Yi Song

Chapter 262 New Taiyuan City
In mid-August, when Fang Tianbao, Wang Buddha, Wang Yan, and Chen Guang came to Taiyuan City, it was a large construction site.

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered everywhere like ants to build the new Taiyuan City. Hundreds of towers, like towering forests, are scattered everywhere.

Not long after the group submitted their paperwork, Wang Xun ran out to meet the two of them.

"Brother Wang, Brother Chen, Fang Dong's family, Wang Zhuangshi, we are waiting for you from afar."

"Mr. Wang, you're too polite. It's us who are disturbing you." Wang Yan, as the leader of the team, raised his hands and replied, "How are you, Mr. Wang?"

"Thank you, my father is very kind. There are many things to build the city and time is tight. My father is running around and has no time to greet you. It is rude, rude."

"Your Majesty, you are too polite."

Wang Yan and the others said quickly.

Wang Xun took the four people to look around. He pointed at the construction team divided into several streams and said: "For this city construction, 120,000 young people were recruited, and the construction was carried out in separate shifts."

"Recruitment, not conscription?"

Hundreds of thousands of young men and women from Hedong prefectures and counties only need to select tens of thousands of aspiring people during the study, and after completion, they will be dispersed throughout the country and secretly supported. After going back and forth several times, in the counties and villages of Hedong, there were Hwarang everywhere and their heads were covered with red tassels.

Everything is good east of the river. The Fenhe Basin is fertile for thousands of miles. There is coal and iron in the north and south. The only disadvantage is that there are no big rivers. There is plenty of irrigation and inconvenient transportation."

Shops and warehouses are a treasure trove. Businessmen everywhere can imagine it. Act early to grab a good spot. In future trade, we will be able to take the lead. "

I heard that Shaanxi is also carrying out large-scale construction projects, especially in the old areas of Lingwu in Ningxia and Yanzhou. It must be the same method.

"According to the order of the Commander-in-Chief, the recruitment method was used for the construction of the city. All young men and craftsmen were recruited, and money and food were distributed according to the type of work and hours of work. The system followed was still followed when the Changshui Army dredged the Bian River.

Literacy and learning principles should all be learned from the principles of the Hongying Party.

The more I read, the more I felt that my father's Muni religion was just a grassroots group.

"That's it. Not only does Jieshuai fight like a god, he is also good at amassing wealth."

Wang Xun was talking eloquently, and Fang Tianbao couldn't help but ask: "Building a city like this will cost a lot of money, is Bianjing willing?"

"Haha, what Commander Jie said is the combination of work and rest. On the other hand, the people recruited are all young and strong. Hundreds or thousands of people gather together, which is easy to cause trouble. They work hard during the day, and do some opera and rap at night, and learn to read. It’s also a form of discipline to learn some moral skills so that they don’t cause trouble everywhere.”

Fang Tianbao and Wang Buddha looked at each other and continued to follow behind without making a sound.

"Yes. The construction of Taiyuan New City is strictly in accordance with the planning drawings. The thirty-six squares in the four cities are all planned carefully. Nanshi and East Street are the most prosperous places. There are many shops and warehouses there. Taiyuan Prefecture was entrusted with the Xuanfu Envoy According to the order of the Secretary, these lots will be marked out one by one and the money and grain collected will be used for the construction of Taiyuan City."

Look, everyone, over there is the work area camp, which contains residential areas, living areas, material warehouses, medical stations, and lecture halls for the propaganda team. "

"Is there anyone willing to buy it?"

"Of course I do. Once Taiyuan City is built, it will not only be the capital of Hedong, but also an important road connecting Yinshan Mountain in the north, the Central Plains in the south, Yanzhao in the east, and Qinlong in the west. Material merchants from all over the world will gather here.

"Auction it?"

Everyone looked back at him, and Wang Xun replied: "The construction of Taiyuan City is related to the recovery of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. The official's imperial pen specially approved a large amount of money and food. However, the construction cost was still exceeded. The Commander-in-Chief entrusted the relevant people to do so. , auction off the prosperous areas of Taiyuan New City in advance.”

"We have a lecture hall, theater, and theater, so we really don't care about the cost."

"Those towers are all hanging towers and transmission towers built by the Central Base Army. They are used to lift and transport materials. They are very convenient and save a lot of manpower. There is a rail road under construction there, which is tentatively scheduled to go from Taiyuan New City to Fenzhou .

"Yes, with these few measures, there is no shortage of money and food to build Taiyuan City, and the progress is very smooth."

After turning around, Fang Tianbao and Wang Buddha fell behind, whispering.

