Beiyang new warlord

In the past, none of the wealthy families in Tieshan was a beneficiary. Even the Zhao family had to divide the defense area in half, including the mature crops and fields. As for the other few families, people died Not to mention, the tens of thousands of acres of farmland in the guard house that had been in operation for many years also changed hands, and it was in Mao Jue's hands.

The most important thing is that Mao Jue has also pinched all the channels for several people to carry out border trade smuggling. Every year, this item costs at least tens of thousands of taels of loss!

"Brother, let's just quit like this? Let a young boy ride on our necks and shit?"

The team that had been whipped walked back dejectedly, but this He Momo was still full of pain and roared angrily. Seeing this guy hoarse like a mangy dog ​​with its tail broken, Tian Tao was full of flesh. On his face, he couldn't help showing a strong disdain.

"What should I do? Go back and find the surname Mao to fight for your life? I want to go to you, I was beaten!"

You usually wear a pair of panties with the surname Zhao, and now you want to encourage me to stand up for you, what a fucking good idea?

Choked aside by Tian Tao's words, this He Momo was suddenly speechless with anger, the veins on his forehead were throbbing, and his old face was flushed.After all, he was his dog's leg, Zhao Cheng couldn't bear to see him too embarrassed, and then patted He Momo on the shoulder.

"Don't worry too much, brother. We have fought all our lives. When we were rolling among the dead, his surname Mao was still breastfeeding! What kind of war will he fight? It's just this good luck that he stepped on Shit has chopped off dozens of Jiannu's heads, is Jiannu easy to provoke? It won't take long, no matter how aggressive he goes, how come he has to be beaten back disheveled."

"Besides, almost all the 8 mu of military settlements in the north were burned down by Jiannu. There are farmers in the [-] mu to the south of us. Now he has encircled all the mud legs under the hands of my brothers and planted those fancy things. Useless things, in a few months, once the food given by Mao Shuai is gone, you can see if he can still play around, and if he is hungry, those muddy legs can eat him!"

With a sinister smile on his face, the white-faced scholar Zhao Cheng sneered and pressed He Momo's shoulder again.

"Maybe it won't be next year, but this winter, that guy will have to cry for his father and mother and run back to Pidao, and hide under our Mao Shuaiga's chicken coop. He is taking the blame for our brothers, why not make it happen he?"

As expected of a full-fledged person, what Zhao Cheng said made even Tian Tao's eyes shine, and He Momo was even more slapped on the thigh.

"Brother Zhao is right! Let that little bastard enjoy the wind in the north! Why don't our brothers enjoy the hot food in the south?"

Amidst the rude scolding, a few soldiers and generals who were lucky enough to survive were also cooperating there. For a while, Tieshan County, which moved south, was full of joy and laughter, as if they were not the ones who were defeated by less than 200 people yesterday Usually, he didn't notice that there was a pair of eyes behind him, staring at them like an eagle.

Standing on the city wall, listening to the laughter and cursing from afar, the corner of Mao Jue's mouth twitched into a sneer

Chapter 60. Small Nerves from the West

It is said that the spring rain is as expensive as oil, and the summer wind is now as expensive as gold, and the weather on this doggy day is annoying enough, either it is freezing cold, or it is hot and severe drought, and now, the valley under the mountain is dried up Yes, under a big sun, thousands of people are like smoking.

However, no one dared to stop. They all stepped up to loosen the soil and inserted the green seedlings in. Every day in the warm days is one day less, and they don’t even have time to repair the house. As soon as Tunhu came back, he fell asleep in the open air and plunged directly into the field.

These days, there is no south-to-north transportation of grain, and bags of rice can be bought in supermarkets casually. If they can’t harvest a season before the stored grain is exhausted, everyone will starve to death in the spring.

And what boosted morale was Mao Jue's assurance to everyone that what they were asked to plant were fast-maturing tomato crops. As long as everyone was willing to work hard, they would definitely be able to harvest before the winter freeze, and this time, the harvested food was For a [-]-[-] split, only half of it needs to be handed over to the army.

