Chapter 262 Let the Tang Kingdom Perish Happily
After Zhou Xiaocheng was defeated, he found that several of his generals who had no families were detained in the capital, so he led nearly half of his soldiers to surrender in Qingshan.
He was so angry that he started cursing.
But the young generals said, "Lord Tang, you should surrender too. You cannot defeat Song, and the people can no longer withstand the war. In order to prevent the people of Tang from becoming extinct and being ravaged by Wei and Japan, please think about the people of the world."
Zhou Xiaocheng would definitely not surrender.
The prime minister of Song was eloquent. Zhou Xiaocheng retreated, and the prime minister lobbied everywhere. On the one hand, he wanted to defeat the enemy without fighting, and on the other hand, he also wanted to emulate the Kyushu Empire and grab the territory gently.
The Kyushu Empire advocated surrendering people without firing a single shot, and the prime minister also wanted to use his eloquence to persuade the people of Tang to surrender to the Song.
Zhou Xiaocheng retreated and met the Wei army led by Yuan Rong and Murong Fenghuang on the way. The Tang army fought desperately and killed Yuan Rong. Murong Fenghuang and Zhou Xiaocheng fought against each other and both suffered heavy losses.
Qingshan continued to advance and met Murong Fenghuang and Guishan Nai in Yingcheng.
Qingshan said to Murong Fenghuang: "You and I are of the same race, and this is an internal struggle. The Japanese are a foreign race and they are threatening to destroy our race. If you know what's good for you, join forces with me to drive them out, and then we can talk about our affairs."
Emperor Murong Feng agreed, and the two countries joined forces to attack Japan.
Kameyama Nai was defeated by the Song army and fled in panic. Qingshan and Murong Fenghuang defeated the enemy into the sea in one breath. Kameyama Nai was killed, and half of his soldiers died and half fled back to their country.
All the cities originally occupied by Kameyama were recovered, and Qingshan refused to give up an inch of the recovered territory. He asked the prime minister to immediately sign agreements with each city and submit to the State of Song.
This made Murong Fenghuang laugh: "Lord Song is so powerful, you guys are so powerful, you even brought the imperial edict with you when you went to war?"
That's right, when the prime minister came out, he and Liu Yu drafted many blank appointment letters, all of which were stamped with the imperial seal, and they could take office immediately after filling in their names.
Murong Fenghuang was no match for Qingshan and had to retreat to the city he had previously captured.
Qingshan and the prime minister rushed straight to the capital of the Tang Dynasty.
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Compared with Qingshan and Murong Fenghuang's wars in the south and the north, the Jiuzhou Empire was peaceful. The entire southern and southwestern parts of the Tang Dynasty surrendered to the Jiuzhou Empire without any casualties.
No one surrendered, and the common people tried every means to run to the territory of Kyushu Empire. If for no other reason, Xie Yanyan and Zhou Shaoyu were in various cities celebrating the upcoming New Year, with the military and civilians celebrating together!
The first city to warm up was Ruyang.
This period of time was the happiest time in the entire Ruyang City.
The flag of the Kyushu Empire was hoisted in Ruyang City and its surrounding areas, and they were uniformly called Ruyang County. The former commander-in-chief Song Dacheng was appointed as the governor of Ruyang County.
On the day when the flag of the Kyushu Empire was hoisted, Su Zhe and Xu Wenrong divided their troops into two groups and, under the protection of the soldiers sent by Song Dacheng, preached to the people of the entire Ruyang County.
This place became the first county of the Kyushu Empire.
To celebrate this great day, a month-long Thousand-Person Hotpot event was held in three cities in Ruyang County.
Xie Yanyan doesn't have much else, but she has a lot of food. The fertile land of ten thousand square kilometers in her space can be harvested every one or two months. This is really... almost a disaster~~
Each city signed an agreement, specifying how many acres of farmland to plow after the spring, how many farmers to attract, and how much grain to return in the autumn. Once the agreement was signed, a pot for a thousand people could be opened immediately.
Are you nervous? It's no problem for Xie Yanyan!
She imitated the Fuzhou Thousand Monks Pot from her previous life, which is 1.65 meters in diameter and 80 centimeters deep.
In every city, there are more than a dozen large pots lined up to cook porridge.
The laborers who build the stove, collect firewood, make fire, and cook food are given priority to eat.
