Royal Road - Chapter 31

[Chapter 31]

“General, the brothers of the Wang family have agreed to be the inner responders! Our troops can go down the mountain at any time!” After rushing back to the cottage overnight, Ah Yan smiled and said to the leader who was sitting in the first place.

He was a spy in the nearby countryside from Qingyang Village. With the identity of a trader, he could easily travel through the villages. If there was news of the caravan, he could report to the village as soon as possible.

This is the method that Zhang Hun came up with, and it is also one of the foundations for the gradual growth of Qingyang Village over the years.

If it were not so cunning and cruel, how could it be able to occupy the next mountain in this troubled world?

The old man sitting next to Zhang Hunchong smiled and said, “It seems that the military advisor’s words are somewhat reasonable.”

In the past two days, Qingyang Village has also changed its appearance. Not only the leaders have titles such as generals and captains, etc. , also sealed the military division, planted a flag.

These are all tricks Tian Chang came up with. Since he wants to stay in this cottage, he must look useful.

He is an old man who is over fifty years old, and it is absolutely impossible to fight and kill, but he still has to rely on these “strategies” to have a safe place to live.

In the past two days, Tian Chang also wanted to understand.

For a person like him, taking refuge with a high-level clan would make people look down on him. It is better to spend some effort on these mountain bandits.

Because of this, it is particularly important to lay down the Liang Mansion.

After clearing his throat, Tian Chang said: “The two strategies I mentioned are still based on tying people. The most important thing in Liang’s house is Tianzhuang. Zhuangzi, I’m afraid I can’t support so many people on the mountain.”

Recently, this group of people has captured a lot of refugees, and I’m afraid they won’t be able to support them by robbing Dao alone.

There must be someone to farm the land and someone to sell the goods.

Zhang Hun smiled: “As long as your two inner partners are reliable, it’s easy to talk. If not, you have to set fire to it!”

It’s impossible for such a fool to expect him to be obedient.

However, Tian Chang consciously has some confidence that Liang Feng’s temperament has changed since he was seriously ill.

As long as those new recruits are out of the courtyard wall, are they still mercenaries in front of this group of strong men?

Tian Chang snorted coldly: “General, don’t worry, it’s just to bring people into Liang’s house, the Wang brothers still have the courage. But the people sent by the general must be reliable, and then they can’t kill Liang Feng’s child by mistake!

” It’s not white, and it’s not cheap, this kid?

!

He also wants to show the surnamed Liang to see the scene where his family was destroyed and his wife and son separated!

Zhang Hun laughed and patted Tian Chang’s shoulder hard: “The strategist is too worried! How can my people not be able to hold a sick seedling? Come, arrange a banquet, let’s have a big meal tonight, tomorrow Get on the

road early in the morning!”

The bandits in the mountains shouted in unison, and the sound shook the hills.

Tian Chang touched the short beard under his chin. If he can’t be a good minister, he must be a poisoner.

Didn’t that Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe from the previous dynasty also vote for his master, and only changed his luck when he was old?

In troubled times, that’s how it should be!

Thinking of this, he hurriedly added another sentence: “General, don’t forget to seal the main road to Liang’s residence. If the army’s sudden advance is discovered, it will lose the opportunity…”

“This general naturally knows! Come, come, The strategist also eats a glass of wine, and you won’t go home tonight if you don’t get drunk!”

Tian Chang looked at the group of bandits who were already getting excited, opened his mouth, and closed it again.

This group of thieves is indeed strong, and I don’t know how many villages nearby have been harmed.

Taking the wine glass handed over with a smile, Tian Chang took a sip. The wine was sour and cloudy, not comparable to the commonly used wine in Liang Mansion.

But thinking of Liang Feng’s ugly state of kneeling and begging for mercy tomorrow, this bad wine will not be so difficult to swallow.

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“It’s weird, the messenger should have arrived in the past two days, why is it late?” Jiang Da looked out the window and muttered to himself.

Before he sent someone to send a letter, it only took two days to go from Liangfu to Tongjiao Ma, and then to Jinyang, it didn’t take more than three days.

One back and forth, ten days should be enough.

But it has been half a month, and no messenger has come back.

Could something be delaying the trip?

Jiang Da was secretly anxious in his heart.

These days, he has not been idle in Liang Mansion.

In addition to giving Liang Feng a follow-up consultation and acupuncture, he also got some lime and started trial production of lime water.

