Zhang's dock is the dock fort where the Zhang clan gathers, the top field outside the dock is nearly 1,000 hectares, the dock gathers more than 1,000 clansmen and tenant farmers, and there are not enough villagers who act as a guardian, and the grain stored in the warehouse in the dock fort is enough to support the dock fort for two years.

In the records of the local state and county, the number of households of the Zhang clan is not more than 100, and the land owned by the Zhang clan has just reached 100 hectares, and it is still mainly in the lower places, and the annual land rent and household adjustment are comparable to those villages of more than 100 households.

The stark contrast made Yu Wenwen, who arrived at Zhang's Dock, fall into deep thought, and he felt that it must be a system problem.

Of course, it is a system problem, a clan with more than 1,000 households and nearly 1,000 hectares of fertile land has only "100 households" and "100 hectares of inferior land" registered in the government, and in addition, there are a large number of Zhuang guests in the Zhang clan.

Most of these people are homeless people, who were collected by the Zhang family and acted as subordinates, guards, and thugs, but the government could not count their number, and among these people, whether there were Jiangyang thieves and wanted criminals, the government did not know.

Did the magistrate really not know about Zhang's situation or did he not know about it?

There is no point in dwelling on this issue, because the dock forts that are everywhere in the world are the characteristics of the times, and the dock forts are insulated from the jurisdiction of the government.

Dock fort is also known as dock wall, there is it in ancient times, it was originally a kind of civil defense building, used to prevent rogue bandits, bandits, to wait for the situation to be turbulent, the rich family for self-preservation, also have to build the dock fort camp wall.

In the turmoil at the end of the Han Dynasty, Wubao became a haven for clans in various places, and not long after the Three Kingdoms returned to Jin, the Eight Kings Rebellion broke out, and the Central Plains fell into a land of no return, and Wubao became the last reliance of many clans.

When the troubled times came, the conditional families went south to Jiangbiao one after another, in order to cross to the south in order to be clothed, but ordinary people could not escape to Jiangbiao, which was far away, so they entangled the clan and township party, gathered in Wubao, and defended themselves according to the danger, in order to avoid the difficulty of Rong Di Kou robbery.

Hundreds of years of war, the primordial spirit of the Middle Plains, only by relying on the blessing of the big and small dock forts, people can live in the troubled times, so it is commonplace for the dock fort to be independent of the government rule and its own world.

The north is full of dock forts, protecting large and small families to survive tenaciously in the Wuhu and Sixteen Kingdoms, for the rulers of various countries, a single dock fort is not impossible to capture, the problem is more than worth the loss.

The owners of the dock fort were willing to pay a certain amount of grain and cloth on time, which was not bad for the ruler, so the dock fort survived in the cracks.

By the time of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the rulers were powerless to change the status quo, so they compromised with the Wubao lords and implemented the suzerainty supervision system.

The so-called suzerain-supervised system means that the imperial court recognizes the existing interests of the lord of the dock fort (suzerain), legitimizes his interests, and recognizes that the lord of the dock fort (suzerain) has jurisdiction over the people who are dependent.

Let the suzerains supervise the people, and urge the people to pay taxes and bear the conscription, and at the same time the suzerains must also maintain law and order at the grassroots level, this practice is to indirectly cede the grassroots power and let the suzerains serve on their behalf.

Naturally, the suzerains from large and small landlords will not honestly cooperate with the government, and the situation of hiding the number of households and evading taxes and forced labor is becoming more and more serious.

Later, the Northern Wei Dynasty implemented the "three-long system" and abolished the suzerain's supervision and protection system to restrain the powerful from concealing their hukou and evading rent and servitude, and the government directly controlled the grass-roots political power organization, but the Wubao was still there, and the suzerains were still playing the trick of hiding the number of households and evading taxes with the government.

In the south, especially in the Lianghuai area, because it is located in the middle of the junction of the north and south, there are Wubao as the suzerains to rely on, and the two ends of the head rat are also headaches for the government.

The suzerains marry each other and aid each other, like a mess, the government wants to sort it out but has no clue, and it takes time and effort to attack, not to mention, once it can't be gnawed, there will be endless troubles.

Not only that, some of the more ambitious dock fort owners relied on the fact that they were located on the main waterway to get out of the way, that is, they sent their troops to pretend to be water bandits and horse bandits, blocking the road and robbing, killing people and stealing goods.

This kind of dock fort is normal on the surface, but in fact it is a den of thieves, a big cancer of local security, but it is very troublesome to cure it, with the virtue of the bureaucrats for thousands of years, as long as the owner of the dock fort does not openly make trouble or go too far, they will turn a blind eye.

As a result, the strong clans of the two Huai lands have the surname to live the life of a soil overlord with the dock fort, for the state and county officials, these land snakes just don't cause trouble, as for bringing the fort households into the jurisdiction of the government and letting these dock castle owners pay taxes in full, it is self-deprecating.

