Before dawn, some squires gathered in front of the mansion, three in a group, five in a group, and whispered. A team of officers and soldiers assembled under the leadership of Shao Mingyi, and Governor Chen rode on his horse and shouted:

"Let's go!"

The drum music sounded, and the group headed towards the loess hill in a mighty way. On the way, Chen Siyi was sent to Xincun.

The sentinels had already reported the location of the prefect and his entourage, and Yu Xiang led Qi Dayong, Chuang Collapse and others to wait for the arrival of the prefect Chen at the main crossing into the loess gang. Those Jianghu people were reluctant to deal with the government, and returned to the new village with the martial saint Ai Lianchi.

In the middle of the day, Chen Zhifu and his party blew and blow, came to the loess gang, Yu Xiang bowed to worship, after a period of greetings, Yu Xiang introduced the collapse of the sky to Chen Zhifu, and the collapse of the sky bowed.

Governor Chen was taken aback, he never expected that in just one day, Yu Xiang would be defeated and surrendered, and at the same time disintegrate two peasant rebel armies. Yesterday, the messenger did not say a word about the surrender of Liu Guoneng who broke into the sky. Obviously, he has a unique intention to give away the credit for the defeat of Zhang Xianzhong, but he has other plans for the collapse of the sky and his surrender.

Yu Xiang said: "Liu Guoneng is anxious about what the people think, leading the people to revolt, it is really a helpless move, and now he has lost his way and returned, leading more than 8,000 people to take refuge in the new village, and I hope that the prefect will explain the reason to the emperor, not to correct the past, let him stay in the new village, and work with me to serve the court!" ”

Yu Xiang's intentions were obvious, and he didn't want the imperial court to interfere in the matter of breaking into the tower and allowing Liu Guo to surrender, so Governor Chen took Yu Xiang's hand and said affectionately: "Congwen, now we are a family, regardless of each other, I will do my best to do what you entrust!" He knows the officialdom very well, and now he has made great contributions, and there must be many people who envy and hate, and some people inevitably want to talk about Liu Guoneng's past experience of rebellion, maybe there will be some trouble, and now he can only take one step at a time. The imperial court has always adopted a policy of suppressing and supporting the peasant rebels, and this time it is a good thing to fall through the sky and surrender.

Yu Xiang stopped being verbose, went straight to the point, and led Governor Chen and the others towards the top of the loess gang.

The smell of choking blood is getting stronger and stronger, the corpses on the top of the hill are piled up, the yellow earth is no longer yellow, it is the color of red blood, and every inch of land on the top of the hill is now stained red with blood. It was really an inch of rivers and mountains and an inch of blood, and the rich squires who accompanied them were still lively and lively before, but as they saw the bloody scene of the corpses piling up, they slowly stopped talking, and the drummer stopped beating and playing at some point, and the lively group became silent.

Chen Zhifu has long been mentally prepared, for the cruelty and bloodshed on the battlefield, has made a lot of assumptions, he walked while estimating the number of corpses piled up, the more corpses, the greater the credit, looking at the piles of corpses, his heart was full of joy, as if he saw the scene of him being received by Emperor Chongzhen in the palace hall.

As Yu Xiang walked towards the slope of the loess gang, his vision gradually broadened, and when he stood on the slope of the loess gang, his field of vision broadened, and the situation on the slope was in full view, the wonderful scene in the head of the governor of Chen was completely replaced by the bloody scene in front of him, and everyone who accompanied him was stunned and dumbfounded: I saw that from the top of the mountain down, five earthen walls, five corpse walls were piled up, the corpses were dense, covering the entire hillside, some of the dead bodies were disemboweled, some were shot in the face, some were nailed to the ground with spears, and the death was different, and the tragic situation was indescribable. Horror and gore beyond imagination. Many of the rich squires vomited on the spot.

Yu Xiang arched his hand to Governor Chen and said: "These corpses on the battlefield, as well as the three hundred and twenty captives over there, will be handed over to you for disposal, and the new village has 1,200 killed and 17 people and 163 wounded." The bodies of the martyrs have been transported to the Mujiazhai New Village Cemetery, and it is too hot in the summer, so I have to hurry up to deal with the aftermath, and I will be annoyed by the prefect here. ”

After that, he said goodbye to the prefect and led the team back to Dongshuanghe Town.

Facing so many corpses, Governor Chen was a bit tricky, and he really wanted to cut off all the heads and wait for the inspectors in the capital to take credit, but it was a hot summer, and the heat was unbearable, so he couldn't store these heads for a long time, so he had to cut off some of the head representatives, soak them in antiseptic potion, and ask for merit. Fortunately, there are two heads, Sun Kewang and Ainengqi, which are of great value. Governor Chen was still unwilling and cut off the heads of a hundred large and small leaders.

