Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 611 Do you think this officer is unwilling to defend the Yellow River line of defense?

"In that case, let's follow your arrangement." Zhao Wen looked at Li Changming and said.

Li Changming nodded, and then said: "My lord, please follow me!"

After speaking, Li Changming led Zhao Wen to the depths of the county.

Sitting on his horse, Zhao Wen looked at the desolate Jiyuan City and said, "Jiyuan City is now an empty city."

"Yeah, Sun Chuanting is really not a guy. When he led the guarding gentry officials in Jiyuan City to flee for their lives, he told the people in the city that when you lead the troops, you will massacre the city and kill all the people in the city. All killed.

When the people in Jiyuan City heard this, they all ran for their lives.Some chased in the direction where Sun Chuanting fled, and the rest basically fled to the countryside.

When fleeing for their lives, the people in the city took away all the things they could see in Cheng.Fortunately, I have dozens of strong fellows under my command, otherwise, these fleeing common people would definitely not let me go. Li Changming looked at Zhao Wen and said with disgust: "This Sun Chuanting is real, he just said what he said about massacring the city." "

Zhao Wen didn't feel anything, even if all the people ran away, to Zhao Wen, it was just disgusting, and it was not a big deal.Don't these people come back after they run away?

Anyway, the people are still there, and when Henan is taken down, they will start to move these people back. At that time, even if Sun Chuanting spreads rumors again, it will be of no avail.

"How do you say this? Sun Chuanting's mouth grows on him. Let him say whatever he wants. For us, this kind of rumor is like a shell made of mud, which is of no use." Zhao Wen didn't care. the way.

"Your Excellency is right, the trick Sun Chuanting is playing now is just a cannonball made of mud to us, and it is useless to us." Li Xiaosan also yelled.

Not long after walking, Li Changming brought Zhao Wen to the county government office in Jiyuan County.

Li Changming came to the gate of the county government and opened the gate of the county government.

"My lord, Sun Chuanting and others have all run away, and there is no one in the county office now. The subordinates have tidied up the county office. It is very suitable for my lord to stay here." Li Changming stood in front of the gate of the county office, bowing his head. He bowed his waist and looked at Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen jumped off his horse and led Li Xiaosan into the county government office.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a custom of not repairing the yamen, so the Jiyuan county yamen looked rather dilapidated.

But when Zhao Wen walked in, he found that the Jiyuan county government office was different from the ones he had seen before.

The roads inside are hardened with cement, and the damaged walls have also been repaired with cement.

The traces of these repairs still look a little wet, and it seems that the repair time is not long.

"My lord, the Jiyuan county government office was originally damaged, so the subordinates brought people to repair the county government office with cement.

Originally, there were many houses in the city that were much better than the county yamen, but when the people in the city were fleeing for their lives, they almost destroyed these houses all over, and only the county yamen was left intact. "Li Changming walked into the county office. He looked at Zhao Wen who had stopped to look at the repair marks of the county office, and hurriedly explained.

"I don't have too many requirements for the place where I live, as long as it can accommodate people. Moreover, I won't stay here for a long time. I will leave after a day or two of rest as soon as the soldiers and horses from the rear arrive. Therefore, the residence Luxurious or not, it doesn't matter to me at all." Zhao Wen looked at the traces of repairs and said indifferently.

Li Changming let out a long breath, and a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

He originally thought that Zhao Wen would dislike this place, but he didn't expect that Zhao Wen didn't care at all.

"Zhang He!" Zhao Wen turned around and looked at Zhang He, who was cooperating with him to command the troops in the middle.

"The last general is here!" Zhang He stood up, clasped his fists at Zhao Wen, and said loudly.

"Now you settle down the soldiers and horses entering the city. There are many empty houses in the city. Although most of them are damaged, they can be lived in with a little tidying up.

Let our soldiers and horses live directly in the empty houses in the city, and save the cost of building camps and tents. After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he looked at Li Changming again, "You go with Zhang He and help him settle the soldiers and horses." "

"The last general takes orders!"

"Subordinates take orders!"

Zhang He and Li Changming cupped their hands at Zhao Wengong, and then walked outside.

After the two walked out, Zhao Wen brought Li Xiaosan and others to the hall of the county government.

