Located on the north side of Yandang Mountain, Linji is a small county bordered by mountains and seas, and the county seat is surprisingly barren compared to her brother of the same name in Qidi, Shandong. It is said that this county town did not exist in the Ming Dynasty, but because of the later wars, and the peasant uprising and the Qing army entered the customs, a large number of displaced people fled into the mountains, after the population gradually gathered, the local government was set up for the convenience of taxation, but at this time it was obviously out of place, after the Qing Dynasty was initially decided, the displaced people returned to their hometowns one after another, and it became a poor ravine again.

Although Lin Feng didn't have any idea of mixing with warlords, as the first territory to occupy, he still put a lot of effort into understanding the current situation of Linji County.

According to the preliminary count, there are more than 40,000 people registered in Linji County, half of whom are farmers who cultivate the hillside fields near the county seat, and more than 6,000 are hunters in the mountains, and the rest are fishermen by the sea. When Lin Feng led a group of people to loot only to find that there is indeed no oil and water here, it can be seen from the treasury of the county yamen that the county's silver deposit is only more than 600 taels of silver, and the grain and grass are not at all, and only after asking Zhou Peigong did he know that he was ordered to hand over all the grain and grass to Taizhou Mansion a few days ago, and the current grain depot is naturally empty.

Fortunately, Lin Feng's army itself is a baggage force, so there is no need to worry about food for the time being, and the more than 780,000 taels of silver carried by the army, Lin Feng naturally took it unceremoniously for himself, anyway, King Jingnan is anxious at the moment, and he can't protect himself, so he doesn't have to worry that he will come to the door to ask for debts.

Lin Feng's first measure after occupying Linji County was to order the whole army to shave their hair and keep braids, this perverse order did not cause anyone to protest, people with brains know that at this moment their army is deep into the hinterland of the Qing army, and there may be a court army around them at any time, so that the change of clothes will naturally be beneficial to the preservation of life, and now the people of Linji County around them are dragging their braids, although their heads are messy Although they maintain the true color of the Han people, they also inevitably look weird, so only from the aesthetic concept, This is also acceptable.

Since it is camouflaged, it has to be disguised to the end, although the arsenal of this county town only has a few broken guns and knives, but the Qing army's clothing is still five or six hundred sets, plus a total of eight hundred pieces collected from the captured defenders, just enough to camouflage a shed of infantry, for security considerations, Lin Feng ordered Wang Dahai, who was more active, to lead his subordinates to disguise themselves as Qing troops out of the city to station, guarding various communication arteries to block the news, in addition to taking out a few thousand taels of silver to order the tailors in the city to hurry up the production of Qing army uniforms, A few days later, Lin Feng became a guerrilla general of the Qing Dynasty without the knowledge of the imperial court in Beijing, and declared the legal occupation of Linji County.

Although he was preparing to surrender, but in the troubled times, there was a gun that was the king of grass, Lin Feng naturally had to take the opportunity to expand the team, after a large amount of silver, an order was given to the more than 2,000 strong porters immediately entered the state of service, in addition to enriching Zhao Guangyuan, Liu Laosi, Wang Dahai's troops, Lin Feng also ordered to draw experienced veterans from each battalion, and set up his own personal army based on this, and handed them over to Li Ergou and three officers to intensify training, as for how the combat effectiveness will be, Lin Feng doesn't care very much, In the end, this is just a precautionary measure, in any case, even if it is a surrender, a force of 4,000 people will always be heavier than the weight of 2,000 people, so that after surrendering, his official position will definitely be greater.

But in this vigorous army rectification movement, Lin Feng's soldiers made some very discordant noise, just on the third day of occupying the county seat, several old men who were about to enter the coffin cried and grabbed the ground to complain to the county commander Zhou Peigong, according to the plaintiff's statement, that night a group of officers and soldiers carried out a search operation against their homes, and by the way, they also intimately greeted the two girls and three widows on that street, and asked the county commander to make decisions for them.

