On the first day of August, if it was according to the original history, the general soldiers and horses on the right side of Fujian should enter Yongchun today and slaughter the local people, but after Su Yan came to this world, Ma Degong returned defeated, and at this time he had been imprisoned by Zhang Xuesheng, the governor of Fujian, waiting for the court to deal with it.

Perhaps it was Ma Degong's defeat that deterred other Qing troops, or perhaps it was for other reasons, Quanzhou fell into a strange peace throughout July, and the Qing army only increased its garrison forces in Anxi and Nan'an, and had no intention of sending troops to quell the rebellion.

And Su Yan also happened to take this opportunity to purge the squire landlords who were close to the Qing Dynasty in Yongchun, and raided all the thirteen large and small squire landlords on various charges, and obtained 100,000 taels of silver, including silver tickets, 10,000 stone of grain, and cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks.

Such a big harvest made Su Yanle bloom, but now he has money and no place to spend it, the construction and recruitment costs in the early days of the system are very low, and there is also a monthly recruitment capacity limit if he wants to recruit soldiers, so he can only save it first and spend it later.

By taking advantage of the remnants of the thirteen landlords, Su Yan also promoted the policy of apportioning the land into the mu in Yongchun, this policy undoubtedly won the support of the local people in Yongchun, although the squires and landlords did not want to implement it, but the heads of the thirteen landlords were still hanging on the heads of Yongchun City, so they had to pinch their noses and admit it.

July passed, Su Yan thought that the two teams of falcon cannons would be able to be built and put into battle in this month, but he made a very low-level mistake and forgot to look at the recruitment time of the falcon cannon.

In other words, if he wants to attack Quanzhou, he will have to wait until September at least.

Moreover, now history has also changed, Zheng Chenggong, who was supposed to occupy Xiamen in August, finished the project a month ahead of schedule, and the Qing army's attention was mainly on Su Yan, who took advantage of the Qing army's attention on Xiamen, and the original plan to attack Quanzhou was also lost.

This is not good news for him......

Therefore, Su Yan had to readjust the plan, and he didn't care about the current negative financial revenue, and prepared to expand the army under his command again - the tax maintenance system of the two county towns was more than enough for the army, but if you added the Zhongwu Battalion, the Yiwu Battalion and the Tengpai Battalion, it would be completely insufficient.

Fortunately, Su Yan copied a large amount of gold, silver, grain and grass from the squire and landlord, and the financial problem was not a problem for him.

According to the reports of the spies sent by Su Yan to Anxi, Nan'an (also known as Fengzhou) and Quanzhou in the past month, the Qing army garrisons in Anxi and Nan'an combined numbered more than 2,000 people, and the city wall of Quanzhou Mansion was high and strong, and the garrison was more than 10,000 people.

Although most of the defenders of the city were green battalion soldiers with slightly inferior combat effectiveness, after learning the number of garrisons, Su Yan dispelled the idea of storming Quanzhou Mansion.

In order to increase the chances of victory, Su Yan set up conscription offices in the two counties, recruited 1,000 recruits, and sent them to the army barracks for training.

It has not been explained that sending indigenous people to the barracks of the army for training is not the same as directly recruiting troops in the system interface, although the training can also train recruits into soldiers with a certain degree of discipline, but their combat effectiveness has never been comparable with the system troops, only a little better than ordinary recruits.

In addition to training to be soldiers with a certain degree of discipline, they will also be completely loyal to Su Yan, and unconditionally carry out Su Yan's orders, even if it is a mission that they know will die, they will only hesitate for a moment, but they will still obey the order.

The price of the whole training is one person and one or two silver, and it can be completed in a month.

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In August, the Qing army had no major moves, but Su Yan knew that this was just the calm before the storm, and the Qing army would not suffer the loss of the great defeat of the horse, and at the latest, before the end of the year, they would reorganize the suppression.

Before the Qing army made a move, Su Yan also began to act, he returned to Dehua again, and went to Daming Township with only the guards to visit a respected old man who lived in seclusion.

Qiongxi Village, Daming Township, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the people are outstanding, and they are less disturbed by bandits, when Su Yan and his party enter the village, they can also see a few bare buttocks drooping children chasing and frolicking, and peasant women sit by the stream, beating their clothes.

The arrival of Su Yan and his party attracted the attention of the villagers, and most of them looked at these horseback riders with vigilant eyes, and they were all relieved to see that the back of their heads did not hang down their braids.

"Excuse me, where is the residence of Woo Shou Gong?"

Su Yan stopped a middle-aged man carrying a farm tool on his shoulder and asked.

"Woo Shou Gong?" The middle-aged man looked at Su Yan vigilantly, and did not answer directly, but asked in a thick rural accent: "What are you looking for him?" ”

Su Yan digested it for a while before he understood what he meant, and said: "I am Su Yan, the leader of the Dehua Righteous Army, and I came to visit Yu Shougong because I wanted to invite him out of the mountain and serve as an official in Dehua. ”

As soon as he heard Su Yan's name, the middle-aged man's expression became kind, he put the farm tools on the ground, clenched his fists and said: "It turned out to be General Su, the grass people don't know that you are coming, how much neglect, I hope you will forgive your sins." ”

Thanks to the fact that the people of Dehua and Yongchun counties all support Su Yan, it is not surprising that he can have such a big change in attitude.

Su Yan smiled and waved his hand, not taking this matter to heart, he repeated the question just now, this time the middle-aged man showed him the way very enthusiastically, and then led them directly to the destination.

Soon, Su Yan and his entourage came to a four-way hut located on the hillside, rich in the architectural style of southern Fujian, the man bowed, got up and pointed to the hut, and said: "This is the place where Yu Shougong knots to clean the village, General Su, the grass people go back first." ”

"Hmm." Su Yan nodded, glanced at Chen Ying, the latter understood, took out a broken silver from his pocket, and threw it to the man, who hurriedly caught it, and with a thousand thanks, he left here with a farm tool.

After the man left, Su Yan looked at the four-entry hut, and there was a couplet posted outside the door of the hut, which read: "The bright moon hangs high in the night, and the sky blooms with ferns in spring."

Su Yan looked at this couplet for a long time, and only after a while did he let out a long sigh and said, "It is worthy of being a loyal and righteous person who has repeatedly refused to be recruited by the Qing court, which is admirable." ”

When his words fell, the door was suddenly opened from the inside, and a man with a thin body and a white beard but full of energy stood inside the door, looked at Su Yan with a smile, and said, "Is it General Su Yan Su?" ”

"Exactly down there." Su Yan clenched his fists and said, "Are you Yu Shougong?" ”

"If there is no second Lai Yuan in the world, then you are looking for me."

The old man said with a smile.