After counting, a total of 320 enemies were captured and 13,783 were killed in this battle.

Shao Ming saw the corpses thrown into the mass grave, and regretted it, if the heads of these people were cut off and kept for the superiors to accept, what a great credit it would be, now it has to rely on two mouths, and it is difficult to say whether the court believes it or not.

After the prefect Chen returned home from the loess gang, he revised the book to inform the governor of Henan, and reported the success of the capital in an urgent manner of 800 miles. It immediately caused a sensation in the Ming Dynasty and the opposition, and opened the prelude to Yu Xiang's official gallop to officialdom.

In addition, in the new village, Yu Xiang personally presided over the grand burial of more than 1,000 martyrs.

In the meeting hall, Yu Xiang convened the Red Lady, Qi Dayong, Huo De Zhenjun, Chuang Collapse, Miss Xu San, the mayors of the towns, Li Gang and Shengying to discuss the distribution of martyrs' pensions and post-war reconstruction.

First of all, 1,217 people died in this battle, which required more than 12,000 taels of silver, plus the rewards for the soldiers, and 15,000 taels of silver, which was not a small amount of silver. The bigwigs of the new village gathered to discuss how to raise the silver taels.

Li Gang said: "The original treasury silver of Xincun is more than 8,000 taels, and this time it has obtained more than 1,200 taels of silver from the battlefield, a total of more than 9,000 taels, and the rich squires have deposited about 13,000 taels of silver into the Xincun Credit Cooperative, of which 9,000 taels of real silver and 4,000 taels of account silver. ”

The real silver mentioned by Li Gang is the amount of silver deposited into the Xincun Credit Cooperative, and the account silver is the amount of silver converted from the purchase of pigs, sheep, and farm tools in the Xincun by way of bookkeeping. If everyone holds the deposit certificate to exchange for real silver, Xincun is afraid that it will go bankrupt in an instant, and there will be no silver to redeem. In addition, the new village must spare some working capital, and the daily expenses of the large number of people are not a small number. It's really not a home, I don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are.

Everyone was at a loss for the matter of raising money for Xincun, and Shengying asked: "Now that Xincun has made such a military exploit and helped the imperial court defeat Zhang Xianzhong, will the imperial court have a reward?" ”

Yu Xiang smiled bitterly: "As for how the imperial court characterizes this battle, I don't know, even if there is a reward, I'm afraid it's just a verbal reward, I want the imperial court to come up with real money, I don't dare to think about it!" ”

Miss Xu San felt that the martyr's pension silver of 100 taels was a bit high, so she said: "Can you reduce the pension silver to 50 taels, so that you can save 6,000 taels of silver, and 9,000 taels of silver in Xincun is enough for expenses." ”

Yu Xiang categorically refused: "Anything can be reduced, but the pension silver cannot be reduced, this is what the soldiers exchanged for their lives, many families are orphans and widows, and the white-haired old man still lives with this silver." The silver was exchanged for the lives of the martyrs. ”

Hearing Yu Xiang say this, Miss Xu San got to know Yu Xiang again, don't look at him usually buckle the rope, but at the critical moment, he is arrogant and generous, and he will never be soft, which may be the reason why so many people in Xincun swear to follow him to the death.

Yu Xiang asked Huo De Zhenjun Kong Huayang: "How is the progress of Xincun coin refining?" ”

"Five thousand 'money' coins and five thousand 'tael' coins have been forged." Huo De Zhenjun Kong Huayang took out a small cloth bag, untied the rope, and poured some shiny steel coins on the table. These steel coins are orderly in size, from large to small, respectively five taels of coins, two taels of coins, and one tael of coins, which is the so-called 'two' coins. Then there are five coins, two coins, and one coin, which is what is called a 'coin' coin. The obverse of the steel coin is semi-arc-shaped "Xincun Credit Cooperative", the middle is the currency value, the font is larger, and the bottom is the words Chongzhen ten years. On the reverse of the coin is the Tai Chi pattern of the Xincun village emblem.

Miss Xu San is worthy of being a business wizard, she picked up a Xincun coin and said: "If it is used as currency, it is extremely convenient to trade, easy to measure, and can standardize pricing, but what if it is imitated?" ”

When Miss Xu San heard this, her worries disappeared, and she felt that this move of Xincun would not only solve the problem of the lack of cash in Xincun, but also develop Xincun Credit Union into an unrivaled money bank. Thinking of this, Miss Xu San looked at Yu Xiang with more admiration. His advanced ideas are not ordinary people's momentum and courage, and I admire them. In business, she can quickly comprehend Yu Xiang's intentions, and she has reached the level of having a clear heart.

