Chapter 43 He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world
"The food has arrived! The food has arrived! At noon on the third day when the slaughter of war horses began, outside Dong Zhuojun's camp, a soldier shouted and ran to the front of the camp, shouting frantically: "Brothers, when the grain arrives, it is in the Tuojiang River." ”
"Are you hungry?" The junior colonel standing in front of Dong Zhuojun's camp shouted: "You can't sail in the upper reaches of the Tuojiang River at all, and the grain from the river? Also, even the Taishi said that the grain would arrive in four days at the earliest, did the grain fall from the sky? ”
The Dong Zhuojun soldier on duty on the dock was so anxious that he cried and shouted, "Really, do I dare to lie about the military situation?" The sacks of grain in the river are tied to many gourds, and there are many bamboo rafts, on which grain is also tied, so that they can float down from the upstream. ”
Colonel Dong Zhuojun was stunned at first, and then let out a beast-like cry, and rushed into the village even more frantically, shouting as he ran, and his words were already crying, "Brothers, the food has arrived, let's go and pick up the food......
When Dong Zhuojun and his soldiers rushed to the river, they saw countless bags of grain either loaded on bamboo rafts or full of gourds rushing down the rushing water, crowding the wide river to the brim, and many soldiers and civilians had already intercepted grain in the river. Dong Zhuojun's soldiers were so excited that they jumped into the river one after another, and used their bodies to stop the grain bags that were still hanging with ice cubes and scooped them up, and in an instant, the raging Tuojiang River was even blocked by the soldiers and the people.
"Woohoo......!" Suddenly there was a ghost crying wolf-like cry on the shore, and everyone looked at it, but saw that Dong Zhuo, the master of the Han Dynasty, was beating the ground and crying, and his fat hand knocked on the frozen ground and the crumbs flew sideways, crying and shouting, "It's coming, it's finally here." Everyone was infected by Kang Peng, and they all burst into tears, crying around Kang Peng.
"Who came up with this idea?" Kang Peng howled to the sky: "He not only saved hundreds of people, but also saved the lifeblood of our Xiliang Army, and he should be rewarded heavily!" ”
It is the idea of Li Yan, the general of Yizhou, to transport grain with flowing water that cannot be traveled, as Jia Xu praised, although Li Yan is not well-known, but Wen Taowu is quite good, in fact, Kang Peng has long noticed that even Zhuge Liang is jealous of his talent Li Yan in this history, but after entering Sichuan, Li Yan has been covered by Jia Long's brilliance, and Kang Peng has not freed up his hand to subdue him.
After Li Yan was persuaded by Zhang Ren to surrender, he learned about the dilemma of food shortage in Yizhou, so he offered advice to Guo Yan, cut down and collected a large number of bamboo and gourds, tied grain bags and put them into the urgent Tuojiang River, and sent light horses to the twists and turns of the river to prepare, to help the grain pass, coupled with the severe cold weather, millet wheat grains soaked in water for more than ten days will not be bad, all the way to the water flow, the grain in the pile was actually delivered before Sun Ce, and finally saved Yizhou's great emergency.
When the soldiers and victims recovered their strength a little, Kang Peng immediately organized the refugees to build a few wooden bridges on the Tuojiang River, and rushed to repair the road from Yizhou to Brazil to facilitate the passage of Sun Ce's transport baggage team, and at the same time organized the victims to reclaim wasteland to prepare for spring ploughing.
Fortunately, Dong Zhuojun's benevolent government not only moved the refugees in Yizhou, so that they fully cooperated with Dong Zhuojun's work, but also moved the Yizhou scholars who had hated Dong Boss very much among the hidden victims, and in just a few days, Kang Peng's long-coveted famous scholars in Yizhou, Qin Mi, Xu Jing, Yan Zhi, Ma Zhong (Sichuan), Pang Rou, Zhou Qun and Yang Hong, and other famous scholars in Yizhou successively recommended themselves to Kang Peng, and Kang Peng immediately appointed them. It greatly improved the dilemma of the lack of civilian officials in the Xiliang Army.
