Chapter Seventy-Three: The Prelude to War Begins!
Time is like flowing water, never looking back.
In the blink of an eye, 2 months have passed. The remnant of winter is gone, even if the spring breeze in the north comes late, but after all, it blows the green earth.
In all the counties and places under Shi Jin's rule, people engaged in agriculture can be seen everywhere.
Spring rain is as expensive as gold!
Even though it was still drizzling, the people still worked hard in the fields with hats.
There were no officials who came to the door to forcibly recruit people to serve in labor, and officials did not come to harass them, and more importantly, a whipping law was now implemented.
There are no other miscellaneous taxes, only land taxes, and it is two out of ten, such a low tax, so that the people see the hope of a better life, this work is more active.
The reputation of the officials not bullying the people, and the Liangshan soldiers not disturbing the people spread, and the displaced people from Henan, Hebei and other places have joined them.
For a time, Shandong's population grew rapidly.
Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, Shandong has had a large number of people and little land, so many displaced people, and there is not so much land, if it had been in the past, it would have caused social unrest and caused major problems.
But now many businessmen don't think the population is enough!
The local people in Shandong who have land and land have a head to live, where are they willing to work as men, or go out to run away from their hometowns.
But the people's lives are gradually getting better, and they are a little looser, so they are naturally willing to spend more money on weekdays.
This consumption has come up, and restaurants, teahouses, etc. have opened stores one after another. The store is open, but there is a shortage of manpower!
There are more restaurants and teahouses, and there are naturally more vendors. Vendors need manpower too!
For a while, there was a shortage of manpower everywhere.
Now the daily scene at the gates of Jeju, Miju, Dengju and other cities is that there are a large group of restaurant shopkeepers, sheep merchants, maritime merchants, and workshop owners gathered at the entrance of the city......
As soon as they saw someone who looked like a homeless person or a foreign accent approaching, they immediately surrounded them and shouted loudly.
"Looking for a job? My Yangjia restaurant recruits guys, the monthly money is high, the treatment is good, and I take one day off for nine days! ”
"Recruit carpenters, everyone who knows carpentry will come and take a look! The monthly money is 3 taels and 5 yuan, including food and accommodation! ”
"Don't listen to their fools, come to our Wang family sheep shop, and you will have meat to eat every day!"
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Whether the population is growing fast or there is a shortage of manpower, these are all things that Wu Yong needs to care about.
Shi Jin is now more concerned with military matters.
The imperial court is now busy with the Fangla army in the south, and there is no time to take care of Shi Jin, and there is nothing to do with the Liangshan army.
In the past two months or so, the Liangshan Army has generally focused on training new recruits and digesting prisoners.
In Jinzhou, the newly formed elite cavalry was run by Shi Wengong.
700 cavalry were selected from the Liangshan army, 200 cavalry were selected from the Song soldiers who returned to Shun, and 100 young and strong were recruited from the tribe at the same time, forming an elite light cavalry of 1,000 people.
In order to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, Shi Wengong made great efforts to personally train his soldiers, day after day.
The Liangshan cavalry and the Song soldiers who returned to Shun were all fine, and the cavalry of the 100 tribes looked down on Shi Wengong at first, thinking that there were some powerful horsemen and archery among the Song people.
Shi Wengong didn't quibble, and gave these people a dismount on the day he formed the army.
Riding a horse and galloping on the training ground, a hundred paces apart, Shi Wengong took an arrow and pulled the bow, and in an instant, nine arrows were connected in a straight line and shot at an arrow target.
An arrow hits the target, and the arrow that comes after it hits instantly, directly splitting the arrow in front of it, nailing it to the target, and hitting it with an arrow.
The last arrow landed on the target, and there were already 16 knots lying on the ground.
Looking at the arrows of the target, the tribal cavalry were all dumbfounded.
Nine Sons Serial Arrows!
It turned out to be the rumored nine-son serial arrow, you must know that if you want to shoot the nine-son serial arrow, not only must the hand be steady, but also pull the bow continuously, and the arm strength is not a hundred catties of strength, how can you pull it!
Shi Wengong's hand completely convinced these tribal cavalry, and since then he has obediently obeyed orders!
