Lingzhou Prefecture has been established, with Zhang Xiao as the prefect, Cao Baozong as the Sima, and Fu Lin as the judge. There are six divisions of Caofang under it. Since there is a shortage of officials, civilian military officers in the army are temporarily appointed. Lian Zhonghuan is also temporarily appointed as the Hucao division official.
Lingzhou Prefecture has seven counties under its jurisdiction. The original Xingqing City was renamed Daxing County, which is the seat of the government office. There are also six counties under it: Shun County, Baojing County, Ding County, Lingwu County, Mingsha County and Li County.
The top priority of Lingzhou Prefecture is to clean up the houses. More than 600,000 Han people have to move back. Of course, some will move to Xiazhou Prefecture, and some will form villages, which will require at least 300,000 people and nearly 80,000 Han households.
Settled in various counties of Lingzhou Prefecture.
Chen Qing specially allocated 10,000 soldiers to assist Lingzhou Prefecture in clearing out the houses. It took a month to clear out the houses and allow the people to move back and live in peace before dividing their fields. This was a huge project and could not be completed in less than half a year.
That afternoon, Chao Qing hurried over and said, "Envoy Xuanfu, I have a letter from my family!"
Chen Qing was startled. Now that the road is blocked due to heavy snow, can the family letter come here?
Chen Qing quickly asked: "Where is the letter?"
Chao Qing handed a tube of Ying Xin to Chen Qing, and Chen Qing smiled bitterly. It turned out to be Ying Xin, so he asked how he could get by.
He quickly took the letter and read it carefully, and jumped up immediately. Zhao Qiaoyun gave birth to a daughter, named Bing'er according to his idea. The mother and daughter were safe, and the child was in good health.
Chen Qing was overjoyed that he had gained another precious daughter. He immediately said to Chao Qing: "Go and pass on my order to celebrate my daughter. The whole army will have a three-day holiday."
The news spread, and generals came to congratulate one after another. Chen Qing was a little anxious to return home. At this time, Tang Qian suggested to Chen Qing that although the mountains were blocked by heavy snow, he could go south along the Baima River and walk about eighty miles through the canyon ice.
You can cross Hengshan Mountain and enter Gyeongju. The key is that the ice surface of the creek is far less bitterly cold than the ice surface of the Yellow River. Soldiers, war horses and camels can completely withstand it.
After arriving in Gyeongju, go directly south along the Malingshui River Valley, and finally enter Guanzhong via Jingyuan Road.
This suggestion was unanimously approved by everyone, and Chen Qing immediately sent a scout to explore the road. At the same time, the army began to pack up its supplies and set off after getting accurate information.
In fact, Zhang Xiao and the officials did a good job, and there was no need for Chen Qing to make decisions. After he approved the Han-dominated plan formulated by Zhang Xiao, the specific matters were implemented by Zhang Xiao and the officials.
The Lingzhou Prefecture was operating very smoothly, with sufficient military assistance. In just half a month, 80,000 households were cleared out of their courtyards or homesteads. Many families only had one old man left. The government used mutual assistance and merging households to eliminate these old people.
They all live together in a large compound, with someone dedicated to cooking every day, which is equivalent to a nursing home. This method alone frees up nearly 20,000 courtyards.
That morning, 40,000 camels and 20,000 livestock brought the first batch of Han people from Cuta Village to Daxing County. The first batch of people included 100,000 people and 27,000 households.
The camels that transported them were not the camels of the Song army, but the camels captured from Xixia. The Song army captured a total of 50,000 camels in Xixia and gave 10,000 camels to the Qiang people. The government also had 40,000 camels.
In addition, there are a large number of horses, mules and donkeys, and these horses, mules and donkeys are all going to be given to Han families.
Before the first batch of people arrived, the government had already arranged the camp. The people would move into the camp first, and then draw lots to book houses. After getting the houses, they could move directly there.
Tens of thousands of households are nervous, expectant, and a little timid. After all, they have been squeezed by Xixia for many years, and their mentality has become very weak. It will take a long time to slowly reverse their weak mentality.
In the afternoon, the first batch of two thousand households who were assigned to courtyards entered the city. They were led by soldiers to their new courtyards. Many of these courtyards were non-party ethnic groups who had been driven out of Xingqing City by Brother Richard.
The evicted people will move to Xiazhou Prefecture, and their original houses will be owned by the new owners.
