Of course Chen Qing understands that the most important resource for the Xihe Road is the population, to be precise, the Han people. To the Xixia people, these serfs are just alien slaves. Party talents are the precious resources of the Xixia Kingdom, so the Xixia people will not care.
The life and death of these serfs.
But for Chen Qing, it's just the opposite. He doesn't care about the life or death of the party members at all. The Han serfs are his precious resources. He must treat them well, use resources to appease them, give them land, let them stabilize and become
Farmers in the Hehuang area no longer have to live in dirty and dilapidated mud houses.
Shortly after he publicly announced the plan to divide the fields and return grain, gongs and drums began to be beaten in the shanty towns, and all the people rushed out of their homes to cheer. Men, women, old and young were jumping up and down. It was even more joyful than during the New Year.
Chen Qing's promise was immediately effective, and soon the soldiers began to distribute sheepskins from house to house, three to each family. In the cold spring nights, they had a very good thermal insulation effect, especially for the elderly and children, and they were simply life-saving items.
Chen Qing also ordered to give three sheepskins to each household in Agan County. There were about 2,000 households and more than 10,000 people in Agan County. 25,000 Xixia soldiers were burned to death in Agan County.
This is a dangerous place, no one wants to go back.
So Chen Qing considered moving them to the Tao River Valley. There were too few Han people there and large tracts of land were deserted. He had previously recruited thousands of households from Bashu. In addition to the two thousand Han households, each household was allocated
There is still no problem with one hundred acres of land. If the tax is exempted for another ten years, the Taohe River Valley should be able to gradually develop.
Chen Qing was inspecting the situation of the people in Agan County. Most of the people in Agan County were resettled in some empty houses and temples. Only a few people lived in tents. The tents were not set up on the streets, but on several buildings in the city.
On an open space.
Several old people gathered together to bask in the sun. Chen Qing sat on the big rock next to him and asked with a smile: "Looking at the accent, it seems that these old people are not from Agan County?"
"We are from Longzhou and came to Agan County many years ago."
"If you can't go back to Agan County, won't you regret it?" Chen Qing asked again.
Several old men laughed and said: "There is no regret, even for the people of this county. For us ordinary people, staying away from war is the most important thing."
"In the future, we may be arranged to stay in the Tao River Valley, which is far away from the war. Do you all know that?"
Several old men nodded, "We have already announced it. In fact, it doesn't matter where we live. Land and food are important, especially the hundred acres of land allocated by the government, which will be directly exempted from taxes for ten years. These two items are irresistible. We
I'm afraid that Chen Jieduzhi kept his promise and exempted himself from taxes for two years, but then regretted it and started to impose taxes again."
None of the old men knew that the young general in front of them was the Chen Jiedushi they called him.
Chen Qing smiled slightly, "Mr. Chen Jiedushi has always been a man of great promise. Now that he has made a promise, he will never change it!"
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After briefly chatting with a few people, Chen Qing continued to move forward. At this time, Yang Zaixing stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "The commander-in-chief's promise to be tax-free for ten years will have any impact on military rations?".
Chen Qing smiled faintly, "Planting sycamore trees can attract golden phoenixes. If it is not attractive enough, who would be willing to come to Xihe Road to farm? As for military rations, don't worry, we can buy their food, and that hundred thousand catties of silver
, you must play some role!”
Yang Zaixing suddenly understood the coach's thinking and sincerely praised: "Du Tong is really smart!"
Chen Qing thought for a while and then said: "There is a large pasture between Lintao Prefecture and Lanzhou. It is now occupied by the Dangxiang people. I will drive them all back to Xixia. I plan to use this pasture to replace the west bank of the Tao River Valley, so that the Tao River Valley
Farmland can also be opened up on the west bank of the land, attracting more Han people to come and farm, and the food problem of the 50,000-strong army can be solved, and there is no need to go to Bashu to buy food."
"My humble position suggested that the people of Agan County be sent to the Tao River Valley in the next two days. I heard that the land there is very fertile. The Reclamation Association can directly cultivate it and plant a season of spring wheat."
