Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 66 The Great Harvest

"Captain, Deputy Commander and the others are back," a knight galloped up to Zhang Gongjin and said loudly excitedly:
"Okay, it's good to come back, but you know how the casualties are," Zhang Gongjin asked with a sigh of relief:

"My subordinates don't know, but the mountains and plains are full of cattle and sheep, and all the brothers are herding sheep," the knight said with a forced smile:

"Quickly, immediately notify Ma Changshi to arrange someone to meet Feng Dudu and the others, and you go too, and take all the people from the farm," Zhang Gongjin happily ordered to the guards loudly. The Turks came after them.

Today the people in Shuofang saw a lively scene, hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, and horses from the north gate of Shuofang detoured to the east and turned to the south gate. Everyone in Shuofang knew that this was Dudu Feng's revenge for the assassination of the Turks. A large number of cattle and sheep were seized, and many Turks were captured.

Feng Daiwen led the team to escort the Turkic women to drive away the cattle and sheep. As for the Turkic youths, they had been taken to the barracks for guarding. Having been plundered by the Turks for many years, there has long been unresolved hatred in the hearts of the people. Seeing that so many Turkic people have been arrested and a large number of cattle and sheep have been taken back, it is no wonder that the city is full of joy,,,,

"Haha, well done," Feng Daiwen slapped Zhang Gongjin on the shoulder as soon as he arrived outside the city gate and said happily:
"Fortunately, life is not disgraceful," Feng Daiwen said a little tiredly: After all, he has been guarding against the Turkic pursuers for a few days, and has been rushing as much as possible.

"Wei Guo, go and rest, the old man will make arrangements properly." Seeing that Feng Daiwen was really tired, Zhang Gongjin hurriedly said:
"Then I will trouble you," Feng Daiwen said before returning home.

The next morning, Feng Daiwen came to Dudu's Mansion in good spirits

"Haha, Wei Guo is here. Guess what the harvest will be this time." Zhang Gongjin asked excitedly with red eyes:
"Uncle Zhang stayed up all night? Statistics come out?" Feng Daiwen looked at Zhang Gongjin's red eyes and said:

"Haha, the old man can sleep there," Zhang Gongjin was still very excited even though he hadn't slept all night.
"The harvest this time is really good. There are 48 sheep, 1 cows, 5000 horses, 580 Turkic people captured, and [-] seven Han people were rescued, haha," Zhang Gongjin was excited before Feng Daiwen asked. said loudly:

"Haha, that's good. I didn't expect there to be so many updates in a hurry all the way." Feng Daiwen was also very happy when he heard that,

"It's just too smelly. The southeast wind is blowing now, and the cattle and sheep can only be placed in the south. It's really smelly against the wind," Zhang Gongjin said with a wry smile:
"Hehe, I can exchange it for merchants when the mutual market opens next month. I have to trouble Uncle Zhang to write the memorial. My nephew thinks it's better to write it in two parts. How about sending 3 war horses back to Chang'an first?" Feng Daiwen eyeballed One goes to:

"Hey, yes, yes, send [-] war horses back, the second is the battle report," Zhang Gongjin understood with a smile and said:

"This time my nephew Xu Ruo went out to capture all the soldiers, please don't blame uncle, but guarding the house is hard work, so let's share a part," Feng Daiwen said embarrassingly:

"It's okay, it's all small things, the old man will arrange it, nephew, you can do your own thing, the old man is afraid of causing trouble for you, so uncle will help you deal with these small things," Zhang Gongjin said boldly:
"Thank you so much, Uncle." Feng Daiwen said gratefully:

"Captain, Lord Marquis," Ma Zhou came in and saluted:

"Bin Wang came just in time, how's the preliminary work in the past few days?" Feng Daiwen asked:

"Very good. At present, more than 1 civilian craftsmen have been found, plus 2 field soldiers. Twelve brick kilns have been established. Wood and stone are being mined. The market can be established before the end of the month. Zhou looked at the terrain and thinks that there is a mutual market. It will be built outside the north gate, and the market will be built into an urn city in the future," Ma Zhou said:

"Bin Wang has worked hard, you can arrange it as you think it is appropriate, you can tell me or the governor what you need," Feng Daiwen said happily.

