Chapter 78 The calm before the storm

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Shao Xun will not let go of a good opportunity to gain power.

On the second day of the army's expedition, he led his troops to take over the empty Jinyong City.

Later, people opened Taicang and the arsenal, took out a considerable amount of supplies, and moved them to Jinyong City for storage.

From this day on, supplies were replenished as they were consumed, ensuring that Jinyong City could have enough reserves for 10,000 people to consume for half a year - the three cities of Jinyong were only so big, and could only store so much.

Chen Yougen's training team was expanded, mainly recruiting veterans from the lower army who had experienced several battles, and a few outstanding soldiers from the East China Sea soldiers of the upper army.

After the replacement was completed, the establishment was full of fifty people, and Chen Yougen could be regarded as a real team leader.

More than a thousand people from Luoyang City were laid off from the army.

It's not that they are allowed to leave. At least they are soldiers who have been trained for half a year. They know some rules and some superficial military skills. They are classified as "auxiliary soldiers" and are mainly engaged in logistical support work. They will be rotated to the top of the city when necessary.

As for the vacancies in the upper and lower armies, they will be filled by recruiting new soldiers - the people are new, but they may not know anything, and the "new soldiers" recruited may have fought more battles than Shao Xun.

He also took the opportunity to form two new teams.

There were some casualties in the battle against Daxiamen, probably dozens of people. The captain of the team, Zhou Ying, was very unlucky and died while chasing the enemy.

This time some manpower was taken away to teach the team, leaving more vacancies.

Shao Xun broke up the third team and divided it into the remaining teams to fill the gaps.

At the same time, the third team was rebuilt and Jin San was appointed as the team leader.

The eleventh team was newly established, and Lu Heigou was promoted to the team leader - Mao Er had some academic talent and was good at arithmetic, but Shao Xun didn't want him to go to the battlefield and work hard.

The two groups of soldiers came from the same sources as before: market moving coolies, dock laborers, and even fiber trackers on Luoshui and Yishui rivers.

Shao Xun passed the test one by one, assessed each person, and only after roughly confirming his character was he incorporated into the army.

There are only three main jobs for these two teams: training, training, training.

Of course, although the Wang Queer Team (Team 7) has been on the battlefield, they still need to continue training.

The training tasks are very arduous. Shao Xun sometimes does it himself, and sometimes lets the teaching team do it for him.

He Lun and Wang Bing almost completely let go and let Shao Xun do whatever they wanted.

I don't know if they were forced to lower their stance because of the impending war, or if Sikong had promised them something that made them no longer have this ambition.

But no matter what, this is a good thing.

Some people do everything possible to get promoted, and the bigger the better, but this is because their thinking has not changed yet.

Historically, it is estimated that it will take until the Yongjia Rebellion for more people to suddenly wake up and take a closer look at their past.

Smart people will abandon old outdated perceptions and redefine real "wealth" in troubled times.

Among them, those with perseverance and courage will take advantage of the rare power vacuum when the order of the court collapses, expand private soldiers, gather in cities, and wait and see the situation.

Those who don't have that much courage will find ways to run south and seek an official position. At that time, there was no choice anymore. Those who could be governors in the past can now be satisfied by a county magistrate. Those who can be governors are not beyond the scope of the governor's consideration.

Under the general trend, everyone made different choices, and left records in the long history of whether they were complacent, ambitious, miserable, or indomitable.

People are inherently different.

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Recruiting new soldiers, reorganizing the troops, and conducting rigorous training are not things that can be accomplished overnight.

Shao Xun was busy until the end of July, when he finally took a breath.

On the last day of July, he led 150 soldiers from the 3rd, 7th and 11th regiments out of Ximing Gate to his manor - treating it as an armed march.

Pei Shiliu, Pei Jin, and Tang Jian went out to greet them.

"Lang Jun, I listened to you last time and occupied some more land, but no one really cared about it." Pei Jin said with admiration: "There are also villagers who have brought land to donate. As long as his family can be kept safe, the land will be safe." No more."

"How did you do it?" Shao Xun asked.

"They all took it in. Now there are fifty or sixty farmers, and the land can't be planted. A lot of it is unowned land, and no one wants it when I heard it was being sold. The owner packed up some of the property and went south to Yuzhou and Jingzhou. "Pei Jin said: "According to Lang Jun's instructions, everyone rushed to plant grains and they will be harvested soon."

If it were any other place, the land without owners would probably be taken over by nobles and powerful men, and it would not really be ownerless.

But Luoyang is such a special place. It is stared at by too many people and fights every year. Who can bear it? Even if you want to sell it, no one will buy it.

The entire Luoyang Basin has been losing population, and it is better to go to Yuzhou than to stay in Luoyang.

If Yuzhou is still not reassuring, then go to Jingzhou, which has basically stabilized, and hear that the governor Liu Hong is allocating land to people going south. As for how those lands came from, of course you have to thank Zhang Chang. Without war, there would be no peace. There will be "No Man's Land."

New land often misses the opportunity for spring sowing, and can only grow short-growing grains - mainly beans.

With the threat of war approaching, this is the most suitable emergency crop. After harvesting and drying, it will immediately become a food reserve.

"Harvest as soon as possible." Shao Xun said: "Pick the fruits in the manor in batches and find a way to make dried preserves. The livestock should be fattened as much as possible, then slaughtered, smoked and pickled as you like. The fish in the pond can be Just catch, and send a batch of fresh fish to the army first, and make the rest into dried fish. Finally, pick up more firewood and send it to Jinyong City."

"Yes..." Pei Jin responded sadly.

