In the handsome tent, a group of people surrounded Hu Yanyun, all looking forward to hearing his story.
Hu Yanyun took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "Thanks to Dongzhu Han this time, he is not as powerful as him in many things. We can't buy kerosene at all. Let's first get three thousand barrels of kerosene from the county warehouse.
Then he collected oil in the county and collected it at a price that was 50% higher than the market price. As a result, he collected more than 5,000 barrels of kerosene in a few days.
At this time, five thousand puppet Qi troops suddenly came and took over the oil fields in Yanzhou. The situation was very critical. He actually bribed the county government and transported more than 6,000 barrels of oil out of the city overnight."
Chen Qing said happily: "I will convert the money I should give him back into silver and give it to him to do things for us. I can't treat him badly. I am also planning to use him to make kerosene for a long time!"
"It should be possible. Even if there is military supervision, it is impossible to cover everything. They will definitely find a way."
Chen Qing asked again: "Where will you replenish supplies on the way?"
Hu Yanyun quickly said to Chen Qing: "We have been in Longde County, Deshun Prefecture, and have stayed in the county for more than ten days. There are no puppet Qi troops there, and there are no puppet Qi troops in the entire Deshun Prefecture. Dutong, I think this is a
Chance."
Chen Qing nodded and said with a smile: "We will discuss this issue tomorrow. You can go back and have a good rest now, and then visit your fiancée. I will arrange the wedding for you in two days."
Hu Yanyun felt embarrassed and left as everyone laughed. Chen Qing waved to everyone and said, "Let's go! Let's go check out the kerosene."
Now that his wife is pregnant, Chen Qing's nights are more miserable. At least the joy of sex is gone, so he has to focus on other aspects.
At night, Chen Qing was still pacing in his study. There was a map on his desk, which was the entire map of Xihe Road. He was officially named the Jiedushi of Xihe Road by the imperial court. Of course, he did not want to be a nominal Jiedushi.
, he must take back all of Xihe Road, and thinking about it, it is not easy to do so.
Xihe Road includes Xi, He, Tao, Min, Lan, Hui, Huang, Xining and other eight states as well as Tongyuan Army, which is equivalent to today's southern Gansu, northeastern Qinghai and northwest Sichuan, and does not include where he is now
Qinzhou.
But it was impossible for him to give up Qinzhou and move to the west, and Qinzhou and Xihe Road were separated by Gongzhou, which meant that he had to take Gongzhou into his pocket.
There is also the Deshun Prefecture that Hu Yanyun mentioned today. Chen Qing is considering whether to capture it. It is best to capture it to ensure the safety of Qinzhou. However, taking Deshun Prefecture will inevitably threaten Pingliang Prefecture. This must be weighed carefully.
Ichiban.
Now his eyes were looking westward. He knew that Xixia occupied a lot of territory, but they did not know the specific situation. It was said that there were remnants of Qingtang and Tubo forces in the Hehuang area.
At this time, the door opened, and Lu Xiu came in with a cup of tea, "Husband, it's so late, why don't you rest?"
Chen Qing smiled and said: "There is an important meeting tomorrow. I have to prepare it first. Madam, go to bed first!"
Lu Xiu hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Husband, actually they can do it too."
Chen Qing was startled, then understood and quickly shook his head, "No, they are too young."
"Husband, they had their monthly period last year."
"Or not!"
Chen Qing stepped forward, hugged his wife to his chest and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about me. Isn't it the same if I didn't have a woman before?"
Lu Xiu smiled and said: "That's different. The cat has never eaten fishy food before, so it doesn't matter. But it has already tasted it. How can you let it tolerate the temptation of fishy food outside? Instead of bringing another woman back,
It's better to let two little ladies serve you."
"They are still too young. It will harm them physically and mentally. Just wait a few more years!"
Chen Qing whispered a few words to Lu Xiu. Lu Xiu blushed and said coyly: "Is this okay?"
Chen Qing said with a smile: "At least it won't hurt the child, and I won't go out to steal things!"
"Okay!" Lu Xiu reluctantly nodded and agreed.
"Let them boil more hot water!"
Chen Qing had no time to think about important matters and quickly asked Yu Ying and Yu Lian to boil water.
That night, the couple had another affectionate relationship. They were in high spirits and chatted about their unborn child. They chatted until two o'clock before falling asleep from exhaustion.
After entering the non-wartime state, the soldiers do not need to light their heads. The soldiers can also sleep a little longer. They will not get up until the morning glow comes out, wash up, have breakfast, and then prepare for assembly training. Generally, several generals take turns to be responsible for the morning assembly training.
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Chen Qing didn't need to do everything personally, and he didn't need to come so early. He arrived at the main tent on time at about two quarters past two o'clock, that is, at 6:30 in the morning.
