There are more than a dozen cities in Zhenbei Wangfan. Pingyang County captured them in just a short while, and the others will not be slower.
The question is, how come this is the end of King Zhenbei?
They don't understand.
Zhao Xiaole did not explain, and said: "We will wait and see."
Time passes quickly.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Qin Sining has been extremely busy for the past three days.
After Zhenbei Wangfandi was captured, she needed to do a lot of follow-up work.
She was the prime minister of the imperial court and concurrently held the posts of the Ministry of Personnel and the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Her power was as high as that of a minister.
The prince gave her the green light for the appointment of low-level officials.
She can make appointments herself without asking the court for instructions.
Select officials.
Divide administrative tasks.
Measure the land.
There is so much work to be done.
She couldn't do it alone, so later on, she followed Zhao Xiaole's example and delegated all the work to the people below her.
Her job suddenly became easier.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, this is the land reform policy of Hulu County. Please take a look at it." The county magistrate handed over the prepared document.
Qin Sining took one look at it, nodded and said, "I agree."
"Prime Minister, do you still need to think carefully? If you are so hasty, it will be difficult to handle if something goes wrong."
The county magistrate murmured in his heart.
Can you be more serious?
Just one look and that's all?
Qin Sining chuckled and said: "You are responsible for the documents you ordered. If something goes wrong, I will chop your head off."
"Ah...this!"
The county magistrate looked panicked and didn't know how to respond.
Qin Sining frowned slightly and asked doubtfully: "Is it possible that there is something wrong with your document? It cannot be implemented?"
The county magistrate hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, there is nothing wrong with the documents."
Qin Sining nodded, "Then do it."
The county magistrate did not dare to say anything more, wiped the sweat on his forehead, said goodbye and left.
Delegate work.
There is only one job left for her.
Accountability.
She can just hold anyone accountable if they do something bad.
All the work was shouldered, and she was exhausted to death.
She felt relaxed and did her work faster.
In three days, all the counties outside Hongzhou were conquered, and the land reform work was completed.
Militias were gradually formed.
The purpose was to prevent the entry of Jin and Yue people.
But it's not enough to rely on them.
The Jin Yiwei and the Imperial Guards are constantly patrolling, and it is enough to combine them with the militia to defend the borders and guard the city.
The militia maintains basic security issues and serves as the eyes, ears and scouts of the regular army.
If there is any disturbance on the border, they are the first to hear the news.
The border people grazing herds, the muddy children, and the nagging peasant women.
Wherever they can see, any abnormal activity of the enemy will be difficult to escape their sight.
All the prisoners in the prison were released.
Many of them are innocent, and there are now more people in jails.
They are all spies captured by the militia in recent days.
In full view of the public, the spies had nowhere to hide.
Why are people so keen on arresting them?
The reason is very simple. Zhao Xiaole opened the granary and distributed the rations left by King Zhenbei for the defenders to the people.
Coupled with the food provided by the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce and the imperial court, the people were able to survive the winter.
Some of their current land has been planted with food, and some have just been planted. No matter what kind of land it is, it has become the reason why they actively support Zhao Xiaole.
The land and food themselves did not belong to them. They only owned the land when Zhao Xiaole came.
What if Zhao Xiaole loses?
What about the sudden return of the gentry and officials?
The King of Zhenbei will definitely bring his troops and horses to take back the land and food that have been divided.
That's not land, it's people's lives.
They cannot let Zhao Xiaole be defeated.
It is necessary to help Zhao Xiaole fight.
Militias were formed one after another.
The Jin and Yue armies tried to enter the country twice, but Jin Yiwei and Pixiu Camp rushed over in time.
When the Yue people heard about it, they fled.
The Jin Kingdom had never seen the power of Pixiu, but they finally did.
More than 10,000 corpses were left behind and they fled in panic. The remaining people never dared to enter Jingyang again.
The Jinyang Chamber of Commerce tried to send goods to Xuzhou to further squeeze the gold and silver stored in Xuzhou.
Their caravan was intercepted by militiamen, and conflicts broke out between the two sides.
After Jin Yiwei arrived, the matter was mediated.
Wang Chong seized all the goods of the caravan on the grounds that the Jinyang Chamber of Commerce had killed border residents. The Jinyang Chamber of Commerce expressed dissatisfaction.
"Your militiamen also killed our people."
Wang Chong immediately pulled out the Xiuchundao and said with a smile: "Kill your people? Why didn't I see it?"
"Did any of you see it?"
The militiamen and uniformed guards all sneered and said no.
In the Jinyang caravan, there was a young man who was dissatisfied and shouted with a red face: "In broad daylight, the world is bright, you are so disrespectful of human life..."
The words are not finished yet.
Whoosh whoosh!
Several arrows flew and killed him on the spot.
Wang Chong snorted coldly: "Who saw us killing people?"
No one answered.
The goods were intercepted, and wine, food, gold and silver were distributed to the people.
The remaining strategic supplies were returned to the military camp.
Among them are some divas.
Members of the Jinyang caravan also confiscated their weapons and took them to the county jail.
Hongzhou can also make wine. Their dignitaries stay in the city and consume countless amounts of wine.
King Zhenbei will not allow it to be made using the city's grain to make wine.
The only way is to buy it from outside.
The Jinyang Chamber of Commerce saw the opportunity and sold drinks inside.
Zhao Xiaole instructed Jin Yiwei to pretend to be from the Jinyang Chamber of Commerce, raise the price of drinks, and send them to Hongzhou.
They can sell whatever they want.
Luxury goods top the list.
The price will be at least ten times higher.
It is not uncommon to see it doubled to twenty or thirty times.
Zhao Xiaole uses goods to plunder their money to see how long they can last?
Transporting goods is a way to deal with Hongzhou.
Zhao Xiaole also put idle militiamen in charge of digging trenches.
The excavated soil continued to be built into a high platform.
High towers were erected on three sides of the city in Hongzhou. The militiamen were from farming backgrounds, and the high towers built by them were more solid than those built by the soldiers.
Zhao Xiaole placed five hundred artillery pieces on the left and right, and bombarded the city walls of Hongzhou at the same time.
After the artillery production method was leaked, a large number of artillery pieces were produced by the private sector.
The difference in artillery is not the quantity, but the shells.
It is not easy to refine iron balls, and it is also difficult to break them out and recycle them. Shenjiying thought of using stones instead.
The stones will break when hit on the city wall, saving you the trouble of recycling the iron balls.
If the iron ball is recovered by the King of Zhenbei and uses their cannonballs to hit them in turn, the gain will outweigh the loss.
Five hundred artillery pieces were firing day and night.
The city walls of Hongzhou are shattered all the time.
Ordinary people staying in Hongzhou will feel like they are in the center of an earthquake, and their houses will shake every day. After a long time, people will gradually get used to it.
The people's resentment towards King Zhenbei became more and more serious.