Liaoyang, Whistle Mansion.
Denong County is a small county in the northernmost part of Posu Prefecture. The city only covers an area of 1,000 acres, and the total registered population of the entire county is only over 10,000... ·············
In fact, a remote place like Denong County was just a small town three years ago, with a surrounding population of only a few thousand people.
However, although the place is very remote, the land in Denong County is very fertile. The black soil is like flowing oil. It seems that as long as you plant the seeds, you can wait for the harvest with peace of mind.
For places like this, poor people have come to open up wasteland and farm before, but they ultimately failed under various unfavorable conditions.
The first is the weather factor. As the northernmost point of the Great Zhou Territory, Denong County spends half of the year in a freezing environment. Surviving in such a natural environment makes life very difficult. difficult.
Secondly, there are many barren mountains and ridges around Denong County, which are full of tigers, blind bears and other ferocious beasts that often attack humans. In addition to ferocious beasts, there are also savage Shiwei tribes in these barren mountains and ridges. They are even worse than the beasts. Be more brutal.
The last and most critical point is that according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the open wasteland does not have any preferential policies and must pay high land taxes. In addition, there is a risk of being annexed by gentry landlords.
Therefore, people are naturally unwilling to do this kind of high-risk, low-return, desperate work to make wedding clothes for others... ·····
This situation has been greatly improved after Fengwu Army came to power. Ye Mingsheng fought against all opinions to protect the legitimate rights and interests of ordinary people from being infringed, and relieved the ordinary people from worries about open fields.
On this basis, Ye Mingsheng also introduced a series of policies, such as reclaiming wasteland and automatically having a seventy-year use period, exempting all land taxes within three years, and halving land taxes within ten years. Encouraged by such preferential policies, the land tax has increased significantly. This increased people's enthusiasm for developing wasteland, and a large number of people came to Denong County with the longing for wealth and land.
As more and more people came to Denong, a small city naturally appeared in the northern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
And today, October 3rd, the arrival of hundreds of Fengwu Army officers and special agents from the Coordination Office broke the peace of this border town.
Wang Yan, the magistrate of Denong County in the county government, bowed respectfully to the adults in front of him and asked cautiously:
"Two adults, this is Wang Yan, the magistrate of Denong County. How can I help you?"
After hearing Wang Yan's words, Liaoyang Deputy Inspector Ye Zhenbang and Huo San looked at each other. Then Ye Zhenbang waved his hand, and one of his subordinates came over with a stack of portraits.
"These two men are planning to commit crimes and have come to you Denong. Post these portraits in prominent places in your city and tell the people in the city that anyone who knows the whereabouts of these two men will immediately reward you with a hundred taels of silver. If you dare to harbor these two people, you will be killed without mercy as a party member..."
Wang Yan was a little surprised when he heard this. He glanced at the portraits of the two women in front of him, then nodded and said:
"Sir, I understand! I will definitely mobilize the people in the city to fully cooperate with your work!"
After hearing this, Ye Zhenbang nodded with satisfaction and said:
"You have to find me a few more guides who are familiar with the terrain, and we have to look for their traces in surrounding towns and villages!"
"Yes, yes, I will find the best guide in Denong County in a moment!" Wang Yan said respectfully:
Ye Zhenbang waved his hand after hearing this, and Wang Yan immediately bowed and retreated. At this time, Huo Sancai said:
"Master Zhu, are you sure that the Wang family and others are hiding in Denong County?"
Facing Huo San’s inquiry, Ye Zhenbang smiled and said:
"Director Huo, don't worry. If I couldn't confirm this news, how could I dare to take you hundreds of miles here?"
"There is a coal mine around Denong County. Every once in a while, our Liaoyang Ancha Division will send some serious criminals to the mine to mine coal. This time, our Ancha Division escorted the officers to the coal mine. They met Wang and his party on the road. And since we met several people together, there is absolutely no problem with the news!”
