Since I have to go on an expedition again, I naturally have to sort out a lot of things before I leave.
The Changjian Army currently has more than 900 people, and Liang County has divided 300 of them.
The settlement on the southern edge of Guangcheng Ze was already under control, and Shao Xun privately called it "Ruyang".
There are seven to eight hundred households in Ruyang, half of them locals and half of them refugees. At the beginning of April, more than a hundred households of refugees from Hebei were moved there, and it is planned to place 300 soldiers here. The resettlement is currently in the process.
The third batch of 300 government soldiers will continue to be resettled in Liang County, and the entire work will be completed before the autumn harvest in the second half of the year.
The commanding body of the Fubing was originally planned to be called "Zhechongfu", but this involved restructuring and the impact was too great, so they gave up and used the name "Xiangtuan" to cover it up.
The Liang County government troops temporarily organized two township regiments to garrison.
One of them is stationed north and south of Bohouqiao, called "Shiqiao Defense", with a staff of 300. They are scattered at home during peacetime. In wartime, they each lead a unit to go out on expeditions. There are 600 people in total, which is almost a whole army.
The second one is located near Yongxing Temple on the eastern border of Liang County, and is called "Yongxing Fang", with a staff of 300.
There is only one township regiment station in Ruyang, called "Nanshan Fang", with a staff of 300.
All resettlement will be completed this year, the details will be further adjusted, and the soldiers will be familiar with the new way of life, production and warfare. In the future, they will become a local low-cost, high-efficiency defense force, greatly reducing the financial burden.
He wants as many soldiers as he wants, because after the initial cost is invested, the maintenance cost is very low, and the combat effectiveness is very good. Don't take advantage of this time when refugees are running around, troops can be captured at will, and land resources are relatively abundant.
, it will be difficult to do in the future.
On April 15th, Chen Jin returned from Yingchuan and brought back more than a thousand carts full of grain and beans.
"This is..." Shao Xun did a rough calculation and found that there were 80,000 or 90,000 dendrobium grains?
"The elders in the clan have something to say. Nowadays, the price of horses is very high. They don't know how much a horse is worth." Chen Jin said with some embarrassment: "Here are 90,000 dendrobium, millet, wheat beans, sir. You can give it to me."
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It turned out to be a horse purchase! Shao Xun nodded.
Guangchengze still has more than 7,000 horses, which are mainly released into the wild at very low cost.
Horses left in the wild eat grass most of the day and cannot fight. If they want to fight, they have to be fed with food. Considering the horses' food intake, Shao Xun has never dared to use these horses on a large scale.
But it is not a problem to leave it like this all the time. The horse will get sick, get injured, get old, and in short will suffer wear and tear. If you don't use it in your hand, its value will slowly depreciate day by day, so it is better to use it as a favor.
"I'll give you six hundred horses." Shao Xun didn't want to be too fussy about it, so he decided to give it a fixed price.
"Okay." Chen Jin agreed immediately.
The Chen family in Yingchuan is no longer what it used to be. There are less than 200 horses in the family. They have to go out and ride to support the scene and not let other families look down on them. They also have to provide for their children and elite troops to practice riding, archery, and mounted combat. It's really not easy.
It's enough.
Furthermore, this is the horse of the entire Yingchuan Chen family.
The Chen family is a big family, and there are many branches of the family. When it comes to a specific family, the number of horses is smaller, and everyone wants to buy some to fill the occasion.
Of course, they always say, "ride them for fun", but the world is so chaotic, and the military significance of horses cannot be underestimated. Everyone knows what they are used for, so there is no need to say more.
"Xinye Yu's family has an old relationship with mine, and they also want to buy a group of horses." Chen Jin said a little embarrassed.
"Xinye...Yushi?" Shao Xun was a little surprised.
Yu Liang's family is one of the local snakes in Yingchuan County, and they are called the Yingchuan Yu family.
The Xinye Yu family is in Jingzhou.
The two Yu families may have separated during the Later Han Dynasty. They would be completely two families. They came to buy horses, which was a bit beyond Shao Xun's expectation. Why not the Yingchuan Yu family?
"What's their reason for buying horses?" Shao Xun asked.
"Nanyang, Yiyang, and Shunyang areas are full of homeless people and thieves are rampant. In order to protect themselves, they buy horses."
