There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, there was a lot of noise in the distance, and everyone was shocked that according to the schedule, the local rioters still had a day and a half to go, could it be that the other party had accelerated the pace of marching?

Climb up the hill and look into the distance, but it is filled with thick fog, and you can only hear the voices of people for miles in a radius, but you can't see anything.

After a stick of incense, it turned out that the nearby villagers were hiding from the local rioters, and everyone carried the old and the young, dragged the family and the young, and moved the valuable things to the mountains one by one.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Yang Lin ordered the retreat of the various secret posts, and ordered to shrink the activity space of each brigade, so as not to be discovered by the nearby villagers.

For those who really can't dodge, they will send personnel to contact, hoping not to leak the news.

Even though the camp was ten miles away from the ferry and two or three miles away from Pingba, there were many villagers who were evacuated, and they usually gathered together from one village to another, so they also ran into the villagers of two villages.

Hearing that the Pengzhou soldiers were ambushed in the mountains, Xiucai Wang Rimeng and a few old men were overjoyed with gratitude, shouting to tell the good news to the nearby villagers, claiming that everyone no longer had to avoid the military disaster.

In the past, there were many large local households, and the prefecture and county yamen were full of grain, so there was no need to work hard to loot the place.

As the army of the local rioters gathered more and more, many people did not produce, and after the grain in the state and county warehouses was slowly eaten, the local rioters wanted to expand their territory and occupy new states and counties to continue to eat and drink.

However, after the local tyrants were defeated by the officials and troops and returned to Dazhou and Bazhou, the food supply was difficult, so in order to eat, they had to loot the township, regardless of whether they were large or small, as long as they could get food.

Since last year, the government has collected taxes like the government, and after the government apportioned the good land in the past, the land was not 2 buckets, and the local tyrants also levied taxes in the same way, if they did not ask for ransom from or kidnap people, they even killed people and set fires.

The backbone of the local rioters is mostly composed of people from southern Shaanxi and local hooligans, and it is not as simple as the government to collect taxes, but now once they take power and control one side, they will burn, kill, loot, and humiliate women in the local area, and do all kinds of evil.

In order to snatch food, four villages were destroyed and hundreds of people were killed in just four or five days along the way.

Seeing that everyone was quite vigilant, everyone wailed, thinking of the political work in his previous life, Yang Lin immediately preached to everyone the strategy of governance in Pengzhou:

Taxes are levied according to the three classes and nine rules, plus all kinds of forced labor, plus three salaries, 1 bucket of rice per mu of fertile land, and 6 liters of dryland wheat.

Exempt from forced labor in other counties, villagers are only subject to forced labor in their own counties.

Ding Fu is 1 yuan and 2 cents per person a year

Township offices were established in each bazaar, and a 3-5 percent levy was levied on the sale of goods.

Villagers do not need to transport grain to the county yamen, but only need to go to each township office to pay the field tax.

………

When everyone heard the old tears, they shouted loudly one by one, and the total tax was almost the same as that in the Wanli years.

Seeing that everyone's mood gradually stabilized, Yang Lin explained the plan to ambush the local tyrants, hoping that everyone would not make a noise, and hoped that everyone would temporarily hide in the deep mountains and old forests and not go out without permission.

Everyone saw that the Pengzhou soldiers were strictly disciplined, and they had no intention of plundering the villagers, and one by one they claimed that they were.

Wang Rimeng thought for a while, and arched his hand: "My lord, in order to prevent the local riots from attacking the place, every village and village has recruited strong men to train the group, and we have three villages in Baozhi Township, and there are more than 300 strong men. ”

Yang Lin was overjoyed, held the other party's hands to express his gratitude, and repeatedly warned the other party that in order to avoid leaking the news, there was no need to contact for the time being, and he would send Zhuang Ding to contact after the official army attacked.

When Wang Rimeng heard that it was, Fang discussed with several elders in the village how to contact nearby villagers.

The fog slowly dissipated, standing on the hill for ten miles in a circle clearly visible, in the afternoon the local tyrants built three pontoon bridges over the canal river, and people began to cross the river one after another.

After crossing the river, the local rioters sent men and horses to raid the nearby villages, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, digging the ground in search of food, and countless others.

Although many people have fled into the nearby mountains and old forests, there are still a small number of people who are reluctant to hide, and now they see the local rioters coming, some of them are reluctant to pay food, and some are really angry but pick up the flat shoulder to resist.

There are many people on the other side, how can the villagers be the opponent of the ferocious tyrant, looking at the village from a distance, piles of flames are burning from time to time in the village, and several hoarse cries are heard.

The nearby villagers were very excited, and everyone knelt down and begged the officials and soldiers to kill and protect the villagers.

Yang Lin felt that his eyes were blurred, and tried to persuade everyone, of course, everyone knew that there was a lot at stake, and they couldn't say anything in the end.

After a night of silence, early the next morning, three miles away from the camp, began to ambush, through layers of dense fog, heard the voices of people in the distance, everyone knew that the local rioters came to the other side of the river one after another and began to cross the river.

Everyone held their breath one by one, and the atmosphere of the entire valley became solemn.

Yang Lin looked very relaxed on the surface, after covering the chain mail jacket and simple cotton armor, he took a few generals to inspect various camps, watched a few people cleaning the barrel of the gun with solemn expressions, picked one up, glanced at it and asked: "There are many people on the other side, you, are you nervous?" ”

The other party was obviously stunned, but he still shook his head habitually, trying to squeeze out a smile.

Seeing that this little soldier looked so wooden, the squad leader next to him took over the conversation and replied loudly: "My lord, the last general often tells his brothers that although there are many people and many people, most of them are just a rabble of forcibly recruited.

really went to the battlefield, at most they just waved their flags and shouted, and those who really had a little combat effectiveness were just those old thieves. ”

Yang Lin nodded and said with a smile: "By the way, on the battlefield, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind. You have to beat me hard against those old thieves, and only when these old thieves are crippled and scared, will the rabble who have been coerced be even more afraid of us.

On the contrary, if we fight warmly and do not beat the other party down, then these inconspicuous cannon fodder may come alive, and they may bite us hard when the time comes. ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and their expressions were slightly soothed.

Looking at a soldier who was carrying a bird gun on his shoulder, Yang Lin patted his shoulder and smiled: "Little brother, you, how is your marksmanship?" ”

The other party smiled and said embarrassedly: "My lord, I'm so-so." ”

The captain of the squad next to him replied: "My lord, this Wang Sangou joined the Pengzhou soldiers last year, and the loading action is very fast, and he can squint his eyes to be able to reload successfully without mistakes."

But his marksmanship is not good, he has been assessed three times, and he can hit at most once at most once with three shots, and he can't get an allowance. ”

Yang Lin smiled, looked at the people around him and asked, "How many of your team can squint and reload without going wrong?" ”

Most of them were young people, and they were all competitive, and now when they heard such a question, three people actually raised their hands.

Let everyone demonstrate in public, one of them is too nervous to succeed. Yang Lin patted the other party's shoulder and smiled: "Do you know why you can succeed on weekdays and why you made a mistake today?" ”

The other party looked very embarrassed, and explained that he was usually able to do it.

Yang Lin smiled and said, "Yes, I know you can do it, but you were too nervous just now and didn't succeed."

When you go to the battlefield, I hope you don't get too nervous, so that you can kill the enemy and receive a reward. ”

When everyone heard this, they nodded their heads and said yes.

After inspecting the barracks before the war for half an hour, Yang Lin looked back and saw that everyone was in high morale, at least not as nervous as at the beginning.