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Dong Wenbing did not think that the Eagle Guards could stop smuggling between Henan and Guanzhong.
Because since Mongolia took over the Central Plains, local governance has been very loose. Lords, squires, and powerful people from all over the world have not just started doing business today.
The problem now is that when Li Xia rose rapidly, Kublai Khan realized that the loose, herding-like governance in the past was no longer enough, so he began to take back power.
If Mongolia exterminated the Jin Dynasty, it would be a process of going from being strict to being lenient towards local powerful people, but now it is going from being lenient to being strict.
I'm afraid this won't be easy and will inevitably cause some confusion.
Along with chaos, can smuggling really be banned?
But on the other hand, Dong Wenbing also understood that his Majesty the Yuan Emperor must begin to take back power, and there was no second choice.
When facing the Song and Jin countries, the simpler Mongolia's system was, the more advantageous it was. However, once faced with emerging forces like Li Xia, Mongolia's simple and advantageous system was like a broken net that was about to lose its prey.
It’s impossible not to mend it...
Dong Wenbing did not dare to think deeply about this matter.
He didn't know how long it would take for the Eagle Guard to find out Guo Hongjing. Out of love for his talent, he gave the reminder today.
Guo Hongjing received this reminder, but felt very disappointed.
He knew that His Majesty and Zhongshu Sheng must want to build water conservancy, irrigate acres of land, develop farming, and increase money and grain. This is why he sent his brother and Prime Minister Zhang to farm in Xixia, and also sent him to Henan.
But in recent years, compared with building canals and farming, it seems that beating Li Xia is the most important thing.
Especially after the First World War in Hancheng, people everywhere said that some princes were collaborating with the enemy and must be investigated strictly, so everyone was in danger.
Guo Hongjing was too lazy to think about this anymore, and he had no intention of giving up Junzhou's water conservancy as Dong Wenbing said.
He simply rode out of the city alone.
There is an ancient canal outside Junzhou City, called Qianqu, which has long been abandoned due to wars.
According to Guo Hongjing's plan, the main canals can be rebuilt, which can initially irrigate thousands of hectares of fertile farmland and improve the water quality in the city.
Braving the wind and snow, I came to Yuezhuang Village again. I could see along the main canal that there was no sign of construction at all.
Yuezhuang Village is still the same as when I arrived, but it seems to be more dilapidated.
There was a thin figure walking slowly at the entrance of the village carrying a bundle of firewood. Guo Hongjing rushed up and tried to shout: "Uncle Yue?"
The old man carrying firewood turned around, smiled and shouted: "Xianggong Guo is back!"
This was a local he met when he came here for surveying. Guo Hongjing became somewhat familiar with him and said, "It's really Uncle Yue. Why haven't you started building the main canal yet?"
"What?! It's windy and snowy outside. Mr. Guo, please come inside quickly..."
In fact, there is air leakage in the house.
Fortunately, after throwing the firewood into the stove and burning it, Guo Hongjing and his uncle-in-law's family of four gathered around the stove, so it wasn't too cold.
"Ms. Guo, look at this." Uncle Yue tremblingly took out a big piece of wood and said, "Ms. Guo, you wrote this back then. The little old man has been reluctant to burn it."
At this point, he smiled stupidly, laughing at himself for being stupid. He then said, "But the little old man has forgotten what Mr. Guo read at that time, and he can't understand it."
Guo Hongjing looked at it and muttered in a low voice: "Yu's merits for thousands of years are in water, and the new canals will benefit the people forever."
This is exactly the sentence he wrote with charcoal in high spirits when he was planning the main canal.
"Why hasn't this canal been repaired?" Guo Hongjing asked.
"I don't know, I guess it will be repaired next year." Uncle Yue said with a smile.
"Where is Brother Yue?"
"I accepted the corvee and will be back today."
"If it is not repaired, what will we do if we collect corvees?"
"It's said that he is building a big house for the Oulu officials." Uncle Yue shook his head and sighed: "Oh, when it comes to this boss, he even dares to borrow lambs..."
"Lamb Leigh?"
Guo Hongjing frowned, knowing that this family's harvest would not be able to survive the new year if they did not borrow money.
Like this, he can help one family, but how many families can he help? Only by building canals can hundreds or even thousands of families be helped at once.
He turned around and looked into the house, but he didn't see any belongings, not even a table for eating. Instead, he saw two buckets placed in the corner of the house.
The two buckets were broken, and wooden boards were tied up with tree vines.
"Uncle Yue." Guo Hongjing sighed and asked, "Should you carry water to the river two miles away?"
"What's the use?" Uncle Yue said with a smile, "Isn't it snowing anymore? I haven't gone to fetch water for a while. It's hard to collect firewood in winter, and it's very cold at night without firewood..."
Guo Hongjing was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "Then to water the fields next year, we will have to carry buckets of water from two miles away, right?"
"Does Xianggong Guo know that the canal can be built next year? If he can catch up, won't there be water to irrigate the fields the year after next? If the canal is built, the young man can also do corvee work, which is better than carrying water..."
Guo Hongjing listened and then saw the words "The new canal will benefit the people forever" written on the firewood in Uncle Yue's hand, and suddenly felt a soreness in his nose.
He violently snatched the firewood and threw it into the stove.
"Xianggong Guo? How could this happen!"
Uncle Yue quickly grabbed the firewood and wiped it twice with his hands, not afraid of being cut by the thorns on it.
"How could Mr. Guo's calligraphy be burned? A while ago, a scholar from a neighboring village said that the calligraphy was the best and he had good calligraphy..."
"Gene Era"
"Just burn it." Guo Hongjing said, "It's just a piece of wood."
