After two days of short replenishment and training, the caravan was replenished with personnel, added shoes, hats, weapons and other equipment, raised grain, grass, horses, and distributed rewards, and the whole army took on a new look. More importantly, the first battle was a big victory, and everyone from the commander to the soldiers gained battlefield experience and confidence in victory.

During the whole training period, the original 200 soldiers in Yazhou were strictly selected, and a quarter of them about 60 people were added to the caravan, and they were completely broken up and assigned to the first, second, and third companies, and the rest of the eliminated ones occupied the military status of the guard station and continued to go home to farm and take the baby. The newly purchased soldiers of about 350 were untrained, so they were organized into the 4th and 5th companies, and Song Zhensi and Chen Youfu carried out recruit training in Bifengxia and Yazhou respectively.

In addition, most of the royal guards were willing to join the caravan, and these people also stayed in Bifeng Gorge to be trained by their old commander Song Zhensi. The rest of the guards who were unwilling to join the caravan were temporarily led by Shu Guoping. Shu Guoping is Master Shu's own nephew, and he is also the gentleman personally hired by the prince, and he is famous for his talents, and his qualifications to lead them are more than enough.

All the troops of the caravan stationed in Yazhou, including the 4th and 5th companies and the special service company of the Feixian Pass training, were all under the command of Song Zhensi, Cao Santai, Luo Jingyun, Chen Youfu and Wang Daniu.

After the three companies of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions of the caravan were added to the Yazhou veterans, each company was formed into three platoons according to the establishment table, with three squads in each platoon and 12 people in each squad. The battalion consisted of about 350 people. The newly appointed platoon leaders, squad leaders, and team leaders were all elected by the soldiers and officers through a joint vote, and the squad leaders, team leaders, and soldiers who performed well in the Yazhou clean-up operation were promoted one after another. In addition, a baggage platoon was set up at the battalion headquarters, and 50 people were recruited to undertake the task of transporting materials.

Like the soldiers of the caravan, the Tusi battalion was selected and awarded silver according to their rank and merit, and ordinary soldiers were rewarded with at least ten taels of silver each. The Tusi battalion was the main force in quelling the rebellion in Yazhou this time, and Zhu Pingjin rewarded everyone equally, and also rewarded the Gao Yang family with an additional 30,000 taels of silver, and the silver box was full of five large carts, and was escorted back to Feixian Pass by fifty cavalrymen.

The casualties of the Tusi soldiers were minimal, but they robbed a lot of money. They received the reward, and they were all elated, taking the opportunity of their comrades-in-arms to go home, and carrying a message to their brothers and relatives at home: Come out together and make a fortune!

The total number of rebels captured in Yazhou was nearly 10,000. The eight or nine hundred people captured in the first battle of Yahe have been divided into two halves and sent to Tianquan and Feixian Pass in advance to repair roads. The remaining 9,000 people were not able to raise them at all, so Zhu Pingjin naturally swallowed them all.

Zhu Pingjin divided them into three. 3,000 people were escorted by a brigade led by Zhu Pingjin to Wangzhuang in Renshou County to fill the population vacancy, and also served as a baggage transport for the caravan on the way back; 3,000 people were escorted by the fourth company of the caravan to the Bifeng Gorge base for construction; 3,000 people from other places stayed in the local area, and they were managed by the offices of Wangzhuang Wangdianya, Qiong, Mei, Jiading, and Tianquan in the Wangzhuang Wangfu, and worked as coolies and coolies in each Wangzhuang Wangdian.

On the morning of the sixth day of the first day of February, after the sound of three horns, Zhu Pingjin took Cao Sanbao, Song Zhenzong, Song Zhensi, Shu Guoping, He Youyi, Gao Antai, Xu Hanqing, Gao Rongxuan, Cheng Xiangfeng, as well as more than 1,000 people from the palace guards, Gao's entourage, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th companies of the 1st battalion of the caravan and the infantry cavalry of the Tusi battalion, escorted the 6,000 chaotic people who were about to be sent to Renshou County and Bifeng Gorge, and drove out of the north gate of Yazhou, through the stone bridge on the Tsing Yi River, and drove towards Qiongzhou. Along the way, there are also the new head and deputy head of the Qiongzhou section of the investment department, Zhang Shilin and Fu Yuanlan; Zhong Zhishou and Hong Qiren, the head and deputy head of Meizhou, and their family guards and entourage. Hong Qixin wanted to go to Bifeng Gorge for military training, so he was assigned to the escort queue.

