Yu Ziyuan was wearing a blue-black suit and a long sword on his back. He looked sophisticated and capable, so how could he have the mercy of a businessman?
He jumped off the horse neatly and saluted Cheng Zongyang, Major Cheng!
Cheng Zongyang looked around and said, "Old Yu, did you recognize the wrong person?"
Yu Ziyuan Long said in a voice: The regiment commander, Colonel Meng, had arrived in Jiangzhou the night before yesterday and announced an order to grant the rank of Prince Major and serve as battalion commander.At the same time, the first and sixth battalions were set up as the first regiment, temporarily led by the young master, the fourth and fifth battalions were set up as the second regiment, led by Lieutenant Colonel Hou, the second and third battalions were set up as the third regiment, and the commander Meng assisted Miss Yue to lead.
Boss Meng set out to hand over the Xingyue Lake camp to Yue Shuai's descendants. Reorganizing the troops into three regiments was the first step. It seems that the first battalion and the sixth battalion were Xiao Zi's dowry.
Cheng Zongyang said: Why are you the leader?How many people have come?
Yu Ziyuan smiled and said: It was the errand I asked Major Xiao, all of us are brothers in the company, so of course I should be here to help.There was not enough staff in the city, so I only took one class this time, including ten brothers.
Cheng Zongyang said: How dare ten people attack an ambush of one or two hundred cavalry?
The order we received was just harassment. Major Xiao asked to delay the time when the Song army entered Sanchuankou for two to three days. If we had not met everyone, we would not have been able to fight like this.
Yu Ziyuan smiled and said: Besides, he successfully received the superior, and his subordinates have made a contribution.
Cheng Zongyang tilted his head and took out his ears, sir?Why does it sound so awkward?
Zang Xiu shouted: Chief Cheng!Listen more and it will be pleasant to hear!
The sergeant next to him laughed, Cheng Zongyang raised his face, raised his chest and said with a bulging belly: Be more serious!
Pay attention to military discipline!
yes!Sir!
Amid laughter, Yu Ziyuan said: The subordinate's mission has not been completed yet, and he cannot accompany the superior to Jiangzhou. He will send a brother to lead the way for the superior to the superior.
You don’t have many people at all, so who else can you send? We can just go there ourselves.
Zang Xiu straightened his chest and said: Sir!Why not let me take half of my brothers to stay, anyway, they are all our people in our company!
There are two classes, so it’s easy to take care of!
Monk Zang, can you not call him a commander?
yes!Sir!
Do you think I'll let you stay?Don't think about it!Lao Lu, you bring ten brothers to stay.
Cheng Zongyang warned: Remember, saving your life is the first priority, everything else is a trivial matter.
Lu Zizhen was happy and Zang Xiu was dejected. Then the soldiers brought by Yu Ziyuan also rushed over. The comrades met, and the scene became more enthusiastic.
While everyone was talking, Cheng Zongyang knocked on the sedan chair, "Damn girl, are you okay?"
Xiao Zi said lazily: I'm so frustrated.
We are almost here in Jiangzhou. When you get better, I will take you on a horse.
Just a quarter of an hour before and after the ambush, there were more than 30 bodies left by the Japanese army and nearly forty war horses were captured, which was a small measure for the Xingyue Lake camp, which lacked cavalry.
After everyone packed up the battlefield, they cut branches and made sedan poles, carrying sedan chairs with four horses, and a group of more than ten people rushed to Jiangzhou with the remaining horses to meet with the camp.
Lu Zizhen led ten soldiers to stay and carry out missions with Yu Ziyuan....
At noon the next day, Cheng Zongyang and his party finally saw the outline of Jiangzhou City.
A bunch of people who had heard the news were waiting outside the city immediately came over, and he rode a golden crown and tied his hair, a white horse in brocade clothes, and was a heroic hero. It was Xiao Yaoyi, the young marquis.
Brother Cheng!
Xiao Yaoyi shouted from afar: You are here!Miss me so much!
Cheng Zongyang smiled. This kid had not changed at all. He was kicked out of Jiankang by Wang Maohong. The Song army was in a big way again, and he still looked so energetic and arrogant.
Xiao Yaoyi jumped off the horse and bowed to the sedan chair first. How can Miss Zi go along?
Xiao Zi lifted a corner of the curtain of the sedan chair and said with a smile: Hello, I, how are you?
Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said: Everything is ready, just wait for the Song army!
Xiao Zi smiled sweetly and put down the curtain.
Zang Xiuli saluted Xiao Yaoyi, Chief Xiao!
Xiao Yaoyi returned a bow, Company Commander Zang, it’s been a long time since we saw each other.
Zang Xiu Ran said: It is a dream of being able to fight side by side with all the superiors under Yue Shuai!
good!
Xiao Yaoyi shouted: Su Xiao!
An officer behind him took a step forward, which was Su Xiao, who had seen in Qingzhou, who abandoned the title of Right Secretary of the Qin army and rushed to Jiangzhou to participate in the war.
Xiao Yaoyi said: Take Captain Zang and all your brothers to report.
yes!Brothers, follow me!
Su Xiao rolled over the horse and rushed into Jiangzhou City with everyone.
Xiao Yaoyi turned around and gave Cheng Zongyang a hug, laughing and said: This time, we brothers can join forces to dominate the world again!
Cheng Zongyang said: You don’t seem to be afraid of Ah at all?We just fought with the Japanese army, and we were only stronger than Jiankang's imperial guards. Not to mention 70,000 or 80,000 or 20,000 elite troops, you will be in trouble.
Xiao Yaoyi said: How do you think of my Jiangzhou?
A good place.It’s flat, and there are not even a few trees, all of which are uncultivated fertile fields.
Cheng Zongyang said: But the war is tragic, there is no danger to defend.Song Jun fought whatever he wanted. Tens of thousands of people set up a large formation, and it would be ugly on the spot.
Brother Cheng said it well.
Xiao Yaoyi held up his horse whip and said: From the western foot of Lieshan to the river, more than 100 miles are plains, and the army can set up its formations calmly, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend.No wonder Wang Maohong took it out so generously, and it turned out that the old guy made me do it again.If Brother Cheng hadn't helped me, I had to bring all my troops and go to the mountains to fight to the death to attack the Song army.
Cheng Zongyang said in surprise: What have I helped?
Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said: You didn’t forget it, right?look!
Cheng Zongyang looked along his horse whip and saw a few strange things in front of Jiangzhou City. The head was big and the bottom was small, and the shape was like dumbbells. The color was gray, and it stood in front of the city gate.
When I looked closer, I realized that they were six castles, each of which was more than 60 steps apart, divided into two font shapes, arranged in front of the city wall.
The shape of the castle is completely different from what he has seen. The bottom is round, the diameter is only two zhang, but the height is nearly five zhang, which is ten zhang higher than the city wall behind, and the top is square, with city walls and whistle towers above.
There are no doors and windows in the castle, and there are no traces of stone piles. The rough surface appears in dark gray.
Shimin earth?
That's right!Otherwise, you have helped me a lot!
Xiao Yaoyi said: The city defense in Jiangzhou has not been repaired for decades.When I entered the city, I was worried and worried that the city gate would fall down and smash me to death.
