"In other words...... there is only one battalion of field soldiers in the entire Raozhou Mansion?" Li Dan lowered his voice and asked in disbelief.

"Yes!" Zhao Chongbi "brushed" and opened his fan: "What's the matter, now you know why Futai is in a hurry to have a meeting, right?"

"Well, it's hard for a good woman to cook without rice. What's more, there are still three groups of guests at one table." Li Dan also felt a little big.

He thought that he had been able to temper the spirit of the lake bandits for a few days, and then the army would come from the outside to defeat him.

Who would have thought that now Zhao Chongbi actually told himself that he didn't have any army, and this person had to stay in the mansion to govern the mile. What to do?

He looked up at the ceiling with his shoulders crossed, and Zhao Chongbi shook his fan with a smile on his face, which was quite weird.

"If there are no soldiers, then you have to create something out of nothing." Li Dan thought about it, looked at Zhao Chongbi, and suddenly his heart moved:

"This Tongzhi Lord looks like he has a bamboo in his chest, does he already have a way?" Thinking of this, I calculated in my heart, and I woke up a little:

"No wonder he asked me how to appease the mine bandits, I'm afraid he had already planned to do so. In that case, why not draw inferences and promote it?"

Thinking of this, he hugged his fists and said, "My lord has strategized, and he must have made a calculation. Students are willing to make one or two suggestions for adults' reference only."

"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it." Zhao Chongbi waved his hand.

"The student suggested that there are two ways to deal with the lake bandits: either to appease the innocent Bai Lang among the people, so that he can enter the Pojiang River as an Austrian aid from Futai, or it may help to defeat the lake bandits in person, and then the army will advance by land and water to relieve the siege of Yugan."

Seeing that the other party was only noncommittal, Li Dan continued: "Another way is to promote reconciliation and alliance between Bai Lang and the finless porpoise, and then the two families work together to fight behind the knotweed flowers, which can also have miraculous effects."

"Hey, that's an interesting idea!" Zhao Chongbi tilted his head and thought for a moment, clapped his hands and said, "Let them catch the thief, and I will sit and watch the wind and clouds unharmed." That's a good idea!"

"The key is that the lake bandits are attacking each other, and the government can take advantage of this opportunity to make every effort to appease the mine rebellion and take the opportunity to cut off the arm of Tatehanako.

In this way, even if he turns around and still wants to make trouble, he is already scarred and lonely, and he misses the opportunity, and the time will not come again." Li Dan pointed to the table: "Then we will do our best to deal with the direction of Anren, and this problem in the south can be solved."

The two of them chatted and drank this wine, not only Yu Qingliu, but also the altar of daughter Hong.

It wasn't until the long street was silent and the gong sounded that the curfew and the gong sounded to clean the street, that they realized that it was not early. hurriedly set some details, Zhao Chongbi asked him if he had a place to stay in the city?

Li Dan replied that he had already made an appointment with Jiao Conghu of the Marching Division, and would stay at his house every night.

"Oh, Jiao Baihu, but the one who invited you to drink when we first met?" Zhao Chongbi nodded: "I know his family, go, go, take my car to see you off."

Li Dan wanted to tell him that he had a horse, but the words came to his lips and swallowed back. The two helped each other downstairs, and Li Dan saw Wang Jintang coming up, and said with a smile: "Night owl, thank you for your daughter being red tonight!"

After speaking, he slapped a fifty-tael ticket into his chubby palm. Wang Jintang was taken aback, and hurriedly said that he couldn't help it, Li Dan waved his hand and told him that this was military discipline, and he would be beaten with twenty military sticks if he violated the law.

"Others don't dare to fight, I fight myself. I've already fought five times in Geyang, so I don't believe you ask him." Saying that, Li Dan pointed at the Mao boy who was waiting outside the door.

"Okay, okay, even if the adults store it with the villain, you can continue to use it when the adults come in the future." Wang Jintang saw that the two of them were staggering, and no longer shirked, and hurriedly called Lord Zhao's chief to come in and help him to the carriage.

He helped Li Dan to go, and whispered in his ear, "Lord Zhao brought the book office and asked for pen and ink to write next door."

Li Dan was slightly stunned, pressed his shoulder with his hand and did not speak.

got into the car, the car went in front, and Mao Zai and Zhong Siqi followed behind with their horses. Zhao Chongbi leaned against the carriage and snorted wine and said, "I have a lot of fun today, I hope that one day, watching the sunset on the battlefield, I will drink with Qing again!"

"Adults are noble, how can they stand with the students in blood

On a battlefield full of blood?" Li Dan thought he was drunk.

"Eh, Brother Dan, you underestimate me!" Zhao Chongbi came up with the strength of wine, swayed his body, took out a shiny thing from the bag on his waist and handed it over: "Look at what this is."

Li Dan took it, and when he saw the light of the fire matchmaker, it was a copper seal of a square black and yellow silk lion button. According to the regulations, the five to nine officials use copper seals, the lion button is tied with the seal of the knight, and the black and yellow ribbon indicates the status of the royal family.

