At the beginning of April, Li Shen raised the camp and field affairs of Jinghu South and North Road and Chang Ping, to Xiang Zongzhi Lizhou, Feng Wenxian to know Dingzhou, and Wang Han to know Tanzhou and Jinghu South Road to pacify the envoys, and officially developed the two lakes. The first batch of forbidden troops were eliminated and camped in three states. All of a sudden, the capital became boiling.

Xie Neng and several generals gathered in a tavern to discuss the matter. More than a dozen generals under their command have decided to send them to Jinghu Yingtian because they are unwilling to enter the military academy again.

Chen Chao said: "I heard that Jinghu Lake is full of swamps and poisonous insects, where is it as prosperous as the capital!" Not to mention, the place I went to this time was not far from the barbarian mountain, and there were often barbarians who made trouble. In my opinion, isn't this a distribution frontier? ”

Xie Neng said: "Is there any way?" When I was young, Daddy didn't force me to recognize a few more words, but now I'm not in the mood to learn, so I have to go to Yingtian. ”

Chu Nanfeng put down his wine glass and said to Xie Neng: "Command, you made military merits when you were in the party, and now that you are in the ranks, of course you are not afraid to go to Jinghu." When I got there, I had thousands of people under him, and I couldn't work, and I was more comfortable with no one to take care of them. ”

Xie Neng shook his head again and again: "What nonsense are you talking about!" I heard that this camp is different from usual. There are numbers for whom they are allotted, how much land they will open in a year, and how much grain they will pay. If you do well, you will be rewarded. If you don't do it well, the punishment can't be light. Unless the official position is high enough to be raised by the imperial court, how can it be better? We, the low-level generals, are the ones who have to do things. ”

Chen Chao sighed: "Speaking of which, our official rank is too low, whether it is in the capital or in Jinghu, we have to do things after all." It's really hard in the last life, and there is no comfortable position for us to do. ”

Several people shook their heads together and raised their glasses to drink.

Although the court said many benefits, the money remained unchanged, and the money and grain were still received, most people were still reluctant to go. Only some low-level soldiers who had a difficult life in the army were happy. Some people even called friends to go to Jinghu together. In particular, the old men in their forties and fifties were the most enthusiastic about this matter. When they reach old age, they do not have a single official position in the army, and they will be ostracized. went to Yingtian, relied on his own hands to earn food, and even the livelihood of his children and grandchildren was settled, of course, he was happy.

Xie Neng followed Cui Xuan's expedition against Changyi Yuanzhi, although he let Changyi Yuanzhi escape, he finally quelled the rebellion, made military merits, and was promoted to an official position. However, he was illiterate since he was a child, and he had no interest in reading, so entering the military school was like being in prison. This training of the whole army is not like stepping forward, and it can be confused. There is no choice but Jinghu Yingtian.

The capital is so prosperous, not to mention that many of the homes of the forbidden army are here, which one is willing to go to Jinghu? It's just that there is no way, this time the camp is reorganized in the capital and goes to the place in formation. You can't even be delisted, and if you can't go to military school, you have to go to Jinghu.

After drinking a few glasses of stuffy wine, Chu Nanfeng sighed: "Why is it so bitter!" I had a son last year, and I'm going to Jinghu this year, what kind of day is this! The area around Jinghu Lake has been Daze since ancient times, and miasma is everywhere, where is the place where people live! ”

Chen Chao said: "Jiangling is no less prosperous than the Central Plains, why is there a miasma?" I have heard that there are many rivers and lakes, and there are many mountains, and there are many poisonous snakes and beasts, but there is no miasma. It's not that people can't live there, but it's really difficult to open up the fields—"

Xie Neng said disdainfully: "It's nothing more than cultivating wasteland and planting crops, what's the difficulty?" The camps on Jingxi Road have been good land for a year or two, and those camps and fields don't know how happy they are! ”

Chen Chao shook his head again and again: "Command, Jinghu is different from Jingxi. You said that you used to camp in the field, why did you only go to Xiangzhou? Because further south, there are many rivers and lakes, and swamps are everywhere, and it will be difficult to camp fields. It is not enough to open up wasteland, where it is necessary to drain water and rebuild rivers and lakes before arable land can be cultivated for crops. Unlike many places on Jingxi Road, where wheat is grown, only rice can be grown in Jinghu. ”

