"Come down here and get into the carriage. What will it look like?" Seeing Xu Huai opening the curtain and trying to get into the carriage, Liu Qiong'er felt embarrassed and annoyed and grabbed his ears and pushed him out.
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After breakfast, the sun has climbed over the treetops.
Liu Qiong'er was not a martial artist and had a weak body. She accompanied Xu Huai out of the city and went to Lutai Dazhai to meet the Xu clan and pay homage to Mrs. Zhu. Of course she traveled by carriage.
She also thought about going to Lutai Dazhai on Xiaoshili Road. The carriage was driving slowly on the east bank of Baijian River, and she would arrive at Lutai Dazhai at noon. She could take this opportunity to catch up on her sleep.
However, with dozens of guards and soldiers surrounding her, how could she ask Xu Huai to get into the carriage and have a deep sleep? It would be better for the two of them to lie down in the back house of the county government office.
"You have no conscience, I haven't slept all night!" Xu Huai grinned and shouted, "I work harder than you, okay?"
"I don't care, you sit outside and don't get into the car." Liu Qiong'er pressed her hand on the car curtain.
Xu Huai took the driver's seat in front of the chariot, took the whip from the driver's hand, and said, "It seems that I am destined to drive the chariot!"
In April, the spring scenery in the mountains is beautiful, the grass and trees are green, and the roadside, ditches, and slopes are covered with fine yellow flowers. The Baijian River is also full, and from time to time, small silver-scaled fish jump out of the water and play in the rapids.
After walking slowly for twenty miles, we arrived in front of Yuhuang Ridge at noon.
More than 2,000 military horses are kept on the pasture on the north slope of Yuhuangling. From a distance, the horses can be seen playing in the slopes and valleys. The slopes and valleys on the east bank of the Baijian River have also opened up pastures for grazing war horses.
Xu Huai thought about it and finally gave up the plan to open up the valley between Dafu Mountain and Jinding Mountain into pasture.
After all, no matter how good the Qingyi Ridge camp's defense is, it cannot completely cover the dozens of miles of valley between Dafu Mountain and Jinding Mountain.
However, war horse resources are still in short supply, especially as Hebei, Hedong and other places have fallen successively. The source of war horses in the north has been completely cut off. There is no room for failure among the more than a thousand stallions in Tongbai Mountain.
The pasture was moved to Yuhuangling. The Xu clan had rich experience in transforming pastures and raising horses. Xu Huai had great power in Tongbai Mountain and could transform the slopes near Yuhuangling and Xiema Mountain.
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In the valley at the northern foot of Dafu Mountain, several more docks can be built. On the one hand, the young people can be organized to cultivate the nearby valleys, and on the other hand, a tighter defense network can be formed with the Qingyi Ridge camp.
Someone had come to report the news of Xu Huai's return to Lutai Dazhai. Liu Qiong'er slept in the carriage all morning. She felt the carriage slow down, stretched out and opened the curtain, but saw a large group of people in the distance.
People stood in front of Beiqiao Xiaozhai in eager anticipation, and hurriedly hid in the carriage to tidy up their appearance.
"Uncle Seventeen, why are you also in Dazhai?" Seeing Xu Wujiang, Di Niang and Xu Wuliang were also waiting in front of Beiqiao Xiaozhai, Xu Huai jumped off the carriage, walked up and asked curiously.
"We came here early, and we didn't hear until we got to Dazhai that you were coming too." Xu Wujiang said.
"There is no need to have such a big guard of honor. How can I, a county magistrate, have such great prestige?" Xu Huai looked at Xu Wujiang, and beside Xu Wuliang, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu, Xu Guanshan, and Xu Sheng walked around and asked with a smile.
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He spent the whole night with Liu Qiong'er. He was afraid that he would be listless during the day and would be shy to see people, so he found an excuse to come to Dazhai. He actually wanted to have a day trip, but he didn't expect that not only the reputable clan elders who stayed in Dazhai were also standing there.
Waiting in front of Beiqiao Xiaozhai, the village chiefs on both sides of the village are all here, and the elders are basically here. It seems that they have been waiting at the gate of the village for a while.
