Chapter 204: The Temple of the Gu God (Part 1)

Panyu City was built hundreds of years ago and has been built many times in the middle. It can be said to be the economic center of Jiaozhou. The exchange of various materials is relatively developed and it is a must-pass place for caravans.

There is no war here on weekdays.

As the economic center of Jiaozhou, it is not far from the coast and has always been the most peaceful place.

There are 4,000 garrisons in the county town, mainly conducting trade inspections and protections, and there are not many military wars.

On weekdays, these Panyu defenders are not very vigilant.

The arrival of the army led by Ding Huchen was too rapid.

The army led by Ding Huchen was more than twice as high as the defenders in the city. Before these Panyu defenders could react, Ding Huchen's 10,000 troops had arrived before the county town!

The soldiers led by Ding Huchen were the first to be cavalry, each with strong soldiers and horses, and the flag soldiers in the mountains were screaming. Obviously, they were not comparable to those of the Panyu defenders who collected taxes on weekdays.

Just after Ding Huchen's cavalry team led the four gates, the infantry had also arrived outside the city.

Ten thousand people blocked the city tightly.

First, they called for the battle to persuade the surrender. This is something that almost every siege general would do. Before the huge force was shown to the other party, it was basically impossible to make the other party surrender without fighting.

After the quarrel was unable to leave, he sieged the city quickly.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" A loud noise sounded outside Panyu City.

This time, Wang Hongyi sent Ding Huchen to attack Jiaozhou and allocated five Thunderbolt chariots for him.

When the Pili chariot attacked Xiangyang City, the Pili chariot kept bombarding. The Xiangyang city wall was so strong that it was still a gap!

The city walls in Panyu are no less than Xiangyang City. The power of the Pili Car is too great. Just an hour of attack, the city wall burst out of a broken gap.

Ding Huchen rode on his horse. Seeing this, he stopped the bombardment of the thunder chariot and said to the people on both sides: "Attack!"

"No!" A large number of soldiers rushed to the city like sharp knives and rushed into it.

"Kill!" The rolling iron stream approached. When they arrived in the city, they collided with people. In an instant, hundreds of casualties were killed or injured. However, the army driven went forward and paved the way with their bodies. More soldiers rushed up, dispersing the enemy's resistance and forcing the enemy to retreat continuously.

The sound of war drums became more and more rapid, and the surging tide poured in. Some people kept falling down and filling in. After only a moment of persistence, the defenders were defeated.

A general led the way and blew up, and said, "The surrendered ones will not be killed."

Then, a large group of soldiers shouted in unison: "Don't kill those who surrender."

The thunder shouting in unison by countless people was enough to make the enemy soldiers scattered and frightened.

Even though a few resolute resistance were killed one by one, they were slashed and rushed to the ground with screams. Seeing this contrast, a captain suddenly shouted: "We are willing to surrender, and please forgive us for not dying! We are willing to surrender to the King of Chu!"

Suddenly, the surrendered one after another.

The captain left his weapon and surrendered, and the ordinary soldiers would not fight to the death.

Who has no parents and relatives? If there is a chance, who is willing to die in vain?

The surrender continued, and half an hour later, all the defenders of Panyu surrendered to Ding Huchen.

"Don't kill anyone who surrenders! You will abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and I will never blame you!" Ding Huchen said as he announced, sending cavalry patrols and keep shouting.

At this moment, all the surrendered lieutenants and soldiers felt relieved.

Some of the officials in the city, who would rather die than surrender, were killed by Ding Huchen's subordinates.

The city guard of this city had already been scared and pale in his face. He was pulled out of the corner of the mansion. He was wearing the clothes of a servant. If he hadn't really looked like a servant, he might have let him go out for trouble.

As a result, the housekeeper in the mansion came forward to identify him and was taken to Ding Huchen by the captain who searched the mansion.

"Kneel down!"

He was pushed down heavily by two personal soldiers in front of Ding Huchen's horse, and the city guard of this city looked pale.

There was no need for Ding Huchen to ask anything, but he just wilted on the ground and kept begging for mercy.

"Take him down! Detain him, report to the king, and ask the king to decide." Looking at the kneeling man with some contempt, Ding Huchen said in a deep voice.

Although I don’t like this kind of corrupt body, the other party’s official position is here, so I will leave such a person to the lord to deal with!

As soon as he finished speaking, soldiers immediately stepped forward, raised the man and left.

Ignoring the other party's begging for mercy, Ding Huchen ordered the military judge: "Please order people to clear the battlefield quickly, guard the four gates, and maintain the order in the city. We must maintain it. No one should take advantage of the situation or do illegal things in the chaos!"

"No!" This kind of thing is very common. The military judge who was ordered had almost no hesitation and immediately took people to deal with these things.

Ding Huchen rode on his horse, watching the scene in the city, watching the army constantly clearing the battlefield, watching the prisoners being escorted and detained collectively, and watching the ground gradually being cleaned up, he felt relieved.

The city was captured not far from pacifying the entire Jiaozhou area, and there were sporadic cursive villages and county towns below.

Ding Huchen was relieved only after this. The lord had great ambitions. Of course, he understood that the lord's trust in him was the lord's trust in him. If he could not complete the task, he would lose the lord's trust. As a general who also had great ambitions, this was the thing that could not be allowed to happen.

This city is the economic center of Jiaozhou. If you defeat this city, you can control the Jiaozhou commercial routes and take over the entire Jiaozhou, just around the corner!