"Okay, I agree." Shao Xun said: "But I can only sell 200 horses. Or, let them send someone to Guangchengze for an interview. Forget it, I'm afraid there is no time, just 200 horses, let them
Send 40,000 hu of grain to Liang County for delivery."
"Okay." Chen Jin breathed a sigh of relief and responded.
"General Chen." After talking about the horse trading, Shao Xun changed his expression to a smile, took Chen Jin's hand, and said with a smile: "General, he has been a general in the Forbidden Army for many years and has many old friends. Can you please tell some capable men to go south?
I love warriors the most in my life. As long as I can fight, I will not refuse anyone who comes. I will allocate all the land to each person, at least a hundred acres, or a hundred and fifty acres. How about that?"
Chen Jin thought for a while, nodded immediately and said: "This matter is easy to hear. I will go back to Luoyang in the next few days to gather my old troops."
"Okay." Shao Xun was overjoyed.
In fact, he has also recently been mobilizing connections to lure veterans of the Forbidden Army to go south and serve as government soldiers.
The biggest advantage of Fu soldiers is not that they can fight and have low cost, but that they are not easy to rebel.
They are usually scattered in various villages and are not allowed to be gathered easily.
If summoned, a complicated procedure must be followed.
The management agencies of the government soldiers, such as Zhechong Mansion, Zhuwei, etc., have no military power and are just management organizations. They will not come into contact with the soldiers of the government soldiers unless necessary.
Shao Xun planned to set up an agency in Liang County to oversee military affairs, which would be jointly managed by Chen Yougen, Wu Qian and Mao Er, who was a student from Donghai.
If you want to summon the soldiers, you need three people to sign and sign together. No one is missing. Then at least two people come forward together and go to each guard with the token to recruit soldiers. No one is missing.
He will summon all the soldiers before going out to declare this matter in public.
The officers and soldiers of the Long Sword Army are convinced of him, and no one can replace his prestige for the time being. In this way, he is not too worried about some arrogant people taking the opportunity to cause trouble.
He trusted Chen Yougen very much and did not believe that Lao Chen would cause trouble, but necessary checks and balances were indispensable, which was also a kind of protection for Lao Chen.
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At the end of April, Shao Xun had completely moved to the side hall of Guangcheng Palace to work - he was the Caiguan General and was responsible for supervising the construction of Guangcheng Garden. This was justifiable.
Yang Xianrong has not suffered from insomnia for a while, her face has become more and more beautiful, and the haggardness she felt when she first came has disappeared.
The only thing that made her unhappy was that Le Lanji always came to "visit" her and then stayed in the side hall at night.
At this time, Yang Xianrong felt very irritable.
When she got up in the middle of the night, she would sometimes secretly wander outside the side hall where Shao Xun lived. She could always hear the sobs that were suppressed to her bones. Finally, when she heard a loud roar from a man, she would often run away.
On the last day of April, Le Lanji came again with wine and food. Unexpectedly, she covered her mouth and vomited outside just after eating half of the meal.
Yang Xianrong was dumbfounded. He sat in a daze for a long time, and then walked out of the palace door in a daze.
Shao Xun, who came after hearing the news, held Lan Ji in his arms and couldn't stop laughing.
Lan Ji's beauty is really fertile and easy to reproduce. She will definitely be able to have many children for the old Shao family in the future.
Le Lanji's face was like a ripe red apple, her head buried in Shao Xun's arms, with a smile on her lips.
After experiencing so many chaotic days, she didn't want to lose anything anymore.
Her husband was very kind to her and loved her in every possible way. She wanted to live peacefully like this for the rest of her life.
She hadn't even thought of King Chengdu for a long time, and the days in the past were as far away as her last life.
She was taken out by Shao Lang for outings, held in his arms to care for her, and played in various positions by him. Every day she wondered if this was a sweet dream.
"Okay, let's go to the palace and have a good rest." Shao Xun patted Lan Ji's butt and said softly.
Lan Ji frowned, there were a few bruises on her buttocks, but they hurt from being slapped just now.
The King of Chengdu didn't dare to do this to her before, because she would really be angry, but now, he was being tossed around in a daze, as if he was used to it, and he didn't feel any resistance.
She blushed and went to the side hall to rest without mentioning it.
