Yang Lian wanted to fulfill his promise, in addition to repairing a letter and explaining the matter to Fu Yanqing, he also called Lu Duoxun, who had lost his life as a thief and had a certain understanding of thieves. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Lu Duosun naturally didn't dare to slack off, and told Yang Lian everything he knew.

With Mangdang Mountain as the center, there are tens of thousands of mountains of all sizes around, and many bandits are entrenched in the mountains, and they rely on their familiarity with geography and are very difficult. The government sent troops to encircle and suppress, so they hid in the dense mountain forests, and used the terrain and dense woods to deal with the officers and soldiers, and most of the officers and soldiers were defeated in the hands of the bandits because they were not familiar with the terrain. The Han State suppressed bandits several times, but in the end they all returned in vain.

Yang Lian listened carefully, this is indeed a difficult problem, the terrain of Mangdang Mountain is complex, and it is not easy to find a person who is familiar with the situation in the mountain. Although Lu Duoxun worked under Yin Yu and stayed for more than half a year, the situation in Mangdangshan was still unclear.

Wanting to suppress bandits is not an overnight thing, but this also gives Yang Lian the opportunity to contain the forces of the Han State for a long time and meet Fei Yan's requirements.

Yang Lian thought about it carefully, and wrote a letter, expressing his willingness to provide food to Xuzhou, and hoped that Xuzhou would send someone to answer on time. It was only three days after the letter was sent back, and I got the letter sent back by Fu Yanqing quickly. Fu Yanqing is not short of money and food. The essence of the Han region is Hebei and the Central Plains. However, this flood caused a huge disaster to the Central Plains. Kaifeng's grain storage is insufficient, and it is unable to allocate grain and grass to Xuzhou and other places.

Fu Yanqing, who was short of food, once sent people to other places to buy grain, but the world was in turmoil, especially the war in the Han Kingdom for many years, and production was greatly damaged, where could there be surplus grain to buy? Although there was surplus grain in Jiangnan, Yang Lian reminded Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, that the grain was strictly controlled, and after Wu Yueguo was bought by the Tang Dynasty after a large amount of grain, he also reacted and strictly forbade the grain to leave the country, which made Fu Yanqing very short of food, so he had to send people up the mountain to pick weeds and leaves, and cook them together with the grain, barely surviving.

Now Yang Lian is willing to give him 50,000 stone of grain, and it is free, which makes Fu Yanqing very grateful, and immediately repairs a book, agrees on a time, and goes to the border to get food.

Yang Lian got a reply, and immediately asked Chen Tie to prepare food, more than 500 people pushed the cart, along the dilapidated official road to the north, Yang Lian asked Lu Duoxun to guard Chuzhou, and he and Chen Tie with 300 heavily armed soldiers, escorting food, along the way was also safe, Chuzhou did a very good job of helping the victims, and Yang Lian agreed with the law, robbery is strictly prohibited, if there is a perpetrator, there is no forgiveness.

In troubled times, Yang Lian must show a tough attitude in order to restrain the mob. Under Yang Lian's vigorous governance, the public order in Chuzhou has improved. So the trip went quite smoothly. Some of the people I met on the way, although they were hungry for mountains of food, finally became afraid when they saw the three hundred men in full armor.

Five days later, Yang Lian looked at the people who were working hard to push the cart, and said loudly: "Brothers, it's not far from the border, work hard, arrive at noon, deliver the things, and you can go back." ”

The people shouted in unison, indicating that they understood, and cheered up and sped up.

Hurried all the way, and finally arrived at the border town at noon, although it is said to be a town, but with this flood, it has been abandoned. In the town, Fu Yanqing, the envoy of Wuning Jiedu, was looking forward to it, looking very anxious. Although 50,000 stone of grain is not much, it is a life-saving straw for Fu Yanqing.

After agreeing on the time, Fu Yanqing immediately took his own soldiers and rushed to the border town, he brought people to come on light horses, and the people only brought rations, so the speed was naturally faster. Arriving in the border town, Yang Lian had not yet arrived, which naturally made Fu Yanqing very anxious.

At noon, the soldiers who had gone to explore the outpost reported that a group of people pushing carts had come from the south, in addition to hundreds of soldiers. As soon as Fu Yanqing heard it, she knew that it was Yang Lian who was coming, and she couldn't help but be very excited. Finally, Yang Lian finally arrived, and this hope was there.

As a pioneer, Chen Tie was the fastest, and he saw Fu Yanqing at a glance more than fifty steps away. immediately slowed down and rushed to Fu Yanqing's side. The guards beside Fu Yanqing couldn't help but be a little nervous when they saw Chen Tie coming over in full armor.

One of them stepped forward and shouted, "Someone has laid down his sword."

Chen Tie hesitated slightly, Fu Yanqing waved his hand, and said, "Let him come over." ”

"Fu Jiedu ......" a pro-soldier was a little worried.

