Sure enough, the plan to attack Anren immediately received a positive response from the investment committee. This is not because of Zhao Tongzhi’s investment. What makes everyone excited is the three major goals of Anren’s strategy proposed by Li Dan:
Capture the Shikang Shipyard and all craftsmen;
Regain control of water and land transportation to the south;
And after capturing Anren, he opened an iron factory, a carriage factory and a pencil factory.
Including the shipyard mentioned earlier, Anren has four factories concentrated in this small place, with an estimated annual revenue of no less than 60,000 taels!
Zhao Chongbi was not just talking nonsense when he said he wanted to invest in the company. He was optimistic about Li Dan's future and his plans.
Of course, as an official, he could not directly come forward to buy shares. The name he filled in was Wan Xiang'er, which was obviously a woman.
Li Dan had long discovered that women at this time did not seem to be as restrained, constrained or even bound as they thought in their previous life.
A woman can own more or less private property, and the private property brought into her husband's family in the form of dowry is taxed on a household basis, but the ownership still belongs to the woman herself and is not completely merged with her husband's property.
When a woman leaves her husband's family due to divorce or divorce, the former will take away everything except the child support paid to the children who remain with her husband, while the latter will have to pay 30% to 50% to her husband's family as compensation.
Women can not only go on blind dates and file for divorce on their own, but of course they can also choose to invest in serious businesses to ensure that their assets continue to appreciate.
So there is nothing wrong with him using this woman's name to invest, and the committee does not restrict the gender of the investor.
Li Dan understood that this person was either his close friend, or his concubine or his concubine, and everyone understood it tacitly but did not reveal it.
The small steamer ran really fast, and it had already made a round trip between Poyang and Yugan in two days.
When Wan Zhifu saw that the enemy in Anren had only released 500 defenders at present, he sent out 1,000 officers and soldiers each to attack. Did he think that this was not a matter of taking control?
Besides, he didn't ask the government to send more troops, so he got a piece of planning work in vain, so he immediately responded and agreed. also
Xu Shi felt that it was not interesting enough, and at the same time wrote a letter to the Southern Metropolitan Inspection Department, asking to cooperate with Zhao Tongzhi to find out the movements and number of enemies in Dongxiang, and report to Zhao Tongzhi at the nearest location at any time.
Then with a stroke of his pen, he appropriated a thousand taels from the seized and handed-in funds as expenses for comfort and relief after the recapture of Anren.
With the attitude of the government, Zhao Chongbi was relieved. Although the letter he sent to Nanchang requesting the commander-in-chief to send troops to attract Yang's attention has not yet received a reply, he could not wait any longer.
On the 24th of September, six gangsters who had committed major murders, massacres, and were old and aged were identified outside the south gate, and the team swore an oath and set off.
However, this is only talking about the official army. The Tuanlian side has Tan Zhongxiao and Yang Yi as the main generals, Song Qian is joining the army, Wan Siyou (Zhong Siqi took over Mianshan) is the forward, and Baima crosses the river.
In addition, Han Jinguo (Han 4th) and Liu En also led their own district teams or Xiangyong respectively to set out the day before yesterday. After joining Song Xiaoniu and Xie Guiting (Crab King 5th), they quietly ambush outside the city.
He Wei, who was transferred to replace Song Xiaoniu, has already contacted informants inside and outside the city.
He learned that General Anren's surname was Xiang, a guy who loved gambling and drinking. He was often away from the Yamen, but he was very familiar with various casinos.
In addition, there is an enemy outpost at the lumberyard in Daguling. The informant among the prisoners has colluded with about 20 people to prepare for cooperation inside and outside.
Inspired by this incident, Li Dan quietly asked Dong Houyong to bring two hundred Huangxi remnants to join Wansiyou's regiment training vanguard, intending to give them a chance for revenge.
The night before leaving, Li Dan wandered in his yard. Aunt Qian asked Bei Xi to get him a cloak, fearing that the autumn night would be too wet and cold.
Li Dan smiled and thanked her, then asked Zhen'er to get a futon, put it on the stone pier, asked his aunt to sit down, and then knelt down and worshiped four times.
At that time, people regarded four bows as the highest etiquette, and it was limited to the five "lords of heaven and earth, relatives and teachers". Aunt Qian hurriedly helped him up, tears welling up in her eyes.
"This child, you are old and immoral, why are you doing such a great gift?" As he said, he raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corner of his eyes.
