In one day, tens of thousands of rebels stationed around Huairen were swallowed up by the commander, not even a single shit left.

After careful selection, tens of thousands of rebels, 25,000 of them became real soldiers under the command of the commander, and the most well-equipped weapons and equipment. Under the command of the commander, large-scale training began to be carried out with Huairen County as the center.

Not only that, the five thousand elite rebels selected quickly drove to Datong Prefecture to enter Huairen's must-pass defense, blocking all the attacks that the Tiger and Leopard Army might launch on Huairen. Integrate the troops, train the troops, improve their strength, and gain time as much as possible.

When the rebels took advantage of this rare opportunity to expand their strength, Wei Zheng was not idle either.

Of course, this is not idle, which does not mean that Wei Zheng intends to take the initiative to attack the rebels, but that Wei Zheng seizes all the time, digests the results of the war, further strengthens his strength, and prepares for his future separatist Datong Mansion.

So, Datong Mansion, which had just experienced a bloody battle, immediately fell into a strange situation.

The two armies at the junction of the enemy and our defenses do everything possible to avoid causing unnecessary battles.

In the defense zones of both sides, seize every time to train the troops and expand their military strength...

Just as Datong Prefecture slowly fell into this superficially calm situation, the military farms that involved tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people eating and drinking were carried out under the guidance of Wei Zheng...

According to the order of Zhou Shuyuan, the envoy of Datong Xuanfu, a group of military farming soldiers composed of thousands of refugees, under the protection of the Tiger and Leopard Army, set off from Datong City with simple tools to pursue wasteland and head to their own military farming areas.

A village less than twenty miles away from Datong City has no grain harvest due to drought every year. The village that originally lived with thousands of people became empty because of fleeing famine.

As for the thousands of acres of fertile land around the village, the villagers fled and were abandoned due to drought and lack of water.

However, this situation has completely changed since yesterday.

Under the leadership of a army of tigers and leopards, hundreds of refugees lived in the village.

After cleaning the huge village for a day, early the next morning, more than 200 young and strong people from hundreds of refugees, led by the Tiger and Leopard Army, left the village with simple tools for reclamation, and began to clear the land.

Because of the General's Office Wei Zheng's promise: before the spring of next year, no matter how much land you reclaim, half of the land belongs to them.

Not only that, the General Office also dug a deep well for every fifty acres of land, so that everyone can have water to irrigate the land, grow grain, and support themselves... What they need to pay is only the tax on 30 kilograms of grain per acre of land, and there are no other heavy taxes.

Of course, everyone will not let go of such a good opportunity.

Therefore, after arriving at the prescribed location, more than 200 young and strong people were fully committed to reclaiming as much wasteland as possible.

It’s true that it took only two days to reclaim more than two hundred acres of land.

On the morning of the third day, when everyone was working hard to reclaim the land, an accident happened. A group of servants with more than 100 people guarding the hospital, holding sticks and cold weapons, was like a group of crazy hungry wolves rushing towards these refugees regardless of their own.

After rushing to the front of him, he asked nothing, raised his weapon and greeted the refugees.

Although these refugees had twice the advantage in the number of people, because they were not prepared, in just a blink of an eye, hundreds of refugees were killed by the rushing servants' ward. When the remaining refugees realized the danger, they raised their farm tools in their hands and fought back under the organization of several soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Army. The number of people on both sides was equal.

However, because the refugees were holding farm tools, and the servants’ guards’ yard had either sticks or cold weapons, the melee lasted less than a stick of incense and ended with the refugees’ defeat.

Facing the more than 200 refugees who were lying on the ground with their arms or legs in front of them, the head of the yard guard holding a ghost-headed sword walked up to everyone with an arrogant look on his face and shouted.

"You untouchables have all been heard by me... The land here belongs to Wang Yuanwai's family. Although it is abandoned, it is not a land without a border. Therefore, you cannot reclaim land here. Today, our Wang Yuanwai is just a small lesson. If you don't leave here, you will continue to reclaim land here. Wang Yuanwai not only wants to break everyone's legs, but also send everyone to the government and let you all sue..."

"Brothers, go back and tell Wang Yuanwai that we have taught these untouchables a lesson..."

After the servants carried the wounded away, the refugees who were lying on the ground wailing, slowly endured the pain and got up from the ground, and withdrew from the village step by step.

