Chapter 523: Crossroads, no matter how many people do, horse thief

The 40,000 acres of land owned by the Lu Prince Mansion was classified as a huge farm, and was managed according to the farm model of Lingshanwei and was not used as the target of dividing land. At the same time, the tenants of the Lu Prince Mansion were not used as the target of dividing land, but also according to the Tunding model of Lingshanwei Farm. Such a processing model was relatively easy for those tenants to accept. Anyway, they were passive and did not actively participate in the rebellion of Andongwei.

All other military households are allocated according to the standard of three acres of land for each person. According to Liu Hang's statistics, except for those tenants, there are always 110,000 military households above three feet tall, and a total of more than 300,000 mu of land are needed to allocate. If someone is unwilling to continue staying in Andongwei, he can apply for relocation to Laizhou Prefecture. Each family who relocates to Laizhou Prefecture can receive a settlement fee of three taels of silver.

The officers with a lot of land must split the fields under their name within a specified period of time, and the fields under each person's name cannot exceed fifty acres, otherwise they will be confiscated. Under Zhang Zhun's deterrence, the officers in the west of the city finally chose the path of compromise. They could not accept killing the Tartars and being suppressed. There was no way out, so they had to choose the only way out.

In fact, Zhang Zhun's Juntian Order gave these people a way out, and there was no need to resist to the end. Ordinary officers were all wives and concubines. As long as they distributed the fields under their names to their wives, children, and even relatives, they would never exceed the standard of fifty acres. In general, the meat was still rotten in their own pot. If they were suppressed by the Hu Ben Army because of this, it would be unworthy.

After these people surrendered, Liu Hang's work had no resistance. After Liu Hang's work was completed, the Hu Ben Army had established a firm foothold in Andongwei. Most of the military households still cared about their own fields after obtaining their own fields. After all, from then on, except for paying 40 kilograms of tax per acre of land, all other production belonged to their own. Three acres of land were not too much or too little. As long as you work harder and support yourself and your family, it should not be a problem.

The land reform of Andongwei caused shocks in the surrounding areas. Rizhao in the northeast, Juzhou in the north, and Ganyu in the southwest all had undercurrents to varying degrees. The most uneasy one was of course Yanzhou Prefecture in the west. It is said that Li Maofang, the governor of Yanzhou Prefecture, was anxious and angry when he learned that Zhang Zhun had controlled Andongwei. He immediately wrote several memorials and reported to the court, demanding that Zhang Zhun be dealt with seriously.

The Huaian Prefecture in the south is also very nervous. If the Andongwei incident affects Huaian Prefecture, it will be troublesome. The Huaian Prefecture's regime structure is quite special. The Governor's Office and the Governor of Fengyang are all here, so naturally it is not the turn of the Huaian Prefecture prefecture to make a comeback. The Minister of Revenue, Governor of the Grain Transport and Governor of Fengyang is Yang Yipeng. When Yang Yipeng received the news that Zhang Zhun appeared in Andongwei, he could only sigh helplessly, and then asked the staff to draft a memorial and request the court to deal with it.

Yang Yipeng and Zhang Shenyan had a very good relationship. After Zhang Shenyan became the prefect of Dengzhou Prefecture, the two had letters. Yang Yipeng knew a lot about the battle in Huangxian. He knew very well that it was impossible to fight Zhang Zhun with the strength of his army. Zhang Zhun actually used his inferior troops to deal with so many Tartars, and surrounded the two slave chiefs and Kong Youde in Dengzhou City. Yang Yipeng believed that he could not even have such wings.

However, Yang Yipeng was unwilling to allow Zhang Zhun to expand his territory without scrupulously and fan the flames everywhere. Yang Yipeng was very resistant to the "Junior Field Order". Because there were thousands of acres of land under his name. If Zhang Zhun was evenly divided, that would be fine? Since he could not defeat him and could not sit idly by, he had to ask the court to come forward and see if the court had any instructions.

The Qingzhou Prefecture in the north was even more strange. Well, it was strange that there was no reaction in Qingzhou Prefecture, as if it didn't know what was happening in the south. The newly appointed prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture naturally learned from Song Degang how powerful Zhang Zhun was. At this time, he would not emerge and make things boring. Anyway, Andongwei belongs to the garrison and is under the jurisdiction of Shandong Dusi, so there is no need to care about Qingzhou Prefecture.