Fu Yanqing laughed and said, "It's okay," no matter what, Yang Lian is half his son, and since he is willing to send food, he will not harm him. Fu Yanqing asked herself, there is this in her eyes. Besides, Yang Lian once saved him.

The soldiers dispersed, Chen Tie rushed over, stopped seven or eight steps away, arched his hand, and said, "The last general, Chen Tie, has seen Fu Jiedu. ”

"Hehe, it's been hard all the way." Fu Yanqing said, waving his hand, and asked people to send water bladders.

Chen Tie was also thirsty, took the water bladder, opened the stopper, and drank the water in a big gulp. At the end, he wiped his mouth and said, "Fu Jiedu, Yang Jiedu is also here, and he will be there soon." ”

Fu Yanqing looked forward carefully, and Yang Lian quickly appeared in sight, but after a while, he rushed over.

Yang Lian saluted Fu Yanqing and said with a smile: "Fu Jiedu, Yang Lian is reasonable." ”

Fu Yanqing hurriedly helped him and said, "Yang Jiedu doesn't need such a big gift, speaking of which, I have to thank Yang Jiedu this time." ”

Yang Lian jumped off the war horse and said, "Fu Jiedu, they are all one family, so there is no need to talk about the two families." ”

Fu Yanqing stroked his beard, shook his head, and said, "Since you are a family, why do you still call the old man 'Fu Jiedu'?" ”

Yang Lian laughed and said in a low voice: "From today on, when outsiders are around, I will call 'Fu Jiedu', and when no one is around, I will call 'Father', how about this?" ”

Fu Yanqing knew that the current relationship could not be made public, so he smiled and nodded, at this time, there were people transporting grain one after another, Yang Lian moved a sack at will, inserted a long knife into the sack, and stirred it vigorously, and suddenly the rice flowed out.

Fu Yanqing's face changed, and he hurriedly covered the gap with his hand, and said, "It's a waste, it's a waste." ”

Yang Lian said: "These are all rice bought from Bashu, Xuzhou does not produce rice, maybe you are not used to eating it, but it is always life-saving food." ”

Fu Yanqing said: "With the hope of being able to live, how can you be picky." As he spoke, he instructed the people of the Han Kingdom to carry the grain. The people on both sides cooperated with each other and worked hard to carry the sacks.

Taking advantage of this, Fu Yanqing called Yang Lian aside and said what he was worried about.

In fact, it is very simple, Yang Lian gave food to Fu Yanqing, such a big battle, outsiders must know that Yang Lian is in the Tang Dynasty, although Jane has been in the emperor's heart in recent years, but he has also offended many people, if he is seized by political enemies and takes the opportunity to attack, even if the emperor loves Yang Lian and will not die, it will also have an impact on his career.

It was difficult to say it in the letter at first, but when the two met, Fu Yanqing expressed the worries in his heart.

Yang Lian just smiled, when he decided to give Fu Yanqing food, Yang Lian thought of it, and besides, the grain was transported from Dashu and had to pass through Runzhou, Li Hongji must know that he would inevitably take the opportunity to impeach Yang Lian. Anyway, it's all impeachment, and Yang Lian doesn't mind giving Fu Yanqing some food.

The kind words comforted Fu Yanqing, and the two said some things, most of which were about Fu Jinzhan's recent situation. Knowing that her daughter was doing well, Fu Yanqing was relieved. However, Fu Yanqing was quite worried about Yang Lian's situation.

Speaking of which, although Yang Lian has been continuously promoted, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. Fu Yanqing also vaguely guessed Yang Lian's true identity, and couldn't help but vaguely mention something, always do things in a low-key manner, and can't easily offend people. Yang Lian has a scale in his heart, for Li Hongji, Sun Sheng and others, Yang Lian is naturally resolute in attacking, as for other court courtiers, especially the courtiers of the old Fujian Kingdom, Yang Lian has long had the intention of making friends, and he has achieved certain results in the night.

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they chatted endlessly, Fu Yanqing gave Yang Lian a lot of advice, Yang Lian listened carefully, and before he knew it, it was already Shen Shi, and more than two hours had passed. With the efforts of hundreds of people and soldiers, the Han people have fully taken over the cart and took advantage of this time to have lunch.

Yang Lian stood up and said goodbye to Fu Yanqing. When he entered the territory of the Han Kingdom, he could only stay for a short time, otherwise it would be detrimental to the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Fu Yanqing originally wanted to invite Yang Lian to Xuzhou, but considering that there were a lot of things in Chuzhou, he gave up.

Yang Lian told Fu Yanqing to be careful, and then led the troops back. On the way back, it was much easier. That night, Yang Lian and others were stationed more than 30 miles away from the border town, most of the soldiers went to rest, and only a small number of soldiers patrolled in case of sudden incidents.

