At first, when Jin Guyuan was given to Wang Yan, he reluctantly accepted it, but did not make any changes to this luxurious manor. It was not until he found out that Shao Xun had really given it away that Wang Yan put down his worries and started
Invest money and personnel to repair it.
By this year, apart from anything else, Jinguyuan has become the largest flour milling, rice pounding, and oil pressing base around Luoyang. The water mill is operating at full capacity. As long as there is enough food, it can be processed for you very quickly.
Moreover, the many water dams in Jinguyuan have not had much impact on agricultural irrigation. The reason is that there are not many people downstream, so they can intercept them casually...
When Shao Xun checked in, he noticed the rumbling hydraulic rice pounding machine.
"Is it all the food of Jinguyuan?" Shao Xun asked, standing on the pavilion, pointing to the water moss in the distance.
Jingu Garden is built on the mountain. There are many rivers flowing from the higher ground in the northwest to the south and merge into Luoshui and Yishui.
There are also artificially dug waterways in Jingu Garden, which look like power canals. They run together with the natural rivers, with a total of more than 30 water dams, which is spectacular.
"There are also other manors. After Xin'an City was captured, some people started to clean up the old manor. After Baichaowu was captured, more people started to restore it. If it weren't for the shortage of food, hundreds of manors might have been restored.
, after all, refugees are everywhere." Wang Yan said softly, twirling his beard.
"That's it." Shao Xun nodded.
Large manors and large farms are the typical production methods in the north today.
You can think of them as "agricultural companies", and further, they are not only capitalized companies, but also serfdom production relations.
Some large "agricultural companies" also have various "tertiary industries" and private armies. In theory, any "employee" can live from birth to death without even leaving the manor.
The manorial economy has its advanced aspects, but it also has extremely backward aspects, which cannot be generalized.
Speaking of which, this period is somewhat similar to medieval Europe.
The king does not have much direct territory, and he is surrounded by a bunch of palace nobles - who are paid, have no fiefdoms, and their noble titles are only fictitious - to work for him. There are local nobles of all sizes, and each knight has a castle and a manor.
But it can only be said to be "somewhat similar". In fact, there are still big differences.
"Let's go down and have a look." Seeing that the courtiers were almost here, Shao Xun and Wang Yan went downstairs and walked into the garden.
The crabapple flowers have faded, but the weeds that were once everywhere have been cleared away. Shao Xun looked left and right and found that a new grass pavilion had been added, hidden among the trees.
"See Liang Gong." Situ Liu Tun, Da Sinong Cui Gong, Wei Wei Yang Jiezhi, Ting Wei Zhuge Quan, Zhongshu Supervisor Zheng Yu, Shangshu Ling Yu Min, Zuopu She Liu Wang, Huangmen Shilang Pei Gu, etc.
Stand in the front row, stand in the back row
Led by the Northern Army's Lieutenant Commander Pei Kuo and the Central Protector Wang Hu, there were also Henan Yin Luyan, City Gate Colonel Pei Chun, redundant servants She Zheng Shida, Luoyang Commander Yu Bing, and all the other generals saluted.
"Sit down." Shao Xun waved his hand and took the lead in sitting on the carpet.
All the courtiers sat down in order, as if they were meeting the emperor, and they were respectful.
"On my way back, I passed through Luoyang and I stopped by to meet you." Shao Xun said with a smile, "It's not easy to maintain this stall in Luoyang, right?"
How much power the Luoyang court still has is a question.
In fact, as Shao Xun became the minister of the general as a general, the Luoyang court gradually became an empty shell, and most of its power was divided. If the court official did not also hold the post of chief minister in the general's mansion, he would not even make a sound.
Theoretically speaking, most of the court officials in Luoyang now are actually Wang Yan's staff. He is the Zuojun Division of the General's Office. He is under one person in the shogunate. At the same time, he also records the affairs of the Secretariat as a Taiwei, which can be said to be extremely powerful.
The royal residence in Luoyang is bustling with traffic all day long, which shows his status.
"Ming Gong, this is all the result of the Taiwei. Without him, how would we be able to refresh and cheer up today?" Before anyone else could say anything, Shangshu Zuopushe Liu Wang was the first to speak.
Weiwei Yang Jiuzhi glanced at Wang Yan with the corner of his eye and sneered in his heart.
Wang Yan's expression was calm and he didn't express anything.
He had already received news that his two daughters, Jingfeng and Huifeng, were pregnant one after another in May and June. This was a good and stable situation, so he could take it calmly.
"Your Majesty, you have really worked hard." Shao Xun looked at Wang Yan and said with emotion: "Since last year, the Lieutenant has held ten talks in a row. He has swept away the rumors and rumors, and has made people all over the world happy. This is sincere.
It’s a great achievement.”
"Without Ming Gong Ti Ge's courage, I wouldn't have been able to accomplish anything." Wang Yan bowed his hand and said humbly.
Shao Xun smiled and said: "I will remember all the merits of the Taiwei."
Liu Wang lowered his head and stopped talking.
His immediate superior, Shangshu Ling Yu Min, sat upright with a smile on his face and nodded gently, as if agreeing with what Shao Xun said.
Zheng Yu, the Supervisor of the Central Committee, is quite old. When the warm sunshine shines on him, he seems to be about to fall asleep.
As one of the chief officials of Tai Pavilion, he was very aware of the ongoing rivalry between Yu Min and Wang Yan.
Wang Yan was in charge of the overall situation, and Yu Min was in charge of the ministers, especially the crucial official department.
The appointment and dismissal of the General's Office ultimately had to go through the formalities at Taige. In this matter, Yu Min kept an eye on Wang Yan and would not let him be too proud.
