Chapter 213: Brothers Fight
The thing that makes Yang Yun happiest is that in the three counties of the fiefdom now, there are more than 250,000 people in the original people and the newly relocated victims of the Chu State.
As the number increases, so does the number of young men. Therefore, Yang Yun could recruit more soldiers than before, and because Yang Yun treated the soldiers well, he quickly recruited 30,000 soldiers, reaching the maximum number of soldiers stipulated by the imperial court for him.
In addition, Yang Yun also asked each county to organize men between the ages of 15 and 50 to conduct regular combat training. In this way, these civilians can be recruited into the army at a critical moment, so as to achieve the goal of being able to fight when they come.
In addition to these 50,000 official soldiers, there are more than 10,000 "bandits" in the mountains, plus their own 3,000 guards, and some errands from various counties, as well as female soldiers trained by Duanmu Jiyue and Qiao Yuwei. Although these people are not included in the official soldier establishment, they still have the ability to fight at critical moments.
In this way, the actual number of troops in Yang Yun's hands reached more than 50,000 people, which made Yang Yun much more confident. Although he doesn't have much ambition, judging from the current situation, the war inside and outside Dafu may be on the verge of breaking out, and for Dafu and for himself, Yang Yun must have a certain ability to protect himself.
The increase in the number of soldiers does not mean that the combat power will also increase accordingly, and Yang Yun deeply understands this. So on the one hand, he asked Guo Long and others to strengthen the training of soldiers, and at the same time, he also asked Tie Shan and others to rush to produce a large number of high-quality weapons.
After Yang Yun returned to the fiefdom, all kinds of things in the fiefdom developed in a benign direction, which made the people and officials on the back cover very happy. However, this makes some people hiding in the shadows feel very uncomfortable as if they have eaten flies.
Still in the remote house, Zhong Wentao, Yang Hong and others sat together and drank, but they all had sad faces, and there was no lively atmosphere of eating and drinking together.
"What the hell is going on? Didn't it mean that all their food was stolen by bandits? But how can they bring back food now? As soon as Wei Erniang sat down on the table, her frowning brows never stretched.
"Gang Leader Zhao, didn't you say that your people have been staring at it all the time and have seen their grain being robbed by bandits? How can such a thing still happen now? Guo Fatzi stared at the man surnamed Zhao, and his tone was a little unkind.
"Guo Fatzi, what do you mean? Do you still doubt Zhao? The man surnamed Zhao put the chopsticks on the table and said with a cold face.
"Then you explain to me, where did this grain come from, can the grain grow wings on its own and fly to the three counties of King Wu's fief?" Guo Fatzi didn't give in and said loudly.
"I also want to know, where does all this food come from?" The man surnamed Zhao blushed and said loudly.
"Alright, alright! It's all my own brothers, don't quarrel here! Yang Hong saw that these people were getting more and more unspeakable, and immediately stood up and interrupted their quarrel.
"Ladies and gentlemen! I've investigated this matter clearly, and I've heard from the bandits. At that time, after they grabbed the food, they didn't expect Yang Yun's people to have already made arrangements. Guo Long, the new commander of the imperial court, had already taken the soldiers of the fiefdom to ambush the bandits on the only way back to the mountains, not only snatching back the food they had taken, but also causing the bandits to lose a lot. At this time, Zhong Wentao stood up and announced to them the latest news he had gotten.
"Mr. Zhong, what should we do now? Yang Yun will definitely settle accounts after the autumn, and sooner or later what we do will be found out by him, then all of us will be able to escape our lives. "Wei Erniang is the least courageous, and he has been in a state of fear these days.
"So we can only go all the way to the dark now, only by letting this kid Yang Yun completely fall, can our brothers have a good life." The old man surnamed Liu took a hard puff of his cigarette and said fiercely.
"What Liu Lao said is right, now that we have stood on the opposite side of Yang Yun, there is no possibility of reconciliation, only by overturning him can we have a good life." Zhong Wentao stood up, looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice.
"Mr. Zhong, you say, what should we do next, I, Zhao, and my brothers, must obey Mr. Zhong's arrangement." After listening to Zhong Wentao's words, the man surnamed Zhao immediately said.
"Yang Yun, this kid is so lucky, we have such a good plan. Seeing that he was about to succeed, he didn't expect that he would actually get the food back at a critical time. But it's okay, we lost the chance to knock him out in one fell swoop, but don't be discouraged, we have a lot of chances to take him down. Zhong Wentao glanced at everyone and said loudly.
"Mr. Zhong, I'm a big man, I don't understand these big truths, you just tell us, what should we do next?" Listening to Zhong Wentao's words, Guo Fatzi said.
