As a former bureaucrat, Yun Zhao knows that for things that are beyond his control, he must be open-minded and trust his partners. They can overcome obstacles and complete the mission, and you just need to wait for their victorious return.
Of course, if something fails, you are still the first person responsible. After blaming yourself, you will deal with your subordinates when you need to deal with them, and comfort your subordinates when you need to comfort them. It depends on the situation.
Until now, Yun Zhao does not think that he needs to be responsible to other superiors, whether it is Hong Chengchou or Zhang Lili.
This snowfall was heavy, completely beyond Yun Zhao’s imagination. When he went out at noon, the snow on the ground was already a foot thick.
Of course, this is entirely related to the fact that Yunshi Zhuangzi is too close to Yushan. The snow on the plains in the distance is not so heavy, but the sky and the earth are still white.
A snowfall can completely solve the moisture problem in Yunshi Zhuangzi. However, whether the moisture situation in the rest of Lantian County will improve still needs to be reported by the local government.
There were many people living in Yun's pigsty, and seven or eight people huddled in the pigsty holding four pigs to keep warm.
When the leading woman raised her head and smiled guiltily at Yun Zhao with her black teeth exposed, Yun Zhao's heart almost broke.
"Keep an eye on the pigs and get some more wheat straw!"
Yun Zhao gave a hurried order and ran away...
Hong Chengchou was sitting there In the big tent, a leg of lamb was stabbed with a dagger and grilled thinly over the brazier.
When one layer is cooked, use a dagger to peel off one layer and eat it. This process has been going on for a long time.
He was the only one in the huge Chinese army tent, with a focused and serious expression.
Occasionally, one or two sounds of begging for mercy were sent out from the valley by the mountain wind, but fell on Hong Chengchou's ears without any effect.
When Hong Shui He Shen pushed Liang He open the curtain of the big tent and came in, he turned into a snowman, with ice skates on his beard, which was indescribably weird.
"Report to the Governor, three thousand people have been beheaded."
Hong Chengchou pointed to the brazier without raising his head and signaled Liang He to come over and warm himself up.
Liang He saw that there was mutton on the plate on the table, so he took out his dagger and stuck a piece of it into it. He followed Hong Chengchou's example and grilled the meat over the fire.
Hong Chengchou handed the freshly roasted leg of lamb to Liang He, and took the dagger from Liang He to continue the barbecue.
“This heavy snow has helped us a lot, and it has also helped the pig a lot. I don’t know if this is my luck or his luck.”
Liang He said with a smile: "Of course it's the governor's blessing. The general never thought that this heavy snow would be our help. It blocked the entrance of the canyon tightly overnight, making these thieves become the turtles in the jar. !"
Hong Chengchou looked up at Liang He and said, "I said before that I would kill three thousand old thieves, just to calm down the surrender and prevent them from making noise.
Now that all the old thieves have been killed, let’s kill the remaining 3,000 people together! The thieves who fall into my hands will never survive. ”
Liang He chuckled, put down the half-eaten leg of lamb, and left the tent. After roaring, he returned to the military tent.
He continued to eat two mouthfuls of the leg of lamb. Seeing that Hong Chengchou was not happy at all, he asked in confusion: "The commander-in-chief has won the battle, why is he still frowning?
Hong Chengchou pointed to the white snow outside the big tent and said: "Success is a heavy snow, failure is a heavy snow." This snow helped my army to successfully suppress the bandits, but it also blocked the way of my army.
Suppressing thieves is only a military achievement. Soldiers who fight bloody battles must gain some benefits, so that they will follow their officers and continue fighting.
Now, we have wiped out the thieves, but their mountain stronghold is blocked by heavy snow on the other side, and mountains of money and food have been divided up by the remaining thieves. What should we do?
Liang He suddenly raised his head and roared: "This is absolutely impossible. Those surrendered prisoners are still useful. I will use them to dig the mountain road. Governor, temporarily spare the lives of these thieves. In the end, the general Let’s make arrangements now! "
Hong Chengchou watched Liang He leave. Seeing that the surface of the mutton on hand was edible, he cut it off with a dagger, added refined salt, and while eating, he said: "If you are incompetent, you can't blame me." ”
After eating the mutton, Hong Chengchou put on his big cloak and went out of the big tent. Looking as far as the eye could see, the sky and the earth were vast.
There were corpses lying in the ditch, almost filling the ditch. , the mountain wind blew away the white snow on the corpses, revealing gray-blue faces with ferocious looks...
