Infrastructure masters in the red building

"Going back to Mr. Jia, the warehouses in the camp are... just like this." The quartermaster who came from the Pingnan camp stuttered to Jia Fang.

Jia Fang immediately laughed angrily, and said: "The last time I asked you, the first question was whether the military supplies were sufficient, the second question was whether the weapons and equipment could be returned, and the third question was whether the number of soldiers was equal to the number on the list. You were How did you answer the officer?"

The quartermaster immediately jumped forward, knelt down in front of Jia Fang, and replied, "Report good news but not bad news! This is always the rule in the camp."

Jia Fang ground his back molars until they rattled, and he really wanted to greet each other's eighteen generations of ancestors. "Now you know you have to report your worries?"

The day before yesterday, he sent people to the Pingnan Camp to mobilize military supplies, that is, to requisition some necessary weapons and equipment for Wuyuan County and Taoyuan Village. Soft armor like a net bag, as well as a hundred spears and a hundred long knives.Both the tip of the spear and the blade were rusty, and Jia Fang really doubted whether these weapons would be broken as soon as they were put on the whetstone.

Originally, even if he didn't expect the Pingnan Camp to send him someone, at least he expected the other party to provide some weapons and equipment.

It's good now, the other party said "report good news but not bad news", and wanted to gently remove the responsibility from him.This caused Jia Fang to want to scold people very much-this is like the designer and the construction team have all entered the site, only to find that the building materials shipped to the site are not only pitifully small, but all of them are not the right ones.What kind of project is this building?Does shabby shit work?

"I'm sorry, but I will trouble you to stay in Wuyuan County for a period of time to come. If I don't keep the Jiedushi official office, you can't keep this top dog. Compare you to a dog. Who is this insulting?"

Unexpectedly, the quartermaster misunderstood Jia Fang's meaning, and crawled to Jia Fang's side with both hands and feet, making loud "barking" twice.

Jia Fang immediately covered his face with his hands: No, he is not here, nor has he seen such a sycophant——

Waiting to raise his head, he saw a group of officials in front of him, even the generals of the southern battalion, all looking at Jia Fang with a half-smile, just to see how he would respond.

Without even thinking about it, Jia Fang kicked the quartermaster and angrily said, "Get up! Even if you don't treat yourself as a human being, I don't want to have a meeting with dogs!"

Even though the quartermaster's old face was as thick as a city wall, he couldn't bear to blush at this moment.

"Let's send your crimes first, and then settle them one by one when the bandits are paid up and rewarded for their merits."

The ills of eating empty pay and concealing military supplies have a long history in Pingnan camp. If this military supply officer is killed directly, he will probably complain to the king of Hades when he arrives in the underworld.Now Jia Fang declares that the previous crime of dereliction of duty will definitely be liquidated, and at the same time left a small gap for the quartermaster to make up for. Show it off.

"Have you already inquired clearly about the situation of the Nanyi's troop transfer?" Jia Fang asked a general of the Pingnan Camp named Wu Shenyong. Immediately replied: "It has been found out that the Nanyi mobilized a total of three armies, a total of nine military strongholds, to attack our border."

Nanyi likes the number "nine", and the strength of each military village is called "9000 people". Therefore, more than 8 troops from the nine military villages attacked the three passes and two villages on the border.

But this is the same as the number of people in the Pingnan Daying Camp, which is a bit watery, so the number of troops dispatched by Nanyi is about 7000.

"Three Passes and Two Villages, at least [-] troops should be left in the Pingnan Camp." Wu Shenyong sincerely asked Jia Fang, and was also very worried, whether this young high-ranking official who was born as bright as a flower would, for his own safety, Transferring all the remaining troops of the Pingnan Camp to Yong'an Prefecture - that would be a real pick up of sesame seeds and loss of watermelon.At least the people in Pingnan Daying thought so.

There are elephant soldiers in Nanyi. Elephants have rough skin and thick flesh, so they are not so easy to deal with on the battlefield.If any one of the three passes and two villages is lost, it will be difficult to have such a pass within the border that the southern army can defend.

Moreover, Jia Fang cannot bear the responsibility of losing the land.

"Is this the same for the military supplies in Sanguan and Liangzhai?" Jia Fang asked quickly, pointing to the tattered soft armor on the ground.

Wu Shenyong didn't expect Jia Fang to be concerned about this, so he was stunned for a moment before replying: "The frontier soldiers have guarded the pass for many years, and the weapons and armor have always been maintained at all times, and there is no such urgent shortage as in the big camp..."

Jia Fang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."

Several generals in the military immediately looked at each other, and they all had a good impression of Jia Fang in their hearts-even though this Jiedu envoy is young, he also knows the priorities.

Jia Fang didn't know that his breath of relief had already won him the goodwill of some of the military, so he nodded immediately: "You can wait for the discussion, the [-] frontier troops of the Pingnan Camp will be transferred to the three passes and two villages to resist the Nanyi Army."

"Send Yebushou to scout for traces of bandits in ten states and counties. Yong'an Prefecture pays special attention to the traces of 'Tonghuan Sanliu'. The remaining troops of Pingnan Camp are temporarily mobile and adapt to the situation." Jia Fang announced the current distribution of troops result.

