"I think shepherding is more elegant than work."

"Taiwei doesn't like the word shepherd, even if he wants to use the Quartet, he is stationed in the Quartet. If the captain doesn't like it, let's not talk about it. ”

"Wen Zhizhou spoke impassionedly, and what he said was extravagant, not just farming."

"Have you ever farmed?"

"Nope. My family is in business. ”

"If you haven't planted the land, don't talk nonsense, don't look at the canals that have only been repaired for more than a year in Songjiang Prefecture for watering and drainage. Do you know how much the current land price in Songjiang Prefecture is based on the land price of good land and ordinary land? ”

"Double?"

"One ......, at least five times!"

“……”

The meeting of the society is the foundation, and the private discussion based on the meeting of the society is more delicate. Only those large families with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of acres of land have the ability and willingness to carry out water conservancy construction on their vast land. Unless it's a special natural resource or a very good local water system, such as the Chengdu Plain, which is regulated by Dujiangyan. Otherwise, there are 10,000 acres of fields, irrigation by canals on dry days, and ditches for drainage on rainy days.

Now that the irrigation system covering the entire Songjiang province has been completed, as long as it is maintained every year and each family adjusts its own land, every household can have 50 acres of high-quality farmland.

The purpose of the summary meeting was to implement the state ownership of land in Jiaxing, Suzhou, and Qingyuan. These three prefectures will have to make great efforts to carry out reforms, not only in the transformation of the social system, but also in the reform of the rules with a large amount of investment in infrastructure construction.

Before making the final personnel arrangements, Taiwei Zhao made a murderous speech, "Some people are officials to do things, and some people are officials to be officials. Being an official is nothing more than deceiving the superiors and subordinates, and you are messing around. Our Great Song Dynasty has never lacked such bastard officials, so when it comes to the Great Song Dynasty, it will be destroyed. Since you are a comrade of the school, I think you may not have forgotten your oath. ”

Whether it is true or false, these people say that they will not forget. Zhao Taiwei actually didn't have much confidence in human memory, so he asked everyone to follow him and recite the oath one by one.

After reading it, the members of the society were also shocked. The shock brought by the surrender of General Lin'an is still there, and everyone is gathered under the banner of Zhao Taiwei with the goal of resisting the invasion and reviving the Great Song Dynasty. Regardless of how you think about it now, when you reread the vow, you do recall the generosity of your previous feelings.

"Everybody wants to be successful, to be able to take all the credit. It's not strange to have this thought, but if we do things based on this thought, we will definitely not let go. The work that should have been completed in four years was compressed and compressed because the tenure was only three years. It has to be completed within the term of office for more than two years in order to achieve personal success. This is pulling out the seedlings to help them grow, and this is not paying attention to science. I hope that everyone will not think that the people in charge are all fools and blind. Science is the same for everyone, whether Zhang San is here, Li Si is here, and the final decision is the same. Therefore, we must be strictly responsible, and when we don't speak, we have to listen to everyone's opinions, and when we take responsibility, we find that no one actually cares. ”

Zhao Taiwei was full of emotion and issued a warning, or threatened. This kind of goods will definitely exist, so be sure to make it clear first. Phase-out should start with this category.

After the lecture, the division of labor began. The team of Songjiang Mansion is divided into three construction teams of Jiaxing Mansion, Suzhou Mansion and Qingyuan Mansion with some newcomers. Zhao Taiwei can return to Lin'an, and when these guys are connecting with each other and looking for their favorite team, Zhao Jiaren finds Wen Tianxiang.

"Song Rui, do you know why I want you to be the prefect of Songjiang Mansion?" Zhao Jiaren began to say some heart-to-heart words.

"I don't know." Wen Tianxiang replied very simply. After getting along with Zhao Jiaren for a long time, Wen Tianxiang felt that Zhao Jiaren was a very normal and extremely strange guy. Others look at the surface, but Mrs. Zhao looks inside. This leads to the fact that only when things are done can we understand what kind of original intention Mrs. Zhao is. For a long time, Wen Tianxiang thought that the state ownership of land was equal to the wealth and the poor, and now he understands that the state ownership of land is to better manage the land.

"Your family is a big landlord in Jiangxi. It is said that there are thousands of hectares of fertile land, so even if you don't know how to farm, at least you've seen what large-scale farming looks like. Zhao Jiaren's heart-to-heart words can only be said in private, and if he says it publicly, he will inevitably suffer some moral criticism.

