world festival

Three days after the capture of Shouzhou City, Huainan Jiedu envoy Yang Xingmi received a letter of distress from Yisheng Jiedu envoy Dong Chang. Cut down Dong Chang.So Yang Xingmi immediately sent Sizhou defense envoy Taimeng to attack Suzhou to contain Qian Miao. At the same time, he reported to the court that Dong Chang had repented and was willing to restore the tribute, and asked to restore his official title.He also sent a letter to Qian Miao: "Changji is self-reliant. He is afraid of the remonstrance of the army and insists on sending him the same evil. Take it.” An Renyi, the training envoy of the Runzhou regiment, was also ordered to return to Runzhou first, and Mo Xiedu was also under his control, and was going to attack the towns of Hangzhou together with Tian, ​​the Jiedu envoy of Ningguo. Hangzhou was Qian Miao’s fundamental place.Yang Xingmi would never allow Qian Miao to capture all the two Zhejiang provinces into the hands of one person.

On the great river, hundreds of ships compete for the flow.Mo Xie followed An Renyi's army to Runzhou along the river transport route of Hangou on the Huaihe River, so that although it was slower than the land route, the soldiers would not be tired, and they could march to Hangzhou immediately after arriving in Runzhou; The bow of the boat was clouded with clouds. Originally, when he attacked Shouzhou this time, the 1000 surrendered troops under his command had returned to their hearts, and they were freed from Shouzhou’s right and wrong place. They could go south and develop themselves, and they felt quite comfortable. But they didn’t expect that Yang Xingmi would be so stingy. , I rewarded him with a hundred bolts of silk and fifty pennies. Poor him, if Lu Fang hadn't made some money for himself when he captured Haozhou City, he wouldn't even be able to give out the rewards for taking Shouzhou City to his soldiers. What's more What is exasperating is that the soldiers who landed at hand were like enemies. In order to prevent mutiny, most of the armor and weapons were confiscated, but these weapons and armor were also swallowed. With 400 people, I really don’t know how to fight Qian Miao. Fan Niseng and Long Shier behind him knew the reason for Lu Fang’s irritability, but they didn’t dare to say more. It was not until dinner time that Lu Fang, who had been drinking Jiangfeng for a long time in the bow, ordered All the officers above the squadron of General Long Twelve went to their own ships for military discussions.

Under the setting sun, there was smoke everywhere, and in a bend of the Huaihe River, the Huainan fleet had already docked and camped. Lu Fang's boat was originally very spacious, but more than 100 officers from the Moyedu Central Committee still packed the entire boat to the brim.Lu Fang sat on the bow of the boat, and in front of him sat Wang Fo'er, Chen Wu, Lu Xiong, Fan Niseng, and Long Twelve. These five people were either refugees, surrendered soldiers, or exiles. Defeated by Lu Fang, he is the only fatal follower, vaguely calling himself Lu Fang's confidant.About three-fifths of the officers below are from the original Caizhou soldiers, and the rest are people from Qijiazhuang after the capture of Shouzhou. Although Caizhou soldiers are somewhat resistant, they also know that this is what they should mean , and there are some complaints at the bottom.Right now, there is a bowl of clear porridge in front of everyone, which is very watery.Seeing that Lu Fang took the lead and finished it in three or two gulps, everyone also hesitated to finish the porridge in front of them. The porridge was hungry, but it seemed even more hungry.The people below exchanged glances, but no one dared to speak.But I heard Lu Fang say: "Are you still hungry?"

The people below thought to themselves: "Of course they are very hungry, what's the matter with this bowl of gruel?" But no one dared to speak, after a while, Long Twelve said with a smile: "Of course I'm not full , but the brothers are all fighters, what kind of hardship can't be endured, just bear it." Everyone below agreed and said yes.

Lu Fang listened and smiled: "Are the soldiers in Shouzhou City satisfied with the rewards?"

This time it was Chen Wu who was in charge of the right wing of Mo Xiedu, and gave all the existing weapons and armor to his subordinates, except for Wang Foer, who commanded the guards, who was Lu Fang's second most trusted general.He is familiar with Lu Fang's temperament, and he doesn't shy away from it: "It's a little short. A brother only has one zhang cloth and one hundred yuan, so he can make himself a jacket. But in the army, either soldiers are surrendered, or they are the children of Zhuangzhong. , and are very content." Long Twelve's people turned pale with fright when they saw Chen Wu speak so directly, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that there was no anger on Lu Fang's face.

Lu Fang smiled wryly and said: "It's very little, but do you know that most of this reward came from someone who snatched it from the treasury in Haozhou City. This time, Yang Jiedu also rewarded Shouzhou City Give me two hundred bolts of cloth, 50 bolts of silk, and 50 guan of money."

There was an uproar among the people below, and the faces of many soldiers from Caizhou were already full of resentment.Huainan is known for its prosperity, and seven or eight out of ten of the wealth in the world come from this.Mo Xie made his first contribution to conquering Shouzhou City, but 1000 people gave this reward to send beggars away. He remembered that day when Zhu Yanshou slaughtered all the hundreds of Bianzhou soldiers who were under surveillance in Shouzhou City. Hate and fear.

But Lu Fang smiled and said: "A certain pocket is already clean, and Yang Jiedu didn't mention the matter of replenishing the armor. Let's see if General An can give some when we get to Runzhou."