Turn it over and take a look: General Zhenguo! There are three levels of generals below the king of Zongfan, namely Wuyi, Zhenguo, and Zhaoyi (Zhao Laosan's father is this level), and the general of Zhenguo is equivalent to a fourth- or fifth-rank official.

No wonder this guy came to be the governor of the house, but ......? Li Dan respectfully helped him put the seal back in his bag, and then asked, "Your Excellency originally had a title, so why did you come out to be an official?"

"The emperor wants me to come and watch the wind, how can I not come?" Zhao Chongbi smiled and said, "Your Majesty's first move after taking office was to open the forbidden sect.

If there are those who are willing to serve the country, they can be selected as governors of the prefectures and counties according to their grades, and those who are selected for the six sections of the capital and the province are prospectively selected. So, I'll come to Raozhou."

"Oh! And because you are a clan and have the rank of general of Zhenguo, you want you to preside over military affairs when you are transferred back to Poyang?"

"No, I'm not going to preside, I'm just helping. And fight for the family and country, win without seeking merit, and lose and pass."

"It's too ......."

"Hehe, who made me a descendant of the Zhao family!" Zhao Chongbi waved his hand self-deprecatingly.

Before getting off the bus at the door of Jiao Conghu's house, Li Dan said goodbye to Zhao Chongbi and wished him success in suppressing and fussing. Zhao Chongbi asked him, "San Lang, you give me the truth, how many days can you keep the county seat of Yugan?" Do you want to help?"

Li Dan thought about it, bit his lower lip and said, "I intend to recruit troops from Yugan and gather two thousand regiments to resist the enemy. At the same time, Ding Zhuang was requisitioned to help defend the city. According to my method, if the lake bandits come to 10,000 people, I can resist it for half a month, and within 5,000 people, I can resist it for a month.

If the enemy comes, I will send people out of the east gate to warn Poyang, which can be reached the next day for more than 80 miles, and the Poyang army can be reached the next day if it is on the water, and it will take two to three days if it is by land.

The Lords may calculate the distance of the horses and send them in return for internal and external coordination."

"Do you want the help of the officers and soldiers?"

Li Dan was stunned, but he estimated that Fucheng would not be able to send too many people. So he replied:

"If it is convenient for you, you can send three or five hundred officers and soldiers to help boost the morale of the people. If it is inconvenient, Dan does not force it.

There is a crown mountain in the southeast of Yugan, about 300 feet high, Lin Shihong at the end of the Sui Dynasty had built a village in this place.

I would like to make use of the ruins of the village to set up a guerrilla here, and form a horn with the county. If you can send your officers and soldiers, you can implement this idea."

Zhao Chongbi nodded, thought for a while and said, "I understand, so I will send you five hundred people according to Qing's suggestion, but you have to hold it for no less than ten days, can you?"

Li Dan was overjoyed, and hurriedly took a deep look: "Dan, I have thanked the adults on behalf of my father, and I will fulfill my mission if I make a gentleman's covenant!"

Ever since I heard that the sentry of the "Heshan Army" had appeared in Huangbu, there was a tense atmosphere in Yugan County. Just a little distance, the navy went down the river from the Jin River into the East River (Yushui) and arrived in one day.

Fan Xianling couldn't help but tremble when he thought of this, he wanted to survive safely until the end of his term, and took his eunuch bag to lie down in the noble position of the sixth department of the southern capital, who knew that he would have to face a baptism and torment of swords, guns and arrows!

Originally, Fan Taizun was quite expectant of that General Zhaoyi, and he also had a lot of respect for the hundreds of regiments under his command.

A few days ago, more than 300 lake bandits ran to Magang to rob a wealthy family, and the general went out majestically with his well-fed and well-fed sons, but somehow he threw away his armor and ran back, shouting, "Close the city gate!"

It made the city full of chickens and dogs. Later, only thirty or fifty lake bandits came to the gate of the city to probe their brains, and then walked away.

As a result, this regimental training became the laughing stock of the whole city, and the children also made up a children's rhyme: General, really mighty; The boy came out and threw away the shorts.

Since then, the county commander has not believed the general's bragging, and he has begun to eagerly look forward to Li Dan's team.

The day before yesterday, Han An (this person is said to have a teacher-student friendship with Li Sanlang) returned to the city, brought him Li Dan's handwritten letter, and the gifts selected from the seizure (a box of Huizhou Huanglongsong superb cigarette ink, two Qingtian jade seal stones), and told him that hundreds of elites had been selected on the way back, and asked the county to guard the city and wait for help.

At first, Fan Taizun was a little disappointed when he heard that there were only a few hundred people, what is this enough for? Later, I heard that these people had all been army commanders and even chiefs, and it was enough to pull out an army of thousands of people in an instant, so I became happy.

According to Li Dan's request, he immediately recruited Zhou Dutou and discussed with him to send officials to Sixiang to recruit volunteers. But ......, "My lord's idea is good, but you need money to recruit soldiers, where does the money come from?" Zhou Dutou asked.

