In mid-September, all matters in Tubo were finally settled.
All that's left is to wait for time for fermentation.
Song Yang is going back to Jiangzhou.
Counting the days, it has been almost a year, and Song Yang is feeling homesick.
The original plan was to leave now and get home before it snows in the north.
As a result, I received an urgent message from Qiuci just after arriving in Lanzhou.
Red envelope, good news.
Seeing that it was a red envelope, Song Yang was in a good mood, so he opened the emergency newspaper and took a look.
"Persia sent a gift? Kraft acted very quickly! He actually sent me a gift."
"I don't know what it is? Carpet? Jade? Or saffron?"
"Well...it's already passed Qiuci, so let's wait a few days. Maybe it's the jade that Xiaoqian and Xiaowan like?"
Song Yang thought about it for a while, and it didn't matter if he waited for half a month. He had already arrived in Lanzhou, and the road ahead would be much easier.
And if you wait a few more days, you can also wait for Fang Zhe.
Fang Zhe's reception work in Longyou Road has also reached the final stage.
This period of time has been relatively smooth, and the various prefectures in Longyou Province have basically completed the preliminary reform of Jiangzhouization.
Fang Zhe is almost done with his work during this period and can go back.
The most important thing is that Song Yang didn't prepare anything for Tong Qian and Shen Xiaowan, so he thought of giving them Persian gifts.
Song Hui is also a thief, and the letter did not mention that the gift was a woman...
The old general always felt that Song Yang only had two concubines and one son.
This is a threat to the unstable foundation of the great cadre and a manifestation of the thin manpower.
So when he saw Leah, the old general decided to make a contribution to the inheritance of Daqian...
Song Yang stayed in Lanzhou for five days, but the Persian gifts did not arrive and Fang Zhe was not finished yet.
Liu Huairen came first.
Previously, Song Yang said that he wanted Liu Huairen to go to the Western Regions to work on the Western Regions Construction Corps.
Later, Fang Zhe wrote a letter to Liu Huairen. After arranging some things in the north this year, he came to Longyou alone to prepare for the Western Regions.
I happened to meet Song Yang who was returning home in Lanzhou.
"Your Majesty, General Shen Dan is staying in the North for the time being. The political reform in the North has been basically completed, but the military reform is still a little behind. He has to do some finishing work there." Liu Huairen mentioned Shen Dan as soon as they met.
After all, Shen Dan is Song Yang's brother-in-law.
"Old Liu, the conditions in the Western Region are relatively difficult and there are many tribes, so it is difficult to carry out work. It will be difficult for you to do it alone without Lao Shen." Song Yang said with some worry.
"Your Majesty, isn't there a general taking care of you over there? I think you should be able to operate it slowly." Liu Huairen mentioned Song Hui.
Song Yang pinched his chin. Song Hui didn't understand the reform of the Corps. He had to rely on Liu Huairen himself.
"My lord, I'm just going to set up a front station and do the preliminary work well. General Shen Dan will be able to go to the Western Regions in half a year at most."
Seeing that Song Yang was worried, Liu Huairen opened his mouth to comfort him.
Song Yang then nodded and said: "That's alright. Then you have to work hard. I will ask the general to cooperate with your work as much as possible."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Liu Huairen clasped his fists.
Afterwards, Liu Huairen reported on the results of the Northland Border Army's reform of land reclamation and border garrisoning.
Overall, the results are gratifying.
The soldiers in the frontier army were originally military households.
Now through reform, it has been directly changed into a private household.
Moreover, everyone got land use rights.
And signed a twenty-year land use contract.
After more than a year of development, Northland is now centered on Jiuyuan and more than thirty settlements have been established in the surrounding areas.
When these settlements develop in the future, they can effectively defend and develop the northern border area.
Of course, the difficulties at this stage are not small.
The main reason is that the conditions are too difficult.
Developing those wastelands, meadows, and even swamps requires a lot of energy to ensure basic survival.
Last winter, soldiers froze to death.
This year Liu Huairen issued an order that if the new stronghold does not have the winter conditions, it is not necessary to overwinter at the stronghold.
Therefore, in some newly built strongholds this year, after deployment, the wintering personnel have gone to nearby relatively complete strongholds to spend the winter.
"How is the food supply in the North? Can the food and drink of the soldiers be guaranteed?" Song Yang asked with concern.
In terms of winter clothes, the northern frontier army has always had sufficient reserves of cotton-padded clothes, but the food supply is only at an adequate level.
This year, a batch of grain and grass was transported from the south to the north. I don’t know what’s going on there now.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. The weather in the North has been good this year, and the autumn harvest should begin in the next few days. Before Xianguan came, we had already calculated the grain output, and we can guarantee that we will survive the winter this year." Liu Huairen took out a list.
Above are Northland’s reserves and production estimates for two generations.
Song Yang took a look and found that it was indeed guaranteed.
"It's good to have a guarantee. If you have any needs in the North, tell me immediately and I will try my best to satisfy you." Song Yang put down the order and said.
"My lord, there is not much problem with Northland's self-sufficiency now, and with the further expansion of cultivated land next year and more investment in agricultural machinery, food production will also increase a lot."
"After next year's autumn harvest, we should be able to feed back the Hebei region."
Liu Huairen's words made Song Yang feel happy. It would only take two or three years to have surplus food. It seemed that this policy was not wrong.
Liu Huairen continued: "When it comes to difficulties, there are indeed some..."
Speaking of this, Liu Huairen was a little hesitant.
"Say it." Song Yang waved his hand.
Liu Huairen said with some embarrassment: "The main difficulty is that the soldiers are short of wives..."
The vast majority of the Northern Border Army are men. Although there have been many marriages with women from various ethnic groups in the Northern Territory in recent years, the problem of the imbalance between men and women has not been completely solved.
After all, the number of women of various ethnic groups simply cannot compare with the hundreds of thousands of border troops.
"This..." Song Yang was a little embarrassed.
This matter is not easy to solve.
"Let's do this. In Henan and Hebei provinces, among the refugees caused by the Yellow River floods, families with girls of school age will be given priority to be resettled in the north."
"Old Qiao also asked him to let some people go to the North. He has a large temporary population there, and there should be many young women of school age."
"In this way, some people's marriage problems should be solved first."
Because of the war in Henan and Hebei provinces, there are already many boys and girls.
Then there were floods, resulting in a huge number of refugees.
Originally, these refugees mainly migrated to Shannan East Road, but now Song Yang wants to adjust their migration target to Northland.
When the time comes, just give some hesitant settlement policies.
"In addition, when I return to Jiangzhou, I will ask people to search for people in various places south of the Yangtze River who are willing to go north, and will also provide some policies."
"If things go on like this, this problem will gradually be improved."
After listening to Song Yang's words, Liu Huairen nodded and clasped his fists: "Your Majesty, this should solve most of the problems. I would like to thank you on behalf of the soldiers."
Song Yang waved his hand and said with a smile: "It is what I, the king, should do to solve the soldiers' worries!"