The Nameless of the Common Clans

It was an early spring afternoon, the sun was warm on my body, the Chen and Cai residences in Anyi County had already started to prepare for the wedding, and the clear sound of the piano seemed to carry some joy and trepidation.

Accompanied by Zang Hong, Chen's mother met Cai Yong. For this great scholar of the time, Chen's mother showed enough respect. Her son could marry Cai Yong's daughter, which she would not dare to think of a few years ago. The only thing that made her a little awkward was that Cai Yan was remarried after all, although in this era, this was not something unacceptable, not to mention Cai Yan's background, which was enough to make people forget these minor flaws.

"In this case, Madam is also a descendant of officials." The marriage has basically been decided, but the date will have to wait until Chen Mo returns. Cai Yong is not surprised about Chen's mother's background. Chen Mo's knowledge can be attributed to his talent, but some of his cultivation is a habit cultivated since childhood, which is difficult for children from ordinary families to develop.

"It's a matter of our ancestors." Chen's mother shook her head.

"Mr. Bojie, you might as well stay in Anyi when you come here. I heard from Bodao that he wanted to open a school in Anyi. If Mr. Bojie can stay in Anyi, it will be a good thing for the village to stand in the world." Zang Hong knew that Chen's mother didn't want to talk about this, so he took over the topic with a smile.

"Now the court is in trouble, your majesty is young, Dong Zhuo..." Cai Yong shook his head and sighed: "After the court is stable, I will come naturally."

Zang Hong nodded and said no more. Just like Zang Hong himself could not abandon Zhang Chao because of Chen Mo, Cai Yong also had his own morality, which could not be forced.

The three had already discussed the marriage, and then they talked about local customs and customs. The atmosphere was relatively relaxed. When it was almost evening, the two of them declined Cai Yong's invitation and got up to return to Chen's house.

Although the war was less than a hundred miles away from here, it was difficult for most people living in Hedong to feel the atmosphere of war.

Spring plowing has arrived. It is a busy season for both the people who migrated from Luoyang and the people who originally lived in Hedong. The new manure promoted by Chen Mo last year was successful. This year, it will be promoted to the whole Anyi. Most people are looking forward to this year. This means that as long as there is no natural disaster this year, there will be a good harvest.

Chen Mo has left a copy of the method of making manure with Man Chong. This year, the county government will help make it in various counties instead of making it centrally like last year, but the method and ratio are still kept strictly confidential. Chen Mo naturally hopes that everyone in the world can have enough food and clothing, but in the current era of separatist princes, giving away this method is equivalent to aiding the enemy.

Chen Mo also knows that as time goes by, these things will be leaked sooner or later, but before that, it is still necessary to keep this secret as much as possible. It is naturally better to be a little later.

When they returned to the mansion, the sun had already set. Yun Si and Juan Er obediently served Chen's mother with meals and washing. As Chen Mo's concubine, Yun Si knew very well that she would not only be respectful to the upcoming wife in this family, but also to Chen Mo's mother.

Chen's mother did not deliberately make things difficult for Yun Si, but she would not really treat her as a daughter-in-law, especially since she had been with Chen Mo for two years but her belly was not moving, which made Chen's mother somewhat disappointed. Apart from that, she was quite satisfied.

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Compared to the leisure of Anyi, Chen Mo's side was naturally not as leisurely as Anyi. Although the troops of Yang County did not come, Xiangling and Pingyang had been out of the control of the Han Dynasty for a long time, and they followed the clan law. On the contrary, the court law had been respected for a long time. Now that the court law was re-activated, the contradictions and conflicts in it were enough to give people a headache for the constraints of the clan law.

Chen Mo was fine. He handed over the tasks to the right people. Although there were many things to do, he could always sort them out bit by bit. However, Cui Geng and Zhong Yun, as the executors, were very busy these days. They never thought that managing a county would be so difficult. You have to know that when they took over Hedong, they managed not just one or two counties, and they were not as tired as they are now.

In fact, the problems of Xiangling and Pingyang existed in all the counties in Hedong, but they were not as serious as here. This time, Chen Mo obviously wanted to completely clean up the two counties, so the force was a bit fierce. There was nothing big in the city. The real important thing was the villages outside the city. These days, the two of them mostly stayed outside the city and ran between the villages. In order to avoid trouble, each of them also brought a group of people with them.

There were many conflicts between clans and ordinary people, and between the migrated people and these clans. These things alone were enough to make people's heads swell, not to mention that they had to raise food and grass without interrupting farming. In terms of manpower allocation, women had to run to carry food and grass or go to the fields to work.

"My lord, it's done!" Dian Wei came to Chen Mo with a tired face and put down the Thousand Characters. He looked more tired than fighting a tough battle.

"It took you fifteen days to write the Thousand Characters ten times?" Chen Mo looked at Dian Wei's sleepy look, and felt a little angry and funny, especially the characters... Chen Mo felt that he could write better with his feet.