Yazhou Zhizhou Wang Guochen, Yazhou Shouyu Qianhu Office Seal Deputy Qianhu Chen Fajie and other civil and military officials, Hong Qihui, Chen Youfu and other attachés of the Prince's Mansion, led more than 10,000 Yazhou gentry and people to kneel on both sides of the road to see off the prince triumphant provincial capital.

Zhu Pingjin was dressed in a medium-length gray cotton jacket and cotton pants to protect the caravan, but he had a golden silk winged crown on his head, a jade belt wrapped around his waist, and a treasure knife, riding a white high-headed horse.

After bidding farewell to Wang Guochen and others, he slammed the horse's belly. The white horse raised its head and neighed up a small hill beside the official road. Song Zhenzong and several other generals hurriedly patted their horses to catch up. For a time, the horses galloped and chased each other.

Ascending the high slope, Zhu Pingjin restrained the war horse. From afar, the army is hunting with red flags, and spears are like forests. The flow of people is like a flood of rivers, rushing in from a distance and rushing under their feet.

Zhu Pingjin's heart was surging, and he suddenly pulled out the treasure knife from his waist, raised it high, and stabbed the sky obliquely.

He roared hoarsely: "I'm Da Ming, mighty! ”

In an instant, the marching army was like a long line of lit firecrackers, bursting out with a huge roar one after another: "Da Ming, mighty!" The prince of the world, mighty! Protect the caravan, mighty! ”

In the crowd kneeling on the side of the road, a little girl with a bun watched Zhu Pingjian galloping past her in front of her on a white horse in fascination. When the mighty roar shook the sky, she muttered to the boy next to her, "See? The one who wears a golden silk crown and holds a snowflake sword in his hand is the prince of the world! If your sister can marry him, it's worth being a concubine! ”

Forty or fifty miles east of Chengdu Fucheng, there is a mountain named Longquan Mountain. Longquan Mountain is not a mountain, but a mountain range that runs east-north to west-south. Longquan Mountain Range is inclined and narrow, stretching more than 400 miles from north to south, but only more than 20 miles at the narrowest point, starting from Mianzhou under the jurisdiction of the north of Chengdu Prefecture, passing through Deyang County, Zhongjiang County, Jintang County, Shuangliu County, Jianzhou, Renshou County, and reaching Jiading Prefecture in the south, the western Sichuan Plain in the west and the hilly area in the east of Sichuan are cut together.

The Longquan Mountains are the watershed of the Minjiang River and the Tuojiang River, and the west of the mountain range belongs to the Minjiang River Basin, and the east of the mountain range belongs to the Tuojiang River Basin. Although the mountains of the Longquan Mountains are not high, the mountains are full of forests and strange rocks. Standing on the mountain, you can see through the western Sichuan Plain at a glance, so it has always had a very high military value, and it is a must-defend place for Chengdu Fucheng to resist the enemy from the east.

Renshou County is located in the south of Chengdu Prefecture, which is located at the eastern foot of the Longquan Mountains, connecting Shuangliu County in the north, Meizhou in the west, Jiading County in Jingyan County in the south, Ziyang County in the east, and Jianzhou in the northeast. Renshou County is not far from Chengdu Prefecture, only 180 miles away; It is closer to Meizhou, less than eighty miles, but because both places are cut off by the Longquan Mountains, the traffic is more difficult.

On the night of the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Chongwen was summoned overnight by the prince and sent to Renshou County to restore Wangzhuang. The next day, he was authorized by the princess to take charge of all Wangzhuang Wangdian in Renshou County. Under the personal coordination of Cao Yicheng, the eunuch of Changchun Palace, Li Chongwen raised 2,000 stone rations, 1,500 taels of silver, as well as clothing, seeds, and farm tools, enough for 1,000 people to eat for half a year.

The reason why the preparation work is so efficient is not only the credit of Mr. Cao, but also the credit of Wangzhuang's material management system. Because 2,000 stone of grain, seeds, and farm tools do not need to be raised in kind.

From Chengdu to Renshou County, the main area is Shuangliu County, and the land of Shuangliu County belongs to Wangzhuang except for part of the military tun and private fields. The princess made an order, Cao Yicheng only needed to fill in the material allocation letter, and decompose the allocation list of these materials in turn and send it to the warehouses of each Wangzhuang in Shuangliu County.

