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Bian Wushuang looked at Zeng Lin and said slowly: "Lord Zeng, the Jinghu defense line can block the attack of the Qi army, you are indispensable, the army has not moved, the grain and grass go first, if there is not enough logistics support, how can we hold the Jinghu defense line?"

"The handsome man has won the award, this is Zeng Lin's business." Zeng Lin said quietly.

"But does Lord Zeng know how many young and strong men are still cultivating the fields in Jinghu County now?" Bian Wushuang asked.

Zeng Lin's face changed slightly, as the governor of a place, of course he knew very well what the current situation of Jinghu County's manpower situation was. Shaking his head, he said slowly: "Young and strong men, basically all of them are in the army. Over the past year or so, there have been battles, deaths, and supplements, and now the people engaged in farming in Jinghu County are basically the old, weak, women and children."

"The people of Jinghu have made great sacrifices and contributions for Da Chu!" Bian Wushuang looked at the people in the hall, "Now, we have taken a breath, in the six eastern counties, we can say that it is already a counter-defense to an offensive, and in the next battle, we don't need to rely on crowd tactics, what we need is a more elite army. These good sons and daughters in Jinghu have done enough, so I want to let them go back and reunite them with their families. That's one of them."

"Second, Jinghu, as the front line, has been fighting constantly, and the county has been in tatters, and now, Jinghu has become the rear, we need to restore Jinghu's economy and livelihood as quickly as possible, as our army to recover the rear of the six counties. And with the old and weak women and children, we will not achieve our goal, we need to put more labor into production. Master Zeng, do you think that's the reason?"

"Bian Dashuai is right." Zeng Lin nodded, "Jinghu is originally a land of fish and rice, as long as there is enough labor input, maybe it will only take one to two years to recover to the original level."

"There is such a capable official as Lord Zeng, I am convinced of this!" Bian Wushuang quietly praised Zeng Lin. Now the situation in the country of Great Chu, this marshal believes that everyone here is very clear, it can be said that it is a constant war, smoke everywhere, because the Qi State soldiers are too sharp, the imperial court has eliminated all difficulties and tried its best to supply the eastern theater, but now the military is not as dangerous as in the past, the imperial court's support for the east, in the strength will definitely decline, we have to take precautions, maybe at some point, we will have to rely on Jinghu County and the six eastern counties we have recaptured these areas to feed us. So, we need more labor and a more elite army."

"Shuai, why is this so? The imperial court is determined to recapture the six eastern counties, and it will definitely not cut off our support, not to mention that those bandits rebelled, but the light of fire, as soon as the imperial army arrived, it was naturally extinguished." Luo Hu was a little unconvinced.

"How can you plan for eternity if you don't plan for a while?" Bian Wushuang sneered: "Don't think about victory, think about defeat first, Bian has the life and death of these hundreds of thousands of troops and hundreds of people in his hands, how can he pin his hopes on speculation, as long as there is a trace of such a possibility, Ben Shuai must be very prepared. General Luo, there are bandits everywhere in Da Chu, but as you said, as soon as the army arrives, it will be wiped out, but after suppressing this place, that place will rise again, how could Da Chu really emptiness these bandits? And for more than a year, the bandits have become stronger and stronger, and several stubborn bandits have been entangled with the imperial army a lot, and the people of several counties are not happy, and the bandits are not weak, but stronger. If we can't be ready, will the day really come for our army to drink the northwest wind?"

was unceremoniously refuted by Bian Wushuang, Luo Hu's face was slightly red, and he had to stand up and bow down to plead guilty.

"Lord Zeng, I am going to reduce the army of 50,000, mainly Jinghu soldiers, let them return to their hometowns, and at the same time, the wounded soldiers in each department will also be distributed to various townships in Jinghu, can Lord Zeng settle them?"

Zeng Lin took a deep breath and nodded: "This is no problem, the seriously injured are injured by Da Chu, no matter how poor the county is, they must be raised, and they can still work if they are slightly injured, and the county can also set aside some land for them to cultivate!"

"Well, that's it. The matter of disarmament will be handed over to Lord Zeng, and the specific matters will be discussed with Lord Zeng in detail when I go back to the marshal."

The final word, without giving anyone a chance to object, the generals in the hall looked at each other, the generals of the original Cheng Department were leaderless because Jiang Shangyan was not there, and the generals of the original Jinghu Department were because Zeng Lin did not object, so naturally they would not jump out, this seemed to be the most tricky thing, and it was actually passed on the spot smoothly.

"Old General Ning!" Before everyone could react from the previous incident, Bian Wushuang had already looked at Ning Zhiwen, the general of the Water Division, with a smile on his face.

Ning Zhiwen is a strange figure in Jinghu, he is a native of Chu, but he has an unclear relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and his son Ning Zeyuan is an official in the Ming Dynasty, and it is no longer a secret thing, and there are many people who know it. Originally, this was not a big deal, because there were already a lot of unclear relationships between Ming and Chu, for example, the princess of Da Chu was the queen of Da Ming, and the younger brother of Da Chu Shoufu was a guard in Da Ming.