This lime can heat up when it is put into water, and when touched by hand, it will turn red and fragmented, like a scald, and the medicinal properties are more powerful than imagined.

However, lime water cannot be stored for a long time. After at most two days, it will be no different from ordinary water. It must be prepared and prepared now to be effective.

Under Liang Feng’s suggestion, he also prepared several lime water with different doses, and sprinkled it on the places with many insects and ants to observe the insecticidal effect. self-modulate.

In addition to lime water, there is also a “mask”.

Jiang Da picked up a piece of cloth on the table and spread it out with his hands.

This cloth is not large, the main body is made of silk and linen, and there are two strings that can be hung on the ears.

It’s a bit suffocating to wear, but it’s better than easy to do.

According to Liang Feng, it needs to be steamed on a cage before taking it, so that it can kill the epidemic.

It also has a great preventive effect on diseases that are transmitted through the mouth and nose.

This may not be a big deal to others, but walking in the epidemic area, doctors still need to see, hear, and ask, as well as the handymen who clean up the corpses, and the coolies who bury the corpses. If this thing is useful, I am afraid that it will benefit more than one person.

This thing, he still has to send it to his grandfather as soon as possible.

Jiang Da certainly has no objection to sayings like drinking well water after boiling and washing hands before meals.

This is the rule-seeking rule of the power family, and the formation of such rule is not just because of good face and ostentation.

Just like the palace is also painted with white ash, or the queen wants to live in the Jiaofang, there are some things that the nobles have already used, but the reason is unknown.

And that Liang Zixi broke this point.

It is no longer important for Buddha to fall into a dream. What matters is how to let more people know about this and control the spread of the epidemic.

Looking out the window again, Jiang Da shook his head.

When will the messenger arrive…

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“Ah!” Leaning on the wooden fence, Xun Ji sneezed loudly and shrank his neck.

Although the sky was a lot warmer, above the watchtower, the wind was much stronger than the flat ground, and it was still a little chilly against the wind, and there was no chat partner around, which made it even colder.

He also took part in the preparatory work before, but he had a problem with his legs, and after running for a few days, he was forced to retire.

But for the sake of his diligence and good eyes, he was assigned the job of guarding the watchtower, and he would alternate with another sentry to guard the watchtower every day to monitor the situation of the enemy outside the hospital.

Honestly, this job is pretty boring.

Although you stand tall and see far away, you are either practicing or farming, and you will see too much.

However, this kind of work is still much better than farming.

Probing to look at the barracks below, I saw that the group of soldiers began to practice standing in line again. One stop lasted for more than half an hour, and I didn’t know what was the use of wasting this time.

According to the arrangement of the past, I am afraid that it is time to play with long spears. Rows of long spears are stabbed in the past, and it looks like a bit of momentum.

Yawning, Xun Ji turned his head and looked into the distance.

Several figures are plowing in the fields. Recently, there has been an overturned truck on the field side. The people on the farm are very motivated. They are busy with water every day.

From time to time, there would be some black smoke coming out of Taofang, while Mufang built a shed downstream of the stream, and a group of people ran around, not knowing what they were doing.

Looking at it like this, it can make life a little more comfortable, and it seems that the days of fleeing from the deserted places have become blurred.

In this life, the greatest luck is to be bought by the master, right?

Xun Ji couldn’t help but grinned and grinned.

He is a half-crippled person who can keep a watchtower, but he has no worries about food and clothing, but a life that most people can’t ask for.

If Yiyan can rise to prominence in the future, can he also get some bargains?

As he was in a state of fascination, on the mountain road in the distance, a puff of smoke rose from afar.

Xun Ji stared blankly for a moment, then suddenly rolled over and jumped up, grabbing the fence in front of him: “Shan… Mountain bandit!”

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"Lang lord, the seeds will be distributed from tomorrow. Those few stones of fine seeds are enough to fill the new fields allotted to the tribe, but there are many people who have been exempted from the field tax this year. I am afraid that the amount of grain harvested is not enough in previous years." Ah Liang's face was a little worried. Now, this account is not enough. It seems that the situation is not good?

"This year's food is no longer for sale, and the same goes for the orchards and fish ponds. We need to raise more chicks to increase the number of eggs laid on the farm." Liang Feng sketched two lines on the paper in front of him and replied lightly.

"But as a result, there is absolutely no money in the account this year!" A Liang couldn't help but hurriedly said.

