Chapter 94: Erlong Village, which had civil strife, has surrendered!

However, Tang Cheng whispered on the couch for a while, and he was thinking about his new house at home. He didn't know if he could receive a reward. How much money could he have? Building a house full of bricks is not enough. If he could get a good reward, he might be able to build a half-brick and half-rammed earth house. The house can be less bricks, but the courtyard gate outside must be connected with big blue bricks. My father Tang Shuan said several times. The door built in this way is both material-free and elegant... With these thoughts in his mind, Tang Cheng slowly fell asleep.

Tang Cheng and Zhang County Magistrate set out on the way back to Yunxi County on the afternoon of the next day. Zhang County Magistrate has been out for several days. As a county magistrate, even if he is not worthy of his name now, he cannot leave the yamen for a long time. Now that Erlong Village has found a solution, he should go back.

Regarding Zhao Laohu's opinion, he should have come back together this time, but he himself refused to break the rules that he had maintained for more than 20 years. In addition, County Magistrate Zhang also wanted to rely on him to press the formation here, so he did not force himself. He just thought about finding a few better doctors from the city after returning to the yamen.

The chief inspector Zhang Zishan has not come back. Now he is urging the strong men who have been recruited to do civil engineering work like he has been injected with chicken blood. In short, it is completely blocking the foot of Erlong Peak. Isn’t this group of bandits going to be turtles? Okay, grandpa will help you, so you can’t even stick out the head of the turtle.

This is certainly for the need for siege, after all, the strong men should be dismissed after they have done it. It is not a big deal to consume food every day, and the pressure on the official warehouse is too great. Besides, the double-grabbing of wheat harvest is coming soon, and even if it is a waste of food and no work, the strong men will not be at ease. After this high soil building is built, the hard arch and powerful crossbow in the hands of the toll will be enough to completely block the road down the mountain from a high point.

Besides, this is also for future considerations. Erlong Village is too dangerous. If such a place is not controlled, next time, if a group of people run up and make an old thing about occupying the mountain and becoming the king, Zhang Zishan must vomit blood.

After returning home with the magistrate Zhang and Tang Cheng, there were eight tolls, called guards, who were actually going back to change shifts. After all, the tolls were miserable enough in Erlong Village, and now they are taking turns to come back for rest.

Unlike the rush he came, County Magistrate Zhang was obviously much calmer when he returned, so he didn't rush to walk. Finally, Tang Chengshao, who was not good at riding, suffered some injuries. Even so, when he returned to the county town at dusk the next day, his whole body was as if he had fallen apart.

After going back, I took a shower and had a full meal. After Tang Cheng didn't even talk to Li Yingwan and Lancao, he fell asleep. How sweet was he sleeping this time!

The next morning, Tang Cheng still felt sore and soft, and did not listen to the advice of the woman and Lancao. He went to the county school on time. It had delayed a lot of homework. If you could go, go.

In the following days, Tang Cheng returned to his previous life, but his mind no longer felt as peaceful as before. Just like County Magistrate Zhang, he always thought of Erlongzhai three or four times a day.

When the magistrate Zhang County went to Erlong Village, the first toll was already in the village for nearly a month. According to the habits and frequency of ordinary farmers buying salty salt land, the salty salt stored on the mountain should have been almost the same. If we consider that the bandits struggled to resist, they might be able to resist for another two months, then the men would be better, and women, children, especially children, should not be able to withstand it. After all, it would be over in the end of July.

Although he had a timetable in his mind, Tang Cheng was always worried when he didn't see the bandits unable to stand going down the mountain. Although he knew that the tolerance officers had already checked and verified it, he still had an idea from time to time, what if they bought a lot of salt last time...

Worrying about gains and losses, everyone will have more or less such emotions when facing major events, and Tang Cheng is no exception.

The days passed between busyness and occasional gains and losses. Until one afternoon in early July more than a month later, when Tang Cheng bowed his head to meditate in the county office room holding a newspaper in his long-awaited good news about Erlongzhai finally arrived.

At that time, Tang Cheng was reading a court report. In the early Tang Dynasty, there were still far less than the palace reports of later generations. However, at this time, as the chief administrative officials of various ancestral departments, they usually arranged a confidant in the imperial capital Chang'an, with the purpose of collecting information about the palace city and the temples of the imperial city. Then they were sent back to the local governments regularly by the Ministry of War to grasp the situation of the capital. This kind of information recorded by hand-written by the imperial family and the temples of the imperial city was called "official newspaper", and the court naturally refers to the court.

