Chapter 270: Duli Town Wants to Be Friendly
(Nima, after a hard afternoon in the Internet café, I endured all kinds of discomfort, and finally coded 4,000 words, but when I copied and uploaded, there was a problem, and half of the chapters were gone.) I can't even find it, Nima, I'm so sad! Finally, I got another two thousand, so hurry up and send it! )
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Jing and a group of officers from Shamen Town saw off Zhang Chengye, the supervising army, at the Phoenix Mountain Wharf. There were more than 2,000 people who went to Chang'an with Zhang Chengye, in addition to Zhang Chengye's own 100 prison guards, Li Jing also specially selected 200 people from a reconnaissance capital of the Flying Eagle Battalion, and the fifth Shu led the escort. Another 500 baggage soldiers from the baggage battalion were transferred, and 1,000 people were requisitioned.
The entire contingent to Beijing was 2,000 men and horses, a full 500 carts, and 1,000 mules, horses, and donkeys, loaded with 500 carts, worth more than 1 million yuan in tribute and gifts to the officials in the capital. Whether it is the escort of soldiers and horses, or the transport of pack horse vehicles, there is a lot more than what was said at the beginning. This is also Li Jing's later temporary increase, and the key is to take into account that after leaving Ziqing Town, Caozhou, Puzhou and other places in the territory of the Tianping Army are now focused on armed salt dealers, and the remnants of Pang Xun's party in Xuzhou are still making chaos everywhere.
This batch of property is worth more than one million yuan, even for Li Jing, who has just made a fortune, it is also a large amount of money, and it must not be lost.
Li Jing is also full of hope for Zhang Chengye's trip to Beijing this time. Although today's Son of Heaven is only a small emperor, the majesty of the Tang royal family is not as good as in the early years. No matter how you say it, in the eyes of the world, Li Tang still occupies the name of righteousness. At least for decades, the Li family is still the co-owner of the world. The imperial court may not be able to control the local feudal towns, but the appeal and majesty of the imperial court are still unquestionable. Li Jing now has soldiers, money, and even a small piece of land. But what Li Jing lacks most now is fame. What is missing is buy-in from above. If you can make an impression in front of the emperor. Even being directly rewarded with an official and a half-job, even if it is an idle position, is definitely very meaningful.
In particular, if the imminent civil revolt is about to start, if it leaves an impression in front of the emperor now, and if it makes a contribution to the battle to exterminate the grass army, it will definitely be of great benefit.
"I'm here to wait for the prison army to return quickly, no matter how things go, I also ask the prison army to go early and return early." Li Jing said very sincerely. None of the other generals wanted to have a prison overseer on their heads. But Li Jing really likes Zhang Chengye's prison army, which is a rare loyal prison army. has a good character, not greedy for selfish gain, and more importantly, Zhang Chengye not only has a good character, but he also has an adoptive father who is a regular attendant in the palace, and he also has a good relationship with the eunuch Zhang Wanrong, the military envoy of Ziqing Town.
With him staying in Shamen Town as a supervisor, it means that Li Jing can follow Zhang Chengye's line, connect with Zhang Wanrong, the supervisor of Ziqing Town, and Zhang Tai, the central servant of Chang'an. For a general like Li Jing, who came from a humble background. It's also a very important relationship.
Feeling Li Jing's sincere words, Zhang Chengye, who was only a few years older than Li Jing, was very moved. "If the general entrusts us with such a heavy task, we will definitely get things done. If we can't handle this, we won't have the face to come back. ”
After sending Zhang Chengye away, Li Jing led the Tiebi Battalion to Wuhu Island early the next morning.
He left in such a hurry, in fact, it was not all because of the reparations. What's more, Li Jing found that he was a little embarrassed to stay on Salmon Island now. After unexpectedly breaking through that relationship with the county lord, although the county lord behaved more unrestrainedly, the small Shamen Town, looking down and not looking up, always felt a little unnatural after seeing it. What's even worse is that now Yu Youniang has completely drilled the tip of the horns and moved directly into the Li Mansion.
Li Mu and the others didn't understand what the real reason was, but Li Jing knew it. Yu Youniang had a heart tied to his heart. This time she couldn't think about it, Li Jing rescued her, but he also looked at her body and kissed her. At least that's what Yu Niangniang thinks. Yu Xuan is an overly upright person, and his daughter Yu Youniang is also a more traditional woman. The so-called men and women are not close, and men and women are guarded. What's more, now the whole person has been shown to Li Jing and kissed her. Li Jing said in person that she would stay in Shamen Town, and she happily moved into the Li Mansion, which was also her bold initiative.