Yang Lian's big tent was brightly lit, and along the way, Yang Lian asked the soldiers to draw out the surrounding geography, and Yang Lian marked the height of the hills, the width of the river, the depth of the water and other data according to the memory of later generations. In fact, this is not intuitive enough, Yang Lian is thinking about when to make a simulated sand table.

Chen Tie blinked and said, "Yang Jiedu, to the north of Chuzhou, the terrain is getting more and more complicated. ”

Yang Lian sighed and said: "Mangdang Mountain is crisscrossed between Bozhou, Suzhou, Xuzhou, and Chuzhou, and the terrain stretches for thousands of miles. This time, it's up to the fish to catch it. ”

Chen Tie grinned and said, "Those bandits and strongmen, most of them are brainless people, and they will definitely be fooled this time." ”

Yang Lian said: "This is the best. Tomorrow will start to go south, pass the order down, speed up, let the people go back to the city first, you and I will go to the nearby villages to see the situation first, I am always worried that the production of Chuzhou can not be timely. ”

Chen Tie answered, and the two chatted for a while, blowing the lamp and sleeping.

Early the next morning, Yang Lian got up early, had breakfast, and took a dozen cavalry to patrol around, and the rest of the soldiers and people rushed back to Chuzhou first.

Yang Lian patrolled along the canal, and at the end of the previous year, he used to travel back and forth between the Tang Dynasty and the Han Kingdom through the canal, when the canal was unobstructed and could be taken by water. However, with this flood, the canal was blocked, and in many places the river was only a few inches above the surface, and the boats could not walk at all. This is also the reason why Yang Lian abandoned the ship.

"This canal was full of bones back then, but there is no doubt that countless cities were born on both sides of this canal." Yang Lian said lightly.

Chen Tie was behind, listening quietly, his culture was not as good as Lin Renzhao, and he didn't know much about history, so he didn't speak.

Yang Lian walked to the edge of the canal, looked at the turbid river, slowly squatted down, and said: "Now that it is autumn, the top priority is to solve the problem of cultivated land first, and secondly, the problem of the canal." "The problem of cultivated land is simple and simple, a large amount of land has been recovered from Liu Yanzhen's hands, and it has been intensively counted and divided in the past two months.

There are too many people stationed in Xuzhou, and they can't be settled in a moment and a half, Yang Lian takes Chuzhou as the center and radiates around. Now the land within a radius of thirty miles of Chuzhou City has been divided, but the area thirty miles away has not yet been divided. One of these problems also involves the people, many of whom are reluctant to stay too far away from Chuzhou City, after all, this is in the war era, and the farther away from the city, the more unsafe it is.

Chen Tie listened to Yang Lian and Lu Duoxun discuss many times, and knew what Yang Lian said, so he said: "Yang Jiedu, dredging the canal also needs to be paid for work?" ”

"That's for sure." Yang Lian nodded, it was true that Yang Lian didn't want to starve the people to death, but he didn't want the people to do nothing and just take food at home. Cash-for-work is the best way, the people have food to eat, and Yang Lian can achieve the goal, why not.

After staying on the edge of the canal for a while, Yang Lian walked forward again, walked more than a thousand steps, and revealed a fortress in front of him, surrounded by ruined walls, broken wood, and broken clay pots scattered in the grass, a scene of defeat.

Obviously, this was once the beacon tower of Datang, the first line of early warning of enemy invasion. But with the flood, the fortress was attacked, and the soldiers who remained behind disappeared, either fleeing or dying. Only this ruined fortress remains, proving that there were once people here.

Yang Lian looked carefully, walked forward again, walked three miles, and saw another fortress, the same dilapidation, the same desolation, a few crows screamed sadly, which made people worry. There are not many such fortresses on both sides of the official road, so Yang Lian can't experience the feeling in it. At this time, I felt a little desolate in my heart.

The fortress must be rebuilt, Li Shouzhen and others of the Han State have rebelled, although sooner or later they will be pacified, but Yang Lian is worried that before he completely grasps the power, Guo Wei will establish the Hou Zhou. Taking precautions, Yang Lian could not wait for Guo Wei to establish the Hou Zhou before building fortifications.

Thinking of this, Yang Lian sighed slightly, when he opened the seal, it was really a mistake not to completely bring down Guo Wei. However, considering that he is only an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, now Guo Wei is not favored by Emperor Liu Chengyou of the Han Dynasty, which can be regarded as a great achievement.

Yang Lian took people and continued to move forward, walked for more than ten miles, saw seven or eight fortresses, and also had a certain understanding of Liu Yanzhen's governance. In any case, Liu Yanzhen has also made some achievements in the military aspect, and there are many fortresses and beacon towers on the border, which play an early warning role.

It's just that now, these things need Yang Lian to spend effort to re-establish, which will take at least one to two years for Yang Lian, and a lot of financial and material resources will be wasted. It was a huge test for Yang Lian. (To be continued.) )