The Escort Agency is still under preparation. Whether it is location selection or manpower, it will take some time.
Li Yong also took advantage of this time to get a good understanding of the terrain near Qiantang and prepare for the subsequent suppression of bandits.
The Qiantang River is named after Qiantang County, and today's Qiantang is almost the Hangzhou of later generations. The terrain in the region is complex and diverse, with hills in the west and plains washed out by the river in the east. The terrain is low and flat. At the same time, the river network, The lakes are densely populated.
This complex terrain greatly affects transportation and exchanges in this era, but it also brings some benefits, that is, abundant products.
By the Song Dynasty, after several large-scale population migrations southward, the development of Jiangnan had been basically completed. It no longer had the original appearance of the early Qin and Han Dynasties where miasma and wild beasts were frequent, and it became the "Jiangnan Water Town".
In this land of plenty and abundant natural resources, the population is growing rapidly, which in turn naturally promotes economic development.
After all, in this era, more people means productivity.
In fact, it is precisely due to such geographical features that Suzhou and Hangzhou have become prosperous today.
However, because the Song Dynasty was not right and the change of dynasties was not complete, many hidden dangers were left. With many local forces and aristocratic families remaining in various places, land annexation did not ease due to the change of dynasties. On the contrary, it continued to intensify .
Coupled with the watery terrain, bandits are in trouble.
Even if there is no internal connection, it will not be easy for the government to eliminate them.
It can even be said that they are not on the same level in terms of combat effectiveness.
In a real head-on collision, the officials in Qiantang would definitely be smashed to pieces.
It's just that these water thieves themselves know the severity and are relatively restrained, fearing that they will attract a direct encirclement and suppression by Jiedu.
Now it's just harassing the whole place and running away after hearing the news. People are not willing to take the trouble to run around.
Moreover, these water thieves specifically targeted the cargo ships of those wealthy families. They did not sell them, but simply asked them to redeem their goods with money.
After all, the only families in Qiantang County who are really enemies with them and must suppress the bandits are just a few families in Qiantang County.
Li Yuan, in particular, is particularly enthusiastic about this.
And after hearing that after several days of questioning and investigation, Li Yong actually asked someone to come up with some kind of sand table map, he also ended his inspection of the pawn shop early, came back and said excitedly: "What is my son messing with again?"
As a result, Li Yong didn't need to respond. He entered the hall and saw the things Li Yong was arranging for people to play with. He opened his mouth wide in surprise, "This is..."
Li Yong did not look back at him. He just thought and sorted out the information he had collected while instructing Xin Yan and others to continue adjusting the sand table model. Especially in the river basin near the county seat, its course and nearby road signs are particularly important. .
"There is still a pavilion missing over there... There is a ruined temple here. It should be facing north, right..."
When the preliminary arrangement was completed, Li Yong was not in a hurry to check. He turned back to Li Yuan, who had calmed down while waiting, and said with a smile, "Why did father come back first?"
"I heard that you have been running around doing something these days. Come back and see what you want to do." Li Yuan said, pointing to the sand table in front of him and asked, "What is this?"
"Father, can't you see where this is?"
Looking at where Li Yong was pointing, Li Yuan's eyes flickered. Of course he saw some clues, but he couldn't believe it.
Seeing his expression, Li Yong chuckled and stopped explaining. Instead, he squatted down and looked at the terrain from an angle that was almost eye-level. He even walked around a few more times to see it from different angles. After a while, His eyes lit up and he said, "Father, look here..."
Li Yuan got together with him and squatted down to look over. After a while, he asked curiously: "What are you looking at?"
Li Yong shook his head and said: "So, my father talks about suppressing bandits every day, but he has no understanding of the military situation. It is said that soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" also says: The terrain is determined by the help of soldiers. It is the way of a general to anticipate the enemy's victory and to plan for dangers near and far. He who knows this and uses warfare will win, and whoever does not know this and uses warfare will be defeated."
Li Yuan was so dizzy after what he said that he didn't know so much.
He said that Li Yong didn't study. In fact, he was the one who was not good at studying, so he wouldn't force Li Yong. He was just talking.
As for "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, I have heard of it, but I have never seen it, let alone read it.
He only knew that it was very powerful. Anyway, when Li Yong said it, although he didn't understand it, he was shocked and didn't realize how powerful it was.
Li Yong straightened up again at this time and said in a deep voice: "If you want to successfully suppress the bandits, you must know yourself and the enemy. Knowing the terrain is one, and the second is knowing the people. Not only must you know where these water thieves come from, Yes, you also need to know who they are colluding with."
Then he asked: "Dad, do you still remember the murderer last time?"
The fate of the Mid-Autumn Festival night has almost become a headless man now, because according to the test conducted at noon, there was no toxin residue in the wine brought out by the waiter, including the bottle and glass. In other words, most of the Korean squad leader It wasn't alcohol poisoning.
More likely, he had been poisoned before that, and it just happened to happen at that time.
However, Yu Zhixian did not let the waiter go. He could not pay for his life by killing him, but at least he used him to explain to Han Da's family.
This waiter can only admit that he is unlucky. In this era where there is no so-called human rights, no one will care about the life of a mere waiter.
Li Yong was a little concerned, but he couldn't directly intervene in this matter. He could only find a way to find out the insider or the real murderer of the water thieves in Qiantang County, and then help him solve the siege.
"Oh?" Li Yuan thought for a while and asked, "My son thinks that that incident is related to the Qiantang thief?"
Li Yong said in surprise: "No, I think that person is probably a member of the Qiantang River Bandits."
He thought of the big man who had a dispute with Han Da last time and then left. He also tried to find someone these days, but failed.
But he suddenly had another idea. As the leader of the team, Han Da's people were mostly ruffians who were hired directly. I don't know if this was a suggestion from someone in the county government. Maybe he wanted to use this method. This kind of "recruitment" method stabilizes these social unrest factors.
But the result obviously deviated from the starting point, and there were also people like Han Da who failed to implement the relationship well.
So it was okay for those people to say that Handa offended many people at the beginning. After having these people, he not only offended the traffickers and common people, but also some people who had some money and small influence but did not dare to fight with the government. , deliberately causing trouble for many people.
To put it bluntly, it is public revenge and private revenge.
After all, to the outside world, they don't know that these people are just a layer of skin, not even skin. If something happens, they will be directly blamed. This time, it obviously has nothing to do with Han Da's death, but because of Just like the waiter who was implicated after following orders to deliver him drinks.
As for this kind of crowd that is very mobile and comes from many sources, it will definitely not be a problem for those water thieves to take the opportunity to sneak in a few, with Han Da's help.
As for Han Da, even if there is no evidence, Li Yong is sure that he must be involved.
Li Yuandao: "This...could it mean that this group of water thieves actually colluded with the county government?"
He suddenly realized, stroking his beard and said, "This makes sense, why every time the officers and soldiers encircled and suppressed them, they returned without success, and Yu Zhixian was simply guarding and stealing because he had long been connected with those Qiantang thieves."
Li Yong shook his head and said: "I think this matter has nothing to do with Yu Zhixian. The Qiantang bandits existed before him. It is not credible to say that they colluded during this period or were secretly recruited. What's more, no matter what I say, Magistrate Yu is somewhat magnanimous, not a gentleman, nor a lowly person like this."
"That is……"
The father and son looked at each other and said in unison: "Wu County Lieutenant!"