The few months he spent in Shao Mansion was the first time in his life that he independently managed a large estate. It could be said to be an important sign that his life and career had reached a new level.

But now, forced by the war, he actually wanted to destroy it like a solid wall to clear the wilderness, or he would lead the people to destroy it himself.

Who can know the ups and downs in my heart?

"Mr. Lang." Tang Jian took a step forward and said somewhat unnaturally: "There are a total of one hundred and four children and teenagers. They have been training for three months. Do you want to go and take a look?"

Tang Jian used to be the head of the Hebei mansion, but now he is a guest of the Shao Mansion. He only manages six other people who are also guests.

They used to hone their skills and look after homes and homes, but now they also need to manage the Luoyang orphans - orphans created by the war.

Shao Xun came here several times in the past few months, mainly to inspect the young people's cultural and military knowledge.

Culture was taught by scholars who were trapped in Luoyang and had no food or clothing.

Military knowledge is mainly about queues and formations. The teaching team takes the time to teach them. Shao Xun also taught them two or three times.

As his status rose, he became busier and busier, and his visits to the manor would become less and less.

"Lead the way." Shao Xun waved his hand and said.

Tang Jian immediately led the way, and Shao Xun, surrounded by one hundred and fifty sergeants, quickly arrived at the orchard on the right.

Children are picking fresh fruits, mainly pears, grapes, persimmons, etc. Some people are using spear poles to hit dates, which is a busy scene.

Shao Xun was a little angry for no reason, not at these teenagers, but at the people who started the war.

But then he thought that he was also a member of the fucking war-loving group, and his anger dissipated.

Let's all "suffer a little" first, and when the war is over, peace will be given back to you.

The three team leaders Wang Queer, Jin San, and Lu Heigou looked at these Luoyang teenagers curiously.

While the teenagers were busy, they also secretly looked at the soldiers who came to the manor, especially the three teenagers who were similar in age to them.

The teachings mentioned that Master Shao also brought a large group of Donghai teenagers to practice literature and martial arts. These three are probably the ones in front of me, right?

The two "naughty kids" gangs from Donghai and Luoyang looked at each other for a moment, and then looked away in a tacit understanding. Their emotions were a bit subtle.

Donghai Phase I, Luoyang Phase II...

The two big words "faction" seemed to fall from the sky and almost stuck to their foreheads.

"Sun He, Zhang Daniu, come here." Shao Xun shouted.

"Master Shao." The two of them put down their work and saluted together.

Shao Xun, one on the left and the other on the right, took the two most outstanding young men since the beginning of the second term of school in Luoyang, came to the 150 soldiers standing neatly, and said: "Many of them started studying Chinese literature two years ago. After practicing martial arts, you have now become a corps commander, chief, team leader, and officially lead the troops. You have only learned for three months, and your gains are limited, but you must not underestimate yourself. You must practice hard and work hard so that you can become a soldier in the future. Captain, captain, team leader, and even serve as an official in a county or county, do you understand?"

"I understand." They both responded in unison.

Shao Xun nodded with satisfaction.

To be an official, you must have a good background, not everyone can do it.

But he was thinking about the future.

Now the Jin Dynasty can still maintain its airs. Although the central authority is constantly losing, it is still there after all. If you are asked to be the governor, when you go to the local level, the officials of the county and the nobles will still recognize you, so everything must be done according to the rules.

Those who take the lead to challenge this rule will suffer the greatest backlash. Such people are generally called "pioneers for kings."

In later generations, some people even invented the theory that "the first initiative will lead to condemnation, and the prosperity of the palace will bring blessings".

When the first few rebels who are the pioneers of the king are all dead, those who follow will have greater room for development and will be more likely to succeed.

To put it bluntly, someone needs to consume the remaining authority, wealth, and military strength of the apocalyptic dynasty, so that this dynasty, which is destined to perish, will no longer have the resources to exterminate new careerists after its vitality is severely damaged.

In this dynasty, a number of the refugee troops who were the vanguard of the king have already died, such as Qi Wannian, Shi Bing and others, as well as Zhang Chang, who died in the future.

The second batch of refugee armies began to emerge. Most of them were still destined to be wiped out. Only a few lucky ones were able to survive by having their tails cut off.

After this group is basically dead, the third group will be the end of the powerful faction, including the official refugee army (begging army), the rebel army, the local generals who made a fortune in suppressing the refugee army, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wubao commanders and even the ambitious Aristocratic families appear in glory, and demons dance wildly - in fact, it is the same in all dynasties. Without the Yellow Turban Army as the vanguard of the king, there would be no princes to defend their territory. Without the Red Turban Army to fight against the Yuan Army in the north, there would be no Zhu Yuanzhang to accumulate strength in the south of the Yangtze River. .

At this stage, the North will be completely out of control, and some of the "rules of heaven" and "iron laws" will not be so rigid, and some opportunities will leak out - opportunities that are extremely rare in peaceful times and unique in troubled times.

Shao Xun was waiting for this opportunity.

"You can't relax either." Shao Xun turned his head, looked at Wang Que'er and others, and said: "My official position was obtained by fighting for my life, and I earned it by relying on the five scars on my body. Above the battle formation , swords and guns have no eyesight, only by studying hard and practicing hard will it be easier to survive and make achievements."

"No!" the student soldiers responded together.

"Promise!" Under their leadership, more than a hundred soldiers from three teams also agreed in unison.

Shao Xun laughed with satisfaction.

Pei Shiliu looked around, leaned into his ear, and whispered: "Little Prince, the princess is still waiting for you to come in."