The autumn of the third year of Zhenyou was the first stable autumn harvest experienced by the soldiers and civilians on Zhongdu Road after the third year of Da'an. However, the four-month tug-of-war from last autumn to this spring caused the entire Zhongdu Road to be severely damaged by military disasters.
In the past few months, the lack of food that once put the Dinghai Navy into embarrassment was only one of the problems. There were many other problems. For example, grassroots organizations in various places were destroyed, a large number of working-age laborers died in the war, cattle, seeds, farm tools, etc. were completely damaged, a large amount of farmland was abandoned, and many ditches, canals, wells, dams and other water conservancy facilities were even deliberately destroyed by the Mongols.
Therefore, the few months from spring plowing to autumn harvest are not only the months for Guo Ning's Marshal's Office to perfect military deployment and establish a firm political foothold, but also the months for the two privy councils of Zhongdu and Yidu to prove their governance capabilities. months.
Guo Ning rarely intervenes directly in this area, but he always pays attention to it. With the army as his eyes and ears, he kept a close eye on the many political orders before and after the relocation of Chu Cai, the resettlement of the refugees, the relocation of the army, and even the various affairs of the local wealthy families and the noble officials in Zhongdu. A small action.
It was not until the autumn harvest season that this big issue, which was related to whether the entire Marshal's Mansion could stand, finally came to a good conclusion. Including Zhongdu Road, the military camps in Shandong, Hebei, Liaodong and even the Liaohai Corridor have all produced crops, and the fleeing people have returned to their hometowns one after another, and have gained a little bit by rushing to plant and harvest. .
In this world, people's lives are like grass. It is easy to die, but it is not difficult to live. Human beings' tenacity and vitality are like weeds. Countless farmers can only survive on the roughest food and the meager income.
Everyone in the military mansion breathed a sigh of relief.
Since the land is stable, the farmers on the land will be stable; if the farmers are stable, food output will not be easily shaken. With this basic base, the Marshal's Office has tightened its grip on renting taxes, and the army's food and salary have a fixed source; in this way, the Dinghai Navy no longer relies solely on sea trade and walks on one foot, but a political power. It also looks like a political power.
Of course, those who benefited the most from this process were always the martial arts groups following Guo Ning.
Guo Ning was born as a soldier at the bottom of the class. He knew that no matter how loud the tunes of the big shots at the top were, and no matter how lofty the consciousness of their speeches, those at the bottom would definitely act nonsense. He knew that the only way to win military morale and loyalty was to give enough benefits and to give them full benefits as promised in advance.
Only by providing sufficient benefits every time can it become a positive stimulus. Accumulation of positive stimuli can make soldiers develop the instinct to be brave and willing to fight.
So after taking the Central Capital, Guo Ning really spent a lot of effort to demonstrate his merits and spent a lot of money as rewards. Especially in accordance with the system of Ding Haijun, the allocation of land and shade households to military households must be implemented without delay.
As a result, an additional situation occurred, that is, in the trading system surrounding the Bohai Sea, new customers besides high-ranking officials began to appear. The Ding navy officers whose families are getting richer and richer are gradually willing to spend some money to buy some good things for themselves and their families that they did not dare to think of before.
Correspondingly, people who live a good life are never willing to give up everything in their hands and return to the original miserable life. For them, anything that affects their good life is the enemy of life and death.
Zhang Pingliang returned home in despair. It was getting dark, but he didn't hold a pine torch, and the dark road was not very smooth. He missed several feet along the way, and his shoes and socks were covered with mud.
When Chen Ran led his troops to defend Zhigu Village that day, he, Liu Ran and the rest of the Jin Army on the Beijing Road assisted in the battle and made a lot of contributions. So after the war, he became a soldier in Dinghai Navy. With several changes in the command system of Dinghai Navy, he got his own piece of land and five shady houses in Yutian County, Jizhou.
Yutian County is one of the important cities at the southern foot of the Yanshan Mountains. It also controls a small salt pan. Ding Haijun stationed 500 people here. After three months of hard work, military households and shady households now occupy the eastern half of the city. The accommodation areas for military camps, school grounds, warehouses and family buildings are roughly distributed in a field shape.
Among them, the warehouse was the first to be built, and it was also the simplest. Strictly speaking, it was a shack with air leakage from all directions, and the huts were shared by more than a dozen families. Last month, the rows of courtyards in the accommodation area were all completed, and many officers above the general level moved in one after another.
Just last month, Zhang Pingliang was introduced by someone and got married to an older girl from his family's house. Now he can be considered a married woman. His wife, Li, was a well-educated and courteous woman with a very docile personality. Zhang Pingliang treated her like a treasure. A few days ago, he used the money awarded by the military government to buy her a set of silver jewelry and a small mirror.
This is not a good thing that can be obtained casually. For this reason, Mrs. Li was particularly flattering to her husband, and Zhang Pingliang was also proud of it for a long time.
However, when Zhang Pingliang returned home, his face looked ugly.
Mrs. Li came up to him and poured him a glass of water: "What's wrong?"
"We can't move this time. We have to live here for a while."
Mrs. Li said "Ah", took a few steps back, and sat back on the bed. She lowered her head, not sure what the expression on her face was, but her eyelashes could be seen trembling slightly under the candlelight. She was obviously very disappointed, but her family upbringing prevented her from complaining in front of her husband under any circumstances.
This look of grievance made Zhang Pingliang particularly unhappy; the anger in his heart became increasingly uncontrollable.
He suddenly stood up, strode out, turned a corner, and arrived at the shack where his men were gathered.
"A group of thieves from Xiaoquan Mountain came down again yesterday. They robbed more than a dozen homes in Houhu Village and killed two people and a cow. We should be responsible for protecting that area! The thieves from Xiaoquan Mountain, We should be responsible for the cleanup! We failed!"
Zhang Pingliang gritted his teeth and raised his fingers to point to the soldiers in front of him: "General Liu said that if the matter in Xiaoquan Mountain cannot be resolved within this month, I will not be able to divide the house, and you guys will not be able to divide the land! If we can't solve the problem next month, the generals will personally raise troops to surround the mountain. Before besieging the mountain, punish those of us who are incompetent! If I can't do anything as a general, I will be demoted to a regular army, and you will all be demoted to Alixi. !”
Having said this, Zhang Pingliang suddenly drew his knife and stabbed the table hard. The blade penetrated the table, and the blade made of fine iron buzzed.
He looked around at everyone, raised his voice and said: "I know that some of you have some kind of old friendship with the group in Xiaoquan Mountain, so you have been pushing the blame. But now you can't push the blame! It was them who killed someone! Yes. They insist on ruining our peaceful days! I will set off to Xiaoquan Mountain right away. If you want to be soldiers, follow me to kill thieves! If you want to be thieves, you can draw your sword now and kill me!"
Seeing that he was in a menacing manner, which was very different from the slightly weak posture before, the soldiers in front of him were as silent as a chill, and no one dared to say anything or move.
Zhang Pingliang stared at them one by one and drew his sword with his backhand. Because he was stuck too hard and couldn't pull it out for a while, he flew up and kicked the whole table to pieces. The broken boards and table legs fell on the heads and faces of the soldiers.
When he turned around and went out, the soldiers began to prepare their weapons and armor crazily, and followed him at a trot.
Outside the shack, more than a dozen anxious-looking Ali Xi saw General Shi furious and hurried back to his shack to help the main army organize their weapons, dry food, pine torches and even horses.
