Late Tang

After staying in Dengzhou for another two days, after seeing off teacher Cui Yunqing, Li Jing returned to Shamen Town.

When leaving, Li Jing was still a little apprehensive, and went very cautiously with a hundred elite guards, and asked Megan to lead the navy at the Dengzhou Wharf to be ready to meet them at any time, and also asked Wang Zhong, Zhen Donghai and the others to also be on Shamen Island Ready to strike at any time.However, the development of the matter was extremely smooth, and the smoothness made Li Jing smile all the time when he returned.

On February 15, 23 in Xiantong, in the early morning, all the generals arrived at the Fenghuangshan Wharf in Shamen Town, and even the soldiers below lined up to greet them. Many people on the island and soldiers' families also rushed to the wharf.They all knew the result of the mediation, and Li Jing immediately sent someone back to bring the good news back to Shamen Town.

I heard that the mediation was successful. Not only was my family not convicted of rebellion, but General Li Jing was promoted all the way, and Shamen Town also annexed Shisan Island at once, expanding its territory by nearly twenty times.The sharp sword hanging over everyone's heads was finally removed, and the last bit of worry in their hearts was gone, and everyone couldn't help but be overjoyed.The Dragon King Temple, Sanqing Temple, Avalokitesvara Temple and other Taoist temples and Buddhist temples in the town were crowded with people at one time, and they all came to offer incense and give thanks.

Li Jing, who returned to Shamen Town, was warmly welcomed by the whole island, and the guards who followed him to Dengzhou were also treated like heroes.There is no worries in Shamen Town, and everyone can finally keep the Taoyuan Paradise in their eyes.

Li Jing is also very happy to see this happy atmosphere, the people in the town want it.Although he went to Dengzhou this time to be promoted to the rank and title, he also paid a considerable price in addition to expanding his territory.He gave Song Wei 30 guan of military expenses, and returned 20 shi of rice and a lot of valuable military equipment.In addition, Song Wei and the teacher were given [-] guan each separately, and Song Wen, Li Rui, and several other battalion leaders in Dengzhou also gave [-] guan each, for a total of [-] guan. A lot of food ordnance.He got [-] guan indemnity from Feng Zhang, which is considered to be all of it, and he added [-] guan and a lot of food and weapons.

But all of these are worth it, and Shamen Town is considered to be in the limelight this time.But the more so, the bigger the tree attracts the wind, the easier it is to attract jealousy.Now that Li Jing is spreading his wealth, he also wins over the relationship with everyone in the same alliance.People who eat alone can never win people's hearts.

After squandering hundreds of thousands of money and food in Dengzhou, Li Jing will certainly not be stingy to his own people after returning to Shamen Town.Once on the pier, Li Jing immediately announced in front of the welcoming crowd that all the officers and men in the town would be rewarded with two thousand dollars, five buckets of rice, two catties each of wine and meat, and a three-day holiday.And the other common people on the island will also receive a reward of two hundred dollars per person and one bucket of rice.Even those workers who came to build the city and were not permanent residents of the island, Li Jing also ordered a reward of one hundred for each.

For a while, the entire island was more joyful, especially for those soldiers. They fought a few battles recently, but the harvest was extremely rich. Not only were there rewards for the battle, but also rewards after the war. once.The rewards they received were higher than their salaries.

It wasn't until noon that Li Jing and others returned to the town general's mansion from the enthusiastic soldiers and civilians on the pier.

In the Blue Wolf Hall, there are a lot of civil and martial arts.Everyone was smiling, and everyone put on brand-new official uniforms.

Shamen Town has jumped from Zhongzhen to Shangzhen, and has newly administered two castles and nine garrisons, which is actually equivalent to surpassing Shangzhen, almost equal to the size of a county town.Li Jing was promoted to the sixth-rank general, and also got the fifth-rank guerrilla general and Shangdu cavalry captain.Naturally, the people at the bottom were promoted smoothly, and one of them attained the Tao, and it was like a chicken or a dog ascending to heaven.