Is there any exaggeration?
I'm lying to you as a puppy.
Xiao Yaoyi said: After Brother Lu Wu has seen you, he brought Qi Yuan from Jiankang.We tried it at the city gate first. The bricks were loose and there was no need to be demolished. The Shimin soil you made was mixed with water and sand and poured into the gap. It was stronger than the newly built one!
Xiao Yaoyi said: Thanks to Qi Yuan, that guy worked day and night for more than two months and built ten castles outside the city.There are six on the south gate, three on the north gate, and there are no city gates on the east side. Two are built outside the city, and one on the west side near the river.
Ten seats?So fast?
Cheng Zongyang asked a little disbelief.
It could have been faster.But it started to delay.The initial place was built, and after two or three days, it was discovered that the applied Shimin soil would crack when it was dried.In the end, Qi Yuan figured it out and had to sprinkle water on it.If it hadn't been delayed for half a month, two more could have been built.
Cheng Zongyang looked up at the square castle tower protruding at the top of the castle. Is this thing solid?
Xiao Yaoyi punched the castle wall. The rough surface of Shimin soil was still motionless, and there were stones one foot wide inside. Each layer was watered with Shimin soil. Two layers of net-shaped bamboo tendons were punched outside, and then the Shimin soil mixed with gravel and sand were filled.We have tried it and it is harder than ordinary bluestone. As long as the thickness is enough, it cannot be smashed with ordinary stone bullets.It's just too material-consuming. For a castle like this, Shan Shimin would have nearly two thousand stones.
Cheng Zongyang estimated that this weighed about 100 tons, so many?
You don't know, right?
Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said: The Yun family has sent more than a dozen cargo ships to help transport lime and sand. I recruited civilians to cut down all the trees dozens of miles around and use them to burn Shimin soil.
I still don’t believe that you can build ten such castles in more than two months.This is too fast, right?
Shimin soil, sand, stone, wood and bamboo are all ready-made, and I have what I have on hand.
Xiao Yaoyi said: I have recruited 20,000 civilians, thousands of people have been working day and night, and one can be built in more than 20 days. At most, five castles will be built at the same time.The fire of the kiln can be seen dozens of miles away at night.
This was completely made by people. A castle started construction at the same time with thousands of people. No wonder it was so fast.
Built like pillars, without even doors and windows, how can your people get in?
Xiao Yaoyi laughed and said: Even you have hidden it.The moat in Jiangzhou was silted into shallow ditches, so I simply asked someone to fill it up and dug tunnels in the city to lead to the forts.I built the castle to a height of five meters, and the average ladder is only three or four meters high, and I can't even touch the edge of the castle tower above.If the Song army doesn’t come, it’s time to attack. I will definitely beat them up!
Cheng Zongyang imagined that if he was a siege Song army, he would be shot by a crossbow when he was one hundred steps away from the first castle. After walking forty steps forward, he would enter the range of the other two castles. When approaching the castle, he would be shot by four castles around and even on the walls.
If you are lucky enough to rush to the castle alive, you have to face a monster that has no place to attack and climb.
If you bypass the castle and attack the city gate directly, the crossbows from the city walls and the six castles form a shooting area without dead corners, causing the attacking party to fall into a situation where it is attacked from both sides.
The tunnels under the castle can provide endless supply and supplements. If you want to dig the tunnels, it is probably more difficult than breaking the city gate.
Xiao Yaoyi said: Each castle only needs thirty archers to guard it. The Song army's crossbows and stone cannons are useless under the fort, and they can only fill it with their lives.Even thousands of Song troops may not be able to capture these castles.
Cheng Zongyang believed in his judgment that in the era without artillery, these six Shimin monsters would become the most terrifying nightmare of the Song army under Jiangzhou City.
If they abandon the fort to attack the city, I will still have a hanging building here.
Xiao Yaoyi pointed at the city wall.
Every 100 steps on the city wall, there is a small fortress hanging outside the wall like a beehive. This kind of thing I have never seen in any information. It seems to be a pioneering move by Jiangzhou after obtaining Shimin Tu.
Walk!Go up to the city.
Xiao Yaoyi pulled Cheng Zongyang into Jiangzhou City.
All the tall door holes were built with Shimin earth, and there was no way to see the crumbling and dilapidated appearance of the past.
There is a two-foot-wide gate opening on the top, which can lower the stone gate to block the enemy's attack on the city gate.
Due to sufficient raw materials, the entire stone gate was replaced with Shimin soil slabs with bamboo tendons.
There is a stair on the left and right sides of the city gate. At this time, a group of civilians were carrying Shimintu in a willow basket to transport it to the city.
Xiao Yaoyi stayed aside honestly and waited for the civilians to pass by before taking Cheng Zongyang up.
Cheng Zongyang said: I'm not right?Will the little marquis who are galloping on horseback in Jiankang give way to others?
These are my people.
Xiao Yaoyi said seriously: Farming, working for us, and fighting for me, can you be more polite?
As he said that, the little fox started to hurt again. You don’t know that there are only 50,000 or 60,000 people in Jiangzhou City, and there are less than 300,000 villages and towns around it. It is said that it is a state, not as good as a big county, and I can recruit 20,000 people, but I have spent a lot of money.Two meals a day can make me full, plus the daily wages, I spent 10,000 or 20,000 yuan in two months. These are all living money...
Do you pay for it yourself?
you do not say.
The taxes of the Six Dynasties were different, but they were roughly divided into three categories. One was land rent, and the land tax was paid to the government according to the land acres; the second was military service, and adult men prepared weapons and equipment to serve in designated places according to regulations, and the third was hard work, providing free labor such as paving and digging canals for the government.
Building a city wall is a typical force, and there are unique government officials like Xiao Yaoyi who pays for workers.
Xiao Yaoyi felt aching for a while, and became proud again, and said with a gaze: But this money is worth spending. The civilians heard that they have money to take and are willing to work hard.It can be completed in half a month of living, and Shimintu is more valuable than us.Like this hanging building, they came up with the idea, and we still made a profit.
The group of civilians were rushing to build a hanging building. They first used wooden boards to extend three or four feet away from the wall, and then put a piece of stone at the junction of the city wall and the hanging building to prevent it from falling off. Then they poured Shimin earth mixed with sand and gravel, then spread the bamboo slitting tightly with large bamboos, and poured a layer of sand and stone Shimin earth to form a simple concrete floor.
The walls are woven into cages, with wooden forms on both sides, and sand and stone, Shimin soil are poured into a semicircular nest with perforations left around them.
Although this hanging building structure is simple, without Shimintu, it takes skilled craftsmen to accurately cut and splice stone materials to create such hanging building, and it may not be possible to create one in two months. Now dozens of civilians can be built in more than ten days, and it is more refined than the stone fort.
With the hanging tower, you can attack the enemy troops attached to the city wall from the side, and the power of defending the city is self-evident.
Cheng Zongyang stood at the top of the city and watched around. The gate towers, city walls, women's walls, and shooting mouths on the city walls were reinforced with Shimin Earth. At first glance, the neat and orderly city walls showed a grey look.
Looking into the distance, the vast wilderness extends from the distant foothills of Lieshan Mountain, spreading out like a carpet in front of you.
