Guo Song deployed 30,000 troops in the prefectures of Guan Nei, and 20,000 troops returned to Lingzhou. Guo Song led 20,000 troops back to Hedong. As usual, 20,000 soldiers were selected from the prisoners of war to form a new army and sent to Hedong for training, and the remaining prisoners of war were sent to Hedong.
Go to the mines to mine for three years and then be released home.
With the expansion of the controlled area, the total strength of the Hexi Army has exceeded 200,000, and is distributed in Anxi, Beiting, Hexi, Longyou, Shuofang, Guannei and Hedong. At this time, it is no longer appropriate to call it the Hexi Army.
Since Guo Song was granted the title of King of Jin, the center of rule has been moved to Taiyuan, Hedong Province, and the army has been officially renamed Tang Jin Army, but it is still customarily called Hexi Army.
At the end of October, Guo Song returned to Taiyuan. At this time, Zhangye's government officials and ministers had moved to Taiyuan one after another. Zhang Qianyi, Guo Song's former aide, was appointed as the governor of Liangzhou, and he also served as the governor of Hexi Jiedu Prefecture.
That morning, Guo Song was discussing with Pan Liao and others the establishment of a granary. The establishment of large granaries was a commonly used method in all dynasties. It was subordinate to the imperial court and allowed grain from various grain-producing areas to be stored nearby, such as Guangtong Granary and Luokou.
Cangcang, Huiluocang, Liyangcang, etc. are the four famous granaries in the world. There are also many smaller granaries, such as Chang'an's Taicang, Chenliucang, Jiangducang, Jinyangcang, etc.
Jinyangcang in Taiyuan is a famous large granary. At the beginning of the rise of the Li and Tang dynasties, it benefited from the grain and grass supplies in Jinyangcang.
Jinyangcang was built on the banks of the Fenshui River. It is a group of warehouses, consisting of hundreds of large warehouses, surrounded by city walls. It is actually a warehouse city. It was first built in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It was burned down and rebuilt many times.
The dynasty's dynasty hoarded nearly a million stones of grain and dozens of loads of fodder in the Jinyang warehouse.
Pan Liao hung a warehouse drawing on a wooden frame and said to Guo Song and other officials: "Officials from the Cangbu Department have measured on the spot that the Jinyang warehouse can hold 3 million dan of grain, 2 million dan of fodder, and
Other materials can be stored. We will consider expansion to double the material storage capacity. Currently, there are 800,000 shi of wheat and 400,000 dans of fodder in the Jinyang warehouse. We are considering preparing to store the grain and grass supplies in Zhangye Cangcheng and Guzang.
Bring them all here, the grain reserves there are 1.5 million shi."
"Is there any difficulty in transporting food and supplies?" Guo Song asked.
Transporting grain and grass supplies from Hexi is the issue that Guo Song is most concerned about. The war consumes a huge amount of grain and grass supplies. Without sufficient material reserves, he cannot compete with the major feudal towns in the Central Plains and Hebei. Today, he convened everyone to discuss warehousing. In fact, in the end
It's also for moving supplies.
Pan Liao smiled bitterly and said: "The biggest difficulty is the lack of transportation capacity. It takes at least two months for more than 500 ships to make a trip. They can transport 300,000 shi at a time. They can make at most five trips a year. Not only do they have to transport
It will take at least two or three years to transport the grain, as well as fodder, sheep and other supplies. If we have two thousand ships, we can basically transport it in one year."
Guo Song nodded, "I'll try to think of a way to build the ship again, but I'm sure I won't be able to keep up with the shipbuilding. I can only think of ways to buy it. Do you have any other good ideas?"
Cao Wannian raised his hand and said: "There are several details about the humble position that are worthy of discussion."
"Tell me, what details."
"First of all, the sheep. Pan Changshi mentioned the sheep just now. I think it is best not to transport the sheep over long distances. We can build a transit ranch in Fengzhou and Yulin, and raise them in captivity. During transportation, they can board the ship from Yulin.
It took two days to transport it to Hehe County, Lanzhou, and disembark there. The terrain there is flat, with more than 100,000 acres of pasture. There are also Xizhou Ranch and even Yunzhou Ranch, which can accommodate millions of sheep.
It can be fully utilized.”
Cao Wannian's idea was good, and everyone agreed. Guo Song nodded and said with a smile: "This is to establish an inland pasture. It is a grand strategy, not a matter of details. Please tell me the details!"
Cao Wannian pondered for a moment and said: "I went to Hukou of the Yellow River a few months ago to inspect the dry land navigation there. It can be said that the Hukou Cliff is the biggest obstacle to the Yellow River water transportation, but there is no way. This method of dry land navigation is advisable, but it is just a waste of time.
There is too much manpower, which is mainly concentrated in the link of moving goods and transporting cargo ships."
Guo Song made an excuse and asked: "Are you talking about the process of first moving the materials off the ship, then transporting them two miles, and then moving them onto the ship?"