Of course, Wen Tianxiang knew this kind of thing, so he didn't mention his family background at all. There are many big landlords in Jiangxi, and the Wen family is also a wealthy family among the big landlords in Jiangxi, because the family is very rich, and he is talented, and he was admitted to the top prize.

At this time, listening to Taiwei Zhao tell this reason, Wen Tianxiang did not have negative feelings. In China's unit of area, one hectare is not one hectare, one hectare is fifteen mu, and one hectare is one hundred mu. The Wen family owns tens of thousands of hectares of land. Although it is not as big as the entire Songjiang Mansion, it must also be a fraction of the size of the Songjiang Mansion. Therefore, the Wen Governor's Mansion is quite confident in the governance of Songjiang Mansion.

"Captain. My family grows grain in Jiangxi, and Songjiang Prefecture mainly produces cotton. It still doesn't seem to be the same. Wen Tianxiang put forward his own opinion. Songjiang had already begun to get rid of poverty because of the cotton business, and Wen Tianxiang didn't want to mess things up, so he asked very carefully.

"It's no different. Your family grows food to sell. The people of Songjiang Prefecture also grow cotton to sell. With so many years of experience in your family, you always have to have some skills in farming. The same is true for the people of Songjiang today, who need to learn agricultural techniques, as well as agricultural and environmental knowledge. We must do a good job in water and soil issues, and no one is allowed to fill in rivers and make land. If so, they must be severely punished. Zhao Jiaren had seen the ability of the people of the Great Song Dynasty to destroy the natural environment, especially the efforts to destroy the river, and he was particularly concerned about this.

"It really depends on universal education...... Wen Tianxiang is very touched by the compulsory education in Songjiang Prefecture, and Zhao Taiwei not only teaches children to read, but also to eradicate illiteracy for adults.

"Yes. There are martial arts houses in the local area, and of course they can run agricultural cooperatives, but also animal husbandry communities. Let everyone learn knowledge. Speaking of this, Zhao Jiaren simply got up and wrote down the ink treasure of 'knowledge is power' and gave it to Wen Tianxiang, and at the same time ordered "This should be hung at the gate of each school!" ”

Although he talked a lot, when Taiwei Zhao returned to Lin'an, he still didn't drag his feet. A lot of things have to be left to these people to figure out on their own, and if the problem could be solved by just telling the story, probably communism would have been achieved on the earth a long time ago.

Zhao Taiwei returned to Lin'an, and the news quickly spread in Lin'an. If it was before, it wouldn't be long before the Song traitors in Anqing would know the news. This time, they completely lost their grasp of Lin'an's intelligence. Fan Wenhu, the former governor of the two Huai capitals, ran to Dadu, and Kublai Khan saw that he refused to go back, so he let Xia Gui serve as the governor of the two Huai capitals.

Among the traitors of the Song Dynasty, the Governor of Xia Gui is probably the one who has been dealing with Zhao Jiaren for the longest time. Long before Zhao Jiaren became famous in Ezhou, the subordinates of the two had a conflict on the Haizhou side. Xia Gui's subordinates took away the heads captured by Zhao Jiaren's subordinates.

That was almost twenty years ago, and Xia Gui had already forgotten it. His clearest impression of Zhao Jiaren now is that Zhao Jiaren broke through the Mongolian defense line in Xiangyang a few years ago and transported a large amount of supplies into Xiangyang. The Great Song Dynasty provided large-scale assistance to Xiangyang several times, and only Xia Gui and Zhao Jiaren succeeded in aiding them twice.

Xia Gui relied on the rising water in spring, and the river suddenly widened, so that the Mongols successfully transported. Zhao Jiaren relied on his strength to open the passage. Thinking of Taiwei Zhao's strength, Xia Gui felt very uneasy in his heart. As a result, on the tenth day of the fifth month, Xia Gui got the news that an army under the banner of the Great Song Dynasty had conquered Chizhou, and the target was Anqing.

"How many men do they have?" Xia Gui asked nervously.

"About five or six thousand people." Tanma replied.

"Five or six thousand?" Xia Gui's brows continued to furrow. Because Fan Wenhu surrendered, Anqing fell intact into the hands of the Mongols, and now there are more than 10,000 horses in the city, and if you gather nearby soldiers and horses, you can gather 20,000 people. Four or five thousand people on the opposite side launched an attack on Anqing, which was a bit too outrageous.

"Inquire more closely!" Xia Gui said. For two days in a row, Xia Gui mobilized men and horses, arranged battle equipment to defend the city, and slept late.

