Chapter Seventy-Six: Autumn Wind and Autumn Rain

After Li Xiuming read the letter, his emotions were out of control on the spot, he tore the letter to pieces, and then rushed to the courtyard, rode his rouge horse, and rushed straight out of the north city gate. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info asked that day that Xiao Liu Medical Officer was in Dingbei County, "This is my daughter-in-law!" "Fu, the soldiers guarding the city gate already knew that this was the future general's wife scheduled by the little medical officer, so if they dared to stop her, they could only quickly send someone to report to the little medical officer Liu who was rotating his duties on the bank of the Jinshui River.

When Dr. Liu found Li Xiuming, the tear stains on her fair face were still clearly visible. When Li Xiuming saw Medical Officer Xiao Liu, he couldn't control the sadness in his heart anymore, he couldn't care about still riding on the horse, leaned his head on his shoulder, his body trembled slightly, and he cried in a low voice. Doctor Xiao Liu carefully controlled the two horses side by side and walked slowly, and then directly hugged Li Xiuming, hugged her from the rouge horse, and comforted her in a low voice: "In troubled times, the daughters of your big family can't escape this fate, and besides, your father is also helpless, look at it." Although your father sold you to Wang Songcheng, he wrote a letter to tell you in advance, instead of sending your dowry directly. Besides, aren't you here in Dingbei County now, and you're not in Luodu City, what's there to be afraid of? As long as I am here, and the elite soldiers and horses of the Weibei Battalion are there, what are you afraid of. Could it be that Wang Songcheng still dares to come and rob people? Just his pig-like minions are not enough for my Weibei camp to stuff his teeth! If he pretends not to know, if he really dares to send his second son Wang Songli, who likes men, to marry you! Hmph, see how I clean him up then! It is indispensable to arrest Wang Songli, who likes male style, and hang him, and give you a good breath of evil! As he spoke, his hand put on Li Xiuming's shoulder and gently patted her shoulder to comfort her.

Li Xiuming only reacted after this time, and when his emotions were out of control just now, the whole person fell into the arms of Doctor Liu Xiao Liu, and suddenly blushed, and quickly arched his head out of Doctor Liu's arms, twisted to the side and whispered, and then directly stepped back into his own rouge next to him. She is ashamed, Xiao Liu is beautiful, although the person has broken free, but the unique fragrance of the girl still lingers in her arms. Doctor Xiao Liu said with a smile: "Don't worry too much, you can wait in Weibei Camp with peace of mind in the past few years." When will your father hit the city of Luodu, I will send troops to help him capture the city of Luodu, with this great achievement in hand, when the time comes, I will personally talk to your father to propose marriage, everything is not logical? ”

When Li Xiuming heard this, his face turned even redder, and he didn't say a word, and as soon as he urged the rouge horse, the person ran away. Doctor Xiao Liu followed behind her unhurriedly, and the two of them wandered outside the city for a long time, one after the other. Later, Xiao Liu's medical officer chased after him, and directly urged the horse and the rouge horse to go side by side, without waiting for Li Xiuming to react, and then hugged Li Xiuming into his arms again. Li Xiuming screamed and wanted to break free, but at this time, she was already trembling with excitement due to shyness, and her strength was long gone, and she couldn't break it anymore. Doctor Liu hugged Li Xiuming in his arms, rode on the horse and laughed, and disappeared behind a small mountain bag in a blink of an eye. When he returned to the city, Dr. Xiao Liu rode a horse and walked in front refreshed, and Li Xiuming followed behind with his head down all the way with a red face, fortunately it was already dark, and the pedestrians on the road could not see clearly.

Throughout the late spring and early summer, Li Deyi was busy directing the digging of canals. After the canal was dug, he finally found a craftsman who knew how to dig deep wells, and then led people to start digging deep wells. Because in this arid and rainless northwest border plug, water is too important, it is not enough to draw water from the Xiaoqing River, it is necessary to dig enough deep wells to supply the soldiers and people of the Weibei battalion with water on weekdays. This work of digging wells naturally makes the people who were originally recruited to dig canals stronger, and there is no need to change people.

