Small Landlords of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 31 046. The end of the hero

Wang Hao is at home every day, growing flowers with his wife, cooking delicious food, and Ma Jun is also very busy in the workshop.

Not long ago, the guards came to report that another counselor had appeared in the recruitment hall.
Xu Yuanzhi and Xi Zhicai just went out, and Guo Jia, a drunkard, and Dian Wei, got together.
We could only ask Wang Hao to come forward in person. Wang Hao ran to the recruiting hall to see that it was Zhuge Liang's elder brother Zhuge Jin.

According to the historical trajectory, he should have served under the command of Soochow Sun Quan,

The appearance of Wang Hao disrupted the historical pattern, so Zhuge Jin appeared in Changsha County.

Wang Hao didn't keep this counselor, Zhuge Jin wanted to help the Han family wholeheartedly, Wang Hao didn't have the mind to chat with him,
The two drank each other in the recruiting hall, and finally broke up unhappy. After Zhuge Jin left Changsha, he really went to Jiangdong.

"How is Ma Zuojiang recently? Did something interesting appear again?"

Wang Hao was teased by Zhuge Jin, and he was in a very bad mood. He didn't want to go home and worry his wife, so he went to the barracks workshop,
I happened to see Ma Jun playing something strange, so I came over to say hello to him.

"Master Taishou..."

Ma Jun put down his things and saluted Wang Hao.

"You don't need to be so polite, there are no outsiders here, so don't be so polite..."

Wang Hao doesn't like to be so polite, but Ma Jun is a more traditional person, although he doesn't talk much, he is very serious in his actions.

It can be said that he is a dwarf in words and a giant in action. He doesn't like to boast, but he likes to do practical things and use actions to prove everything about himself.

"What is this?"

Wang Hao looked at what he was tinkering with. It looked a bit like a siege truck but didn't use it. It should be a brand new siege equipment.

Although Ma Jun is not good at words, he definitely helped Wang Hao a lot. He re-invented the compass. The navy on the Yangtze River relies on the compass to walk.

Especially at night and in the morning and evening, during this period of time, the river is covered with heavy fog, and you can easily walk the Yangtze River with a compass.

There is also the waterwheel, the waterwheel for irrigating the farmland, but it was invented by this great man,

In the past few years, the world has been suffering from drought, and Changsha and other places have not suffered from grain failure due to bad weather. This is all a blessing to Ma Jun.

After Wang Hao settled in Changsha County, when he had nothing to do in winter, he would mobilize the people to build roads and dig water canals.

Yangzhou and Jingxiang are located in the south of the Yangtze River. As long as more canals are dug, the crops can be irrigated.

The emergence of waterwheels can ensure a bumper harvest in years of severe drought.
Now, even if Wang Hao himself doesn't say anything, all the counties, villages and pavilions under his rule will dig canals and build roads on their own every winter when they have nothing to do.

"Qi reported to the general that someone asked to see her outside, and she said her name was Chen Jing..."

While Wang Hao was watching Ma Jun's workshop, the guard hurried in and said to Wang Hao.

Could it be Tai Shici's matter again? After Wang Hao and Ma Jun said goodbye, they went straight to the government office.

This incident is indeed related to Tai Shici, but it is not Tai Shici's rebellion,
But Yuan Shu was besieged by various princes, and he was about to end his life.

Tai Shici was going north to seize territory, and Guo Jia and Dian Wei also supported him.

Xuefeng asked Wang Hao if he needed mercenaries?

In Yuan Shu's hand, he was holding the Chuanguo jade seal. This jade seal was handed by Li Si, the prime minister of the pre-Qin period. It was engraved on it:

Ordered by heaven, longevity is eternal
Eight bird pecking characters, one corner was smashed when Wang Mang usurped the throne in the Western Han Dynasty, and was later inlaid with gold to go back.
This jade seal passed down to the country has been passed down for more than 1000 years.

Regarding Yuan Shu's imminent fall, Wang Hao naturally knew that a good southern overlord would fall because of his arrogance and arrogance.

