Chapter 216: Take Fu Jian first
"Chitose, you're right, now the soldiers in Chang'an are all Liang Ji's private soldiers, where does he have the ability to lead troops to fight? Especially last year, 100,000 soldiers went to Sili to encircle and suppress the homeless, and in the end, although it was successful, it also suffered heavy losses, Liang Ji is just scaring you, even if he really dares to come, it will be a complete failure! ”
Lu Chang couldn't stop flattering Liu Yuetian.
"Chitose, this Liang Ji's arrogance, we have long wanted to get rid of him, but he holds the military power, where are we people who are his opponents, we can only swallow our anger over the years, now it's okay, if you want to support us, I, Lu Chang, am willing to serve Chitose dogs and horses!"
Lu Chang finally said his purpose, it turned out that he was looking for a backer.
"Lord Lu's words won my heart, that's right, Liang Ji has done a lot of evil over the years is really hateful, he sent me to this Tianshui at the beginning, just to let me fend for myself, where did I think that I would not die, this revenge, I must revenge!
But Liang Ji is a general of the dynasty after all, although I am strong now, I am still inferior to him, but if I have the help of Lord Lu and even Lord Zhang, then it will be much easier for me! ”
"That's that, Lord Zhang Rang actually thinks the same way, but recently he has been in contact with the prince in private, and he doesn't pay much attention to you, the prince!"
Although Lu Chang is Zhang Rang's subordinate, he also has ambitions, and he wants to take this opportunity to fight, in case Liu Yuetian gains power in the future, then his credit will be great, and he will definitely overpower Zhang Rang.
"The prince is my eldest brother, we are all our own family, regardless of you and me, but I know your intentions, and I will repay him one day!"
Liu Yuetian smiled slightly.
"By the way, Chitose, this is a letter from Concubine Ming to you, I brought it on purpose!"
"Oh, my mother's letters! Show me! ”
Liu Yuetian had actually sent someone to secretly contact his uncle, and he also knew his mother's movements, so Liang Ji obviously had some scruples about himself, so he didn't feel too embarrassed about his mother, but he didn't know the specific situation of his mother, Lu Chang was a eunuch in the palace, and he could see his mother anytime and anywhere.
What was written in the letter was naturally his mother's nostalgia for himself, and he asked him to take care of himself and never be rash.
"Chitose, you don't have to worry about Concubine Ming, I take care of everything, even if it is the queen, she can't help it!"
Lu Chang said flatteringly.
"This Lu Chang seems to be of some use!"
Liu Yuetian is strong and strong, but the things in the palace are helpless, in case he attacks Chang'an, Liang Ji jumps over the wall and hurts his mother, then the sin is great, and this Lu Chang can help himself.
"Master Lu, my mother's affairs will be up to you, I, Liu Yuetian, speak my word, as long as my mother is fine, you will be a great achievement, no matter who is the king of Zhou, you will also be rich."
Lu Chang immediately knelt on the ground when he heard this, and this was what he was waiting for.
"Lord Lu has been in the dust all the way, I have prepared a table of banquets for you to vacuum, and ......... Come on, bring me the gift I gave to Lord Lu! ”
The attendant quickly brought a tiger made of glass.
"Lord Lu, this gadget is for you!"
"Ryu......... Glass.........? ”
Now Liu Yuetian's cronies all know that the cost of this kind of glass is not much higher than that of soil, but Lu Chang immediately opened his mouth in shock when he saw it, he himself is an insatiable person, there are all kinds of treasures at home, although it is not as good as Liang Ji and Zhang Rang, but his vision is not bad, this tiger made of glass is unheard of and unseen, if he buys it on the market, it is no problem if it is a thousand taels of gold.
"Such a treasure, I, Lu Chang, will definitely go to the soup for Chitose!"
Lu Chang expressed his determination on the spot, and the guards around him just wanted to laugh.
A day later, Lu Chang said goodbye and went home, of course, he would tell the truth after seeing Liang Ji, saying that the other party was unwilling to let go of the rights in his hands, and he didn't care what would happen next.
"Brother Shi, Brother Chang, what do you think of this holy decree?"
Liu Yuetian handed the holy decree brought by Liang Ji to the two of them.
Shi Le and Chang Yuchun also threw it aside after reading it.
"Lord, don't worry, it's okay if Liang Ji doesn't send troops, if he sends troops, he will definitely come and go!"
Chang Yuchun is full of confidence.
"Yu Chun is right, Liang Ji does have soldiers in his hands, and even if he doesn't, he can be recruited, but these soldiers are really vulnerable in our opinion, and there is no threat at all, but the matter of the three towns in the north and south of Longchuan must also be solved, and they can't be allowed to make trouble behind our backs at a critical moment!"
Shile said slowly.
"Well, yes, I agree with Brother Shi's suggestion, isn't Fu Jian dissatisfied with the lord? Then let him see our strength, the other two cities are still in Wang Qian's hands, I only need five thousand elite soldiers to sweep them! ”
Liu Yuetian, the three towns of Nanfeng, Beidi and Longchuan have not moved, and there are still 30,000 or 40,000 people living in the three towns combined, but as soon as Tianshui's tax policy came out, the people in the three towns have been gone for more than half a year, and without the support of the people, the army is not even enough to eat, and there is still a war? It's hard to even stay alive!
"It's okay, although the combat power of our army has improved, most of them have not really fought a war, they have not been on the battlefield, and the combat power of the army cannot be fully reflected, these three towns should be regarded as an actual combat exercise, but the two big brothers must remember that they must not ignore the casualties of soldiers for the sake of strong attack!"
If the enemy's strength is strong, then the casualties will naturally be immeasurable, but now the opponent's strength cannot be compared with his own at all, and the gap is too big to consider the casualties.
"Haha, my lord, don't worry, with those armor protections you made, it doesn't matter how many times the other party cuts them, plus we have a repeater in our hands, this weapon is too powerful, standing in the distance A burst of fire can't be stopped, I feel sad for Fu Jian and Daqin now."
It is true that the catapults and rushing carts of the public brigade have not yet been manufactured, but Liu Yuetian has produced 3,000 repeating crossbows, this kind of weapon is the submachine gun of this era, 3,000 people are excited at one time, and there are not even flies left alive within 30 zhang, which is too terrifying.
In Beidi Town, Fu Jian was sitting in the government and was at a loss, Wang Jian attacked Liu Yuan, and after a big battle, Liu Yuetian became the county guard of Tianshui, and Fu Jian took the opportunity to seize the nearest Beidi Town to Tianshui and became his base.
Fu Jian thinks that as long as he has this place to settle down, he can develop rapidly, and he can grow in less than a year and a half, but the facts are very different from his imagination, Liu Yuetian's series of tax policies were proposed, and the people of the three towns of Tianshui immediately blew up the pot, exempted from agricultural tax for three years, reduced the commercial tax to two percent, and doubled the income of the soldiers.
Of course, Fu Jian naturally didn't believe Liu Yuetian's set, thinking that it was just a gimmick of the other party, where did the army's income come from without agricultural taxes and commercial taxes? If this is done, I am afraid that the county government will have to be dissolved in less than half a year.
Unexpectedly, a few months have passed, Tianshui is running normally, the people are living and working in peace and contentment, and the army is also refreshed under the leadership of Shi Le and Chang Yuchun.
It's really a strange thing, without agricultural taxes and commercial taxes, where did Liu Yuetian's money come from for military training? There are also those soldiers whose equipment exceeds that of the Qin army, if there were such weapons and armor, Liu Yuan would not have been destroyed by Wang Jian in the first place.