The capture of Shanlu City was completely unplanned.
Duan Decao, the governor of Xiazhou, was reluctant to demolish Shanlu City. When discussing matters in the city government hall, Lao Duan proposed to preserve Shanlu and petition the court to restore Shanlu County.
If the mountain deer are preserved, the people here will naturally not have to move.
Yang Gongren, the governor of Lingzhou, thought it could be considered, but Wu Huaiyu looked very embarrassed.
Population is a resource, and it is also political achievement.
Although the fields in Yanzhou have been divided now, there are still many military villages, official villages, merchant villages, salt fields, and copper mines and coal mines that are about to be mined. Wu Huaiyu even plans to use Yanzhou's rich oil resources to mine some stone oil.
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In later generations, there were countless kowtow machines in Dingbian, but those who made their fortune from oil made a fortune. In this era, there was no need for kowtow machines. Some open-pit oil could be mined, and its utilization value was also great.
If people like Xiazhou are moved to Yanzhou, they cannot become farmers, but they can become tenants, miners, salt workers, and workshop workers. The development of Yanzhou is of course inseparable from population.
The more the merrier.
"Although Shanlu was easily captured beyond our expectations, I think we should proceed as planned. We had no intention of destroying Liang this time, and we were not prepared in any way. We just left after the fight.
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If we keep Shanlu, we will have to send people to stay, and then we will have to passively deal with the attack and harassment of the Puppet Liang."
What Wu Huaiyu said is not unreasonable, and it is also true.
Of course, Shanlu is located between the two cities of Changze and Ningshuo in Xia controlled by the Tang Dynasty, and is close to the Great Wall. It is no problem to defend it.
Lao Duan had guarded northern Shaanxi for many years and could see through Wu Huaiyu's thoughts at a glance.
Not only was Lao Duan good at fighting, but his father was also a famous general of the generation. Duan Shao defeated Lanling King Gao Changgong with his military exploits, but was famous for being greedy, lustful and stingy.
The Duan family are also Sinicized Xianbei people. Duan Decao's grandfather Duan Rong was Gao Huan's old associate, and the two were brothers-in-law.
Duan Shao was Gao Huan's nephew. His achievements in his life were so high that he could shock the emperor, but he was able to achieve a good death in the position of an extremely popular minister. On the one hand, this man was very filial, but on the other hand, he was very greedy and lustful. He treated his relatives, friends and subordinates without mercy.
Duan Shao made numerous meritorious deeds in his life. When he was young, he became the Baron of Luoyang County. Later, after his father passed away, he inherited the title of Marquis of Guzang County and gave the Luoyang County baron to his younger brother.
Later, Duan Shao made another meritorious service and was granted the title of Duke of Changle County and the Duke of Zhending County in Jin Dynasty. When Gaoyang established Qi, he was granted the title of Duke of Chaoling County and Duke of Bacheng County. Duan Shao gave up the title of Duke of Chaoling County to his stepmother Liang.
The surname was given to his half-brother Duan Xiaoyan by the Duke of Bacheng County.
After that, Duan Shao put down the rebellion, granted the title of Prince of Pingyuan County, and became a king with a different surname. He then defeated Yu Wenyong's attack, and was granted the title of Duke of Wude. Later, he fought against Gao Changgong in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, defeated the main force of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and was granted the title of Duke of Lingwu County, and then to Guangzhou.
Before his death, Duke Ping was granted the title of Duke of Leling.
Before his death, he also promoted his eldest son Duan Shen to the title of King of Jibei. After his death, he was awarded the fake yellow axe, general, prime minister, Taiwei, Lu Shangshushi, Shuozhou governor, Pingyuan king, and governor Shuo Bingding.
Zhao Yicang, Qi, Yanliang, Luo, and Jin established the military affairs of the twelve states, and his posthumous title was "Zhongwu."
Duan Shao had more than a dozen sons, two of whom were crowned kings and the rest were dukes. His three daughters-in-law were princesses and one sister was Zhaoyi.