During this time, the Weibei Battalion spent a lot of money to recruit people to work, and the benefits that could be obtained were also a lot. First of all, the common people who originally stayed away from the soldiers of the Weibei Battalion will now smile warmly when they see the soldiers of the Weibei Battalion on the street. Those who were the first batch of people who were recruited by Li Deyi to dig the canal, not only did they take the lead in receiving the first batch of identity wooden cards, but Li Deyi even promised them that in the future, the Weibei Battalion would recruit Minzhuang again, and they would recruit them first. After just over two months of work, these recruited people actually earned more than 20 silver coins, which is enough for a family's expenses for a year, not to mention those people who were compiled into the lyrics and sung, and finally received an additional reward of 10 silver coins.

Now the first batch of people who received the identity wooden card pinned the identity wooden card to the most conspicuous position in the waist when they went out, for fear that others would not know. What's more, he even wore a rope directly around his neck, and wore it on his chest every day to show off, anyway, he was not afraid of stealing, and he was pressed according to his own handprint. And the neighbors on the left and right of these people are also envious of them, because as long as they have this status card, it is equivalent to earning a lot of money every year, and after two or three years, the family can run to a prosperous life. Some people pondered in their hearts, it is summer now, the weather is too hot, Weibei Camp estimates that there will be no more work to recruit people to do, autumn is the time when the farm is busy, everyone is busy harvesting grain, and there will be no work. In the winter, before the snow covers the ground, there must be a lot of work to do, but at least you have to earn more than 20 silver coins, so you can count it, you can be obedient, you can earn more than forty or fifty silver coins a year, how should this money be spent? With an income of more than 40 silver coins a year, this is a standard small rich family. Those who did not receive this identity wooden card, and those who have daughters at home, began to think about marrying these people who received wooden cards.

After the end of this drought fight, the people's perception of Weibeiying has completely changed, and it is no longer the same as before. Now people come to inquire from time to time all day long, when will they recruit Minzhuang, and they will ask more: Is there any such status wooden card distribution?

As for the displaced people under the rule of Weibei Camp, after this time, they completely surrendered to Weibei Camp. There were fifteen hundred recruited homeless people, and the hearts of the homeless people, who were already dead, burned like hot coals. Li Deyi took advantage of the situation to issue identity cards to the rest of the recruited homeless people with skills, including those who farmed for Weibei Ying. This time, it was as if a scoop of water had been poured into hot oil, and it was fried directly. Those displaced people who were not selected took the initiative to ask to work for the Weibei camp, and no matter how hard the work was, they only needed to be given identity cards and paid wages.

Now the ore from the small iron mine does not need to be transported back and forth by the soldiers of the Weibei Battalion, and it can be handed over to the homeless people. Li Deyi promised them that no matter whether you have the skills or not, as long as you have worked for Weibei for two years, you will be given an identity wooden tag and a one-time settlement fee of 30 silver coins! Li Deyi even deliberately tried several times, organizing them to go up the mountains to collect firewood, go down to the river to set nets to fish, and other collective labor, and these homeless people were all enthusiastic and did their work well and quickly.

Old Medical Officer Sun called Li Deyi to the house on a rainy day, and said with joy on his face: "Not bad, not bad." As soon as this period comes, the people's will can be used, and the people's will can be used. ”

After surviving the hot summer, the crops in the field are almost all grown, and it is cheerful to watch. Li Deyi couldn't wait to find an experienced old farmer to estimate the yield of the crops in the field. The old farmer grabbed a handful of ears of wheat, peeled them off, looked at them, and after pondering them for a while, he said happily, "This land is well served!" Thanks to the blessing of the little general, there was not much drought this spring. I estimate that one acre of land can produce two stone wheat (mei) seeds. This is a lot of yield, and usually only by watering the land along the river can produce so much wheat. When Li De heard this, he couldn't be happy, and muttered, "It's only two stones, it's a bit not enough to eat." Looks like we're going to have a little more next year. ”

The old farmer cautiously answered: "This is not something that can be solved by manure. so that the little general will know that no matter how much dung there is, the wheat will bear such long ears, and there will be only those grains. and the dung shall all grow on the straw of wheat, and no more ears of wheat shall be brought forth. 1The little old man has planted the land all his life, and all the wheat he has seen is like this. Li Deyi didn't speak, but silently remembered it in his heart, thinking in his heart, he would have to spend a lot of money to find some capable people to find a way.