Dian Wei nodded gloomily. God knows what he has experienced in the past fifteen days. He has made up his mind to control his mouth in the future and try to speak less or not at all. Others can't do anything to him, but Chen Mo's way of torturing him makes him live a life worse than death.

"You are much older than me. Logically speaking, I shouldn't be the one to lecture you." Chen Mo read the bamboo slips seriously and said, "But since you joined the army and are now a general, you can't be unable to recognize words, right?"

"Lord, I will just stay with you as a guard. As long as you don't let me read and write, Dian Wei has nothing else to ask for." Dian Wei looked sad, and his face full of flesh looked a little aggrieved at this moment. .

"You!" Chen Mo was helpless and looked at the thousand-character text on the desk and said: "Well, if you can recognize these words, you can understand most things, and you are considered literate. Go back and prepare, follow me to Yang Check out the county.”

"Want to fight?" Dian Wei's eyes lit up.

"I can't say for sure." Chen Mo shook his head and said: "There has been some chaos in Yang County recently, but I'm not sure whether they will be attacked. Let's go to meet up with Gao Shun. It's best to capture Yang County without any blood. In this way, only It will be easier to deal with Xia Yong'an, let's go and meet Gao Shun."

Chen Mo didn't really want to fight. People would die in a war. This was his own territory. It would be best if he didn't fight.

"Here, I'm going to recruit people right now!" Dian Wei was instantly refreshed. Compared to studying and literacy, the battlefield was more suitable for him.

It’s hopeless!

Chen Mo shook his head helplessly, took off the Chengyuan Sword from the wall and hung it on his waist. Chen Mo didn't know much about the current situation in Yang County. Yang Feng now imitated the township defense he had done in Hedong, which now gave Chen Mo a headache. , it is difficult for scouts to infiltrate. It seems that Yang Feng is also a talent. It is a pity that the two allies Hu Cai and Li Le are holding him back. Otherwise, if Xiangling and Pingyang did the same thing at the beginning, Chen Mo would really I dare not say that I can conquer the second city so easily.

The teacher was right. There are many talented people in this world, and there are such people among the Baibo thieves. This somewhat made Chen Mo put away some of his pride.

Taking Dian Wei and two soldiers with him, Chen Mo left Xiangling in the afternoon and went all the way up the Fen River to the Wubao built by Gao Shun.

This Wubao was built by the country gentry before. However, after Chen Mo captured Xiangling, most of those who followed Hu Cai left. Gao Shun used the Wubao as the foundation and after some repairs and reinforcements, it is now regarded as one of the most powerful buildings between Xiangling and Yangxian. barriers between.

"In these days, people will be sent out to spy every day. As long as strangers are seen in those villages, they will immediately arrest them. It is difficult for our army's scouts to sneak in." In the Wubao, Gao Shun detailed the situation in the past few days to Chen Mo. After reading it once, he frowned and said: "It's hard to find out what the current situation in Yang County is. On the contrary, many scouts have been killed."

"Then let's test it out and send someone to order the clan in the countryside to return our soldiers with a letter of arrows. If the other party raises smoke, we will block the country road and lead our troops to set up an ambush along the way to intercept and kill the thieves' reinforcements." Chen Mo We already have countermeasures on how to break the joint defense of this village. There are not many cavalry among the Baibo thieves, and their mobility is not as good as that of the original. They can use this to set up an ambush. Just look at Yang Feng's reaction, and you can roughly know. What is the situation in Yang County?

"The last general also had this intention." Gao Shun said with a smile. This kind of siege and reinforcement strategy was often used by the barbarians, so it was appropriate to use it at this time.

There is no need for Chen Mo to go there personally. Gao Shun has already figured out the terrain in this area. After choosing the place for the ambush, Chen Mo asked Dian Wei to run to the villages to ask for people. If they don't give them, they will fight. The defense of the villages Naturally, it cannot be compared with a city.

Dian Wei yelled and cursed, and ordered people to shoot arrows. The heroes in the village did not dare to leave the camp, so they lit up the smoke and attracted a patrol of thousands of people nearby. Then they were ambushed by Gao Shun. They were defeated and the remaining soldiers fled back. After arriving at Yang County and repelling three groups of Baibo thieves who came for reinforcements, Gao Shun just called Dian Wei to withdraw.

"Lord, they have reinforcements. Is there no civil strife?" Dian Wei handed the token to Chen Mo and asked.

"The three troops should be the ones patrolling around." Chen Mo shook his head, looked at Gao Shun and said, "What do you think, General Gao?"

"There are at least 30,000 soldiers and horses in Yang County. Apart from these three thousand-man troops, there are no reinforcements today. I am afraid that as my lord said, there has been a gap among Yang Feng and the others!" Gao Shun thought and said, "It's just that if our army sends troops at this time, the three of them will definitely join forces. I think it's better to wait and see for the time being."

Chen Mo nodded and said: "But it won't take a few days. In these days, you can only send a small number of troops to harass the villages and make their patrolling troops exhausted. The two hundred Xiongnu soldiers I brought this time are just for use."

"The last general takes command!"