Thinking of this, Zheng Yu opened his eyes slightly and glanced at Mr. Liang: Someone outside was slandering him as having a "kind face but a dark heart". Is this really slander?
After talking to Wang Yan, Shao Xun looked at Pei Kuo, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army, and asked: "Ke Jian, how many people are there in the Luoyang Central Army?"
"There are more than 21,000 guards on the left and right, and more than 3,500 cavalry in the cavalry army." At this point, he paused and said: "I heard that Duke Ming wanted to transfer the Youzhou Cavalry Superintendent to Bianliang.
, excluding this unit, there are still more than two thousand warriors."
"Twenty-three thousand cavalry is enough." Shao Xun said: "Before and after the new year, we will have a good practice. The grain stored in the Taicang of Dongyang Gate -"
"Ming Gong, after the autumn harvest, the grain storage in Taicang has exceeded one million dendrobium." Cui Gong, the great Sinong, said.
Shao Xun couldn't help but look at him one more time.
Cui Gong was born in the Cui family of Boling. He was an old magician, but he was also talented and learned. He joined Lu Zhi very early. He was considered a member of Lu Zhi.
This time Boling Cui was severely punished. I wonder what Cui Gong was thinking.
"The Forbidden Army needs a lot of food for their training, so I will take care of it." Shao Xun said, "Pan Yuan, Shao Yuan and the Huns prisoners outside Jingu Yuan will all be given to you, so that you can take good care of them."
"As ordered." Cui Gong responded.
"Kejian." Shao Xun looked at Pei Kuo again and said: "After the training is completed, we will go into battle. You make your own decision as to when to attack. Xiashi Fort must be captured to coordinate with the main battlefield."
"As ordered." Pei Kuo responded.
If nothing else goes wrong, the Forbidden Army will be bleeding again next year. In this regard, he can only sigh and there is nothing he can do.
In two of the three years, siege warfare was carried out.
In addition to Xin'an, Baichaowu, which has been conquered, and Xiashi Fort, which is about to be attacked, are all built in the middle of the post road between two mountains. If you want to go around and cut off supplies, it will not work for a long time.
However, if the current situation is like this, he must do it even if he does not do it.
Hua Nu gave birth to three sons for Mr. Liang. How can you turn a blind eye to such a situation?
Pei Kuo couldn't do it, and he felt that the Pei family in Hedong should not turn a blind eye.
This is not one son, but three!
Anyway, he had secretly sent people to Heqing and took the canyon path back to Hedong. If the old guys Wenxi didn't agree, then he didn't want to give them face and would just scold them until they woke up.
You old guys are of no use at all. In the end, it is still one woman who can make a huge contribution to the family, but you are shrinking from such a great situation and don't know what you are thinking. It is really ridiculous!
He will also think of a way at Xishi Castle.
After Liang Gong conquered Hebei and swept across Qingzhou and Hanoi, even Wang Yan couldn't bear it after joining the party. What are you hesitating about?
Thinking of this, he secretly glanced at Yu Min in front of him.
Yu Zi looked calm on the outside, but he didn't know how anxious he was. In the past six months, he rejected several important appointments and dismissals, which made Wang Yan not happy.
The confrontation that is almost coming to light directly reflects the current situation in Luoyang and Bianliang.
Some people in the clan suggested a marriage with the Wang family and took practical actions. Pei Kuo was satisfied with this, but felt it was not enough.
Of course, those people from the marriage faction are right. Letting the Langya Wang family take the lead will not do any harm to the Pei family.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if one day the Wang family and the Yu family died together?
"Now that this matter is clear, it's not a big deal." Shao Xun thought for a while, and finally looked at Henan Yin Luyan, and said: "The order of manors in Henan counties has been restored. This is a good thing, but we must be careful not to let them
You can invade unused fields at will. I still have use for these fields."
"As ordered." Lu Yan responded.
Henan, Luoyang, Yanshi, Gong and other counties are densely populated with manors, but most of them are abandoned and empty.
Now some people are trying to restore it, but only a small part of it. They don't have enough money and food to restore all the hundreds of miles of fertile Yiluo land.
Liang Gong stared at these fields, probably wanting to take these lands that were originally owned by powerful nobles into public ownership and then redistribute them to his own people, just like he had done before.
"Zidao is in Yecheng, can he send a letter home?" Shao Xun asked again.
"Yes." Lu Yan replied: "Most of them are trivial things at home, not very important."
"What do you think of the situation in Hebei?"
When Lu Yan heard this, he gritted his teeth and said: "I would like to ask Duke Ming to go north to Yecheng to take charge of the matter. There is great chaos in Hebei and people are panicking. If Duke Ming arrives, people will be at peace and there will be no more chaos."
Shao Xun was silent for a moment and sighed: "Everything is complicated, let's talk about it after next spring."
Lu Yan responded respectfully.
After the meeting, Shao Xun stayed in Luoyang for another ten days.
During this period, he asked his pro-army soldiers and soldiers from the Luonan Prefecture to take turns giving martial arts lectures with various departments of the Forbidden Army, and learned about the true combat effectiveness of each battalion of the Forbidden Army.
Afterwards, he visited the three cities of Heyang to understand the situation. After all, he did not completely trust the officials' reports.
On October 22nd, Luonan soldiers were disbanded and went home. Shao Xun took his soldiers down the Luoshui River to inspect the land abandonment situation in various counties in Henan, so that he could have a good idea of ​​it.
At the end of October, we passed Chenggao Pass and arrived in Xingyang.
At this time, the first snow in the second year of the Turtle finally fell.
Shao Xun looked up at the falling snow.
There was no war this year, but after sorting out internal affairs and inspecting local areas, the year came to an end before I knew it.
Chapter completed!