"There is still 190,000 yuan in the account, which is enough for daily life. The output of the village can't be moved any more. When the price of grain in the summer harvest falls, I will buy more grain in case of emergency." Liang Feng could not Stupid, food in troubled times is much more important than money, and it is the right way to do a good job of warehousing and stockpiling more food.

As for other things, Liangfu Grange is basically self-sufficient.

This is also the best place for the manor economy, behind closed doors, it is a small society.

A Liang opened his mouth and found that he had nothing to say.

Yes, in fact, only the father and son of the father and son are the ones who spend the most money in the Liang residence.

If the master decides to live frugally, then the remaining money is really not a small amount.

Now that the overturned car that Mufang is trying to build, it is still helpful to fight the drought. The impact of the summer harvest should be smaller than expected.

There are a lot of farmers who have been given preferential treatment to be exempted from the fu, and others have more or less the land with reduced fu that is distributed by some parts.

In such a severe drought, it is really unthinkable to receive such kind treatment.

However, the master himself had to live thrifty in order to raise his soldiers.

As a servant, A Liang felt both sour and moved, and he didn't know what to say.

Liang Feng sketched another line on the paper: "Now, the troupe needs to eat 200 shi of grain every year, right?"

A shii is 120 catties, plus the weight of the husks, I am afraid that there is only half of the grain.

One person needs at least two catties of grain a day to keep the capital.

Isn't that more than 200 stone a year?

Nowadays, the price of food has risen sharply, and a stone costs two or three thousand dollars, and there is excess income for the tenant fields of the soldiers.

Ah Liang returned to his senses and hurriedly replied: "Actually, adding some miscellaneous grains can save some money, but the cost of pickles, eggs, fish, etc. is quite a lot, but the tax collected from the fields is far less than that of the farmers, which is a huge amount of money. Expenses."

There is also uniform dress, sophisticated weapons, durable armor, and raising soldiers is really not something ordinary people can do.

Liang Feng sighed in the bottom of his heart, but these investments are absolutely necessary. He can only hope that the new products of the paper workshop and pottery workshop will come out, and I wonder if they can successfully catch up with the summer harvest season?

After making another note on the paper, Liang Feng said: "I also need to buy some cattle and sheep. The cattle can cultivate the land, and the sheep can eat meat and make skins. The vegetation here is lush, and children can graze, which is a subsidy.

" Sheep are not expensive." Alliang nodded again and again.

"Okay, as long as we strengthen the drought resistance and ensure the summer harvest, the house can barely support it…" Liang Feng was talking when he suddenly heard a crisp bell from outside.

This is the watchtower's wake-up call!

Liang Feng stood up suddenly: "Warning!"

"How could it be! Liang's residence has not encountered any bandits for more than 20 years…" Aliang's voice trembled in shock, "Could it be that the guard on the watchtower was wrong? Now?"

Just as he was talking, a servant stumbled in and ran in: "Master! Master! There is a message from Wanglou that there are bandits attacking, one… more than a hundred people!"

"Ah!" Hearing the number , Green Bamboo's legs trembled with fright.

More than a hundred mountain bandits?

How can this hold up?

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Liang Feng said sternly: "Aliang, go to the farm quickly, let the farmers not panic, organize the young men to take up arms, and gather together to guard against the enemy. Green bamboo, go get a red robe, the brighter the better.

After that, he did not hesitate, and ran towards the courtyard where the watchtower was located

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The piercing bell rang through the farm, and Yiyan suddenly looked up at the watchtower.

The watchtower's sentry was arranged by the lord himself, and this movement was clearly a warning sign of the enemy's attack!

In the part, some people also identified the source of the bell, and it was a mess.

Who would have guessed that someone would come to attack the farm during the season of green and yellow, aren't they going to go to the battlefield?

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Yiyan turned his head and shouted: "What are you afraid of! Isn't the drill for this?! Everyone has it, with guns lined up!"

This is the basic battle formation. After more than a month of drills, those soldiers subconsciously started to line up. Soon there were four rows.

Although the formation is thin, once such a crowded square formation is formed, the fear in the heart will be less, and most people will stand firm.

Seeing this, Yi Yan didn't say a word, and after a few scrambles, he climbed up to the small observation platform that was temporarily built next to the barracks, and looked down from a height.

I saw that the mountain road was filled with dust, and a group of mountain bandits was swaggeringly approaching Liangfu. There were a lot of people, about a hundred numbers.

