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Chapter 1003 The Beginning of Colonization

The minds of the people who went to the banquet fluctuated with Wang Xijue's words, and they were completely hung up. The land they had saved for their family would be taxed.

Just when he was feeling distressed, Wang Xijue suddenly said something about "thousand hectares of fertile land without taxation", and all the wealthy families in Liao Town who attended the banquet all raised their ears and paid attention.

Seeing that the imperial court is about to clear Zhang's land in Liao Town, according to Wang Xijue's opinion, it will not be too loose when clearing the Zhang.

Tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land without taxation is indeed a great thing, but Liao Town has thought about it all over, and there is no place like this. Wang Xijue is the second assistant of the cabinet, and he is like a prime minister, so he will not just talk about it Big words.

After the crowd commotioned for a while, the leader got up and asked:

"I don't know what Elder Wang Ge is talking about. The young ones are stupid, so I hope Elder Wang Ge will explain it clearly?"

Wang Xijue nodded with a smile, and said loudly:
"Isn't there thousands of hectares of fertile land outside the border wall? It's not the territory of the Ming Dynasty. If you go there, within ten years, do you still have to worry about taxes?"

"But there belonged to the Jurchens."

"Since Mr. Wang has led the army, it is no longer the field of the Jurchens."

Wang Xijue replied with a smile, after saying this sentence, Wang Xijue ignored the crowd, returned to his seat, and started to drink with the drinking order with a smile on his face.

All the things that should be said have been said, but the people below are thinking about it, and some people took the initiative to say:
"The fields on the east side of the side wall are fatter than ours. They are all high-quality black soil, which can produce oil if you grab them. Moreover, the Jurchens also dig ditches to regulate the fields, and they are good at serving them!"

Everyone was buzzing that doing business with the Jurchens outside the side wall was also a major source of income for the nobles in Liao Town. Many people had either been there in person, or the people below had been there, and they were quite intrigued by the situation of the Jurchens living outside the side wall. I understand that there is indeed a treasure land, the fields are fertile, many of them have been cultivated, and there are more uncultivated ones.

"Just now Wangge said that it is ten thousand hectares of fertile land. If you calculate it like this, it is more than ten thousand hectares!"

"Keep your voice down, don't you understand that this is an ambush? Maybe ten years later, the imperial court will only count the ten thousand hectares, and the rest will be ignored!"

Everyone nodded again, deeply convinced. Seeing that Wang Xijue was talking happily with the chief, everyone let go. The people who came here were all powerful, and they all had heard of the name, even if they were strangers. , The introductions to each other are also based on their origins, and they soon became acquainted, and the atmosphere of the discussion became more and more lively.

"But there are only so many people, and although there are many good places outside, they can't be dispatched, and the people in Liao Town can't be delayed."

"Let's just say that you are a small-hearted person. At this time, the fields in Liao Town will have to pay taxes. The more you plant, the more you will pay. Those collected outside the side wall are all collected by yourself. s things."

"Everyone, my younger brother often goes to the north to deal with Mongolian Tartars. I have heard such a story. It is said that in the north of Datong, Shanxi, the Han people there capture Tartars as slaves, farming and grazing, and the Tartars are exhausted. You don’t have to worry about life, as long as you can support a group of people to suppress it.”

Upon hearing this, everyone's attention was focused again, and someone immediately said:
"If the Jurchens can be captured as slaves, they know how to do farm work, so it will definitely be useful."

Everyone had already dealt with the Jurchen villages outside the side wall in one way or another. As soon as the train of thought opened up, everyone's words became more and more in-depth, and someone said:

"The ginseng, mink, and all kinds of mountain products in the old forest can't get through now. What's hateful is that Nurhachi has specially set up people to manage ginseng trading, and the price is much higher than before. , if we go there, wouldn’t the business of those mountain goods be ours.”

Although farming is beneficial, it is still not as good as this business. You must know that in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, ginseng is very important for nourishing things, and the old ginseng outside the pass is even more expensive. They can't sell high-priced special products. As long as they sell in large quantities, they can also make a lot of money.

Among other things, Sun Shoulian and the gang in Liaonan just dumped the wood into the Yalu River, and then sold it to Tianjin Wei along the river's water. I don't know how much money they made.

The people sitting next to Wang Xijue were all staff and masters in Li Chengliang's mansion, as well as imperial envoys from the capital. They were all literati, and naturally they talked about officialdom, but Wang Xijue was observing and listening while talking.

Wang Xijue saw and heard the increasingly enthusiastic atmosphere in the hall and the more and more devoted expressions of the people, but he couldn't help but think of Wang Tong's suggestion in his heart.

