Turbulent Times Chapter 1168: The pregnant Chen Danying
The autumn air is crisp, and the breeze blowing from the southeast carries a slight smell of seaweed, and the sun does not feel hot on the body.
Wang Junlin was sitting on a blood-maned horse, resting and recuperating. Behind him, Zhang Tiangang and other experts from the Special Forces were wearing armor and pressing their knives. Except for the flick of the ponytail, there was almost no movement on their side, revealing the aura of killing and attacking.
Shen Guoer and Yang Kongchan were in the middle of the team in a carriage.
In the distance, Wang Junlin saw a large group of people waiting to greet him in the Ten Mile Pavilion outside the county town.
In addition to a group of officials led by Du Ruhui, Liu Ziming, and Zhao Zhanpeng, there were also aristocrats and gentry of all sizes in Fanyang County. As long as they were qualified to welcome Wang Junlin, no one was absent.
At this time, everyone stretched their necks and waited for Wang Junlin and his party to come.
Representative of the eight aristocratic families in the south of Fanyang County, Zhao Zhanpeng, a great Confucian of the generation of Fanyang County, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his wide robe sleeves. There is a wide belt decorated with sapphire around his waist, and he thought that this time the prefect returned triumphantly with his great military exploits, his majesty might have suspected him. Obviously, there is no need for the Lu family to exist, because the Lu family still has huge wealth. No matter what the prefect wants to do, he needs a lot of money, so it's time to slaughter Lu's fat pig.
Lu Youwei stood in the middle of the welcoming team, with his hands in his sleeves, his eyes slightly closed, and he looked calm, but in fact he was terrified to death, just as Zhao Zhanpeng thought, he knew that from time to time, from time to time, Even if Wang Junlin wiped out their Lu family, there would be no bad consequences.
"Unless ... something unexpected happens."
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There was nothing to say about the welcoming process, the cleansing feast was unavoidable, after returning to his mansion in the county, Wang Junlin asked Du Ruhui, Liu Ziming and others to rest in the front yard, and he went back to the inner house to wash up first.
Surrounded by Xiangxiang and two other maidservants, Chen Danying, who had a big belly, had long been looking forward to the inner house. Seeing Wang Junlin pacing in, she quickly went up to meet her.
Wang Junlin felt ashamed to see Chen Danying's big belly, happy face, and red eyes. He returned to the county for the first time and couldn't reunite with his family for the first meal in the inner house. Those who go.
Wang Junlin also misses Chen Danying, so he rushed back to the inner house to meet Chen Danying, to relieve the pain of lovesickness.
After talking with Chen Danying and Xiangxiang for a while, Wang Junlin was served by Chen Danying himself, washed up, changed into clean clothes, and took Chen Danying's hand, which was as soft as jade. Feeling that the madam in front of him became more and more real and lovable, he touched Chen Danying's belly and said with pity: "Madam suffered?"
Chen Danying said with a smile: "Compared to the fact that your husband is fighting outside, what kind of suffering is this concubine suffering?"
The husband and wife chatted intimately for a while, before Chen Danying talked to Wang Junlin about something serious: "My husband is going to Luoyang again soon, can you wash the dust and rest for two days..."
"How can I rest?" Wang Junlin frowned and said, "As soon as Luoyang's imperial decree arrives, we will set off. Besides, the more than 10,000 captives should be sent to Luoyang earlier, so that the emperor can see their heads beheaded and released. A lot of food will be wasted in our daily life..."
Chen Danying has some
Dissatisfied, he lightly pinched her, and said: "My husband has been away for half a year, and he should be an example of hard work, so why can't he be greedy for extravagance and enjoy himself for a few days?"
Wang Junlin gently hugged Chen Danying in his arms, and said with guilt on his face, "Hurry up, go to Luoyang this time, and after I come back, I will stay in Luoyang for a long time, and I will accompany you well when the time comes. With our unborn child."
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At night, when the banquet was held in the prefect's mansion, all the important figures under Wang Junlin's command in the county were present.
Wang Junlin sits in the middle, with four long tables on the left and right for food and wine, Du Ruhui, Liu Ziming, Shan Xiongxin, Zhang Tiangang, Yuchi Jingde, Luo Shixin, Lu Han, Guan Xiaotong, Zhao Zhanpeng, Lu Youwei, Xue Li, Huang Shaoqiu Waiting for others to attend.
Wang Junlin is not used to complicated ceremonies, but ceremonies are also a way to increase power in this world.
After the banquet, Wang Junlin asked Zhao Zhanpeng, Lu Youwei, Xue Li and others to go back to rest first, and took Du Ruhui, Liu Ziming, Shen Guoer, Shan Xiongxin, Zhang Tiangang, Yuchi Jingde, Luo Shixin, Lu Han, Guan Xiaotong , Huang Shaoqiu and others stayed to discuss matters. These people are almost the core figures of Wang Junlin's confidantes in Fanyang County.
"According to the spies' report, the emperor's imperial decree will arrive tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow I will take Yuan Taizuo and more than 10,000 captives to Luoyang to participate in the prisoner offering ceremony. This time, no matter who follows me in battle, they should stay in Fanyang Everyone in the county has done a good job, and they have made a lot of contributions, and you have all contributed to the court in the early stage." Wang Junlin said calmly.