"It was at this stage that I saw the ships being pulled by strong oxen. It was not very labor-intensive. The main part was transportation. Moving and transportation were carried out by ox carts or mule carts. Moving was completely carried out from the ship by manpower.
Thousands of people are working on the ship, which takes a long time. I thought that if there was a large-scale equipment that could quickly unload the materials from the ship to the shore, it would greatly reduce the manpower and speed up the unloading and loading."
Guo Song nodded, Cao Wannian was actually talking about a crane. Although there were no cranes in the Tang Dynasty, the wisdom of the working people was infinite, and there must be other ways to achieve it.
Cao Wannian continued: "I chatted with some old porters, and they had a lot of ideas. Some of them I think are more reliable. One is to use a skateboard, hang one end of the skateboard on the side of the ship, and put the grain bag on the skateboard.
, the grain bags slide down the skateboard and directly into the cattle cart below. This method is already in use, but it can only be unloaded, not loaded.
Another way is to use water power to build a large turntable like a windmill. It is always rotating, and the height difference during rotation is used to transport goods between ships and oxcarts. However, this method is easy to lose balance, or one end is too large.
If you can’t pull it up again, or the other end is too heavy, you’ll just drop it when it reaches a high place. It’s difficult to solve this balance problem.”
Guo Song's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "The fundamental solution has actually been found, which is to use water power, but the direction is not right, such as using water power to push the millstone to grind noodles, using water power to squeeze oil, etc.
Water power is like a strong man, it will not tire. We should find a way to let it carry the goods on the ship. I can't think of how to do it specifically, but we can organize craftsmen to figure it out. As long as we can improve the efficiency of dry land sailing, we can
Use the Yellow River and Fen River to continuously transport grain and grass resources from various places to Taiyuan. As for the ship problem, I will find a way to solve it."
At this time, a soldier walked quickly to Guo Song and whispered a few words to him. Guo Song sneered and said: "Zhu Si moved really fast. He sent an envoy over immediately. Pan Changshi, you go first
Receive them, explore their intentions, and I will talk to them tomorrow."
"I humbly obey the order!" Pan Liao bowed and hurried away.
Everyone stood up one after another, and Guo Song said to Cao Wannian: "The method of sailing on dry land just mentioned is left to the Department of Industry. You are in charge of the Suzheng Platform. You must quickly improve the Suzheng Platform and establish Suzheng in Hedong and Guannei.
Taiwan tour system, I want to see the results before the end of the year."
"I have already started working on my job and will speed up the process."
At this time, Guo Song remembered something again and called Yan Shuo, a doctor in the Department of Scholars. Yan Shuo was the third son of Yan Zhenqing. He was currently in charge of the Department of Scholars. The Department of Scholars was equivalent to the Ministry of Etiquette and was in charge of school tributes, foreign negotiations, and etiquette ceremonies.
It has jurisdiction over a wide range of temples, Taoist temples, etc. It consists of three departments: the Honglu Department, the Ceremony Department and the Tribute Department.
"Please give me your orders, Your Highness!"
Guo Song smiled and said, "Let's talk while walking!"
The two walked out of Jinyang Palace. The government offices on both sides of Jinyang Palace have been built. They are divided into two squares, covering an area of hundreds of acres. There are dense government offices. Although it is not as grand as the Daming Palace, there are many buildings and complete functions.
It can be said that everything is available, and all the government offices from Hexi are in place and fully operational.
The administrative area within Jinyang Palace is mainly composed of four major military and administrative agencies: Tiance Mansion, Prime Minister's Mansion, Su Zheng Taiwan and the Department of Internal Affairs.
There is also a very long building in the south, called the Administrative Hall, which is the external window of each government office. When local officials come to Taiyuan on business trips, businessmen apply for various qualifications and submit documents in the Administering Hall and get approval.
, rather like the government affairs hall of later generations.
This prevents idle personnel from running around in the office.
Guo Song said to Yan Shuo: "Not only are there a shortage of officials in various places, but they are also a mixed bag of good and bad, trapping the people and harming them. Selecting talents has become a top priority. I am considering holding an imperial examination in Taiyuan next spring. Of course, we cannot call it an imperial examination, but call it a scientific examination to recruit scholars.
Those who pass the Jinshi examination can be appointed officials, and those who pass the Mingjing examination can be appointed as officials. First, take the Mingjing examination, and then the Jinshi examination. This matter is of great importance, and your scholar department must make preparations immediately."
Yan Shuo thought for a while and asked: "Your Highness, is this imperial examination only for the area we control, or the whole world?"
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "We welcome talents from all over the world. As for the qualifications to apply, anyone who has passed the Juren Examination can come to Taiyuan to apply. In addition, we provide two months of free room and board."
Yan Shuo nodded, "I will go to Meng Jiao now to discuss and provide a report to the envoy as soon as possible."