Six rough Shimin Tu Castles stand in front of the city, guarding the city walls of Jiangzhou like giant beasts.
Xiao Yaoyi said with regret: If it weren't for the lack of time, I would have liked to wipe the entire Jiangzhou City.
This is solid enough.
Cheng Zongyang patted the Shimin earth city wall. Although it was not polished and flattened, the surface looked very rough, but after being mixed with sand and gravel, it was almost the same as the Shimin earth concrete he had seen.
Cheng Zongyang said: How many people do we have?
Xiao Yaoyi said: There are 1,785 people in Xingyue Lake Camp.There were 1,800 people who came here today.Two thousand mercenaries were hired.In addition, five thousand people were recruited from the civilians.Three thousand of them have been training for more than two months, and they can even play one and a half game if they are pulled out.
Are there too many mercenaries?
Cheng Zongyang remembers that Boss Meng planned to use 50,000 gold baht to recruit 1,000 mercenaries, but now it has doubled, more people than the Xingyue Lake Camp, and even if you have money, you can't spend Ah like this.
I heard that Jiangzhou was going to fight, and the mercenaries in Qingzhou flew over like flies seeing blood.Several large groups even said that they would get the money after the war.
Xiao Yaoyi touched his chin, and seemed to feel that the Qingzhou Mercenary Group was incredible.
Cheng Zongyang remembered Ao Run and Feng Yuan, is the Snow Falcon Group coming?
Guess how many people came to the Xuexiao Mercenary Group?
Xiao Yaoyi showed his thumb and little finger, and there were 600 people!Accounts for 60% of the entire Snow Falcon Mercenary Group!
Deputy regiment commander Shi Zhijun led the team, right?The Snow Falcon Group is so hard?
Xue Yanshan, the boss of the Xue Falcon Group, had a good relationship with Master Yun Liu. When he heard that the Yun family had a part in Jiangzhou, he immediately took the lead.In addition, Miss Yue had been in the Snow Falcon Group before. They learned that Miss Yue was a descendant of Yue Shuai and wanted to make friends.
This is like venture capital. The Xuexiao Mercenary Group bets heavily on Xingyue Lake. Once the Battle of Jiangzhou is victorious, as the legitimate daughter of King Wumu, Yueshuang is equivalent to the hostess of Jiang and Ningzhou, and the benefits to the Xuexiao Mercenary Group are self-evident.
But sending 600 mercenaries in one go, and such a big deal was beyond my imagination.
Jiangzhou City is not big, two thousand steps long from north to south and more than one thousand seven hundred steps wide from east to west.
Xiao Yaoyi said: Because the city is small, the city gates are only opened on both sides of the north and south.The river flows from north to south from the west, with a water gate open to the west, and the ships can sail directly into the city. As long as the waterway is not cut off, the Song army will not be able to completely siege the city.
Once the Song army was at the city, we planned to invest a battalion in the north, east and south directions, two to three hundred people, five hundred mercenaries and one thousand civilians.There are three battalions in the city, with 500 mercenaries and 2,000 civilians at any time.
Xiao Yaoyi relied on the city and was full of confidence in this battle. Cheng Zongyang was still a little worried and reminded: Don't be too careless.No matter what, the Song army had 70,000 to 80,000 people.Several times more civilians than you recruit.
Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said: The more Song army comes, the better.It is the twelfth lunar month now, and as long as we support it for half a month, the Song army will celebrate the New Year under the city.With Jiangzhou's reserves, it is enough to support until March.At that time, just the expenses in the army can crush Jia Shixian to death.
This is not empty talk.
The army was outside, and food, drink and fight had to consume a lot of supplies. Besides, it was a transfer of thousands of miles. No matter how sufficient the Song State reserves were, it was difficult to support it.
Jia Shixian mobilized the army to solve the incident in Jiangzhou in one fell swoop with a thunderous momentum, so as not to become a war of attrition.
But this is just his wishful thinking. At least Meng Feiqing, Si Mingxin, Lu Jing, Xiao Yaoyi and others will not agree.
Jia Shixian was really shocked. He was fighting his crickets in Lin'an. It would be nice if we didn't go to trouble him. He even came to Jiangzhou to find a fight.
Xiao Yaoyi said with great enthusiasm: Let’s go!I'll take you to the city to have a look!
There was no busy preparing for war in Jiangzhou City. Except for a few teams of civilians who were repairing the city defense, there were almost no people in the city.
Xiao Yaoyi told him that a month ago, residents of Jiangzhou moved to Ningzhou on the other side. Now, except for the thousands who were unwilling to leave, Jiangzhou City has become a pure military city.
Xiao Yaoyi walked and gave instructions. There were houses in the south of the city, and there was a market in the east and west, and the granary and armory in the northwest. The grain and armories transported from Qingzhou were stored here.
The density of houses in the city is not very large, and many fields are covered with vegetables, and it seems that there is still a lot of living space.
While speaking, a clear space appeared in front of me, with only the soil base, and tents were neatly tied.
What is this place?
Xiao Yaoyi said: Jiangzhou official office.
Cheng Zongyang looked around for a long time, where is the official office?
Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said: I have demolished the official offices and temples in Jiangzhou.There is no way, there is not enough stone.You can't let me demolish the house, right?
Then you set up the camp here?
Don't disturb the people.
Xiao Yaoyi raised his whip and said: All the mercenaries are in the East City, with inns, taverns and gambling shops, which are very lively at night!
As he said that, he came over, lowered his voice, and said with a whisper: There is a brothel inside. A few days ago, a group of prostitutes came. Hehe, I have been to the casual clothes, which is not much worse than Jiankang's, and it is so hot.After getting on the bed, your legs are weak...
No, right?At this time, there are prostitutes coming to do business?
Who doesn’t come to make money?If the Song army really wants to invade the city, they will still do business.Maybe the business is better.
Xiao Yaoyi whispered: Brother Cheng, you must be interested. I will book two beauties first. Let’s go to Lele tonight.
Cheng Zongyang pondered: I have been walking for more than a month and finally arrived in Jiangzhou, then I plunged into a brothel, as if I had come from Qingzhou for thousands of miles just to visit prostitutes in Jiangzhou.Isn't it a bit bad?
A celebrity is romantic.
Xiao Yaoyi said: That is, Brother Cheng, if it were someone else, I wouldn’t have sex with him.
Dry!
Cheng Zongyang said: Don’t talk about these useless things!What about the land you promised me?
Xiao Yaoyi laughed and said: I knew you were going to ask this!It's ready for you!
This is the West City!
Xiao Yaoyi brought everyone to a market in the west of the city and pointed out: Although it is not as big as the East City, the terrain is excellent.To the north is Fucang, to the west is close to the wharf, and to the south are homes of wealthy families in Jiangzhou.There are all inns, wine shops and shops in Fangnei.
The entire market is divided into four pieces by a cross-shaped street. Since the merchants have moved to Ningzhou, all the shops are empty.
Xiao Yaoyi pointed to a shop in the northwest and said: This is the shop in the official camp, it is all yours!
Dead fox!I knew you were not kind and gave me the worst piece.
Don't get me wrong!
