Chapter 193 Zhu Highway (Central)

The second half of the sentence was actually harsh. After hearing this, Zhang Shicheng quickly bowed down and promised loudly, "The general manager has an order, and he will remember it in his heart. In the future, he will definitely restrain his subordinates, treat the people well, and treat the people well."

Halfway through his words, he suddenly thought about what his brothers under him did in Gaoyou City half an hour ago. He suddenly shivered in his heart, kneeled down with his legs straight, and added loudly, "I will not let down the teachings of the Grand Chief Executive today! Grand Chief Executive, I sincerely hope to serve under your account! I would rather not be the governor of Changzhou, have served as commander or deputy commander under your account. I have never led soldiers alone before, and I don't understand many principles. I hope I will receive more teachings by your side!"

"Really?" Zhu Bashiyi smiled and shook his head. The expression on his face was so interesting, "Don't you want to go to Jiangnan anymore?"

"Last general, last general" Zhang Shicheng felt aroused again. He lowered his head and looked at the ground. His tongue tied his mouth again, and he couldn't bear to say the following words for a long time.

"Okay, get up! Our army will not kneel down!" Seeing his appearance, how could Zhu Bashiyi not guess that he could not give up his personal ambition in the end? He smiled and shook his head, stepped forward and pulled him up from the ground with one hand, "Get up, get up, get on the horse. The wind outside the city is strong, let's go to the city first. How to select troops and details of sending you across the river, you can talk while walking!"

"Yes!" Zhang Shicheng dared not resist and responded loudly with a shiny cold sweat.

"I'm not trying to find you on purpose!" Zhu Bashiyi was frightened to this look, and smiled and comforted in a low voice, "You should be miserable, and you should know what it feels like to be bullied. Besides, when you fight with the Mongolian Yuan soldiers in the future, someone will always need to provide information, and someone will help you pay for food, grass and military salaries? If you do what you do is no different from the Mongolian Yuan soldiers, then why should the people come to help you? If the people under the rule flee to other people's territory, who will help you farm and pay for food? You can't carry a hoe on your own, right?"

"The chief executive taught a lesson very well! The last general, the last general knew that he was wrong! Before the last general came, he had ordered his subordinates to withdraw all his brothers from Gaoyou City to outside the city to be placed. The last general, the last general, the last general, did not intend to indulge them!" Zhang Shicheng wiped the stream on his forehead, blushed his face, and agreed in a low voice.

"Before coming?" Zhu Bashiyi obviously didn't know what Zhang Shicheng's subordinates did in Gaoyou City. He looked at Zhang Shicheng, then turned his head to look at Fu Youde, who was full of shame, and finally shook his head gently, "I have never made any requests to you before, so this time, no matter what your people do, I will not pursue them. Please do your best to do anything in the future. Get on the horse, it's cold, get sweaty, be careful not to be frozen!"

"Yes!" Zhang Shicheng agreed in a regular manner. Like a child who made a mistake, he lowered his head and walked to the mount that someone else pulled him over. He worked hard several times before finally climbing onto the horse's back.

Zhu Bashiyi did not emphasize military discipline too much with him. Gaoyou City had just been captured, and there were 30,000 to 40,000 officers and soldiers who were forced to put down their weapons and surrender, and there were hundreds of local officials at all levels captured. At this moment, he really needed to find someone who had contact with the government and soldiers at all levels to understand some specific situations through this person. Zhang Shicheng was undoubtedly a good choice. Therefore, the two chatted casually and turned their chores to other topics.

"I heard that Qi Zhedu's official voice is good? How much do you know about this person?"

"It's not the same! Never treat ordinary Han people as humans?" Zhang Shicheng's face turned red again, and he responded hatefully. "However, compared to other Mongolian and Semen officials, he is indeed much better. At least he knows that he can make his brothers have enough food, and the payment of military pay can basically guarantee full amount!"

"What about people's livelihood?" Zhu Bashiyi adjusted his posture on the horse's back, and asked loudly while moving forward slowly.

"The life is good and bad!" Zhang Shicheng thought about it and responded very seriously, "Gaoyou Mansion is a palm-sized place. Just relying on business dealings on the canal, it feeds half of the people. The remaining ones who have fields to plant in the countryside can usually pick up snails and pick up a few fish, and they can get half full. The bitter ones are the stove households and salt cubes. There is a lot of rain here, and the brine is far less than that in Huaidong. The trees have been cut in the past two years, and the firewood has to be bought from the canal for additional money."

Speaking of salt industry, Zhang Shicheng immediately did not be as reserved as before. He made clear the life of salt households in Gaoyou, the salt making process, and the competitive relationship between several large salt fields. It was not until Mao Gui, who was following him, coughed gently that he realized that he was answering the question. He patted his head awkwardly and explained in a low voice, "My general, Mo Jiang is a salt seller before being recruited by Qi Zhedu. So, when he mentioned this industry, he felt friendly!"

