Chapter 207: The Unlucky Prefect (1)
may be because of the inhuman person she married at the beginning, and the current Wu Dalang is the Wu Dalang she likes in her heart.
Early the next morning, Wu Dong came to the barracks.
He went directly to the 2nd Brigade, whose officers and soldiers were now training in the snow.
All the officers and soldiers were shirtless, armed with spears, and they were practicing in full swing one by one, and their bodies were covered with sweat.
Yang Zhi shouted loudly, constantly pointing out the flaws of the soldiers, serving as a teacher for the soldiers, and so on.
Seeing Wu Dong coming, Yang Zhi hurriedly walked over and said, "Big Chief, why are you here?" β
Wu Dong said: "I'll come to see your training. By the way, what about the Nguyen brothers? Why aren't they there? β
Yang Zhidao: "They're training by the lake now." Several of them are good hands in the water, and even though the lake is frozen, they still dig through the ice, dive underwater, and practice assassination underwater. β
Wu Dong said: "Let's go, let's go see them." β
At that moment, Wu Dong and Yang Zhi came to the lake, only to see that the Ruan brothers were training with hundreds of people, the Ruan brothers were obviously the leaders, and the three brothers actually led people to compete with each other.
Wu Dong smiled and said, "What do you think of the three of them?" β
Yang Zhidao: "They performed well, and that Liu Tang was both strong in martial arts, and they were also very clever, so I promoted them all to battalion commanders." β
Wu Dong said: "Your hatred with them has been resolved? β
Yang Zhi laughed and said, "They are all comrades-in-arms, how can there be any hatred?" It was just a misunderstanding at the beginning, and it has long been cleared up. β
It can be seen that Yang Zhi's words are sincere, and it seems that the hatred between him and the Ruan brothers and Liu Tang has really been resolved.
In fact, in such a new-style army, training and eating together every day can resolve even the greatest hatred. If you stay for a long time, you will naturally feel comrade-in-arms.
In the past, there was a slip of the tongue in modern society, saying that there were four major irons, one of which was "carrying qiΔng together". In that society at that time, the comradeship could remain unchanged for decades, let alone this simple antiquity?
Yang Zhi and the Ruan brothers, Liu Tang and others have been comrades-in-arms for several months, and the rest is only comradeship.
Wu Dong asked Yang Zhi to call the Ruan brothers over, and the three of them stood in front of Wu Dong, and they turned out to be standard military postures.
Wu Dong let them relax and said with a smile: "Do you like the military camp in Liangshan?" β
Ruan Xiaoer said: "I like it." β
Ruan Xiaowu said: "This is the place where the men stay, it is much better than outside." β
Ruan Xiaoqi said: "I knew that Liangshan was such a place, and our brother would have come a long time ago. It's much more refreshing to be a soldier than to fish. β
Wu Dong laughed and said, "In the coming year, I'm going to go out...... In this way, your parents are on Liangshan and need someone to take care of them, you stay with the second brother, and the fifth brother and the seventh brother go out with me. β
"Okay." These three people have been in the Liangshan military camp for half a year, and they have long been instilled with the idea of "obeying the command in all actions" and will not disobey the orders of their superiors. And to be honest, although the barracks are good, they do want to go out and breathe a sigh of relief.
The Spring Festival is coming in a blink of an eye, and the Spring Festival in Liangshanbo is extremely lively.
In the past, when they were outside, the people did not have their own land, there was not much harvest in a year, and in the winter there were often starving to death. And this winter, every family can eat and drink to their heart's content, and naturally celebrate lively.
There are also some craftsmen among the people who come to Liangshan, and these craftsmen make pΓ o bamboo and lanterns to earn some extra money, and the New Year atmosphere in Liangshanbo is even more enthusiastic.
During the Spring Festival, he received a letter from Wu Song, saying that he might leave the Shaolin Temple next year. Wu Dong was overjoyed and replied to Wu Song to come directly to Liangshanbo. After thinking about it, he asked Wu Song to go to Bianliang first, and took his sister-in-law Li Shishi to Liangshan.