Summer turned to autumn, the wheat was ripe, and the people in Weibei Camp began to harvest grain with joy. This year's grain harvest is different from previous years, Li Deyi asked those displaced people who came to hand over the grain to hold the concave wooden plaque issued before, and on the Weibei Camp side, Li Deyi also held the convex wooden plaque in his hand. Two cards on a pair, recorded in the file, Li De hand in the hand of the wooden card and the exchange of the homeless in the hand, is to hand over the grain. The iron dendrobium used when handing over the grain is also specially remade by Li Deyi, the standard is incomparable, completely abandoning the original special dendrobium used to exploit the people in the yamen, and there is a red line in this dendrobium, as long as the grain is piled up to the red line, it is enough, and there is no need to pay a little more to make the grain sharp. Li Deyi specially stipulated that no one was allowed to touch this dendrobium with his feet, and whoever dared to touch it would be cut off on the spot. Li Deyi was fed up with the trick of kicking Hu 2 by the yamen lowly officials before, and he hated it.

At this time, the role of this identity wooden card is reflected, and the original delivery of grain was recorded by those officials in the yamen. If you know each other, if you don't know each other, he will wave his pen, you obviously handed it over, but he insisted that you didn't pay it. You obviously paid enough food, but he insisted that you owed a stone of grain. All in all, they are trying their best to scrape a layer of oil and water from the people, and the people have no evidence in their hands, so they can only knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs.

Now that he has this wooden card, after the displaced people who came to pay the grain have exchanged the wooden cards, Li Deyi can completely put aside those little officials, and only a few people can make a record. As long as you look at the sign and compare the red handprints on the two "concave and convex" signs, you can see at a glance who has handed it over and who has not, even illiterate soldiers can do this. For those who have taught grain this year, the wooden card in Li De's hand has been replaced with a concave one, and next year it will be exchanged with the homeless people, which is very convenient, and there is no way to deceive it. Not only that, but those homeless people who work can also use this identity wooden card to receive wages, because the whole process of exchanging wooden cards when recording is very simple, and there is no need for those officials to help make complex copywriting records, you can complete the process of paying wages, and you don't have to worry about someone claiming it. Li Deyi only brought in those veterans of the Weibei Battalion who knew a few words, which was enough to complete the job. As a result, the original officials in the county yamen were completely unemployed.

With this set of identity cards, Li Deyi doesn't have to rely on these officials to govern the people under his command like other warlords. These lowly officials who have been riding on the heads of the people for thousands of years, no matter how they change the dynasty, they can still continue to ride on the heads of the people, and finally they are completely unemployed here in Li Deyi. After the autumn grain was collected, many small officials moved away with their families overnight. They originally planned to see the jokes of Weibei Camp, but they said that without the help of our gang, see how you harvest the autumn grain. As a result, Li Deyi didn't need them at all, and collected all the autumn grain. At this time, they were completely dead, knowing that they couldn't get along in the local area, but they didn't dare to make trouble. Weibei Camp never kills honest farmers and skilled craftsmen, but for these small officials who are exploiting the people with all their skills, it is much more ruthless to kill. A few years ago, the Zhenban County Zhen Master was the best example, Weibeiying not only slaughtered the men of Zhenban County, but even the minions who had in-laws in the yamen and Zhenban County, and the local bullies and landlords were also killed.

Throughout the autumn, the whole camp of Weibei Camp was happy. The top has collected enough grain, but the displaced people below have not been exploited at all, and they have left enough rations to eat for a year. Only then did the old medical officer Sun completely see the power of Li Deyi's identity card, and praised and praised this little apprentice. Unexpectedly, Li Deyi said with red eyes: "When I was a child, I saw that those officials in the yamen were not pleasing to the eye, and I hated them for bullying our honest farmers by collecting grain and forced labor. My father was forcibly requisitioned by them at the beginning, because my family was poor and had no money to take care of them, so they didn't know what kind of deadly work they arranged, and they never returned, and in the end I don't know where my father died. Now that I am in charge of these things, of course I have to find a way to deal with them, but I dare not use these greedy and lowly officials who take the opportunity to exploit the people. Old Doctor Sun nodded again and again, praising Li Deyi's good method.

Later, the old medical officer Sun pondered for a while, waved his hand, and decided to distribute this kind of wooden card to each soldier of the Weibei battalion, and the official soldiers were all issued with ebony cards dyed black with ink, carved with tiger head patterns, engraved with names on the front of the brand, and engraved with positions on the back. The identity wooden card of the recruit does not need to be dyed black, and when the elite soldiers are evaluated, they will be dyed black.

