Chapter 89: The Tiger General Gathers
The most important task in Alan County is to build roads, which used to be narrow and full of potholes, and when it rains or even on rainy days, the roads become muddy and difficult to walk
And this time Li Yang Zhang Le built the road is different from the past, not only wide but also straight, under the leadership of the old people in the village, the past rugged road gradually straightened, after people think of other villages to Chuangmen or to Alan County, you can walk a lot less, the new dirt road is 4 meters wide, can accommodate two carriages side by side, the road is two thick
The people first use a shovel to dig up the surface of the soil layer, and then a group of several people use hemp rope to tie the wooden stakes or stone piers to tamp the soft soil, and when the soil is hard to smash, a layer of sea sand transported from the sea will be laid on the roadbed, which makes me feel very curious, so I inquired with the old man, it turned out that this layer of sea sand is paved to prevent grass from growing on the road, after the sea sand is paved, a layer of soil will be laid on the sand and tamped, and the people will pour seawater on the newly built road at the end of the night. After three repeated operations, the road will be repaired, and the efficiency of transporting grain and goods will be greatly improved
After the unremitting efforts of the craftsmen, Alan County has also been basically formed, an open cross-shaped road runs through the entire Alan County, and the streets are mainly commercial areas on both sides, with inns - freight stations - grocery stores - rice shops - wine shops - jewelry stores - restaurants - carpentry workshops - clothing stores - vegetable shops - butcher shops - fish shops - pickle shops - theaters - chess clubs - tea houses - medical halls and pharmacies - blacksmith shops, Small shops are mainly self-employed, and they are all small businesses, such as kneading dough people, making children's toys, selling feather dusters, umbrellas, origami fans, shaving heads, selling dogs, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, mending clothes, washing clothes, selling medicine and wine, mending bowls, mending shoes, and sharpening knives
In Alan County, no matter what kind of three religions and nine streams, as long as you are willing to work hard to solve the problem of food, clothing, food and clothing, there will definitely be no problem, this is a policy formulated by Li Yang and Han Juzheng and Guanshan, basically using the fields to ensure people's basic life, providing some jobs and encouraging some people to start their own businesses, so as to solve the livelihood of most people
In order to ensure the livelihood of every family, Alan County has set an unwritten rule, that is, when there is a job, only one person from each household can come to apply, and when it is necessary to employ people, it will give priority to recruiting people from families with no income, or the county government will come forward to support these families without income to do some small business, and the shops will first provide free operation for two or three months to see how much income and then set the tax amount
If you hire a worker, you can reduce the tax by 2%, and if you hire two workers, you can reduce the tax by half, and the more people you hire, the greater the contribution to Alan County, if these shops have any needs, as long as they are not excessive, the county will try to meet them
Houses are distributed in the northwest-northeast-southwest-southeast 4 areas, all built in the commercial district, with 100 rooms as a small area, 10 communities as a large area layout, each large area has a fixed well-public toilet-green plants and some simple recreational facilities, the county government is located in the middle of the northeast district, surrounded by the residence for public officials, there is a large vacant land on the north side, which is specially used to build the Li family manor, the northwest district is a vacant land, according to the plan, there will be a school yard - barracks - shooting range - armory - granary - warehouse - stables and so onAt present, about 4 percent of Alan County has been built according to the prior plan
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Gao Yuancheng suggested that Jiang Yu let the people rest well when it was hot, and when it was cool, he was training, but he didn't train every day when it was hottest and let everyone rest in the afternoon when it was cool, so after half a month of hard training, the militiamen were tanned one by one, exuding a murderous aura all over their bodies, and their bodies were a lot tougher, and they looked a little more conscious
Li Yang sat on the handsome chair on the school field with Erlang's legs crossed, and saw that the militiamen were dressed in all kinds of clothes, wearing everything, if you want to say that they are soldiers, it is estimated that no one will believe them, but if you want to say that they are bandits, then someone will definitely believe them, if they all change into uniform clothes, the row of noodles will look different
At present, the commanders of the militia group with troops are seriously insufficient, and the three of them are simply too busy to rely on Jiang Yu-Hengyan and Li Pingping, and no matter how high the soldier's martial arts are, it is a plate of scattered sand if there is no general to command on the battlefield, these commanders must have real talents and knowledge, and they can be trusted by the bottom of the ground, so I have to go out and look for suitable candidates
And in the palace of Yufeng City, the national capital, the ministers are discussing Li Yang's establishment of a militia group, which undoubtedly caused an uproar, and it is not surprising to say that the landlord's family has a nursing home of three or five hundred people, but he raised 6,000 people at once, which is equivalent to a small army, what does he want to do, and what is he doing, 6,000 people have to eat, drink, and how much silver does Lhasa get a year, for a while, the ministers discussed in the court
