Chapter 263 Half-Year Period
"In this way, we have to ensure that it is impossible to eliminate the rebellion within half a year. It should start to snow after a while. In this cold winter, the thieves around Hedong are short of food and cold-proof, and many people will starve to death.
I think that although they are in trouble, they are still the people of the big man, and they should not let them die so easily. Do you think so?"
As soon as the words of the Jiang clan, the chief of the rich family on the whole field suddenly widened his eyes. The heart of the head of the Li clan in Ji County thumped, staring at the head of the Jiang clan and asked.
"Pearly Jiang, do you mean that I will secretly help these rebels?"
"Silt!"
Wang Zhong's face suddenly changed dramatically, and Ling Ran shouted. This shocked the two patriarchs of Yanshi Jiang and Jixian Li, and everyone turned their eyes to Wang Zhong.
"The rabbit is annoyed and can still kick the lion on its hind legs. I don't know how many years our family has lived in Hedong. How can we have a hairy child to sit on the head of our family?
However, this matter will be OK, and there is no need to make it clear. All the public are intelligent people, and they all understand.
Although Wang Zhong's face returned to flatness, the light in his eyes was extremely bright. The patriarchs of the rich families in Hedong, who were all resourceful, immediately understood.
This helping the anti-thieves is a serious crime of killing the head and destroying the clan. Of course, it can't be publicized. The patriarchs of the rich families in Hedong who were present looked at each other and just made eye contact, which was to decide what to do in the future.
On the other side, it is in Anyi County.
As soon as Wen Han received the imperial edict from the court and ordered Xi Long to pay some gold and silk in private to show his respect, he sent the eunuch who preached the edict away.
After reading the edict several times, Wen Han closed the edict, closed his eyes, and fell into meditation.
After a while, the eunuch who had settled down the edict, came back, but when he saw Wen Han, who was thinking with his eyes closed, he knew that the edict was not a good thing.
"It seems that the rich family in Hedong have taken action. Lord, what does this imperial edict say?
When there are two people in private, Xilong will call Wen Han as his lord. According to Xilong's words, it means to urge and remind him. When Wen Han heard the word master, he knew that Xilong was coming. Under his command, only Xilong would call him by this name now.
"In half a year, all the rebellions around Hedong will be eliminated within half a year."
Xilong's body was stunned, and his eyebrows frowned unconsciously. He knew that Wen Han was lucky to keep the position of Taishou of Hedong. But today's Holy King, the problem given to Wen Han is really difficult.
Look at the weather, it will snow in three days. And the snow will last for a long time. It is difficult for soldiers to fight in the cold winter. In this winter and March, it is difficult for us to send troops to fight against the rebels.
But there are dozens of waves of anti-thieves, large and small around Hedong, and there are tens of thousands of white wave thieves around the West River. Time is tight now. If the lord will send troops after the winter is over, this time is absolutely not enough.
Lord, this edict has been said that if it is completed in half a year, then..."
"The Holy King wants me to have an extraordinary head."
"Uh... It seems that the master has to shoot an arrow on the string."
Xilong's eyes narrowed. After saying this, he was silent and began to think for Wen Han.
"If you can solve this cold-proof thing, with the elite soldiers and horses under the command of the Lord, you can first remove the rest of the thieves outside the White Wave Valley in March this winter. After the winter, we will fight to the death with Baibo Valley..."
Xilong whispered. Wen Han listened to Xilong's words, but his eyes suddenly lit up. As if he thought of something, he grabbed Xilong's hand in one hand.
"Let's go and have a look at the school with me."
"Go to the school?"
"That's right. Although it hasn't snowed in the past few days, the temperature has dropped a lot. I'll go to the school to see the situation of this soldier, and then think about how to solve this cold war.
Wen Han said that he could not stand the drama again, so he pulled him out of the county hall and went straight to the school yard of Anyi.
In the school campus, it is already the winter season. All the trained soldiers wore cold-proof coats and velvet hats. In the Wenhan army, the soldiers were extremely well equipped. In this armament, Wenhan paid special attention to it and spent a lot of silver on it.
Drunken fairy wine has been sold to the outside for a month. Although in Hedong, the rich family in Hedong intends to resist this drunken fairy wine, and strict people of all ethnic groups are not allowed to buy this drunken fairy wine. However, Wenhan did not become this retailer, but a wholesaler, divided the production of Zuixiangen wine into dozens of copies and sold it to Fujia, a giant merchant in Hedong.
These giant merchants in Hedong are rich, and their businesses are all over the world. They are not afraid of the resistance of the Hedong clan at all, and sell the drunken fairy wine to all states and counties. Drunken fairy wine is a new wine, and it has its unique strongness and excellent response. In almost every restaurant in each state and county, this drunken fairy wine was immediately cleaned up as soon as it was put on the shelves.
And it's winter now. If you take a sip of this drunken fairy wine, you can immediately dispel the cold. It is deeply loved by the dignitaries and nobles of all states and counties. The large number of orders from those restaurants all over the states and counties every day are happy with the rich merchants in Hedong. They keep laughing every day and ask Lin, who manages the drunken fairy wine, for more weight.