After these court reports were sent back to various roads, the governors of the states under this road would copy them again until they were finally transferred to the local area. This is also an important source of information for local officials to understand the trends of the court.

There is nothing new in this latest "Ministry Newspaper" copied from the state. The reason why Tang Cheng was so concerned was that there were two news in the Ministry Newspaper that vaguely stimulated him.

The two news sources come from the Yangzhou Maritime Warehouse, which means that since the beginning of this year, due to continuous maritime storms and pirate looting, the ocean-going giant ships have suffered huge losses. Ten largest maritime merchants in Jiangnan East jointly wrote a letter to the Maritime Warehouse, requesting the Yangzhou Maritime Warehouse to take over the transaction of tung oil to support the construction of sea ships in Huainan Road and Jiangnan East Road.

The other is the memorial from the Yangzhou Grand Governor's Office, which is intended to impeach and request the court to order the Lingnan Road Observer and the marching ambassador to work together to eliminate the pirate gang headed by the Feng family in Chunzhou, Lingnan as soon as possible to ensure the safety of the ocean-going trade routes.

Yangzhou was the most prosperous place in the Tang Dynasty except for the Three Capitals. It has always been said that "strike one and benefit two". One of the important reasons why Yangzhou is so prosperous is that it is the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, which is filled with the most wealthy maritime merchants in the world, as well as the most exquisite bulk porcelain, silk, etc. in various states. Therefore, the impact of the obstruction of the maritime trade route on Yangzhou is fatal. This is why the Yangzhou Grand Governor's Office broke up and impeached the Lingnan Road military and political yamen together.

But if we look at the memorials of the Yangzhou Grand Governor's Office and combined with the memorials of the Maritime Bureau, it is obvious that since the beginning of this year, whether it is the Tang Dynasty maritime merchants or Persian maritime merchants, they have suffered huge losses, which directly stimulates the large demand for tung oil. Li Yingwan's shop is mainly engaged in tung oil business, and it is also the largest tung oil merchant in the county.

Can you make a fortune by taking this opportunity? Because you don’t know the details of the tung oil business, Tang Cheng has no exact concept of this, but just remembered these two messages. As for the other things, I’d better go back and ask Li Yingwan before talking about it.

Just as Tang Cheng was using his mind to the court, the door of his office room was suddenly pushed open, and the servant Lao Sun stood outside with a sweaty mansion on his face, "Tang Records, he wants to see the magistrate Zhang County."

"Old Luo!" After seeing the person coming clearly, Tang Cheng threw the newspaper aside and came to the door in three or two steps, "Is there good news from Erlong Village?" asked, and he had personally led the toll Lao Luo to the office room of Zhang County Magistrate Zhang.

"Erlong Village has surrendered", Lao Luo's three simple words completely made the stone in Tang Cheng's heart fall. This was the first time he pushed open the office room of County Magistrate Zhang without knocking on the door.

County Magistrate Zhang, who was burying his head on the desk and was watching something, looked up in surprise and looked at Tang Cheng, but then he stood up and his eyes were fixed on Lao Luo behind Tang Cheng.

"Zhao County Magistrate condemned me to report the good news to the adults. The night before yesterday, Erlong Village surrendered!" After saying this most important sentence, Lao Luo looked sideways at Tang Cheng and said in a hoarse voice: "Tang Lushi, please give me a cup of water. I was too hurrying along the way and my throat was about to smoke."

When Tang Cheng poured the water and came in, at least from the surface, the expression on County Magistrate Zhang's face had recovered from calm. After Lao Luo took the water and drank it in one breath, he continued to talk about Erlongzhai.

The reason why Erlong Village dropped so quickly this time was all due to civil strife. A family in the village only had a son in May this year. As the first child in the family, I naturally felt very distressed. The riots on the mountain had nothing to do with them, after all, the government army could not fight. There was no need to worry about food and drink on the mountain.

But gradually as the salt salt in the meal became less and less, the child's body became worse and worse. Although she had no appetite, she tried hard to eat bland and boring meals for the sake of the child, her always strong body still had less and less milk, and in the end she almost disappeared. What can the child, who is only one or two months old, do after weaning? Seeing that her son cried all day and night, his body became thinner and thinner. After two days of suffering, the child's parents could no longer bear it. In the middle of the night, they wanted to go down the mountain to join the government army. Unexpectedly, they were caught by the hands arranged by the leader Ke Changming.

Although Ke Changming repeatedly promised that as long as he could survive this period of time, he could enjoy the food and drink, and with this promise, he also conquered the hearts of the people in the village. He allowed hundreds of people from all over the country to follow him to fight against the official army. However, with the lack of salt and salt these days, the leader Ke Changming himself was under great pressure. After he grabbed the couple this time, he used these two people to intimidate others.

