Delong

Chapter 350 River Walk (7)

Zhang Xing's words made most of the followers feel baffled... Since ancient times, how can people not be afraid of officials and soldiers?Especially more than two years ago, this was the hardest-hit area of ​​the Three Expeditions to Dongyi, so when these dozens of riders gathered together, what happened to the common people hiding?
But at this moment, Xu Shiying inexplicably reined in his horse and took two steps back.

Everyone looked back together following Zhang Xing's indifferent eyes, Xu Dalang could only bite the bullet and answer: "Don't dare to forget the teaching of the third brother, Dongjun made it like this, I can't escape the punishment."

Obviously, other people don't know, but Xu Dalang Benlang clearly remembers the cause and process of his rebellion described by someone when he robbed Queen Luanjia together that day-this leader is because of a fast-moving man during the Second Conquest of Dongyi. The disappearing village really disappeared during the Three Expeditions, so he abandoned his position as the prefect of Wu'an in a rage, and went back to kill Zhang Han's.

This man rebelled against it.

But Zhang Xing just glanced at the other party, then turned his head, still silent.

"I don't know what kind of riddle you two are playing, but if you refer to the relationship between the local people and the Dragon Gang and say that the left-behind people in Henan don't do their best, I have something else to say." Of course Fang Yanlang is not afraid of getting into trouble, of course Speak coldly. "If it weren't for Hebei's frequent use of troops and excessive demands, why would the people be here? Isn't Hebei forcing us to let these people pay for the military funds and food, and the soldiers and husbands?"

Zhang Xing nodded, and finally said: "What the head of the house said is reasonable, so it is necessary to control the situation and reduce the burden on the people."

Fang Yanlang was speechless instead.

"Since ancient times, people have been mostly dull and timid, and they are often hurt by the quick-witted and the tyrannical, so it is normal to be frightened by soldiers, horses and knights... I think that the leader does not need to think about it. "Xie Minghe hesitated for a moment, and clearly expressed his feelings. "As far as we are concerned, it is enough to see them working hard and panicking, and feel compassionate, and then try to protect them as much as possible when making political strategies."

The rest were helpless, but almost all looked at Xu Shiying and Fang Yanlang.

As he spoke, he pointed to Xu Shiying.

"That's right, Li Twelve Lang." Uncle Cao frowned slightly. "Personally, I feel that there is something wrong with your plan, and it may not be appropriate. However, since he is a statement, and it is your suggestion, I am willing to have a serious meeting with other people in Nanya tomorrow morning. Negotiable."

"That's what it means."

"No." Zhang Xing replied earnestly. "How can I have that time? In two days, when the turmoil of Xu Dalang subsides, the magistrates of the counties will also go down to deal with this kind of matter, and everyone will settle this matter together..."

Zhang Xing naturally didn't bother to pay attention to these things, he picked up a stool and sat down beside the big stone roller under the tree, took a paper pen and put it on the roller, then took a list from Wang Xiongdan's hand and looked at it, then he was very serious He said to a woman who put her sleeping child in a basket: "Sister Wei, don't worry, it's not that your head of the house is gone, but your head of the house is fine, but because the gang messed around and made a mess. It's over, the number of soldiers is too high, there is no way, let you go home as the head of the family."

"Yes." Li Qingchen spoke earnestly. "The Chulong gang has money now, so they release the money to destroy his money; when the drought is revealed, they have food, and they release the food to make their food less precious, and then it will also attract the people to eat. "

"It's just that Xu Dalang committed a crime and went to Hebei. The head of your family is implicated and can no longer serve as a soldier under that Xu Dalang to guard the city. You have to go home and farm the land honestly." Zhang Xing continued.

Uncle Cao frowned slightly, obviously puzzled.

"No." Li Twelve was a little embarrassed. "Actually, as far as I know, the Drought Dragon Gang's territory has actually benefited from organizing drought resistance. Even if there is a disaster this year, it will not be too much... The ones who really can't hold on are probably the rest of Hebei, which is still under the imperial court. under the rule."

"That's true." Zhang Xing thought about it for a while, and answered calmly. "So the head of the house can go back tomorrow... However, the one hundred villages I mentioned are not limited to Dongjun, at least fifty will fall in Jiyin, because I came out this time to do The inspectors are inspecting these two counties, and even the clerks from Baima are going to Jiyin."

