Chapter 15 Counting 1
After repeated guidance from Nguyen Phuc Ah Jiang, the plan to build a new manor was grandly launched. Nguyen Phuc is not short of money, but the location of the manor is a bit troublesome. Nguyen Phuc Ah Jiang hopes to live by the river, and Qushui River in the south of the Zuo Jiang in the eastern part of Lang Sang Mansion meets this condition. However, Qushui River was quickly crossed out because it was too close to Teng Long Mansion, and for the former princess, this location was too sensitive.
Zuo Jiang's only choice was a headache for Ruan Phuc Bao. The banks of Zuo Jiang in the Northern Vietnamese were basically occupied by the Daiyi tribe and the Qixi Nong tribe of Lang Shan Prefecture. These two tribes are local tyrants. Not only are they large and powerful, they have close ties with the imperial court bosses, but they also have large clan soldiers. The Daiyi tribe even pretended to be a descendant of Nong Zhigao and named the clan soldiers Guangyuan Army.
For the prefect who controls one side, someone in the territory can establish an army without authorization, and no one can allow it. However, after Guangyuan's army has become so many years, Nguyen Phu Bao can only endure it except to endure it. This shows that the Daiyi tribe has strong power and stable backings, and with the strength in Nguyen Phu Bao, he cannot eat this bone.
If you want to build a manor for your sister on Zuojiang, you must have to get the land from the Daiyi tribe. Simply speaking, the Daiyi tribe has not taken him as the prefect seriously for many years, so you know how arduous this task is. It would be strange if Ruan Phuc doesn’t have a headache!
Nong Xiaogao went into the inner hall to meet the prefect. After giving the gift, he directly told the request of renting a military ship. Nguyen Phuc Bao was happy. Unexpectedly, someone gave him a pillow just after dozing off. It seemed that his sister's manor was settled. Nguyen Phuc Bao was very enthusiastic about Nguyen Phuc Bao's needs. The two discussed for a long time. Nguyen Phuc Bao said that he needed to consider sending Nguyen Phuc. After Nguyen Phuc Bao left, Nguyen Phuc called the master to give him a face-to-face message and let him do this and this.
Nong Xiaogao was prepared for the prefect's hot first and then cold first. He knew that over the years he had offended the prefect, and it was not easy to achieve the goal easily. In the following days, Nong Xiaogao attacked, not only to report to the prefect's office every day, but also fired sugar-coated shells at the officials under the prefect's office, not asking them to say good things in front of the prefect, but just hoped that they would not block the way.
In early September, Nong Xiaogao invited a banquet for a group of officials of Lang Sang Prefecture. When he was drinking, he heard the prefect's master telling a gossip. The former Princess Ping'an and the prefect's sister wanted to build a manor in Zuojiang, but unfortunately the better land in Zuojiang was bought. The prefect was worried about this matter. Nong Xiaogao was intoxicated by the wine. After a little thought, he knew that this was the condition offered by the prefect. If the prefect's request was met, the warship would naturally be easy to discuss.
A few days later, Nong Xiaogao took a land deed to the prefect and set off three thousand acres of paddy fields near Zhennan Pass in Zuojiang as a thank-you gift for borrowing a boat. The barbarian was a barbarian, and he explained everything clearly that he would give the land if he borrowed the boat, and he would not lend it or give it. A good favor was wasted!
Ruan Phuket Ajiang came to Baibaozhai with the land deed that his elder brother had presented. When Li Jie heard of the three thousand acres of paddy fields, she happily kissed Mumu several times. Ruan Phuket Ajiang wiped the saliva from her face and said, "Isn't this all for you, and the old woman should live here too, don't be too happy!"
"Of course Mum wants to live together, Tiaotiao is happier than just now." Li Jie used saliva to help Ruan Phuket wash his face once again, looking forward to a good day in her heart. Ma San was standing by but calmly, holding the deed and looking left and right.
"Shopkeeper Ma, is there anything wrong with this land deed?" Ruan Phuket Ajiang knew that Ma San was Zhou Shixiong's subordinate and his identity was not an ordinary servant, so he attached great importance to his views.
Ma San shook his head, "Go back to the princess, there is no problem with the land deed, but there is a problem with the place being put down."
"Oh? Let's talk about it." Li Jie and Ruan Phuc Ajiang looked at Ma San in confusion.
"I have been traveling through this road several times. If I remember correctly, this land is indeed a good place. But it is too close to the border and is almost connected to Pingxiangzhou."
"Isn't it better to be connected together?" Mudan thought, connecting Pingxiangzhou would be more convenient for the young master to manage.
"Of course it's good for us. The problem is that the border areas are not peaceful. If the princess only build a manor here, whether it is Guangxi Dongman or Jiaozhi barbarians, they will come to harass and rob, and no matter how good the land is, it will not be peaceful." Ma San's words reminded several women. The person who sent the land did not know that the princess would give the land to Li Jie, and of course he did not know that the land would be protected by the Ming border army. In this case, sending the land to the princess would probably have bad intentions.
Ruan Phuket Ah Jiang rushed away excitedly and went back to trouble his stupid brother. Ma San sent the information back to Zhoujiazhuang overnight to inform Zhou Shixiong of good news.
In mid-August, Zhou Shixiong received the first letter from Li Jie. Zhou Shixiong was very happy to know the hard work and achievements of Li Jie and others. However, he did not reply. After all, Lang Sang Mansion is abroad, and it is easy to get into trouble if it is too frequent. Ma San's letter focused on introducing various information from the Northern Vietnamese Dynasty, and described in detail the information about Zheng Song's defeat, as well as the causes and consequences of the incident.