Duan Decao was his youngest son. Not only did this guy get his father's ability to lead troops in war, he also inherited his greed for money and lust, and he even learned to be stingy.
However, according to Wu Huaiyu's understanding, Duan Shao was able to achieve such great achievements in those years and finally die a good death because the old man was smart and obviously very capable. He especially managed the family very well and taught his younger brothers and children well, but he did it to himself.
He has several shortcomings of being greedy for money, lustful and stingy.
But it was precisely these things that allowed Duan Shao to gain the trust of the Gao family and his sons, hold a high position and die well.
Duan Decao has been the general manager in Yanzhou for nearly ten years. He is even more fierce than Li Daozong in Lingzhou. He can fight and be greedy. He is very greedy for money and lustful, but he is also stingy with his subordinates.
This caused many of Duan Decao's subordinates to get along with him. They often reported him and even asked him to be transferred. But just like that, the court trusted the Duke of Guzang County more and more, and he guarded Yanzhou alone for ten years.
To the imperial court, the border generals who are greedy for money and sex are not a threat. The real threat is to love the soldiers like sons, support the soldiers with self-respect, build a new mountain, and win over their subordinates to create a monolithic army. This is what worries the imperial court.
Duan Decao was greedy and greedy, but he also had bad relations with his colleagues and subordinates and was stingy. Naturally, the court had no worries.
"For the population of Shanlu City, half of the population in Lingxia has money and food."
Old Duan stroked his gray beard and said, as for the rest, the territory captured by the two armies respectively, the population, money and food on it will naturally belong to each other.
"Do you really want Governor Duan to keep Shanlu City?"
"I don't think Master Liang can last more than a year. It's really a pity that he has to build again after demolishing it."
Duan Decao is the governor of Xiazhou, and this mountain deer is also under his jurisdiction. Unlike Yang Wu and others, they are from the governor's house of Lingzhou, and this land is not their territory. Of course, they can plunder as much as they can.
"Since Governor Duan wants to keep Shanlu, then let's keep him."
Naturally Wu Huaiyu would not be polite if half the population had money and food.
It was rare for Duan Decao to be generous.
Eight thousand troops were sent down, half of which were Lingxia.
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"Under the festival, Mr. Duan is here to visit."
I personally followed Yuwen Chengdu to report that Xili, the leader of the field, was now wearing iron armor and holding a sword hanging from his waist. He was somewhat majestic.
Mr. Duan is not Duan Decao's son, but his grandnephew Duan Shen.
Duan Shen's grandparents are Duan Shao's eldest son Duan Yi and Princess Yingchuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and his parents are Duan Baoding and Princess Zhongshan of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
His father died during the Daye period and was appointed governor of Raozhou.
In these years, he has been with his great-uncle Duan Decao, and has only served as a military casualty from the ninth rank. However, this young master Duan has been running the industry for the Duan family, and his main activities are land occupation, slave trading, and smuggling.
Although Mr. Duan is young, he is well-known in Shuofang. He is a man with extremely wide connections and powerful eyes.
Peng Zizi had already told him that this man used to be a very influential person in Yanzhou.
"It's just a small gift, I hope Wu Changshi won't dislike it."
Mr. Duan inherited the excellent genes of the Duan family. He is very tall and handsome, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes and a high nose, which makes people feel very comfortable at a glance.
When he came to visit, he bought ten rooms of Shanhu slaves, with five or six people in each room. At this time, he gave away fifty or sixty slaves, and also gave away two beauties.
"Master Duan, why are you so polite?"
This Mr. Duan was so polite and had no requirements. According to what he said, he admired Wu Huaiyu's poems and was a fan of his poetry. He just wanted to make friends, that's all.
Wu Huaiyu knew that this guy was well-known in the Yanzhou business community, especially the smuggling community. He had no request now, but he was definitely preparing for the future.
Wu Huaiyu accepted it with a smile.
