Xiliang Iron Cavalry

Chapter 165: Letter from Jia Xu

Li Ru shook his head and said: "Now that Jia Rong has occupied Jincheng, my lord should not fight desperately with the rebels. Just guarding Longguan is a great achievement. Even if Jia Rong captures Jincheng, the imperial court will not reward too much. There are no rewards."

Li Ru's real purpose is the same as Jia Rong's, to maintain a balance and develop his own strength. Li Ru sees farther, and feels that the great man will change soon, and the most important thing in troubled times is strength.

Dong Zhuo immediately ordered that the three armies stand still and guard Longguan so as not to be taken advantage of by the rebels. The news that Jia Rong captured Jincheng County spread like wings in Longguan. Helping Jia Rong capture Jincheng, this kind of credit is enough to give an explanation to his subordinates.

In addition, Han Sui led an army to attack Hanyang County, and the prefect of Hanyang asked Dong Zhuo in Longguan for help. Dong Zhuo refused to send troops to rescue him because of the lack of troops, and it was too late to ask Jia Rong in Jincheng for help.

Hanyang is much easier to attack than Pingxiang, which is guarded by Jia Rong. The tactics of the Hanyang prefect defending the city are too old-fashioned, and the troops in the city are also very limited. Finally, half a month later, the rebel army led by Han Sui came to cooperate with the outside. The city was breached, and Han Sui's army of [-] soldiers was reduced to only [-], and his strength was greatly reduced.

Jia Rong, Han Sui, and Dong Zhuo stayed in the army, maintaining a delicate balance.

The wheat is already ripe, and Jia Rong attaches great importance to this harvest season. The garrisons in each county have received a military order to help the people harvest grain and plant the land. This is what the Xiliang Army did in Beidi County. Let it go with the flow. But in the eyes of the people in the counties, the weight of the Xiliang Army has increased a lot. Those officials who usually claim to be loyal ministers are not as good as these big soldiers. At least they are doing real things.

In the past, officials always thought about how to exploit, and there were few good officials who really cared about the people. However, the actions of the Xiliang Army soldiers made the people feel grateful for Jia Rong, the prefect of Jincheng County.

After half a month of recuperation, Jia Rong's gunshot wound has healed up a lot, and at the same time, he also got in touch with Zhang Li and Su Shuang in Beidi County; Zhang Li said that he was preparing to move all the things in Lingzhou to Jincheng. At the same time, officials from the other four counties also came, but now Jincheng's weight in Jia Rong's heart is obviously heavier.

Jia Rong was astonished at this result. If Zhang Li did this, Beidi County would inevitably be hollowed out for a short time. During the period, Zhang Li asked Jia Rong that there were many people who wanted to come with the army. Jia Rong agreed with both hands. , and gave generous treatment to the people who came to Jincheng.

Along with the imperial decree, there was also a document from the imperial court asking for food and grass. Jia Rong immediately refused without thinking. At this time, Jincheng County was in the process of post-war reconstruction. What do people think, Jincheng County has just been recaptured, where did the food and grass go to the national treasury? In the past, the imperial court allocated money to Bian County. Such a situation is really rare.

At this moment, the soldiers came to report that someone sent a letter in front of the prefect's mansion, saying that Jia Rong must open it himself.

Hearing this, Jia Rong asked the soldiers to lead the way to the door. The person who came was a very ordinary citizen, the kind that no one would notice in the crowd.

"I am Jia Rong, the prefect of Jincheng County. I wonder what this brother wants from me?" Jia Rong's greatest advantage is that he is good at getting close to strangers. How does a word of brother make this commoner feel.

The man bowed to Jia Rong and said excitedly: "Cao Min's surname is Li. He is a small businessman. He was entrusted by a scholar surnamed Jia to deliver this letter to Mr. Jia. He is expected to be from the same clan as Mr. Jia." .”

"Surnamed Jia?" Jia Rong immediately thought it was Jia Xu, and immediately welcomed the businessman surnamed Li into the mansion.

After sitting down, Jia Rong opened the letter, read it carefully, pondered for a long time, and nodded slowly.

"If you can see the person from my same clan when you go back, just say I've made a note of it!" Since the businessman said so, Jia Rong didn't want to reveal his relationship with Jia Xu. \\.. \\

The businessman surnamed Li nodded and said, "Caomin will definitely convey it."

"What business do you do?" Jia Rong remembered that the person in front of him was still a businessman.

The businessman surnamed Li said: "Caomin is in the business of rouge and gouache, and they can barely make ends meet. It's just that the recent war in Jincheng Hanyang has made it more and more difficult to do business."

Jia Rong said with a smile: "Jincheng County has settled down, so you can do business in the city with peace of mind. If you need help, just tell the government, they will help you."

The businessman surnamed Li thanked him gratefully: "Thank you, sir!" The businessman is at the bottom of this society, and has always regarded it as the greatest honor to be received by the government. Jia Rong gave this small businessman enough face and let him After going out, I also have some more capital to show off.