The key thing is that Ning Zhiwen has never concealed his relationship with Da Ming, and he doesn't even care about other people's opinions on this matter, he openly shows his relationship with Da Ming to others unscrupulously, and every time the envoy from the Ming Kingdom comes over, he also has no scruples about interacting with Ning Zhiwen.

In the past, Jinghu Lake was inseparable from the water master, and Ning Zhiwen's position was very important, so it can be said that without Ning Zhiwen's water master, there would be no Jinghu sticking to it. But now, after taking Wanzhou and annihilating most of the Qi general Zhou Jiyun's men, the Chu army has turned into an attack, and Jinghu is no longer a battlefield, then the importance of the water division has plummeted.

Hearing Bian Wushuang's words, everyone subconsciously thought that he was going to attack the water master.

"What do you command?" Ning Zhiwen smiled, as if he didn't know what Bian Wushuang was going to do.

"Jinghu is no longer the front line, and the role of the sailor is not so prominent." As soon as Bian Wushuang's words came out, everyone's hearts were really like this. I want to see how Ning Zhiwen competes with Bian Wushuang. Ning Zhiwen is not an ordinary general, behind him, there is a giant standing Da Ming. Jinghu's army uses weapons made by the Ming people, these weapons are all from the sea to Quanzhou first, and then transported to Jinghu in an endless stream, what is the problem here, everyone here knows it, if the heart of the handsome Bian provokes Ning Zhiwen, maybe the Ming people will get stuck in this.

And it's not just weapons, the salaries of the Jinghu army are now basically issued by loans from the Ming people's bank, if it is really because Bian Wushuang wants to take down Ning Zhiwen and the Ming people turn their faces, everyone here can't afford this consequence. They all knew that the court of Great Chu really couldn't come up with the money to pay for so much military spending now.

"Bian Dashuai is right, now the water master is really not very useful." To everyone's surprise, Ning Zhiwen nodded in agreement. I don't know what arrangements Bian Dashuai has for the sailor, Ning has nothing to do, even if he asks us to go back to Quanzhou immediately, Ning doesn't say a word, just take someone and leave."

Ning Zhiwen's crisp and neat answer made everyone in the hall so shocked that their jaws almost fell to the ground, when did this dead old man speak so well? Are you afraid of Bian Wushuang? Of course not. Everyone knows that Ning Zhiwen is detailed.

Bian Wushuang laughed: "General Ning, don't think about such a beautiful thing, the country is in trouble, and the husband is responsible, you General Ning wants to go back to Quanzhou to enjoy Qingfu, you don't have to think about it."

Ning Zhiwen laughed: "Then I don't know how the marshal arranges the sailor?"

Bian Wushuang tilted his head and thought for a while, "Now Jinghu does no longer need a huge sailor, but those warships and elite sons under General Ning's command can't be idle, General Ning, I want to dredge the waterway from Jinghu to Jiangnan and truly connect Jinghu with Jiangnan, what do you think?"

As soon as Bian Wushuang's words came out, the people in the lobby suddenly became messy, Bian Wushuang's so-called dredging of the waterway is not the real meaning of letting Ning Zhiwen take his soldiers to dig the river to clear the dredging, the waterways of Jinghu Lake and Jiangnan are not smooth, but more because of the illegal behaviors such as some wealthy families in Dachu on the side of this river occupying the waterway, setting up checkpoints, and turning public affairs into private affairs, of course, there are also some places that are in disrepair, which is not conducive to the progress of big ships, but this is not the point.

The point of Bian Wushuang's words is to let Ning Zhiwen take his soldiers to clean up all the obstacles on this river, which is to cut the flesh of those wealthy families in Dachu with a knife, not little by little, but to cut down one by one!

Thinking of the powerful relationship and consequences here, everyone in the hall has no change of color.

Bian Wushuang didn't seem to see everyone's faces at all, and said to himself: "Jiangnan was originally a place of anointing, but now, there are bandits everywhere, I don't know if there are really bandits or some people have other ideas, the river is not smooth, Jinghu can not get the support of Jiangnan quickly, as long as the river is unblocked, the Jinghu army can go down to Jiangnan at any time to quell the rebellion to ensure the safety of the party, and the grain and grass materials in Jiangnan can also come to Jinghu at the fastest speed, which kills two birds with one stone. Before I came to Jinghu, I colluded with Your Majesty, and Your Majesty also agreed very much, General Ning, this is a hard bone, do you dare to gnaw it?"

Ning Zhiwen laughed, stood up and dusted off his clothes as if nothing happened, looked around at the people in the hall, and said, "What kind of person is Ning, I believe everyone knows that Ning likes to do this kind of thing the most."

Who is Ning Zhiwen? The biggest pirate leader in Da Chu, of course, his favorite thing to do is to rob, but now that everyone is a minister, he is embarrassed to expose other people's shortcomings, and Ning Zhiwen usually seems to be a polite person, but as time goes by, everyone forgets it. At this time, Ning Zhiwen showed his true face, and everyone thought of this, and couldn't help but secretly feel sad for those wealthy families on both sides of the river, such a big bandit leader went up the river, and it was good to know the machine, if he didn't know the machine, I was afraid that the end would not be very good.