Delong

In the field, spring plowing has entered the second half, but it doesn't mean there will be no troubles,

In the past three years, there have been too many fleeing families, and the timing of the Dulong Gang's seizure of the two counties was too coincidental, and it was too late to re-grant land. Places such as Pingchang and Leling that have suffered large-scale wars have roughly concentrated farming, and there have been many incidents of rough execution due to field disputes... The common people only think that they have cultivated the land for many years, but the army needs large-scale coherent land. land.

This is also the reason why many people admire Mrs. Dou more and more. She is very good at handling related disputes.

At the beginning, her battalion, which was mostly family members of the army, was only helping to manage and arrange the transfer and distribution of non-army materials in the Ban County camp. Then Zhang Xing asked her to manage the civilian military markets that followed the army, and later organized specific official military markets in the camp. The project was also given to her.

Although everyone didn't say anything at this time, they all knew that the Hebei military organization led by Mrs. Dou or Mrs. Cao had already undertaken certain practical work, and that the group of Hebei local rebel soldiers had indeed been initiated by others in certain tasks. There is no effect, and there is actually a saying "Gaojibo Women's Camp".

Later, it was the march after Ma Mianhe. At this time, this "battalion" began to clean up the city with the advance of the troops, and then took on the disputes between the Dragon Army and the locals of Hebei as a matter of course.

When the refugees returned to the city, they found that the fields and houses in their homes were occupied by the army. It was impossible to give the land to you, so they had to be allocated elsewhere according to the population, but there was no reason not to return the houses... This has a background, such as Changhe County, which has encountered soldiers Not to mention ten rooms and nine empties, there are still three empties and four empties. Soldiers and officers can be replaced without any effort... But there are still cases of blackmailing, which arouses public resentment.

When the matter was tossed, Zhang Xing's arrangement at the time was to send Liu Zhouchen to conduct military inspections, but this could only treat the symptoms. Some soldiers were dissatisfied with their desires, and the generals were also good and bad. Many soldiers vented their anger in private and sabotaged them.

At that time, Mrs. Dou, who happened to be in Changhe because Changhe was too deserted, handled such things very well. They are natives of Hebei. In the past, it was difficult for anyone who cooked, delivered vegetables, and mended clothes to embarrass them. Many similar disputes, including the adjustment of fields, were easy in their hands.

It was precisely because of this that, at the request of Shan Tonghai, they soon followed the army to the east and participated in the reception work on the Bohai Sea. Shan Tonghai later asked for credit for them and complained about their grievances.

For this reason, Zhang Xing made up his mind to give Mrs. Dou, Mrs. Cao, a leadership position.

But it's not over yet, before the whole army is ready to hold a meeting, in the middle and late stages of spring plowing, people began to take the initiative to help mediate the fine work of spring plowing.

As I said before, the garrison soldiers occupy a large area of ​​idle land, but at the same time, no one dares to touch the small pieces of vacant cultivated land in many places... One is because the seeds are precious and no one dares to waste them; the other is because Worried that if they occupy the land other than the granted land, they will be taken away by the "Longguan family" in autumn. …

Therefore, ordinary people in Hebei would rather remove insects and stones from their land over and over again, rather than touch the idle land next to them in the late spring plowing period.

At this time, Mrs. Dou, who had long been proficient in operation and had some courage, proposed to lease the land to these neighbors in the name of the government before re-granting the land after next autumn, and take a slightly higher tax. ... Zhang Xing naturally immediately approved, so these people brought some seeds to the fields again to find these idle lands. They asked the retired soldiers of the Longlong Army who had transferred to the local villages to take the lead, and hurriedly established a one-year government contract. These lands are replanted with something.

Cui Erlang naturally didn't know about such trivial matters, but this morning, when he rode a horse with a completely different mentality, braved the gloomy weather in late spring, and came to Qinghe again from Pingyuan County, he was surprised. He clearly noticed the difference in spring plowing between the two counties.

Because at this time, the earliest cultivated spring seedlings have begun to emerge, and this difference can be detected visually.

Qinghe has alopecia areata, while the plains are in patches, and a small number of alopecia areata are being replanted.

Cui Suchen naturally reads a lot. Of course he knows that no matter what the sages are, they must emphasize the importance of agriculture, and even regard it as fundamental. Therefore, on that day, the Tang Emperor inherited the will of his ancestors, and he was over [-] years old. Years of chaotic wars, at the end of the history books, only one sentence, "There are more seedlings on Longshang", is enough to make people sigh.

And what about today?