In the autumn, the city of Luodu is also a prosperous atmosphere, the new emperor ascended the throne, naturally to amnesty the world, those who were wrongfully imprisoned and had no money to go up and down, were also released, family reunion. The only pity is that the scope of this world is a little smaller, and only the city of Luodu is extremely surrounded by less than a province of orders. Wang Songcheng supported the new monarch, and naturally the tide rose, he held all the soldiers and horses of the new court in his hands, and directly took up the post of privy envoy.

I can't complain that the powerful people in the world are now so interested in supporting the new king, and the benefits are too great. It's a step to the sky.

In the autumn, Li Xiuming's escape from Luodu City was also revealed. Li Sinai was furious when he heard the news, and personally sent someone to the house in Luodu City to ask where his daughter was, and then wrote to Wang Songcheng to complain. The gist of the letter is: It's not that my Li family doesn't want to marry my daughter to you, but I still want to form a family with you to conspire with your sons and daughters. I can't help it, my daughter has an idea when she grows up, she has already run away, and I, the father, don't know where my daughter is now.

It should be said that although Wang Songcheng has established a new monarch at this time and has a high and powerful position, he feels that he is alone and urgently needs a strong ally to assist. chose to choose, and took a fancy to Li Si Nai. Now this Li Si is a soldier with enough food, and he has a place in Shangjin Province, so he is naturally a good candidate. He also intends to marry his own sons and daughters, and obviously wants to take refuge in this new court. Therefore, Wang Songcheng attaches more importance to this family business, and now that he heard that the woman had escaped from Luodu City, of course he refused to give up. After looking for eyeliner and inquiring, I learned that I ran away with a Cui Gongzi, and after another investigation, I found out that the third son had lost a battle outside the city that day. Wang Songcheng immediately sent someone to Goolan Courtyard to find his third son, beat him hard, and after asking about the details of the day, he ordered him to think about it behind closed doors at home.

Wang Songcheng was also taken aback when he heard the name of Weibei Camp at first glance, and said in horror: "The Wansheng Camp of Dashuai Di back then, I still care about it now!?" "When Dashuai Di was here, Weibei Camp was sure to win every battle and never lose. There was also a war so that the Tuliao people did not dare to invade the south for more than ten years, so many people in the world called the Weibei camp Wansheng Camp to express their admiration for the Weibei camp.

Wang Songcheng was shocked, so he discussed the matter with his staff. One of those staff members was named Luan Mou, who was also well-informed, and planned for the lord: "Your Majesty once heard that after the death of Dashuai Di, the Weibei battalion was squeezed out, and the soldiers were dismissed from tens of thousands to thousands, and finally they were sent to Dingbei County, a remote county in the northwest pole, to guard the county seat. According to what the third prince said, there should not be many soldiers and horses in this Weibei battalion now, and the number of soldiers is only 2,000, and it has long since lost its bravery. Why don't Xianggong repair a book in the name of the imperial court and send someone to recruit this team, if it comes to join it, it is also a good thing, and it will add to the prestige of Xianggong. If he refuses to be attached, at that time, the prime minister will send troops and horses to exterminate him, and he can take the opportunity to establish his prestige in the court. ”

Look at Wang Songcheng looking for this staff, Luan Mu = conspiracy, Wang Xianggong, do you really want to listen to him? Haven't you always liked to find someone to test your fate, why don't you count the good fortune and misfortune of this expedition? Well, Wang Songcheng didn't think much about it and agreed with this staff's bad idea, and he could only say that he was inflated.

Wang Songcheng thought about it for a while, and now that the new dynasty has just begun, he has received the post of the minister of the secret secret, but he has not yet won a decent battle. This Weibei camp has a vague attitude towards the new dynasty, and now it is a great opportunity to use it to establish its own prestige, and then the Weibei camp can be its own stepping stone. Immediately wrote an edict in the name of the new monarch, and asked the second son Wang Songli to take 10,000 elite soldiers and run to Dingbei County. It is said that there are 10,000 elite soldiers, but in fact, they are the newly recruited soldiers under him, in Wang Songcheng's view, "The Weibei battalion is now less than 1,000 soldiers, what threat can there be, it is not that the army will fall as soon as it arrives." "Bloat, that's standard bloat.

As soon as the army of Luodu City moved, the Weibei battalion got the news. On the day the news came, it happened to be an autumn rain, an autumn rain and a cold, and the weather suddenly became cold.

