Chapter 108: Two Gardens
Shao Xun first returned to his manor.
"Lang Jun."
"General Chen."
Tang Jian was leading the guests to manage the homeless people outside the gate, and when he saw a large group of cavalry coming, he immediately stepped forward to salute after seeing it clearly.
General Chen? Shao Xun glanced at Chen Yougen.
Chen Yougen was a little embarrassed and muttered, "Lang Jun, they are calling to play......"
"Lang Jun."
"General."
"Shao Gong."
When he heard the last title, Shao Xun only felt a little thunderous.
He was only eighteen years old, and some people called him "Shao Gong"? At a close look, his appearance is somewhat similar to Chen Yougen.
"What is this?" Shao Xun asked.
"Back to Langjun, this is my eldest brother Chen Jingen. I used to be farming in Yuzhou, and recently brought dozens of villagers to Luoyang to beg for food. Shao Dianji has already agreed. Chen Yougen said.
"Shao Dianji" is Shao Xun's third brother Shao Fan, who followed Pei Jin to learn to manage the manor. Shao Xun once said that Shao Yuan should discuss the affairs. Unexpectedly, after many days, there were many new voters here.
Actually, this is normal.
As the saying goes, a person ascends to heaven and Shao Xun becomes an official, not only his relatives will come to take refuge, but also his cronies and confidants. Even the slave will introduce acquaintances to be slaves......
"Since you're here, let's arrange it in the manor." Shao Xun nodded, then looked at the piles of tents set up not far away, and said, "Go over and have a look." β
Chen Yougen just wanted to say that he had two other brothers who also came over, but he had to shut up and follow quickly.
Wang Que'er was faster than him, and led dozens of people to open the way in front.
Outside the tent there was a pile of rice retorts, which would be boiling corn porridge.
Shao Xun looked at it carefully, it was okay, he couldn't eat enough, but he couldn't starve to death.
"Add some fish soup to the seniors." Shao Xun's horsewhip pointed to a tent in the far west, and said.
There were more than 100 women, some with babies, fleeing all the way and reluctant to abandon them.
The baby was so hungry that she cried, and the woman was anxious to feed, but there was no milk left, so she could only weep secretly.
In the end, there were still people with good hearts, who carried the child over, untied his clothes and fed it.
"No." Pei Jin, who came in a hurry, immediately sent someone to handle it.
More than half of the fish in the pond were caught last year.
When Zhang Fang attacked Luoyang, he spent most of his time in the north of the city, and did not come to the west of the city much, so that this manor was barely preserved - it may also have something to do with the fact that this side is a little far away from Luoyang.
This will be fished again, and the pond fish is afraid that it will become extinct.
"Let's add more porridge and rice." Shao Xun said again.
"No." Pei Jin personally went back and ordered.
Shao Xun just wanted to say something more, but when he saw that Pei Jin had run away, he gave up.
Is he afraid that I will go bankrupt and cause him to lose his job?
Shao Xun sighed, his hand was indeed a little tight, and his appetite was still too big.
He walked along.
When the people in the tent saw him, they came out to thank him.
"Where did you come from?" Shao Xun looked at the frightened faces and asked.
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and finally a man who is about forty years old is promoted.
"Meet Lang Jun." The man said: "We are all Taiyuan people, ploughing in the township, suddenly heard that it was captured, burned, killed and looted, frightened and moved the family south, begging all the way, and finally arrived in Luoyang." β
"Have all the fugitives come to Luoyang, or have someone gone somewhere else?"
"It's a tough journey, some stay, some continue, and others merge along the way. As far as the old man knows, there are not too many people who come to Luoyang. β
"I see." Shao Xun said: "Since you are here, can you be safe?" β
The man was silent for a moment, and finally sighed: "I can't hide it. I was a guest in Taiyuan, and the head of the family felt that he couldn't stay any longer, so he led the crowd south. Luoyang is at the feet of the Son of Heaven after all, and it may be able to be a little more stable. β
Shao Xun said secretly, you are wrong.
Before this year, Luoyang was a place where fighting was very frequent. After the death of Sima Lun, Sima Yin, and Sima Yi, and then the defeat of Sima Ying, this place was settled.
"Why do you want to come here when you are the head of your family? Do you know that if you vote for me, you will be a guest, but it is not easy to do it. Shao Xun asked.
"Don't deceive Langjun, if my master is still here, he won't come here." The man said: "I regret that I have died of illness in Hanoi, I am already a homeless person, so I would like to vote for Langjun." β
"They're all general ideas?" Shao Xun pointed to the hundred or so people behind him and asked.
"Exactly."
"I want to make you wait to go to Yiyang, not in Luoyang, are you willing?"
"Those who have lost their homes, what else do they have to choose, and they are stubborn."
"Okay, once the word is out, the horse is difficult to chase, so it's decided, and we will set off in two days." Shao Xun said: "Tang Jian." β
"The servant is here." Tang Jian replied loudly.
"How many guests are there today?"
"Twenty-three."
"Two days later, I asked Sun He to lead a team of people, and you took the guests from Shaoyuan to escort the Taiyuan guests to Yunzhongwu."
"No."
"By the way, how many homeless people are there?"
"Two hundred and thirty-two households, nine hundred and twelve."
"Okay, send it all over." Shao Xun said without hesitation.
Pei Jin and Shao Fan were jointly responsible for recruiting the homeless, and Tang Jian only assisted in the management. Shao Yuan's side will continue to send people out to collect people, bring back rough generals, and then send them to Yiyang to register and make a book.
