Northern Dynasties

Chapter 393
"This used to be a Hu city of the Hao family, but it has been captured by Kaifu and used for its own use."

Outside Heishuifang City, Han Guo's exclamation made Li Tai have a deeper understanding of the super memory of this human flesh navigation, such a talent is like a cheat in this medieval era.

Zhu Meng and others who stayed behind in Heishui Fangcheng had already been waiting on the left side of the road, so they inevitably exchanged pleasant greetings after meeting.

Li Tai still needs to stay here to make some personnel adjustments, while Han Guo and Li Mu will go to Guangwu, the state city of Eastern Xia, to conduct some personnel handovers in person.After all, no matter how simple the state affairs Li Mu said, Dongxia Prefecture is still a large state in northern Shaanxi, and it manages a vast area. It is definitely not something that can be explained clearly in two or three sentences.

Compared with when Li Tai left last year, Heishui Fangcheng has also undergone great changes. The guard Zhu Meng and some subordinates who were dismissed from the Metropolitan Water Administrative Office are here to earnestly implement the development plan he made before. It is not because of his departure alone And bring business to a standstill.

The first and most obvious change is the surge in the scale of farmland on both sides of the Kuli River.When Li Tai left before, the wasteland cultivated here was less than a thousand hectares, but now that he returned again, the scale of the farmland has reached more than seven thousand hectares.

When Zhu Meng and other subordinates talked about this change in data, their faces were also full of pride.

As a general, Zhu Meng didn't care much about local governance and people's livelihood at first, but he saw a barren land gradually become prosperous and rich with the efforts of himself and others, and he felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart .

With the opening of the Luochuan River Canal, a whole water network has been formed between the river and the Luo River. The siltation and flooding of the river channel and dry water flow have been greatly improved, and the land around the canal has also become suitable. farming.

At the same time, the connection of the river canal also brought great convenience to the defense in the area. A defensive stronghold was set up along Hejin to block the invading enemy. No matter how difficult it is for the Hu Kou in the area to come and go without a trace, turning like the wind, the activity and living space are greatly compressed.

The increase in cultivated land of course also means an increase in population. Before Li Tai went to Longzhou, he placed most of his trilogy in Heishui Fangcheng to prevent the rebellion of the Hu bandits. Now there are more than [-] troops stationed in Heishui Fangcheng. public.

But these tribes are not all the residents of Heishui Fangcheng. Now there are nearly [-] registered households, which is not inferior to a medium-sized county in Guanzhong.In northern Shaanxi, where the land is vast and sparsely populated, it is definitely not an easy task to gather so many households from scratch.

Most of these households came from within the territory on their own initiative, and only after participating in some land reclamation work organized by the Fangcheng Institute did they officially obtain the qualifications for household registration and land granting.It's just that the foundation of people's livelihood here is still very weak. Although the registered households have been granted land, they still need to cultivate collectively.

In addition to these registered households, there are also the Hu tribe population captured in previous wars. Of course, these captives will not receive preferential treatment for land allocation, and will only participate in labor as serfs, and they are also the main labor force for official production.

These sergeant slaves not only had to be responsible for farming the official land in Fangcheng, some soldiers who had been awarded land for their military exploits could also rent slaves from Fangcheng if they had no family members.

Li Tai had planned to grant land due to Jia before, but last year the work of farmland had just started and had not yet entered the right track, and the area of ​​reclaimed land was also very limited, so this plan only existed in imagination.

Although Li Tai was not here in the first half of this year, the land reclaimed increased greatly, so Zhu Meng and other left behinds replaced him to implement this plan and awarded some land to the soldiers.

Because of the act of granting land, although Li Tai has not directly led the old department for more than half a year, the people of the department are still united.

Although it is said that the imperial court and the overlord's government will also grant land to registered households, these acres of land need to bear rent adjustments and taxes, while the land granted by Li Tai to his subordinates is exempt from all taxes and miscellaneous collections. It is enough to undertake combat tasks during drills and wartime.Even the cultivation of the land can be done by officers and slaves, and these soldiers only need to sit back and enjoy the benefits.

Nowadays, officials in the Western Wei Dynasty have no permanent salary, and nobles have no real estate. The treatment of these soldiers who have been granted land can be said to be very generous.In the field of treating his own trilogy favorably, Li Tai can be said to be the out-and-out king of rolls, leaving the other military leaders by a large distance.

Of course, this is also because of his rich and diverse industrial composition, far-reaching and grand layout, and the fact that he is riding a ride on the policy, so that he can bear the high cost of raising the army.Even if other military leaders want to imitate him, it will be difficult to maintain it for a long time.