Xu Wujiang and Xu Wuliang laughed and did not answer Xu Huai's remarks.
It is said that "to destroy a family and know the state, to destroy the county magistrate", when the county was known in the world, the county magistrate was already above all living beings in the local area, but everyone had seen the world. The power Xu Huai held at this time, or in other words
How can the power gathered by Tongbai Mountain be compared to the magistrate or county magistrate who can't even deal with local clans?
Over the years since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty, the main purpose was to prevent the rise of local powerful forces, so some words are still taboo, and everyone deliberately avoids mentioning Xu Wujiang.
The plaques on "Deer Hall" have been replaced.
Beiqiao Xiaozhai is mainly used for training of rural soldiers. The walls of the village have been reinforced, but the internal facilities are simple. Everyone walked through the Xiaozhai, crossed the Qingliu River, and walked to Dazhai.
Lutai Dazhai, located between Yuhuangling and Qingliu River, has covered the foundation of the earthen wall with bricks and stones in the past two years. The wall is much thicker and comparable to a formal city wall; a more than four miles long wall has also been built on the east side.
The sub-wall resists a stone cliff on the south slope of Yuhuang Ridge and extends northward to the beach of Qingliu River to restrict the attacking enemy from detouring from the upper reaches of Qingliu River and entering the east wing of Lutai Dazhai.
The small village on the north bank of Qingliu River has also been consolidated to a considerable extent; and at the entrance of the valley from Lutai Dazhai to Shituoling, two enclosures with extremely thick outer walls, comparable to Wubao, were built, almost to the north of Yuhuang Ridge.
Slope, at the foot of the northeastern foothills of Shituoling, forming a relatively complete defense system.
While Xu Huai was in Shuozhou, Xu Wujiang, Xu Wuliang, Xu Guanshan, and Di Niang stayed in Huaiyuan, focusing mainly on the management of Yuhuang Ridge, Shituoling, Jinshagou and Xiema Mountain.
After Chushan was established as a county, the focus of the early structural defense of Tongbai Mountain was on Dafu Mountain and the Shimenling area bordering Guangzhou on the east wing. Su Laochang still felt sorry for wasting too much money and food here.
However, Xu Huai has now decided to open a shortcut to Suizhou from Xiema Mountain to the south. Lutai Dazhai will also become a key node in controlling the southern line. The defense system here is not only not wasted, but also needs to be further strengthened.
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After the Nanling Channel is opened, this will at least ensure that Suizhou's materials and energy sources can continue to be transported to Yuhuangling without fear of the ability of a small group of enemy forces to cut them off.
What's more, the vicinity of Yuhuangling is also their most important military horse breeding and breeding base. Xu Huai also plans to establish a formal horse herding inspection department here. In addition, Xu Huai also plans to formally establish an inspection department in Lutai Dazhai to take charge of the work.
Defense, anti-theft and military and civilian affairs.
Since the establishment of the county in Chushan, Xu Huai has thought about setting up more inspection departments in Tongbai Mountain to serve as the township government office and take over local affairs below the county government from the clan. However, he led his troops outside in the past three months.
Fighting, now that we have returned to Tongbai Mountain, we can proceed with this matter.
After Xu Wufu's death, a considerable part of the annexed courtyard of his house was divided to accommodate clan members with outstanding military exploits. However, the main house with the most exquisite and luxurious architecture is a large courtyard with five fronts and backs, with separate courtyards on the left and right. In the end,
Keep it.
The reception luncheon was arranged in the main house. Looking at the spacious courtyard, Xu Huai told Xu Wujiang and the others: "If Lutai wants to add a township department, it can be placed here to handle affairs. There is no need to spend money and food to build another one. That's right.
Speaking of the new township department, I think Uncle Xu Sheng is qualified for the role of inspector, what do you think?"
Shimenling Inspection Department, Zhouqiaoyi Inspection Department and the Yushan Inspection Department to be established are the gateways to the east and west of Tongbai Mountain.
The main focus was on military defense, and Xu Huai wanted military generals to also lead inspection envoys. However, the township bureaus established in the hinterlands such as Lutai and Shibaliwu were mainly focused on economic and people's livelihood.
