Yang Shi was unwilling, so he followed Lin Fu's instructions and divided the remaining soldiers into two teams, led by him and Zhao Hu, who took turns to be on duty and train. In the early morning, Zhao Hu was on duty, and Yang Shi was also on duty.
Cruelly, he wanted to train an elite force within three months so that he could look proud and proud. Early in the morning, he drove the soldiers to put on armor and go to the open space outside the high wall to practice.
Leaders Changsun Geng, Shi, and Mao had never seen the prison guards practicing so diligently in the past. Those off-duty officers came out curiously and stood aside to watch.
Lin Fu first asked the Wupeng boat parked on the island to take Lin Mengde back to the south bank. When the Wupeng boat came back, he took Zhou Pu, Wu Qi, Lin Jingzhong and five others who practiced chopping skills in the morning and beat them.
The guard soldiers, who had blue noses and swollen eyes, left the prison hall and planned to take a boat to Chaotianyi Ferry north of Chaotiandang.
After walking out of the prison gate, the officers on the island stood by happily watching Yang Shi practicing martial arts in the open space. Lin Fu asked a guard soldier to stay, pointed at the laughing officers standing aside, and said: "You
Stay and train them in the way of the military camp. If anyone disobeys, he will be beaten with a stick..."
The guard soldier was just an ordinary soldier before yesterday. He was singled out by Yang Shi because of his strong body and poor martial arts skills. He was also beaten by Zhao Hu. At night, he was notified that he would be a guard for the prison officer.
As a guard, this morning, I chopped the prisoner with a wooden knife and knocked him upside down. At this time, my whole body was sore and I had to escort the prisoner to the North Bank for work, but he was suddenly assigned to stay and train these officers... The guard soldier was stunned there.
, was at a loss as to what to do, and wanted to tell the Lord Prisoner that he didn’t know what the military camp training technique was. Seeing that the Lord Prisoner had led everyone towards the dock, they didn’t listen to his explanation at all, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and head towards the pier.
The eight or nine officers in front of them yelled: "Everyone is standing still..."
It was the panic caused by the prison clearance and the fear of the new prison officer that made the guards dare not ignore the order of the guard. Although they did not know how to stand, they still did not dare to delay and quickly moved over the guard.
The soldier stood at attention in front of him. Confidence in this world is easy to come by. Seeing the tense and respectful expressions of the guards, the guard soldier relaxed in his heart and thought to himself: It is easy to train these turtle boys. Who can be disobedient?
, slapped him with a stick, and tried his best to recall how he was drilled when he first entered the military camp...
Regardless of who was behind him, Lin Fu boarded the boat with Zhou Pu, Lin Jingzhong and four other guards. After boarding the boat, he followed Zhou Pu. Lin Jingzhong said: "Don't talk about the need to train the guards. From now on, the prisoners in the prison will also need to undergo a certain degree of training.
There is a lot to do, so take your time step by step.”
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There is a waterway of nearly 40 miles from Prison Island to Chaotianyi on the north bank. When the boat arrived at Chaotianyi Ferry, we really felt that there were more refugees this year than in previous years. Prefectures and counties along the river strictly prevented refugees from crossing the river, and a large number of refugees flooded and stayed on the north bank of the river.
Young and strong men were not willing to beg for food, so most of them came to the ferry terminal to see if there was any labor work to do. The ferry was crowded with laborers looking for work. In the cold spring weather, they were all in ragged clothes. Lin Fu and them
As the boat docked, the gangsters rushed over. Before they could ask for work, four guards jumped onto the dock and drove them away.
The security at Chaotianyi Ferry was also tighter than before. Lin Fu, who was tall and sharp-eyed, saw the Moling County House Secretary and two Zaoyi Yamen waiting at the end of the ferry. He waved and called: "Chen Secretary, I have kept you waiting for a long time...
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"No way, how dare Mr. Chen neglect to do what Mr. Chen ordered?" Chen Shuban and the Yamen servant came over and saluted Lin Fu.
Lin Fu made an agreement with Chen Yuanliang, the magistrate of Moling County, and he and Lin Jingzhong came to the north bank to select able-bodied people from among the refugees to serve as laborers in Jiyun Society. Moling County included these refugees and their relatives in the county yellow book and settled them.
After making an appointment, Chen/Yuanliang specially asked the county household secretary's office to lead the government officials to the North Bank to listen to Lin Fu's arrangements. Chen's secretary office and two government officials took a boat directly from Sheshan Ferry to the north bank before noon.