Xie Neng listened to it and didn't believe it: "Where is there in the world, so much water?" Just like Kaifeng Mansion, it is said to be waterlogged, but the rain cannot be discharged in summer, and it will naturally disappear in a few days. Jinghu Road, is it more waterlogged than Kaifeng Mansion? ”

Chen Chao shook his head again and again: "Brother, it's not the same thing, how can you compare?" Have you ever heard of it, in ancient times, there was Yunmeng Daze? Yun Mengze is talking about Jinghu Lake, where the rivers are criss-crossed, and the lakes are connected one after another, how can Kaifeng Mansion compare? ”

Xie Neng and Chu Nanfeng glanced at each other, a little unconvinced. They grew up in Kaifeng Mansion and went out to fight, either Hebei or Shaanxi, which was even more arid than Kaifeng Mansion. I can't imagine what the rivers and lakes look like.

In the capital, Li participated in meeting with Zong, Feng Wenxian and Wang Han. After seeing each other, they will take the train to Gangneung and head south.

Wang Han is Wang Qi's uncle, the oldest, and his beard is white. After the salute, he sat down with the rest of the people.

Wen Yanbo said: "Jinghu Road produces cattle, and I have ordered the state and county where the envoy Si and Si are located to buy cattle from the people. When you go south, when you pass through Ye County, get off the bus and go to the Iron Prison for a walk. Discuss with them which farm tools you want and how many you want, and make them in advance. In the local farms, livestock is indispensable, and the other is to have ploughing cattle. The seeds are allocated by the transfer envoy department, the south is warm, and rice can be planted during the Dragon Boat Festival. ”

Li Shen arched his hand: "Thank you for thinking about it." It's just that it's April now, and it's only a month to the Dragon Boat Festival, so it's really hard to say how much you can plant this year. For those who went to Yingtian this year, they still had to rely on the imperial court for their rations. ”

Zhang Fangping said: "You can transport grain from Jiangxi Road and Liangzhejiang, and you don't have to worry about this year's rations." However, for most of this year, you will be able to level the fields in time. By the next year, the rations will be self-sufficient. ”

Li Shen said yes.

Wang Han said: "Lizhou, Dingzhou, Tanzhou, close to the barbarian mountains, there are many barbarian chaos. The march of the army, although it is only a camp, will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the barbarians. As soon as there is chaos, it is necessary to quell the chaos and farm, and it is not easy to be self-sufficient in rations. ”

Han Qi said: "Of course, having chaos is another matter, and the imperial court will give money and food as appropriate. Although it no longer belongs to the forbidden army sequence, the military exploits of the barbarian period will still be counted, and the reward will be a lot. Although you can rest assured at this point, when you go to Jinghu camp, it's just that those soldiers of the forbidden army are not suitable to stay in the forbidden army anymore, there will be no shortage of money and food, and everything they should have is available. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Because of the camp, the army that went to Jinghu was turned into a box army, but it was just like this. With the grace of God, the money and food treatment will remain the same, and the soldiers who come out of the forbidden army will not change until they die. You can tell the soldiers that it is much easier to go to the camp at the two lakes than to go to the front to fight. ”

Wang Han said: "There are hundreds of thousands of people in the Lianghu area at once, which is not a trivial matter. The follow-up heart is turbulent, and the imperial court should prepare early. There was still a barbarian rebellion the year before last, and this time the army went, but I was afraid that the barbarians would still make trouble. Also, the camp in Sanzhou will inevitably have a conflict with the barbarians, what should I do? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "All the barbarians in the Yingtian area will be organized into households. They can still farm, or they can go to the camp and farm, and they can do it voluntarily. The barbarians of the fields and these places were exempt from paying taxes for three years, and those who did not listen were punished according to the law. ”

Wang Han nodded and didn't say anything more. It was the duty of the pacification envoy to quell the barbarian chaos, and he had to ask about the policy of the imperial court. In the past, there were few pacification envoys on the two roads of Jinghu, and they were all managed by transshipment envoys. This time, the camp will inevitably clash with the barbarians, and a pacification envoy will be specially set up.

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