Chapter 14: Back to the Peach Grove

Time passed quickly, and it was the end of April, and the thieves in Taihang Mountain also began to clean up and drive away the old and weak soldiers, not to mention, but Gaoyi County accepted more than a dozen groups of displaced people in these seven or eight days, and the total number reached as many as two or three thousand, but this is only the beginning, and the real tide of displaced people is brewing. Fortunately, Gaoyi County has now stabilized, and there will be no major problems with the reception of these displaced people.

On this day, the empire entered the fifth year of Zhongping, the first day of May, the sky was clear, the breeze was light, and it was full of comfort. Under the leadership of county officials at all levels, the leaders of Gaoyi County received and arranged the hungry people from the depths of the mountains in an orderly and unstable manner.

Here, there was a team of soldiers dressed in strong uniforms and armor, slowly leaving the city gate and walking away along the official road, leaving only Cheng Qi, Liu Zhong, Jiang Zhe and others under the city gate with a back. Yes, this is exactly the team led by Wen Chou to visit his county, but before that, he has to inspect the townships under the jurisdiction of Gaoyi County first.

This time, the number of Wen Chou and his party is not too many, but a team of elite soldiers led by Wen Ba is just accompanying him. But these teams of fifty or sixty people have extraordinary combat effectiveness, not to mention ordinary thieves, even if they encounter ten or twenty times the elite of thieves and robbers, they can get out safely! But to talk about defeating the thieves is a fool's dream.

Wen Chou and his entourage went out of the city gate, farewell to the county Cheng Qi, the right county lieutenant Liu Zhong and other county officials who came to see them off, and walked along the official road to the south, preparing to start from the south of Daying Township, around Gaoyi County to inspect - from the south to the west, then to the north, and finally to the east of Gaoyi County to Qimin Township, and then out of the county border, into the boundary of Shahe Township, inform Taolin Sai one or two, and then rush to Julu County. This is a rough itinerary of Wen Chou.

The four townships under the jurisdiction of Gaoyi County are basically divided around the county seat according to the four directions, of course, there may be some deviations, such as Daying Township and Jihe Township are basically located in the southwest of the county, and Qimin Township, which is converted from captives to Qi people, is in the east of the county, connecting Shahe Township, which is also because they migrated from Shahe Township, and the connection with Shahe Township is relatively close. The remaining township is directly north of the city, and most of the members of the Qianshou are remnants of the mountains.

The inspection work in Sixiang was surprisingly smooth, and Wen Chou and his party only used their hands for about two days to get out of the boundary of Gaoyi County. This is what Wen Chou had expected before. Because he thinks that his foundation in Gaoyi County is still shallow after all, and there are still so many accidents in the city, let alone the countryside far away from the county seat.

However, because Wen Chou's deeds of resisting thieves in the past year have been spread in the township, the head of the township has a greater sense of identity with Wen Chou, the 'thief nemesis' and 'chivalrous filial piety', and the implementation and compliance with a series of government decrees and measures issued by Wen Chou are also more complete, which is another unexpected joy for Wen Chou's patrol. It made Wen Chou more excited and happy about the action of visiting the county.

Not much to say, since they came to the boundary of Shahe Township, Wen Chou and his party went straight to where Taolin Sai was. The land of Jizhou in April and May, not to mention how enjoyable it is, but the greenery that has regressed rapidly all the way has really made Wen Chou sigh for a while, the beauty of the environment and the freshness of the air.

On the official road, there is smoke and dust all the way, and there are scattered walking households, to point and wait. Wen Chou's more than 50 iron horses are like a torrent, passing by, showing a happy life. The galloping fast horse naturally greatly reduced the time for Wen Chou to rush to Taolin Sai, and only in the afternoon of the third day, Wen Chou and his party entered the big fortress in the surprise expressions of Jiang Xuan, the captain of Taolin, and the military Sima Yanliang and others.

I haven't seen him for more than a month, Jiang Xuan, Yan Liang and others miss Wen Chou and Wen Ba very much, although they all have correspondence, but how can they compare to the original day and night! It's a free talk.

"Wen Jun came from afar, and he never came far to greet him, please forgive me." Jiang Xuan said in surprise in the middle of the stopper. Although he is no longer Wen Chou's subordinate, he is still a subordinate of the execution, not only Jiang Xuan alone, but also other military marquis, and the same is true for Wen Chou's courtesy.

"Haha, after a month's absence, Captain Jiang, Yan Sima and all the military marquis, the spring breeze is still the same, congratulations." Wen Chou smiled heartily. This remark is not so official, but it shows the meaning of intimacy.

Wen Chou gave face, and the military marquis on the plug responded with greetings. They are all acquaintances, and they have all been to the battle together, and the friendship between them is naturally not general. After a few words, Yan Liang shouted that he wanted to have a banquet and delicacies, and he wanted to be drunk endlessly.

Military figures, that is not bold, Wen Chou, Yan Liang and other top figures are even more so, and everyone else has no reason, that is, the scribe Jiang Xuan, after more than a year of military career, he has long lost his past restraints, and he is also very adaptable to the way of communication between martial artists, and in this regard, Jiang Xuan is far better than other brothers Jiang Zhe.