Pre-soaked polished rice, glutinous rice or black glutinous rice is the main ingredient, and then add auxiliary ingredients such as mung beans, red beans, lentils, white lentils, red dates, peach kernels, peanuts, lotus seeds, longans, pine nuts, yam, lily, wolfberry, Euryale ferox, and coix seed rice
Bucket after bucket was carried and poured into a big pot.
That pot of porridge requires 3,000 kilograms of firewood!
Therefore, the mayors of each city said to all the people: "Charity is provided for the porridge, but you must work hard, either in exchange for firewood or in exchange for work."
Some collect firewood, some light the fire, some cook porridge, some soak beans.
A true ocean of human joy.
It starts cooking before dawn and takes more than two hours to cook. By the time it is all distributed, it is already afternoon. After washing, start the next pot.
Regardless of wealth, city or country, anyone from the county can receive food.
Snowflakes are floating in the sky, and laughter is floating among the people.
Ruyang County has never been so joyful.
Su Zhe and Xu Wenrong are both first-rate eloquent people, and wherever they go, everyone submits to them.
So the Thousand-Person Pot was held in one city after another.
In addition to making porridge, the master of the Jiuzhou Empire also got everyone a kind of food called sweet potato, which can be cooked directly in water and eaten very filling. Everyone was told how to eat it, and then each city lord was responsible for distributing raw sweet potatoes to everyone, who could take them back and eat them until the beginning of spring.
No one dared to keep the grain for themselves, because Xu Wenrong and Su Zhe had said that the more farmers the city lord retained for spring plowing, the more rewards he would receive. If the city lord was incapable of doing so and could not retain enough farmers, all the grain would be taken back and the city lord would be replaced; those who took bribes would be beheaded.
No one dared to intercept it, and it was all distributed to the people. Even if they failed to attract enough people, they had to lobby elsewhere to bring people to their jurisdiction.
Everyone is looking forward to the arrival of spring. They want to plant crops and grow sweet potatoes. Next year, they will cook a bowl of new rice porridge for their masters.
Zhou Shaoyu stood on the city wall and watched people drinking porridge from their bowls and happily carrying sweet potatoes home. He put his arm around Xie Yanyan's shoulders and said, "Aren't you afraid of losing money?"
"Don't be afraid! Haven't we signed the agreement?"
I will lend you some grain now and return it in autumn when the harvest comes.
Although she has no shortage of food, she cannot cultivate laziness or get something for nothing.
She could take from the people and give back to the people. She used the grain they handed over to her as material rewards to those who made contributions in various neighborhoods.
There are talents, culture and future.
"Report to Emperor Yan, the letter from the Queen of Tang!"
When Xie Yanyan received the letter from the Queen, he originally thought that she was asking him to help the Tang Kingdom. He opened it and read it, and was surprised: "Huh?"
"What? What did she say?" Zhou Shaoyu took the letter from Xie Yanyan and said in disbelief, "How did they get together?"
Inside there was a letter from Jiang Shuang and a letter from the Queen.
Jiang Shuang said that she missed Xie Yanyan very much and was very happy to hear that she married the eldest prince. She said that she was in Kyoto and wanted to see her very much, and that the Queen of Tang was very kind to her. She hoped that Xie Yanyan would help the Queen and ask her to bring her son-in-law back to Kyoto to see her.
The Queen's letter was to first verify whether Jiang Shuang was her mother, secondly, she hoped that they would go back, saying that there was no overnight hatred between mother and son, and thirdly, she would never let Zhou Shaoyu take a concubine again. She loved Xie Yanyan very much and would definitely treat her as a daughter.
Xie Yanyan took Jiang Shuang's letter, tore it into pieces, and let it fly away with the wind.
Zhou Shaoyu took the Queen's letter, tore it into pieces, and let it fly away with a snap of his fingers.
I won’t reply to your letter, so don’t tell anyone.
Especially Xie Anfeng and Xie Yanyan would never mention Jiang Shuang.
How shameless! After being divorced, she married a man who was almost the same age as Xie Ning, and even wanted her to recognize him as her father and mother! !
Xie Anfeng was such a kind father, she couldn't bear to disgust him with Jiang Shuang again.
As for herself, she has always been herself, Xie Yanyan, an agricultural scientist from the 22nd century.
The Tang Dynasty is about to be destroyed. Jiang Shuang and her "stepfather" should become a pair of happy slaves of a conquered nation!
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