The soldiers had already made tea for him. As soon as Chen Qing sat down, Zhang Xiao quickly walked into the tent and handed him a document, "This is the urgent express message I received last night from someone sent by Wang Huai."
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Chen Qing suddenly felt something bad and asked anxiously: "What happened?"
Zhang Xiao sighed and said: "The Jin soldiers massacred Chengji County!"
"ah!"
Chen Qing was shocked, "How many people died?"
"More than a thousand people died, mostly old people. Wang Tongpan's father, Wang Yu, was also killed."
"Why are they all old people?"
"Wang Huai received the news in advance and led most of the people to hide in Chigu Fort, but many old people were unwilling to leave. As a result, they were poisoned. Wanyan drank Lisa and ordered to set fire to it. More than half of the county seat was burned down, and the city walls were also destroyed.
Most of it collapsed."
Chen Qing's eyes were filled with anger, and he said coldly: "Did Wan Yan drink Li Sagan?"
Zhang Xiao nodded, "Maybe he attacked Chengji County because his hatred for Dutong could not be vented."
"I have to go to Chengji County right away. Please make arrangements to have the camels carry food and tents there immediately. All other matters will be postponed until I come back."
Chen Qing immediately wrote a letter to his wife and asked his soldiers to deliver it to his home.
He immediately ordered three thousand cavalry, each carrying ten days of dry food, and each carrying another bag of food, then left Ganquan Fort and rushed towards Chengji County at lightning speed.
Just after Chen Qing left, Yang Yuanqing arranged for another 10,000 shi of grain and 2,000 tents, and Hu Yantong led the army to escort the ox carts and camels to Chengji County for disaster relief.
Two days later, Chen Qing arrived in Chengji County, three hundred miles away.
The scene in front of him was shocking. Three of the four city walls collapsed, more than half of the houses in the city were burned, and tens of thousands of people were left homeless. Many people were either crowded into one house or living in ruins.
Hearing that Chen Qing had arrived, tens of thousands of people in the city ran out and cried loudly. Chen Qing felt really uncomfortable. He immediately ordered his soldiers to cook porridge to help the hungry and cold people.
At this time, Wang Huai, the general judge, stepped forward to salute and said with tears: "The Jurchens are too cruel, even the elderly are not spared. My father angrily criticized the Jin soldiers for being cruel, and as a result, he was pierced by more than a dozen spears."
When Wang Huai talked about his sadness, he covered his face and cried loudly. All the people cried together, and the sound of crying was loud.
Chen Qing stood on a high place and shouted loudly: "As the so-called blood debt must be repaid with blood, I, Chen Qing, promise all my fathers and fellow villagers that one day, sooner or later, I will definitely use Yanhe Lisha's head to offer sacrifices to the dead villagers and deceased people."
He has passed away, please express your condolences, I will let the soldiers help you rebuild your home!"
Wang Huai raised his arms and shouted: "Blood debt must be repaid with blood!"
Tens of thousands of people raised their arms and shouted, "Blood debt must be repaid with blood!"
Although everyone's emotions were calmed, real difficulties lay ahead. There was no housing, not enough food, and heavy property losses.
Wang Huai sighed and said to Chen Qing: "Thanks to Wanyan Wushu's military advisor Fan Gong this time, he sent someone to tell us that the Jin soldiers might massacre the city. We escaped overnight with only a little food and clothes, and hid in Chigu Fort for three days.
, it was like this when I came back, there was no food, and the houses were burned down. Thanks to Qingshui County, which sent people in time to send hundreds of stones of food, tens of thousands of people got a bite to eat. Now I really don’t know what to do.
good?"
Chen Qing nodded and said: "Probably the day after tomorrow! Tents and food will be sent for everyone to settle down, and then we will consider how to rebuild our homes. It's just right. I want to rebuild the city wall. How many men are there under the age of fifty?"
"Probably more than 10,000 people!"
"Organize them all, and then recruit 20,000 young and strong men from various counties, and hire them to build a new city wall at a salary of fifty cents per person per day. It will be roughly completed before the wheat matures, which will take about a hundred days. After harvesting,
Finish the work after harvesting the wheat.”
Wang Huai thought for a while and said: "If it is built with bricks, it can barely be completed, but if it is built with stone, I'm afraid a hundred days will not be enough."
"Just bake the bricks. I'll send three thousand soldiers here to bake the bricks."
"But even if 30,000 young men work for 100 days, they still need 150,000 guan of money!"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry about money. If Ganquan Fort has money, I will also notify the counties to recruit civilians. Wang Tongpan will first organize the young people in Chengji County to clean up the city walls and the big rocks that can be used."
Come out and get things done first, don’t wait until everyone is here, that would waste too much time!”
Wang Huai nodded silently. The task was very heavy, but with the help of soldiers, it would be a little better.