Zhou Shixiong gave this item casually to Guan Chongguang. He is busy training the auxiliary barracks now, and what happened in foreign countries has nothing to do with him. Not to mention foreign countries, even what happened in the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Shixiong did not pay much attention to it. It is not the Internet era. Many earth-shaking things may take several months to spread across the country, and the parties involved may be dead.
Take the incident of the rebellion and establishment of a country in southern Gansu. It happened in mid-April. Guangxi is not far from Jiangxi. When Zhou Shixiong received the information sent by Hu Guangli, it was already the end of June. Two months later, it is estimated that the Dingtian King had already left the underworld. Zhou Shixiong had guessed very viciously at that time.
Fortunately, Lang Sang Prefecture is close to Pingxiangzhou, and the letter Li Jie wrote to Zhou Shixiong can be delivered to Zhennan Pass in less than five days. It is transferred to the new camp through Zhennan Pass, which is enough. Zhou Shixiong is very dissatisfied with this speed. Although he is about to face a battle with huge strength, he arranged for a special person to build a station between Zhennan Pass and the new camp, which reduces the communication time between the two places by a whole day.
Zhou Shixiong was accused of wasting manpower and material resources when he made this quick delivery system. In the eyes of the ancients, there was no difference between one more day and one less day, so it was really unnecessary to do so. On the ninth day of the ninth month, it was a good time to climb high and worship ancestors. Li Jie's second letter was delivered to Zhou Shixiong. After reading the letter, Zhou Shixiong asked someone to summon several subordinates to indicate that the situation was serious.
"This letter from the third aunt is very important. It would be great if it could be delivered a few days later." Guan Chongguang put down the letter paper in frustration and murmured to himself. The Zhou Ersan brothers came over to see the content of the letter. The two masters, Gong Liu and Tie Yong, were not interested in these things. They silently looked at the work records in their hands, estimating how long it would take to complete the task of the head of the family.
"Young Master, according to the third aunt, could it be that the land that Nongxiangao gave away was ours?" Zhou Si was used to being a housekeeper. After a little thought, he found that the place described in the letter was very similar to the new camp. He did not pay attention to the news that Nongxiangao had borrowed the warships.
"Young Master, if they use military ships to cross the Zuo River, they may only have to cause some damage. The positions on the riverside may not be kept." Zhou Er did not care about the land, he only cared about the situation of the enemy and us.
Zhou Wu is the smartest among the three brothers, and has been the leader of the transportation brigade for more than a year. He has a very businessman's vision. After reading the letter, he thought, "Young Master, since the third aunt's wet nurse is the sister of the prefect of Lang San's Mansion, can you use her relationship to stumbling over Nong Fei?"
Zhou Wu's words made Guan Chongguang's eyes lit up. He turned to look at Zhou Shixiong and confronted Zhou Shixiong's eyes. At this moment, everyone began to keep experiencing bad water around Zhou Wu's idea, preparing to give Nong Feigao a unique feast.
Nong Xiaogao borrowed military ships and organized Guangyuan Army to board the boat confidently on the Zuojiang River. Nguyen Phucbao lent him ten military ships, which could transport 1,000 people across the river at a time, and all five thousand Guangyuan Armys could transport them across the river in five times. Nong Xiaogao wanted to see how the Ming official, who was ignorant of life and death, resisted the powerful Guangyuan Army.
On September 15th, Nong Xiaogao led 5,000 Guangyuan troops to the east bank of Zuojiang, and the expected battle to cross the river did not happen. In order to be safe, Nong Xiaogao set up a large camp on the east bank about ten miles away from the new camp. The two camps were far away, one big and one small, which was very spectacular. Nong Xiaogao was much more experienced than his younger brother Nong Xiaozhi. He did not go ashore by his younger brother on the riverside closest to the camp, and he first set up a large camp and then attacked the enemy. He was considered a good general.
On the same day, Zhou Shixiong walked into Lang San City under the protection of several Jinyiwei. He wanted to meet Nguyen Phuc Ah Jiang in person and try to completely overturn Nong's efficiency with strategy.
Langshan City is very large, backed by the largest mountain in the Northern Vietnam. The Zuo River in the east and Qushui River in the south bring a high-yield rice plain to Langshan City. Langshan City is located at the junction of the two rivers. Although the city wall is not very tall, at least half shorter than Nanning City, the city area is much larger. The city wall built along the mountain cannot maintain a straight line due to its geographical environment. It surrounds like a python, and is filled with a layer of green light under the dark green forest of Langshan.
"What a beautiful city." Zhou Shixiong was in a hurry all the way. It took five days for seven days to go, and it was hard to say that he was physically and mentally exhausted. But when he came to Langshan City, a piece of green covering the sky brought him a sense of psychological comfort.
"Young Master, you are here." Zhou Shixiong had already sent someone to Lang San City to inform Li Jie and Ma San. So, as soon as he arrived at the city gate, he heard Ma San's eager voice.
"Ma San, thank you for your hard work during this period, I remember your hard work." Zhou Shixiong jumped off the horse, helped Ma San who saluted him with one hand, and said with a smile.
"Young Master is so serious, these are all what Ma San should do." The underworld hero rubbed his hands very crampedly, and he felt a little at a loss for his appreciation of Zhou Shixiong.
"Let's go, what's the point of going back to say?" Zhou Shixiong's trick was completely imitating the zoo director of that year. Unexpectedly, the effect was surprisingly good, and even the underworld was fooled.
Chapter completed!