At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Because once the Shanyue Group and the rebel tyrants are wiped out, the Guo Wei regime will inevitably end in person. Now it is just dragging Wu Guo to buy himself time to prepare. If Wu Guodu starts to prepare for war, how can Guo Peng treat himself as himself? can not see?

Zhang Wenyuan will never miss it, and Zhang Wenyuan will definitely send troops south to attack Wu County.

So Zhou Yu also knew that the day when the rebellion was put down was the day of Wu's death, the day when Wu's state ended.

When teaching Sun Quan how to deal with government affairs, why didn't Zhou Yu feel desolate in his heart?

At that time, what would be the best outcome for them?

Zhou Yu still persisted, and the reason for his persistence was his promise to Sun Ce. He promised that he would persevere, capture the second county, and protect Sun Quan, that's all.

If there is no promise, Zhou Yu probably won't be able to hold on anymore.

"Brother Zhong, can we put down the rebellion in Kuaiji and Danyang?"

After Sun Quan handled one of the military affairs, he saw that the next second was a request to increase soldiers, so he couldn't help asking Zhou Yu about his worries and doubts.

To be honest, until now, Sun Quan still can't accept the fact that Sun Ce is dead, and he has become Sun Wu Guojun himself.

But because there is no emperor, even the nominal title of Sun Wu Guojun doesn't seem real, and their above table looks like a boring symbolic action, which has no meaning.

The imperial court is gone, and the new imperial court has not yet appeared, so I don't know how to present it on the table and how to ask for rewards.

Although at this time people in the Sun Wu regime did not have that kind of thought.

But having said that, a basic structure still needs to be built. Zhou Yu tried his best to pull up this structure, making it look very good.

That's all.

"Will do."

Facing the young Sun Quan's doubts, Zhou Yu gave an absolutely accurate answer without any hesitation.

"really?"

Sun Quan asked again.

"Really, definitely, this is my promise to Bofu."

Zhou Yu smiled: "Zhongmou, you have to remember that the country of Wu was left to you by your elder brother, and you have to keep it."

Sun Quan didn't mean that he didn't want to keep it, Sun Quan thought, he really wanted to, but he felt that he had to find a way to do it.

Every day when he closes his eyes, there will be a picture of a big rock falling from the sky in front of him, which makes it impossible for him to get a good sleep.

Sometimes there are many people's terrified shouts, the sound of falling into the water, and the desperate cry for help, filling his ears.

Sun Quan didn't know how to forget that experience, how to stop hearing that voice.

Why doesn't Zhou Yu want to forget?

The news that Guo Peng conquered Hanzhong and set up the two counties of Hanzhong and Shangyong has already let Zhou Yu know that no one can stop Guo Peng. Guo Peng has also officially completed the southern defense line and started to build a forward base. Once the forward base is built, That's when he sent troops south.

At that time, Guo Peng will be unstoppable.

Can Liu Biao stop it?

Can Liu Zhang stop it?

Can Zhou Gongjin stop him?

unstoppable.

News from both Liu Biao and Liu Zhang said that both Liu Biao and Liu Zhang had begun to develop the southern territory. They were planning to expand to the south if they could not go north. They would open up the vast undeveloped area in the south and plunder some population resources. to make up for their losses.

Zhou Yu was quite envious of them, because at least they could move south.

But he couldn't do it, he could only stay here, coping with the continuous onslaught of the Shanyue allied forces.

What is Guo Peng doing at this moment?

Zhou Yu suddenly thought of this question.

At this moment, in mid-June, Guo Peng led his army to Luoyang and stayed in Luoyang for a while to observe the reconstruction work in Luoyang and the farming work around Luoyang.

Chapter 629. 630 Let's make the new Luoyang City even better than the old one

The work of farming near Luoyang was in charge of Zaozhi, the new Henan Yin and Luoyang Diannong Zhonglang.

Zao is just an old minister who has followed Guo Peng for a long time. He followed Guo Peng in Shanggu County.

Before that, he had been building a place for Guo Peng and preparing for farming. The grade had always been two thousand stones. After Luo Yang took it, Guo Peng thought of Zaoyi, so he appointed Zaozhi as Henan Yin.

It can be regarded as giving him the status he deserves.