Beginning in the Western Han Dynasty, the amount of tax collection was 50.00%. This [-]% levy by Mao Jue seems to be more ruthless than Zhou Paipi, but in fact, it really inspired everyone. Not to mention the food provided by Jue, and before Tian Tao’s farming, even reached the level of ten tax eight, ten tax nine, hard farming all year round, and the villagers are still hungry all the time. It's been a month or two.

Mixed among the crowd, a ten-year-old boy wearing a big straw hat was sweating profusely as he turned a hoe, digging the soil like a vengeance with the earth. Under his hoe, the roots of the original wheat were dug out and piled up. Almost a hill, after being burned by a fire nearby, turned into ashes and scattered back into the field again, sweet potato seedlings poked their heads out of the ashes.

"time to eat!"

He was sweating profusely, but a sudden clear cry seemed to disintegrate Xiang Yu's [-]-strong army of Chu Ge, making those peasants throwing their hoes and turning around and running back, even knitting on the side. The women on the straw mat also dropped their work and ran over.

Mao Jue’s fish selling plan for the past month has completely run away from the soup. Farming is a high physical labor. If you don’t have enough to eat, you don’t have to work hard at all. The fish caught on the Phi Island side have completely supplied several guards, and there are few fish bones in the sea. Follow the wild vegetables into the pot, the cooking is messy, and the white flour steamed bun Mao Jue can't afford it before, and the wheat is ground together with the bran, and the pancakes made can be rough.

But even so, everything tastes good when you’re hungry, and as soon as the women who followed the food delivery arrived, Su Yi’s basket was snatched away by Mao Jue, and he took out the soup jar, raised his head, and gurgled down half a jar of vegetable soup , and then let out a comfortable breath.

Seeing Mao Jue's callused hands and holding the pancakes, Su Yi couldn't help but her eyes were red with distress, she quickly poured water for him, and complained along the way.

"Young master, you too, why are you so insulting to go to the ground with a group of mud legs, you are all tanned."

"In our country, nobles like you, Your Excellency, would never get involved in the hard work of the tent, and would be laughed at!"

Su Yi is not the only girl who came here this time. The foreign girl Adelena is also here. She can do as the Romans do. Her red hair is wrapped in a towel, and the long Mediterranean dress on her body has also been replaced with a paddy field dress. If you don't walk in and look at your face and eyes, you will be just like a little daughter-in-law in the countryside.

To be honest, Mao Jue was quite surprised to see that this girl was able to come. These days, this girl even planted gardening and cultivated those seeds without doing it herself. I'm a slave, but I'm here to enjoy the blessings, the young lady is full of spirit.

"Anyway, idleness is idleness. Seeing these guys slowly following along and worrying about it, why don't you take a turn and follow along, so that you can feel more comfortable!"

After swallowing the pancakes in his mouth, Mao Jue first answered Su Yi, waved his hand irritably, and then shifted his gaze to Adelaine, asking curiously.

"By the way, it's been so many days, I haven't gotten to know you yet! You came from that country again? Why were you sold as a slave to Daming?"

Just now, she was flickering a pair of lady gloves to fan herself irritably, but Mao Jue's words made Adelaine freeze for a moment, and she paused for about a second before replying a bit stutteringly. .

"Returning to the master, the servant girl was born in Bohemia, was captured by the Spanish pirates on the seashore, sold to the Dutch, and was brought to Asia. It happened that Master Fan's housekeeper went to Nanyang to do business and bought it in Batavia. I gave it to the maidservant, and then gave it to the master!"

This girl's journey was tortuous enough, but the place names she spoke of were all in her mother tongue, and Mao Jue was confused, and really couldn't understand who was who and who was who, but this aroused Mao Jue to be serious With all his strength, he leaned down and took a branch, and drew on the ground.

Seeing that Mao Jue drew a lot of circles in the ghostly talisman, looking curiously, Su Yi's silly eyes widened her beautiful big eyes, but this girl watched Mao Jue's strokes, and was shocked again. , unknowingly stopped the fluttering lady's gloves, and looked at them with air.