The hall of the county government office was whitewashed by Li Changming, and the picture of the bright moon on the sea on the wall behind the hall was covered with lacquer.

These large lacquers have not yet dried and look a little wet.

There is also a pair of words hanging on the wall, with the words "Xuanzhen" written in large characters.

Judging by the color of the paper and ink, it should be the latest.

Although there is no signature on it, Zhao Wen can guess that it should be written by Li Changming.

The plaque hanging on the wall has not been removed, and the four characters "Justice and Integrity" on it are too old, so there are only a few outlines left, and these words can be vaguely seen.

In the middle of the hall, Li Changming took away the chair that the county master was sitting on, and replaced it with a grand master's chair.

In front of the Taishi chair is a table with several fruit plates and teapots on it.

On both sides of the hall, there are neatly arranged chairs, but compared with the Taishi's chair above, these chairs are slightly shorter.

Zhao Wen sat on the main seat and touched the teapot on the table.

The teapot was still hot, presumably there was still hot tea in it.

Zhao Wen opened the lid of the teapot, and a fresh scent came over his face.

"My lord, this is the scent of Xinyang Maojian. This is the tea you often drink. I didn't expect this Li Changming to be so caring." Li Xiaosan stood beside Zhao Wen, smelling the smell of tea, and then distinguished the type of tea.

After following Zhao Wen for so many years, Li Xiaosan also drank a lot of tea. Although he didn't study too much, after so many years, he can still distinguish a lot of tea.

"This Li Changming is quite accurate in timing." Zhao Wen said a few words with a smile, then picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup.

"How should I say it? Just from this aspect, it can be seen that this Li Changming is very careful, and everything is handled just right. If this kind of thing is put on the business, it will probably get twice the result with half the effort."

Zhao Wenmin took a sip of tea, the tea was neither hot nor cold, and the temperature was just right. "Not cold, not hot, just right!"

Zhao Wen was not afraid of the poison in the tea at all. First, people like Li Changming were sent out by himself, so there was no reason to poison it.

The second is that there are almost only people like Li Changming left in the city, and it is impossible for others to know that they will come to Jiyuan today, and at the same time, it is impossible to know that they will come to the county government to drink this cup of tea.

Even if the tea is poisonous, I still have a warehouse in my body, and the domineering poisonous warehouse can be cured last time, let alone this time.

Zhao Wen put down his teacup and smacked his mouth.

Li Xiaosan said: "It should be a coincidence, or else he felt that it was an adult who was entering the city when he went out, so he made a pot of hot tea. From the city gate to here, the water temperature is just right."

"Anyway, this person is a careful person." Zhao Wen said. "Let's see how he performs in the future. If he performs well, train him well and send him to America or Java, he will probably be able to make great achievements."

Zhao Wen drank a few cups of tea, then stood up and walked to the backyard.

The backyard was almost cleaned up by Li Changming. The ground was completely hardened by cement, and the damaged places were also repaired by cement.

Zhao Wen walked out of the back door and wandered around Jiyuan City with Li Xiaosan and other guards.

Jiyuan City is not big, just an ordinary small county town.

The streets in the county are basically dirt roads, and bluestone or brick roads are rarely seen.

The front of some houses in the city is paved with cement. Judging by the color of the cement, it has been a long time.

The people who can afford cement are basically local gentry.

Only the local gentry are willing to spend money on cement.

Zhao Wen came to the northwest corner of Jiyuan City unknowingly.

The northwest corner can be said to be the slums of Jiyuan City. There are low shacks all over the place, and there is still sewage in the area that has not yet evaporated.

You can even see some excrement, exuding a foul smell.

The shacks in the slums are very dense and there are a lot of them. Most of them are places where poor people, homeless people and refugees live.

Zhao Wen walked on the land in the slums, the land was black and sticky to step on.

The stench of the slums filled Zhao Wen's nostrils, which was extremely unpleasant.

"This should be the place where homeless and poor people in Jiyuan City live. Generally speaking, after the city is breached, these people will not flee. After all, according to common sense, ordinary soldiers and horses will not escape even if they are bandits. It involves here, after all, it is poor and there is no oil and water.

But I didn't expect that Sun Chuanting actually said that I was going to massacre the city, which caused all the people here to run away. Zhao Wen looked at the empty shack and said with disgust.

