Bienning County.
County Governor Xu Xi put down the official document in his hand, frowned, and called in an aide, saying: "Why have there been more and more refugees recently? Fifteen thousand refugees have passed through this county in the past ten days. How about giving Shi
Reduce the amount of porridge by half?"
The staff was shocked and said hurriedly: "Absolutely not, absolutely not! Last time, the amount given to a porridge shed was too small. As a result, the refugees rioted and beat up the whole porridge factory. Now no one is willing to take the porridge.
I’m doing this job at the factory, but the refugees said..."
"Why are you hesitating? Tell me!"
"They said...if you can't survive, come to the Sheriff's Mansion for dinner!"
Xu Xi slammed the table and said angrily: "So bold! How can we not suppress the mere refugees?"
The staff member Qiqi Ai Ai said: "Sir, the refugees are ferocious. It's not that we are incompetent, it's that we really can't beat them."
Xu Xi suddenly became angry. He picked up the inkstone and wanted to smash it on the ground. But he slowly put it down after lifting it halfway. He sighed with regret and asked after a moment: "Is there any money left in the porridge factory?"
The staff whispered: "It will be gone soon. Food prices are soaring now. They have tripled in just a few months."
Xu Xi came to the cabinet, took out a letter of immortal silver and handed it to his staff, saying: "Here are five hundred taels, take it!"
The staff member took the money and said, "Sir, this...can't last a few days."
"roll!"
The staff quickly left.
Xu Xi slapped the table hard and couldn't suppress his anger. Ever since the last time the whole house was looted, the refugees have become more and more arrogant, causing trouble almost every day.
Xu Xi originally paid a lot of money to hire a Dharma monk to protect him. Unexpectedly, just three days after he took office, he was attacked by someone at night and was seriously injured. Then he refused to stay even though he said nothing, so he hired someone to carry him and ran away.
Gone.
Now the porridge factory is the only way to stabilize the refugees. However, Bianning County not only has the porridge factory of the county government, but also the porridge factory established by Wei Yuan. As long as the county government provides less than Wei Yuan, the refugees will still make trouble.
Ningjun was a newly established county. There was nothing in the treasury originally, and all the grain in the granary had been sold by Sun Chaoen and the former county governor Li Weisheng.
Xu Xi wants to investigate the grain storage in the granary. Not only will he offend everyone in Ningxi's house, but he will also offend Li Weisheng to death. Moreover, wiping your predecessor's butt is one of the unspoken rules of officialdom. It is not difficult to clean up the mess left by Li Weisheng, but he just...
Encountered a ferocious refugee that I had never seen before.
The last time Xu Xi stopped the porridge factory, the refugees stormed the county governor's house that night. Xu Xi was drugged that night, and when he woke up, the house had been looted.
After this incident, Xu Xi also knew that he could not afford to offend this wave of refugees, so he had to use his own money to subsidize the porridge factory.
It's just that he couldn't figure it out. He came all the way to fill the vacancy of a county guard. He thought that there was Dingxi Jiedushi in front of him, and he was a peace officer. Unexpectedly, he was in constant trouble after taking office. Not only did he lose several
He has a beautiful concubine, and he has to put money into it himself. If this continues, one county governor will probably lose millions after finishing the job.
He cursed Wei Yuan a few times, but did not dare to speak too loudly.
At this time, Wei Yuan had quietly entered the county town and was at Sun Chaoen's house.
The two of them didn't say anything. When they met, Wei Yuan pushed a medicine box over and said: "This is the three-flavor elixir from my Taichu Palace. It can enhance the spirituality of the Taoist foundation and increase the chance of achieving Dharma by 10%."
"This is exactly what Sun needs urgently, so you're welcome." Sun Chaoen accepted the medicine box.
Wei Yuan smiled and said: "Brother Sun took in and helped the refugees along the way. In the past year, more than 200,000 refugees entered Qingming from here. With such merit, it is more than enough to exchange for one pill. But Commander Xu still refuses to leave, which is really troublesome.
