Chapter 81 Lu Hua, Secret Guard

Yang Zhengshan stood up suddenly, walked to the door, and looked towards the sky.

Rumble~~

In the southeastern sky, thick clouds rolled in accompanied by dull thunder.

Thunder and lightning flashed, thunder rolled, and the clouds and thick smoke spread to the top of Yang Zhengshan's head in a moment.

"It's really going to rain!"

Yang Minghao's eyes almost popped out of his head in surprise.

Yang Zhengshan squinted his eyes.

What he felt was real.

Can you actually feel the weather changing?

Do I still have the ability to predict weather?

Yang Zhengshan was also surprised and happy. He was surprised that it was going to rain and he was surprised that he had a special ability.

Wow~~

It rained heavily at any time, and the big raindrops fell, making the ground wet in the blink of an eye.

Then bursts of cheers rang out throughout the fort, and many children ran happily inside the fort.

"It's raining, it's raining, my lord, it's raining!"

The woman who helped them cook shouted a little uncontrollably.

The soldiers from the front office also came to report the good news. In fact, there was no need for them to report. Yang Zhengshan was neither deaf nor blind.

There are so many people looking forward to this rain.

Yang Zhengshan stood under the eaves, stroking his beard and looking at the pouring rain with a faint smile.

Hua Hua Hua~~

The rain lines formed into one sheet, completely extinguishing the hot weather that lasted for several months.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan felt that this rain would be very heavy and would completely solve the drought in Chongshan Town.

…

Inside Chongshanguan City.

In the governor's office, Lu Chongde looked at the heavy rain and let out a heavy breath.

"It's finally raining!"

After the defeat of Chongshan Town, he took up the post of governor of Chongshan Town, which was regarded as an appointment in danger.

Before coming back, he had thought that the situation in Chongshan Town would be very difficult, but after arriving, he found that the situation in Chongshan Town was far more difficult than he imagined.

Not only did he have to face the threat from the Hu tribe outside the Pass, he also had to face a drought that lasted for several months.

The most important thing is that he inherited a mess that had been in decline for more than ten years.

After coming to Guancheng for a month, he had not received any good news. It rained today, which was the happiest day since he came to Guancheng.

"Futai, it seems that God still favors us!"

Lu Chongde's staff member Yuan He came to his side and said with bright eyes.

"Yes, if it doesn't rain again, I won't know what to do!"

Lu Chongde turned around and walked into the study room and found an official document from the desk.

"With this heavy rain, the time is almost here. You go ahead and make arrangements."

He handed the official document to Yuan He.

Yuan He took the official document and glanced at it, then lowered his voice and asked, "Why don't you discuss it with Marquis Chang Ping in advance?"

"No need to discuss, he will understand my intention!" Lu Chongde said calmly.

Neither he nor Changping Hou Liang Chu came to Chongshan Town empty-handed. Liang Chu brought 5,000 Yunlong Guards, and he brought 8,000 horses and a large number of soldiers and armor.

The military in Chongshan Town has been in ruins for a long time, and the Hu tribe in the East China Sea has risen again. The court has decided to revive Chongshan Town.

Their main mission in coming to Chongshan Town this time is to make Chongshan Town what it was twenty years ago.

Now these war horses and armor are the foundation for him to revitalize Chongshan Town.

The content of the document is about the distribution of war horses and soldiers.

He could not give all the horses and armor to Liang Chu, because he knew that if Liang Chu got these horses and armor, he would definitely use them for the fifth battalion of Zhenbiao.

The Zhenbiao Fifth Battalion is only a part of Chongshan Town. What he wants to strengthen is the entire Chongshan Town, not the Zhenbiao Fifth Battalion.

So he distributed the horses and armor to each guard.

As for the need for war horses and armor for the fifth battalion of Zhenbiao, that is something Liang Chu should worry about.

Although doing this would make Liang Chu a little unhappy, he believed that Liang Chu would understand his intentions.

…

It rained heavily all day and all night. Unfortunately, the heavy rain came a little late. The autumn harvest was approaching, and the rain at this time could no longer restore the harvest in the fields.

After the heavy rain, Yang Zhengshan began to organize the military households in the camp to start the autumn harvest. No matter how big the harvest was, the wheat in the fields still had to be harvested.

It’s just that this autumn harvest, everyone’s faces are not happy.

The harvest is too low.

The farmland in Yinghe Fort is all good fertile land, but the average grain output per mu is less than a hundred kilograms, and Linguan Fort is even more ridiculous. It is already very good to be able to harvest forty or fifty kilograms from one mu of land.

