Chapter 41: After the Deliberations

When Chang Shen was narrating, Yu Minzhi's subordinates who participated in the night attack helped from time to time, confirming the authenticity of Chang Shen's narration and perfecting the picture of the night attack.

This is the first time that someone has described the process of the night attack in detail, and Chang Shen's account allows those who did not participate to understand the thrilling nature of the night attack.

From the accounts of Chang Shen and Yu Minzhi's subordinates, the audience understood that without Zhang Song, it would be impossible for the Mengshan bandits to be defeated, and the siege of Qingsong Valley would not be solved, so now it is even more impossible for them to listen to the narration here, and they must have Taniguchi to participate in resisting the Mengshan bandits.

"Without Zhang Jun, I don't know what Qingsong Valley would be like today, but I know one thing, everyone will definitely not be able to sit in the valley!" At the end of Chang Shen's narration, he sighed, "There is such a great contribution to Qingsong Valley, Zhang Jun, a hero, is worthy of his name!" ”

Although Chang Shen didn't say it explicitly, the audience clearly knew that if there was no Zhang Song, Qingsong Valley would have been broken by now, and everyone had already become the ghost of the Mengshan thief. It's just that these words linger in everyone's hearts, and no one says them.

After Chang Shen finished speaking, the audience was quiet for a moment, as if they were reminiscing about what they had heard. After a while, there was a lot of talk.

Several people also walked up to Zhang Song, either to apologize to Zhang Song or to express their gratitude to Zhang Song. The others who did not come forward looked at Zhang Song with no contempt in their eyes, but more respect and surprise.

"Squeak!" In the midst of the disturbances, the door of the council hall opened, and Yu Minzhi, Yu Xinzhi, Chen Jia, Zhou Fang, Zhong Lei and Fang Tao rushed out.

After Yu Minzhi came out, he smiled faintly at Zhang Song, and left with Yu Xinzhi, Chen Jia, and Zhou Fang without any stop.

"Let's go, too!" Zhong Lei said to Zhang Song that his and Fang Tao's faces were a little ugly.

Zhang Song nodded slightly, stood up, and saluted goodbye to the crowd around him, and the people around him smiled and saluted Zhang Song in return, with very friendly faces.

After Zhang Song saluted, the iron man also saluted and said goodbye to everyone in style. Everyone laughed, but there was no mockery.

After leaving the crowd for a distance, Fang Tao said angrily: "Madame is really too much, she is even more excessive than Zhou Mingshu, at least, Zhou Mingshu will never regret what he promised!" ”

"Is my reward gone?" Zhang Song had expected it in his heart and asked calmly.

Zhong Lei was a little surprised, and said: "I'm sorry, Zhang Jun, Fang Tao and I tried our best to fight for you, but the others disagreed, and they lost your reward on the grounds that you are not from Qingsong Valley." ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhang Song remained calm, "What about the rewards of the craftsmen and other soldiers?" ”

"The craftsmen of the ironworks such as the ironsmith have been freed from slavery, and the rewards of other soldiers have been implemented." Zhong Lei glanced at Zhang Song.

"Don't worry, I'm fine!" Zhang Song smiled and said, "The reward is a trivial matter, but Yu Minzhi's intention is far-reaching. ”

"What's her purpose?" Fang Tao asked suspiciously.

"Everything Yu Minzhi did was for the purpose of separating me from Qingsong Valley, and she was almost always reminding the people of Qingsong Valley that I was not a member of Qingsong Valley, in my opinion, she wanted to fight with us for Zhou Mingshu's subordinates." Zhang Song said lightly.

Zhong Lei and Fang Tao turned their heads to look at Zhang Song together.

Zhang Song understood what the two of them meant, and said, "Yes, I want to try to recruit Zhou Mingshu's subordinates to our side." ”

"I'm afraid it's difficult, Zhou Fang and Li Mo are here, especially Li Mo, who has a high prestige among Zhou Mingshu's subordinates." Zhong Lei shook his head lightly and said.

Zhang Song remembered that when Yu Xinzhi had a dispute with him on the way, Zhou Fang came forward to deal with it, but after saying a few times, he calmed down Zhou Mingshu's subordinates, and then thought that Zhou Fang and Yu Minzhi were so close.

"Zhou Fang is not afraid, he is not prestige enough." Zhang Song said lightly, "As for Li Mo, hasn't he woken up yet?" Maybe he'll never wake up. ”

Zhong Lei was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Zhang Song thoughtfully.

"Don't you want Zhou Mingshu's subordinates, can't you? Zhou Mingshu They have been estranged from us for too long, I'm afraid that the two parties can't be integrated, so it's better to make a new move. Fang Tao suggested.

Zhang Song also wants to recruit new people, and the newly recruited personnel are trained by themselves, which is more convenient to use. But Zhang Song thought that this was the Jin Dynasty or the early stage of feudal society, so he gave up this plan.

The Jin Dynasty was a society controlled by the gate lord clan, almost all social resources were controlled by the gate lord clan, and the population, as one of the social resources, was also mostly in the hands of the gate lord clan, and if you wanted to get the population from them, you must compromise with them. When the Eastern Jin Dynasty was established in history, Emperor Sima Rui had to bow his head to the gate lord clan, and Zhang Song was not arrogant to the point that he was more powerful than Sima Rui at this time.

Another reason is that the fertility rate of feudal society is low, and even fewer can grow into adulthood, and once the population is consumed, it will take nearly ten years to recover.

