Just when Xiao Yanglin and Yelu Dashi succeeded in their sneak attack on Zhuozhou, Zhu Biao vigorously developed agriculture in Jinling, trained the army, and built ordnance. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Even if agriculture is the logistical support of the army even if the national economy and the people's livelihood are concerned, although the land has been distributed, there is still an important problem that needs to be solved urgently, and if this problem is not solved well, even if the peasants have the land and have the enthusiasm for production, it will still be difficult to get a satisfactory harvest.

That's water conservancy.

Since the Fangla Uprising, Jiangnan has fallen into a war and chaos, and the Yuwei embankments of farmland have been damaged, and those that have not been damaged have fallen into disrepair for a long time. Now is the time of spring ploughing, if you miss this opportunity, then this year's harvest will be hopeless, although Zhu Biao seized some grain from Wang Qing and Fang La, this year's harvest he still has a way to solve the problem of military food and people's lives, but once a big war, that has only passive defense.

Water conservancy is a prerequisite for ensuring a bumper harvest, and water conservancy is not something that the common people can afford.

At that moment, Zhu Biao transferred 2,000 strong men from the garrison corps in Jinling to Tao Zongwang, the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, and asked him to be responsible for building water conservancy and patrolling various places, requiring him to ensure that the highlands are not afraid of drought and the depressions are not afraid of waterlogging, and that water must be used properly to restore agricultural production and supply military supplies.

Then he ordered the command of the various legions, asking them to send troops to help the peasants with insufficient labor at home to plant the land, for those families who are poor and cannot afford to buy seeds, they can even buy seeds first by the Liangshan army, but to say that after the harvest, the Liangshan army will send labor to the families, the Liangshan army will take away three layers of grain; And the family that Liang Shanjun bought the seeds first, Liang Shanjun also had to take away three layers, if Liang Shanjun produced both seeds and labor, then Liang Shanjun would naturally have to take away six layers.

At first, the commanders of the various legions in Yangsan did not understand, how could the soldiers of the Yangsan Army be able to farm? Isn't that a bad job? What should I do if the drill is wasted and the combat power of the military horse declines? Zhu Biao told them that this was Zhuge Liang's Tuntian method back then, which could not only increase some military rations for the army, but also deepen the friendship between the army and the people, so that the people could support the Liangshan army, and at the same time let the Liangshan sergeant farm in the morning and practice in the afternoon, so that the sergeant's life would be fulfilling, and he would not pick quarrels and provoke trouble everywhere.

At the same time, Zhu Biao thought of another issue - food prices. It is not that the more grain circulates in the market, the better, isn't it the old saying: grain is expensive and hurts the people, and grain is cheap and hurts farmers.

So Zhu Biao ordered a group of Confucian students he recruited in the imperial examination, who are now officials of the prefects and governors of the prefectures and counties of the Liangshan Special Administrative Region, to let them build barns everywhere to hoard grain, and if there is a bumper harvest this year, let them immediately recover a batch of grain from the peasants at a price higher than the market price and store it, so as to raise the price of grain and protect the interests of the peasants; If the harvest fails this year, they will have to sell a batch of grain that has been stored in the barn at a low price to stabilize the price of grain, in short, no one will starve to death at any time.

And just when Zhu Biao and Zhu Wu were busy with these things, suddenly, Pang Wanchun, the deputy commander of the Jinling Garrison Corps, reported to Zhu Biaoyu: "The owner of the village, someone claims to be the envoy of the Jin State and asks to see you. ”

"An emissary of the Kingdom of Jin?" Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Where is it?" ”

Pang Wanchun replied: "In the gatehouse of the mansion." ”

Zhu Biao asked, "Does anyone else know that this person is coming?" ”

"Not many people know."

