Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 2) If Le Yi is born again (5)

After a day's work, Zhang Zhiqiao only felt backache and leg pain, and almost collapsed on the bed. His wife, Mei, was still helping the cook at the big pot stove. It was a wooden and thatched hut, and the children spent most of their time doing farm work such as weeding and herding sheep. They only had one and a half hours to follow the sergeant to read and write, and they were given lunch according to the order of the scholar's residence.

Zhang Pu has never felt that farming is so tiring. The sergeant strictly requires that the wasteland be reclaimed according to the requirements of the farmers and herdsmen. The number of crops to be planted in the first year is determined by the damned sergeant. The sergeant stipulates to plant at intervals that have never been done before. The distance between the same crops, the distance between different crops, and the depth of the plow under different crops are also different. The damned sergeant takes a little bit of measurement with a wooden ruler. If the requirements are not met, rework , reprimanded, and possibly even whipped.But Zhang Pu was still a little happy. It was much easier to reclaim the wasteland with the horse and the iron plow. Seeing the thick soil rolling on both sides of the plowshare like waves, as if reflecting the oily light, he felt it from the bottom of his heart. Feel a burst of relief.

"It's really not a job for humans." Feng Fa is a good farmer in the village. Now he is being taught how to farm the land, but he touches the calluses on his hands, "This group is not for humans, I hope they You're right." He 'felt' out a bag of sorghum rice from the corner of the thatched shed, and carefully scooped up a few bowls of sorghum rice in the small bundle. This is tomorrow's ration, and it will be handed over to the big stove tonight for ten rations. Paper tickets, a family of five eats at the big stove with the paper tickets, and saves firewood at home, which is also convenient.Many shady households paid ten days' rations at a time, but Feng Fa was extra cautious to pay the next day's rations every day.

In front of Zhang Mei, who was in charge of the stove, Feng Fa carefully poured the rations into a large tank and received tomorrow's meal ticket. At this time, a group of soldiers came over carrying the food, and Feng Fa greeted with gratitude. : "General Jian." Avoid the side of the road.He knew that Jian Cheng was an official, if it was an official of the Liao Dynasty court, Feng Fa might have already knelt by the side of the road at this moment, how dare he take the initiative to say hello.Jian Cheng nodded to him, and together with the sergeant poured the schoolchildren's lunch rations into the big jar.

In the Chinese tent, Zhao Xingde sat in the middle, Jin Changtai and Wang Tongdeng sat on the left, and opposite Xu Detai and others.Zhao Xingde said with a smile: "There is a lot of waste waiting to be done here. When the road is in trouble, I hope you don't think it is too simple."

Xu Detai smiled and said: "Where, where." After drinking the tea in the cup, he also sighed: "In just over a month, General Zhao has managed this place, which is beyond the reach of my brothers." He came here to invite Zhao Xingde They went to the Liaodong Han Army's main village alliance and were about to explain their intentions, but the Yalu River Jurchen Mou Ke'eri also stared and said: "Zhao Xingde, this was originally the place of our Yalu River Jurchen Department, and you took it for no reason. There must be an explanation." He put the teacup heavily on the table, picked up a piece of crispy cheese, chewed it in his mouth, and cursed: "There is no wine or meat, is this how you treat distinguished guests?"

Xu Detai didn't expect the Jurchen to suddenly attack, and his face was a bit ugly.The Jurchen tribes of the Yalu River tribe have recently accepted Wanyan Jinguo's recruitment, and Erli was originally the leader of a small tribe in the east of the Yalu River, but now he has become arrogant.Remembering that if he wanted to do great things in Liaodong, he would have to imprison all the Jurchen ministries, Xu Detai frowned and said: "Erili is also seeking to conquer, please wait a moment, let me discuss the alliance first."

But Eriye slapped the table, staring and said: "Xu Detai, why did you tell me first?" Standing up, he patted the scimitar on his waist, stared at Zhao Xingde and said, "This place belongs to our Jurchens. You can either withdraw, or compensate us with food and cloth!" He was confident that Jin Guojuzhen was behind him, and his voice became rough.

Zhao Xingde put the teacup away, but he didn't talk to Erli, he turned to ask Xu Detai, "Master Xu San, let's discuss the important matters of the alliance, what is this Jurchen doing?" He didn't even look at Erli. , is already great contempt.Forehead also stared at him, his eyeballs seemed to spew fire, panting heavily.

Xu Detai hurriedly said: "The Jurchens of the Yalu River are also oppressed by the Liao Kingdom. Now our Han army is allied against the Liao, and Erli is also seeking to overcome it. It is to strengthen our momentum." He stood up while talking, and smiled. : "Erli also seeks to overcome, if you have something to say, sit down and speak slowly."

"Let's make it clear first!" Forehead also patted his scabbard again, looking condescendingly at everyone present.

The scene suddenly became very tense. Jin Changtai's eyes were full of worry. Although the Yalu River Jurchens were far away from the Wanyan Jin Kingdom, they were of the same clan after all. If there was a conflict between the two sides, it might cause big trouble.But Wang Tongdeng slapped the table and stood up, and shouted to his forehead: "Bai Ya, why didn't you say that Taibai Mountain belongs to you?"

The forehead also smiled arrogantly, "Taibai Mountain and the Yalu River belonged to my Jurchens."