"Aunt is like a mother, and I will never forget the kindness of raising her. But
The child has not yet had time to be blessed by his wife, but he has to go south to fight again. This is extremely unfilial and makes the child feel uneasy! "After Li Dan finished speaking, he bowed and apologized.
Aunt Qian sighed, pulled him to sit down, and said, "If you can become a talented person, you should serve the country, be responsible for the king, and be safe for the people. If you can't become a useful person, you can still work at home and study, and sit around your knees. It's the same."
Walking outside is different from being at home, and leading troops is different from traveling alone. Brother Dan must remember the word caution. There are always thousands of victories, but it is harder than one defeat.
The heroes who follow you come to kowtow outside your house every day these days. Do you know why? "
"Ask mother to teach me."
"They respect me because of you. You brought them back alive, won the battle, made money, got promoted, and led the team. That's why they believe in you, love you, and support you, so they came to me kowtow.
But if you make mistakes, are stubborn, and risk their lives, do you think this will happen again? "
Li Dan stood up and knelt on the ground: "After my son has been taught, he must bear in mind the word prudence. He must not be vain, arrogant, or paranoid. He must always consider the safety of his family, country, people, and soldiers!"
"Now you hold the power in your hand, and you can live or kill with one word. Brother Dan, let me tell you, only kill the people who deserve to be killed, and don't use your own pleasure as a sharp edge. Then you are not saving people but harming them. I’m a human being. Do you understand?”
She said something and Li Dan kowtowed once and repeated it until she was satisfied. Finally, Aunt Qian asked him to get up and sit down again, sighing deeply. Li Dan didn't understand why she sighed again and asked, "Is there anything else that mother is worried about?"
Aunt Qian said: "I originally thought of taking advantage of this great victory to ask Mrs. Lao to make two more trips to settle the matter between you and the eldest daughter of the Xu family. Who knows, I still didn't have time to finish it before you left, but instead I taught someone Pity!"
It turns out that the six rites of marriage, including the gift, the name, the wedding, and the formal engagement (i.e., the formal engagement), have all been completed, but when it was time to choose the auspicious date, the groom was about to go on a military trip, which made both families feel a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, the bride is generous and sensible. Li Dan feels that she would have been a standard good wife in her previous life!
"I think you will go to Xu's house to say goodbye tomorrow morning to show that my family attaches great importance to this marriage and not to let the girl worry in vain." Aunt Qian said.
"What mother said is that before the swearing-in at the school tomorrow morning, the child will go to the Xu Mansion."
"Yes, this is the proper etiquette." Aunt Qian nodded with satisfaction: "Oh, it's a pity that Yang Baihu can't be by your side this time. It's more reassuring to have him here."
Hearing her murmur such words, Li Dan glanced at Zhen'er and the others.
Zhen'er's eyes were slightly closed and her face was expressionless, and she didn't know whether she heard it or not. Beixi held Aunt An and was biting her ear, as if she was talking about something else.
"Well, Mr. Yang... there is a reason why he didn't go this time." Li Dan explained softly:
"If we all leave, we don't know if the finless porpoises in the lake will be ready to attack, so Fan Taizun suggested that the generals should be left behind to take charge.
Besides, he didn't know when his promotion to the Thousand Household Examination would come down, so it would be beneficial to keep him in charge of the city, so that if he was transferred to another post, he could just use the excuse of defending the city as an excuse. "
"I know, it's just talk." Aunt Qian's face felt a little hot, so she turned away and said, "Anyway, you should rest early tonight and don't be too hard. We have to travel far tomorrow."
Li Dan laughed: "It's okay, don't worry, aunt. This time I'm just going to Anren, not across the state like last time. The child is just in the next county, not too far away. Take a carriage on the way and set off in the afternoon , it will arrive in the afternoon."
"Is your carriage so good?"
"Auntie, please wait a moment. After Anren's battle is over, I will take you to live in Zhuangzi. There will be a new carriage then, which is more comfortable than Fan Taizun's!"
Aunt Qian glared at him angrily: "Isn't that an overstep? I won't sit down! There's no need for anyone to look at it and point fingers and say we don't know how to restrain ourselves."
Li Dan laughed loudly and told her that the county had already placed orders for more than 60 vehicles. "Everyone is sitting here. I am honoring my mother by taking one. Who can say anything?" Aunt Qian was filled with joy, and then she went to Zhen'er. With the help of his wife, he went into the house to rest.