If they were allowed to climb over the courtyard wall, they would immediately harass the farm, and both Sifang and Zhuangzi would be looted.

However, if you choose to meet the enemy, once the trilogy is defeated, the mansion where the lord is located will have no defense power. Although the mansion wall is high and no one is guarding it, it will not be able to stop the thieves who are like tigers and wolves!

Going back to ask the lord for instructions will inevitably delay the timing of the battle.

But if you choose the wrong one, you will suffer huge losses for the farm.

Is it to lead the team to face the enemy several times larger than you, or stick to the high wall and protect the mansion behind you?

Yiyan's teeth were rattling, he wanted to fight, he wanted to defeat those daring thieves and save the lord's farm.

But what if the Lord doesn't allow it?

What if he loses?

Yiyan turned her head and looked at Wanglou again.

This was just an unconscious action, but when he saw the situation upstairs, his pupils shrank suddenly and he clenched his fists.

I do not know when the bell has stopped, there is silence between heaven and earth, a tall and slender figure stands on the watchtower, dressed in red, like a cluster of burning flames.

The man raised his hand and pointed directly to the courtyard gate!

Lord let him fight!

Yiyan shouted and jumped down from the lookout tower: "The enemy is attacking, follow me to defend the farm!" The

team made a commotion again, but Yiyan had already carried his bow and gun, and shouted loudly: "Behind you are your own family. Tsukuda, is the flesh and blood of relatives! If you don’t want to lose them, just follow me to fight!”

This sound was so loud that the commotion was stagnant immediately, and the four corpsmen also shouted when they saw the opportunity: "Fight!"

"Fight! Fight!" The

roar shook the sky.

They finally have their own tenant farms, where they can eat and clothe themselves every day and live in peace.

They don't want to lose these, no matter who comes, they can't take it away!

The queue began to move, strode forward, and ran towards the outer courtyard gate!

He got it!

Liang Feng exhaled suddenly, Yi Yan understood!

Running all the way, Liang Feng almost used up all his strength, sweat poured down like raindrops, and only by supporting the fence could he barely stand up straight.

But he didn't miss everything in front of him.

He could see the group of mountain bandits approaching unhurriedly, and the neatly arranged Liang family trilogy.

The enemy five times his own is naturally terrifying, but he can't tolerate these thieves, and in one fell swoop, he destroyed the home that he had managed to rectify.

Soldiers should guard their home and country, no matter how many enemies, no matter how dangerous it is!

Unfortunately, he was not fully prepared for this battle.

Those recruits were unarmored and only had spears in their hands.

Using such a team to defend against the mountain bandits like tigers and wolves, can you win?

Liang Feng put down his arm and suddenly said to the sentinel behind him, "Go and get a drum!"

Huon Ji was already scared a little stupid, and said "ah".

"Come on!" Liang Feng had no time to talk nonsense, so he snapped.

Only now did Xun Ji react, dragging the half-crippled leg and crawling downstairs.

Liang Feng turned around and walked to the fence. In the courtyard below, there were already many panic-stricken servants and maids. The servants in the main courtyard have been cut several times, but there are still quite a few.

Liang Feng shouted loudly: "All the men took up arms and stood guard on the corner tower of the gate, and the maids prepared boiling water and firewood in case of emergency! The trilogy has gone to fight, they will defend the farm, and I will stand there. Here, live and die together with the Liang Mansion!"

Many people are also looking forward to the part returning to the mansion to protect the main mansion.

However, when they heard these words, they remembered the farm in the back.

They are all servants of the farm, and they also have relatives and friends staying outside, not to mention that this year is a severe drought. If the farm is destroyed, how can they survive?

A few servants gritted their teeth and ran towards the defensive corner tower beside the gate, and other more daring servants also began to move.

Although the fear did not dissipate, the maddening fear was nothing to see the handsome and frail master standing above the watchtower and commanding the guard to defend the farm.

As long as the master is there, they will not be abandoned!

Liang Feng turned his head to Lvzhu, who was still trembling, and said, "Lvzhu, you go down first."

Just now Lvzhu also rushed up with Liang Feng, but she had never seen such a scene before, her legs were shaking all the time. She could

barely stand still, but the little girl still shook her head stubbornly: "Langjun is here, so are the slaves!"

This time, she didn't cry.

Liang Feng looked at her for a moment, said nothing, turned his head and looked into the distance.

Those mountain bandits are getting closer, can his recruits really guard the hospital gate?

How will Yiyan fight?