"Husband, have you met my father-in-law?" Xu Zhenzhen asked. Seeing Zhao Jin nodding with a heavy expression, Xu Zhenzhen hesitated and said, "I asked some familiar doctors and they said that my father-in-law is ill this time.

It’s not minor, it involves the remnants of many old illnesses and injuries, and it’s very troublesome.”

Zhao Jin nodded dullly and said, "I know this time is very troublesome. I will do my best to take care of him and treat him. There is nothing else we can do."

After dinner, Zhao Feng and Zhao Long were coaxed to sleep, while Mu Shulan went to take care of Zhao Qi. Zhao Jin and Xu Zhenzhen also rested together. The lights went out and the bedroom fell into darkness. Zhao Jin made no sound, but he did not fall asleep either.

, countless things were rolling around in my mind, and it calmed down for a while. At this time, Xu Zhenzhen, who thought she was asleep, said: "Husband, when will the fight last this time, can we win?

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Zhao Jin was silent for a while, then said with a muffled smile: "What? Are you worried?"

Xu Zhenzhen leaned close to Zhao Jin and said softly: "When I married my husband, I thought that we were the number one powerful people in Xuzhou, and we were in conflict with other big families, so that the officials did not dare to touch us. But from now on

I never expected that today, I would actually go to war with the imperial court several times, and never lose. But I thought, this imperial court has a population of tens of millions in more than a dozen provinces, and our current territory is less than a province with a population of millions.

It is too dangerous to attack many with a small number."

"Don't worry, we will win. Even if the court continues to fight, we will win. It's just a little troublesome, just a little troublesome." Zhao Jin hugged his wife and comforted her gently.

Xu Zhenzhen didn't speak anymore, and the couple hugged each other for a moment of silence. Then Zhao Jin said, "I can win, but I feel very uncomfortable."

These words made Xu Zhenzhen a little stunned. Before asking, Zhao Jin said in a low voice: "The imperial court is sending troops in several places, including the Jurchens in Jianzhou, the Mongolians in the grassland and the chieftains in the southwest, and then they want to fight with me. If they continue to increase their troops,

Then we must not pay attention to those other places, as they can easily be attacked by those places. This kind of situation is like me colluding with the Tartar barbarians internally and externally, and it is uncomfortable to think about it."

Xu Zhenzhen was silent for a while, chuckled a few times and said, "It's good if you can win. I was worried that I would suffer a loss if I beat more with less!"

"From the outside, it looks like we are fighting more with less, but if you really think about it, our servant regiment training is no less than that of the official army, or even more!" Zhao Jin did not continue the previous topic and explained a few words with a smile.

"Go to bed early. I have to write a letter to Xiaoyong and Lei Zi tomorrow to ask them to arrange things for the north." After Zhao Jin finished saying this, the couple was speechless and fell asleep like this.

Now Liu Yong and Lei Cai are in charge in Shandong. After defeating the Shandong army in the First World War, a large number of prisoners were captured. The first brigade of Zhao Ziying made temporary arrangements. Several hundred prisoners were divided into one team, and they were escorted by the regiment trainers.

Go to various farms to work, but many of these prisoners are from Liao Town soldiers. Are there any people among them who were pretended to be recruited at the time and suddenly acted as internal agents when the chaos broke out? They must be screened out.

Catching these people is very simple. At the beginning, every survivor of the victimized farm, including Yao Qi, was transferred to Liu Yong and Lei Cai. They will not forget the faces of these enemies. After finding these people, they will have to

Through torture, they explored the layout of the government in Yanzhou Prefecture and other prefectures in Shandong to find out which gentry and powerful people were involved.

Tian Zhu and his cronies, who were originally half-confined and half-study in Xuzhou, were also sent here. They are local gangsters in Lunan, and they know the local area well. This time, Zhao Ziying will not leave any room for local forces.

What kind of affection is there? I will only do things according to the rules. Anyone who participated in it at that time will be uprooted.

The fleeing Shandong general Yang Guodong led the more than 3,000 soldiers and horses gathered in front of him. Instead of returning to Denglai Town, they retreated directly to Hejian Prefecture in North Zhili and stationed themselves adjacent to the canal, directly under the supervision of the supervisor Zhao Yanhe.

The army was commanded by Wei Zhongxian. That side was the gateway to Beizhili through the canal.

The current situation in Shandong is completely dead. Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture are training new officers and soldiers. This is not to target Xuzhou soldiers and horses, but to directly face Liaodong. The local area has been in turmoil because of the refugees from Liao Town. If

Without official and military support, there would probably be chaos. In order to prevent Zhao Jin from misunderstanding, a lobbyist was specially hired from Qingzhou Prefecture to inform him.

Bandits and thieves in Dongchang Prefecture, Jinan Prefecture and Qingzhou Prefecture began to become rampant. Local gangsters even gathered together and started to act recklessly under the banner of King Zhao Tian of Xuzhou. At the same time, they sent people to Zhao Jin to express their allegiance and seek a new dynasty.

While holding official positions, they burned, killed, and looted. The only thing the local government could do was to guard the city behind closed doors. The thieves could not break into the city, but they could only go so far, because even the Minzhuang and Tuanlian could not gather together.

