Moreover, because of Qin Ge's reputation, Zheng He recruited 100,000 water bandits and all of them were transferred to become Silver Scale sailors. Now the two major naval forces of Zhenhai and Weihai in Le'an County can compete with the Liangshan bandits in water battles. High and low.
However, because there were no organized warships, they suffered a great loss in the battle with the Liangshan navy. In water battles, ships were the life of the navy.
When conquering Le'an County, Qin Ge had already asked Man Chong and Zheng He to choose a good port near the mouth of the Yellow River and start building a dock for him to redeem his achievements in the national war.
Qin Ge has the blueprints for Goryeo's top-notch Dragon Turtle Zhenhai ship. However, the production technology of this ship is complex and the consumables are expensive. Even the Li Dynasty only has a few ships. Qin Ge simply cannot manufacture it with the current financial resources and technology.
And because there are no ship manufacturing blueprints, the current shipyard can only produce ordinary civilian ships. In addition to making fishing boats for fishermen, they also transform warships based on fishing boats. Their combat effectiveness is simply incomparable to the Liangshan bandit's loach fleet.
This Feilang stern boat has a small draft and can only carry about twenty people. It has a draft similar to that of an ordinary fishing boat and cannot be used for long-distance operations like the armored loach boat.
However, for the current water battle in Le'an County, the combat distance of Feilang stern boat is more than enough.
This ship has a long and narrow shape, with a sail like a bird's wings. When running, the sails can absorb the power of the wind, and the speed is as fast as a flying arrow. The word "quick" is the best, and it can be called a weapon for naval warfare in offshore and river channels.
Moreover, this ship is a silver warship, and the production process is relatively simple. The shipyard of the Free Territory has just been built, and the technical level can also produce warships of this level. With the large-scale production of this ship, a group of people with higher technical proficiency can be cultivated. The boatman!
Taking a step back, the combat capability of Feilang stern boats is much stronger than that of warships modified from fishing boats. If hundreds of Feilang stern boats can be assembled for the Le'an Navy, they will definitely be able to compete head-on with the Liangshan bandits in water warfare. Higher and lower.
Moreover, major forces such as Yanhuang City, Xuanyuan City, and Dongfang Family's Qinglong City are vigorously developing naval forces. However, China's shipbuilding technology is already lagging behind, and the Tianpin Shipyard owned by Qin Ge is also in the Chinese Civilized District. This is the only one.
All forces lack high-quality warships. If this ship is mass-produced, Qin Ge will definitely make a lot of money!
Now Liangshan's power is too strong, and Qin Ge can hardly breathe. The battle of Guangxian City commanded by Xu Shu was also because Liu Bei's army marched with all his strength, which put the Liangshan bandits in a dilemma, so they stopped fighting with Qin Ge.
With Liu Bei's strong support, Qin Ge would be even more powerful in quelling the banditry in Qingzhou. Even Guan Zhong and others suggested making friends with Liu Bei.
Seeing Qin Ge thinking, Mi Zhu, as a master negotiator, naturally knew that Qin Ge was weighing the pros and cons and said: "If the Marquis can facilitate this, our Mi's Trading Firm can provide Taishan County with 500 yuan at 20% off the market price every year. Thousands of tons of grain, free trading companies can give priority to trade in Chengyang County, and Xuande Gong is apprenticed to Zuo Cizhen, who is good at refining weapons and is famous in the fairy world. Our Lord is willing to give the Five Elements Holy Armor, the most precious treasure given by Zuo Cizhen, to the general. !”
Speaking of taking out five sets of armor from his sleeves, Qin Ge's eyes flashed when he saw the five sets of armor. These five sets of armor turned out to be five spiritual weapons. The robes contained the spirits of the five sacred beasts: Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, Xuanwu, and Qilin. .
Armor is far more difficult to make than weapons, and only Zuo Ci can forge such a spiritual weapon with such skill, and because it contains the spirit of the holy beast, it can grow with its master!
Finally, Mi Zhu took out a fire-colored soul bead and said: "This is the Tiangang Demon Star of the Liangshan bandit leader Tianmanxing Zhuyi. It is a general soul of the fire element. The Tianmanxing Martial Soul contains the will of General Guan, and its exclusive The weapon is the Huanglong Yanyue Sword. I heard that General Qin’s younger brother practices fire-based skills and uses the Yanyue Sword, so General Guan can teach him all his secrets!"