And half of the harvest from these farms was given to the forts, which meant that military households could only harvest a few dozen kilograms of grain per acre of land.

Standing in front of the Tunbao gate, looking at the military households busy in the fields, Yang Zhengshan thought in his heart that he was going to Jianningwei to enjoy the autumn wind.

This year's harvest will definitely not be able to meet the needs of the military households, and he will also start training his troops next. Training not only consumes food, but also consumes meat, which costs a lot of money.

He had to get some food to meet the daily needs of the military households and the training needs of the soldiers.

"Dad, you can go!" Yang Mingzhi came over and said softly.

Yang Zhengshan turned around and took a look. Ten soldiers holding horses had come behind him, waiting for his order.

These soldiers were not soldiers from Linguan Fort, but elite cavalry selected from Yinghe Fort, Sanshan Fort and Xiangyuan Fort.

Three forts, more than twenty piers and beacons, these ten elite cavalry were selected.

It's not that Yang Zhengshan looks down on the other soldiers, but it's just that he really doesn't have a choice.

Ordinary soldiers don't even have enough to eat, let alone practice martial arts.

Yang Zhengshan was already very satisfied with being able to pick out ten scouts he had seen out of more than four hundred soldiers.

Now these ten elite cavalry scouts are his personal guards, giving him a presence.

Of course, Yang Zhengshan also intended to train them, hoping that they could become the seeds of his cavalry.

"Let's go!"

Yang Zhengshan got on his horse and galloped towards Jianningwei.

Jianningwei was more than seventy miles away from Yinghe Fort. A group of more than ten people rode quickly and arrived outside Jianningwei in just over an hour.

Jianning Acropolis is a large city, more than four feet high and seven miles around the city. It is larger than many state cities.

Zhou Lan, the Jianning Guards General, is actually more accurately called the Jianning Guards General of Zhongshan Town.

Her jurisdiction is very large, with five guards, three conduct officers, and two defense officers.

Yang Zhengshan is one of the two defensive officers.

The group of people came to the east gate of the Acropolis. Yang Zhengshan showed the defense officer's token and entered the city smoothly.

There are several yamen in the Acropolis, including the Jianning Guard Command and Envoy Office, the Jianzhou Garrison Office, the Patrol Supervisory Office, and the General and Shogunate Office.

Arriving at the shogunate, Zhao Yuan had already received the news and was waiting for Yang Zhengshan in front of the shogunate.

Zhao Yuan was also promoted, promoted to the governor of Jianning Guard, from the fifth rank official position, but his main responsibility was still to help Zhou Lan handle some chores.

After recovering from a serious injury, Zhao Yuan lost a lot of weight, but his energy and energy were still good.

"Brother Zhengshan! Hahaha, please, please, please!"

When the two meet again, their friendship remains unchanged.

Although the two have never fought side by side, they went on expeditions with the army together and worked together for several months, which can be regarded as a considerable revolutionary friendship.

Although Zhao Yuan was envious of Yang Zhengshan's promotion to Qianhu, he was still willing to see Yang Zhengshan.

During the few months they worked together, Zhao Yuan felt that he had learned a lot from Yang Zhengshan, and Yang Zhengshan also took good care of him. Therefore, in his heart, Yang Zhengshan was both a teacher and a friend.

"How are you doing, Mr. Zhao?"

Yang Zhengshan followed him into the shogunate and observed the situation in the shogunate as he walked.

The Shogunate is more accurately a staff organization. Most of the people here are staff and civil servants recruited by Zhou Lan.

And just when Yang Zhengshan entered the shogunate, he met a man head-on. The man was very tall, about 1.8 meters tall, with a thin build, a face in his early twenties, a gentle and jade-like appearance, and he was mainly dressed in plain colors. The temperament is cold.

There were two followers, one tall and one short, behind the man. Yang Zhengshan glanced at the two followers, then narrowed his eyes and passed by the man.

With just one glance, he could tell that the two followers behind the man were masters, probably masters of the seventh level.

As for this man, his strength is equally unfathomable.

After the man walked away, he asked, "Who was that just now?"

Zhao Yuan's eyes flickered, "The one from the palace!"

From the palace?

Yang Zhengshan's expression moved slightly and he nodded slightly.

The new guard eunuch Lu Hua!

This guarding eunuch is completely different from the previous Zhang Yude. Zhang Yude is greedy, arrogant and domineering, while Lu Hua is extremely low-key and rarely appears in front of people since he came to Chongshan Town.

"What is he here for?"

Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but asked curiously.

"I don't know, but just stay away from him in the future!" Zhao Yuan said in a low voice.