According to what Feng Wuyi, who once lived in his own family, said, Huaixi collapsed and Huainan was completely transformed into a fortress;
According to Xie Minghe, Jiangdong and Jiangxi will be corrupted immediately;

And the Bai family obviously has a layout, occupying Taiyuan and Xiangyang, the two major world hubs, and has their own settlements in the eastern capital and the western capital;
The Zhang family sits firmly in Hedong; the Sima family controls the military and government of Jiangdu, and has the Xuzhou camp;
The eastern capital is constantly in dispute, and Uncle Cao can only support the sky with one hand;

Youzhou Daying is deeply rooted, with internal and external turmoil, insufficient progress, and excessive self-protection;
Although Hejian was defeated, there are still several counties in Hebei's rich land;
The governors of the states and counties are either ambitious or vacillating;
Northern Shanxi, Zishan, and Longxi all had so-called rebel separatist regimes;
The Seven Guards and the Seven Towns of the Northland obviously want to take advantage of the chaos to make another big scene;
No one knows what the Madonna of Nanling and Mrs. Feng are thinking;

The eastern and central alliance of the Wu nationality should have almost annexed the fragmented western part at this time, and will soon go south to Guanlong and northern Shanxi;

That is to say, Dongyi obviously lacked energy and blood from the four conquests, so he just gritted his teeth and looked around...

There is no doubt that this is actually the prelude to the extreme expansion of the chaos. The intensity and chaos of the war are not enough... In other words, the bald fields in front of me are already a kind of fragile beauty.

Not to mention anything else, if I didn't do a good job on this trip, Qinghe County, where Qinghe's ancestral home is located, would definitely be killed by the Delong Army to make an example of others.

"Who, why did you come to spy on the border?"

A group of [-] or [-] Qinghe county sentry cavalry in light armor surrounded them at some point, but Cui Suchen, who was stationed alone on the ridge of the field, paid no attention to it, until the leader of the sentry cavalry, a gang leader suddenly came to drink. …

"Cui Suchen, former commander of the Xuzhou Daying Army Supervisor, was born in the Zhengzhou house of Cui's family in Qinghe. He is a second-in-law. He came to Qinghe's hometown to visit relatives and friends." Cui Suchen turned his head and immediately bowed his hands.

The leader of the sentry cavalry in front was surprised for a moment, and then softened. Whether it is the former Sima of the Xuzhou Daying Army, or the Cui family background of Qinghe, it is a bit short of breath for him.

After hesitating for a moment, the gang leader could only bite the bullet and ask: "Cui Sima...Erlang is here to visit relatives, and since he is going to Wucheng County and the county town behind, why is he wandering around the border? There is a war here, and people often die."

"I'm here specifically to find Captain Shi of your family." Cui Suchen answered slowly. "I have something to tell him... Please guide me."

Hearing this, the gang leader felt relieved. This is even better, lest the other party be a spy, but use Cui's name to bluff himself, and send it to the captain, and he will not be responsible for anything.

Thinking of this, the gang leader was polite and just asked the cavalry regiment to protect Cui Erlang, and sent him into Zhangnan City before the thunder struck.

Zhangnan City, as the name suggests, is located on the south side of the Qingzhang River, but it is located in the northeast corner of Qinghe County. To the south, it is lined up with Licheng, Gaotang, and Chiping. Gang's standard line of defense.

Among them, the one who guards Zhangnan City is Shi Huaiming, the official captain of the county. About two months ago, the situation in Hebei changed drastically. He, Cui Erlang, hurried over from Henan and ran around.

But when we meet again at this time, Shi Huaiming is a little embarrassed.

Let them sit down at their respective tables in the backyard before apologizing: "Cui Erlang, I'm really sorry, but it's not my intention to block the official way and not let your family go to the plain. Dare not to follow."

"The current situation is difficult, everyone has difficulties, how can I blame you?" Cui Erlang's face remained unchanged, and he answered calmly. "It's just that, now that things are going on, both of us Cui's parents and children are here, and if someone wants to call, we have to pay a visit for the sake of the family's peace... You should be considerate."

"It's natural to be considerate." Shi Huaiming sighed helplessly. "Wait for a few days! Wait for Mr. Cao's temper to pass in the past few days, and then you can talk..."

Hearing this, Cui Erlang's expression didn't change, but he suddenly asked: "So, it wasn't you who intercepted my family 26 and 27 in the southeast corner of Zhangnan?"

Shi Huaiming immediately stood up, dumbfounded.

"Lieutenant Shi, sit down." Cui Erlang looked normal.

Shi Huaiming slowly sat back.

"Captain Shi." Cui Erlang continued. "2627 wanted to go from you, but you blocked the road and turned to the south... But it was ambushed at the junction of you, Vice Captain Han's defense area and Pingyuan County... Tell me, I won't come to you , who are you looking for?"

Shi Huaiming thought for a while, his scalp became numb, and he lowered his voice and asked earnestly, "How about Lang 26 and Lang 27? Nothing will happen, right?"

"No accident." Cui Erlang's tone was still calm. "It's just that after this incident, the two of them stayed in Jiangling directly. It looks like they are going to be the pioneers of the Dragon Clan..."

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Captain Shi just felt relieved, but the second half of the sentence seemed to be in his chest, and he stood up again. …

"Captain, sit down quickly." Cui Erlang said helplessly. "This is also human nature... Even if you didn't do it, it was done by other officers and soldiers. After all, Qinghe directly wants to kill our children of the Cui family because of our trip to the plains... In such a situation, it is Qinghe's size At first, Fang here only wanted to ask for a safety talisman, but now he has simply given up."

Captain Shi sat down carefully again, and then carefully defended: "Isn't it possible that the Dragon Bandit did it, deliberately tricking you Cui to go there?"