In the hearty and bold conversation, night fell, the lights came on, and the banquet began.

"Jiang Jun, after the contemptible people led six hundred soldiers to Gaoyi, did you recruit new soldiers?" Wen Chou raised his glass and gestured to Jiang Xuan, who was sitting on his right.

"Haha, it's not a secret, since Jun transferred 600 people, there have been successive captives migrating from Gui County, making the troops empty for a while! So as to teach me to wait for a group of brothers to be embarrassed! As a last resort, Fang recruited more than 300 people from among the villagers, and inspected and captured those who were good to the good, and obtained a total of more than 500 people. Only then did Wen Jun's military prestige and establishment be restored" Speaking of this, Jiang Xuan had endless bitter water, and from time to time he also involved Yan Liang, Dong Jiang, Tie Qian, etc. to testify, which made Wen Chou regret mentioning this stubble a little.

For this, Wen Chou can only respond with 'En, ahhh Similarly, Wen Chou also learned about the current situation of Tao Linsai from Jiang Xuan's series of words.

"Jiang Jun, what do you think about the fact that there are more and more displaced people now, and the thieves and the old and weak are being driven out of the mountain?" In order to avoid Jiang Xuan's resentment, Wen Chou threw out a topic.

"Well, the thieves are out of the mountains? It's hard to say, there are many variable factors, one may bring new vitality to the land of Jizhou; Second, it may also bring further blows to the land of Jizhou. Jiang Xuan was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment and said worriedly.

"Why?"

"I only care about the response of the counties and counties in Jizhou, if we can completely contain these hundreds of thousands of old and weak and give them better placement, then it will inevitably make the mountain thief Kou Si'an, so it is the new vitality of Jizhou."

"If the county takes these old and weak as a burden and suppresses them by force, it will inevitably make these thieves gather again and cause trouble in the township, which will be a further blow to Jizhou. The power of the Dead Apostles is far beyond the power of ordinary county soldiers and township soldiers to suppress it. After Jiang Xuan said the two situations in a row, he slowed down, took the wine bottle on the table, and took a sip.

What Jiang Jun said makes sense, but he is still careless and detailed, these two situations are both extreme situations! In my contemptible opinion, it will not happen, and when a compromise occurs! Wen Chou pondered for a moment and responded to Jiang's declaration.

"A compromise?"

"Exactly, Jun Buwen has borrowed three million stone grains and grass from Jingzhou and scattered them to the counties around the mountain to accommodate the displaced people? Although these three million grains could not completely solve the problem of feeding these displaced people, they could alleviate the contradiction between the thieves and the government to a great extent, so that even if some displaced people were in trouble, they would also be confined to a small range," Wen Chou explained in detail.

"Well, haha, Wen Jun's thoughtfulness is far better than his words!" After Jiang Xuantian heard this, he thought for a moment, raised his glass and smiled. It's kind of convinced of Wen Chou's insight

In the lobby, not only the conversation between Wen Chou and Jiang Xuan, but also Yan Liang, Wen Ba, Dong Jiang, Tie Qian, Liu Qing, Chen Ning, Xia Houlan and other characters all talked happily. If you want to talk about the amount of alcohol you drink, you have to respect Wen Chou, because these characters all come to Wen Chou and pay homage to them.

A wine banquet made Wen Chou far away from the Taolin Sai people for more than a month, instantly bridged, and became more intimate; An open-hearted discussion also made this group of martial artists and rough people in their own positions more sympathetic; A gathering of cups and plates and mutual pillows made them more intimate and trusting.

When the night was gone, the starry guards showed their elegance, perhaps they were also celebrating some grand event! Just like Jiang Xuan, Yan Liang, and Wen Ba, they surround Wen Chou.

"Gongji, how is this Sima doing?" After sending others away, Wen Chou stood in front of the window and spoke.

"Haha, no matter how you can't compare to the majesty of the eldest brother's 'county gentleman'!"

"Hehe, then you have to work hard and don't forget to strengthen your self-cultivation! Although martial arts are important, but the paperwork cannot be pulled down, I heard Jiang Junyan say, since you became Sima, you have studied many classics. This trip is commendable. ”

"Isn't this forced by Master Jiang?" As soon as he talked about this, Yan Liang became angry, originally with his temperament, how could he go to study the Nalaoshzi classics! Trend Jiang Xuan said that he, Sima, was the deputy of the army, how could he not read more, and most of the affairs of the generals were left to him, so he began his arduous reading journey.

"Haha, I would like to say that this is also for your sake, don't have so many resentments." Wen Chou said with relief. Seeing Yan Liang's bitter face, Wen Chou then changed the topic and said, "I don't know what happened to my mother?" ”

"Mother is very good, with me sitting here, I will protect the township and make it safe." Yan Lianghao said angrily

Halfway through the night, the drunkenness came along with the sleepiness, and Wen Chou Yanliang fell asleep. As for what they said that night, only the two of them knew.