At this time, Wang Xiongdan and others had gathered under a tree in front of the threshing ground in the village. They gathered and tied up the horses, set up a few tables and chairs, and sent knights to conduct a safety inspection.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Xing became even more speechless.

Everyone originally had various thoughts and ideas.

"Dragon head." Ma Wei also spoke seriously. "Even if you have thousands of thoughts, whether you like good or bad, you should have the power to do things first, and there are so many people in the world... Because of the unhappiness of a moment and a place, more things are delayed. What are things and more people? A career is a career, and ambition is ambition.”

Xu Dalang looked back at Zhang Xing, and answered seriously: "No, if you don't go, you will be fined, and it will become more and more strict in the future, and may be directly fined for land distribution, or added to the service."

Xu Shiying didn't dare to be negligent, and sat down beside the stone roller honestly, called the next person, and continued to spread out a pen and paper to take notes while asking.

"My family really doesn't have..." The woman thought for a while and answered seriously. "Everything will be fine if the head of the family can come back."

Fang Yanlang shook his head, then nodded again: "I don't think such things are of great use, but I also think that doing such things is better than not doing them, let's just watch the leader's program."

Thinking of this, it is inevitable to feel uneasy.

After Fang Yanlang, who seemed to be agile, walked under the tree and led the horse, he couldn't bear it anymore, and turned around to ask again: "This kind of thing... is Zhang Longtou's so-called policy program?"

"It's like this. Hebei has been prone to some droughts recently. It's not very serious, but the localities have been in chaos for three years in a row, and many places' water conservancy has not been repaired. This makes it possible that a small drought will lead to a major disaster. The autumn harvest is a big problem. Even if it lasts until the autumn harvest, it is hard to say whether the autumn harvest will seriously reduce production... And I asked Henan, and the drought seems to be later than Hebei, but there are signs of it, so I think this year Next year, there will never be a disaster." Li Qingchen said seriously. "Even if there is no disaster, the shortage of food will definitely be more obvious."

"Leader, venting your anger on others will not help." It was Ma Wei who tried to persuade him earnestly. "After this incident, Xu Dalang is so timid to know the opportunity, and let him do things again, but it will be effective."

Similarly, when he faced Li Shu's topic just now, he didn't dare to hide a word, but when he got out of this topic, he became rebellious, precisely because he thought that Zhang Xing might not be able to deal with Li Shu's issue. Reasonable, it should be reasonable in other places... But things turned out to be the other way around.

At this point, Li Qingchen's words became more and more earnest: "Zhongcheng, the most important point is that whether it is releasing money or food, it is also the best way to deal with people's hearts. In order to clean up people's hearts and at the same time give a little blow to the Dragon Gang, then there should be no hesitation."

Then I went back under the big tree in the middle of the village, but I met an old man who was already 50 or [-] years old and whispered carefully to Xu Dalang:
"I have to talk about the difficulties. My third grandson is twelve this year. According to the rules of the masters of the Dragon Gang, after this autumn, no matter what, he has to go to the city to build a foundation and open his mind. He will go there for three months. Otherwise, he will be fined and taxed. I also need to prepare some dry food...it was half labor, and it should be used at the beginning, but suddenly it is useless, can I ask the leaders to give me a reward, so that I can't let him go?"

On the other side, after a short while, Zhang Xing came to Wei's house, and sighed before entering the door: "Sister Wei, how can you say that there are no difficulties at home? Your wing room has been broken for a long time, and the thatch above it has obviously been rotten by the spring rain. , should be replaced."

"These two don't need to retire... Lichang's younger brother followed Xu Dalang to the front line in Hebei, and that bastard was sent to Liu Hei's camp." Zhang Xing recorded these experiences on the stone roller without raising his head. out of order. "However, the number of retirees cannot be changed. We will make adjustments later, and continue to select posts for retirement... Now prepare the horses, prepare to go to the next Zhuangzi, and we will go to five Zhuangzi today...Wang Xiongsheng, stay and ask about that Those who escaped from Huaixi, what's the situation in Huaixi? After asking, catch up with us."