After the businessman surnamed Li left, Jia Rong immediately came to Xiao Huangmen, who delivered the decree. Xiao Huangmen ate and drank well all day long, and there were special people to accompany him. The weight of the door is said to be for edicts, but in fact it is the most important eyeliner of the Emperor Han. It seems that the little yellow door can eat wherever he goes. Could it be that when he goes back to the Emperor Han and doesn’t ask about it, the performance of officials from all over the country will be different. It needs to be conveyed to Emperor Han through the mouth of Xiao Huangmen. At that time, as long as Xiao Huangmen speaks a few words, it is better than anything else. After all, Emperor Han can only read the memorial every day to understand the situation of the ministers, and he still attaches great importance to what Huangmen saw with his own eyes. of.

"How is Master Fan's life in Jincheng County recently?" Jia Rong asked kindly.

Xiao Huangmen pouted and said, "It's okay, but the food is not as good as that in Beijing."

Resisting the urge to go up and kick him, Jia Rong said with a smile: "The barren land is no more prosperous than the capital, please forgive Master Fan for the negligence!"

Xiao Huangmen said with a smile: "Master Jia is out."

Jia Rong clapped his hands, and a soldier brought up a small box.

Inside the box was neatly placed gold. After the small yellow door was opened, he felt stunned. This was the first time he had seen so much money, let alone a neatly placed box. People have a great visual conflict, in fact, there are not many such a small box, but the little yellow door usually does not have much oil and water, and it is the first time to go out to preach the imperial edict, and the little yellow door is the lowest position in the palace, which is equivalent to a big family It was also the luck of this little yellow gate who was sent to deliver the decree.

Seeing the greed in Xiao Huangmen's eyes, Jia Rong smiled and said, "Lord Fan will take it. I will make Master Fan exhausted all the way from the capital to Jincheng. This amount of money should be regarded as a little money for drinks. Please accept it with a smile, Master Fan."

Xiao Huangmen closed the box in his arms very hopelessly, and said: "After the miscellaneous family goes back, they must speak well for the Lord in front of the Holy One."

Jia Rong nodded in satisfaction, what he wanted was Xiao Huangmen's words.

"Master Fan told His Majesty after returning home that Jincheng County has just experienced war and the people's livelihood is in decline. Even so, I will work hard to prepare food and grass. Please rest assured, My Majesty, I will write a book tomorrow and Master Fan will take it away."

"Lord Jia, don't worry, your words will be brought to the miscellaneous family intact, and Master Jia's loyal miscellaneous family will definitely report the truth to the Holy One." Xiao Huangmen said solemnly.

After Xiao Huangmen left, Jia Rong put away his warm face just now. As expected, the letter was indeed written by Jia Xu, and the content was very clear. It is something that the imperial court has asked for too much, so I have to agree to it for the time being, and try to make the imperial court feel at ease. Although the big man has shown the scene of getting old, the centipede is dead but not stiff, the big man in front of him is not just anyone can handle.

Jia Xu also guessed that Emperor Han might embarrass Jia Rong in some ways, so he wrote a letter to dissuade him at the risk of revealing his identity.

Jia Rong attached great importance to Jia Xu's words, and suddenly understood why Emperor Han asked Xiaohuangmen to send a message to let him prepare food and grass. The reason was that Emperor Han wanted to test his loyalty. Come out, almost missed a major event.

This year's weather is good, and many places in Dahan have good harvests. This also allows the war-torn Dahan to breathe a sigh of relief, and the harvest in Jincheng County is also very good.

I have already made contact with Mi Zhu, and Mi Zhu will escort a batch of grain in a few days.

Mi Zhu helped him a lot. Although he was suspected of coveting the horses of the Xiliang Army, after all, he steadfastly helped him during the war. Part of the reason may be that Mi Wei was also in the Xiliang Army. Give Mi Zhu a batch of soap so that he can make a little profit, not only Mi Zhu, but also the merchants of the big man can also make a little profit, and they can’t play monopoly, and take care of the feelings of other merchants, but Jin Airong doesn’t have such a good idea , to give the profits to other businessmen, but also to let Jincheng benefit.

Not long after taking over Jincheng County, Jia Rong posted a notice again to build a blacksmith workshop in Jincheng, and the blacksmiths in Lingzhou can start normal work immediately after they come over. Such a period of time has not delayed the business of Xianlian Pavilion, has it? , each Xianlian Pavilion used entirely the previous inventory, and when the Lingzhou Craftsman Workshop was about to relocate, it informed the Xianlian Pavilions in various places.

Each craftsman has [-] qian a day, and the people who help him [-] qian. The meal at noon is provided by the prefect's mansion. Once the notice is posted, it does not achieve much good results. The main reason is that Jia Rong, the prefect, has just arrived. Unfamiliar with him, the previous officials had written too many bad checks, and it didn't work when it came to Jia Rong.

In desperation, Jia Rong had to mobilize some soldiers to help build a new craftsman's workshop.

Every day's wages will be settled immediately by Jia Rong. Gradually, more and more people join in the construction of the craftsman's workshop, so that the people from the surrounding counties come here tirelessly, remembering that these people are still flocking to the low wages.

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