Chapter 63 Appreciation
Tao Zongwang stood up and said: "Master, I have seen the entire Shuibo Liangshan terrain in the past few days. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides. The original ruins of Sanguan on the south side have been repaired by people. There are valleys in the north of Shanxi, Shanxi, and Shandong. Wanzi City can also be entered from these three places. If we want to stabilize it, we must also build passes at these three places."
Zhao Zhen heard this and said: "Brother is good at this. After seeing the weak points, he also asked his brothers to build the pass at these three points. "
Tao Zongwang agreed.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Zhao Zhen said: "Brothers, the former has not counted the seizures clearly, so there is no reward to be given. Now that the count is clear, I plan to give out rewards to encourage the soldiers to fight. , how? ”
Everyone was happy after hearing this and said: "But it depends on the owner's instructions."
Zhao Zhen said: "Guang Hui, Jiao Ting and Ruan Xiaoer attacked the water village secretly. This was the first success. Ruan Xiaoqi, Han Bolong and Bao Xu responded, it was a second effort."
Ruan Xiaoer and Jiao Ting stood up and said, "Master, that's not right." They looked at each other and smiled, and it was Ruan Xiaoer who continued: "Master, lurk. Entering the water village and killing the mangy turtle, scar face, and thin monkey were all attributed to the Guanghui brothers. Wanzicheng and Houshan Yingzhai were also captured by the Guanghui brothers, so Guanghui should be the first to be credited.
Jiao Ting. The brothers made a sneak attack on the water stronghold, captured the gate of the water stronghold, and then led a team to rush to defend Wanzi City. This should be a minor achievement. "
Jiao Ting heard this and shouted: "It's the second brother Ruan who captured the spies and sneaked into the water stronghold. , the second credit should go to Brother Ruan Xiaoer.”
Seeing that the two of them were humble to each other, Zhao Zhen said: "There is no need to argue, two brothers. You two deserve the same credit."
Zhao Zhen also gave Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, Han Bolong, Bao Xu, and Tao Zongwang their respective merits. After saying it again, he took out 5,000 coins and 300 pieces of silk and satin cloth to reward all the heroes and soldiers for their merits.
After drafting the charter, the soldiers stationed in Liangshan took out the money and silk from the Wanzi City warehouse and distributed it on the spot, and there was thunderous joy. The other soldiers from Xixi Village and Kushutun also sent rewards.
After the rewards were given, everyone returned to the court and sat down. Zhao Zhen asked: "Brothers, according to their duties, they are in charge of the affairs in front of and behind the mountain. You must work together to guard the beachhead of the village. Rest. If there is any inconvenience, you should speak up."
After hearing this, Sun Zheng stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Master, I have been the village chief for only five or seven days, and now the village affairs are still there. After sorting it out, I hope the owner of the village will learn something. The original iron farm tools such as hoes, hoes, hoes, sickles, shovels, and plows in the village have been confiscated by Scarface and turned into weapons. The rice harvest is about to be harvested. I hope the owner will allocate some money. Don’t miss the farming season when approving farm tools.”
Zhao Zhen nodded and asked Zhu Sha and Tang Sen: "Is this the same for Tianzhuang and Zhangzhuang?" The two shook their heads. Tang Sen said: "The farm tools are all there, but in order to control the waterway, the mane-headed turtles confiscated some of the village's fishing boats. The owner of the village returned some of them, but now they can't allocate them to individuals. The village has set up a fishing team to work together in the lake. Fishing."
Zhao Zhen nodded and said to Sun Zheng: "I will arrange for someone to transfer a batch of farm tools when I return to Xixi Village. Do you know who made these weapons? "
Li Liang cupped his hands and said: "Master, Scarface has a blacksmith named Yang Mazi, who is now punished with hard labor to build the wall."
Zhao Zhen listened. , said to Tao Zongwang: "In that case, brother Zongwang, today we will take this man out of hard labor and bring him back to Xixi Village, where he will arrange to work under Zhang Da's hand in blacksmithing. If there are any apprentices, they will also be taken away. After these few days of observation, The thirty or fifty prisoners who perform well will be exempted from forced labor in advance and handed over to the Ruan brothers to be trained as soldiers."
Tao Zongwang nodded and responded: "Brother, I will arrange it later."