Unexpectedly, this action directly caused civil strife in Erlong Village. First, the couple's relatives came out to stop him, and then the hungry and immunity-deprived newborn died when they were entangled. It was this child who had died and burned the explosive barrel. The people of Erlong Village felt real fear from him. They were dizzy and exhausted now, and their heartbeats were accelerating. They were almost unable to take care of their lives, and they could take care of the illusory wealth promised by Ke Changming. It was only early July, and who knew when the official army was going to surround? They were now starting to build walls under the village! Even if there was really the wealth and honor that Ke Changming said was waiting in front, can they still survive until then?

The Erlong Village people who could not even eat salt and rice these days could no longer help them. They were led by the crazy couple and started to riot. The hoe was knocked on the iron shovel, and only beat the village leader Ke Changming and his more than ten confidants half to death. If everyone hadn't thought about tying him, the main culprit, and he would be able to become an official, I was afraid that Ke Changming would have been beaten to death by the young couple on the spot.

In this way, the Erlong Village people who could no longer bear it, escorted Ke Changming and more than a dozen people down the mountain and surrendered to the office. This was exactly what happened the afternoon before yesterday. At this point, the high avenue and bows and arrows prepared by the tolls in advance were useless at all.

Although Lao Luo said that the matter of Erlong Village was brief, Tang Cheng could not easily think of the process. At least the unfortunate child, the young couple, and the mottled blood stains on Erlong Peak were all evidence of evidence, but no one cares about these things now.

The result, only the result is what people pay most attention to!

Erlong Village was finally pacified. Before August, the censor must have not set off at Shannan West Road.

Since Lao Luo sent back this news, Tang Cheng could clearly see that County Magistrate Zhang had indeed relaxed. Although he was busy thinking about how to properly handle the aftermath of Erlong Village, he could never see the anxiety that had been depressed between his eyebrows. Even when he sent County Magistrate Zhang back in the sanya, he heard the folk songs of the Six Dynasties Yuefu hummed by County Magistrate Zhang according to the Qing Shang tune.

In fact, not only was the magistrate Zhang County, but Tang Cheng was not the same? When he returned home that night, he felt much more relaxed. When he looked at the increasingly familiar streets and Yanzi Tower on both sides, he felt that his eyes were much clearer, and his steps were also brisk.

After returning to the residence to have dinner in the evening, Tang Cheng thought of the two court newspapers he read in the afternoon, so he didn't rush to go to the study and asked casually: "Yingwan, what is the main purpose of tung oil in your shop for?"

"You never ask about my shop. Now the sun is coming out in the west!" Li Yingwan smiled and said, "This tung oil is squeezed from tung fruit. Generally, people buy it for waterproof household use. For example, in our house, from the umbrella that is held on rainy days to the foot bucket for washing feet, Lu Feng and even the wooden basin used for washing the stove, you have to use a wooden bush to make tung oil thickly before it can be used. As for the bulk land, you mainly buy lacquer for varnish or other colored ones. Tung oil is indispensable. In addition, the ink you use in your room, it is indispensable to make it. To say that tung oil is a good thing, not only dry quickly, but also tolerate heat and deterioration. No matter how much or less, it needs to be used."

No wonder the sea merchants were anxious. It turned out that the large ship made from this waterproof and anti-corrosion land was simply launched into the water by wooden means!

"You know a lot," Tang Cheng smiled and raised his thumbs up at Li Yingwan, "Since you are in this business, you must also be clear about the origin of tung oil."

Li Yingwan frowned and made a "of course" expression. Since her marriage with Tang Cheng was settled, her mind has changed a lot. Although she is still capable when dealing with foreign affairs, she often shows her childlike behavior when she is with Tang Cheng. "Tung trees grow in the mountains, so the tung oil production areas are all Daozhou with many mountains and mountains. Our south and east and west roads are naturally produced. But the biggest one is in the southwest. Unfortunately, the Wu barbarians there are divided into six trunks, and the mountains are high and dense, and it is difficult to leave. So, except for the officials, none of the private merchants dare to go."

In the southwest, Wuman, and six forces, Tang Cheng understood that what Li Yingwan said should be Yunnan and some areas of Guizhou in later generations. As for the six forces, it should be Liuzhao. He only roughly remembered that the first unified regime in Yunnan appeared during the Tang Dynasty, but it was unclear when it was exactly the same. Judging from what Li Yingwan said, it is obvious that Yunnan has not yet achieved unification.

