When the messenger ship arrived in Jiangzhou, Song Yang and Fang Zhe happened to be neither there.
They went to inspect the work of the field protection team around the city.
Thanks to the efforts of the field protection team, the fields around Fucheng are growing well.
The yield of some high-quality plots may even reach 200 kilograms!
It is almost certain that after the autumn harvest, there will no longer be any hunger incidents in all prefectures and counties within Song Yang's jurisdiction.
I returned to Fucheng in a happy mood. The two messengers had been waiting for me for half the afternoon.
The first person Song Yang met was the messenger sent by Lin Yong.
The banditry in Yuezhou is a serious matter and the military situation is urgent, so it is natural to see it in advance.
"Huh? Two explanations?"
Song Yang frowned as he looked at the information sent by him.
"An uprising? Or a rebellion by rogue bandits..."
"Have you sent someone to Baling to find out detailed information?"
"I went, but the people also said these two things." The messenger answered honestly.
When the original Ezhou spies arrived in Baling, Liu Manqing was purging the remaining members of Miao Ji's party.
After less than half a month of consolidation, Yuezhou was basically under the control of the Liu brothers and sisters.
After the situation stabilized a little, the liquidation of Miao Ji's gang members began.
After all, their father was killed by these people, and all Miao Ji's gang members who participated in the massacre of Liu's family that day were to be found and killed.
Some people who don't know the truth think that the Liu family are also brutal thieves, so they came up with this theory.
As for directly entering the government offices or military camps, spies don't have the ability.
The Liu family is a family of military commanders and is very strict in running the army.
Under Liu Manqing's governance, Yuezhou's military was strictly disciplined and well-trained.
It is difficult to penetrate from the outside.
In order to send the news back as soon as possible, the spies did not dare to stay in Yuezhou longer. After inquiring about two pieces of news, they hurried back to Ezhou to report the news.
"I can't find any information..." Song Yang muttered.
"Then we might as well send someone to formally contact them. If this female thief is a righteous citizen who rose up in rebellion, she might be able to recruit them to surrender!"
Song Yang made up his mind and wrote a letter back to Lin Yong, asking him to take precautions while trying to get in touch with the Liu siblings.
Regarding specific defense matters, Song Yang was not present and would not give specific opinions. He asked Wang Ran and Lin Yong to discuss it.
The messenger from Ezhou was sent and replaced with one from Fengzhou.
"Uh... four letters!" Song Yang was speechless, why did he come up with so many letters?
I picked up a random letter and read it, it was written by Niu Laosan.
Opening the letter, a rugged atmosphere came.
I can't help it, the writing is rather ugly.
After reading Niu Laosan's report, I already have a general understanding of the situation in Fengzhou.
As for the Liu Yuhua he mentioned in his heart, Song Yang also shook his head and sighed.
It's a miracle to be alive in troubled times, let alone a lonely twelve-year-old girl.
Continue to open the second letter, which is written by Chen Lin, the general magistrate of Fengzhou.
Most of the article is a compliment, and the other half is a self-recommendation.
This guy is quite sensible and knows that he can't compete with Jiangzhou, so he just plans to blend in.
Chen Linxin mentioned in his letter that he hoped to come to Jiangzhou to meet Song Yang, and also hoped that Song Yang could stand up and lead the entire Daqian to rise.
"My ability is generally limited, but my literary talent is there, and my eyes are good."
This is Song Yang's evaluation of Chen Lin.
As for climbing high and calling out, as a modern person, Song Yang always feels that the national economy and people's livelihood should be stabilized first.
Later I saw Wang Yongning’s letter.
It had only been three or five days, and Fengzhou had already settled down. At the same time, Wang Yongning had begun to expand the Fuxing Army and train the people.
There are more than 28,000 survivors in Fengyang, including 3,000 people who escaped after the destruction of Fengxian County.
Of course, the eastern area of Fengyang itself was less damaged, which also resulted in a much higher number of survivors in Fengyang.
