Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 180
In just one year, Yang Menglong has already weaved a small community of interests. Hearing that he was going to be promoted, Qi Hu and others were overjoyed, as if they had been promoted... In fact, Yang Menglong was promoted, and they Not far from being promoted.Nanyangwei and Wuyangwei have a deep relationship, Yang Menglong will definitely not use the old man from Nanyangwei again, and besides, he doesn't like those trash over there, so he can only promote his cronies from Wuyangwei!Four thousand households, nearly 6000 people, there is so much room for improvement here, it is not a problem for them to level up!Of course, Cheng Ji has no chance to be promoted. However, Yang Menglong's jurisdiction is larger, so there will be more military farms. Once more military farms, the output will naturally increase. Naturally, he will have more opportunities to make money. Yang Menglong is really going to be promoted. , can he be unhappy?

But Yang Menglong was unhappy, very unhappy!In order to do a good job at Wuyangwei, he invested all his money in it. It is so difficult to run a thousand households, so four more?Isn't that killing him!Whoever likes to be this official should go, anyway, he is not right!

It doesn't matter if he is wrong, even if he is wrong, those unscrupulous subordinates, as well as the magistrate and magistrate, will force him to do it with a knife...

Everyone ate the meal to their hearts' content, but Yang Menglong was downcast, and when those people had all left, he left the study with a dejected expression on his face.

Liu Ziyan and Xiao Yufang didn't eat with everyone, they were not used to showing their faces at the dinner table, besides, the mutton was too strong and didn't suit their taste.They started a small stove by themselves, had already eaten, and were reading.Originally Xiao Jun and An Ning were also coming, but they were carried away by Qi Polu one by one. Seeing Yang Menglong walking in with a depressed face, the two beauties raised their heads in surprise and looked at him, Xiao Yufang Ask: "What's the matter? You were chatting, laughing, eating and drinking just now, why did you suddenly become depressed?"

Yang Menglong sat down beside her, and said in a muffled voice, "Thanks to your uncle, I'm going to be promoted."

Liu Ziyan asked: "Promotion? How old is the promotion?"

Yang Menglong said: "Disband Nanyang Guard, and Wuyang Guard will take over the defense of the thirteen counties of Nanyang Prefecture." Pulling his hair with his hands, he said with a mournful face, "Aren't they trying to kill a treasure? 2000 people, I put all my money into it, and now I am in charge of four thousand households, do you want to eat me to death!?"

Xiao Yufang and Liu Ziyan looked at each other and laughed.

Yang Menglong shouted: "Don't laugh, I'm serious! Whoever wants to be an official can go, anyway, I won't be!"

Liu Ziyan said seriously: "Yang Menglong, this is your fault! You can train soldiers, and you wiped out four thousand bandits in one battle, and all the bandits and grassroots in Nanyang changed their faces. You are good at farming, and tens of thousands of acres of thin fields are fiddled with by you. , They all got a bumper harvest! Do you know how much the common people suffer from bandits and famine now? If you have such ability, you should plead for the people and seek welfare!"

Yang Menglong said: "I'm not as great as you think! I just want to make myself more comfortable. This savior, whoever loves to be the savior, I don't care about it!"

Liu Ziyan snorted: "I thought you were an indomitable hero, but you are just a selfish villain!"

Yang Menglong immediately jumped up: "What do you mean? If I don't become an official, I will become a selfish villain, right? Isn't it just a promotion? What's the big deal? I'll do it!"

Liu Ziyan grinned, and said: "That's right, this is the hero worthy of my admiration! A gentleman says a word, and he whips the horse quickly, but don't go back on your word!"

Yang Menglong called: "You're going to force me, aren't you?"

Liu Ziyan stood up with a smile, bowed gracefully, and said: "You and Sister Xiao haven't seen each other for several months. You must have a lot to say. I won't get in the way here. Farewell, farewell!" She ran away in a hurry.

Yang Menglong rubbed his nose and muttered: "This goblin must have been transformed by a fox fairy!"

Xiao Yufang pursed her lips and smiled, gently pressed him on the seat, and said, "Actually... I also think you should become this official."

Yang Menglong was puzzled: "Why?"

Xiao Yufang's expression was a little heavy: "Do you still remember what the Qianhusuo looked like when we first arrived? The beggar's den was not so miserable. Those children with yellow and thin faces and dull expressions, those women with unkempt hair and shabby clothes, There are also those men who are in their [-]s or [-]s and are still single. I will never forget them in my life. Seeing them like this makes me really sad. Now they are all right. They can eat enough and wear new clothes. Clothes, during the time you were away, more than a dozen bachelors married their daughters-in-law, and many people came to ask me to help them tie the knot, saying that they wanted to marry those soldiers. You know, those girls used to refuse to marry even if they died For the poor soldiers, they are vying to get married now, because the soldiers who follow the Wuyang Thousand Households can have enough food and have a decent house to live in, so they feel very happy and satisfied. I know your If you can manage one thousand households well, you can manage four well, since you have such ability, why don't you go all out to let more people live a good life?"