Isn’t this the huge tung oil production capacity contained in Yunnan and Guizhou cannot be released at all? Thinking of this, Tang Cheng was a lot excited, “Is the tung oil production in the east and west of Shannan? What about the tung oil production in our Yunxidi? Are there many merchants who come to buy tung oil on weekdays?”

"Acheng, why are you concerned about this?" Although Li Yingwan was surprised, it was rare that Tang Cheng would ask about her economic life. It was strange and strange, but her mouth was crispy. "The tung oil produced by the Wuman and Jiannandao is designated military funds by the imperial court. If it were not produced many, it would basically not be sold in private shops. It was mainly used for the towns and navy of various prefectures in Jiangnan to make tung armor and Peng Pai. As for the tung oil used by the people, it is mainly produced from our east and west sides of the Shannan Mountains. Yunxi occupies a Dajian Mountain, so it produces a lot every year. As for our shop... are there any foreigners coming from there?"

Tang Cheng was still happy to hear it before, but Li Yingwan's last sentence puzzled him, "Oh? Why is this?"

"What can I do if the shop is too small? Any merchant who comes from here is big, and our small shop cannot support it. They just look for big shops in the state, and then the shops in the state come to find us to collect goods." Speaking of this, Li Yingwan's face was both unwilling but helpless. "Every year when encountering such a big business, although it is worry-free, the food in the middle is mostly intercepted by the shops in the state."

After hearing Li Yingwan's words, Tang Cheng no longer asked anything. The small shop could not manage big business. Even if he had the chance, he would not have the capital to rush. Besides, both the east and west sides of Shannan were produced.

However, after Li Yingwan finished speaking, she inevitably asked Tang Cheng why he suddenly thought of this. Tang Cheng did not hide it and told the news of the court that he saw in the afternoon.

"If this kind of shop is the goods, you don't have to rush to sell them. It's better to stock them up on your hands to see the beauty of the wind." Li Yingwan saw that Tang Cheng's face was a little depressed, so she stood up behind him, and reached out to pinch his shoulder bones for him, and said softly: "Even if it's the largest tung oil shop in the county, it's nothing to put in the state road. If you can make more money with the beauty of the wind, it's good. It's impossible to eat as big as the bowl. Ah Cheng, you don't have to be upset about this heart."

"Yes, what else can it be?" Tang Cheng patted Li Yingwan's hand on the shoulder and sighed. He was afraid of having a poor life for more than a year. He really wanted to make money. Unfortunately, he finally found an opportunity but... "How many months have passed, and you just want to stock up on stocking up, and there is still time."

Tang Cheng is really sorry for losing the meaning of a shop owner who is a big business. Thinking of this, Li Yingwan's mind is inexplicably the word "boss lady". She couldn't explain it for a moment and felt a warm joy from the bottom of her heart. Then she heard Tang Cheng say something outsider and felt that his man was really stupid and cute, which made people like him to the bottom of her bones.

As he thought about it, Li Yingwan pinched Tang Cheng's shoulder and hit his face. There was a little soft wave in his voice. "Tung fruits have to wait until the cold dew begins to ripen before and after, and all of them are cooked after the frost falls. This year's tung oil is still early! As for last year, the bulk of the tung oil was bought when it first came out, and there were not many people in each store who kept the tung oil. If you want to make a tung oil business, you will only have to be busy for three or two months in a year. For those with large amounts such as Yangzhou Maritime Merchants, you must wait until the new oil is squeezed out this year before you can support it."

The woman's hands were caressed on her soft face, and Tang Cheng, who felt very comfortable, simply leaned on her soft and warm body. When Li Yingwan said this, he felt a lot better. He couldn't catch up with him to eat fatty meat, and at least he could drink some soup. "Anyway, there is not much money to use, stock up, stock up more!" Tang Cheng's tone really tasted like a profiteer in later TV.

On the day Lao Luo returned to the city, the man who had been resting for a day in Erlong Village began to return to Yunxi County. The two hundred strong men who were recruited and recruited after robbing wheat harvests. Of course, more than a hundred bandits surrendered to Erlong Village were indispensable.

Although Zhang County was still in the county government at this time, his thoughts were on these bandits. Now the official documents he wrote were ready, and he immediately reported to the city after the bandits entered prison. Of course, the follow-up treatment of the bandits in this document was only a reason, and more importantly, it was to repay the merits!

During the years of Shengping, the bandit suppression was judged by military merit. Whenever I thought of this, County Magistrate Zhang would involuntarily feel a heat all over his body.
Chapter completed!