Chapter Seventy-Four: Mutual Calculations

Su Heng took advantage of Wen Sitong's bent desire to save his son, and successfully guided Wen Sitong in the direction of the solution. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Wen Sitong, who was already in turmoil, didn't have time to calm down and analyze everything that happened, he only knew that last time he told Zhang Ye that he would hand over his unfilial son to him in three days, so he had a lot to do in these three days.

The mining field of Lingnan County is rich in resources, and most of them are circling mountain roads, and it is very inconvenient for the government to let the people of Lingnan County carry these ores, because the mountain roads are not easy to use some convenient tools, and they can only rely on manpower to carry them, and the mountain roads are steep, and most of the people are already out of breath and unable to move back and forth two or three times.

Later, after Confucianism succeeded in suppressing the barbarians, such foul words as carrying ores were naturally handed over to the barbarians, who were born with infinite strength and strong bodies, and carried these ores, a barbarian could be worth five or six Han people. Not only does it greatly increase the speed of ore transportation, but also the cost is very low.

In addition to eating and drinking, the Han people have to pay a certain salary, and the barbarians only need to give them food to eat, many barbarians want to leave the poor barbarian ancient forest, and do not want to live a life where they are all over the mountains and fields looking for wild meat, and it is difficult to solve the problem of three meals a day, so they are scrambling to work.

There are more than 500,000 barbarians, who can only survive by hunting every day, and even if there are more prey in the barbarian ancient forest, they can't withstand their capture.

Today, as usual, a few scribes dressed in Confucian attire commanded a group of officers and soldiers to assign work areas to the barbarians below.

Countless barbarians came and went carrying ore, and a few Confucian scribes carried horse whips, and swung them at the slightest displeasure.

The barbarians who were whipped also dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, in addition to helplessness, they were also accustomed to it, these Confucian scribes learned to be gentle and elegant on weekdays, and they would only use it on their own comrades, not on their barbarians, dealing with them barbarians, these seemingly polite scribes were simply well-dressed beasts.

It would be nice if we could go back to a few decades ago, some barbarians are still looking forward to the days when the Han and Barbarian clans married and lived together in harmony, when everyone helped each other, there were no quarrels, no disputes, no distinction between Han and barbarians, they were all people of Dachu, all of them were Huaxia people, and they were united with the outside world.

But then ...... It's all those who are Confucian......

Thinking of this, a wave of anger swelled up in the eyes of many barbarians, and they glared angrily at the Confucian scribe who was holding the horsewhip and looking at them with contempt.

"What do you see? Looking for death? When the Confucian scribe saw a barbarian glaring at him, he directly swung a whip at him.

Although the barbarian could dodge this whip, he didn't, so he was whipped so hard, he knew that if he dared to dodge, the punishment would be heavier.

"Everyone put down their work and gather all of them." A young man dressed as an officer walked up to a high place and shouted loudly, while the soldiers behind him posted notices on the stone wall.

Soon, a crowd of people gathered around.

"How is this possible!" The first to come were the Confucian scribes, who were shocked when they saw the contents of the notice.

And some literate barbarians looked excited and said to their companions next to them: "Your Majesty said that we will recruit soldiers in our barbarians, and we will also give regular army treatment, the same as normal people!" ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar, all the barbarians shouted excitedly in place, everyone's faces were full of excitement and gratitude, after so many years, the court finally gave them a fair treatment, and they could finally walk out of here in a bright light.

Contrary to the joy of the barbarians, the Confucian scribe pointed at the officer who posted the notice with an angry face, and was angry: "How can Your Majesty recruit troops in the barbarians!" They are just a bunch of lowly slaves! You must be lying! ”

Being pointed at his nose in public, the officer was unhappy for a while, and sneered: "This is told by Lord Taishou himself, if you Confucians have any opinions, you can go directly to him." ”

Different from the Confucian people, the officers and soldiers guarding the barbarians rarely have poisoned the barbarians on weekdays, they have lived in Lingnan County for so many years, and the barbarians have always gotten along very well, many of them have encountered various accidents when hunting in the barbarian ancient forest, and have been saved by the local barbarians, in the attitude towards the barbarians, they have always been very friendly, and they only have to carry out some orders that they do not want to carry out because of the power of Confucianism.

This time, the officers and soldiers were still very happy.

"Don't be too happy, I'll tell you now." The Confucian scribe dropped a few words, and then hurried back.

It's just that they haven't taken a few steps before they see Lingnan Taishou Wen Sitong leading a group of officers and soldiers over.

When several Confucian scholars saw Wen Sitong, they immediately stepped forward to ask, but Wen Sitong spoke: "I suspect that these people are the remnants of the Xuanyi Army, who came to our Lingnan County to spy on intelligence, and they will be detained and interrogated first, and if anyone resists, they will be killed!" ”

Hearing Wen Sitong's words, the faces of several Confucian scholars changed greatly, they realized that something was wrong with the situation, but they didn't give them time to react, and several officers had already tied them up and quickly pressed them down.

"Don't let the news slip out." Wen Sitong called an officer, and made a slashing motion with a grim expression, the officer was shocked, and then nodded and retreated.

This Wen Sitong is also a ruthless person. Su Heng saw everything in his eyes, this time he was invited by Wen Sitong, Wen Sitong said that he didn't know how to recruit soldiers, so he asked Su Heng to help.

So, Su Heng took Qin Yongzhi and led thousands of Guanshan troops to follow.

According to Wen Sitong's orders, the officers and soldiers had already set up some simple things needed for recruiting soldiers on the high platform.

Wen Sitong and Su Heng came to the stage together, looked at the quiet barbarians below, and then said loudly: "I believe that many of you know me, I am Lingnan Taishou Wen Sitong, and this is Mr. Su Hengsu from Shouyang, the capital, next to me." ”

Wen Sitong pointed at Su Heng as he spoke, and then continued: "The reason why the imperial court is willing to recruit troops in your barbarian clan this time is all thanks to Mr. Su's help, if there is no Su Heng, you barbarians will continue to be suppressed and bullied by Confucianism, so you have to thank Mr. Su well!" ”

Wen Sitong's voice was very loud, and the barbarians below heard it clearly, and after learning that it was the young gentleman on the stage who administered justice to them and let them out of this poor land, and not be bullied by Confucianism, they immediately shouted Su Heng's name.

In an instant, in the hearts of these barbarians, Su Heng's prestige was unprecedented, but he was not too happy, but looked at Wen Sitong dumbfounded, and finally sighed in his heart, he was calculated.