Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 109 Refugees (1)

After the battle of Geda Mountain, the power structure of Cangzhou has quietly changed.The first is the decrease in the number of bandits, from nearly 8000 to more than 4000.The rest of the bandits, except for some scattered small bandits, are only a few villages in Haixing County.

As for the state soldiers, after several battles, the team with outstanding achievements is being promoted to battalion commander and appointed captain, and other generals with outstanding achievements have also been rewarded a lot.Hundreds of new recruits were recruited, and the army in Xu Qing's hands was formally formed: Wang Shan Qitai and the new battalion commander Chu Jiang each led 750 people, exactly 3000.Xu Qing also sent a team leader to the three counties of Huanghua, Nanpi, Haixing, leading [-] recruits, and stationed in the county town for training.In the end, Xu Qing still had a hundred cavalrymen that he had cobbled together!
Nearly 4000 people, even if they fight with the whole Cangzhou family, they will not be at a disadvantage.Not to mention that Xu Qing still has a valuable underworld in his hands, who can do anything by assassination and spying.Anhe played a major role in the entire war against bandits this time, and nearly 3000 taels of silver were seized. Xu Qing directly gave Anhe 1000 taels to purchase weapons and equipment and rewards.Finally, I am sure to touch the so-called family.

Speaking of aristocratic families, their power structure has also changed a lot.

The Xia family saved face, Xu Qing begged for a plaque from Liu Zan for them, although it was not the emperor's fiefdom, but it was also given by the officials of the frontier, right?Moreover, Xia Hao was also awarded the title of Polu Captain as a loose official.He has earned enough face, but lost a lot of face, and it is not wrong to say that his vitality has been seriously injured.First of all, the family complained more and more about Xia Hao, just because of his mess, the family collected money everywhere, and he could still get a school captain when it was over, who would feel comfortable?Secondly, because of collecting money, the Xia family had to sell some properties.You can make money without money, but if you throw away your property, you will kill the chicken and take the eggs, which will hurt your muscles and bones, right?
The Huang family lost face. The wild boar gang broke into the Huang family's manor, murdered and set fire to it.A house can be rebuilt if it burns down, and a dead person cannot be resurrected, but the aristocratic family has the most people. It can be said that the Huang family has not suffered a great impact.As for the Shao family, one of the three major families, they suffered the least damage in this battle against bandits in Cangzhou.Therefore, the ranking of the Cangzhou family has now changed, becoming the number one of the Shao family, the second of the Huang family, and the third of the Xia family.

"The Shao family? Hehe..." Xu Qing stared at the Shao family's information with sneaky eyes, and a smile appeared on his mouth.

"Lord Inspector, Ms. Huang is asking to see..." a guard came in and said.Xu Qing smiled slightly after hearing this, and replied: "Let her in." As soon as the words fell, Huang Shimei hurried in and said:

"Inspector...Brother Xu, my younger brother, my younger brother is lost!"

"What? My brother is lost, do you have any clues?" Xu Qing would not think that her brother was lost indiscriminately, but thought that there must be something else hidden.

"I don't know. The wild boar gang came that day, and I asked my younger brother to hide in Cangzhou city, but I asked all over the Huang's shop in Cangzhou, but I didn't see any of them..." Huang Shimei looked like she was about to cry, and she struggled to hold on. The Huang family just hopes that one day her younger brother will grow up and succeed her in running the Huang family. This is the only belief that supports her, and now...

"Then, who did your brother come to Cangzhou City with? He couldn't have come alone, right?" Xu Qing asked.

"One of my personal maids..." Huang Shimei returned in a daze.

"She's gone too?"

"It's gone too..." Huang Shimei squatted on the ground and buried her head in her arms, crying.Xu Qing got up and patted Huang Shimei with her hands, saying: "Okay, don't cry, it's useless to cry... I'll help you find..."

"Wow... woo woo woo..." After hearing Xu Qing's words, Huang Shimei rushed over to hug Xu Qing, crying like pear blossoms in Xu Qing's arms.

Xu Qing comforted her well, and asked her to think about it again, trying to find some clues.Huang Shimei thought for a while and found no clues, and became even more desperate. Xu Qing asked her:
"Could it be the Xia family again?"

"No, I don't think it's the Xia family. Except for Xia Hao who is a lunatic, the rest of the Xia family won't be like this..."

"Hey, the two of them were lost in Cangzhou City. Shall I ask Shao Deng?"

"Brother Xu, I'm afraid it's the Shao family..." Huang Shimei carefully expressed a conjecture.

"why?"

"The Shao family is the only family in Cangzhou that has ever had a dark force..." Huang Shimei opened her red eyes and said.

"Ever? Well..."

Of course Xu Qing would not be so stupid as to ask why he "had done it", but he thought that the Shao family was really hiding something.The only function of the dark forces is to prepare for the war. The Shao family was able to participate in the war before... Maybe after the war, the Shao family is not making money and cannot support the dark forces. It is also possible that the Shao family is hiding their own power.

Called by Xu Qing, Yang Duoyan talked in a pavilion outside Cangzhou City:
"The Shao family has a dark force, did you know?" Xu Qing wore a mask, and his tone was flat and cold.

"Dark forces, the Shao family is not a dark force, my lord..." Yang Duo said with a smile.

"Oh? How should I say..."

