Horse on the World

Chapter 309
The Battle of Bayan Hara officially kicked off, and at this time Dingzhou also began a year of busy work, Lu Yiming became the busiest official in the entire Dingzhou, the season of the year is spring, and spring plowing will soon begin. It is time to start, and the required seeds, animal power, etc. need to be prepared immediately. Dingfu and Fuzhou are not counted as grain-producing areas, so spring plowing is even more important.The government agencies of the entire Dingzhou have put a lot of energy into this, people are wrong for a while, and people are wrong for a year, Lu Yiming couldn't help but mention 12 points of caution.

It would be fine if it was just spring plowing, but at this time, the Battle of Bayan Hara also started, and the hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in Bayan Hara needed to be supplied by the two states, which made things even worse.Just the daily consumption of the army is a terrifying figure. People eat horses and chews, and those things need to be transported from Dingzhou for thousands of miles. Gathered the tension of spring plowing.The laborers who are busy farming in the two states are basically the old, the weak, women and children. Fortunately, after several years of implementation of the New Deal and the establishment of mutual aid groups in these two states, under the coordination of the local government, village elders, and village elders, they are still able to make ends meet. response.

Xu Yunfeng, the magistrate of Fuzhou, even called on all the officials to go to the countryside to help the people in farming when they were not in government affairs. The work style of the entire Fuzhou officials also made Xu Yunfeng's appeal in Fuzhou soaring, and his reputation was unrivaled for a while.What is good at the top must be followed at the bottom. With Xu Yunfeng's dignified magistrate's personal practice, officials at all levels of the yamen in the past can only lose their gentleness, no matter whether they are willing or not, or pretending, they can only do so.

This also stunned Yan Nanfei, the princess, and other aides in the capital, who lamented that the work of wooing became more and more difficult, not only did the common people not buy their account, but even the officials didn't have the energy to say goodbye to them. Xi, yin and yang are contrary. It is said that today I worked in the imperial gate for a day. I could have a short rest tomorrow, and I have to go to the countryside to plow the fields and plant seedlings with the people. Who has the energy to talk to them about the wind and the moon? What about the government!Right now, the officials of the two states can only stare wide-eyed and try their best to complete the tasks assigned by their superiors. You must know that the officials of the two states of Dingfu are inspected once a year, and every winter slack period is the life and death of the officials. Once you are rated as unqualified and inferior, your official career will basically come to an end. Even if you barely keep your official position, you will not be able to get down in face. What a shame for scholars!

Yan Nanfei was at a loss. The operating system of Fuzhou officials was completely different from the bureaucratic system of the Great Chu that he was familiar with. Before they had time to cooperate deeply with their supporters, these people went to jail, some in the prison of the state capital, and some even worse, they were directly taken away by the branch office of the Statistics and Investigation Department of Fuzhou.In the prison of the state capital, Yan Nanfei could still go in and have a look. He even found Xu Yunfeng to intercede, but when Xu Yunfeng laid out the crimes of these people one by one in front of him, he saw that the thick Yan Nanfei had no choice but to return the thick file. As for the Statistics and Investigation Department, heh, Yan Nanfei was unwilling to provoke it.

After such a long time, all the gentry in Fuzhou understood that the current princess Xingyuan is a black hole, and Yan Nanfei, the head of the Xingyuan, is a broom star to the letter, as long as he gets involved with him, he will definitely be unlucky Ever since, when Yan Nanfei first came to Fuzhou to prepare for the establishment of the Princess Xingyuan, Yan Nanfei, who was like a sweet pastry, immediately became the most unpopular person in Fuzhou. Well, this gentry has either gone out or is seriously ill. In a word, he can't entertain guests!

Resourceful and resourceful, Yannan Feilong, who was once placed in high hopes by Chen Xiyan, the chief assistant of the Great Chu, can only sigh with his companions every day and drink away his sorrows.

And Lu Yiming, who threw Yan Nanfei to Fuzhou, had already forgotten about this great man. He has many things to do, besides spring plowing, he also needs to cooperate with Shang Haibo to raise funds for Bayan Hara's army. Sufficient food, although the four large warehouses established in Dingzhou in Changping, Anping, Anji, and Guangji are full, but Lu Yiming knows that if there is not enough food flowing into Fuzhou every day, then these four large warehouses will support Less than a month.Especially now that it is spring, the food in various places is very tight. It is not easy to buy enough food. Fortunately, through the issuance of bonds a year ago, Dingzhou's finances are rich, and it is possible to spend enough money to meet emergencies. rising food prices.Even so, Lu Yiming and monk Haibo are too busy to touch the ground every day, and dare not be careless. If something goes wrong here, it will not only affect the current Bayan Har battle, but also the more far-reaching It will affect the long-term strategy of Dingzhou.

"Lord Lu, Master Lu!" Fu Zhengqing, the director of the former Bond Issuance Department who had just been promoted to Dingzhou Tongzhi, ran into the wing of Lu Yiming's office in a panic. Wiping the sweat off his face, it's a cold day, and being able to sweat so profusely shows that something is not small.Lu Yiming's heart sank immediately when he raised his head and saw Fu Zhengqing's distressed appearance.