Xiao Yaoyi said: There are many other places with masters. I want to buy them all for you as a love interest for our brothers, but these unscrupulous merchants would either refuse to sell them or ask for a price all over the place.I spent a lot of money on recruiting civil servants this time, and even the New Year’s money I saved since I was a child, I can’t afford it even if I want to buy it, so I had to give you the official shop.God knows what the previous prefects of Jiangzhou did for food, and no one cared about the house being broken.I don't want any penny of these shops, and I will give you all the land deeds, and then I will exempt you from taxes for three years. Isn't it great?
Come less!Do you want me to repair your house?It’s all broken and almost becomes a dilapidated house. Can you say it even after three years of tax exemption?At least ten years!
Xiao Yaoyi shouted: How could it be so bad!Up to five years!I have given you all the shops, and I am so stingy to pay some taxes.
Cheng Zongyang said: Then I want Shimintu’s franchise, the profit is four or six cents, I am six and you are four.
Xiao Yaoyi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed like a little fox who had just stole a hen, and the deal was made!
He hugged Cheng Zongyang's shoulder and said sincerely: Brother Cheng, you are simply my biological brother!
Cheng Zongyang said: Don’t be irritated.Is it better for you to be bigger than me?
That's my dear brother!
Cheng Zongyang's words were actually giving up Shimintu, and Xiao Yaoyi knew very well what this move meant to Jiangzhou.
Jiangzhou is located in the eastern border of Jin State, with a sparse population and little production, and is much poorer than other prefectures and counties.
It is already a good thing that Cheng Zongyang is willing to take over the official shop. Now he handed over Shimin to himself. As long as the management rights are right, it is equivalent to giving him a hen that can only lay golden eggs. Once it starts selling, it will be difficult for Jiangzhou to not get rich.
The only inn in the West City has been cleaned up, and an officer stood in front of the steps, his tall figure was like a saber.
He saluted the two of them with his feet, Major Cheng!Major Xiao!
Cheng Zongyang was stunned for a moment before recognizing it, Xiao Wu?
Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said: This is the adjutant of our Sixth Battalion, who will be responsible for the safety of Miss Zi in the future.
Xiao Wu's injuries have healed and his complexion has improved a lot. He said loudly: The inn has been sorted out, and Major Cheng and Miss Zi can move in at any time.
Cheng Zongyang said: Are we the only ones living in the inn?Is Miss Yue here too?
Xiao Yaoyi said: Miss Yue said she was used to living in the military camp, but she was not used to living in the inn.I set up a military account for her in the camp.
Cheng Zongyang felt relieved and laughed dryly: Miss Yue is okay along the way?
Xiao Yaoyi said in admiration: Miss Yue counted the Song army she met along the way, including military strength, equipment, and who were the generals, and at least found out half of the Song army's background.
Cheng Zongyang said: That militant met you, and now he is like a fish in water.
He also said that the boss is having a headache.
Xiao Yaoyi said: I originally said that I would give Miss Yue two camps, but Miss Yue disagreed. She said she couldn't take care of her, just one class.
Isn't a class easy?Let her go.
Xiao Yaoyi smiled bitterly and said: She wants to take a squad to the battlefield in person.The boss is such a powerful person, and he can't persuade her no matter how hard he is.I saw that the boss was almost in a hurry, so maybe he took off his military rank and kicked us brothers into her class.
Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: That's OK.Your class must be the most powerful class.One colonel, one major, and five lieutenant colonels. Tsk, this lineup is gorgeous enough.
Xiao Yaoyi complained: You can't watch jokes Ah beside you, I want you to persuade Miss Yue.
What a good idea, why aren't they afraid of Yueshuang chopping themselves into stuffing?Cheng Zongyang said: It is not easy to persuade. If you don’t work, just give her a class and you will be careful then.
Xiao Yaoyi shook his head distressedly, obviously also having a headache about Yue Shuang's stubbornness.
After sending everyone to the yard, Xiao Yaoyi stopped and you can rest first.Boss Meng and Miss Yue went to inspect the terrain and came back to see Miss Zi again when they came back in the evening.
As he said that, he whispered: Hello, I really won’t go to Ah tonight?
Cheng Zongyang whispered: I have any good one.
Xiao Yaoyi stretched out his thumb and shook it, then grimaced and left.
Young Master!
A gray figure ran over.
Cheng Zongyang turned around, The Fourth Old!Why are you so virtuous!
Qi Yuan grinned, revealing his white teeth, just coming from the construction site.Lao Si had built a house before, and had never used anything like Shimintu. After mixing the ingredients, it would be fine in a few days, and it would be fast and solid!Whatever you want, what will you do!
I saw the castle you built. What a good guy, they are all Shimin earth pillars.The hardness was thrust there, and the shadow could crush people to death. Song Jun wanted to pee his pants when he looked at it.
It is used for war, and it is no longer enough to take care of the appearance.
Qi Yuan patted the mud on his body, "Oh, Lao Qi's body is so hard this time.
Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: From your tone, it’s not that Lan Gu has come too, right?
Qi Yuan's old face turned red, just a few days after he arrived...
Is it really coming to Ah?Haha, Lan Gu is so nice to you!Why don’t you bring it together?
She is busy.
Cheng Zongyang casually said: Where are you busy?
East City.
Cheng Zongyang was stunned.
Qi Yuandao: She can't stay in the weaving workshop.When I heard that a mercenary came to Jiangzhou, Lan Gu discussed with Zhiniang and found some fans from Qinhuai River who wanted to make money. A boat came a few days ago.
Cheng Zongyang couldn't help but smile and said: The little marquis just mentioned that it was our own industry.What do you say about Sister Lan...
Qi Yuandao: After working in Lan Gu for a long time, I am still happier to do this business.Why didn’t you see Lao Qin?
Huizhi brought the whole goods and went back to Jiankang directly, and only came after a few days.How about other brothers?
Wu Dadao and Biaozi have been here twice.
Qi Yuan smiled and said: I heard that Sister Wu was happy.
Wu Dadao is very quick-witted.Where is Biaozi?
A little better than before.I heard that Jiangzhou is in war, and I think he wants to come too.
It's easy to say, I'll take him here together when I go back this time.Wu Dadao wants to be a father, so he can serve his wife at home.
Zhi Niang and the others were all well, and they were all very happy when they heard that the young master was fine.
Qi Yuan said verbally, and told everyone about the situation of Jiankang and others.Cheng Zongyang was silent for a moment, where is that witch?
Qi Yuan pursed his lips, and there was no news.The news of the young master Ping'an came. Huizhi went to find the young master. The Chang Bo asked me about the location of Wuyuan City and went there the next day.
Cheng Zongyang's heart was terrified. Wu Sangui was too brave to go to Wuyuan City alone.
Is there any news?
No.However, I heard that someone fought in the Zuiyue Tower in Jingzhou, and the situation sounded a bit like Chang Bo.
Wu Sangui is not a reckless person, so I can rest assured that.As long as you don’t fight Su Daji head-on, you should be worry-free to save your life.
Qi Yuan had just stayed for a while and someone came to him, Mr. Qi!The castle in Water Gate has been dried. How much water should be poured? Please ask Mr. Qi to go and take a look.
Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: Go, I'll let Xiao Wu leave a room for you, and you can live here.
become!