With his status as a foreign minister of the Six Gates, there is no gift that Wu Huaiyu dare not accept now. Anyway, after accepting it, he can go back and write a report to the emperor.
This is called receiving gifts according to orders.
As expected, Mr. Duan didn't talk about anything else. He actually talked about poetry with Wu Huaiyu, and even had some insights into his frontier poems.
After drinking a pot of tea and chatting for a long time, Wu Huaiyu felt that it was a pity that Mr. Duan went to handle business and industry for the Duan family. He felt that this guy was quite talented, at least as talented as Dou Lu Huairang.
But he concentrated on taking care of the family business for the Duan family, and joined the military just for the convenience of traveling.
After chatting, the two of them almost fell in love. Anyway, one wanted to make friends, the other wanted to hook up, and they were both similar in age.
After talking a lot, we also know that the Duan family is now in decline.
Although the decline he mentioned was still greater than that of many families in Wu Huaiyu's opinion, Mr. Duan felt that the Duan family was in decline.
Think about how glorious the Duan family was during the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty. His great-grandfather Duan Rong was Gao Huan's associate and marriage partner, not to mention his great-grandfather Duan Shao. He was a king with a different surname and was a very popular minister in several dynasties.
His grandfather Duan Yi succeeded to the throne of Pingyuan King and married Princess Yingchuan of Qi Dynasty. His father also married Princess Zhongshan of Northern Qi Dynasty.
My great-uncle Duan Shen married Princess Yongchang and Princess Dong'an successively, and was granted the title of King of Jibei.
The Duan family was extremely prosperous in Northern Qi.
Unfortunately, the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty in the end. After the Duan family surrendered to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, their official positions and titles were greatly reduced. Later, Duan Laosan also rebelled, implicating Duan Laoer, and the two families were executed.
Although Duan Gongzi's father was very honest in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and returned to the post of governor of Raozhou in the Sui Dynasty, he was really incomparable to what he was in the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Up to now, the only person who can support the family's appearance is the thirteenth uncle Duan Decao, the Duke of Guzang County.
Duan Decao was so good at fighting, but Wude and the founding fathers of the Zhenguan and Zhenguan dynasties were not included in his list of meritorious officials.
The Duan family has long been excluded from the core family circle.
Not even upstarts like the Wu family can compare.
A few decades ago, the Duan family would not even look at a small tycoon like the Wu family.
Duan Gongzi's father died early, and he felt the harshness of the world earlier. He and his sister were also forced to seek refuge with their uncle and live under someone else's roof.
In fact, Mr. Duan was only the youngest son of Duan Baoding. He was the son of his concubine, not the princess of Zhongshan. Duan Baoding died while serving as the governor of Raozhou. Mr. Duan followed his mother and his sister back to Chang'an, and ended up with the same fate as his eldest son Wuji.
The mother and son were kicked out of the house by the brothers who were the first wives.
Fortunately, Duan Decao, a good uncle, sent someone to accept them.
"Actually, my little sister likes Takeshi's poems very much. It was because of my little sister's recommendation that I learned about Takeshi's poems."
What Mr. Duan said next was unexpected. He actually wanted to give his sister to Wu Huaiyu as his concubine.
"The Duan family is famous, and my sister is rich, how can she be a concubine?"
"My sister-in-law loves literature and poetry. She became fascinated after reading Chang Shi's poems..."
The more you say it, the more outrageous it becomes.
You said that Li Sanniang had been in contact with him a lot and developed feelings for Wu Huaiyu and had some trust in him. You have never met this girl in person, so how could she fall in love with him after reading a few poems?
He didn't believe it.
But Mr. Duan said that his sister was now infatuated with Wu Huaiyu and she was very lovesick.
It seems that Duan Xiaomei is described as a literary young woman who worships idols.
"Wuchang Shi, can you give me a chance to meet my sister-in-law?"
Wu Huaiyu refused.
He felt that something was not right about this matter. No matter what Mr. Duan said, he was not an ordinary businessman.
