The prefect of Shiyan and the prefect of Xunyang received the news of Jiangnan almost at the same time.

Only an hour later, Li Xiang, who had just finished drinking the medicine, received three urgent letters from the messenger of the Nanyang Xiang Army, the messenger of the Xunyang Xiang Army and Zhao Bo, the content of which was the same: Yongle rebels attacked on a large scale, completely broke the encirclement of the official army, and Liu Chengdong was besieged in Deqing County.

Li Mengkong, Zhang Wanli and other middle and high-level officials, Zhao Bo, Zhang Qingping and other cronies of the owner, Liu Sheng, Old Man Zhang and other old qualified villagers, all looked at Li Xiang worriedly, for fear that something would go wrong with the owner who woke up not long ago.

Li Xiang was not too anxious, he was very confident in the ability of his cheap father-in-law, but he couldn't say what he thought in his heart, and he was a little depressed.

Li Xiangxin said: Fang La is really not that simple, looking at this posture, it is to erode the rhythm of the two roads in the south of the Yangtze River. Fang La, who was in the original time and space, was quickly defeated when it developed to its peak, what fate would Fang La's in the Great Zhou Dynasty be?

Liu Susu sat on the edge of Li Xiang's bed, her eyes swollen.

There were too many people in the bedroom, Li Xiang could only comfort Liu Susu with his eyes not to worry, took a deep breath and said: "You should know why the ruler has the opportunity not to escape, but to raid Deqing County and turn himself into a nail, right?" ”

The core personnel present understood it or not, and they all nodded yes.

Li Xiang rubbed his brows, "The Great Commander said in the letter that Deqing's city defense was very strong, and the food and materials hoarded by the Fang La army were enough for three months. After preparing for the Spring Festival, the owner of the village took his personal guards to Jiangnan to rescue. ”

Silent.

After a few breaths, a whispering voice rang out. As the owner of the village, Li Xiang has always been accustomed to finding more people to listen to the deliberations, so as to speed up the training of talents, and good seedlings can also be discovered in time.

Liu Susu's eyes widened, and tears were about to flow out. She clutched Li Xiang's hand tightly and sobbed quietly.

Although Xiong Chengwen and Zhang Zhanjun are Li Xiang's key training targets, after all, they are still young and have not experienced several major events, so they dare not speak rashly.

Li Mengkong, Zhang Wanli, and Cheng Yuan exchanged a few glances.

Zhang Wanli coughed twice, and stepped forward, "Zhuang is going to Jiangnan, it is better to first present his feelings to the prefect of Xunyang and Shiyan Zhizhou, it is best that the Xiang army of Shiyan, Nanyang or Xiangyang can take the initiative to ask for battle, so that the owner of the village can bring more people over without committing taboos." ”

Cheng Cheng took over the conversation, "The general system has always acted steadily and quite bravely, since the letter said that it can support for three months, the owner of the village does not need to be anxious. Before the Shangyuan Festival, the owner can recuperate with peace of mind and make more preparations. ”

Zhang Wanli rolled his eyes in his heart, thinking: This official is really a person who is used to being a small official, and he always slips his beard and pats the horse. has some skills, and there is no smoke and fire in the sycophants.

Although Mingyuezhuang had been prepared and evacuated a large number of personnel and materials to Houshan in advance, the actions of Huang Cheng's family still caused huge losses to Mingyuezhuang. The composition of the officials is not good, it is the origin of the officials that Zhuang Min hates the most, not to mention that it is also from the Cheng family, so after the official finished his opinion, the scene was silent.

Li Mengkong received the owner's eyes, and he didn't want to be too embarrassed to be a low-key official, so he echoed: "As soon as the homeless people enter, it is equivalent to completely messing up the situation, and there is a big mess in Jiangnan, and no one will embarrass my Mingyuezhuang on the bright side." ”

"In the process of rebuilding Mingyueji and Hanjiang workshops, the interests must be reshuffled. The owner of the village can join forces and urge the Lord Zhizhou to report to the court and transfer the Xiang army from Shiyan, Nanyang, and Xiangyang as soon as possible, so as to support the great control in time. ”

is worthy of being the first brother in the public school. As soon as Li Mengkong spoke, more than 20 people crowded in the bedroom exchanged their heads and ears.