As for the Shandong Dusi... I'm sorry, the Shandong Dusi Commander Lord Tian Wanyoutian has gone to Beijing, and it is said that he has returned to his ancestors. Lord Tian and his father-in-law Tian Hongyu are getting better and better. Since Lord Tian is not here, no one will deal with the matter of Andongwei. Everything will be discussed until Lord Tian comes back.

In addition, information shows that the horse thieves in Wulian Mountain have also made new moves. Chen Zhan and the other two were a little nervous about the horse thieves in Wulian Mountain. They didn’t know whether the Hu Ben Army could deal with these horse thieves. After all, at their level, it would be impossible to have a very good understanding of the Huangxian War.

Zhang Zhun suddenly said quietly: "Tomorrow, you follow me to the crossroads."

Chen Zhan and others were shocked and said in a lost voice: "Governor, you must not, you must not. You cannot go to that place on the crossroads, you cannot go!"

Zhang Zhun said curiously: "Why can't you go?"

Chen Zhan hurriedly said, "Sir, that Crossroad Town is a nest of horse thieves!"

Zhang Zhun frowned and said, "Horse thief's nest?"

Chen Zhan hurriedly explained.

It turned out that most of the horse thieves in Wulian Mountain were hiding near Cross Road Town. Originally, Cross Road Town was inhabited, but after the horse thieves controlled it, the original residents either became horse thieves, were killed by horse thieves, or escaped Cross Road Town. Over time, Cross Road Town became a horse thieves' nest. There are rumors that in Cross Road Town, there were at least two or three thousand horse thieves.

If the officers and soldiers come to encircle and suppress the enemy on a large scale, the horse thieves will leave the Crossroads and hide in other places. After the officers and soldiers leave, they will come back. The geographical location of Crossroads Town is not good, and a large number of officers and soldiers will not be able to be stationed there. After staying for a while, they must leave. Once the officers and soldiers leave, the place will become a nest of bandits. If the number of officers and soldiers is small, the horse thieves will still dare to ambush halfway, causing a lot of killing and injury to the officers and soldiers, forcing the officers and soldiers to retreat.

Crossroads, crossroads, mean that they are connected in all directions and can go in any direction. Horse thieves hiding here can go north to Juzhou, west to Linyi, Feixian, south to Ganyu, Haizhou, east to Rizhao, and Andongwei. It can be said that the sea is vast and the sky is free to advance and retreat. It is located at the junction of Qingzhou Prefecture and Yanzhou Prefecture, and it is also close to Huai'an Prefecture, which is a quarantine area. After suffering several losses, the officers and soldiers were too lazy to come.

Because the horse thieves on the crossroads were very rampant, people from the outside world gradually changed their brilliance when talking about the crossroads. The people of Andongwei did not dare to reclaim wasteland in the direction of Wulian Mountain, but were worried about encountering these brutal horse thieves. In fact, if there was no threat from the horse thieves, Andongwei would have no problem reclaiming hundreds of thousands of acres of wasteland.

After listening to Chen Zhan's introduction, Zhang Zhun frowned and said slowly: "The crossroads are actually a good place. It would be a pity if they were occupied by horse thieves for a long time. We must find a way to re-control the crossroads."

Zhao Sanming said strangely: "Do you know a good thing about the crossroads?"

Zhang Zhun nodded casually and said casually: "Well, I do have some understanding of Cross Road. Cross Road Town has a vast area and a large amount of arable land, which can be used as a supplement to Andongwei. The local mountainous areas are also very suitable for the development of a green economy. For example, the mountains around Cross Road Town are very suitable for planting peanuts and other crops."

From later generations, he did have an impression of this Cross Road town. Because it is Junan County, an old revolutionary base. Cross Road Town is the seat of the Junan County County Government in the future. When receiving patriotic education, Zhang Zhun spent a while in Junan County. During the Eight-year War of Resistance Against Japan, Junan was known as the "Little Yan'an of Shandong". Liu Shaoqi, Luo Ronghuan, Chen Yi, Gu Mu and other older generation proletarian revolutionaries worked and fought here. In August 1945, the Shandong Provincial Government, the first provincial government under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, was established in Dadian Town, Junan County, and the first youth league branch in Shandong Province was also established here.

