Fei Ju was a fellow villager of Zhu Chongba. He was very skilled and went out of the city himself to sneak into the Yuan army camp to investigate the military situation. He was a man of both wisdom and bravery.
Zhang Ximeng valued his opinion and did not make his own decisions. Instead, he asked: "Do you have any ideas on how to dispose of the spoils?"
Fei Ju was questioned. He admired Zhu Chongba, so he took refuge under Zhu Chongba. He was not a member of Guo Zixing, but a true Zhu Chongba.
It's just that Zhu Chongba is still under Guo Zixing, and his reputation is not correct and his words are not smooth.
Even if Guo Zixing gives Zhu Zhong eight titles and can command a thousand households, it will be easy to handle. All the captured materials can be placed in the military camp.
But now he is still the captain of the ninth captain, has he seized so much property and put it all in his own yard?
Fei Jusi thought about it and then said bravely: "Young sir, you have made a great contribution this time. The commander-in-chief will definitely give you some reward, right?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled slightly, "What if not?"
"This... the commander-in-chief is too unfair!" Fei Ju said with a dark face: "Young master Zhu has been through life and death, everyone has risked his life! Kill the enemy with your head raised, let me ask you, in the whole Haozhou, who else is better than us?
Great merit? The commander-in-chief dares not to promote Mr. Zhu, for fear that he will not be able to convince the public!"
Zhang Ximeng's smile did not fade and he asked again: "What should we do if the commander-in-chief insists on having his own way?"
Fei Ju was asked again, what should he do?
Overthrow the commander-in-chief and become your own master... If you are not strong enough, just grab the troops, develop independently, and have the final say.
In this troubled world, nothing is strange.
I just don’t know what Mr. Zhu’s attitude is?
He didn't dare to say anything now. Fei Ju thought about it and could only say: "Sir, you are Mr. Zhu's confidant. If you have any plans, just tell me and I will listen to you."
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "We are all our benefactor's people, so we naturally listen to our benefactor's actions... Twenty miles west of Haozhou City, there is a town called Linhuai. You lead fifty people there first. If there are no accidents,
Take Linhuai immediately, and if you encounter a strong enemy, come back quickly to deliver the message."
Fei Ju thought about it and couldn't help but his eyes brightened!
Mr. Zhu is going to develop on his own!
This is a good move, a wonderful move!
The reason why Fei Ju chose to seek refuge with Zhu Chongba was because he felt that Guo Zixing was not as good as a ruler and would be difficult to achieve. First of all, in terms of employment, Guo Zixing preferred his son and brother-in-law. He finally found a capable son-in-law and was reluctant to promote him.
He couldn't get along with those people who were also commanders.
Before the Yuan soldiers besieged the city, Guo Zixing often worked at home and did not like to go to the military camp... As a result, Sun Deya and others were always in the military camp, mingling with the soldiers.
When something happened, Sun Deya and others got together and came up with a solution. They didn't pay much attention to Guo Zixing. Occasionally, he was called to the commander's house by Guo Zixing, and they often argued.
For example, when Zhu Chongba and Ma proposed building trenches and strengthening city defense, Sun Deya strongly opposed it... It's not that Sun Deya didn't understand the importance of city defense, it was just that he was used to arguing with Guo Zixing and couldn't change it for a while.
Fei Ju observed for some time that the city was in chaos, and he wanted to seek refuge with Liu Futong.
As a result, Yuan soldiers besieged the city, but he failed to leave. He also discovered that Zhu Chongba had a way of defending the city, showing compassion to his subordinates, speaking and doing things in a well-organized manner. Take the incident of Li Xincai wanting to surrender to the army, Zhu Chongba did not accept him rashly, but
He was asked to settle down his family first and take care of his mother. This alone was ten thousand times better than the military leader who only focused on catching young men and expanding his troops.
Now he is following Zhu Zhong's eight great Yuan-defeating armies, and they are killing each other heartily and with great pleasure.
Fei Ju recognized Zhu Chongba from the bottom of his heart, but Lao Zhu's identity was really embarrassing, and his subordinates felt uncomfortable following him.
It just so happens that Lao Zhu is going to develop independently at this time, which is really great.
"Don't worry, little sir, Linhuai is a good place, I'll go and get it right now!"
Fei Ju led fifty people, mounted the captured horses, and went down in a flash.
After sending Fei Ju away, Zhang Ximeng followed Ma to the place where the trophies were stored. This was a small village of the Yuan army. It was originally a place where weapons and armor were piled. Tang He's men were guarding it at this time. Since Zhang Ximeng was guarding the city,
He often discussed military affairs with Zhu Chongba Tanghe. Everyone knew him and were very polite to him.
"Little sir, take a look! This thing is much older!"
Zhang Ximeng nodded with a smile. Everything he could see were good things, including swords, armors, weapons, and even a dozen return artillery pieces.
Zhang Ximeng checked it briefly and couldn't help but nod. It was indeed something made by the Minister of Industry. It was more exquisite and better than the ones in the city. It was really good stuff!
In addition to weapons, Zhang Ximeng also found a lot of food, packed one after another, piled up like a hill, which seemed to be at least tens of thousands of stones.
