Infrastructure masters in the red building

Accompanied by Jia Fang these few days, the eldest prince has had a good eye-opening inside and outside Taoyuan Village.

He first saw the protective wall that was said to have been built within three days in Taoyuan Village.The protective wall at this time is no longer as "shabby" as it was when it was just built. The wall has been built to a height of two feet, and the light gray smooth wall surface is distinctive.

When the First Prince saw the wall, he had exactly the same reaction as when Gui Xiaxue first saw the Qingfang Bridge. He rushed up and touched and knocked, causing Jia Fang to be very worried that he would bite his teeth.

"How on earth did you build this wall without using bricks?" The eldest prince seemed to be thinking about how to build fortifications in the future.

Jia Fang took him to visit Qingfang City, where a complete city wall was being built.When the eldest prince saw the scene of pouring concrete into the pre-prepared frame, he was in a daze.This is very different from his impression of building a wall brick by brick.

"With this kind of wall-building method, wouldn't it be possible for the Northwest Frontier Army to build a city just by mixing mud and pouring it in?"

Jia Fang had no choice but to help him dispel this stupid idea: "Even if it is mud, it is not ordinary mud." He took the eldest prince to visit the cement factory, and Gui Xiaxue happened to be there, and wrote out the reaction equation of cement silently on the spot. Terms like "calcium hydroxide" and "calcium silicate" directly made the eldest prince dizzy.

"I'm dying," the eldest prince quickly surrendered, and said, "Jia Fang, you just need to tell me honestly whether this kind of thing can be made in the northwest."

Jia Fang: "Yes, of course. As long as you have suitable materials and build such a cement kiln, you can quickly build a city in the northwest as well. Teacher Gui, please take the "Cement Guide" Come out and give a copy to His Majesty."

The full name of "Guidelines for Cement" is "Guidelines for Firing and Use of Cement", but people in Taoyuan Village only use the abbreviation when referring to it.

The eldest prince immediately looked happy, probably because he felt that the trip was worthwhile, and he found some good things in Taoyuan Village.

Then he stared at the track again.

Recently, Taoyuan Village is in the midst of a construction boom, the cement plant is running at full capacity, and the wooden rails connecting various parts of Taoyuan Village are hardly idle for a moment, carrying a large amount of construction materials to and fro.The eldest prince immediately looked at him with eager eyes.

The track from Taoyuan to Wuyuan is currently being repaired, the first prince can't get a glimpse of the whole picture for a while, but he heard Mr. Xia Shengshen earlier talk about the speeding carriage between Wuyuan and Taoyuan, carrying a lot of loads Cargo, and the magical operation of changing tracks in the middle.Now looking at the restoration site of the track, the eldest prince can imagine it out of thin air.

"If the Northwest can use the upper orbit to carry military supplies..."

Thinking of this, the eldest prince immediately asked Jia Fang loudly: "Do you have the "Orbit Guide"? Get a set of the same."

Jia felt relieved: This eldest prince seems to be indeed a pragmatic prince who loves his job, works hard, and loves his work.It's a pity that Taoyuan Village has not yet compiled the "Orbit Guide".Jia Fang thought about it: If the track can be promoted all over the world in the future, such a "Guide" is also indispensable.

This task was immediately handed over to Gui Xiaxue.The latter gladly took the order, and listed this item on the task list of the School of Science of Xiaoxiang Academy, and marked it with the word "urgent".

The First Prince wandered around the Taoyuan Village. Apart from the protective walls and tracks, he also saw all kinds of new things that he hadn't seen before.But he dismissed the farming routine, only concerned about urban construction and transportation.

Jia Fang can understand the preference of the eldest prince, after all, this prince is destined to shine in the development, construction and defense of the Northwest.

Unexpectedly, the next day the eldest prince received a secret decree from the capital, telling him that he would not have to go back to the northwest in the short term, but stay in the south and start to rectify the military affairs of the Pingnan Camp.

After receiving the secret decree, the eldest prince stayed in the office of the Pingnan Jiedu envoy, silent for a long time, then found Jia Fang, punched the wooden case in front of Jia Fang with an iron fist: "Jia Zifang, come on!" The last time we talked about garrisoning the fields, and rectifying the military affairs of the Pingnan camp, the general will be released, why don't you talk about it quickly?"

