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Chapter 387
Ten days later, Yuzhu led the main force to attack and suppress the army, and left Changsha mightily.

Due to the lack of ships, Yu Zhu led the new army by land, while the Fubiao Chinese Army and the artillerymen traveled by boat.

There is no way, the Fubiao Chinese Army and the Artillery Armors, although equipped and paid, are much better than the average Green Battalion soldiers.

However, their mobility is still very poor, and they can only walk thirty miles a day at most.

According to the plan, the Fubiao Chinese Army and the Artillery Armor will go north along the Xiangjiang River, cross Dongting Lake, Changde Mansion, and then go down the Yuanjiang River until they arrive at Chenzhou Fucheng, the rear material storage point for this campaign.

The terrain of Sanxiang is mainly composed of plains and hills.However, there are three large mountain ranges running north-south.

That is, Wuling Mountain in western Hunan, Xuefeng Mountain in the west of Xinhua, and Luoxiao Mountain on the border with Jiangxi.

The march at this time, the influence of terrain and landform, is particularly important.

Yuzhu wasn't reckless, and after finding someone to thoroughly understand the terrain, he personally led the troops out.

After leaving Changsha, the new army passed through Ningxiang County at a speed of [-] miles a day, from Taojiangji (now Taojiang County) to which Yiyang belonged, crossed Zishui, crossed the remaining veins of Xuefeng Mountain that had become gentle, and arrived at Chenzhou. State Capital City (Yuanling County).

Today, Yuzhu is the local emperor in Pianyuan Province. The speed of his march is no longer restricted by the Ministry of War. He can freely decide the route and pace.

The soldiers walked, Yuzhu rode on horses, and all supplies such as grain and grass were carried on horse-drawn carts or mule carts.

The entire army is half mule-horse, and the marching speed is naturally not slow.

As for the carriages or mule carts, more than half of them were collected by force.

At this time, the government has the right to requisition civilian laborers, boats, horse-drawn carts and mule carts at will without spending a penny.

With a journey of more than 800 miles, Yuzhu led the army and arrived at Chenzhou Fucheng in only thirteen days.

It's just that it took two more days for the carriage of food and supplies to cross the remaining range of Xuefeng Mountain.

There is no way, no matter whether it is going up the mountain or going down the mountain, a lot of manpower is required. If the grain cart is dragged with ropes, the speed of the march will naturally slow down.

According to Yuzhu's plan, Chenzhou is a prefectural city with high walls and deep ditches, as well as numerous granaries and a population of [-], so it is most suitable as a frontline logistics base.

As the old saying goes, if you want to pacify the five halls in the west, you must first pacify Luxi.

The transportation of materials in the entire Xiangxi region depends almost entirely on water transportation, and the river hub of water transportation is in Luxi.

Back then, when Liu Deng's army marched into the Southwest, it was at the ancient crossing of the Tieshan River in Luxi, crossing the river and entering the Xiangxi area.

Because, from Luxi, take the waterway, pass through Qianzhou Hall (Jishhou), and you can go straight to Zhendui City (Phoenix Ancient City).

In addition, starting from Luxi by boat, along the Jinshui River, a tributary of the Yuan River, you can go straight to Mayang County.

To the south of Mayang, less than thirty miles away, is Tongren Mansion in Guizhou Province.

According to the battle plan formulated by Yuzhu, the soldiers and horses of the two eastern generals should be stationed in important places such as Luxi, Chenxi and Mayang respectively.

To be honest, Yuzhu has always had great doubts about the combat effectiveness of the green battalion soldiers.

In fact, Yuzhu didn't need them to charge forward, they just needed to hold on firmly, the river defense from Jinshui to Yuanjiang.

Suppressing bandits focuses on limiting the scope of activities of the bandits.

The terrain restrictions are actually mutual.

The vast mountains in western Hunan greatly increased the difficulty of the imperial army's attack and suppression, and at the same time, it also made it difficult for the bandit army to leave the mountain in large numbers.

Zhang Xin, the magistrate of Chenzhou, led all the officials in the city out of the city to welcome the arrival of his immediate boss, Yu Zhu.

"The prefect of Chenzhou, Zhang Xin, a lowly official, pay homage to Mr. Futai." Zhang Xin respectfully bowed in front of Yuzhu's horse.

When he was still in Changsha, Yuzhu had already heard that this prefect Zhang was a well-known corrupt official, known as: the sky is three feet high.

However, Yu Zhu knew very well.This era is not only the era of cannibalism, but also the era of no officials and no corruption.

After being a clean magistrate for three years, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver can easily fall into his pocket. This is the rumor of the time.

Of course, not every prefect can earn so much money.

As far as the entire Pianyuan Province is concerned, the three richest prefectures are Changsha, Yuezhou and Hengzhou prefectures.

Yuzhu has reason to believe that the prefects of these three places, especially the prefect of Changsha, must have earned more than [-] snowflakes in three years.

However, the population of Chenzhou Prefecture is very small, and there are few fertile fields, so the resources to be harvested are much less.

Yuzhu is here to suppress bandits, not specifically to suppress corruption.

To put it bluntly, even if Zhang Xin is taken down, there will still be Li Xin, Wang Xin and Liu Xin.

As long as the world is still under the Qing Dynasty, it is inevitable that the past will be corrupt and the successor will emerge endlessly.

Corrupt officials in this era are absolutely endless!
If you really want to look closely, the back of Yuzhu is also extremely unclean.His own father, Longkodo, if he wasn't greedy, who would it be?

Then again, when Long Kedo stopped being greedy for money, Kang Mazi became suspicious instead.

