"Quiet!" Yang Zheng shouted, scaring everyone so much that they didn't dare to say anything.
"I want to come to your two villages, and there is already a grudge between you." Meng Changqing said, "And because of my rules here, your conflicts have been intensified.
Now I don’t care what old and new grudges you have, or which county or village you come from. I just ask you, are you a commoner in Daliang? "
"Yes." There was only a sparse response from the crowd.
Yang Zheng roared again, "Louder!"
"yes!"
"As the common people of Daliang, can you still survive when the Yan army breaks into the city wall with iron hoofs?
Now that there is no war at the border, you feel that your life is stable, and you will live like this from now on. Food, rice, oil and salt are your biggest troubles.
Go back and ask your elderly parents, once the Yan army breaks in, what will happen to the people?
The whole village was slaughtered, blood flowed into rivers, they burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil. What do we Daliang people think in the eyes of the Yan army? They are animals that can run away, something to be killed for fun. "
Meng Changqing said loudly: "The imperial court wants to build this wall. Is it just for fun? Is it deliberately torturing you and forcing you to come out to build the wall in winter?"
is it possible?
Won’t the imperial court settle accounts? There are more than 30,000 people, and the food you consume alone is worth tens of thousands of stones.
In the final analysis, I want you to be fed and you are willing to put in the effort to build the wall.
When this wall is built, the soldiers will be able to stop the most ferocious cavalry of the Yan army here.
Liangzhou can have an extra layer of protection, and you can have extra security.
You think that by digging, moving, and tamping earth here every day, all you get is three meals of millet rice, and all you do is build a wall of earth.
But what did you really do? You are contributing to Daliang border defense.
It is for your family and future generations to come out and have a peaceful time. "
"Now, regardless of what happened in the past, you will only focus on building the city wall from now on. Are you willing?"
"Yes!" Someone took the lead, and the hundreds of people below raised their hands and shouted: "Yes! Yes!"
"Work!"
Meng Changqing spoke, and the people went to the corner to pick up tools and worked enthusiastically.
The six new guards came to greet Meng Changqing.
Meng Changqing immediately assigned work to them, "Go inside and find the seriously injured people. We have brought them medicine and cotton cloth. Let them apply medicine before working."
"yes."
After the matter was resolved, Meng Changqing turned back.
Yang Zheng followed, "Sir, please be kind."
"I'm not merciful. A merciful person cannot be an official." Meng Changqing mounted his horse and said, "Brother Yang, wait and see for a while. If everything is fine, you can go back and rest."
After returning to the Yamen, Bafang immediately went to the corner to add charcoal, and then touched Mrs. Tang on the bed, "Master, it's still hot, so we won't change the water. Give me the cotton-padded jacket, and I'll dry it."
Meng Changqing took off his cotton-padded jacket, but instead of lying down on the bed, he picked up a book and looked at the candlelight.
Bafang went over to take a look and found that it was one of the Four Books and Five Classics. "Master, are you still awake? Are you reading these at night?"
"I went out and walked around and couldn't fall asleep. I want to find some sleep." After saying that, she started to read while shaking her head.
"Hey, Master, since you can't sleep, let's talk. Why did you say you were unkind when we were at the wall just now?" Bafang guessed, "Does being an official mean that your subordinates must be afraid of you?"
"That's not true." Meng Changqing said, "I'm just telling the truth."
"But you didn't even punish the people who made trouble, and you still reasoned with them."
"What did I tell you?" Meng Changqing asked Bafang.
"What?"
"Did I tell you that you don't have to leapfrog your rank when doing things?" Meng Changqing explained, "My subordinates are guards. I have already punished the guards. The new guards will definitely be more cautious than before. In the future, they will only be able to manage the people under them. Tight but not loose.
And it's not just these two groups. When the news spreads, all groups will watch more closely than before.
If I punish the people directly, it will not be done wisely. "
Bafang gave her a thumbs up, "It has to be you, young master. You have enough insight for me to learn from you for a lifetime."
"Did Laicai tell you?"
"What?"
"Don't flatter me if you're not a good person." Meng Changqing handed the book in his hand to him and lay down on the bed. "Nian, when will I fall asleep, you will leave."
After the night shift incident, the guards became more strict.
Whether you want to go to the latrine or drink water, you have to say it in advance.
People's work efficiency is also higher than before, and it's the end of February in the blink of an eye.
At this time, the temperature rises and the snow on the ground has almost melted. Sometimes the temperature at noon can be clearly felt to be above freezing.
Meng Changqing looked at the increasingly warm weather and frowned more and more frequently.
At this time, the city wall had only been built for thirty-five miles, and it was still nearly five miles away from the city wall of Hongjia County.
The officers and soldiers on the city wall patrolled more and more frequently.
The number of soldiers coming from Weishan Pass increased from once a day to three times a day.
The patrols on the walls of Hongjia County also focused more on the side closer to Beishan County.
Everyone knew that although there were still eighteen days before the two-month period set by Meng Changqing, Yan Jun would never wait for eighteen days.
The flowers in Hongjia County are like gold. They rush to the garrison in their county every two days. They watch the garrison soldiers drill every day and ask the government officials to go out to repair the official roads.
Just wait, once the Yan army comes, his defenders can immediately support Beishan County.
Mao Chunfang even wrote an official document to Wei Fangyun, expressing his willingness to move the county's troops to the city wall of Beishan County.
Wei Fangyun felt that it was not feasible. Yangmen County itself did not have many garrison troops. In previous years, if the Yan army had an siege, the garrison troops from Weishan County and Hongjia County would come to support it.
The current gap in the city wall of Beishan County is too big. If the garrison troops from Yangmen County are stationed in the city, they will have no choice but to die.
It is useless, and it also leads to the lack of troops in Yangmen County who are familiar with the terrain. It is really not cost-effective.
Now, there is no good way to help Beishan County. We can only hope that they can build the city wall before the Yan army comes.
During this period, Wei Fangyun had to go to Beishan County almost every two days.
Looking at the gap, he was equally anxious.
"If you had come a month earlier," Wei Fangyun said to Meng Changqing, "you wouldn't be as troubled as you are now."
Meng Changqing didn't say anything, but she was thinking in her heart that a month ago she didn't know that the prince would come here, let alone that she would end up in such a wilderness.
"Uncle, can't you think of a way to prevent Yan Jun from paying attention to us?" Meng Changqing asked.
"If there was a way, it would have been used long ago." Wei Fang said, "As you expected, there really aren't many troops at Weishanguan. If the Yan army attacks, we can only count on the troops from Hongjia County. The defenders.”
(End of chapter)
