Chapter 393: Jin Zhouwei
Liaodong is a vast and sparsely populated place, but there are many similarities and differences between various health centers, and they cannot be generalized. 【】
Jinzhou Wei is a relatively special place, compared to other health centers in Liaodong, the climate here is much warmer, even in the coldest winter time, it will not be as unbearable as the surrounding areas of Liaodong Dusi.
The climate is warm, crops are easier to plant, plus by the sea, often can get some fish and shrimp to fight tooth sacrifices, said that the son is quite good, in the Yongle years, Jin, Hai, Gai three states of Tuntian not only achieved the goal of self-sufficiency in military food, and even has a surplus to support the slave Gandu Division.
Relatively rich places will naturally attract more people, therefore, southern Liaoning is also the most densely populated place in Liaodong Town, and Jinzhouwei is the crown of southern Liaoning.
Jinzhou is located at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, and it is impossible for the Mongol Tatars to go around here to attack, and the main threats that have posed to this place are mainly the Japanese from the sea.
However, it was also the old emperor's calendar, only when the country was just opened, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and there was no time to take care of it, so the Japanese had the courage to come here to disturb them. After the Yongle Year, the Japanese who were deeply frightened by Zheng He's fleet had long been frightened, and they didn't dare to come here to offend anyway.
Therefore, in the Zhengde period, Jinzhouwei was also deserted, nominally there were six thousand households, but in fact, most of these people were farmers, a few were fishermen, and there were only a few hundred people who could be called soldiers, and most of them were old and weak.
However, the local people are also reassured, and the enemies of Liaozhen are mainly in the north. The Jurchens in the east have been stumbling for a while, but they have been swept away once in the Chenghua years, although they have recovered some vitality in recent years, the leader also gave himself a Han name Huaishan, but he is very self-aware, far less rebellious than Dong Shan.
Therefore, today's southern Liaoning can be regarded as the most stable place in Liaozhen, and in this regard, Jinzhouwei also ranks first in southern Liaoning.
Lao Liu Tou is an old military household of Jinzhou Wei, according to his own words, his ancestors can still have a little kinship with Liu Rong, the general soldier of Liaodong back then, but this is just his own talk to relieve boredom, and no one has ever believed him.
You must know that the chief soldier is a famous big man, and he has annihilated thousands of Japanese soldiers in Jinzhou back then, and there is no resemblance to the chief soldier at all.
What's more, Mr. Liu's family can always be regarded as a general, if the old Liu Tou is really involved in the Liu family, how can he be reduced to being a post pawn in Muchengyi?
Jinzhouwei also has a lot of castles and beacon towers, at the beginning it was to fight against the Mongolian remnants entrenched in Liaodong, and later to prevent the Japanese invaders, after the Yongle Year, it was a pure decoration, completely useless.
And Mucheng Station is one of them, the location of this post station is extremely remote, near the south city of Lushun, it can be called the most useless post station in Liaodong, because it is impossible for anyone to pass here.
The post guards here are not so much soldiers as housekeepers and cleaners. The imperial court has a report sent to various places, but at most, the report is sent to the capital of Liaodong, and when there is a major event, it will occasionally be sent to Jinzhouwei.
But Muchengyi is still in the south of the Jinzhou Guard, whether it is to deliver a report from the palace, or whether the Jinzhou Guard is to Liaoyang to deliver a letter, it will not pass through here.
Therefore, this is an extremely deserted place, in Jinzhouwei, in terms of desertion and shabby, and only the warehouses and abandoned ports in the south city can be compared to here.
There is always something new in the world, at noon on this day, Lao Liu was sitting at the door of the post station basking in the sun, but Leng Ding saw a group of people coming from afar.
Lao Liu Tou was a little puzzled in his heart, after the Mucheng Post is the warehouse of Nancheng, which has always been empty, and has never recruited people. Further south is the abandoned Port Arthur, the imperial court has forbidden the sea for many years, and naturally no one will go to the port, although there are many fishermen nearby, so where can those small fishing boats go to sea?
Could it be that he is here for himself? Old Liu Tou shook his head secretly, how could it be? I've been guarding here for decades, except for those acquaintances nearby, I can't see a single person a year, what can I do when I come to this wooden city station?
When those people got closer, Lao Liu Tou looked clearly, even if he was shocked, he didn't dare to continue to sit idle, and stood up.
It is not true that his ancestor had some relationship with Liu Zongbing, and that his ancestor was Liu Rong's personal soldier, and he was injured in the battle to encircle and annihilate the Japanese Invaders, so he settled here in Jinzhouwei.
He is an old military household, and he has a lot of knowledge, and he is very familiar with things in the army, and he knows that the other party's identity is extraordinary at a glance.
One is the bearing, there are about a dozen people here, and those dark-skinned ones are fighting men at first glance, and they have been on the battlefield, with blood on their hands, and they have killed people!