At the same time, the news was quickly sent to Datong Prefecture by the Tiger and Leopard Army, responsible for protecting the refugees.

Although Zhou Shuyuan was the official hat of Datong Xuanfu Envoy, he still insisted on working in Datong General Office. Similarly, Wang Peng, who had been appointed as the Tongzhi Xuanfu Envoy of Datong and was responsible for farming, also lived in the General Office and worked in the General Office's office...

After receiving the news from the military farming site, Wang Peng's first thought was that the general's military farming plan had begun to be resisted by local officials and gentry forces.

I dared not be negligent at all and sent the news directly to Zhou Shuyuan.

After listening to Wang Peng's report, Zhou Shuyuan, with a serious expression, asked directly: "Wang Tongzhi, do you think this so-called Wang Yuanwai may have deliberately made trouble for us..."

Wang Peng shook his head and replied helplessly: "Sir, I am sure that the purpose of this Wang Yuanwai is to stop us from farming. As for the reason he raised, the following officials' judgments should be true."

Speaking of this, Wang Peng seemed to have thought of something and quickly explained: "Sir, you may not be particularly clear about the situation in Datong Prefecture..."

"Because of drought every year, many lands in Datong Prefecture had been pelleted and unrealized a few years ago. Without food, the people could not survive. As a last resort, the people could only exchange the land in their hands for food..."

"But who would have thought that this drought would last for so long... After all the land in hand was exchanged for food, it still failed to meet a good year. As a last resort, these people who had lost their land had to leave their hometowns and become one of the many refugees in the Ming Dynasty..."

"In order to facilitate management, most of our military farms are chosen in villages that are abandoned by the people. These villages are abandoned on the surface, but in fact there is a lot of land that has been acquired by local officials and gentry through various means a few years ago."

"The officials, gentry and landlords in the entire Datong Prefecture know that the military farming was organized by the general. In this case, if these local officials and gentry dare to make trouble, it means that they really have real evidence..."

"Otherwise, with the current status of the General Mansion in Datong Mansion, it only takes one sentence to make these officials and gentry lose their families overnight... So, the officials must be sure that the reasons raised by the King of the Uncle are all true."

"Not only that, in the next period of time, other military farming sites will definitely be attacked and hindered by local officials and gentry. Because, once our military farming plan is successful, the large amount of food stored in the hands of these military farming landlords will become worthless. And their influence in the local area will also be weakened to the lowest point."

Zhou Shuyuan nodded, and his already solemn facial expression became even more solemn at this moment.

After taking a deep breath, he replied to Wang Peng: "Now it seems that we have far underestimated the series of problems that may be faced by the military farm. For this problem in front of us, we must not deal with it blindly with evidence in the hands of Wang Yuanwai. Otherwise, we will lose the support and support of all the officials, gentry, landlords in Datong Prefecture, and even the people's hearts..."

"Let's go and meet the General, and see if the General has any good opinions..."

In the lobby of the General's Mansion, after Zhou Shuyuan and Wang Peng expressed their intentions separately, Wei Zheng did not show the solemn expressions they imagined, but a sharp murderous aura.

After clenched fists due to anger hit the table in front of him, he shouted: "The Ming Dynasty was destroyed by these selfish officials and gentry..."

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng's tone changed directly and he said coldly: "Since these officials, gentry, landlords want to go against me, and they are watching tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of refugees starved to death and remain indifferent, then I will let them taste it too, the despair of people not getting help in the dilemma..."

After feeling the fierce murderous aura emitted from Wei Zheng, Wang Peng, who was standing in front of him, didn't care that he was a newcomer and directly advised Wei Zheng: "Please calm down... The officials thought that if there was evidence in the hands of local officials and gentry, we must not act recklessly. Otherwise, we will push all the officials, gentry, and landlords in the entire Datong Prefecture to the opposite side of us..."

"You know, these officials, gentry, and landlords are all people with great influence in the local area. Once we become opponents with them, we will lose the people's hearts in the entire Datong Prefecture..."

"Besides, so many officials, gentry, and landlords are not all selfish people... We must not confuse them."

After throwing a glimmer of admiration at Wang Peng, the murderous aura on Wei Zheng quickly disappeared.

Then, he said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, although I, Wei Zheng, are a soldier, have a brain, and will never do it rudely..."
Chapter completed!