That night, mother and son went back to their houses separately.
, Li Dan hugged the weeping Bei Xixi for a while to comfort her, and then she covered him with the quilt and fell asleep deeply.
The next day, when Yinshi got up to wash up and have breakfast, Li Dan dressed up with the help of Beixi. As soon as he put on his blue uniform clothes, Brother Mao came and came into the room to help him put them on.
Since he had to attend the swearing-in ceremony at the school grounds today, Li Dan chose a pair of red brocade-edged leather armor specially customized for himself.
In front of it hung the silver-plated breast mirror that Bei Xi had polished again and again last night, and tied a concentric knot at the back with a scarlet armor ribbon.
Underneath the gold-plated precious lion belt (see Note 1) is the belly hugger (which is to support the waist, but without armor) that was painstakingly made by my aunt under the lamp. It has a cowhide base, sapphire blue piping, and the surface is woven brocade with thousands of characters and cloud patterns.
Under his feet were a pair of Liuhe leather boots with cloud head and armor plates, which were also customized according to Li Dan's own design.
Both forearms are wrapped in cooked cowhide arm guards with the same armor plates, fastened with five rows of horizontal buckles.
On the head is a leather jacket made of cooked cowhide with nail plates, and a raw leather item.
Li Dan looked down and saw that the skirt armor, Bikun (crotch protector), Huwei (hip protector) and the edges of the shawl were decorated with two-inch long hanging leather strips as he said. He felt very satisfied after stretching.
This was the first time he used his power and asked the military craftsmen in the ancient port guardhouse to make it in a month.
Although the leather armor is lighter than the iron armor, it weighs more than ten kilograms when wearing the full suit. Fortunately, he is strong, so this weight is nothing.
He hung up his sword and went out to bid farewell to his aunt. Unexpectedly, when he went out, he saw the alley full of people. When they saw him coming out, they bowed deeply and said, "I send you off to the capital for inspection. I wish you success!"
Li Dan mounted his horse, led by Mao Zaidi, followed by two guardsmen. He returned the gift and walked out. Only then did he realize that there were people on both sides of the street outside who came to see him off.
Li Dan was surprised. He quickly took off his leather helmet and hung it on the saddle bridge. He leaned over and thanked him loudly. They moved forward slowly like this until they reached the gate of Xu Mansion.
The Xu family had heard the news early, and the three brothers came out to wait outside the door. Li Dan dismounted from his saddle, stepped forward to greet them, and apologized for not being able to complete the ceremony on another expedition.
Xu Tong's son Xu Hu stepped forward and hugged Li Dan's skirt, and wanted to tell him a secret in a sweet voice. "Hey, what big thing do you want to tell me?" Li Dan liked this little guy who was only five years old.
"Sister asked me to tell you that it was inconvenient for her to come out, so she saw you off behind the door." Xu Hu said in a low voice.
Li Dan looked up and rubbed his little head: "Good brother, wait until I come back to cut a bamboo bow for you, okay?" The little guy was so happy that he jumped back to his father.
Li Dan then put on his helmet and saluted solemnly towards the gate. Xu Bu naturally understood why he did this, and he stepped forward with a smile and returned the favor politely.
Li Dan cupped his hands and said, "We'll have a good time when Dan comes back victorious!" After saying that, he got on his horse amidst the cheers and applause of the Xu family members, turned the horse's head in a circle, and headed towards the school ground in the south of the city.
Yu Gan's school ground is in the southwest corner of the city, on the west side of Dongyangjiao Peak. From here to the bottom of the city wall, there is nearly 400 steps of open space.
During the siege, a total of 1,600 to 700 people, including Gu Da's and Yang Yi's reserves, as well as the defense troops on the two walls, were stationed here, crowding the place.
Now there are only about a thousand officers and soldiers in the military parade, and they can barely turn around. As soon as Li Dan saw it, he quietly said to Yang Dayi beside him: "This is too crowded. There is not enough space!"
Yang Lianjie laughed: "No one thought that one day Yu Gan would have so many soldiers. Naturally, what civil servants think about every day is that the less they see of these soldiers, the better. How can they think about whether you are enough?"
