After leaving Beihai County City, heading north and traveling for more than a hundred miles, the boundary is irrigation water, crossing the river to the east, and then reaching the territory of Duchang County.

By the irrigation water, facing the cool river breeze, Xiahou An stopped and looked.

Opposite the river, there is a half-person-high stone tablet with the body of the tablet engraved with the word "Duchang". It is engraved with strokes and strokes, which is old and solemn. The edges and corners on the top of the stone tablet are worn and damaged, and it is obviously because it has been through many years of wind and frost.

This will be my first turf.

Xiahou An murmured to himself in his heart.

I have been traveling through time for more than a year.

At this time, other time travelers had already used the system to become kings and even ruled the world. No matter how bad they were, they were still princes. Compared with them, Xiahou An was really in a terrible state, but he didn't think so. He felt that the happiness of time travel was not in the result, but in the process of growth and the scenery encountered along the way.

What's more, if you take too big steps, it's easy to pull the egg.

After crossing the river, Xiahou An led his army to Duchang County.

Arrived outside the city, it was noon the next day.

Xiahou An pulled his horse outside the city, waved his hand, and the soldiers marching behind him all stamped their feet.

When I looked up, I saw that the iconic word "Duchang" in the center of the city gate was visible, but the city tower was empty and there were no soldiers walking around.

The suspension bridge connecting the city under the city was broken, and the iron chains fell into the moat. The two doors were open left and right, as if they had opened their arms and allowed others to break in.

At Xiahou An's instructions, a small group of whistle-riding cavalry entered the city for detection.

After about two quarters of an hour, the whistle cavalry came out to report that there were only a small number of people in the city, there were no bandits, and no place to arm the army.

Xiahouan then felt relieved and rode his horse into the city.

In the city, there was a roar of autumn wind on the streets, and almost no pedestrians were seen. Fortunately, the residents' residences were still there. When the moths attacked Duchang, they only looted and did not set fire, which made these houses better preserved.

During this period, the powerful and powerful clans had already gone elsewhere before the city was broken. Only a few people could not leave their homeland. After the bandits robbed and left, they secretly returned.

Compared with the people's houses, the county government has been damaged extremely seriously. Even the beams of the houses were demolished by the bandits and collapsed into ruins. I think so, most of these bandits were from refugees, so why did they become refugees?

It was not because of the excessive exploitation and exploitation of local officials and powerful people that they lost their land and houses, and finally followed the thief due to helplessness. Now that they are invading the city, they are revenge and venting their anger, and the county government is naturally the first to bear the brunt of it.

Faced with this series of messes, Xiahou An felt that one was two big, and for a moment, he was a little confused about where to start.

Forget it, let’s gather the people in the city first.

He thought this way and then continued to give orders.

The two brothers Xiahou En and Jie were responsible for receiving the order and implementing it.

However, the capital Changcheng is not small, and searching for the people is also a problem. The people are afraid of officials, so most of them hide as far as possible. Until the sun sets, these people arrive at the gate of the county government one after another.

Soon, the Xiahou brothers came back to report their lives, saying that the people in the city had gathered here.

Xiahou An stood on the steps in front of the county gate. Looking at him, he saw that these people were dressed in rags and many of them didn't even have shoes. They were barefoot, pale and thin, and they lowered their heads like prisoners. When they occasionally glanced at them, they were full of fear and uneasiness.

Seeing this, Xiahou An couldn't help but remember the moment he entered Yingling City. The people sang and danced, and welcomed each other in the middle of the road. But when he arrived in Duchang, he looked like this bleak scene.

It's really a heaven and an underground.

After a preliminary estimate, there are only four or five hundred people standing here.

Among them, the elderly, weak, women and children are the most common, while young and strong men are only a hundred.

This is the case in the county towns, and the local towns are even more sparsely populated.

Xiahou An cleared his throat and introduced himself in a friendly tone as much as possible: "My fellow villagers, I am Xiahou An, the newly appointed Duchang Order of the imperial court. I hope everyone can support him when I take office in Duchang this time..."

Xiahou An talked endlessly, and no one answered the people standing there.

If you don’t get feedback, the more you say it, the more you feel boring.

I looked at the sky and night was approaching.

"It's not too late, everyone please come back. As for other things, we'll talk about them tomorrow." Xiahou An waved his hand.

The people look at me, I look at you, and they will leave soon.

After the people left, Xiahou An summoned all the generals under his command.

Since the county government was destroyed, tents could only be built temporarily.

In the tent, Xiahou lived in the middle, Cao Chun, Cao Ang, and Xiahou brothers were on the left, Ni Heng, Xu Rong, Tai Shi Ci, Guan Hai were on the right, and Qin Butcher's son was beside him.

With all the staff, Xiahou An took the lead: "You have also seen the situation today. This is the situation. How to carry out the work in the future? I want to hear everyone's opinions."

Cao Chun said, I will take the lead in charging, and I really don’t understand how to maintain the internal affairs and the people.

Xiahou Jie said: So is me!

When everyone else looks like you have the final say, we just follow the orders.

It's so fucking if you don't have a strategist!

Xiahou An was very depressed. If one day he became bald, he would not be surprised at all.

There is Ni Heng around him, but this guy seems to know nothing except bragging.

However, the suggestion was this guy who gave Xiahou An a bad impression: "General, I think the most urgent thing is to first repair the city gate and suspension bridge, and at the same time widen the moat and increase the city's defense function..."

"When the outer city is stable, repair and repair the damaged facilities in the city. There are not many people in the city. Generals can borrow grain from Kong Beihai to nourish the people in the name of benevolence."

"As time goes by, there will be a constant stream of refugees coming to hear the news. At that time, the general can recruit strong troops to join the army and fight against the thieves to rest assured the world!"

Xiahou An was shocked.

This guy has two brushes!

But Xiahou En below sneered: "Ni Zhengping, don't stand and talk without any pain. This city is not small, and you have to run for a while even riding a horse. The repair of the city wall is a big project. I'm afraid there are fewer people in the city."

Xiahou An thought of it, even though he has a thousand people under his command, he can't all take them to work. The main labor still has to rely on the people.

But when Xiahou An couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the scene when he saw those people this afternoon.

Seeing this, Ni Heng looked embarrassed, and it was said that a clever woman could not cook without rice.

In a short period of time, he could not become more people.

Unable to fight back, Ni Heng said with a breath: "Ha, it's not a good thing some people have done."

Guan Hai was furious when he heard this. He knew that he was implicitly mocking him. His temper was also violent. He immediately stood up and fisted, and asked for his orders: "Since it is my fault, I will take it with all my strength. Please let the lord make me fair for three or five days. I will gather my old subordinates and come back to build the city for the lord."
Chapter completed!