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Chapter 229 Putting a Spy by Li Zicheng's Side

The water conservancy project in Lantian County, after two years of construction by the entire county, regardless of the cost, has already achieved results. Now four large reservoirs have been built, including the Beixiang Reservoir that Li Chaosheng valued most. Unfinished project.

This reservoir was not built during the Yongle period. On the contrary, it was completely built and put into use during the short two years of Li Chaosheng's reign. The reason is also very simple. Because good fortune tricks people, the world is impermanent.

When Emperor Yongle wanted to build this reservoir, people in Lantian could have enough to eat, so building the reservoir was not a must, but a icing on the cake, so few people could be mobilized, and more people liked to stay in the fields at home , Take care of your own small crops.

However, during the two years when Li Chaosheng was in power, there was a catastrophe in Shaanxi, and everyone was struggling with food and clothing. At this time, there was only one place in the county where they could have enough food, and that was the reservoir.

Therefore, a group of disaster victims, including local residents, all plunged into the army built by the reservoir, and it was impossible to repair it.

Moreover, during the Yongle period, to build such a reservoir, workers paid at least [-] yuan a day. It would be a huge expense to mobilize tens of thousands of people to build the reservoir at once.

Here, Li Chaosheng has no wages, only two sweet potatoes a day, which is about five or six yuan in silver. Such a low labor cost is also the basis for the construction of a giant like the Beixiang Reservoir.

What Emperor Yongle could not accomplish, Li Chaosheng completed, and overfulfilled. There are currently three reservoirs of this size in Lantian County, and one is under construction, and the one under construction is also expected to be completed by using this year's disaster victims. .

And the three large reservoirs that have been completed have been able to complete the irrigation of Lantian County, including the newly merged land.

This is mainly because Li Chaosheng's water conservancy system uses the method of connecting large reservoirs with small reservoirs. Speaking of small reservoirs, almost every village has one or two.

These small reservoirs basically meet the basic needs of local land irrigation this year.

Li Chaosheng inspected the reservoir, took a boat to the center of the reservoir, and measured the water storage capacity of this year's reservoir with a long bamboo pole. He found that the water storage depth was two feet deeper than last year. Li Chaosheng was very satisfied with this.

This shows that God will give you a little way of life this year.

Li Chaosheng turned around and went to the bank again, took the hammer from Gu Zi, and slammed it hard on the embankment of the reservoir, and then used the Luoyang shovel of the tomb robber to make two holes in the embankment of the reservoir, look at the Sanhe soil inside the embankment There are no tricks, cutting corners.

The result is very satisfactory to Li Chaosheng. The dam here is very strong, and the folk customs of the big guys are still very simple, and no one cut corners. It’s not a trivial matter, we must pay attention to it, the reservoir here is full, at least it can guarantee [-]% to [-]% of the irrigation needs of Lantian, even if we encounter the extreme weather two years ago, we can still bear it, and it will not affect our harvest of food.”

Qingfeng expressed his understanding, and strongly invited Li Chaosheng to taste the big carp harvested in his reservoir this year before leaving.

That's right, the reservoir in front of you is not only a reservoir, but also a huge freshwater fish farm. This is Li Chaosheng's suggestion, don't waste resources, so after the big reservoir was built, Li Chaosheng's county government bought it A large number of fry were thrown into the water, and a fish farming department was organized.

The people in this department are responsible for fish farming and supervision to prevent people from stealing fish. This is very important. If there is no one to manage it, the people will probably exhaust the fish and eat all the fry that Li Chaosheng put in.

Li Chaosheng stipulated that the carp in the lake was not allowed to be eaten if it was less than a foot long, and those who violated it would be taken to the Yamen to be beaten with ten sticks and fined one tael of silver.

This rule is to prevent the fry that Li Chaosheng put in with great difficulty from being eaten up.

Li Chaosheng accepted Qingfeng's invitation and ate this meal in a kitchen affiliated with the Ministry of Fisheries and Breeding very close to the reservoir. The meal was quite hearty, and the main dish was carp pot stickers.

Inside the big iron pot was a big carp weighing twenty catties, and sweet potato vermicelli was placed in it. It was a big hot pot, and there was a circle of corn cakes pasted on the side of the pot.

As soon as the pot was uncovered, the hot air with a tangy aroma hovered upwards, the hot iron pot stewed carp, and the big yellow pancakes, it was really fragrant to eat.