Zhao Bo received the small bamboo tube from his subordinates, and after reading the information inside, he handed it over directly to the owner.

Li Xiang opened it and frowned, but quickly laughed out loud, "Okay, good, the three of Wu Xiaoling are really powerful, and they directly started business with the leader of the homeless people." I exchanged some inconsequential things for a lot of precious wood, silk and linen, leather and bowstring materials, and exchanged some food and clothing for our people......"

"That's the way it is. There are too few people in our Mingyuezhuang, and it is the most important thing for people to live. Li Xiang thought about the scene of doing business with the leader of the homeless people in that situation, and it was funny. He coughed a few times, and then said, "The focus of work for the next period of time has been set. ”

"The first is to cooperate with the government to restore order along the Han River and rebuild the workshop. Then there is the internal rectification, and such a thing as the seven Liu families can only be the last time. Finally, it is to prepare for the trip to Jiangnan, personnel, materials, and the government...... There's so much to do, hard work. ”

"The owner is polite!" More than 20 people answered in unison.

Only Uncle Zhao and Na Shusen were left in the bedroom. Li Xiang clapped his hands, and a young man came out of the small room next to him, it was Cheng Jianghai.

After Cheng Jianghai introduced himself, Li Xiang pointed at him and said to Zhao Bo and Na Shusen: "Cheng Jianghai will mainly start from industrial and commercial matters in the future, collecting information about big businesses and the big families behind them. Uncle Zhao sat in Mingyueji, focusing on observing the people who were hostile to my Mingyuezhuang. Na Shusen stayed in the village to screen the ghosts. ”

Cheng Jianghai put on a black robe and left with Zhao Bo and Na Shusen.

Not long after, Liu Sheng, Old Man Zhang, Liu Xiaoci, and Yu Wenwen came in. Li Xiang asked a few people to sit down, and the maid served hot tea.

Li Xiang first looked at Liu Xiaoci and Cao Wenwen, "You two Nizi, have already made a lot of finished medicines?" ”

Liu Xiaoci mainly studied traditional prescriptions, and Cao Wenwen mainly focused on the preparation of finished drugs such as medicinal powders and medicines.

Cao Wenwen's personality was startled, she nodded excitedly, and her hairpin was about to shake off, "Yes, Master." Now there is a medicinal powder for treating fever and cough, and you can drink it by boiling water. The powder to prevent the wound from festering is sealed in a small bamboo tube. There are also more than 100 pieces of boiled ointment, which are very precious. It's all wrapped up for 10 people, and it's made according to the owner's requirements. ”

"The effect?" Li Xiang sat up straight excitedly and looked at Liu Xiaoci next to him.

Liu Xiaoci didn't dare to look at Li Xiang, and said with a blushing face: "The effect is no different from the prescriptions that are common outside, or even slightly lower." ”

Glancing at Li Xiang's slightly disappointed look, Liu Xiaoci plucked up his courage and added: "But the medicine made by our medical and health department is cheap and convenient. Those doctors in Da Zhou could only save less than ten people with a hundred yuan of money, and if they were replaced with our medicinal powder, they could save at least thirty to fifty people. ”

Li Xiang was stunned for a moment, then exhaled and looked at Liu Xiaoci appreciatively, "This is reasonable." In the Great Zhou Army, it would be good to have 20 of the 100 yuan allocated to ordinary soldiers. What's more, the number of doctors is limited, waiting for a doctor to diagnose the pulse, write the prescription, dispense the medicine, and boil the medicine......"

"When you save one, the remaining hundred may all die."

Liu Shenggan laughed twice, he remembered the ordinary wounded soldiers he had seen in the Xiang Army. At that time, looking at those unlucky ghosts waiting to die, he felt that it was nothing, but now that he thinks about it, Liu Sheng shuddered.

