In fact, Polo Buhua got the news earlier than Huang Boyan.
When the news came, Polo Buhua was watching a theater with her princess.
After hearing this, Princess Zhennan hurriedly said: "Your Highness, why not use this as an excuse to get rid of the bandits in Longtan Village to repay the humiliation of the deception that day!"
Bo Luo Buhua snorted and said: "Two days ago, Mr. Miao came to report that Fang Guozhen was out of food and grass and had been repelled by the Taizhou defenders. I had considered this at that time!"
"Then why didn't you take action?"
Bo Luo Buhua sighed: "It was Sun Tongzhi's words that made me give up my thoughts. He said that if we turned against Longtan Village, Zhang Mingjian and Huang Boyan would feel uneasy and might rebel!"
Princess Zhennan said dissatisfied: "They have never deceived us. What are they guilty of?"
Boluo Buhua waved his hand and said: "You are a woman and you don't understand the key here. Don't look at these three families that are hostile to each other. As long as we attack one family, the other two families will share the same hatred, and then there will be chaos!"
Princess Zhennan said angrily: "Then why should they be imprisoned?"
Boluo Buhua said bitterly: "I'm not that old loach like Wang Meng. If he hadn't taken away the seven thousand defenders, why would I be like this?"
Princess Zhennan thought for a while and said: "I really don't understand what he is thinking. Isn't he afraid that Jiangdu will be breached?"
Bo Luo Buhua said coldly: "Not only is he not afraid, he is also looking forward to it! As long as Jiangdu is captured, he can send troops to come back for reinforcements, and there is no need to go to Hangzhou!"
Princess Zhennan felt cold all over and said angrily: "Your Highness, this person doesn't care about your safety, you can't let him go lightly!"
Boluo Buhua snorted and said: "I ordered these thieves to be safe just to deal with him. As long as he attacks Hangzhou and loses troops and generals, I will ask him for his crime!"
Princess Zhennan said: "Then shall we stop the Ximen Army and the Beimen Army from killing each other?"
Bo Luo Buhua curled his lips and said: "That's not necessary. I haven't forgotten my enemies in Longtan Village, but it's just not easy to attack them directly! If Zhang Mingjian can get rid of him for me, that's just right!"
Princess Zhennan smiled slightly and said no more.
The two continued to watch the show. Not long after, Chahu suddenly rushed over and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the conflict at the North Gate is over!"
"Oh? What's the result?"
"Zhang Mingjian's Ximen Army fled!"
Bo Luo Buhua stood up suddenly and lost his voice: "He has several times more people than the Beimen Army. He also has a thousand cavalry. How can he lose?"
Chahu said with a bitter face: "The people in the north of the city are helping the Beimen Army. There are more than 10,000 people. Zhang Mingjian can only run away!"
Boluo Buhua was stunned for a long time and murmured: "Common people? How could they help the Beimen Army?"
"My subordinates don't know, maybe the Beimen Army promised them some benefits."
Polo Buhua snorted and said, "Okay, please step back."
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Longtan Village.
"Military advisor! Sister! The plan was successful. That idiot Zhang Mingjian was beaten away by a group of common people!" Qin Lingsi rushed into the meeting hall.
Looking left and right, the house was empty. A village soldier came forward and said: "The second village master, the military advisor and the big village master are in the No. 4 greenhouse!"
Qin Ling thought "Oh" and turned around and ran towards the greenhouse.
Since grain prices rose and Persian vegetables did not sell for good prices, Zhang Yangquan paid much less attention to vegetables.
He ordered the masons to expand three more greenhouses, one for breeding potatoes, one for breeding sweet potatoes, and one for breeding rice.
Greenhouse No. 4 is the greenhouse for breeding rice.
Qin Lingsi suddenly had some doubts. Zhang Yangquan was more concerned about Greenhouse No. 2 and Greenhouse No. 3 a while ago, because rice cannot be grown on the mountain.
Why did he go to greenhouse No. 4 today?
I quickly ran to the No. 4 greenhouse and saw Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun talking in the corner.
"Sister, military advisor, the plan was successful. Zhang Mingjian was beaten away by the people!" Qin Lingsi walked over with a smile.
Zhang Yangquan turned around and said with a smile: "Thank you, Second Village Master."
