Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 251 Divine Arm Crossbow Drawing

The mountains are winding like giant dragons, majestic and majestic, traversing the sky and the earth, and their ends disappear into the distant sky.

Looking at the mountains from a distance, the peaks and peaks are connected together, like a majestic natural picture.

Chen Mo came to a hillside and looked at the sea of ​​clouds in the distance. Below the sea of ​​clouds, there was Linzhou.

According to what Geng Songfu told him at that time, if we want to grow stronger, after capturing Yuzhou, we should march towards Linzhou. If the situation changes by then, we can divide the river and conquer it, occupy a corner of the land, and then cross the river to attack Huaihe. Prefecture, if you retreat, you can go down to the east of the Yangtze River, and then go up the river and annex the entire south of the Yangtze River.

But when Chen Mo occupied the entire territory of Yuzhou and reported it to the imperial court instead of the Tianshi Army, he decided to break away from the Tianshi Army from this moment on and no longer follow Luo Guang's orders to march westward to the Longyou area. , attacking the land west of Hexi.

From now on, his three or four guards can be collectively called "Chen Army" or "Mo Army".

Sun Meng, Cui Shuang and others came forward. Cui Shuang, among them, looked at the great rivers and mountains and couldn't help but said: "Chen Shuai, now that we have the land of Qingyu and Qingzhou, we can fully establish ourselves as kings. There is no need to look at the Tianshi Army." Or maybe the court’s eyes are acting on it.”

Hearing this, even Sun Meng next to him couldn't help but get excited.

As a man, who doesn't have the idea of ​​claiming lordship or kingship.

King Huai and King Chong only controlled one state, but now Chen Shuai controlled two states, and he had the capital to become king.

"How do you feel about being king?" Xia Zhining shouted softly and said: "Back then, the Heavenly Master's army swept across the north, with millions of soldiers, but Luo Guang was not seen calling him king.

Xu Guozhong controlled the government, acted arbitrarily and coerced the emperor to order the princes, but he did not even see him granting himself the title of king. If Chen Shuai dares to claim the throne now, he will definitely attract attacks from many forces. "

"Zhining is right." Chen Mo tilted his head and glanced at Cui Shuang: "Captain Cui's recovery of Yuzhou this time can be considered a meritorious service. I won't blame you. This matter must not be mentioned again in the future."

Looking at Chen Mo's glance.

He felt that Chen Mo's eyes at this moment were just like the way the county magistrate looked at him when he first met him when he was a countryman.

Full of the aura of a superior person.

Even Chen Mo's gaze was even stronger.

After all, Chen Mo's current status was achieved by him fighting out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

"No." Cui Shuang lowered his eyes and shouted in response.

"Bring the map." Chen Mo stretched out his hand to Xia Zhining.

Xia Zhining brought a map and spread it on the ground, and gave Chen Mo a charcoal pen.

The longer she stayed with Chen Mo, the more Xia Zhining became more cooperative.

Chen Mo drew a circle with charcoal on a city named "Sanyuan".

This city is on the border of Yuzhou and closest to Linzhou.

Chen Mo said: "Sun Meng."

"The end will be here."

"Bring all the trapped guards and surrendered soldiers to Sanyuan for training." Chen Mo pointed to the location of Sanyuan on the map and said.

He planned to build a barracks in Miyuan, a school ground for military training, and a granary here.

In this way, when the soldiers are well trained, they can directly send troops to Linzhou.

"Wei Qing, Wen Heng."

"The end will be here."

"All the property seized from various counties these days will be transported to Longmen County, and rewards will be distributed later."

"promise."

After Wei Qing and Wen Heng agreed, they turned around and left.

"Wait a minute."

Chen Mo stopped the two of them and warned: "By the way, take all the big officials arrested from various counties to Longmen County, and announce to the whole state that they will be executed at the Longmen County court on June 10th." , to vent public anger.”

These days, when these dozens of cities were recovered, Chen Mo also asked Xia Zhining to investigate the evil people in these cities, such as which officials and wealthy families oppressed the people, making them want to spit on their flesh.

Then Chen Mo arrested these people again.

To the people of Yuzhou, Chen Mo's army was a stranger, and the people were afraid of Chen's army.

Therefore, if you want to build a good relationship with the people of Yuzhou and win over the people, the first thing you need to do is to eliminate the "enemies" in the hearts of the people and stand on a united front with them.

As long as their enemies are eliminated, they will become fond of you.

On the basis of your goodwill, you need to maintain local order, especially to stop your soldiers from oppressing the people and raping women.

As time goes by, the common people will be less wary of Chen Jun. Only by relaxing their wariness can they get closer to each other.

The most important thing after that is to distribute money and food, especially to compensate those people whose farmland was trampled or whose houses were damaged due to the war.

Chen Mo had just made a fortune and could afford all this.

Soon, the news of the execution of the powerful dog official in Longmen County on June 10th spread in the surrounding counties when Chen Mo and others were on their way back to Longmen County.

Chen Mo even invited some representatives from various counties, and invited them to go to Longmen County to watch with cars, money and food.

Yuzhou is mountainous, and there are mountains everywhere.

Chen Mo just arrived in Longmen County on June 8th.

He and his soldiers arrived first, Wei Qing and Wen Heng were still behind.

As soon as he returned to Longmen County, Zhang He, who was staying here, came to report, and Geng Songfu replied.

