Xu Huai stayed in Longtan Ridge for a few days and visited the mines, Pitang Reservoir, kilns, porcelain factories, smelting factories, armor-making workshops, iron wire factories and other departments around Longtan Ridge, before returning to Xiangcheng.
Xiangcheng's old name is Pheasant County, Yunyang. It is located in the valley basin on the north bank of Baihe River at the southern foot of Funiu Mountain. Dongzhao River bypasses the east side of the county and merges into Baihe River. Because of the abandonment of Wanluo West Road (Sanya Road),
Xiangcheng County, which once had an endless stream of merchants, fell silent and became an unknown mountain county. It was even abolished in the middle of Dai Viet, and its area was merged into Wancheng County in the south. Only the Xiangcheng Inspection Department was retained on the north bank of Baihe River.
(Military Village) Search for bandits.
Emperor Jianji ascended the throne in Xiangyang, and the Tang and Deng states were combined into Nanyang Prefecture. Taking into account that Funiu Mountain was not particularly majestic as a whole, there were some narrow valleys between the mountains, and the pass could be marched with simple paving, so the direction was re-established.
City and county, strengthen the defense at the southern foot of Funiu Mountain.
The jurisdiction of Xiangcheng County originally covered the southern foothills of Funiu Mountain involved in the middle and upper reaches of the Baihe River. After the Zheng family and his son led the Shenwu Army to Huainan, with the efforts of Chushan, they
??The imperial court included the mountainous areas at the southern foot of Funiu Mountain, including Longtan Ridge, into Ruzhou, so that the Chushan camp at that time could unify and organize the defense of Funiu Mountain.
After most of the jurisdiction of Xiangcheng County was removed, it was abandoned again, and the establishment of the Xiangcheng Inspection Department was restored. The area south of the original county seat, including the Xiangcheng Inspection Department, was placed under the jurisdiction of Wancheng County.
After Chushan Xingying took over the southern foothills of Funiu Mountain more than two years ago, it established six inspection divisions (township divisions) including Longtanling and Yunyang, which were under the jurisdiction of Lushan County.
Later, the camp organized personnel to conduct further surveys of the smelting site sites left over from the previous dynasty in Longtan Ridge, and found that there were a large amount of exploitable coal and iron resources in the mountains east of Longtan Ridge. In the early years, it was difficult to mine due to violent flash floods, wars, and deep veins.
And desolate.
Chushan has been mining coal and iron on a large scale in Tongbai Mountain over the years, and has accumulated a lot of experience in tunnel mining. The seemingly deep veins in the Longtan Ridge area do not pose any obstacle to Chushan.
At that time, Xingying considered the need to build a large ironmaking plant in an area close to the Han River, so that the produced iron materials could be transported to Jinghu, Jianghuai and other places through convenient and cheap water transportation, and through these cheap and high-quality iron materials, porcelain could be exchanged
Due to the shortage of resources in Nanyang, it was decided to set up a large iron smelting yard and kiln in Longtanling.
Due to the time when the Jingxiang Road was established, the Zhisi and the imperial court agreed that, except for war zones, the prefectures (prefectures), except for a few assistant officials such as the Chief Seal Officer, the Military Supervisor and the Qingtian Secretary, were directly recommended and appointed by the Zhisi, including the prefectures and prefectures.
Cao Cao and county-level officials still maintained the old system.
Therefore, it has been more than half a year since the establishment of Jingxiang Road, and the production department has not mentioned the matter of relocating the county to Xiangcheng.
Longtanling is about to become the first epoch-making industrial town in Beijing and Xiangzhou due to the use of new hydraulic turbines. Biyang City, where the company is located, and Wancheng County in the south are both located in flat areas, not close to coal and iron mining areas, and lack of concentration.
Conditions for the occurrence of hydraulic production; by the end of the year, the population directly related to coal, iron and hydraulic production will likely increase to more than 100,000, plus the garrison and other supporting auxiliary population, it is likely to reach 150,000 to 180,000
So many. Except for the capital city and a few big cities and Xiongcheng that are located at the intersection of water and land and are also the headquarters of supervisors, there are very few towns in the world with such a large residential population.
At this time, Biyang, including the garrison, only had a population of 100,000 people.
Moreover, the entire Dongzhao River bank must be planned according to the concentrated residential population of 300,000. Many plans and supporting work need to be started immediately - the original city was only six to seven hundred steps square, which was far from meeting the demand. At the same time,
It was divided into several township bureaus for management, but obviously it could not keep up with the situation.
However, when the county is relocated to the city, it is inevitable that officials will be appointed by the imperial court. At the same time, even if it is difficult to keep the secrets of the turbines secret for a long time, more time must be gained so that Beijing and Xiangzhou can form a scale advantage in hydraulic production——
The production department has also discussed it several times internally, hesitating between several plans, and has not yet made a final decision.
After this period of careful consideration, Xu Huai returned to the old county seat of Xiangcheng County and moved into the original county government office. Today’s inspection????????????????among the government offices,
In the misty spring rain, the people accompanying this group said:
"It seems that there is still a need to establish a special camp in Yunyang. This special camp does not ask for official positions from the imperial court, but is only controlled internally by the system. Uncle Qi knows soldiers and is good at fighting. In the past two years, he has also managed the water and created it.
Regarding ordnance and other matters, I think I will ask Uncle Qi to be the commander of this special camp and take charge of the construction, production and garrison in the Xiangcheng-Longtanling-Yunyangguan area. What do you think?"