On the second day of the second month of February, the dragon raised his head, and on this day, Wu Dong left Liangshan with Hua Rong, Ruan Xiaowu, and Ruan Xiaoqi, accompanied by two hundred soldiers, and one other person - Wu Yong!
Most of Liangshan's affairs were handled by Lin Chong and Zhu Gui......
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Today's first update
Chapter 22 March Dengzhou
"Wu Yong, do you still hate me?" Sitting on the boat, Wu Dong asked.
"Don't dare." Wu Yong said hurriedly.
"Oh, don't dare? So you still have hatred, but you don't dare to attack? Wu Dong said.
"No, no, Wu Yong doesn't have the slightest hatred for the big leader." Wu Yong felt sweaty on his head.
Finally, he didn't have to "reform through labor", and finally relaxed, but he never wanted to go back to that place. You must know that he is a literati, even if the "labor reform" is much easier than the lifelong labor of this era, and he has food and drink every day, but the work of getting up early and working late, especially in the winter, even if it snows, he has to go out to open the fields, which is a great torture for him.
In the past few months, he has had enough, so he never dares to offend Wu Dong again.
"You can be a staff member with me in the future, if you perform well, I will not forget your credit." Wu Dong Road.
"Yes!" Wu Yong suddenly felt that the future was bright.
For Wu Dong, Wu Yong is a smart person after all, and he is the only literati available around him, so even if this person's quality is a little problematic, he still has to use it. Besides, Wu Yong's family is on Liangshan, and he is not afraid of any more moths from him.
The boat went very fast, and soon it came ashore, and the people came ashore one after another, heading east.
The 200 soldiers had already dressed up as ordinary people at the moment, some of them took the first step, some followed Wu Dong and the others, and some of them were about to set off later. Everyone took different routes, but the goal was the same - Dengzhou.
"Big brother, what are we going to do there?" Hua Rong is the person Wu Dong temporarily decided to bring, so he doesn't know much about this matter yet.
"To the sea, of course." Wu Dong Road.
"Out to sea? What to do at sea? Hua Rong was surprised.
"Go to sea and earn wealth! The maritime trade contains great wealth, which can make me Liangshanbo no longer lack gold and silver! Also, in addition to wealth, there is also a lot of land overseas. Wu Dong said.
Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi are more interested in going to sea, the two of them were originally heroes in the water, they grew up near the water since they were children, but unfortunately they have never been to the sea, and they can't help but be faintly excited at this moment.
"I heard that the sea is truly vast and boundless, as far as the eye can see, much larger than our Liangshanbo, I don't know if it's true or not?" Ruan Xiaoqi asked excitedly.
"Of course it's true, relatively. The sea, our Liangshanbo is just a small mud pit! The fish in the sea are much bigger than the fish in our Liangshan, and the largest one is 100 zhang long! The waves in the sea are also much bigger than the waves in Yangsan, just like a small mountain, like a boat in Yangsan, if you go to the sea, you can be overturned at once. Both of you are the leaders of the navy, I wonder if you can adapt there? Wu Dong said.
"Surely there is no problem." Ruan Xiaoqi said, and Ruan Xiaowu nodded.
Everyone laughed and looked forward to the road ahead.
In less than a day, we first arrived in Qingzhou, where we stopped for a while, and then Laizhou and Dengzhou.
Along the way, they stayed in Cao Zheng's hotel, and now there are hundreds of Cao Zheng's hotels, all over Shandong. In addition to the small shops at the intersection, there are many large hotels in the bustling area of the state capital, otherwise probe all sides.
Living in Cao Zheng's hotel, he is naturally not afraid of government visits, and it is very safe.
In March, Dengzhou is already in full bloom, and the sea breeze is constantly blowing, which is extremely comfortable.
They walked around the streets of Dengzhou, and they had already walked a few streets, only to see shops everywhere, but they were all merchants, and they were extremely prosperous.
"How many shops should there be here? How many merchants should come and go here every day? Hua Rong said.