Qin Ge took a deep breath and said: "If Xuande is willing to protect Qingzhou with me, which is what Qin wants, fine! I will recommend it to the general. As for whether it will succeed, I can't guarantee it!"
Mi Zhu was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "It just so happens that General Guan will be staying here for a period of time. This Tiangang Demon Star can be used as a deposit to be inherited by General Qin Jixiao. You can also practice swordsmanship with General Guan. Whether it succeeds or not, this Demon Star can be regarded as eternal." The kindness between Duke Xuande and the Marquis!"
Qin Ge nodded after hearing this and no longer refused.
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Beihai County, at this time, the entire city has been used as the base camp of Liangshan. The lights in the entire city are dim after nightfall. Occasionally, if there is a light, the Liangshan bandits gather together to drink and eat meat. The entire county has become a copycat of bandits, and there is no more The bustling scene of the past.
In the prefect's house, Song Jiang was very angry and threw the information in his hand to the ground. Wu Yong walked in and picked up the information from the ground. Since spring plowing was approaching, Song Jiang also learned the lessons of the past two years and encouraged the people controlled by the Liangshan forces to farm. grain.
However, after the plunder of the Liangshan bandits, there was not even a complete village in the area occupied by the Liangshan bandits. This is because Qin Ge recently vigorously rebuilt villages and towns, encouraged soldiers and civilians to farm, and carried out a series of measures to benefit farmers.
As a result, many people in the Liangshan bandit territory moved their families to the cities under the jurisdiction of the Qingzhou Governor's Office. Even some powerful powerful people with armed forces also moved their families.
According to incomplete statistics, there were more than three million Qingzhou people who came to Qin Ge's rule. What made Song Jiang most angry was that the bandits in Liangshan began to desert frequently, and many bandits fled into Qin Ge's territory.
"Qin Ge took advantage of the truce with us to wipe out the bandits and cottages under his rule. Now he is fully developing farming. The territory under his rule quickly restored stability, and because the bandits under his rule were pacified, he was able to mobilize troops to concentrate on garrisoning in various areas. They are in a dangerous area, and it is becoming more and more difficult to attack their territory now!" Wu Yong regretted seeing Song Jiang, and quickly persuaded him, after all, changing military orders from day to day was very harmful to morale.
Song Jiang gritted his teeth and said: "And the people under our rule are now being forcibly intercepted by me and using swords to hold them till the fields. The reclamation of wasteland is not satisfactory. Now all the people want to run to Qin Ge. What a fucking evil! I think if Qin Ge becomes so big and powerful, it will be even harder for us to deal with him!"
Wu Yong stroked his beard and said: "Now that Qin Ge and Liu Bei have joined forces, they are vaguely fighting each other. Moreover, in Le'an County, Qin Ge has invested three cavalry units: Karasuma Rangers, Changshui Camp and Netherworld Wolf Cavalry. Sweeping away the bandits entrenched in various places, their fighting power is astonishing. After the bandits were eliminated, the counties, towns and mountains we occupied were isolated. Li Jun and Mu Hong were afraid of being defeated one by one, so they reduced their troops. This was also in compliance with the interaction between eldest brother and Qin Ge. Not violating the agreement, 70% of the counties and towns in Le'an County are now in Qin Ge's hands!"
"Damn it! This is simply breeding tigers for trouble. Qin Ge was already famous in Qingzhou, and now he is spreading benevolent policies. I heard that he led his troops to cultivate the fields, build houses for the people, and clear the rivers of mud. The people of Qingzhou respected him like a god. , are willing to join him, and a large number of refugees from Taishan County have moved back to Qingzhou. Now the people's livelihood under his rule has recovered rapidly. He is not like the previous Han court and bandit forces. If he is allowed to become big, there will be endless troubles!" Song Jiang said as The saint-level political figure had a keen insight into the changes that had taken place under Qin Ge's rule. At this time, his eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he seemed to want to take action against Qin Ge.
"We in the green forest are very particular about an adopted son. If my eldest brother openly tears up the alliance, I am afraid he will break the trust of the world. Moreover, it is spring plowing now. Even if we capture Qin Ge's territory, we will only get tens of millions of refugees. It is better to use the trick and wait for their autumn harvest. We will attack again when the time comes, and Qin Ge has already built a people's livelihood framework. As long as we take over, and let those people continue to produce, then we will have a continuous granary!" Wu Yong stroked his beard, his eyes There was a hint of ruthlessness in it.