Facing the mere bandits and Nanyi, the huge Pingnan camp was so stretched. This was not unrelated to the fact that the officials were eating a lot of money. But now that the war is in sight, it is obviously impossible to investigate and punish on the spot.The only way to let the officers know is that he will definitely pursue this matter in the future, and now that he is fighting the enemy with all his strength, there may be a slight possibility of atonement.

"And you, stay in Wuyuan County!" Jia Fang warned the quartermaster.The quartermaster's surname is Xue, and his single name is Jing.When Xue Jing heard this, his face became bitter, and he bowed and said, "Yes!"

Soon the information from the southern states and counties gathered in one place, and finally drew the whole picture of the "Bronze Ring 8000" rebellion in the south-Tonghuan 5000 had a total of two villages with 3000 troops to avenge their brothers [-] people approached Yong'an Prefecture; [-] people attacked the neighboring Yongning Prefecture.

When Jia Fang saw the number of people, he instinctively said: "Impossible!"

There was no news before, and eight thousand bandits suddenly appeared in the southern states and counties without a sound-just imagine what these bandits usually eat, drink, and where do they live?If they are ordinary people, and the officials force the people to rebel, where are their families, women and children?Without these, how could they be ordinary people?

The eight thousand bandits that jumped out of the cracks in the rocks directly verified the rumors he had heard before: these were not bandits at all, but private soldiers raised by some people.

The appearance of this bandit will have a very bad impact on Jia Fang's reputation in the south.All the reforms he made in Taoyuanzhai and Wuyuan County immediately turned into "bad government" and "tyranny" and became a reason for the government to force the people to rebel. Showing his fists, he only moved the land ownership in Wuyuan County, and it attracted such a big backlash? !

——Some people hate him so much, and hope that he will leave quickly!

Jia Fang could already foresee how the Beijing Metropolitan Procuratorate would label him all kinds of hats for the "bandits" in the south.

And Jia Fang was not willing to meddle in political affairs, so the various pressures in Beijing must be borne by his father Jia Daishan on his behalf.

Fortunately, apart from Jia Daishan, the elder Xia Shengshen stayed in Wuyuan County and witnessed Jia Fang's various actions with his own eyes, which could also provide him with some support in speech.

Therefore, Jia Fang simply greeted Rongfu, and did not even return to the Grand View Garden during this period of time, and devoted all his energy to the work of resisting bandits in Wuyuan County and Taoyuan Village.

As Nan Yongqian predicted earlier, the [-] troops reserved in the Pingnan camp must be divided into two parts for Yong'an Prefecture and Yongning Prefecture to ensure the safety of a large number of people in the two Prefectures.There are very few troops left to support Wu Yuan and Taoyuan.The only consolation is that Yong'an Prefecture is located on the road from Pingnan Daying to Wuyuan County.The troops from the Pingnan Camp can be stationed in Yong'an Prefecture first, and then reinforce Wuyuan County according to the situation.

At this time, Wuyuan County opened the county treasury, took out all the weapons that could be used for defense in the county, and distributed them to county officials, government servants, and civilian husbands.Some of these weapons were even left over 30 years ago. Under the leadership of the unlucky quartermaster Xue Jing, blacksmiths and carpenters repaired these weapons one by one to a usable state.

In addition to these weapons, the weapons that can be used to defend the city are the rolling logs and rocks that were removed from the houses.Now Wuyuan County has not encountered a large-scale siege, so there is no need to rush to demolish the houses.

At the same time, the county treasury was opened to store grain. The common people sent food from all over the place——Wuyuan County had a history of being besieged for half a year. This also proves that as long as Wuyuan can store enough grain and grass, there is a city wall to protect it, and there are wells in the city. Drinking water is available, and the common people hide in the city, and there should be no problem for half a year.

Every time Wuyuan people pass by the Confucian Temple in the middle of Wuyuan County and see the big signboard of the Jiedushi's office, they feel a little relieved: After all, the office of the Pingnan Jiedushi is also here, even if it is a bandit If there are so many people, then the imperial court will definitely not ignore Mr. Jia Fang, right? !

Jia Fang didn't always stay in Wuyuan County.He has already received the information from Dicui Pavilion: It is confirmed that Taoyuan Village will be the direct target of Tonghuan Sanliu.

Dicuiting has already found out that the people from Tonghuan Sanliu recently emptied a village near Taoyuanzhai, dispersed the people there, and settled 1000 to [-] people, hiding in that village.It is said that Tonghuan Sanliu himself is likely to be there as well.

When Jia Fang saw the information, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: Using this method to disperse a village, hide there, and prepare to attack, it further proves that they are definitely not bandits, but private soldiers—it's just that they deliberately hid nearby and waited, but instead exposed own line of storage.

You must know that Taoyuan Village has close ties with every surrounding village. From which day did the people of that village suddenly make an appointment not to go to the market, and Taoyuan Village knew something went wrong without even thinking about it.

Jia Fang decided to rush back to Taoyuan Village immediately - after all, it is his most important foundation.