"Jingzhong, you go with Chen Shuban and the two yamen servants to have a meal and rest first. We will talk about other things in the afternoon." Lin Fu patted Chen Shuban on the shoulder and said, "I still have some small things to do. This time at noon
I'm sorry that I can't accompany you during the meal..."
"Master Lin, if you have something urgent to do, don't worry about us." Chen Shuban said.
Lin Fu asked the four guard soldiers to follow Lin Jingzhong and others. Wu Qi left first after landing.
Lin Fu and Zhou Pu found a tea shed to drink tea in the north of Chaotianyi Ferry. The tea shed was very simple, with a few bamboo poles inserted into the ground to support a thatched roof, and the northeast and west sides were surrounded by oilcloths to block the wind.
There is wind leaking in.
It was a cold spring, and except for Lin Fu and Zhou Pu, no one else was blowing the cold wind in the tea shed. After drinking a bowl of tea, Wu Qi came over with Cao Zi'ang and Hu Qiaozhong.
"Brother Lin..." Hu Qiaozhong called enthusiastically after not seeing Lin Fu for a long time.
"I'm thinner and darker," Lin Fu put his hand on Hu Qiaozhong's shoulder, thinking about him, and said, "Enze is on the south bank. When we cross the river, you can get together."
Among the Chongzhou meatball boys, Hu Qiaozhong and his cousins Hu Qiaoguan and Chen Enze were the most courageous and adaptable. Lin Fu took Chen Enze with him, and Changshan Island also asked Hu Qiaozhong to follow him this time.
Cao Ziang went to the island to do business.
Lin Fu asked Cao Zi'ang to sit down and talk: "Why did Master Cao get here?"
"Just call me by my name," Cao Zi'ang said, "We made an appointment to meet at Chaotianyi today, but we almost missed the trip. There was a fishing ban at Hongzepu, and there was almost trouble. We took a detour for an extra day!"
"Fishing closure? What happened to Hongzepu's fishing closure?" Lin Fu asked.
"I'm afraid your officials in Jiangning don't know this news," said Cao Zi'ang, who had just arrived in Jiangning after a long trip from the north. "After the She family surrendered, in the early winter of last year, the imperial court secretly sent Li Zhuo's subordinate Chen Zhihu 10,000
Elites were transferred to Jinzhong. Chen Zhihu's methods were ruthless. When he led his troops through Wu County in Jinzhong, the villagers of Wu County gathered to resist donations. He first ordered 300 mounted guards to attack and block the official roads to resist the donations, killing people and filling the ravines with blood.
, and later massacred nearly a thousand people in several nearby villages for the crime of rebellion. The villagers feared him like a snake and scorpion, but the local tyrants regarded him as sweet rain. There have been years of famine in the north. How many people have never done anything to resist donations, resist rent, and take advantage of wealthy households?
What's the matter? It's just that the folk customs in the north are fierce, and elite soldiers from Jinzhong, Western Qin and other places have been deployed to strengthen the northern defense line. Therefore, when the villagers caused trouble due to disasters, the local government tolerated and appeased them. Now there are elite soldiers and strong generals.
After the Southeast battlefield was mobilized, the local government no longer tolerated it. Not only did they no longer tolerate it, they also turned over the old accounts of old sesame seeds and rotten millet. The villages that had caused trouble did not ask the first person to be blamed. They were only guilty and arrested people in the past.
Kill without mercy... From early winter to New Year's Day last year, a total of 40,000 elites were transferred to the northern front in the southeastern battlefield. These 40,000 elites were not in a hurry to strengthen the defense line in the Yanshan area. They all went to Western Qin first to clear out the bandits in central Shanxi, especially in the Qin Dynasty.
In prefectures and counties where people are making trouble while crossing the flag, the army is even more aggressive in purging bandits. There are many bandits in the North, and the villagers built them to prevent bandits and theft. I heard this time that as long as someone participates in the anti-donation campaign,
Tuweizi will probably be turned into a bandit stronghold. Last autumn and winter, we were lucky not to go to Zhongzhou. The hunting there was even more severe, and almost all adult men fled the border to seek refuge."
"It's stupid, it's beyond stupid," Lin Fu said, "No wonder there hasn't been much news about the battle on the northern front in the Tang newspapers recently. The people who wanted to plan this matter also know that if the news leaks, the world will be reviled. How can they be like Zhi Xizhi?
The principle of settling old scores among the people? There is no such method of settling domestic affairs before fighting foreign enemies!"
