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Chapter 372 Not So Happy After Victory

In the sixth year of Yonghui, Datang smelted 200 million catties of refined iron throughout the year!

Forty percent of them are from Taiyuan.

If we talk about which county is the richest in the whole Tang Dynasty, Wannian County must be the first in the world.

If the most affluent state in the entire Tang Dynasty is that one state, it must be Puzhou on the east road, where the Guanque Tower is located.

Why Puzhou is so rich is entirely because it is the most important distribution center of salt and iron in Datang.

The iron in Taiyuan, Jiezhou, the salt in the salt ponds in Anyi, and the fertile land where rice can be grown in Dong Daolian made Puzhou, the richest state in the Tang Dynasty.

Under the rule of Puzhou Prefecture, Zhengcang was the first in the Tang Dynasty, Yicang was the third, and Changpingcang was the third.

This is far from being comparable to Yunchu opening a few big canteens, putting on a few performances, and building a few houses, unless Yunchu can grow the cotton spinning industry to be qualified to compare with Puzhou.

Puzhou supplies Datang with 36 jin of refined iron a year.

Now, Yunchu got back [-] catties of fine iron in one go, which can make at least [-] Tang knives, [-] spears, and even more arrows.

This is why Yun Chu was able to compete with the old man Li Ji with confidence.

If he didn't have a hundred thousand fine irons as his confidence, Yun Chu would have recruited everything when Li Ji asked the first sentence, so he could really think that Li Ji is a living Bodhisattva who has no temper?

It couldn't be easier for him to kill Yun Chu on the battlefield.

Now, there are [-] catties of refined iron, and any beads, gold ingots, sand, or mink are just a fleeting moment. For Li Ji, who is going to give a big account of his military career and describe a grand narrative, One hundred thousand catties of gold is not as good as one hundred thousand catties of refined iron.

The refined iron obtained from Dongmu Mountain was neatly placed in a warehouse, and the refined iron ingots melted from the iron found in Gaimu City were also placed in this warehouse.

A total of less than [-] tons of refined iron was placed together, and there was only a small pile, which was much smaller than the scrap iron pile in the street waste collection station run by Yunchu back then.

It's just so much scrap iron, if he, the director of the street office, goes to take a look, he will be looked down upon by the staff.

However, Li Ji, the No. 1 military officer of the Tang Dynasty, was delighted to see the [-] tons of refined iron.

"Come back and send the old man a bucket of pearls, and the matter will be exposed."

Li Ji sent someone to inspect the pile of rotten iron, and after confirming that it was all high-quality fine iron, Yunchu wanted to get acquainted with the treasure of Dongmou Mountain, but Li Ji acquiesced, but agreed.

Yunchu likes to deal with such old guys.

However, if you don't admit it, you don't admit it, there is nothing less to do.

So, for the Dongzhu they got, give Li Ji a bucket, Gao Kan a bowl, Jia Chunyan a bowl, and Li Zhi a bucket. Basically, there is less than a bucket of Dongzhu left in Yunchu.

This thing is useless to the Yunchu family, and it can't be sold for a price at all, unless Li Zhi gets a few to inlay on hats, or use it on jade belts, and Wu Mei gets a few to make a few pearl hairpins or bracelets, For necklaces and other things, Li Ji casually rewarded a few titans who had won battles with one or two, so that the value of the beads would increase.

The vast majority of luxury goods are always linked to status and status, and always follow the preferences of powerful people.

It cannot be called a luxury if it is not worn by even the most distinguished people.

So, even though Yunchu gave away [-]% to [-]% of the pearls, the value of the pearls in his hand suddenly increased by three or four times, or even ten times.

When Li Ji was having dinner in the evening, the soldiers came in holding a new bucket and told Li Ji that it was a bucket of rice cooked by General Dingyuan himself for the general.

After lifting off the covering cloth, Li Ji was very satisfied with the even and round rice that Yunchu sent over.

At the same time, Gao Kan also tasted a bowl of rice cooked by Yunchu himself, and was very satisfied with this subordinate.

As for Jia Chunyan, when he saw the bowl of rice cooked by Yunchu himself, he smiled knowingly, and told the old servant to hide it well. There are thieves everywhere in the army, so that they won't be stolen by them.

Since his arrival, his military tent has not been secure, and some documents are often lost, which makes him uneasy.

As for the bucket of rice that Yun Chu asked him to return to Chang'an, Jia Chunyan put it on the table with a sinister smile.

He is not afraid of this thing being stolen, and he also hopes that someone will steal it, so that he can get more rice from the thief.

Thinking about the two round pearls in his hands, Jia Chunyan was very satisfied, this is the way civil officials do things.

Everyone knows that Jia Chunyan is an upright man with a clean hand.

Ever since the emperor appointed himself as a special envoy to go to the army to greet Ying Ankang, there have been family members of those generals who don't have eyesight, but they have brought carts of copper coins to his residence. Isn't this damaging his reputation?
It's a courteous official like Yunchu who knows how to handle things. Things that can be solved with a bowl of white rice, those crude military officers want to make things earth-shattering. They want everyone in Chang'an to know who Jia Chunyan is A corrupt official.