Such a person is not uncommon in Liaodong Town, but the person in the middle is even more amazing, looking at the description of the bearing, it is clear that he is a scholar, and he is also a scholar who has been an official!
Such a character is really one in a thousand in Liaodong, how can he appear in this wooden city post where birds don't?
In addition, the blades on the waists of those military men are not ordinary, they are made of fine iron at first glance, not to mention ordinary military men, even if they are the weapons used by the thousands of households themselves, it is a question whether they can be compared.
Could it be that these people are the pro-soldiers of the General Army? And this lord is the legendary governor? Although it is rumored that the adult is a teenager, rumors are rumors after all, and there are always times when they are wrong. Especially from the capital to Jizhen, then to Liaozhen, and finally to southern Liaoning, after so many people's mouths, some mistakes and omissions are normal.
Thinking of the rumored power and terror of the champion Hou, where can Lao Liu still sit still. But after standing up, he was at a loss again, since that adult was so powerful, how could he go out with only a dozen followers? And it's such a remote place?
However, no matter who comes, looking at this posture, it is not something that he can afford to offend, and when he arrived, Lao Liu Tou respectfully saluted and said: "Under the mark is Liu Dare, the postman of Muchengyi, dare to ask the lord ......"
He wanted to ask the other party's identity, but he didn't know if it would be taboo and offend the other party by asking directly, so he only said half of the sentence, but the look on his face revealed his thoughts.
"The old man is exempt from courtesy, this official is Wang Shouren, who was ordered by the emperor to come here to serve as the post man of Mucheng Station, dare to ask......" The other party spoke quite politely, but when Lao Liu Tou heard this, he was suffocated by the breath in his mouth.
Yicheng! The post of the wooden city station? Or was it on the orders of the emperor? Isn't this adult crazy? Not to mention the emperor, according to Lao Liu Tou's estimate, even the general army of Liaozhen or the generals who guarded southern Liaoning may not know such a place.
An empty earthen fort, or in such a remote place, his own post guards are all old, and the adults of thousands of households can't look down on them, so they were sent over, such a place, the emperor actually sent a post man?
Old Liu Tou couldn't take care of it anymore, he rubbed his eyes, plucked out his ears again, and finally gabbled his mouth twice, looking at Wang Shouren with very incredible eyes, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, and he didn't hear Wang Shouren's words clearly.
"This official ...... Dare to ask the old man, where is the original post man of this station? After fighting all the way, Wang Shouren also realized in his heart, knowing that what Jin Zhouwei was waiting for him here would not be a good position, but when he saw the tattered Muchengyi, and the old Liu Tou who didn't know if he was stupid or behind his ears, he was still a little dazed in his heart.
"There is no post here for a long time......" was called by Wang Shouren a few times, the old Liu Tou finally came to his senses, and the old man explained the situation of the Mucheng Station tremblingly. Even if he is crazy, but the other party can follow with so many elite soldiers, it is not an ordinary post man, not to mention, the post man is just one level older than him, and he really can't afford to provoke it.
"I see, that's ......" Wang Shouren quickly figured out that he was not a bare pole, although he was a little older, he still had a soldier under him.
Of course he didn't know, this was much stronger than going to Guizhou Dragon Field in his previous life, at least there were still people in the vicinity, and it was even dense, and he was not a lonely person like in his previous life.
"General Hou, thank you for the road guards, thank you for the words Wang Mou did not say much, said that there is a fate to be reciprocated, Wang has arrived, I don't think there will be any more twists and turns, how about you please do it?" Wang Shouren was also an open-minded person, but after Wei Yi was lost, he didn't bother much, turned around and hugged his fist at the monkey, intending to say goodbye to the other party.
After Xie Hong gained power, the people around him were all rising, and most of the leaders of the border army such as the monkey also got the rank of general, such as staying in the capital and taking charge of 3,000 battalions, and the monk who also led the Beijing battalion even had the title of commander, even if he saw that the status of the general army of each town was not lost to the other party.
"That's not going to work." The monkey was still looking around, wondering what was wonderful about the place that his marquis was looking for, and when he heard Wang Shouren's words, he shook his head like a drum: "What my marquis means is to let the last general wait to protect the lord until the safety is completely ensured, but now he has just arrived in Jinzhouwei, and the enemy situation is unknown, how can he leave here?" ”
"Then it's up to a few of you." Wang Shouren also had some exchanges with Monkey and others along the way, and the latter did not hide much, except for some secrets, they all told each other frankly, which made Wang Shouren a little more curious about Xie Hong, and also enhanced his understanding a lot.
He knew that the monkey and the others were acting under orders, but he couldn't persuade them, so they had already arrived here, so they went with him.
So, from the winter of the first year of Zhengde, there was one more post in Mucheng Station, and a general and a number of his personal soldiers lived in. For Lao Liu Tou, such a grand occasion can only be compared with the landing of the two generals Ma Yun and Ye Wang during the Hongwu period.
What he never imagined was that this was actually just the beginning.
(To be continued)