Zhang Ji's return gave Zhao Yu and Jingnu a more confidant who could explain the secret.

As for how to arrange Zhang Ji, Zhao Yu thought about it and decided to let Zhang Ji become the second chief of guards to assist Jingnu in taking care of the Zhou Mansion of the Duke Zhou, while He Shun returned to him, Zhao Yu.

The reason is very simple: Zhang Ji is literate and can write.

He Shun was not dissatisfied with this, but on the contrary, he was a little lucky.

After all, while assisting Jingnv to manage the mansion, He Shun, the chief guard, actually played more of the role of the official family, and how could the official family be illiterate?

So in early August, Jingnu took advantage of the increasing number of hunger in Xuchang City, not only chose a group of honest civilians as family servants, but also invited several scholars who were in distress to help settle accounts and teach Niu Heng, He Shun and others to read.

By the way, Niu Heng refused to calm down and learn when it comes to literacy. For this reason, he was even willing to admit that he was a fool: "I am stupid, just be a reckless man, but I can't be a scholar."

Speechlessly, Zhao Yu said to Niu Heng: "If you remember one word and can write it, I will give you a jar of wine."

Niu Heng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly patted his chest to show that his head was still very smart.

Zhao Yu was skeptical about this.

Of course, Zhao Yu did not have too high requirements for this brother who was really not very good at working. As long as Niu Heng could understand commonly used words and could write a few short sentences, he would be satisfied enough.

However, the requirements for He Shun, Zhao Yu and Jingnu were high, which made He Shun complain about learning calligraphy these days.

Now, Zhang Ji has become the "official" role of the Duwei Zhou Mansion instead, and He Shun has made it through.

He smiled bitterly and said to Zhang Ji, "Brother Zhang is here, I can take a breath."

Zhang Ji felt puzzled at first, but he couldn't help laughing until he understood the whole story.

Of course, no matter how much you smile, Zhang Ji still wants to remind He Shun: "The leader and his wife asked you to learn calligraphy, but for your own good... If you are illiterate, how can you hold an important position?"

He Shun nodded repeatedly and said, "I know this, but I told me to remember those words in one breath. Brother is really..."

No wonder, after all, ‘remember one word and enjoy a jar of wine’ is a special treatment that only Niu Heng has. How can others get this treatment?

If so, I believe He Shun won’t complain anymore.

It is not difficult for Zhang Ji to replace He Shun as the official of the Duwei Zhou Mansion.

The group of black tigers in the mansion with black scarves were knocked down by him when they privately provoked Zhang Ji, and gradually became obedient.

The only thing that made Zhang Ji a little muttered was the wife of his Duwei Zhou Mansion - Jingnv.

Others may not know the background of Jingnv, but Zhang Ji is clear about it.

Jingnu is the side room of the second young master. This was decided by Zhou, the wife of the marquis’s house in their hometown. Jingnu was not qualified to become a regular wife.

For this reason, Zhang Ji privately asked Zhao Yu about his opinion.

Zhao Yu told him frankly: "In the past eight years, Jingnu has always been by my side and never left me. Instead of asking me to marry a strange woman, I would rather let her become a wife......She has the qualification and ability."

So, Zhang Ji stopped mentioning this matter.

The second young master said that Jingnu is qualified, that means he is qualified, but his ability... Does Jingnu really have the ability to be a real wife?

If Zhang Ji had some questions about this at the beginning, he had lived in the Zhou Mansion of the Duwei for more than ten days and saw Jingnu dealing with the mansion in an orderly manner, he had no questions anymore, and could only sigh in his heart: Jingnu is worthy of being trained by his wife Zhou.

However, just as Zhang Ji was observing Jing Nu secretly, Jing Nu felt a little uncomfortable.

When Zhang Ji returned to Zhao Yu, Jingnu was also happy about this, but as this joy gradually faded, she inevitably began to think about a more direct question: Who should I listen to in this mansion?

A while ago, when He Shun was the head of the mansion, He Shun asked Jingniao for advice, no matter how big or small the matter was.

Although this made Jing Nu busy, she also got the satisfaction of being the hostess while busy.

But with Zhang Ji's arrival, the situation changed.

Unlike He Shun, Zhang Ji is both literary and martial, and not only has his own subjective views on his life, but also has a very experienced work - this is not surprising. When Jingnu just entered the village marquis' mansion, Zhang Ji was already working in the village marquis' mansion. In addition to his experience in Jiangdong over the years, it is naturally no problem to manage a mere mansion.

So, Jingnv suddenly became idle.

Leisure means losing power. Although Jingnu does not think that Zhang Ji deliberately seized her power, she suddenly has nothing to do, which makes her suddenly feel at a loss after being busy for a long time.

During this period, Bier and Qing'er, two maids, often said bad things about Zhang Ji on Jingniao. It was probably because Zhang Ji did not ask her wife for her instructing her to do things, and she was not respectful enough.

In response, Jingnv scolded the two girls and said, "Zhang Weichang is an old acquaintance of the commander for many years. He is loyal to the commander and has no selfishness. Don't say such things again in the future, otherwise I will never let you go!"

These harsh words made Bier and Qing'er's two maids sue repeatedly and never dared to mention this matter again.

But no matter how you say it, to be fair, Jingnv gradually discovered that Zhang Ji was not suitable for "working together".