Qi Yuan stood up with a smile. Lao Qi was born to work hard and could not rest anywhere.
He jumped off the horse neatly and saluted Cheng Zongyang, Major Cheng!
Cheng Zongyang looked around and said, "Old Yu, did you recognize the wrong person?"
Yu Ziyuan Long said in a voice: The regiment commander, Colonel Meng, had arrived in Jiangzhou the night before yesterday and announced an order to grant the rank of Prince Major and serve as battalion commander.At the same time, the first and sixth battalions were set up as the first regiment, temporarily led by the young master, the fourth and fifth battalions were set up as the second regiment, led by Lieutenant Colonel Hou, the second and third battalions were set up as the third regiment, and the commander Meng assisted Miss Yue to lead.
Boss Meng set out to hand over the Xingyue Lake camp to Yue Shuai's descendants. Reorganizing the troops into three regiments was the first step. It seems that the first battalion and the sixth battalion were Xiao Zi's dowry.
Cheng Zongyang said: Why are you the leader?How many people have come?
Yu Ziyuan smiled and said: It was the errand I asked Major Xiao, all of us are brothers in the company, so of course I should be here to help.There was not enough staff in the city, so I only took one class this time, including ten brothers.
Cheng Zongyang said: How dare ten people attack an ambush of one or two hundred cavalry?
The order we received was just harassment. Major Xiao asked to delay the time when the Song army entered Sanchuankou for two to three days. If we had not met everyone, we would not have been able to fight like this.
Yu Ziyuan smiled and said: Besides, he successfully received the superior, and his subordinates have made a contribution.
Cheng Zongyang tilted his head and took out his ears, sir?Why does it sound so awkward?
Zang Xiu shouted: Chief Cheng!Listen more and it will be pleasant to hear!
The sergeant next to him laughed, Cheng Zongyang raised his face, raised his chest and said with a bulging belly: Be more serious!
Pay attention to military discipline!
yes!Sir!
Amid laughter, Yu Ziyuan said: The subordinate's mission has not been completed yet, and he cannot accompany the superior to Jiangzhou. He will send a brother to lead the way for the superior to the superior.
You don’t have many people at all, so who else can you send? We can just go there ourselves.
Zang Xiu straightened his chest and said: Sir!Why not let me take half of my brothers to stay, anyway, they are all our people in our company!
There are two classes, so it’s easy to take care of!
Monk Zang, can you not call him a commander?
yes!Sir!
Do you think I'll let you stay?Don't think about it!Lao Lu, you bring ten brothers to stay.
Cheng Zongyang warned: Remember, saving your life is the first priority, everything else is a trivial matter.
Lu Zizhen was happy and Zang Xiu was dejected. Then the soldiers brought by Yu Ziyuan also rushed over. The comrades met, and the scene became more enthusiastic.
While everyone was talking, Cheng Zongyang knocked on the sedan chair, "Damn girl, are you okay?"
Xiao Zi said lazily: I'm so frustrated.
We are almost here in Jiangzhou. When you get better, I will take you on a horse.
Just a quarter of an hour before and after the ambush, there were more than 30 bodies left by the Japanese army and nearly forty war horses were captured, which was a small measure for the Xingyue Lake camp, which lacked cavalry.
After everyone packed up the battlefield, they cut branches and made sedan poles, carrying sedan chairs with four horses, and a group of more than ten people rushed to Jiangzhou with the remaining horses to meet with the camp.
Lu Zizhen led ten soldiers to stay and carry out missions with Yu Ziyuan....
At noon the next day, Cheng Zongyang and his party finally saw the outline of Jiangzhou City.
A bunch of people who had heard the news were waiting outside the city immediately came over, and he rode a golden crown and tied his hair, a white horse in brocade clothes, and was a heroic hero. It was Xiao Yaoyi, the young marquis.
Brother Cheng!
Xiao Yaoyi shouted from afar: You are here!Miss me so much!
Cheng Zongyang smiled. This kid had not changed at all. He was kicked out of Jiankang by Wang Maohong. The Song army was in a big way again, and he still looked so energetic and arrogant.
Xiao Yaoyi jumped off the horse and bowed to the sedan chair first. How can Miss Zi go along?
Xiao Zi lifted a corner of the curtain of the sedan chair and said with a smile: Hello, I, how are you?
Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said: Everything is ready, just wait for the Song army!
Xiao Zi smiled sweetly and put down the curtain.
Zang Xiuli saluted Xiao Yaoyi, Chief Xiao!
Xiao Yaoyi returned a bow, Company Commander Zang, it’s been a long time since we saw each other.
Zang Xiu Ran said: It is a dream of being able to fight side by side with all the superiors under Yue Shuai!
good!
Xiao Yaoyi shouted: Su Xiao!
An officer behind him took a step forward, which was Su Xiao, who had seen in Qingzhou, who abandoned the title of Right Secretary of the Qin army and rushed to Jiangzhou to participate in the war.
Xiao Yaoyi said: Take Captain Zang and all your brothers to report.
yes!Brothers, follow me!
Su Xiao rolled over the horse and rushed into Jiangzhou City with everyone.
Xiao Yaoyi turned around and gave Cheng Zongyang a hug, laughing and said: This time, we brothers can join forces to dominate the world again!
Cheng Zongyang said: You don’t seem to be afraid of Ah at all?We just fought with the Japanese army, and we were only stronger than Jiankang's imperial guards. Not to mention 70,000 or 80,000 or 20,000 elite troops, you will be in trouble.
Xiao Yaoyi said: How do you think of my Jiangzhou?
A good place.It’s flat, and there are not even a few trees, all of which are uncultivated fertile fields.
Cheng Zongyang said: But the war is tragic, there is no danger to defend.Song Jun fought whatever he wanted. Tens of thousands of people set up a large formation, and it would be ugly on the spot.
Brother Cheng said it well.
Xiao Yaoyi held up his horse whip and said: From the western foot of Lieshan to the river, more than 100 miles are plains, and the army can set up its formations calmly, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend.No wonder Wang Maohong took it out so generously, and it turned out that the old guy made me do it again.If Brother Cheng hadn't helped me, I had to bring all my troops and go to the mountains to fight to the death to attack the Song army.
Cheng Zongyang said in surprise: What have I helped?
Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said: You didn’t forget it, right?look!
Cheng Zongyang looked along his horse whip and saw a few strange things in front of Jiangzhou City. The head was big and the bottom was small, and the shape was like dumbbells. The color was gray, and it stood in front of the city gate.
When I looked closer, I realized that they were six castles, each of which was more than 60 steps apart, divided into two font shapes, arranged in front of the city wall.
The shape of the castle is completely different from what he has seen. The bottom is round, the diameter is only two zhang, but the height is nearly five zhang, which is ten zhang higher than the city wall behind, and the top is square, with city walls and whistle towers above.
There are no doors and windows in the castle, and there are no traces of stone piles. The rough surface appears in dark gray.
Shimin earth?
That's right!Otherwise, you have helped me a lot!
Xiao Yaoyi said: The city defense in Jiangzhou has not been repaired for decades.When I entered the city, I was worried and worried that the city gate would fall down and smash me to death.
Is there any exaggeration?
I'm lying to you as a puppy.
