Soldiers, important matters of the country, cannot be ignored and cannot be careless!
Fight the battles that should be fought, and try to avoid the battles that shouldn't be fought.
Although the Black Cloud Army is strong, it can't stand it and kills every day.
How can anyone walk along the river without getting their shoes wet?
The world is about to undergo drastic changes in the past two years, which is the final period of development for Black Cloud Mountain.
Li Yue asked Wei Shan to pass on Liu Qi's secret communication with Chu Su through his connections with the Begging Army. The next step was to wait for Yecheng's reaction.
Today's scout battalions are not simply combat troops, but also have responsibilities such as spying, reconnaissance, and instigating rebellion.
A number of details were developed in the Beiqihuo Army to facilitate the circulation of news.
Internally, Li Yue issued an order to live together. Among the people under his rule, one person fled, the whole family was a slave, a family fled, and the five neighbors on the left and right were slaves.
In troubled times, we should use strict rules. Kindness cannot lead the army, benevolence cannot govern the people, and great benevolence cannot be benevolent!
After the order was issued, the number of escapes within the territory gradually decreased.
During this period, including Li Yue, the entire Heiyun Mountain was not idle. Almost everyone was working. The soldiers took turns to go hunting, the men farmed and fished, the strong women gathered wild fruits and grass, and the old, weak, sick and disabled weaved grass. Clothes, straw shoes, and weaving.
Craftsmen crafted agricultural tools and military weapons.
Without Li Yue's decree, everyone cherishes the rare time of peace.
The taxes in Heiyun Mountain were relatively low, and the enthusiasm of the farmers was completely aroused. Although the spring plowing season had passed, they still reclaimed the abandoned fields and replanted bean sprouts and vegetables.
People in this era were extremely diligent. They worked in the fields with grass on their backs at dawn every day, and did not go home until they were out of sight at night.
The young men also patrol at night to prevent wild boars, wild badgers, and pikas from eating the newly planted seeds.
Be prepared for a rainy day, and everything will be done if it is not planned.
Farming is not a sure thing. Any natural or man-made disaster may result in no harvest.
Based on Cao Kan's private salt soldiers, Li Yue selected a group of eloquent people from Shangwu Hall to form a business brigade, and went south to Jingxiang and Jiangdong to exchange what they had and buy what they had.
Especially strategic materials such as grain and cloth.
Ever since Yu Liang deployed the Northern Expedition and was beaten in the head by Shi Hu, Jiangdong has not had a war for eleven years. Relatively speaking, it is the richest place in the world.
Li Yue carefully prepared fur goods and livestock to go south, but the effect was barely satisfactory.
The powerful nobles in Jiangdong were only interested in the strong green cattle, but not much in the other donkeys, mules, camels, and not even many people bought the horses.
"According to the detailed report, the Jiangdong nobles are very interested in something." Cao Kan, an eight-foot tall man, spoke in a coy manner.
"What is it?" Whatever is in the Central Plains, Jiangdong has it. What is not in the Central Plains, Jiangdong still has it.
"Slaves...especially handsome men and women."
The nobles in the Wei and Jin Dynasties had a fever because they had a lot of money. They had nothing to do all day long, were bored, luxurious and decadent, and all kinds of new tricks emerged in an endless stream.
Li Yue frowned, "This is absolutely impossible!"
There are not many people left in the Central Plains, and they cannot withstand the abuses of Jiangdong.
Cao Kan continued to coy, "My clan... the common people are naturally not allowed, but there are many Hu clans... there are some tricksters in the scout camp."
This suggestion is okay, but there are not many barbarians on hand.
In order to avenge the blood feud, all the prisoners were killed with one sword.
"You should focus more on business. Business is not limited to Jiangdong. It depends on how you do it. You can't just focus on the south. You can try the north and northeast. You have taken care of the private salt well, and the other areas should also be taken care of. Hold on tighter."
Li Yue still refused. This thing was not the right way and would have serious backlash.
Not all the Hu people are Jie people, there are also Qiang, Di, Xianbei, Huns, Bazi, Wuhuan, etc. Once this gap is opened, everyone will be kidnapped and sold.
