In the afternoon of the same day, Bai Liyan and his party returned to the deserted village, and won a complete victory in the first battle, and the deserted village was encouraged, although there were sporadic casualties, but they were able to vent their evil anger for the revenge of the original arrow, and they also had an explanation for the families of the dead and wounded.

Sikong Nan and others were temporarily detained in a deserted village, and Bai Liyan pleaded with Jiang Min to exempt Sikong Nan and others from the crime of exile, changed to hard labor, and resettled the deserted village on the spot.

If it is according to the law, the thief can be sentenced to exile, the thief should be used as a slave, and the family will be punished with the crime of joint sitting, and the head of the bandit will be beheaded, that is, beheaded. In this way, almost all of the more than 800 people saved had to rush to slavery, so what was the point of fighting this battle?

Sikong Nan's left-behind department is many old, weak, sick and disabled, the oldest is fifty-three years old, the youngest is only three years old, between seventeen and forty-five years old, all the horse thieves were pulled away by Huo Xing, many of these people were forced to fall into the grass, and none of the heinous crimes were committed.

When the bandit nest fought, it can be seen that Sikong Nan is extremely decisive, knowing that he will plan when he is detected by the enemy, if it is not for Tang Zhao's reminder, he will definitely suffer a big loss that day, and Sikong Nan and the others will not surrender easily.

In the evening, in order to celebrate the victory of the bandits, the village held a grand celebration banquet, the royal guests and the rescued people all participated, only Sikong Nan and others who were detained in the cattle pen were still locked in the cattle pen, and were guarded by 20 royal guests and 30 strong men.

"Tonight's feast, Wei Langzhong doesn't drink with everyone in the village, why did he come to this messy place."

"Come down and visit one person, the brothers still have enough meat."

"Enough, except for a little less wine, everything else is enough."

Ma Sen smiled, Bailiyan said:

"If you drink too much, you can get drunk, even if you are not detaining the most vicious people, but just in case, there is no room for mistakes. I also hope that Brother Masson and all brothers will forgive me. ”

In order to organize the celebration banquet, Bailiyan bought some drinks from the city, mainly rice wine and old wine, although the alcohol content is not high, it is easy to get on the hook after drinking too much. Although Sikong Nan and the others are no longer a threat, they still have to abide by the rules, especially when they recently started to establish a team of 100 people.

came to the cowshed where Sikong Nan and others were imprisoned, and more than ten people were crowded in a small place.

"Brother Sikong."

"Don't dare to be, I will be Mr. Xie Wei's life-saving grace."

Sikong Nan gave a deep salute, which made Bai Liyan, who was thirteen years older than him, somewhat embarrassed.

"Brother Sikong doesn't need to be polite, when the official document is served, you can be exempted from the death penalty, but the living crime is still inescapable, and it can only be like this now, I hope Brother Sikong will forgive me."

"How dare you, to be able to keep all the brothers safe, I am already grateful, how can I have any more extravagant hopes."

"Brother Sikong don't have to worry, I won't send you to serve as hard labor, as long as you are in the deserted village for a day, you can marry a wife and have children with the people of the deserted village, have a field to grow and a house to live in, and the tax burden is the same as that of other people."

"Mr. Wei understands the righteousness and is grateful."

Sikong Nan bowed again, and this time Bailiyan decisively held him up and said:

"Brother Sikong is exempt, there is still something unclear below, please ask Brother Sikong for advice."

"As long as you know below, you must know everything."

"On the next day, I fought with Brother Sikong on the mountain, Brother Sikong fought wits with me, although I was defeated, but I expected that Brother Sikong was familiar with the art of war. But for some reason, Huo Xing did not reuse Brother Sikong, but let Brother Sikong take care of the grain and grass? ”

"Alas......" Sikong Nan sighed for a while, very depressed, and then gradually said: "I am a later person, Huo Xing will naturally not be reused for me." Moreover, Huo Xing does not listen to people's words, and forgets his righteousness when he sees profit.