He solemnly entrusted the affairs of Wuyuan County to Zheng Boyi, Nan Yongqian and Yuan Hua—of course the first two are the main ones, but it would be embarrassing not to bring Yuan Hua along.

He didn't forget to ask people to take care of Mr. Xia Shengshen's body, and he didn't forget to let the people in Dicuiting continue to keep a close eye on the Liu family and the Zhao family.But no matter what other people tried to persuade, Jia Fang made up his mind. He couldn't stay in Wu Yuan, which had a city wall. He had to go to Taoyuan Village.

The quartermaster Xue Jing, who was scolded bloody by Jia Fang earlier, was completely shocked when he heard that Master Jiedushi was about to rush to Taoyuan Village—Master Jia Fang... Really, is he so ignorant? ?

The opponent was bandits, thousands of bandits—or worse, private soldiers who existed specifically to deal with Jia Fang.

Xue Jing didn't care about Jia Fang and still didn't want to see him. Before Jia Fang left Wu Yuan, he insisted on meeting Jia Fang.

"Master Jia, Master Jia...wait a minute, the villain wants to ask you a word..." Xue Jing said loudly.

Jia Fang, with Jia Yi and Bing Ding, was striding towards the station of "Wuyuan-Taoyuan".Hearing Xue Jing's shout, Jia Fang stopped for the first time and expressed his willingness to listen to his questions.

"Lord Jia..." When Xue Jing caught up with Jia Fang, he was already panting, out of breath, and after panting for a while, he finally hurriedly asked the question he wanted to ask.

"You...you know that Taoyuan Village is the target of bandits, why do you have to go?"

Jia Fang really didn't expect that this quartermaster who used to bark like a dog in front of him would chase him for half a mile and ask such a question.

Why do you have to go?

Is it because Taoyuan Village is his foundation, and he has important interests there, so he can't give it up?

Or is it that although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go there?

Jia Fang suddenly laughed, and he remembered what the fourth prince Zhou Dezhang had said casually when he just met him.

——I don’t want to be an insignificant person.

"That's because I... because of me, I don't want to be an insignificant person."

In a person's life, there will always be some moments when he is gently pushed behind by the desire in his heart and moves forward involuntarily.Can't stop, can't stop.

"Taoyuan Village needs me, so I will be there, it's as simple as that." Jia Fang smiled and said to Xue Jing, "Maybe one day, you will understand."

Xue Jing seemed to understand it, but he didn't seem to understand it. He stood on the ground in a daze. Seeing Jia Fang and his two followers going farther and farther, he suddenly remembered something. He stepped forward and said loudly: " Mr. Jia, Mr. Jia, I have a plan, and I would like to dedicate it to my lord!"

Jia Fang has already walked into the rail car parked on the wooden track.The coachman had been waiting for them in the driver's seat.

This is the last tram for "Wuyuan-Taoyuan". After this shift, both Wuyuan and Taoyuan will enter a wartime state.

People's original living conditions will be completely changed - Taoyuan Village will no longer hold a market, and the postman who goes back and forth every day will no longer walk through the villages, and the waterwheel in Taoyuan Village will be left unattended and rumbled all day long. People use its kinetic energy to continuously spin yarn and weave cloth...

Life has never been the same since.

But everyone can do something, and strive to get life back on track as soon as possible.

Xue Jing, the military quartermaster who used to be extremely useless, shouted at Jia Fang loudly at this moment: "Master Jia, please wait a moment!"

Jia Fang finally stopped again and turned to look at Xue Jing.

"My lord, I have a plan to present to your lord. It may be of some use." Jia Fang stopped, but Xue Jing hesitated.

"Let's talk!" Jia Fang smiled, his signature candid smile.

"The lower officials have also experienced the shortage of military supplies before, and the soldiers in the army did not have soft armor to protect their bodies. Later, the army temporarily used the armor made of bamboo strips to protect the vital parts. The armor is light and finely woven. Bamboo arrows and bamboo spears all have certain effects. It cannot be said that they can prevent the opponent's attack [-]%, but the survival rate of soldiers wearing armor is much higher than that of soldiers without wearing it—"

Hearing the word "survival rate", Jia Fang already felt that the quartermaster might have something in his stomach.He cupped his hands at Xue Jing and said, "Thank you!" But then he remembered a classic case in history, and asked quickly, "The kind of fire that burns rattan armor soldiers?"

Xue Jing shook his head: "It's not rattan armor, the kind that doesn't use tung oil. It's just made of bamboo strips. There are three layers inside and outside. It protects vital organs and puts them on soldiers. Mortally wounded, the chances of the soldier surviving are high."

"There is no basis for the villain to say this. I just tell the adults a little bit of previous experience." After finishing a bunch of words, Xue Jing was still terrified. He bowed to Jia Fang and said, "If there is any sudden Please don’t blame me, my lord.”

Jia Fang already understood the helplessness and struggle of this little quartermaster, so he also stretched out his hands and bowed to Xue Jingchang, bowing to the end.

"Master Xue speaks seriously, but this method can work, I am grateful."

"I'm glad to see, Mr. Xue, finally he doesn't want to be a mediocre and insignificant person all his life."