Before the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau appeared, Xie Lingfeng had always regarded He Dingliang as his lifelong enemy, but after Zhang Liang came, Xie Lingfeng suddenly felt that the dispute between him and He Dingliang was not worth mentioning.
Although he knew who the person who robbed the He family's granary was, in order to ease the embarrassment, Xie Lingfeng still asked: "Where was your granary robbed by bandits?"
"A group of bandits call themselves Miaomiaogou, but not only do they have heavy catapults, but they also use grenades. Even a fool knows that they are members of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau!"
He Dingliang complained: "Since Zhang Liang wants to act, he doesn't know how to be careful. Isn't such a big flaw just trying to cover up? By the way, Brother Xie, I heard that you met Zhang Liang and asked him this question?"
"I asked him when we first met," Xie Lingfeng said helplessly: "Zhang Liang replied at that time that a batch of ordnance supplies from the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau had been stolen some time ago."
In fact, this was an excuse that Zhang Liang had already thought of.
If the aristocratic family did not ask them to take action, Zhang Liang would go to suppress the bandits on the grounds of looking for ordnance.
"This is such a lame excuse," He Dingliang sneered.
"I can't help it. Who can let someone have a big fist?"
Xie Lingfeng sighed: "Now Jin Feng is busy dealing with Qin and Jin and has no time to come to Jiangnan. Zhang Liang is still acting with us. When Jin Feng is free to come to Jiangnan, I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to talk."
"Sigh, I don't know what Jin Feng was thinking. He actually gave away the land to those untouchables for free, couldn't he give it to his cronies?" M..
He Dingliang continued to complain: "Those bodyguards under him are also willing to follow Jin Feng to death just for a little bit of money. They are all so heartless!"
The word feudal in the feudal era means feudal system. The feudal system is also a common method used by ruling ministers in the feudal era.
In the feudal era, transportation and communications were very backward. In some remote areas, the emperor's decrees could not be delivered, let alone managed.
So the king would distribute the land, tax revenue and other resources to the ministers who had made great achievements, as well as his brothers and nephews, and let the ministers and nephews manage them. The emperor only had to manage the ministers and nephews.
This is also the best way to win people's hearts.
But Jin Feng did not do this, and instead distributed all the captured land equally to the local people.
The aristocratic family didn't understand this very much. They didn't understand what Jin Feng was trying to do, and they didn't understand why senior escorts like Zhang Liang wanted to follow Jin Feng to their death.
"Brother He, what you said is wrong. Those untouchables couldn't even have enough food in their stomachs before, and their eye sockets are already very shallow. By following Jin Feng, not only can they have enough to eat, but they can also get money. Naturally, they are willing to fight for Jin Feng."
Xie Lingfeng said: "It's not that Jin Feng didn't enfeoff the feudal lords, it's that it stopped enfeoffing the big princes and made the enfeoffment more detailed."
"Brother Xie, what do you mean by this?"
"It's very simple. For example, in the past, if a marquis was enfeoffed, he would have to be given thousands of acres of land. Jin Feng now allocates these lands to grassroots bodyguards, which is enough for hundreds of bodyguards."
Xie Lingfeng said: "Jin Feng not only gave money and land, but also used the Jinchuan Daily and the song and dance troupe to constantly praise the soldiers and give the escorts many privileges. For example, when the land was divided, the families of the escorts could be given priority.
There is money, land, honor and privileges, what is this but enfeoffment?"
"That makes sense!"
He Dingliang is also a smart man and immediately understood what Xie Lingfeng meant: "In this way, Jin Feng can not only prevent the princes from becoming powerful, but also gain the support of the grassroots bodyguards and the people... According to Brother Xie, Jin Feng's
What a great move!"
"Of course, otherwise he could rise so quickly?"
Xie Lingfeng said: "My father has a disciple who is an official in the capital. He once wrote a letter to his father saying that Jin Feng met the late emperor in the capital last year and said many times that the people are like water, the emperor is like a boat, and the people value the emperor.
It’s so light that water can carry a boat but also capsize it!”
"The people value the king more than the king, Jin Feng really dares to say that!" He Dingliang took a deep breath after hearing this.
"He not only dares to say it, he also dares to do it."
Xie Lingfeng said: "It is precisely because of this that Jin Feng was able to unite people's hearts in a very short period of time."
"Yes, I heard that Chen Wen'er was recruiting troops in Sichuan and Shu, and there were countless applicants. This has never happened in the past dynasties!"
He Dingliang said with emotion: "Although Jin Feng is crazy in what he does, I have to say that he is really a character!"
"More than just a character, my father said, he is the greatest tycoon in history!"
"Does your father think so highly of him?"
"Yes, my father said that Jin Feng will usher in a new era that has never appeared before in history!"
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The two of them drank tea and chatted casually, waiting for Zhang Liang and the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau to arrive.
Waiting until mid-afternoon, the two finally saw the black flag of Zhenyuan Escort Agency appearing outside the town.
Under the black flag is a team of escorts.
The combat quality of a team can be judged from its military appearance.
The escorts wore uniforms and lined up neatly. All the escorts had serious faces.
Being so far apart, Xie Lingfeng and He Dingliang felt a chilling air coming towards their faces.
In the granary, the "bandits" also discovered the bodyguards, and they all set up heavy crossbows and catapults to prepare for the attack.
When the escort team was still more than 400 meters away from the granary, Zhang Liang ordered the team to stop.
Following the order from the messenger, the neat team of escorts immediately dispersed, with the shield in front, the musketry team and the archery team composed of female soldiers in the middle, and the spearmen and axemen behind, forming a classic offensive formation.
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An escort walked out of the square formation, raised the tin trumpet in his hand and shouted loudly: "Listen to the bandits inside, you have been surrounded, there is no point in resisting, surrender now!"
"Fuck you, we also have a heavy crossbow catapult. If you have the skills, come and try it!"
The bandits inside shouted at the top of their lungs.
"So do you have this?"
The escort waved his hand behind him.
Behind the phalanx, two huge airships gradually became bulging, and then slowly took off into the sky.
When it reached a sufficient altitude, one flew over the granary and the other flew to the west.
"Is this the airship of Zhenyuan Escort Agency? It's so big!"
This was the first time He Dingliang saw an airship. He raised his head and sighed: "Why did that airship fly west?"
"I don't know either," Xie Lingfeng shook his head, his eyes full of confusion.
He didn't understand why the airship flew to the west.
"Don't scare people. I'm not scared. Third brother, please shoot down the big bird in the sky for me!"
The "bandit leader" pretended to be shouting.
The bandit in charge of the heavy crossbow adjusted the direction of the heavy crossbow very cooperatively, aimed at the airship in the sky, and hit the trigger.
But the airship flew too high, and the heavy crossbow arrows couldn't hit it at all.
At this moment, another airship flew to a hill and threw a black package down.