Chapter 700: Yingchuan has many talents, the vanguard of agricultural colonization! [2]

Inside Wang Yun's Inspector's Mansion.

Young eunuch Zuo Feng.

Wang Yun, Zhu Jun, and Huangfu Song and the others had waited for a long time but did not see Duan Yu.

Wang Yun, who was frowning and becoming impatient, called his attendants to urge them.

"Why haven't they arrived yet?" Wang Yun said with a frown: "Send someone to check again and say that Eunuch Zuo has been waiting here for a long time."

The attendant had just nodded and agreed to go urge them.

Zuo Feng spoke up.

Zuo Feng, looking at Wang Yun, rolled his eyes and said: "What is Inspector Wang in such a hurry for? I am not in a hurry."

"General Duan has traveled a long distance and must be somewhat tired. What does it matter if he is a little slow? Just wait patiently."

Wang Yun's expression stiffened.

When they went to welcome Zuo Feng from the city just now, Zuo Feng didn't say that.

Just as Wang Yun was muttering in his heart,

the soldier who had just reported returned.

"Lord, General Duan has already arrived at the County Government Office."

County Government Office?

Wang Yun, Zhu Jun, and Huangfu Song were all taken aback.

Duan Yu went directly to the County Government Office and didn't come here?

What does this mean?

Does he want the people here to go to the County Government Office to see him?

"This..." Wang Yun said with a frown: "What kind of decorum is this? The Angel is here; does he expect the Angel to go welcome him, Duan Yu?"

However, while Wang Yun was speaking, Zuo Feng, who had been sitting in the main seat, had already stood up.

"General Duan has traveled hard; what is wrong with us going to welcome him?"

Zuo Feng rolled his eyes and glared at Wang Yun: "Besides, this is the Inspector's Mansion, not the government office. It is appropriate for General Duan to go to the County Government Office."

"If you don't want to move, then just wait here."

"Let's go, to the County Government Office."

After saying this, Zuo Feng took two young eunuchs and walked straight out of Wang Yun's Inspector's Mansion.

Wang Yun, Zhu Jun, and Huangfu Song behind him immediately exchanged glances.

Then, with a tacit understanding, they nodded to each other and immediately followed Zuo Feng's footsteps.

If they didn't go and Zuo Feng met Duan Yu, wouldn't Zuo Feng just listen to Duan Yu's side of the story?

In front of the Yangzhai County Government Office.

County Magistrate Handan Shang was wiping the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve while walking quickly toward the official residence of the County Government Office.

Behind him was the County Assistant who had just gone to pass the order to Handan Shang.

Handan Shang, whose father was Handan Yi, served as the Minister of Justice in Luoyang during the reign of Emperor Huan.

He was a great clan of Yangzhai, Yingchuan.

A branch of the Zhao clan of the State of Jin, they took the name Handan from their fief.

"Why did this Duan Yu come to the County Government Office?" Handan Shang had a headache.

Just now, he had accompanied Wang Yun and the others to welcome the young eunuch Zuo Feng outside the city, and then went to Wang Yun's Inspector's Mansion together.

However, as a mere county magistrate, he naturally didn't need to accompany Wang Yun to meet the Angel.

But to avoid being blamed, Handan Shang didn't leave immediately after arriving at Wang Yun's mansion.

Instead, he waited outside Wang Yun's Inspector's Mansion.

But after waiting for only a short while, the County Assistant came to notify him in a hurry.

The Liangzhou Shepherd and General Who Breaks the Qiang, Duan Yu, had arrived at the County Government Office.

Handan Shang was immediately terrified.

Handan Shang had known yesterday about Wang Yun, Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song, and Duan Yu's subordinates competing for credit.

And as a great clan of Yingchuan, and also a great clan of Yangzhai, the seat of Yingchuan Commandery, the Handan clan naturally couldn't be unaware of the mystery behind their relationship.

Duan Yu coming to Yangzhai was likely to regain his lost face.

And Wang Yun, Zhu Jun, and Huangfu Song were at the Inspector's Mansion.

Duan Yu didn't go to the Inspector's Mansion but came to the County Government Office.

This had already made his attitude clear.

I, Duan Yu, cannot take the initiative to see you, Wang Yun and the others.

If you want to come, you come to the County Government Office to see me.

As for Handan Shang,

he now only felt as if he were being squeezed between two great mountains.

If he wasn't careful, he would be crushed to death.

So, Handan Shang was sweating profusely on the way to the County Government Office.

"Did Duan Yu say anything?" Handan Shang asked the County Assistant behind him while walking toward the County Government Office.

The County Assistant was also scared pale.

Yingchuan had many scholars, but had never produced a fierce general from the border commanderies like Duan Yu.

There was no need to mention Duan Yu; just looking at him, the County Assistant felt his soul was about to be scared out of him.

Not to mention that Duan Yu also brought a group of fierce-looking generals.

It was also the County Assistant's first time seeing such a big scene.

His face was pale, and his voice trembled when he spoke.

"No... didn't say anything. After General Duan... General Duan came in, he didn't say a word."

"But later, after the Granary Official Zao, he started chatting with the Granary Official Zao," the County Assistant said.

Granary Official Zao?

Handan Shang was taken aback: "Zao Zhi?"

The County Assistant nodded.

Handan Shang was even more confused. What did Duan Yu have to chat about with a small Granary Official in the county government?

In the main hall of the County Government Office, Duan Yu sat in the first seat on the lower left.

He was holding the hot tea that the minor official had just sent.

Opposite Duan Yu, a young man of about twenty, dressed in a gray-white robe and holding four or five bamboo slips in his hand, was kneeling.

The man was of medium build, neither tall nor fat, and his appearance was very ordinary.

On his head, he wore a black Jinxian cap.

If it weren't for hearing the name of the person in front of him called out by the County Assistant when he arrived at the County Government Office, Duan Yu would never have noticed this person.

Zao Zhi.

Zao Zhi's ancestors were originally surnamed Ji; his ancestors changed their surname to Zao after coming to Yangzhai, Yingchuan, to avoid disaster.

In the sixth year of Zhongping, Dong Zhuo occupied Guanzhong, the feudal lords attacked Dong Zhuo, and Cao Cao raised an army in Chenliu; Zao Zhi defected to Cao Cao to attack Dong Zhuo.

Zao Zhi was neither a strategist nor a fierce general.

But Zao Zhi played a crucial role in the early days of Cao Cao's rise.

Agricultural colonization.

Cao Cao's agricultural colonization was suggested by Zao Zhi in a memorial.

It was precisely because Zao Zhi helped Cao Cao with agricultural colonization that he solved the problem of Cao Cao's military grain and helped Cao Cao stabilize the rear.

Therefore, when Duan Yu heard the County Assistant call out Zao Zhi's name, he immediately realized that this was a rare talent.

Liangzhou and Bingzhou were both sparsely populated places. ===== CHAPTER 702 =====