In June of the second year of Chongzhen, the turmoil in Shaanxi was intensifying, and although Ma Maocai's performance attracted the attention of many people in the court, the imperial court, which lacked silver and grain, still said that it was powerless to provide large-scale relief.

Zhang Mengcheng, who has always paid more attention to the Shaanxi policy of the imperial court, has been quite busy for a while. He didn't know until recently that the big guy in Yansui Town in the north, the governor of Yansui had actually changed. Yue, the governor of Yansui, who once scolded the governor of Shaanxi, Hu Tingyan, did not survive a few months later. Finally, following in the footsteps of Hu Tingyan, he was dismissed from his post on April 27. The new governor of Yansui, Zhang Mengjing, braved the scorching heat all the way and finally took office on the third day of the first month of this month.

In front, the governor of Shaanxi, Hu Tingyan, was dismissed, and Liu Guangsheng took office in February. Now it is the governor of Yansui Yue Hesheng who has been dismissed, and Zhang Mengjing has taken office in June. The two former officialdom bigwigs in Shaanxi and Yansui Town are both passing the buck to each other on the issue of robbers in Shaanxi, and now that the imperial court has changed, there should be a change in the attitude towards Zhang Mengcheng and his robbers. However, Zhang Mengcheng has nothing else to say except for suggesting that his eldest brother Zhang Mengjin should not change to cope with all changes. (Note 1)

At the same time, other news received was that in May of the second year of Chongzhen, the Shaanxi patrol pressed Wu Huan's border soldiers to leave the army as thieves. The lair of the two thieves is deep in the mountains, and the soldiers are hidden in the depths, and the soldiers are coming back. Shaanxi Fu Liu Guangsheng was the first to attack the thief Zhao Xuan in the month, defeated by Shi Tizi, and Li Bei was defeated by Shi Canggou. Xue Laiheng was defeated by Hu Yezhuang Tao Yuan. Li Bei and Guyuan will be stone, defeated by the Jade Emperor Temple. In June Bingchen, Ergu marched from Mawan to Maojiashan, and there was no one who escaped from the encirclement. (Note 2)

It seems that Liu Guangsheng, the new governor of Shaanxi, obviously will not adopt the ostrich policy of Hu Tingyan before, and will crack down on bandits in Shaanxi one after another as soon as he takes office. Fortunately, Jindingshan has been relatively low-key and has a relatively low sense of presence before. Moreover, in April, the heads of Sha Liluo and others were sent to the officers and soldiers in the north, and the relationship between the two sides was improved.

Jinding Mountain is not like the top of the mugwort that stretches for hundreds of miles in the mountains, if the official army is determined to fight and suppress. Isolated and surrounded by Luoshui, Jinding Mountain cannot escape by constantly drilling ravines deep into the mountains.

Speaking of the head of the sand roll, the leader of the crowd. After being sent back to Jinding Mountain by Cai Xiaozi. The various leaders of the cottage had a brief meeting, and then everyone decided to divide into two ways. One route was for the second brother Zhang Mengguang, Li Yang, and He Zongwei to go to various military forts in the north to contact the old people to see if they could exchange these for military resources. On the other hand, Ma Xiangbo, Wei Heyong, and Yu Baocheng went to Baoan County to see if they could clear their identities.

In the military fort in the north, the second brother contacted his old boss Du Wenhuan. Du Wenhuan is currently at home and is willing to help the former family members' requests. It's a pity that Du Wenhuan hadn't contacted the backstage at that time, and Sha Lihuan's influence was not enough for him to be reinstated.

After a series of bargains, the intertwined group of military attaches in the northern fort offered to provide twenty pairs of armor and a few hundred catties of iron in exchange. If Jindingshan was willing to provide silver, grain, or salt, they could contact the Mongols outside the mouth to provide war horses. This offer is still quite tempting for the leaders of Jinding Mountain.

