Chapter Ninety-Eight: Li Xuan
Most of the people in Jeju City are official slaves, and there are few free people, who are busy every day to fill their stomachs, of course, they still welcome the fall of the Lee family, after all, they have become slaves from the nobles, and they are all successive kings of the Lee family, and they hate the Korean Lee family to the core.
However, at the moment they were most concerned about who would let them eat the next meal, after all, the last meal had been yesterday morning, and now they had been hungry for a day and a night.
When there were more than a dozen soup kitchens in the city, they hurriedly gathered over, only to see the dense vegetable porridge bubbling with aroma, impacting their empty stomachs, many people's eyes were red, and many people looked forward and squeezed forward. The next moment, a stick came, and the soldiers who maintained order were beaten with sticks in their hands, and finally maintained order, and the officials and slaves timidly looked at the tall and neatly dressed foreign soldiers who were lined up obediently.
More than a dozen officials who were captured yesterday have a place to use, one for each soup kitchen, responsible for calming emotions and recruiting people.
"Master Mingren said, recruit manpower, build wharves, trestle bridges, eat two dry three meals a day, and do a good job and have half a tael of silver every month, and those who work come to me to sign up." The little official Song Zhe was overwhelmed by the people who signed up for the next moment, joking, when the official slave had a good meal, and three meals a day, he used to be hungry and starved to death without eating two meals a day, and there was no salary for working every day, and there was half a tael of silver for this good job, so it must be going, wouldn't it be a fool not to go, as for lying to me, what to lie to me, what to wait for, what else to deceive me.
"My lord, there are 2,743 taels of silver, more than 28,000 stones of rice, more than 570 bows, more than 10,000 arrows, 180 long knives, 3,500 spears, 47 cotton armor, 16 iron shields, 96 wooden shields, more than 230 military clothes, 2,300 catties of cotton, more than 110 war horses, and 45 inferior horses." After listening to Liu Haitao's talk about the capture of Jeju, Zhao Lie grinned, this is the treasury of the state capital of North Korea, damn it, it is not as good as the thousand households of the Ming Dynasty, there is no iron armor in the warehouse, it is no wonder, yesterday I saw the ragged clothes of the soldiers of the North Korean government and the fight of the Ming military households, everyone is the eldest brother Don't laugh at the second brother. Zhao Lie secretly attached, and it is no wonder that every time Jiannu attacks North Korea, he can herd horses on the Han River.
"My lord, we plan to transport 50,000 people from Shidao to farm here, and in addition, we have to rebuild the wharf and horse farm here, after all, we will have to continuously transport people and grain from Shidao to Jeju in the next year, but the wharf here is really unusable." Wanji said. "In addition, several forts should be built at the pier to guard the pier."
"Well, you've thought it through. In addition, a large refugee camp was built outside Jeju so that the refugees could rest and then leave for Ezo. Zhao Lie added.
"Li Lu, tell me about the problems that have arisen in this battle."
"My lord, in this battle, the first thing to say is that most of the soldiers can't swim, there are many seasick people on the boat, and they are weak when they get off the boat. Li Lu stood up.
"Well, very good, it seems that our army has to form a landing combat battalion, and we also have to form a lightly armed team in order to pursue." Zhao Lie secretly attached, it seems that the marines of later generations are on the right path. This is just a small battle, and there will be many and large-scale battles in the future, and the current amateur performance can't support it.
"My life," everyone hurriedly got up, and Zhao Lie secretly attached himself in his heart, how could this scene be so similar to President Jiang in later film and television programs when he arranged the battle. "From today onwards, Wanji and Ma Tao will shoulder the responsibility of governing Jeju, and I hope that you and others will cooperate with each other to live up to expectations."
Wanji, Ma Tao bowed and promised.
"Han Jian, your unit and a horse team and an artillery team will go to the southwest to seize Dajing."
"Yes." Han Jian replied.
"Guan Ming, your unit and a horse team and an artillery team will go to the south to seize Xipu."
"Yes."
"Li Lu, your troops will go east to seize Chengshan."
"Yes."
"My lord, this time the three thousand presidents are all going to the southeast, and Jeju is safe...... "Wan Ji asked.
"It doesn't matter, we have a fleet here in Jeju, more than 200 cavalry, and the ship is armored, as for the Li Dynasty, even if they receive the information, I am afraid that it will take a month or two to discuss before they can make a move, at this time, the overall situation in Jeju has been decided." Zhao Lie waved his hand indifferently, Jeolla Province couldn't be the master at all, only to report to Seoul, as for the endless arguments and decision-making in the court of the Li Dynasty, it was definitely a fight with the Ming Dynasty, and when they finished discussing, hehe, if I remember correctly, there should be something wrong in the north, and everything will be over by then.
