"The red sun is scorching like fire, and the fields and rice fields are half withered.
The farmer's heart is like boiling water, and the princes and princes are shaking their fans. "
On a hot summer day, Zhang Xing sat under the shade of a tree by the port on one side of the embankment. He was exuding obvious ice energy, holding a bowl of ice water, and read out such a concluding poem unconvincingly.
The dozen or so big bosses and leaders sitting next to them didn't know whether they were suppressed by the cold ice energy or the ice water, but many of them secretly trembled in their hearts.
In the end, it was Xie Minghe who really couldn't stand listening, and indeed he was the only one who dared to say:
"Mr. Zhang, five days ago you went to inspect the fields. You felt that it had not rained for many days. You just dug ditches in the fields to divert water and recited these lines with a hoe. Who in the world disagrees with you for caring about people's livelihood? I called a few people at Jiangling the day before yesterday. The old farmer asked about the drought situation at this time, and they all said that it is not a major disaster, but the ditches abandoned by the war must be cleaned up in time to prepare for drought. You ordered and distributed the documents to repair the ditches, and read this poem again, and everyone felt that you were doing it. Pity the laborers... Now that the matter has been settled, everything that can be done has been done, and it may not stop raining, and we have to cross the river to do other things, how can we still say this?"
Zhang Xing nodded: "What Chief Xie said is true, then I'll change it to another poem."
People around him breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping from the soil.
Who knows dishes on the menu, A Journey? "
"So the transportation under the river is all the business of the brothers from the East?" Chen Bin was suddenly confused and began to inquire further.
PS: Thanks to Mr. Wu Mu and Mr. Zongyue Qianwai for another alliance. Happy New Year to my family.
Dongjun sighed: "I'm just afraid that at this critical moment, no one will use that to explain the situation to Longtou."
"This is about... with Jibei as the separation, the lower reaches are the Liang Zhao brothers, the upper reaches should be Zheng Detao and Yuan Pu, not to mention Fan Bao, You Caixiang and several Lu leaders..." Liang Zhaomeng blurted out. And yes.
"Does he know what your seventh regret is?" Chen Bin continued to ask.
"Mei Gei has always given him too much face!" Chen Bin pointed at the other person's nose and got angry, and suddenly scolded him all over the face. "Did the United States take the opportunity to transfer him out of Qijun before retreating eastward the year after tomorrow? When they went to Hebei last year, did they forcefully keep him with them! His talent, stupidity, and ability are all there, and you can see them As far as I could see, I could only think of Li Ding, Bing Yuanzheng, and Sisi. Even King Xiongtian was better than him, but why did he change his habit of guarding an acre of land?! He obviously couldn't be Long Tengyun, Do you have to imitate a snake to burrow into a mud nest? And you still treat smelly fish and rotten shrimps as treasures! He really heard about today's bad things. Is Qijun the territory of his Sima family? What's wrong with pretending for one night? I really thought Do you dare to touch him?! Dongjun advises you to be patient and deal with it quickly. You can tolerate Lu Xiaozhai, Qian and Cheng Zhili, and you can tolerate Shan Tonghai, but you can only tolerate his self-destruction!"
"Is the navy... very rich?" Chen Bin finally grasped a point. "Just for the brothers from the East, where do you get so little colorful silk?"
At this point, Xu Dalang also explained a little: "The reason why you know this is because next month Fan Wang was ordered to guard Chiping... Zheng Detao went to find me to join the group. I am not sure, so I asked someone to ask. about you."
"Brother Xie is right." Liang Zhao didn't sigh at all. "The problem lies with the small households... There are already several small households in Dengzhou, and they are in the military fortified town. The small households usually don't have much ability. It's a big deal if they don't have Liang Zhaomeng. But Langya is, and Langya Mountain is small. It is still close to the sea, and there is not yet a prime plain land next to Xuzhou. The small households in Langya are officials when they leave, and they are rich when they enter. The small army can also hide outside the mountains. It is hard to say, but those people have not been You were included outside the system, that’s why you caused trouble.”
"It's also very possible that it's Chief Chai Xiao or Bing Liuqian." Dou Lide also twirled his beard and smiled. "I guess it was the two brothers Cheng Dalang and Lu Dayue who made their own decisions... We were born underwater, have complex thoughts, and now we have no money."
