Returning to the seat, Chen Shiqi sighed and said: "Eat a trench and grow a wisdom, I saw that you were young and clever that day, and I took you as a showman, but now it seems that it is actually harming you."

Although the old man is the governor of Sichuan, many things also have to consider the feelings of colleagues, I heard that you were sued that day, although it is not easy to come forward to rescue, but in any case, I also told you not to hurt your body, and repeatedly asked everyone to save your life.

If you think about it, you gather a crowd to make trouble, and beat up the officials, no matter what kind of crime is enough to kill the head."

After being arrested in the prison cell, he was worried that others would murder him, but it turned out that Chen Shiqi was secretly protecting.

Yang Lin broke free from the chair and kowtowed three times, and his voice trembled: "The kindness of the teacher is unforgettable!" ”

Chen Shiqi helped the other party up and sighed: "The people say that you led a group of villagers to capture the leader of the local rioters, Liang Bao, alive and destroy his lair.

It seems that the old man didn't misunderstand you, you can really create talents. ”

Yang Lin was overjoyed in his heart, and he didn't dare to say anything.

Chen Shiqi nodded and continued: "Yao Tiandong, the leader of the local rioters, successively defeated the generals Wang Chaoyang, the garrison Chen Yingrui, and Feng Youqing in Pengzhou, and captured the city of Pengzhou (similar to the county seat) yesterday, and Li Yitian, the governor of the prefecture, committed suicide and martyrdom.

Now the generals Wang Chaoyang, the garrison Feng Yingrui, and Chen Youqing led their troops to retreat to He Shu Temple to hold on, and the old man urgently transferred the general soldier Liu Jiayin to lead the army to quell the rebellion.

If today's chaos is the time when heroes use their lives, you took the Chinese show at a young age to become a tribute student, and this year in the local rectification of the army, leading the villagers to actually catch the leader of the earth tyrant Tianxing Liang Leopard and destroy its old lair.

It stands to reason that you should be rewarded for your great achievements, but who would have expected you to take the lead in making trouble against the government, which is really heart-wrenching. ”

Yang Lin was shocked in his heart, the local tyrants also occupied the state and county in the past, but they did not expect to capture the state city of Pengzhou now.

Arching his hand, Yang Lin said with a worried face: "Teacher Mingjian, the people have been miserable since the levy of the three salaries, and now the government is even more apportioned, and the escape from famine in various places is very serious." ”

Waving his hand, Chen Shiqi obviously didn't want to hear what Yang Lin said, and sighed: "You became famous in the imperial examination when you were young, and this year you even used tricks to capture the leader of the local tyrants, Liang Bao, the old man has always been worried that you are young and vigorous, and you are too impetuous to do things to settle down, it seems that this month has been in vain."

The armies of all walks of life are about to assemble, and the official army is about to exterminate the local tyrants entrenched in Pengzhou.

And because your hundreds of miles of soldiers mutinied, they didn't listen to the government's dispatch, and they fought against the officials and soldiers many times.

This time, as a county warden, you will recruit the old department and raise grain and grass for the army. ”

In ancient times, it was not as hierarchical as in modern times, and buying and selling officials was popular, especially the appointment of local officials was more arbitrary, just like the protagonist of the novel "Golden Vase Plum" Ximen Qing sold his official position to become a middle-level military attache like Qianhu.

The warden is an unpopular official, and now that the local tyrants have occupied most of Xiangru County, this warden deserves to be in name only, and his actual control of the territory is only four or five bazaars.

In order to entrap Yang Lin, Governor Chen Shiqi asked himself to appease the old ministry and assist the government in recruiting and transporting grain and grass.

After thinking about it, Yang Lin felt a trace of sadness in his heart, and he thought that the friendship between teachers and students had soothed him because of his good reputation in the place.

In order to learn more about the details, Yang Lin was not in a hurry to go out, the whole person looked very flat, and said lightly: "The teacher is here, although the students used to like to dance with guns and sticks, although they captured Liang Leopard, but it was just a fluke."

Now that the local rioters are powerful, the students are young and don't know what to do? ”

Chen Shiqi seemed quite anxious, and patiently enlightened: "As the saying goes, there is hunger for thousands of miles of grain feeders, and this time the main force of the official army needs a lot of grain and grass to attack Pengzhou, and this grain and grass is best collected from Pengzhou."

You have a good reputation in the local area for taking the lead in opposing the government's expropriation and expropriation, and although the Li soldiers you have trained have just been formed, they are quite sophisticated, and in this month you not only defeated the 500 officers and soldiers under the command of the garrison Chen Yingrui, but now you have more than 20 or 30 Li Jia in the vicinity.