"When Taiyuan City is built, you can control the clouds of Datong and the Yinshan Mountains in the near distance. You can see the Yanran North Sea and the Mobei area in the distance. Materials, money and grain are gathered here, and they are continuously transported northward. , and cooperate with the Red Tiger Cavalry Army to coerce and induce, who among the tribes in Mobei would dare not to obey?
Hundreds of thousands of elites controlled the strings, dormant in the desert north. Three hundred thousand Western troops gathered in Guanxi. There is a change in the Central Plains. With an order, we can go south and east. Who can take the lead?
Buddha, Liu Erlang is so calculating. "Wang Buddha said with admiration: "Liu Erlang is really a national player. He uses the world as a chessboard, and Xixia, Northern Liao and Song are all chess pieces. I just don’t know what kind of trouble he got into in Mobei? "

"This time when we go north, we will know it as soon as we see it. There are soldiers in the northwest and food in the southeast. Haha, Buddha, our horizons are still a little small."

After a five-day pause in Taiyuan City, a large amount of food and supplies were gathered, and the team quietly increased by two to three hundred people before continuing northward.

Along the Fenshui River Valley, passing through Loufan and Jingle, exiting Ninghua Army and entering Shuozhou on Xijing Road in Northern Liao Dynasty.

Wugu City is an important castle west of Shuozhou.

There is a lot of traffic here, and various forces are mixed here. Song people, Khitan people, Xi people, and Tatars all seem to be enjoying themselves. But it looks like the Song people are in charge of this place, but they are wearing Tatar clothes.

"What's going on? I haven't been here for two or three years, and everything has changed. Did the Song people take over this place?"

"I don't know. Young Master, let's go out and ask."

"it is good."

After saying hello to Wang Yan and Chen Guang, Fang Tianbao and Wang Buddha went out for a walk. They had been here several times, and there were familiar old people in the castle.

Entering a shop, Fang Tianbao greeted him with his hands.

"To the shopkeeper, be well, be well!"

"Ah, Mr. Fang's house, Manager Wang, rare guest, rare guest!" He quickly handed over to the shopkeeper, he told the waiter, and led the two of them to the back room.

"Please come inside, please drink tea. These are tea bricks shipped from the Central Plains. They are not as good as the tea that Fang Dong's family often drinks. I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry, the shopkeeper."

After a few words of greeting, Fang Tianbao went straight to the topic.

"Xiang Shopkeeper, is this place still under the control of the Khitans?"

He smiled at the shopkeeper and said, "The Fang Dong family are smart people, and I won't talk nonsense. The Khitans are now guarding the land west of Datong, Shuozhou, and Wuzhou City. They have given up. They are called Tatars." No matter what, the officials in Hedong are actually employed.”

"The Hexi family in the west lost Xingqing Mansion and the king moved to Longyou Liangzhou. Has this been spread?"

"It has been reported a long time ago. It was because the Song Dynasty borrowed the Tatar troops to sweep across the Hexi family and invaded the Hetao and Yunzhong areas. The Khitans, who had no time to take care of themselves, simply reduced their troops and evaded the attack for the time being."

Fang Tianbao and Wang Buddha looked at each other and continued to ask: "The Khitan people took the initiative to retreat. Did they suffer a big loss in the Northeast?"

"I don't know. We only know that in the past two years, the Khitan people have tried their best to mobilize troops and horses. This summer, a large number of troops have been mobilized. There are not many left here, and they can't care about the end. As for what the situation in the Northeast will be like, the news It can’t be passed on.”

He looked left and right at the shopkeeper, leaned over and said softly: "A few days ago, a caravan of Xi people came to my store, and one of my old guys was among them. He told me privately that the Mobei grassland is really... The Ministry of Military Affairs showed great power and annexed hundreds of tribes.

Last month, the clan nobles who came to Beijing fled south to Beijing. It is said that a branch of the Zhenwu Department engaged in a fierce battle with the Wanyan Jurchens in the Hun River area, resulting in tens of thousands of casualties, and the military peak spread to Beijing."

Fang Tianbao was shocked, "The Zhenwu Department helped the Khitans fight against the Jurchens?"

"After beating the Yanbu Jurchens. My old man said that the Zhenwubu was famous in the Northeast, so with a shout of encouragement, Tieli and some Shiwei people came over.

I heard that there were several battles fought in the Hun Tong River and Duck River areas last year. The former military commander of the Zhenwu Department, Zhenwu suppressed evil and ruthless people, burned Huanglong Mansion, the capital of the Wanyan Department, to ashes. Most of the people from Shiwei, as well as the Jurchens from the East China Sea and the Jurchens from Heishui, all switched sides.

Evil people will be tortured by evil people. My old friend said that the Wanyan Jurchens were extremely fierce and domineering in the Northeast. As a result, they met the real martial arts department who could fight better than them, and they couldn't stand it anymore. "

Fang Tianbao and Wang Buddha looked at each other.

Isn't the Zhenwu Department an ally of Liu Erlang's life and death? Why do you still rebel against the enemy and help the Khitan people?
(End of this chapter)