flstandardbreds Chapter 112 Bandits Appear in Military Town
Chapter 112 Bandits Appear in Military Town
Zhao Zhen is very lucky to have met a good brother.
Yes, Zhao Sheng is a soft-hearted person. He is a mercenary, not a killer.
The mission he carries out is to work for world peace!
Zhao Shicheng was imprisoned in the prison of Luancheng. After he entered, the guards of the Princess's Mansion instructed the jailer not to make things difficult for this man, otherwise someone from above would deal with them.
When Li Weiguo, the magistrate of Luancheng County, heard the news, he hurried over to ask what was going on.
"Brother Wu, what's going on?"
The Wu brother that Li Weigang mentioned was named Wu Sikai, and he was the steward of the front yard of the princess's mansion. Originally, Zhou Tong was in charge of the princess's field work. Now that Luancheng is growing stronger and stronger, and Luancheng County has been established, there are responsibilities of the county lieutenant, and Zhou Tong was transferred to be the county lieutenant.
"Isn't our Captain Zhou now a county lieutenant? Commander Mao is now a captain. Today, he sent someone here to cause trouble at the Princess's residence. Send him in and wait for a fine of 500 copper coins, and then we can release him."
"So cheap?" Li Weiguang thought that such a small matter could be handled without any problem by the Princess' Mansion, so he answered casually.
"I'm glad you understand, Magistrate Li. We'll take our leave!"
After saying that, Wu Sikai and his companions clasped their fists and left.
Li Weiguang also knew that after Zhou Tong became the county lieutenant, he brought a hundred people to serve as government soldiers. The three squads and three captains were all selected from these hundred people, and the recruitment was still in progress.
Mao Wang was promoted to the rank of captain because the rear guards needed to be strengthened.
In this way, Luancheng County Lieutenant Zhou Tong had only 500 palace soldiers under his command, Mao Wang had 500 guards under his command, and the son-in-law Zhao Sheng also had 100 personal guards.
In the afternoon, Zhao Wangshi brought 500 copper coins to Luancheng County and paid 500 copper coins as a penalty. Only then was the man released.
A few days later, Zhao Sheng came to Shigang Village and found Zhao Shicheng and Zhao Wangshi.
A few days later, the construction of the first private school in Shigang Village began. It was located opposite Zhao Shicheng's current house. It was not a large building with only seven or eight rooms, each of which could accommodate fifty people.
Zhao Wangshi was responsible for cooking in the private school, and children in the village who had not reached the age of enlightenment could also be placed here.
One of the houses is the village's medical room, used for emergency doctor's diagnosis and treatment.
There are also two lounge rooms, one is a temporary lounge for children and the other is a lounge for adults.
Zhao Shicheng was responsible for enlightenment, while Zhao Wangshi was responsible for taking care of the child. Later, a nurse was hired to take care of the infant together.
After all, Shigang Village is small and there are not many children who can be enlightened.
The children who were originally receiving enlightenment in Luancheng have returned to Shigang Village. Not only are they receiving enlightenment here, but they also have a task of surveillance and supervision.
This year, the weather in Da Zhou was good, and after the severe drought and locust plague, the people finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Weizhou also developed very rapidly, and a number of spinning machines and looms appeared in Luancheng workshops.
At that time, the main textile products of the Zhou Dynasty were silk and linen, and the silk was woven into silk, also called satin.
During this period, subdivisions had begun to appear, including silk, brocade, cotton and linen. In fact, cotton fabrics appeared in the Shang Dynasty, but many people at that time did not know its use.
At this time, the Western Regions had already begun to weave cotton, but it was only popular among the aristocratic circles.
Another reason is that silk appeared in the Western Regions, which led to the obstruction of cotton textiles. As for the problem of cotton keeping warm, it was the appearance of silk that delayed the development of cotton by a thousand years.
Cotton was considered a useless commodity. Although it came to the Central Plains and circulated for a thousand years, it only began to develop after it came to Quanzhou.
As a time traveler, how could Zhao Sheng let this matter end in vain?