As soon as his words fell, Zhao Xingde said: "Eriya, you are wrong to say that. This is the hometown of my Han people, so King Yanzhao established Liaodong County a thousand or hundreds of years ago, and Andong Capital was established in the Tang Dynasty. The Hufu governs this place, so how can it be called your Jurchen's place?" He spoke in a leisurely manner and took a sip of tea after he finished speaking.Wang Tongdeng said loudly: "That's right! Why do you say it's a Jurchen place? I say it's a Han place!" Jin Changtai nodded with a smile, and thought to himself, Xingzhi is usually much better at studying hard than me. If you drop the book bag with him, I'm afraid your head will grow bigger.

This land of Liaodong has always been a place of mixed races, now that the Jurchen is flourishing, the forehead was originally just extortion and extortion, but hearing Zhao Xingde's slow rebuttal, he couldn't help but become angry and drew out his scimitar to slash on the ground. On the case, he shouted: "Look at your sharp tongue, it's still my Jurchen's sharp sword!"

Hearing the words, Zhao Xingde stood up abruptly, pulled out the horizontal knife at his waist, and without waiting for Xu Detai to dissuade him, he slashed at the scimitar in the forehead. Just listen to Dang Ding - a ringing sound, shaking the ears of everyone in the tent.Zhao Xingde's physical strength was astonishing, he staggered half a step back from the slash in his forehead, the scimitar was cut open a huge gap, even Xu Detai and others beside him could see clearly.

Xu Detai turned pale with fright, and the Jurchens who accompanied Eriye immediately drew out their scimitars, while Jin Changtai and Wang Tongdeng stood up almost at the same time and drew out their horizontal knives. He lifted the curtain, rushed into the tent with a dozen soldiers with swords and shields, drew out his horizontal swords and surrounded the guests.Xu Detai and the other Han soldiers sat still and did not dare to act rashly.

Everyone looked at Zhao Xingde, Du Chuijiao wanted to get a military order to do it, Xu Detai wanted to be a peacemaker, Erli also stood back to back with his personal soldiers, holding a scimitar in both hands, looked at Zhao Xingde in surprise, secretly Some remorse: "Whenever the Han people disagree with each other, they will do it."

At this point, the forehead was about to say some cruel words, but Zhao Xingde put the saber back, and said with a slight smile: "Whose saber is sharp, you will only know if you try it." Just then he heard that the forehead also slashed with the scimitar From the sound of hitting the table, one can tell that the iron forging this scimitar is brittle and hard, tough and easy to break, not as good as Xia Guo's horizontal knife.Everyone in the tent saw clearly that the horizontal knife Zhao Xingde used was not even a single notch, so he put the horizontal knife back into its sheath, sat down, took a sip from the teacup.

Erli was also standing there, neither desperately nor sitting down, but felt blushing, staring straight at Zhao Xingde, as if he was going to swallow him alive, at this moment Xu Detai quickly smoothed things over, smiling all over his face: "General Zhao is just kidding, Xia Guo's sword is the best in the world, so it is naturally extremely sharp." He stretched out his hand and gently pulled his forehead, and said in a low voice: "Lord Mouk, sit down quickly, General Zhao is just joking."

Zhao Xingde held the teacup with a half-smile on the opposite side, his forehead and eyes seemed to spit fire, but finally he thought about the importance of big things, and sat down angrily.After the two Jurchens sat down, Du Chuijiao looked at Zhao Xingde, saw him nodding his head slightly, and then retreated with his sword and shield.

Zhao Xingde saw that Eri was still sitting in the tent with a brazen face, secretly said, this Jurchen is also rough but subtle, it seems that they insist on getting involved in the Han army alliance, and they can't be driven away.While thinking about countermeasures, he listened to Xu Detai's words.Miss Han will soon arrive in Liaodong, so the leaders of the various villages of the Liaodong Han Army decided to form an alliance to integrate the soldiers and horses of each village, preparing to welcome Miss Han to regain control of Liaodong, and elect a leader.Xu Detai said that the villages in eastern Liaodong have been deserted for a long time, and for more than a month, each village has recruited many young men for the uprising, but the training is weak, so he asked Zhao Xingde to send some soldiers to help the villages train their soldiers.

Jin Changtai asked: "Since Miss Han is back, do you still want to elect another leader?" He bowed his hands to Xu Detai, "Who does Xu San's family want to be the leader?

Xu Detai smiled and said: "The Han family is the co-lord of my Liaodong Han people. The eldest lady is the only blood and blood of the marshal. Naturally, she is extremely respected. It's just that the war is dangerous. After all, the eldest lady can't be personally determined to fight with us guys." They are mixed together, so another alliance leader needs to be selected. The position of alliance leader is decided by the leaders of each village, and it is not something that Xu can control."

Zhao Xingde saw that his answer was a bit reluctant, so he didn't press the question any further, secretly thinking that it might be a bit strange that the Han army would form an alliance before Miss Han came back.He smiled slightly and said: "We all know the loyalty of the Wang family to Miss Han. It is not a big problem to send sergeants to assist the Han army in training. There is a saying that brothers stand outside the wall to defend themselves against their insults. Now it is In troubled times, we Liaodong Han people must work together to survive this dangerous situation."

Xu Detai's face changed slightly, he forced a smile and said, "General Zhao is right." Then he looked preoccupied again.