As for recruiting powerful people from all walks of life to come to northern Shaanxi to serve as tenants for themselves, it is also developing steadily.More than 7000 hectares of newly cultivated land in Heishui Fangcheng, of which more than 2000 hectares were cultivated by tyrants from other borders. They sent military rations to Xiazhou and other places in exchange for Yanchi Yanyin in Xi'an Prefecture.

Li Tai went to Suizhou to run business this time, and the Bafu didn't give him any money or food, but at his request, Daxingtai granted him [-] shi to reduce the salt price for the trip.Daicheng is the toll, and the transportation cost of Yanyin is greatly reduced after the reduction of Daicheng, so it is naturally more precious than ordinary Yanyin.

However, Li Tai didn't need to rely on others to deliver grain and grass to Suizhou from other places. Right now, he is the largest grain merchant in Guanzhong, and these salt quotations are conveniently left for the veterans of Shangyuan to distribute benefits.However, if they want to go to Hedong to get the salt with Yanyin, they still have to wait until the Eastern Wei army retreats.

It can also be seen that Yu Wentai is really addicted to issuing bad checks, and he must do everything he can to tap the value of the united front.If it weren't for the army of the Eastern Wei Dynasty who was about to invade, there would be no way to reduce or exempt the Yanyindai process.Now everyone has to actively support and maintain the rule of Daxingtai for the reduction of tolls for this!
From Heishuifang City to the seat of Suizhou Prefecture, that is, Weiping City along the Sheyan River, which was passed by last year when the north attacked Jihu, there is still nearly [-] miles to go.

This distance is neither long nor short. If the cavalry marches lightly and ensures that there are enough official herd horses for transfer on the way, it will not take a day to arrive.But it would take at least ten days or more for a logistics team to escort a large amount of supplies.

After Li Tai finished fighting Lishihu last year, after discussing with Xiazhou Governor Yu Wengui and Li Mu, he decided to build an additional defense city near Weiping City in the lower reaches of the Sheyan River, and place the remnants of Lishihu there, and Persuade Diaoyin Liu to move there.

For such an important matter, he didn't have time to personally supervise it, so he could only transfer Li Yantou from Shibao Fang to take over there to take his place, and now he can be the governor of Suizhou.

However, the construction time of the other realm is still short. Even if the natural resources are good, the influx of so many people and horses will bring great pressure to the region.Therefore, when the Longyou athletes settled in, they should also provide enough supplies.

The supplies that Li Tai raised in Luochuan Fang before are now being transported continuously along the river canals to Heishui Fangcheng, but from Heishuifang City to the north, there is no waterway to borrow. Transport north.

Fortunately, the autumn harvest has not yet officially entered, and Heishui Fangcheng has enough manpower. After the supplies arrive in Weiping, and then return lightly, they can still not miss the autumn harvest.As for the 2000 cavalry who followed Li Tai to this point, [-] troops will be left to replenish on the spot in Heishui City, and they will be recruited northward one after another after the transportation of materials is completed and depending on the actual tactical needs.

When Zhu Meng and other senior generals learned that Li Tai had plans to invade Jinyang during his trip to the north, their eyes sparkled, and they all expressed their hope that they could join the army.Naturally, they couldn't forget the old lord He Basheng's dying grudge, and now they had the opportunity to go straight into the heart of the Eastern Dynasty to kill the enemy, so they naturally refused to miss this opportunity.

Hearing how many people tried their best to ask for a fight, Li Tai couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart. After thinking for a while, he nodded and agreed. He really couldn't bear to refuse this request, but he also knew in his heart that he wanted to directly attack Jinyang with a surprise attack. It is also completely impossible to cause substantial harm to Gao Huan's family members in the city.

Although he has never seen Jinyang City in this time and space, it is obviously not easily breached as the base camp of Erzhu Clan and Gao Family's two generations of overlords.

In fact, Li Tai himself was also a little worried. If he really attacked Jinyang this time, would his family members who stayed in the Eastern Wei also be retaliated by the Eastern Wei?
But how to say this matter, since he decided to gain a foothold in the Western Wei Dynasty, it is inevitable to be hostile to the Eastern Wei Dynasty.Moreover, the generals of the Western Wei Dynasty, such as Dugu Xin, had their family members living in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but they were not killed by the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

The massacre of He Basheng's disciples can be regarded as a relatively extreme special case. It is true that he pushed Gao Huan too fast on the battlefield, and his life was hanging by a thread with lingering fear. Huan is not a rabbit yet.