Zaozhi grew up in farmland. He worked under Guo Peng for more than ten years and did nothing else. When he arrived at a place, he arranged farmland from scratch, arranged everything in an orderly manner, and rectified the affairs of farmland, and then waited to be transferred to other places. The place arranges farmland.

Who made him the first official to farm under Guo Peng?

He has been farming and has never been surpassed. No one under Guo Peng's command is better at farming than Zaoyi. In order to better farm, Man Chong even wrote to Zaoyi for advice. Zaoyi never thought there was anything wrong. It is more important than Tuntian.

Tuntian is the lifeline, it is the food that is produced, and everyone has to eat food, from the emperor down to the small people, which one does not want to eat food?

So this is the most important job in the world, bar none.

Zaozhi is very happy and energetic. Watching the barren land being leveled and crops growing lushly on the land is the most enjoyable thing for Zaozhi , he was very happy.

People have food to eat, live a bright future, and smiles can be seen on their faces, rather than the panic and confusion when they fled. This is more important than anything else to Zaozhi who has personally experienced that dark age.

There are many people who have personally experienced that dark age, and Zaozhi is just one of them. It is precisely because of the panic and confusion that he experienced during that period that he cherishes the present life with hope, future and future.

Only after experiencing war, do we know the value of peace. Zao only likes peace and hates war.

So he trusts Guo Peng very much, and is willing to dedicate everything to Guo Peng, as long as he can bring him the most precious peace and daily life.

Of course Guo Peng also trusts Zaozhi very much.

From the time when he started a business with himself in Shanggu County to the current Yuancong Group veterans and firefighters, they will move wherever there is a problem. Such and such ministers come as many as they want.

Around Luoyang, Guo Peng followed Zaozhi to inspect some newly established Tuntian villages and townships, inspected the restored cultivated land, looked at the Tuntian villagers who were hard at work preparing to harvest summer grain, and went to the field to check the growth of the crops.

After making some gestures, Guo Peng tidied up, sat on the ground with Zaoyi and a group of well-known old people in the village, and ate a simple barley meal.

Guo Peng asked them if they were dissatisfied with their current view of life, what expectations they had, etc. The old people said that they dare not even think about their current life. They have food, clothes, houses, and land that can be cultivated. Already wonderful.

What more dare to think?

Guo Peng smiled.

You don't want to think about it anymore, because you came from the war-torn era, and you feel that all this is already precious, and you dare not have more extravagant hopes.

However, your descendants, those born in peacetime, should not only have such thoughts.

After eating and clothing warmly, there will always be some other ideas. Once these ideas come out, they will not disappear easily. People's pursuits are always upward.

Failure to meet the growing material and cultural needs of the people will inevitably lead to trouble.

These are probably the things that my descendants need to face and solve.

Conquering the country is easy, but defending the country is difficult. Guo Peng doesn't know whether the descendants can defend the country.

After eating this simple but very satisfying wheat meal, Guo Peng bid farewell to the old farmers, and then returned to Luoyang City, which is under reconstruction, with Zaozhi.

"A big fire completely destroyed Luoyang. I almost can't remember what Luoyang used to look like, but you are doing a good job now, rebuilding it to this point."

Guo Peng walked on the stone road that had just been repaired in Luoyang City, and nodded in satisfaction.

"The first thing to do now is to build the palace. According to the request of the lord, the new Luoyang city will be centered on the palace complex of the imperial city in the future, so we plan to build the palace first, and then build other government offices and private houses, so as to ensure that the reconstruction of Luoyang city meets the needs of the people. Your lord's request."

Zaoyi and a few other veterans of the Yuan Cong Group have always maintained the habit of calling the Lord in front of Guo Peng, in order to show their status as veterans, and ordinary people cannot enjoy such treatment.

Especially since Guo Peng became the Duke of Wei, even a large part of the new officials who were recruited could not be called Lord or Duke Ming, but Duke Wei.

As Guo Peng's power continues to grow, only a few veteran ministers of the Yuancong Group can still be called the lord.

"Well, this is very good. The original structure of Luoyang City is somewhat inappropriate. Now that it is being rebuilt, it must be completely repaired. The outer city wall can be used if it can be used. If it can't be used, it will be demolished and rebuilt. The latest The outer city walls must be high, wide and deep, and we must make the new Luoyang city even better than the old one."

Guo Peng looked around at the bustling construction atmosphere around him, and couldn't help blurting out.

