NCCnovel Chapter 271 Preparing for Separation
Chapter 271 Preparing for Separation
The eldest prince of Beizhi, Yeluqi, exchanged a forged magic stone for the Beizhou Prefecture of Dazhao. The king of Beizhi was so happy that he made the eldest prince the crown prince.
After Zhan Chou entered Beizhou Prefecture, he sent people into Beiliang Mountain. If they could find the arsenal in Beiliang Mountain, then the position of his nephew, the Crown Prince, would be more secure.
However, Beiliang Mountain is too big, and they only dared to openly go into the mountain to search after they recently took over Beizhou Prefecture. So far, they have not found it.
This base was discovered by Yun Chenyang's reconnaissance team very timely.
Not only were 40,000 Yu family troops hidden here discovered, but also an iron mine with very high iron content and a well-equipped arsenal.
A large amount of iron ore and ready-made weapons were found.
This was an unexpected surprise.
Beiliang Mountain and Daliang Mountain originally belong to the same mountain range, but Daliang Mountain is located in Beizhi, while Beiliang Mountain belongs to Dazhao Dynasty. Unfortunately, Dazhao had no choice but to cede Beizhou Prefecture not long ago, and Beiliang Mountain was placed under the jurisdiction of Beizhi.
Shockingly, this iron mine was mined secretly by Yu Chuan without the knowledge of the imperial court. This was not only the source of his huge wealth, but also his secret base for training private soldiers and illegally manufacturing weapons.
Part of the sophisticated weapons produced were used to equip their own private army, while the other part was secretly sold to neighboring countries such as Beili and Xiqi through secret channels to make huge profits.
Cheng Yuheng and Yun Duo found some letters in the secret room of the Zhongzhou prefect, including the account books and correspondence that helped Yu convey the sale of weapons.
Yu Chuanchuan never expected that the prefect of Zhongzhou would be so stupid as to leave these evidences and have them obtained by Cheng Yuheng in advance.
Entering Beiliangshan to retake the iron mine is the first step of Cheng Yuheng's plan.
The drone telescope and crossbow design that Yun Duo gave him were icing on the cake, allowing the Xuanming Army to seize the iron mine without any effort.
The next step is for Cheng Yuheng to write to the court and request to send troops to retake Beizhou Prefecture.
In recent years, Beizhi has committed many acts of burning, killing and looting at the border. After we take back Beizhou Prefecture, we will have to make Beizhi suffer this time.
Cheng Yuheng came over, and Xuan Si and Xuan Wu came over to report:
Xuan Wu: "Your Highness, the investigation team has captured the leader of the Yu family army, Jing Quan, two deputy generals and four lieutenants. They are all close confidants of the Yu family. The other thousand captains and centurions have been interrogated. They did not know that they were the private army of the Yu family. They thought that the court sent them to guard this secret base. Moreover, they all have the regular number cards of the Zhenbei Army. Your Highness, how do you need to place these people?"
Cheng Yuheng's face was cold and he said in a deep voice: "Hand the captured generals over to Jiang Yuanchao for detention first. As for the rest of the unaware ones, since they all have identity cards, they were once members of the Zhenbei Army. Since they are hidden, their records in the registration department of the Ministry of War are that they were killed in action. Take them back to Jiang Yuanchao and have him check and restore the records of those who were killed in action! As for the death pension, let the Yu family pay it out."
"The last general takes orders."
Xuan Si: "Your Highness, the weapons have been manufactured. People have been sent to deliver them. The laborers and craftsmen in the iron mine and the arsenal cannot leave for the time being, but we have already told them that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who rescued them. They are now working for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not treat them unfairly. After we recapture Beizhou Prefecture, those who are willing to leave will be allowed to reunite with their families."
Cheng Yuheng nodded: "I have set up a formation around here. Even if the Beiji spies get close, they won't be able to find any clues. Leave 10,000 Xuanming soldiers here to guard, and everyone else will withdraw to the border of Zhongzhou."
"The last general takes orders."
The two men took the order and left to make arrangements.
Prepare for autumn harvest and winter storage and return to Zhongzhou camp.
"Yes, Your Highness."
Xiangyun New Village arrived in Tongzhou Prefecture, and the guards sent by the emperor to pick up Cheng Zhiyuan had also arrived.