"Thank you, Commander, Lord Marquis. Everything else is easy to say, but Shuofang itself doesn't have much food and grass. We came from Chang'an, but we recruited so many workers and tens of thousands of captives. There is still enough food for ten days at most," Ma Zhou said wryly. :

"Go buy it. There should be merchants in the city, and the Governor's Mansion still has some money." Zhang Gongjin said:
"The city is full of small merchants, and there is not much food. If we buy it, it may affect the people." Ma Zhoudao:

"Well, this is something I have already been concerned about. There should be news in the last two days. If there is no one, I will ask the saints to mobilize them. As for the Turkic captives, let them live together if they have families. Women and children will help herd herds. Others will go to the market. The city wall, the school, and the brick and stone market will be repaired after the whole Shuofang is re-planned and repaired, and the road from Shuofang to Chang’an can also be repaired. Don’t be afraid of too many people, I’m just afraid that there won’t be enough people, mining and farming will be lacking everywhere,” Feng Daiwen said:
"Well, I know about it, and I will arrange it according to the needs," Ma Zhouli understood:

"Well, promote some Turkic people who understand the Tang dialect, let them manage some of them, and dispatch the Tuntian Army to take care of them. You don't need to feed the Turkic people very well, but you have to feed them. If you divide them, you will be hungry, and those who are obedient will be hungry. Eat well, and those who work hard should eat well," Feng Daiwen suggested:
"Gao, Lord Hou's move is really good," Ma Zhou praised:

Chang'an, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, and Xiao Yu were discussing matters when they suddenly received a brochure from Feng Daiwen.

"Haha, good, it's really great," Li Shimin opened it and said happily:
"Why is the saint so happy?" Changsun Wuji asked:
"Haha, Weiguo used Turkic people to assassinate Zhang Gongjin and him as an excuse to clean up the Shuofang grassland, and Dasheng sent 3 war horses to Chang'an, haha." Li Shimin said happily: while talking, he handed the booklet to Xiaoyu,

"Sage, the Shuofang battle report was handed over by the Ministry of War," Li Shimin's personal eunuch was given the surname Li, Li Liang entered the imperial study and said:
Li Shimin took the battle report and saw it: "Very good, this is the detailed battle report handed in by Zhang Gongjin. More than 5000 people were captured in World War I, 1 horses were captured, more than 48 cattle, and [-] sheep were captured. Haha, the fight is really good." it is good."

"Haha, this should also be Weiguo's idea, send the horses first, and in the battle report, one in front and one in back," Fang Xuanling laughed after thinking for a while.

"Um, this brat, he's worried that I'm like him wanting cattle and sheep, and he's playing tricks on me," Li Shimin's laughter stopped suddenly, and his face turned red and cursed unhappily:

"The last battle with tens of thousands of people was not much more than what he seized this time. Wei Guo is naturally worried." Fang Xuanling said with a smile:
"Shuofang doesn't have much food, and it wants to build a mutual market. It's okay to keep Shuofang in order." Xiao Yu said:
"Xiao Xiang is right, but it's too much to stay." Li Shimin said unwillingly with a toothache:
"I think the reason Weiguo left the sheep is to exchange food with merchants," Changsun Wuji said:

"Wei Guo sent a letter asking me to send someone to Shuofang to teach and educate people. My dear friends, I think the arrangement of the war horse is suitable," Li Shimin said:
"There are many students in Chang'an, why not select some of the poor families to go there, they can earn a living, and they can also see if they have real talents and learning," Fang Xuanling suggested:
"That's right, you can ask anyone who is willing to go to build Shuofang. Anyway, Wei Guo said that there are no scribes in Shuofang to handle affairs, so it's better to arrange for them all to go there without restricting poor families." Li Shimin said:
"Weiguo is good at discovering talents, so it is appropriate to entrust them to him." Xiao Yu also agreed:
It was only then that everyone remembered that Ma Zhou, Xue Rengui, and Mr. Xi bought these were all not well-known before, and Su Dingfang was just a captain before.Can't help but look at each other. .
　Thank you for the recommendation to the big brothers and sisters. Thank you everyone. This is the motivation for newcomers to continue writing. I try my best to keep up with the new ones every day. There are currently no manuscripts saved.

　　


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