Zhu Biao thought for a moment and said, "Immediately gather all the generals of the garrison corps and meet this envoy of the Jin State in the Jinling Mansion." ”

In the Jinling Mansion, Zhu Biao and Zhu Wu saw the envoy of the Jin State and sat down as guests. Shi Wengong, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng were divided into two classes. Zhu Biao vaguely guessed the intention of this golden envoy, but he only didn't know it, and asked, "What is the purpose of the envoy?" ”

The golden envoy said: "There is a small matter, listen to it, and beg for it." ”

Zhu Biao said with a smile: "I wish Biao to do things above board, there is nothing that cannot be said in front of all the brothers, the golden envoy can just say it, don't be sneaky!" ”

The Jin envoy hesitated for a moment, then leaned over and said to Zhu Biao: "I am a great Jin country, I have heard the name of the general for a long time, and the mountains and rivers are far away, and there is no reason to see the prestige." He also heard that the leader led the horses and walked for the heavens, and all the brethren worked together. Today, the traitors of the Song Dynasty closed the virtuous road, and those who had gold silk to invest in their subordinates had to be reused by high-ranking officials; Those who do not pay bribes to their subordinates will always have a great contribution to the country, and they will be buried in the empty space and will not be rewarded. In this way, the traitorous party grabs power, slanders and luck, envy of the virtuous and jealous, and the rewards and punishments are unknown, resulting in chaos in the world. Zhejiang, Shandong, Hebei, thieves rise together, grass is rampant, good people suffer from it, and they are not allowed to make ......a living."

Zhu Biao waved his hand and shouted: "You shut up Lao Tzu!" What if Lao Tzu is a thief! If you dare to say the word 'thief' again, Lao Tzu will cut out your tongue! ”

The government of previous dynasties called the peasant rebel army a "thief", so Zhu Biao was furious when he heard the word "thief".

Seeing that Zhu Biao was annoyed, the golden envoy's face turned pale with fright, and he didn't dare to continue. Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhu Biao suddenly smiled slightly and said, "Jin Envoy, you haven't finished your words yet, why don't you continue?" ”

Seeing that Zhu Biao suddenly turned to laugh again, the golden envoy was shocked in his heart, and the golden envoy heard that he wanted to continue by himself, so he said: "Next...... At the behest of His Majesty the Emperor of the Dajin Kingdom, the envoy told the general that His Majesty the Emperor is willing to join forces with the general to destroy the Song ......."

Zhu Biao sneered, cut off the words of the golden envoy and said, "Slow, listen to you, does your emperor want me to wish someone to be a traitor?" Hehe, if I join forces with your golden bullshit to destroy the Song Dynasty, which of you bullshit emperors is willing to give me half of the Song Dynasty? ”

The Jin envoy is not very proficient in Chinese, so he doesn't know that the dog, fart, and other foul language is insulting the Jin State, but when he heard Zhu Biao say the words "Join forces to destroy the Song Dynasty", he not only nodded again and again: "Exactly, I don't know what the general wants?" ”

Zhu Biao deliberately made a thoughtful look, looked at the golden envoy, and then looked at the generals, "hey", and said to himself: "The temptation is really fucking big, hey, do you want to do this deal?" He suddenly looked up and asked the golden envoy, "Do you think this deal is worth it?" ”

The Jin envoy didn't understand Zhu Biao's words, and when he saw Zhu Biao asking himself, he thought that Zhu Biao had made some request, and nodded again and again: "Everything is in accordance with the general's will!" "It turned out that before the Jin envoy came to Jinling, he had received Yan Sheng's will, as long as Wang Lun was willing to join forces with the Jin State to destroy the Song Dynasty, he would agree to whatever he asked. Because in Wan Yan Sheng's opinion, after destroying the Song Dynasty, it will be his turn to Zhu Biao next, and the reason why he united with Zhu Biao was just to let Zhu Biao send troops to contain the Song army from the south.

Zhu Biao teased the golden envoy while looking at the generals, only the generals were angry, only the military advisor Zhu Wu looked thoughtful. Zhu Biao asked Zhu Wudao: "Does the military advisor think this business has been done?" ”

Zhu Wu saw that Zhu Biao was playing tricks on the golden envoy, he walked to Zhu Biao's ear and whispered: "The owner of the village, you can think about it, although our army occupies the south of the Yangtze River, but the Great Song Dynasty is still orthodox in the world, the so-called hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and it is urgent to be destroyed. (To be continued.) )