As he said that, he turned around and went to lead the horse, preparing to deal with the official missions that appeared out of thin air on the road today.

Saying that, he got on his horse and walked slowly to the entrance of the village.

Besides, the summer was hot, but Zhang Dalongtou didn't know that it was cool on his side, and the wind and chimes in the Black Tower of the Eastern Capital burst out, and the top two floors were also shady and comfortable.

The half-old man panicked and quickly waved his hands: "Then there is no problem."

"I'm only going to spend [-] days to visit [-] villages, and it will be a worthwhile trip." Zhang Dalong continued to speak earnestly.

"That's good, that's good." Li Qingchen took a long breath, and then paused for a while. "However, Zhongcheng, this is not something I have thought about alone, nor is it something I have thought about alone. It was conceived by me and Qin Er together."

The other is a typical local ruffian. He is full of energy on weekdays, doing nothing, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.

The woman thought about it again, but she shed tears instantly, and quickly wiped it away: "That's great..."

However, these two floors are not easy for everyone to go up.

"Tell me in detail." Cao Lin put down the pen in his hand and sat upright.

Li Qingchen had no choice but to try to explain: "Zhongcheng, things need to be looked at separately, one is to separate the territory of the Dragon Gang rebels from ours, and the other is to clearly distinguish the role of money and food, and it also needs to be divided into time periods. , now and after the disaster.”

"Brother Xie's reasoning is fine, but I think it can be done better." Zhang Xing replied seriously.

This is the conventional truth.

The woman thought about it carefully, and then asked again: "Does it mean that I am fine as the head of the family, but I am going home if I am not a soldier?"

"To tell you the truth, I have a plan against the Dragon Gang, so I'm here on the side trip, and I must meet Zhongcheng." Li Qingchen spoke clearly and calmly.

Not to mention Xu Shiying, but even though Fang Yanlang's face didn't change at this time, his heart became a little nervous... He was so bold that he dared to complain face-to-face because the Dragon Clan never allowed a leader to speak. Reasonable, but if this Zhang Longtou is unreasonable and just says "unhappy", he will not have any strength to maintain.

The woman was obviously uneasy, but she didn't dare to refuse, so she could only get up and walk.

"Sit down, let's listen." Uncle Cao put down the pen in his hand, pointed to the seat, and asked seriously.

Fang Yanlang nodded, but frankly said: "The leader came to inspect the place. As a county, I have nothing to say, even if I come... No matter how bad Jiyin is, it is worse than Dongjun?"

Of course, there are two exceptions.

"Come home...what do you mean? What happened?" The sweat on the woman's body had already disappeared in the extremely cool air of her subordinates, so that her withered and yellow hair condensed on her forehead, but it was obvious that she still felt a little nervous after hearing the words. Shy and dazed.

After a while, Fang Yanlang came to ask seriously: "Is Zhang Longtou really going to finish the hundreds of Zhuangzi here in Dongjun?"

The matter was not that simple. The local chief took the initiative to meet him. With his assistance, Zhang Xing, who claimed to be the local leader who came to inspect the place in Hebei, quickly summoned the [-] family members, and led them back to the village on a horse. .

As he said that, he actually wanted to kneel down in gratitude.

"Money is the first thing, and money should be paid first." Li Twelve Lang naturally tried his best to explain in detail. "The current situation of the Dragon Gang is very interesting. When they started their uprising, they relied on the treasury that had just been seized, so they had a lot of money but little food, and sufficient armaments, so money was useless at that time. Everything has to be based on grain and cloth, but now they are gradually stabilizing. The grain has been produced for a season, and it is a little bit better, so there is a need for things other than grain and cloth. , in fact, now in the territory of the Dragon Gang, workshops, mines, and markets are gradually prospering, and large sums of business have begun to be done with Dongyi and Beidi... At this time, the importance of money is gradually becoming more and more important. up.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel relieved, but soon became stunned again.

In this way, the vigilance was relieved, and in less than half an hour, the [-] families of retired soldiers were notified all over, and they also took advantage of the opportunity to roughly look at the conditions of [-] peasant families with completely different populations, rich and poor.

Fang Yanlang was helpless, and continued to ask: "Then, do I have to go through a hundred villages? This must be the fault of Xu Dalang, and it is also the fault of Dongjun. There is still something wrong with Jiyin."