The reason is that the status of the two of them cannot be distinguished from the "higher and lower" - of course, the status mentioned here refers to the status of the former Hou Mansion of the Township, rather than the Duwei Zhou Mansion, which is meaningless.

In the former village marquis's mansion, Jingnu was the concubine granted by his wife Zhou to Zhao Yu, while Zhang Ji was entrusted by the village marquis in Luyang to teach Zhao Yu martial arts. The former was half a wife and the latter was half a teacher, which led to a problem.

Fortunately, Jingnv and Zhang Ji both have a tacit understanding. After gradually realizing this problem, they have maintained courtesy to each other.

One night, Zhao Yu asked Jingnu about this: "How is he with Zhang Ji these days?"

“Not very good.”

Jingnu naturally would not hide it and told her feelings truthfully: "Zhang Ji is a very opinionated person, and he was also half a teacher who undoubtedly taught the young master. I, the 'fake lady', dare not order him anything, so I can only keep a distance from him..."

Only then did Zhao Yu realize that it seemed not a good idea to ask Zhang Ji to assist Jingnu.

He was very happy with the honesty of Jingnv. He smiled and said, "Zhang Ji just came here. It happened that you were short of people. So I let him adapt to it for a while. After a few days, I will transfer him to the army..."

Think about it, how could Zhao Yu, who was extremely short of people, let Zhang Ji be a guard?

After hearing this, Jingnu was not good or bad, but she felt that this was a good thing for her and Zhang Ji.

The next day, Zhao Yu talked about this with Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji said with a wry smile: "I was wronged. I thought... I didn't expect that more than the young master, even the Jingnv was completely different, which made me feel a little unfamiliar."

Hearing this, Zhao Yu waved his hand with a smile: "Actually, it's not a big deal. Jingnu is very smart. She never does anything that I'm unhappy with, so you won't worry about her thinking about you... I told you about this today, so you want you to be prepared. After a few days, I will transfer you into the county army and appoint you as a sergeant."

"Sir?"

Zhang Ji was shocked.

Of course he knew what kind of official position the sergeant was. He heard this and asked in surprise: "Can the young master appoint such an official position now at will?"

"Of course, you cannot appoint it at will." Zhao Yu said with a smile: "There must be a legitimate reason, such as in order to seize food and prevent rebels from harassing, and in order to recover the cities occupied by the rebels, etc...."

As long as there are these reasonable reasons, the county magistrate's office will probably pass it. After all, Chen Lang will not be able to block him.

As expected, on September 12, the county magistrate's office approved the recommendation of Zhao Yu to promote Zhang Ji to a sergeant, and by the way, Zhao Yu's proposal to expand the county army was also approved.

Of course, Zhao Yu was inevitably summoned by the governor of Li County afterwards. It was not for Zhang Ji's business, but asked Zhao Yu when he planned to attack the rebels - one-third of the cities in the territory were still occupied by the rebels, which was also a major concern for Li County Magistrate Li.

Facing the inquiry from Li County Magistrate, Zhao Yu said respectfully: "Wait for the autumn harvest to see the situation. If the fight starts now, even if I can recover Linying, Yanling and other places, the rebels will definitely burn the farmland outside the city immediately and burn out the grain and grain that is about to be harvested in a fire... Although the rebels cannot get food, we must admit that the food for the people of the county that they have recovered... Instead of forcing the ground too tight, it is better to slow down and ask the rebels to collect a batch of grain smoothly. The rebels have the food in their hands, and in order to win the hearts of the people, they will naturally be distributed to the people of Linying, Yanling and other counties, which will prevent the starvation from happening..."

"Well, you're very thoughtful."

Jung Li nodded with satisfaction.

On September 14, the four counties of Kunyang, Runan, Xiangcheng and Yangdi began to collect grain. In order to prevent the rebels from causing trouble, Zhao Yu ordered the officers and soldiers of Kunyang, Runan and Xiangcheng to help the people step up the harvest. At the same time, the rebels also began to collect grain from the local areas occupied by the rebels.

During this period, although the county army and the rebels were both strictly guarding each other, as if they were about to fight, it turned out that the county army and the rebels were restrained.

After nearly ten days of harvest, the three counties of Kunyang were so happy that they harvested nearly 900,000 stones of grain and grain, and Yangdi also harvested more than 400,000 stones. The two combined, as many as 1.5 million stones, far exceeding the estimated 1.2 million stones.

On the rebels, the county magistrate's office made a rough estimate based on the information obtained by the brigade wolf and other scouts, and probably had harvested more than 700,000 stones.

This total of more than 2 million stones of grain is almost enough to make the population of Yingchuan County eat up to one million until next year.

In order to protect this batch of grain and prevent it from being out of the water, the governor of Yingchuan County Li Min wrote a memorial and sent someone to Handan, hoping that the court would reduce the grain taxes in Yingchuan County this year.

Unexpectedly, just a few days later, the court sent a document, but it did not mention the matter of grain harvest, but asked Yingchuan County to immediately send troops to reinforce Liang County.

——Shihu, the commander of Yingchuan, ordered Zhou Hu to raise 20,000 troops, bring his own food and grass, and immediately reinforce Liang County. He ordered him to arrive 11 months ago and severely punish him if he was overdue!

Here comes.

When Zhao Yu learned of this order, he felt a stern.

The victory or defeat of Jin State and the various righteous troops and the direction of the entire world depends on this battle.
Chapter completed!