In Weizhou, Guangchang County and its surrounding areas, all areas that are inconvenient for farming are planted with cotton. Cotton cannot be eaten, so there is no need to worry about someone stealing it.
Of course, Zhao County also began to experiment with planting, and eventually found that this thing can be planted under the premise of fertilizing after reclamation, but the yield is affected.
"Prince Consort, we are military households. The prince asked us to be self-sufficient and just grow some food."
The 20,000 Dingzhou troops who were withdrawn lived a leisurely life again. Cheng Jushu was usually not in the camp, and the guerrilla general was basically always in the barracks.
He was seven feet tall, with broad shoulders and a thick waist, eyes wide as a tiger, and his voice was like thunder.
"General Jiao, what kind of food are you military households growing? After the wheat is harvested, you can plant some cotton. You don't need to plant it in waterlogged land, dry land will do."
Zhao Sheng is the son-in-law of the prince, and as a general he can only carry out orders.
After lunch, Jiao Fafa called the head of the military household, and Zhao Sheng explained some details of cotton planting step by step.
After finishing, Zhao Sheng wanted to leave, but Jiao Fa stopped him.
"Prince Consort, are there some unsafe places in Guangchang County?"
"Unsafe? Is there a bandit here?"
"Prince Consort, there's no problem going through Guangchang County, passing Tang County, and then Changyue and Baihe. Until recently, there's been a lot of banditry in the military town, and the transport vehicles have been attacked twice."
"Attacked twice?" Zhao Sheng thought to himself, how come I didn't know about this? "When did it happen? How come I didn't know about it?"
"It only appeared recently. This is a notice issued by our garrison in Tang County."
Zhao Sheng was somewhat displeased when he heard this. Such a big thing actually happened but Luancheng didn't know about it, even though the transportation between the two places was now under the responsibility of the Dingzhou County Government.
But when something this big happens, we can’t just not report it.
"Are there any arrangements for suppressing the bandits?" Zhao Sheng gave up his thoughts and continued to ask.
"We have no plans here. I guess the Tang County and Guangchang County soldiers will be the ones to encircle and suppress the enemy."
As soon as Jiao Fafa finished speaking, Zhao Sheng angrily said, "Guangchang County's ambush troops are less than a hundred people. How can they be capable of encircling and suppressing the bandits?"
"There's nothing we can do. The military town is no longer under our jurisdiction. There's no reason for our Dingzhou army to go to the Yanzhou fiefdom."
Zhao Sheng then remembered that all the fiefdoms of the Great Zhou had strict regulations, and no one could send troops to other people's territories without any requirements or legitimate reasons.
To put it mildly, this is an act of violating the rules; to put it seriously, it is an act of treason.
In feudal dynasties, mobilizing troops was a serious crime. No matter how crazy the bandits were, you could not move without orders from the court or help from the local authorities.
After hearing this, Zhao Sheng was at a loss. He only brought fifty personal guards with him and thought the journey was safe, so he planned to go to Guangchang County.
"Did the report mention the number of bandits?"
"According to the intelligence feedback, there are over a hundred bandits."
"The number of vehicles traveling back and forth is usually at least five. You know there are three people following each vehicle, and including the escorts, there can be as many as five. How dare over a hundred people rob a convoy?"
Zhao Sheng didn’t understand. Who gave them the courage?
When this line was first assessed, there were no bandits here.
Suddenly, Zhao Sheng remembered that there were bandits in Xiaolong Mountain. It was said that this force was secretly raised by the Lu family for the purpose of guarding against the Huns.
In feudal society, some large families not only raised slaves and servants themselves, but also raised bandits in the mountains.
These bandits were not originally evil people. Most of them worked for big families at first, and the big families gave them some money to live in the mountains.
Later, these people became more and more powerful, and in order to control them, the people from these big families would send capable people from their own families to lead them.
The reason for doing this is to ensure that their big family remains invincible.
Throughout history, there have been very few successful rebellions without the involvement of bandits.