There are many things we cannot bring to the surface yet.”
Sun Chaoen sighed and said: "It's not easy for him as a county guard. His mansion has been stormed twice, and every time it was looted. Now there are only a few old ladies in the mansion, and all the maids have been robbed.
He can't find anyone to look after the home. In order to maintain the porridge factory, he has to pay out of his own pocket. It's rare that he refuses to leave even though he's like this."
Wei Yuan was thoughtful and suddenly said: "Is it because he has nowhere to go?"
Sun Chaoen had never thought about it. When Wei Yuan reminded him, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was a possibility. After thinking for a moment, Sun Chaoen said: "How about dragging him into the water?"
Wei Yuan shook his head: "We have already achieved this step, so why not do it to the end? If you drag him into the water, where will your position be? When Bianning County is really settled, the county guard will no longer be yours."
Sun Chaoen sighed and said: "It seems that it has to be like this. Let me plan carefully and see what charges I can frame him for so that there will be no future troubles."
"One more thing, I want all the information on the seven counties in the west of Ningzhou. The more detailed the better, especially on grain, specialties, mining, medicine, salt and iron."
Sun Chaoen was shocked: "Are you going to attack the Xu family again?"
"No, now I just want to make some money from them first."
"Oh, by the way, I have something to remind you. The imperial court has recently secretly formed a new army in northern Xinjiang. It is said that they use muskets."
Hearing the news, Wei Yuan also looked a little solemn. He had organized the Musket Force by himself, so he naturally knew how powerful this weapon was for ordinary mortals.
This time the Western Jin Dynasty kept secrets very well, and Wei Yuan didn't even get a hint of it. It was Sun Chaoen who was expected to be the Dharma Prime Minister, and the big shots in the court wanted to win over him, so he revealed some information to him.
Wei Yuan told Sun Chao'en to inquire more about this information, then stood up and left.
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Zhenshan boundary.
Li Zhi reorganized the army and was leading 30,000 elite troops to confront the 100,000 mountain people on the opposite side. Both sides were well prepared and the war was imminent.
Ever since he was surrounded by mountain people and narrowly escaped death, Li Zhi had been preparing for war day and night. At this time, he was finally fully prepared and led 30,000 elite troops to find the mountain people's forces, preparing to avenge his previous humiliation.
In this battle, Li Zhi led a total of 10,000 elite Southern Qi cavalry. Li Zhi's 100 personal guards were all Daoji monks. In addition, there were 200 Daoji captains in the team, all equipped with the newly acquired flying sword guns.
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The two armies were facing each other. Li Zhi used his Qi-gazing technique to look across the way, and when he saw the four Dharma figures, he immediately sneered.
Li Zhi made full preparations for this battle and hired an additional Dharma Master to come back. At this time, there were three Dharma Apprentices behind him. With three against four, the human race still had a slight upper hand. Moreover, there were no giants on the opposite side this time.
In the last battle, the mountain people had this kind of lineup. Wei Yuan led thousands of cavalry to easily pierce through them. After a few charges, the entire army attacked and defeated the opponent. It was so easy and simple that even a fool could learn it.
Li Zhi pulled out his sword and shouted: "The enemy is vulnerable, all cavalry, follow me into battle!"
A golden stream of light appeared on Li Zhi's sword, which merged with the military spirit. Tens of thousands of cavalry followed Li Zhi, rolling forward, and the military spirit was like a huge wave, slamming towards the mountain people!
The mountain people were not to be outdone, and their military spirit soared upwards, towering like a mountain.
Ten thousand Nan Qi elite cavalry crashed into the mountain people's formation. In the blink of an eye, they were like sharp blades slicing through tofu, reaching the center of the military formation, and then stopped there, unable to penetrate.
Li Zhi slashed forward with his sword. The sword energy swept through dozens of mountain people, instantly taking away their lives. However, more mountain people immediately filled the gap.
