The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 40

In the blink of an eye, it was July, and various reforms were proceeding in an orderly manner.A business center was established in Hengshan County, and various commercial firms in the pass bought land here to build shops and warehouses.The refugees in the Guan were also driven by the county government intentionally or unintentionally, and rushed to Hengshan County one after another. In just over a month, more than 2000 people have defected here. What makes Lin Yifan most happy is that the notice posted in the county town has had an effect. Many craftsmen and literate people who are unhappy in the county are willing to come to Hengshan County to try their luck, but none of the scholars are willing to come.There is also good news from the Bailongshan iron smelting field. With the efforts of Han Santie, the first blast furnace was finally built. much better.For this reason, Han Santie was so excited that he didn't care about rest, and immediately led people to start building the second blast furnace.Lin Yifan was also very excited about this news, not only went to watch it in person, but also gave Han Santie a lot of advice, asking him to strive to increase the amount of iron smelting to more than one thousand catties.The sweet potato planting industry in Tongshanzhai is in full swing, but the planting area is not very large. After all, it is impossible to have too many wild sweet potatoes, so we can only cultivate them artificially first, and then expand the planting amount next year.And under Lin Yifan's instruction, he found taro again.The construction of Heishui City is still in progress. With the joining of refugees, the construction of the city has been accelerated.Residential districts and commercial districts have been basically completed, and construction of industrial districts and administrative districts has begun.The surrounding fields have also become criss-crossed under the reclamation of the people. Although they cannot grow food, they can still grow vegetables or raise livestock.Fuhuzhai has established a series of mountain goods trading points such as logging camps, fur processing plants, and medicinal material purchasing stations.Shahu village has established a livestock area, where nearly a thousand cattle and sheep are raised.

Lin Yifan sat in the office and looked at the reports from various places. Various data showed that the development of Hengshan County was booming and changing with each passing day.Although the lives of the common people are not all well-off and well-off, at least they have no worries about food and clothing.The development of industry and commerce has absorbed most of the common people's employment, so that their daily livelihood has been settled.It's just that next year, the people will go back to farming, and the industry and commerce will face a labor shortage. At that time, the development of industry and commerce will inevitably be greatly affected. It seems that the absorption of refugees will continue.

At this moment, there was a sound of horseshoes outside the door, followed by a loud noise.Lin Yifan frowned, what's going on?

Just as he was about to get up and go out to have a look, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and saw Niu Dali supporting the blood-stained soldier who looked embarrassed and came to Lin Yifan.

Seeing this, Lin Yifan had a bad premonition in his heart, "What's the matter with you, why is your body covered in blood?"

The soldier told Lin Yifan that he couldn't control his emotions anymore, wept loudly, knelt down and shouted: "My lord, it's over, it's over."

Lin Yifan's face changed, what's the end?What went wrong? "What the hell happened. Tell me!"

Hearing this, the soldier remembered the business, quickly wiped away his tears, choked up and said: "My lord, I am a soldier of the Shahu Village Inspection Department. Two days ago, the Shahu Village was suddenly attacked by the enemy and fell. The brothers were defeated in battle and have already died in the line of duty. The humble officer was ordered by the inspector to come and report the enemy's situation to him. Please avenge the brothers!"

"What? The Shahu village fell, and the inspector was killed?" Lin Yifan was stunned, then his eyes turned black, and he couldn't stand steadily.Standing with force, eyes red, the loss this time is too great, it can be said that the five cottages are like five fingers, and now that the Shahu village has fallen, it is like being cut off a finger, which hurts deeply. "Tell me! Tell me what happened, who the enemy is, and how Shahu Village fell."

The soldier didn't dare to delay, quickly collected his emotions, and began to tell the scene at that time.It turned out that the enemy was sand bandits coming from the southwest of Shahu Village. There were thousands of them, and everyone rode horses.Under the sudden attack, the unsuspecting Shahu Village fell instantly.There were only less than a hundred people around Shahuzhai for inspection, and they were outnumbered. After a fierce battle, they finally died in the line of duty.

"Damn it!" Lin Yifan slapped the table heavily, his face extremely gloomy, "I knew I shouldn't have let them go so easily, they must have led the sand robbers here to take revenge, it must be." At this moment, he had already thought of it The fall of Shahu Village must have something to do with Firefox and Wolf King who escaped during the suppression of the bandits.

"This matter must not be tolerated like this. Since you dare to provoke me, then don't blame me for killing them all." Lin Yifan raised his eyes full of tyranny, and said coldly: "Dali, tell County Captain Luo to gather all the county soldiers and come here gather."

Niu Dali heard what Lin Yifan wanted to do, he couldn't help grinning, and shouted excitedly: "Yes!"

Soon, after Luo Yi learned the news of the fall of Shahu Village, he immediately summoned five hundred county soldiers and rushed to the county government.

"My lord, my subordinates have assembled the [-] county soldiers and cavalry under my command, please show me!" Luo Yi, who was in armor, walked up with a tiger's pace, and cupped his hands.

"Lieutenant Luo County, you must know the situation in Shahu Village, right?" Lin Yifan's face was very ugly, and he went straight to the point when he opened his mouth.