"If you don't want to lead troops in the future, you can be the salt administration ambassador!" Zhu Bashiyi teased with a smile to relieve the atmosphere, "Then according to your words, the Gaoyou government is still quite adept?"

"Compared with other places, it's really acceptable!" Zhang Shicheng nodded and responded truthfully. Then, realizing that it was a bit inappropriate for him to say this, he quickly added, "But, the people in charge are all Mongolians after all. It's okay if they don't provoke them. If they provoke them, they will definitely die without a place to die!"

"Well, I understand!" Zhu Bashiyi sighed and nodded. At the beginning of his journey south, he had already discovered that the people of Gaoyou Prefecture were not very welcome to the Red Turban Army. If it were the statements of Zhu Dapeng in later generations, the entire Gaoyou Prefecture did not have a strong national consciousness. The expectation of the Red Turban Army going south along the canal did not show any expected situation of winning grain. On the contrary, in their eyes, Zhu Bashiyi could still see a faint hostility. It seemed that the Red Turban Army was just a group of green forest heroes who were robbing families and would not bring them any happiness and peace.

Therefore, Zhu Bashiyi was eager to understand the governance situation of the local government. The more he understood, the more he found that he had estimated the national consciousness of the people in this era and too low the governance level of the Mongolian and Yuan officials. He even realized that if the Red Turban Army did not improve its governance capabilities as soon as possible and could not bring more practical benefits to the people under his rule, although the territory was expanding rapidly, the people's hearts might turn to the court. After all, no matter how bad the order was, it would be better than chaos. The Red Turban Army was the initiator of this chaotic era.

"Are the chief executive worried that the people would not support you?" After all, he was a famous figure in history. After no longer being as nervous as before, Zhang Shicheng immediately guessed Zhu Bashiyi's thoughts. After thinking about it, he added in a low voice, "Actually, there is nothing to worry about. The people only care about whether they can have a bowl of stable food, and they don't care who is in charge of the government. They don't care whether they are sitting in the government or Han people. But the forts all over the Lianghuai."

After secretly looking at the faces of Zhu Bashiyi and the people around him, he continued to whisper, "The Huaiyang area, especially Anfeng, Luzhou, and Song Dynasty, was a big battlefield. It has the tradition of building a village to protect itself. The owners of those fortresses were either behind the generals or the heroes of the Green Forest. They all knew a little bit of guns and sticks, and they could understand the strategy of military books. If they could not completely conquer them, it would be difficult for the local area to settle down. If they were not careful, there might be a big mess!" (Note 1)

"Huh?" This was a situation that Zhu Bashiyi had not noticed before, and couldn't help frowning slightly. Fu Youde saw it on the side, thought for a while, and explained in a low voice, "That's true. On the side of the Runing Mansion, the last general heard that several fortresses had occurred in response to the Mongolian Yuan government. It was all because of the fact that Liu Dashui had many soldiers and guns, so he suppressed those restless guys."

"The king of King Kerou, who was the chief manager of yours a few days ago, was a village leader!" As if he wanted to find evidence for his words, Zhang Shicheng continued to whisper, "The last couple of colleagues who were in Gaoyou City were also good at shooting various fortresses. If they arrived in Yangzhou, the relationship between the government and the fortresses would be closer. Several of the confidant generals under the command of King Boluo Buhua of Zhennan were all from the village leader. A few years ago, it was all up to them that King Zhennan could conquer Jiqing's rebel army and Wu Tianbao of Jingzhou!"

"So that's how it is!" Zhu Bashi nodded at the moment, thinking. At present, the battle to the south went smoothly, but it always gave him a very uneasy feeling. It seemed that if he was not careful, the victory he got disappeared. Until today, I heard Zhang Shicheng's reminder and finally realized where the danger was hidden. But there was no clue about how to solve these dangers.

"Except for those who are determined to walk along the road with the government, most of the fortresses must wait and see for a while at the beginning before deciding where to go!" Intentionally, he left a capable impression on Zhu Bashiyi. Zhang Shicheng thought about it and continued to whisper, "So I thought privately that the general manager might as well use two methods. One is to attack those guys on the battlefield. Don't let them go just because they are Han people. Kill them and run away home alive.

Be content for a while. Secondly, it is to give them some benefits. Heroes are different from ordinary people. They have great abilities and naturally have higher requirements. Anyway, there is a shortage of people in the local area. The chief manager might as well let them all come out to be officials. With the golden seal given by the chief manager, they naturally cannot create the chief manager again! I heard from the older generation that Prime Minister Boyan did this back then. As a result, he quickly pacified the two Huai Rivers and pushed the soldiers directly to the city of Hangzhou!"
Chapter completed!