Shao Siwu picked up the hammer and drove a wooden stake with his own hands.
"This piece of land belongs to Wang Wulang." He said with a smile.
Anton Prefecture has a vast land and is sparsely populated. Nowadays, when referring to land, we like to use "hectares" and "shares" as units of measurement. One hectare is one hundred acres, which has been around for a long time.
One hundred and fifty acres is a term that has just emerged.
Wang Wulang came from the Longwu Army and was originally from Qingzhou. He had just settled in Andong Prefecture and was a soldier in the newly established No. 2 Zhechong Prefecture in Dagu Township, Lushun County.
"Thank you for the reward, Your Highness." Wang Wulang said happily.
Shao Siwu silently thought about his father's way of doing things, and then asked: "What else is missing in the family?"
"Que mother-in-law." Wang Wulang said. Everyone burst into laughter.
"It's not difficult to get a bride." Shao Siwu said, "Just wait for the new immigrants to come. Your family has so much land. If you bring back some cattle and sheep, and catch one or two tribes, you will be rich, and it will not be difficult to get a wife."
"Then I'll wait until His Highness takes me on an expedition." Wang Wulang said with a smile.
Shao Siwu continued to hammer the wooden stakes and divided the fields of more than a dozen households for soldiers. Then he handed the hammer to the soldiers and asked them to continue working. "
Fu Cunshen stood under a big tree from a distance with his arms folded.
King Zhao is nineteen years old this year. Regardless of his abilities, what Fu Cun Shen admires the most is his extremely pragmatic attitude. He puts more emphasis on hard work and does not like to talk about Kung Fu. He is also hardworking and often drives around the countryside with ease.
Go and investigate everything in this wild land.
He didn't know whether King Zhao was ambitious, at least he couldn't tell it yet. Moreover, Fu Cunshen didn't like to get too close to him, so he deliberately kept a certain distance, which was good for everyone.
He guessed that King Zhao didn't have many unreasonable thoughts. In the area of Anton, except for a few cities and villages left over from unknown eras, there was nothing else. The people were not very obedient and even relied on the local powerful.
, and went against the government. After the powerful people were almost beaten, the work of reorganizing households and reorganizing the people was slowly carried out, but the people's hearts were still not very stable.·
King Zhao's strategy was to win over the original warriors and generals, use them as their backing, and then divide the fields among the local people, giving them private fields and houses, and making it clear that they could be passed down to future generations. This pair of people who originally relied on the powerful
Farming is still very attractive to local people who obviously lack sufficient personal freedom.
As a result, the four counties of Lushun, Pinghai, Dongping and Jili were rough. Last year they even cultivated some farmland and harvested 500,000 grains and beans, which was a very good start.
It is very unrealistic to rely entirely on the Central Plains to supply grain and grass. Is it ridiculous that all the ships you finally collected will transport grain to you? In the end, you still have to be self-reliant, produce grain and beans yourself, and feed livestock. Only in this way can you be sustainable.
.Otherwise, sooner or later it will be abandoned due to the huge cost, and a vigorous colonial undertaking will be abandoned halfway.
"Commander Fu." Shao Siwu walked over and bowed in salute.
"Your Highness." Fu Cunshen returned the greeting.
"Do General Wang have enough troops and horses?" Shao Siwu asked worriedly.
"Your Highness, Wang Yanwen has fought many battles, so it's okay." Fu Cunshen said with relief.
"That's good." Shao Siwu breathed a sigh of relief.
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Fu Cunsen was about to speak but stopped, and finally sighed secretly.
King Zhao is too obsessed with the foundation of Andong Mansion and values too much. Compared with the entire world, these four counties are nothing. Not counting the soldiers of the government who are registering households in batches, there are only more than 9,000 households here.
There are more than 40,000 people, basically all the refugees gathered together and the serfs liberated after suppressing the powerful. |
What can such a small number of people do? Nothing can be done. As soon as Zhongyuan is weaned, he will die immediately.
On this basis, what can you do even if you achieve the ultimate? Even if there is large-scale immigration, by the time the results are achieved, it may be decades later. Who knows what the situation will be like by then?
Wang Yanwen took five thousand people northward to collect tribute and recruit refugees to settle the land.
According to the imperial court's order, Andong Mansion began to implement the government soldier system and officially granted land. The camp sent people to inquire and found that there were still many people who were willing to serve as government soldiers, especially those who returned to the German army.
Mansion
After Yin Du Guangyi, the commander of the camp Shao Siwu, and the deputy commander of the capital Fu Cunchen discussed it, the first batch of 500 people were selected and settled in Lushun County in the south.
Cattle and sheep, farm tools, seeds.
Unfortunately, these rough guys only knew how to fight and kill, so farming was too difficult for them. Therefore, the camp had to send troops north to recruit (capture) refugees and farm the land for them.
Fortunately, starting from the second year of Jianji, the soldiers still have a five-year buffer period. During this period, military rewards will be issued as usual, so that they will not be unable to survive. As for the basics, they are gradually getting better.
Of course, when arresting the troops, perhaps the court could be urged to relocate the family members of the sergeants who are willing to stay as soldiers in the government to enrich the household registration in the four counties of Andong Prefecture.
Without people, everything is empty, let alone the population from the Central Plains region. They are crucial to the Anton Prefecture, which has degraded from civilization to barbarism.
"Your Highness!" Someone walked up next to him and shouted.
"What's the matter?" Shao Siwu turned around and asked.
Fu Cunshen glanced at the person who came, and it turned out to be Cao Yijin, the former general of the rebel army.