When Zhou Peigong was embarrassed to hand over the plaintiff's complaint to Lin Feng, Lin Feng did not feel any surprise, according to his understanding during this time, his subordinates are definitely not good birds, although the Liaodong Army is also fearless and strong in combat, but it is also a first-class master to engage in robbery and rape, you must know that the soldiers of this era have no sense of honor and responsibility at all, as the saying goes, when a soldier eats food, that is to say, the main purpose of being a soldier is to eat, if there is a chance to make a fortune, it is naturally better, However, now is the time to avoid the limelight, of course Lin Feng does not want to make people angry in Linji County, and this serious military discipline problem must be dealt with well.

According to the investigation of the expenses of marrying a daughter in Linji County in the first half of the year, setting up a banquet and holding a bride price, Lin Feng strictly complied with the laws of the market to compensate the losses of the victims-although this is ridiculous from modern law, but in this era, women and property belong to the same concept, and in the eyes of the people, they still get a relatively fair treatment.

Out of the consideration of fundamentally solving the psychological problems of the troops, Lin Feng pulled Zhou Peigong to lead a large group of soldiers to visit the largest tertiary industry in the county "Baihualou", judging from this romantic name should be a very emotional place, Lin Feng was originally full of reverie and fantasy about this enterprise, but when he walked to the ground, he couldn't help but be surprised, unlike what he imagined, the business premises of this enterprise are really not like words, there are only so dozens of broken houses, Although the girls who solicited business at the door were deliberately dressed up, their figure and appearance gave him a little bit of vomiting, to be honest, Lin Feng was not without ideas when he came, but he really didn't have any interest when he saw this.

Zhou Peigong next to him was originally persuaded by Lin Feng to come to the site to work, but it was a little strange to see Lin Feng's hesitation at this time.

"General Lin, this is the most famous Qinglou in this county, we might as well go in and talk to the boss here!"

"This ...... Lord Zhou, I think it's still free! Lin Feng said, "As an official of the imperial court, these things are indecent, I think it's better to leave it to my subordinates to handle it!" ”

Different from ordinary rotten Confucianism, although Zhou Peigong is a scholar, he does not have any discrimination against the base of a merry and talented person like the brothel Qinglou, and it feels a little strange to see Lin Feng suddenly put on such a look of disgust, he was the one who was excited at the beginning, and he is also the righteous at the moment, and I don't know what he is thinking. was about to persuade a few words, but Lin Feng turned around and shouted, "Li Ergou! ”

"The little ones are here!"

"You go and negotiate the price with the boss, the girls here must be divided into several classes to serve our brother first, and just say that I will not treat him badly, do you understand?!"

"Obedience!" Li Ergou was ready to patronize Baihualou with great interest.

"Come back!" Lin Feng suddenly remembered something. "Before, you went to invite all the Mr. Langzhong from the county seat to me, these girls have to be checked first, and those who have dirty diseases are not allowed to enter the barracks!!"

Because of the big disappointment just now, Lin Feng pulled Zhou Peigong to wander around this dilapidated small county town, distracting himself and narrowing the distance between the two at the same time. You must know that Zhou Peigong has an extraordinary future in the future, and he is a big celebrity under Emperor Kangxi, but at this time, he has been monitoring and controlling him for so long because of security reasons, and it will naturally be very inconvenient if he is an official in the same dynasty in the future, and now he has to find a way to enhance his feelings.

However, Zhou Peigong's interest in him was obviously greater, looking at Lin Feng, who seemed to be very novel, he couldn't help coughing, "General Lin, I didn't expect you to care so much about the people's feelings, you are really a model for my generation!" ”

"People's feelings? Oh no, I've never seen any of these things before, I'm just curious! Lin Feng pointed to the traditional civil buildings in the small city with great interest, and replied casually.

Haven't seen it? Zhou Peigong was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that this thing is everywhere in the country, how could it be that he has never seen it? There was obviously some deep meaning or Zen machine in these words, but he didn't come up with it after thinking about it for a long time, so he had to change the topic and said, "General Lin thinks that if you transfer some ** to the barracks, you can take military discipline seriously?!" ”

"Of course not, I'm just saving the day!" Zhou Peigong finally asked the point, and Lin Feng had to become serious.

