After Bai Tu and his party arrived at the south bank, they said goodbye to the Chen family's fleet, and then rushed to Qu'a County, not far away.
The handover was very smooth. Although at first, Qu Aling was a little confused about Bai Tu's age, but after checking the official documents, he quickly "hand over, reject, and say goodbye" three times in a row.
Don't give Bai Tu a chance to stay...
Obviously, this Qu Aling just wanted to finish his job and go back to his hometown to avoid the chaos, and did not want to get involved in other disputes.
In three days, Bai Tu successfully took over Qu'a, Piling, and Yangxian, the three counties in the northern part of Wu County. As for the other ten counties in Wu County, most of them have been controlled by Yan Baihu, Zuo Rong, and the prefect Xu Gong.
They also acquiesced in this, and even condoned it. The envoys they sent came back after being teased and ridiculed one after another...
Bai Tu didn't have time to talk to him for the time being. After all, he had to be wary of Yuan Shu causing trouble first.
Historically, after Liu Yao came to Qu'a, he had constant disagreements with Yuan Shu, but Bai Tu believed that compared to Liu Yao, Yuan Shu would target him more!
Bai Tu was already in Qu Aji's Chengji Mansion. Qu Aji looked about the same age as little Peiji. Like little Peiji at the beginning, she also wore a sarong. However, compared to little Peiji, Qu Aji
Her skirt only reached below her knees, revealing her two white legs.
When he saw Bai Tu, he also looked at him curiously. He sat on the operating table every now and then. He was not as shy as little Peiji...
"Are you the Yangzhou Mu? Ah... I didn't expect that one day I would be a Zhou Ji! Hahaha, Shouchun Ji must be so angry!" Qu Aji said, laughing so hard that she slapped her thighs.
"It's just temporary..." Bai Tu now has the appointment of a state pastor from the imperial court, so he can transfer his seat of governance.
And Bai Tu knew that if it were in history, this transfer would have ushered in the era of North and South Yangzhou for decades.
Shouchun, as the real administrative seat of Yangzhou, has been under the control of the northern regime during the Three Kingdoms period. The north and the south each established a Yangzhou. It was not until "the power of the King of Jinling faded" that Yangzhou became one administrative seat again.
As for whether history can be changed now, Bai Tu doesn't know.
"For now, I got it!" Qu Aji urged, pressing Bai Tu's hand and placing the official seal in the designated position.
"Huh? You're quite talented?" This sentence was obviously said by Qu Aji.
The official seal of Baitu took another half a day to read because there were too many technology trees.
The first thing Bai Tu did was to use the authority of Yangzhou Mu to set Qu Aji as the state princess of Yangzhou and Qu'a as the temporary administrative seat of Yangzhou!
Bai Tu and Yuan Shu, now both famous and practical, can exercise the full power of Yangzhou Mu, and the function of Shouchun's Zhouji office will not disappear.
"Then help me circulate the news to all the counties in the state, report the household registration and financial situation, allocate manpower for the winter, and give me the tax revenue." Bai Tu said.
Although people may not take care of themselves, the white pictures that should be circulated must still be circulated!
After Qu Aji heard this, her eyes sparkled, and she seemed very happy to have this opportunity to pass the message to Shouchunji.
The communication from the state pastor did not arrive in seconds, and then he waited for the replies from the counties. At this time, Bai Tu also clicked on the technology column.
Only then did Qu Aji realize that Bai Tu had a lot of "material"!
There are many good things from Bai Tu, such as the improved Shu brocade technology promised to Gan Ning, as well as fine ceramics, distilled wine, and glass firing... Unfortunately, now is not the time to engage in these.
The first thing Baitu needs to do is to create something that can protect itself.
Jiangdong suffered little damage in the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The Jingyang Yellow Turbans instigated by Ma Yuanyi mainly caused rebellion in Jingbei and Huainan, and they never targeted Jiangdong.