In the old doctor Sun's house, the three generals, Xiao Liu, Li Deyi, Li Xiuming, and Li Wudi were all there, and Wang Da Fat was busy picking sheep and didn't come. Li Xiuming consciously stood behind Doctor Liu with a little panic on her face, she knew that Wang Songcheng was raising troops because of herself. Li Wudi was the most excited, and kept shouting that he would never let his sister marry the waste of the second son of Wang.

Doctor Xiao Liu spoke first: "Has our sentinel been sent out?" How many soldiers and horses came? How many cavalry? How many foot soldiers? Have they brought enough food and grass? How many days of grain and grass did you bring? As soon as these words were asked, the meaning could not be more obvious, and they had to fight. Of course it's going to be fought! Dare to rob my daughter-in-law with me, if you endure it, wouldn't you want to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle for the rest of your life.

Qian was always cautious and said, "This is going to start?" They came in the name of the new court. Let's think again. Han Jiang was always dissatisfied: "Go to the damn court, old Han, I have long had enough of what bird court, the previous Pingzhou Dynasty forced Di Dashuai to death, and squeezed out our Weibei camp." I will never agree to belong to the court of birds again! During these days, our Weibei Battalion has the final say, the soldiers are well fed, and they can do whatever they want, how majestic! If you want to beat the Tuliao dog thieves, you will beat them and run away in embarrassment, how happy! ”

Mr. Li nodded and said, "It's good that we are living a good life now, and there is no need to take the risk of taking refuge in that new imperial court." In case they send another official to us, the good situation we have worked so hard to manage will be in vain, and I don't agree to belong to the imperial court. ”

Old Medical Officer Sun said more directly: "That Wang Songcheng started in his early years by pacifying the people in Xiahe Province, and the soldiers under his command still have a certain combat effectiveness, we need to take it seriously, and we can't be careless." ”

Li Deyi said: "I listen to my brother and master, but I don't want to belong to the imperial court again." The imperial court forced my father's death in vain, and our whole village was killed by the Tuliao people, and the court didn't even ask a question. Now if I want to belong to this new court, there is no door! ”

Everyone expressed their positions, and in the end, everyone reached an agreement not to belong to the new court of the city of Luodu. If he wants to use force, then fight until he is convinced. Since they were going to prepare for war, the big guys began to discuss the military strategy again, and the first thing was to choose a battlefield that was conducive to the Weibei camp, and they could not wait for Wang Songcheng's men and horses to come to the city before fighting with them. Now the autumn harvest in Dingbei County is not yet complete, and there is still a small part of grain waiting in the field. If Wang Songcheng's men and horses drove to the city, it would inevitably cause panic and cause destruction. Besides, if a large army comes to the city, and the people who have just joined the Weibei camp, I am afraid that it will make waves again.

Doctor Xiao Liu took the sand table made by the master and gestured to everyone: "If you want to fight, then this is the best place, this place is open, and there are several paths leading to this place in the dark, not that the locals don't know these paths at all." If the army is fighting here, we can take advantage of these paths, and we can send surprise soldiers to take the paths and raid the enemy's rear camp. ”

Li Deyi glanced at the place pointed by his senior brother and said, "Did we pass by here when we went to Luodu City?" It was an open terrain, and tens of thousands of troops could spread out. We might as well send someone to pretend to be attached first, and announce to the outside world that we will lead the army here to meet the men and horses of Wang Songcheng, and then take advantage of their unpreparedness to defeat them in one fell swoop. ”

Old Doctor Sun made a slight supplement to the plan of the two apprentices, arranged several ambushes, and then everyone calculated the day, discussed for a while, and then dispersed.

Just after the autumn rain, the road was muddy and slippery, and it was difficult to walk, so the second prince took the 10,000 horses sent to him by his father and walked on the road scolding. Wang Ergongzi cursed the ghost weather, while thinking about Li Xiuming's delicate appearance in his heart, thinking that after he married her, he would let her change into men's clothes again, and then ...... Thinking about it, his body warmed up, and his face unconsciously showed a lewd look.

The black-faced general next to him who was in charge of leading the army this time saw his appearance, and his face showed a look of disgust, but he couldn't bear it. was marching, suddenly a gust of autumn wind blew, with a cold air blowing in the face, and then a sentry came to report: "A large number of people and horses have been found in front, waving the banner of Weibei!" Please give the general an order. ”

"Order the whole army to move forward cautiously, so that the soldiers can cheer up!"