She is becoming more and more active, but Li Jing is in great trouble. Yu Youniang is a beautiful rose under the moon, but although the rose is beautiful, it is full of spikes. If you're not careful, you'll get bloody.
The family can't stay at home anymore, and whenever the family eats together, facing Yu Youniang's hot gaze, Li Jing feels like a thief under the eyes of the owner. If this continues, something will happen sooner or later. simply left Shamen Town and went to Wuhu Island to receive compensation, which can be regarded as hiding from Qingjing.
Who said that having more women is a blessing for all people? Li Jing is now overwhelmed by several women.
When Li Jing arrived at Wuhu Island, the island was busy with people coming and going. On the wharf, a group of craftsmen and men are rushing to build arrow towers and fortresses. After the wharf, there were many people rushing to sow seeds in the fields of the island. These people are the family members of the soldiers who made military exploits last time, and in addition to receiving financial and other rewards, Li Jing also rewarded the nearly 200,000 mu of cultivated land on the island of Daxieqi Island, except for the cultivated land on Shamen Island as a symbol of glory. The soldiers who had made many achievements in the war gained 1,200 mu of land, and those with less than 10 mu of land, and on average, almost all the soldiers in Shamen Town got 20 or 30 mu of land.
Land is the most precious thing in this era, although money is heavy, but it is not as special as the people's special feelings for land. Li Jing rewarded 200,000 mu of land to the sergeants this time, and immediately won unanimous praise from the whole army. Twenty acres of land, according to the market price, is only about 200 yuan, but in everyone's hearts, this is much more important than money. As soon as they got the land, although the best period for spring ploughing had passed, the families of the soldiers still rushed to their own fields to make up for the ploughing, and it was lively.
Zhang Hong, who accompanied him, was a little heartbroken, 200,000 acres of land, if he was used as a military hoard. That's a harvest of more than 100,000 or 200,000 stone of grain in a year. Now he has been rewarded to the following soldiers at once. Although won the hearts and minds of the people. But the loss in the town is not small.
While walking, Li Jing also chatted with the busy soldiers and their families from time to time, asking whether some seeds and farm tools were in place and whether the lease was smooth during the ploughing year. The plan for digging wells and ditches has been done, and there is no waiting.
Seeing Zhang Hong's expression, he naturally understood what he was thinking.
"Those who have constant birth have perseverance, I have always felt that this sentence is very good. Although 200,000 acres of land has yielded a lot, it seems like a big loss to reward us now. But you have to look at it in the long run, everyone has land, do you say that everyone will take root here? Will you be with us from now on? From now on, Salmon is ours, that is, everyone's. Let's twist our hearts together, work hard in one place, and unite in one place, so that Shamen Town can gather a force. ”
If you want to be supported by the people and soldiers, it is not enough to reward money and goods, it is not a long-term strategy. Only when everyone's interests are tied together, then everyone is truly a family. And what is the most critical thing to do? Land. For times like these. Land is always the most precious. Wang Xianzhi raised troops, what is the banner? The day is averaged. Isn't it just a promise to those proletarian and bankrupt people to share the land and money?
Later, King Li Chuang, not also fought the local tyrants to divide the land, and even the Taizu of later generations used this trick to divide the land and won the support of the vast majority of poor middle peasants. History has long proved to Li Jing that land is always what the people desire to own. At present, the Tang Dynasty has experienced more than 200 years of the world, and land annexation has already been extremely serious, and countless people have become landless people, tenants and even slaves of others.
As long as Shamen Town distributes the land to the soldiers below, and even after owning a larger territory in the future, it will be distributed to the common people, then it will never have to worry about not being supported by the public. Just keeping the land for one's own use, or only distributing it to those military leaders and ministers, the result of this is nothing more than following the old path of the Northern Dynasty, Wei, Qi, and Zhou dynasties, and only groups of gate lords and groups will be killed.
What's more, with the land, the people will take root in the land, and they will no longer wander around, or even participate in civil unrest. Only when the people are stable can we develop.
Wuhu Island has been sacked twice, both times by the Shamen Army. So much so that at the time of this reception, there were not even a few merchants on the island, and there were ruins everywhere. However, Li Jing has people, and after directly dividing the land, more than a dozen hoarding forts were immediately established on Wuhu Island in accordance with the model of Daheishan Island. In addition, Li Jing sent the Zhenhai battalion to garrison Wuhu Island, and the Nutao battalion to garrison Turtle Island. Then he set up a workshop and brought in many slave captives. Suddenly, the islands were bustling again.
The war was over, and the well-informed merchants had heard the news of the reparations paid by Duli Town to Shamen Town, and the two families had ceased fighting. When these merchants saw the construction and relocation on the islands, they were all bustling with activity, and immediately they all came like cats smelling fishy. Not only have the original shops reopened, but many new merchants have even been added.