And for Yu Wenwen, who is about to use troops against Lianghuai, how to deal with the lord of the dock fort is a headache, he doesn't have so much energy to deal with the other party, and he doesn't have so many benefits to buy the other party.

Feng Guan made a wish, not to mention whether he had so much energy to make the court agree to 'wholesale official positions', those local snakes would not be stupid enough to be deceived by a letter of appointment, and then send people and food to press their net worth to make contributions with Yu Wenwen.

The heroes put the interests of the family first, how can Yuwen Wen He De win the hearts of the other party in the short term.

It is foreseeable that for Yuwen Wen's solicitation, the lord of Wubao will inevitably be in disobedience, neither friend nor foe, and vacillate between Yuwen and Wei Chi.

And Yuwen Wen's troops are not sufficient, once he uses troops in the lower reaches of Huaishui, he will definitely expose the flanks and rear in front of the dock fort masters at both ends of these first rats, and it is uncertain whether the other party will take the opportunity to stab him at that time.

Therefore, Wang Yong proposed a quick knife to cut through the mess: kill all the dock forts in the vicinity of Gwangju, on the road to the future march and on the flanks, regardless of whether you are friend or foe.

It is foreseeable that this kind of behavior will cause an uproar, and many wait-and-see Wubao owners will fall to the side of the Wei Chi clan and even Chen Guo, but Yu Wenwen doesn't care, because he thinks that a joke in the future is good.

Germany needed only a few divisions to destroy Italy, and dozens of divisions to help defend Italy.

To stabilize the lord of the dock fort in various places, it is necessary to invest a lot of troops, and Yuwenwen does not have so many troops, so he chooses the most direct and simple way, he will take the benefits, and the infamy will be borne by Wang Yan.

Infamy, that is, "indiscriminately slaughtering good people" and other stigmaties, strong clan surnames live in Wubao, among which there are always people who have relatives and in-laws who are officials and generals in various places, and when the time comes, the Son of Heaven will come to a 'blood and tears accusation', and there must be an explanation no matter what.

If things get big, then Wang Fei, who has a bad idea and a staff officer with the army, will be unlucky.

As for the benefits...

Coming to the warehouse, Yu Wenwen looked at the full warehouse of grain, and his mood became better and better, the food hoarded in Zhang's dock, excluding the rations left for the civilians, could take out 50,000 Hu, enough for 25,000 people to have a month's ration.

During this period of time, Yuwen 15 led his troops and horses to break through ten dock forts, not counting the rations left for the civilians, and obtained nearly 400,000 grains, which relieved the pressure on the food supply of the officers and soldiers.

Not only that, but it also received nearly 10,000 households and 3,000 hectares of fertile land, all of which were under the jurisdiction of the state and county governments.

And that's just the beginning, and the biggest benefits, don't stop there.

Yu Wenwen turned into the blood-stained conference hall, and there was a group of men in cloth clothes crawling in the hall, he slowly walked to the top, sat on the Hu bed, looked at the large group of people under his feet, and did not say a word.

The person at the top didn't speak, and the people who were prostrate on the ground, no one dared to speak, and I don't know how long it took, Yuwenwen opened his mouth and asked, "Is Sect Master Li here?" ”

A middle-aged man at the front of the creeping man replied tremblingly: "Grass... People... Grass farmer Li is here. ”

His voice trembled, and Yuwen Wen could see beads of sweat on the other party's forehead, and then said in a calm tone, "Sect Master Li, get up and speak." ”

"Grass... People, no, no, no... Can't. ”

The local tyrant in the countryside who has never seen much of the world, seeing the legendary vassal king who killed more than one million, it is normal to say that it is not good, Yu Wenwen did not plan to talk to the other party like this, so he spoke again: "No need to do this, everyone get up." ”

A group of people hurriedly got up, but they still lowered their heads and listened to Yu Wenwen's lecture.

"Sect Master Li, this time the official army attacked Zhang's Dock Fort, the children of your clan have made great efforts, and the main general has reported the specific situation, and the widow is very happy after seeing it."

"It is a great honor for the grass people to contribute to the king!"

"Very good, then, the mess left by the Zhang family is in the hands of your Li family, what should you do next, do you understand?"

"Understood, grass people understood!"

"Understood? Tell me, how to do it? ”

"Back to the king! A certain class must first carry out spring ploughing, and then organize manpower and material resources to deliver grain and grass for the officers and soldiers to ensure the military needs of the officers and soldiers! ”

"So..."Yu Wenwen put away his smile and asked coldly, "Can the widow believe that your Li clan can accomplish these things?" ”

"The king relaxes, the Li family will complete these important tasks no matter what, if there is a mistake, I am willing to apologize with the head of the whole clan!"

"If you miss the widow's business, it's not enough for your whole clan to die three times!"

Yu Wenwen's voice suddenly rose a few points, which frightened everyone in the Li family present, but what he said afterwards made everyone ecstatic: "However, if it is done well, this dock fort will be passed on to the next generation in the future." ”

"King Xie, King Xie! Although the grass people and others will never give up, they will also be the king..."

"Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense, the widow has to look at the actual effect..."

Killing people alone can't solve the problem, you have to fill the "vacancy", if you kill the original owners of the dock forts in various places and divide the troops to guard them, Yuwenwen doesn't have so many troops, so you need to support the obedient clan to take the position.

There are large and small clans in various places, and the clans that are in the forefront of the strength have many dock forts, and those small clans can only rely on people's noses, and when these small clans are supported by others, after replacing those original land snakes, their loyalty will be very high, and they will work very hard to do their work.

Not only that, in order to maintain the land that was so hard to occupy, the newly ascended landlord must rely extremely on the person who gave them a chance and let them take their place, so as to prevent the remnants of the original Qiang Sect from counterattacking.

This is an excellent opportunity to expand its power, on the grounds of using troops against the two Huai, to change the surname of the Haozong in a large area around Gwangju, and the new clan will only hold the thigh of one person tightly, and that person is the king of Seyang.

These newly ascended clans have an unstable foundation and lack of resistance to the influence of external forces, so they need to help their superior Xiyang King to shelter from the wind and rain, and they need to rely on the Xiyang King to give the children of the clan a chance to enter the ranks.

Therefore, if Yuwenwen wants to stabilize the situation around Gwangju and provide a stable rear for the use of troops in the lower reaches of Huaishui, it is much more cost-effective to support the new clan than to buy the strong clan surname that has become the head snake of the land.

Wang Fei offered advice to Yuwen Wen in Yecheng, including this method, just as Yu Wenwen took the opportunity of pacifying Jiangzhou and Lingbiao to bring the local Haoqiang into his control.

Yu Wenwen felt that this method was more appropriate to describe in one word, that is, "vacating the cage for birds", and replacing those dock castle owners with his followers.

In order to perform well, these newly ascended clans must be full of energy, and there is no problem of yang and yin disobedience, which can allow Yuwen Wen to concentrate his forces and win a decisive battle with the enemy.

Looking further, the Gwangju area is located at the northern foot of Dabie Mountain, connected to the Huangzhou Governor's Office area at the southern foot of Dabie Mountain through the Gwangehuang Road, which is the only way for the Huangzhou caravan to go north.

Fight for the world, or launch a palace mutiny and mutiny in the national capital, such as the Gao Pingling Revolution in the upper position of the Sima family; Either rely on a solid foundation and compete with the Central Plains, just like Taizu Yuwentai started in Guanzhong, Wang Fei's advice to Yuwenwen is to prepare in both aspects.

Wang Fei proposed such a strategy, directly pointing to Yuwenwen's ambition hidden in the depths of his heart, if he was not careful, he would be in danger of being killed by Yuwenwen, but Wang Fei was reasonable, and Yuwenwen didn't mind exposing a little ambition.

Since there is ambition, then if you want to realize your ambition, you have to have many people to follow as helpers, for Wang Fei, a strategist who 'brings his own dry food' pasted, if Yu Wenwen doesn't use it, who else can he use?

He doesn't have the spirit of a king, and he doesn't have the ability to make the elite of the family worship with one shock, another shock, and three shocks of the tiger's body, and some are just interest groups that have been cultivated with hard work.

As more and more forces are absorbed into this interest group, Yu Wenwen's wings become stronger and stronger, and the only premise is to continue to win battles and use victories to inspire followers.

Leaving the council hall, Yu Wenwen walked up to the head of Zhang's dock wall, the gap in the broken dock fort wall, at this time a wooden fence had been erected, he looked at the sun in the west, and then looked at the northeast direction of a hazy cloud, looked at it for a long time, and then let out a long sigh.

Constantly winning battles, easier said than done, he is not the God of Destiny of War, he can have absolute confidence to win all battles, what can be done is careful planning before the war, and do his best during the war.

And even if it's really the god of war, so what?

Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, is unstoppable on the battlefield, but there are very few generals under his command who can take charge alone.

Fighting back and forth, Xiang Yu came to an end in tactical victories again and again, and his lessons were thought-provoking.

Yuwenwen was in a daze, Zhang Yu said that there was something to report, and Yuwenwen and his party were going to spend the night in Zhang's dock tonight, and Sect Master Li asked Zhang Yu for advice in private, so Zhang Yu turned to report to Master Lang.

"Excuse me? Sect Master Li is trying to bribe you? This is not good, don't take the evil as a small thing. ”

"Uh, Lord Lang..."Zhang Yu looked left and right, and his voice became quieter and quieter: "Sect Master Li learned that Lord Lang was staying in the dock tonight, so he wanted his unmarried little girl to come to serve..."

"Huh?" Yuwen Wen was stunned when he heard this, and his mind couldn't help but appear like Wei Chi Chifan, and then smiled: "You go back to him, talk about it well, just say that the widow misses the princess, and he has no time to think." ”

"Yes, Lord Lang."