And the state, Huguan.

Since Chen Mo was appointed and the state assassin history, Shangdang County gradually restored peace, Chen Mo allowed the Montenegrin Army to pay taxes in a county, but in terms of management, it is still Chen Mo's side, this county tax, for the party in exchange for peace, but also for the state in exchange for peace, these years with Chen Mo set up the Diannong Zhonglang General and the craftsman Zhonglang General, farming tools have basically been renovated to this day, Chang'an plough has now become popular, and even Jizhou, the Central Plains have begun to appear.

As Chen Mo's earliest territory, the use of manure on the side of Bingzhou, and the reason for the fireplace, in addition to the people of Yanmen and Yunzhong who will suffer from Hu from time to time in recent years, areas close to the interior such as Shangdang and Taiyuan have truly achieved peace.

The people don't say how rich they are, but at least they won't freeze to death or starve to death in winter, and because the government office has a birth subsidy, a family of five, relying on the government's subsidy, the men in the family are more diligent, and they can basically have some family resources in two or three years.

It is the time of the autumn harvest, and the joy of the autumn harvest is everywhere in the ridges of the fields on this side of Huguan.

Several farmers loaded the harvested wheat onto the cart and drove it back.

In the distance, I saw a group of men and horses galloping towards Zhuangzi.

"The army?" The man who was driving the car frowned and looked at the people and horses in the distance: "It doesn't seem to be the armor of the Huguan soldiers." ”

After a while, the man's face changed: "It's not good, it's a black mountain thief!" ”

The decision-making of the upper echelons will naturally not inform everyone, although the tax of Shangdang County is given to the Black Mountain thief, but the matter of taxation and the name of the tax are still given to the imperial court or to Chen Mo's side, for most people, the Black Mountain thief is still a thief, but he was deterred by the prestige of the Marquis of Changling, and he did not dare to come here to be presumptuous.

"There don't seem to be many people, so what are they doing here?" A few crop men looked at the bandit who was galloping away, and were a little worried, wouldn't the black mountain thief be coming?

Hurriedly drove the ox cart back to the village, and called the villagers to harvest the crops as soon as possible, if there was a war with the Black Mountain thieves, their Zhuangzi was east of Huguan, and they must be the first to bear the brunt.

As for what the Black Mountain thieves are doing, it's none of their business, and it's not their turn, only Li Zheng sent someone to Huguan to report.

Outside Huguan, when he noticed the appearance of an army that did not belong to his side, the Huguan guards quickly closed the city gate and waited for it, although it was actually a cooperative relationship with the Black Mountain thieves over the years, but it was not his own person after all, if the Black Mountain Thieves sent troops to attack now, he would not be surprised at all.

Huguan guard general is Chen Mo in Luoyang when the West Park Army is an ordinary soldier, these years with the merit of following Chen Mo in the southern expedition to the north, step by step climbed to the position of Huguan guard, for a small soldier back then, it is rare to have this feat.

Under Chen Mo, there are not many people like this who are ordinary soldiers who have climbed to the position of generals step by step, and these people are also extremely loyal to Chen Mo, basically serving at various dangerous checkpoints, and their official positions are not high, but they are extremely important.

Seeing that the other party had come to the city, the guard ordered people to deter the enemy with arrows, and shouted loudly: "Stop coming, dare to move forward, don't blame the sword for having no eyes!" ”

The Black Mountain thief army slowly stopped, followed closely, and the leader of the general came out of the crowd, came to the city, bowed to the city and said: "In Xiaping Zhonglang General Du Chang, on the order of my general, I want to meet the Marquis of Changling, please let me go!" ”

The general of the middle of the peace is Zhang Yan's official position, and the black mountain thief has an official body, and the position of the general of the middle of the peace is still Liu Hongfeng's back then.

Hearing this, the guard frowned, nodded and said, "You guys are camping here for the time being, and I will inform the state capital!" ”

This kind of thing, he can't decide, so he immediately ordered someone to go to Taiyuan to inform Manchu of this matter, as for how to decide, Chen Mo has to decide.

……

A few days later, Luoyang, Chen Mo's office.

"Over the years, Yuan Shao has never given up fighting the Montenegrin Army, last year Gongsun Zan had asked the Montenegrin Army for help, the Montenegrin Army was sent to Du Chang to reinforce, but was defeated by Yuan Shao, plus the first four years of peace, Tao Sheng betrayed, Yu Poison, Zuo Beard, Zhangba was beheaded successively, Liu Shi, Qingniujiao, Huanglong, Zuo Xiao, Li Damu, Guo Daxian and other Montenegrin departments were defeated by Yuan Shao, and the strength of the Montenegrin Army was not as good as before." Li Ru counted the experience of the Montenegrin Army over the years.

At the beginning, the Montenegrin army was indeed very rampant, when Liu Hong was alive, there was no way to take the Montenegrin army, but after all, it was a grass in the mountains, and it was a situation similar to that of the alliance, until Yu Poison, Zuo Beard, and Zhangba were killed in battle, and Liu Shi and others were defeated by Yuan Shao, and the Montenegrin army gradually formed a unified model dominated by Zhang Yan.

But there are not many suitable cultivated fields on Taihang Mountain, Chen Mo has been engaged in people's livelihood construction here over the years, many people from the Montenegrin Army have come to vote, and Yuan Shao has something to do with it and constantly suppressed, although the current Montenegrin Army is unified, but it has long lost the momentum of the million, if it were not for Chen Mo's secret support here, Zhang Yan may be even worse than now.

