(Thanks to Zero Zero Kkexin and Heavenly Long Sword for the two children's shoes for the tip, Xie Lu Xie.) ）

Early the next morning, Li Jing had just gotten up to go out for exercises, and was about to discuss with Lin Wei and others about which military camp to choose. Song Wen suddenly sent someone to summon him to see him, Li Jing was a little unclear, so he hurriedly rode a horse to Song Wen's tent in the Chinese military camp.

After seeing the ceremony, Song Wen was much more enthusiastic about Li Jing than before, and said in an equal tone instead of bowing up: "I received a letter from Cui Gong this morning, saying that you plan to stay in Dengzhou, and I don't know which military camp Lu Dao will choose, but is there such a thing?" ”

Li Jing nodded. Song Wen smiled: "If you really don't know how to choose, I have a good choice here, and this is still a promotion, but I don't know if you can really be as brave as your previous performance." ”

Hearing that there could be a promotion, Li Jing was a little surprised, he had just been promoted to general. It's only been half a month?

"I plan to take over the official history of Dengzhou Assassin, and immediately ask the festival marshal to upgrade the Shamen Shu of Da Xie Qi Black Mountain Fort to Shamen Town, and after upgrading it to a middle town, the town will be the general of the middle town of Zhengqipin, and the commander of three hundred soldiers and horses. The original Shamen Commander was just a Commander and was useless, so he needed a brave general who not only made me believe, but also had the ability to lead 300 soldiers and manage Shamen Town well. I'm very optimistic about you, and I think you can do it. ”

"Where's Shamenshu?" Li Jing didn't believe that pie would fall from the sky, and it was unlikely that such a good thing would come to him. He hadn't even heard of this Shamanshu before.

Song Wen beckoned to Li Jing: "Come and see." He pointed to a map on several places, pointed at the water village in the north of Penglai City, and then pointed at the sea to the north. Ten miles north of Penglai is the water village, and the water village is not far to the north is Da Xie Island. Da Xie Island is divided into South Long Island and North Long Island, and there are also Big Black Mountain Island and Little Black Mountain Island to the west. In the middle of these large islands is Salmon Island, and there are some islands on the east, north and west sides of Salmon Island. They form a semicircle and form a large sea bay. The wind and waves in Tangwan are often calm, and it is called Shamentang. Tangnei is our largest seaport in Dengzhou, and it is also one of the four major seaports in Datang. Therefore, the status of Salmon Island is quite important, so I plan to upgrade Shamenshu to Salmon Town. ”

After listening to this, Li Jing was even more skeptical, if he really wanted to be as Song Wen said, then Shamenshu is a fertile land, guarding the largest seaport in Dengzhou, how can it not be fat? With such a good territory, how can it be the turn of a new person who can't be new?

"Such a good territory, I'm afraid that the people below are scrambling to get it, my subordinate is just a general of the unity army, where can it be my turn?"

Song Wen patted Li Jing on the shoulder: "I'm a newcomer to Dengzhou, and there are not many people who are familiar with and trusted." Ji Yu is the protégé of Cui Gong and Yu Gong, and he was praised by the festival marshal himself for his previous meritorious service in killing bandits. What's more, the time you dealt with Feng Yanqing before, the decisiveness and strategy you showed made a certain person very amazed. It's hard to find someone like you who is capable and trustworthy. Seeing the disbelief on Li Jing's face, he smiled again and said, "Actually, I won't tell you, I really don't have the right person to find you." You may not know that this Dengzhou Port is known as one of the four major ports of Datang, guarding one of the two seaways of Datang, which can be described as prosperous and rich. ”

"Hey!" Song Wen sighed, "It's just that there are actually some situations that outsiders don't know. After the festival marshal arrived in Ziqing Town, he found that Ziqing General had already become an empty plate, and the huge deficit of money and food below could not be replenished. Last time, the commander wanted to send troops to suppress the bandits, but Lu Longjie said that the above was in arrears of food and wages, and he was not willing to send troops until he could not get the food. You said that in the past, Li Zheng's family had been divided into Ziqing for three generations and four generations, and there was no other place to get half a penny into the account, but he raised an army of more than 100,000 yuan, and Ziqing Town was still the richest place at that time, do you say strange? ”

Li Jing had never heard of these aspects either, and he felt very strange. As far as he knew, Fangzhen like Ziqing did not pay taxes to the imperial court. It is also strange to guard the bustling port and sea lane, but there is no money to pay the soldiers' salaries.

