Qikou, Zhou Guoshui military camp, Huangzhou governor Sima Yangji is inspecting, Qizhou is the front line of Zhou Guoshannan confrontation against Chen State, he is the military adjutant of Huangzhou governor, instead of the governor to supervise the defense of the state. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

A few years have passed, Yang Ji is still alone, still living in the side courtyard of the Duke of Yiguo, and after being busy with official business, he works overtime from time to time to work for the unscrupulous boss Yuwenwen.

"Is there any change in Chen Jun today?"

"Back to Sima, the Chen army is now guarding our army from advancing eastward, and he is closed every day, and he will light a fire and set off smoke whenever there is a wind and grass along the river."

"Is our army harassing every day?"

"Yes, Chen Jun does not dare to slack off, as long as our warships are dispatched, they will set fire to smoke."

"Keep attacking, don't stop."

Chen Guo took Huainan Prefecture County easily, if he moved, it would be a hornet's nest, and the imperial court needed to coordinate the joint attack of all parties, and Yu Wenwen, the governor of Huangzhou, decided to slowly toss Chen Jun before that.

That is the so-called tired tactic, constantly tossing to make the other party rumored, and he didn't have the heart to go west into the Ezhou territory to steal chickens and dogs, which is also to buy time for Ezhou.

Time is precious, for Ezhou, and for Yang Ji, he has been inspecting the defense of the Huangzhou Governor's Mansion since the beginning of the year, and he has been walking for several months, and finally has to complete a circle.

That is to say, the so-called "going to the grassroots", inspecting the defense affairs of various places on the spot, finding that problems need to be solved, and the soldiers have complaints to listen to, and then giving feedback to the general manager, to put it bluntly, is to "confide".

Sitting in the official office, looking at the documents submitted below, I felt that everything was ready and only the east wind was owed, but I found out that I had been deceived before the battle, the army was seriously deficient, the customs defense needed to be repaired, and the grain and grass were insufficient, and it was all over at this time.

The most important thing is that we must find out what the situation of the army directly under the governor's office is, and the frequency of the Hulin army's training of three days and one day off is an odd number, and it is the norm to practice one day and take three days off in this year, and whether or not there is no salary is still related to the morale of the army.

Yu Wenwen didn't intend to be deceived by others, and finally ended up being defeated and killed, so as his adjutantant, Yang Ji didn't dare to take it lightly, but the previous General Deng was quite strict under his rule, and the situation was not bad according to what he had found so far.

There are fewer problems with empty salaries, at least Yang Ji did not find it too obvious when he went to the garrisons everywhere to spot check, and the phenomenon of blatantly eating empty salaries and impersonating the old, weak, sick and disabled during the temporary inspection is not there for the time being.

Most of the weapons in the arsenal have been properly kept, and the warehouses and granaries have been randomly inspected, and they are generally passable, after all, the treatment of the Hulin Army is also an outlier, if you use this as a standard to evaluate the general army, then none of them can meet the standard.

"Sima Yang, the ship is ready."

Yang Ji inspected the Qikou Water Village, and also got the south bank of the fortress to walk around, here to guard the Yangtze River channel, is also the front line to resist the westward advance of the Chen army, in order to effectively stabilize the enemy's actions, the fort is built like the Yanji of the year, and the hedgehog is no different.

Just as he was about to board the ship, he saw more than 20 cargo ships coming upstream, lined up in a line, heading downstream, accompanied by several warships with the flag of the Zhou army.

Qikou Shuizhai sent several clippers to meet them for routine inspection, and after a few moments, the warships gave way to the side, allowing the fleet to pass the Qikou River and move downstream.

Seeing this scene, the sailors and soldiers at the wharf had different expressions, everyone was not a fool, they knew that it was a merchant ship bound for Chen Guo, and as for where the goods on it came from, they naturally came from there.

Yang Ji noticed that the scene was a little delicate, and he didn't shy away from anything, so he asked directly: "Do you think there is something strange about this fleet?" ”

"Where, where, the last general has never thought much about it." The guard hurriedly played the round, and everyone also nodded, obviously talking nonsense with their eyes open.

"It's okay, it's not a shameful thing." Yang Ji took this opportunity to do "ideological work" for everyone, just like Yuwenwen did ideological work for him back then.

"Everyone knows that the books and cloth in Huangzhou are very good to sell, don't talk about the book first, just talk about the cloth." He looked at the soldiers around him and said loudly, full of confidence, "What is the texture of the uniform I am waiting for?" ”

The guard was about to open his mouth to flatter but raised his hand for Yang Ji to stop him, he pointed to a sentry and asked, "Tell me, what is the texture of the military uniform you are wearing?" ”

"Huh? Back to Sima, the small one felt that this cloth was durable and washable. ”

"Did you buy Huangzhou cloth at home?"

"Bought it."

"Is it cheap? Is it better than the previous coarse cloth? ”

"It's cheaper, and it's better than the coarse cloth before, and the small ones can now buy a few more clothes at home."