Li Zhi slashed with his sword several times, and then he realized something was wrong. He couldn't penetrate the enemy's formation!
How is this possible?
The mountain people's army formation remained unchanged from the last time. Li Zhi's charging position was also carefully selected. The 10,000 cavalry behind him were all elite, and their number was also greater than that of Wei Yuan that day.
But in front of Wei Yuan, the mountain army formation was just like paper. How come it turned into an iron wall when it came to him?
Li Zhi was shocked and angry. He thought that his military skills were above that of Wei Yuan, and just a little worse than Bao Yun. So what went wrong?
But now is not the time to dwell on this. Li Zhi is very aware of the danger of being trapped if he fails to charge into the formation. He immediately shouted for a fierce battle and led the cavalry forward to charge desperately. At the same time, the commander of the rear troops saw that the situation was not good, and immediately attacked with the whole army and came over.
Rescue.
The two armies fought in a melee.
An hour later, several thousand remaining soldiers embraced Li Zhi and fled out of the valley. Seeing that no mountain people were chasing them, they slowed down slightly.
Li Zhi's face turned pale, he stopped his horse and looked back.
A Dharma monk next to him said: "Many soldiers will cross the mountains and ridges, but there is still a chance to come back. Fortunately, this time we have the flying sword and gun presented by Ningxi Jiedushi Master Wei, otherwise it would not be so easy to break through."
Li Zhi suddenly said: "Send someone to Qingming to buy another three hundred flying sword guns. Each gun requires two hundred flying swords!"
A general said: "Sir, this gun requires Daoji monks to use it. We don't have that many Daoji monks."
"When the guns come, we will have them."
"Yes, sir."
Shortly after Wei Yuan returned to the realm, someone sent over a stack of jade paper, which recorded the customs, mountains and river geography, special products and mineral deposits, as well as the distribution of important figures and forces in the seven counties in the west of Ningzhou, which is the territory of the Xu family.
Sun Chaoen always acted vigorously and resolutely.
There are hundreds of thousands of words in this information. Wei Yuan looked at it carefully and an hour passed before he knew it. With his physical strength, he actually felt a little tired. After all, this was the first time Wei Yuan thought about means other than war.
, and it was also the first time that I thought about the problem from a global perspective.
Wei Yuan put down the information and went to take a look at the mountains and rivers.
The family that had welcomed the wedding was even more happy now. The bride was fair and lovely. She was stroking her slightly swollen belly and sitting in the courtyard with a look of happiness and expectation. There was a spiritual tree planted in the small courtyard, and there was a tree in the corner.
There are some freshly planted spiritual flowers and spiritual grasses.
Wei Yuan looked at it for a while and felt a lot more at ease, so his consciousness left the place.
The main body of the training hall has been built, with three halls and six floors, which is quite large. It seems that the people of the training hall are quite ambitious and have reserved the future scale. There are three apse halls that have been built.
In the training position, three people are practicing at the moment.
With a sweep of his consciousness, Wei Yuan knew that the person in the middle was extremely talented. At this moment, his body was fully formed and he was waiting for the opportunity to achieve Taoism. The other person's talent was not bad, and he was also at the level of Tianji in the outside world, but the one on the far left
One person's talent is mediocre, and Wei Yuan is probably just a foundation at most. He doesn't know why his abilities are superior to those of many far more talented people outside, so he is sitting in the palace practicing.
At this time, although the sky is still mainly dark red, the dark red in the center has become much lighter, with a faint hint of blue.
Western Jin Dynasty, royal capital.
King Jin held the wine glass and looked at the sunset in the sky. He was in a happy mood. He raised his glass to the setting sun and drank a full glass. Zhao Tong next to him immediately asked: "Why is the Holy King so happy?"
The King of Jin smiled and said: "The country's fortunes are improving day by day, how can I not be happy?"
Chapter completed!