The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Zheng Chao'er led the troops to surround Sanming County, trying to trap the soldiers and horses of the Taiwan government led by Jarvis to death.I thought that I would be stuck for a few days without talking, and the enemy camp would send me a letter, but I didn't know that I got the letter on the first day.And it came in a weird way.

This morning, Zheng Chao'er led his men to practice for a while, when suddenly some soldiers pointed at Sanming City and yelled.I saw a huge ball rising from the city gate, and it seemed that there was a basket hanging from the bottom, and there was a person in the basket.The sphere rose extremely high, drifted slowly, and came towards Zheng Ying.The soldiers were in an uproar.

The ball gradually floated over Zheng Ying, and when everyone looked up, they could see a man wearing Taiwan government armor sitting inside.The general shouted, "Shoot the arrows!" Dozens of archers took aim at the basket, and there was a shower of arrows "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh," but none of them could hit it—they flew too high.The man in the basket took something from under his feet, stuck it out of the basket, and put his hands away!I saw a black idea falling from the sky and gradually enlarged into a black mass.

Seeing that the black group was about to fall, Zheng Chao'er shouted: "Get out of the way!" Everyone scattered to avoid it.Hearing a "plop", the object hit the ground.A soldier stepped forward to see that it was a green-skinned bundle, which had been broken.Inside was a ball of ordinary green cloth, but a letter was wrapped in the green cloth.The personal soldiers were hurriedly handed over to the commander-in-chief.

Zheng Chao'er opened the letter and glanced at it for the first time, and secretly praised "good words!"

This letter is only a few pens. "My junior, Mr. Lin, is the commander-in-chief of Fujian Province, Mr. Zheng. A city within three miles and a country within seven miles are invincible if you attack them in a circle. The location is not as good as the craftsman. If I don't throw this book away, I will replace it with iron mines, arrows, and arrows. Fire, gun bullets, or pouring clear oil and firing rockets, what should I do? I hope the general will remember the common people, and don't disturb his livelihood sooner or later. I will worship again."

Zheng Chao'er suddenly felt a coolness from Tianling Gai go straight to the soles of his feet!when?When there is death but no life, there is defeat but no victory.Looking up at the ball again, it was slowly flying back towards Sanming.It was obvious that this person was just here to deliver a letter, the military adviser surnamed Lin really just wanted to make him understand.Not only can I beat him, but I can hit a stone with an egg.It's just that the words in the letter are arrogant and unsatisfactory.After standing up for half a cup of tea, he gritted his teeth and said, "Remember the people! It's the old man who disturbs the people!" Then he sighed dejectedly.

Zheng Chao'er was so bored that he didn't even eat lunch, so he just sat in the tent.He sat until the sun gradually turned to the west, finally stood up, and ordered people to change clothes and prepare horses.He didn't wear any armor, just wearing homely arrow sleeves and a scarf, and left the camp alone.

When we arrived at the gate of Sanming City, a soldier guarding the gate poked his head out and asked, "Is the general going to enter the city?"

"That's right." Zheng Chao'er arched his hands, "Please open the door, brother."

"Wait a while, general, come here."

Not long after, there was a sound of "squeak" at the city gate, and the two doors were opened wide. Jia Jun lined up on both sides: "Welcome General Zheng!" The horse entered the city and said, "I want to see your army division Lin." The leader of the gate guard sent a soldier to lead the way and led him all the way to the magistrate's yamen.

There are also two rows of soldiers at the gate of the county government office, standing like pines and cypresses.The soldier leading the way compared his right hand vigorously between his eyebrows, and the two rows of soldiers compared each other neatly, and Zheng Chao'er thought about what kind of gift it should be.The leader said to an officer in front of the door: "General Zheng Chao'er, the general soldier of Fujian, wants to see Junshi Lin, and his subordinates are ordered to lead the way." They bowed to each other and went back.

Zheng Chao'er then followed him to the county government office.When he arrived outside the main hall of Houya, the soldier shouted, "report!" Someone inside said, "come in." The soldier said to Zheng Chao'er, "please wait a moment, general Zheng."

I heard him say loudly in the hall: "General Zheng Chao'er, the general soldier of Fujian, is asking to see Junjun Lin outside the door." Zheng Chao'er couldn't help holding his breath.

A clear female voice said inside, "Please come in quickly."

Zheng Chao'er frowned, why are there women in their camp?The soldier had already come out, and saluted with his right hand: "General Zheng, my military advisor invites you in." Immediately he remembered something, and clasped his fists again, "General Zheng, the military advisor invites you in."

Zheng Chao'er asked: "Did you compare your hand between your eyebrows just now?"

"Military salute." The soldier said, "It's a salute between soldiers in our army. Just now I forgot that General Zheng is not a member of our army. I made a wrong salute. I hope General Haihan." Zheng Chao'er's heart moved, and he also cupped his hands, and followed He went in.