"It would be nice if I could master this Dengzhou Mansion." Wu Yong said secretly.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise ahead, and I saw more than a dozen officials coming in this direction.
Seeing these officials, the faces of countless shop owners changed, and some even wanted to close their shops and flee here.
"What's going on? What are these officials doing here? "Wu Dong and the others are in a shop at the moment, Wu Dong said.
"Collect taxes." The shopkeeper's face was not good-looking.
"Since it's a tax, just give it to them." Wu Dong Road.
"Guest officer, you don't understand! More than half of a month's income was given to them, but they were still not satisfied, and today it is here again! It seems that this business can't be done! The boss said.
"How can the Great Song Dynasty have so many taxes?" Wu Dong Road.
As far as Wu Dong knows, the Great Song Dynasty was still protective of industry and commerce, and the industrial and commercial taxes were not very high, generally only one or two percent, but why did it collect so much tax here?
"Hey, it's not Liang Shanbo's fault! The government said that it was going to encircle and suppress Liangshanbo, and there was no military salary, so the merchants had to pay jiΔo taxes. The boss said with a sad face.
The faces of Wu Dong, Hua Rong and others also changed, and Wu Dong felt that Liang Shanbo was really lying down! Originally, Liangshanbo was far away from this Dengzhou Mansion, and it was impossible to contact it at all, but because of Liangshanbo, the government here had to collect a large amount of taxes, and the merchants also blamed Liangshanbo.
"nΗinΗi." Ruan Xiaoqi couldn't help but curse.
At this time, those officials had already come to the shop, and the leading petty official ignored Wu Dong and the others, but grabbed the collar of the shop owner and said viciously: "Hurry up and pay taxes!" β
The boss had no choice, so he took out 10 taels of silver and said, "That's all, there is really nothing." β
The junior official was furious and said, "Why is it only 10 taels?" At least 30 taels? β
The boss was about to cry and said, "It's really not, if there is, it's all to the boss." β
The junior official gave an order and said, "Search for me!" If you don't have any money, you'll smash everything here! β
At that moment, the officials rummaged in the shops, and in the end they did not find any silver, only listened to the sound of "bang bang" continuously, countless goods were smashed to pieces, and the boss sat on the ground in a daze, his face was sluggish.
Hua Rong, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi and others were angry in their hearts, but Wu Dong signaled them not to do anything. Immediately left the shop.
"If it weren't for the big chief, I would have killed those officials!" Ruan Xiaowu said.
"This is Dengzhou Mansion, not Liangshan. If we kill them, we will have to be happy for a while, but we will not be able to go to sea to do things. Wu Dong said.
"The official mansion of the Great Song Dynasty is really annoying...... The crowds are corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and they really deserve to die. Hua Rong said.
"Wu Yong, you say, do we have a way to quietly grasp the Dengzhou Mansion and let the Dengzhou Mansion belong to our Liangshan Bo...... But can't you Jingdong Imperial Court? Wu Dong suddenly looked at Wu Yong and said.
"This ...... 'M afraid...... It's hard to ......" Wu sweated on his forehead, he didn't expect that it would be so difficult for Wu Dong to ask him a question for the first time.
"We're going to take it with us for a while in Dengzhou to get to know what's going on here...... You can take your time. Wu Dong said.
Wu Yong had no choice but to agree and began to meditate.
At this time, Cao Zheng had already rushed to Dengzhou Mansion.
He is the intelligence leader second only to Zhu Gui, and he knows everything about the situation in Shandong Province, so Wu Dong has already notified him to come.
At the moment of meeting in a hotel in Dengzhou, Cao Zheng immediately reported on the situation in Dengzhou Mansion.
"The number of people in Dengzhou is small, but the number of businessmen is very large. Bianliang, Hangzhou, Northwest, Southwest, and even the Tanguts, Tubo, Liao, Jin here, as for the Goryeo and Dongying people, there are countless of them. Cao Zhengdao.
"The Western Xia, Tubo, Liao, and Jin people came here, and the government didn't care?" Hua Rong said curiously.