Xiao Yaoyi said: After Brother Lu Wu has seen you, he brought Qi Yuan from Jiankang.We tried it at the city gate first. The bricks were loose and there was no need to be demolished. The Shimin soil you made was mixed with water and sand and poured into the gap. It was stronger than the newly built one!
Xiao Yaoyi said: Thanks to Qi Yuan, that guy worked day and night for more than two months and built ten castles outside the city.There are six on the south gate, three on the north gate, and there are no city gates on the east side. Two are built outside the city, and one on the west side near the river.
Ten seats?So fast?
Cheng Zongyang asked a little disbelief.
It could have been faster.But it started to delay.The initial place was built, and after two or three days, it was discovered that the applied Shimin soil would crack when it was dried.In the end, Qi Yuan figured it out and had to sprinkle water on it.If it hadn't been delayed for half a month, two more could have been built.
Cheng Zongyang looked up at the square castle tower protruding at the top of the castle. Is this thing solid?
Xiao Yaoyi punched the castle wall. The rough surface of Shimin soil was still motionless, and there were stones one foot wide inside. Each layer was watered with Shimin soil. Two layers of net-shaped bamboo tendons were punched outside, and then the Shimin soil mixed with gravel and sand were filled.We have tried it and it is harder than ordinary bluestone. As long as the thickness is enough, it cannot be smashed with ordinary stone bullets.It's just too material-consuming. For a castle like this, Shan Shimin would have nearly two thousand stones.
Cheng Zongyang estimated that this weighed about 100 tons, so many?
You don't know, right?
Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said: The Yun family has sent more than a dozen cargo ships to help transport lime and sand. I recruited civilians to cut down all the trees dozens of miles around and use them to burn Shimin soil.
I still don’t believe that you can build ten such castles in more than two months.This is too fast, right?
Shimin soil, sand, stone, wood and bamboo are all ready-made, and I have what I have on hand.
Xiao Yaoyi said: I have recruited 20,000 civilians, thousands of people have been working day and night, and one can be built in more than 20 days. At most, five castles will be built at the same time.The fire of the kiln can be seen dozens of miles away at night.
This was completely made by people. A castle started construction at the same time with thousands of people. No wonder it was so fast.
Built like pillars, without even doors and windows, how can your people get in?
Xiao Yaoyi laughed and said: Even you have hidden it.The moat in Jiangzhou was silted into shallow ditches, so I simply asked someone to fill it up and dug tunnels in the city to lead to the forts.I built the castle to a height of five meters, and the average ladder is only three or four meters high, and I can't even touch the edge of the castle tower above.If the Song army doesn’t come, it’s time to attack. I will definitely beat them up!
Cheng Zongyang imagined that if he was a siege Song army, he would be shot by a crossbow when he was one hundred steps away from the first castle. After walking forty steps forward, he would enter the range of the other two castles. When approaching the castle, he would be shot by four castles around and even on the walls.
If you are lucky enough to rush to the castle alive, you have to face a monster that has no place to attack and climb.
If you bypass the castle and attack the city gate directly, the crossbows from the city walls and the six castles form a shooting area without dead corners, causing the attacking party to fall into a situation where it is attacked from both sides.
The tunnels under the castle can provide endless supply and supplements. If you want to dig the tunnels, it is probably more difficult than breaking the city gate.
Xiao Yaoyi said: Each castle only needs thirty archers to guard it. The Song army's crossbows and stone cannons are useless under the fort, and they can only fill it with their lives.Even thousands of Song troops may not be able to capture these castles.
Cheng Zongyang believed in his judgment that in the era without artillery, these six Shimin monsters would become the most terrifying nightmare of the Song army under Jiangzhou City.
If they abandon the fort to attack the city, I will still have a hanging building here.
Xiao Yaoyi pointed at the city wall.
Every 100 steps on the city wall, there is a small fortress hanging outside the wall like a beehive. This kind of thing I have never seen in any information. It seems to be a pioneering move by Jiangzhou after obtaining Shimin Tu.
Walk!Go up to the city.
Xiao Yaoyi pulled Cheng Zongyang into Jiangzhou City.
All the tall door holes were built with Shimin earth, and there was no way to see the crumbling and dilapidated appearance of the past.
There is a two-foot-wide gate opening on the top, which can lower the stone gate to block the enemy's attack on the city gate.
Due to sufficient raw materials, the entire stone gate was replaced with Shimin soil slabs with bamboo tendons.
There is a stair on the left and right sides of the city gate. At this time, a group of civilians were carrying Shimintu in a willow basket to transport it to the city.
Xiao Yaoyi stayed aside honestly and waited for the civilians to pass by before taking Cheng Zongyang up.
Cheng Zongyang said: I'm not right?Will the little marquis who are galloping on horseback in Jiankang give way to others?
These are my people.
Xiao Yaoyi said seriously: Farming, working for us, and fighting for me, can you be more polite?
As he said that, the little fox started to hurt again. You don’t know that there are only 50,000 or 60,000 people in Jiangzhou City, and there are less than 300,000 villages and towns around it. It is said that it is a state, not as good as a big county, and I can recruit 20,000 people, but I have spent a lot of money.Two meals a day can make me full, plus the daily wages, I spent 10,000 or 20,000 yuan in two months. These are all living money...
Do you pay for it yourself?
you do not say.
The taxes of the Six Dynasties were different, but they were roughly divided into three categories. One was land rent, and the land tax was paid to the government according to the land acres; the second was military service, and adult men prepared weapons and equipment to serve in designated places according to regulations, and the third was hard work, providing free labor such as paving and digging canals for the government.
Building a city wall is a typical force, and there are unique government officials like Xiao Yaoyi who pays for workers.
Xiao Yaoyi felt aching for a while, and became proud again, and said with a gaze: But this money is worth spending. The civilians heard that they have money to take and are willing to work hard.It can be completed in half a month of living, and Shimintu is more valuable than us.Like this hanging building, they came up with the idea, and we still made a profit.
The group of civilians were rushing to build a hanging building. They first used wooden boards to extend three or four feet away from the wall, and then put a piece of stone at the junction of the city wall and the hanging building to prevent it from falling off. Then they poured Shimin earth mixed with sand and gravel, then spread the bamboo slitting tightly with large bamboos, and poured a layer of sand and stone Shimin earth to form a simple concrete floor.
The walls are woven into cages, with wooden forms on both sides, and sand and stone, Shimin soil are poured into a semicircular nest with perforations left around them.
Although this hanging building structure is simple, without Shimintu, it takes skilled craftsmen to accurately cut and splice stone materials to create such hanging building, and it may not be possible to create one in two months. Now dozens of civilians can be built in more than ten days, and it is more refined than the stone fort.
With the hanging tower, you can attack the enemy troops attached to the city wall from the side, and the power of defending the city is self-evident.
Cheng Zongyang stood at the top of the city and watched around. The gate towers, city walls, women's walls, and shooting mouths on the city walls were reinforced with Shimin Earth. At first glance, the neat and orderly city walls showed a grey look.
Looking into the distance, the vast wilderness extends from the distant foothills of Lieshan Mountain, spreading out like a carpet in front of you.
Six rough Shimin Tu Castles stand in front of the city, guarding the city walls of Jiangzhou like giant beasts.