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Zhao Zhen turned to Tang Sen again and said: "It's good to set up a fishing team, but we must keep good records and use boats as units. The more you work, the more you will get. Don't make it a big pot of rice. Now the fishing team in Xixi Village must also follow the rules This is implemented. The catch is purchased every day. If a banker buys it, it will be sold at a higher price to prevent private trading of fish. If a fish is caught, the reward will be 10 guan, and the remaining fish will be rewarded. The Zhangzhuang Fishing Team will also handle it accordingly. If there is any disagreement, we will come back to discuss it."
The six stewards all nodded in agreement, seeing that everything on Liangshan Mountain was well arranged. Jiao Ting is still in charge of Wanzi City, the newly arrived Du Qian assists Tao Zongwang in supervising the construction of the three passes of Nanshan, and Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi are still stationed at Jinshatan Water Village, inspecting the water park. Zhao Zhen and Ruan Xiaoer got up and returned to Xixi Village.
Driving the warship, carrying the captured goods, without stopping all the way, they crossed the water and saw Baishi Gang from a distance. Zhao Zhen said: "Brother, I will go to Baishi Gang to take a look."
After hearing this, Ruan Xiaoqi stopped the warship, lowered a speedboat from the ship, and Ruan Xiaoer rowed across the reed marsh and went straight to the shore.
After tying up the boat, the two of them walked around Baishi Gang. The main body of the temple had been repaired, and the door and window furniture had also been partially installed. Four carpenters were building panel doors, soft doors, broken windows, ceilings, caissons, and The decorations such as hook railings and wall hides were completed in the past two days.
Other villagers are building walls along Baishi Gang. Zhao Zhenyuan thought of building them here next year and only waited to hunt the white fox here in winter. Because the escort rabbit Li Ji said that the white fox had moved to Kushu Mountain, so he Construction of the wall began.
After seeing the Pagoda Temple and the construction progress of Baishi Gang, Zhao Zhen and his two men still drove the boat back to the warship. Drive directly to Xixi Village Pier.
On the way, he saw two-masted and three-masted ships training sailors on the water. Ruan Xiaoer couldn't help but jumped on the two ships. After giving some instructions, he sailed back.
Arrived at the dock, Zhao Zhen ordered the sailors to unload the loot. Someone notified Zhao Yuanli and brought people to the dock to transport supplies. It was still early, Ruan Xiaoer went to train sailors, and Zhao Zhen supervised Zhuang Ding's transportation of supplies.
More than 400 pieces of swords, guns, swords and halberds, axes, axes, hooks and forks, as well as iron and leather armors were stored in the arsenal. Boxes of gold beads, silver ingots, and copper coins were placed in the treasury, and silk and satin were also transported to the warehouse for storage. The porcelain was accompanied by calligraphy and painting. Zhao Zhen asked Zhao Yuanli to choose some and place them in various rooms in the manor. All kinds of jewelry were also stored.
Zhao Zhen took out a piece of cloud-patterned rug produced by the Zhiluo Department, and selected two exquisite earrings and headdresses from the jewelry, and placed them in Bai Zhi's residence in the backyard.
After finishing packing, Zhao Zhen called Zhao Yuanli and said: "Yuanli, you have also seen that these seizures, whether new or old, still have a lot of clothes, futou, scarves, belts, boots, etc. The village selects a few smart dealers to sell them in several villages."
Zhao Yuanli said: "What the village owner wants is to show his benevolence and solve these problems. Clothes that take up space."
Zhao Zhen continued: "This is the first thing. There is another thing. Liangcun is short of farm tools. I will allocate a batch of them from the village and ask Zhang Da to work hard to make a batch. , don’t delay the rice harvest.”
Zhao Yuanli responded: "Master, I understand. Now I urge Blacksmith Zhang to make farm tools, allocate sickles and other items to send to Liangcun."
After saying that, Zhao Yuanli went off to do his business, and Zhao Zhen was taking a rest while drinking tea. While sitting, I just heard a burst of noise outside the village. When Zhao Zhen came out of the village gate, he saw Guanghui coming back from the county town, driving more than ten large carts, carrying several Buddha statues, and bringing with him No. 100 villagers in ragged clothes.
(End of this chapter)