He is truly not a son of man!
After solving Li Ji's matter, Yunchu returned to the barracks with a heavy heart.

This time Yun Chubu killed and injured thousands of people, which is a very difficult matter to solve.

It is a good thing to get the money, but with so many casualties, it still makes Yun Chu unhappy.

After a big battle, [-]% of the troops were damaged, which he didn't want to see.

After looking at the injuries, Yun Chu faintly felt that something was wrong. Many soldiers who were already on the death list were lying in the wounded barracks for treatment, especially the bad ones.

After returning to his residence, Yun Chu saw Wen Wen was busy and sweating profusely, revising the thick books.

Yunchu opened the window to let in the wind, and said to Rou Rou: "I remember that Zhang Chunshui was killed in battle, why did he stay in the wounded barracks?"

Gentlely said: "The one who died in the battle was Zhang Chunshui, and the one in the wounded barracks was Zhang Qiushui. The general remembered wrongly."

Yun Chu frowned and said, "Why?"

Gentlely said: "Zhang Chunshui is not dead, he broke a leg, he can't be a soldier in the future, there are still six people in the family to take care of, the injured and disabled soldiers will retire, free of money and grain for three years, and those who die in battle Fubing will be exempted for 16 years until the children grow up."

Yun Chu was stunned for a moment and said: "We can take care of it, if we open this hole..."

Gentle shook his head and said: "The government soldiers won't believe it, and this is also the method used by the commander in the army, and it is very common among the villagers."

Yun Chu was puzzled and said: "Why have I not found a single case in Wannian County for so many years? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be."

Rou Rou looked at Yun Chu and said: "This is the will of the collective. The neighbors will not say that the head of the village or the square will pretend not to see it, and Hu Cao will not intervene, and will deliberately change the name on the household registration. Help hide.

No matter how powerful your magistrate Yun is, you still have no way of knowing these things. If you continue to investigate, those disabled soldiers will only die. They will commit suicide, leaving you with nothing to investigate!
So be it, even if you can manage them for a while, you can't manage them for a lifetime, and you can only govern Wannian County. Those soldiers who are not in Wannian County's jurisdiction but whose names are in Wannian County's book, you What can I do to help him? "

Yun Chu smiled and said, "So, in this battle, we didn't have that many soldiers killed?"

Gentlely sighed and said: "I have been busy for half a day, and only 32 people can change it. If the rest die, they are really dead."

Yun Chu thought for a while and said, "Let's start planning for Yang Jing. I don't know how many soldiers will die in battle. I need a lot of money to pay the pension."

Gentlely said: "Arrangements have already begun, but this time, I have made plans with the brothers of the Wang family, so that you can be more generous when paying the pension."

Looking at the soldiers walking back and forth outside the window, Yun Chu sighed deeply and said, "This is not a long-term solution."

Gentlely said: "The iron we seized was confiscated, and half of the war horses we seized were taken away. The slaves of the Mohe tribe were also taken away by Chang Shi, but the number did not match the number we knew. Sixty percent, and less are young people, and children over the age of six."

Yun Chu nodded wearily. Although he won a big victory, the aftereffects of the war are still beyond his personal ability to change.

Favors, interests, and laws are mixed together, and finally the world that was originally black and white is so gray that it is impossible to recognize its true colors.

The Yunchu tribe lost more than [-]% of the battle in Gaimu City. The Liaodong Dao Marching Chief allowed the Yunchu tribe to stay in Gaimu City, guarding Gaimu City while protecting the food roads of the Tang army.

He himself commanded an army of 18, and drove to Zhubi Mountain mightily.

Zhubi Mountain was not called this name originally, since Emperor Taizong stayed on this mountain, no matter what the name of this mountain was before, from that moment on, it can only be called Zhubi Mountain.

Since the main force of the army went to the direction of Zhubi Mountain, it meant that Li Ji planned to attack Black Bone City and Anshi City at the same time this time, and he also wanted to take down Baiyan City to the west of Zhubi Mountain and Liaodong City, an important town in Liaodong.

The new news from Goguryeo is not good for the Tang army. The 20 Goguryeo army led by Da Molizhiyuan Gaisuwen, who holds the real power of Goguryeo, has arrived in Yalushui.

Yunchu didn't know if Li Ji's capture of Baiyan City and Liaodong City could be faster than Yuan Gai Suwen's rescue.

At this point, Yunchu was very worried. In another month, Liaodong would enter the rainy season, which would be very unfavorable to Li Ji, who was determined to use gunpowder as his last trump card.

However, Li Ji didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack Goguryeo, and he didn't know what the old guy was up to.

With Yang Jing and the three Wang family brothers present, the population of Gaimu City is decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Not only is the population in the city decreasing, but even those hiding outside the city are gradually dying out.

During this period of time, Yang Jing and the three Wang brothers were the busiest. I don't know how they managed to catch some people from some weird places and transport them to Hebei Road.

When Yunchu received the military order again to go to Beisha City by the sea to assist Gao Kan in capturing the city, within a hundred miles of Gaimu City, except for Yunchu's troops in the city, there was no one left. .

　Chapter 3 is delivered, you look at it first, I will continue
　　
　
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