The best little eunuch

Chapter 205 Crisis Step by Step
Chapter 205 Crisis Step by Step
However, it doesn't matter.Lin Feng dared to come up with a good policy.For example, if one person serves as a soldier, his family can be exempted from taxes on a few acres of land or other things.In short, after serving as a soldier, there are quite a lot of benefits.

This also directly led to a phenomenon. After meeting people, they would ask if your family has served in the army?If you say no, you are too embarrassed to say hello to people.

"My lord, as soon as your policy came out, the number of people who came to be recruited into the army suddenly increased." Li Wenyuan said to Lin Feng: "The last time I went to a few recruiting places, I happened to see a person Because I was not selected, I cried on the spot.”

"It's a good thing." Lin Feng said: "It's a good thing that the common people are willing to serve as soldiers. We will have to fight the governors of various places in the future. There are not enough soldiers, and my waist is not strong enough."

"It's just, my lord, will it affect the production of the farmland if we confiscate such soldiers all at once?" Li Wenyuan asked.After all, if there is no food, soldiers alone will not work.

Patting his head, Lin Feng said, "I've overlooked this issue." It is true that Lin Feng did not think carefully about this matter.And Danny naturally wouldn't think so deeply.After all, he is a professional soldier, and these things are not something he needs to consider.

"Is there a remedy?" Lin Feng asked.This matter was indeed his negligence. He always believed that it was a good thing that the common people were willing to serve as soldiers, but he forgot that farmland also needed manpower.Is it true that the young and middle-aged are sent around to serve as soldiers, and the women and the elderly are allowed to plow the fields?
"My lord, should we issue a restriction: the only child in the family or the only labor force in the family are not allowed to serve in the army. In this way, it will neither affect production nor affect our recruitment of recruits." Li Wenyuan thought for a while, and asked Lin Feng said.

What Li Wenyuan said has existed in China since ancient times.Being a soldier is risky, especially when fighting, it will kill people.Therefore, when the imperial court enlists soldiers, they generally do not ask for an only son. This is also to prevent their parents from being old and having nothing to support.

"Just do as you said." Lin Feng said: "Master Li, please issue this order in the name of the Governor's Mansion, and at the same time let all the troops start to investigate, and send back all the only sons in the family who serve as soldiers."

"It's you, my lord, I'll do it now." Li Wenyuan said to Lin Feng.Then he hurried away again.

Li Wenyuan had just left, but Yongning ran in again, and when he came in, he looked aggressive and stared at Lin Feng.

Looking at Yongning, Lin Feng asked, "What's wrong? Is there a flower on my face?"

"Lin Feng, how dare you lie to Ben Gong!" Yong Ning shouted loudly with his arms akimbo.

With doubts on his face, Lin Feng looked at Yong Ning and asked, "How did I lie to you? I never lie to anyone!" Lin Feng said shamelessly.

"How dare you say you never lie!" Hearing Lin Feng's words never lie, Yong Ning became even more angry, and asked loudly: "Then tell me, the so-called extremely rare animal in your mouth Dog, what the hell is going on?"

"It's over, she knows after all." Lin Feng said badly to himself, then saw the opportunity, squeezed out of the study room, and said to Yongning while walking: "I still have something to deal with, I will talk about it later." After finishing speaking , without waiting for Yongning to say anything, he directly left Yongning with a back.

The development of Jiangnan has also been gradually on the right track. Since Shen Lingfeng came back from Nanyang for the first time, he has become more determined in Lin Feng's plan to do ocean trade. This is really fucking profitable.This is equivalent to exchanging a shipment of goods for a shipment of silver.

Going to Nanyang to do business gave Lin Feng a new way to make money.Even Li Wenyuan, who has never thought highly of businessmen and even opposed Lin Feng's business, greatly supported Lin Feng's business.It's so easy to get money.

Moreover, in order to make up for the lack of weapons production in Jiangnan, Lin Feng began to purchase weapons in Nanyang in small quantities.In this way, although the gap in the weapon cannot be fundamentally alleviated, it can also make up for it slightly.

With the experience of the first batch of new army training, this time the new army recruited 5000 people at one time, which is also the limit that the new army camp can train. Originally, according to Lin Feng's intention, tens of thousands of people were recruited first, but Dan But Ni didn't agree with anything, after all, training soldiers is not that easy.

The situation on the navy side is also developing well. Under Hu Ruowu's training and management, the navy has initially formed a combat effectiveness, and the pirates along the coast have been almost wiped out by them.For this reason, Lin Feng also announced that fishermen were allowed to go fishing in the sea. In this way, the gratitude of the coastal fishermen to Lin Feng would not be mentioned.

Another piece of good news is that after Zhao Di's lobbying, the Southwest Army agreed to sell iron ore to Lin Feng and the others. Although the price is higher, it can alleviate the iron ore crisis of Lin Feng and the others.After all, the iron ore that Qi Heihu brings back from the waterway is limited each time.The Southwest Army made up for this gap very well.

"My lord, the information sent back from Skynet is getting worse and worse." Yao Xing said to Lin Feng with some seriousness.Judging from the recent situation, the three provinces of Huguang, Lingnan, and Hanoi have already begun to move.They used to be secretive, but now they are almost open to rebellion.As for this, the imperial court could only pretend not to see it.Because once you break your face with them, it will be a complete face-off.But the imperial court has no capital to turn its face.

"Our army training has not been completed yet." Lin Feng said with some concern.Even if the current new army is all added up, there are only 5000 people. These 5000 people are not enough to face an army of hundreds of thousands.The so-called powerful is also in the case of a comparable number of people.The gap in numbers was too large. Unless each new army had a modern submachine gun, otherwise, it would be impossible to win.

