Chapter 189 Raising by all parties
"What should I do if I am a humble position?" Song Wumian has nothing to do recently, thinking about what he can do. After all, he is now a lieutenant of the Jianzhou Military Academy. It is not appropriate not to do anything at all.
"Well, cough, if you have nothing to do, go fishing and replenish the soldiers. If you still have time, go to Daliuqiu Island to open a kiln and burn bricks, get some cement and build some houses." He must develop this Daliuqiu Island, make some preparations first, and it will be faster in the future. As for where the population comes from, you have to think of a way out from the king. This Daliuqiu Island can be used as a retreat and is well managed. Being an island is not worse than the king, but there must be people on the island.
"Old Cheng, you guys, take your brothers and I'll go back to the city." Sun Yu suddenly felt that he had something to do. He had been fighting for more than three months. It seemed that he had not even paid a decent memorial. I guess he was not here, and Xu Yi would not write a letter to the court.
"Sir, if you can't hold it in, Liuyunfang can do it." After Old Cheng said that, he swung the reins and the strong horse under his crotch jumped out, his mouth was comfortable, and if he didn't leave, he would be beaten.
Sun Yu had no choice but to chase and fight in front of the army, what would it be? He immediately took the cavalry battalion and the guard camp towards Quanzhou City. Today, Quanzhou City is basically in a state of unprepared defense, and only more than a thousand old people guard the city gates and maintain the order of the street. Sun Yu thought this was good. Anyway, Quanzhou is near the sea, and since there is no threat from the sea, there is no need to raise too many soldiers.
In Quanzhou Governor's Mansion, Xu Yi was playing chess with Ye Heng. He had been here for two days. He was originally looking for Sun Yu, but Sun Yu went to Putian. He heard that Sun Yu was going to Jinjiang later, so he rested here for two days. His legs were too long to bear it. Moreover, his legs hurt a lot when it was cold. Quanzhou was warm and he felt much more comfortable these two days.
"Two sirs, Lord Sun, the governor of Jianzhou, is here and will arrive at the yamen immediately." The city gate guard saw Sun Yu and his party coming and after verifying their identities, he naturally immediately sent someone to the governor's mansion to notify him.
"A coincidence, Lord Xu doesn't have to run around again, please come with me." Ye Heng pulled Xu Yi's cuff and walked towards the government office together.
Xu Yi was much more relieved when he saw Sun Yu leading a large group of men. He was afraid that Sun Yu would consider himself to be superb in martial arts. Just like in Jianpu, he would walk around without a guard, and would sooner or later he would take advantage of the loopholes. However, he brought more than 200 cavalry and more than 100 personal soldiers into the city, and the formation was a bit too big.
"My subordinates have met the master." As soon as Sun Yu arrived, Ye Heng and Xu Yi bowed and called themselves subordinates. They agreed to have a subordinate relationship with Sun Yu, rather than colleagues.
"Everyone is free, why did Mr. Xu come?" Sun Yu was stunned when he saw Xu Yi. Jianpu was not close to this place. There was nothing important, so he would definitely not come in person.
"Sir, go in first, this matter is a long story." Xu Yigong bowed. There must be something wrong, but he was not so anxious. The gate was not a place to speak. Go in first and then talk slowly.
"Okay, Lord Ye leads the way." Sun Yu signaled Ye Heng to leave first. He was not familiar with the yamen. Ye Heng naturally would not walk in front of Sun Yu, and was half a seat behind, stretched out his fingers and took Sun Yu towards the backyard.
As soon as he arrived at the backyard, Ye Heng made tea and went to find some snacks. The three of them sat down in the pavilion in the yard. As for the evil dog, he surrounded the backyard with his personal guards and stood at the door with a mace in person. However, the mace now has been beyond recognition and has to be replaced as soon as possible.
"Sir, you don't know. The king of the country sent a message to ask why he attacked Fuzhou privately and occupied Yongtai County. How should this subordinate respond?" Xu Yi spread his hands together.
He just explained that Sun Yu did it, he didn't know.
"Damn it, I only allow him Qian Renjun to attack Putian. If I don't like to help me take advantage of him, I'll just reply directly. Qian Renjun, the governor of Zhangwu Jie of the South Vietnamese Kingdom, attacked me Putian for no reason. In order to teach the other party a lesson, I sent troops to occupy Yongtai County." Li Yuye was too weak. Fuzhou was originally a sneak attack by the South Vietnamese Kingdom. He just robbed him back a county town. What's there to ask? Is it good to expand the territory? Give rewards the right way.
"According to the minor official who came to send official documents, the Hanlin scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty sent me to the Tang Dynasty and was waiting for the king to reply. What do you think?" Xu Yi spread his hands and said it was a bit difficult to deal with. He knew a little about the king's character, how dare he fight against the Northern Song Dynasty. Nanyue did this unreasonable thing, and he couldn't beat it, so he asked foreign aid to put pressure on it. It was too dirty.
"The Northern Song Dynasty still has this messy matter, so why hasn't it started fighting in Jingchu?" Now the Northern Song Dynasty should be staring at the land of Jingchu, and I don't look down on it at all.
"It's a fight. I don't know what the season is. It's already snowing heavily in the north. Now everyone is staying at home to keep warm." It's better to be Quanzhou. It's in the middle of winter, it's not cold at all, it's OK to wear a single dress.
"No matter what, I just reply. As for how the imperial court responds to Song Envoy, it has nothing to do with me. Anyway, I will never spit out the meat that comes from my mouth." Even if the other party is willing to buy it with money, Sun Yu will never sell it. The Yongtai County fell into his hands and opened up the mountain road from Putian to Yongtai, which is equivalent to placing a long knife on Fuzhou's neck and gaining all his advantage.