Xiao Yaoyi said with regret: If it weren't for the lack of time, I would have liked to wipe the entire Jiangzhou City.
This is solid enough.
Cheng Zongyang patted the Shimin earth city wall. Although it was not polished and flattened, the surface looked very rough, but after being mixed with sand and gravel, it was almost the same as the Shimin earth concrete he had seen.
Cheng Zongyang said: How many people do we have?
Xiao Yaoyi said: There are 1,785 people in Xingyue Lake Camp.There were 1,800 people who came here today.Two thousand mercenaries were hired.In addition, five thousand people were recruited from the civilians.Three thousand of them have been training for more than two months, and they can even play one and a half game if they are pulled out.
Are there too many mercenaries?
Cheng Zongyang remembers that Boss Meng planned to use 50,000 gold baht to recruit 1,000 mercenaries, but now it has doubled, more people than the Xingyue Lake Camp, and even if you have money, you can't spend Ah like this.
I heard that Jiangzhou was going to fight, and the mercenaries in Qingzhou flew over like flies seeing blood.Several large groups even said that they would get the money after the war.
Xiao Yaoyi touched his chin, and seemed to feel that the Qingzhou Mercenary Group was incredible.
Cheng Zongyang remembered Ao Run and Feng Yuan, is the Snow Falcon Group coming?
Guess how many people came to the Xuexiao Mercenary Group?
Xiao Yaoyi showed his thumb and little finger, and there were 600 people!Accounts for 60% of the entire Snow Falcon Mercenary Group!
Deputy regiment commander Shi Zhijun led the team, right?The Snow Falcon Group is so hard?
Xue Yanshan, the boss of the Xue Falcon Group, had a good relationship with Master Yun Liu. When he heard that the Yun family had a part in Jiangzhou, he immediately took the lead.In addition, Miss Yue had been in the Snow Falcon Group before. They learned that Miss Yue was a descendant of Yue Shuai and wanted to make friends.
This is like venture capital. The Xuexiao Mercenary Group bets heavily on Xingyue Lake. Once the Battle of Jiangzhou is victorious, as the legitimate daughter of King Wumu, Yueshuang is equivalent to the hostess of Jiang and Ningzhou, and the benefits to the Xuexiao Mercenary Group are self-evident.
But sending 600 mercenaries in one go, and such a big deal was beyond my imagination.
Jiangzhou City is not big, two thousand steps long from north to south and more than one thousand seven hundred steps wide from east to west.
Xiao Yaoyi said: Because the city is small, the city gates are only opened on both sides of the north and south.The river flows from north to south from the west, with a water gate open to the west, and the ships can sail directly into the city. As long as the waterway is not cut off, the Song army will not be able to completely siege the city.
Once the Song army was at the city, we planned to invest a battalion in the north, east and south directions, two to three hundred people, five hundred mercenaries and one thousand civilians.There are three battalions in the city, with 500 mercenaries and 2,000 civilians at any time.
Xiao Yaoyi relied on the city and was full of confidence in this battle. Cheng Zongyang was still a little worried and reminded: Don't be too careless.No matter what, the Song army had 70,000 to 80,000 people.Several times more civilians than you recruit.
Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said: The more Song army comes, the better.It is the twelfth lunar month now, and as long as we support it for half a month, the Song army will celebrate the New Year under the city.With Jiangzhou's reserves, it is enough to support until March.At that time, just the expenses in the army can crush Jia Shixian to death.
This is not empty talk.
The army was outside, and food, drink and fight had to consume a lot of supplies. Besides, it was a transfer of thousands of miles. No matter how sufficient the Song State reserves were, it was difficult to support it.
Jia Shixian mobilized the army to solve the incident in Jiangzhou in one fell swoop with a thunderous momentum, so as not to become a war of attrition.
But this is just his wishful thinking. At least Meng Feiqing, Si Mingxin, Lu Jing, Xiao Yaoyi and others will not agree.
Jia Shixian was really shocked. He was fighting his crickets in Lin'an. It would be nice if we didn't go to trouble him. He even came to Jiangzhou to find a fight.
Xiao Yaoyi said with great enthusiasm: Let’s go!I'll take you to the city to have a look!
There was no busy preparing for war in Jiangzhou City. Except for a few teams of civilians who were repairing the city defense, there were almost no people in the city.
Xiao Yaoyi told him that a month ago, residents of Jiangzhou moved to Ningzhou on the other side. Now, except for the thousands who were unwilling to leave, Jiangzhou City has become a pure military city.
Xiao Yaoyi walked and gave instructions. There were houses in the south of the city, and there was a market in the east and west, and the granary and armory in the northwest. The grain and armories transported from Qingzhou were stored here.
The density of houses in the city is not very large, and many fields are covered with vegetables, and it seems that there is still a lot of living space.
While speaking, a clear space appeared in front of me, with only the soil base, and tents were neatly tied.
What is this place?
Xiao Yaoyi said: Jiangzhou official office.
Cheng Zongyang looked around for a long time, where is the official office?
Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said: I have demolished the official offices and temples in Jiangzhou.There is no way, there is not enough stone.You can't let me demolish the house, right?
Then you set up the camp here?
Don't disturb the people.
Xiao Yaoyi raised his whip and said: All the mercenaries are in the East City, with inns, taverns and gambling shops, which are very lively at night!
As he said that, he came over, lowered his voice, and said with a whisper: There is a brothel inside. A few days ago, a group of prostitutes came. Hehe, I have been to the casual clothes, which is not much worse than Jiankang's, and it is so hot.After getting on the bed, your legs are weak...
No, right?At this time, there are prostitutes coming to do business?
Who doesn’t come to make money?If the Song army really wants to invade the city, they will still do business.Maybe the business is better.
Xiao Yaoyi whispered: Brother Cheng, you must be interested. I will book two beauties first. Let’s go to Lele tonight.
Cheng Zongyang pondered: I have been walking for more than a month and finally arrived in Jiangzhou, then I plunged into a brothel, as if I had come from Qingzhou for thousands of miles just to visit prostitutes in Jiangzhou.Isn't it a bit bad?
A celebrity is romantic.
Xiao Yaoyi said: That is, Brother Cheng, if it were someone else, I wouldn’t have sex with him.
Dry!
Cheng Zongyang said: Don’t talk about these useless things!What about the land you promised me?
Xiao Yaoyi laughed and said: I knew you were going to ask this!It's ready for you!
This is the West City!
Xiao Yaoyi brought everyone to a market in the west of the city and pointed out: Although it is not as big as the East City, the terrain is excellent.To the north is Fucang, to the west is close to the wharf, and to the south are homes of wealthy families in Jiangzhou.There are all inns, wine shops and shops in Fangnei.
The entire market is divided into four pieces by a cross-shaped street. Since the merchants have moved to Ningzhou, all the shops are empty.
Xiao Yaoyi pointed to a shop in the northwest and said: This is the shop in the official camp, it is all yours!
Dead fox!I knew you were not kind and gave me the worst piece.
Don't get me wrong!
