Of course, Li Cunjin and others, who were besieged in the Salt Temple, could not support it for long. After a long battle, the ability to escape desperately and the extreme exhaustion, the severe thirst caused by the severe lack of water and the brine everywhere, made them have to spontaneously start killing horses and drinking blood to calm their hunger and thirst.
However, the local people who besieged them from the outside started to talk about ignited wood bundles, which were thrown under the outer wall of the Salt Temple one after another; although they could not be ignited, the strong smoke pouring in down the wind The anger, but they were so dizzy, their eyes and noses were red, and it became more uncomfortable.
But this was not over yet, and then amidst exclaims and screams, a small gun cart was pushed up outside the gate of the Salt Temple, which was piled up. The Sanwan burst out of the roar, blasted through the temple gate bunker and a dozen soldiers behind it, and the remaining people also discarded their mounts and jumped over the wall to break through.
However, Li Cunjin, who was the primary goal, rushed into the salt flats north of the Salt Temple without knowing the position in the smoke, and then ran slower and deeper and deeper. In the end, most of his body was lost because of the weight of the armor Sunken in the semi-solidified brine paste, he was half-dead and captured.
Soon after, the four-door Anyi city was reopened again, but it had already changed the world. On the battlefield outside the south gate of Anyi, the bloody Shizhou army captives were taken by the local people, and they nodded or happily replaced them with bags of grain and small bundles of cloth.
And in this joyful atmosphere, beside Wang Guoer, a surveying and mapping officer in the camp, the guide who led the way by the female salt pond and Yan Fu Tantou also cautiously asked:
"Dare to ask how your army intends to deal with the solution pool in the future..."
"Of course it has been incorporated into the public sector as usual..."
Wang Guoer
"Then dare to ask, then how should we shantytown children send off"
The old shed head smiled and said:
"Naturally leave it alone without restraint. If you are willing to continue to use it for a living, the army will measure the reward on the spot. If you have other plans, you can also find a way out!"
Wang Guoer seemed to catch his mind and smiled slightly:
"Gui Jun is really the teacher of benevolence and justice"
Lao Pengtou couldn't help but laughed, but in his heart it was inevitable that some expectations were faintly disappointed.
"Naturally, if you wait for those who can help the army, you have one more choice, that is, you can change your career as a trader..."
However, Wang Guoer said again:
"Huh, isn't that difficult? Let's go and sell salt by ourselves?"
The old shed head shouted in disbelief:
"Naturally, the salt from each pool in the future will be managed and produced by the Dufu Gongzhong. Except for the bulk that is transferred and handed over in a fixed amount, the rest can be sold by local people on their own. It is basically not prohibited."
Wang Guoer said unhurriedly:
"However, certain qualifications and related guarantees are required. For example, the record of contributing to the army can also be a priority..."
Hearing this, the old man was inevitably rushed to his head by some kind of ecstasy. You must know that his original expectation was just to allow his own township party to live from the bitter and evil female pool to the prolific and monopolized Xiechi, which is controlled and monopolized by others.
It should be understood that in addition to the saltman who was responsible for daily dumping, the guards, and the salt transporters around the Jiechi, in fact, there have been some so-called salt households for a long time. They are all local households with certain strength and wealth who are responsible for the solution. Reprocessing and retail sales of salt.
It's just that with the inheritance and evolution of Hezhong Town in the past dynasties, the control of the benefits of salt solution has been tightened, and these salt households will inevitably be harvested one after another, but as long as the benefits of the output of the solution pond remain, they There will always be a steady stream of new Yanhu families born.
Even many years ago, after Wang Chongrong set up troops in Puzhou and occupied the ponds in Anyi and Xiexian counties, these salt households became the root of his starting point; however, when he firmly grasped the situation in Hezhong Town After that, they did not hesitate to liquidate these former supporters.
Therefore, the current benefits of the solution pool are almost entirely monopolized in the hands of the Wang clan headed by Wang Chongrong, and related in-laws, subordinates, etc.; a small number of interested parties. Now that Wang Jieshuai is down, these people who depend on him will inevitably be liquidated and pursued.
The profit gaps and gaps left behind are enough for all those in the know to break the head and fight. And they, who had once helped the Taiping Army's saltman shed heads, didn't they just take the lead? This is a great thing that fell out of thin air.
Although they have never had experience in trafficking and have no corresponding capital; but in the face of huge interest expectations, they are not a problem or trouble at all. As long as they can get the license promised by the Taiping Army, are they afraid that people are willing to take the capital to partner
You know, when the father of the commander Wang came from Daibei to work in the local area, he was also alone. Thinking of this, he became more and more grateful for the decision he had made at the beginning, and now I am afraid that he is envious of living in the territory of Dead Jie County, and there are a dozen other large and small saltmen.
Later, after watching this old shed head leave, even if he stumbled and fell into a handsome face, he couldn't hide his joyful and ecstatic figure. Wang Guoer smiled slightly, and then hesitated to herself.
Of course, what he said is not groundless. As the northward troops, the instruction is very clear; it is to temporarily stabilize these local groups who have been living in salt ponds for generations, and if they can be mobilized and used at an appropriate price, it would be better.
Because these people are no better than the ordinary villagers who live on the land, they have certain organization and coordination and the tradition of fighting for life. Therefore, they are also quite close to the original volunteers from the class standpoint, and they have been saved for many years. Make it a potential source of troops.
Therefore, after proper differentiation and transformation, it is possible to eliminate and dissolve the instability factors that may remain in the locality, and at the same time, to obtain a certain sense of potential cooperation and support in the follow-up cleanup work, as well as local sources of troops in the future. supplement.
After all, although the benefits of Jiechi are considerable, they are not as good as the female pools that can produce Glauber's salt and other nitrates, which are more valued by the Taiping Army. On the other hand, the salt-making and salt-trading industries in the Taiping Army have been quite developed and self-contained, and getting the solution pool is just an icing on the cake.
Two days later, Jiangzhou Quwo was the last and largest formed Hezhong soldiers; more than 5,000 regiments stationed at the northern end of Zhiguanxing. Under the leadership of the defender, three thousand men and horses were separated to take over Quwo, but they were kicked by the Taiping pioneers.
As a result, these long-fighting regiment trainers are relatively tough, and can shoot arrows on the spot for counterattack and containment when they are far away; but once they are approached by the Taiping Tussock, after throwing a round of explosive bombs face to face, Suddenly, it collapsed on the spot, and was defeated.
As a result, the two thousand defenders in the mouth that were left later also finally put down their weapons and landed under the enemy. For a time, as the two ends of Zhiguanxing between Wangwu Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain were opened up, the forces of the Taiping Army camp between Hebei, Henan and Hedong were completely connected.
And one hundred and eighty miles to the north, inside Linfen City, Jinzhou, which is under siege. The brothers Wang Yun and Wang Gong, who led the defenders, had disputes and conflicts again, and they dispersed in public on the city. However, they soon had to return to the city again.
Because, in the Hedong Army/Jin Army camp outside the city, it suddenly showed the Hezhong Jiedu Wang Chongrong and his banners and ceremonial guards captured after being defeated by the Jin Army, which caused an uproar on the scene of the defenders at the head of the city. Startled. (End of this chapter)