Fortunately, the student soldiers are literate, and some of them can also do arithmetic, so they may not be very good at management, but at least they are managed.
In troubled times, talent is precious.
The first phase of the Donghai student soldiers studied for more than two years, and finally came in handy.
The second phase of Luoyang student soldiers has been studying for less than a year, and they have to continue.
In addition, we can recruit for the third phase this year.
From the current situation, it can be roughly analyzed that Luoyang will usher in a rare period of peace.
It's hard to say how long this period of peace will be, at least there will be no war this year. How will it be next year, we have to see again, no one dares to pack tickets.
Peacetime is precious, and if it is not used well, there will be a price to pay in the future.
After leaving Shao Garden, Shao Xun galloped from the west of the city to the east of the city, and stopped his horse outside Pan Garden.
There was another trick in the manor, named Pei Gong, and the eldest nephew Shao Shen followed behind.
"Lang Jun."
"Second uncle."
The two saluted one after the other.
After Shao Xun returned the salute, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
There are Pei family members everywhere, I can't live if I leave the Pei family?
That's it, complain less, and I have to go to Concubine Pei to borrow money later......
"How many people were accepted?" Shao Xun looked at Pan Yuan, who was once very familiar, and was very emotional.
There was no trace of the war here, only the two watchtowers that had been built still clearly told him that he had fought here.
"One hundred and ten households, four hundred and fifty-one people, most of them are from Taiyuan, and there are a few people from Xihe and Pingyang." Pei Gong replied.
Fourteen-year-old Shao Shen wanted to answer, but he couldn't, so he scratched his head anxiously.
"How many days have you been raising it?"
"Today is the fourth day."
"Two days later, you gather Zhuang Ke and send them all to Shao Yuan and hand them over to Tang Jian and Sun He."
"No."
Shao Xun pulled his nephew over and asked, "Can you study with Gong recently?" β
"Worked hard...... Really hard work. Shao Shen said immediately.
"Why do some people say that you ride a horse all day long, and assassinate straw men with a broken gun?" Shao Xun asked.
"Huh?" Shao Shen was stupid.
Is there a fine work around you? Still suing the black?
"Well fed, there's nowhere to be strong, right?" Shao Xun slapped him on the ear and neck, and said, "It's not that you won't be allowed to practice martial arts, but you can't be wasted." You are too student, if you go out and don't even know a few words, not only will you be ashamed, but I will also be ashamed. From now on, I will study literature in the morning, practice martial arts in the afternoon, and review my homework in the evening. β
"Okay." Shao Shen didn't dare to refute, so he could only bow his head.
Shao Xun had lunch in Pan Garden, and then met with the guests of Xiazhuangβall old acquaintances.
"Say goodbye to Biyong, and see Lang Jun again." Someone cried: "Luoyang fights and kills, and there is almost no way to live." If it weren't for Lang Jun to take him in, he wouldn't know where he died violently. β
"Three years ago, Lang Jun fought the enemy here, and now he is famous in Luoyang, I will follow Lang Jun, which is right."
"Lang Jun, don't leave me waiting."
The crowd was gossiping and shouting.
In fact, most of the farmers in Panyuan went to the East China Sea. That was when Sima Ying's army threatened Luoyang, and two and a half years have passed.
Shao Xun looked at these familiar faces and said warmly: "In troubled times, getting together is fate. You wait for me, and there is no reason to give up. Good people are farming here, no one comes to ask you about taxes, and no one will levy them, so you can rest assured. If there are relatives or acquaintances, they can also be referred here. There is much land, but what is lacking is people. β
This year, he plans to recruit the third batch of student soldiers, and he will be placed in Pan Yuan.
There are fifty or sixty households in this place, who grow and harvest their own crops, and they do not have any other burden except the rent paid to the manor, but they are also comfortable.
However, the number of villagers is still a bit small, and it is best to expand to more than 100 households, anyway, there are abandoned farmlands around.
The student soldiers will depend on them for support in the future.
Shao Xun recalled carefully.
In the second year of Tai'an (302), he began to take the first batch of teenagers.
There were 150 people at the beginning, but now there are only about 100 left.
Some went home, some died in battle, some died of illness.
Among the more than 100 people, young people over the age of fifteen supported the first building of the Silver Spear Army with nearly 600 soldiers for themselves, which was the capital of their own pressing the bottom of the box.
Yesterday, Wu Qian told him that there are currently 62 student soldiers and officers in the first building, and more than 20 of them have turned 15 this year, and in addition to those who continue their "further studies," there are 19 people available.
The most outstanding of the nineteen people is named Xu Yu, who is coarse and well-written, has good archery skills, and is so-so in riding.
Shao Xun thought about it, and took advantage of the fact that Sima Yue did not come to Luoyang, and when he had the final say, he continued to gather the wool of the Great Jin Dynasty, built the second building of the Silver Spear Army, and temporarily organized three teams of 168 officers and soldiers.
He no longer served as the owner of the first building, and was replaced by Jin San, and transferred the teaching team to supervise Wang Qi'er to come back as the owner of the second building.
Wu Qian is still in charge of recruitment, and the recruitment is completed as soon as possible and the training is launched.
Every minute before Sima Yue returned to Luoyang was precious.
When he comes back, it means uncertainty, and Shao Xun hates uncertainty.
He left Pan Yuan early the next morning, and after entering the city from Jianchun Gate, he first went to a tailor's shop to get things, and then went straight to Sikong Mansion.