In addition to stewed carp in an iron pot, there are side dishes, a plate of dry fried small river prawns, a plate of marinated salted duck eggs cut in half, and a few plates of small green vegetables, which is the lineup of this meal.

The river prawns are all grown in the reservoir, and the salted duck eggs are ducks raised by the Fisheries and Breeding Department. It can be said that a reservoir revitalizes the nearby economy and allows the nearby aquaculture industry to develop rapidly.

Most of these carps and river shrimps have been digested by people in the market. A market has begun to develop in the town not far from the reservoir. The Fisheries and Breeding Department will bring a hundred fish every three days. They went to the nearby market to sell, and every time they were sold out, it shows that the life of ordinary people is gradually getting better.

Li Chaosheng encourages this. After all, it can revitalize the economy of a place. The word economy is very mysterious. Li Chaosheng didn't understand it before, thinking that the economy is money. the wrist of.

For example, when Li Chaosheng encouraged the people to develop the economy, he would encourage the circulation of various commodities in Lantian County to make money alive, which would promote the economy of a place.

Another example is that if Li Chaosheng hopes to develop the breeding industry, he can encourage the development of the breeding industry. When everyone finds that the breeding industry is profitable, they will rush into the breeding industry frantically, and the breeding industry will develop rapidly. Money is not created by the government. It came out, but the common people struggled little by little.

As long as you work, you will continue to generate economic value, and this is the economy.

Li Chaosheng does not have a thorough understanding of economics, but Li Chaosheng has slowly learned to use economic means to drive the people to act. This method is more accepted by the people than tough orders, and the implementation is more in place. The world is full of people. For profit, the economy is a means for profit to drive civilians.

But this must be controlled, and the method of control is Li Chaosheng's continuous strengthening of government control, such as the leader of the aquaculture industry, the fishery and aquaculture department, which is the state-owned enterprise in the county or controlled by Li Chaosheng.

After a meal, Li Chaosheng was very satisfied, full of food and drink. Accompanied by Gu Zi and the guard squad, Li Chaosheng visited various towns in Lantian, met with representatives of the militia, and was led by Li Chaosheng to visit and understand them. The situation in each village and town, and condolences to the families of many martyrs who died during the construction of Lantian, and gave condolences.

Some flour, and a big carp from Lantian Reservoir.

There are not many things, but they are precious enough. In this era when sweet potatoes are commonly eaten, flour and carp are really valuables. The families of the martyrs are very grateful to Li Chaosheng, and the common people also support Li Chaosheng even more.

Li Chaosheng looked at his subordinates and said to them: "In the future, our territory may become bigger and bigger, but there is one thing, everyone must remember that no matter what time it is, those in power must often go to the bottom to see, don't keep floating around The higher ups treat themselves badly."

After a round of inspections, Li Chaosheng and his party spent a full week. After returning to the county government, Bai Shoumin brought the latest information. The first one was that Manqing withdrew from the vicinity of BJ City and began to rob the surrounding area. Fuya county is gone.

This was within Li Chaosheng's expectations. Although Daming was rotten, the emaciated camels were bigger than horses. The current Daming was not something that Huang Taiji could win. People, that is very important.

The second is that Yuan Chonghuan was convicted by Chongzhen.

According to intelligence, Emperor Chongzhen convicted Yuan Chonghuan of nine major crimes.

The first entrustment failed. To put it bluntly, Chongzhen was very sad. Don’t you, Yuan Chonghuan, brag about flattening the Liao Dynasty for five years?As a result, before five years had passed, Jiannu went to the capital. Do you know what kind of life I lived these days? I was worried all day long, and woke up in the middle of the night.

Are you, Yuan Chonghuan, worthy of me?These years I have allowed Shaanxi to be corrupt, and I have to provide you with food and salaries in Liaodong. Is this how you repay me?Chongzhen felt that he was fooled and tricked by Yuan Chonghuan, so the angry Chongzhen wanted to vent.

And this one Li Chaosheng feels that Yuan Chonghuan has not been wronged. You brag about yourself, you can't finish it, and you can't blame others.

The second is special deception.

This one sounds very awkward, but in fact, if you analyze it carefully, it means that Yuan Chonghuan was extremely domineering in Liaodong, and he also concealed it from the court. The two things mentioned here, the first thing is that Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong without permission. This is dictatorship, you Yuan Chonghuan To kill a feudal official without order, your power is more powerful than the emperor.

