Chapter 401 Chen Jun before the expedition (Additional update for the leader of the alliance, Sanhuai Hall)
When the fleet from the south arrived in Chen Jun for a break, it brought news from afar.
Wang Dun once again went into battle and took charge of the war against Jiangzhou.
Hua Yi, the governor of Jiangzhou, was also Sima Yue's staff before. After he became a local official, he was more respectful to the court. There was always no shortage of gifts and etiquette. He seemed to be a loyal minister. Compared with Quan Zhongzhong is much more.
However, the imperial court wanted to transport money and grain by water, so it finally acquiesced to Sima Rui's attack on him.
Wang Dun was the commander-in-chief of the army, and Gan Zhuo, Zhou Fang, Ji Zhan and others were responsible for the implementation of specific tactics and directly attacked Jiangzhou.
Many people from various counties turned to Jianye. Hua Yi's popularity declined greatly, and his defeat was not far away.
When he received the news, Shao Xun was inspecting the fields in Chen County. He had a feeling: Northerners really had no basis for serving as officials in the old land of Soochow. .
The scholars of Wu Di actually have an overall will, or a consensus.
They are bonded through marriage, interests, classmates and other relationships. After the fall of Soochow, they mourned and pitied themselves, hugged each other, and their cohesion was quite good.
No wonder Sima Rui didn't use Wudi's old money, but tried every means to improve the status of the new rich.
The backbone of his current army is actually composed of the powerful upstarts of Wudi, plus some old-money private soldiers. The combat effectiveness is not bad, and with the terrain and climate bonuses, it can fight in a battle.
After taking Jiangzhou, Sima Rui really became the leader of the Jiangdong alliance, taking over all the old territories of Yang, Jiang, Xiang, Jiao, Guang, and Soochow.
Where is the next step, Jingzhou?
There had just been another rebellion in Jingzhou Jingling. Liang Fen sent his subordinate Yang Dan to lead his army to put down the rebellion.
Yang Dan was ferocious and cruel. When the battle came, he sacrificed dozens of his own soldiers who violated military discipline to the flag, destroying the enemy in one battle. Later, they entered the city and plundered them for several days.
This guy fights - he has his own fucking routine.
Strict military discipline, coupled with indulgent venting after winning a battle, is called a combination of kindness and power, but both "kindness" and "power" are too extreme.
Let him lead the army for a few more years, and it will become a unit that is very disturbing to the people and has considerable combat effectiveness.
This matter should be a headache for Liang Fen, but he probably doesn’t care too much, as long as he can fight.
"There was nothing in this place two years ago." A troop transport military academy on the boat murmured in a low voice.
Others had nothing to do, sitting on the side of the boat, fishing boredly and looking at the shore with wide eyes.
It’s just extremely flat land, it’s not uncommon in other places. What's strange is that there are almost no larger manors in this land. Occasionally, there is one with a wooden sign hanging outside that reads "A certain camp in a certain county."
And those "manors" are not big, at least not compared with the large manors in Yangzhou and Jiangzhou. They don't seem to belong to a certain family. People come in and out, some on foot, some on donkeys, and some sitting. Bullock carts, and people buying and selling goods from time to time, it's more like a market.
"This young gentleman, when the locust plague occurred the year before last, I passed by Chen County, and there were no such forts..." A small troop transport commander pointed to the adobe and large wooden building more than a hundred steps away. The camp was completed, he said.
The "Little Master" was selling vegetables to him. Hearing this, he replied: "That is the village of our No. 1 Battalion in Chen County. It was built last year. This year, we saw that there was not enough space, so we built it outside. "
"What's inside?"
"There are warehouses, arsenals, shrines, and blacksmith shops, and sometimes there is a market outside. If you need anything, just ask him. Do you want to buy some freshly cut leeks?”
“I’ll buy them when I catch the fish.”
“I told you not to buy it earlier.” Xiao Langjun got angry, turned around and left.
"Buy! Buy!" The principal waved his hand, took out a few copper coins, stuffed them into the young man's hands, and asked: "Why is there still the sound of reading?"
"We took in a boy in the twelfth lunar month last year. The scholar who was about to starve to death, Yingzheng and several team leaders collected some food and asked him to teach people how to read in the village."
"Seven or eight urchins?"
" There are always some. "
"Why learn? Isn't it good to help the family with the sheep?"
The young man skillfully took out a few bunches of leeks and put them on the deck of the ship. There is no way out, and it is useless to learn. Now there is a way out, and you can learn.”
“Why do you say this?” Even if you can't become an official, you can still work as a servant in the government and get fifty acres of land. Those who are more lucky can also work as small officials in the county."
"There are also officials. Are you willing to do it?" the principal asked in surprise.
Contrary to what most people think, at this time, being a county official is not necessarily a good life.
Because the officials were facing aristocratic and wealthy families, there was really no room for them to show off their authority. In history, some officials in the Southern and Northern Dynasties ordered the disbandment of county officials, which was considered benevolent government - some counties even had more than 500 officials. Except for a very few, most of them were extremely poor, wandering on the edge of ruin and death, and often fled. .
That’s why the small school was so surprised. Is it possible that being a county official still has such a good job?
“Of course I do.” After selling the leeks, the young man laughed and left directly.
The principal wanted to ask more questions, but he only got a slap on the back of his head, feeling a little helpless.
He didn't dare to make any mistakes on other people's territory, otherwise he would definitely catch this guy and interrogate him properly to satisfy his curiosity.
But he had some clues.
