Chapter 142: Liangshan Water Village
And those local tyrants and gentry who own land and are well-informed are a little panicked after hearing about Zhou Chunfu's fate.
A few people who are active are already trying to find a way to sell their own fertile land;
It's just that the speed of such news is even faster than they imagined, and the common people know that in the future, the imperial court will distribute land to them, and who will buy it.
Therefore, half a month later, when Xu Yun learned that the price of land in some villages and towns had fallen by nearly 30%, he couldn't help but smack his tongue for a while.
"Brother He Jin, let's leave tomorrow morning......
As the saying goes, there are many people who are easy to do, and there are only a few pieces of cement floor with a radius of one square meter and half an inch behind, and the workload can be as big as it can be, and it will soon be all done under the actions of Lu Feng and a few people.
Counting up, nearly twenty days have passed since the departure from the capital, and Liu Quankui, Ma Liang and others must have arrived in Jinan and are waiting for them in the inn with nothing to do.
In addition, there are seven wives in the family who are like flowers and jades for him to worry about, Liu Huayun is really not in the mood to stay in Kaifeng all the time, waiting for the disaster relief silver to be returned to all the big merchants, watching the victims harvest little grain and cultivate the autumn grain of hope;
These trivial matters were handled by Xu Yun and the officials of various state capitals under him, and Xiao Yanwei and others, who had asked them to go to Fangcheng County to find rutile, had also returned with a large amount of rutile.
Therefore, after consulting with He Jin, he decided to check the best formula of cement tomorrow and set off for Shandong.
Hearing that they were leaving, Wang and Xu Lian'er were a little reluctant, but there was no banquet in the world that would not be dispersed, and the mother and daughter personally cooked that night and made a sumptuous banquet to entertain them.
"Brother, it's hard, it's really hard."
At the beginning of June, the weather was already warm, and the concrete was curing very quickly.
On the second day, when Lu Feng, Guo Jing and others were ready to go, Liu Huayun went to check which cement ingredient formula was the strongest;
Xu Li'er, who was squatting there touching the ground, looked up and said excitedly when she saw him coming.
What is hard, fortunately, this is in Dafeng, no one thinks there is anything wrong with this, otherwise where will the old face of my brother go.
"Hehe, I'll take a look, um~~, this piece of blue-gray color is the strongest, and in the future, I will use this formula for factory production of cement......"
Being called so by an innocent little girl, Liu Huayun was speechless and smiled awkwardly.
"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, Li'er, little brother Huzi, we'll see you in a while."
left the recipe and the kiln for firing cement and the silver money for storing the factory to Xu Yun, and Liu Huayun said goodbye to them one by one;
Under Xu Lier's reluctant send-off, the group left Kaifeng and headed for the waters of Liangshan in Shandong.
Since Liangshan County is on the south bank of the Yellow River, there is no delay in crossing the river, and the chariots and horses are moving very fast, and at most they can reach the garrison camp on the second watch.
Of course, in order to make Ji Xiaolan prepared, Lu Feng assigned Bi Sheng and Wu Linghua to ride fast horses through Heze first, and rush to Liangshan via Yuncheng.
"King Ming, the ships of the Dafeng army have been built, and nearly one-third of the grain stocks on our mountain have been consumed;
And that damn Ji Xiaolan, every day people shout with a loudspeaker in the downwind position, many of the victims who joined later are a little shaken, if we don't think of a way, we will definitely lose this battle. ”
At the same time that Liu Huayun and his entourage were leaving the boundary of Henan and entering Shandong, in the hall of the water village in the center of Liangshan Lake Island, Wang Han, who was full of anxiety, was discussing countermeasures with Zhu Jia, the king of Ming.
Obviously, they were only interested in inciting the victims and increasing their power;
But ignoring this group of people, it is the reason why their foundation is not strong, if it weren't for their own henchmen to watch, I'm afraid someone would have stolen the ship and surrendered and ran away.
"Brother-in-law, what can I do, it is said that the prince was planted in the hands of that kid, and now I don't know if he has escaped to Shudi and made a comeback......
And the damned Mongol king Baljur and Jurchen Xuanye, why don't they use all their strength to attack Dafeng and join forces with us to win the world. ”
Before being besieged by the garrison regiments of the two places mobilized by Ji Xiaolan and losing contact with the outside world, Zhu Jia sent his henchmen to secretly go to the Jurchens and Mongolia to ask for help, hoping to cooperate with them to defeat He Yu's father and son.
However, how could they know that the Mongols and Jurchens had now withdrawn their troops due to the aggravation of the conflict between the tragic deaths of the missions, and how could they once again attack Dafengbiansai, who had artillery, for the sake of his small rebellion that could not be made of thousands of climates.
Zhu Jia and Wang Han both knew that as long as Ji Xiaolan made up his mind to attack regardless of casualties, their two or three thousand people would not be able to resist it at all, so how could they not be anxious in their hearts;
But deep in the hinterland of Dafeng, unless a miracle happens, this uprising and rebellion are doomed to failure.
As for absconding, the initial opportunity has been missed, and there is no possibility of escaping to the southwest to be with King Fu.
"King Ming, Lord Wang, something is wrong."
At this moment, outside the hall, Pi Xun ran in in a panic, bent down and spoke.
Looking at the way he staggered when he walked, as if his legs were not the same as Yang Chang, it was obvious that Liu Huayun's injuries in his body had not yet been completely healed.
"Pi Xun, why are you so flustered, don't you say it quickly."
Zhu Jia and Wang Han above frowned at the same time, their complexion was slightly dark, and Zhu Jia, who was wearing a yellow robe, waved his hand with displeasure, obviously very unhappy with his surprise.
"King Qiming, Wang Zhichao, the commander of the water camp, was killed, and more than a dozen ships were robbed by those rebels......"
The victims who were deceived into going up the mountain, seeing that there was no way out after them, and were not allowed to go out and surrender, it was normal to look for opportunities to escape in private;
It's just that Wang Zhichao is the son of Wang Han and the nephew of Zhu Jia, the king of Ming, he was killed by Shishi, Xie Yuan and others, and stole more than a dozen wooden boats.
"What? Zhichao was killed, who did it? What do the hundreds of households and soldiers under him eat? ”
This news is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire, and it will definitely add a few more variables to the already unfavorable situation of his side, and Zhu Jia, who was still very disdainful, suddenly asked with an ugly face.
"Among the victims who were recruited to the mountain, some of them were capable Xie Yuan, his fellow villager Han Da Shi and others, they didn't know what tricks they used, they actually deceived Young Master Wang's trust, opened the water village and took them to the lake to fish......
Han Xin and He Siwen had already gone to other water villages to send boats to chase after them, but the officers and troops were on the other side, so I was afraid it would be too late. ”
Pi Xun didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly told what happened.
Of course, he wasn't there, so he could only tell me a rough idea of the situation through the descriptions of his subordinates.
In fact, after four or five hundred years of sediment alluvial accumulation and the impact of the diversion of the Yellow River, the Liangshan Shan Fortress, which was known as easy to defend and difficult to attack, has long existed in name only, leaving only a water area of less than a few dozen miles.
That is to say, from the Haoshan Peak Water Village to the garrison camp on the opposite bank, there are only four or five miles of water surface, which can be said to be seen through at a glance;
If it weren't for the fact that most of the people were not in good water, they would have been able to swim to the other side, and the victims on the mountain would have run out long ago.