The Han army was amazed that they were living and working in peace under the rule of Xia Guoying, and inquired about many novel scenes, and at the behest of Zhao Xingde, Jin Changtai simply explained each of its facilities to them in detail.

"As soon as the first people arrived, they planned the cell area." Kim Chang-tae smiled and introduced to the generals of the Han army. He pointed to a clearing of land, which had probably collapsed in the past, and which was undulating and full of sharp gravel, and drew five or six circles with white lines, "The people who have committed crimes do not need to be guarded, and they are imprisoned in this clearing." Suffering from the sun and rain. He said with a hint of pride, "I advocate the rule of law, but whenever the territory is expanded, and the soldiers and civilians live in thatched huts, the first thing to be built is the public court and the prison cell. ”

"Don't the prisoners run away and make trouble?" Someone asked.

Kim Chang-tae shook his head and said with a smile: "Running away hasn't happened yet. Wang Hengzhi shook his head slightly, this village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and a wall has been built on one side, where can you escape to. Besides, even if you escape, there are troubled times outside, and human life is as cheap as mustard, so it is better to draw a prison in this summer state camp. In broad daylight, there is no need to be abused. On the open space on the side of the "prison", there were three wooden stakes, and the rough ghost masks hung on the stakes, Wang Hengzhi frowned and asked, "Is this for shaman sacrifices?" Kim Chang-tae smiled dumbly: "No, this is a court for interrogating prisoners." ”

"Court?"

"Yes," Jin Changtai said with a smile, "our battalion is a newcomer, and I dare not arbitrarily set up another rule, so I invited people with high moral standing among the people to discuss the various local crimes and punishments in Liaodong and compile them into a book, called "Liaodong Customary Law." After that, as long as there is a suspicion of committing adultery, seven good citizens can be arbitrarily selected and convicted of crimes, and then punished in accordance with the "Liaodong Customary Law", such as the death of a murderer, the chopping off of the hands of a thief, and the rape. The adulterous are castrated, the most heinous ones light the sky lanterns, and so on. Although it is slightly different from the original laws and regulations of our dynasty, it has finally won the hearts of the people. Because the power of the rule of law was returned to the people, there were only woodcut judges in front of the hall, and the sergeants were responsible for maintaining order. ”

"Really?" Wang Hengzhi smiled slightly, "I thought that the Xia Dynasty would think that we Liaodong people were too barbaric. ”

"Where, where," Kim Chang-tae waved his hand, "one side of the water and soil to support the other side of the people, and one side of the people to have one side of customs." He paused for a moment and said with a smile, "This punishment is just a pair of shoes, and the local custom is the feet, so there is no reason to cut the feet to fit the shoes." Not only that, but we have also recorded in detail the examples of each trial, so that in the future, unless all the people here agree to the verdict, the conviction must not be different from the previous one, in order to show justice. ”

"Carving wood is a official, painting the ground is a prison, and the rule of three generations is nothing more than that." "Exactly, exactly."

The generals of the Han army nodded yes one after another. For the Han of Liaodong, whether the Xia State or the Song State attached to the south was always a dilemma. Although the Song State was known as wealthy, all kinds of red tape were very different from those of Liaodong, and they were even regarded as barbarians. The system of the Xia State, the local military government is strong, and the governance is adapted to local conditions, Liaodong belongs to the Xia State, and the authority of the Han generals above is not lost, and the people below are also used to their lives. Therefore, although Han'er was close to the Song Kingdom, his heart was closer to the Xia Kingdom, so he made an alliance with the Xia Kingdom.

Zhao Xingde frowned beside him, although he felt that these local punishments in Liaodong were a little cruel, but they were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The people are all embraced by them. In addition to the state-related crimes involving rebellion, treason, spies, and tax evasion, the punishment of ordinary adulterers is based on respect for local customs, and the conviction is judged by local good citizens, and even the local government cannot interfere. At this time, the centurion Ma Rui sent someone to report the military situation, and Zhao Xingde confessed to Wang Heng and went back to deal with some military and political affairs first. Jin Changtai stayed where he was, and complacently explained the Xia state system to the Han generals.

"The gangsters are treacherous, and some things are ambiguous, will the people who are randomly drawn out wronged good people?" Someone asked.

Jin Changtai did not answer him directly, smiled slightly, pointed to the woodcarved official, and said: "These judges have also tried dozens of cases, and when they tried the case, the complainant and the defendant insisted on their own words and argued with each other, and finally judged by the seven good people who were drawn out, and the other people could watch. Until now, no one has said that we have dealt with it unjustly. He smiled and said, "There is nothing in the first place, where to stir up dust." ”

Wang Hengzhi nodded, secretly wrote down this system, and prepared to handle it after he went back. This "is nothing, where is the dust." In a word, the key to the righteous path, whether it is punishment or conviction, has nothing to do with the Xia court, even if the people want to complain and be dissatisfied, they can't find trouble with the Xia court. On the contrary, in the case of obvious injustice by the good people in charge of adjudication, the imperial court may invoke other systems to interfere and use the method of referendum of the people to correct it, so as to fulfill its own name of justice. Thinking of this, Wang Hengzhi wondered again, this good method has been followed in the Xia Kingdom for a hundred years, why is it still not used in Kanto? After thinking for a while, Wang Hengzhi scolded himself in his heart, he was really demented, if the Kanto region changed to this system, the lords sitting in the hall would become woodcuts, up to the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, down to the state and county yamen, when encountering a case, there was a lot less reason for receiving filial piety from the top and bottom, and everyone couldn't drink the northwest wind?