Old man Zhang didn't care, "Save the life of every wounded soldier at any cost, the owner of the village is merciful." It's a pity that the medicinal materials are limited, and there are too many Zhuang people who have been injured in the past two days, otherwise when the owner of the village sets off for Jiangnan, he can at least take one ship's finished medicine with him. Well, now, it's still possible to make up half a boat. ”

Li Xiang nodded, the most critical aspect of medicinal materials, can only take one step at a time.

After the seven Liu families were crippled by the official army, they always pestered Liu Sheng and others, not wanting to be kicked out. Liu Sheng, who was tired in his heart, didn't want to stay in Mingyuezhuang, and Li Xiang agreed that he would accompany him with a company of elder brothers.

Just in case, Li Xiang also had to bring the old man Zhang who was the most proficient in "knife skills". The group of apprentices taught by Old Man Zhang will also take some away, and it will definitely be of great use at that time.

Liu Xiaoci and the four of them left, and after less than three incense sticks, Zhang Qingping and Yang Yingdong came in again.

"Get ready. If the court sends reinforcements too late, we will say anything. Li Xiang was a little tired, rubbed his brows and said, "You two, pick fifty people from each of the elder brothers' battalion and the guards, and then pick two straight bow squads to come out." ”

Zhang Qingping and Yang Yingdong were excited.

Yang Yingdong hugged his fists and said: "Owner, is it a little less?" ”

Li Xiang smiled bitterly, "All the people combined, the main village has three hundred people, which is already a lot." Any more, and you're going to be in trouble. Besides, the current situation in Jiangnan, there is a shortage of people who work hard? ”

Zhang Qingping's eyes lit up.

In the remaining days of the second year of Shengxi, the villagers of Mingyuezhuang were cleaning up a messy home, the merchants of Mingyueji were frightened under the protection of Wang San, and the Lord Zhizhou was full of power to deal with the reproaches of the court, and the gentry tried their best to stop the loss.

The prefect of Xunyang and the Shiyan Prefecture, which was a level higher, worked together to appease the county lieutenants and inspectors whose interests had been damaged, as well as the thieves and township soldiers who were attached to these people, and tried their best to characterize the series of conflicts that almost led to the popular uprising into relatively common "riots", and did not forget to win over the officials of the economic system, the competent officials of the secretary office, and the military warriors of the Xiang.

After reaching an internal agreement on the future distribution of benefits, the staff of the two adults rushed to Mingyuezhuang.

Several staff members first expressed their sympathy for Mingyuezhuang's plight, and then impatiently started round after round of negotiations with Li Mengkong and others. Buying, espionage, reverse buying, bargaining, coercion, and re-buying......

During the intermittent negotiations that lasted for more than two months, some of the gentry in Xunyang Shiyan decisively sold the Huang Cheng family and threw themselves into the mainstream, and the negotiations that had just reached the substance were overturned and restarted.

Ankang is located three hundred miles west of Xunyang, and there are mountains along the way, but it can be directly connected to Xunyang through the Han River. Seeing that Xunyang's side was in a collapse, the local officials and gentry also wanted a piece of the pie, and the negotiations came back again......

On the fifth day of the first month, the moon is dark and windy.

With the consent of the government, the 20,000 displaced people who had evacuated Mingyueji, officially camped on the edge of the Han River, and relaxed their vigilance, were attacked by nearly 10,000 fully armed troops, village soldiers, and fan soldiers.

In less than two pillars of incense, the homeless camp was killed and pierced.

Not long after escaping their hunger, the displaced people scattered in the light of fire and blood, and less than 8,000 ran back to the mountains. More than 2,000 people were killed on the spot, and about 10,000 were missing. For nearly half a year, the workshops along the Han River were not short of labor.

On both sides of the Han River, the bright moon is set to the left, and there is no place for displaced people......

Shiyan Zhizhou, Nanyang Prefecture Order, and Xiangyang Zhizhou jointly played, saying that there were almost no homeless people in the territory, and Xunyang and Shiyan had troops who dared to fight. Now Fang La is rampant, and the army in the territory is willing to die for the emperor and Zhou, and rush to Jiangnan to participate in the war!