"This ......." Master Fan was also stuck, he called the head of the house to inquire, and learned that the county currently has less than 500 cash silver, 24,000 copper coins, and then all kinds of bills and banknotes, which can barely make up 300 taels.

"The collected fields and taxes are all in the treasury and haven't had time to transport them away, but we don't dare to move if we don't care!" When I heard that I was going to recruit soldiers, the officials had a difficult face.

The sum of the money can barely make up a thousand taels, but if it is a recruitment, this little money will be used up in the blink of an eye.

To recruit a soldier, in addition to the cost of settling in, you must also give a monthly reward of silver (the recruitment of volunteers is temporary, and the monthly fee is taken, not a military salary), and the other party's food and accommodation must be covered, and the color of clothing and weapons ...... should be considered.

There are many places to spend money, how can it be possible to use this thousand taels to fight the world? Fan Taizun thought about it, and he had to find big households, and he had to mobilize and donate!

When it comes to big households, except for those wealthy businessmen, the most famous ones are Zhao, Li, Wu, Liu, Qian, and Xu.

Among them, this Zhao is not the Zhao of General Zhaoyi, but the famous minister of the Southern Song Dynasty and the descendant of Zhao Ruyu of the clan. He has a lot of clans, but they are all very low-key.

Although this dynasty maintained respect for the descendants of the royal families of the former Song and Southern Song dynasties, it did not give any special treatment.

They didn't even have a share in wearing a yellow belt that marked their royal status, but it was customary for local officials to collect half the tax on their own family house, and everyone knew it.

However, since they are all surnamed Zhao, they probably won't be demons in donations.

Fan Taizun knew that they were honest landlords, and they respected the ancestors who were not officials, so they could also ask for some grain and cloth. He decided to hand over this matter to Xiao Gui, the head of the military house, who married the daughter of the Zhao family, so that he had the face of his relatives.

Yu Gan's surname Wu is a big surname, not that they are rich and status, but because they are descendants of Wu Rui, the king of Changsha in the Han Dynasty.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Pojun Wu Rui protected the territory and the people, and responded to Liu Bang's uprising, and finally was named the king of Changsha. One of his descendants remained around Yugan and became a large and more prestigious family.

Similarly, there is the Liu family, which is a descendant of Liu An, the king of Huainan during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty; The Qian family is a descendant of Qian Chuanxuan, the fourteenth son of Qian Miao, the king of Wuyue.

These three families have a long history in the local area, and the children of the clan are large and widely distributed. Banditry is the most unbearable for them, so if a group drill is organized, it should not be a problem for these three families to stand up as representatives of the squires of the wang clan.

The Xu family is a representative of the big businessmen, and this family has not been in the local area for a long time, that is, for nearly thirty years.

The three brothers of his family, Xu Bu, Xu Tong and Xu Xian, were engaged in the business of rice, ceramics and condiments respectively, and the business scope reached half of Jiangnan West Road.

Although the things they operate are inconspicuous, they are daily necessities, so the Xu family has gained a lot of influence and has gradually become one of the best forces in the Yugan Chamber of Commerce.

The Xu family Fan County Order doesn't worry about it, and the head of the torture room, Lao Sun, has a cousin, who is the master of the Xu family. Therefore, usually when the county wants to communicate with the Xu family, it is Master Sun who comes forward to make an appointment to talk to the other party.

Master Fan decided that the Li family was the most worthy of his own appearance. Li Mansion is now two people and one talent, needless to say, the eldest master Li Su, although he was convicted, after all, he had been a Beijing official, and it was only a matter of time before he recovered.

Now that the county is in trouble, shouldn't he reach out? Besides, the good deeds of caring for the hometown and acting bravely are only good for Master Li, who is planning to recover, it is only good and not bad, and it is so good for him

Fame is a no-brainer!

Now it's even more terrible, Li Danren hasn't come back yet, Di Bao has already arrived first, and the old man Zhao of the same government appointed him to do the inspection of the southern capital of Jiupin, and directly became a member of the mansion. Although it is a subordinate official set up for an occasional matter, it is also an official!

At first, Master Fan was startled, thinking that he was going to let Li Dan go to the mansion to do things, but after carefully reading the Di newspaper, he realized that this southern part refers to the three counties of Yugan, Wannian and Anren, which is really appropriate!

In this way, Master Fan has a motive and reason to go to the Li Mansion: to report the good news and persuade donations.

However, Master Li is a well-known iron rooster, and he only gets in and can't get out. Therefore, Fan Xianzun had to come to the door in person with an open face, and although he had expectations in his heart, he was also ready to be rejected.

If someone else's grade is higher than your own, even if you are a parent official, if people don't agree with you, there is nothing you can do.

According to the laws of this dynasty, families with more than five grades enjoy full exemption from taxes and donations. So if you refused, you didn't break the king's law, what are you going to do?