Chapter 234 The Human Heart and Investigation
Guan Hai didn't quite understand what Guan Cheng's last sentence meant: Who belongs to Qingzhou is not yet known, he only knows that Guan Cheng is far from being as easy as he appeared. {Please search in Baidu, read the full text for the first time}
First, he sent several teams of sentinels to the east, on the one hand, to inform Liu Yi of Wang Yu's movements, and on the other hand, starting from Chengshanjiao, Guan Cheng laid a series of sentry posts along several islands off the coast. And also learned from the example of the officers and soldiers, and set up a beacon tower at the sentry point, ready to light the wolf smoke at any time to warn.
The defense of the west side was not relaxed, and in the area of Laizhou Bay, many rivers flowing from south to north flowed into the sea here, although these rivers did not match the Jiaozhou Bay where Wang Yu was located, but Guan Cheng still maintained enough vigilance.
From the day he heard the news, the sentinel ships patrolling back and forth west of the island of Montenegro have not stopped.
Can't have a good New Year, and the minions who are forced to blow a cold wind on the sea are naturally bitter, but since the big boss has made up his mind, who dares to make more noise? You know, patrolling the sea is not the hardest errand, there are countless times more terrible errands!
Under the coercion and temptation of Guan Cheng, several Donglai locals, minions whose hometowns are in Zhuangwu and Buqi are driven back to their hometowns by Guan Cheng. Their task was to try to get close to the dockyard of the Tarzan military shipbuilding and find out, and it would be better if they could deal with the damage.
However, even Guan Cheng didn't take this seriously, and those minions even turned their heads and forgot about it.
Everyone in the world knows that Wang Pengju is an expert in surprise attacks, and since his debut, countless heroes and heroes have fallen under his surprise attacks, and a few minions want to attack him? It's better to expect a broom star to fall from the sky and smash the Taishan army to death!
If you can find out some information and come back, take precautions in advance, everyone will already burn high incense, and if you are too greedy, you will be damned!
With the existence of this direct reconnaissance mission, the minions are all silent, even if they complain, they can only spin in their stomachs, if anyone dares to say it, they are ready to go south with a package to face the terrible Wang Pengju!
"What's so scary? That Wang Pengju likes to sell his reputation the most, we are all locals, even if he goes to the wrong place, he can't kill people as soon as we meet, right? Just allow him to do things with great fanfare, who hasn't been a little curious? Right? ”
In order to prevent the scouts from running away halfway, Guan Cheng sent a cronie to follow him south, and along the way, this person has been changing his ways to boost morale, but with little success.
"Brother Xu, when the time comes, will you also go with us to reconnoitre?" I was tired of listening, and the eloquent minion asked coldly.
"Well...... this"
The cronie was a bald man with a meaty face, and he didn't look like a good person, he touched his head and smiled: "I want to advance and retreat with my brothers, but I look like this......" He patted his chest and said very boldly: "If the brothers are not afraid of being affected by me, I will go together, okay?" ”
The minions rolled their eyes in unison, knowing that their image was not good, and they rushed to follow? Xu Guangtou, this damn bastard, really just seems to be loyal, and he has more flowers and intestines in his stomach than anyone else.
"In fact, there is no way to be a big boss, think about it, if we don't toss, what is the way out? It's not that you don't know that other places in Qingzhou are engaged in tuntian, and the rent is sixty percent! Isn't this about human life? The rent alone is sixty percent, and how many are left after a year of exhaustion? Is it as good as us at sea? ”
"Isn't that right?" Xu Guangtou took the words out of context, but the minions are not stupid, and there are many well-informed people.
"Although the field endowment is sixty percent, the seeds are free of money, and the farm tools are also lent by the government, and there is no other name except for the field endowment, forty percent is their own, that's not bad."
"Not only that, but there is also the talk of reduction. Those who pay grain in accordance with the rules and regulations every year will be reduced by 10% of the tax in the following year, until it reaches 3%. In addition, participating in the township training on time can also be halved; Let the son go, halved; Someone in the family passed the scientific exam, and it was half a percent, and there was ......"
The most well-informed minion counted them one by one with his fingers, bluffing the others into exclaiming, and the one who turned his mind quickly calculated silently in his heart, and then exclaimed: "In this way, isn't the lowest one only paying one percent tax?" Tian was obtained for nothing, and after surviving the first few years, the family must not be rich enough to flow oil! ”
"In fact, the first few years are not difficult, the sixty percent tax, that is, it is scary, as long as the young sons and daughters are sent to the academy and go to participate in the township by themselves, isn't there only forty and a half left?"
"That's ...... that's true."
"And that's not all!" The well-informed man triumphantly glanced at his companion, and broke the news again: "If you officially join the army, the general's mansion will grant the field, and during the service, the field will be exempted!" ”
"Wow!" There was an uproar.
This news is amazing.
At the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty, there was no custom of emphasizing literature over martial arts, but after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism, the status of scholars surpassed that of martial artists. By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were frequent party disputes between the DPRK and China, and the warriors were only the swords and axes in the hands of scholars, and they were not qualified to participate at all, so of course their political status would not be high.