This is a typical paradox!
"Prefect Zhang, have all the granaries been built?" Yu Zhu could not suppress corruption for the time being, but the granaries for storing grain must be complete.

"Master Futai, the granary has been built. Why don't you go and see it with me?" Zhang Xin's proposal fit Yuzhu's intention.

"Okay, let's go then." Zhang Xin's status was far behind Yu Zhu's, and Yu Zhu didn't need to go through those red tapes at all.

Zhang Xin also rode on the horse and accompanied Yu Zhu to see the newly built granary.

The granary is located in a large training ground near the government office.

After arriving at the place, Yu Zhu took a closer look, good guy, the densely packed granaries can't be seen at a glance, and they are arranged very neatly.

Even temporary granaries were not built casually.

The imperial court has long ordered that the granary must be on a high terrain and cannot be submerged by floods.The roof can prevent the storm, the base must be off the ground, and there are moisture-proof measures.

Yu Zhu was not polite at all, and immediately ordered his personal soldiers, Goshhas, to disperse and check the situation of the granary one by one.

He wants to see, are these granaries really good, or are they just a display to fool people?
Zhang Xin didn't panic at all, and stood beside Yuzhu with a calm expression.

Zhou Quan ordered people to move to the pony, and Yuzhu sat on the pony, drinking tea while waiting for the results of the examination.

An hour later, the personal soldiers Goshha came back one after another to report that the quality of each granary completely exceeded the imperial court's standard.

For a while, Yu Zhu was in a good mood, so he said kindly: "Prefect Zhang, thank you for your hard work."

From the very distant magistrate Zhang to the more personal prefect, even if Zhang Xin is a fool, he still knows that this flattery is right.

Ever since he received the letter from Fuya, Zhang Xin guessed Yuzhu's mind, and suppressing bandits was the key point.

The real big things are the things that the immediate boss pays attention to.

Therefore, Zhang Xin did not hesitate to offend anyone, even if he demolished more than 100 private houses, he had to handle the matter of the new granary properly.

Seeing that Yu Zhu was in a good mood, Zhang Xin boldly said, "Father, it's getting late, it's time for lunch. I have already prepared a high-class table, waiting for your boss."

After Yu Zhu heard the words, he smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Zhang, to tell you the truth, I'm already tired of eating rice noodles, why don't you invite me to eat that kind of meaty rice dumplings (làn)?"

Mizhu, also known as Milan, is the appellation for rice noodles or rice noodles in Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi and other places during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Mazi, as long as people from Hunan or Jingzhou know it, it is the topping of rice noodles, similar to the scorpion that Shaanxi people eat noodles.

Yuzhu is the serious emperor in Pianyuan Province. His identity and status are much higher than Zhang Xin's, and he has reached the point where he can do whatever he wants.

Zhang Xin is also a sensible person. Yuzhu was born in the family of the first foreign relative in Manchuria, and has served in the palace for a long time.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is really difficult to find out the extravagant noodles that Yuzhu has never eaten.

"Hui Fuzun, there is a very special kind of rice noodle with pig's feet in the local area. After the pig's feet are stewed, it is served with chili, chives and other condiments. It tastes spicy and refreshing..." Zhang Xin introduced while secretly observing Yu Zhu's demeanor.

After all, high-ranking officials now respect eating sheep and are ashamed of eating pigs.

Zhang Xin was very worried, and if he annoyed Yuzhu, he would be humiliated instead of seeking glory.

Seeing Yuzhu's interested expression, Zhang Xin secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and then introduced: "Have a bowl of this pig's knuckle rice dumpling, and pair it with a plate of local sun-dried orchid meat, or Artemisia baba, it's really delicious. Have fun with the people."

This tall hat looks great!
Yu Zhu was immediately amused, he didn't want to eat banquets, he ate rice noodles instead, and was given the excellent title of "Having fun with the people", alas, Zhang Xin figured it out!
There is no way, what is good at the top will be worse at the bottom.

As Yuzhu, with a flick of a finger, he can determine the life and death of officials in the whole province.

Zhang Xin, a small magistrate, can't do everything he can to please him?
Led by Zhang Xin, Yuzhu sat in the most famous small rice noodle restaurant in the area.

After the pork knuckle noodles were served on the table, Yuzhu nodded secretly. When he was in Changsha, the common people loved to eat cut noodles, that is flat noodles, also called wide noodles.

This kind of wide noodles, in Guangdong, is called rice noodles.

Yuanling's pork knuckle noodles are round noodles, about twice as thick as rice noodles.

According to Zhang Xin, "Shai Lan Meat" is a specialty of Yuanling with a history of more than 2000 years.The hind leg meat of Yuanling local black mountain pig is taken, and it is refined and processed by more than ten processes with unique ingredients after skinning, fat removal, bone removal and tendon removal.

After Yuzhu was full, he ordered that this kind of pig's foot powder be given to his officers, and each of them would have two bowls.

No way, Yuzhu's old subordinates are all northerners and are used to eating pasta.They have no love for Changsha's rice, wide noodles or cut noodles.

Because Zhang Xin's interesting introduction immediately aroused Yu Zhu's interest.

This kind of round powder from Yuanling has a very long history, which can be traced back to the time when the Qin Dynasty conquered Baiyue.

Legend has it that the soldiers of the Qin army didn't like to eat rice, so someone deliberately made rice into rice noodles.

Later, after more than 1000 years of evolution, the local round noodles became twice as thick as rice noodles.

Yuzhu originally wanted to try it out, but unexpectedly, after eating the round noodles, the officers under him happily said something, and found the feeling of eating noodles.

Hehe, that's good, Yuzhu also heaved a sigh of relief, looking at Zhang Xin with softer eyes than before.

(End of this chapter)