The elderly were less sleepy, and when Xia Dudu was awakened, he felt that he was still a little groggy. Until the junior colonel shouted: "Metropolitan Governor, the Song army is challenging on the river!" Xia Guicai felt that he was a lot more sober.

"So early?" Xia Gui felt that the Song Jun on the other side was really crazy, where could he disturb people's dreams so early.

But after a blink of an eye, Xia Gui remembered one thing. Two or three days ago, wasn't Song Jun still in Chizhou, why did he suddenly run to the Anqing River to challenge?

Not only was Xia Dudu surprised, but even the completion of the command of this army was also surprised. If it was Taiwei Zhao's army, it would have reacted very violently when it captured Chizhou. For Xia Gui, the battle between Chizhou and Anqing should be an absolute internal battle, and it has great advantages in terms of intelligence and geographical advantages. As a result, the Song army launched an attack along the river, but it did not encounter any obstacles at all.

The Governor of Xia Gui reacted so slowly that he could only send a naval army to challenge him early in the morning. He was worried that the enemy army in Anqing would send a naval army to launch a fierce attack, so he carried out a preemptive strike on the enemy according to the standard pattern of the current Song army.

Sure enough, when a thousand sailors were decisively arrayed on the river, there was no one in Anqing at all. After returning to the army, he calmly commanded four battalions to disembark on the opposite side of Anqing, a town across the Yangtze River. In a very short time, the Song army regained the town.

When the troops were collected in the evening, Xia Gui's governors were slow to move and hold on to the city. When he learned that the Song army had occupied a stronghold across the river and began to set up camp, Xia Gui's subordinate Pershing said: "Governor, the enemy has just arrived here, why don't we send a force to cross the river from the upper reaches and attack the enemy at night. ”

"Would you like to lead the army?" Xia Gui asked.

Pershing hurriedly replied: "The last general is willing to go." ”

Xia Gui didn't agree immediately. He said coldly: "Don't be brave! We just need to stick to Anqing. ”

One day later, the Song army sent a naval army to challenge again. The Governor of Xia Gui still closed his door.

Another day later, the Song army had already sent troops to cross the Yangtze River and attack Anqing City along the river south of Anqing. At night, this Song army was stationed six or seven miles outside the city. Pershing asked for battle again, and the Governor of Xia Gui hesitated for a long time this time, and then said: "Tomorrow, we will fight with the Song army, are you willing to move forward?" ”

"At the end of tomorrow, the enemy will be beheaded!" Pershing replied decisively.

On May 15, Xia Gui ascended to the top of the city. Although it was morning, the overcast sky was as dark as dusk. Now that it is the beginning time of the rainy season, the governor of Xia Gui has not sent troops, just to delay until it rains.

After a month of non-stop rainy season, Xia Gui could lead the army to defend safely in Anqing City, and Zhao Jiaren's army had to be drenched in the rain outside the city. It's not a good time. If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to see what kind of strength Zhao Jiaren's current army had, Xia Gui would not let Pershing fight anyway.

The rumbling of war drums is a bit dull, and the humidity in the air is very high before the rainy season, which is bound to be the case after the cowhide war drums get wet. At the sound of the first war drums, Pershing led a thousand soldiers and horses out of the city. The Song army on the opposite side also had the appearance of two or three thousand horses. Seeing Pershing fighting, they also sent a team, about a thousand people.

At this time, Pershing put up the yellow flag as agreed. Xia Gui looked carefully, and saw that there seemed to be no artillery in front of the Song army's array. Xia Gui was also a little surprised, he didn't expect Zhao Jiaren's subordinates to not use their most powerful weapons. There was no artillery in the Pershing army, because the small number of artillery pieces were used in warships and in the city. Zhao Jiaren has been a supplier of artillery for more than ten years, providing artillery for the entire Great Song Dynasty. How could he be without artillery?

"Are you waiting to take a closer look?" Xia Gui asked the people below.

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, I didn't see any artillery in the Song army's array." The observer replied.

Before the previous battle, Pershing proposed a tactic to Xia Gui, if there was artillery in the Song army, he would lure the Song army to the city and use the artillery at the head of the city to attack the Song army from a high position. If the Song army did not have artillery, Pershing would have to fight the Song army.

