Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

The winter in Weizhou is extremely cold. At the end of the year, the temperature here is basically freezing at night.

Zhao Sheng arrived as scheduled. The guard did not recognize Zhao Sheng and asked:

"Who are you? How dare you stay in the camp of Prince Yan?"

"Please tell the Prince of Yan that the Prince of Dingzhou's consort wishes to see him."

Seeing this, the guard turned and walked towards the gate.

Zhao Hui had heard something unusual at the gate and wondered if it was Zhao Xin's consort arriving. Sure enough, after hearing the guard's report, he strode out to greet Zhao Xin.

"I heard from the eldest princess's husband that you are a wonderful person and the wine you make is very delicious. I was lucky enough to drink it. It is really wonderful."

When Zhao Hui came out, Zhao Sheng bent down and kowtowed. He could only hear Zhao Hui talking but did not hear Zhao Sheng's response.

The two entered the yard and came to a bright place. Zhao Hui then looked at Zhao Sheng and felt that he looked familiar.

Zhao Sheng had been the prince's study companion and had not studied with his brothers. The prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty could establish his own government office and residence, so many things were done independently.

Although Zhao Sheng was a study partner, Zhao Kang looked down on him. Zhao Sheng basically read alone in the backyard. In everyone's eyes, he was dispensable.

The reason why Zhao Hui looked familiar was that he had met him in the palace many years ago. He knew that he had such a sixth brother, but no one would go to look for him.

To win over power in the palace, one must win over capable people. No one would look for someone like Zhao Sheng, who has the label of a prince but also the reputation of a waste.

Entering the room, which was much brighter than outside, Zhao Sheng bowed and said, "Commoner Zhao Sheng greets the King of Yan."

This sentence reminded Zhao Hui that the familiar feeling just now came from the palace.

"It was you, after all. I heard that your second brother forced you to commit suicide. Father expressed regret after hearing about it. In fact, he didn't want to see this happen."

"That's not important anymore. What's important is that I originally wanted to seek refuge with my third brother, but I came to Zhao County on the way and stayed there."

"That's good. No one will bother you here. Even if they want to persecute you, they have to consider whether they can leave Dingzhou."

"Third brother, I'm not meeting you today to discuss this matter. My father-in-law and I have discussed that I want to stay in Weizhou. I plan to garrison the city and also develop trade here."

"Mutual trade?" Zhao Hui was stunned by Zhao Sheng's words, because he knew that the Great Zhou currently had no plans to engage in mutual trade with neighboring countries. If it started, it would be difficult to explain to his father later.

"Third brother, I know what you're thinking, but since the emperor doesn't like the second brother, you're the most promising. Everyone is vying for the crown prince position, so I think it's safer for third brother to ascend the throne directly."

Zhao Hui didn't expect that his sixth brother, who had always had no sense of existence, would say such words here. He had been tempted by that position.

Now his father wants him to restrain the power of his second brother, that is, the power of the Left Prime Minister. For him, this is to prevent Zhao Wei from rebelling.

"This place is very desolate. Wouldn't it be dangerous for you to guard it?"

Zhao Hui's question did not move Zhao Sheng's heart. He would not trust anyone, including Li Shuya. If he had not seen the respect this woman had for him, he would never have thought of becoming a consort.

"Third brother, I plan to ambush 30,000 troops here. I can support them myself, and station 20,000 troops behind. They will be a force for you in the future."

He would definitely be willing to have someone help him raise 50,000 troops all of a sudden.

Zhao Hui asked anxiously, "Will there be enough military pay and food to support so many people in Weizhou and Guangchang County?"

"You will continue to maintain the military pay according to the previous allocation. You can increase it a little, but not more than 10%. I will support the soldiers with labor here."

"Use workers to support the soldiers? How?" Zhao Hui was stunned.

"Third brother, you can send some of your retired military households to me in the future, and then you can continue to recruit soldiers to ensure that your fighting force is composed of young and strong soldiers."

Zhao Sheng said, gesturing to several locations with his hands, "I'm not just raising troops here, I'll also be training in Yangshan County from time to time. We have a small force here in Yangshan."

Yangshan is not under the administrative jurisdiction of Yanzhou, and Daijun has no ability to manage it. Anyway, all the expenses are paid by Zhao Sheng, so Zhao Hui is actually looking forward to it.

So Zhao Hui gave Zhao Long an official position as the commander of the army in Weizhou and Chen Da an official position as the county lieutenant according to Zhao Sheng's request.

The commander-in-chief is equivalent to a captain, but has slightly greater power, that is, he has the right to mobilize the surrounding government troops and fight against local militia.

The name is Zhao Long, but the actual power is in the hands of Zhao Sheng.

When Zhao Long knew that Zhao Sheng was the younger brother of Prince Yan, he was completely convinced. The younger brother of Prince Yan was also the son-in-law of Prince Zhao Xin. He had no choice but to accept it!

All 30,000 soldiers during the war were left behind. Li Xin also left 10,000 soldiers in Guangchang County, and the rest all returned to Dingzhou County.

It was the end of the year and we had just experienced a great battle. Fortunately, Zhang Chun abandoned the city and fled, so Weizhou did not suffer much damage.

In the Weizhou government office, Zhao Sheng gathered everyone together and held a meeting to announce something.

"I have discussed one thing with the King of Yan, which is that the two counties should be managed as one state, just like Dai County, with Weizhou placed at the forefront, and the two of them will be the highest officials in administrative management."

Zhao Sheng said, looking at the people present with a smile, "You just need to maintain the local population and the production situation in the later period. The military power will be mobilized by the county."

"We used to fight at home, but now we fight outside."

Sun Jiping smiled and said, "That's good. Fighting outside is better than fighting at home. Even if you break something, it's still yours."

"Yes, every time the Huns came, we had to run away. If we didn't run, we wouldn't be able to defeat them. They also destroyed many houses."

Zhang Chun also continued.

Zhao Sheng didn't think these people did anything wrong. A thousand people fighting against hundreds of thousands of people had no chance of winning. Instead of passively taking the beating, it was better to accumulate strength and resist.

"Okay, our main task later is to grow grain in Guangchang County, and we'll just grow grass here in Weizhou for now."

"Growing grass?" Everyone was surprised by Zhao Sheng's statement. When did growing grass become food?

"Yes, because I want to expand the city and build some cattle and sheep farms. Under such high pressure, if I grow crops, I will be robbed. If I grow grass, people will not be tempted to rob me."

It seems to sound reasonable, but no one can tell what is wrong.

"Because the New Year is coming soon, and this is our first year guarding Weizhou, do you have confidence?"

People like Zhao Long and Chen Da were quite confident, but Zhang Chun and others were not very happy. There was already a shortage of food in winter, and with so many more troops suddenly coming, feeding became a problem.

In fact, Weizhou is a very good natural city. It is a basin surrounded by mountains. It has water and land, and grows wheat and other crops once a year. As long as there is no war, it is definitely a livable place.

However, the Huns came to plunder every now and then, resulting in no one living here.

Zhao Sheng’s most ideal construction is to build a city in the area of ​​Yangshan County, which can effectively block the entry of the Huns. However, this is not his own territory. If he intervenes rashly, he may be taken advantage of.

He planned to build a barracks thirty miles wide and twenty miles long sixty miles north of Weizhou.