huangzhou Prefecture.

Chen Jie even directly appointed Shen Wansan as the commercial envoy of Huangzhou Prefecture.

Although this was an official without rank, Shen Wansan was very happy with the job. He said that his lifelong dream was to become an official, but unfortunately after going into business, it became difficult for him to become an official.

Chen Jie said: "If you have money, you can buy one!"

Shen Wansan shook his head and said, "It's easy to buy an official position, but there is no real power. It's better to be a commercial envoy like now. It sounds like an official position, and he can continue to do business."

Chen Jie looked at Shen Wansan and thought, if this person is useful, when he conquers the world in the future, he can appoint him as his chief commerce officer, in charge of business affairs. At that time, he can make the best use of his talents and resources.

With the addition of Shen Wansan and his suggestions.

Chen Jie's business development was immediately put on track. In addition to cotton cloth, he also produced rice cakes, sugar, and other commercial products.

Thanks to the development of these businesses, Chen Jie's Huangzhou Prefecture was making a fortune every day.

Therefore, Chen Jie also secretly began to mine iron ore and secretly manufactured military equipment in Huangzhou Prefecture.

After all, rebellion is only a matter of time, so we should do more preparation work.

After this series of actions, Chen Jie really revitalized Huangzhou Prefecture.

The entire Huangzhou Prefecture is thriving.

"Boss, here are today's official documents. I have sorted them out and listed my suggestions for handling them. Please take a look and see if they are appropriate."

Early in the morning, just as Chen Jie finished his breakfast, Si Xi, the butler of the Chen Mansion, came over.

Si Xi currently serves as the chief steward of the Chen Mansion, and is also the exclusive advisor to the garrison commander.

He also had his own advisory office, which had more than eighty people in it, and was in charge of all aspects of the Huangzhou Prefecture, including money, government affairs, taxation, and justice.

Wait, a series of masters.

The leader of these people, also called the Secretary-General by Chen Jie, is Si Xi.

Every day a large pile of official documents would be sent to the red-tiled house, where eighty secretaries would review and process them according to different categories, and then summarize them for Si Xi.

Si Xi checked them one by one, and finally gave the summary to Chen Jie.

This greatly reduced Chen Jie's government pressure. Otherwise, these government affairs alone would be enough to make Chen Jie breathless, let alone practicing martial arts and handling world affairs.

Moreover, Huang Wan'er is about to give birth soon, so Chen Jie is busy with mundane affairs.

In order to make himself feel more relaxed, Chen Jie set up his own secretariat, which they called the red-tiled house, the legal advisor's office.

These lawyers were like his oxen and horses, getting up early and going to bed late every day, and were exhausted. In order to make them more energetic, Chen Jie ordered the kitchen to cook ginseng soup for them every day.

Help them regain their energy.

Even so, the horse Si Xi was exhausted and looked pale and thin.

Chen Jie had no choice but to give him some tonic pills from time to time.

Si Xi handed over all yesterday's government affairs to Chen Jie.

Huangzhou Prefecture has a newly appointed prefect, a newly appointed darughachi, and a newly appointed magistrate.

These officials were nominally Chen Jie's superiors, but now they have been sidelined by Chen Jie and can only serve as Chen Jie's slaves.

The prefect was generally not allowed to go out. He could only stay in his yamen, follow the arrangements of the guards sent by Chen Jie, and grow flowers and walk birds.

Why are you not convinced? Sorry, just give me a beating.

What do you mean you can leave first? You can't leave. You want to write a letter. Sorry, all official documents must be sent to Chen Jie's garrison office before they can be sent out.

Once, the prefect disobeyed and wrote a memorial impeaching Chen Jie, which was sent out overnight.

Then it was delivered to Chen Jie's desk by a messenger.

After reading it, Chen Jie was furious. He thought it was so bold that there was such a powerful person in Huangzhou Prefecture. He immediately went to court at night, in the Tongpan Mansion of Huangzhou Prefecture, under the watchful eye of the new Darughachi who was trembling with fear.

He slammed the gavel and said, "Who in the hall is suing me?"

Then, the prefect had his pants pulled down in public, and was beaten with ten sticks. His dignity was completely shattered, and he never dared to argue with Chen Jie again.

Therefore, all matters in Huangzhou Prefecture were decided by Chen Jie, the garrison commander.

The fifth-rank Tongpan, the fifth-rank prefect, and the fourth-rank Darughachi all became puppets.

Every time he wrote an official document, he would show it to Chen Jie before he dared to report it. Moreover, he was terrified when he wrote it, for fear of angering Chen Jiusi and having him take off his clothes and spank him in public. So he was extremely honest.

It can be said that Chen Jie is the true king of Huangzhou Prefecture.

In this prefecture and eight counties, the lives and deaths of 600,000 people all depend on Chen Jie's single word.

Chen Jie finally transformed himself from a gambler to a decent person.

"Oh, Si Xi, have you eaten?"

Chen Jie looked at the stack of memorials handed over by Si Xi, as well as a proposal. The proposal contained a list of these memorials, roughly describing what these memorials were about.

Chen Jie browsed through it, then found the ten more important ones from the pile of memorials and approved them.

The rest are just small things that Si Xi can do.

Si Xi said, “I ate it.”