For example, a letter of material allocation stated that when and where Wang Zhuang saw this letter, he delivered rice and how many stones to someone, and was responsible for the food, accommodation and horses of the letter holder. Li Chongwen took the letter on the road, and handed the letter to a certain Wang Zhuang on the way, so that the Wang Zhuang would transport the materials to the designated place according to the requirements on the letter. All Li Chongwen had to do was to go to the designated place for the letter to hand over and sign for the delivery of the letter. In this way, the huge loss caused by the transportation of materials back and forth will be avoided, and a lot of cost and time will be saved.

The only important materials that need to be carried with you are less than 100 catties of silver that you have taken out of the royal treasury. After Li Chongwen completed the transfer of the official documents, he asked the seven eunuchs assigned to Renshou County to wait to join He Youyi's family, and then escorted them to Renshou County. He galloped with silver and horses, and caught up with the grass standard team heading south to Renshou in a wangzhuang in the south of Chengdu in the middle of the night.

When people go to a place they have never been to, they will always feel that the journey is long and the return journey is short.

The grass labels were unclothed, hungry and cold, escorted by the bodyguards of the dart bureau hired by the traffickers, and walked towards an unknown place, how fast it could be, you can imagine. When Li Chongwen arrived in the middle of the night, those straw marks were only twenty-five miles away from the rent collection courtyard where they set off in the morning.

"Mr. Li, it's not okay to go like this! I walked for a whole day and a half, and I haven't looked at the mountain shadow yet! At this rate, it will take at least seven or eight days to reach Renshou County! Mr. Li, you see that you are walking on Pinglu Avenue now, and you can't find such a comfortable road in Longquan Mountain in front of you! Beside a fire, the head of the bodyguard, known as Lu San, sat side by side with Li Chongwen and said anxiously. Around this fire, dozens more are burning. At the edge of each fire were densely packed, thinly dressed straw labels.

Li Chongwen felt the clammy and cold breath coming from the ground, and leaned closer to the fire. The clouds in the sky are thin, and there are stars. Probably the sun will come out tomorrow, Li Chongwen thought, maybe the team will go faster.

"Mr. Li, you see, when we came out this time, the dart bureau paid seven days' travel expenses. If you can't walk in four days, our brothers will accompany Dafa! Mr. Li, look, can you let the brothers send two more days......" Lu San continued to rap.

"No way!" Li Chongwen categorically vetoed, "There are hundreds of people here, how can no one take care of it?" ”

Lu San knew the night before that these people were bought by the prince, so he didn't dare to offend Li Chongwen, and he was unwilling to pay the travel expenses himself. He hesitated for a moment and finally couldn't hold back: "That...... Mr. Li, the cost of our brother's round-trip trip ......"

Li Chongwen thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll make up for the travel expenses for you!" Without waiting for Lu San to thank him, he said again: "But there is a condition, Lu Tou, you have to respond." ”

"What conditions?"

"You have to take the brothers of the dart bureau to stay in Wangzhuang for a month or two, and clean up the affairs of Renshou before leaving! I heard that there are still some thieves left behind by thieves in Renshou County, and there are hundreds of unarmed people here, what should I do if I really encounter thieves? ”

Na Lu San runs darts outside all year round, and he has long been used to it outside the home. Hearing that Li Chongwen intended to keep him, he was happy in his heart, but he said: "I didn't say it, everything is up to Mr. Li's orders!" It's just that I'm afraid the owner will ......."

Li Chongwen smiled: "It's okay! Ben Xiucai will repair a copy of the book and let someone bring it to your owner. You can do it with peace of mind, the money is preferred, and it will not be half a point shorter. Well done, and a reward! ”

Lu Sanpao said with a smile: "Mr. Li's golden mouth is jade, and the little one naturally believes it." However, some brothers have families and may not be able to stay that long. ”

Li Chongwen said: "This is up to them." If you are willing to settle in Renshou County, Ben Xiucai will allocate land and settlement fees; If you really don't want to, let them do as they please. ”

Hearing about the division of land, Lu San's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Mr. Li, you just said that you would allocate the land. A small question, how many acres can each person allocate to this? How much rent is paid in this land every year......"

Li Chongwen lay down with a smile and said, "Don't ask first, I haven't thought about it." It's late at night, so let's go to bed first. When I set off early tomorrow morning, Ben Xiu will naturally explain to the big guys! ”