Glancing at the door, I saw seven or eight young people sitting in the room, with two chairs in the middle; Jarvis sat at the bottom, and a young man in a moon-white Confucian robe sat on the top, who must be the military commander Lin .Just no women.He was wondering where the female voice came from just now, and all the young people in the room stood up and clasped their fists in unison: "General Zheng!"

Zheng Chao'er hurriedly formed a group bow: "Generals." Then he clasped his fists at the young Confucian scholar, "This must be Junshi Lin, he is very clever." While looking at his appearance, he secretly praised Nanping County Magistrate's words. .This Lin Junshi is a hundred times more beautiful than ordinary women, but he is majestic and aggressive, which makes people forget to pay attention to his appearance.

The young man returned the salute lightly: "This junior has offended you." His voice was like a yellow warbler coming out of the valley, obviously it was a woman, it was the female voice he heard outside the door just now.

Zheng Chao'er was immediately stunned!Half a day Fang pointed at her: "You...you...are you a woman?"

Junshi Lin smiled: "Exactly."

Zheng Chao'er blurted out: "How can a woman be a military advisor?"

Junshi Lin said crisply: "Because the junior leader has never lost."

Zheng Chao'er choked, at this moment he remembered that the soldier who brought him in really said "Military division invites you in".Feeling anxious, he said to Jarvis: "Isn't General Jia also good at using troops? That year in Lingnan, he defeated 1000 mountain bandits with [-] troops, and he used his troops like a god."

Jarvis clasped his fists and said, "Junshi Lin is the one scheduled for that day."

A young general next to him laughed and said, "Why do serious court officers and soldiers become bandits?"

Another said: "It's the name of the bandit."

Zheng Chaoer gasped.This little girl was only eighteen or nineteen, how old was she then?After staying for another half day, he shook his head and said, "I don't want to be defeated by a woman."

Another general in the room said: "General Zheng, don't be aggrieved, you are not alone."

Junshi Lin smiled and invited him to sit on the top chair at the top of the guest seat.Zheng Chao'er looked at her, moved to sit, Junshi Lin and Jarvis sat down one after another, and the rest took their seats one after another.He called for tea again.Zheng Chao'er thought for a while: Since this woman has never been defeated in a battle, it is inevitable that someone in the army will obey her.

He hadn't figured out how to speak, Lin Junshi first said: "Master Zheng is here, I think he understands the meaning of this junior."

Zheng Chao'er's face was slightly red: "Your army has many firearms and foreign objects, and this old man is not an opponent."

Junshi Lin said: "In troubled times, you can't live without soldiers, because you don't know how long you can live in a stable life. Therefore, the Taiwan government has to step up military training to prepare for emergencies. And the island is sparsely populated and deserted everywhere. If a young man Everyone has come to serve in the army, so no one is farming. Mr. Jia has no choice. As the saying goes, the homeland is hard to leave. If not, who would be willing to leave their hometown? Although some poor people cross the sea to open up wasteland, they are all without food and clothing. In the event of a natural disaster, these are probably the first to starve to death. After all, there are still many people who miss their hometown. Taiwan is not big, but there is only so much land to open up, and it will be finished in a few years."

Zheng Chao'er said: "According to Junshi Lin, what should Fujian do? It's hard to find tenant farmers now."

Lin Junshi said: "The so-called tenant farmers are those who can farm the land themselves, but because their families are poor and have no land, they rent other people's land to grow and give some rent. That's right."

"good."

Lin Junshi said: "Everyone values ​​profit, and everyone is nostalgic for the past. The tenant farmers have worked hard for a year in spring plowing, summer harvesting and autumn harvesting. If they can save more food for themselves, it is a place of habit and acquainted neighbors, so they probably don't bother. I ran to open up wasteland. After all, opening up wasteland is extremely hard."

Zheng Chao'er said silently for a moment: "Now the rents of many Zhuangzi in Fujian have been reduced."

"Then the rent is not enough." Junshi Lin said with a smile, "If you don't want to pay more rent, you can work hard to cultivate yourself, wouldn't it be good? An old poem says that there is no idle land in the world, and farmers still starve to death. Rich and poor It’s not good to be too divided.”

Although Zheng Chao'er didn't quite understand what she said later, she also knew that there was no solution to this matter.The government of Taiwan needs people, and if they don't attract some from outside the island, there will be no one to farm the land and no one to serve as soldiers.Now it is obvious that others are stronger than themselves.After thinking for a moment, he said again: "Master Jia's strategy is obviously to gouge out the flesh of Fujian. He has no one to open up wasteland, he only needs to find some good people without land, why accept escaped slaves."

Lin Junshi said: "Lord Jia did not sincerely accept the fugitive slaves. In fact, many good people have no way to lead. Master Zheng must also know that there are all kinds of officials under Lord Huang's rule. Besides, if a beggar suddenly has hope and wants to cross the sea Isn’t it good to open up wasteland? Where can he get a guide?”

Zheng Chao'er said: "The incident between tenant farmers and escaped slaves has intensified, causing dissatisfaction among many people. Princess Jin's natal family is from Fujian, and there are slaves in their family who fled across the sea."