Chen Jie said, "Eat it. Eat some more. You have to take care of your body. By the way, have you taken the nourishing spirit pill I gave you last time? If it's not enough, I'll have someone send you some more."

Si Xi said, "No need, Boss, I am still fine."

Chen Jie said: "Well, Sixi, you have to pay attention. You are my pen and brain. If I succeed in the future, you will be my prime minister."

Upon hearing this, Si Xi immediately clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your support, Gang Leader."

Chen Jie said with a smile: "Well, it's okay, you must rest more. It's okay, I'll let Master Bai check your pulse and adjust your body. You have a heavy burden on your shoulders now."

"Yes."

Si Xi hurriedly said that Chen Jie spent half an hour reviewing yesterday's memorials, then stood up and wanted to invite Si Xi to stroll around the garden.

But Si Xi said, "Boss, I haven't sorted out today's memorials yet, so I won't delay any longer."

Seeing this, Chen Jie said, "Ah, thank you for your hard work, Si Xi. Don't get too tired. If you fall ill, I won't be able to bear it."

Si Xi said, "Don't worry, boss. I'm fine. I'm taking the nourishing pills and I can handle it."

Chen Jie said: "Well, you work hard first, and I will see if there are any capable people and select some."

Si Xi said, "Well, what the gang leader said is very true, but I trust my own people more. By the way, gang leader, what about the school plan?"

After hearing this, Chen Jie immediately said, "Hahaha...Si Xi, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten it."

"The school plan has already begun. I have allocated special funds to build a White Tiger School in each town in Huangzhou Prefecture. By then, we will be able to produce talents continuously."

"I am currently the principal, and my wife is the vice-principal. By the way, I also reserved a professorship for you, but you are too busy, and I am afraid you don't have time to go."

Si Xi said, "Boss, after this busy period, when all government affairs are on track, I will be able to relax. At that time, I can also teach the young people in our Huangzhou Prefecture."

Chen Jie said, "Well, I have agreed on behalf of the students of Huangzhou Prefecture. You must go."

"Yes, yes, boss. I'm going back to handle government affairs."

Although Si Xi was a slave, he liked this kind of life very much and even enjoyed it. You know, every memorial he submitted every day was related to the livelihood issues of tens of thousands of people in Huangzhou Prefecture.

This feeling of holding power is what many people dream of.

And now he can get it easily.

Therefore, although he was a little tired, he was willing to devote himself to the gang leader until his death.

Watching Si Xi leave, Chen Jie was quite emotional. They have grown up, they have all grown up. Now Huangzhou Prefecture is thriving.

I just don’t know how long this war in the Central Plains will last.

Now in the Central Plains, Han Shantong's Zoroastrianism and the imperial army are in a confrontation with each other, while wars break out from time to time in the surrounding areas, and the flames of war seem to be spreading across the prairie.

All Chen Jie can do in Huangzhou Prefecture is to work hard to manage himself and then prepare for the next challenges.

Chen Jie was thinking about this when he saw Yu Chun walk in.

Yu Chun is Xiaohu's deputy general, and now serves as the commander of the Chen Mansion's guards and the deputy commander of the White Tiger Camp.

At this time, Yu Chun came in and said to Chen Jie: "Boss, someone is looking for you outside. He said it's your eldest brother."

"My eldest brother?"

Chen Jie was stunned when he heard this. He wondered which elder brother he was talking about. Yu Chun said, "He said his last name is Ni."

Chen Jie suddenly realized, "Brother Ni Wenjun, please invite him in quickly."

After finishing speaking, Yu Chun immediately ran downstairs, and then Ni Wenjun came in. Seeing Chen Jie, he smiled and said, "Haha, Jiusi, your Huangzhou Prefecture is thriving."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie immediately came forward and said, "Brother Ni, you are here. Come and sit down. Come and sit down."

Ni Wenjun sat down, and Chen Jie looked at him and said, "Brother, do you want to drink wine or water?"

Ni Wenjun said: "Today is business, drink some water."

Chen Jie said: "Business, what business?"

Ni Wenjun smiled and said, "It's a good thing."

As he spoke, he took out a yellow silk from his bosom and said, "I've asked for an official position for you."

Chen Jie was stunned, and Ni Wenjun said, "The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims that Chen Jiusi is loyal to the court and is commendable for his bravery and loyalty. He is now appointed General Zhengdong."

"Well, General Zhengdong?"

Chen Jie was confused as to why he was inexplicably appointed as a general. Ni Wenjun directly handed the imperial edict to Chen Jie and said, "Yes, Jiusi, this General Zhengdong is the leader of the four generals. He is currently under the jurisdiction of me, the Marshal of the Left Route. From now on, we brothers can work together, hahaha..."

Ni Wenjun was in a good mood. After all, he was promoted and made a fortune, and the great hero Ni Wenjun was no exception.

Chen Jie thought to himself that he held a high position. Military generals were ranked according to their rank. In addition to the marshal, there were also the titles of four expeditions, four towns, four garrisons, and general.

Apart from the marshal, the General who Conquers the East is the head of the generals. He didn't expect that he would be given a high-ranking official while just sitting at home.

Chen Jie shook his head, feeling funny, but at this time Ni Wenjun said: "Jiu Si, besides this matter, I have another important matter to ask you this time."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

Chen Jie looked at Ni Wenjun and asked!
(End of this chapter)