"Hehe," Cao Zi'ang sneered twice and said, "Refugees are flocking to the south. The pressure on public security in the counties along the Huaihe River has increased greatly, and the anti-theft camp has expanded wildly. The expansion does not need to increase the number of troops, but also requires money to raise troops. Not only Hongzepu, but also the counties in the middle and upper reaches of the Huaihe River.
They all tacitly allowed the anti-piracy camps to seal off fisheries and collect river donations within their respective jurisdictions... The river donation was originally an expedient measure carried out by Li Zhuo in the southeast to raise military pay in Jiangdong, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi. It had never been used in the area north of Hongzepu.
It has been implemented. This fishing closure and collection of donations will suddenly be on par with Jiangdong and other places. The fishing boats in Hongzepu and Huaihe River naturally cannot bear it. When we came here this time, there were a large number of fishermen gathering in the north of Shiliang County.
Do you know if something will happen..."
Lin Fu didn't expect that the situation in the north would be so severe. There were some things he knew, and he didn't know them more clearly than Cao Ziang who traveled from the north himself. There were some things that were not recorded in the newspaper, but Gu Wuchen must have known them, and he must have known them more clearly.
Gu Wuchen believed that there was no need to let him know some of the secrets of the central government. He thought that after the Central Government drew out the elites from the southeastern battlefield, they did not immediately strengthen the Yanshan battlefield, but first dispersed them to the northwest to clean up the bandits. Maybe they were also worried that the elites transferred from the southeastern battlefield would continue to succeed.
regiment, so they first divided the bandits and then dispersed into the northern defense line. Those who made decisions in the center did not know that the elite could only play a greater role if they formed a group. If the Yanshan defense line was to be broken through by the Donghu people again,
, what’s the point of the imperial court being on guard against powerful ministers supporting their troops and respecting themselves?
Lin Fu sighed slightly and said, "We can't control these things. Will Zi Ang gain anything from this trip?"
"When I left Changshan Island, Mr. Qin and Wu Wu had not come back and could not talk to each other, but it was not far from what I had expected," Cao Ziang said. "I just heard Wu Qi say that you can arrange for hundreds of households to be arranged this time."
If the refugees settle in Moling County on the south bank, there should be no problem in placing thirty people there, right?"
"As long as your wealth is clean, there will be no problem." Lin Fu said with a smile.
Qin Chengzu and his group of bandits were trapped and killed by the government last year and suffered heavy losses. After they all withdrew to Changshan Island, there were only about forty elite combatants left. It would be difficult to establish a long-term foothold in the waters of Changshan Island, but Qin Chengzu and the others were there.
He has been in Huaishang for ten years, and has a great influence on Huaishang, a country with strong folk customs. Cao Ziang set up poles to pull people and horses when he went north this time.
"It just so happened that there were bandits and famine in the North, and a wave of refugees formed early," Cao Zi'ang said. "Ten coppers on the road and two liters of white flour can be exchanged for a genuine toothpaste. These thirty people may be dressed as
Father and son, either pretending to be uncles or nephews, or pretending to be brothers, make up nine households in total. Their families all left the island directly from Qingjiangpu, but only two or three people really knew the identity of Mr. Lin. They would meet Lin when they went to the south bank of the river.
Master, others don’t know the details. They will only think that someone around you is an insider we bribed. Later at the ferry, Mr. Lin will look at the marks and select the person. From now on, I can count on you, Mr. Lin..."
"What are you talking about? It doesn't matter if you pay your respects to me or not. It's basically reliable for your family to go to the island," Lin Fu said. "After we get to the south bank, we will practice with a small boat first. Within a month, I will prepare a three-masted boat for you Zi Ang."
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Nowadays, a batch of materials must be transported directly to Changshan Island every two months. This is not because of fear of being inspected by waterway, but because the ship is too small to withstand the wind and waves, but the ship is big and there are not enough secretive escort personnel. Now
Now Cao Zi'ang personally led thirty people in, and a three-masted cargo ship with a thousand-stone load was equipped with sailors, guards, and handymen. Moreover, this ship could be used as Jiyun Society's secret warship in Jiangning.
"Zi Ang asked someone to pick up my sister-in-law and Long Zaizi from the island." Wu Qi, the crow, said.
"Ah," Lin Fu looked at Cao Zi'ang, "Jiangning is surrounded by dangers. How can you let your sister-in-law and nephew be involved in danger?"
"Leopards have no legs, crows have no legs - these two bachelors find it a burden to find their wives - I don't have any legs to show to others, what can I do?" Cao Zi'ang said.