Zhang Zhun still remembers some information about Junan County. Junan County is very rich in material resources and agricultural industrialization operations have begun to take shape. It has been proven that more than 30 minerals available for mining include gold, silver, iron, copper, barite, fluorite, alum stone, graphite, purple sandstone, dolomite, granite, quartz stone, etc., with high grade, large reserves, and easy to mine. Among them, barite and fluorite reserves are the highest in Shandong Province, graphite is rare in the province, with high-quality purple sandstone reserves more than 100 million cubic meters and granite reserves more than 1 billion cubic meters, and there are many varieties and good quality, which are very popular among domestic and foreign users.

Junan County has a semi-humid continental climate in the warm temperate monsoon area, suitable for crop growth, and is an important grain and oil production base in the country. In the 21st century, ten characteristic industries such as peanuts, yellow tobacco, mulberry silkworms, willow branches, vegetables, apples, chestnuts, tea, pigs, cattle, sheep and rabbit were established. Among them, peanut yields and total outputs ranked first and second in the country, and more than 300 agricultural industrial and commercial enterprises were established. The agricultural industrialization process has been continuously accelerated. It has been successively rated as a national commercial grain county, one of the top 100 counties in oil, fruits, and meat production, a peanut production base county, and a key county in the province of apple, mulberry silkworm, and tea production. It is China's "hometown of willow weaving", "hometown of peanuts", "hometown of chestnuts", "hometown of tea" and "hometown of stone carving art".

If you remember correctly, Junan County in later generations should have more than one million mu of arable land, as well as a large amount of graphite that may be used to make Minnie bombs, and high-quality quartz sand needed to make glass. If Cross Road Town can be included in the jurisdiction of Andongwei and vigorously reclaim land, the cultivated land of Cross Road Town alone can meet the needs of Andongwei.

At the same time, Zhang Zhun also attaches great importance to the geographical location of Cross Road Town. As I said just now, this is the junction of the two provinces and three prefectures, and the transportation is very superior. The garrison in Cross Road Town is very beneficial whether it is going north, south, or west. The Hu Ben Army wants to put pressure on Yanzhou Prefecture, and it is very necessary to station a battalion of troops in Cross Road Town.

Liu Xing frowned and said, "Governor, the horse thieves on the other side of the crossroads are really rampant. In the past, the government dispatched five thousand troops to eliminate all the horse thieves. Governor, your current army is less than a thousand, so I'm afraid..."

Zhang Zhun said lightly: "It's okay, I'm professionally dealing with horse thieves, and it doesn't matter if there is less force. Who of you goes with me on the crossroads? I need a guide."

Liu Xing raised his hand and said, "I'll go!"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said briefly: "Okay!"

He immediately made arrangements, and Yin Fengyi led an army with a military force to continue to guard Andong City, preventing attacks from horse thieves, and at the same time, he continued to ensure the deepening of land reform. Zhang Zhun himself, led an army with a military force and a sniper team around him to the Crossroad Town.

Zhang Zhun had no intention of concealing this operation. All preparations were made public and not kept confidential. Soon, the entire Andongcheng knew that Zhang Zhun was going to march towards the Crossroads. For a time, Andongwei's military households said everything. Most of the military households obviously had no hope for Zhang Zhun's operation. Some people even thought that Zhang Zhun took three or four hundred people to the Crossroads Town, which was simply to die. The horse thieves in Wulian Mountain would definitely not let Zhang Zhun come back safely.

On the morning of the tenth day of September, Zhang Zhun led the Hu Ben Army of more than 300 people to officially head towards the Cross Road Town. In the afternoon of the same day, they entered the Wulian Mountain area. From the terrain, Wulian Mountain has high mountains and dense forests, and the terrain is dangerous. The road is very narrow, and even a wheelbarrow is difficult to pass. Only horses can slowly wind. On both sides of the road, there are tall hills and dense forests. If horse thieves hide in it, they will not be able to find it on the road.