He pondered the gains and losses alone, and suddenly heard the exclamation of the people next to him, only to see dozens of large clay pots lying flat on the ground, each of which was enough to cook hundreds of people's meals. It's a pity that most of them don't seem to have been used for a long time, and there is a lot of dust at the bottom of the pot, and even tender green grass is popping up.

"When the cottage was first built, it was used to make rice from these cauldrons. It wasn't until more than a month ago that the families split up. Kim Chang-tae laughed. After the Han army general admired him, he followed him to the field. Most of the men were led by the sergeants to participate in heavy work such as logging, mining, ironing, and charcoal burning, and most of the women who stayed in the fields at this time to weed and fertilize, in addition to farming, they also cooked, planted vegetables, fed pigs, collected medicines, and made fur, and were busy all day long, and even some women were in the camp to take care of the sheep. The sergeant's extra income came mainly from logging and ironmaking. Under the guidance of Zhao Xingde, the ironworks have been continuously expanded, and now they can smelt more than 3,000 catties of iron every day, and for every catty of good iron, they can be sold for 50 cents in the Central Plains, or exchanged for 5 liters of grain. The price of the logging side and the Ordnance Division has not yet been negotiated, but Li Sihai promised to go all out to fight for the eighth battalion.

The summer state camp suspended the collection of 30 percent of the income of the soldiers from the shade households, and unless necessary items, the farmers received all the income belonged to themselves, so these women were extremely concerned about their own vegetable gardens, fields, and production.

Kim Chang-tae said with a smile: "Be careful, if you trample on the crops, it will be terrible for the aunts to splash it." Saying that he was the first to walk among the ridges, the generals of the Han army did not care about these things, and when they saw his cautious actions, they also followed the customs, for fear of trampling on the crops.

Jin Changtai was about to continue to introduce the Tian system of the Xia State to the generals of the Han army, when suddenly Liu Zheng ran over from the central military tent. According to military law, you can't run without an emergency in the camp, and Kim Chang-tae's face suddenly sank. Liu Zheng rushed to Jin Changtai, couldn't take a breath, and said: "Jin Sima, General Zhao has an order, everyone go back to discuss matters." He looked at Wang Hengzhi and the others with different faces, and said, "The Goryeo people in Baozhou have cut off our access to the sea for logging, and General Zhao asks you to discuss countermeasures together." ”

Wang Hengzhi and the generals of the Han army glanced at each other, and hurriedly followed Jin Changtai to Zhao Xingde's camp, where a large map of Liaodong had been hung. Zhao Xingde was facing away from the tent gate, and made a big red cross in Baozhou, which controlled the Yalu River going to sea, and when he heard the sound behind him, he turned around and said with a smile: "The Koreans are not self-sufficient, and they dare to cut off the passage of our battalion from the Yalu River to the sea, it seems that it is necessary to punish them." ”

"Punishment?" Wang Heng thought that Zhao Xingde was a little arrogant. This Baozhou was originally an important town of Liao's coastal defense, since the rise of the Jurchens, the Liao people have shrunk their power, and the Goryeo State took advantage of the weakness, not only drove the remaining Liao soldiers out of Baozhou, but also garrisoned 3,000 troops there, as if occupying this place east of the Yalu River. The Liao people actually pushed the boat along the river, thinking that instead of leaving this place to the Jin country, it was better to give it to the Goryeo people. It is said that the Liao generals, who were the last to evacuate, also extorted thousands of stone of grain from the Goryeo people, and then set sail and handed over the complete defense of Baozhou to Goryeo. The Goryeo army stationed in Baozhou had some strength and was backed by the mother country, so although the Han army coveted Baozhou, it never made any moves. Zhao Xingde's men were less than 1,000, and although he coerced many people, there was no large-scale expansion of the army. Even if he hastily coerced tens of thousands of Ding Zhuang to besiege Baozhou, he was afraid that before a few Goryeo troops in the city died, his military morale would collapse.

He coughed and said in a deep voice: "General Zhao, there are priorities, the alliance leader is about to start in Suzhou, we must attack Kaizhou as soon as possible to attract the attention of the Liao people, can you let go of this matter of Baozhou first." ”

Zhao Xingde smiled, but said categorically: "No." He looked at the generals of the Han army around him and explained, "This passage of logging to the sea is extremely important to our army, it is already June now, and if it drags on, after autumn, the river will freeze, and a delay will be a year, I can't watch the people drink the northwest wind." He put his hands together and said with a smile, the look on his face was no different from those Hanzhai leaders who occupied the mountains as kings.

"However, the city of Baozhou is strong, how can it be conquered in a short time," Wang Heng looked angry with a straight face, "We can't delay the battle of Kaizhou because of a small loss." ”

"Baozhou is indeed a strong city, but unfortunately, the place to build is not right." Zhao Xingde's face was slightly cold, and he said to Jin Changtai, "I got the news, because the waterway of the Yalu River was cut off by the Koreans, Captain Li was furious and had already gone to sea in a small boat in advance. It is estimated that within ten days, the people of Baozhou will taste the taste of strong ships and sharp guns. We also have to hurry up and join the 4th Battalion to fight Baozhou. ”