Chen Qing nodded, "You and I want to go together. This matter really cannot be delayed for long. I will order the army to escort them to Didao County tomorrow and let the Didao County government make the arrangements."
While the two were talking, a soldier reported from behind: "The Huangzhou scouts are here and are waiting for the commander-in-chief at the military camp."
Chen Qing was overjoyed. He wanted to know the situation in Huangzhou most now.
.......
The scout who came to deliver the message was Hu Yanlei's subordinate. Hu Yanlei was still in Huangzhou. He sent this subordinate to pretend to be a businessman and follow a caravan to Didao County. The scout then diverted to Lanzhou.
Chen Qing read Hu Yanlei's letter. Hu Yanlei had already found the whereabouts of the batch of silver, which was in the underground warehouse of Huangzhou General Manager's Mansion. The letter said that Ren Dejing originally planned to establish a country on Xihe Road, but did not
The thought of Chen Qing coming out of nowhere made Ren De hate and respect him deeply.
Chen Qing snorted coldly, he actually wanted to establish a country on Xihe Road. Even if he was not on Xihe Road, would the Xixia people allow him to establish a country? It was simply taken for granted.
The letter also talked about the distribution of Ren Dejing's troops. There were 20,000 troops in total, all controlled by Ren Dejing's brothers and sons. Among them, there were 10,000 troops in Huangzhou, 3,000 troops in Xi'an Prefecture, 2,000 troops in Kuozhou, and 2,000 troops in Hezhou.
The state deployed four thousand troops, and another thousand troops followed Ren Zhongqun to the silver mines.
The 20,000 troops are all equipped by the puppet Qi army, and the training is pretty good. Among them, there are 5,000 cavalry in Huangzhou. Ren Dejing is currently in Huangzhou.
After Chen Qing read the letter, he smiled and asked the scout: "Looking at your intelligence, General Hu Yan is doing well in Huangzhou!"
The scout nodded, "It's true. General Huyan bought a restaurant. The owner of this restaurant happened to be the Fa Cao of Ren Dejing's office. His name was Xu Pei. He was a local wealthy man in Huangzhou. He was in need of money, so he sold the restaurant.
, General Huyan returned half of the restaurant, and the two of them currently occupy half of the restaurant, so they have a very close relationship, and General Huyan did him a big favor."
"How can I help him?"
"Xu Pei wanted to send his son to study in Chengdu, so General Hu Yan helped him find a connection, the father-in-law of Lu Zhi County, who helped recommend him to study in a government school."
Lu Wei's father-in-law is Li Jiong, the general magistrate of Chengdu Prefecture. This relationship must have come through Lu Wei. In this way, wouldn't Xu Pei know Hu Yanlei's identity?
"Does this Xu Pei know the identity of General Hu Yan?"
"I didn't expose it directly, but I feel that he should have guessed a thing or two, otherwise he would not have told General Huyan about the deployment of the army and the whereabouts of the silver."
Chen Qing nodded. This should be the Xu family's siding with the local wealthy family. This is a good thing!
Chen Qing suddenly thought of something and asked: "How did you cross the Yellow River?"
"To report to the capital, when I set off, the Yellow River in Huangzhou had not completely thawed, and I could still walk on the ice, but it should have thawed now."
Having said this, the scout took out a thick stack of maps from his arms and handed them to Chen Qing, "This is the map of the three states and the city of Huangzhou that General Huyan obtained. It was drawn by Ren Dejing, including Huangzhou, Xi'an and Kuozhou.
The state is very detailed, please take a look at it all."
Chen Qing was overjoyed and quickly took the map and spread it out. As expected, there were two maps inside. One was a map of the three states. It was really detailed, including official roads, rivers, bridges, forests, wheat fields, checkpoints, inns, villages, counties, and military camps.
Wait, it has everything you need, and it is a map that is very suitable for military use.
The other is a map of Huangzhou City. To be precise, it is a defense map of Huangzhou City. City walls, city gates, government offices, military camps, warehouses and other important buildings are all clearly marked.
Chen Qing thought for a moment and then asked: "How powerful is the Xu family in Huangzhou?"
