The enemy may not have wings, but they have a navy and warships, and they can walk on flat ground even in the vast sea.
From Yan County to the east, there is nothing, only scattered villages and towns, and further east, there is the endless sea, but it is not outlined on the map, and even the sea itself has rubbed the edge of the map.
When people look at the map, they will naturally ignore the existence of the sea. After all, there are no people sailing on this sea outside Youzhou, and there are even few villages along the coast.
But if this is the case, how will the enemy's navy come? They cannot bring too many soldiers, horses or food, especially if they go north along the coastline. Although there are no residents along the coast of Youzhou,
But in Nanpi County and other places in the south, there are not only many residents on the coastline, but also because they are adjacent to Qingzhou, there are even troops stationed there. It is impossible for them to not notice the mighty warships passing by.
unless······
Unless they have already arranged for people to meet along the coast.
Dugu Yongye seemed to remember something. Looking around, the staff and officials were all silent, waiting for Dugu Yongye's order. They had never seen the general manager so entangled and worried, but they could not help.
"Go quickly and find out the tax situation of the villages east of Yan County last year, especially in the lower reaches of the river!" Dugu Yongye waved his hand to his forehead.
The staff looked at each other, what's going on?
Shouldn't we look for information on Juyongguan's troops and supplies?
"Go quickly, why are you standing still?!" Dugu Yongye shouted.
Only then did everyone come to their senses and disperse in a hurry.
Although Youzhou is a large place, there are only a few villages in total, and the number of villages is not even as large as that of Qingzhou, which is twice as small, so the information can be found very quickly.
Dugu Yongye flipped through it roughly and realized something was wrong. He stretched out his hand and knocked on it, which clearly recorded the tax payment status of several villages downstream.
"As counted" and "in full amount", these four words look so dazzling.
Look? Those villages in the upper reaches of the water and even close to Yan County are either in arrears in paying their taxes, or they are paid very late. Only these villages, which should be in the most remote and poorest places, are so obedient.
, what does this mean?
This shows that they do not want officials to go to the village to collect money, and it also shows that they do not have any weirdos there!
Dugu Yongye is almost certain that this is the secret buried in the white robe of the Nanman.
"Quick, pass the order, Yan County and Yuyang County prepare for war quickly!" Dugu Yongye waved his hand, "Yan Mo, I want to send a letter to Yan County!"
The staff and officials also roughly guessed what happened. Although they were doubtful about Dugu Yongye's judgment, Dugu Yongye had been in Youzhou for such a long time and already had enough prestige. How did he instruct his subordinates?
People are naturally convinced.
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Cui Yanmu, the governor of Youzhou, was not in Yanjun, but in Shuishui.
Cui Yanmu was born in the Cui family of Qinghe, and Jizhou is still under the control of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Although the Cui family of Qinghe also longs to leave the clutches of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and be freed like the Wenxi Pei family, otherwise the family fortune in recent years may really be destroyed.
Yu Wenxian has been cleaned, but after all, the knife is still on your neck. It's okay to think about this kind of thing, but you don't dare to do it.
The relationship between Cui Yanmu and the Cui family in Qinghe was not very deep, and he had been an official in the Central Plains before. Later, after the Northern Zhou Dynasty unified the Northern Qi Dynasty, considering that Cui Yanmu was from the north, he was transferred to the north.
Come and stay in Youzhou.
He doesn’t have much affection for the Cui family of Qinghe, Cui Yanmu, and he doesn’t even have much sense of belonging to Cui Yanmu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He adheres to the principle of being wise and protecting himself. Anyway, I am now in Youzhou, and it is absolutely true.
of the rear area, then I will do what I should do and maintain peace and stability on this side.
As the governor of Youzhou, he also has a Youzhou marching general who is also responsible for civil affairs, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he is empty-handed. However, in order to show that he has no intention of monopolizing power, Dugu Yongye took the initiative to avoid it and went to Changping County.
The civil affairs of Youzhou were actually handed over to Cui Yanmu.
There is no conflict between Cui Yanmu and Dugu Yongye, and there is no tacit understanding and good impression. They don't interfere with each other. Cui Yanmu can handle the civil affairs and then hand them over to Dugu Yongye for review. Dugu Yongye
Generally speaking, he would not express any objection, and if he proposed any modification suggestions, Cui Yanmu would basically accept them in full.
The relationship between the two people is tepid, which is naturally the pattern that reassures Yu Wenxian the most.
After all, Youzhou, the rear area, is Yu Wenxian's last retreat. Yu Wenxian himself does not want to see the two chief officials of Youzhou conflict with each other, and he also does not expect them to join forces, otherwise it will end.
Once Yu Wenxian was defeated and retreated to Youzhou, but was threatened by two men, Yu Wenxian became the bare commander.
However, what Yu Wenxian didn't know was that Cui Yanmu and Dugu Yongye's son Dugu Xuda still had many conflicts. The two squatted in the same city and neither could control the other. Naturally, they disliked each other more and more.
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Fortunately, the two of them also knew that now was not the time for internal conflicts, so Cui Yanmu often led officials to patrol along the river, while Dugu Xuda often went to the foot of Yanshan Mountain or Yuyang County to train troops and horses, as much as possible.
Avoid face to face.
Now Cui Yanmu is on his way to inspect the civil affairs along the river, but he won't go too far and will turn back when he reaches Lucou Town.
This time I went to Lukou Town for a very important thing, which was to meet with the village chiefs of the surrounding villages to cheer everyone up. This year's spring plowing went quite smoothly, so we must not let anything slip during the harvest.
Along the river, Cui Yanmu focused on cultivating the area, especially the area from Yanjun to Lucou Town. Although it was not thousands of hectares of fertile land, it was still quite peaceful and prosperous.
Compared with the raging wars in the Central Plains, although Youzhou was devastated by wars in the past, at least in recent years, the Turks on the grasslands have disappeared, and the Xueyantuo people do not have much courage to cross the Great Wall and go south, so Youzhou has become a rare place.
A paradise.
In addition to farmland, there are also a large number of iron smelting workshops on the north bank of the river, which are also the efforts of Cui Yanmu and Dugu Yongye.
The cavalry armor of the Northern Zhou army was made from here.
Cui Yanmu had to walk around the smelting workshop in person every time and watch the smoke coming from the furnaces to feel at ease.
Lukou Town is already in sight. This town is located where Lushui River flows into the river. It naturally forms a market town.
"Welcome to the governor!" Several local clan leaders were already standing on the pier.
Lukou Town was a naturally formed town, and Cui Yanmu did not specifically arrange officials to manage it, but only provided corresponding officials. The town itself was actually maintained by several local families working together to maintain order.