Based on this, Zhang Song had to make good use of the resources in his hands, and it was indispensable to win over Zhou Mingshu's subordinates, which was probably what later generations called revitalizing the stock.

"No, I can't. Except for Zhou Fang and Li Mo, almost all the original backbones of Zhou Mingshu's subordinates are gone, right? Zhang Song said.

"It's gone." Zhong Lei thought for a while and replied, "Listening to what you said, judging from the situation just now, it is not impossible to win over Zhou Mingshu's subordinates. ”

Hearing Zhong Lei say this, Fang Tao also pondered.

Zhang Song didn't wait for the two to think for too long, he asked Zhong Lei: "What did you discuss in the meeting?" ”

"The main thing is to discuss how this night attack will be rewarded for meritorious deeds." Zhong Lei said, "The funeral of Zhou Mingshu was also discussed. ”

"Didn't you discuss anything else?" Zhang Song asked a little strangely.

"Nothing else." Zhong Lei was a little strange, Zhang Song was strange.

Zhang Song thought about it, and didn't think of what was strange for a while, so he asked again: "How was Zhou Mingshu's funeral arranged?" ”

"Zhou Mingshu's funeral is arranged the day after tomorrow, and it will be handled by Mrs. Zhou, and the specific person in charge is Zhou Fang, with the assistance of me, Fang Jun, Yu Xinzhi and Chen Jia."

"It's really cheap Zhou Mingshu, and you can still get the title of a hero when you die." Fang Tao said stupidly, "And we still have to admit him." ”

"If you want me to say, the most angry person should be Yu Minzhi. After all, Zhou Mingshu usually opposes her a lot, and now that he is dead, she still wants her to admit that he is the hero of Qingsong Valley, is there anything more disgusting than this? Zhang Song comforted Fang Tao.

"That's too. It's just going to disgust her! Fang Tao became happy when he heard this.

Several people laughed for a while, the atmosphere was much more joyful, and the depression caused by the meeting hall also dissipated.

"How to arrange it after the Iron Guy and the others are exempted from slavery?" After laughing, Zhang Song asked.

"After the slavery is exempted, I still smelt iron in the iron smelting yard." Zhong Lei glanced at Zhang Song strangely and replied.

Fang Tao also glanced at Zhang Song strangely, both of them were very strange, Zhang Song was treated so unfairly by Qingsong Valley, and he could still remain calm, and even cared about the matter of fighting the iron guy.

Zhang Song also saw the strangeness of the two, but he didn't explain, since he was already planning to seize Qingsong Valley, then being the master of Qingsong Valley was his biggest goal in the near future, and he still cared about other treatments. As for the craftsmen such as the iron man, that is Zhang Song's closest strength, of course, we must strive for the best treatment for them.

"Isn't it for nothing that you have to work as a coolie in an iron-smelting yard if you are exempted from slavery?" Fang Tao muttered.

Zhang Song's heart moved, and he looked at the iron man with an inquiring gaze.

The iron-striking guy looked clear and said with a smile: "Iron smelting is also what we are used to, and we can't do without iron smelting in the Green Pine Valley!" As long as the slavery is freed, it doesn't matter if you continue to smelt iron. ”

Fang Tao pursed his lips and didn't say anything more.

Zhang Song patted the iron guy on the shoulder and encouraged: "Work hard, it will be better in the future, I will never let your business be despised again!" ”

"Yes, yes!" The ironsmith said to Zhang Song gratefully, "The craftsmen in the iron-smelting yard all listen to Engong's words and follow Engong. ”

"Iron Guy, you can see it more clearly than everyone else in the Green Pine Valley!" Zhong Lei appreciated.

The iron smelter smiled honestly and said to Zhang Song: "Engong, if there is nothing else, I will go back to the iron smelting field first." ”

"Go ahead! In the future, pay attention to more coking and smelting more good steel! Zhang Song advised.

"Got it." The Iron Guy agreed before leaving.

"Can the iron striker smelt new steel?" Zhong Lei looked at Zhang Song expectantly.

"Yes!" Zhang Song replied in the affirmative.

"Great, remember to help me smelt some and build a good batch of weapons. With good weapons, our hopes for victory for the enemy are greatly increased. Fang Tao was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and Zhong Lei was also excited.

"No problem, just take your time."

"Okay, as long as you can give it to me, it doesn't matter if it's slow." Fang Tao said.

"Let's go, hurry up to my quarters, let's talk while we eat." Zhong Lei said.

"Eat?" Zhang Song had a flash of inspiration when he heard this, "Didn't you discuss the issue of food when you were deliberating?" ”

"Nope."

Zhong Lei and Fang Tao sank their faces almost at the same time, such an important matter Yu Minzhi didn't mention in the council hall, the two thought of the fierceness of the controversy over Zhang Song's reward, obviously Yu Minzhi focused on how to curb Zhang Song, but did not pay attention to the food problem that Qingsong Valley urgently needed to solve.

Zhang Song was also surprised that such an important issue was not mentioned, which was really a death, which made Zhang Song even more despise Yu Minzhi.

"This may be an opportunity for us." Zhang Songdao.

Zhong Lei and Fang Tao looked at Zhang Song in confusion.

"There is always a way to solve the food problem, I have a preliminary idea."

"Huh?" Zhong Lei and Fang Tao were surprised.

"Let's go, let's go into the room, I'll talk to you about it, and discuss our next move." Seeing Zhong Lei's house, Zhang Song turned against the guest and beckoned the two to enter the house.