To hold such a banquet, it is best to arrange a few trustworthy people in it. After the proposal, let them talk about various benefits in it to attract people's hearts. As long as it starts, the next thing will naturally be done.

However, no matter how good the arrangement here is, we have to wait for Wang Tong to clean up the Jurchen, otherwise there will be ten thousand hectares of fertile land.
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Since starting from Shenyang City at the beginning of March and leaving Fushun Pass along the Hun River, the Eastern Expedition Army led by Wang Tong has not been going so smoothly. In fact, there is no resistance at all on the way.

Ordinarily, as soon as you step out of the side wall, if you want to stop the army, Saerhu is the most suitable place. There are dense forests and undulating hillsides, and you can relax and wait for work, but there are only a few hundred people stationed there. It was a hasty evacuation.

Now there are many cavalry in the Eastern Expedition Army, there is no shortage of scout horses, and there are many Liao Town cavalry who are familiar with the terrain. horse.

Without resistance, the main reason why the army was unable to go smoothly was that the weather was gradually getting warmer, the permafrost melted, and the roads began to become muddy. There is still no shortage of infantry this time. As the main force, the infantry of the Huwei Army will not waste precious energy on this, and the speed of movement is still more than [-]% slower than before.

It's slow, but there is no obstacle, the army is always advancing, and the Ming army has returned to the Jiefan Village a few months after its defeat at the Jiefan Village.

This time, at the confluence of the Suzi River and the Hun River at the foot of Jiefanzhai Mountain, there was no large army of Tartars waiting in formation, and Jiefanzhai also resumed the pre-war regulations, that is, thousands of people guarded the village.

After the victory of the Jianzhou Ministry, because the line from Jiefanzhai to Hetuala is the main road into the hinterland of Jianzhou, the villages along the way were built and reinforced, and the defeated soldiers of the Ming army and the captured Han people were forced to work. It is also a small siege, such as the current Jiefan Village.

Jiefanzhai changed the terrain with big wood and soil. Now if you want to go up the mountain, you must have a zigzag road, and this road is narrow and cannot allow too many people to pass. If the army walks on it, the people on the high wall of the village can pass. Shooting down, looking from a distance, you can see three cannons on the wall of the village, which must have been captured by the Jurchens.

Moreover, attacking from the bottom up is a disadvantage in itself. The current setting of Jiefan Village should have the participation of the Ming army. If the soldiers from Liao Town come to attack, I am afraid that they can only besieged with superior forces until the food and grass in the village are exhausted. to open.

Wang Tong led the army through Jiefan Village, and the thousands of Jurchen soldiers and horses in Jiefan Village did not come down to harass them. Their plan was to stay in the village and stick to it. It's not worth the trouble, and it's safe to escape the army and cross the border.

However, Wang Tong didn't intend to let them go. After seeing the terrain, Wang Tong didn't intend to besiege them, nor did he intend to let the soldiers attack hard. He directly pulled the six-pound cannon up.

Everyone knows how far the Ming army artillery seized on the stockade can hit. The artillerymen of the Huwei army first asked the soldiers of Liaozhen to cut down trees and cleared an open space. It was much faster. They felled trees and paved the already somewhat muddy mountain road to make a road. Then the artillerymen of the Huwei Army dragged the artillery up the mountain with oxen and made a position.

There are many generals in Liao Town, and there are also many generals in Datong and Ji Towns who did not participate in the naturalization campaign. This time they all followed up the mountain. They have already seen Wang Tong's great victory at the foot of Shenyang City, but how about such a small village? Fight, they still can't figure it out.

Moreover, since leaving Fushun Pass, there hasn't been any battles yet, and this battle is also the beginning. How the first battle is going to be is of great significance, so I have to come up to see it.

When they arrived at the artillery formation, everyone was puzzled again. The Huwei army had general artillery, which could destroy the city and pull out the village, but such artillery was at best used to kill people, so how could they break through the village.

Moreover, there are only artillery and artillery here, and there are more than a hundred archers, and the infantry in the brigade are all in the back. Basin, this is even more confusing, look around, there is always a reason for what Ding Beihou does.

The artillery on the stockade fired first, and the shells flew over whizzingly. After landing in front of the artillery formation, they bounced a few times and then stopped moving. The shadowy figure swayed on the wall of the stronghold, it should be there to defend.

On the other hand, in the cannon formation here, a group of people brought charcoal and threw it in the earthen basin, ignited it, and there was almost one between the two cannons. After a while, all the charcoal basins on the scene were burning, and the charcoal was all red. The people around also felt warm, but everyone became more and more confused.

What happened next made them even more puzzled, because the artillerymen put the shells into the charcoal basin one by one, and then kept adding charcoal fire. After a while, the shot iron balls were all burning red.
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