Luo Yi nodded, and said loudly: "This subordinate is willing to lead five hundred cavalry to hunt down and kill the intruders."

"There are thousands of people on the other side, and we only have five hundred. Can we be sure to win?"

Luo Yi raised his mouth slightly, and said proudly: "Don't worry, my lord, now all of our five hundred cavalry are well-equipped and well-trained. After three months of training, they are no longer recruits at that time. Don't say it's thousands of mobs. Compared with the imperial court frontier army, it is not much better."

"Okay!" Lin Yifan's eyes burst out with a strong killing intent, "Lieutenant Luo is a good soldier. Since this is the case, the military situation is urgent. Get ready. The army will follow me to wipe out the incoming enemies, and serve the generals and the people of Shahuzhai revenge!"

"Yes!" Luo Yi quickly took the order, suddenly felt that something was wrong, and said in shock, "My lord, do you want to go with the army?"

"That's right. I made a mistake when the Sand Pirates attacked this time. I shouldn't let Firefox and the Wolf King go easily. The Sand Pirates attack must have something to do with them. At the same time, there is still a need for people in the Sand Fox Village." Afterwards, now Mr. Liu is going to sit in Hengshan County, and Mr. Chen is going to preside over the affairs of Heishui City, and only the official can go to appease people's hearts."

"Okay then, this subordinate will go back to prepare food and grass, and wait for the expedition." Luo Yi thought for a while, and felt that with his current combat strength, there should be no danger for the adults to go out with the army, so he stopped being entangled.

Back at the county government office, Lin Yifan immediately summoned all the officials of the county government office to arrange matters for them to suppress the bandits. This time, not only five hundred iron cavalry, but also one thousand strong men will be conscripted to serve as the assistants of the county army's iron cavalry. Soldiers, on the one hand, transported food and grass, fed the horses, and on the other hand, they also charged into battle as infantry when necessary.With the increase in iron ore production and Hengshan's rich resources, even as an auxiliary soldier, there should be a lot of equipment, and the armament is no less than that of the regular army of the empire.

After preparing for half a day, Lin Yifan rode on a war horse, looked at the five hundred cavalry with gleaming armor and gleaming bows and knives behind him, feeling full of pride in his heart, this is the soldiers I built by myself, I will command them to trample all enemies who offend Hengshan.

"Let's go!" Without saying much, Lin Yifan shouted sharply.Immediately, the five hundred iron cavalry clanged, and the horses began to gallop under the urging of the cavalry. After a while, the sound of trampling horseshoes rolled up thousands of dust, and swept away with the momentum of shaking the mountains and rivers.Facing such elite soldiers, the merchants in Hengshan County looked shocked. They never thought that there would be such an elite army in this small Hengshan County?
After a day of rapid marching, the county soldiers and iron cavalry finally arrived at Heishui City. They did not rest in Heishui Village and rested for an hour.After a while, Chen Dengke came to meet Lin Yifan.And brought a bad news.After the Sand Pirates attacked Shahu Village, they did not leave, but began to attack Fuhu Village.Fortunately, the inspection of Fuhu Village has received the news, and quickly summoned all the villagers and common people to go into the village and stand firm with the sand bandits.It's just that one night has passed, and I don't know what the situation is now.In order to prevent the sand bandits from breaking through Fuhu Village and then invading Heishui City, Chen Dengke has ordered Heishui Village to inspect and recruit all the villagers to build a pass on the mountain road to the west to guard against the enemy's attack.And the people of Heishui City also knew about this, and they were already in panic.Fortunately, Lin Yifan arrived with his troops, finally reassuring everyone. "My lord, this bandit suppression must be dealt with cleanly and quickly, otherwise the hearts of the people will be in turmoil and Hengshan will be in trouble."

Lin Yifan was very anxious when he heard the words, if Fuhu Village was breached and the second of the five major villages would be destroyed, thousands of people would be in danger.What is even more frightening is that the people of Hengshan are afraid and flee, especially those new refugees, which will bring chaos to Hengshan. "Sir, this Black Water City will be handed over to you. No matter what, you must stabilize people's hearts. If anyone dares to make trouble, kill them!"

Chen Dengke's expression turned serious, and he said hastily: "Students must go all out and never let Hengshan have a riot."

Lin Yifan nodded, "It's not too late, County Captain Luo, immediately gather everyone and prepare to go."

"Don't worry, my lord! The subordinates believe that the terrain of Fuhu Village is easy to defend and difficult to attack, not to mention that the horse patrol has already prepared. If the sand bandits want to easily break into the fortress, I am afraid it will not be so easy. Therefore, the subordinates believe that Fuhu Village It’s still there, we still have time to go to the rescue.” Luo Yi stood up and analyzed calmly.

Lin Yifan heard the words and thought about it, and immediately felt that what Luo Yi said made sense. Since Fuhuzhai was safe for the time being, the whole army couldn't rush in like this. He had to plan well so that he would not be ambushed instead of rescue.After all, the attack of the Sand Pirates this time is related to the Firefox Wolf King. With their understanding of themselves, they must not underestimate the enemy this time.

"Well, Lieutenant Luo is right. Since Fuhuzhai is fine for the time being, let's hurry up and discuss how to deploy this strategy."

(End of this chapter)