Chapter 285: A Soldier Who Surrenders Without a Fight?
Dugu Yongye knows what he "did wrong"-
At that time, he followed the Yellow River all the way to Mayi County, which was near Shuozhou, and after meeting his old friend, he went home.
If he walked a few dozen miles north at that time, he would go to Shuozhou to have a look.
At that time, it was possible to find the Northern Expeditionary Army stranded in Shuozhou and had no way back to China.
"Whew, it's my negligence," Dugu Yongye sighed:
"Don't hide it from General Tang, I've seen a lot of tragedies in the world, but every time I watch it, it's like the first time I saw it, and I can't bear to see it directly, so it's ......"
"Eh," Tang Yong smiled and interrupted Dugu Yongye's self-reproachful voice:
"Most of my Northern Expeditionary Army has already returned, and the past cannot be traced, so I won't mention it."
"I came to see Lord Dugu today, because I want to ask the adults for advice."
After that, Tang Yong invited Dugu Yongye to a house where no one was around, and explained in a low voice what Yuwen Shihong meant.
"Brother Yang has been ill for a long time since he came back from Mobei, if he can try to go to Leling County and take over the doctor of the Xu family in the East China Sea, Brother Yang may be able to usher in an improvement in his condition."
"It's not easy, and if you act rashly now, it may cause unnecessary trouble," Dugu Yongye understands Tang Yong's heart to save his colleagues, but he is thoughtful and knows what the consequences of the change may be:
"Now that the Qi country is at the end of its power, do you know why I entered the Qi country along the border before?"
"I want to see if the Qi State will step up the persecution and looting of the people as I expected."
"As expected, in previous years, the types of rents levied by the Qi State from the people were seven at most, such as land rent, instrument rent, cattle rent, etc., and it was considered in accordance with the law if it was barely paid."
"But now...... There are more than 30 types of rents faced by the peasant households of the Qi State, and even the laborers who are caught for labor are not only responsible for their own rations, but also have to pay them in turn. ”
"The forced Qi farmers are simply out of breath."
"If the Zhou State persecuts Qi again, this persecution will be passed on to the people of Qi State."
"General Tang, General Yang's illness is also very concerned about the lower officials, but the lower officials still want to be honest and say that the lower officials don't think that in order to treat General Yang, it is worth putting unnecessary pressure on the people of Qi State."
Tang Yong smiled helplessly, about civil affairs, he really doesn't know as much as Dugu Yongye, and Tang Yong can understand his words.
A simple matter of important people, although the consequences are not in the Zhou State, but in the Qi State.
Hearing this, Tang Yong's simple thoughts also caused many obstacles out of thin air.
"I want to ask adults for advice, and I'm not very good at finding people."
"But Your Majesty handed over Muttipo to me, and Your Majesty means that if you can, you can use Muttipo as a substitute."
Hearing this, Dugu Yongye's eyes widened:
"Mutipo? Your Majesty actually handed over this heinous person to you? ”
"In other words, does Your Majesty mean that you will not kill or release?"
Tang Yong nodded angrily in his heart.
Dugu Yongye couldn't help but think of the time he was locked up in the water prison for a day and a night.
It's unbearable to look back, I shiver with cold all over my body when I think about it, and I almost froze to death in the extremely torturous water prison.
The cruelty of the water prison is not only the cold water, but the turbulent water constantly impacts his body, and if he doesn't try to stand firmly, he will fall into the water.
His hands and feet were tied, and when he fell, he could not stand up again.
Hunger and sleepiness were also tormenting him, and he felt breathless when he thought about it.
Feeling that his life was big and Yuwen Shihong came to save him in time, he thought that there was still such a water prison in Qi State, and there were still many people imprisoned in it.
Dugu Yongye is even more breathless, maybe in the short time he has been talking to Tang Yong now, there are people drowning in despair in the Qi State Water Prison on the other side.
"Then ...... Let's make Mutipo more cost-effective. ”
Dugu Yongye made up his mind, and after saying this to Tang Yong, he led Tang Yong to the Assassin's Mansion.
The things he left in Luozhou were stored in the book room of the Assassin's Mansion.
"Do you remember Hu Lu? There are also a number of Qi side lines of the Gao family. ”
"Their families of the nine clans are probably also being tortured because of the previous war."
"Let's not rush first, draw up a list first, and exchange Mutipo for more people, so it's cost-effective."
"And as for Lelingjun ......"
Dugu Yongye thought about it again, it is a bit difficult to find a civilian, since it is difficult, then try to cross all the people of Leling County to the south.
"Can you ask Master Zu to help? Send some empty boats to the mouth of the Yellow River. ”
"If you want a person by name, I'm afraid that Qi Guo will fool us, so it's better to ask all the people in Leling County."
"When the people of Leling have crossed the river to Le'an County, we will find the people you need from inside."
Speaking of which, Mu Tipo was still able to return to Qi alive, and Tang Yong was even more depressed.
But it does not prevent him from deeply recognizing Dugu Yongye's thoughtfulness.
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In Le'an County, large ships loaded with goods have docked one after another.
The officials of Le'an County, who had been waiting on the shore for a long time, led the people hired in the local area to unload the goods one after another, and transported them to the designated place in donkey carts, horse-drawn carts, ox carts, etc.
Wan Jiyuan, the deputy general who stayed in Le'an County, never thought that he was the deputy commander of the Yangzhou Road Army, and now he was actually in Le'an County, doing what he had to do for so long-
Packed with black water.
The Beijing Central Casting Supervision used tin as raw material to cast tin barrels that could hold fifty catties of black water.
Because the tin is too soft, it is easy to deform the barrel if it is filled too much.
But tin barrels are also much cheaper and simpler than wooden barrels.
Tin, gold is also easy to obtain, that is, the metal that is easily obtainable.
has been in Le'an County for a long time, and he probably knows the situation on the Jiaodong Peninsula.
With such a pragmatic administration as Sinong Temple, the local people had no reason to riot at all, so the Jiaodong Peninsula had been basically pacified a few months ago.
The local people gradually returned to their old days of working in the fields, but this peaceful day ushered in unprecedented prosperity.
This prosperity was mainly reflected in the bowls, but also in the fact that the cellars were more stocked with grain after the rent was waived.
Two liters of millet can be exchanged for one liter of polished rice, and the situation that in previous years due to heavy rent and unafforded food and clothing was changed in just a few months.
The Jiaodong Peninsula seems to have not changed, for example, this is a war-torn area, but it seems that there has never been a war.
But every household changes a lot.
The first thing that changed was Le'an County, which was full of goods and goods that came from the west along the Yellow River.
And the situation in Leling County on the other side, he also knows more or less -
The defenders of Leling County on the other side have smuggled to Le'an County many times to express their sincerity.
Not only does he want to surrender, but the other side hopes that Leling County can accept the surrender of all Leling County defenders.
However, because the mouth of the Yellow River was too turbulent, eighty percent of the ships of the Qi State were burned in the battle of the Yellow River.
The rest were laid out in Wude County to guard against Luoyang in the west.