Chen Qing was inspecting Dongcheng. This area was the original gathering place of the Qiang people, and it will also be the place where the largest number of Han people will live in the future.
At this time, he saw a soldier leading a family of five to a courtyard. Chen Qing stepped forward and asked with a smile: "What's your name?"
The male host was in his thirties. The couple, together with their two children and their old mother, should belong to the second generation of Han people. Their mother was a captured slave. The man quickly clasped his fists and said, "The villain's surname is Chang. He was originally from Tianlu Manor.
’s slave household.”
Chen Qing shook his head, "There are no slave households anymore. You are the common people of Daxing County, Lingzhou Prefecture of the Song Dynasty, upright commoners, and you children are the same."
"The villain also knows it. Now it will be renamed Daxing County, Lingzhou Prefecture. That's great!"
"Is this the house you got?" Chen Qing pointed to the yard and asked with a smile.
"It's exactly what my mother got. It's said to be two acres."
The man was very excited. His family of five originally lived in a small shack, but now they finally have their own house with two acres.
He took out the key with trembling hands and opened the courtyard door. The two children cheered and ran in.
Chen Qing asked his soldiers to help them move everything in. The yard was very large, with half an acre of land. There was a jujube tree and a well in the corner. The yard was covered with thick snow. There were more than ten people entering the house in front and back.
The rooms are very spacious. Although the belongings inside have been looted, the furniture is still there, including clothes, bedding and even pots and pans. There is still a lot of firewood piled in the kitchen.
The old lady was so excited that she couldn't contain herself. She suddenly covered her face and started crying, "It would be great if your father was still here!"
"Mom, stop crying, you are making people laugh!"
The man quickly asked his wife to take his mother to the backyard. Each household was given food rations. According to the ration per capita, children received one bushel of rice per month and adults received two bushels of rice per month until next year's autumn harvest. Then each household was given a mule.
Two guans of money, as well as sheepskin, cloth, salt, oil and other daily necessities.
The man scratched his head and asked Chen Qingdao: "General, when will our land be distributed?"
"The government is clearing the land now, certainly before spring plowing, so there should be enough time."
"It's a little late before spring plowing. We have three seasons every two years here. This year we only planted one season of wheat, so next year we will plant two seasons, one of corn and one of wheat. We will plow the land as soon as the ice and snow melt. By the way, we don't have the seeds yet.
"
Chen Qing smiled and said: "Don't worry! It will be available. There is no need to delay."
At this time, an official and several soldiers walked into the courtyard gate. When they saw Chen Qing in the courtyard, they were frightened and saluted quickly.
"What are you doing here?" Chen Qing asked.
The official quickly said: "Because every household's situation is different, the prefect asked us to go from house to house to register the population, give them household registration numbers and house numbers, and then see what they still lack, and then make arrangements together."
"What is missing most now?"
The official smiled bitterly and said: "What is most lacking now is money, so the prefect said that we must find something for them to do and let them work to earn some money."
Chen Qing laughed and said, "You guys can register! I'll go look elsewhere."
Chen Qing led the soldiers away. The officials breathed a sigh of relief. The man asked curiously: "Who is this general? He seems to be very powerful."
"You actually don't know who he is?"
The officials and several soldiers couldn't help laughing, "He is the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi and our supreme commander, Chen Dutong, you know it now!"
The man's legs went weak and he almost knelt on the ground. He had just asked this military commander to lead the mule into the house for him!
The government was very efficient, settling all 27,000 households into Daxing County in two days. Zhang Xiao also found things for them to do, which were logging, coal mining and brick making.
The sales of briquettes from the Song Dynasty were extremely popular in Xixia. Xixia also found an open-pit coal mine in the east of Xingqing Prefecture last autumn. Although the coal field is not large, it is easy to mine and the sulfur content is not high. Xixia started mining at the beginning of the year because
Due to the war, mining only lasted a few months and then stopped.
Now Lingzhou Prefecture needs to prepare a large amount of building materials, mine coal to bake bricks, mine coal to make briquettes, and go to the Hetao Manor to cut down a large amount of wood, which just happens to be a job for these Han people to make money.
After the first batch of people were resettled, the second group of 100,000 people set out from Gatazhai and headed north. At this time, the scouts sent an eagle message from Gyeongju. The snow in the Maling River Valley was not serious and it was completely possible.