But it happens to be mixed between Chen Mo and Yuan Shao, the Montenegrin Army is on Taihang Mountain, Chen Mo or Yuan Shao, there is no way to take the Montenegrin Army, but if you dare to come out, you have not seen the Montenegrin Army win once, and just like the last time Tao Sheng defected, even if Zhang Yan has the name of a general in peace, but a thief is a thief, and the upper limit in this era is very limited, whether it is Yuan Shao or Chen Mo, as long as some official positions are thrown out as bait, there will naturally be a second or third Tao Sheng.

"In this way, this black mountain thief wants to surrender to the lord?" Yang Xiu said with a smile.

"Nominal surrender." Xu Shu shook his head on the side and said: "Zhang Yan is also a prince no matter what he says, and if the situation is not clear today, if it weren't for the grudge with Yuan Shao and a new defeat, Zhang Yan would not have come to the lord so early." ”

Zhang Yan is a little confused now, after the death of Yu Poison and others, the original scattered forces of the Montenegrin Army were really gathered and became a force, the former Montenegrin Army was a general name, and now, the Montenegrin Army is a force, but it is too late, Yuan Shao has now occupied Youzhou, there is no worries, and he can go all out to deal with the Montenegrin thieves.

And although Zhang Yan controls the entire Montenegrin Army, he is also responsible for the grain and grass consumption of these horses, and Zhang Yan obviously does not dare to run to Chen Mo's territory to loot at this time, which is equivalent to offending Chen Mo and Yuan Shao at the same time, which is no different from looking for death, and Chen Mo's funding for the Montenegrin Army over the years is not in vain, even if Zhang Yan has this intention, there will be different voices in the Montenegrin Army, and it is not morally right, and Yuan Shao's side is now strictly guarding against death, and if he wants to grab food from there, he has to exchange blood.

Everyone looked at Chen Mo, waiting for him to make a decision.

"Inform Huguan to let him go, let him come first." Chen Mo smiled: "I still have to see it, there is no reason to block the envoy from the door." ”

"My lord, even if Zhang Yan is willing to surrender, I'm afraid he won't give up his military power, but he needs our support, so it will undoubtedly hurt Yuan Shao." Li Ru frowned.

Now Yuan, Cao, and Chen are competing for power, although today's strategy is to join Cao to resist Yuan, but this kind of thing is not so absolute, when needed, it is also possible to unite with Yuan Shao, after all, Cao Cao has the Central Plains, and the war potential is actually above Yuan and Chen.

"When needed, I believe that Yuan Shao will not have contact with me because of the black mountain thieves, and the black mountain thieves do have the need for their existence, and they can serve our army all the way." Chen Mo smiled.

Although it is not under his control, when needed, it is still possible for the Black Mountain Thieves to send troops to help Chen Mo contain Yuan Shao, after all, even if it is a nominal surrender, it is also a surrender, and you can't do nothing.

"So, the lord is ready to fund the Black Mountain thieves?" Xun You asked.

"I can't talk about funding, everyone takes what they need, I will provide grain and grass for him to raise soldiers, but since he can't feed the mountain people on Taihang Mountain, he just uses it to fill the population of the state." Chen Mo smiled.

Now Chen Mo lacks the population, otherwise he doesn't have to keep thinking about how to naturalize the Qiang people, the millions of black mountain thieves must be exaggerated, Taihang Mountain can't feed so many people, but there are always 100,000, if these 100,000 people can be filled to the state, for the state, it is natural to be able to sing one or twenty thousand households, Zhang Yan only needs the army, and the population of the people is not a war potential for Zhang Yan, but a burden.

Xun You smiled and nodded: "The lord is wise." ”

It seems to be a transaction, but in fact it is trying to hold Zhang Yan's lifeline, after all, the population of Montenegro still has some productivity, if the population is greatly reduced, then Zhang Yan's dependence on Chen Mo will become bigger and bigger, and finally Chen Mo will completely pinch the economic lifeline, as long as Chen Mo is tightened, I am afraid that the so-called Montenegrin Army will immediately turn into countless bandits, annex and kill each other, and the Montenegrin Army will cease to exist.

Not only sold the other party's favor, but also indirectly controlled Zhang Yan's army, at the critical moment, this Black Mountain Army was hidden in the Taihang Mountain, but it could play an important role.

A few days later, Du Chang came to Luoyang with a group of relatives and met Chen Mo, just as everyone thought, Du Chang came this time in the hope of surrendering Chen Mo, but Zhang Yan wanted to control the military power, in fact, Zhang Yan surrendered to Chen Mo, but to retain the military power, and Chen Mo wanted to provide him with grain and grass.

It sounded like a very unbalanced deal, but Chen Mo agreed very boldly, but there were conditions attached, Zhang Yan needed to return the people under his rule and let them return to their hometown.

This kind of thing, naturally, can't be said directly, it has to be said more magnificently, Chen Mo is for the sake of those people who have left their hometowns, and now that the state has been settled, those who have left their hometowns can also come back.

After having this group of people, in the next step, when Zhang Yan comes to ask for grain and grass again, he can use other excuses to obtain another batch of population, until the population under Zhang Yan's rule is squeezed cleanly, and then Zhang Yan is no longer a real power general who holds military power and listens to the announcement, but a force controlled by Chen Mo......