Chapter 130: Stratagem
Feng An's power in Lingnan was really not blown out, it only took one day to transfer 3,000 young men to Sun Xiangfu, and even hundreds of ploughing cattle were obtained, and after plowing a fire barrier more than one zhang wide along the foot of the mountain, an area by Baiyun Lake became a sea of fire.
"Look, there are a lot of wild ducks."
Standing in the crowd and watching the lively Ah Yue, she has excellent eyesight, stubbornly believing that only Sun Xiangfu can save her father, she will always be like a fart, not leaving Sun Xiangfu ten meters away. Therefore, before her father came out of the patient concentration camp, Sun Xiangfu felt that there was her there, and she always liked to shout to attract Sun Xiangfu's attention, as if to remind Sun Xiangfu not to forget to promise her to heal her father.
"We've destroyed the ducks' homes, so we'll have to build them again."
In fact, when Sun Xiangfu and Feng Ang came to see the land the day before yesterday, they had already selected a suitable place to live, a large peninsula on the east side of Baiyun Lake, this island is much larger than the mountain bag in Xingfu Village, in addition to a smooth passage for entry and exit, you can also see the stream on a high mountain opposite across the lake.
"Are we going to raise them all?" The smart Ah Yue asked with a smile.
"Yes, there will be rice paddies all around this lake, so if we can't tame them, they will plague our paddy fields." Sun Xiangfu pointed to the location of the peninsula in the lake and said, "When the houses where we are built are built, we will make some duck sheds for them, and you have to find a way to let them live in the duck sheds." ”
The Chinese people domesticated the duck as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Northern Wei Dynasty recorded the approximate method of raising ducks, Sun Xiangfu once saw a Sui book brought by Yu Xiuer from Yu Mansion at home, the name said, the duck raising technology recorded in it is actually quite mature, but the food of wild ducks is more miscellaneous, the amount of exercise is more sufficient, and the meat grown is more firm and delicious, it is a must to make soup, Sun Xiangfu does not want to let go of such a delicacy.
"Oh, then Ah Yue will also live on the island, and when these wild ducks are domesticated, Ah Yue will have duck eggs to eat every day."
Hunting was still one of the main sources of food for the Lingnan people at this time, so Ah Yue was no stranger to wild ducks and duck eggs, and she could often eat them before Ah Shan had a big belly disease.
"Oh well! That island is now mine, and I allow you to live on it. Sun Xiangfu smiled, scratched Ah Yue's little nose, and continued to command and inspect his Xintian, anyway, he couldn't help in command, because most people couldn't understand the Chinese he said, and he couldn't speak the words of the Lingnan Fangmin and Yimin during this period, and could only be conveyed through some sergeants sent by Feng An.
Tens of thousands of acres of barren grassland can not be burned at one time, so that a lot of wild animals may die, Sun Xiangfu let everyone only open three or four thousand acres a day, piece by piece, to give those wild animals a chance to migrate to the habitat, so, for three thousand young and strong laborers, a day's workload is not large, with the help of four ploughs, each person only needs to open more than one acre of land on average.
After the fire was extinguished, the plough went to the ground, and the whole field floated up a smell of soil and grass ash, this smell Sun Xiangfu is very familiar, and it also shows that the land that is often flooded by the lake is very fertile, but in the soil that has been turned out, there are many leeches and other creatures, Sun Xiangfu organized people to pick it up with bamboo clips, collect it and put it on the boulder to dry, and I don't know what it is for.
At the end of the day, 3,000 acres of land was opened, and when it was almost dusk, Sun Xiangfu took the big guy to the peninsula and set up camp, there were so many mosquitoes in the wild land of Lingnan that people couldn't sleep, even if there was a tent to isolate, Sun Xiangfu was upset by the sound of mosquitoes fanning his wings, and had to get up and go to a farther place to raise a fire.
"These fangs are so powerful that they can fall asleep in the smoke." Zhao Long, who accompanied Sun Xiangfu to make a fire, looked at those fangmin who were sleeping soundly.
Not everyone has a tent, in fact, unless it rains, most of the fangs don't need a tent to sleep at night, they just light a bunch of wormwood leaves on the side of the straw mat, and they can sleep sweetly, usually the wormwood is burned, the mosquitoes come, and when they get up the next day, there is a piece of blood on the straw mat, which is burst out of the body of the mosquitoes who turned over and were crushed to death, even so, the fangs don't feel anything.
"You have to find a way to get rid of mosquitoes, otherwise after a long time, there will still be epidemics."
In the place where people live, a large number of mosquitoes are not allowed, but to prevent mosquito breeding, the first thing to do is to destroy their growth and breeding environment, so the next day everyone does not have to go to open the field, first shovel all the aquatic plants of the entire peninsula, along the river slope, with hard soil to make a platform, and then, there are a thousand fangs were divided out to burn cement.
For this kind of cement slope protection and riverside guardrail, Zhao Long and others, who have seen the scenery along the Qujiang Pond in Chang'an, are very familiar, and there are ten craftsmen brought by Sun Xiangfu to do technical guidance, and a large section can be repaired every day.
Three days later, there is no need for Sun Xiangfu to continue to guide, everyone also knows how to open the field, how to repair the slope protection around the island, Sun Xiangfu left a bunch of drawings, back to Guangzhou City, the craftsmen are the old people of Happy Village, according to the drawings he draw, the peninsula should not be difficult to build.