"The army of the benevolent is not looted if he starves to death, does not demolish the house if he freezes to death, and he can be invincible only when the military order is stopped, it can be seen that military discipline is a matter of great importance, but the adults not only do not strictly rectify but wantonly connive, why is this?!" Zhou Peigong thought for a while, "Even if you can use ** to charge the number at this time, what will happen in the future?!" ”

"I said Pei Gong, we have known each other for so many days, and I don't treat you as an outsider, you also know our situation, our team is fleeing for their lives, and the army is already disheartened, if I come, I am afraid that I will be scattered in a few days, so I have to appease ah!" Lin Feng said with a wry smile, his name is not right, and his subordinates are not very reliable, the consequences of rectifying military discipline and killing people and beheading are serious, and there is no 100% control over the team, so don't think about it, he said casually, "Didn't I find those guys and beat them with dozens of military sticks, and stipulate that if they rob and rape again, they will be beheaded?" It's not that there is no marching method, I think that's it! ”

"But it's not a way to appease with **!"

"What else can I do then?!" Lin Feng pursed his lips, "I said Lao Zhou, don't hold on to your books, do you think we can compare with Grandpa Yue Feiyue at this time?" One of the teams is the regular army of the imperial court, with sufficient names, and most of the refugees in the two teams are refugees who have escaped from the Jin country, and they all have no common hatred for the Jin soldiers, they are not afraid of death or greedy for money, and they have the same hatred and the enemy's morale is available; The three grandfathers-in-law are famous generals, invincible in the world in governing the army and fighting, who dares to compare with him? Looking at Zhou Peigong, who was full of dissatisfaction, Lin Feng said bitterly, "The so-called eating is a meal, and you can say whatever you want, you look at these people under me, one by one, they have learned worse than dogs with those Eight Banners Qing soldiers, and they have practiced fighting, but they are also used to looting, and now they are rebels, and they are still running for their lives, what do you say this military discipline can be?!" - For now, I will send more money to collect it, and then transfer some women to comfort it, so that people's hearts can be stabilized, so that they can have a hope for the future days, from a private point of view, my side is good to control the team, and from a public point of view, they will also harass the people less, or the army will collapse and become deserters, Lord Zhou, this Linji County may soon become a hell on earth! ”

Zhou Peigong subconsciously filtered out Lin Feng's reactionary remarks that slandered today, he glanced at Lin Feng, wanted to speak and stopped, and it happened to fall into Lin Feng's eyes.

"If Pei Gong has anything to say, you can just say it, you know, I don't care about anything!"

"General Lin, it's not a secret, although he is only a small magistrate in Xia, but what he has learned in his life is the art of strategy, and his conceit is still clear about the conquest, so he has paid attention to the movements of the Jingnan Wang's army in many ways, and he doesn't dare to say anything else, but he has put a lot of effort into the generals under the Jingnan Wang......" Zhou Peigong glanced at Lin Feng, who was smiling, and asked tentatively, "And the general is ...... below"

"Haven't you heard of me as a person?!" Lin Feng said with a smile, "Actually, strictly speaking, I'm not a general of King Jingnan, how can I say it?" - I'm his 'subordinate', and I took over this team by chance, but judging from the current situation, I don't know if it's luck or getting on a thief ship! ”

Zhou Peigong suddenly, in the past few days, he has inquired about the soldiers under Lin Feng, and vaguely knows a rough idea, and he still has some admiration for Lin Feng's courage in the art of war, thinking that he has met a general who is both wise and brave, and it is not a scandal to be captured by such an enemy, but in the past few days, he has been a little suspicious when he has lost Erlang all day long, and at this moment, seeing him admit it in person, it is naturally conclusive. At the moment, I wanted to ask him for a lesson or two, but unexpectedly, there was a sudden sound of drums from the county office, as if someone was complaining.