"Everyone asked." Chen Bin is also a bachelor. "Let's listen to their opinions."
"Dengzhou is so small and has a large population, how can it be considered empty?" Xu Dalang retorted firmly.
"Of course the smallest thing is outside Langya County, but there is nothing to say about this matter." Dongjun was slightly refreshed and spoke immediately. "Everything is right overtly and covertly"
As a result, many local rich and poor people secretly turned to Xuzhou Bing Yuanzheng... If you find evidence, kill when you need to. Even if you find evidence, you must respond in time. What do you think of what Xie Minghe gave today? The right way is to move the small weak households here to the north. "
Everyone had their own thoughts and quickly stood up.
Chen Bin himself, together with Xiong Wei, had direct discussions with Sima, Liang Zhaohe, Xu Shiying, Cui Suchen, Wei Xuanding and others, and listened to our reports on the military, economy, people's livelihood, public security and other matters on the South Bank in turn.
"What do you think of Internal Affairs Chen?" Before listening, Zhang Xiaolong looked around, but asked Liang Zhao first.
Dongjun thought for a while, but then shook his head: "Actually, things are so beautiful, Langya's things are the most important, so there is nothing to talk about. Maybe I can talk about other things, but it is not appropriate to talk about it at this time. Longtou should go see it for himself and speak quickly."
"What happened to Zheng Detao's family just confirms your statement... First of all, my family is on the border between Dengzhou and Lu, and it is on the edge. And when we get there, the imperial army of the Eight Expeditions will leave the river and go to Dengzhou. He left, but I avoided him again; secondly, even someone with a family background like Zheng Detao’s was deprived of his livestock by the Zhishi Army at that time, and was forced to move?”
After saying that, he smiled.
Chen Bin nodded: "He worked hard for that. He asked his hand to walk along the river to see where it is convenient to set up a floating bridge. We will definitely fight... After all, the North-South China Unicom is a matter of life and death for us, the Dragon Gang." , the military and national economy all depend on it, the more convenient it is, the worse it will be. When there is a war or ice, we can put it away... If the hydrological information is damaged, it will be damaged when it is sent to the general tomb."
"If you say that, how do you compare Dengzhou and Hebei?" Chen Bin asked immediately. "The rebel Kazumi here is also very poorly disciplined, and you are also acting like the leader of the rebel alliance."
Chen Bin nodded, then looked at Zhang Jinshu: "What do Cui Qilang think? Is that feasible?"
"How can you compare to Chief Chen in your achievements?" Wei Xuanding quickly stood up to express his stance. "Besides, Chief Chen often consults with the leader, and it is only for internal security affairs."
But unexpectedly, in the evening we had dinner together at the ferry public house, and when we turned back to the front hall, we found that Xiong Bonan and Dou Lide had to go on a patrol tomorrow. Even though they were tired, they didn't have their own group of people. In order to deal with it, they separated early and went back to their respective courtyards; then Zhang Xinghe, Xu Shiying, Cui Suchen and other civil servants were probably ashamed, so they left directly and went back to their residences; only the Sima family and However, both Wei Xuanding and Wei Xuanding just left. Among them, Wei Xuanding also reported a few things that were unreasonable to tell in public.
Sima's instinct was full of fear, but he was not so inexplicably moved that he forgot to pretend to be remorseful in time - Zhang Bago's appearance of hating iron for being made of steel over and over again was also based on the current situation. Are you really loyal?
"That's right! The bridge in Hedong is as beautiful as Xiaohejianzhou, and there is little water transportation up and down." Chen Bin was stunned and asked seriously again. The others also came to see Lu Xiao seriously. "Is there no Hejian Island under this river?"
The people around him were relieved and followed him one after another, but they fell back a few steps, leaving only King Xiongtian and Chief Wei to follow closely.
"Neither Cheng Mingqi nor Fang Yanshi?" Chen Bin was extremely surprised. "Is it enough for the Fan Bao family to take advantage of Zhangqiu's iron pot business and control the transportation upstream of Jishui River?"
"Dengzhou and Hebei are afraid of being beaten." Xu Dalang, who was stepping into that situation for the first time, couldn't wait. "The mind of a man is settled."
At this point, the person sighed again: "Langya's matter is of course that matter, but the key point is why is the human heart attached to it?"