Everyone put away their thoughts, and together with Zhang Dalongtou who had packed up, they got on their horses and went to the next village, but they were obviously in a lot of hurry.

This is basically the prototype of a powerful family. They are afraid that they will not be able to maintain it if they lose their "gang" relationship.

The elder of the nearby family who offered to help feed and drink the horses was already stunned when they heard "Yijun Liuhou" and "Zhang Longtou", but they forgot to take the initiative to help untie the horses.

Fang Yanlang was sent to inquire about the supply of groceries in the village.

Xu Shiying wanted to keep up, but Zhang Xing turned around and pointed at the stone roller and told him, "You continue to explain here, it should be recorded... I will check when I come back."

"Then... if the head of the house doesn't come back, I can only rent most of the land to Mr. Xu in the village. It's better to have another five acres of land cultivated." The woman carefully answered the basket with tears in her eyes. "I don't even dare to think about Kuan Township. It's good that the folks in the village are always here."

Even Xie Minghe and Ma Wei were sent to see the layout of the village, water conservancy and so on.

"You mean the foundation of the Dragon Clan will suffer disaster, and there will be a shortage of food?" Uncle Cao narrowed his eyes slightly. "We have the conditions to release grain in Xingyang and Jijun, and lure the thieves from the Dragon Gang to surrender?"

Zhang Xing was expressionless.

"So now, if we take out the copper coins in the warehouse that are not used at all, and the strings of money are rotten, and distribute them to the surrounding people, the money will become worthless, and the money is in circulation, which is natural. It will overflow to the territory of the Dragon Gang like water, and then their workshops will be unable to make ends meet, their food will be snapped up, and the wealth accumulated by the leaders will be worthless, and they will be forced to return to the beginning. With the level of food control, the people will inevitably boil with dissatisfaction."

One is a family with a relatively large family. Not only did his family handle all the granted land properly, but he also rented out the land from other people who were not able to cultivate it by themselves at a actually relatively low land rent, and at the same time took in a few A strong man who fled from Huaixi hired them to plow the fields.And this family took the initiative to send a younger son to serve as a soldier to join the Dragon Gang. One of the eldest sons in his family also succeeded in becoming the new head of the village after the youngest son became the head of the corps.

Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment, and actually forgot to help the other party, but Wang Xiongdan was almost there, and he grabbed and helped him up with one hand.

Zhang Xing nodded: "This cannot be refuted at all."

"Qin Er?" Uncle Cao nodded slightly as if in a daze. "Qin Er is also a reliable person... You two are stronger in Hebei than Luo Fang Xueer in Guanzhong. They are obviously the chiefs of a county, but they can't even suppress them."

"No need." Zhang Xing waved his hand, put away his smile and reined in his horse and walked forward slowly. "Brother Xie and Ma Sheng will go to the village to stay for a while, to be a support, and Xu Dalang and I will go find someone together...Everything is done by people, bad things are done by people, embarrassing things are done by people, dirty and tired After a long time, I still think that I am a saint who owes nothing! Since I am determined to be the core of the Dragon Clan, I should have the confidence to recognize the inside and outside of the Dragon Clan. What was done was done by me and everyone, no one can take it away, what is bad is also the responsibility of me and everyone, and I must always be accounted for!”

Uncle Cao thought about it carefully: "Although I don't understand it very well, I also know that your method has a saying and meaning. I will write it down and release the money at this time... Then, what about the food? When will the food be released? Is it after the disaster came out?"

For example, Fang Yanlang wanted to muster up the courage to mock Zhang Xing's self-righteous pity, Ma Wei was purely curious, and wanted to ask Zhang Xing whether there was any further consideration in forcing the foundation building, Xu Shiying saw Zhang Xing enter the work The state is becoming more and more relaxed, Xie Minghe wants to write another poem... At this time, he is speechless.

"Of course not." Zhang Xing, who had just finished writing, stood up and laughed. "But if there is no such trip, how can there be a program? A paper program or an empty program? With such a trip, at least when you have some policy programs, you can understand in your heart what the situation might be if this item falls in the village."

"It's not their fault." Unexpectedly, Li Qingchen took the initiative to defend Luo Taibao and the others. "There are too many great clans in Guanzhong."