The only remaining member of the previous generation of the Wang family is Wang Ju, the seventh eldest, and Fan Yongyuan is the general of the Wang family. As for the Xu family, there are more older generations, but the one who can really call Xu Huai uncle is Xu Wuqi,
Xu Wukun, Xu Wujiang, Xu Wuliang, Xu Guanshan and others, among others, Xu Wuqi is ranked fifth, Xu Wukun is ranked seventh, and Xu Wujiang is ranked seventeenth. However, Xu Wu Guanshan and Xu Wuliang are not among the five servers. They are in the Xu family.
There is no ranking.
At this time, Wang Ju led his business group on a journey to Lushui. It was unknown how long it would take before he could return to Biyang. The "seventh uncle" Xu Huai mentioned naturally refers to Xu Wukun, the seventh eldest son of the Xu family.
In addition to the Xu family, Xu Wuqi was in charge of military affairs, and Sima was in charge of military affairs. Xu Wujiang was sent to Jingzhou and was also the supervisor of the army and horses in Jingzhou. Xu Xin'an was the commander of the left army and the commander of the Shenzhou camp.
Xin, Xu Pang and others all held important general positions in the army. Xu Wuliang was appointed as the left military officer of the battalion repair department, and Xu Sheng was appointed as the left officer of Zhufengtang. Now the Yunyang special camp was established. Xu Huai advocated that Xu Wuqi should join the Ma Infantry Academy.
Zuo Shenjun was transferred to the command of the camp, and the Xu family's power in Beijing and Xiang became more prominent.
However, everyone had no opinion on this - the Xu family was originally one of the most important foundations for Xu Huai's rule over Beijing and Xiangzhou, and the Wang family was slightly weaker in comparison.
Speaking of Xu Wukun personally, not only did he serve as a military officer in the Jingsheng Army in his early years, but after Xu Wuxuan and Xu Wiqi, Su Laochang secretly rescued Xu Huai and raised him in Tongbai Mountain, Xu Wukun also cared about him very much; Xu Huai rose to power in Tongbai Mountain.
Baishan and Xu Wukun were the first to stand up and rush to follow them.
Xu Wukun is now nearly sixty years old, and his muscles and bones are no longer as strong as before. He may not be as good as Chen Zixiao, Wang Xian, Tang Pan and other newcomers in commanding troops, but he has a calm temperament, rich experience, and seasoned experience. Following Xu Huai
He has been around for the longest time, and he has a very clear understanding of the essence of Xu Huaiye's political methods.
Even if Xu Wukun is no longer assigned to the front line to supervise operations, he is still fully capable of commanding the Yunyang special camp.
After this on-site inspection and seeing the actual trials of new hydraulic turbines in various fields over the past year, everyone knows very well that Longtanling, or Yunyang Special Camp, even if they do not ask for specific official positions from the court for the time being,
, but no one can deny its importance in the overall situation of Beijing and Xiangzhou in the future, and it is indeed necessary for a general with sufficient weight to sit here and lead the overall situation here.
Besides, other candidates who may be more suitable than Xu Wukun are also in important positions.
Xu Huai also studied with Shi Zhen, Han Gui, Xu Wuqi and others to move the coal and iron supervisory and ordnance supervision offices, and even the craftsmen's school to Yunyang.
Xu Huai independently established the Coal and Iron Supervision and Ordnance Supervision. In addition to their irreplaceable and important positions in Beijing and Xiangzhou, the more important thing was to promote the integration of engineering and manufacturing methods.
Iterative development must not be limited to existing achievements.
After all, there is no absolutely insurmountable gap in the current craftsmanship methods, and it is impossible to absolutely guarantee that the advanced craftsmanship methods controlled by Jingxiang will never be leaked.
What Beijing and Xiangzhou need is a manufacturing system that is constantly integrated and iteratively developed.
Since Yunyang is to be built into the first epoch-making industrial and manufacturing city, the coal and railway supervisors and ordnance supervisors who are responsible for the corresponding major research tasks have all moved to Yunyang to closely follow the actual production, identify problems, and solve problems.
is the best choice.
As for the production department's needs and feedback on coal and iron mining, smelting, and ordnance preparation, monthly contact and reporting are acceptable.
Taking into account the necessity of defense, personnel organization and confidentiality, the subsequent living areas built in Yunyang will still be mainly villages. However, the construction land along the Dongzhao River is tight, and more brick buildings will be built for the houses. It can even be imitated in Guangnan.
Use the slopes to build stilted buildings.
Next, widening Sanya Road and building Yunyang Pass are also top priorities.
Further widening Sanya Road will not only strengthen the flow of people and materials in the hinterland of Yunyang and Nanyang Prefecture, but also the cast irons, ironware, and various types of armor and other materials produced from Longtan Ridge can be transported by land for only thirty or forty miles.
It was transported to the dock in the middle reaches of Shahe River, the main tributary of Ru River, and then quickly and conveniently transported to Rucai Zhucheng to support frontline operations.
The site of Yunyang Guancheng is located on the watershed between Lushan County and Xiangcheng County. In addition to being a nearby shield and protecting Longtan Ridge, it is also the northwest gateway of Nanyang Basin. With elite troops stationed there, it can also quickly reinforce Lushan and Ruyang.
Liang County and other places.
To be honest, there is still too little time left for Jingxiang.
If the Chihu people do not gather an army to attack in the middle this autumn and winter, Jingxiang can survive for one more year to carry out internal management and development, and all aspects of materials will be relatively abundant, let alone the Chihu people mustering an army of 200,000 to 300,000 people.
Four to five million soldiers and horses were gathered to crush them in the middle, and Xu Huai didn't even blink...