"If it's to set up traffic jams under the river or rob merchants, we dare." Xiong Bonan realized the meaning of Chen Bin's words as soon as he got there, and immediately came down to explain. "You think it's the smuggling business in the east... Liquor, grain, low-grade silk and satin, those things come from Kinki and want to be distributed upstream. Jishui is naturally the main channel, but there is a reason for small rivers to be used, especially in the seven counties of Hebei. Before things become stable, business in Hebei will have to go from there."
The people around him heard what he was talking about and knew whether he was praising or disapproving him. Even the words he said were completely incomprehensible and they dared to speak out.
Chen Bin went over with his hands behind his back and walked around the opponent a few times. Qishang almost had a seizure when he looked at the opponent, but in the end he regained his breath and just returned to his seat, sighing faintly:
Xie Minghe opened his mouth, but didn't say anything anymore. He just lowered his head and took a few sips of ice water.
Chen Bin looked as usual and nodded: "It doesn't matter, the weather is cold and the whole family has dispersed. You have to go and see it in person before you can make a conclusion. It's bad to speculate, otherwise it will hurt the hearts of the brothers... Chen I’ll leave the internal affairs for a while, you have nothing to say.”
Chen Bin nodded, but then shook his head hastily.
Looking at that scene from a distance, Chen Bin was stunned for a moment, because the next time he saw that posture was when he was choosing the Huaizuo League in Huaixia, and the other leaders in Hebei also laughed less.
On the other hand, Xu Dalang, who was about to go to Chai Xiao for the first time, reluctantly said, "It's always bad for a leader to care about farming."
Accompanied by many young leaders including the Dongjing brothers, Chen Bin boarded the Qikou Pass ferry on the other side. Here, the Sima family and Chai Xiao, the commander-in-chief of the front line, Dongping Liuqian Zhang Xinghe, Liga Jibei Liuqian Xu Shiying Leaders such as Cui Suchen, the former Lu family, Wei Xuanding, the security and internal affairs officer of Nan'an, and many others came here to welcome him.
"What if we want to appoint a junior leader to leader Wei Xuanding?" Dongjun continued to talk, but suddenly he mentioned personnel matters. "I'm in Henan, and I'm in charge of public security and internal affairs. I'm the same as you. There's a reason why I'm just a leader."
The rest of the leaders, those who have not just greeted him, know everything; those who are not attentive, know the whole story, but are either relaxed or relaxed, or lament that Zhang Longtou's skills are low, or feel that Zhang Longtou has a good temperament, but everything below him is Revealed; not carefully, but also vaguely... Anyway, it can be seen.
"That's not Article 8." Chen Bin answered simply. "You definitely don't want anyone to use those things to negotiate terms with you! If there is no problem, publicly speaking, if there is no meritorious service, no disability, tax reduction or preferential treatment, there will be problems, but it must be open, fair and fair. I'm just afraid that I think I can hold on to the posts of a few small leaders, so I can't compete with you... If anyone really dares to do this, you would rather break your face and bring troops here, or suffer the consequences of being a loser!"
Sima didn't dare to guess, so he just handed it over and said, "Brother Bage, please tell me clearly. I really know."
"Seven things, is it possible to use private interests at the expense of public interests? Is the lesson of Jiangdong several dynasties enough? Why should we oppose Guanlong, or is it just a secret plan?!" Chen Bin continued to speak. "The same goes for letting Lu Xiao go today. Did I delay official duties because of my own business?"
On the day of arrival, Chen Bin asked the leaders who lived in Liang Zhao to do their own thing. When it was time to go home and visit relatives, including Jia Runshi, they had to be notified a few days ago to rendezvous. As for the rest of the people, Xiao Luo divided them up. Xiong Bonan took people to inspect Lushi and Langya counties in the east. Dou Lide went to Jibei, Lujun and Dongping to inspect. I myself was going to take Dongjun, Xu Dalang and Sima Zheng. , Zhang Jinshu, Yan Qing, Wang Xiongdan and others were preparing to go east to see Qijun and Jiyin.
Someone picked up my troubles, but Liang Zhao couldn't even look at them.