The condition for the opening of the county seat of Baoan County was that Zhang Mengjin and his gang needed to hand over some money at the same time as handing over the first level to disband the troops. said that they could take the relationship between Liu Guangsheng, the governor of Shaanxi, and they were seven points sure that they would get a document of exoneration for the people of Jindingshan, but the official body still didn't think about it.

Ma Xiangbo was a little moved by the conditions in Baoan County, after all, the opportunity to wash the white in front of him may not be rare. When he returned, he lobbied the other leaders, but the other brothers in the village were not interested. Because the other party's price is too low, and there is no obvious sign of soothing in the imperial court now. With the consistent discipline of the county civil service system that they are familiar with, even if everyone doesn't care about the official status, they don't believe that these people will really collect money to do things.

And Zhang Mengcheng also emphasized once again that the world will be more chaotic in the future, and there is a chance to recruit peace, so there is no need to wronged yourself. When Ma Xiangbo saw that the brothers were not interested, he died of this thought. After all, according to the conditions issued by Baoan County, even if Zhao'an is successful, others may be able to do the same as before. But he can only go back to be a poor bastard, and his family business will not come back.

Now that everyone has made up their minds, the heads of the people and a few carts of grain and salt, along with three hundred taels of silver, were transported to the military fort in the north. After that, he brought back twenty pairs of armor that needed to be repaired, as well as 700 catties of iron and thirty war horses outside the side wall.

Li Yang and He Zongwei took a few accompanying brothers, and by the way, they also brought some border army fugitives to the village, some dragged their families with their families, and some came alone, a total of more than 30 strong men.

Zhang Mengcheng was assigned to assist Ma Xiangbo in planning the tuntian and water conservancy construction around Jinding Mountain, which was surrounded by Luoshui and was lonely on all sides. The inhabitants chiseled stones for stacks and pierced stones for doors to avoid chaos. Although there is a famine now, relying on the innate conditions of Luoshui, some food can still be grown, and many victims have come to take refuge one after another.

It's just that they have been threatened by sand rolls before, so many initiatives cannot be implemented. Now that the sand is gone, you can pick up all the previous plans. After the teaching that had been curtailed, Zhang Mengcheng surveyed the water situation everywhere, drew sketches with charcoal and made notes.

Then he went back to discuss with Ma Xiangbo, who had settled the disaster victims, and the two of them then calculated the material consumption of the cottage together. It was also reported to the other leaders of the cottage to adjust the expenditure on various measures in the village.

Zhang Mengcheng's grass house students have now expanded to more than 60 people, which makes Zhang Mengcheng feel very difficult. So he shortened the daily teaching time by an hour on the grounds that the children also needed to help with housework and some chores in the cottage.

The eldest brother Zhang Mengjin felt that there was some truth, so he did not object. Zhang Mengcheng became more unscrupulous because of this, and continued to reduce the class time of children's cultural classes, and also increased the teaching time of "physical education classes". The quality of children's daily cultural classes is declining, and physical education classes are becoming more and more labor-intensive.

Zhang Mengcheng's behavior was too blatant, and finally the big boss of Jindingshan couldn't stand it anymore. So as the eldest brother, Zhang Mengjin found an opportunity and severely reprimanded his third brother. And it is required that he must start rectification as soon as possible in a short period of time, otherwise Zhang Mengcheng will be substantially punished.

After being reprimanded and threatened by his eldest brother, Zhang Mengcheng finally restrained and reformed his sabotage. Through some more subtle ways, he reduced his work pressure and changed his big brother's perception of himself. For example, Zhang Mengcheng split and merged the physical education and culture classes into natural classes, teaching students more advanced farming techniques, and at the same time, he also used the name of the unity of knowledge and action to catch labor again.

Zhang Mengcheng's method of wiping the side ball originally made the eldest brother Zhang Mengjin a little overwhelmed. But when Zhang Mengcheng pulled a few students and showed what he had learned in front of him. The big boss of the cottage also realized that the children had indeed learned their skills, and after Zhang Mengcheng said that there would be other rectification measures, he did not pursue Zhang Mengcheng's teaching mode again.