Four years ago, the war in Jiangdong broke out, and the civil strife subsided. Huo Xing threw people, raided homes and houses, harassed the rear of the Xian army, and plundered grain and grass. At that time, I conveniently said that it was just a matter of not serving the country at the time of the national crisis, and it was really unkind and unjust to take advantage of the national crisis to make a lot of ill-gotten gains. ”

"And after that?"

"After that, Huo Xing not only did not see the restraint, but intensified, and robbed the village again, at that time, he suspected that it might be the official army to deceive, and told Huo Xing that he should not rush in, but Huo Xing insisted on looting the village, although there was an ambush by the Xian army, and in the end he won more with less, I have nothing to say, and I was transferred to the grain depot to see the grain straw afterwards."

"In this way, Huo Xing is still stubborn."

"Exactly, but luck doesn't always succeed, there will always be times when the horse stumbles."

According to the explanation, knowing that the enemy is outnumbered and there are ambushes, we should not be tough head-on, but retreat. Anyway, it's a robbery, and it's a robbery everywhere, and there is still one less one.

But Huo Xing was stubborn and self-serving, and in the end he succeeded, and Sikong Nan lost his position and degraded the grain depot.

"I see, it seems that Huo Xing doesn't know talents, otherwise I will definitely lose this time to suppress the thieves."

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed."

"Brother Sikong is familiar with the art of war, I don't know if Brother Sikong is willing to deign to serve his subordinates and seek peace for the people of the deserted village."

Sikong Nan was stunned when he heard the news, and said in disbelief:

"How dare a guilty man expect kindness from his husband."

"Eh, it's rare to see Brother Sikong's great talent, wouldn't you regret it for life if you bury it like this."

"Mr. Xie knows the grace of encounters, and he is willing to serve the work of dogs and horses."

Hard labor is the same as exile, you can be used as a soldier to atone for your crimes, one person can be used as an army, the whole family can be exempted from hard labor, and those who have made meritorious service to kill the enemy can get rid of their lowly status.

Sikong Nan's temperament is not bad, many times people have to do something evil in troubled times for the sake of a bite to eat.

People have a conscience, and they can still be treated politely and appreciated when they encounter opponents, and in this era, no one wants to die silently in a life of inaction. Sikong Nan has talent, but he doesn't suffer because he has no background, he doesn't have to meet the master, and he doesn't find out for others.

Nobles like Jiang Min, although powerful, only know how to play with power, and study how to control and manipulate others all day long, and they are even inferior to good generals like Zhao Xun.

Bringing Sikong Nan under his command is really rare, and he is immediately exempted from hard labor, and he can make the best use of his talents.

After that, he had a detailed discussion with Sikong Nan, and he had a deeper understanding of the horse thieves led by Huo Xing.

At noon the next day, Chen Yunfeng, on behalf of the Guangxin Mansion, sent the appointment document of the Guangxin City Trough Transfer Envoy to Bailiyan, although it was a little sudden, but it was also reasonable.

Jiang Min's original intention was to dry himself in order to polish his mind, and at the same time observe the relationship with Zhao Xun, so that Jiang Min could be easily manipulated in the future.

Jiang Min expected that he could not find the whereabouts of the horse thief, and then he used this to suppress it, but in less than a month, he dug out the rampant horse thief's nest, how could Jiang Min not be surprised. Shocked, he consciously made a mistake, and finally wanted to win people's hearts with a wish to seal the official, but he didn't know that it was too late.

Looking at the golden fields between the ridges, hundreds of farmers harvesting golden rice, Chen Yunfeng saw it in his eyes and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

"Brother Wei Xian, can there be four stones of harvest in one acre?"

"Three days ago, it was just calculated, not counting the rice fields trampled by horse thieves, the maximum acre has four stones and five buckets, and the least has two stones and eight buckets.

"Alas......"

Chen Yunfeng sighed for a long time, and Bai Liyan asked without confusion:

"Why is Brother Chen sighing?"