In this month, the huge income brought by Zui Xian brew can be worth the income of Shang Wenhan gambling house for three months. In this way, Wen Han's funds are sufficient again.
Therefore, the investment in armaments has increased a lot.
After all, people are the flesh. When fighting, they are all killing weapons. No matter how elite and brave a soldier is, excellent armaments are indispensable.
Wen Han and Xi Long came to the school. Guan Yu and Gao Shun, who were training soldiers and horses, saw Wen Han and Xi Long coming and quickly let their respective soldiers train by themselves. The two ran to Wen Han one after another.
"Third brother, why did you come here?"
Guan Yu is still in the parrot green robe, with only one more mink vest outside. He is strong and burly, but he is not afraid of this cold weather. Gao Shun wore a lot, wearing a velvet hat and a fur coat.
"Ha ha, it's really hard for the second brother and General Gao on such a cold day."
"What did the third brother say? Since the second brother is an official, he takes the salary of the court and the third brother, which is a matter of course.
"What General Guan said is very true. And we are the generals of an army, diligent in training, and responsible for their lives. When they go to the battlefield in the future, they will bleed less and have fewer casualties.
After Wen Han said polite words to Guan Yu and Gao Shun, Wen Han suddenly darkened and looked solemn. When Guan Yu and Gao Shun saw this, they didn't realize that they looked at each other. Both of them looked confused.
"Second brother, General Gao. The temperature has dropped sharply in the past few days, and the training of soldiers can encounter difficulties. If so, I will send them to fight against the enemy at this time, can I?
Guan Yu didn't know why Wen Han asked this, but after ponding for a while, he quickly answered Wen Han's question.
"The third brother is willing to spend money on this cold-proof armament. The sergeant has an excellent cold-proof thing, and it is impossible to fight in this cold weather. However, the second brother of the cold-proof armament still feels that there is still a part of it.
"Is there a part missing?"
"Well, it's freezing cold. Although the sergeant has a cold-proof coat, velvet hat and fur boots on his body, there is nothing to protect against the cold in one hand. Every time he trains, the soldier's hand will turn red with cold, and the whole palm will crack when he exerts hard. If you fight against the enemy, I'm afraid it won't last.
Gao Shun agreed with Guan Yu's answer and nodded repeatedly.
And Wen Han's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said secretly in his heart. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, gloves had not been invented.
Wen Han bowed his head and meditated for a while, and then asked Guan Yu again.
"Second brother, if I can solve the cold in my hand, can my sergeant fight in the cold winter?"
Guan Yu was stunned when he heard Wen Han mention the word "war" again. And Gao Shun, who was next to him, also changed his face. At this time, the two had vaguely guessed that in a short time, maybe Wen Han would send troops.
So Guan Yu thought about it seriously. After thinking about it for a while, he said very carefully.
"If you can solve the cold in your hand, you should be able to fight in this cold winter. After all, the other party's soldiers and horses also suffered from the cold winter. However, you can't fight a long battle in the cold winter. Every battle must end quickly. Otherwise, once the cold air enters the body, the soldiers will get sick after the war and can't fight again.
Third brother, the court has ordered me to destroy the rebels around Hedong? In fact, there is no need to be so busy. When the cold winter is over, with the elite of our soldiers and horses, it will not take a year to annihilate these anti-thieves!"
Listening to Guan Yu's words, Wen Han smiled bitterly.
"If I had this time, of course I wouldn't be in such a hurry. Just now, the court has ordered that it only gives me half a year. If there are any thieves in Hedong after half a year, it will be difficult for me to protect my head.
"Half a year?!"
Guan Yu and Gao Shun stared and exclaimed at the same time.
"Yes, it's only half a year. Therefore, now I have to prepare to send troops immediately and try to eliminate all the rebels except Baibo Valley in this winter. Then use the remaining three months to fight against the tens of thousands of thieves in Baibo Valley!"
Guan Yu narrowed his eyes. Although he didn't know why Emperor Ling of Han suddenly gave such an order, Guan Yu was not an ignorant person, and he guessed more or less that this must be related to the fight between Wen Han and the rich people in Hedong.
"In that case, we can't waste any more time now. Third brother, how many days will it take you to develop the cold-proof thing in your hand?
In Wen Han's mind, there is probably a model of a glove, but it needs to be slightly modified so that this glove can not only protect against the cold, but also not hinder the battle.
"Three days is OK. If it is built again, it will take another five days to equip the whole army. That is to say, eight days later, we will send troops.
"Wait, it's extraordinary. If so, immediately transfer the tailors from several counties next to Anyi, as well as the rich merchants who have a cooperative relationship with us, and ask them to transfer the tailors under their command. As soon as you develop it, we will immediately let these tailors rush to work, and they should be equipped with the whole army in two days.
But in this way, I'm afraid that this extraordinary research and development product will be known by these tailors..."
Xilong paused unconsciously as he spoke. Wen Han thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
"Ha ha, it doesn't matter. I can divide this research and development product into several parts, let these tailors do it separately, and then let our people do the final processing.
Wen Han thought of the principle of the assembly line in later generations. As soon as his words fell, Xilong suddenly understood the deep meaning, and his face showed ecstasy.