Li Jing did not refuse to come to those merchants, anyway, the industrial and commercial conditions have long been implemented on the islands, as long as these conditions are observed, and all kinds of fees and taxes are paid according to the regulations, Li Jing is happy to see them come true.
Wuhu Fort was originally burned by the Shamen Town Army, but now it has been restored by craftsmen, and even more than a dozen arrow towers have been added to the original castle wall. Today's Wuhu Fort has been designated by Li Jing as the battalion headquarters of the Zhenhai Battalion. As soon as Li Jing arrived at the gate of the fort, Meghan and Julie and other officers of the Zhenhai camp who heard the news had already arrived to greet him.
Although the Zhenhai battalion is made up of Megan and Julie as the tenth general and deputy ten generals, Li Jing has already taken precautions, and all the middle-level officers are served by the officers of Qingning Township. Now these children of Qingning Township basically control the position of the chief officers of each team up and down the Zhenhai camp, so Li Jing doesn't have to worry that this team will get out of control in the end.
As soon as Megan saw Li Jing, she pretended to be very affectionate and stepped forward, grabbed one of Li Jing's arms, and the swollen lotus room on one side of her suddenly pressed against Li Jing's arm. "General, are you satisfied with the current situation on Wuhu Island?"
Feeling the two bulging and soft, Li Jing couldn't help but smile and said, "Satisfied, satisfied, but if you let go of my hand, I will be even more satisfied." "I was just messed up by a few women on Salmon Island, and Li Jing knew that although Meghan had a bold style, she just liked it on the surface. Therefore, he was even less interested in laughing with her, and asked directly: "The brothers in Zhenhai Camp are very beautiful, and Wuhu Island is revitalized, which is very good." Passing on my military order, all the brothers in the Zhenhai camp will be rewarded with 2,000 yuan and 2 catties of wine and meat. ”
"General, what about the slave family, what do you want to reward the slave family?"
The pretended to be a charming sound caused the officers of the Zhenhai Engineering Battalion to greet him and the officers who accompanied Li Jing to bow their heads and look sideways. Zhao Jiang, the head of the guard, was even more general, I adore you, and his cheap expression made Li Jing a little helpless.
"Okay, okay, let's get down to business, I'm scared of you." Li Jing is helpless, it is estimated that the officers in the entire Shamen Town now have long thought that he and Megan have a leg, but he is really wronged, Megan is the kind of hateful woman who deliberately provokes you and then throws you in the air. "If there is any movement in Duli Town, we can't be careless."
Although a million dollars have been sent to the town, the more times like this happen, the more careless it is. Wars are always irregular, and surprises are often a common occurrence in soldiers. If you think that the other party has given money, you think that there will be no other thoughts, then you are wrong.
When a martial saint like Guan Yu is careless in Jingzhou, Li Jing doesn't want to make such a mistake.
"Don't worry, my general. General Li Zijun of the Flying Eagle Battalion had already sent many brothers from the Scout Battalion to infiltrate Duli Town, but there was a bit of a stir, and we must have known about it for the first time. Besides, now Wuhu Island not only has my Zhenhai Battalion, but also my Aye's Nutao Battalion, Li Zijun's Flying Eagle Reconnaissance Battalion, and now there is the Tiebi Battalion you brought. ”
"Be careful to sail a ship of ten thousand years, and it is always better to be cautious."
Julie said coldly on the side: "There is no bad news, but there is good news, you will definitely be happy to hear it." ”
"What's the good news?"
"Duli Town has just sent a messenger again, saying that the city lord Wang Pu wants to marry his daughter to you, so as to witness the good relationship between Shamen Town and Duli Town."
"What?" Li Jing was stunned for a moment, "Is this true?" ”
"Of course it's true." Julie said coldly, turned her head to Meghan and said, "I told you just now, he will be happy to hear the news, you see I'm right, a pervert, a man doesn't have a good thing." ”
Li Jing patted her forehead, this Megan and Julie are really a strange pair of women. "What are you talking nonsense, I'm surprised just because I remember that Wang Pu seems to be less than forty, so how old can her daughter be, and she still wants to take her daughter out and kiss?"
"Don't worry, Wang Pu's daughter is fifteen this year, just in the year of Lu. I heard that she is a beautiful woman who has fallen into the city and the country, and I don't know how many people want to marry it, but now that it is in your arms, you can steal the fun. ”
Li Jing was muttering, he hadn't mentioned such a request as a kiss before, but now Wang Pu took the initiative to marry his daughter to him, which is a bit too unusual, is there any conspiracy in this? (To be continued......)