Geng Songfu sent a total of one hundred scribes and two hundred and two subordinate staff, and Lu Yuan and Su Wen led five hundred guards to escort them. They were on their way to Longmen County at the moment.

Geng Songfu also proposed a solution to Chen Mo's policy on how to govern Yuzhou.

Gather one group and suppress another group. For example, a yamen has a county magistrate and a county magistrate. Although the county magistrate has a lower official position than the county magistrate, the two are bound to each other, except of course those county magistrates who can control the army.

Therefore, according to Geng Songfu's suggestion, if the county magistrate or the county magistrate is a good official to the people, win over him; if the county magistrate is bad to the people, kill him.

For example, if the county magistrate is a dog official in a fish and meat village, but the county magistrate has a good reputation in the county, he can kill the county magistrate and promote the county magistrate to the county magistrate.

If the reputation of the county magistrate and the county magistrate are equally bad in the county, then both of them will be killed, and the subordinates with better reputations will be promoted to the chief executive or subordinate staff.

If the officials and subordinates of the county government are all the same, then promote the most influential person in the local area and send his confidants as his adjutants to act as a restraint.

Geng Songfu's suggestion simply made Chen Mo's eyes light up, and he kept praising the other person in his heart that he was really a talented person.

In addition to governance guidelines, Geng Songfu also gave suggestions on how to act next.

For example, Geng Songfu learned that Yuzhou has a history of hundreds of years of growing mulberry and raising silkworms. He could encourage local people to farm and raise silkworms, arrange for the army to farm, build roads and water conservancy, and ensure the supply of military food when attacking Linzhou.

Chen Mo arranged everything one by one.

At this moment, Xia Zhining walked over excitedly, holding a pile of scrolls in her hands, and said: "Asshole, look what I found?"

"What?" Chen Mo was stunned.

"Look at this." Xia Zhining opened a scroll and showed it to Chen Mo.

After Chen Mo took a look, he found that it was a drawing of a crossbow. It was very detailed. When his eyes moved to the line of red fonts under the drawing, he suddenly stood up and exclaimed: "God's Arm" crossbow!"

"That's right, it's the manufacturing blueprint for the Divine Arm Crossbow. It was found in the Longmen County Documents Library." Xia Zhining said and handed another scroll to Chen Mo.

Chen Mo quickly took it and checked it. This scroll was no longer a blueprint, but a document.

The magistrate of Jiaping County was asked to build a divine arm crossbow weapons workshop in Jiaping County to manufacture divine arm crossbows.

After reading it, Chen Mo was dumbfounded.

From this information, he could learn that Liang Song had asked the Jiaping County Magistrate to build a workshop in Jiaping County that could make divine arm crossbows.

As Liang Song's private army, the Xuanbao Cavalry is strong because everyone is equipped with a divine arm crossbow.

The cost of the Divine Arm Crossbow is extremely expensive, and the manufacturing method is also a secret.

But now he has obtained this undisclosed secret.

"But why didn't we find the Divine Arm Crossbow Workshop when we occupied Jiaping County before? The local magistrate didn't tell us about it either." Chen Mo asked doubtfully.

Xia Zhining handed another scroll to Chen Mo, and while Chen Mo was reading it, he said: "At that time, after Liang Song equipped all the Xuanbao riders with divine arm crossbows, he ordered the destruction of the divine arm crossbow workshop in Jiaping County. At that time, the workshop was built in secret, and only the previous Jiaping County Magistrate knew about it, and the current Jiaping County Magistrate had just taken office two years ago."

"I see." Chen Mo nodded and said immediately: "Liang Song has given me so many surprises. Now that we have the drawings, we can build another divine arm crossbow workshop."

Xia Zhining nodded and gave the remaining two scrolls to Chen Mo.

A scroll records the time and cost of building a divine arm crossbow.

According to the project, seven people made five crossbows in eight days and three people made 110 arrows in two days.

The crossbow has two crossbows and three hundred characters.

Another scroll contains methods for preparing the cavalry, and Liang Song's official seal is stamped on it.

After reading it, Chen Mo called him a good guy.

If you feel really sleepy, just use the pillow.

……

June th.

Under Chen Jun's publicity, the people of Longmen County walked out of their homes one after another and came to the execution ground, just to see with their own eyes the scene of corrupt officials and evil wealthy people being beheaded.

Because all the crimes of these people were published by Chen Moxuan, the people hated these people extremely after learning about it.

As time went by, more and more people gathered near the execution site, eventually forming a dark sea of ​​people.

As it approached noon, a burst of cheers suddenly broke out from the crowd.

"I'm coming."

Immediately afterwards, the dark crowd gave way to a path.

A pair of soldiers from the Chen Army's personal barracks wearing red and gold battle armor, carrying an intimidating aura, cleared the way ahead.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Mo rode on the snow dragon, followed by a group of cavalry.

From the rear, hundreds of prisoners were escorted by infantry.

As soon as the prisoners appeared, the people watching suddenly became excited, and countless people threw stones and rotten vegetables.

Each of the prisoners had their heads bruised and bloody, and they were grinning in pain.

Seeing this scene, the people watching cheered.

When Chen Mo saw this scene, a smile appeared on his face.

Before the execution, Chen Mo also deliberately read out their charges, just to make the people more angry.

As the heads of these prisoners were beheaded one by one, the people around them suddenly applauded and shouted.

"it is good."

"Good kill!"

"Chen Shuai is a good official."

"Master Qingtian!"

(End of this chapter)