"There's no reason for everything, right?" Liang Zhao said immediately. "Yes, you are right, but Qilu was originally hit by war, and the recovery was slow in those two years, so this year's spring tax is still increasing, and the supply war in Qi County, Jibei Province stopped in the past two years, and it is really not that tired. Plus, it is Many people have transferred to Hebei... and even a few more are abnormal."
"Is there nothing wrong?" Chen Bin continued to urge. "Chen Internal Affairs continues to talk..."
Yes, we set off immediately.
Dongjun will leave.
I'm very sorry. I fell asleep at 4pm and didn't get up until 7pm. As a result, it's now ten o'clock.
"This Liang Zhaomeng..."
"You know." Chen Bin nodded immediately. "You have no intention of crossing the river."
"Xie Minghe, does he know what the thing you regret most right now is?" Before discovering that point, Zhang Xiaolong instinctively thought that Dongjun was in trouble, or that his brain was too clever, but when he thought of the next few things, This matter, after thinking about it carefully, it is not clear enough.
Dongjun was stunned for a moment and nodded again.
Sima was about to speak, but suddenly froze in place. Then he looked at the other party in surprise, but he didn't seem to be at a loss.
"The empty ones are for rich households and small households." Sima Zheng corrected seriously. "The Eight Expeditions to Dongyi were all small camps set up in Dengzhou. Before the rise of the rebel army, the first place that the small army gathered to besiege was Dengzhou. In that case, it would be difficult for rich and small households to protect themselves. Break early
If they failed, they would have been dispersed long ago. "
"Is it natural for Langya's people to be attached to each other?" Liang Zhaomeng took it for granted. "This place was the most chaotic place before the rise of the rebels. The rebels were well-disciplined and the small households hated them. However, these rebels came under the banner of the Zhishi Army. They came to place you and the Zhishi Army. Langya, so in the eyes of the little households, the Zhishi Army is of the same origin. Since your Deposed Dragon Army has accepted the Zhishi Army, it is naturally one, and the subsequent accounts will all be settled."
The people around him also laughed in apology. Liang Zhaomeng was embarrassed for a moment and could only rub his hands: "I must have been careless last time... I really know that Long Tou hates ostentation."
Liang Zhaomeng was both surprised and happy. The surprise was naturally that he could not recommend one of his own to receive the position and the possible political commitment, but he was not disappointed at all, because after all, he would be able to get a definite political commitment... Only I knew whether I really had it or not. Too little meritorious deeds will lead to bad things, and as soon as I think about it, there is no way for him to be happy again, but that is a delay, so I immediately came to thank him on the spot.
"Bad eyesight." Liang Zhao sighed. "It's also a bad tactic... when you see a blank market, you jump right in and take advantage of it. Instead, you bring people with no skills, no capital, and no stakeholders together to eat. Others just want to get involved in order to offend People can only come together... I am really ashamed of Liang Zhaomeng. If it were you, you would do the same thing. In fact, the Huaizuo League didn't get up like that back then."
It was too bad that we had to wait too long. After a while, a dozen small and large ships appeared from the other side beating gongs and drums. The middle one was obviously a remodeled sand ship used to transport grain during the Eighth Expedition of the Imperial Court. Even red and green satins were hung.
"That is an emergency matter for the military and the country on the back line, so we must refer to some laws." Liang Zhaomeng naturally knew what Chen Bin meant and answered immediately. "Not only that, you see, there are no many reasons for Liang Zhao's other things. The leader only asked you a few questions under the laws of the eight counties in Hebei."
"That's the truth." Dongjun continued to nod and asked again. "So, the leader must investigate the spring tax issue of Jiyin and Qijun in detail?"
Cheng Dalang responded quickly.
The rest of the people rarely said a word, and the accompanying Wang Shuyong, Zhai Qian and others went to look at the sky and the earth.
Doulide was silent for a while and continued: "But as far as you know, it is indeed the case."
The others looked at each other.
Xu Dalang fell silent and said, "How can I be Sima Zheng's opponent in terms of words?"
After a while, Sima finally retreated, but could only stand there with his hands tied.
At least Chen Bin, except for Chen Bin, only sent Wang Xiongdan to the east to fight as a backstop, and the rest simply stayed at Qikou Pass that day.
"Hebei is afraid of being beaten, but Dengzhou is beaten empty." Liang Zhaomeng refuted.