On this side, after lunch, a group of farmers picked up their hoes and went to the ground again, but no one dared to urge Mao Jue. After painting for about ten minutes, he finally completed the work and clapped his hands He pointed at the picture with a wooden stick, and Mao Jue questioned him again.

"This is England, this is France, this is Spain, this is Italy, where is your hometown?"

After all, he came from a later age, and he had seen many World War II movies. Mao Jue still remembered the outline map of Europe, but it was really unbelievable among Ming people of the same generation!

After all, this foreign girl was too young, and a look of guard could not be concealed on her pretty face. This time, she hesitated for a longer time before pointing her green finger upwards.

There are too many small countries in Europe. This girl is referring to a place near Germany, such as Austria, Hungary, and Czech Republic. Mao Jue really can't draw it, but this girl's fiery red hair is very likely to be a German.

"By the way, I heard that there is also a war in your place. How is the war going?"

God is really fair. Daming experienced a lot of internal chaos. In fact, Europe at the same time was also experiencing a war that spread throughout Europe. The 30 Years War, no matter whether this girl’s hometown is Austria or Germany, is the main battlefield. .

It's a pity that the Easterners didn't learn anything from the war. The more they fought, the weaker they became. The Western powers have learned enough experience in the war. In this era, Europe has carried out general military reforms, especially the Spanish large phalanx and the Swedish king. Gustav's military reform, military, the West has already left China behind.

Although Mao Jue didn't have confidence in whether he could win the post-gold in this life, and he had no hope of fighting against these great powers, but he could get a little bit, and Mao Jue asked with great interest after throwing away the hoe.

Who knows, this foreign girl's uneasiness has reached the extreme, like a blocked little fox.Eagerly said a non-standard Wanfu, this girl's always fluent Ming Nanjing Mandarin became a lot more messy, and she shook her head awkwardly.

"Master, the servant girl is just a small servant, so how does she know what the war is going to be like? Master Su will come to pick up corn seeds in the afternoon, so the servant girl will not stay with the master any longer, so I will leave first!"

"Hey, why are you in such a hurry to go back?"

Before she finished speaking, Adelaine had already walked back as if she was running away. Su Yi, who came up angrily, stomped her feet, her face was flushed and shouted from behind, Mao Jue was also confused, this girl is not Will there be neurosis?Nervous at every turn?

No wonder it was given to me by the big salt merchant.

"Forget it, Su Yi, hurry up and go back with her! She is unfamiliar with the place, don't run around and let people catch her as a monster!"

"Yes! Master!"

Being able to stay with Mao Jue made Su Yi feel very happy, and when she was sent back, the girl pouted depressedly, packed the basket, and dawdled slowly.Before transmigrating, I was most annoyed at breaking corn to do farm work. This restlessness has been worn away a lot in the past two days. Mao Jue himself is also lazy and unwilling to move. First, he stretched his waist and wiped the cake on his mouth. Scumbag, only then slowly stood up with support on his hands.

Unexpectedly, with a slap, a soft thing pressed under the palm, she stood up and lowered her head, just now Adelaine lost one of the lady's gloves, and a corner of the rice paper was exposed at the mouth of the glove. .

I'm really curious about this nervous foreign girl. Could it be that she drew a lover and hid it inside?With this thought in mind, Mao Jue didn't care about tampering with the girl's things to be rude, picked up the gloves, and took out the rice paper, unfolded it three times, and spread it flat on his thigh.

Not to mention that it is really a painting, but it is not a scholar, but a big house or a castle, which is more appropriate.

Especially the mountains and rivers below the castle, everything made Mao Jue feel very familiar. Under Su Yi's curious scrutiny, Mao Jue stared at the painting for a few seconds like he was possessed, and suddenly collapsed like chicken blood. Got up, and ran to the hillside beside the valley.

Standing on the commanding heights and looking down, the mountains and rivers here are completely in line with those in the painting. The river at the bottom of the picture is the Garao River, a tributary of the Qingjiang River, and the peak of the year after the fortress is the famous Iron Mountain. The location of the castle in the painting is now the ruins of the Jialaofeng wooden castle, the stronghold of the Ming army, which was burned down by the Eight Banners of the Houjin Army, leaving only a piece of charred black wood.