The boat sailed into Poyang Lake, and Li Tingzhi couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he looked at the water that he had really entered for the first time. He was a native of Hubei, and when he went down the river to Lin'an, he passed through the mouth of the Jiujiang River.

When I was young, I was an official for thousands of miles away, and I didn't know the hardships of traveling far away until I became an official. There are two kinds of officials in the Great Song Dynasty, Beijing officials and Liuguan. Looking at the vast smoke and waves of Poyang Lake, Li Zhizhou sighed in his heart that although the water surface is good, it is not as beautiful as the West Lake.

While looking at the lake, Li Tingzhi saw a boat moving quickly in the distance. Li Zhizhou didn't care, it was very common to have boats on the lake. After more than ten minutes, Li Zhizhou couldn't hold back anymore and asked his entourage, "Are those boats chasing?" ”

The attendant replied, "Tell the state, it is true." ”

Although Li Tingzhi was a civilian official, he had also fought, but he was not afraid, but just asked, "But whose fleet is it?" ”

The entourage took out the monoculars in his luggage, opened them and looked at them carefully, and then told Li Tingzhi, "Zhizhou, it should be that the military ship is chasing the civilian boat." ”

Hearing this, Li Tingzhi wanted to go through the telescope and adjust the focal length that suited him, and when he looked carefully, he saw that the boat in front of the lake was desperately escaping. The twenty oars on the military ship behind them paddled calmly, approaching the prey like an eagle. The new red military flag of the Song army fluttered on the mast of the warship, which should be the official and military correct.

Asked the entourage to put away the expensive binoculars, Li Tingzhi said, "Don't worry about them. We continued on our way. ”

The entourage was very surprised, he didn't expect Li Zhizhou to have no reaction to this. This is the entourage mistaken, and the reason why Li Tingzhi said this is that he reacted very much to it. Li Tingzhi made this Beijing official from the deputy of the Privy Council to the governor of Longxing Mansion (Nanchang), ostensibly because he was involved by the Mongolian spies in the Privy Council, and Li Zhizhou himself thought that Zhao Taiwei was going to carry out a major purge of the Privy Council. If he really wants to be held responsible, shouldn't the Privy Council Privy Council make Zhao Jiaren and Zhao Taiwei resigned?

In fact, not only did Taiwei Zhao not resign, but he also installed all his cronies in the Privy Council. Before the purge of the Privy Council, Taiwei Zhao was the first to speak in the Privy Council. The Privy Council after the purge was opened by Taiwei Zhao, and Li Tingzhi was too lazy to say anything. Because it's useless to say anything.

Further on, a military ship approached to ask. Li Tingzhi's entourage shouted that it was Li Zhizhou on the boat, but the gang still had to read the official documents. After reading the official document, the warship turned around and left. The entourage couldn't help but curse at the back of the warship: "A group of things that don't have long eyes. ”

Li Tingzhi just shook his head. This is Captain Zhao's army, so arrogant, so arrogant. And even if it is a complaint, it is useless, Li Tingzhi also knows that now the military ship has the power to inspect. What's more, Jiangxi was not peaceful at this time, the official army only recaptured Nanchang, and the leader of the Ming Sect was still at large.

It was getting late, and Li Tingzhi's boat had to dock. The attendant couldn't help but say, "There isn't even a lighthouse here. ”

Li Zhizhou's heart moved when he heard this. The lighthouse is the most important change on the waterway in the last ten years, and it is Zhao Taiwei who made it first. At night, when the sky and the earth are dark, with the lighthouse, the ships on the sea do not need to be close to the shore, and they can judge their position by looking at the light of the lighthouse one after another.

Not only the rough sea, but also the lighthouses where the Yangtze River needed to be navigated after Zhao Taiwei took power. Just like Poyang Lake now, if there is a lighthouse, the ship does not need to dock at the shore at night, and only needs to follow the guidance of the lighthouse. At most, glass wind lamps are hung in the front and rear of the ship to prevent collisions in the dark.

Thinking of this, Li Zhizhou felt that it was necessary for him to build a lighthouse, and now Taiwei Zhao has built the Ministry of Water Resources, and the lighthouse is the authority of the Ministry of Water Resources. The construction of lighthouses in various places can be reported to the Ministry of Water Resources. The Ministry of Water Resources will pay for it. If the Ministry of Water Resources does not give money, Li Zhizhou feels that he can find the rich households in the Poyang Lake area to do it, and it is also the tradition of the Great Song Dynasty to ask the rich families to pay money.

There were still many ships repairing at the mooring point at night, and in the middle of the night, Li Tingzhi heard a crisp sound of bells. In a daze, he heard the sailors on the ship shouting, "What a man climbs the ship!" ”

Then Li Tingzhi was shaken vigorously, and his entourage shouted eagerly: "Zhizhou, Zhizhou." Wake up! ”

was dragged hard, Li Tingzhi was confused at first. It wasn't until the iron bell rang that he had to come to his senses. Then I remembered that the boat boss had said that they would tie bells at night in places where it was easy to climb the boat from outside to prevent gangsters from attacking. I didn't expect this bell to really work.