Jia Fang had already received the news from Zheng Boyi, so he was not surprised at all.He smiled to appease the First Prince: "Eat food one bite at a time, and walk the road step by step. Don't worry, Your Highness, let us settle the bandit incident before, and it won't be too late to talk about the Pingnan Daying garrison. "

The eldest prince: "Why hasn't the bandit matter been settled yet? Everyone is locked up in your prison in Wuyuan County. Don't you just wait for the Ministry of Punishment's approval, and then you'll be executed after autumn?"

Jia Fang said, "The Ministry of Punishment gave me the right to self-determination."

After Wu Yuan's great victory, news of victory came from Yong'an Prefecture. The rest of the Bandits heard that the First Prince led the heavenly soldiers to arrive, and they waited and surrendered—in fact, they were just given up by the benefactor behind them.

Right now, thousands of bandits are being held in the prisons in Yong'an Prefecture and Wuyuan County, which is really overcrowded.The county government can't even spare so many people to take care of the food and hygiene of these bandits.Therefore, Jia Fang must solve the problem of these bandits as soon as possible.

"What are you going to do?" The eldest prince is still thinking in the northwest, "There are so many people, they can either be killed or let go, is it possible for you to keep them?"

Jia Fang already had a plan in mind: "With so many people, most of them are healthy and strong laborers. It would be too wasteful not to make good use of them."

"But the vast majority of them have blood on their hands, and they are rebellious and lawless. If they are allowed to get away with it, it is really a pity for the people who lost their lives in their hands."

The eldest prince nodded: "Yes, otherwise I'm sorry that I and the two hundred riders under my command managed to make this trip."

"So what I arranged for them was a public trial!" Jia Fang said.

"But before the public trial, I want to influence the people's ideas a little bit first."

The news of the public trial of bandits immediately swept through the entire Wuyuan County, and by the way, Yong'an Prefecture - the two thousand bandits there will also be tried after the public trial in Wuyuan County is over.

The people in Wuyuan County were excited, and the first thing they said when they met each other was, "Did you hear that? Tonghuan Sanliu will be hacked into pieces."

Cutting to pieces by a thousand knives is the punishment of "Ling Chi" in the mouths of the people, which shows that everyone hates Tonghuan Sanliu. Everyone expects this "bandit leader" to suffer the death penalty and die in great pain, so that the people who have suffered so much I got some comfort in my heart.

Unexpectedly, two days before the date of the public trial, a stage was set up in the open space next to the county government office in Wuyuan County, and young men and women from Taoyuan Village performed a local folk opera——"Team of Joy" .

This play tells a sad and moving love story.The protagonist is a young man named Tonghuan.When he was young, his family was in a decent family, but the big grain farmers nearby were forced to pay undue taxes by means of "splashing". They were all sold to large grain farmers, and the whole family was displaced, sick and dying, and finally only the two brothers remained.

Tong Huan was only 12 years old at the time. There was a little girl named Feng Zhen in the neighbor's house. The childhood sweetheart had a very close friendship. Feng Zhen helped Tong Huan a lot when he was down and down.Unexpectedly, the news came that Tong Huan's brother became the leader of the bandit and was wiped out by the government.Tong Huan was wanted, so he had to hide his name, but was accidentally discovered by his brother's companion, and took him to the cottage.

At this time, many people have already seen that this story is not "Tong Huan Ji", this is obviously the story of Tonghuan Sanliu.But in this time and space, there are not enough entertainment activities for the common people. The actors on the stage babbled and sang the dialect they were most used to hearing. In addition, everyone was curious about gossip, so they all held back. Throw rotten tomatoes and rotten eggs on the stage, and watch patiently one by one.

After Tong Huan was brought into the bandit's lair, he lived a normal life.But these bandits will receive food and silver from a mysterious person every time, and the mysterious person will tell them: He gave the lives of the fellows, so the fellows must listen to him and work hard for him.