Yang Menglong was full of enthusiasm, patted his chest and shouted: "You don't need to say it, if you are rich, you can benefit the world, and if you are poor, you can be alone. I will do this hard work! Damn, if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell!"

Xiao Yufang smiled sweetly and patted his face: "This is the Yang Menglong I know. Since you stepped forward and fought to the death to kill the four slaves who slaughtered the village and saved the lives of the villagers in Xiaojiazhuang From that moment on, I knew that you were an upright man, you were destined to be extraordinary, and Nanyang was just the beginning for you."

Yang Menglong had a silly smile on his face and a wry smile in his heart.The pair of Xiao Yufang and Liu Ziyan is really perfect, they can't beat him to death, originally he really didn't want to be this official, but after being told by them, he really has to be willing to do so.Forget it, isn't his original intention of being a thousand households is to hope that these military households who live worse than beggars can live a better life?Facts have proved that he is still qualified for this position. One sheep can be chased, and two sheep can also be chased. It is not a problem to bring a few more thousand households, right?Let more people live a good life and enjoy their respect and gratitude from the bottom of their hearts. This feeling... is not bad...

Looking at this chrysanthemum-like, gentle and pleasant woman, he naturally remembered that when he first came to the Ming Dynasty and was dying of hunger, she was the one from a poor family who took him in so that he would not starve to death. by the road.This kind woman has always been so willing to help others, even when she was in dire straits, why would she refuse to take over Nanyang Guard and help those thousands of hungry military households?He secretly reminded himself: Don't forget why you started because you have gone too far!
That night, An Ning didn't come to pester Yang Menglong to tell her about Cinderella and the Little Prince, and Xiao Jun didn't come to make trouble either. He and Xiao Yufang were just talking and laughing in the study, and there were endless things to talk about. Lovesickness, until late at night...

In the early morning of the next day, the military households of Wuyangwei were awakened from their dreams by the sound of cattle and horses neighing, and they all ran out to have a look, good guy, smoke and dust billowed on the avenue, groups of buffaloes and horses were heading towards this direction Moving, followed by an even larger flock of sheep, the spectacular formation stretches to the horizon, as if there is no end at all!Everyone looked dumbfounded: "This... this... Could it be that all the cattle, sheep and horses from all over the world have gathered here!" They were also surprised to see that the people responsible for driving the herds were all dressed as Mongolian herders, Skilled in techniques, these must not be all Mongolians!Everyone was frightened, even a few goats jumped into the field to eat potato seedlings, but they didn't react yet.

Yang Menglong came out, and said cheerfully to everyone: "These are the livestock I exchanged from Mongolia. Of course, some of them are sponsored by Mr. Cheng. How about it, isn't it spectacular?"

Chen Baihu's tongue came out: "My mother, there are so many! Even a mountain can be wiped out!"

Yang Menglong said: "It's not that exaggerated, you should lead the way and drive the herd to the breeding farm."

Chen Baihu responded, and hurried over to lead the way for the herdsmen, leading them to drive the animals to the cowsheds and sheepfolds that had been prepared not far away. Even so, these animals still blocked the whole road. There is poop everywhere.Fortunately, the military households didn't mind. Not only did they not mind, but they also quickly brought baskets of dung forks, ready to pick up dung when the herd left.This is rare fertilizer and there is no reason to waste it.

But this herd is too huge, especially the sheep. A smell of sheep wafted out, making everyone choked up, and it became thicker and thicker. Soon, there was only one person left in the whole thousand households. There is a smell, that is the unique smell of sheep manure and sheep urine. Everyone discovered that Yang Menglong had put on a mask early. Damn, why didn't you remind us!
Yang Menglong called Li Baihu: "Go to the warehouse and collect ten stones of miscellaneous grains to make porridge. It will be needed later."

Li Baihu was taken aback: "Why do you have to cook so much porridge?"

Yang Menglong smiled wryly: "To entertain guests from afar... I followed all the way from Shaanxi to Henan, and I couldn't get rid of them. It's really hard for them!"

He was referring to the group of refugees who followed him for food.Since he decided to spend food to buy peace, hire these refugees as short-term workers, and give them two meals a day, he has never lost cattle, sheep and livestock. The price he paid was that more and more people followed behind and asked for short-term workers It grew like a snowball, and in the end, the number of refugees was five times that of his troops, as many as 6000!It is conceivable how difficult it is to manage so many people's meals. Along the way, Yang Menglong's savings have been wiped out by them, and he has borrowed a lot of money from Cheng Ji to buy food, which is how he barely survived. , Those hungry mouths made him fully realize how difficult it is to be a good person. If you want to be a good person these days, you are 4000% eaten to death!But I couldn't get rid of them, so I knew I was shooting myself in the foot, so I had no choice but to keep hitting it.This group of guys followed all the way from Shaanxi to Nanyang, and some of them were diverted to the states and counties along the way, but most of them followed behind unswervingly, looking for opportunities to have enough food. There were more than [-] people along the way, that is, Said, he has to take care of more than [-] people to eat, but fortunately, Tudou is more competitive, otherwise he would have to cry and pass out in the toilet!
(End of this chapter)