The Luoyan Army was mobilized earlier among the second batch of troops to go out on the expedition. Before leaving, they went to the imperial court as usual.
The two chief officers are Su Shuyan and Duan Mobo.
They had previously moved to Tun Leling and participated in the campaign to conquer Qingzhou without achieving any meritorious service. This time to attack Hanoi, the troops with 2,500 cavalry were about to go into battle again.
Su Shuyan's two sons are still in Youzhou, each leading some troops, and they are the local emperors of Huaihuang and Beikou towns.
As for Lao Su, he went south with his family members, servants, cronies and some of his direct subordinates, totaling more than 5,000 people. Two months ago, for some unknown reason, Su Shuyan handed over all the people except his family members and servants.
After leaving, they were scattered and settled in the five counties of Junyi, Kaifeng, Yongqiu, Suiyang and Weishi.
Shao Xun awarded him the position of Lieutenant Commander of the Guarding School, and also the commander of the Luoyan Army.
The position of "Huyi Xiaowei" is a newly created position. It is headed by Shao Xun personally and is in charge of the unregistered Hu tribes and military towns in Hebei and Youzhou. Chang Shi is one of his deputies.
"How is the house in Shangshanfang?" Shao Xun put down his brush, looked at Su Shuyan, and asked.
"This house is so magnificent that I have never seen it before. After living here for more than a month, I feel more and more ashamed." Su Shuyan burst into tears and said, "How dare you accept this house without having accomplished anything."
"What's yours is yours." Shao Xun smiled and said, "Do you have enough money?"
"I still have some savings," Su Shuyan said.
"If we can't support so many people, we will disperse some servants and guests." Shao Xun said.
Su Shuyan was startled, and after struggling for a moment, he said: "I'll let go of some of them when I get back."
"Those who are dismissed will report directly to the Minister of Order, and I will have people allocate a piece of land in Ruyin for them to farm and herd." Shao Xun said: "It is better to live by one's own efforts than anything else, and they must be willing to do so."
"Yes, yes." Su Shuyan nodded repeatedly.
Duan Mobo looked on and cursed in his heart.
Su Shuyan only has 5,000 people, and most of them are not serious members of the tribe. They were handed over as soon as they were told. This is nothing, but I still have more than 20,000 men and women under my command. Where do you put me?
But he also envied Su Shuyan.
The house occupies a large area and is very beautiful.
During the construction, the ground was dug into the pond, the earth was piled up to form a mountain, trees were planted, and anthers were mixed, so there were rockeries and gardens.
In house construction, the materials used for window panels, wall slats, lintels, sills, etc. are all of high quality.
When the morning sun first rises, it shines brightly on the lintel.
When the breeze blows, the forest sounds.
There is actually a garden in the inner square of Bianliang City. Is this an ordinary residence? Duan Mobo could tell with his toes that this was the residence that Liang Gong planned to reward the meritorious officials.
Some people also say that it is for senior officials.
Sometimes officials such as the Three Gongs and Six Ministers, Cao Shangshu, etc. come from other places, and they may not necessarily have a house to live in Bianliang. At this time, there are preferential policies. The imperial court provides different levels of housing for you to live in during your term of office, and you can leave after your term.
Take it away at any time.
But no matter what, this house is worth tens of thousands of dollars.
No, if he had acquired such a house, he would have told his descendants before his death not to fucking sell it to me!
Of course, he may not be able to control this matter. If his descendants do not have enough official positions and low status, then think about it with their toes, can they keep the house of Jishan and Shangshan Erfang? If dignitaries come to buy it, you really can't help it.
Sell?
"Nothing happens, just go north to Fangtou." Shao Xun said, "Stand down here for the time being and don't waste time fighting."
"As commanded."
Shao Xun glanced at Duan Mobo again, said nothing, and waved the two of them to leave.
Su Shuyan had been dazzled by wealth and wealth, and he willingly handed over thousands of people and automatically disbanded the small force he led south. The role of example was still very important.
Moreover, he also has united front value.
His two sons, Su Zhongyi and Su Zhongshun, served as generals in Youzhou. They heard that they had fought against Yuwen Xianbei who had gone south to plunder since the beginning of spring. Giving him wealth and honor would calm the hearts of the second generals.
As for Duan Mobo, he has a large number of men and a complete tribal structure. It is normal for him to be confused for a while.
But when you come to the colorful world of the Central Plains, it is unlikely that you want to maintain the tribal mode forever.