Everyone quickly said: "I will only wait for the adults to follow suit."
Wang Junlin is well aware that although the imperial court is terminally ill and troubled times are approaching, other people may not know it, and the imperial court is orthodox after all. Before the reward arrives, let's test it out a little. It turns out that he is far more important in the hearts of his subordinates than the imperial court and His Majesty the Emperor. In other words, the object of allegiance is him, not the imperial court.
Wang Junlin smiled lightly, waved his hands to signal everyone to sit down, and continued: "Right now we don't care what the imperial court rewards you, we in Fanyang County have our own way, and we will redeploy some things by the way today." /
When everyone heard the words, their expressions became serious, and they sat and listened quietly.
Wang Junlin glanced at the crowd, and said: "Keming is still in charge of the political and civil affairs of Fanyang County, and when I am not in Fanyang County, I have to consult Du Ruhui for military affairs."
Du Ruhui's body shook, and he quickly got up and said respectfully: "Thank you for your trust."
Wang Junlin nodded, and when Du Ruhui sat down, he said to Liu Ziming, "Ziming is the same as before, in charge of Fanyang County's finances, the normal taxation of each county, the salt tax and the income of the salt shop, and the management of the shipbuilding workshop in the salt field. Profits, as well as Yang Kongchan and Fanyang Chamber of Commerce’s maritime profits must be handed over to the county treasury, under the control of Ziming. All military supplies, military salaries, and various needs must first be reviewed by Ziming, and after my approval, Ziming will allocate them Ziming can transfer officials from the prefecture and county levels to set up a yamen to handle this matter, and he can also form 2,000 elite soldiers to protect the treasury.”
"The humble job will do its best to do a good job without making any mistakes." Liu Ziming took a deep breath and frowned. To be honest, compared to Du Ruhui and Fang Qiao, his ability is relatively inferior, but he is more practical and diligent in doing things. , mind, he knows very well that Wang
The various incomes under Junlin's command are no less than five million taels of silver a year, which is an extremely huge amount of money, and this is not counting the tax of Fanyang County.
Wang Junlin asked Yuchi Jingde, Luo Shixin, Lu Han, and Guan Xiaotong again: "How is it? How many people have you four recruited these days?"
The expressions of the four generals suddenly brightened. When Wang Junlin set off in An Nanguo, he gave instructions to the four of them to find ways to recruit people from the 60,000 rescued Sui army. The conditions he gave to the four of them No matter how many people they can pull, as long as they are willing to stay in Fanyang County, everyone will have ten acres of resettlement land, and they will also bring their families in other places to Fanyang County through the Lanyiwei Mansion.
With such favorable conditions, and the fact that it took so long to get to Fanyang County by boat, there will definitely be people who are willing to stay in Fanyang County. In particular, these people were actually abandoned by Yang Guang and their generals. It is impossible to say that they have no resentment towards Yang Guang and their generals, not to mention that Wang Junlin saved their lives, and Wang Junlin made such an astonishing achievement in Goguryeo. As for the results of the battle, as a soldier, the greatest luck is to meet a general who wins all the time, and Wang Junlin has never been defeated so far.
Yuchi Jingde let out a long laugh, and said: "My lord, I can't hold back any longer, I wanted to report this matter to my lord a long time ago, I have already agreed to recruit more than 13,000 cavalry."
Wang Junlin nodded, and said, "That's right." Yuchi Jingde seemed to be a rough man, but he was rough and fine, and he was very wise and stupid, especially in the hearts of the soldiers, he was able to pull so many people, Wang Junlin was not surprised at all.
Luo Shixin went on to say: "Master, at the beginning, those guys disliked me for being young and didn't want to follow me, so I took turns fighting with them. These days I have to fight many times every day, so that all the Sui soldiers Knowing how good I am, I finally recruited more than 7,000 people willing to follow me."
Wang Junlin said with a smile: "With more than 7,000 people and your original people, you can make up 8,000 people. This is already the limit of what you can command now."
Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong also made reports one after another. The number of generals of the Sui Army that the two brought under their command was about 10,000.
In this way, there are more than 20,000 Sui troops left in the Sui army of about 60,000, and according to the four people, the more than 20,000 people do not want to stay in Fanyang County, and it is not that they want to return to the original army, but I want to go back to my hometown to live.
Wang Junlin pondered for a while, and said: "Turn back, Ziming will tell the remaining 20,000 Sui soldiers that if they return to their hometown, the imperial court may consider them as deserters. Take your family to Fanyang County to settle down, even if you don’t want to be a soldier, you can give each of them three acres of land, but there is no settlement fee.”
Wang Junlin knows that these 20,000 people are veterans of many battles. As long as they stay in Fanyang County, what can they do even if they become ordinary people? Organize an army of 20,000.
"The humble job understands." Liu Ziming immediately bowed and agreed.
Wang Junlin hesitated for a moment, a murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and he said to Du Ruhui: "After I went to Luoyang, Keming used the evidence he had obtained earlier to arrest Lu Youwei, the patriarch of the Lu clan, and all the direct descendants. , and allocated their millions of acres of fertile land to the 60,000 Sui troops as resettlement land.”
When Du Ruhui heard the words, his eyes lit up immediately, and he said with a smile, "Your Excellency is wise, the humble official has long wanted to do something to Mrs. Lu."