Some civil servants, such as Wen An, the servant of the Ministry of Justice, Ji Fang, the Shangqing of Taihe Temple, and Ge Zhuang, the servant of the Criminal Department, stood up against this matter, believing that the establishment of a militia by the common people would endanger the authority of the officials in the local area
Zhejiang Wang Lei Tai: Taizhou Linhai often has Haikou landing and plundering villages, Taizhou Governor Sun Yuanwu and some generals jointly wrote a letter to ask for this matter, thinking that the militia has come to make up for the disadvantage of the lack of local defenders, Zuodu Governor Gao Guoxing, you have been to Taizhou to tell me what you think about this matter
Gao Guoxing, the governor of Zuodu: Xia Guan feels that this double-edged sword has both advantages and disadvantages, the advantage is that the militia can indeed make up for the lack of local defenders, and when Zhejiang founded the foundation, it also used the militia to guard the border and secure the people, and now each province has a militia with varying numbers ranging from 100 to hundreds of people, and it is rare to see a 6,000-person militia like Taizhou
When Xia Guanshang went back to Taizhou, it was just in time for the Haikou to besiege Taizhou City, the defenders of Taizhou City were only 4,000 people, and the remaining army was stationed in the counties and towns under its jurisdiction, and the Haikou who besieged Taizhou City were as many as 15,000 people, and the fall of Taizhou was only a matter of time, thanks to a young descendant, he led more than 10,000 villagers and soldiers to rush to the aid of Taizhou City and joined forces with the guards to relieve the siege of Taizhou
Lei Tai: I can't imagine that there are such loyal people in Taizhou, so do you know his name so that Sun Yuanwu can make him an official and a half-post
Gao Guoxing: It seems to be called Li-Li-Oh, by the way, it's called Li Yang
As soon as these words came out, Wen An and the others s faces turned pale, and Lei Tai leaned back in his chair: Why is this name a little familiar, it seems that I can't remember what you said for a while
Gao Guoxing: The disadvantage is that the militia is not part of the official and military sequence, and it is mostly in the hands of local wealthy clans, and if it cannot be controlled under the rule, it may become a disaster, but with the current situation of Taizhou Prefecture, 6,000 people are not too much
Lei Tai: Qin Xiang, what do you think of this matter?
Prime Minister Qin Jingyi: Let Sun Yuanwu toss the matter of Taizhou by himself, the number of militias is large, after all, a group of rabble can't make any big waves, as long as it is handed over to reliable people, it is feasible to do so, and we don't need to pay money, and when the smoke rises again, the state must call the militia
Lei Tai: Then let Sun Yuanwu take care of this matter himself
Wen An: The prince thought that the Taizhou militia should be stopped as follows, the number should not exceed more than half of the local defenders, and they should not wear armor - they should not be equipped with siege equipment - they should not form heavy armored cavalry, and they should send brave generals to supervise the army if they find that they are wrongdoers
Jifang, the waiter of the Criminal Department: I heard what the adults said
Ge Zhuang, a waiter of the Criminal Department: The minister reconsidered
Leitai: Then who should be sent as the overseer?
Wen An: The lower officials recommended Geng Qing, a new martial artist this year
General Wang Ben: The old man recommended Wubu Ganhui
Leitai: Exactly
On this day, Li Yang wandered around the county as usual to see if there were any mistakes in the construction progress of the craftsmen, and there were several differences between the sketch of the plan and the actual one, which needed to be changed, and a family soldier hurriedly ran over, "The young master, the old lady and the second young master, let you go back quickly"
Li Yang chuckled in his heart: Is something wrong?
Jiading: Not really, it's just that the old lady asks you to go back quickly
Li Yang trotted all the way back to the manor panting, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw his mother smiling and sitting on the Taishi chair with a stick, while Li Song was standing beside his mother with a plate of fruit, sitting and chatting with two men in armor
Li Song saw that Li Yang was back: Boss, you're back
When the two men heard this, they immediately stood up and clasped their fists at me and bowed: I have seen my brother
Li Yang's face was clouded: The second two are
Li Song: The two eldest are our clan relatives, and according to generation, they are our cousins Li Zuo and Li You
Li Yang returned the salute with a fist: I have seen two brothers
Li Zuo and Li You looked incredulous, and circled around me for more than ten times: Second brother, eldest brother, what's wrong with him, it feels like he doesn't know us anymore
Li Song: It's a long story, I don't remember anything before the boss was poisoned by a traitor and got lost soul
Li Zuo: No wonder
Li Yang came back to his senses and hurriedly came to his mother to bow in front of him: Mother, you are in a hurry to find your son back
Mother: Son, didn't you start a militia recently, it just so happened that Zuo'er and You'er had just come back and had nothing to do at home, and my mother wanted to discuss with you about letting him go to the militia group on an errand
Li Yang: Mother, you can rest assured that you will arrange a suitable position for the two of you
My mother grabbed my hand and patted it gently: No matter what time it is, my brother can be relied on
Li Yang: Mother, please go back first, and I'll talk to him to see what they are suitable for
The mother nodded with satisfaction: Okay
After my mother left, I asked the family to bring a chair, and after taking a seat, I waved my hand and motioned for the three of us to sit down: "Two brothers, I see that you are wearing armor, you should also be in the army."
