Chapter 17 The Peasants Come
Xiao Hao only woke up in the evening, and on this day, the Xiao family and the Li family can be described as pillows and armor, ready to fight at any time. The two families even organized 1oo real cavalry, 5o each in the Li family and the Xiao family, ready to meet at any time.
If there is a problem, these cavalrymen will copy other people's back roads! Yes, there are still too few 5o people to fight a tough battle, but it can be like this, copy the back road, and whoever dares to move will cut off the head of someone's big rear! This trick is ruthless enough!
After Xiao Hao woke up, he once again took out 9 people from some small minions in Haisha Town, Nanguan Town, and Xishan Town to treat some seriously injured people; However, during the treatment, except for Li Yulong, the rest of the people were blindfolded.
After dinner, Xiao Shilong, Li Yulong, and Xiao Hao sat together. Unknowingly, Xiao Hao was already qualified to be on an equal footing with his father and uncle.
"Xiao Hao, what do you think we should do? Do we attack the three towns first? unify Haizhou? Or do we mainly open a canal to divert water? If we just open a canal, can we do it in a month?" Of course, Xiao Shilong also had his own plan in his heart, but he still had to ask Xiao Hao. This clever son has given himself too many surprises.
"Dad, uncle, I think it's better to open the ditch first. I summarize two points:
First, gather the hearts of the people!
Now civilians care about the fields, and food is the basis of our survival. This is what everyone wants. So, in any case, we have to build a ditch to divert water.
And as long as we do this, then the hearts of the people of Haizhou will slowly gather towards us.
And after that, we have food, and we don't panic!
Second, there are too many variables in war.
First of all, we can't be sure that we will be able to unify Haizhou in a short time, there are too many variables, and even if we win, the problems we will face in the later stage will be very acute.
For example, we just ate three towns, and that's already our limit.
People still have to digest it after eating, let alone expand. I think we'll have to wait at least until next year's harvest to fully convince us of this new place. When the time comes, we will connect the north as a whole, and then send strong men to train, and then unify Haizhou at this time, it will be easy.
Therefore, I believe that we should now focus on opening canals to divert water, which is a matter of people's livelihood and food rations. In today's troubled times, we can't buy grain if we want to sell it outside, and now food is either controlled by the family or by those bureaucrats and aristocrats. We can't stick our necks in front of someone else's trap!
Moreover, taking this opportunity, we will appease other towns, and the other three towns of Haisha, Nanguan, and Xishan, we will inform them. Let's just say, we think it's a matter of which three mayors have nothing to do with the rest of the people. But they had to cooperate with the construction of the canal.
In this way, we should not be delayed in repairing the canal, and we can still win the hearts and minds of the people.
As for the three towns, it is estimated that they will fall into the chaos of the struggle for power! and they will also be temporarily used as defensive positions in the south of Haizhou, so that they will decline on their own. By next year, we will dominate Haizhou!"
"Okay! more thoughtful than I thought!" Xiao Shilong stroked his palms and laughed, not showing the spicy and decisive demeanor during the day, "But what if they make trouble during the ditch opening process?"
Xiao Hao smiled: "That's great! If they dare to do this, I can immediately incite the civilians to throw them into the Youlongjiang! I will let them know what the power of the masses is!"
That night, Li Yulong left with an extremely shocked expression. Knowing that Xiao Hao has such an ability is really unimaginable. But then, I got excited, and laughed almost all the way.
Once the tone is set, it's a lot easier to do. The next day, he released all the people from the other six towns, and even a few of the remnants of the three towns to the south, and let them send a message back.
Similarly, the Xiao family and the Li family took the initiative to make the matter public, and even sent people everywhere to inform every household. During the digging of the ditch, the people of the Xiao family and the Li family, you don't have to bring anything, just come empty-handed, you have food, tools, and clothes to wear! Hand-woven cloth is still relatively expensive these days! Of course, the kudzu linen cloth is relatively affordable, and the farmers themselves have it.
Then, as Xiao Hao said, under the pressure of drought, as well as the three southern towns fighting for power and profit, plus the pressure of the Xiao family and the Li family, everyone agreed to open the canal for the time being. And the exploration personnel sent by the Xiao family also planned the plan in three days.
In the process of opening canals, the original use of some rivers, ditches, etc., under the influence of some of Xiao Hao's ideas, everyone through the guò contour line, etc., drew a map through this era.
"I'm in charge of this matter, Xiao Hao, you still need to live in seclusion behind the scenes. Our strength is still too weak. Xiao Shilong looked at the sand table, looked at the contour map and the general map, and saw that Xiao Hao was making final thoughts and corrections.
"Of course, Dad. We still need time! I hope there will be enough time to unfold! This time, things have disrupted our plans too much. ”
"No, son! If the plan is disrupted, you shouldn't continue according to the plan! Now, the luck of the entire Haizhou has been chaotic, so if you go according to the original plan, there will inevitably be problems!
Don't underestimate luck! Since the aura began to dissipate, the luck began to appear, and the influence of luck on the world became stronger and stronger.
Remember, since the past is disrupted, follow the new rules. Let's make a new plan! If the plan doesn't change as fast as the change, then let's keep up with the change. ”
Xiao Shilong's voice was very calm, but he had great wisdom. This is what Xiao Shilong has been able to grow the Xiao family over the years, relying on such a cautious character and forward-looking wisdom.
Maybe Xiao Shilong doesn't have the same experience as Xiao Hao, but here in the mainland, he also has advantages that Xiao Hao can't match.
The plan was quickly finalized, and Haizhou was a small place after all, and the main settlements had rivers and earlier ditches, making the plan relatively simple. The plan adopted was to excavate the internal ditch first, and finally excavate the bank of the Uolong River.
However, on the fourth day, when Xiaojia Town was the first to start digging ditches, a small group of people and horses came leisurely from Gyeongju in the south, rested for a while in Xishan Town in the south, and easily went north, passing Shenshan Town, Beishan Town, Shitang Town, and then eastward, entering Xiaojia Town. This road is almost all flat, and it is one of the few passages inside and outside Haizhou.
Haizhou is not big, and the next day, that is, the fifth day after the Xiao family defeated the five northern towns, these people entered Xiaojia Town. and came to the gate of the Xiao family.
The first one, who looked like he was forty years old, handed over a prayer post: "Please inform me that Xu Kaiming, who is a farmer from Gyeongju, has come to visit." ”
"Wait a minute. Seeing the other party's glorious posture and the name of the farmer, the guards did not dare to slack off.
So far, the foreshadowing is largely complete. The following episodes will start to speed up
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