So worrying that the Eastern Wei family will be retaliated and restrained, it is completely groundless to worry about the sky and waste food because of choking. Not to mention that he has not yet reached the level of being hated by the big brother, eager to get rid of it quickly, and his family is not completely absent in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. The power of self-preservation.

The Eastern Wei Dynasty inherited a lot of personnel from the Northern Wei Dynasty. As a famous family in the world, the Li family in Longxi had more old contacts and care in the Eastern Wei Dynasty than in the Western Wei Dynasty.

For example, in Qinghe Cui's township where their family lived, his cousin Cui went to seek refuge and follow Gao Huan as early as when Xindu rebelled, and therefore received preferential treatment from Gao Huan.There are also many old relatives who worked in Yedu and Jinyang Bafu. Even if they are blamed for this, some people will protect and protect them.

Zhu Meng and others left, and Heishui Fangcheng also needs someone to sit in.After thinking about it for a while, Li Tai arranged for Yang Fu, who had just entered his command, to stay here, and he was assisted by several old officials.

Leaving Yang Fu here, Li Tai also wanted him to feel the regional potential and strategic value of northern Shaanxi, and it would be best to interact with these Guanlong natives to derive other benefits from this.People with the same path have done a lot, and naturally they have more choices when doing things.

After the personnel arrangements here were in place, Li Tai led the front troops to continue northward.When he passed through Guangwu City in Dongxia Prefecture, Han Guo had already completed the handover of duties with Li Mu, and officially started to sit in Guangwu City, while Li Mu had already led the troops on the return journey.

This guy probably thought that if he returned to Huazhou as soon as possible, he could catch up with Daxingtai and fight the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but he didn't know that Daxingtai had no such plan at all, and rushing back in a hurry was destined to be happy in vain.

Although Han Guo has only been in the state for a few days, but unlike Li Mu's lazy style, he has already begun to handle state affairs in an orderly manner.

When Li Tai arrived, Han Guo had gathered 2000 cattle and horses from the pastures of the officials along the Qingshui River, and gathered an army of over [-] men in the city to make up for the loss caused by the departure of Li Mu's troops. The guards are in a hurry.

Li Tai originally planned to dispatch a group of people from Heishui City to help him stabilize the situation, but it seems that this posture is unnecessary.

For the time being, he doesn't need the troops of Dongxia Prefecture for military cooperation, so he only brought a state capital of Dongxia Prefecture to join the army. It is good to support the work of the logistics team to cross the border and go north, and then continue northward.

"The lord is back, the lord is finally back! Since the lord went south years ago, the servant has been looking south and praying every day, only hoping that the lord will return to lead..."

The group of people had just arrived in Shuofang territory, and the crowds who had been waiting at the crossroads came up to meet them. They rushed to the front, staggering and staggering, with an extremely excited expression, and their words were full of tears. Liu Kuzhen, the chieftain of Shihu.

Before Li Tai had time to rein in his mount, Liu Kuzhen had already knelt down in the front path with a plop, directly stirring up a cloud of smoke and dust on the ground. If Li Tai hadn't been skilled in riding and pulled the mount away from the original track when he saw that the situation was wrong, this would have The guy is afraid that he will be trampled down by the horse's hoof.

"You bastard, don't you want to kill yourself?"

Li Shihu's next big plan was closely related to Li Shihu, and it would be a lot of fun if they trampled their leader to death, so he glared at this flattering guy and yelled angrily.

Liu Kuzhen also had lingering fears because he was too excited and didn't control his strength well, but after hearing Li Tai's scolding, he laughed cheerfully, patted his chest and said loudly: "The life of this servant is given by the lord!" , but the lord is still willing to take pity on me, so the servant is happy and not afraid of death!"

Li Yunxin, who was in the same team, couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this. He thought that he was the best at flattering his grandfather, but he didn't expect to meet a strong competitor in this desolate northern land!

Under this guy's gags, Li Yantou, Mao Shijian and other subordinates also stepped forward one after another, and greeted Li Tai with their arms crossed.

Li Tai didn't talk nonsense to them, and directly ordered to get on his horse and continue on his way. He was impatient to see what the former Weiping Fangcheng and the current Suizhou Prefecture had been built into.

The location of this place is already quite remote, and the official operation and construction started only at the beginning of this year. Li Tai does not expect to have a grand and impressive weather pattern like the southern defense cities. At least there must be a framework foundation that can undertake the responsibilities of a base for crossing the river. .

He had already kept his expectations extremely low here, so he never expected that the Diaoyin Liu family who moved here would give him a big surprise.

(End of this chapter)