At night, in Ye Mansion, Ye Mingsheng was a little tired and fell asleep next to Murong Qingwu.
During the day today, he first dealt with matters related to An Jia, and then began to deal with some matters related to the locust plague in various provinces...
I don’t know why the locust plague this year was much more serious than in previous years. At first, it only appeared in Qingzhou, Qilu. Ye Mingsheng asked Qilu Chief Secretary to deal with it.
But soon the locust plague showed a tendency to spread, spreading from Qingzhou to the entire Qilu area, and then from the entire Qilu area to the Hebei, Henan, Jingchu area.
This year is the year when the Fengwu Army goes to war, so a lot of the labor force has gone to fight. The prime-age labor force in the fields is not very abundant, so the work of maintaining food production is itself very arduous.
In such a situation, the locust plague also appeared, which undoubtedly made the situation worse, so Ye Mingsheng also attached great importance to this. During this period, in addition to solving the problem of attacking Weiguan, Ye Mingsheng was also organizing and convening various meetings with government affairs The bureau and other officials discussed how to solve the problem of locust plague.
Through these meetings, Ye Mingsheng mainly learned that there are two major difficulties in dealing with civilian locust plagues!
First of all, a small number of people deified the locust plague and believed that the locusts were a punishment from God to the rulers. Not only could they not be killed, but they were allowed to destroy crops.
The second point is that there is a lack of effective methods and technologies for killing locusts. People do not know how to kill locusts. They often spend a lot of effort to kill locusts but still have little effect... ····················
In response to these two major pain points, Ye Mingsheng also came up with solutions after discussing with the officials.
Article 1 The central government and the chief secretaries of various regions jointly sent officials to various regions to promote publicity to let people abandon their misconceptions about locusts, and issued a locust eradication law to reward people who actively eradicate locusts.
If you kill a certain number of locusts, you can go to the government offices in various places to redeem various prizes including tax incentives, food, meat, cloth, etc.
The second is to recruit experts who are good at killing locusts from all over the country and let them go to various regions to publicize their experience in killing locusts, so that people everywhere can better kill locusts.
After the meeting about the locust plague, it was evening. Ye Mingsheng met Murong Yuliang without stopping, and held a family banquet in the mansion for Murong Yuliang, and invited Ye Cui, Murong Qingwu, Xiao Ke Xindu attended the banquet, and Murong Yuliang was also flattered!
During the banquet, Ye Mingsheng also talked about his family affection with Murong Yuliang, and said that he had admired Murong Lun for a long time, and that there was a lack of experienced and talented ministers like Murong Lun in the Fengwu military regime.
Therefore, if Murong Lun is willing to join the Fengwu Army, Ye Mingsheng will be very happy and says that everything can be discussed.
Murong Yuliang was also very pleased with Ye Mingsheng's attitude. He immediately said that he would communicate with Murong Lun and try his best to make Murong Lun abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side... ·········
This meal was a feast for both the guest and the host, making everyone very happy. After the banquet, Ye Mingsheng also stayed at Murong Qingwu's place.
Because Ye Mingsheng didn't rest that day, he just wanted to have a good sleep at night and save energy for continuing to work tomorrow.
However, seeing Ye Mingsheng like this, Murong Qingwu gave up. Although she had the best family background among Ye Mingsheng's wives and she was as beautiful as a fairy and had outstanding talents, Ye Mingsheng did not love her very much.
In the current month, Ye Mingsheng spends about seven or eight days resting alone in the study, five or six days every month at An Miaoyi's place, and five or six days at Pei Zhixiu's place. After that, the remaining ten days or so are allocated to other women.
Murong Qingwu was assigned to stay here for only one or two days a month. Before today, Ye Mingsheng had not spent the night at her place for nearly twenty days, which made Murong Qingwu helpless and puzzled.
Didn't An Miaoyi say that she was Ye Mingsheng before?
Does the dream lover still have his own portrait hidden in his early days to meet him in his dream?
Why does it look like this after getting it now?
Could it be said that domestic flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers, so don’t cherish them if you get them?
Looking at Ye Mingsheng who fell asleep and snored loudly, Murong Qingwu was also very resentful. After hesitating for a while, she thought of a good idea... ··········
Murong Qingwu knew that Ye Mingsheng loved his daughter very much, so she asked Xiao Kexin to come to Ye Mingsheng's side.
