boyutpedia Chapter 304
Chapter 304
In Tanghai County, Taishi Ci, who stayed behind, could see his mother every day and felt that he lived a very happy life.
Although he was busy, every day when he returned home, his mother would cook hot meals for him, which made him feel that this was the best life in the world.
At noon, he was sitting in his courtyard eating lunch with his mother, and a soldier who came hurriedly pushed the door and entered.
"Sir, it's not good!" The soldier reported with a heavy breath.
"What's the matter?" Taishi Ci jumped up with a bang.
The county magistrate trusted him and asked him to stay behind. Tanghai County must not have any problems.
"A group of ships came from afar on the seashore. I don't know where they came from." The soldier said hurriedly.
"There are a lot of them, and they are moving in a measured way."
"It doesn't look good!"
Taishi Ci didn't hesitate at all, told his mother, and ran out of the courtyard quickly.
"Immediately order all adult men in the city to gather and the militia to stand by."
"In addition, all men between the ages of 20 and 30 should gather at the beach with weapons."
"The whole city is in the highest defense posture."
"No one is allowed to go out!"
"Yes!" The soldiers followed the order and passed it on.
The whole Tanghai City was busy in an instant.
This was the first time that such a wartime mobilization order appeared in Tanghai County.
The people were particularly conscious. After receiving the news, they quickly organized outside the city and rushed back to the city.
Men between the ages of 20 and 30 returned home, picked up their weapons, and immediately gathered in the wilderness.
Neat queues were constantly formed.
The people held their breath in their hearts, not knowing who dared to come to Tanghai County to make trouble.
But no matter who it was, they would drive the other party out.
Even if the county magistrate was not there, they would defend Tanghai County.
Taishi Ci went to the military camp, took the thousands of new soldiers left in Tanghai City, and then took the young and strong men in the city. After fully armed, they headed for the sea.
On the beach, Tanghai soldiers and young men lined up in a long queue, looking at the distant sea.
Those fleets were heading to the seaside, and there were indeed many ships as the news said.
Taishi Ci frowned and tightened the iron halberd in his hand.
"Pass the order down, be ready for battle at any time!"
All the soldiers and young men were ready for battle under his order.
On the sea, the crew driving the ship found that there were fully armed soldiers on the shore, and they were scared and reported it quickly.
The Yangzhou official who led the team immediately went to the deck, and his heart trembled when he saw the army on the coast.
As Yangzhou people, when have they ever seen such an elite army?
"Is this the strength of the Youzhou army?"
"As expected of the border army, they are very elite!"
"Send someone to communicate and tell them that we are sent by the court to the Tanghai Direct Administrative Region to transport ships!"
Under the order of the Yangzhou officials, a small boat headed towards the coast.
Given the opponent's posture, if they landed rashly, they would probably be defeated on the spot.
If they were beaten up by their own people, they would suffer in silence.
"Shipbuilding craftsmen from Yangzhou?" Taishi Ci, who received the news on the shore, frowned.
"Tanghai Direct Administrative Region?"
Although the name is the same, their Tanghai is a county.
Moreover, Taishi Ci, who had served in the government before, had never heard of the level of a direct administrative region.
What exactly is it?
Taishi Ci was puzzled.
However, he didn't care so much. Maybe the county magistrate had accomplished something earth-shaking outside and was rewarded by the emperor alone.
He ordered the soldiers and young men to withdraw their fighting posture and sent people back to the city to report the news.
After obtaining Taishi Ci's approval, the Yangzhou fleet dared to continue sailing towards the shore.
The Yangzhou officials disembarked and handed the official documents to Taishi Ci, only to find that the other party did not know about the Tanghai direct jurisdiction.
So they told Taishi Ci in detail.
Taishi Ci's eyes widened when he heard it.
"The county magistrate has been promoted to district governor!"
"From Youbeiping County, all the way north, to Lelang County."
"This..."
Taishi Ci was extremely excited.
What's the difference between this and being crowned a king?
He has the power to govern the military and the financial power, and is only responsible to the emperor. Neither the court nor the local officials have the right to ask about the affairs of Tanghai.
It's much more powerful than being crowned a king!
A huge sense of honor emerged from Taishi Ci's heart.
The Tanghai soldiers and young men around were also very excited after hearing the news.
The Yangzhou official's eyes fell on the Tanghai soldiers and he couldn't move away.
"Such an elite army is hard to find in the world!"
"With such soldiers in a county, it's no wonder that they can win battle after battle in the battle to eliminate the Yellow Turbans."
"How can such soldiers not win!"
The Yangzhou official became more and more excited as he watched.
The shipbuilders who kept getting off the shipThe craftsmen and their families had a preliminary impression of Tang Hai for the first time.
Originally, the people of Yangzhou did not want to go north.
After all, they were used to the climate of Yangzhou, and they knew the bitter cold of Youzhou very well.
The court required the whole family to migrate, which made them reluctant but had to accept the decree.
Moreover, the order was very urgent, and they were not given much time to assemble and set off.
This made the shipbuilding craftsmen and their families from Yangzhou more resistant to Tang Hai.
"Yangzhou colleagues, please enter the city quickly!" Taishi Ci arranged immediately.
He sent someone to call Yang Lao, who was the most respected in the city and was the most qualified to receive foreign officials.
Under Taishi Ci's arrangement, Sun Qian took Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and a group of minor officials in the city to arrange the shipbuilding craftsmen who came.
After a count, there were 3,000 craftsmen with their families, a total of 15,000 people.
This number was still within Taishi Ci's acceptable range.
Without saying anything, they took out the signboard of Tanghai County and arranged meals!
Lunch!
Once the news of such arrangement spread, the shipbuilding craftsmen from Yangzhou thought they were just waiting for orders.
A big lunch?
This remote and bitterly cold Tanghai... is not so bad!
Not long after, the shipbuilding craftsmen who were temporarily arranged in the temporary garrison outside the city had their first meal since arriving in Tanghai.
The delicious steamed sweet potatoes made them praise it endlessly.
With wild vegetable and salted fish soup, they ate until their stomachs were full.
This was the life they dared not dream of in Yangzhou.
Craftsmen have always been humble, but Tanghai treated them very well.
Let a group of shipbuilding craftsmen and their families instantly forget what Yangzhou looks like.
The more they looked at the magnificent Tanghai City on the side, the more they felt that they had come to the right place this time.
The news of three meals a day spread among the craftsmen, making everyone look forward to Tanghai.
In the city, Cai Yong was responsible for receiving officials from Yangzhou.
He still used the alias of the old man surnamed Yang, and was very considerate in dealing with people.
With the unique strong liquor of Tanghai County, the officials from Yangzhou were very happy to be entertained.
Cai Yong was also very happy to finally get rid of his strict daughter and drink a lot in the name of entertainment.
It didn't take a few rounds to drink several officials from Yangzhou, and then he drank alone for the second half.
"Tanghai Direct Administrative Region..."
After drinking the wine cup in one gulp, Cai Yong's eyes gradually blurred...