The battle at Linjiazhuang gave Zhuo Junyan an excuse.
The next day, he sent out an invitation in the name of Wu Liangshui, and then formally sent out a long message to attack Feng Yinhou through Shen Zhengyuan.
It is said that Fengyin Marquis was an unjust official and had no good governance. He colluded with bandits and put the people of Luozhou in dire straits. He even formed cliques for personal gain and fought against dissenters, so he had evil intentions. Now the new governor Shen Zhengyuan is planning for the dawn of the world, and he is accepted by Wu Da
At the invitation of the general, Xingyi Division, Fuyueting, uphold justice, save the people from fire and water, and relieve danger from hanging upside down...
In a word: the enemy is all wrong, and I am all right.
From ancient times to the present, whoever goes out to conquer, whether justified or not, must first have a name, his words must be known to the world, and his words must be called to the people.
In the name of great righteousness, we raise up the teachers of justice, punish the people and punish the unjust.
Zhuo Junyan does not care about the love of the world, but at least he cannot allow himself to stand in a rebellious position.
On the other side, Tang Ning also led her people to start the final assembly work of the artifact. Because the workers were all half-baked and didn't understand shit, Zhuo Junyan also gave up on continuing to practice martial arts and instead threw himself into the hot mass production movement - he
In terms of development strategy, they won over Tang Ning, this time focusing on military technology, but in terms of tactical implementation, they lost to Tang Ning and worked for Tang Ning.
Fortunately, the evil you have done will come to an end and you will be happy.
Today, Zhuo Junyan and Tang Ning were busy at the construction site when they saw Geng Dabiao coming on a fast horse: "Report!"
"What's the matter?"
"Our soldiers who went to buy food were detained by people from Weigou Town!"
boom!
The iron hooves shattered the morning light and trampled the tranquility of Tailhook Town.
A group of iron cavalry rushed into the town like the wind. The officer leading it was fierce and ferocious, shouting loudly: "Damn it, who detained my soldiers?"
People in the town closed their windows one after another, not daring to show their heads. Instead, a large house in the distance opened and a group of soldiers rushed out.
A young strong man in the lead shouted: "I did it!"
The officer looked at the strong man and laughed wildly: "You are so brave! Take him down!"
A group of officers and soldiers rushed forward like wolves and tigers.
"Wait a minute." Zhuo Junyan's voice came from behind.
Everyone fell off their horses and prostrated themselves: "Lord!"
Zhuo Junyan rode through the crowd and looked at the young man: "Why are you detaining my man?"
The young man said: "They are robbing food!"
"Grab food?" Zhuo Junyan looked at the officer.
In this era, the army was arrogant. The so-called food requisition was actually a robbery of food. Some of the ruthless ones even robbed people and drafted strong men into the army. After a period of training, those who were forcibly dragged into the army often became more ferocious and intensified their attacks on others.
common people.
Fortunately, Zhuo Junyan was very demanding in running the army and issued strict orders to only buy food and not to steal it.
So as soon as he heard that the people were harassing people, Zhuo Junyan realized that it was probably one of his own people who had the problem.
Normally, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds.
It's impossible for everyone to be of one mind if you just behave yourself.
The officer's heart trembled. He didn't know what was going on, but it was just a habit. He had to do it first before talking about it.
Zhuo Junyan looked away and said to the young man: "Is it because they don't give you money? Or is the price wrong?"
The young man said sadly and angrily: "It's not about money. Taxes have already been paid on the excess grain. It's good to have enough left over to feed yourself. How can there be any excess grain to sell?"
"In other words, they are at least willing to give you money, but you are unwilling to sell?" Zhuo Junyan breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Zhuo Junyan looked at his troops and thought they were weak, the fact is that in this era, the army is actually absolutely strict, so he misunderstood what happened this time.
A village warrior behind the young man said: "If we sell the grain, what will we eat?"
Zhuo Junyan glanced at the other party coldly, then turned to the officer and said, "Can you ask clearly next time before taking action? Or do you think there is no difference between being here with me and being with the red scarf bandits?"
This officer's name is Zhao Nanchong. He was stolen from the former Red Scarf. He is fierce in combat and has a barbaric style. This style is very popular in the army. When you go out to do things, you can't avoid being barbaric.
Of course, it's fortunate that he misunderstood, otherwise the people below might cause new troubles.
Zhao Nanchong also felt ashamed: "Yes, I know my mistake!"
"Remember, prestige is for the enemy, not for your own people." Zhuo Junyan said and looked at the young man: "What's your name?"
"Feng Sanshui." The young man patted his chest: "I did this. If we didn't sell it, they would rob it. We had no choice but to take action. If you have any problem, just come to me."
Zhuo Junyan said coldly: "Let my people go first. We can talk about the food. Don't worry, I won't force you to death."
Hearing what he said, Feng Sanshui had no choice but to nod to the person behind him.
After a while, several officers and soldiers were released.
Feng Sanshui said: "The man has been released. I captured him. You must be Master Zhuo. I heard about your reputation. If you come to me for anything, it has nothing to do with the people of this place."
