Wei Feng was a soldier who went out in the morning, and he was busy until the afternoon, when he was able to initially recruit the soldiers, and more than 1,000 people who fled were chased and killed by the cavalry, and the rest were escorted back as prisoners.

Wei Feng had just taken a breath, and Gao Liang Taishou Feng Ying had already stepped forward, as if he was hesitating, but he still gritted his teeth and said: "Envoy, I heard that you have set a new service regulation for the tenants of Wubao, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

"Not bad!" Wei Feng nodded and said, "May I ask what Feng Taishou thinks?" ”

"This" Feng Ying hesitated slightly, and then solemnly arched his hand: "The general's move is beneficial to the people, but the old man is worried that it may cause criticism, and even if it reaches the court, I am afraid that it will be suspicious of the court!" ”

"Oh?" Wei Feng smiled slightly: "Feng Taishou, this general will not hide it from you, two days ago I got a letter, Huan Xuan has been arrogated as the Duke of Chu, changed Yuan Longan to a tycoon, his heart of disobedience is obvious, Dai Chan is only in three or two years, at that time, Ben will lead the army north to the court to eliminate the rebellion, you say, if I behead Huan Xuan, entrusted by the Son of Heaven to record Shang Shushi, who else will criticize?" How can the court be suspicious? ”

Feng Ying secretly smiled bitterly, Wei Feng accused Huan Xuan of being unsubordinate, although his words were conclusive, but how could he not be ambitious? At the very least, everything he has done since he came to Guangzhou is not in line with his duty as a courtier, but Feng Ying is a person who understands current affairs, and the Jin family is over, the key is that his own clan can flourish!

In fact, Feng Ying also understood that Wei Feng could gather a large number of troops in a short period of time and increase the chances of victory in the Northern Expedition. But there are some things that have to be reminded, so he said: "It is very admirable to make the king worry about the country and the people, however, whether it is the Assassin History Department or the Taishou Mansion, the income basically comes from taxes, and now you have cut off most of it at once, and you may not even be able to pay salaries in the future, not to mention that you also stipulate that your beloved must be paid for serving for more than ten days a year, where does the official get so much money?" Please think twice! ”

Wei Feng smiled and said, "Feng Taishou." Take Anping, for example. There are more than 10,000 households, and the total number of people is only 70,000 or 80,000, so how much grain can they receive every year? But I leveled the fort, except for recruiting some of the able-bodied into the army. Most of the rest will stay locally. Just the dock fort circle in Gaoliang County always accounts for four or five hundred thousand Dingkou. There are also slang people who have to pay taxes to the court after going down the mountain, I don't know if you have calculated how much income will be brought by the increased number of households?

And the accounts can't be counted like that. How much does it cost to rebel every year because people flee and rebel? The cost of maintaining stability is extremely unremarkable, for example, it will be Ji after the Sun En Rebellion, in the whole county to implement light and meager endowments, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the county government has also saved a lot of money accordingly, I think, the same method should be applied to Guangzhou, of course, only by collecting taxes is actually extremely limited, no matter how much you collect, you can only maintain food and clothing and make a fortune, if you want to make a fortune, you have to open source!

Well, since I have talked about these today, I will open the skylight with you to say bright words, although Panyu is prosperous in foreign trade, but there is no special taxation function, so that the huge amount of taxes is lost in vain, so I have entrusted Gongyi and Nanhai Taishou Wang Dan to prepare for the establishment of the city of Bo Division, engaged in the taxation of foreign trade, the future income is huge, you can also imagine it, and the planned three counties of Gaozhou, than trade is naturally not as good as Panyu, however, I have another way to make money, within ten years Gaozhou is rich, will never be inferior to Sanwu! ”

Feng Ying is also an old man, and he was not tempted by the bright prospects thrown by Wei Feng, but his heart was full of deep incomprehension, Gaoliang, Jinkang and Xinning three counties, mountains account for most of them, and there is not much arable land. But he didn't dare to say such words to Wei Feng in person.

Wei Feng glanced at him and said lightly: "Feng Taishou, I understand what you are thinking, I'm afraid that the three counties will encounter some difficulties in a short period of time, otherwise, the money and wealth gathered in Gaoliangwu Fort all come from Gaoliang, and it is not appropriate to take it all, after the tenants in the fort are settled, if there is a balance, the Thorn History Department and the Taishou Tooth Gate will each take half of it, how about it?" ”

Feng Ying suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, his heart was sweeter than eating honey, it was unimaginable that the wealth that Lijiashan City had accumulated over the past hundred years was unimaginable, not to mention the dozens of other dock forts in the three counties?

Feng Ying bowed deeply to the end, and praised sincerely: "Make Jun Rende worthy of his reputation, presumably Jinkang and Xinning Second County Taishou will also be grateful, the old man would like to thank you on my behalf Gao Liang Shishu!" ”

Wei Feng smiled slightly: "Feng Taishou doesn't have to be like this, he will assassinate Guangzhou, how can he not benefit the local people, you say?" ”

"That's, that's!" Feng Ying echoed, in fact, he still had a question that he didn't ask, because although the purpose of Wei Feng's troops was only to defeat the landlords of the Shu nationality, but due to the extremely generous resettlement measures for tenants, it would inevitably affect the tenants who were attached to the scholars.