If it wasn't for Yuan Shu's proclaiming himself emperor and attracting princes from all walks of life to crusade, Cao Cao alone really couldn't do anything to him.

It is even more impossible for the Sun family to establish a piece of Jiangdong's foundation under his nose.

"You go back and tell your school captain, if you can, you can shoot, if you can't, you can give up, Yuxi 1000 taels of gold, plus [-] cattle and sheep..."

The mercenaries do not have a fixed salary, and Wang Hao also needs to pay the salary when he asks them to do something.
Wang Hao gives them 100 million taels of silver every year, which is used to buy all the news from the princes from all walks of life.

As for their own training and other expenses, Xuefeng and several mercenary captains paid for it themselves.

They can assassinate some rich and unkind landlords, or form a team to wipe out some bandits, etc. Wang Hao will not collect their hard work.

Although several school captains are loyal to Wang Hao, there are still many people below who need to support,
And now that there are more mercenaries, Wang Hao can't guarantee whether they will betray him.

The disadvantages of this, Wang Hao has already mentioned Xuefeng, and also gave her advice,
As for whether Xuefeng can control this organization, it depends on her own ability.
If the mercenaries go bad, Wang Hao will destroy them immediately.

Cao Cao raised troops to attack Yuan Shu after the autumn harvest, Lu Bu and Liu Bei also participated, and even the Jiangdong Sun family participated.
In the end, Yuan Shu was not killed, but was starved to death outside Shouchun City.

All the generals under his command were beheaded or subdued by various princes,

Tai Shici and Guo Jia recruited on behalf of Wang Hao, but they failed to recruit any generals or advisers.

Except for Ji Ling, few of Yuan Shu's subordinates really liked Wang Hao, but Wang Hao was also quite emotional about Yuan Shu's death.

Yuan Shu, courtesy name Gonglu, Yuan Shu's great-grandfather Yuan Boguan to Taiwei, his son is also Taiwei,
The grandsons Yuan Feng and Yuan Kai are both figures of the highest rank. Yuan Shu is the eldest son of Yuan Feng, and his official position is the general of Huben Zhonglang and the later general.

The family background of the four generations and the three princes made Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao dominate the princes,
If Yuan Shu hadn't proclaimed himself emperor, few people would dare to kill him even if he was defeated in this period.
The Yuan family's students and old officials are all over the world, and they don't look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face. In this era, reputation is the most valued.

Someone once said such a passage: "Although Dong Zhuo was punished, but heroes rose together, cross-states and counties such as Liu Yu, Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Liu Yan, Yuan Shu, and Lu Bu all enjoyed great power for a while. The power is still sufficient to rectify the emperor's house."

Among the princes mentioned above, Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, was the clan of the Han family, and was finally forced to death step by step by Gongsun Zan.

Because of Cao Song, Tao Qian attracted Liu Bei but was assassinated and died. His family was killed in Xuzhou.

Liu Yan is old and dying soon, and his son Liu Zhang is not as good as Liu Yan, and it will be a matter of time before he perishes.

Now Yuan Shu vomited blood and died, and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou was also pressed by Yuan Shao every step of the way, and his death was not far away.

For the remaining three, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, and Yuan Shao, since Liu Biao took over half of Jingzhou from Wang Hao,

Becoming depressed, and getting older, I can't bear it for a long time.

After Yuan Shu's death Lu Bu was next, although Wang Hao really wanted to save his life and recruit his generals,
But Lu Bu is an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf, and Wang Hao doesn't want to do such foolish things as luring wolves into the house.

Whether they can recruit Lu Bu's powerful generals next depends on Guo Jia and Tai Shici.

The general situation of the world is gradually becoming clear. At the beginning, the Eighteenth Route was fighting against the princes of Dong and the overlords of various places.
There are not many people alive now, the birds are exhausted, the rabbits are dead, and the heroes can only go to the end in the end!
(End of this chapter)