At this time, the torches had been lit on the ship, the boat boss and the boatmen were holding weapons, and Li Tingzhi's entourage also drew knives to protect Li Tingzhi. The other boats outside heard the movement and gradually reacted. It took a while to calm down. The guards came to report it, and the gangsters escaped by jumping into the water. In the end, I didn't catch anyone. After that, everyone took shifts to rest, and the day was light, and the ship continued to depart.

During the day, he encountered the inspection of the official ship again, and this time the guard was unhappy when he showed the official document and said angrily: "If you are playing prestige here, it is better to arrest the thief at night." ”

The men on the ship asked what had happened, and the guards told them what had happened last night. Liu Pet was on the boat, and he saw that the platoon commander was listening carefully to the guards on the opposite side about the water thieves, so he took the opportunity to look up at the boat opposite. After careful identification, I saw that it was indeed Li Tingzhi in the official ship. Liu Jingwen knew Li Tingzhi, and Liu Chong also followed his father to meet this highly praised official. Now that they are so reunited, although Liu Pet sighed in his heart, he didn't dare to go up and speak.

When the ships separated, the platoon commander called a meeting of the cadres in the platoon. At this time, Liu Chong was already a member of the cultural committee of the platoon, although he was not a cadre, he was a member of the society. There are also qualifications to attend meetings. Hearing everyone's statement that the water thief was the head of the Ming Sect, Liu Pet couldn't help but speak: "I don't think the water thief may be the head of the Ming Sect. Although they are now in a state of panic, they will have a place to hide. Let's search on the lake so tightly, the head of the Ming Sect will definitely not be unaware. If they come out to rob again at this time, they will easily be met by us. ”

"What if they really can't find something to eat?" The deputy platoon commander asked a little angrily. Although the military ships move quickly, everyone has to row. Doing this every day, everyone's initial enthusiasm has been exhausted.

Liu Pet knew that everyone felt this way, including himself. Seeing that everyone had vented their grievances on him, Liu Pet hurriedly said: "It's better to do this, let's go to the village of the mooring point and ask." ”

The platoon commander rolled his eyes, he wanted to scold, but he really couldn't get angry at the cultural commissar. After all, Liu Pet is educated, so he said very unhappily: "There are a lot of Mingjiao people around Poyang Lake. Although we exterminated those people in Nanchang City, many of the people who rebelled in the Ming Sect were on both sides of the Ganjiang River. When they learned that we had conquered Nanchang, they dispersed. Now I go to the place, but I don't know what will happen! ”

"Otherwise, let Commissioner Liu take someone to the local area to inquire." The deputy squad leader said angrily. As soon as the words fell, everyone laughed.

Liu Pet felt that he had been humiliated in his heart, so he was naturally very angry. But if you think about it, what these people say is not unreasonable. As the instructor said, this area around Poyang Lake is the home of the locals, and although these Song soldiers represent the government, they are 'guests' from outside in Poyang Lake. The strength of one division can launch an attack on Nanchang City, but it cannot control the entire Poyang Lake area.

In this case, Liu Pet simply said with some venting: "Then we might as well report directly to the above and say that we can directly change to a water police force." With the current situation, the situation is maintained on the lake, but there is no way to suppress the bandits. ”

"If you write, I'll hand it in." The platoon commander didn't want to spend so much time on the lake, so he immediately responded.

"Good. I'll just write! Liu Pet also held his breath and said at the time.

Four days later, this document was sent to the battalion commander as part of the summary document. After the battalion commander read this 'explanatory text', he went to look at the last signature. Then he raised his head and asked the battalion staff officer, "Is there a cadre named Liu Pet in our army?" ”

"Who is Liu Pet?" The battalion staff officer asked rhetorically. Under the new military system, all commanders have a fixed number and clear positions. The battalion staff officer could not name all the people in the battalion, but he still knew the names of all the commanders in the battalion.

The battalion commander handed this 'explanatory note' to the battalion staff officer. The staff officer took it and looked at it again, and then looked at the signature, and his brow furrowed. This explanation is very thorough in its analysis of the current situation, especially the courage to point out that relying on 10,000 people and the military struggle that has just taken place with the people in the Poyang Lake area is like a strong wind blowing through the ground, which can sweep away the dead branches, leaves, dust and debris on the ground, but it has no impact on the ground. As for the root insects and voles and rabbits in the ground, they are even more useless. If the troops want to solve the problem, they have to oppose the customer and liaise with the localities. Of course, with the current number of troops and the vastness of Poyang Lake, it is the best choice so far.

"Do any of you know that there is a cadre named Liu Pet in the Sixth Company?" The battalion staff officer asked the other cadres.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and finally the cadre in charge of culture said: "There is a new teacher named Liu Pet. But that Liu Pet is just a teenager. ”

The battalion commander laughed out loud when he heard it, "Hehe! These people can do it. They didn't want to search for the head of the Ming Sect anymore, and they didn't dare to talk about it, so they asked a teenager to say it. It's quite calculated! ”

After hearing this, the battalion chief of staff felt that it was very true. In fact, there are definitely not one or two people in the army who don't want to continue to wander around the lake like this. In fact, even the battalion chief of staff felt that such a whole was not a solution. But what if it's not so neat? The head of the Ming Sect hasn't been caught yet, so will he withdraw his troops now?

Finally, the battalion chief of staff said: "Either so, let's put this thing in the soldier's letter and send it to the division headquarters." ”