Hearing this, Huo San nodded slightly. Ever since he knew that the Wang family had appeared in Denong County, he immediately rushed over with his troops without any hesitation... ·············
Because this incident occurred in Liaoyang, the Liaoyang Police Department also sent Deputy Inspector Ye Zhenbang to assist him in handling this incident. Because time was tight and the task was heavy, they and their group came as quickly as possible after sleeping in the open air. Here, I now hope that I can live up to expectations and successfully find Wang and recover the stolen money from Ye Zhanpeng.
Although he refused Wang Yan's reception banquet, Huo San couldn't bear it because he had slept in the wilderness for the past few nights. Therefore, seeing that he had now arrived in Denong, his subordinates also began to search for him, and so did Huo San. After relaxing a bit, I decided to take a rest before continuing to work.
While Huo San was resting, county government officials Ye Zhenbang and Wang Yan met quietly again.
"How is the situation?" Ye Zhenbang asked Wang Yan in a deep voice:
Facing Ye Zhenbang's inquiry, Wang Yan whispered:
"Don't worry, my lord, I have always arranged for someone to watch them! The person who reported the message has also been arranged. As long as you give the order, he will come to report the message and report the clues of the thieves to the coordination office!"
After getting this answer, Ye Zhenbang smiled and nodded and said:
"Very good! But don't rush to report the matter now. Wait for two days after the arrest for someone to report. Otherwise, it will appear that this matter is too false. By the way, are there many people who know about this matter?"
Wang Yan said seriously:
"Only a few of my men knew about this. I just told them to keep an eye on them. They were very strict and would not talk nonsense... ····”
After saying this, Wang Yan seemed to have thought of something and spoke to Ye Zhenbang:
"Sir, I discovered a new situation, I don't know whether to tell it or not!"
Ye Zhenbang asked with some confusion:
"What did you find?"
Wang Yan said in a hushed voice;
"Sir, those thieves seem to be looking for a gold mine. This gold mine should be around our Denong County!"
Hearing the word "gold mine", Ye Zhenbang's eyes suddenly flashed with light, he hesitated for a moment and asked very seriously:
"How did you know the news?"
Wang Yan said without thinking:
"My lord, this is what happened. This group of people inquired about the gold mine in the city, bought gold mining tools, and went to the coal mine to wander around and dig in the mountains, so I infer that they are looking for gold. mine!"
As soon as these words came out, Ye Zhenbang thought for a while and asked:
"Can you really dig gold here?"
Wang Yan thought for a moment and said:
"Seven or eight years ago, someone did find a piece of gold on Laoye Ridge in the east. Many people knew the news and went to Laoye Ridge to dig, but in the end these people did not find the gold!"
Hearing the news, Ye Zhenbang seemed a little disappointed, shook his head and said:
"Let's not strictly control him for the time being in the gold mine. The most important task now is to keep an eye on those thieves. This is the most important thing. If anything goes wrong, you and I will die. Atonement, as long as you wait a few days and tell the clues to the coordination office, this matter will be considered a success, and the higher ups will reward you and me heavily... ···”
As soon as the words "heavy reward" came out, Wang Yan swallowed greedily and nodded:
"I understand the humble position!"
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Jinzhong, Dagu County
"Brothers, it's time to serve the commander! Follow me and rush in to kill all these thieves!"
"Long live Marshal Ye! The first one to rush into the city will be rewarded with three hundred taels of silver!"
"The thieves are at their wits end, brothers, please work harder!"
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Under the cover of dozens of red-coated cannons and thousands of various types of muskets, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Fengwu Army were desperately launching an attack on Dagu County.
At this time, Lin Huaiwu, who was on the watchtower in front of the formation, using a telescope to observe the siege situation, had a confident smile on his face.
A few days ago, I realized that Wang Muzhi was probably playing tricks, trying to use Dagu County to attract their energy, and then send troops to sneak attack their rear.
However, after Lin Huaiwu and Xun Ke discussed it, they also felt that if they were too afraid of Wang Muzhi's move and did not dare to attack the city, they might fall into Wang Muzhi's trick, so after discussion, the two decided that on the one hand Cooperate with the Coordination Office to send more scouts to detect the movements of Wang Muzhi's main force.