"It's not you who has the final say whether it's relevant or not." Zhuo Junyan said coldly: "The rich land in the south of the Yangtze River is the granary of the world, and it's just the time for the autumn harvest. If the people here don't have enough food, everyone in the world will starve to death.
I understand that you don’t want to sell rations. But I, Zhuo Junyan, also have my own bottom line. If I don’t sell the excess, don’t blame me for not being reasonable to you.”
Zhuo Junyan has his own principles, grabbing food is not allowed, but he will not be easily fooled by the other party - ordinary people may not be all honest people.
At this moment, he turned his head and shouted: "Listen, everyone, search for food from house to house, but no looting is allowed. After finding the food, it will be two stones per person, and any excess food will be taken out and placed outside the door. I will arrive.
We need to see if the rations are insufficient, or if we have food but are not selling it, and are deliberately making things difficult!"
Feng Sanshui shouted: "Zhuo Junyan, you can't!"
Snapped!
Zhuo Junyan had already slapped Feng Sanshui and sent him flying away.
Looking at Feng Sanshui angrily, Zhuo Junyan said: "My conscience has a bottom line. I won't let you starve to death, that's the bottom line. Search for me!"
As he spoke, large groups of soldiers rushed into every house, searching from house to house.
Soon, soldiers found the excess grain and placed it at the door. A closer look revealed that every household had surplus grain.
As Zhuo Junyan said, in the prosperous areas south of the Yangtze River, although people are not living in great wealth, they are still rich, and they are not living in poverty.
There are not only families in the town, but also businesses and grain shops.
More grain was collected from the grain farm.
The long streets were filled with grains of varying amounts. Anyone who had stocked grain was driven to the door to wait for it.
Zhuo Junyan stood on a high place and looked around. At least seven or eight households out of ten had surplus grain, and some of them had abundant surplus grain.
Faced with this situation, Feng Sanshui was also dumbfounded.
He suddenly rushed over, grabbed a middle-aged woman's hand and said, "Aunt Li, didn't you say there is no food left at home? Why can you still find this in your home?"
The woman shook off Feng Sanshui's hand and said in a sharp voice: "How do I know? It's not accurate. Besides, what if the year is not good and the harvest is not much. The war is about to start, and food is needed everywhere.
Food prices will rise at some point..."
As he spoke, he lowered his head and said nothing.
Zhuo Junyan already smiled.
Using the lion's roar, Zhuo Junyan said in a long voice: "With the war, the price of food will rise. If you want to hoard food and sell it at a high price, you will not give it to me at a fair price. People in the world are afraid of power and have no morality. If I directly requisition food, I will simply
I'm afraid it won't be a lot of trouble to grab it. So in this world, evil people don't want to do it, and good people can't do it! I tell you about your conscience, so you can tell me about the price of food. Since the price of food is high, the price of food will be high, so today I don't want to do it.
This conscience is compromised!!!"
As he spoke, his face sank: "Any family with surplus grain will take away the surplus grain and give them money, but only 80% of it! As for those grain store merchants, they will not sell the grain if they have it, which is extremely abominable. All the grain will be confiscated, and no one else will
Give me ten sticks!"
The cry is like thunder, shaking the sky and shaking the heart and soul!
Following Zhuo Junyan's order, a wailing sound erupted in Weigou Town, and Zhuo Junyan's intimidation value also skyrocketed. This peerless and arrogant image was even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!
This made Zhuo Junyan suddenly realize: Huh? It seems that requisitioning grain is also a good way to gain deterrence. Combined with looting large households, it can be a deterrent even without fighting.
Very good!
How wonderful!
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The matter of grain requisition allowed Zhuo Junyan to discover a "golden avenue" leading to an increase in deterrence value.
If a war breaks out, the people will be punished!
As long as there is demand, there will inevitably be contradictions and conflicts, and there will be room for deterrence to breed.
So from that day on, in addition to doing "projects" with Tang Ning, Zhuo Junyan also worked with the logistics team to collect supplies.
Forage, horses, baggage, steel, water, whatever is needed, Zhuo Junyan will be there.
Deter the people externally and the soldiers internally.
The army has military regulations, and the people have civil laws.
Zhuo Junyan used his own morality and needs as the standard to draw a brand new code of conduct between feudal and modern society.
This standard is not as high as modern society, but it is definitely higher than Hongyuan's standard.
This makes him fierce, domineering, and domineering, but his reputation is not that bad.
Of course, there are also haters.
The most important thing is that Zhuo Junyan is very cruel to the rich, which is a typical method of equalizing wealth.
However, the discipline of the Imperial Army was strict, and the soldiers did not disturb or rob the people. The military expenses were paid as usual, which gave many people a chance to survive, so it actually improved the living standards of the people in the four cities of Luozhou.
If Head Zhuo's conduct style wasn't too "fierce", everyone would have given him a memorial tablet.
So in the days that followed, Zhuo Junyan rode his horse all the way and threatened everywhere. On the one hand, he searched for what he needed for the army, and on the other hand, he also threatened the skyrocketing prices again.
The scar-faced god of death is fierce and majestic.