Yu Xiang asked Miss Xu San very seriously and formally: "How much cash can you borrow from Xu Ji Firm?" ”

Miss Xu San snorted coldly in her heart, and she was paying attention to Miss Ben again, and she looked like she was doing business, Miss Ben didn't sell it, so she replied with a straight face: "Mr. Yu Qian, this is a trade secret, it's really inconvenient to say it in front of everyone, I can't tell it!" Thank you for your understanding. ”

Yu Xiang touched a soft nail, he knew that this aunt and grandmother were not easy to mess with, and he asked him for an account when he was in a hurry, and now when he was short of silver, how could he have the money to pay her back, so he had to give up.

Yu Xiang gave a task to everyone to restore all the markets immediately. Dongshuanghe Town, Xincun Yuelai Inn must be settled in Xincun currency, all goods in Dongshuanghe Town are settled in Xincun currency, Xincun Credit Cooperative opens an exchange window, so that everyone can freely exchange Xincun currency and silver, everyone holds silver or currency, completely free, never forced.

As for the bereavement allowance, it will be postponed for the time being, and it will be distributed after the work of the new village is on the right track. Yu Xiang was worried that at the beginning of the implementation of the Xincun currency, there would be a squeeze on the cash, so the pension silver was postponed, and he believed that the Xincun currency would soon be recognized by everyone, and the money shortage in the new village would soon be alleviated.

In the end, Yu Xiang made arrangements for the resettlement of displaced people and the resumption of production one by one, especially for the fight against disasters, and made special instructions: At present, the great drought has become a fact, Yu Xiang ordered to concentrate all efforts to protect part of the rice fields, all farmland is collectivized, everyone's way of life is in accordance with the wartime method, the food supply is uniform, and each village and town has a common canteen for collective meals. Some large savings households can withdraw money and buy food for themselves to improve their lives, but all the grain income of the year should go to Gongxin Village. Yu Xiang believes that this kind of commune's collective response to wars and natural disasters has great advantages, and is conducive to concentrating people, money, and materials and resolving the main contradictions.

Let Shengying formulate the "Xincun Amnesty Law" as soon as possible, which is conducive to the homeless people and righteous people from all walks of life accepted by Xincun, so that they can integrate into the life of Xincun as soon as possible, eliminate their worries, and standardize the reception and management of newcomers in Xincun.

After the dissolution of the meeting, Yu Xiang and Chuang Collapse Heaven separately discussed the reorganization of the army, and Collapse Heaven completely agreed with Yu Xiang's opinion, and completely dispersed and reorganized the army brought by Collapse Heaven, with twelve people in each team, one captain and one husband. Three teams are one flag, and one flag is set up. Three flags for a division, set up a total of 100. The three divisions are a bureau with a general manager, and the three bureaus are a battalion with a thousand generals.

This military establishment. Corresponding to the modern army, the corresponding squads (teams), platoons (flags), companies (divisions), battalions (bureaus), and regiments (battalions) are set up. Modern and ancient official positions correspond, squad leader (captain), platoon commander (flag general), company commander (100 general), battalion commander (general), regiment commander (thousand general).

In order to facilitate management and unified procurement, the gang will be specially formed into a gang team, with a team leader.

Chuang Collapse fully agreed to accept the adaptation, after the adaptation, Chuang Collapse no longer has the command of the army, Chuang Collapse Tian served as a political officer, wanted to be the political commissar of the modern army, responsible for the ideological guidance of army soldiers, personnel arrangements, accept the direct leadership of the thousand presidents, and the position of the red lady is juxtaposed, from the six products.

After the meeting, everyone united, and the post-war work of Xincun was quickly put on track. With the joint efforts of Breaking the Ground, the Red Lady and Qi Dayong, the reorganization of the army went very smoothly, and the new army of 1,500 people was established and put into training. The merchants were grateful to Yu Xiang for repelling Zhang Xianzhong and keeping their property, and they were willing to deposit their property in Xincun, and only when they needed cash to buy goods outside, they would go to Xincun Credit Cooperative to withdraw cash, and the cash exchange was extremely convenient and did not take any effort at all. It turns out that there are many inconveniences in the transaction of silver two, such as a whole piece of silver, often to be broken before it can be used, and the weight of the silver two, but also to weigh, the transaction is cumbersome, now the Xincun currency is used, simple and clear, the transaction process is greatly simplified, and the Xincun currency is quickly recognized by the merchants and people of Dongshuanghe Town.