"Zhengqing, what's the matter? Don't worry, sit down, drink some water, and talk slowly!" Lu Yiming stood up. The man who had held power in Dingzhou for a long time was no longer the down-and-out scholar when he came to Dingzhou at the beginning of the year. Yang Yi Qi Ju Yi body, he is used to seeing big things, he has already cultivated a city where Mount Tai collapses before his face remains unchanged, although he feels bad in his heart, but his face is still calm.

"Oh, Mr. Lu, something serious has happened, how can we drink water!" Fu Zhengqing was furious, "Our grain purchase convoy had an accident."

Sure enough, he was afraid of what would happen, Lu Yiming's heart skipped a beat, "What's wrong, is it because we can't buy food or something else?" He poured Fu Zhengqing a glass of water, and Lu Yiming asked.

"Neither!" Fu Zhengqing said after taking the cup, "The grain purchasing team bought the grain, but it was detained at Qixia Pass."

"What did you say?" Lu Yiyi couldn't believe his ears, "Qixia Pass withheld our food?"

Qixiaguan is the main road from Dingzhou to the hinterland of Dachu, and it is also the throat where Dachu strangles Dingzhou. It belongs to Bingzhou. In the past, a large amount of grain purchased from outside Dingzhou has always been transported into Dingzhou through this place. , There has never been anything wrong, why did Qixia pass detain Dingzhou's grain at such a critical juncture?
"What does Wu Zecheng mean? Do you want to turn against Dingzhou?" Lu Yiming was puzzled. Yu Zecheng was the commander of Bingzhou. Although he had good friends with the Xiao family, he did not have any enemies with Dingzhou.

"I don't know! Li Shanbin, the guard of Qixia, who came forward to detain our food team, and an official from the Commercial Department in charge of the food team reasoned with the other party. He was beaten out with a stick by the local government, and he is currently recovering from his injuries!" Fu Zhengqing finally recovered his breath. Annoyed.

Withholding Dingzhou's urgently needed food without any reason, this is not good, because this is obviously taking advantage of Dingzhou's weakness, Lu Yiming's face sank, could it be that Yu Zecheng has completely taken refuge in the Xiao family , Are you going to fight against Dingzhou?Is this incident the envoy of the Xiao family who wants to use the food to make Dingzhou fall into the quagmire of the grassland battle? If this is the case, it will be very bad.Qixia Pass is the main throat for entering and exiting Dingzhou. If it is stuck here, if you want to enter Dingzhou, you only have to go over the mountains and ridges. Not to mention the difficulty of this road, even if it is difficult for a person to enter, let alone the brigade grain truck.

"Come on, hurry up and invite Mr. Shang to discuss matters with Director Qingfeng!" Lu Yiming said loudly.

"Zhengqing, please quickly report this situation to Mr. Xu in Fuzhou. If Qixia Pass is blocked, we can only rely on him as the only way to Fuzhou."

"Yes, my lord, I'll do it right away!" Fu Zhengqing rushed out again.

Not long after, Shang Haibo and Qingfeng came to Lu Yiming's side one by one.

After briefly introducing the matter to the two of them, Shang Haibo and Qingfeng immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

"This matter must be resolved immediately." Shang Haibo said: "If the sufficient supply of food cannot be guaranteed, it will be difficult for the commander-in-chief's final plan to pacify the grassland to be realized. This will force the commander-in-chief to make a quick decision. Even if Bayar is defeated and Bayan Hara is defeated, Dingzhou will be stuck in a quagmire and unable to extricate itself, unable to cope with the changes in the situation in the Central Plains. What's more, the speed of the battle will definitely make Dingzhou's soldiers pay more casualties. This is also a great disadvantage to the Dingzhou Army, we have to take down the grassland, and at the same time, we must ensure sufficient strength."

"Director Qingfeng, do you have any clues of Wu Zecheng doing this?" Lu Yiming asked Qingfeng.

Qingfeng shook his head in confusion, "Not at all. There are indications that Wu Zecheng has no intention of being an enemy to us at all. If this is the case, then Bingzhou should prepare and assemble the army, otherwise Dingzhou will free up its hands and want to fight against us." His hour."

"How could this happen?" Lu Yiming was puzzled, "Could it be that Li Shanbin, the guard of Qixia Gate, made his own claim?"

"It's entirely possible!" Shang Haibo said: "Director Qingfeng, if there is no sign of Wu Zecheng being an enemy of us, then the problem is very likely to be Li Shanbin, you should go and investigate Li Shanbin's roots immediately. See what special background he has."

"I'll do it right away!" Qingfeng nodded. "In three days at the latest, I can dig out three generations of his ancestors."

Sighing, Shang Haibo said: "We were careless, Qixia Pass is so important, it is completely the lifeblood of our Dingzhou, we have ignored it before."

"Should I report this to the Marshal?" Lu Yiming asked.

Shang Haibo nodded, "Quickly report to the commander in eight hundred miles, and tell the commander at the same time that we will try our best to solve this matter. If there is any discrepancy, we can only ask the commander to start the second plan." gone."

All three of them looked worried. The second plan was to fight quickly, and this was something none of them wanted to see.

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