Although Xiao Kexin is relatively quiet by nature, seeing his father near Chi Chi, the little guy is also very playful. He either pinches Ye Mingsheng's nose, pulls Ye Mingsheng's ears, or even opens Ye Mingsheng's mouth. Curiously, he touched Ye Mingsheng's teeth.
In this way, Ye Mingsheng woke up from his sleep quickly. Although he was a little annoyed that his sleep was disturbed, looking at his daughter's happy smiling face, Ye Mingsheng also realized that he was busy with business during this period and had little ability to accompany his children to grow up. What he lacked, the anger in his heart gradually dissipated, and he started playing some small games with Xiao Kexin.
Looking at Ye Mingsheng who woke up, Murong Qingwu, the instigator of all this, was also snickering from the side, and then started to wash up and dress up. Murong Qingwu himself is a fairy, and after giving birth to a child, he even added a sexy charm. .
Murong Qingwu snuggled next to Ye Mingsheng, and the faint body fragrance also penetrated into Ye Mingsheng's nose. Although he was very tired, facing such temptation, Ye Mingsheng could not help but perk up, and his eyes looked at that person intentionally or unintentionally. Graceful curves.
It was getting dark, and Xiao Kexin was a little tired from playing, so she was taken back to the room by her nanny. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng was also jealous at this time. As Murong Qingwu begged for mercy, the maids shyly closed the room. Door·······················
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Jiangnan, Chishan Prefecture
"Kill! The Governor has an order, and whoever kills Thief Xu will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver!"
"Brothers, come on! Making great achievements is just around the corner!"
"Everyone who climbs the city wall will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver! The enemy's head will be worth ten taels of silver! Brothers, we have to fight for our wealth and wealth in danger!"
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Under the temptation of silver, countless Jiangnan Army soldiers held up their shields and withstood the bullets and arrows of the Zhennan Army soldiers on the city wall, and launched a charge towards Chishan Fucheng in front of them.
At the same time, the "Xu Thief" Xu Zhaojie, who was rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, also came to the city wall. His appearance undoubtedly refreshed the spirits of the resisting Zhennan Army officers and gave them more motivation and courage to resist the Jiangnan Army. attack.
Although it was not like Ye Mingsheng's intention to mythologize himself in the army to strengthen his control over the army, Xu Zhaojie gained a very high prestige in the Zhennan Army through his personal victories time and time again.
Although they suffered several defeats at the hands of the Fengwu Army and were disgraced, the appearance of Xu Zhaojie meant victory in the hearts of the vast majority of Zhennan Army soldiers!
Although they were surrounded by the Jiangnan Army in Chishan Mansion at this time, they still wanted to believe that their Lord Xu would lead them to victory and lead them to fulfill their promise of conquering Jiangnan and accompanying them with fertile land and beautiful concubines!
Surrounded by many guards, Xu Zhaojie's calm eyes swept across the battlefield, thinking about the battle situation in front of him.
A month has passed since the last retreat from Chizhou. Lu Yun and Gao Cheng, the general of the Jiangnan Army who came to help, joined forces.
After a short rest, Lu Yun and Gao Cheng led their troops towards Chishan Mansion. At this time, Xu Zhaojie also ambushed their leading troops and killed more than 3,000 Jiangnan soldiers, which was considered to have restored some of the troops from the south. The morale lost due to the Chizhou retreat····························
But unfortunately, Lu Yun and Gao Cheng had as many as 50,000 soldiers and horses. The loss of 3,000 men did not hurt them much, so they still fought to the foot of Chishan Mansion City.
At this time, the Zhennan Army under Xu Zhaojie's command had less than 20,000 people left from the original more than 30,000 people, and this is not the worst!
The navy of the Jiangnan Army has completely blocked the Nanjiang River, and the navy of the Zhennan Army in Shouchun itself has average combat power and cannot break through the blockade of the Jiangnan Army. This means that Xu Zhaojie and the officers and soldiers of the Zhennan Army in Chishan Prefecture have already Become a pawn crossing the river with no way out!