There is not much difference in appearance between Xianbei and Han people. In the past year, some people have fled from the tribe. The counties of Liang State have resettled these people as refugees, registered them as residents, and divided their fields. Wait a few years and see how many people you have left.
Using people in exchange for wealth is a way out that Shao Xun provides them. This door is always open. When you figure it out, you will be rich.
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In late August, some military reports came from various places.
Wang Dun attacked Yiyang, was defeated by Lekai, and returned to Suiguo.
Tao Kan, the governor of Xiangyang, took advantage of the opportunity to attack Xinye, but failed.
Zu Ti tried to capture Pi again but failed.
General Wu Ya, Yang Quan, led the Yang family army and Qingzhou troops to capture a Wu city on the north bank of the Huai River.
Qingzhou refugees were plundering everywhere in Xuzhou, and sent troops to seek peace for Mi Huang, the governor.
Civil unrest occurred one after another in Hebei, and Li Chong suppressed it like a whack-a-mole. Until batches of disaster relief grains were shipped to Anyang, Yecheng, Qinghe and other places, the situation gradually improved.
There are more and more refugees heading south from Hebei to Puyang, Dongping, Jibei and other places. While providing disaster relief, the government followed orders and resettled the victims in the sparsely populated Jibei country. Those with insufficient land and food supplies were selected to send some of them back to Hebei and resettled them in nearby villages.
Dunqiu, a county with almost a blank land - the southern part of Wei County is also sparsely populated and can be partially resettled.
The most important military reports came from Heyang.
The Huns besieged Wen County for more than half a month, but failed.
In a daze, some people attacked Heyang Beicheng, but to no avail.
Seeing this, Shao Xun felt that the Xiongnu side really wanted to consume people, because attacking cities was not what they were good at, and forcing them would only damage their morale.
He now feels that perhaps Wang Queer can directly handle this war. Whether or not the troops and horses are deployed in the follow-up phase is of little significance.
Should he save this salary? He hesitated for a moment, but finally rejected it.
There is no need. Most of Ji County is still in the hands of the enemy, and Hanoi and Shangdang are not easy to capture. We must be fully prepared.
After reviewing many memorials—Wang Yan and Yu Chen had filtered the unimportant ones for him—he came to Lichuntai to rest.
The breeze picks up and the beaded curtains rustle softly.
Among the green trees and red flowers, a woman's laughter could be heard faintly.
Shao Xun stood in the courtyard, listened carefully, and found that he had touched on his blind spot of knowledge: they were composing poems, giving answers, and having fun.
But he didn't feel embarrassed. He opened the bead curtain and walked along the corridor for a while, and the fragrance was faintly wafted in the wind.
He subconsciously looked up and saw that the scent was coming from the courtyard in front. He also knew why there was a scent.
After passing through a small clump of bamboo, I bumped into a young girl.
Shao Xun stretched out his hand, held her firmly in his arms, looked down at her, and said with a smile: "Xuanzhu, why are you so happy?"
Mrs. Guangqiu chuckled, buried her face in his arms, and put her arms around his waist.
Women who have sex are different.
As Yu Wenjun's cousin, Mrs. Guanqiu did not dare to be so bold before.
After Yu Wenjun gave birth to her son, Shao Xun stopped being polite and began to enjoy her group of girlfriends.
He slept with Mrs. Guanqiu twice, and the little girl was so tender that she could squeeze water out of her mouth.
The pink butterflies also gave him a different and wonderful feeling.
"Greetings to Ming Gong." All the warblers and swallows came over to salute.
"Husband." Yu Wenjun walked over, hesitating slightly.
Mrs. Guangqiu gently broke away from the embrace and stepped aside.
Yu Wenjun hugged Shao Xun.
Shao Xun stretched out his left hand and hugged Mr. Guanqiu in.
The little girl had a look of disappointment on her face, then she started laughing again.
"Let's sit down for a while." Shao Xun pointed to the table and bed placed under the shade of the bamboo forest and said.
The three of them walked over together.
Xunshi, Yinshi, and Xiao Yu quickly came over and sat around.
"Speaking of which, Li Chuntai was built only because of the pearls." Shao Xun pointed to the rafters and beams in the courtyard and said, "This agarwood was bought by Zongru (Guan Qiulu). It's really too much." luxury."
The elder brother of the Guanqiu family, Guanqiu Lu, secretly received the nominal position of Jin Caoyu in the General's Mansion, but his actual work was still the same as before, doing business between Jiangdong and Yuzhou.