Three days later, Sun Ce arrived in Chengdu one day earlier than the time stipulated by Kang Peng, and brought nearly 200,000 pieces of grain, as well as a large number of linen clothes and reconstruction tools, the continuous convoy was as long as 12 miles, and Sun Ce, who had not closed his eyes for four days and four nights, told Kang Peng, thanks to the help of the people of Yizhou in Langzhong, opening the mountain and paving the road, building a pavilion and building a bridge, in just 20 days, the plank road in the Qinling Mountains was widened by half, so that the huge baggage convoy arrived in Chengdu on time.
Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, under the leadership of Kang Peng, Dong Zhuojun's love for the people is like a son, in exchange for the people to repay him with death, Kang Peng ordered the reclamation of the fields for spring ploughing, and the people went to the fields together with men, women and children, and the hoes with tools were dug and forked, and the hands without tools were picked up with their fingers, and the damaged Yizhou fertile land was also reclaimed. Kang Peng ordered to cut down all the trees around Chengdu except mulberry trees to build houses, then no matter whose woods belonged to them, the owner would quietly lead the army and refugees to their own mountains to cut down, the old and weak people dug out the bricks and stones that could be used in the ruins, countless brick kilns and tile kilns sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, emitting white hot smoke, shoulder-carryed, people carried by car, less than half a month, more than 5,000 dormitory-style houses were built, and the number is still increasing rapidly. The experience accumulated in the reconstruction of Chang'an four years ago has played a major role, under the leadership of Dong Zhuojun, the victims of Yizhou have carried out production in an orderly manner to save themselves, although cattle, donkeys, chickens and ducks and other domestic animals need to be transported from Chang'an, but a number of cowsheds, chicken farms, duck ponds are ready......
On the thirtieth day of the first month of the fourth year of the first peace, on the last day of winter, the sky of Yizhou fell sparsely and the first spring rain fell, and it rained for a day and a night; On the first day of February, the sun is shining, and the plants that have absorbed the rain can't wait to poke out their pale green minds from the fields, mountains and rivers, and flat land, and dress up the desolate land with dots of verdant green, and send a large number of wild vegetables to the victims who are in urgent need of food, and the hibernating animals have also begun to come out of their holes, snakes, bears, frogs, hedgehogs, and Chinese rhinos that run out of the dense forest to find food, all immediately burrowed into the belly of the refugees, in the face of life and death, Kang Peng can't care about any wildlife protection law, tigers, leopards, jackals, as long as they are edible animals, Kang Peng sent an army to help the people capture, and human life was greater than heaven.
Corn, potatoes, pumpkins, peppers, millet, wheat, soybeans, hemp, and cotton seeds bought from Persia at high prices are all sown in the fields, and the image of destiny has been successfully created, Kang Peng does not have to care about the theft of good seeds, anyway, if he does not master the hybrid technology, the enemy will have to degrade if he can't steal and plant two generations of seeds, and put the energy saved on intensive cultivation, so that it is possible for Yizhou to be self-sufficient in grain at the end of this year.
As the commander of the Xiliang Army and the self-proclaimed Yizhou Assassin History, although there are a large number of new Wenchen to help, Kang Peng's busyness can still be imagined, every day is not in the military camp to deal with military affairs, or go down to the field to guide production, ugly time to sleep, when you have to get up, the hard work may only be known to Kang Peng himself. Of course, it is not without benefits, at least Kang Peng's waist circumference of nearly seven feet is thinner, and his fat face is also less meaty, and the people of Yizhou see it in their eyes and are moved in their hearts.
Moved not only the people of Yizhou, this day, Kang Peng took a team of soldiers to inspect the reconstruction of the new Chengdu, because the old city was too badly damaged, the reconstruction is not only time-consuming, but also to spend a lot of manpower to clear the ruins, so Kang Peng and Yizhou scholars Qin Mi, Xu Jing and others after discussion, decided to build the new Chengdu on the north side of the old Chengdu, between the two sides of the Tuojiang River surrounded by water, which is not only conducive to water transportation and civil water, but also conducive to city defense, the old city and other Yizhou after the recovery of vitality and then slowly repaired, This would also provide building land for future population increases.
"Master, it looks like someone is following us." Kang Peng's personal soldier captain reminded Kang Peng that he was indeed loyal to Kang Peng, and although Kang Peng often didn't even remember his name clearly, he believed in him very much.
