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Chapter 1002: The Beginning of Colonization

The thoughts of the people who went to the banquet fluctuated with Wang Xijue's words, and they were completely hanged, and it was painful for the fields that they had managed to accumulate with great difficulty to be taxed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When he was distressed, suddenly Wang Xijue said something "ten thousand acres of fertile land without taxes", and all the wealthy families of Liao Town who went to the banquet pricked up their ears and paid attention.

Seeing that the imperial court is about to clear the acres of land in Liaozhen, listen to Wang Xijue's meaning, it will not be too loose when Qingzhang is clear, it is very difficult for everyone to take advantage of loopholes, and when they hear that there is such a good thing, who can not be moved.

Don't pay taxes on thousands of acres of fertile land, this is indeed a great thing, but Liao Town has thought about it all over again, there is no such place, Wang Xijue is the second assistant of the cabinet, and he is a general figure of the prime minister, and he will not speak plainly.

After a commotion in the crowd, one of the leaders got up and asked:

"I don't know what Elder Wang Ge said, the little ones are stupid, and I hope Elder Wang Ge will make it clear?"

Wang Xijue nodded with a smile and said loudly:

"Beyond the border wall, isn't there ten thousand hectares of fertile land, it is not the territory of the Ming Dynasty, you go, within ten years, do you still have to worry about paying taxes?"

"But it's the Jurchens over there."

"Since Lord Wang has already led the army forward, it is not the field of the Jurchens."

Wang Xijue replied with a smile, after saying this, Wang Xijue ignored the crowd, returned to his seat, laughed at the drinking order of the yin and the same table, and drank and feasted.

The words that should be said have been said, but the people below are imagining, and some people even took the initiative to say:

"The fields on the east side of the border wall are even more fertile than ours here, they are all good black soil, and you can grab a handful of oil out of it, and the Jurchens also dig ditches to regulate the fields, and serve them well!"

Everyone is buzzing and discussing, Liaozhen and the Jurchens outside the border wall to do business, is also a big source of wealth for the wealthy people in Liaozhen, many people have either been there in person, or the people below have been there, and they know a lot about the situation of the Jurchen residence outside the border wall, there is indeed a treasure land, the fields are fertile, many have been cultivated, and more have not been cultivated.

"Fang Cai Wang Ge said that it was ten thousand hectares of fertile land, if you want to count it like this, it is more than ten thousand hectares!"

"Be quiet, don't you understand that this is an ambush, maybe ten years later, the imperial court will only count these ten thousand hectares, and the rest will be regarded as not knowing!"

Everyone nodded again, thinking deeply, watching Wang Xijue and the chief talk happily, everyone is also letting go, the people who come here are all strong and strong, and they have all heard of each other's names, even if they are strangers, they are all related to each other, and they will soon be familiar, and the atmosphere of discussion will become more and more enthusiastic.

"But there are so many people, although there is a lot of good land outside, but no one can be transferred over, and Liaozhen can't be delayed."

"Let's just say that you are small-hearted, at this time, the fields here in Liaozhen will have to pay taxes, the more you plant, the more you will hand in, and those collected outside the side wall are all your own things."

"Everyone, the younger brother often goes to the north, and deals with the ancient Tartars, and I have heard such a thing, it is said that in the north of Datong, Shanxi, the Han people over there are all catching Tartars as slaves, farming and grazing, and the Tartars don't have to worry about the tired work, as long as they can hold down a group of people."

As soon as they heard this, everyone's attention was focused a little more, and someone immediately said:

"If you can catch the Jurchens as slaves, they know how to do farm work, and they will definitely be useful."

Everyone had already dealt with the Jurchen villages outside the border wall in one way or another, and as soon as they opened their minds, everyone said more and more deeply, and some people said:

"The ginseng, mink and all kinds of mountain goods in the old forest are all unpassable now, but the hateful thing is that Nurhachi has also set up a special person to manage the ginseng trade, and the price is much higher than the original, if we go over, wouldn't the business of those mountain goods be ours."

Although there are interests in cultivating the land, but after all, it is not as good as this trade, you must know that the inland of the Ming Dynasty, the nourishing things are very important to ginseng, the old ginseng outside the customs is even more precious and abnormal, and the sales of all kinds of mountain goods are also excellent, even if they can't sell any high-priced specialties, as long as the amount of them is large, they can also make a lot of money.

Not to mention anything else, Sun Shoulian and Liaonan worked hard to put the wood into the Yalu River, and then sold it to Tianjin Wei along the river, I don't know how much silver they made.

The people sitting next to Wang Xijue are all the staff masters in Li Chengliang's mansion, and there are also Qincha who came from the Jingshi, everyone is a literati, and the talk is naturally about the officialdom of articles, but Wang Xijue is watching and listening while talking.

The atmosphere in the hall became more and more enthusiastic, and the expressions of everyone became more and more devoted, Wang Xijue saw and heard it, but he couldn't help but think of the advice given to him by Wang Tong in his heart.