After saying this, almost all the officers below jumped up, even those Zhuangzhong children were no exception.It would be fine if there were less rewards, and it would be fine to find an opportunity to grab points during the war, but if there is not enough armor, it is a matter of life and death.The irritable ones in Zhuang Zhong had already rushed to Lu Fang.At this time, a horizontal knife slammed into the plank in front of Lu Fang, and those people stopped quickly. Wang Fo'er stepped forward, pulled out the horizontal knife and shouted: "What do you want, those who lose their dignity in front of the army will be killed!"

Those few people were already sweating profusely from fright, they knew Wang Foer's bravery well, they all knelt down and begged for mercy, Lu Fang waved his hand indifferently, let them stand up, pointed at Huaihe below him with a smile and asked: "Do you know why you went south this time?" At this point, he paused for a while, and continued to say without waiting for the next answer: "This time the south is to attack Suzhou and Hangzhou and rescue Dong Chang. The imperial court paid tribute of [-] taels of gold, [-] collars of silver, and [-] horses of silk. It was from this Huaihe River to the Bianhe River that it was finally transported to Chang'an through the Tongji Canal. King, you are an extremely human minister." When Lu Fang said this, he stopped, and the people below had already been beaten by the mythical numbers of ten thousand taels of gold, five thousand collars of silver, and five thousand horses of silk. Later Lu Fang said It is estimated that no one heard anything below.It took a while before someone came back to their senses, and a soldier from Caizhou below asked eagerly: "Then Dong Chang can pay so much tribute in three months, so doesn't he have more wealth in his family? Holding the golden rice bowl."

A person next to him clapped his head and scolded: "You idiot, there must be more in his family. Have you ever seen a person who only has two bolts of cloth in his house and takes out one to give to the official family voluntarily?"

The man earlier touched his head and murmured, "Dong Chang's family is so rich, but they can't even beat Qian Miao. If you want me to save him, it's better to join forces with Qian Miao to destroy Dong Chang in one fell swoop. Wouldn't it be fun to share his family property together?" Now everyone beside them nodded in agreement, their eyes were piercing, as if they had already captured Yuezhou City and were dividing up Dong Chang's property.

Lu Fang looked at the crowd below dumbfounded, and thought to himself: "No wonder Qin Zongquan and Sun Ru have such strong soldiers, and he is also a good general, but the Central Plains was defeated by Zhu Wen, and Huainan was defeated by Yang Xingmi. It turns out that the subordinates are so short-sighted. They are all a bunch of greedy ghosts." Looking at the hopeful eyes of everyone below, he said with a smile: "Would you like to tell General An what you think, and let General An send you to Qian Miao to attack Dong Chang. "

Everyone immediately fell silent. If An Renyi knew what they were thinking, he might turn around and regard them as meat sauce.Seeing the frowning faces below, Lu Fang smiled and said: "You don't have to be discouraged, you have no share of Dong Chang's wealth, but there is still a big rich man who can get it, it just depends on whether you have the ability." Here, he patted Fanny's shoulder casually, motioning Fanny to step forward.After Fan Niseng finished telling his story, all the officers immediately cheered up. The man who was beaten just now laughed loudly and said: "I never thought that the bald donkey in the south of the Yangtze River is so rich. Don't say it's just that the armor is not complete. Even if it is empty-handed, it can kill you." Those monster monks and nuns were all killed. Brother Fan is only waiting to be the abbot, completely disregarding that Fan Niseng's parents are also monks and nuns.The man was laughing happily when he received a blow on the forehead suddenly, and suddenly flew into a rage, and was about to curse, but saw a familiar man standing in front of him, it was Lu Fang, with the horizontal knife in his hand not out of its sheath, He shook his head, thinking he was going to do it again.Quickly save your head and shout: "Don't fight, don't fight, just don't talk too much."

Lu Fang looked at that appearance, angry and funny at the same time, scolded: "You are a murderer, all you think about is money all day long. That Huangchao has so much money, can you have a life to enjoy it? Let me ask you, just Even the bald donkey in the temple can't hold a strong bow or ride a strong horse, but there are beautiful wives and concubines at home, good wine and good food on the table. No matter how good our generation of warriors can be used to fighting, it's just a point Fighting with rewards, even if you get some property by chance, you can't enjoy it with peace of mind?"

After saying this, everyone frowned and thought deeply, and no one spoke for a long time. At this moment, they heard a strange noise, which turned out to be the stomach rumbling of the man just now. Everyone laughed loudly, and the man laughed and said: "It's not I am hungry alone, you laugh so much, General Lu, you are smart, don't play charades, tell us clearly, and I will do it." Everyone said yes in a loud voice.

Lu Fang thought about it carefully for a long time before he said, "In the system of our dynasty, Jiedushi is the most important and powerful, and he is the head of foreign appointments. Moreover, he also serves as the governor or governor of the district where he is stationed, and often also serves as an interview and disposal envoy. With the supervision power over the state officials, sometimes he also has envoys such as farming, transshipment, salt and iron, etc., and he can also control the rights. Because of their great power, they often also have the position of a central minister. They are called envoys. In this way, they not only have the power of military, government, and finance in the local area, but they can also directly go to the emperor and influence the government. Although our warriors No one is invincible with the sword, but he can't directly control the power of the people, and he can't directly collect taxes. He has no direct connection with the people in the place, so even if he succeeds for a while, he has no foundation. "

Most of the people below were confused, and only a few were sober enough to understand the truth. Long Twelve and the man just now were one or two of them. Long Twelve stepped forward and asked hesitantly: "Do you want the brothers to directly To be an official?"

"No!" Lu Fang said firmly: "At least not completely, I want to set up a new stove, empty the existing government, and take over the vacant places under my jurisdiction.