"Okay, let's talk about this pension. According to the standards you set by you, at present, only soldiers who were killed and seriously injured in battle are about 410,000 taels of pension. Sir, how do you pay this money?" Xu Yi had already received the casualties statistics from various regiments. Although he did not fight with the army, he had to deal with all these things.
"This, let's discuss it later." Sun Yu had a headache. He didn't know how many families he had. This time he siege the city, and the most money was the property of the Jinjiang Palace, which was about 200,000 taels, which was much less than he expected. In addition, many of the assets were land, and it was difficult to cash out in the short term. Moreover, Sun Yu did not plan to sell land, but collected land as much as possible and rented it to farmers to plant to prevent land annexation.
"Sir, it's better to give a deadline. If the subordinates go back, they can also reply to the counties." Although the soldiers who died in battle have not returned to their hometowns, they have to wait until the war is over before they can handle it in a unified manner, but the preparations that should be done must be done.
"Once the war is over, everything will naturally be implemented. I am the kind of person who is greedy for ink and pension?" Sun Yu shook his head. He knew that he could not escape this matter. As long as he squeezed it, he could squeeze it out.
"Sir, there are still some surplus money and grains in the Quanzhou warehouse, which can always help." Ye Heng saw this attitude and quickly spoke. The autumn grain was only in the warehouse. The grain was enough, but the money was not too much.
"Everyone will raise funds first, and when the war is over, tighten the belt and you have to take it out." Sun Yu made the final decision. If this is not guaranteed, the combat power of the Jianzhou Army will not be guaranteed in the future.
Xu Yi, who had a clear mind, smiled and twisted his beard, drank a cup of tea, and could have an explanation to each county when he went back like this.
"We should also give the court a note, right? The war has come to an end." Sun Yu picked up a piece of pastry and tasted it, and it tasted pretty good. He fought a lot of battles in this big and small battles. He should always tell the above and try to get some benefits. Even if there is no money or food, the official title should be moved.
"It's better to leave this matter to Lord Ye. I think Lord Ye is very talented and very good at this.
It is more appropriate to get close to the battlefield than me." Xu Yi was very humble. Although Ye Heng had never participated in the imperial examination, he had a deep family background. His father was a great scholar in the Fujian Kingdom, so Xu Yi naturally wanted to be humble.
"Mr. Xu is too modest. When it comes to this writing style, although Ye considers himself extraordinary, he is still inferior to Master Xu. This memorial is better written by Master Xu." Ye Heng felt relieved after being praised by Xu Yi. As a regular practice in the officialdom, he naturally had to give him some respect.
"Okay, okay, you two will get it done as soon as possible and arrange to send it to Jiangning." Seeing these two people playing with each other, Sun Yu was too lazy to continue listening, and there were still many things waiting for him. After Sun Yu made arrangements, he took the cavalry and the guard camp out of the city, followed the army westwards, and headed straight to Jinjiang County.
In the Tong'an County yamen, Chen Hongjin was already in good health, but he had grown a lot. His whole spirit seemed to have been consumed, and he could no longer see his former spirit.
"Dad, please give me an idea. Should we go to the Shitou Mountain area to defend or set up defenses by the stream?" Chen He was unsure of his decision. Although he now has 15,000 soldiers and horses, half of them were just recruited. He only took two or three months to join the army, and he was just a good person, and he had not even had complete weapons.
"Just guard this county town and don't go anywhere." The terrain in the area of Shitou Mountain is not steep, and it is a dream to rely on sniping the Jianzhou Army there. As for Dongxi and Xixi, you can't count on it. Now it is not a rainy season. The water flow is extremely slow. Going upstream, the water surface is only a dozen steps wide, which is not much different from flat areas. It is better to concentrate troops to defend the city walls so that the other party can't stand the casualties and will naturally retreat.
"Sure, I will go to various townships to recruit another group of young and strong people to help defend the city." Chen He nodded. He believed his father's judgment. The long-time generals on the battlefield must have more experience than him.
"My dear nephew, you can't do this anymore. The reputation of our Chen family for decades will be destroyed in our hands." Chen Hongyue, the head of the Chen family, heard Chen He's preparation for recruiting young and strong men as soon as he came in. He said it was a recruitment, but in fact he sent troops to recruit men and did not pay for money. Before, Chen He had already had a bad reputation in the surrounding counties, but these soldiers were somewhat paid, so everyone was not too resistant. The recruitment of young and strong men was probably exhausted and there was no penny. The Chen family was stung by others every day.
"Uncle, this situation is like this, I can't do anything about it." Chen He didn't want to, but if he couldn't stop it, there was a big fucking Chen family. The family was gone, so why do you still need a reputation? And now when he heard someone calling him a nephew, his eyelids twitched, and his first reaction was Sun Yu.
"Brother, let you raise more money and food, so we can do things. You don't want to pay and have a reputation, so how can you do such a good thing?" Chen Hongjin was so angry when he saw his elder brother. The 200,000 taels I said last time, it's been a long time since it was only 150,000 taels. This was the result of repeated urging.
"Second, this is impossible. Our fleet has been cut off contact. In a few days, we will always get together." The ships of the four major families had already been mixed together. There were many people in the Chen family in the fleet. The three major families transferred their property and transferred most of the ships to Daliuqiu Island. He also knew clearly. In the past, news always came every now and then, but recently he suddenly broke off contact with the fleet. Chen Hongyue couldn't sleep well every day. The members of the fleet probably had no hope. The Chen family members didn't know if they could come back.
Chapter completed!