"The so-called dark force of the Shao family can only be regarded as an intelligence agency, it's just a little finger from Li Mi's subordinates."

"Investigate them, find out the sons of the Huang family, and destroy them." Xu Qing ordered coldly, appearing beyond doubt.Yang Duo listened and nodded:
"Well..."

Bo Weiping started again and again, this kind of life is indeed very exciting, but Xu Qing also wanted to take a break, and it was fine to leave the matter of the Huang family to Anhe.And what Xu Qing wants to do is to go and see his career field in Cangzhou!
According to the standards of the Tang Dynasty, Xu Qing, as a fourth-rank governor, had [-] acres of land.The tax for the [-] mu of land is completely set by Xu Qing, and he can set as much as he wants, and he can plant whatever he wants them to plant.Seven hundred acres of land, at least a dozen families, right?

Xu Qing and Xun Xueer rode a big bay red horse together, bouncing up and down regularly, Xun Xueer's upturned buttocks rubbed against Xu Qing's face, causing Xu Qing to wish for a jolt on the spot.Holding Xun Xueer, Xu Qing said:
"Xue'er, I have suffered for you these few days when I went out to fight..."

"Brother Xu, do you love me?"

"Of course, I don't love you, who do you love?"

"Then...Brother Xu, let me make a carriage?"

"Why? Wouldn't it be good to ride a horse with me, I'll hold you..."

"Xue'er... Xue'er hurts there..." Xun Xueer turned her head and looked at Xu Qing resentfully, pouted her chin and pointed at her big murder weapon.

"Oh, I understand, you go down..." Xu Qing forgot that in this era there is no special kind of small clothes to hold the murder weapon, and Xun Xueer hasn't wrapped her chest for a long time, so naturally she can't stand the ups and downs.As for the bumps on the carriage, they were on one side and one on the right, and they didn't hurt. In Xu Qing's view, Xun Xueer's pain was part of the reason, and shame was the real reason.

Speaking of wrapping her breasts, Xu Qing found that Xiaoyue's things seemed to have improved. I don't know if Xun Xueer told Xiaoyue the benefits of "freedom".

Listening to the creaking sound of the carriage, a prosperous Zhuangzi appeared in front of Xu Qing.The melon frame bean seedlings turn both sides of the road into greenery, and through the gaps, you can see many people working in the fields.Since the land here is Xu Qing's work field, all the work in the field is done together and collectively.Xu Qing came here at this time because the summer grain had just been harvested and it was time to plant autumn grain.Seeing the farmers hunched over and busy in the field, Xu Qing wondered what they would plant again.

This time when he went to the countryside, Xu Qing brought a full thirty cavalry guards. There was no way, who called Xun Xueer also came? More than 30 tall horses passed by on Molu Road in the countryside, scaring some farmers who were working in the fields and hurried away. Xu Qing had no choice but to ask someone for directions.Xu Qing took the lead, drove the horse away, caught a half-sized boy, pretended to be naughty, and said: "Boy, quickly catch your leader, or I will eat you..."

"Wow wow wow..."

"Stop crying, okay, here is maltose, do you want to eat it?"

"Okay, I'll go and call the steward for you..."

The half-child took the candy, stopped crying in an instant, and ran away quickly.After a while, a big muscular man came out cursing and baring his upper body:
"Who the hell is this, this is the official place, not everyone can come!"

"Are you in charge?"

"Say something quickly, and fart quickly!"

Holding back his anger, Xu Qing said, "I was sent by the governor to collect summer grain, so why don't you take out half of the summer grain?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, are you bluffing me? You didn't see a car when you collected the grain?" The big man was not easy to deal with, and answered Xu Qing disdainfully.

"You were supposed to deliver the food to the governor's mansion, but I can't pick it up with a car!" Xu Qing asked back.

"Hey, that's the reason, but it's a pity that Xia Liang doesn't have..."

"Even if the governor is not around, there are still people cultivating the official fields. Three cents of wheat, three cents of beans and four cents of rice, why not?"

"I am in charge and you are in charge? If I say no, then there is no..."

"If there is no food, then you, the steward, will be considered as dereliction of duty, and you will be responsible for eighty!" Xu Qing shouted out with his official authority.

"It's up to you?" The man shook the big piece of flesh on his body and looked at Xu Qing who was on the horse with disdain and asked.

"Could it be that I'm still afraid of you being an official slave!?" Most of the people who planted the official land were official slaves. These people farmed for the official family almost for free, and the power of life and death was in the hands of the officials.

"Fuck you, what do you call me? My uncle, I am Shao Benwu, a member of the Shao family. Your governor even salutes when he sees the Shao family. What are you?" Shao Benwu heard someone call him an official. Slave, couldn't help being furious.When Xu Qing heard this, he laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, the Shao family invaded the official land, how courageous it is."

"Don't talk nonsense, how could my Shao family invade the official land? It's to help manage the official land..."

"What about the food?"

"No……"

Seeing the stubbornness of the big man, Xu Qing knew there was a ghost, and said:
"Then I can search..."

"Just you?"

"No, it's not up to me, look..." Xu Qing pointed to the cavalry that appeared "thump thud thump", each with clean breastplates, good helmets, and uniform guards walking slowly on both sides of the carriage.Looking at the big man again, his face was pale, and he actually shivered on a sunny day.

(End of this chapter)