Hong Chengchou looked down at a grinning face with chipped teeth and said softly: "May you live in the next life. Continue to be a bandit so that someone can kill you again! ”
The corpse could not answer, and was immediately covered with snow.
Hong Chengchou spread his hands, and in an instant his palms were covered with snowflakes, some melted by his body temperature, and some But he stubbornly remained intact.
Until his hands were soaked by the cold, layers of snowflakes covered his hands like layers of white silk.
On a snowy day, it got dark very quickly, and soon I couldn't see my fingers.
Hong Chengchou was half lying and half leaning on the bed like a poet living abroad, with a lone lamp beside him and a scroll in his hand. Books, a thick quilt covering the waist and abdomen, white snow falling outside the big tent, and a lone wolf howling...
Mr. Xu’s big yellow dog howled all night, Yun Zhao gave It didn't help to cover it with a blanket. This guy would scream whenever he heard the wind.
One night, the Yunjiazhuang was in a mess, with the sound of people and horses moving around everywhere, and there was no sound all night. Peace.
Yunjiao came back, but Yunfu and Yunhu did not come back. He brought gold and silver, and some heavy grains could only be walked on the main road, and the main road was blocked by heavy snow. It would take a few days to come back.
After welcoming this group of heroes, Yun Zhao went back to his room to sleep. Mr. Xu was not here.Then he brought the big yellow dog into the house.
At this moment, the value of gold, silver and jewelry has been reduced to the lowest level by the famine, and Yun Zhao has little interest in these things.
All he could think about at this time was food! food!
The spring of the third year of Chongzhen was a strange year. Even money could not be exchanged for food...especially large quantities of food.
The southeast is still prosperous, with merchants coming and going in an endless stream, and the market is particularly prosperous because of the turmoil in the northwest.
This can easily remind people of the four cruel words "returning to the light".
A heavy snow completely wiped out the spring weather that had just happened. Yun Zhao was very satisfied. In order to store water, he hoped that the snow could fall heavier, at least to all reservoirs. , the ponds are filled with water.
As for the original intention of the matter, he no longer cares. Spring sowing is not a problem. This has passed the first threshold and can be explained to the people of Lantian County.
The wealth that Yunjiao brought back was very rich, from ancient jades and bronze tripods to countless gold ingots, silver ingots and copper coins.
"Other people can become so rich by being bandits, how come our family can't even afford food by being bandits?"
Yun Zhao has long been puzzled by this. Yes, I was afraid of hurting people's hearts by saying it, so I held back.
Now that I have obtained so much treasure, I can naturally take it out and ask questions.
"We are actually very profitable!"
Yunjiao screamed loudly.
"In the family rules, it is clearly written that thirteen things are not to be taken away! The old and the weak, women and children are not to be taken away from them, monks, filial sons are not to be taken away from them, and the ministers who guard the house..."
After listening to Yun Jiao After the introduction, Yun Zhao suddenly felt that it was not easy for Yun Meng and the others to maintain the village until now.
The treasures and jades were all sent to the back house, and gold, silver, copper coins, including bronze tripods were sent to the warehouse.
Yun Zhao glanced at the accountant who once called him a prodigal, and found that this old minister of the Yun family had already been so happy that he almost went crazy.
When Yun Zhao took the jade Ruyi and the jade pendant from the warehouse, he almost snatched them from the old gentleman's hands.
"Young master, open your eyes. This is a Shang tripod. There are eighty-seven inscriptions on it. It is a real good thing.
There are also these hanging jade beads and this half tiger talisman. , They are all rare treasures!"
Yun Zhao inspected the trophies roughly and hurried to Yun Jiao's room.
Yunjiao's swarthy nose is constantly dripping water... This is a symptom of the nose being frozen and melting.
"More than six hundred of us died..."
Yun Zhao sighed and stopped what Yun Jiao was about to say.
He already knew the battle losses last night. What Yunjiao said was not complete. More than 600 people died during the attack on Jinsi Gorge, and 700 people returned to Lantian County on the mountain road carrying their belongings. In the middle, thirty-eight people froze to death.
As many as fourteen animals fell into the cliff.
Yun Zhao didn’t know how Yun Jiao led these 700 people back through the nearly 400-mile mountain road in the heavy snow.
This process will not be easy.
"How much food does the melon-backed king Chen Gun have at home?"
"There are too many to count!"
"Eh? So powerful?"
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"Yes, our Yun family just became the county magistrate this year. Chen Gun, the melon-backing king, killed the county magistrate himself and served as our deputy for four years."