The entire thirteen counties of Wu County have a total population of more than 600,000. The three counties of Qu'a, Yangxian, and Piling that Bai Tu can control have a total population of more than 150,000, which means that they can provide 150,000 manpower a year, divided into four
collected quarterly.
In winter, more manpower can be collected, but now Bai Tu, the Yangzhou herdsman, has less than 50,000 manpower available.
What is the concept of 50,000 manpower?
Training the most ordinary soldiers requires 50 manpower, and 10 manpower is needed to maintain it every year thereafter. Moreover, the training efficiency is low in winter, and the consumption of food and grass is high. All is used to train soldiers. At most, one thousand recruits can be obtained in the spring...
As for the original Han army in the three counties, there were less than two thousand in total, and their equipment, morale, and eliteness were all incomparable.
Moreover, repairing bridges and roads, dredging and building embankments, which does not require manpower? Struggle and militarism will lay hidden dangers for development!
For a moment, Bai Tu was even a little concerned about Gan Ning's stolen goods - if he had money, these corvees could be hired directly from the common people, and manpower was extremely cheap these days during the slack period.
It's just that after the manpower has been levied, it will cost money to redeploy the people. Otherwise, it is no different from directly overdrawing the manpower, and it is an act that defeats the people's hearts.
Bai Tu really sympathized with Liu Yao in history. In comparison, he still had Lu Bujun's thousand elite wolf cavalry, so he felt a little confident.
But with this little manpower... Bai Tu thinks it's more reliable to look at technology. In Bai Tu's technology tree, there is city defense machinery!
His eyes turned away from the Mongolian heavy cavalry, Iron Buddha, Guanning iron cavalry, Xuanjia army, Mo Dao team... these arms - no matter the manpower, material resources, or the level of armaments and craftsmanship, these are things that Baitu cannot raise now.
The city defense machinery is still reliable!
Moreover, it should not be too complex or too expensive, and it should be quickly formed... Baitu's difficulty in choosing is about to break out.
Fortunately, this did not give Bai Tu a headache for too long. Three days later, after Bai Tu realized the cruel reality, good news came back one after another.
All counties have already sent replies to Bai Tu, and Jiujiang County responded the fastest. Yuan Shu wrote in person, saying that he invited Bai Tu to take office in Shouchun, and that he had prepared a banquet...
Believe it or not!
Bai Tu ignored Jiujiang and later found two replies from Lujiang, both from Lujiang's prefect - one from Lu Kang, who was granted the imperial title, and the other from Liu Xun, who was granted the title of Yuan Shu.
Last year, Lu Kang rebuked Yuan Shu for being rebellious and refused to allocate grain and grass. As a result, Yuan Shu sent his subordinate Sun Ce to attack Lujiang.
Originally, Lu Kang couldn't stop him at all, so he could only defend Lujiang City - Shucheng, the seat of Lujiang County.
Lu Kang won the hearts of the people in Lujiang. Although he was being beaten all the time, the morale of the army was firm and morale was not low. On the other hand, Sun Ce almost conquered the entire territory of Lujiang. When only Shucheng was left, Yuan Shu turned around and made the governor of Lujiang who agreed to Sun Ce.
He gave it to Liu Xun and transferred Sun Ce back.
Not only did Sun Ce feel angry, but Liu Xun's abilities were much worse than Sun Ce's. He fought in Shucheng for more than a year and still held firm, so Liu Xun had to temporarily move his headquarters to Wancheng.
Liu Xun's reply to Bai Tu seemed polite, but it was provocative, while Lu Kang told the new Yangzhou shepherd not to be impulsive, and stated that he would persist until the end...
He had little impression of Lu Kang and Bai Tu, but he did know that he had a great-nephew named Lu Xun.
It's just that now it's hard for Bai Tu to talk to Lu Kang about his grandnephew. Knowing that Lu Kang is still strong, Bai Tu feels a little more at ease. Historically, Lu Kang defended for two years before he was defeated. Now... Bai Tu expects him to persist even more.
, maybe he can catch up with himself and rescue him.
In addition, the good news that is really useful to Bai Tu comes from Danyang and Yuzhang...