At this time, Zhang Xingfang only answered the question, but he was determined to make it clear to the other party: "Your head of the family is under Xu Dalang, so you can give your family an extra half-portion of land. When you come back, this will be gone next year. At most, it will be because he has served two years. In [-], an extra five mu of land will be left, and in the future, the Dragon Gang will have a large territory, and they will distribute iron pots and furniture to the soldiers' homes. No... are you still so happy?"

This is about what is good or bad under the objective law of development of things.

Entering the house, although there is no shortage of salt, there is also a lack of vinegar. The clay pots are usable, but they are old and damaged. There was new millet last year, but I only dare to eat old rice. There is a corral in the main room, but they say that the husband is not at home. , I dare not keep the donkey alone, I only keep it in the house of my natal brothers in Houcun... As the saying goes, there are difficulties everywhere, and there are no difficulties, and there are no difficulties, because all difficulties are just a sentence " It is not difficult for the head of the family to come back."

"It's time to change it, but if the head of the house doesn't come back, the wing room is useless. If the head of the house wants to come back, isn't it just a matter of a few days? What's the matter, and you have to work for the officials?" Sister Wei hurriedly Backpack explained.

Zhang Xing smiled, and glanced at Xu Shiying again, as if suppressing Wuming Yehuo.

Uncle Cao was puzzled: "What does this have to do with the Dragon Gang? And why did they open positions for no reason?"

Zhang Xing turned around for half a day, but could only make a note in his heart, and then turned around helplessly.

But Zhang Dalong shook his head again: "I understand the truth, and the pros and cons are clear, but I'm still not happy."

Zhang Xing could only nod his head, but he didn't feel at ease: "Sister Wei, I'll go home with you and look at the pots and pans. If there is something missing, ask Xu Dalang's family to make it up for you. His family has a big family. , just about to move, so staying in Henan is useless."

The people around rode their horses to follow, and Fang Yanlang's complexion changed drastically when he heard half of it, and Xu Shiying was really relieved when he heard it at the end, while Ma Wei and Xie Minghe were a little dazed.

At this time, everyone was thinking, and they were not on the same line at all.

Frankly speaking, it is completely different from what Zhang thinks. Most people don't feel disappointed when their husbands and sons retire, because in rural areas, it is obvious that strong labor is regarded as the most valuable asset.At the same time, as many people have reminded, the Three Conscriptions, which have been carried out intermittently for several years, have caused the common people in the Eastern Territory to have a huge and consistent collective fear of labor and military service. Those who served as soldiers and labor labor in the Dragon Gang have received obvious rewards, but they still cannot erase this traumatic cognition.

Xu Shiying didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and immediately stepped forward and cupped his hands: "Third brother, this matter is really ashamed, and it is really my care. I will go to the field to call someone. Third brother, please wait in the village."

"It's actually very simple. Please order Zhongcheng to open large warehouses in Hebei and Henan together, and prepare to release money and grain." Li Qingchen sat down and made a statement.

But having said that, as an old man from Jing'antai, regardless of the system, Li Qingchen, the deputy envoy of Yecheng Palace who quickly returned to the Eastern Capital, is of course different from others. He easily reached the top level and saw what was still being reviewed. Cao Huangshu, the clerk, and the first sentence cheered up Cao Lin, who was a little tired recently.

Zhang Xing nodded, and immediately began to record this statement: "So that's the case...then is there any difficulty in your family? This person is from Xu Dalang's family. An Sheng, if there is trouble... as long as it is a serious problem, he will try his best to solve it."

"You guys are all very good." Uncle Cao smiled and didn't answer the topic. "Since you're here, you should go home and rest, and I'll give you an answer at this time tomorrow."

Naturally, there is nothing to say about this efficiency. Li Qingchen nodded, then bowed his hands and said goodbye. After turning out of the black tower, he came to the bottom of the tower, and he suddenly realized one thing - the black ribbons on the black tower just now seemed to be less and less. In front of us, Jing'an Terrace, which was prosperous in the past, has also obviously withered.

But isn't this taken for granted?

PS: Happy New Year everyone, let’s continue to celebrate the New Year!

(End of this chapter)