Junshi Lin said with a smile: "Your Majesty Zheng, don't worry. King Jin is cautious by nature and will not use weapons rashly. If Princess Jin's natal family feels that they are short of money when they stay in Fujian, they will sell Zhuangzi and take the money and go to Jin to join their son-in-law. You don’t have to worry about no one buying it, it’s cheaper to sell it.”

Zheng Chao'er immediately said: "Junshi Lin doesn't take King Jin seriously?"

Lin Junshi wondered: "The younger generation is telling the truth, so why don't you take King Jin seriously?"

Zheng Chao'er said: "The Zhuangzi, whose mother's family can earn thousands of silver taels a month, suddenly has to lower the rent. How can Princess Jin be happy?"

Lin Junshi said: "What does it have to do with the King of Jin? The family of wives is just the family of wives after all. The Yue family of the King of Jin wants to fight for the power of the King of Jin through the mountains and rivers, unless others are jealous of their son-in-law and avoid them. In fact, it is only a matter of thinking about it for a while. It doesn't matter if you know." She smiled lightly, "Even if King Jin wanted to send troops, he would not go south. Not to mention that King Yan and King Chu would not give way to him, even if he would, he beat Fujian can What good do you get?"

Zheng Chao'er said: "Why did he attack Fujian? I'm afraid he will attack Taiwan."

Junshi Lin smiled brightly: "If General Zheng can persuade the King of Jin to attack Taiwan, I will thank you in advance." Zheng Chao'er was taken aback for a moment.She said, "This way, I have practiced siege and defense, but I have never practiced island attack and defense."

"This..." Did she use Fujian and King Jin as training grounds?Immediately he smiled wryly, "Mr. Lin has never practiced this before."

Junshi Lin said: "To be honest, this is the first time that hot air balloons have been used on the battlefield today. We have always used them for transporting luggage. Because the general was besieging the city, we suddenly thought of this usage. If there hadn't been this experience I’m afraid I’ve never thought of going to this section.” She smiled, “Sure enough, working behind closed doors is different from actual combat.”

Zheng Chao'er couldn't help but laugh: "You really don't save face for this old man."

Junshi Lin said: "General Zheng didn't lose to the younger generation, but just lost to utensils."

Zheng Chao'er waved his hands, thought for a moment and then cupped his fists and said, "Master Lin Jun is as intelligent as a man of heaven, can you give Fujian an idea, how to prevent escaped slaves?"

Junshi Lin said: "Han Yu said that if things are not equal, they will cry. If the master treats the slaves better, they will seldom want to escape. If you really don't want to stay, let them redeem themselves."

Zheng Chao'er frowned and said, "Since they are slaves, how can they let them do it?"

Lin Junshi said: "There are few masters but many slaves. People's hearts are free, just like flowers and trees facing the sun. Hard times can't be trapped. However, there are many people who like to be slaves. Treat those who like to be slaves well, and let those who don't like to be slaves Isn’t self-redemption better than losing money for nothing?”

"You!" Zheng Chao'er was a little annoyed, "Are you robbing someone?"

Lin Junshi said: "We are just using profit to lure people. Mr. Huang and Mr. Zheng can also think of other ways to keep people. Wouldn't it be good for each to rely on his own ability?"

Zheng Chao'er knew that they were unwilling to give in, and said with a sullen face: "To lure people with money, but to lure slaves to escape, how is it different from robbery?"

"If we want to rob the population, we only need to use long guns to force the people of a village to board the boat and force them to be transported to the island." Junshi Lin said with a smile. General, what should you do if you encounter robbers?"

Zheng Chao'er just wanted to say "fight", but suddenly remembered that it was not enough to beat others from home; ordinary people would "report to officials" when they encountered robbery, and after reporting to officials, they would suppress bandits, and to suppress bandits was "fight", and they could not beat others by themselves.This Junshi Lin is telling the truth.Even if they rob, relying on Fujian's current strength, there is nothing they can do.

Junshi Lin said again: "After all, Mr. Jia comes from a famous family. He will not do the thing of driving away the people with swords and soldiers. Fujian has a favorable geographical location. If you want to keep people, there are many ways. It just depends on whether you are willing to part with some self-interest. The people and the slaves are better."

Even though Zheng Chao'er's family is a rich man and his temperament is not stingy, he would not be willing to give up his own population and money for nothing.At first he met Jia Jun several times without hurting him, he just thought he could make some sense, but now it seems that they have no reason at all.Lin Junshi's beauty is rare in the world, but Zheng Chao'er didn't find it pleasing to the eye at this moment.Nai squeezed his fist and said meanly: "Junshi Lin is not young anymore, won't you marry?"

Junshi Lin lowered his eyebrows and smiled: "The past two years have been too busy to think about it."

Zheng Chao'er sneered and said, "Who will marry you if you entered the military camp as a woman?"

Jarvis, who was sitting by the side without making a sound, said casually, "Me."