"My lord, this place is really too dirty, let's hurry up." Li Xiaosan held his nose and urged hurriedly.

Zhao Wen let out a long breath, "Let's go, after Henan is taken down, every city, such a place, will be the focus of rectification."

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he led Li Xiaosan out of the slum.

After leaving the slums, the air suddenly improved a lot.

Zhao Wen took a few deep breaths and continued wandering around the city.

When the sun set on the western mountain, Zhao Wen went around Jiyuan City.

When he returned to the county office, Li Changming had already arranged a banquet.

Just as Zhao Wen walked to the gate of the county government office, Li Changming, who was standing at the gate, greeted him with a few subordinates.

"My lord, the dinner is ready. My lord, please!" Li Changming stood beside Zhao Wen, bowed his body, and made a gesture of please.

Zhao Wen nodded, and then walked in with Li Xiaosan.

The dinner was set up by Li Changming in the hall of the county government. On the table in the hall was a large round table with steaming food on it.

The food is not rich, but in Jiyuan City where supplies are scarce, it is already considered good.

After dinner, the sky was completely dark.

In Jiyuan City, which lacks population, the night becomes extremely terrifying.

Except for the place where Zhao Wen lived and the place where soldiers and horses were stationed, the rest of Jiyuan City was pitch black and silent.

Zhao Wen was sitting in the study of the county government, and Li Changming was standing in front of him.

On the table in front of Zhao Wen were some paperwork and account books.

Li Changming pointed to the documents and account books in front of Zhao Wen, and said, "My lord, these are Jiyuan's Yulin Book, Jiyuan's Population Yellow Book, and the document exchanges in Jiyuan City in the past five years.

A large part of the land outside Jiyuan City belongs to the local gentry, so there is no record in the Yulin book.As for the population yellow book, it is estimated that there will be many omissions.

After the officials in the city fled these things, the subordinates immediately asked for these things to be brought over. "

The Yulin book records the land that pays grain and taxes, but the gentry do not have to pay taxes, so their land is naturally not listed in the Yulin book.

Zhao Wen flipped through it a few times casually, then looked at Li Changming, "Not bad, not bad, you did a good job."

Start with small things and listen to thunder in silent places.After Zhao Wen entered the city, although these things Li Changming did were not considered major events, they all showed that Li Changming was a careful person.

Seeing this, Zhao Wen felt more and more that Li Changming was a talented person.

"Well, after this matter is over, you can go back to Xuan Town. After you go back, you will study with Liu Wenzhong for a while. Maybe it will be useful to you in the future." Zhao Wen looked at Li Changming.

Li Changming's eyes lit up instantly, he knelt down with excitement, and made a big gift to Zhao Wen.

"Thank you for your cultivation, Mr. Zongbing. This subordinate will definitely live up to Mr. Zongbing's high expectations." Li Changming was grateful excitedly.

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Sun Chuanting's camp was set up in a crop field.

Because of the large number of people, the camp is very large.

The reason why the camp is so large is not because of the large number of soldiers and horses under Sun Chuanting's command, but because of the large number of gentry who fled.

In Sun Chuanting's big tent of the Chinese army, Sun Chuanting sat on the main seat, looking coldly at the gentlemen in the big tent.

"Don't you understand? I took you away to give you a day to live. If you don't leave, Zhao Wenneng will let you go easily?" Sun Chuanting yelled loudly.

"My lord, I can't figure it out. Earlier, you asked us gentry to pay money and food, and said that you would build a line of defense on the Yellow River.

At that time, we didn't say anything. We paid the money and the food, but why didn't the Yellow River defense line be defended?Still let us run for our lives? "

A dark-faced gentry stood up and looked at Sun Chuanting with dissatisfaction.

"That's right, the Yellow River defense line didn't last even a month. Are those soldiers on the Yellow River defense line pigs? Why are they so useless?"

"That's right!"

The words of the black-faced gentry aroused the approval of many gentry, and they immediately started talking.

Sun Chuanting's face changed again and again, and finally, Sun Chuanting slapped the table in front of him.

"Enough!" Sun Chuanting shouted angrily.

"Do you think this officer is unwilling to defend the Yellow River line of defense?"

(End of this chapter)