Now the Qingzhou New Deal has reversed this situation, and those who have taken the scientific examination to become officials can only reduce half of the tax at home, which is the same level as participating in the township training, and there is no comparison with the sergeant who officially has a military position.
"The prince and the prince established the country with force, this insight is different."
"If the imperial court acted like this back then, who would still carry a knife to rebel?"
"Last time, the big boss said that there is no navy in Qingzhou, you say, if we ......"
The voice became lower and lower, but the tone became more and more intense, and in those eyes, what flashed was no longer fierce light or cowardice, but a thick longing and expectation.
This scene made Xu Guangtou extremely uneasy, and it was also very angry.
"What nonsense are you talking about! The government is the government, when did they talk and count? Back then, Han Guangwu was not a good man who used the green forest and red eyebrows to help him beat Wang Mang, and when Wang Mang was finished, he directly pulled out the knife and stabbed it in the back of everyone! ”
Xu Guangtou's cold gaze roamed over the minions, and he snorted sneeringly: "It's good now, in a few years, his territory will be bigger, his power will be stable, and his words won't count, who will you talk to?" ”
The minions broke out in a cold sweat, Xu Guangtou itself was nothing to fear, but everyone's families were on the island. The big boss is a murderous character, and if he never returns, his wife and children will have to be tied hand and foot tied and thrown into the sea to feed the fish.
"Brother Xu, everyone is just gossiping, who can take it seriously? Don't say that what the government says doesn't count, even if he spits and nails, we won't be able to farm. Besides, I heard that there are still supervisors in Qingzhou Tuntian, well, it's those pavilion chiefs, who are strict in their daily management, as if they treat slaves. ”
Well-informed people are generally more active and react quickly, and when he saw Xu Guang's head, the fast-talking minion hurriedly changed his course.
"You know now, right? Stop dreaming! ”
To the disappointed look in the eyes of the minions, Xu Guangtou nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "These are nothing, the key is that I don't know if Wang Pengju can really gain a foothold in Qingzhou, don't let him be quite beautiful now, in fact, that's what happened." He thought he was very good at fighting, and no one paid attention to him, and he might suffer a big loss at any time. ”
"Brother Xu, what do you say?" Hearing Xu Guangtou's unfinished meaning, the minions asked one after another.
"Anyway, you're all right." Xu Guangtou's tone suddenly became tighter, but he enjoyed the feeling of being sought after by everyone, and after a while, he still decided to leak some dry goods to boost the morale of his subordinates.
"You know the Overlord of Western Chu, right? He lost a battle once in his life, and as a result, he lost his life. Although Wang Pengju is powerful, he is far inferior to Xiang Yu, and his first defeat is not far away, when the time comes, Qingzhou will only fall apart, what is he doing now? Funeral accompaniment? What we have to do now is to hold on until the moment when he is finished. ”
The example given by Xu Guangtou is quite appropriate, but this alone can't satisfy the curiosity of the minions, and everyone asks one after another. But Xu Guangtou refused to say anything more this time, closed his mouth tightly, and made an unfathomable appearance.
Everyone couldn't take him, so they could only continue on the road in disbelief.
Starting from Huangxian, along Gushui, through Jimo and Zhuangwu, it took three days for the minions to arrive at their destination. On this day, it happened to be the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Turning around in the vicinity of Jieting County from afar, they didn't see the heavily guarded and murderous scene as they imagined, and the minions relaxed slightly.
However, you can't go any further south. The scouts themselves had been there, and had also inquired with the local people, that the Tarzan army had set up the bay as a forbidden area.
Along the bay area, the light and dark sentry posts are densely packed, and between the sentry posts, there are rangers shuttling back and forth, and most of the bay is defended straight like a copper wall.
"Brother Xu, what now?" That night, the minions who had dispersed to reconnoiter gathered in one place again, and the news that was gathered was similar to the bitter look on their faces, and they were helpless.
"Hmm......" Xu Guangtou was silent, his skills were all at sea, how would he know how to deal with this kind of battle?
The cordon of the Taishan army is very long, and there are not too many people, and there are loopholes everywhere, but the intuition of licking blood with a knife for many years tells him that there are murderous opportunities lurking behind it. Reluctantly leaned over and took a look, maybe it could be done, but if you have a life to go, you must not have a life to come back, who will do such a loss-making transaction?
However, this is the same reason as his tricks, and if he is so careful to prevent it, there are only two possibilities: either he is tricky and bluffing; Or maybe there's something unsightly.
"The big boss asked us to come, mainly to guard against Wang Pengju's tricks. It doesn't matter if you can't get into the inner perimeter, let's just keep an eye on the estuary and the river. There are no mountains near Huang County, and it is impossible for him to fly to Black Mountain Island, if you want to deal with us, you still have to use boats after all, just keep an eye on the waterway. ”
This is the best plan in desperation, hearing this, the minions are all relieved, and then cheer up and go to a few stalking locations.
Everything went well, and the next day, they had a harvest. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to register as a member to recommend this work, your support is my biggest motivation. )