The vassal town of Guiyi Army has already surrendered, and the two states of Sha and Gua have accepted the direct rule of the imperial court. Fu Cunxen knew this. However, the vassal town has been dispersed, but the people are still there. If you don't like it, Guiyi Army's
Many generals and sergeants became the "dowry" of Zhang Huaishen's daughter and defected to Shao Siwu.
The saint acquiesced to this matter and did not stop it. Maybe it was because the situation faced by Anton Mansion was too complicated and required a team that worked together and acted like an arm.
Cao Yijin first saluted Shao Siwu, and then saluted Fu Cunshen. After that, he said: "The men captured two thieves, but they kept claiming that they were messengers and had something important to tell me."
The "erlang" mentioned by Cao Yijin refers to the Andong Prefecture soldiers, a total of more than 3,000 people, who were slowly formed in the past one or two years. Half of them are former soldiers of the Guiyi Army.
This state army was theoretically under the jurisdiction of Fu Cunshen, but in fact it was mainly commanded by Shao Siwu. He was the nominal commander, so this was justified.
"Thieves? Messengers?" Shao Siwu frowned and asked, "Have you revealed your identity?"
"No. They must see that His Highness is willing to speak." Cao Yijin said: "The sons did not use violence and brought these two people back."
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"Then... let's meet." Shao Siwu subconsciously glanced at Fu Cunshen and said when he saw that he had no objection.
"Maybe it's someone from the north," Fu Cunshen said.
"Bohai Country?" Shao Siwu was startled and asked, "Then why are you so secretive? But something happened to Bohai Country? The prime minister who supported us with money and food fell."
If it was the Bohai envoy, and he looked so confidential, he could only be from Wushi.
In fact, the Bohai Kingdom is also very divided now. The Prime Minister Wu Yandu originally found the Xia people and provided them with a lot of funds to help them gain a foothold. The purpose was also very simple, to help Bohai conquer the Khitan.
But after the Xia people came, they were more concerned about how to organize households and people in Andong Prefecture, graze in the wilderness, and develop production.
It is true that the Xia people also fought against the Khitan, but the scale was very small. The small victories that often resulted in the beheading of less than a hundred people were often trumpeted as great victories, and then used this as a basis for the Bohai Kingdom to quickly deliver grain and grass supplies.
The Bohai people were very excited at first. But as time went by, they also saw problems.
The Khitan people did not look like they had been severely wounded by the Xia people. Instead, they were very energetic and continued to attack the Bohai Sea. After further investigation in secret, it suddenly became clear: they were trying to lure the wolf into the house, and the Xia people were not good birds.
The Khitan is only incidental, occupying territory is their main task.
As a result, attitudes within Bohai quickly differentiated.
Some people think that it is time to suspend the shipment of supplies and urge the Xia people to march northward to attack the Khitan. If they are unwilling, they should stop spending money and food, or at least reduce their expenditures.
Some people disagree and think that the Bohai Kingdom has become more and more difficult in the war against the Khitan and suffered repeated defeats. A large number of cities, people and property were taken captive. They alone cannot resist the Khitan for several years. Now they should win over the Khitan.
Xia people, we can't have bad relations with them, otherwise we won't have any foreign aid.
possible.
The dispute between the two groups was not only motivated by public interests, but also involved party disputes, which further complicated the matter.
Anton Mansion and Bohai Kingdom communicate several times a year, and they gradually learn about their internal situations. Shao Siwu's words are not without purpose.
"It's more likely that it's someone from the Khitan side." Fu Cunshen said, "Didn't the people in Tingwangsi say that the Gao family brothers..."
Shao Siwu suddenly realized and said: "If they are really from the Gao family, they are really loyal and courageous! They are far away from Huangshui, traveling south all the way, thousands of miles away, passing through the pastures of many tribes along the way, and they are caught if they are not careful.
Okay. It’s not easy to have such perseverance.”
Fu Cunshen didn't say much, and had two beds brought in. He and Shao Siwu sat down on the left and right, and waited quietly.
After a while, the sound of horse hoofbeats sounded, and more than ten knights came over to protect the two of them.
"Gao Xinggui meets His Highness King Zhao of Daxia and Fu Dutou." A young general dismounted his horse and bowed in obeisance.
There was an entourage behind him, who should be a close guard, and he also saluted together.
Shao Siwu turned his head and glanced at Fu Cunshen, and he guessed that he was really from Khitan.
Fu Cunshen winked and asked him to calm down.
Shao Siwu composed himself and winked at Cao Yijin. Cao Yijin understood, immediately got on his horse and left.
Shao Siwu asked people to serve tea again and invited the two envoys to chat. At the same time, he secretly pondered what they said to see if there were any flaws.
Cao Yijin came back soon, bringing with him two men who looked like businessmen, an old man and a young man.
The two men looked at it carefully for a long time and nodded heavily.
Cao Yijin immediately leaned into Shao Siwu's ear and whispered: "Your Highness, the Sun family has seen it and confirmed that it is Gao Xinggui himself."
Shao Siwu hummed softly and asked, "General Gao is here at night, maybe he has something important to tell you?"
"Your Highness, there is indeed something important going on." Gao Xinggui waited for a long time, and when he finally got to the point, he immediately replied: "The Khitan is recruiting troops aggressively, and they are gathering in the direction of the flat pine forest, or they may be marching to the west."
Shao Siwu was shocked and stood up suddenly.
Fu Cunshen coughed.
Shao Siwu took a deep breath, sat down slowly, and said, "General Gao, please explain to me in detail."