Lin Wei, the deputy town general, was promoted to the deputy town general of the upper town, and his position was also promoted from the sixth rank. He also won the rank of guerrilla general. .Shangzhen has two deputy town generals, and Li Jing promoted Wang Zhong to be the deputy town general this time. In this way, Wang Zhong also jumped up from the sixth rank, and also obtained the rank of guerrilla general. official robes.Lin Wuze won the title of Lieutenant of Zhaowu School on the sixth rank. Although he didn't get the scarlet robe, he was still a rank six. Next time, he will go up to the fifth rank scarlet robe.In fact, the actual military positions of the generals have not changed, they have only been promoted by one or two ranks, and some outstanding performances have even been added to the rank of Lord.

Li Jing is still the town general of Salmonella, but he has added a deputy soldier and horse envoy of Daxie Village, this is for him to rule one town, two forts and nine garrisons.All the generals are looking forward to the appointment of the newly added Second Fort and Nine Garrison officers.

After pondering for a moment, Li Jing said: "My idea is to divide the Zhanbing battalion into two, and the original five on the left side will form a separate battalion, which will be the Heixiong battalion, and will be stationed on Daheishan Island. The general of Daheishanbao Township, in addition, Captain Wu Qian is the deputy township general of Heishanbao, and he is also the capital of Heishanying Yuhou. Battalion Deputy Ten Generals."

"Wang Zhong's five right wing also formed a separate battalion, the Qinglang Camp, and moved to Xiaoheishan Fort. Wang Zhong served as the town general of Xiaoheishan Fort and concurrently served as the ten generals of the Qinglang Camp, and Zhang Lie served as the deputy town general of Xiaoheishan Fort. , and concurrently served as Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Qinglang Camp, Liu Shouqian, the first general, was promoted to the deputy tenth general of the Qinglang Camp and is still the first general."

Li Jing also had his own considerations for splitting up the most powerful combat battalion in the entire army.The battle barracks is now the blade of the whole army. After the last inspection, they are already a qualified army.Splitting them up is also to use this battalion leader as a seed to bring out more people.On the other hand, although Li Jing believed in Lin Wei and Wang Zhong, this battalion was originally a large battalion, and more than half of the army's combat power was concentrated together, which was not a good thing.Soldiers and horses should be distributed more widely, and more generals should be in charge separately. This is the kingly way.

And there is another very important reason. The big and small Montenegro Islands are all big islands much larger than Salmon Island, and they are new lands.Li Jing himself will not leave Shamen Town lightly, but he needs people with enough prestige to garrison.Lin Wei and Wang Zhong have enough prestige in the army, now one is Li Jing's brother-in-law, and the other is married to his widow's sister-in-law, which can be regarded as a close relationship, let them go, he can rest assured.

Both Lin Wei and Wang Zhong stood up and stepped forward to take orders.Both of them were very excited when they received this appointment.It is very exciting to be able to lead a battalion alone and control a fort alone. "I have taken orders, thank you General. We will do our best to guard Erdao for the General."

Li Jing smiled: "I believed in the abilities of the two of you, so I handed over the second fort to you. Both the Big Black Mountain Fort and the Little Black Mountain Fort are very important, and now it all depends on you."

Speaking of which, Li Jing called Wu Qian and Zhang Lie forward again. This time he transferred the two of them to the Second Fort as deputy town generals, and also served as Du Yuhou in each battalion. Both of them performed well after they surrendered, and Li Jing also saw them as talented people.However, it is impossible for him to completely trust the two of them for a while, and it is also a test to transfer them to the second castle this time.Using them as deputy generals is not only to use their ability and prestige, but it is also an opportunity to test them. If they have any unruly ideas in office, Lin Wei and Wang Zhong can immediately punish them.Let them be deputy town generals, but not let them serve as deputy ten generals. It means just being Du Yuhou.Temporarily do not give them military power, just in case.

