"This place used to be a Hao's Hu city, but it was actually captured by Kaifu and turned into his own use."
Outside Blackwater Defense City, Han Guo's sigh made Li Tai understand more about the super memory of human navigation. Such a talent was simply a cheating existence in this medieval era.
Zhu Meng and others who stayed behind at Blackwater Fangcheng were already waiting on the left side of the road, and it was inevitable that they would exchange pleasant greetings after meeting.
Li Tai still needs to stay here to make some personnel adjustments, while Han Guo and Li Mu will go to Guangwu, the capital of Dongxia Prefecture, to make some personnel handovers in person. After all, no matter how simple Li Mu talks about state affairs, Dongxia Prefecture will eventually
It is also a large state in northern Shaanxi and manages a vast area. It cannot be explained clearly in two or three sentences.
Heishui Fangcheng has also undergone great changes compared to when Li Tai left last year. Guard Zhu Meng and some subordinates who were dismissed from the Dushui Administrative Office conscientiously implemented the development plan he had formulated before here, and they did not leave because of him alone.
And brought matters to a standstill.
The first and most obvious change is that the scale of farming on both sides of the Kuli River has increased sharply. When Li Tai left, the cultivated wasteland here was less than 1,000 hectares. Now that he has returned, the scale of farming has reached more than 7,000 hectares.
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When Zhu Meng and other subordinates talked about the changes in this data, their faces were filled with pride.
As a military general, Zhu Meng originally didn't care much about local governance and people's livelihood issues, but when he saw that a barren land gradually became prosperous and rich through the efforts of himself and others, he felt filled with a sense of accomplishment.
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With the connection of the Luochuan River Canal, an integrated water network has been formed between the rivers and Luochuan Rivers. The river's siltation, flooding and low water flow have been greatly improved, and the land around the river canal has also become suitable.
farming.
At the same time, the connection of rivers and canals also brings great convenience to the defense of the area. Defense strongholds are set up along the Hejin location to block invading enemies. Even if the enemy is outnumbered, we can quickly carry out reinforcements through the waterways, so that
It is difficult for the bandits to come and go without a trace in the area. They move in like the wind, and their activities and living space are greatly compressed.
Of course, the increase in cultivated land also means an increase in the population. Before Li Tai went to Long, he placed most of his troops in Heishui Fangcheng to prepare for the enemy's counterattack. Now there are more than 3,000 troops stationed in Heishui Fangcheng.
Public.
But these tribes of people are not all the residents of Heishui Fangcheng. There are now nearly 5,000 registered households, which is no less than a medium-sized county in Guanzhong. In northern Shaanxi, which is vast and sparsely populated, they have gathered from scratch.
With so many households, it is definitely not an easy task.
Most of these households came from within the territory on their own initiative. After participating in some reclamation work organized by Fangcheng, they were officially qualified to register households and grant land. However, the foundation of people's livelihood here is still very weak. Although household registration has been achieved,
Land is granted, but collective farming is still required, and all cattle, farm tools, and grain seeds must be paid into the public treasury for management.
In addition to these registered households, there are also the Hu tribe captured in previous wars. Of course, these captives will not receive preferential treatment in allotment of land. They will only participate in labor as serfs, and they are also the main labor force in official settlement production.
These soldier slaves were not only responsible for cultivating the official fields in Fangcheng, but some of the soldiers who had been granted land due to military merit could also rent slaves from Fangcheng if they had no family members.
Li Tai had previously planned to grant land to Jia, but the farming work had just begun last year and was not yet on track. The area of cultivated land was also very limited, so this plan only existed in imagination.
Although Li Tai was not here in the first half of this year, the land reclaimed increased greatly, so Zhu Meng and other left-behind people implemented the plan on his behalf and granted some land to the soldiers.
Because of the act of conferring land, even though Li Tai did not directly command the old tribe for more than half a year, the people of the tribe are still united.
Although the imperial court and the Bafu will also grant land to registered households, these acres of land need to bear rent transfer taxes, but the land Li Tai granted to his subordinates is exempt from all taxes and miscellaneous income, and the soldiers only need to carry out daily tasks
Just practice and undertake combat tasks during wartime. Even the cultivation of the land can be done by the soldiers and slaves, and these soldiers only need to sit back and enjoy the fruits.
Nowadays, officials in the Western Wei Dynasty have no permanent salary, and no titles have real estates. The treatment of these soldiers who have been granted land can be said to be very generous. In the field of treating his own tribe favorably, Li Tai can be said to be the king of rolls, and other soldiers
The heads were thrown away a long distance.
Of course, this is also because his industrial structure is rich and diverse, his layout is far-reaching and grand, and he rides on the policy, so he can bear the high cost of raising the army. Even if other military leaders want to imitate him, it will be difficult to maintain it for a long time.