He patted his knees dejectedly and muttered to himself again, not sure whether he was talking about the firewood or himself.
"It's just wood."
…
suddenly.
"Someone ran away!"
"Get him!"
There were shouts from outside.
"The boss is back?" Uncle Yue muttered to himself, still holding the firewood in his hand, he stood up and opened the door.
Guo Hongjing, who was sitting by the stove, raised his head and saw that Uncle Yue's eldest son had just walked to the courtyard gate, then turned around and ran away into the distance.
However, two people rushed out from near the house and violently chased after him.
Guo Hongjing didn't understand what was going on at the moment.
I saw the two men chasing Mr. Yue wearing thick soap clothes with a piece of leather sewn on their shoulders. They were shouting while chasing.
"Take it!"
"To survive..."
Following this shout, one of them picked up a crossbow.
"puff."
The eldest son of the Yue family, who was still running, fell to the ground, with blood on his back.
~~
"do you died?"
"Be careful if he fakes his death and fights back."
After Liu Qiantong told his subordinates, he turned around and walked back to the house.
He came here today to follow Guo Hongjing.
If there are officials in Henan who are collaborating with the enemy, Guo Hongjing is obviously the most suspicious one, especially since he went out of the city alone today, he must have met with the Secretary of the Military Intelligence Department.
Liu Qiantong led his people to follow him from a distance. When he entered a private house, he quietly went over and eavesdropped.
As soon as I got close to the window, I heard that Guo Hongjing was about to burn something inside.
Immediately afterwards, a man who was coming to meet him turned around and ran away after spotting him.
It is basically certain that the collaborator is indeed the Zhang family's son-in-law and Li Xia's brother-in-law Guo Hongjing.
As for why Zhang Erlang exposed this scandal? It was just that Jiu Badu discovered it and found an excuse.
As the commander said, only Jiubadu is the most loyal to the Zhang family...
Liu Qiantong thought about this, slowly pulled out his knife and walked towards Guo Hongjing.
"Who are you?! What are you doing?!"
Guo Hongjing also strode towards Liu Qantong.
He had already recognized it. This was one of the guards who had only recently come to Dong Wenbing's side. In fact, he was the rumored Eagle Guard.
"Do you still have Wang Fa in your eyes?!"
"Guo Hongjing, is that you? Collaborating with the enemy and treason."
"I've never……"
In the middle of Guo Hongjing's words, he suddenly felt something shaking beside him. He saw Uncle Yue rushing toward Liu Qiantong with the firewood in his hand.
"puff."
There was a soft sound and the old man fell to the ground.
The firewood also fell into the snow.
Another Eagle Guard spy came out from behind, stepped on the body on the ground, pulled out the knife, turned around and walked into the house.
Guo Hongjing was stunned and rushed to stop him. He felt pain in his back and was pushed to the ground by Liu Qantong.
The snow was cold, and his heart felt even colder.
"no!"
Guo Hongjing quickly shouted: "Listen to me! I didn't collaborate with the enemy... He just ran away with the help of the lamb... Don't..."
"It doesn't matter if you don't want to recruit me. I'll take you to see someone. Sooner or later you will be able to recruit me."
"not us!"
With a "Gada" sound, Liu Qiantong had already twisted Guo Hongjing's jaw out of its socket, tied him up and dragged him out.
Several screams were heard in the room, but they quickly calmed down.
Guo Hongjing tried his best to look back, but he could only see blood flowing across the floor of the room, and a weak hand fell down.
~~
"I told you not to alert others."
In the woods, Liu Luo, who was looking at the horses, saw that Liu Qiantong had captured Guo Hongjing. He frowned and said, "Hundred households will take this opportunity to send people to sneak into Tongguan."
"What do I think? I happened to be caught by a spy from the Military Intelligence Department, so I had to capture him and hand him over to hundreds of households for disposal."
"Okay, let's go back to the city first so we don't get encountered by Dong Wenbing's people."
"I think Dong Wenbing is also suspicious. They met this morning."
"You will know after examining it."
Soon, the other two spies came over and entered the woods, but first they whispered: "There seems to be no sign that this family is from the Military Intelligence Department."
"Impossible, Guo Hongjing is definitely suspicious."
"I think there are many suspicious people, and Guo Hongjing is the best one to deal with."
"I think we should try the first trial before handing the person over to hundreds of households?"
"Trial."
The young man from Yanjing had no sense of propriety in doing things, and said: "If you make a mistake, I will kill you with a knife."
"You are also an official and the son-in-law of the Zhang family. Have we gone too far today?"
"What are you afraid of? You are still the emperor's guard."
"Do you know? Li Xia also killed a prospective son-in-law of the Zhang family back then, and later replaced him with his own body. I should follow suit..."
Soon, a torture session began in the woods.
There is a lot of snow on the crown of the trees, which presses the branches and leaves very low, making the woods a little dark.
Liu Lu leaned over, pressed Guo Hongjing's chin, put it back in place, and asked, "When did you collude with Li Xia?"
"puff."
Someone came out from behind a big tree and stabbed Liu Qiantong in the throat with a sword.
The blood was dripping on Liu Luo's neck and side of his face, and was a little warm. He looked up and heard another "pop" sound. Another person came out and knocked over another Eagle Guard spy with a knife.
"..."
Soon, another torture session began in the woods.
"The clothes are very conspicuous. Do all point guards wear them like this?"
"You damn... uh... damn... don't even think about asking me to recruit you... ah! ah..."
"A few people from Junzhou Iron and Steel Factory are missing. Where are they?"
"Uh... there is a private salt shop in Fudong Lane in Junzhou City..."