However, Wu Qian and the two of them didn't think so deeply. Seeing that Li Jing was so kind to the two surrendered generals, and now he was appointed as the deputy town general of Erbao and Marquis of Du Yu, they couldn't help being extremely grateful.Before Zhang Lie was captured, he was only a deputy town general. Although Wu Qian was a town general, he was now a prisoner. Li Jing trusted them so much, which made them very grateful.Especially now that they have no other place to go besides attaching to Li Jing.Both of them kowtowed to Li Jing to thank them, and vowed to be loyal to Li Jing for the rest of their lives.

Liu Shouqian and Zhang Chengzong came forward to thank each other. The two starving people who fled the famine at the beginning, after Li Jing took them in, they were first the leader of the household team, and then rose all the way. This is exactly Li Jing's promotion of them, and the two are extremely grateful.

"General, divide the Zhanbing battalion into two battalions and move them all to Heishan Fort. What about Salmon Island?" Zhang Hong was a little puzzled. In his opinion, Salmon Town is the core, so the most elite soldiers and horses should be placed there. Salmon Island.

"Shamen Town has a strong defense, and the auxiliary barracks and reconnaissance battalion are enough. For the following nine forts, my idea is that the three outer islands of Shamen Island, Yangtuozi Island, Niutuozi Island, and Shaobing Island, are still handed over to reconnaissance. The battalion is garrisoned and used as a training base. For the other six forts, I plan to recruit more than 200 troops and form a new battalion according to the original combat battalion. It will be called the Iron Spear Battalion for the time being, with [-] troops in six capitals. , Lin Wu, the tenth general of the Auxiliary Battalion, was transferred to the tenth general of the Iron Spear Battalion. The headquarters of the Iron Spear Battalion was stationed on Xiaoheishan Island, Shamen Island, and Mantis Island between the North and South Islands. In the blue wolf battalion, the team leader selects the deputy team leader to be promoted and transferred from the two groups, and the team leader and deputy team leader will transfer the team leader and deputy team leader. promotion."

"The six capitals of the Iron Spear Battalion are the heads of towns, and at the same time serve as the upper garrison masters of the six fortresses."

After Lin Wei was transferred to the Iron Spear Battalion, Li Jing would personally serve as the Tenth General of the Battalion who had just been renamed the Iron Bi Battalion.

After the appointment of the generals and garrison masters of the second fort and nine garrisons, the officers at the town level also made some fine-tuning.Li Jing is still the town general, Lin Wei is the deputy town general, Wang Zhong is promoted to the town's deputy town general, and Lin Wu is promoted to the town capital Yuhou.Zhang Hong is still serving as a soldier in the military, and after the original soldier Han Zhongwu and Li Jing's fifth sister got married, Li Jing was also promoted to a rank this time, and was upgraded to the Cang Cao in the town.And Cui Zhiyuan, who took Li Jing's second sister-in-law, was also promoted to soldier Cao Zuo.Li Jing's uncle Cong Shu was originally the Zuo Shi, but this time he was promoted to the town recorder.In addition, a lot of staff were specially promoted to take up various positions. Now there are civilians in the town. There are two Shige, one Cangdu, and two Shi; there are a total of 13 civil servants above the official rank, plus the following two forts with seven people in each fort and six people in each garrison. There are a total of 81 civilian staff in the entire Shamen Town Those who have a grade of nine or more.From top to bottom, Shamen Town has initially established a complete staff system.The entire civil service system is dominated by Bing Cao Shen Jun Zhang Hong, Cang Cao Shen Jun Han Zhongwu and Li Chun, the secretary, and the following Bing Cao Zuo, Cang Cao Zuo, and Shi are supplemented.Although the status of these staff members is still not comparable to that of generals, Li Jing is quietly increasing the influence of the civilian staff.

(To be continued)