Shao Xun also stood up and found that he still had a few pieces of paper in his hand.
This is the roster for the sixth building of the Silver Spear Army that is being formed.
Most of the personnel are ready and will be stationed at Yushanwu for training later.
This year, Yushanwu dispatched a thousand soldiers to travel eastward to Xuzhou and Yuzhou to help search for and relocate the families of officials of the Shaw Military and Political Group.
After the Long Sword Army was dispersed into government troops, Yushanwu lacked defense strength, and the newly formed sixth building of the Silver Spear Army just filled the gap.
The fifth building of the Silver Spear Army is divided into three batches, divided into Yunzhong, Kinmen and Tanshan Sanwu Fort.
Buildings 1 to 4 will be taken away and follow Shao Xun on the expedition.
The Yamen Army currently has 500 people stationed at Guangchengze Ranch, and will send another 1,000 people there next.
A total of 1,500 Yamen soldiers, plus 1,000 men recruited in turn from Liang County, helped him guard the ranch. In fact, the main defense force was the peripheral government soldiers and their tribes.
Two hundred people stayed at the camp.
Another five hundred people were left to camp next to Green Willow Garden.
The remaining 3,000 people, together with more than 2,400 people from the Silver Spear Army, formed the main force heading north.
As for the auxiliary troops, they will be recruited in Sizhou according to the imperial order, and the number will not be less than five thousand.
As for the cavalry, request the imperial court to send a section of the Cavalry Army to accompany the expedition.
With an army of more than 10,000 people, it is not a big force in Hebei, but it is not something that anyone can despise.
At most, I sold my life for Sima Yue for half a year, and it was almost done. If possible, get more benefits and accumulate capital.
After putting away the roster, Yang Xianrong walked over gracefully.
"Are you going on an expedition?" she asked softly.
"Well, I will come back. The soldiers' homes are here, and my home is also here. Where else can I go?" Shao Xun said.
Yang Xianrong wanted to say something, but didn't know where to start.
She felt that her heart, which had been calm for a while, began to feel uneasy again. She was used to Shao Xun patrolling inside and outside Guangcheng Palace, even though the court had sent more than a hundred palace people and guards to serve her.
"When the queen is bored, she might find something to do," Shao Xun said.
"What's the matter?" Yang Xianrong asked in surprise.
"The Yang family has always been a wealthy family, with many talented people. Like the Yang Ming I met before, she is very capable." Shao Xun said: "The queen is kind and gentle, and she is a man of heaven and earth. If she is willing to do things, how can ordinary officials do it?"
Can it compare? Guangchengze has planted more than 1,300 hectares of millet this year, which will be harvested in July and August. After the autumn harvest, no less than 2,000 hectares of winter wheat will be planted. Most of these things are done by the masters of the five counties.
, I’m not very relieved. If the Queen can participate in this matter, I’ll have nothing to worry about.”
Yang Xianrong lives in Guangcheng Palace, very close to her, and she is also the late Emperor Hui's Empress. It would be great for her to supervise Guangchengze's farming affairs.
It is true that the output of Guangchengze Xintian will be very low, but it will gradually increase in the future. Shao Xun attaches great importance to it, even more than Liang County.
He didn't want this to get messed up.
"Do you think I can do it well?" Yang Xianrong asked.
"Of course." Shao Xun replied without hesitation.
Does Yang Xianrong have the ability to govern? Of course he does.
Historically, when she was the empress of Han and Zhao, she was "very involved in political affairs" and "participated in external affairs."
I have received a strict and excellent systematic education since I was a child, and others simply don’t have this opportunity.
Perhaps Yang Xianrong's true level is not as good as that of ministers from other dynasties in later generations, but at this moment, it should still be possible - even if it really doesn't work, she still has many people at her disposal.
Furthermore, finding something for her to do may also divert her attention, so that she will not think about it all day long, and her finally stabilized mood will collapse again.
To a certain extent, Shao Xun is redeeming her.
Humans are not like vegetation, so how can they be ruthless?
Yang Xianrong helped him a lot, and he sincerely hoped that she would be better and more normal.
"Then let me try." Yang Xianrong hummed, then raised his head and said, "I'm just helping you."
Shao Xun sighed and nodded slightly.
Chapter completed!