"My lord, the situation in the court is not optimistic. Since Li Henian joined forces with Liu Rufeng, he has become more and more arrogant. Now the emperor has returned to his previous state. Although he goes to the court every year, Li Henian has to deal with everything in the court. It's up to Liu Rufeng. The emperor has been completely dismissed." Yao Xing continued to explain the current situation to Lin Feng.

Patting his head helplessly, Lin Feng said, "Why don't you give me more time?"

"My lord, should we persuade the emperor to come to Jinling again?" Yao Xing continued to ask.Last time they only mentioned it once, but they were opposed by the courtiers, but now it's time to do so.

Looking at Yao Xing, Lin Feng asked, "Do you think the courtiers will agree?"

"No." Shaking his head helplessly, Yao Xing said.

Now the court is basically composed of Li Henian and Liu Rufeng's people, and the people placed by Lin Feng are basically all marginalized.Basically can't speak in the court.If Ding Quan and Jin Quan were not still in the court, Lin Feng would have completely lost the right to speak in the court.

"Did you reply to our letter to Mr. Zhao Qing?" Lin Feng asked.

As early as a month ago, Lin Feng sincerely wrote a letter to Zhao Qing, describing to him the possible current crisis, and vaguely expressing the intention of joining forces, but after the letter reached Zhao Qing, it was like a stone sinking into the sea. There is no reply.

"Not yet." Yao Xing said: "Our people have been waiting there, as long as there is a reply, it will definitely be delivered eight hundred miles away."

Although Jiangnan's development is going smoothly, the external situation is getting worse and worse.Lin Feng is quite irritable now.Moreover, recently, the Maitreya Sect took advantage of the last time they raised donations for the Governor's Mansion, and put themselves under the official banner by the way.Now, they have completely turned from the dark to the bright, and they wantonly develop believers. This is not a good thing for the stability of Jiangnan.

"My lord, General Xin Hong is here." When Lin Feng was talking to Yao Xing about the current situation, Niu Jin suddenly knocked on the door and said.

As soon as he heard that Xin Hong was coming, Lin Feng immediately said, "Master Xin Hong, please come in."

Soon, Xin Hong walked in.Seeing Yao Xing, it wasn't someone else, they all participated in counter-insurgency together, and they were old acquaintances.After exchanging pleasantries with each other, Xin Hong asked, "My lord, you called me back in such a hurry, what's the matter?"

"You sit first." Lin Feng pointed to the chair and said.Then he looked at Yao Xing and said, "Tell me about the information you collected a while ago."

"Okay." Yao Xing said, took out the map of Jiangnan, and began to tell the story.

"Currently, the development of Maitreya Sect has exceeded our imagination. If they are allowed to continue to develop like this, then they are very likely to form a confrontation with us in the south of the Yangtze River." Yao Xing marked a few on the map while talking. Pointing to a point, he said: "This is a place where a large number of Maitreya followers gather. Our people have mixed in a lot."

"My lord, just tell me what to do." Xin Hong asked very directly.He knew that Lin Feng didn't come to him to tell him these things.

"We have to eradicate the Maitreya Sect, but our current strength is not enough. So, I want to hear your opinion." Lin Feng said to Xin Hong.After all, Xin Hong is also a veteran general who has been fighting all the year round. In this respect, he is definitely better than Lin Feng.

"My lord, it doesn't matter whether we are strong or not. We are the army, representing the imperial court. If the Maitreya Sect opposes us, that would be a rebellion. I believe that under the current circumstances, the followers of the Maitreya Sect will not rebel with them. Therefore, We have a chance." Xin Hong said to Lin Feng.

"However, the Maitreya Sect is no better than the Fire Lotus Sect." Lin Feng said: "The Maitreya Sect has a profound foundation, and his involvement is very wide. I am worried that we will be injured by the tiger instead of defeating the tiger. We can't stay any longer. The world is so big, but there is no room for us."

"My lord, I know the strength of the Maitreya Sect." Xin Hong said: "The Maitreya Sect in the southeast province may have more than [-] followers, but this is nothing. After all, they gathered in a short period of time. These People are not of the same mind. And these people are now defecting to the Maitreya Sect, just for the little profit they give. As long as we declare the Maitreya Sect to be a cult, more than half of these people will have to disperse. Then we will go to To attack the Maitreya Sect, I am afraid that many people will have to be dispersed."

After all, Xin Hong is a veteran general who has fought for many years, and he knows the army gathered in a short period of time best.They fight with the wind, and as long as there is a little bit of trouble, they will disperse immediately.When this law is applied to Maitreya, it still applies.

"If we fight, there are only 10 of you, can it work?" Lin Feng asked.In addition to his original [-] veterans, Xin Hong recruited another [-] new recruits, forming a legion.Lin Feng personally ordered for the Southeast Army.Under the full command of Xin Hong.

"Fifty percent." Xin Hong stretched out his big palm and said, "Fifty to five."

"Then..." Lin Feng didn't dare to take the risk when he heard that the number was fifty to five. After all, there was only a [-]% chance of winning. What if he lost?Lin Feng didn't want to lose the territory of Jiangnan just like that.

"My lord, what are you doing without taking risks?" Xin Hong asked, "Besides, we are officers and soldiers. Why should we worry about fighting those traitors of the Maitreya Sect? Your lord has forgotten that we had 1 people back then, but we still dared to come to Jiangnan Betrayal?"

"Since you say that, let's beat him up." Lin Feng couldn't help but swear, and said.This can be regarded as venting the emotions in my heart. After all, it takes a lot of determination to do so.

(End of this chapter)