"Li Hu," Zhao Lie called.
"The subordinates are here." Li Hu got up and answered.
"You led seven Galen merchant ships, five Galen warships, and ten Haicang ships back to Shidao to transport grain, cement, and refugees here." Zhao Lie commanded.
"Subordinates obey." Li Hu replied.
"Muñoz," Zhao Lie called.
"My lord, my subordinates are here."
"You control a fleet of eight Galen warships, protect Jeju, and send ten clippers to guard the North Korean sailors."
"Yes, my lord." Muñoz replied.
The wharf was still busy, after the personnel went ashore, food, gunpowder, artillery, and horses, all had to go ashore, and only a few dozen small boats and sea cangs were transported in two or three days, and the crew and sailors were also extremely tired.
Lan San is now the deputy boatswain on the Xingkaihu, and today it has been six rounds to direct the boats on the ship to transport rice and sorghum. He wiped the sweat from his dripping sweat and swallowed and spit, his throat smoky with thirst. I felt that my arms were sore, and I was tired from continuous paddling, but I still had to persevere, and when I went back this time, there was a sailor to replace me.
When he arrived at the shore, Lan San found that many North Koreans had come to the dock to carry baggage, most of them were short, thin, and looked malnourished, but they were extremely obedient and timidly looked at the heavily armed soldiers.
Song Zhe and another small official Park Chung-hee are responsible for the coordination of Korean slaves and maids, after all, most of the Korean slaves and maids do not understand Chinese, but there are many people with hearts, Li Xuan is Li Shi's nephew, who once served as a counselor in Hamgyong Province, relying on Li Shi's local power is also a gentleman's son, ** He was very happy, and even when Li Shi invaded Seoul, he also raised his arms and cheered, thinking that the day of the princes and nobles had come, but then Li Shi was defeated, and as Li Shi's family, he was also exiled to Jeju Island and became an official slave. As a rich boy to become a slave, someone insults you at any time, and he can't finish the work every day, which makes him unacceptable no matter what, he has been working the island for more than two years, and the original chubby and fair-skinned and graceful Xungui is now dry and black and thin, even if it is the fox friend face-to-face, he doesn't know each other anymore. Li Xuan couldn't survive any longer, and he and his brother at home recently planned to seize the ship and go to the Japanese country to survive.
Li Xuan carried a bag of miscellaneous grains to the city, this distance is half a mile, handed over to the next point to pass on, although Li Xuan said that he was pampered, but because of this, he did not fall into the root of the disease, two years of hard work but tempered his physique, and now there is no problem with this little work.
Li Xuan found that the soldiers were all Han Chinese, and he felt that his opportunity had come, yes, although he was fooling around when he was young, and he knew a lot about Chinese, but after all, he still knew a lot, at least better than Song Zhe's humble little official, and moreover, looking at the battle of the Han people, this is planning not to go, not leaving, it means fighting for Jeju with the Korean Li family, so people like him who have a deep hatred with the Li family should be needed by the Han people, after all, they are much more loyal than ordinary Koreans.
Li Xuan finished the day's work, although his body was very tired, his spirit was much better. He silently planned how to attract the attention of the Han people.
When Li Xuan returned to the city, more than a hundred steps away from the city gate, a burst of cheers spread,
"We're no longer slaves. No, we're free. Hearing these words, Li Xuan hurriedly ran to the city gate, that is, opened the crowd, only to see the city gate in Korean language posted notices, to this day, the Luzon Ming people abolished the deed of sale and the Jeju slave and maid system, since then there is only an employment relationship between the master and slave, all official slaves, private slaves have become free people. Li Xuan's tears couldn't help but welled up. I'm a free man.
On the way home, Li Xuan kept seeing someone who had just learned the news and came out to watch the notice, followed by a crazy performance, ecstasy, crying bitterly, crying silently, not far from home, he saw a gray-haired old man moving his old legs and walking, muttering in his mouth, the children don't have to suffer, they don't have to suffer, and finally they sat on the ground tired. Today's joys and sorrows are also unbearable for Li Xuan.
When he walked a hundred meters away from home, his white-haired old mother also leaned against the door, and at this time, Li Xuan's tears also flowed.
He took two quick steps and fell to his knees in front of his mother.
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