To hold such a banquet, it is best to arrange a few trustworthy people in it, and after the initiative, they will talk about all kinds of benefits in it, which will attract people's hearts, and as long as it is the beginning, the next thing will naturally be done.

However, no matter how good the arrangement is here, we must wait for Wang Tong to clear the Jurchens, otherwise there will be thousands of hectares of fertile land

Since starting from Shenyang City in early March and leaving Fushun Pass along the Hunhe River, the Eastern Expeditionary Army led by Wang Tong has not been so smooth, and in fact, there is no resistance at all on the way now.

It is said that as soon as you get out of the side wall, if you want to block the army, Salhu is the most suitable place, there are dense forests, the slopes are undulating, and you can wait for work, but there are hundreds of people stationed there, and after a short contact with the rangers of the Ming army, they are all evacuated in a hurry.

Now there are many cavalry in the Eastern Expeditionary Army, there is no shortage of reconnaissance horses, and there are many Liaozhen cavalry who are familiar with the terrain.

There is no resistance, the main reason why the army does not go smoothly is that the weather is gradually getting warmer, the frozen soil is melting, and the road begins to be muddy, which has caused great trouble to the Huwei army's carts, often stuck in the mud and can not move forward, but also to send soldiers to move in the past, this time the foot soldiers are not lacking, as the main force of the Huwei army foot soldiers will not spend precious physical strength on this, but the marching speed is still more than three percent slower than before.

Slow to slow, but there is no hindrance, the army is always advancing, a few months after the defeat of the Ming army under the Jiefan Village, it is back to this Jiefan Village.

This time, at the confluence of the Suzi River and the Hunhe River under the Jiefanzhai Mountain, there was no Tartar army waiting in formation, and the Jiefanzhai also restored the pre-war regulations, that is, thousands of people guarded the village.

After the victory of the Jianzhou Department, because the line from Jiefan Village to Hetuala is the main road into the hinterland of Jianzhou, the villages along the way are built and reinforced, driving the rout of the Ming army and the captured Han people to work, and it is also not a small siege, such as the current Jiefan Village.

Jiefan Village has changed the terrain with big wood and soil, and now if you want to go up the mountain, you must have a zigzag road, and this road is narrow, not allowing too many people to pass, if the army walks on it, the people on the high wall of the village can shoot down, look at it from a distance, you can see the three cannons on the wall, this must be the capture of the Jurchens.

And attacking from the bottom to the top, itself is a loss, the setting of the village should now have the participation of the Ming army, if the army of Liaozhen to attack, I am afraid that it can only be besieged with superior forces, and the grain and grass in the village can only be opened.

Wang Tong led the army through the Jiefan Village, and the thousands of Jurchen soldiers and horses in the Jiefan Village did not come down to harass themselves, their plan was to nest in the village to hold on, such a small village of thousands of people, it was too troublesome to fight, and it was too unworthwhile, and it would be safe to avoid the army and cross the border.

However, Wang Tong did not let them go, after seeing the terrain, Wang Tong did not plan to besiege, nor did he plan to let the soldiers attack hard, but directly pulled the six-pound cannon up.

The artillery of the Huwei Army first asked the soldiers of Liaozhen to cut down trees and clear out a vacant land, and the strength of the people was great, and the thousands of foot soldiers were always much faster to do things, they cut down the trees and spread them on the mountain road that was already a little muddy, and made the road, and then the artillery of the Huwei Army dragged the artillery up the mountain with oxen and made a position.

There are many generals in Liaozhen, and there are also many generals in Datong and Jizhen who have not participated in the naturalization campaign, and this time they all followed up the mountain, Wang Tong's big victory under the city of Shenyang, they have seen it, but how to fight such a small village, they still don't understand.

And since the Fushun Pass, there has been no battle so far, this battle is also the beginning, how the first battle is, the significance is extraordinary, and you have to come up to see.

When they arrived at the artillery array, everyone wondered again, the Huwei Army had a general's cannon, and it was possible to destroy the city and pull out the village, but such artillery was used to kill and injure at best, how could it break through the stockade.

And there are only artillery and artillery here, in addition to more than 100 archers, the brigade of foot soldiers are very behind, can not open the stockade, and the archers can not shoot so far, and on the side of the artillery also see a large tile basin, this is even more confusing, look left and right, Dingbei Hou always has his reason.

The artillery on the stockade fired first, the cannonballs flew over with a whistling sound, and they did not move after a few bounces before the artillery array, and the upper part of the stockade no longer fired, and the left and right could not be hit, and the shadows on the wall could be seen shaking in the artillery array, and they should be there to prepare for the defense.

On the other hand, the artillery array here, a cadre of people brought charcoal and threw it in the pot of fire, ignited it, almost one between the two cannons, not long after, the charcoal basin on the scene was burned, the charcoal was red, and the people around also felt warm, but everyone became more and more confused.

What happened next made them even more puzzled, because the artillerymen put the shells into the charcoal basin one by one, and then kept adding charcoal fire, and after a while, the lead balls and iron balls were all burned red