According to the standards of the Fuxing Army given by Song Yang, Fengzhou can have a Fuxing Army of 2,800 people.
At this stage, due to food and grass problems, it can only support a team of 800 people at most.
Therefore, there are only 200 people in the expanded Renaissance Army this time, which is very small.
In terms of other armaments, Fengyang actually has 300 war horses, which are horses from the Fengyang Guards.
There are also a lot of various weapons such as bows, crossbows, knives and guns, so there is absolutely no shortage of weapons.
There is not much information, but it also reveals Wang Yongning's ability to manage the army and train troops.
The last one is from Xiaofugui.
This guy's letter is divided into two parts, the first part is for Song Yang, and the second part is for Song Chengwang.
The part given to Song Yang mainly reports on the socio-economic situation of the people in Fengzhou.
The basic statistics of personnel were carried out for three days, but not even half of them were finished.
In terms of social economy, except for some simple handicraft industries, basically everything collapsed.
Without food security, there is no economy at all.
Everyone is running for a living.
Xiao Fugui’s suggestion is to wait until the state of emergency is implemented and then develop slowly.
Of course Song Yang won't interfere with this, and he can't make a fat man in one bite no matter what he does.
Xiao Fugui has a step-by-step calculation, and Song Yang will definitely not push him to complete a certain goal as soon as possible.
The final content of the report to Song Yang was about Liu Yuhua.
Xiao Fugui only discussed the matter with Song Yang in detail, and did not mention the words Liu Yuhua in the letter to Song Chengwang.
Song Yang smiled silently, they had thrown the problem to him.
But then I thought about it, Liu Yuhua was missing. As long as his body was not found, he was not dead.
In this case, just tell Song Chengwang directly, as long as he hasn't been found yet.
This is also a thought for my eldest nephew.
Most of Xiao Fugui's letters to Song Chengwang were words of greeting.
There is not much substantive content. Writing the two letters together is also to prove one's innocence and to avoid Song Yang misunderstanding.
After reading all four letters, Song Yang put pen to paper and the four of them replied one letter at a time.
First, he told Niu Laosan to send people to walk upstream along the Feng River to find out more about the water pattern in Fengzhou.
He also asked him to gather all the large and small ships in Fengzhou and manage them uniformly.
Jiangnan Prefecture has developed water transportation, and boating is the main mode of travel.
The Water Transport Yamen is in charge of this aspect. From now on, both civilian and military ships will be under the unified management of the Water Transport Yamen.
Then he asked Niu Laosan to take a waterway to explore the situation in Yuezhou.
From Fengyang to Baling, you only need to enter Dongting from Fengshui River.
The mouth of the lake is the city of Balingfu.
In fact, Baling is an important transportation channel between Fengzhou and Jiangzhou.
Fortunately, in this era, the lake mouth is vast and the river is boundless.
Otherwise, the bows and arrows used in Baling City may hit the communication ships passing by.
After changing the paper, I wrote a second reply to Wang Yongning. In addition to doing the regular work, I also had a task to ask him to send some military equipment to Ezhou.
Ezhou and Yuezhou are bordered by land. If the thieves attack, Ezhou will be the first to bear the brunt.
Since Fengzhou has excess armaments, it would be most convenient to allocate some to Ezhou.
Those war horses sent some to Jiangzhou and some to Ezhou, which are just right for use.
Then there was a reply to Xiao Fugui, telling him that Liu Yuhua had to look for him slowly, and he wanted to see the person alive and the corpse even if he died!
But there is no time limit, just take your time.
In fact, he just sent a message and said the same thing to Song Chengwang.
As for work matters, Xiao Fugui thought well on his own, and Song Yang didn't make any other arrangements for him.
Finally, it’s Chen Lin, this guy’s reply is the simplest.
Just one sentence:
"The lonely king is well, please don't worry about me. It's all up to you to protect the country and the people."