Chapter 145: The Journey of Soldiers (1)
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Xu Guanzhong, who was galloping on a horse, suddenly heard Xiao Tang next to him lamenting the ancient poems in "The Book of Songs, National Style, and Zhaonan", he couldn't help but snort, and laughed: "Brother Xiao, although you are very busy these days, you are not as good as the little official who is called and drunk. If the eldest brother wants to achieve great things, how can he not work hard first? ”
Xiao Tang was just dozing, and he almost didn't fall off the rushing hissing wind immediately. It is said that he practices diligently on weekdays, and it is the most energetic year to fight, but now Xiao Tang's eyes are about to boil out dark circles, and he only feels that his whole body is sore, and his bones seem to be falling apart.
After settling Zhou Dong, Yue Fei's family and more than 100 family members of Wang, Zhang, and Tang, Xiao Tang got up early every day, in addition to taking care of daily affairs, he was also responsible for sheltering and relocating the victims who fled to Zongcheng County and Xiaojiaji when the state capitals fled to Zongcheng County and Xiaojiaji when the thieves and thieves in southern Hebei were in trouble with the north and two roads of the river. The few battalions under the command of the left-behind division practiced and organized, although there was a large bag of the pioneer Suo Suo, but since he was a soldier and horse prisoner, he had to go to order a lot from time to time, right?
What's more, he just worshipped Zhou Dong as a teacher, and he can't snub his old man, these days Zhou Dong will be his lifelong learning, such as the five-step thirteen-gun style, and the five-step thirteen-gun poke foot obtained from this gun technique, red boxing, Shaolin flip boxing, Zhou Dong stick, etc., all of his formulas and mental methods are taught to Xiao Tang, Yue Fei and others, although this has benefited Xiao Tang a lot, but a person's energy is limited after all, and all the things that cannot be sloppy will be pressed down, which has made Xiao Tang very tired and sad.
Fortunately, there is also Su Jinniang's gentle and considerate self, it was originally a reunion, but she saw that Xiao Tang was so tired, and every day she instructed the chef to prepare soup nourishing delicacies such as codonopsis, wolfberry, black chicken, red dates, wolf, chrysanthemum, pork bone soup, etc., so that Xiao Tang could nourish, and when she rested at night, Su Jinniang only persuaded Xiao Tang to take a good rest, and did not ask Xiao Tang for a special thing between husband and wife after the first taste of men and women......
Today, Xiao Tang and Xu Guanzhong, Yan Qing, Hua Rong, Shi Xiu and other henchmen and brothers left the Daimyo Mansion on horseback to go to Xiaojiaji, which is also for the purpose of selecting people and strengthening the township in the market towns under the rule of Zongcheng County, and expanding the civil defense of Zhuzhuang Town.
Although Zhang Di's southern Hebei Kou has been exterminated, a large number of villagers under the rule of the Daimyofu, Enzhou, and Zhulu Prefectures in He1 and Beizhulu Prefectures will not be able to survive this winter because their crops have been plundered by thieves. Even if these people no longer have to worry about it, they still have to move from place to place in order to make a living.
Although there were places in the Great Song Dynasty to temporarily set up storage and rescue institutions operated by the government, such as Pingliang, Pingguang, Zhouchu, Junji, Zhouji, and Shecang, which were similar to Changping Yicang, most of these Yicang, which rescued the victims, were also looted during the troubles of thieves in southern Hebei; Second, although the Song Dynasty had such social security institutions, it could not prevent the corrupt officials from stealing and often stealing and selling righteous grain to make huge profits; Third, the scale of the bandit disaster has spread to several states, and as many as 100,000 villagers have been affected by the banditry. For this, Xiao Tang made a decision: in the land with surplus grain fields in the name of Xiaoji Town and other towns in Zongcheng County, as much as possible to accommodate the refugees who suffered from banditry.
It is to wait for the official family to send the official government to the cangsu to relieve the disaster victims (in charge of grain storage, warehouse management, and the supply of rice to the Jingguan Lu), and most of them ask the affected people to do various hard work such as dredging rivers and repairing defenses, or they use the usual recruitment policy to recruit the victims to serve as the subordinate armies under the command of various commanders. At such a time, the phenomenon of redundant soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty has reached the extreme, and those victims are recruited, and they can only live a miserable life of making ends meet while doing military service in the Xiang Army.
In fact, after the reign of Wang Anshi Qingmiao in the eighth year of Yuanfeng (1085), some local governments also provided interest-bearing loans to help the victims. Xiao Tang also thought of selling the hoarded grain he had produced to the victims at low interest or even no interest, and then repaid it in installments when the affected villagers had surplus grain in the future. But as soon as he put forward this idea, it was completely denied by Yang Xu, the son of his chief manager:
"Young master, there is a way that the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. Even if we can't be indifferent to the people of Li who were plagued by bandits in southern Hebei, we are not the Guanyin Bodhisattva with boundless mana and relief from suffering. I am a businessman, although I am not a villain who only seeks profit and is all-encompassing, but I also know how to choose the situation for profit and put profit first.