Li Zuo stood up: Brother, my brother Li Youcheng and I are in the Northern Border Army
As soon as the words fell, Li You also stood up: My brother is a hundred commanders in the Northern Border Guards, why am I under my brother's command
Li Yang: Why did those two brothers abandon the army and return home?
Li Zuo: Brother, this matter is a long story, a few years ago there was a famine in Taizhou, forced to make a living, our two brothers had no choice but to join the army, I wanted to earn some silver from the army to make up for the family, but I never thought that the official army cut off the salary to become a common thing, our two brothers were stationed at the border for five years, and indeed only got three years of salary, although our brothers were at the border all the time, they missed their hometown all the time
A few days ago, our brothers listened to the caravan in the past, a new Alan county in the north of Taizhou has a population of tens of thousands, and the next time we go to see it, Li You and I grew up in Taizhou since childhood, and we have never heard of an Alan County, Alan Village, we are more familiar with it, and the merchants inquired about it, only to know that this Alan County is the former Alan Village
Our brothers should come back to see if they have been away from home for so many years, our two brothers and some brothers who want to return to their hometowns went to ask the garrison general for salary, but I didn't expect that the garrison general not only did not give the tattoo but also shook the army's heart to punish us, and our brothers abandoned the army and returned to their hometowns in a fit of anger
Li Yang: What are those two brothers good at?
Li Zuo: My brothers and I have been instructed by a master at the border pass, and they have achieved a little success in the art of spearmanship, and if my brother does not abandon me, the two of them are willing to sacrifice ugliness
Li Yang: Two brothers, please
Li Zuo picked up a spear on the weapon rack and played with it: the gun is the king of the soldiers and the head of the nine chiefs, but the sharpest part of the gun is only six inches at the head of the gun, so it is better to attack from a distance than to fight in close combat
Suddenly, he threw the spear into the air and shouted, "Catch the gun", Li You jumped up from the chair with a "puff", and catching the spear was a stab: You Long threw a thousand things to break - the lonely spear Nine Company was desperate - the world was ruthless, the hundred soldiers - condensation, the road to the mass grave - the spear was a horizontal flower floating - the pine wind chased the moon with me - hence the name gossip invisible gun
The marksmanship of these two people is extremely exquisite, as if the two dragons are hovering in the sea in just a dozen moves to make a fatal move, with the main move of stabbing - throwing - picking - shooting - turning - splitting the main move, specializing in the key point of ash and smoke splashing, the attack is waiting for defense - defense and with the offensive to see Li Yang is dazzled, he has never seen such exquisite marksmanship, without shouting "good marksmanship - the two brothers have such a ability in the army is only for the hundred and long, if the two brothers do not give up, can you go to my militia as the commander of a battalion, The salary is calculated according to the seven-grade military position, 4 taels of silver per month, and 500 soldiers are commanded."
Li Zuo and Li You hugged their fists excitedly when they heard this: Thank you, brother
Li Yang "alas" are all his own brothers, and the second brother gave each of the two brothers 50 taels of silver for domestic use
Li Zuo hurriedly shook his hand: Brother made it like this
Li Yang: The two brothers have been away from home for so many years and brought back more money to make the old man feel at ease
After a closer look, the two brothers Li Yang is more and more fond of it, the elder brother's melon seed face looks like a handsome face, and there is a heroic spirit on his face, the two thick eyebrows are slightly raised, the eyes are blazing, the bridge of the nose is high, the corners of the mouth are naturally drooping, and there is a majesty at a glance, the hair is coiled in the center with a trace of delicateness, giving people the first feeling that this is a bachelor who has read poetry and books
The younger brother is completely different, but the whole body is black, the big country's face is raised angrily, the eyebrows are raised, there is a sharp high nose bridge in his eyes, his face is full of meat, his face is scruffy, he is wearing a gray square scarf, and the big man of 1.9 meters is in addition to the unusually thick limbs, at first glance, this is a warrior with infinite strength, these two brothers are really literate and martial
"Two brothers, you go back to visit your family early today, and I will wait for you two to perform martial arts in the suburbs tomorrow morning."