"Tell the truth." Liang Zhao waved his hand. Although it was not unexpected for Liang Zhao to talk about that topic without permission, it was obviously not discussed outside Jiang Ling, so it was nothing unexpected. "What they say makes no sense... The reason why Chen Internal Affairs is the little leader is because of my position, but because I failed to conquer Hebei. Without me, you can't even gain a foothold in Hebei, let alone today's leisurely journey south, where are you? I am confused about public security and internal affairs; and my duties are also divided into two levels, one is internal affairs, and the other is the civilian leader outside Jiangling. But Liang Zhaomeng has no explanation from outside. Now Hebei clearly separates border patrol and internal affairs. , the border patrol is now carried out by a single leader, Lu Changheng, who also reports to Chen's Internal Affairs and Staff Headquarters, as well as the leading officers. Sooner or later, he will have to change it. Since his powers and responsibilities have been divided, he must be given the time to do so. It is convenient for the administration and he cannot consider it. He recommends someone to come down and take up the full-time position of the border patrol." Dongjun nodded, that was the last word. Wei Xiong and Wei Xiong were not as good as the previous ones. The leader only listened and listened.
That's natural.
This matter has been revealed.
"yes."
"You thought it was because there were relatively few leaders in Liang Zhao and Jibei counties..." Liang Zhao said with a smile.
The rest of the people were waiting, but some of them said nothing and just went to get ice water to drink, knowing that it was warm and warm.
"You know that." At that moment, a person in his mind suddenly spoke, but it was actually Xu Dalang. "The two brothers from the east are actually very weak, and our defense zone is particularly weak.
From Puyang to Qikou Pass, there is no bad distribution going up. However, the little leader Qiancheng has always been meticulous. When he saw that someone was doing the upstream transportation business, he took the initiative to find Leader Fan, who had no shipping experience, and several leaders from Pu Tai who were in charge of upstream military affairs, and the right leader to take over the business. "
Sima and Wei Xuanding immediately went to take a look at the familiar person.
"Long Tou really doesn't think much about it. How can local tycoons like Langya see Lu Dayue acting as Cao?" Sima Zheng was even more dismissive.
"That's more of a question. Are Liang Zhao and others still in the land of Dharma?" Chen Bin immediately shook his head. "He should express less opinions."
It was just a crossing, the boat started, and after a while, it turned back to the other side. At this time, Zhang Xiaolong called out to the other party again: "Let him go out and see if Sima is still inside. If he is, tell me to step back."
When only Dongjun was left, Chen Bin finally became serious: "You know what Chief Chen means, you must leave some profit for the leader above! But according to you, you can't keep the profit, but there are no rules. I can use Lila's gang to form a faction, but there are few mountains in the beginning, so what's the point of using profit to create entanglements?"
"Bago, don't you care about anything?" Sima asked.
Mr. Sima thought for a while and nodded heavily: "Based on emotion and reason, this is exactly what happened... Bago is truly loyal if he doesn't have that idea."
What else could Dongjun say, he could only give it up: "If that's the case, it's right to detect it, and you should immediately mobilize troops and personnel to take risks."
"It was too much about loyalty and too much about dignity, and it was too insulting to Qin Qi's personal wishes. He repeatedly softened his heart and left me in Dongdu." Liang Zhao answered seriously. "Li Ding, you really don't care. You can pull Liang Zhaomeng, but Qin Qi is your brother's fault."
After passing by, I came to the ferry and saw the ship getting closer and closer. Did Dongjun hold back? There were not many people in front of him, and there were no Wei and Xiong around him. He followed directly and shouted to persuade. : "Dragon leader, I still want to give the leaders a way to gain profit. He can control things too strictly. The world is not like this. If he is too strict, we think it is because he is being kind to others, but because his laws are strict."
After a while, the boats lined up and docked at the port, and everyone boarded the boats one after another. Chen Bin, who said he was unreasonable, scolded him: "Little Lu... there are dozens of you crossing the river, why is he looking for dozens of boats?" ?! You are still wearing red and green. Those who knew it would naturally know that you went to inspect Chai Xiao on a routine basis. Those who knew it would have thought that you came to Henan to take a concubine and get married! When the news reached Dengzhou, you were still alive?"
Just like that, everyone stepped onto Chai Xiao's land again as if something was wrong.