For safety reasons, Dugu Lie and others quietly explored the way in front. They took the vanguards and walked on the mountains on both sides to search for possible lurking horse thieves. However, strangely, Zhang Zhun did not encounter any horse thieves along the way. Until dusk, the sun set, the mountains became gloomy, and there was still no trace of horse thieves.

Liu Xing felt something was wrong and reminded Zhang Zhun uneasy: "Governor, the horse thief may be trying to lure us deeper."

Zhang Zhun said disapprovingly: "It's okay."

Liu Xing said with some concern: "Governor, what if we are surrounded by horse thieves on the crossroads..."

Zhang Zhun said casually: "Then let them surround me."

Liu Xing rolled his eyes and said nothing.

From Andongwei to Cross Road, most of them are rugged mountain roads. They go uphill and downhill, and bend around and go around. They will definitely not be able to walk in a day. In the evening, the Hu Ben Army camped in the mountains. The campgrounds chosen by Zhang Zhun were a bit special. They were surrounded by slopes, not too many trees, and their vision was relatively open. The soldiers cut down the few trees to camp, and there were no obstacles around them.

Liu Xing felt that his inner uneasiness was getting stronger and stronger. Such a camp was very easy to be attacked and surrounded by horse thieves. There were only 34 people around Zhang Zhun, but the horse thieves might dispatch thousands of people. Once surrounded by horse thieves, they had no danger to defend, and the situation would definitely be very bad. He hurriedly reminded Zhang Zhun: "Governor, we may be attacked by horse thieves when we camp here."

Zhang Zhun still said disapprovingly: "It's okay."

Liu Xing said anxiously: "Governor, this is not a joke."

He said that a few years ago, the officers and soldiers had encircled and suppressed the crossroads. A team of officers and soldiers, who also set out from Andongwei and camped in the mountains. As a result, that night, they were attacked by horse thieves. Hundreds of officers and soldiers were killed by horse thieves, and even the Qianshen in the team was killed.

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "I am the Grand Governor, and I am much better than Mr. Qian."

Liu Xing felt anxious and worried, but he didn't know what to say. He felt that Zhang Zhun's military knowledge was not as high as him. Camping in such a place was a dead end! I really don't know how Zhang Zhun got to where he is today.

Liu Mang next to him couldn't stand it and said, "Brother, don't worry, I can guarantee that the horse thief will die as much as he comes."

He is also a familiar person. His surname is Liu, and Liu Xing is also Liu, so he simply called him brother. Liu Mang didn't know what Zhang Zhun had to arrange a camp here, but he knew very well that Zhang Zhun must have his own reasons. If the horse thief came, he would have to be in trouble. Seeing that Liu Xing was so anxious, he couldn't help but let him in.

Unfortunately, Liu Xing was really nervous. Liu Mang's words could not relieve his uneasy. He said anxiously: "You don't know how powerful the horse thief is. The officers and soldiers brought over the tiger squat cannons. As a result, even the tiger squat cannons did not block the horse thief's attack."

Liu Mang shook his head and said, "What's the point of being a tiger with a bird-haired squatted cannon? Brother, go to bed obediently, don't let the governor see our jokes."

Liu Xing said anxiously: "You... the horse thief is coming, we are all going to be finished!"

He had a blushing face and thick neck, and he was really anxious.

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "Come on, Liu Mang, do your work, your brother is also kind."

Liu Mang said, "Brother, what's wrong, the governor is laughing at you!"

After saying that, he walked away with the Hu Ben gun on his back.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a dull gunshot came.

Zhang Zhun and Liu Mang subconsciously looked west. The gunshots came from there. If they were not mistaken, they should have shot. Since the lurking whistle fired, it must have been a horse thief.

Liu Xing's expression changed suddenly. He said that Cao Cao was here, but then he said that the horse thief would come. The horse thief was indeed here. It was over, it was over. In such a place without any danger, once they were surrounded and attacked by the horse thief, they would all be over.

"Sir, the horse thief is here, right in the west."

Sure enough, after a moment, Shangguan Shuigu, the head of the Minzi Camp team, came to report.

"Good come!"

"Liu Xing, let's go and have a look!"

Zhang Zhun said as if nothing had happened, then followed Shangguan Shuanggu and walked forward.
Chapter completed!