Li Zuo: Thank you, brother, then we brothers will go back first
At night, Li Song and I roasted two sea fish in the courtyard and drank a few glasses, humming a Peking Opera in our mouths: "I am watching the mountain scenery in the city tower - I can hear the chaos outside the city - the flag is waving and flipping in the air - but it turns out to be a soldier sent by Sima - I have also sent someone to inquire, and Li Song is waving his hands and fiddling with the dance posture to help the wine."
Heng Yan and Song Shiting came to the courtyard with two pots of wine: Husband and uncle are so excited today
"What makes you brothers so happy?"
Li Yang: Madame, come and sit down, there are two amazing people in our house today, I believe it won't be long before these two people will make some achievements
Heng Yan "Yo", who can make her husband praise so much
Li Yang: Madame, you'll find out tomorrow
"Huha-Huha-Huha-Huha-Huhuha" The militia on the school field are training as usual, Li Yang handed over a battalion of soldiers to Li Zuo and Li You brothers, and he completely delegated power to the two, but there is a requirement that training a team that can fight well, these two people do have the talent to lead soldiers, in just a few days, the soldiers of the two battalions will skillfully use spears to form a phalanx and horizontal formation, and the brothers will also teach some gunnery to the militiamen
Li Yang has been thinking about what kind of clothes to change for the militia in the past few days, I don't know what kind of wind is blowing today, Long Chuan suddenly visited, and he also brought two people, but these two people stopped in the distance, I quickly got up and hugged my fists and bowed: Brother Long is here
Long Chuan: Brother, I see that your militia is doing well, and in just a few days, your soldiers are almost ready to look down on the officers and soldiers
Li Yang: The old brother said that the militia can have such a scale thanks to the recommendation of the old brother and Sun Daren
Long Chuan: Originally, the matter of the brotherhood militia was not allowed by the gang of leaders in the national capital, but Master Sun and I wrote to the country several times for this matter, and it was not easy to convince them, but we also offended many people because of it
Li Yang: I can't repay the kindness of my brother and Lord Sun, if there is a need for my brother, I am willing to serve the dogs and horses
Long Chuan patted me on the shoulder: Brother, I like you so much, today brother, I really want to ask you for help
Li Yang: We brothers don't help each other, if there is anything, brother, you can say that brothers have nothing to say
Long Chuan: Brother, I have two close friends at home, see if they can do some errand in the militia group
Li Yang was very happy when he heard it: Okay, brother, then you let them come
Long Chuan beckoned to the two people: Guan Meng-Qi San, you two come over quickly
The two people not far away walked over quickly, and Long Chuan introduced the two of them to me, one named Guan Meng and the other named Qi San, "In the future, the two of you will work under him."
This Guan Meng wears a crown hat, two angry thick eyebrows, two big eyes, looks at people with a fierce face, a beard, a dark face, and a face of flesh, which makes people feel terrified, he is wearing a pair of fish scale armor and holding a tiger head knife
And Qi San wears a leather hairpin hat, two thick eyebrows are slightly raised, two small eyes are dripping, and when he turns around, he is a person with many eyes, tall and tall, with a heroic portrait, a wisp of goatee, wearing a green gown, a simple knife hanging from his waist, and a wooden shield on his back
Guan Meng clenched the big knife with both hands and played a set of Kaishan Thunder Knife on the school field, Qi San held a shield in his left hand and a Pu knife in his right hand and followed a set of flower knives, the soldiers on the school field cheered in unison, Li Zuo and Li You brothers were not to be outdone, the two played dragon guns, this martial arts practitioner has a common problem, once they meet a master, they want to learn from each other
At this time, Li Pingping was not to be outdone, quietly walked to the middle of the school field and shouted, "Drink", the people around were all attracted by the deafening sound, in the middle of the school field, there was a four-cornered iron tripod, weighing 500 catties, I saw him squatting down, holding the bottom of the tripod with his right hand, grabbing the tripod with his left hand, "Ah", the green tendons on the head burst out, the muscles on both arms condensed in a blood vessel, protruding from the muscles, and the 500-pound iron tripod was lifted off the ground by him with brute force, this scene can frighten everyone, is this still a person
At this time, Li Pingping's face was flushed, sweating profusely, and her clothes were soaked in an instant, "Ah-ah!" Hands tightly grasped Tie Ding, his legs gradually straightened up, sweat fell to the ground drop by drop, the people around him all held their breath, and after a roar, he actually lifted Tie Ding, and the militia on the school field all cheered: "Commander Li is born with divine power, he is really a god-huh-huh-huh
Long Chuan was suppressed by Li Pingping's brute force: Brother, your militia is really full of tiger generals