"Brother Xian doesn't know, I once suggested to the lord to promote the method of breeding and fertilizing in deserted villages and reducing rent, but the lord did not adopt it."

"This is inevitable, Brother Chen doesn't have to be like this."

Chen Yunfeng was puzzled, and was suddenly taken aback:

"How does the virtuous brother know that the lord will definitely not adopt the new law of reclamation of deserted villages?"

Bailiyan smiled faintly:

"Deserted villages are wasteland, and there are a lot of materials and manpower required for land reclamation, and farmers and tenants are mostly landless and landless, so they only charge 20% of the tax burden and 10% of the land rent, but they can encourage farmers to cultivate the land with their hearts, and the more they pay in the absence of natural disasters and man-made disasters, the more they will harvest, and the more farmers are naturally willing to farm.

The Guangxin territories are all owned by Guangxin Gong, and Guangxin Gong is ambitious, and reducing land rent will inevitably affect the tax burden. Even if it is reduced to 40%, the tenants can only maintain food and clothing, if it is reduced to 30%, the tenants will naturally be happy, and when will the ambition of Guangxin Gong be fulfilled.

Taking a step back, the new law on cultivation can still be implemented in one place, and it will be implemented in all the territories of the huge Guangxin City at the same time, and it will be difficult to achieve results in two or three years. Guangxin Gong must know this truth, and in two years and three years, the land rent will be reduced to 30%, how much tax burden Guangxin Gong will lose, and where will these tax burdens come from, Guangxin Gong's account in his heart is clearer than Brother Chen. ”

Bai Liyan's words were deeply agreed by Chen Yunfeng, he said:

"Yes, people have no foresight and must have near-term worries, good medicine is bitter but good for disease, if the lord wants to achieve a great cause, farming is the root cause of the world, you must not ignore it."

Chen Yunfeng advised Jiang Min more than once to reduce taxes and save people's power, relying only on the peaceful and prosperous era of Guangxin City, it is impossible to win the hearts of all the people in the world, and even the farming tenants in Dingyang City are difficult to win.

It's a pity that Jiang Min can't listen to what Chen Yunfeng said, relying on Guangxin's superior geographical location and access to the sea, supporting the economic dividends brought by the market with commerce, ignoring the most basic agricultural development.

"Brother Wei Xian, the lord hopes that Brother Xian will take office as soon as possible within five days, so as to reduce the pressure on the soldiers of the public government and the soldiers and horses of Guangxin City, so as to be in charge of suppressing bandits and protecting the territory and the people."

"I don't know how many soldiers and horses are under the command of the city trough transfer?"

"It can be composed of fifty horse troops and one hundred and fifteen infantry troops, which has been controlled by Sima of the city government before, and is now under the jurisdiction of the Guangxin Mansion. However, due to the serious banditry, the positions of the transfer of various cities and troughs were mostly vacant, and the number of soldiers was annexed by the city government Sima, so the county defenders also served as the responsibility of protecting the merchants. ”

Chen Yunfeng told the truth, due to the serious problem of banditry in various places, the mountain bandits and horse thieves who gathered in the crowd gradually developed from a few dozen or a dozen in the early years to a group of dozens of people, and now there must be at least hundreds, or even hundreds. Ma Bujun, who had only 200 personnel, obviously couldn't cope with it.

The easiest way is to expand the city trough transfer envoy under his command, but the city trough transfer envoy was originally the Feishui Yamen, and the increase of soldiers and horses will squeeze out the number of troops of the city government Sima, and at the same time can get more oil and water, naturally there are interest factions who do not want to see this result, especially Da Sima.

Da Sima nominally had the same status as the Tai Lieutenant, and was used to share the duties and powers of the Tai Lieutenant. In fact, Da Sima does not have much real military power, and only leads the national logistics and soldier supply on weekdays, and the positions of Sima and county lieutenants in each county and county are recommended by Da Sima.

The soldiers and horses under the command of the city trough transfer are nominally under the control of Sima of the city government, but the taxes collected are into the tax department.