The bandit disaster in southern Hebei spread all over the Daimyo Mansion, Huan, En, Xiang, Ci and other states, and the young master used hundreds of thousands of dollars and grain relief to make a record, how cumbersome! Let's not say that this move is unprofitable, young master, although the more than 100,000 villagers are bitter, there are no lazy and ungrateful people among them? Since it is not a loan from the government, then should we ask for it one by one, or will we have the right to suffer a dumb loss and throw all the white money into the water?
Now the three horse farms I have purchased near the Daimyo's Mansion have not yet been used for horse grazing, and they are just enough to shelter the villagers who have been afflicted by bandits. Isn't the young lord bothering to expand the manpower of the market town under his rule? In my opinion, it is possible to accept the victims who are willing to be tenants and farmers under the name of the Lord, and draw a pledge to pay for their food to overcome the hardship. How happy do you think the villagers under my Xiao Jiaji's rule are? Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds to teach the people of the plague to live here in peace, and not to have to make them suffer from displacement anymore, and to add countless strong men under such a young ruler? ”
For Yang Xu's proposal, Xiao Tang felt a little inappropriate at first, telling those victims to leave their homeland and homeland, and they must sign with me to be my tenant farmer, and I will only help you with food when I am regarded as a landlord...... After all, this is a bit of a robbery. But when Xiao Tang couldn't stand Yang Xu's argument, the more excited he became, and he wanted to spit at the mouth and splash the stars on his face, Xiao Tang just sent people to find out their reactions to the disaster victims, and the people who asked cheered loudly, and they couldn't wait to be the tenants under Xiao Tang Town.
He1 North, Jingdong, Hedong and other strongmen are lined up, bandits are becoming more and more rampant, and these victims are shocked and robbed by the thieves in southern Hebei. Although Zhang Di was suppressed today, who knew that Li Di and Zhao Di would not appear again tomorrow? Xiao Tang is famous all over Hebei and Lu, and it is the imperial court forbidden army left behind to guard the soldiers and horses, and the few counties that have not been broken by thieves in this bandit are Zongcheng County, where Xiao Jiaji is located, these villagers just want to find a place to spend their lives, and how can they not know the truth of enjoying the shade under the big tree?
As a result, tens of thousands of villagers poured into Xiaojiaji, Zongcheng County and other places; As a result, matters such as checking household registration and training for courage followed; As a result, Xiao Tang could only be busy until he smoked......
Xiao Tang shook his drowsy head, sighed and said, "Guan Zhong, since you know how busy I am these days, you still come to make fun of me!" ”
Hua Rong next to him smiled when he heard this: "But it's not my brother who said that the selection and training of Xiangyong is a big deal, and you have to do it yourself, so you can teach yourself more military experience." Otherwise, this matter would all be handled by Xiao Yi, Xue Yong, and Jiao Ting, who were brothers who were Xiangyong teachers, why did my brother complain about his bitterness at this time? ”
Xiao Tang shook his head with a wry smile and said, "A few of you, just say that it's all my own doing!" Let's go, my mind is also bitter, and my muscles and bones are tired, but I don't know when God will give me a great responsibility? ”
Yan Qing, Shi Xiu and a few others also laughed when they heard it, and everyone was talking and laughing, and the fast horse had galloped to the south entrance of Xiaojiaji.
At this time, Xiaojiaji has long been different from what it used to be, and the market town is surrounded by high walls built with loess, which infiltrates glutinous rice juice to make the walls extremely dry and hard. And I saw that the walls were high and thick, and they were densely covered with arrows and rolling logs and stones. On a city tower on the wall of the market town, a villager Yong saw that the owner had arrived, and hurriedly called someone to open the hardwood tung oil city gate wrapped in iron sheets.
When Xiao Tang and the others drove their horses to the school field where Xiao Jiaji taught the village bravery, they saw thousands of people gathered in one place, except for the original more than 800 well-trained and practiced for many years, and the martial arts master of the dart line, the rest of the people were all selected from the new victims.
Most of these newly selected young men were adrift because of the scourge of their homes by the rogues of the Southern Hebei Army, so they knew very well the suffering of the military disasters and bandits, and they were all energetic to defend their new homes and their wives and children. What's more, Xiao Tang treats the brave dart masters in the township well, and the subsidized meals have always been good. When he is busy, he does farm work, and when he is free, he gathers and trains and can't delay anything, so he responds to all calls when recruiting villagers, but he is afraid of falling behind.
Seeing that Xiao Tang and others came from the Daimyo's Mansion, at this time, Xiao Yi, the head of the Xiangyong Baozheng in the school field, Xue Yong, the head of the gun and stick sect, Jiao Ting, the head of the fist and foot sect, Yang Lin, the head of the dart shop, Tang Long, the steward of the ordnance and iron, and Bian Xiang, Zhu Jing, Shan Shiqi and others who had newly invested in the Xiao Mansion all responded and saluted Xiao Tang together.
But seeing the swords, guns, swords, and halberds in front of him all over the field, countless athletes were full of pride. Xiao Tang seemed to have returned to the battlefield of drums and swords, and he was also refreshed as if he had returned to his soul. Xiao Tang raised his head and said loudly: "Brothers, it's time to do business!" ”
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