Zao only blinked his eyes, a little dazed.

But Zaoyi quickly realized that a certain switch in his heart was suddenly turned on, and a kind of secret joy filled his whole thoughts in an instant.

In fact, to be honest, their group of veterans still have a lot of contacts on weekdays. As one of the first members of the group to follow Guo Peng, they have developed from a rough road to the present, and they have been very moved and excited along the way.

Guo Peng treats Yuan Cong's old officials differently from the newcomers.

Even though the position is equal, even the position is higher than that of the old ministers of Yuan Cong, but every time there is a banquet, the rank of the old ministers of Yuan Cong is higher than that of the newly promoted ministers.

When Guo Peng treated the later people, unless there were very few people who were particularly admired and favored, he would call himself "I", and most of them would call themselves "Gu". .

The treatment and rewards of Yuancong veterans are also different, even the titles and food towns are different. The earliest Yuancong veterans don’t talk about civil and military, and there is no food town with less than [-] households.

Guo Peng's attitude towards them is also very different. He always holds hands and caresses the backs of Yuan Cong's veterans and is very intimate. , the first to undergo a medical examination.

The benefits and privileges of Yuan Cong veterans are reflected in all aspects.

Therefore, the loyalty and recognition of Yuan Cong's veterans to Guo Peng is also unparalleled. From the bottom of their hearts, they can no longer accept who will replace Guo Peng as the supreme leader.

They trusted Guo Peng and entrusted their wealth and life to Guo Peng. The fate and future of the family also depended on Guo Peng. No one expected Guo Peng to improve more than they did.

Whether Zaozhi himself, Cheng Yu, Gu Yong, Guo Jia, the important officials of the Guo family, the important officials of the Cao family, the Xiahou family, Guan Zhangzhao.

None of them didn't expect Guo Peng to go to the next level and lead them to continue to go up.

Yuancong Group is the oldest base of Guo Peng. The Cao family and Xiahou family, Cheng Yu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, as well as several important ministers of the Guo family, as well as Zaozhi and Gu Yong, were first formed in Shanggu County. His team, up to now, all of them are in high positions and hold important powers.

They all have deep expectations and extremely high loyalty to Guo Peng, and they have already bound together with Guo Peng, and there will be no second thoughts.

No one expects Guo Peng to reach a higher level than them.

Zaozhi is very clear about how Yuan Cong's veterans view this matter, but they dare not speculate, dare not say that Guo Peng really must have such thoughts, they really dare not guess randomly.

But now, Guo Peng's words, this sentence "the new is better than the old", was guessed by Zao Yi to have some special flavor.

So Zao only thought about it, and bowed deeply to Guo Peng.

"For my lord, Luoyang must be built better than the old one, and more worthy of my lord's great martial arts!"

Chapter 630 630 Nine Guo Peng's Progress Is Their Progress

Guo Peng never doubted Zaozhi's loyalty.

The veteran who followed me from Shanggu County to the present has been working hard without complaint. If you don't believe him, who else can you trust?

So Guo Peng smiled and nodded, not thinking deeply at first.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly recalled the memory, turned his head to look at Zaozhi, and found that Zaozhi was also looking at himself expectantly.

After pondering for a while, Guo Peng showed a little smile.

"Ziyong, how long have you been working with me?"

"It has been 11 years since Zhongping five years ago."

Zao only replied.

"11 years."

Guo Peng nodded, stretched out his hand to hold Zaoyi's hand, and said slowly: "I remember when I just became the prefect of Shanggu, I went back to my hometown to recruit you. At that time, you were willing to leave your hometown and follow me to the cold and desolate Shangdang County, at that time, I was very moved.

It’s been 11 years since you’ve followed me. You’ve been following me for 11 years. Gong, regardless of personal gains and losses, I respect your character very much. "

"My lord..."

Zaozhi was deeply moved.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that all these years of hard work were worthwhile and not meaningless, at least Guo Peng saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart.

"How lucky is Guo Zifeng to be able to achieve great things with you?"

Guo Peng said what he said, so he didn't say more.

Zao only thought about it for a while, tasted something that he really hoped to taste, and couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.

Thinking that there is no force in the world today that can compete with Guo Peng, and the biggest threat, Sun Ce, is dead. The next thing Guo Peng has to do is to accumulate food and strength, and then just push it directly.