They only have two endings now. The first ending is a defeat in Jiangnan and the entire army is annihilated. The second ending is a bloody road in Jiangnan.
Under the two fatal conditions of having the back route cut off and nearly one-third of the casualties, if it weren't for Xu Zhaojie's existence still supporting this army, then this Zhennan Army would have collapsed long ago!
Now for Xu Zhaojie and the Zhennan Army officers and soldiers, the only good news is that Jiangnan is a land of plenty and plenty of wealth!
Under Xu Zhaojie's order, Chishan Mansion was forced to enter wartime control, which meant that Xu Zhaojie could forcibly expropriate the money and food of all the gentry and common people in Chishan Mansion.
Under the bright swords and guns of the Zhennan Army, the gentry and common people of Chishan Prefecture voluntarily handed over their money and food to the Zhennan Army, and this also allowed the Zhennan Army to solve the problem of money and food supply... ····················
The siege of the Zhennan Army lasted for more than an hour. Although they were given a lot of money, the abilities of the soldiers of the Jiangnan Army were really limited. They spent a lot of effort to attack the city wall of Chishan Mansion several times, but they were all suppressed. The Confederate army was easily repulsed.
Seeing several failed sieges, the morale of the soldiers was very low. As the commander-in-chief, Lu Yun was very angry, but he also knew that if he continued to forcefully attack the city now, he would not be able to capture Chishan Mansion, but would only cause more casualties.
In desperation, Lu Yun, who had a livid face, could only signal his subordinates to withdraw their troops. As the soldiers of the Jiangnan Army retreated like sea water, the Zhennan Army on the wall of Chishan Mansion suddenly burst into thunderous cheers!
Seeing that the morale and morale of the army were available, Xu Zhaojie also stood up and gave a speech at the right time. He said that brothers, you are very brave and fearless in fighting. I, Xu Zhaojie, am proud of you. We are at the dawn of victory. As long as we persist If we go on, we will win. Please hold on and don't be discouraged.
After giving these soldiers a shot of chicken blood and drawing a big, round cake, Xu Zhaojie also took out a lot of gold and silver collected from the gentry and common people in Chishan Prefecture and divided them among the Zhennan Army soldiers.
If Xu Zhaojie's speech just now was just empty talk, it only attracted people, and it was not that impressive.
So at this time, the boxes of gold and silver jewelry that blinded people's eyes made everyone extremely excited. Everyone was willing to believe that continuing to follow Xu Zhaojie would give them a bright future... ··························
After returning to his mansion in the city, Xu Zhaojie approached General Xu Yong and asked:
"How much gunpowder and bullets are there in the city now?"
Facing Xu Zhaojie’s inquiry, Xu Yong said with great concern:
"Master Marquis, although we carried a large amount of gunpowder and bullets when we crossed the river, there is not much left after these days of war. We still have about 800 kilograms of gunpowder and more than 3,000 rounds of bullets. As of now, The war intensity can last for ten days at most!"
Xu Zhaojie's expression became more serious when he heard this. Although he knew that there wouldn't be much left, the content of Xu Yong's report still shocked him.
At this moment, Xu Yong gritted his teeth and continued to preach:
"Master Marquis, rolling stones and wood are easy to handle. We can use them by tearing down the residential buildings next to the city wall. However, we don't have many arrows left. There are still more than 5,000 arrows left. Apart from this, In addition to the golden sore medicine and hemostatic medicine used to treat the brothers’ wounds, there are not many of them!”
Listening to Xu Yong's words, Xu Zhaojie's mood became even heavier. He knew that once these supplies were used up, Chishan City would not be far away from being breached!
Thinking of this, a self-deprecating smile appeared on Xu Zhaojie's face involuntarily. He thought that one day he would die in the Fengwu Army and in the hands of Ye Mingsheng, but he really never thought that one day he might die in Chishan. Mansion, died at the hands of Lu Jianchao, whom he had always looked down upon!
Although he was in a very bitter mood, Xu Zhaojie was still the great Zhou Zhenyuan man who once stirred up the storm. He quickly adjusted his state and calmed down to think!
Xu Zhaojie knew that he could not wait for these supplies to be used up before taking action. These supplies were his last capital, and he had to risk his life as soon as possible... ··········