You are a scholar, you should still have the idea of loyalty and patriotism, and now the local tyrants in northern Sichuan are scourging the township, you won't ignore it, right? ”

Hearing that Yang Wei and others actually defeated the official army, Yang Lin had a bottom in his heart, and thought about it and put forward his own conditions: "The teacher is loyal to the monarch and the students of the country, but to complete the task just now explained by the teacher, I also hope that the teacher will agree to three things." ”

After a long time, Chen Shiqi asked softly: "You say, if it is reasonable, the old man will promise you." ”

Seeing that the other party did not have a seizure on the spot, now that he asked, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Yang Lin arched his hand and said: "Over the years, the governor of Sichuan has written all over the country, and the high-grade fertile land has been given 5 liters per mu of land, and the high-grade dry land has been given 3 liters per mu of land. ”

Chen Shiqi pushed the coffee table on the case, and said angrily: "Yang Lin, Yang Lin, why haven't you reflected on yourself after being locked up for more than a month?"

Now the imperial court is asking for money for the Liaodong Tartars, and it is asking for money to exterminate the Liukou, even if we also need money to fight the local tyrants in Sichuan Province.

Thousands of miles of food feeders are hungry, you don't know that the transportation of grain and grass is difficult, why do you now want the old man to reduce taxes, you say, how do you ensure that you raise grain and grass? ”

Yang Lin arched his hand and asked, "Master Teacher, this time the army encircled and suppressed the Liukou, I don't know how much grain and grass the adults want the students to raise?" ”

Chen Shiqi arched his hand and said: "More than 400 miles from CD to Pengzhou, mainly through land transportation, not only need to recruit too much labor, but also consume a lot on the road, so the best way is to take food on the spot."

Collecting a load of food from the battlefield not only saves a lot of manpower, but also reduces the consumption on the road.

This time, there were 10,000 people on the road alone, plus the military servants, and there were 20,000 people who could eat, and according to the calculation of two liters per person a day, at least 400 taels a day was needed.

The old man doesn't need you to raise much, just a hundred taels a day.

The armies will be deployed within a month, and you will need to raise 100 loads of food for the front line every day. ”

It turned out that there was still a month, and after thinking about it, Yang Lin said with a worried face: "My lord Mingjian, the student is just a talent, but he was ordered to train soldiers this year, and he has a little prestige in the place."

The students can influence the counties around the county, 100 taels a day, 1000 taels a day, 1000 taels a day, 10000 a day, if the war lasts, the students will not be able to raise such a large amount of food no matter what. ”

Chen Shiqi smiled and said, "No matter what method you use, as long as you can raise a hundred loads of food for the front line every day, you will definitely achieve a great success in the future." ”

Yang Lin arched his hand and said: "The teacher is above, last year Xiangru County paid 16,000 quintals of land to the imperial court, this year many places have been hit by local violence is bound to be halved, this year Xiangru County will pay a maximum of 5,000 quintals of summer grain and autumn grain."

In any case, the red line of land levy cannot be crossed, that is, according to the regulations of the imperial court, there are only 3 liters of grain per mu of dry land, and only 6 liters of grain after adding three salaries.

As for other grains, students can levy them from the local government, but this requires silver, 1 load of millet in Taiping Nianjing, 4 yuan and 1 quintal, can grind 60% of rice, and a load of rice in the market in Taiping Nianjing requires 7 yuan of silver. (Guan Chongzhen records, Suzhou rice in the late Ming Dynasty is more than one tael silver, if the famine year is higher.) ）

Now that the war is in chaos, no matter what, it will cost 1 tael of silver and 1 load of rice. ”

In ancient times, grain transportation was very difficult, so there was a saying that the food feeders were hungry.

Now I hear that Yang Lin can collect grain on the spot, although the conditions are harsher, and the grain collected is less than 1/3 of previous years, but it is better than transporting a large amount of grain and grass from other places.

Besides, 5,000 quintals of grain would have to ensure that 100 quintals of grain would be provided to the front line every day for nearly two months, and since this is the case, Chen Shiqi has no opinion.

Talking about the second condition, Yang Lin arched his hand and said: "The weapons of the soldiers are poor, although the students have tried their best in the past few months, the weapons are still very rudimentary.

The student's requirements are very simple, since the teacher wants the student to form a division of soldiers and horses, the student dares to hope that the teacher will allocate two bureaus of soldiers and horses, and the student will be able to train an elite army for the imperial court at that time. ”

Although it is not clear what the combat strength of the soldiers is, these more than 100 soldiers actually defeated 500 officers and soldiers, and from this point of view, they should be elite.

In addition, there are many weapons in the arsenal of the government, and when the time comes, you can choose a few weapons at will, and after thinking about it, Chen Shiqi agreed.

Seeing that Chen Shiqi was a little impatient, Yang Lin changed his face, put forward the third condition with a smile on his face, Yang Lin arched his hand and said: "The third thing is purely private, during the student's lawsuit, in addition to the help of the teacher, it is a few prison friends in the cell.

The students basically found out that Yao Chonglie and others were also innocent and suffered a lawsuit, and hoped that the teacher would send someone to find out and release them together. ”

But unexpectedly, this could be in trouble, Chen Shiqi did not agree on the spot, but agreed to send someone to investigate, if these people can be forgiven, they can be released and left in the army at that time.