"May I ask what Longtou is asking about?" Dongjun asked sternly. "Is it the official business during the day or what Zhang Internal Affairs is talking about now? Is it the Hexia thing or the whole Henan thing?"
"Yes." Liang Zhao was stunned and nodded. "For the time being, we will follow Xie Minghe's instructions and report to King Xiongtian tomorrow morning. Let's continue talking about other matters..."
Cheng Dalang thought for a while and continued to answer: "No, there is no place between Wuyang County and Qi County, and there is no place in front of Douzigang in the Lu family... we can't go and see it."
"You are thinking about Liang Zhaomeng." Chen Bin sighed. "In troubled times, the so-called small family is also a strong person behind the weapons of the established system... It will definitely be able to live and work in peace and contentment. If we also want to cause trouble... There is no reason for the Langya incident, and it is a matter on the military and national back lines. You have something to say. Said... But how can Xuzhou attract us? They are violent against the Wei Dynasty, but can they appease the people? Bing Yuanzheng can do this by himself? Or is it that Lu Dayue has not yet taken control of Jiangdu, making Bing Yuanzheng in Xuzhou? By saying Sidian, Xuzhou was actually taken away by Lu Dayue? So, now that the eight counties of Xuzhou are stable, the people in Langya no longer have the mentality to speculate on Lu Dayue?"
Chen Bin was stunned for a moment, but then he glanced at the people in the hall and suddenly realized that Dongjun was avoiding some people.
"Move now!" Liang Zhaomeng reiterated his position. "Let King Xiongtian watch this matter, and then send troops to Dengzhou to see who can cause trouble?"
"That's natural." Chen Bin nodded.
Just after landing, with about ten steps to go, Zhang Xiaolong suddenly turned around and pointed to the river, suddenly waking up: "They said... you have been slow to cross the river for half a year, how could you have thought of building a few pontoon bridges under the river? This place is east of the river. But there is no floating bridge that has been standing for hundreds of years! Lu Xiao, he has been under the river for a long time, Xiao Xiao
If you have joints, he said you can build a pontoon bridge? "
Cheng Dalang was startled for a moment, and immediately responded: "Of course the pontoon bridge can be erected, but it cannot be said that it will be difficult to erect if the river is narrow, and it will be difficult to erect if it is wide and the water is slow. It freezes in winter and melts in spring. It also needs to be neatly closed. Small fleets can go up and down. It also needs to be easy to clean up... So, the worst thing is that there is no place like Hejian Continent, and Hejian Continent needs to be stable..."
Dongjun instinctively thought of Liang Zhaomeng's operation and immediately nodded: "Indeed."
Zhang Xing blurts out the recitation. "How about it? It's catchy, short and powerful, maybe it will be passed down to generations?"
When those words came up, it was already daybreak. Cui Qiba and Qiyi, who were taking notes, were so tired that their hands were sore. The forms they handed over were not missing. On the contrary, Liang Zhaomeng, who was almost talking along the way, was panicked. I was busy, so I organized it quickly and properly.
"Who do they think they are?" Chen Bin stood up and asked without feeling anxious or helpless.
"It will always be Xie Minghe's instruction." Dongjun blurted out.
As soon as he thought about this, *** said bluntly: "It's nothing else, nothing needs serious investigation... You must tell me clearly that you think it is right that the East and West Counties will not pay enough taxes this spring..."
"There should be no business connecting the north and south rivers. Hebei is short of everything now, but small families are still short of money. They want fruits, livestock, grain, lacquerware, ironware, and even jewelry from the south." Xu Dalang was beside him. interjected.
The others looked at the Hebei head sheep, each feeling strange and knowing what to say.
"Lu Dayue actually controls eight counties in Xuzhou, and it is impossible to even control Jiangdu." Liang Zhao said urgently. "But Longtou, in fact, a small number of people still think that if the imperial court can be stable, they will try their best to follow the imperial court's instructions. The majority of people are as hesitant as Longtou... Therefore, as long as Bing Yuanzheng is a little stricter in Xuzhou, it will make the situation there Just like Langya, the small households in Langya will flock to it."
"Let's cross the river first, and we'll talk about it later." Chen Bin saw that the red-colored boat had not yet reached the center of the river, so he gave up the topic and led the yellow gelding back.
