Yixing is a very strange city, this city is still so strange in the future, enter this small city in the south of the Yangtze River, you will find that the bridge is very much, there are bridges less than a mile apart, and there are on all sides, see someone here will be strange, this is not almost the same as the island? By the way, it was built on several small islands, and it was connected by a bridge in the city. In the north and south of the city, there is a large river, forming a natural moat. If you want to say that there are rivers in the north and south, then the east and west are flat land, then you are wrong, those are two large lakes.

The one to the west is slightly smaller, about half the size of West Lake, and there is another large lake further west. The one in the east is also directly connected to Taihu Lake, very dizzying terrain, here is the world of boats, and you have to take a boat when you go out to a small town, of course, you don't have to sit, but you have to go around a far, far way.

And the people of Yixing don't call these big lakes lakes, they call them "Jiu"! The one on the east side is called Dongjiu, the one that is close to the face is called Tuanjiu, and the one that is farther away is called Xijiu.

Now Zhao Yun is stationed on the side of Tuanjiu, which is very close to a city gate, "Water Gate". Zhao Yun chose this place at that time to take a fancy to the water here and the future development of the camp wharf.

The second camp, built in the mountainous area of Yixing, is also forty or fifty miles away from the county seat, which is about the same distance as Shifoshan from Langxi County.

But Zhao Yun is ready to make the county seat his base this time, looking at the west, Zhao Yun knows that there is still someone there who is thinking about himself, "When I take root, I don't know if you eat me or I eat you!" ”

The time has slowly entered July.

Zhao Yun has been here for a week, and he has officially set up camp on the edge of Tuanjiu, and Zhao Yun didn't go to the banquet prepared by the county for Zhao Yun to catch the wind and wash the dust, but he just went to busy himself after meeting a few major figures in the county.

The county government took care of the land needed for the camp, and the town camps, barracks, stables, and archery ranges were all built one by one, and the speed of construction surprised the surrounding people.

More than 20 arrow towers have been built around the entire camp, half equipped with Machink and half with rifles.

A three-entry courtyard like Zhou Village was established, and Zhao Yun sometimes worked on the second floor of the town camp, and sometimes went back to his own courtyard to rest.

Shao Lao Er has adapted to his identity as a housekeeper, and he has one word for the squires from all over the world who have visited in the past few days, "block".

You accept the gift, and please go back.

The deputy county magistrate also came back to discuss this year's autumn harvest tax with Zhao Yun.

"This year's autumn harvest tax is half of that of previous years." Zhao Yun set the tone before he could speak.

"Half?" This deputy county magistrate Xu only listened to the high income in the past, and never listened to the low income in the past.

"Half of it, the rest is covered by the labor of the family, and I need them to help me with the work! Got it? "Zhao Yun doesn't dislike or like this deputy county magistrate who has come a few times, this guy is an old official, and he was the county magistrate in the past.

"Got it! Got it! Deputy county magistrate Xu hurriedly agreed, and what Nanjing explained was the establishment of the factory, which was more important than this year's taxes, of course, with this as the center. Although the tax revenue is less this year, Deputy County Magistrate Xu estimates that he will be less greedy for ink, but he can still get it back in the construction of the factory.

"Who is the garrison of this county? Why haven't you come to see me yet? "Zhao Yun is very strange, it stands to reason that he is the county magistrate of this county, why is there no one in the county's garrison, police chief, and militia leader.

"They've all gone to the mountains to the south."

"South? What are you going to do? Zhao Yun became nervous, his second camp was in the mountains to the south!

"Lord Overseer, I was afraid that Zhejiang in the south would cause trouble, so I built some fortifications on the side close to Zhejiang, and transferred some people to the county, and the county garrison, the police chief, and the head of the militia regiment were all transferred. They have been notified of your appointment and will probably be back in the evening. Deputy County Magistrate Xu laughed.

Zhao Yun checked it, there was no problem with the camp in the mountains, and he also put his mind at ease, "Where do you meet tonight?" ”

"It's quite good, this is a famous local restaurant." Deputy County Magistrate Xu recommended it.

"Hmmm! You bring all the food here. Let them come here too, and you can look for a place where there is no owner, and build a few large bamboo huts on the edge of the river beach. Zhao Yun said.

"Bamboo shed? How big it is. Deputy County Magistrate Xu asked a question as soon as he heard it, Zhao Yun glanced at him specially, knowing that he was asking, and it seemed that he was not incompetent, "At least seven or eight meters high, five or six meters wide, and forty meters long." There is always some money in the county! ”

"Yes, yes, I'll ask someone to take me tomorrow!" Deputy County Magistrate Xu is happy to do these things, which is related to his future financial route!

Sending away the deputy county magistrate who didn't know whether to monitor or assist him, Zhao Yun began to check the matter of the parchment scroll, there were constantly rioters in the stone room, there were more than 20,000 soldiers, but there was still a gap between four pages and 80,000 horses, and there was no end to twenty pages.