Finally one day, when Tong Huan grew up, the mysterious man suddenly said that he wanted to let the bandits go down the mountain, saying that he wanted to avenge Tong Huan's brother.But the ghost of Tong Huan's brother appeared and told Tong Huan that what really harmed him was not the government that wiped out his elder brother, but the rich and unkind gentry who made his family desperate.

But the mysterious man tried every means to lure Tong Huan and his partner that as long as the local officials were driven away, they could live a better life.

So Tong Huan was forced to go down the mountain, he went to find Feng Zhen first, and bravely protected Feng Zhen's family.Fengzhen's family is very grateful to Tonghuan and wants to keep him at home to marry Fengzhen.Unexpectedly, at the last moment, the bandits were defeated, and the mysterious man instigated other bandits to push Tong Huan out, and Tong Huan was responsible for all the crimes.

When the plot developed to this moment, the people watching the play were so angry that they cursed together, clamoring to find out the mysterious person behind; Let's shed a tear together.

These common people probably never thought that they would substitute a bandit and sympathize with a bandit.

In terms of the reason, it may also be mainly due to the very successful casting of the actors. Both Tong Huan and Feng Zhen's actors are very good-looking, and their singing voices are extremely beautiful, so they earned countless tears of sympathy.

These actors are from Taoyuanzhai.The aborigines in Taoyuan Village have a tradition of antiphonal songs, and they sing folk songs as soon as they open their mouths.Give them a little plot, and the actors can play like a traditional play that has been rehearsed thousands of times.

After three days of performance of "A Tale of Joy", Wuyuan County began a vigorous public trial of bandits.

The first person to be tried was naturally the bandit leader "Tonghuan Sanliu".When Tonghuan Sanliu was brought into the hall, one of the people surrounding the county government shouted, "Tonghuan Sanliu, be frank and lenient, and be honest, don't hurt your Fengzhen's heart again. !"

Tonghuan Sanliu: ...Who is Fengzhen?

But he did make up his mind to tell the truth, and immediately told the whole story of his experience of becoming a bandit.

Master Li, who was in charge of the interrogation, had carefully studied Tonghuan Sanliu's confession in advance. At this time, he gave some guidance and helped Tonghuan Sanliu to tell the most important confession. They were suddenly arranged to go out of the mountain; for another example, the superiors had notified that the magistrate of Wuyuan County was arrested and the Jiedu envoy of Pingnan was driven away, and their mission was over.

At this point, the common people finally understood to some extent: these bandits are not the culprits, but the real purpose of the culprits is to harm the Wuyuan County Magistrate—and the Wuyuan County Magistrate just advocated re-establishing the land and preventing the big households from annexing their land. And Yuan Hua, the master of Qingtian who paid less taxes.

Reminiscent of the rumors that the Liu family and the Zhao family had spread in the city before, the people finally realized that the two could match up, and they worked together.

Next is the unavoidable "black history" part of Tonghuan [-].In the hall of the county government office, Tonghuan Sanliu recounted his detailed experiences since "beginning as a bandit", including the various spies, attacks, and plunders he engaged in recently near Wuyuan County... not a single word Bad, said it all.

Master Li said that he had checked Tonghuan Sanliu's confession with other people's confessions, and it was basically confirmed.

The onlookers who were originally full of sympathy for "Tong Huan" were suddenly filled with complicated emotions, most of them were mourning their misfortune, angry at their indisputability, and being deceived by others to do such illegal things.

Finally, the tense moment of judgment arrives.Yuan Hua, the magistrate of the county, announced that Tonghuan Sanliu was not the bandit leader.

This decision was supported by all the people in the county. Those who had clamored to hack the copper ring into three or six thousand pieces had now changed their tune and supported the county magistrate's decision.

But the next decision disappointed many people who were knocking on "Huanfeng CP".County Honorary Yuan Hua announced: Tonghuan Sanliu joined a criminal gang in his early years because of his youth and ignorance.

However, it is better to read his confession attitude, so he was exempted from the death penalty and sentenced to lifelong hard labor.

As soon as the verdict came out, the common people sighed: "It's a pity for Sister Fengzhen!"

Unexpectedly, Yuan Hua continued to add a sentence: "During the period of hard labor, unless there is a major meritorious service, the sentence can be commuted."