Cheng Zhiyuan took Yunhai to the capital to meet the emperor.
Yun Duo was worried about letting them go alone, but she was also worried about her parents and Yunjia Village. In the end, she decided to let Di Wu bring fifty shadow guards and ten secret guards to escort them, plus the two hundred imperial guards sent by the emperor to pick them up, so their safety should be guaranteed.
The Earth Shadow Guards rode in the open, and she prepared a crossbow and fifty crossbow arrows for each of them.
Ten secret guards were hiding in the dark. It was difficult to carry crossbows, so he gave each of them a hidden arrow for easy hiding.
Ask them to protect the three elderly people.
He also secretly told Yunhai that if he encountered danger, he should not be afraid of being exposed and should hide in space.
After watching Cheng Zhiyuan and his wife and Yun Hai walk away, Yun Duo took Xiangyun New Village to the Tongzhou Prefecture Household Registration Office. Cheng Zhiyuan had already made arrangements here in advance, as the Tongzhou Prefecture Governor was the old man's student.
One representative from each household took the household registration to the government office, and the others waited outside.
The prefect of Tongzhou sent the chief clerk of Tongzhou to receive them personally.
The chief clerk and his two men received them warmly and did not neglect them just because they were farmers.
The chief clerk looked at the household registration in their hands, as well as the customs documents of various prefectures. He smiled and said, "You are all refugees from Beizhou Prefecture. Logically, you should be accepted by Qinghe Prefecture. Our Tongzhou Prefecture should not accept you, but since Mr. Cheng has said hello and there are customs documents, there is no problem."
As the chief clerk spoke, he quickly checked their household registrations with his subordinates.
After verifying that everything was correct, the chief clerk discussed with his officials and said, "Tongzhou Prefecture has a total of five counties, among which Tongyun County, Jingjiao County, is the closest to the capital. Currently, there is no place that can accommodate so many of you.
Your registered residence is not in the same village, so we plan to place you in the more prosperous villages in Jingjiao County of Tongzhou Prefecture and Tongyun County.
After the settlement, a piece of homestead of the corresponding size will be allocated to each of you free of charge according to the number of people in each household. Not only that, each person can also get one tael of silver as a settlement fee to build a house!
In addition, each person can be allocated three mu of wasteland for you to cultivate on your own. The reclaimed wasteland is tax-free for the first three years.
The land over there is fertile. Even if it is wasteland, as long as it is cultivated and cultivated carefully, it will become fertile farmland! Do you think this arrangement is feasible?"
When the heads of each family heard that they were going to be separated from Yunjia Village, they immediately became restless and looked anxious.
The reason they followed Yunjia Village all the way here was that they knew Yunjia Village was in trouble, and they thought that they could help out as they were many people. Moreover, after spending some time together, they all felt that the Yun Family was very powerful and capable, and if they could help and support each other, their future would be much better. Therefore, no one wanted to part ways.
Chu Liang was extremely anxious at the moment. In order to follow Yunjia Village, he even gave up his position as village chief.
They have been on the verge of death several times in the past few days. They finally arrived here, but who would have thought that they would hear the news that they would be separated and resettled. He was anxious and angry after hearing this, even more anxious and scared than when he saw the men in black attacking them.
After all, Chu Liang had been the head of a village, so he had seen the world and was a bit braver than the average person. He calmed himself down and took a deep breath, as if to absorb all his courage into his stomach.
Then, he mustered up all his courage and took a big step forward. After he stood still, Chu Liang bowed respectfully to the official and saluted. Then, he stood up, raised his head, and said sincerely:
"Sir, we are all villagers of Xiangyun New Village now. The name of our village was given by Old Master Cheng himself!
Sir, please take a closer look and see if there is any place that can accommodate us without separating us. It doesn’t matter if the place is small, we can all make do as long as we can live here. We already have a new village name, and we really want to be separated.”
Chu Sheng, who was standing by, listened to his cousin Chu Liang's earnest words and nodded in agreement, saying, "That's right, sir! We don't want to separate. Please take another look, please!"
Seeing this, the rest of the crowd also gathered around, begging the official to change his mind. For a moment, the atmosphere at the scene became extremely tense.
No one wanted to separate and everyone begged at the same time.