Xiao Yaoyi said: There are many other places with masters. I want to buy them all for you as a love interest for our brothers, but these unscrupulous merchants would either refuse to sell them or ask for a price all over the place.I spent a lot of money on recruiting civil servants this time, and even the New Year’s money I saved since I was a child, I can’t afford it even if I want to buy it, so I had to give you the official shop.God knows what the previous prefects of Jiangzhou did for food, and no one cared about the house being broken.I don't want any penny of these shops, and I will give you all the land deeds, and then I will exempt you from taxes for three years. Isn't it great?
Come less!Do you want me to repair your house?It’s all broken and almost becomes a dilapidated house. Can you say it even after three years of tax exemption?At least ten years!
Xiao Yaoyi shouted: How could it be so bad!Up to five years!I have given you all the shops, and I am so stingy to pay some taxes.
Cheng Zongyang said: Then I want Shimintu’s franchise, the profit is four or six cents, I am six and you are four.
Xiao Yaoyi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed like a little fox who had just stole a hen, and the deal was made!
He hugged Cheng Zongyang's shoulder and said sincerely: Brother Cheng, you are simply my biological brother!
Cheng Zongyang said: Don’t be irritated.Is it better for you to be bigger than me?
That's my dear brother!
Cheng Zongyang's words were actually giving up Shimintu, and Xiao Yaoyi knew very well what this move meant to Jiangzhou.
Jiangzhou is located in the eastern border of Jin State, with a sparse population and little production, and is much poorer than other prefectures and counties.
It is already a good thing that Cheng Zongyang is willing to take over the official shop. Now he handed over Shimin to himself. As long as the management rights are right, it is equivalent to giving him a hen that can only lay golden eggs. Once it starts selling, it will be difficult for Jiangzhou to not get rich.
The only inn in the West City has been cleaned up, and an officer stood in front of the steps, his tall figure was like a saber.
He saluted the two of them with his feet, Major Cheng!Major Xiao!
Cheng Zongyang was stunned for a moment before recognizing it, Xiao Wu?
Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said: This is the adjutant of our Sixth Battalion, who will be responsible for the safety of Miss Zi in the future.
Xiao Wu's injuries have healed and his complexion has improved a lot. He said loudly: The inn has been sorted out, and Major Cheng and Miss Zi can move in at any time.
Cheng Zongyang said: Are we the only ones living in the inn?Is Miss Yue here too?
Xiao Yaoyi said: Miss Yue said she was used to living in the military camp, but she was not used to living in the inn.I set up a military account for her in the camp.
Cheng Zongyang felt relieved and laughed dryly: Miss Yue is okay along the way?
Xiao Yaoyi said in admiration: Miss Yue counted the Song army she met along the way, including military strength, equipment, and who were the generals, and at least found out half of the Song army's background.
Cheng Zongyang said: That militant met you, and now he is like a fish in water.
He also said that the boss is having a headache.
Xiao Yaoyi said: I originally said that I would give Miss Yue two camps, but Miss Yue disagreed. She said she couldn't take care of her, just one class.
Isn't a class easy?Let her go.
Xiao Yaoyi smiled bitterly and said: She wants to take a squad to the battlefield in person.The boss is such a powerful person, and he can't persuade her no matter how hard he is.I saw that the boss was almost in a hurry, so maybe he took off his military rank and kicked us brothers into her class.
Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: That's OK.Your class must be the most powerful class.One colonel, one major, and five lieutenant colonels. Tsk, this lineup is gorgeous enough.
Xiao Yaoyi complained: You can't watch jokes Ah beside you, I want you to persuade Miss Yue.
What a good idea, why aren't they afraid of Yueshuang chopping themselves into stuffing?Cheng Zongyang said: It is not easy to persuade. If you don’t work, just give her a class and you will be careful then.
Xiao Yaoyi shook his head distressedly, obviously also having a headache about Yue Shuang's stubbornness.
After sending everyone to the yard, Xiao Yaoyi stopped and you can rest first.Boss Meng and Miss Yue went to inspect the terrain and came back to see Miss Zi again when they came back in the evening.
As he said that, he whispered: Hello, I really won’t go to Ah tonight?
Cheng Zongyang whispered: I have any good one.
Xiao Yaoyi stretched out his thumb and shook it, then grimaced and left.
Young Master!
A gray figure ran over.
Cheng Zongyang turned around, The Fourth Old!Why are you so virtuous!
Qi Yuan grinned, revealing his white teeth, just coming from the construction site.Lao Si had built a house before, and had never used anything like Shimintu. After mixing the ingredients, it would be fine in a few days, and it would be fast and solid!Whatever you want, what will you do!
I saw the castle you built. What a good guy, they are all Shimin earth pillars.The hardness was thrust there, and the shadow could crush people to death. Song Jun wanted to pee his pants when he looked at it.
It is used for war, and it is no longer enough to take care of the appearance.
Qi Yuan patted the mud on his body, "Oh, Lao Qi's body is so hard this time.
Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: From your tone, it’s not that Lan Gu has come too, right?
Qi Yuan's old face turned red, just a few days after he arrived...
Is it really coming to Ah?Haha, Lan Gu is so nice to you!Why don’t you bring it together?
She is busy.
Cheng Zongyang casually said: Where are you busy?
East City.
Cheng Zongyang was stunned.
Qi Yuandao: She can't stay in the weaving workshop.When I heard that a mercenary came to Jiangzhou, Lan Gu discussed with Zhiniang and found some fans from Qinhuai River who wanted to make money. A boat came a few days ago.
Cheng Zongyang couldn't help but smile and said: The little marquis just mentioned that it was our own industry.What do you say about Sister Lan...
Qi Yuandao: After working in Lan Gu for a long time, I am still happier to do this business.Why didn’t you see Lao Qin?
Huizhi brought the whole goods and went back to Jiankang directly, and only came after a few days.How about other brothers?
Wu Dadao and Biaozi have been here twice.
Qi Yuan smiled and said: I heard that Sister Wu was happy.
Wu Dadao is very quick-witted.Where is Biaozi?
A little better than before.I heard that Jiangzhou is in war, and I think he wants to come too.
It's easy to say, I'll take him here together when I go back this time.Wu Dadao wants to be a father, so he can serve his wife at home.
Zhi Niang and the others were all well, and they were all very happy when they heard that the young master was fine.
Qi Yuan said verbally, and told everyone about the situation of Jiankang and others.Cheng Zongyang was silent for a moment, where is that witch?
Qi Yuan pursed his lips, and there was no news.The news of the young master Ping'an came. Huizhi went to find the young master. The Chang Bo asked me about the location of Wuyuan City and went there the next day.
Cheng Zongyang's heart was terrified. Wu Sangui was too brave to go to Wuyuan City alone.
Is there any news?
No.However, I heard that someone fought in the Zuiyue Tower in Jingzhou, and the situation sounded a bit like Chang Bo.
Wu Sangui is not a reckless person, so I can rest assured that.As long as you don’t fight Su Daji head-on, you should be worry-free to save your life.
Qi Yuan had just stayed for a while and someone came to him, Mr. Qi!The castle in Water Gate has been dried. How much water should be poured? Please ask Mr. Qi to go and take a look.
Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: Go, I'll let Xiao Wu leave a room for you, and you can live here.
become!
Qi Yuan stood up with a smile. Lao Qi was born to work hard and could not rest anywhere.
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