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As for recruiting powerful people from all over the world to come to northern Shaanxi to work as tenants for themselves, this is also developing steadily. Among the more than 7,000 hectares of newly cultivated land in Heishui Fangcheng, more than 2,000 hectares are cultivated by powerful people from other regions.
By transporting military rations to Xiazhou and other places in exchange for salt ponds in Xi'an Prefecture.
Li Tai went to Suizhou to run his business, but the Bafu did not give him any money or food. However, at his request, Daxingtai granted him 60,000 shi of salt and exempted the Daicheng. Daicheng was the toll, which was exempted.
The transportation cost of Daicheng's salt guide has been greatly reduced, so it is naturally more precious than ordinary salt guide.
However, Li Tai does not need to rely on others to transport grain and grass to Suizhou from elsewhere. He is now the largest grain merchant in Guanzhong. These salt imports are conveniently left to the veterans of Shangyuan to receive benefits. But they want to rely on
Yan Yin went to Hedong to get the salt, but he still had to wait until the Eastern Wei army retreated.
It can also be seen that Yu Wentai is really addicted to issuing bad checks indiscriminately, and he must do his best to tap the value of the united front in everything. If the Eastern Wei army was not about to invade, there would be no way to reduce the Yanyindai process. Now everyone is trying to reduce the process for this point.
Even if you pay for travel expenses, you must actively support and maintain the rule of Daxingtai!
There is still nearly 500 miles to go from Heishui Fangcheng to the seat of Suizhou Prefecture, which is Weiping City along the Sheyan River that we passed when we attacked Jihu in the north last year.
This distance is neither long nor short. If the cavalry team marches lightly and ensures that there are enough official and herd horses for transfer on the way, it can arrive in less than a day. But if it is a logistics team escorting a large amount of supplies,
It will take at least ten days to walk.
After Li Tai finished the battle with Li Shihu last year, through discussions with Yu Wengui and Li Mu, the governors of Xiazhou, he decided to build an additional defense city near Wei Ping City downstream of Sheyan River, and relocate the remaining troops of Li Shihu there, and
He persuaded the Diaoyin Liu family to move there.
He did not have time to personally supervise such an important matter, so he could only transfer Li Yantou from Shibao to the other place to take charge of it on his behalf. Now it could be used as the governor of Suizhou.
However, the construction time of that realm is still short. Even if the natural resources are good, the influx of so many people will put great pressure on the area. Therefore, while the Longyou athletes are settling in, they must also be given enough resources.
Material replenishment.
The supplies that Li Tai had raised in Luochuan Defense were now being continuously transported to Heishui Fangcheng along the river canals. However, going further north from Heishui Fangcheng, there was no waterway to borrow, and he had to rely on people and horses to travel by land.
Transport north.
Fortunately, the autumn harvest has not officially begun yet, and the Blackwater City Defense City has enough manpower. After the materials are transported to Wei Ping and then returned lightly, the autumn harvest can still be carried out. As for the three thousand cavalry who followed Li Tai here, two thousand horses are left behind.
Blackwater City will supply supplies on the spot, and will wait until the transportation of supplies is completed and based on actual tactical needs before recruiting people to move northward.
When Zhu Meng and other senior generals learned that Li Tai was going north and planned to invade Jinyang, their eyes flashed and they expressed their hope to follow the army. Naturally, they could not forget their old lord Heba Shenglin.
He was so resentful that he now had the opportunity to go straight into the heart of the Eastern Dynasty to kill the enemy, so he naturally refused to miss this opportunity.
Hearing how many people were asking for a fight, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh in his heart. After thinking about it, he nodded and agreed. He really couldn't bear to refuse this request, but he also knew in his heart that he wanted to attack Jinyang directly with a surprise attack.
It is completely impossible to cause substantial harm to Gao Huan's family in the city.
Although he has never seen Jinyang City in this current time and space, as the main base of the Erzhu family and the two generations of the Gao family, it obviously will not be easily broken.
In fact, Li Tai himself was a little worried. If he really attacked Jinyang this time, would his family members who stayed in the Eastern Wei Dynasty also suffer retaliation from the Eastern Wei Dynasty?
But what to say about this matter? Since he decided to establish a foothold in the Western Wei Dynasty, it was inevitable to become hostile to the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Moreover, Western Wei generals such as Duguxin had their families living in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but they were not massacred by the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
The massacre of He Basheng's disciples can be regarded as an extreme case. In fact, he pushed Gao Huan too hard on the battlefield. His life was hanging by a thread and he was still scared. The rabbit bit someone when he was anxious, not to mention Gao Huan.
