Liu Ji's suggestion was exactly the same as Zhang Liang's suggestion to Liu Bang. The only thing missing was the sentence " slowly becoming king."
It seemed that Liu Ji's ambition was not small.
"We'll do as you say. Put aside the development of agriculture for the time being and gather the commoners to build the city walls higher and expand the area!”
After Liu Ji left the county government, Zhuo County quickly issued a notice:
"The county government has ordered the construction of the city wall. The salary is 30 yuan a day, and the daily payment includes three meals!”
The announcement issued in the name of the county government instantly attracted the attention of the entire city's citizens.
Many commoners who had no work to do and were eating relief food rushed forward.
"What? Thirty baht a day?”
"As expected of County Magistrate Xiao. He's so generous. He's twice as generous as me when I was a long-term worker!”
"It's more than twice. Do you think you'll pay for three meals if you work for a long time? You don't need to pay for these meals?"
"Xiao County Magistrate really loves his people like his own children. He's too good to us commoners!”
The high wages and three meals a day immediately attracted countless people. Even some people who had jobs wanted to quit their jobs to help the county magistrate.
The recruitment office was right next to the notice. The commoners immediately swarmed over and surrounded hundreds of people!
It was not time for spring plowing yet, so many people had nothing to do.
"Those who want to register, line up and come one by one.”
The official in charge of recruiting commoners had a smile on his face.
The commoners were so enthusiastic. He would be able to complete the mission very soon. This was equivalent to giving him credit for nothing.
"Official, count me in."
"Lord County Magistrate, you must have built the city walls to guard against bandits. This is to protect the safety of our people. Moreover, he even offered such a high salary. How could he not participate in such a good thing? Count me in too.”
"Official, is there a limit to the number of people? I want to call all the people in the village over. The people in our village, regardless of gender, are all very strong.”
"Us too!"
The citizens were enthusiastic. In just half a day, they had recruited more than a thousand people.
On the other side, Liu Ji had already found someone who was in charge of the construction.
The next day, the construction of the city started.
Most of the commoners who were recruited were refugees. Because they had received a lot of favors, they were grateful to Xiao Yi.
The construction of the city this time was also a favor to them.
Therefore, everyone worked very seriously. Among the more than a thousand commoners, there was not a single person who was cunning.
With everyone's joint efforts, the progress of the project was surprisingly fast. In just ten days, the city wall was raised by two meters!
On top of the original foundation, each wall had an additional arrow tower and crossbow platform.
His defense had increased by a large margin.
Other than that, this action earned Xiao Yi more than 100,000 reputation points and more than 100 political achievement points!
However, this matter quickly reached the ears of the prefect and provincial governor.
In the prefect's mansion, Han Zhuo summoned his disciples to discuss the matter.
"Everyone, I heard that the new county magistrate of Zhuo County is recruiting soldiers and expanding the city walls. What is he trying to do?”
Han Zhuo's brows were tightly knitted, and he was a little worried.
"Not only that!" The county administrator said," I also heard that he changed the tax system of the imperial court, as well as the salaries of the soldiers and officials. He is planning to turn Zhuo County into his private territory.
This person was ambitious and was probably up to no good!”
"I also heard that the Zhuo County Magistrate ordered his subordinates to wantonly collect grain. The grain of several surrounding counties, and even the grain reserves of our Fanyang County, were bought by him at a high price.
Enlarging the army, expanding the city walls, hoarding food, all of these signs indicated that he was going to rebel!”
The commandant's words were shocking, and he directly put a big hat on Xiao Yi!
Because he was Zhao Jie's uncle.
When she found out that Zhao Jie was killed by Xiao Yi, his sister came to his house every day to complain and ask him to avenge Zhao Jie.
Previously, He Luan had not found a suitable opportunity, so he did not find trouble with Xiao Yi.
He felt that the opportunity had come.
"Rebellion!"
Everyone exclaimed.
"I heard that his county magistrate was bestowed by His Majesty. How could he rebel?”
"Could there be other reasons?"
"General He, before we figure out the matter, we can't jump to conclusions so as not to wrongly accuse a good person.”
Most people still didn't believe that Xiao Yi would rebel.
After all, Xiao Yi had done a lot of good deeds for the people since he took office. His reputation was getting better and better, and he had won the favor of many people and Shangguan.
"Prefecture Lord, we'll know if it's a rebellion or not!”
He Luan snorted." We just need to send someone to call him to Fanyang County and tell him the reason for our love."
If he dares to come, it means that this subordinate guessed wrongly, and this subordinate will naturally apologize to him.
If he didn't dare to come, he would have a guilty conscience and would definitely rebel!”
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