It is foreseeable that the Dingkou sheltered by the scholars will inevitably breed incidents gradually, and even if they do not make trouble, at least there is no accumulation in their work.

But the so-called cannibalism has a short mouth and a soft hand, if the money, food, and health of the dock fort are not given to the place at all, no one will have anything to say, because the attack on the dock fort has nothing to do with the locality, and if you don't make any efforts, how can you share the benefits? But Wei Feng not only gived, but also gave half, since it had fallen into such a big sweetness, it was inconvenient for Feng Ying to ask again.

Seeing Feng Ying's expression, Wei Feng smiled meaningfully, legally speaking, he raised troops to attack the Shu landlords, and even seized their fields, population and property, but he could not damage the interests of the scholars on the surface, because he himself was the representative of the interests of the scholars pushed out by Wang Xie Chu and other big clans, so he could only use an obscure and subtle way to gradually weaken the strength of the scholars, and as for the problems faced in the future, they could be solved through consultation

Feng Ying ate half of the reassuring pill given by Wei Feng, and quickly said goodbye and left, and Wei Feng was not in a hurry to send troops, on the one hand, the soldiers needed to be further screened, on the other hand, they also had to understand the general situation of each dock fort, and it was not until the early morning of the fourth day that Wei Feng sent troops again, this time, there were no reinforcements in Lijiashan City.

The surrender of 20,000 soldiers without a fight frightened the forts, and they did not even dare to move, so they could only huddle behind the city walls and wait for the result.

There are more than 10,000 soldiers, most of them will be released as good people after the war, Wei Feng only selected 5,000 troops from them, this part of the troops did not move for the time being, and 3,000 foot soldiers and 2,000 Gaoliang soldiers left to defend the village, and 2,000 cavalry each surrounded the two city gates in the northeast, the west gate was still 30 miles away with 2,000 cavalry, Wei Feng himself led 4,000 cavalry and 7,000 foot soldiers to attack the south gate.

Although there were not many troops and there were no climbing tools such as ladders and flying ladders, Li Xun's father and son at the head of the city all tightened their faces, and their eyes showed nervousness.

Wei Feng's planned attack range was not large, roughly extending 50 zhang to the left and right with the city gate as the center, and the two newly built rushing vehicles were responsible for the task of breaking the city, and the ballista and the divine arm crossbow provided fire cover.

Seeing that the military array under the city was gradually approaching, Li Xun swept his eyes coldly, and shouted: "The old man doesn't talk nonsense, as long as you work together to defend against foreign enemies, the old man will not treat you badly, otherwise the Li family will not survive, and your relatives will not be able to run away. ”

Although the soldiers were reluctant, and even some of them had a monstrous hatred in their eyes, they had no choice but to act according to the order, and the crossbowmen filled the arrows one after another, lined up along the battlements, and the oil pots were crackling with the sound of burning, and the rolling stones and sassalwoods could be thrown at the city at any time.

However, what is changing is that the legion under the city stopped the formation at about two hundred paces, and it is obvious that it will launch a long-range attack, Li Xun can't help but secretly regret it, he doesn't have a trebuchet, in order to avoid the suspicion of the court, he has never built a trebuchet, and he doesn't think that the court will send troops to besiege, but who would have expected that someone would come?

Li Lin also had a similar idea, and turned his head and said, "Father, his things are only dozens of planes, how many can he call at one time?" Let him fight, let's pay attention to concealment, but, just in case, please father and brother quickly avoid the mountain, here to teach the son, the son will not teach the enemy army to step half a step into the city! ”

Li Xun hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Be careful!" After saying that, he left in a hurry with his eldest son.

Li Lin looked down again, just in time to meet Wei Feng's gaze, but Wei Feng looked left and right as if he didn't exist.

The herald shouted, "Release!" ”

Suddenly, "Stretch tight!" "The bowstring sounded continuously, first of all, the divine arm crossbow fired an eight-inch iron arrow to the head of the city, this time a thousand were all brought, used in two batches, each time firing five hundred, enough to cover the distance of fifty zhang each with the city gate as the center, some of the defenders who could not dodge, were immediately shot at the door and fell to the city screaming, most of the rest did not want to fight with the court at all, this time seeing the attack so fierce, hurriedly squatted down, and heard the clanging sound of the arrow hitting the stone, every two breaths there was a wave!

Li Lin also squatted behind the battlements, but he didn't know what to do, even if he forced the sergeant to shoot arrows, he couldn't shoot the other party, he was anxious for a while, suddenly, there was a terrible sound of breaking the air, and then, the city rumbled loudly, it turned out that the stone bullet hit the city, although it was only sixty catties of stone bullets fired, but the power should not be underestimated, some of the soldiers who could not dodge were beaten into meat paste on the spot, and some of the stone bullets happened to hit the oil pot, and the boiling oil immediately splashed away!

The speed of the stone bullet was beyond everyone's expectations, about every five to six breaths, the short arrow mixed with the stone bullet completely covered the city, even if the defenders wanted to fight back, the sergeant in the distance showed fear in their eyes, and a trace of despair rose in Li Lin's heart, because he heard the sound of the car crashing against the city gate. (To be continued......)