"That's right. At the beginning, General Zhao's regiment training only had 500 people. For such a scale, so many places are enough." Li Dan nodded: "But we don't have enough! We have to find a bigger venue after the war, otherwise we can train troops There’s no room!” Kan Shula
The horn sounded, and Zhao Tongzhi and Fan Xianzun arrived. As usual, the two of them delivered passionate and inspiring speeches first.
After waiting for the county officials to finish, Zhao Chongbi, as the commander-in-chief, summoned Zhu Baihu, Jiao Baihu and Li Dan, and gave the three the order of the emperor to recover Anren.
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The six unlucky gangsters came out to sacrifice the flag. The three armies cheered and their morale was greatly boosted. Then Zhao Chongbi announced that each sergeant would be rewarded two coins of silver, and the entire team would go out of Deshengmen to the camp outside the city to eat. After lunch, the entire team would set out for the expedition!
While the officers and soldiers were setting off and Fan County was serving wine to see Zhao Tongzhi off, Li Dan went to the Deshengmen Gate Tower to convene a meeting.
He held two vegetable steamed buns in one hand and a large bowl of tea in the other hand to announce the meeting.
First, Yang Dayi was appointed as the left-behind general, and then Master Ba was appointed as the chief secretary to negotiate with the committee and arrange for the rush production of winter clothes for the Qingshirt team, including the newly recruited more than a thousand surrendered troops.
Li Biao is the deputy director of the department, responsible for the purchase of livestock, grain, and grass.
He will purchase from Nankang, Fuliang, Poyang and other places through the Xu family, and Wang Jintang and Wang Jinsheng brothers will purchase from Wannian and Leping, and establish three grain collection and storage stations in Santang, Leijiawan and Yujiadu, and also It is necessary to purchase 40 hectares of grass slopes and 20 hectares of tidal flats in Mabeizui to establish a livestock breeding farm.
Then he announced that he had recommended to Zhao Tongzhi that his brother Li Zhu should act as the chief registrar of Anren County, and arranged three things for Anren:
One: Chen Gang's carriage factory is preparing to open a new branch factory in Huangbu. Han An is already carrying out the stock offering. Chen Salmon is responsible for ensuring that Yu Gan's carriage factory builds thirty new Jingwu eight-year-old horses within a month. A type of horse-drawn carriage.
Second: Expand the scale of Mianshan Cement Factory, and Han An will be responsible for coordinating the delivery of 20,000 kilograms of cement to Anren within seven days.
Third: Order Tang Kai to transfer the fourteen catapults in Yujiazhai's warehouse to Anren, and need to produce sixteen more. Yujiazhai specializes in the production of weapons, and ship construction is carried out in Shigang.
Everyone was stunned when they heard it. You looked at me and I looked at you. Han An stroked his beard and said slowly: "You don't think that everything will be fine once we capture Anren. Are the Yang family and his son willing to swallow this sigh of relief?"
"What do you mean, sir... do we still have to fight this battle?" Gu Da asked tentatively.
"What do you think?" Han An smiled: "I wouldn't be surprised if he abandoned Fuzhou and turned around to deal with us."
"Hey, I don't care!" Gu Da patted him on the crotch: "When he comes, beat him up and see who is afraid of whom!"
"Yeah, beat him!" Yang Yi and others also shouted.
"Brother Zhou, if this continues, we might even hit you in Fuzhou!" Liu Hongsheng said.
Li Dan grinned. However, he is still just an official in Raozhou. How can he find an excuse to enter Fuzhou? This really requires some thinking.
According to the rules of this dynasty, the use of troops across prefectures is the power of the commander-in-chief, so this is why Zhao Chongbi said he wanted to send a letter to Nanchang.
But morale was available, which made him happy. Now one battle after another, Li Dan was secretly worried. Being far away from Yu Qian, could the team maintain such morale and have such a desire to fight?
Is it really okay if the supply line is stretched? He seemed to be still not completely accustomed to combat in the cold weapon era.
But when he got off the tower, mounted his horse and galloped towards the ferry, he no longer had any worries.
What we have to do now is to move forward, to sweep away the enemies of Anren first, to reopen the Yingtan, Guixi, and Geyang routes, to regain contact with Sun She and Shanda people, and to open trade routes. This is better than any consideration. Worries need to be more urgent and prioritized!
"Note 1: It's a belt. It's called a barbarian belt because it was imitated by barbarians who came from southern Thailand and Western Europe. The mouth of the belt is a metal lion, which has both decorative and protective functions."