Kang Peng looked back and saw that there were people behind him, who were looking at him with reverence, Kang Peng smiled dumbly, "There are many people who are following us, this is also the people's love for us, don't pay attention to it, just smile at them." Kang Peng's personal captain said anxiously: "But there is one person I seem to have seen there, but it is definitely not in Chengdu, and the villain is worried that he will be unfavorable to the Taishi." ”
Hearing this, Kang Peng carefully looked at the people behind him, looked at it for a long time but didn't find a familiar face, Kang Peng smiled secretly, his position in the hearts of the people of Yizhou is like the sky, who else can bear to be unfavorable to himself? At the moment, Kang Peng ignored it, smiled at the people, and went to inspect the construction of the new city by himself.
But Kang Peng didn't expect that his personal soldier captain felt that there was nothing wrong, there was indeed a person who had been following him, and when that person saw Kang Peng turn around, he had already lowered his body and hid behind the onlookers, where could Kang Peng see her? The man was very hesitant in his heart, what Kang Peng did in Yizhou during this time, she saw it with her own eyes, she could love the people like a son like this, and now the world is really looking for a second person, plus ....... She wanted to go up and recognize Kang Peng, but she also remembered her deep hatred for Kang Peng......
After inspecting the new city, the day was already west, Kang Peng was about to return to the camp, and a herald ran to him and knelt down, "Taishi, General Ma Dai arrived with a baggage, and representatives of the major chambers of commerce and major scholars in Chang'an also arrived, just ten miles east of the Tuojiang River. ”
Kang Peng was overjoyed, turned around and shouted to the people of Yizhou: "Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, I will tell you a good news, your God of Wealth is here, they are here with Chang'an's technology, gold, food, and everything you need for food, clothing, shelter and transportation. In the cheers of the people of Yizhou, Kang Peng took the lead triumphantly, and hundreds of people put down their work and went to greet the major gods of wealth in Chang'an with joy.
Ten miles east of the Tuojiang River, the second baggage team of Dong Zhuojun, which was even larger, transported 500,000 pieces of grain and all the necessary reconstruction materials, which eased the supply of Dong Zhuojun's complete collapse.
Seeing that when the imperial master personally led the people to greet him, the businessmen who had been discriminated against in other places raised their eyebrows and spurred, and rushed up to kneel and salute Kang Peng, that kind of affection, even the Ma Dai who worked hard all the way was dwarfed, Kang Peng smiled and helped him up one by one, but there were too many businessmen and scholars who came, Kang Peng had to clench his fists and said: "Everyone, you have traveled thousands of miles to Yizhou to invest in construction and help the reconstruction of Yizhou, which has been poisoned by Liu Yan, and the people who have suffered in Yizhou on behalf of this phase thank you, please get up, and go to Xincheng to see together, It's full of business opportunities. ”
Kang Peng was in a guest room with the businessmen, when suddenly a pair of gentle little hands covered his eyes from behind, and a silver bell-like voice sounded, "Guess who I am?" Kang Peng smelled the familiar fragrance on her body, and exclaimed with joy: "Wuxue, you are here too?" But Kang Peng thought about it, Da Qiao was shy by nature, and it was impossible to be so affectionate with him in front of everyone, so he changed his words again: "Little Qiao girl, in broad daylight, don't be naughty, let go." ”
Seeing the light again, Xiao Qiao's petite and cute face appeared in front of Kang Peng, and Xiao Qiao pouted: "No wonder my sister always praises you, even our father can't tell our sisters, you can guess without meeting." ”
Kang Peng didn't care about Xiao Qiao's complaints, but just asked, "What about my sister?" There she is? Xiao Qiao angrily pointed behind Kang Peng, "Look, that's not?" ”
Kang Peng turned back suddenly, but saw Da Qiao standing behind him with a shy face, Kang Peng screamed, regardless of whether it was in front of everyone, he picked up Da Qiao and kissed her hard on her pink face, Da Qiao was so ashamed that his face was red, but Kang Peng shouted: "My Wuxue, I miss you to death." ”
The onlookers laughed, envious of Dong Taishi's Yanfu Qitian, but at first the man was so angry that his eyes erupted, and he snorted heavily, almost uncontrollably rushed up and beat Kang Peng, but she thought about it, sighed faintly, subconsciously touched her lower abdomen, and turned around and walked towards the dock......
For a glimpse of what happened next, see the next chapter, "Luring the Enemy Deeper".