On the other hand, they are also going all out to capture the Dagu County seat as soon as possible. As long as they capture the Dagu County seat, even if Wang Muzhi has some tricks, he can only accept defeat with a blank stare!
With this decision, the Fengwu Army outside Dagu City also launched an attack regardless of the cost. The troops and artillery did not rest, and they bombarded day and night without stopping. At least 500 rounds of artillery shells were fired. Such high-intensity bombing , causing the red cannons to also blow up three of their chambers...
Under the cover of such powerful firepower, the siege effect was still very significant. Yu Chao, an old guy, could still pretend to be one at the beginning, but soon he had to go all out to defend the city.
Although Yu Chao has tried his best in the past few days and even personally led the guards to put out fires on the city wall, facing the absolute firepower and superiority of the Fengwu Army, he could only watch the Dugu County town helplessly. Enter the countdown quickly.
After taking a look at the sky, Lin Huaiwu confidently said to Xun Ke beside him:
"General Xun, if nothing else happens, you and I can have a drink together in the city before the sun sets today!"
Xun Ke smiled and said:
"Your Majesty, you are so elegant! When I was guarding Pingyun at the beginning of the year, I heard that the dish Fu Lu Shou Xi at Zhong Zhu's Restaurant in Dagu County was very good. I hope that I can enjoy this delicacy with you when the city breaks out in the evening!"
"Okay! Then General Xun, you and I must not come back until we are drunk!" Lin Huaiwu said with a smile:
After making an appointment for the dinner, Lin Huaiwu gradually became more interested. Looking at the soldiers who were fiercely attacking the city, he seemed to have thought of something and then said:
"General Xun, if that's the case, how about you and I take a gamble..."
Xun Ke asked curiously:
"Sir, what do you want to bet on?"
Lin Huaiwu smiled and said:
"How about we bet on which one of the Second Army and the Third Division can break through the city gate first? I know General Xun, you have a jar in your hands. The best Jiangnan Flowers that the General gave you are withered. If the Second Army is the first to attack the city, we will wait until we get back." How about you treat me to drink it when we get to Yijing? I, Lin Huaiwu, have drank a lot of good wine in my life, but I have never drank this Jiangnan Huadie!"
Xun Ke smiled and shook his head and said:
"My lord, I know you are concerned about my withering flowers!"
"Forget it, if the second army is the first to break through the city gate, I will treat you to a drink. But what if the third division under my command is the first to break through the city gate?"
Lin Huaiwu replied without thinking:
"It's easy to say! I have a jade pendant at home that I bought from Dadongsheng Trading Company. If the brothers of the third division are the first to break through the city gate, I will give this jade pendant to you, General Xun. How fair is it?"
Xun Ke nodded and said:
"My lord, please speak quickly, then it will be settled!"
"Haha, it's settled in one word..."
Just when Xun Ke and Lin Huaiwu agreed on the bet, God was a little unwilling to follow their wishes. After a stick of incense, a messenger hurriedly walked up to the watchtower and reported to Lin Huaiwu:
"The commander is in trouble, Jinyang has sent news that Wang Muzhi himself has led more than 10,000 troops to attack Lingyuan County!"
As soon as these words came out, Xun Ke and Lin Huaiwu's faces immediately became very serious. Although they realized that Wang Muzhi would play tricks, they both thought that Wang Muzhi would go to Pingyun County to attack, so they added some troops to Pingyun County. Ensure that Pingyun County can defend Pingyun County even if it is attacked by Wang Muzhi.
But in Lingyuan County, not far from Pingyun County, Fengwu Army only has more than a thousand soldiers and horses there. If Wang Muzhi really kills somewhere, the situation will undoubtedly be very bad, even if Wang Muzhi moves fast enough , he could completely capture Lingyuan County before the Fengwu Army arrived.
Realizing this danger, Lin Huaiwu immediately asked:
"Where is Wang Muzhi now?"
"I'm telling you, your lord, Wang Muzhi has now led people across Xiaonan Town..."