"What? Is he dangerous?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"More than just danger?" Zhao Yuan seemed to be very wary of Lu Hua and spoke cautiously, "This one is from the Secret Martial Guard!"

"Secret Martial Guard!" Yang Zhengshan's pupils shrank.

Even if he didn't pay attention to the court, he had heard of the name of the Secret Martial Guard.

The Secret Military Guard is a privileged supervisory agency and secret investigation agency exclusively owned by the emperor. It monitors officials internally and investigates the situation of enemy countries and enemies externally.

The most important thing is that the secret military guards have the royal power to kill first and then report.

The secret military guards can arrest any officials below the third rank without asking for instructions.

This privilege alone is enough for all officials to avoid the secret military guards.

The reason Yang Zhengshan had heard of the Secret Military Guard was because there were rumors at Chongshan Pass that Zhang Yude was taken away by the Secret Military Guard.

Unexpectedly, he actually saw the Secret Martial Guard today.

Yang Zhengshan retracted his thoughts and followed Zhao Yuan into Zhou Lan's study.

"Meet the General!"

In the study, Zhou Lan was writing at her desk. When she heard Yang Zhengshan's voice, she said without raising her head: "You sit down first and wait until I'm done!"

Yang Zhengshan was not restrained and sat directly at the tea table next to him. Zhao Yuan winked at him, as if General Zhou was really busy recently.

Then a maid served tea, and Yang Zhengshan was not in a hurry, just sitting there drinking tea with the old god still there.

The tea in Chongshan Town is very expensive, and he is usually reluctant to drink it. However, the tea here in Zhoulan is all high-quality tea. It is a rare opportunity to drink tea, and Yang Zhengshan enjoys it.

About two quarters of an hour later, Yang Zhengshan drank a pot of tea before Zhou Lan finished his work.

"Hey, there are so many messy things. If I had known this, I might as well have stayed in Zhenbiao Camp!"

Zhou Lan complained while moving her hands and feet.

In the Zhenbiao Camp, although she was the chief officer of the first battalion, there were not many things that needed to be handled by her. After becoming a staff general, the things she was responsible for were all gone.

She took a sip of tea and said, "You came just in time. I have something to tell you."

"General, please speak!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"After the autumn harvest, it's time to put the training on the agenda. I plan to select a thousand households to start with, and you should start training too!" Zhou Lan said.

"General, I'm short of food!" Yang Zhengshan said, rubbing his beard, which had grown a lot.

"Uh!" Zhou Lan was embarrassed.

Yang Zhengshan was short of food, and she was short of food too.

Yang Zhengshan only managed three garrisons, while she managed five thousand households and more than 20 garrisons.

The situation of each garrison was actually similar, and the harvest this year was very low.

"No food!" Zhou Lan said with a blush.

"How can we train without food?" Yang Zhengshan said with his eyes wide open.

"I have silver! I'll give you three thousand taels. Three months later, I want to see a group of elite soldiers with no less than 500 people!" Zhou Lan said.

Yang Zhengshan felt relieved, but he still said, "You may not be able to buy food even if you have silver now!"

The drought in Chongshan Town has affected this year's harvest. It is obvious that the price of food will soar in the next year.

"I can't do anything about it!" Zhou Lan pinched her eyebrows with a headache.

Training soldiers requires food and grass. Yang Zhengshan is short of food, and she is also short of food.

Yang Zhengshan thought for a while and said, "What about armor?"

"I have armor. I will give you 300 war horses and 500 sets of armor. If you can train 300 elite cavalry, I will give you another 300 war horses!" Zhou Lan said encouragingly.

Yang Zhengshan's eyes lit up immediately.

Three hundred war horses!

This is much more expensive than three thousand taels of silver.

But then he thought of a new problem.

Three hundred elite cavalry, five hundred infantry, wouldn't that mean eight hundred soldiers?

But he only has more than 500 soldiers under his command, plus the one hundred soldiers in Linguan Fort.

Moreover, the vigilance of each tower and beacon tower cannot be relaxed during the training, and it is impossible to gather all the soldiers together for training.

"Then can I recruit new soldiers?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

He is a thousand households, and he should have ten hundred households and more than 1,100 soldiers under his command, but now he only has more than 500 soldiers.

"Yes, but soldiers can only be selected from military households!" Zhou Lan agreed readily.

Soldiers can only be selected from military households, which means that Yang Zhengshan cannot recruit soldiers.

However, he can gather refugees and change farmers into military households.

After experiencing a severe drought, there should be many people in Chongshan Town who can't make a living. It shouldn't be difficult to recruit a group of refugees.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhengshan had a general idea in his mind.

"Your subordinate obeys your command!"