Back then, Shi Le was working diligently in farming in Shangdang Wu Township. When he was almost thirty years old, the Eight Kings Rebellion, the world was in rebellion, natural and man-made disasters, and farming could no longer continue. Sima Teng's imagination opened up, and he sold barbarians and made huge profits.
Shi Le had a flash of inspiration and packed up and sold the tribesmen who couldn't survive together with himself...
In the era of agricultural civilization, people still had to focus on the fields. Almost everything grew directly and indirectly from the fields.
The slave trade would cause many other problems, which was not conducive to the welfare of the people. Only the princes of the Sima family could do these things, and they eventually suffered backlash.
Jiangdong's business was barely manageable, and it didn't matter whether it was done or not, but Jingxiang's business was very prosperous.
Basically, whatever Heiyunshan sells, Jingxiang wants.
Salt, livestock, healthy horses, and leather goods were all in Jiangling's favour.
And bought back food, cloth, crossbows, armor, etc. from Jiangling.
There is no place between Jingxiang and Jingxiang, but food is piled up like mountains. The Jianghan Plain has been a land of plenty since ancient times.
One pound of private salt in Heiyun Mountain was exchanged for forty-three pounds of grain, which was 30% higher than the market price. This was naturally taken care of by Huan Wen.
Along the way, we have to pass through the territory of Liu Guo in Yangcheng, but Liu Guo is a very good man. As long as the Jingxiang or Black Cloud flags are planted, the Huns will stay away.
Heiyunshan put a hand on Huan Wen's thigh, and there was no need to worry about food for the time being.
However, Huan Wen was so generous and asked for nothing.
As expected, Jing Xiang's envoy arrived soon. "If General Li can regain Luoyang and return him to the imperial court, his name will go down in history."
After the Liangdu Rebellion, Luoyang was basically in ruins. The people fled and the Heiyun Army could take it without any effort.
But the problem is, it's hard to hold on once you win.
Shi Zun didn't deal well with him to begin with, so how could he allow Black Cloud Mountain to occupy Luoyang?
Huan Wen put Heiyun Mountain on the fire.
Li Yue said with a smile: "Although Yue is in Jie Zhao, his heart is always in the court. As long as Duke Huan goes to the north, Yue will be the pioneer!"
If Huan Wen sends troops, Heiyun Mountain will send troops. On the contrary, if Huan Wen does not send troops for the Northern Expedition, Heiyun Mountain will have a lot of hard work.
At first glance, this envoy was not a person of importance. He did not understand what Li Yue meant and left happily.
There was civil strife in Jie and Zhao, so Huan Wen would certainly not miss this opportunity.
However, smart hunters will lurk until the end. The one who jumps out first can easily turn from hunter to prey.
The more times like this, the more important it is to stay calm.
The news from Yecheng has not yet come back, and Cui Jin's good news has been sent back one by one.
The Zhenshan camp built with the old troops of Xuanyuan Mountain as its team had strong combat power and was very good at attacking cities. In half a month, they broke through three counties south of Chenliu and beheaded the rebellious county magistrates and county lieutenants.
Then the soldiers did not take off their armor and went straight to Jiyin.
When the counties within the territory saw the black clouds and red flags, they took Qing Zhuang and fled to the southeast.
They were captured one by one by the recruits from the scout camp and escorted to Chen Liu.
Those who could escape were all strong men, and two to three thousand people were escorted into the city.
Li Yue looked at these ragged people, with their loyal or cunning faces, and sighed in his heart, would he live a good life if he defected to Jiangdong?
The south was already overcrowded. Although the Sima family set up Qiaojun and Qiaoxian to resettle the refugees, they neglected management and the population was embezzled by the gentry clan.
"Do you think everything will be fine if you escape to the south?" Li Yue glanced at everyone.
"General, spare your life, I won't dare to do it anymore." The young men knelt down as a habit.
"I won't kill you, but I will demote you all into farm slaves!" Li Yue shouted loudly.
The slaves were still under the control of children, and all the gains from farming went to the government.
Everyone was relieved to hear that they didn't have to die.
Perhaps they actually knew in their hearts that they would inevitably end up becoming slaves if they went south.
(End of chapter)