After listening to Guo Fatzi's words, Zhong Wentao raised his eyes to look at the people present, and saw that everyone was looking at him, he immediately understood that these people had the same idea as Guo Fatzi, so he stood up and said loudly to everyone:
"Ladies and gentlemen! Although we can't overturn Yang Yun all at once now, we can't let them have a good life. often causes a little trouble for them, and if it goes on for a long time, all kinds of things often happen in the fief of this King of Wu, which will also cause the court to be dissatisfied with him. In addition, in Xijing City, some important people gave him some words in front of His Majesty, and this fiefdom will be withdrawn from him sooner or later! ”
Next, Zhong Wentao told everyone present about the plan he had already formulated.
Shidong County was the poorest of the three counties in the fiefdom of King Wu and Yang Yun, and it used to have the smallest number of people. Well, now that the refugees from Chu have been resettled in Shidong County, the largest number of refugees have been resettled.
Zhong Wenrui is a very ambitious person, and when he used to manage the Zhanhu Farm, he listened to everyone's advice widely and learned from others. As a result, the War Tiger Department has developed rapidly, and it has faintly become the strongest part of the Shadowless Guard Division.
Later, he was framed by his own brother Zhong Wentao, and Zhong Wenrui began to give up on himself. But at the most critical moment, it was the young master Yang Yun who helped him and got himself out of the predicament.
Therefore, Zhong Wentao had already secretly sworn in his heart that he would use his life to repay the young master's kindness.
As the county magistrate of Shihe County, there are many troubles, and the number of officials is seriously insufficient, when I first arrived here. Zhong Wenrui has to do the work of several people by himself, often from the moment he wakes up in the morning and is busy until he goes to bed after dark.
For this situation, Zhong Wenrui did not complain, but did his best to do his own things well. Now that the number of people in Shidong County has increased exponentially, Zhong Wentao has selected some available talents from among the people and enriched them into the county government.
He thought that the number of officials in the county government would be easier, but he did not expect that he would fall into a more busy state.
Suddenly so many people came, where did they live? A large amount of daily necessities are consumed every day, and there is also the problem that the living habits of newcomers cannot be adjusted for a while, all of which need to be worried about by him, a county magistrate.
The more serious problem is that so many refugees from the Chu State suddenly came. For the aborigines of Shidong County, the resources that used to belong to them are now to be shared with these Chu people, and they must be reluctant.
In addition, the number of refugees from Chu State now far exceeds that of Shidong County, and the number of original residents has appeared in a situation of being a big bully. All these situations have planted the seeds of disharmony between the two sides.
Therefore, in the past few days, although the county government has issued many policies, it has also repeatedly reaffirmed that all the policies of the fiefdom are equal regardless of the original residents and the foreign victims of the Chu State. We are asked to live in harmony and work together to develop the new home of Shidong County better.
Although the county government has worked hard to deal with this matter, there are still frequent frictions between the aboriginal residents of Shidong County and the refugees from the Chu State who moved in, which makes the county government anxious. Especially when there was a shortage of food some time ago, the two sides almost fought in order to compete for food.
Now, finally, there is food, and the main problem of the struggle between the two sides is solved. Other things are much easier to handle, so these days, there have been fewer disputes among the people, and Zhong Wentao has been much easier.
On this day, take care of the matter at hand. Zhong Wenrui looked up and saw that it was not dark yet, and thought about it, he had been in Shidong County for so long, and he hadn't gone for a good stroll.
Thinking of this, Zhong Wenrui took a few guards, walked out of the county office, and walked towards the most lively streets in Shidong County.
In the past, the biggest problem in Shidong County was poverty, and every night, the people would return home early. Therefore, Shidong County at night has always been pitch black, which also gives some people with bad intentions the opportunity to do bad things in the dark.
After Chinese Rui came to Shidong County, he has been working hard to develop the economy of Shidong County in accordance with Yang Yun's plan. Although Zhong Wenrui has only been in Shidong County for more than a year, the economy of Shidong County has already improved greatly.
Just a few months ago, the county also opened several nightclubs, although they only deal in some snacks, but they give a little vitality to the night in Shidong County, and many businessmen who come and go here begin to come to these nightclubs at night to eat something and drink a little wine.
Seeing that the business here is quite good, some businessmen have found business opportunities and opened some related shops here. As more and more people come to Shidong County, there is a little bit of a night market here.
Although Zhong Wentao knew that there was already a small night market here, he had never been there. Now that he walked down the street, looking at the figures coming and going, his heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment.
To say that he followed Yang Yun, in fact, it was mainly for gratitude. But with Wu County, who came with Yang Yun, and then obeyed Yang Yun's arrangement and served as the county magistrate of Shidong County, Zhong Wentao completely liked this feeling.
Although it is very tiring to do things here, Zhong Wentao is very pleased to see the little changes in this small county, as well as the smiling faces of the people because their lives are better. He seems to have returned to the high-spirited appearance of his youth.