Yang Ji nodded, looked around, many people did not show disdain or questioning expressions, he saw this and continued: "The official only asks one question, can these cloths be used as armor?" ”

"Can't...", a sparse voice rang out.

"Chen Jun wears a few more cloth clothes, and you can't beat them?"

"How can that be!"

Seeing that there were obviously many more people answering, Yang Ji continued to ask: "Everyone must know that the cloth in Huangzhou is cheap and good, and the cloth sold in other places is more than 100 wen per horse, and Huangzhou only sells more than 80 wen, so merchants from neighboring states and counties come to buy goods, and Chen Guo is no exception. ”

"Zhou and Chen are at war, it is said that they should not be allowed to enter the country, who knows if there are soldiers hidden inside, so the fleet is not allowed to go up the river, but why let the boat go downstream?"

"Because it's just cloth, books and some local products, I can't get things wrong, and I get a lot of things back, the business of the cloth mill is good, the price of cloth is getting lower and lower, who do you say will benefit?"

"Let the merchants of the enemy country do business, some people say that it is a capital enemy, but do you think that selling cloth and books is a capital enemy?"

"That being said, beware of people carrying food and iron tools!"

Zhang Xutuo, who accompanied him as the captain of the guard, exchanged glances with his companions, and interjected at the right time: "Yang Sima missed the same, and there is ham!" ”

The soldiers present were stunned when they heard this, and then laughed, the ham of Huangzhou is very famous, delicious and cheap, and now the food in the army is also common, and it is widely praised by the soldiers.

They did have some slander before, after all, the upper side said that they should be strictly guarded, but on the other hand, they let the ships go downstream, although they were doing business, but this was not fornicating with the enemy country? Although no one dared to say it, it was impossible not to mutter.

Now that Yang Sima said this in public, many people also felt that it was reasonable, and what Chen Guo's merchants were selling was nothing more than books and cloth, and this thing was not iron or food, so it seemed a bit far-fetched to say that it was an enemy.

Those Chen Jun can break through their own city with a few more cloth clothes and a stack of books? You can't eat any of these things!

Seeing that the scene was slowing down, Yang Ji sighed secretly, this situation is really embarrassing, and he can only do "ideological work" appropriately, not only to let the soldiers strictly abide by it, but also to properly "turn a blind eye", there must be an explanation, right?

Whether you believe this statement or not, I believe it anyway!

The two countries were at war, and the border should have been blocked, but the one who was good and actually "did not refuse" to do business, which was related to those wolf-hearted Jin merchants, colluding with the Tartars to scourge the Ming Dynasty... There is a difference.

Yang Ji's mind couldn't turn at first, and it was just enough for Yuwen Wen to do this kind of thing when he was an assassin, after all, he had to raise military salaries, buy food, and buy salt, but after being promoted to the head of the department, he intensified.

The trade in Huangzhou is prosperous, cloth and books are selling well, and the merchants of Chen State go to Xiyang to buy goods, which is no longer a secret.

However, it is really easy to sell, Daxingtai must know but is silent, and Yuwen Erlang let the facts teach Yang Ji to "be a man".

Yang Ji knew that just cloth and books had driven up two "industrial chains" and fed many "practitioners", not only that, Yuwenwen vigorously supported the pork industry, came up with a wide variety of dishes, and made Huangzhou pork famous.

Because there is no shortage of salt, the promotion of pickled pork and pork legs, which is what later generations called ham, this alone has greatly stimulated the people of Huangzhou to raise pigs.

The price of pork has dropped sharply, and many people can occasionally open meat, not to mention the improvement of the food of the soldiers, not to mention the alternative of the Hulin Army, that is, the state soldiers and the government soldiers, and the number of times meat appears in the food has also increased.

The number of households in Huangzhou exceeds 30,000, the industry is thriving, the city is bustling, and everyone has a smile on their faces looking forward to the future.

"You, don't keep a straight face when it comes to trading with enemy countries, what your business sells is not intelligence, food, iron tools and people, what are you doing with puff up? Too young, too simple! ”

Yuwen Wen's words echoed in Yang Ji's ears again, and he still didn't understand what this "too young, too simple Tucson broken" meant.

"Sima Yang, please get on the boat."

Zhang Xutuo reminded that Yang Ji was alone as the commander of the army, and he was not as trivial as others, so Yuwenwen drew people from the Hulin army and transferred a total of 300 soldiers to help "town".

One of the teams served as Yang Ji's bodyguard, and the owner of the team was Zhang Xutuo, who was promoted by virtue of his military merits.

Several warships escorted the chief manager Sima and his entourage to the south, looking at the surging river, and then looking at the shadow of the sail that was gradually moving downstream, Yang Ji was distracted for a while, and remembered what Yu Wenwen said.

"If, my father is saying that if these cheap cloths are dumped in Chen State, what do you think will happen to the people of Chen State who want to 'adjust and discount money'?" (To be continued.) )