At this time, several watchtowers said that there was no artillery in the Song army's array, and Xia Gui also made up his mind. He commanded: "Beat the drums!" ”

'Knock knock knock ......' the second drum of war was beaten. This was a signal between Xia Gui and Pershing, telling the Song army opposite Pershing that there was no artillery and could attack.

Pershing was not a fierce general under Xia Gui, he did not hesitate, and began to direct the army to advance amid the sound of drums. Xia Gui looked condescendingly, and saw that Pershing's army was still wearing the costume of the Song army, while the Song army on the opposite side was only wearing paper armor, and the other clothes were completely different from the previous Song army. If you have to say it, the current 'Mongolian army' looks more like the Song army than the current Song army. This strong contrast made Xia Gui Metropolitan Governor sigh in his heart.

From a condescending view, Pershing's 'Mongol army' had begun to charge under the drums of war, and the distance between the two sides was already less than a hundred paces. Under this fierce charge, I saw that the pikemen of the first column of Pershing and the pikemen of the Song army met at one time. Xia Gui was overjoyed at this time, he knew that the Song army's musketeers were very powerful. The musketeers had to light the fire before the battle and put up a posture to raise their guns.

Although he couldn't see it clearly, Xia Gui could be sure that all the people in the Song army on the opposite side were armed upwards, and they looked like they were in a hand-to-hand posture. Xia Gui waved his hand, and the relatives next to him immediately brought the tea, and before Pershing went to war, the tea had already been poured. Xia Gui tried it a little, but felt that it was still a little hot. He held the tea in his hand and watched excitedly as the two armies began to fight.

The long two rows of troops were completely engaged, and it was a situation that Xia Gui hadn't seen for a long time. For Xia Gui, his last battle was the Battle of Dingjiazhou. Even with Jia Rudao supervising the battle, Xia Gui and other generals still slapped their butts and ran, and the final elite of the Song army collapsed, resulting in the Mongol army being overwhelmed and easily forcing the Lin'an court to surrender.

The Song army was spearmen, and Pershing was also pikemen. Looking down from above, Pershing didn't have much of an advantage. Xia Gui held the teacup and ordered: "Drumming!" ”

One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion. Xia Gui felt that this round was probably the last fierce, and if he couldn't defeat it, he had to let Pershing withdraw. Now that the battle has already been fought, the other defenders in the city will have the will to continue fighting.

As soon as the third drum sounded, Xia Gui saw white smoke suddenly rising from the Song army's battle line, which was the movement of firearms firing. Pershing's front-row troops have always maintained a dense formation, and the Song army, which also maintained a dense formation, was stabbing each other. They were fired at close range from firearms. The pikemen were knocked down in rows like rice cutters.

After seeing the completion of the Song army, I couldn't help but shout 'good'!

Captain Zhao did not simply return the completion to the dispatch, two of the four battalions under the command of the battalion commander were equipped with new fire cap guns. This weapon does not require an open flame at all. The barrel is made of wrought iron and is divided into two layers, inside and outside. The inner layer is made of wrought iron to make iron pipes, and the outer layer is wound and rolled with wrought iron bars. The barrel was fastened to a sturdy wooden holder, and the gun was equipped with a bayonet. When there are bullets, this is a musket that can shoot from a distance, and when there are no bullets, it is a short gun that can be used for melee combat. The original musketeers have also been transformed into warriors who can be near and far because of the different weapons.

After the completion of the return, he did not immediately ask the troops to change their mode of operation, and he adopted a more conservative method of operation. Even so, the operation was a great success. The enemy is stupidly lured over for melee combat. Now it is completely caught in the trap of firepower.

At a distance of only a few meters, the musketeers could easily build a scythe of fire without aiming at all. All the 'Mongol troops' that were cut off were easily stabbed to death by the pikemen, if not immediately.

After killing the 'Mongol pikemen', the Song spearmen, whose ears were buzzing with the sound of gunfire at close range, stopped in place. The musketeers crossed the pikemen and fought alone with the Mongol army. The governor of Xia Gui, who was at the head of the city, was already dumbfounded, and he even forgot to order the drummer to stop beating the war drums.

To the dull beat of drums, Pershing's army was defeated in rows, and even as they fought for their lives, they could not escape the pursuit of bullets. When the drummers at the head of the city were so tired that they couldn't swing their drumsticks and had to stop. General Pershing, who fell with his horses, also disappeared from the view of the Governor of Xia Gui.

With a shake of his hand, the tea in Xia Gui's teacup flowed with one hand. The still warm tea didn't burn the Duke's hands, but it just made him shiver.