This sentence, obviously seems to have blocked a hole, but actually announced a possibility.Many people encouraged Tonghuan Sanliu loudly: "Come on, reform, perform well, I believe your sister Fengzhen will wait for you."

Tonghuan Sanliu: ...What are these people talking about?

But he breathed a sigh of relief after all: it is better to live than to die.At least he saved his life now, and there is a slight chance of regaining his freedom in the future, so he really can't hope for more.

After Tonghuan three or six, it was the turn of the other bandits.When they heard that Tonghuan Sanliu didn't have to be executed, they were all relieved.Unexpectedly, when it was their turn, nothing happened.

Everyone's confessions have been analyzed in detail and can only be regarded as "valid" confessions if they can be confirmed by each other.Through these analyses, several bandits who were "heinous" and "heinous" were identified, and they confessed without torture.

These bandits with proven crimes were immediately sentenced to death, and they will be punished in front of the people of Wuyuan County and Yong'an Prefecture respectively.

In addition, through the analysis of the confession, the "superior" among the three or six mouths of Tonghuan was also captured. One of them was shot to death when he besieged Taoyuan Village, and there were two or three other people who were in charge of contacting the outside world. , And obey the "golden master" of these bandits.These people will be under strict surveillance and custody pending further investigation of the case.

Most of the remaining bandits, like Tonghuan Sanliu, were sentenced to lifelong hard labor; the rest were a little timid, who always followed others to rob houses, but never dared to get blood on them, and were sentenced to ten years of hard labor.

In this way, most of the people in Wuyuan County are quite satisfied.

The First Prince dismissed it.He said to Jia Fang: "I can't tell, you are quite a mother-in-law."

"Tonghuan Sanliu is not the leader of the bandit, you can just say no? You still have to make such a show, and you have to act in some kind of drama..." The eldest prince was speechless to Jia Fang's arrangement.

Jia Fang laughed and said, "It's one thing for me to say it, but it's another thing for the people to accept that he's not the leader of the bandits, and for the government to let him off the hook for selfishness."

The eldest prince was choked back immediately, and came back after a while, saying: "Just such a small person, he is not innocent, but he is not the leader of the bandit. If you kill him as the leader of the bandit, what difference does it make? Why bother?" It takes so much effort? You want to convince the people, and you don’t want to indiscriminately hurt people’s lives, why do I think you like to be troublesome so much?”

Jia Fang laughed when he heard this, and said: "Maybe this is because the law can only be called the law when it treats the little people equally!"

He had already thought that if Tonghuan Sanliu's crimes were enough to send him to the execution ground, then Jia Fang would definitely kill him, but he would not be given the title of "bandit leader".

Jia Fang asked people to make up "Tong Huan Ji", not for Tonghuan Sanliu.It's just that Tonghuan Sanliu's life experience and a fabricated love story are used to make the common people more or less aware: to see the essence through the phenomenon.

The common problem in the southern countryside is not uncommon in the whole country. The encroachment and occupation of land by big households has made the tax burden of ordinary people heavier and heavier. At the same time, they are at all costs to prevent any attempt to break this merger situation and redistribute the land. "New Deal".

Jia Fang hoped that "Team Huan Ji" could point out the main contradiction to the people, and at the same time remind those lawless land annexers, so that they should not get too complacent, and don't think that they can control everything because they are local snakes.

This time, with the help of the eldest prince, the gold masters behind the bandits were obviously intimidated, so at the last moment they chose to "cut the wrists of a strong man", cut off all ties with the Liu family and the Zhao family, and gave up the family they had raised for many years. Bandits and private soldiers hid in the southern border without making a sound.

But Jia Fang has a full understanding of these forces that can collude with the foreign Nanyi, and knows that if he further erodes the interests of the other party, it will cause the other party to counterattack further.

So he must help the First Prince to rectify the military affairs of the Pingnan Camp.

Jia Fang was thinking like this, and the eldest prince was still asking him: "When will the public trial be over, and when will you help me think about the Pingnan Camp?"

Jia Fang: "Don't worry, this public trial is to a certain extent also a military station to help you plan the future of Pingnan Camp."