These common people seem to be neither tribe nor bankers. In other words, they are not attached to any fort or manor, they are just common people who grow and harvest by themselves and make a living by themselves.
If you look into it carefully, it is a bit similar to the story of Cao Mengde defeating the Yellow Turbans, and his tribe, and then settled in the fields.
But the world has changed and the world has changed. In the past, how many people were left to make a living by Cao Mengde near Xudu?
It’s only been a hundred years, haven’t everyone still become a banker in the end?
Although Chen Gong is famous, can he withstand the general trend?
"Crash!" A fish struggled and jumped onto the deck. The primary school student was dumbfounded. He couldn't catch any serious fish, but there was one that came to his door.
After gently picking the gills, he handed the fish to the cook, cooked it, and then continued to look at the scenery on the shore.
In the distance are rows of neat houses. It looks like they were built just a few years ago, because old houses cannot be arranged so neatly.
Mulberry trees are planted everywhere in front of the house, on the roadside and even on the ridges of the fields.
Judging from their size, they are basically newly transplanted. A little calculation shows that these mulberry trees were first cultivated the summer before last. Most of them were even cultivated last spring and transplanted this year.
We have to wait at least two years before we can harvest mulberry leaves in large quantities to raise silkworms.
However, Chen Gong did have great perseverance and did not mind the trouble to create such a scene.
The principal looked at it and was fascinated.
Without the constraints of Dawubao Manor, you can do whatever you want. You may be able to get rent-free in the past few years. If this is stable for a few years, your life will definitely be the same.
The only thing you need to worry about is probably being plundered by the Huns.
Without the protection of Wubao Manor, once the enemy invades in large numbers, these scattered people will be nothing more than fish on the chopping board.
It depends on whose knife handle is stronger.
The primary school is very curious and plans to come back next year to see it.
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On the riverside wasteland on the east bank of Suiyang Canal, several orchards have begun to take shape.
These orchards are owned by Shao Xun. Because the largest one is a persimmon forest, it is called "Persimmon Garden".
Yu Wenjun and his four little sisters walked around the small house in the forest, like butterflies walking through flowers, carefully decorating their new home.
There are some things that she likes to do herself, rather than relying on others.
Outside the orchard, there was the sound of horse hooves. They were the cavalry of the Yi Congjun.
Many prisoners were collected at the end of last year. Many structures were left incomplete after the Battle of Gaoping. They were reorganized this year: the cavalry of over 3,000 was reduced to five.
Yu Wenjun saw in his spare time that the officers were holding green, black, red and other small flags, practicing tactics in full swing.
My husband goes into battle in person from time to time, leading the cavalry to gather and disperse, and there are other things like "circumventing and outflanking" and "rolling up bead curtains". She doesn't understand much, but she can see that the soldiers admire her husband very much. .
Every time he saw the cavalry generals looking at his husband with reverent eyes, Yu Wenjun felt as sweet as eating candy.
Hehe, you can only respect him, but I can also throw myself into his arms and act like a baby.
"Husband...when will your husband go to war?" Mrs. Yin asked, tying a colorful knot on the cherry tree in the yard.
Her face was very tender. After asking, she turned around and lowered her head, touching and touching the tree without knowing what she was doing.
"After the boat goes north, it may have to leave." Mrs. Xun said while wiping a four-legged table.
"I'll be leaving in a few days." Pu Tao glanced at Yu Wenjun secretly. Seeing that she was far away, he smiled in a low voice and said, "Jiangxia, you served your husband to take a bath last night. Didn’t succeed?”
Xun's face turned red.
My husband specially made a bathtub that you can lie in comfortably. Naturally, she and Xuanzhu had to take off their clothes and go in to scrub him. In the end, her husband actually fell asleep. When he woke up, he just said "little steamed bun" with a smile, then got up and went to bed, hugging Wenjun to sleep. .
What do you mean by steamed buns?
"Where will you go in the next few days?" Mr. Xun asked, touching his hot face.
"I said I was going to Kaocheng to handle official business. After all, my husband is the military commander of the shogunate." Pu Tao said.
"Oh..." Mr. Xun was absent-minded and didn't think much. He just said: "We will stay in Kaocheng for a while and then we will go on an expedition."
"Yes." Pu Tao was also a little worried: "I heard that Jianye sent shipwrights north and transferred ships from Yangzhou. This time there is really going to be a war."
Even though these people are still little girls, they are Everything you come into contact with is core secrets.
There are some shipwrights from the Jianye sect, but not many.
The number of ship adjustments is also true, it is also very rare.
The most important thing is that Sima Rui asked someone to send a batch of wood that had been dried for many years to Luoyang.
The main body of the pontoon is actually a wooden boat.
If the wood is temporarily cut down to build a boat and a pontoon, and the moisture in the wood is not completely dried, the boat will be deformed, damaged, and even unusable sooner or later.
The pontoons during the war were all of this type. They were not intended to be used for a long time. It was enough to last for a while.
The wood allocated by Jianye is very high-quality ship material and has been dried in the shade.
The shipwrights from the south of the Yangtze River mainly play a guiding role. The imperial court allocated some craftsmen, and everyone worked together to build a strong pontoon bridge that would be used for a long time.
These people are not fools. Seeing such a big move, they know that this matter is difficult to solve.
The most fearful thing is that the two sides are fighting each other, each adding more troops, and the fighting becomes more fierce and difficult to end.
In the big river outside the three cities of Heyang, what flows is not water, but the blood of the soldiers on both sides...
(End of this chapter)