After the establishment of the Liang Kingdom, in order to curry favor with Shao Xun, Guan Qiulu brought a batch of agarwood back from the south of the Yangtze River and sponsored the construction of Liang Palace, which was eventually used as Lichundai, Shao Xun's resting place after his administration.
In the courtyard in front of him, which he often visited, the rafters and beams were all made of agarwood. The ends of the rafters were decorated with gilded animal heads. The doors and windows were decorated with gilded objects, and five-color bead curtains were hung. Except for the agarwood, all other items were made by Wang. Dredging sponsorship.
This courtyard is not small, and Yu Wenjun often lives here. In addition to the decoration, there are many items inside, also sponsored by Wang Jun - to be precise, they are Cui's property and are temporarily kept by Shao Xun.
For example, Wang Jun spent a lot of money to buy several sets of Shu brocade tents to hang in winter, jade oil tents to use in summer, mirrors, spices and other items. Some of them were accepted by Shao Xun, and some of them were rewarded by him to the generals.
In the Huangnu Palace, there are also golden bells that were unloaded from the back house of the Prince of Youzhou and hung intact in Bianliang. The sound is constantly ringing in the breeze, which is very interesting.
Of course, Guanqiu Lu is not just a flatterer. In fact, he is a good businessman. He also has connections in Jiangdong. The trade routes are smooth. Now his annual profit is no less than 60,000 pieces of silk.
Before the copper coins were minted in Luoyang, Shao Xun took one hundred thousand coins and gave them to Guanqiu Lu, asking him to find a way to use them.
Shao Xun knew very well that metal currencies with uniform specifications and good quality could command a certain premium.
But don't expect much profit from this.
There is business these days, but the scale is only about that. There are still five or six hundred years before the first great commercial boom in Chinese history. There is an upper limit on profit margins - in the economic environment of manorial self-sufficiency, when talking about business, finance is indeed A bit outrageous.
The trade route operated by Guan Qiulu was not so much about making money as it was about supporting people, such as the people who set off with the merchant fleet (river boat) to assassinate the governor.
However, the assassination governor followed the caravan and the scope of his activities was very limited, usually within the "city" of major towns.
When you leave the city and go to other areas, it's a bit dangerous.
If you leave the city, you are more likely to disappear or even leak secrets, so you generally don't do this.
"Lang Jun, my brother has agreed to what I mentioned last time. He said that he will recruit people from Jiangnan through my family to go to Qingzhou, but it will take time. He doesn't want to recruit unreliable people." Guangqiu said softly: "Feng Bo It’s so dangerous, there are few people in the North who can walk on the rivers and seas as if they were on flat ground..."
"Don't worry, he told me." Shao Xun pinched Mr. Guanqiu's face and said gently: "The water battle is ultimately the weak point of Beidi. If this matter is accomplished, Zongru will have great achievements in the future. Why should I grudge the reward of a knighthood?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Guanqiu was overjoyed. At the same time, she secretly glanced at Yu Wenjun from the corner of her eye. Seeing that she had no reaction, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After being pushed down on the couch by Mr. Liang for the first time, she didn't know why, but she felt that the relationship between her and her cousin had become a little more subtle, and she could not help but want to get close to Mr. Liang.
She used to laugh when she saw Yu Wenjun and Liang Gong hugging and laughing, but now she can't laugh anymore.
She never thought that this day would come, and her mind was in a mess. The relationship she had known her cousin since childhood was gradually falling apart, and she subconsciously felt sad.
"There are so many things involved in the country's grassroots creation." Shao Xun waved and asked Yin and Xun to come over and press his shoulders and head, and casually chatted with Yu Wenjun.
As he talked, he slowly fell asleep.
Yu Wenjun asked the four little sisters to disperse, resting their chins on their hands, looking at their husband quietly.
It would be nice if I just stayed at home and didn't go out to provoke others.
Of course, this is impossible.
Chen Kuang, the Huangmen servant, came outside the courtyard quietly, holding a military newspaper in his hand.
Yu Wenjun hesitated for a moment and waved him in.
"Ming Gong." Chen Kuang called softly.
Shao Xun opened his eyes and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Shihu has dispatched, marching westward to besiege Wen County." Chen Kuang replied.
Shao Xun's eyes were fully opened and he said: "The right camp is in Puyang, right? Let's cross the river with it. I will also inform the two military commanders, the generals, and select capable assistants to follow me to Wenshijin. All matters in the country will be entrusted to me."
Prime Minister."
Chapter completed!