Qin Lingsi glanced at her sister and found that her face was rosy and her eyes were shining, and she hurriedly asked: "What are you talking about here?"
Zhang Yangquan said: "Yesterday we talked with some villagers in Shangshui Village and found that the villagers had a better impression of our village than they imagined!"
"So?"
"Do you still remember our last discussion? The military advisor and I were discussing and wanted to move some of the villagers to the abandoned villages at the foot of the mountain. There are a lot of fertile fields near those villages. We can buy the fields and plant the military advisor's new rice.
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Qin Lingsi was surprised and said: "Isn't that too dangerous? If the government turns against us, won't the rice we plant become theirs?"
Zhang Yangquan mused: "There is indeed a risk, but now that the wasteland in the village has been reclaimed, nearly a thousand villagers originally had no land, and more than two thousand people came yesterday. We cannot let them idle in the village!
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"Can we let them go to other mountains or open up wasteland halfway up the mountain?"
Zhang Yangquan shook his head and said: "Without the protection of the village, the food grown on the mountainside is not safe. It is better to take a risk and let the villagers go down the mountain to form a village community and cultivate fertile land."
Qin Ling thought for a moment and said, "With so much land, it probably won't be cheap."
During this period, land annexation was serious. Almost all the fertile farmland on the outskirts of Jiangdu fell into the hands of the rich in the city. The common people could only rent crops or work for the rich as part-time or long-term workers.
Zhang Yangquan mused: "Nowadays, there are wars everywhere and the land is vast and sparsely populated. This is when the price of land is at its lowest, so it shouldn't be too expensive."
"Then how many people should we let down the mountain?"
Qin Lingjun smiled and said: "There are abandoned villages fifteen miles to the east and eight miles to the west of Longtan Mountain. We are thinking of moving 2,000 people to these two villages first!"
Qin Lingsi nodded her chin: "Well, it's close, so rescue is pretty convenient."
Zhang Yangquan continued: "In addition, we plan to use the village to pay for the masons to repair the two villages, and then help the villagers down the mountain to buy farm tools, farm cattle, and distribute seeds."
"We need to send some soldiers to protect us!" Qin Lingsi added.
Zhang Yangquan said with a smile: "This is natural. In the afternoon, notices will be issued in the village to recruit villagers who are willing to come down the mountain."
Qin Lingjun suddenly said: "It's better to select people directly in the village. If we recruit, there may not be many people willing to come down the mountain."
People who go up the mountain want to live a peaceful life without any intrusion. It is estimated that no one wants to go back down the mountain to live a life of fear.
Zhang Yangquan also understood this truth, but he still wanted to give the villagers some choices, saying: "First make an announcement. If no one volunteers, it will not be too late to make a selection."
Qin Lingsi blinked and said, "There is another question. What should we do if our two self-built villages are discovered by people from the county government?"
Zhang Yangquan said with a smile: "When the time comes, we will call Longtan Village a branch, and I believe they will not dare to make things too difficult."
Now he is responsible for thousands of households in the fifth rank and holds the Beimen Army. He is also a powerful figure in Jiangdu City, and ordinary county government officials do not need to look down on them.
The notice was posted in the square outside the meeting hall, and the villagers discussed it around the notice.
The residents of the new village showed fear and left in a hurry, for fear of being selected. However, the residents of the old village were eager to try and the discussion was very exciting.
First of all, these old villagers are well-informed and know that the village has become a garrison at the north gate of Jiangdu and can protect the northern suburbs.
Secondly, many people have a sense of belonging to the village and are naturally willing to contribute to the village.
By night, the number of villagers who had applied for the draft reached 2,000, most of whom were old villagers. Guo Niansheng registered them one by one.
Around Xu time, the people sent out to explore the two abandoned villages also came back.
The village to the east has more than 200 abandoned houses and 1,000 acres of fertile land.
There are more than 400 abandoned houses in the villages to the west. There is a large farm area nearby, about 10,000 acres, shared by seven or eight villages.
According to nearby villagers, only 2,000 acres of land originally belonged to the people of West Village, and these 2,000 acres were plundered by a fur trader named Xu Yimao.
Xu Yimao's rents were extremely high, and the people in West Village could not make a living, so they had to move elsewhere, which led to the abandonment of West Village.
The same is true in East Village. The thousand acres of land also belong to Xu Yimao's property, forcing the people of East Village to become homeless.