However, they were relieved by Zhao Ziying's handling. Xuzhou horsemen Ding and Xuzhou Yiyong as well as local horseback warriors from Yanzhou Prefecture directly entered Dongchang Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture and began to sweep away these bandits who took advantage of the situation to cause trouble.

After Zhuangzi's village was bloodbathed, the situation suddenly became peaceful.

Many farms in Dongchang Prefecture have begun to spend money to train self-defense forces. However, the number of these guards is not large, and they are uniformly deployed by a certain trading company. These guards are also maintaining local security. Let's take a closer look.

, these farms are all large cotton producers, so the background of the trading company can be easily revealed.

Things were better in Qingzhou Prefecture. After learning that these "Xuzhou Pioneers" had nothing to do with Xuzhou, the Qingzhou Prefecture official army and local armed forces began to take action and quickly cleaned them up.

Zhao Ziying's statement actually made the frightened Shandong officialdom relax a little. Some people began to wonder if they could recruit him. Since the other party had no intention of fighting to the end and was still so reasonable, why bother using weapons and killing people in vain?

But no one dared to mention this. The number of troops gathered here in Hejian Prefecture has exceeded 30,000. After the Beijing camp arrived here, the border troops of Xuanfu, Baoding Town and Zhending Prefecture also began to gather here.

When the army gathered together, Xuzhou was no fool, so he couldn't say these words of appeasement.

Now every farming manor in Zhao Ziying is extremely busy. The villagers who had escaped earlier have returned and started to prepare for spring plowing. The villagers are a little nervous, but there are death orders from above. As long as they don't hit the door,

If we come, we must settle down and cultivate the land. We would rather die in battle than starve to death. These words made the villagers listen. The reason why everyone went into exile was not because they were forced by desperate hunger.

Nowadays, those who guard the farms are called candidate regiments. There are more than 140 people in each farm. These young men are not out of work, but they work half the time every day than other people. The rest of the time is used for training, while the original regiments

They were concentrated into the size of a regiment and guarded at various key points. Now there are nearly fifty regiment training companies directly commanded by Chen Sheng. According to the size of a regiment, the regimental deputies of the first brigade are arranged to lead the team.

These fifty regiment training companies do not include the teams in Fei County and Yizhou in the east of Yanzhou Prefecture. The volunteers and regiment training companies there totaled twenty companies.

The team trainers who were concentrated in guarding the key points were very energetic and energetic. They had probably received the news that the team trainers who were concentrated this time would most likely become servants. It can be seen from the recent recruitment that the first brigade was going to

With the addition of six firegun companies, the recruitment and selection of firegun servants is not limited to the servant team, there are also opportunities for team training.

So many off-the-job young people were transferred, and Yanzhou in Zhaoziying also found it very difficult. Fortunately, there were captives to supplement the labor. Then the wealthy merchants in Jining sold grain more vigorously than in Qingjiangpu, and many even the entire

In the warehouse transaction, the grain and the warehouse itself can be taken away, but the trade and farming aspects are all frowning. No matter how we calculate, I am afraid that we will not be able to turn over too much to Xuzhou this year. It would be good if we can not let them subsidize it.

Shandong's regiment training consumes a lot of materials, but there are already thirty off-the-job regiment training companies in Guide Prefecture. This does not put any burden on Zhao Ziying's finances, because the food and salary of these companies falls directly on Guide Prefecture.

The gentry and powerful people in Guide Mansion are always dissatisfied and have no choice but to endure it. But this time they blindly chose the wrong side.

This time, more than 30,000 prisoners were captured. Among them, the wealthy generals have a better future. As long as their families give them enough money, they can live more comfortably. Redemption is impossible? But they don’t have to work and live better.

, with better food and clothing, we can still do it, and we can reunite with our families, but we have to live together in the area controlled by Xuzhou, and the rest have to work hard everywhere. We must first adapt to the rules here and then decide on the future.

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But there are also those who are lucky. For example, there are soldiers who are skilled in crafts such as carpentry, stonemasonry, and blacksmithing. As long as they have skills, they will be mobilized to work directly. Nowadays, several major factories in Xuzhou are running continuously, especially for casting weapons.

Firearms forging workshops have to make a large number of firearms and equipment, cannons, swords, guns and armor, all of which require labor. Many prisoners are sent directly to Jingshan to mine coal and smelt iron ore.

Hard work awaits them.

From the perspective of outsiders, Xuzhou is calm at this time, while North Zhili is in a tense situation. But based on the news from all over Xuzhou, it will be found that Xuzhou is also mobilizing troops. A closer look will shock and astonish those who are interested. Xuzhou can actually mobilize such a large force.

With the strength, so many people can be brought out at any time, and it doesn't seem to have much impact on supplies and other matters.

Compared with the tension in Xuzhou and Shandong, Huai'an Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture were very relaxed. After arresting the people who should be arrested, the remaining officers and soldiers retreated to their camps, and the other families were hurriedly doing business. Although

The imperial court had decrees and the Ministry of War issued urgent orders, but there were no big moves or even little action in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. Songjiang was very anxious about using troops and even donated military supplies, but they were quickly suppressed.

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