Han Shizu

Chapter 113 Turning Your Eyes to the North

Luancheng is just a small county with a household of less than a thousand and a population of less than [-]. If it wasn't for the resettlement of some refugees here, it would be even rarer.As for the county seat, it is not so much a city as a small town surrounded by earthen walls.In comparison, it is not as comfortable as coming to the landlord's house in the countryside.

In the entire county, there are only two big families, one with the surname of Su and one with the surname of Zhang. Most of the reclaimed land in the county belongs to these two families, and they are still expanding.Such things as land annexation exist in any period.The field where Liu Chengyou stayed before belonged to the local Zhang Yuanwai. Hearing that Liu Chengyou had arrived, he volunteered to offer his house for him to rest.

The Zhang Family Manor is a garden-like courtyard. It does not occupy a large area, but the layout is very delicate. Everywhere looks simple, and even a little deliberately shabby.

It is also understandable that in this world, if one dares to show off one's wealth, one would really be courting death.However, to be able to protect himself in this situation where bandits are rampant and soldiers are in power, and even to escape exploitation by the Khitans, the owner of this family must have some means.

Zhang Yuanwai is a middle-aged man, dressed simply, with a rough appearance, a fierce face, and a strong body, but his legs are a little lame. He doesn't look like a rich man, but like a mountain king.But in front of Liu Chengyou, he looks like a kitten obediently.

I heard that this person was a bandit when he was young, and he was recruited to join the army. He worked hard in the forbidden army of the later Tang Dynasty. He was a Qizhou regiment trainer because of his meritorious service in his early years, but he was injured in the military chaos. He returned to the village and bought some land. , Also organized a township soldier.Ten years passed in a flash, and the family business grew bigger and bigger, becoming one of the top tycoons in Luancheng, and he must have done a lot of illegal activities secretly.

Although the man is ugly, he has two daughters under his knees, who are born with fresh water, and I don't know if they have been greened.This guy seems to be a bit ambitious, even intending to dedicate his two daughters to Liu Chengyou, but he seems to have no self-knowledge.Could it be that Liu Chengyou was attracted by this woman?When his beauty is far from beyond the limit of his identity, it is not worth Liu Chengyou to take a second look.

After staying in Zhang's house for a long time, Liu Chengyou left without thinking about it, and planned to walk along the Xiaoshui River to the countryside of Zhaozhou in the south to see the situation there.To his surprise, Liu Chengxun also followed.

"Brother, why are you here?"

Dismounting, he looked around at Liu Chengyou's plain attire. Liu Chengxun showed a very gentle smile as usual: "I learned that Erlang is diligent in politics, and I went to the countryside to inspect Xiashou in person. There is nothing wrong with me. My brother also came to see Look at the fun."

Probably the sun was too glaring, Liu Chengyou blinked his eyes, under the warm sun, his expression was not cloudy at all, he replied casually: "I'm going to Zhaozhou, so let's go together!"

"it is good!"

In the territory under the jurisdiction of Zhaozhou, compared with Zhenzhou, there is obviously more arable land.Although it was also affected on the northward return route of the Khitan army, the grain production was much higher than that of Zhenzhou.

What made Liu Chengyou dissatisfied was that he went around Pingji and Gaoyi and found that the progress of Xia Harvest was very slow, and the government didn't seem to have done much.He didn't get angry, but ordered people to send orders to the states to speed up their actions.

Stayed in Pingji County for one night, received some Zhaozhou generals and encouraged them, and did not return until the afternoon of the second day.

Liu Chengyou's mood looked very good.Walking in the countryside for a while, seeing the devastation and the hardships of the people after the chaos, Liu Chengxun was inexplicably determined to support Liu Chengyou in making a wave in Youyan to ease the pressure on the northern frontier.

In the hall, Liu Chengyou once again buried his head in the document room full of cases. He was a little tired of all the trivial matters under Chengde's festival. Fortunately, with the help of Wei Renpu and others, the reports from various states were sorted out. If not, he would be exhausted and paralyzed.