"I have been in Dengzhou for so long, and I have found out some information, this Dengzhou is full of smuggling, not only all kinds of prohibited things out of the country, but also a large number of taxes and money for maritime trade have not been collected. In the final analysis, it was the officials, wealthy businessmen and wealthy families up and down Dengzhou who secretly colluded with the town army and the sailors there. If you go to Salmon Island, I hope you can be a nail in the coffin. I don't ask for much, I just hope that you can find out something I don't know when you go. ”

Hearing this, Li Jing could already judge that this Shamen Island was definitely a place like a tiger's den in Longtan. Otherwise, Song Wen could have let other people who were closer to him go. But on second thought, didn't he just want an independent territory before? Isn't this an opportunity, although he is only given a small island surrounded by three sides, but after all, there is an official name and three hundred brothers, isn't it?

"Okay, my subordinates are willing to accept this task. However, he hoped that Lin Wei, the coach of the Wendeng Battalion, Wang Chong, the deputy ten generals of the Wendeng Battalion, Zhang Hong, the left Du Yu of the Wendeng Battalion, and Lin Wu, the team leader, could be transferred to Shamen Town together. ”

There are a lot of 300 brothers, but Li Jing doesn't plan to go there to take office alone. Just listening to Song Wen's introduction, he knew the situation there, and this was quite an order to monitor the officers and soldiers of Da Xie Yan.

Song Wen directly agreed to Li Jing's request: "Yes, these four are your sworn brothers, it's really good to bring them along." If you still have anything to bring, bring it up, and I'll register it for you and bring it with you. ”

Song Wen's attitude made Li Jing a little stunned for a moment, what does it mean to bring anyone else who wants to bring it with him. How can this be said so childishly?

"How many people can I pick to bring with me?"

Song Wen paused, and put the ink-stained brush back on the pen holder. He rubbed his hands, and then said: "As I told you just now, Shamen Town was upgraded from Shamen Garrison, and now there are fifty soldiers in Shamen Garrison, and the number of soldiers in Shamen Town is three hundred. So, in fact, if you go to Salmon, you're only going to have those fifty soldiers. There are two hundred and fifty left, and it's up to you to figure it out. ”

Li Jing was shocked by this sentence, what do you mean that there are only fifty soldiers, and the rest will figure it out by themselves?

"Isn't it in another fort?"

"Da Xie Yi, five forts, thirty forts, seventy-five beacon shops, although the total number of people and horses added up to three thousand. But it was precisely because they couldn't be trusted that Shamen was promoted to Shamen Town, and if people were transferred from other forts, what would they do so troublesomely? I'll take care of the money, food, and equipment for you, but you'll have to settle this soldier yourself. Whether you recruit or cheat, it's all your business. I'm sure you'll be able to solve this problem. ”

After hearing this, Li Jing couldn't help but want to flick his sleeves and leave, but after thinking about it, if he missed this village, he was afraid that there would be no more such shop. After the most Lu gritted his teeth, he still said: "That's okay, please ask Du Yuhou to transfer Sandu people from the unity camp to me." When I arrive, I will not want the original people who have been killed. ”

When Song Wen heard this, his head shook like a drum. "The unity soldiers are not officials, and the unity soldiers will be sent home to farm in the spring. The one you are going to is the border army, and you are not allowed to return home every six years. Besides, these solidarity soldiers are all registered, how can they be pulled out of you. ”

"Both!" Li Jing bargained.

Song Wen still shook his head.

"Pluck out all the 100 brothers in Zuo Yidu to me, if it doesn't work again, then whoever likes to go to this Salmon Island will not go." Li Jing simply played a trick, anyway, his teacher is now the Sima of the Jiedu March, and his position is still above Song Wen, the future assassin history. Sure enough, hearing that Li Jing was such a scoundrel, Song Wen was stunned for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll pull out the left one for you, but there is a condition first, whether to go or not has to be voluntarily willing." If they don't want to go, you can't force it. In addition, all those who go to Salmon Island will have to stay for at least six years before they can come back. Therefore, there has always been a rule for border soldiers to bring their families to join the army. It's almost the New Year, so I'll give you a January vacation and let you go home for the New Year. After a year, you will take your soldiers to Salmon Island. ”

"Good!" Li Jing gritted his teeth and clenched his fists and made this difficult decision.

Song Wen breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, I'll write an excerpt here, and you will be able to officially receive the appointment of the general of Shamen Town after the next year, and the list of other officers in Shamen Town, you can draw up one yourself, and I will report it together when I arrive." ”

Walking out of Song Wen's big tent, a ray of golden sunlight shone on Li Jing's body, gilding him with a layer of golden light. Looking at the familiar camp in front of him, who had been in front of him for nearly a month, Li Jing took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and shouted in his heart: "In the troubled times of the Tang Dynasty, I finally want to have my own territory!"

PS: The first volume is finally over here, and from tomorrow, the late Tang Dynasty will officially enter the second volume. The curtain of the late Tang Dynasty is about to be revealed, and Li Jing finally has a territory of his own, let's see how he moves forward in this turbulent era. Ask for some recommended votes after the most reluctance!