Huan is not yet a rabbit.
Therefore, it is completely unfounded to worry about the retaliation of the Eastern Wei family. He will not eat because of choking. Not to mention that he is not to the point where he is hated by Big Brother and gnashes his teeth and wants to get rid of him quickly. His family is not completely absent in the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
The power of self-preservation.
The Eastern Wei Dynasty inherited a large number of personnel from the Northern Wei Dynasty. As a famous family in the world, the Li family in Longxi had more old connections and care in the Eastern Wei Dynasty than in the Western Wei Dynasty.
For example, in Cui's Township of Qinghe, where their family lived, his cousin Cui had gone to follow Gao Huan during the uprising in Xindu, and was therefore favorably treated by Gao Huan. Other old relatives who served in Yedu and Jinyang Bafu were also
There are so many, even if you are blamed for it, someone will come back to protect you.
After Zhu Meng and others left, Blackwater Fangcheng also needed someone to take charge. After Li Tai thought about it, he arranged for Yang Fu, who had just joined his subordinates, to stay here, and assisted him with several old officials.
By leaving Yang Fu here, Li Tai also wanted him to feel the regional potential and strategic value of northern Shaanxi. It would be best if he could interact with these Guanlong natives to derive other interests. There will be many people with similar ideas.
Yes, naturally the more choices you have when it comes to doing things.
After the personnel arrangements here were made, Li Tai led the front troops to continue heading north. When he passed through Guangwu City in Dongxia Prefecture, Han Guo had completed the handover of duties with Li Mu and officially started to take charge of Guangwu City, while Li Mu had already
He led his troops on the return journey quickly.
This guy probably thought that by returning to Huazhou as soon as possible, he would be able to follow Daxingtai and fight the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but he didn't know that Daxingtai had no such plan at all. He rushed back in a hurry, and his joy was destined to be in vain.
Although Han Guo had only been in the state for a few days, he was different from Li Mu's lazy style and had already begun to handle state affairs in an orderly manner.
When Li Tai arrived, Han Guo had already gathered 3,000 cattle and horses from the official pastures along the Qingshui River, and assembled an army of more than 2,000 men in the city, making up for the loss caused by the departure of Li Mu's troops.
The guard force is in urgent need.
Li Tai originally planned to dispatch a group of troops from Blackwater City to help him stabilize the situation, but looking at this situation, it was no longer necessary.
For the time being, he did not need the troops from Dongxia Prefecture to cooperate in military matters, so he only brought one person from Dongxia Prefecture to join the army. When the troops from Dongxia Prefecture were useful, he would send messages to him and asked Han Guo to do it.
This will help the logistics team to cross the border and head north, and then continue their journey north.
"My lord is back, my lord is finally back! Since my lord went south a year ago, my servant has been looking south and praying every day, hoping that my lord can come back and lead..."
The group of people had just arrived at Shuofang, and people who had been waiting at the intersection of Dijing came to meet them. They rushed to the front with stumbling steps, their expressions were extremely excited, and their words were full of tears. It was the big living treasure Li.
Chief Shihu Liu Kuzhen.
Before Li Tai could stop his mount, Liu Kuzhen had already plopped down on his knees in the front road, directly stirring up a large cloud of smoke and dust on the ground. If Li Tai's superb riding skills hadn't been able to pull his mount off the original track when the situation was not right, this would have happened.
The guy was afraid that he would be trampled hard by the horse's hooves.
"You thief, do you want to die?"
Li Tai's next big plan was closely related to Li Shihu. It would be great fun if his horse trampled their leader to death, so he glared at this flattering guy and shouted angrily.
Liu Kuzhen was also frightened because he was too excited and could not control his strength well. However, after hearing Li Tai's scolding, he laughed happily, patted his chest and said loudly: "This life of flesh and blood is given by my lord.
, but if the master is still willing to pity, the servant will be happy and not afraid of death!"
Li Yunxin, who was in the same team, couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this. He thought he was the best at flattering the grandfather, but he didn't expect to meet a strong competitor in this desolate northern land!
After this guy made a joke, Li Yantou, Mao Shijian and other subordinates also came forward one after another and crossed their arms to salute Li Tai.
Li Tai didn't say any more nonsense to them, and directly ordered them to get on their horses and continue on their way. He was already impatient to see what the former Weiping Fangcheng and the current Suizhou Prefecture looked like.
This area is already quite remote, and formal operation and construction only started at the beginning of this year. Li Tai does not expect to have as grand and impressive weather patterns as the defense cities in the south. At least there must be a framework foundation that can assume the responsibility of a base for cross-river operations.
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He had already set his expectations very low here, and he never expected that the Diaoyin Liu family who moved here would give him a big surprise.