The camp in Outer Mongolia is also frenzied with violent soldiers, as long as Zhao Yun arrives and collects them in the parchment roll.

However, in Yixing City, let's set up a shelf for the time being, and then there will be an excuse to get out.

Entertained the three armed leaders of the county that night, I felt that these three people were not bad, they were all locals, as soon as Zhao Yun opened his mouth and said, Yixing local dialect, all the barriers were gone.

After three rounds of drinking, I understood some basic situations, the local garrison of Yixing was about 600 people, and the guns were complete, not inferior to the field troops, this is an important boundary in the south of Jiangsu, and the significance of holding here is important.

The local garrison, Zhou Luo, more than forty, locals, ancestors are still famous generals. It turned out that he was a small cadre at the level of a company commander in the Beiyang New Army, and he had seen Yuan Datou and served as the commander of a pistol company next to a senior leader, with excellent marksmanship and a bow with both hands. Later, in order to protect the boss on the battlefield, he was lame and was let home by the boss and became a county garrison.

The chief of the police department and the head of the militia are a pair of brothers, the eldest brother is called Cheng Muqing, who is the chief of the police department, and the younger brother Cheng Mushan, who is the head of the militia group, is more than 30 years old, and they are also locals.

There are less than 100 people in the police station, but the guns are good, and they are all new "made in Hanyang". The militia is even more exaggerated, although there are more than 4,000 people, which is also related to the area of Yixing. The area of Yixing in later generations is basically the same as that of the current era, and the area of later generations is equivalent to the land area of Jiangyin and Wuxi, with more than a dozen towns under its jurisdiction. There are more than 300 people in each township, and there are 4,000 people in total.

"Four thousand!" When Zhao Yun heard this number, he was startled, and he wanted to revolt! There are four thousand militias in one county? Do you want to give yourself the name of rebellion, and then pull it out and cut it?

However, after seeing the list of their equipment, I knew why there were so many people, twenty old sleeves, one hundred and eighty shotguns, and a few large poles.

"That's all? And what are the other 3,800 people doing? Zhao Yun asked curiously.

Deputy County Magistrate Xu immediately stepped forward to explain to this curious baby who didn't know anything, "There were still a lot of swords, guns, swords and halberds left in the former Qing Dynasty, and the big families in each town would also take out some weapons to arm them, after all, they just put a sentry and protect a courtyard for the big families in each town, and the interests of these big families are not up to them." However, the weapons taken out by these big families are not written in the account books, and this is the private property of the big families. These militias are also supported by the big families in the towns, and they don't need to be paid by the county government, so there are more people, but the above doesn't ask questions. That's right! County magistrate, there are still two general cannons left by Changmao in the former Qing Dynasty on the mountain of Ding Shu, but I don't know if they can be sounded, and they should be objects in the Xianfeng period! ”

In the Huahua World in the south of the Yangtze River, any Overseer who comes here is to get a vote, and the most he does is to scrape the ground desperately, and there has been no war in this realm for many years!

But this place is really rich! The great generals of the Xianfeng period had all the artillery, and Zhao Yun was completely speechless about the equipment of this militia group. Langxi is only from the Guangxu period, this seems to be the weapon of his father's generation!

These three people are all from the army, and they are all good at fighting, and Yixing is originally in a dangerous position, if they can only play tricks and not work hard, it is estimated that the one in Nanjing will not dare to rest assured.

The big guy was happy to eat, and Zhao Yun gave each of the four of them a Mauser from the arsenal as a meeting gift, which made the atmosphere even better.

"County magistrate, heroic! Ha ha! After a bowl of wine, the youngest Cheng Mushan spoke, "County magistrate, here, the county seat is absolutely safe, and it is also safe within ten miles around the county seat, but to the south, to the east, if you want to go, you have to say hello to my brother first." It's not a big card in front of your old man, but the mountainous area of Yixing, the terrain is complex, there are many mountain bandits, to the west, close to Taihu Lake, it is not very peaceful, there are many lake bandits in the lake, and there is no less thing to do to rob the house. ”

"Lake bandits?" It's the first time Zhao Yun has heard that Taihu Lake is not calm, "Haven't you been arrested?" ”

"Arrest?" Cheng Muqing, who is an elder brother, drank his tongue wide, "The lake bandits don't leave a living mouth every time they shoot, and the location is chosen to do it in the lake, no one knows who did it, how many people did it." Mountain bandits, as soon as they commit a crime, they will be in three provinces, and we can't cross provinces, so as long as they enter the mountains, we won't chase them, and we can't chase them! ”

In this way, Zhao Yun will not be able to do anything for a while, and the locals will not be able to deal with them, it seems that these two bandits are really difficult to extinguish.

The wine didn't disperse until midnight, the Cheng brothers were carried back, Deputy County Magistrate Xu and Zhou Shoubei were also staggered back, the wine on the table was trivial for Zhao Yun, don't be drunk in the previous meeting! I'm used to it.