"It's been more than ten days, and Captain Xi hasn't come back yet."
When he arrived at Feng An's mansion, Sun Xiangfu saw Xuanzang and Li Chunfeng with sad faces.
The medicinal materials looted in the land of Lingnan are about to be used up, and the treatment of the first batch of drug testers has been halfway through, and it is a critical period, if the medicine is stopped at this time, the previous efforts will be in vain.
"But don't let anything happen."
The people were sent out, and Sun Xiangfu couldn't control it, so he sighed and went to find a way for Feng An.
At this time, in the imperial study of Chang'an Taiji Palace, the snowflakes were piled up on Li Shimin's desk, or the south, and now the two envoys sent by Li Shimin to the south are about to arrive in Yangzhou, once the misunderstanding between the imperial court and Lingnan is resolved, those big families may be busy in vain this time.
At this time, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and other state capitals along the canal have changed, there are water bandits attacking the county seat, the state city, other things do not rob, rob the medicinal herb shop, the matter is suspected to be related to Lingnan, the ministers boldly guessed, this is Feng Ang sent people to collect strategic materials, ready to start an incident, after all, medicinal materials are barely counted as strategic materials.
Therefore, there are a lot of twists and turns on each letter, but its core content is three words, playing Lingnan.
"This is my Datang family!"
Li Shimin pushed those mountain-like twists and turns to the ground, and said with anger and helplessness on his face.
At this time, there was no one else in the study, only he was sulking, and after a while, an attendant came in from outside the door and said, "Your Majesty, the queen mother has an invitation, saying that there is something important to discuss." ”
Empress Changsun usually does not go to the imperial study where Li Shimin works, and never sends someone to interrupt Li Shimin's normal office.
"What is Guanyin's matter to discuss with me?" In the Lizheng Palace, Li Shimin tried his best to make his face look better.
"Your Majesty, read this secret letter first."
The eldest grandson Wuwu handed an envelope to Li Shimin, and this letter was sent by Yu Xiu'er, who had just entered the palace to visit her.
The content of the letter was not complicated, Sun Xiangfu first showed Li Shimin the confession he had interrogated, and then told Li Shimin about the strategy he had discussed with Feng An, and after reading the letter, Li Shimin's depressed mood was swept away.
"Come on, go to Sun's Mansion to announce the decree, and give Sun's wife Yu Xiu'er five orders, a pair of white jade Ruyi, a hundred silk horses, and millions of money."
When Li Shimin said these rewards in his mouth, the eldest grandson Wuwu was a little surprised, he, a husband, has always been stingy with his courtiers who have the ability to make money, why is he suddenly generous today?
Looking at the eldest grandson's puzzled gaze, Li Shimin explained to her with a smile, "Sun Zhengming, your kid is wilted, this time those sons of the family are only afraid that they will suffer a big loss on his head, but I have to do a full set of plays, and I still need to cooperate with him in the court." ”
said that he would show the letter to Empress Changsun, and then analyze it for her, so that Empress Changsun would know what kind of results Sun Xiangfu's plan behind him could cause.
This morning, Li Shimin changed his previous attitude and issued an order on the spot for Zhang Gongjin to mobilize a naval army, collect civilian ships, and prepare for the south.
After the dispersal of the dynasty, Li Shimin summoned Zhang Gongjin and several confidants and ministers alone.
"Hongshen, this expedition, you don't need to be in a hurry, recruit more ships, recruit less troops, and travel slowly."
Everyone sat down when they saw the gift, and Li Shimin's words made everyone stunned.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?"
Li Shimin smiled proudly, "This is my plan." ”
Through the confession obtained by Sun Xiangfu, Li Shimin has fully seen the intentions of the sons of the family, they provoked this war, that is, they wanted to sell the grain hoarded in their hands at a high price, the grain of the Wang family and the Lu family was hoarded in Hongzhou, that is, near Nanchang, Jiangxi in later generations, and the border between Ganzhou, Jiangxi and Guangdong, here, is a battlefield preset by the sons of the family.
At this time, Changsha is two hundred miles to the south, which is the boundary of Lingnan Road, and here is the second battlefield preset by the family, and the Xingyang Zheng family who transported grain to Quanzhou by water is also preset a battlefield near the boundary of Lingnan Road.
But what if you can't fight?
Li Shimin's posture of wanting to fight is to let them continue to transport a large amount of grain to these three places, not only them, but Li Shimin himself will also transport a little grain over, and then, at this time, he will announce two major news, and start dumping the grain in his hands at ultra-low prices.
That's the first news! Naturally, the rebellion in Lingnan was just a rebellion within a small tribe, and Feng Ang had already sent troops to suppress it, and the imperial court did not need to send a large army to attack Lingnan, so this battle was not fought.
That's the second news! It's up to Sun Xiangfu, in short, they will let them sell the grain in their hands at an ultra-low price at their own grain storage points, even if they don't sell it, transport the huge grain from the north to the south, and then from the south to the north, the loss is enough for them to drink a pot, see if they have the mental strength to transport it around.
As for Wei Shuhuan and Li Gongyan, even if they are now entangled by the four masters of Yangzhou, the so-called is not big, the letter has passed, and when it is time to leave, they will know what to do.