The Financial Supervisor and other supervisory departments are jointly appointed.
Now that the financial resources in the mountains are limited, every penny of food must be saved, and the available manpower is also limited. The Lutai inspection envoy, the Yuhuangling horse herding supervisor, and the Jinshagou gold supervisor, Xu Huai wanted to make Xu Sheng
Signed by one person.
Xu Sheng was also a veteran who returned from the Jingsheng Army. Although he, Zhou Jing and others chose to wait and see during the Tongbai Mountain Bandit Rebellion and did not take a clear stand immediately, the scale of Xu's pastoral care can be seen in the near future.
In the past twenty years, it has further grown and almost monopolized the mule and horse markets in Huaiyuan, Biyang and other places, with Xu Sheng taking the greatest credit.
Before the Tongbai Mountain Bandit Rebellion, Xu Wufu was even worried that Xu Sheng would threaten his status, so he suppressed and excluded him two years ago; Xu Sheng has also been unsatisfactory in the Xu family in recent years.
Of course, Xu Sheng's initial hesitation and wait-and-see had a lot to do with Xu Wuqi's lurking too deeply.
Since Xu Huai can reuse Zhou Jing, of course he will not dislike Xu Sheng.
"Of course Xu Sheng is qualified, but if Xu Sheng is used here, what will Wu Liang do? He won't be exclusively responsible for gold mining, right?" Xu Wujiang asked curiously.
"The gold mining supervisor was also merged into the Lutai Township Department, and Uncle Xu Sheng was also in charge. Uncle Wu Liang followed us back to Huaiyuan," Xu Huai said, "I plan to separate the workhouse into the left and right Jing Cheng courtyards, and Uncle Wu Liang will be in charge of one!"
The placer gold mining in Jinshagou is based on the chute method, combined with boat mining and keel water pumping. Almost more than 3,000 guan of gold sand is mined every month. However, due to the constraints of the terrain and the silt resources at the creek bottom,
It is difficult to increase significantly in a short period of time. In the later stage, the main thing is to maintain stable mining.
The next focus of Huaiyuan's work is to expand the casting and production of armored weapons.
Although since the founding of the Dai Viet dynasty, civilians have been allowed to produce weapons, and Lo Si basically has weapons workshops, the real strength of armor casting is still mainly concentrated in Bianliang.
The imperial court specially set up institutions such as the East-West Siege Workshop, Armor Institute, Wanquan Workshop, Bow and Crossbow Institute, Crossbow and Arrow Making Institute, Saddle Maker, and Horse-cutting Sword Institute, which were responsible for the production and manufacturing of the Forbidden Army's weapons.
Once Bianliang falls, Dai Viet's core armor ordnance manufacturing system will be completely destroyed. Of course, Lu Sizhou County can also reorganize craftsman production, but most of it will experience a period of chaos.
The timely supply of soldiers and armor is extremely critical to the effective organization of defense lines in the Jianghuai region.
The fields in Tongbai Mountain are limited, and the natural resources that can be exported on a large scale are quite limited.
Although in the future, the food and salary for the army can be obtained from the Lu Si on South Jingxi Road, but the money and food are controlled by the Lu Si. Xu Huai and the Chushan Camp will no longer be able to do whatever they want and have to be controlled by the Lu Si for a lot of time.
If you want to minimize or even completely get rid of Lu Si's control, Tongbai Mountain needs to have the ability to independently exchange food and other resources from the outside.
Xu Huai thought of dividing the workshop into two parts, the left and right Jingchengyuan, and the left Jingchengyuan continued to be responsible for the current road opening, land reclamation and camp construction. On the basis of the original five soldiers of Zhufengtang, relying on Shibaliwu
Iron ore and smelting site, newly added workshop on the right side of the courtyard.
Xu Huai also planned to take out the former Huaihe Inspection Division Junzhai on the west bank of the Baijian River to specialize in the casting and production of military armor and weapons and civilian ironware. Part of it would be used to meet the internal needs of Tongbai Mountain, and part of it would be exported to the outside world in exchange for money and grain.