The second thing is that Yuan Chonghuan secretly sold military rations to Mongolia. This thing refers to the catastrophe this year, when there were hungry people in Mongolia. Yuan Chonghuan wanted to rescue Mongolia. Chongzhen thought it was inappropriate. It is to sell grain to the Manchu Qing, which is an act of capitalizing on the enemy.

And the people of Ming Dynasty can’t get enough to eat, so what do you think of selling food to save the Mongols?

This crime actually refers to the problem of Yuan Chonghuan's attitude in a very general way.

Immediately following the third article and the fourth article is very specific. The third article is about selling grain to the Mongols, and the fourth article is about killing Mao Wenlong.

One is to steal money by selling rice, and the other is to kill commanders by seeking money.

The fifth article, the long drive of the enemy, said that Yuan Chonghuan condoned the Manchus to attack the capital and harm the people. In fact, Yuan Chonghuan was wronged a bit.

Article [-]: Suspension without fighting

Article [-] Four sets of reinforcements will be dispatched as much as possible
Article [-]: Bing Bocheng

Article [-]: Lamas are latently invited to enter the city.

Li Chaosheng read the ninth article very interesting, because Li Chaosheng's spy was sent to the capital not long ago, and the investigation is not so detailed, so I don't know if there is a problem here, but if it is true, Yuan Chonghuan died unjustly .

The ninth article says that when the Manchus were attacking the city, Yuan Chonghuan had a peace envoy from the Manchus in the big tent, that is, the lama mentioned above, and Yuan Chonghuan wanted to let the troops enter the city many times. Troops are not allowed to enter the city, he Yuan Chonghuan will not be ignorant, but insists on entering the city.

If Li Chaosheng is Chongzhen, he also thinks there is a problem, but your Yuan Chonghuan army can't hold on outside the city, why do you have to enter the city?
However, Li Chaosheng does not know whether this is true or not. Maybe this is the countermeasure between Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng, and Yuan Chonghuan is a loyal minister?
But no matter what, now that the charges have been confirmed, Yuan Chonghuan cannot escape death, and Li Chaosheng doesn't want to care too much about it. The most important thing now is to develop his own strength.

In addition, another news attracted Li Chaosheng's attention. This news was that Li Zicheng had rebelled.

As early as a few months ago, Li Chaosheng sent Bai Shoumin to the Gansu border army to look for Li Zicheng, and he did find him. Then, with Bai Shoumin's money and a series of arrangements, two senior spy members He joined the frontier army and successfully entered Li Zicheng's small group.

At that time, Li Zicheng was just a small general in charge of more than 100 people, and the senior spies sent by Li Chaosheng were all well-trained and skilled in martial arts.

Soon because Li Zicheng's "personal charm" belonged to Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng's bold temperament, and even he himself didn't know that he was about to rebel, so he never thought that someone would mix sand into his original team, so one was called Li Shichao, one A man named Wang Tietou joined Li Zicheng's team.

And won the trust of Li Zicheng with his bravery, he was directly promoted to the core brother, and he was a buddy with Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guolun.

And these two people were carefully selected by Bai Shoumin. Among them, Li Shichao was Li Chaosheng's brother of the same clan, and his real name was Li Chaoshi.

As for Wang Tietou, he was the one with the most powerful personal force among the Wang family that Li Chaosheng first recruited. Their loyalty to Li Chaosheng and Lantian County were unquestionable.

After all, their parents, relatives and friends are all in Lantian County, and the cost of their betrayal of Lantian County is too great, so they are the least likely to betray Lantian County.

Li Chaosheng's spy manual states that anyone can betray, it's just the price. The higher the price of betrayal, the more trustworthy this person is. Therefore, Bai Shoumin gave a calculation form, in which Li Chaosheng is in the form, However, Li Chaosheng's betrayal value is the highest, which means he is the least likely to betray.

After these two men joined Li Zicheng's team, they kept in touch with the outside world. During the entry of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court hurriedly dispatched troops from all directions to BJ for defense. This kingdom is a bastard, and they do not pay the army's salary. When passing through Jin County, Li Zicheng couldn't bear it anymore and launched a mutiny.

Li Zicheng believed that Li Shichao made a great contribution, so he appointed him as the captain of the personal guard on the spot, successfully broke into Li Zicheng's army, and sat in the top ranks.

(End of this chapter)