"Is it necessary?" Cui Erlang asked seriously. "Don't you think that Qinghe can really resist here!"

"The imperial court won't ignore it, right?" Captain Shi was helpless. "According to what Lord Cao said when he came to look for me yesterday, the reinforcements from Wu'an, Wuyang, Jijun, and Weijun will definitely arrive, and it is still possible to defend the city."

"I won't tell you these things." Cui Erlang thought for a while before continuing to ask. "Now the foreign aid has not seen the shadow, the spring plowing is coming to an end, the Chulong army now has more than 30 battalions, and the Cui family has fallen over again. The Wucheng where my uncle is located is behind you. Do you think you can defend here?"

Captain Shi was silent for a long time, and asked seriously: "The Qinghe Cui family is the number one family in Hebei, are you really going to be a thief?"

"Lieutenant Shi, a clan is a clan, and an individual is an individual." Cui Erlang was persuasive and persuasive. "It's just that some clan children decided that Qinghe couldn't stop the Dragon Clan, and then decided that it was the officers and soldiers who hunted and killed our clan children, so they voted for the Dragon Clan...I'm just telling you the result. "

Captain Shi thought for a long time, but just shook his head: "My mind is a little messed up."

"Then let me sort it out for you, and now I only want to talk about two things." Cui Erlang said seriously. "The first is the situation. The situation is that the Dragon Army is stronger. The so-called reinforcements from the surrounding states and counties are nowhere to be seen. The Wucheng behind you may be cut off. You have nothing to hope for here. There is a lot of food and grass in the city, maybe you can get through without drawing lots... If you can't get through, no matter who intercepted 26 and 27, this matter will definitely be counted on you afterwards, because it happened on your territory, and You were blocked before."

"So what do you think of me, Your Excellency?" Captain Stewart was restless.

"Please write a letter of order, and I will give it to Zhang Longtou for you." Cui Erlang spoke softly, as if nothing had happened.

And Shi Huaiming stood up abruptly again and again, dumbfounded.

"Sit down." Cui Erlang couldn't urge him in time.

Shi Huaiming stood there for a while, then sat back down again, and then lowered his voice in disbelief and asked, "You Zhengzhou Cui also voted? And you also think it's me?"

"This is the third thing to talk about." Cui Erlang said while taking out a brand new document from his arms that had been written a long time ago and only needed to be signed. "Up to now, it's just a matter of signing and not signing... If you sign, it's not you, if you don't sign, it's all your fault."

Shi Huaiming was cold all over, and only made the last struggle: "Why do you need to leave a name for this kind of thing? I just signed it, so what if I don't recognize it later?"

"The function of this document is not to restrain you directly, but to restrain you through Mr. Cao Fu." Cui Erlang did not rush. "Mr. Cao's mansion is strong, and he sees officials and thieves at odds. After the defeat of Ma Mianhe, he became even more suspicious and acted violently... He can read your handwriting, and your subordinates also know that I have looked for you before, and now I am here too. I have looked for you, if you dare to go back on your word, I will only entrust this document to Mr. Cao Fu, and you will not die, but you will have to take off your skin."...

Shi Huaiming was silent for a moment, and was about to speak again.

Cui Erlang said again: "Don't think about it anymore, if I am imprisoned by you, I will come here without waiting for the follow-up."

"That's not what I mean, I'm not that stupid." Shi Huaiming was weak. "I want to say that what you said is right. Master Cao's temperament is too fierce. He came to me yesterday and said he was going to kill people in Chiping today... I will sign it."

Cui Erlang nodded, put away the paperwork for a moment, and left straight away, riding his horse south, passing through the hinterland of Qinghe, and arrived in Chiping two days later, where he met Sun Wanshou, General of Chiping and Prime Minister of Qinghe County.

The two parties communicated their names and family backgrounds, sat down in the hall and dismissed others, Cui Erlang handed over the two documents in his arms, and told about his son being intercepted and killed.

Sun Juncheng's face didn't change after listening to it, he just asked out of curiosity: "How did you persuade Captain Shi to leave a written statement? He must be a loach."

"Since Shi Duwei is a person who seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages, I only talk to him about the situation and the advantages and disadvantages." Cui Erlang said one thing. "It's still very simple... For example, Vice Captain Han, who was said to be so sincere and down-to-earth to the point of dullness, I didn't go to ask for boredom; like Xue Wanbi's arrogant man, I even regretted my life and didn't dare to go."

"Then who am I? Your Excellency came to the door so openly, and then took out these, how are you going to tell me?" Sun Juncheng continued to ask.

"I've asked many people, and they all said that your Excellency is a persuasive person. Because of this, there is no need to waste your time trying to reason." Cui Suchen replied seriously. "But they also said that your Excellency is a person with benevolence in mind, and you can't see bloodshed three feet, so you only put the lives of me, Cui Shiqinghe, and Captain Shi here, and it is natural for you... The current situation is like this If your Excellency insists on causing innocent blood to bleed, please sue Mr. Cao again."

Sun Juncheng only said "Huh", then nodded, and said no more.

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