"Where does the government dare to care about them? These people are rampant and domineering in Dengzhou Mansion, Dengzhou Mansion still protects their interests everywhere, and the rest of the businessmen dare not speak out. Cao Zhengdao.
"And such a thing." The last time Wu Dong passed by Dengzhou, he came in a hurry, so he only saw some Goryeo and Dongying people, but they were more respectful to the Han people, and they didn't see these Liao people and Jin people or anything.
"The prefect of Dengzhou is called Tong Xiang, and he is Tong Guan's nephew, who is rampant and domineering in Dengzhou Mansion, and does all kinds of evil. Dengzhou Mansion has more than 100 tolerances, and there are more than 300 sailors. In fact, the number of sailors should be 3,000 people, but they were all paid by Tong Xiang. Cao Zhengdao.
"It turned out to be Tong Guan's nephew." Wu Dong nodded slightly.
Tong Guan is a eunuch, but he leads the Privy Council, is a close confidant of Huizong, controls the power of the northwest monarch, and is the eunuch with the largest military power in history, and the eunuch with the highest title.
His status in the imperial court is second only to Cai Jing, and even Gao Yu is not as good as Tong Guan. And because he is a eunuch and has no son, this nephew is the same as his son. He was extremely favored and sent his nephew to Dengzhou Mansion to make a fortune.
"This Tong Xiang doesn't look like Tong Guan's nephew, but in fact he is a strict wife who is afraid of his wife to death. I raised a good friend outside, and I didn't dare to bring it home, but I went to the good home a few times a month. Cao Zhengdao.
"Oh? Where does his good friend live? Wu Dong said.
"It's not far away in Chaoyang Lane." Cao Zhengdao.
"There it is!" Wu Yong suddenly shouted.
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Chapter Twenty-Three: The Unlucky Prefect
Everyone looked at Wu Yong, and Wu Dong said, "What do you have in mind?" It shouldn't be to kill the prefect of Dengzhou, right? β
Wu Yong hurriedly said: "Of course not, killing him will not do us any good, but will anger the imperial court, I think so......"
At that moment, Wu Yong said what he thought in his heart, and everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard it, Wu Dong said: "This method is feasible, it is a loss point." β
Then he instructed Cao Zheng and said, "You go and pay attention to the whereabouts of the prefect, and if you go to Chaoyang Lane, you must notify me immediately." β
Then he instructed Hua Rong and said, "Let our people come 100 and distribute them around Chaoyang Lane." β
When I came this time, I brought a total of 200 soldiers, and now they are all in Dengzhou Mansion, and they are all elite soldiers. Just in case, Wu Dong arranged half of his soldiers and horses there.
After waiting for seven days, Tong Xiang, the prefect of Dengzhou, finally appeared in Chaoyang Lane.
He took two retinues, lightly dressed and with yΓn on his face. DΓ ng's smile.
I haven't been looking for this little lady for a long time, and thinking of the beauty of the little lady, Tong Xiang couldn't help but feel a little stupid.
came to the door of the little lady's house, pushed open the door, and walked straight in, while the two attendants stood at the door, paying attention to the surrounding situation.
"Little lady, do you miss your master?" As soon as he entered, he shouted.
"My lord, you're finally here, and you're dying." A beautiful woman appeared in the courtyard, this woman was very charming, her skin was very white, especially her breasts were huge, which was relatively rare in this era.
Tong Xiang impatiently picked up the little lady, kicked open the door with his foot, put the little lady on the bed, and began to take off the little lady's clothes without closing the outside door.
Soon the clothes were taken off, a plump body appeared in front of him, Tong Xiang cheered and pressed over, at this time he suddenly found that the little lady's face was wrong, only to see the little lady's face full of horror, Tong Xiang couldn't help but say: "What's wrong?" β
At this time, he noticed that the skin on his neck was a little cold, and he hurriedly turned around, only to see a big man standing in front of him, with a long knife on his neck.
Tong Xiang immediately softened, his whole body trembled, and said, "A good man spares his life, a good man spares his life." β
The big man behind him was naturally Wu Dong, and Wu Dong said: "Be good."