Now the navy is basically divided into three fleets, and Li Jun leads a fleet to garrison Lushun. Zhang Heng led a fleet to garrison Yangtouwa, and Ruan Xiaoer led a fleet to garrison Dengzhou.
The 3,000 people recruited from Shandong were divided between Li Jun, Zhang Heng, and Ruan Xiaoer. Each fleet had 3,000 men.
Although there are many people, the ships are not fully satisfied for a while, and many times it is necessary to use fishing boats to train sailors.
But these things can be solved soon.
When Xu Guanzhong retreated from Hangzhou City, he was not polite, and forcibly recruited all the shipwrights in Hangzhou Shipyard to prepare to send them to Dengzhou and Laizhou to build sea ships for the use of the navy.
Just when the Liangshan army was vigorously expanding its strength, the defeated Liao army fled back to Liaoyang Mansion, the capital of Liaodong, and told Xiao Baoxian, the left-behind division of Tokyo.
Xiao Bao heard that he didn't dare to be arbitrary, and hurriedly sent his henchmen to Liaoshangjing to see the lord of Da Liaolang with the song.
The palace of Linhuang Mansion opened the imperial hall, and the lord of the Great Liao State ascended to sit in the golden palace, gathered the civil and military ministers, and the court staff was completed.
Zuo Prime Minister Youxi Xiaojin played: "Master Lang, Xiao Bao, the left-behind division in Tokyo, sent someone to play first." Emperor Tongzi of the Song Dynasty canonized a grass Kou Shi Jin as a general of Poliao. This man led his troops to kill the commander of Suzhou Prefecture and captured Suzhou. Now the Song army is hoarding more and more military horses in Suzhou, and there are 50,000 people. The Tokyo Left-behind Division did not dare to be arbitrary, and implored Lord Lang to issue an order to send more troops and horses to support! ”
Sitting on the dragon chair, the lord of the Great Liao Kingdom couldn't hide the troubles in his heart, he shouted: "What? My Suzhou Mansion in Daliao was conquered by the Song army! Wu Yanguang, before you said that as long as I was at the border of the Liao Tun soldiers, the timid and fearful Song Dynasty would obediently increase the New Year's coins. What now? The Emperor of the Song Dynasty was not only tough but not to increase the number of coins. On the contrary, he canonized a general who broke Liao to attack my Great Liao, and now he has conquered Suzhou Mansion. What do you say we should do? ”
Wu Yanguang stepped forward and shouted: "Lord Lang don't worry, the Song Dynasty Boy Emperor is just a plan to besiege Wei and save Zhao!" There are twenty-eight generals and eleven Yao generals under the slave maid, and some are strong generals, so what is there to be afraid of! I implore the lord of Lang to give an order, and let the slave and maid personally lead the troops to kill this guy. It is also good to deter the boy emperor and let him obediently increase the New Year's coins! ”
As soon as Wu Yanguang finished speaking, He Chongbao stood up and played: "As the saying goes: 'Kill chickens with a knife.'" There is so much that the orthodox army will go by itself, and only teach He to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to go, and he can teach this group of barbarians to die without a place to be buried! ”
When Lord Lang heard the great joy, he shouted: "Okay, I will allocate 10,000 horses and infantry troops, and the soldiers and horses left behind in Tokyo to Aiqing, and you can go to the pass to meet the enemy at night." You must kill these barbarians and take back Suzhou Mansion! ”
"Slave obeys!"
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The Liao State sent He Chongbao as the main general to lead 10,000 Liao soldiers and soldiers and horses left behind in Tokyo to attack Suzhou, and was soon overheard by the Liangshan spy organization, and immediately reported to Shi Jin.
"Report! Golden State Express! Just when Shi Jin was reading "The Art of War" in the study, Lu Fang reported loudly outside the study.
Liaoning North Road Urgent!
"Come in!"
Hearing the shout, Lu Fang walked in and presented the information from the spy who told Shi Jin.
Shi Jin unwrapped the seal, took out the information, and read it quickly.
"Smack!"
Shi Jin slapped the table and shouted: "Come on, send an order to the generals to let them come to discuss the matter!" ”
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