Next to the grain, there were no less than three hundred carriages, as well as the animals that drove the carriages.
Zhang Ximeng went around and found a pile of books and manuscripts in the corner.
The soldier next to him chuckled and said: "Little sir, this is what our Qianhu ordered. He said it was given by Mr. Zhu. The young gentleman likes to read. In the military camp, anything with words will be snatched away and left behind."
Mr. Zhu... Actually Mr. Zhu was also wrong. No one except us can appreciate these things. Some bastards used them to light the fire, and I scolded them a few times before taking them back."
"Little sir, do you think this thing is useful?"
The soldier leaned over to ask, only to find that Zhang Ximeng was holding a volume of manuscripts in his hand, looking at it blankly, and he was lost in thought.
Everyone doesn’t understand, what kind of good thing is worth caring about so much?
They didn't understand and didn't dare to ask, so they could only quietly step aside and do other things.
By the way, why does Zhang Ximeng pay so much attention?
It turns out that this is a manuscript written by Jia Lu... It records Jia Lu's experience in surveying the Yellow River and controlling floods.
Every river and every section of river embankment has detailed data, which section of the river is seriously silted up, which section of the river needs to be dug...how many people are employed, how much food is spent, everything is available. Even some key places have been mapped.
Pictures, down to the smallest details.
In view of the serious flooding of the Yellow River, Jia Lu proposed the method of repairing the river: "First, build the north embankment to prevent the collapse; second, dredge and divert the river eastward to restore its old course."
After receiving support from the Yuan court, Jia Lu personally deployed and commanded, mobilizing 150,000 people to control the Yellow River.
The yellow water control construction site stretches for more than 300 miles. Jia Lu adheres to the principle of "dredging when sparse is appropriate, blocking when necessary, preventing when necessary, and venting when necessary." He makes full use of the situation and local conditions, and gives full play to his talents in water control.
Especially when blocking the breach of the Huanglinggang embankment in Cao County, Shandong Province, due to the strong water flow of the breach and the autumn floods, the river mouth brushed northward and turned rapidly, making it difficult to block the breach.
Jia Lu mobilized 27 large ships, loaded stones into the cabins, and sank them one by one. He built stone ship embankments layer by layer to block the monstrous flood, and finally completed the interception... When he saw this, Zhang Ximeng was stunned. The stone ship intercepted the flood.
This method was still used in later generations, but it was replaced by trucks filled with sand, gravel and soil, and they were thrown into the torrent one after another.
"This old man is really a genius!"
Zhang Ximeng closed the manuscript and couldn't help but sigh. Since the late Northern Song Dynasty, the Yellow River has continued to flood and change its course... Needless to say, the famous Sanyi Huihe River.
When the Jin soldiers marched south, Du Chong blocked the embankment of the Yellow River and drowned more than 200,000 people, but he did not stop the Jin soldiers. In terms of operations, they were about to catch up with the God of War at Huayuankou.
Since then, the Yellow River has caused harm from the Jin Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, lasting for more than two hundred years, with no results.
Frankly speaking, Jia Lu's water control this time was effective. In the following hundreds of years, the Yellow River generally followed the river course after Jia Lu's control.
However, as we all know, many major projects are harmful to the present but beneficial to the future, such as Qin Shihuang's Great Wall, Straight Road, Sui Yang Emperor's Grand Canal, including this river control!
Zhang Ximeng was startled. Now the people are scolding the river banknotes, thinking that this is a sign of the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty. But to be fair, the Ming Dynasty will also need to control the river in the future.
These precious materials must not be destroyed casually. Zhang Ximeng immediately put the manuscript away and ordered the soldiers to collect it as much as possible to prevent it from being destroyed by the rebel army.
After he finished his instructions, Zhu Chongba and Tang He returned. Zhang Ximeng couldn't help being surprised when he saw their team. He clearly remembered that when Lao Zhu fought out of the city, he only had two hundred horses. Why did he look at people like this?
People ride horses, and some people have two or three horses!
This is a huge fortune!
Unexpectedly, Zhu Chongba was still not satisfied, and Tang He even cursed, "Let the old man Jia Lu run away. If he falls into my hands, I will crush him!"
Zhu Chongba took a deep breath and put aside Jia Lu's matters for the time being, "Little sir, how about the commander-in-chief?"
This time Zhang Ximeng did not speak, but asked Ma to come over and talk to Lao Zhu!
Ma came to Zhu Chongba and told her about Zhang Tianyou's plan to arrest her. Zhu Chongba was speechless for a long time.
Originally, Zhu Chongba just wanted to keep some of his trophies so that he would not be completely controlled by others. To put it bluntly, it was just a small treasury.
But knowing that the Guo family and his son were planning to use his wife to hold him hostage, Zhu Chongba no longer hesitated. It was imperative to develop independently!
At this moment, Fei Ju came on horseback, with a strange look on his face, as if there was some great joy.
He got off his horse, hurried to Zhu Chongba's ear, and lowered his voice: "The old man ran to Linhuai and was caught by the villain!"