"The army is resting in the city, and we will continue to move forward after rest and recuperation!"

Ding Huchen said loudly.

From May to July, Ding Huchen's troops attacked cities and plundered the land one after another, with unstoppable momentum!

In less than two months, the army captured the entire Jiaozhou area (equivalent to the second and Guangxi areas on the earth, not including Vietnam).

Then, the military newspaper that reported the victory was quickly sent to Xiangyang.

August 10th. Xiangyang City

Wang Hongyi looked at the ringing bell at 3:00 pm.

At this moment, the officials of the Secret Palace sent the information. Wang Hongyi took a quick look and asked, "When will this be delivered?"

"Your Majesty, you're here in the morning and you're here after the archive."

"Water or dry road?"

"First, I arrived by land, and when I arrived in Jingnan, I kept going from Hebei to Xiangyang, and the trip was fifteen days!"

Wang Hongyi nodded and said, "Call Yu Liangbo here."

After a moment, Yu Liangbo came over. Wang Hongyi had finished watching. When he saw it, he said, "July 20th, Jiaozhou will be settled."

"Congratulations to the king." Yu Liangbo hurriedly congratulated him.

"Don't rush to congratulate me. I was thinking that Jiaozhou has been established for seven hundred years. All dynasties have been exiled to Jiaozhou. There are tens of thousands of people in one day. But why has the population of Han people in Jiaozhou not increased in large quantities for seven hundred years?"

"I checked some files. It is said that Jiaozhou has investigated household registration for ten years, and the population of Han people is only 114,000, and the growth in ten years is even less than 300."

"Yes, I have also thought that Jiaozhou is a place where diseases are full of diseases. Most people who have fallen into the disease have swelling. The abdomen is swollen and the disease is dying. There must be five or six in the ten rooms. Many people suffer, and it is difficult to gain a foothold, let alone reproduce. The states, counties and counties are used to it, but officials dare not go. When they hear that they will abandon their official positions in Jiaozhou, they will definitely abandon their official positions." Yu Liangbo thought for a while and said it hard, but he was thankful that he could think it out immediately.

Wang Hongyi knew in his previous life that this was actually a factor, namely plague and schistosomiasis. Schistosoma dysfunction will cause great damage to labor force, and the Han people will never be able to digest Jiaozhou. This is why.

"Yu Qing, this is the problem. Jiaozhou has a large number of specialties, spices and ports. After she was alone in Jiaozhou, she wanted to develop spices and transport them from the seaport to meet domestic needs."

The spice and silk business has always been a major money-making transaction with the Western Qin Dynasty, and even the country has strongly needed it.

After obtaining the Jiaozhou territory, Wang Hongyi immediately had real confidence.

At this time, Wang Hongyi stood up and instructed him: "This solution is difficult to solve, but it is not difficult to improve it. It is nothing more than burning the ground and killing the snail."

"The plague comes out of the jungle wetlands. The residence site must clear the jungle wetlands and burn it with fire to remove the epidemic."

"The Gu disease comes out of the snail. As long as the snail is culled at the residence site, the Gu insects can be removed."

"These two are set as permanent system. When officials evaluate performance, they must include these two items. Especially in the first five years, those who fail the performance will be discussed below."

And many time travelers lack confidence and try every means to explain why, Wang Hongyi can directly issue laws and decrees when he does this.

Once it is linked to the performance appraisal of officials, officials will flock to it. Of course, this cannot last long, but five years is enough. Such a cleanup will definitely be effective, which will lead to no administrative oppression in the future, and the people will naturally do it automatically.

Wang Hongyi didn't bother to popularize science, just scare it - why did the Gu God come? It is because it likes screws. The screws can emit energy that attracts the Gu God. If there are too many screws at home, the Gu God will come, and when it comes, people will die!

In history, people did not know the cause. If they knew the cause, even the four evils could be extinct. And once this rumor spread, the sparrows flying around were almost extinct, let alone the snails?

There are many traditions passed down from generation to generation in the countryside, and these mystical experiences are unconditionally implemented by people in the countryside.

In Wang Hongyi's opinion, the crackdown on snails in the county is really not as good as this rumor, and in fact it is also the reason. Therefore, as long as it is implemented for a few years, there will be a large number of examples to prove this legend.

The people will automatically mobilize because this involves their vital interests.

Why does the Gu God come? It is because it likes screws. The screws can exude the energy that attracts the Gu God. If there are too many screws at home, the Gu God will come. Not only will the person die, but the family will also be poor. This is a fact. Who can still be rich when you get sick?

Killing snails becomes their spontaneous action, and they immediately mobilize infinite power. If modern medicines and technology are deducted, it is countless times stronger than the government's mobilization in terms of manpower alone, and it can automatically become a custom that will be passed down from generation to generation, which can be called severe crackdown every year.

And as long as you say one more sentence at the end, "If you burn a snail to offer it to the Gu God, the Gu God will be satisfied. You will not be able to impose a spell and will also be blessed." This will be even more effective.

Thinking of this, Wang Hongyi had decided to send the Thirteen Divisions to supervise and send the ban to complete this task. It must have been a large number of professional geniuses who fooled it, so it would not be difficult to continue to execute this matter.

Build a temple of Gu and burn snails, and Jiaozhou will develop rapidly by then - sometimes it is so simple to solve the problem.

Wait, Wang Hongyi remembered another incident, and that this method has one disadvantage, that is, the people may be infected without protection during the process of snail culling.

To solve this, rubber gloves and foot boots must be included.
Chapter completed!