Hearing this, Song Jiang touched his palm and said: "What you mean is to borrow chickens to lay eggs and build nests, and then we can occupy the magpie's nest. This plan is very clever! Very wonderful! Let Qin Ge be happy for a few days!"
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On this day, the small town where Qin Gebao was stationed was holding a celebration for the establishment of Xinmin Town. At this time, ordinary houses had been built in the entire town. Although the streets were all dirt roads, they were neat.
Today is the day when Xinmin Town was officially established. The refugees happily moved into their new houses. After Qin Ge led 10,000 tiger soldiers to fight day and night, buildings have been built on the previously wasteland, and the roads, ditches and ridges in the fields have all been restored. Uniform.
However, due to lack of resources and poverty, no banquet ceremony was held. Qin Ge gave a mobilization speech and told all the villagers that the good times have begun now. As long as everyone is hardworking and willing to work hard, they will celebrate together after a bumper harvest this autumn.
Qin Ge was celebrating the establishment of the new town with the villagers. At this time, Xun Chen came in a carriage with a group of scribes. Although these people were in the chaotic land of Qingzhou, they were extremely well-dressed. These were the wealthy noble families of Qingzhou.
During the war, they led their tribesmen to build mountain fortresses and local armed forces. The tribe survived in this troubled times. These wealthy noble families were very xenophobic. They were not only hostile to the bandits, but also very cautious towards Qin Ge.
If Wei Xie hadn't taken the lead, I'm afraid these guys would still be watching. Qin Ge was grateful for Wei Xie's help in times of need, and directly declared Wei Xie to be the county magistrate of Le'an County. Captain, many children of the Wei family began to engage in politics, which made other noble families jealous.
Qin Ge made great compromises and concessions to these local armed forces and restored their privileges. He made concessions on all the land, minerals and resources they occupied, allowing them to manage themselves, as long as they paid taxes according to the Han tax rate.
Originally, these noble families had the attitude of watching from the other side during the fierce battle between Qin Ge and the Liangshan bandits, and watched them kill each other without helping each other.
Now Qin Ge has initially restored the rule of the imperial court, and issued an order to recruit talented people to serve as officials in various counties and towns. This was originally a policy formulated by Guan Zhong to win over the powerful local gentry. Xun Chen and Wei Yue were lobbying everywhere during this period, and the thoughts of powerful armed forces in many places began to come alive.
Xun Chen brought everyone into the village. Representatives of the gentry leaders were surprised when they saw Qin Ge dressed in commoner clothes and sitting and talking with the people.
However, due to the name of the person and the shadow of the tree, representatives of the noble clans came forward to pay their respects. Some elders even burst into tears with excitement. Xun Chen introduced Qin Ge. Unexpectedly, most of the visitors were famous people from Qingzhou.
There is the famous scholar Liang Mao who just brought tens of thousands of his clan to move here with his family, the famous scholar Zhang Zheng who gathered local armed forces to defeat the Yellow Turban and Liangshan bandits many times, and the world-famous Confucian scholar Bing Yuan, as well as many Qingzhou aristocratic families. Representative of a wealthy family.
There was also a familiar figure, who turned out to be Mi Heng whom he had not seen for a long time. Mi Heng was wearing a coarse cloth robe. According to Xun Chen, he had followed Liang Mao to escape from Beihai County.
At this time, Mi Heng lost his previous arrogance and saw Qin Ge lowering his head and saying nothing. On that day, Mi Heng was blamed by the Qin family's descendants because he wantonly attacked and insulted Qin Ge.
Later, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down, and Kong Rong became the governor of Beihai. Ni Heng heard about Kong Rong's name for a long time, so he took refuge with Kong Rong. Unexpectedly, just a few days after the good days, the Liangshan bandits broke out.
Kong Rong abandoned the city and fled to rely on Liu Bei, while Ni Heng fled everywhere and could only survive by clinging to Liangmao.
Now Qin Ge has become a world-famous champion, while Mi Heng is still unknown. Seeing Qin Ge now makes him so ashamed that he hides his face with his sleeves.
