When the fleet from the south arrived in Chen County for a rest, 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, never lacked in favors, and was very polite. He seemed to be a loyal minister, much more loyal than Quan Zhongzhong.
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.
There were many people from various counties who turned to Jianye, Hua Yi's reputation declined greatly, and his defeat was not far away.
When he received this 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 relationship between generals and subordinates was complicated, and they would rebel at any time.
The scholars of Wu Di actually have an overall will, or a consensus.
They were bonded through marriage, interests, classmates and other relationships. After the fall of Soochow, they mourned and pitied themselves and hugged each other, and their cohesion was quite good.
No wonder Sima Rui didn't use Wu's old money, but tried every means to improve the status of the new rich.
The backbone of his current army is actually made up of powerful upstarts from Wudi, plus some old-money private soldiers. It has pretty good combat effectiveness, and with terrain and climate bonuses, it can fight in a battle.
After capturing Jiangzhou, Sima Rui truly became the leader of the Jiangdong alliance, taking over all the old territories in the early stages of Yang, Jiang, Xiang, Jiao, Guang, and Dongwu.
Where is the next step, Jingzhou?
There had just been another rebellion in Jingling, Jingzhou, and Liang Fen sent his subordinate Yang Dan to lead his army to put down the rebellion.
Yang Dan was ferocious and violent. When the battle came, he sacrificed dozens of his own soldiers who had violated military discipline to the flag, and destroyed the enemy army in one battle. Then he entered the city and plundered it for several days.
This guy fights - he really has his own way of fighting.
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 capable of disturbing the people and has considerable combat effectiveness.
It's better to give Liang Fen a headache, 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 canal muttered 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, and it's not uncommon in other places. What's strange is that there are almost no larger manors on this land. I occasionally see one, and there is a wooden sign hanging outside, saying "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, and they don't seem to belong to a certain family. People come in and out, some on foot, some on donkeys, some in ox carts, and from time to time there are people.
To buy and sell goods, it's more like a market.
"Young gentleman, when there was a locust plague the year before last, I passed through Chen County, and there were no such camps..." A small troop transport commander pointed to the camp made of adobe and large logs more than a hundred steps away and said.
The "little man" 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, seeing that there was not enough space, we built it outside again."
"What's in it?"
"There are warehouses, arsenals, shrines, and blacksmith shops. Sometimes there is a market outside. The camp leader and camp deputy live in it. If you need anything, just ask him. Do you want to buy some freshly cut leeks?"
"I'll buy it when I catch a fish," the principal said.
"I told you I wouldn't buy it." 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?"
"Last year in the twelfth lunar month, we took in a scholar who was about to starve to death. Ying Zheng and several team leaders scraped together some food and meat and asked him to teach people how to read in the village."
"Anyone learns?"
"There are always seven or eight urchins."
"Why study? Isn't it good to help the family herd the sheep?"
The young man skillfully took out a few bundles of leeks, put them on the deck of the ship, and said: "There was no way out before, so it was useless to learn. Now there is a way out, and you can learn."
"Why do you say that?"
"When Mr. Chen goes out on an expedition, he may recruit us at any time. If we have done meritorious service, even if we cannot become an official, we can still work as a servant in the government and receive fifty acres of land. Those with better luck can also work as a small boy in the county."
Official."
"Is there anyone willing to be a civil servant?" the principal asked in surprise.
Contrary to what most people think, being a county official at this time is not necessarily a good life.
Because the officials are facing aristocratic and wealthy families, there is really no room for them to show off their authority. In history, some officials in the Northern and Southern Dynasties ordered the dismissal of county officials, which was considered benevolent government - some counties even had more than 500 officials.
Except for a few who are nourished, most of them are extremely poor, wandering on the verge of losing their homes and people, and often fleeing.
That's why the primary school student was so surprised. Is it possible that county officials still have such a good job?
"Of course I do." After the young man sold the leeks, he 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 cause trouble on other people's territory, otherwise he would definitely catch this guy back and interrogate him properly to satisfy his curiosity.
But he had some clues.
These common people seemed to be neither tribesmen nor villagers. In other words, they were not attached to any fort or manor, they were just common people who grew and harvested by themselves and made a living by themselves.
Upon closer inspection, it is somewhat similar to the story of Cao Mengde, who defeated 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 who Cao Mengde settled near Xudu were left to support themselves?
It’s only been a hundred years, haven’t everyone still become a banker in the end?
Although Mr. Chen is famous, can he withstand the general trend?
"Crack!" 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 fish 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, which look like they were built just a few years ago, because old houses cannot be arranged so neatly.
In front of the house, on the roadside and even on the field ridges, mulberry trees are planted everywhere.
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 even be free of rent and taxes 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 and meat on the chopping board.
It all 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 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.
A lot of prisoners were collected at the end of last year, and 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.
Her husband would go into battle in person from time to time, leading the cavalry to gather and disperse, and there were other things like "circling and outflanking", "rolling back the bead curtain", etc. She didn't understand much, but she could see that the soldiers admired 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.
Hee hee, you can only respect him, and I can still fall 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 bathe last night, but you didn't succeed in the end?"
Xun's face turned red.
The husband specially made a bathtub in which he could lie down comfortably. Naturally, she and Xuanzhu took off their clothes and went in to scrub him. In the end, the husband actually fell asleep. When he woke up, he just smiled and said
After saying "little steamed buns", he got up and went to bed, hugging Wenjun and fell asleep.
What does little steamed bun mean?
"Where are you going in a few days?" Mrs. Xun asked, touching her hot face.
"I said I was going to Kaocheng to handle official business. After all, my husband is a military commander of the shogunate." Pu Tao said.
"Oh..." Mr. Xun was absent-minded and didn't think much. He just said: "I will stay in Kaocheng for a while and then I 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."
Although these people are still little girls, they are exposed to core secrets.
There are some shipwrights from the Jianye sect, but not many.
It is true that there are also very few ship adjustments.
The most important thing is that Sima Rui sent 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 wood is temporarily felled to build 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 built during the war were all of this type. They were not intended to be used for a long time. They were only meant 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 played a guiding role. The imperial court also allocated some craftsmen, and everyone worked together to build a strong pontoon bridge that would be used for a long time.
These few 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 and more fierce, making it difficult to end.
In the big river outside the three cities of Heyang, what flows is not water, but the blood of soldiers from both sides...
Chapter completed!