"Your Highness, He Fujin, the defense envoy of Yingzhou, sent an envoy to report, requesting that some more food and equipment be allocated!" Wei Renpu took the official document from Yingzhou and handed it to Liu Chengyou.

During this period, the focus is on the issue of summer grain.Just after reading the progress of Jizhou reported by Zhang Tinghan of Jizhou, he twisted his neck, which was a little sore, and Liu Chengyou started browsing after taking it over from Wei Renpu.

There are no redundant words, simple and direct, food, money, soldiers, weapons, everything anyway, this is not the first time.

Prior to this, Liu Chengyou sent He Fu into Yingzhou, but he didn't have much support. He basically asked He Fujin to take over a hundred soldiers to take office.And this veteran, obviously still has a skill, he insisted on killing the officials appointed by the Khitan people, gained a firm foothold in Hejian City, and even pulled up a team to initially build a line of defense.

And when Mozhou was harassed by Hu Qi and the refugees fled, many people were gathered.After that, I asked Liu Chengyou for support every few days.

"This is He Fujin! Zhuzhou's summer grain has not yet entered the warehouse, and he has come to ask for it again, but it is a good time." Putting down the official document, Liu Chengyou made a small complaint.

"Your Highness, how do you reply?" Wei Renpu asked.

Liu Chengyou thought for a while and said, "It's not easy over there in Yingzhou, so support some of them appropriately!"

"Yes!"

"How is Zhang Yanwei's progress?" Liu Chengyou asked suddenly.

Wei Renpu shook his head, but seeing Liu Chengyou's concern, he calmly persuaded him, "Your Highness, don't worry too much. General Zhang just led the army to intercept, and with the cooperation of Hebei Rebels, the problem shouldn't be too big!"

Five days ago, Xiao Han's group of barbarians were detected, went northward from Bozhou, and entered Beizhou. Liu Chengyou immediately decided to send troops to intercept.Originally it was planned to let Murong Yanzhao go, but Zhang Yanwei took the initiative to invite Ying, not to please the veteran's wishes, Liu Chengyou still agreed, but let Murong Yanzhao be his deputy.

The army was dispatched, but Liu Chengyou inevitably had some scruples in his heart.According to Xiao Hanjun's movements, he should be planning to take the route from Dezhou to Cangzhou. Obviously, he was jealous of Liu Chengyou in Zhenzhou and deliberately avoided it.The distance is far away, so Liu Chengyou can't help but forget about it.

"As soon as there is any news, let me know immediately!" Taking a deep breath, Liu Chengyou urged.

"Yes!"

Soon, Guo Rong paid a visit.

"Your Highness, the selection of Yan Bing has been completed!" As soon as he opened his mouth, he reported another matter that Liu Chengyou was most concerned about.

In the end, there were more than [-] Yan soldiers who survived, and it was always troublesome to gather together.Under Liu Chengyou's continuous bribery and instigation methods, he was finally torn apart completely.Some were appointed as generals of prefectures, counties and towns, some were garrisoned by Liu Chengyou at checkpoints, and most of the rest stayed in Zhending.

As for the rest of the people, Liu Chengyou still didn't let them go, and asked Guo Rong to cooperate with Ma Quanyi and Xiang Xun to conduct another selection and screening.Not all Yan soldiers are from Youyan, and these people are Liu Chengyou's plan to keep and take for his own use.

After a brief look at the report, the [-]-horse infantry and the Yan Bing Army were probably the greatest support Liu Chengyou could give to Zhao Yanshou.As for giving him all the soldiers who surrendered to Yan, Liu Chengyou never thought about it in the beginning.

After pondering for a while, Liu Chengyou said to Guo Rong: "The Yan soldiers stationed in Qizhou will be transferred to Yingzhou and handed over to Commander He Fujin. Well, go there yourself and see the situation in the north!"

(End of this chapter)