In March of the second year of Guangqi, the imperial court appointed Yang Shouliang as the defense historian of the Jin and Shang capitals and the envoy of the Gyeonggi system, Yang Shouzhong as the military governor of Wuding Army, Yang Shouzhen as the defense historian of Suizhou, Yang Shohou as the governor of Mianzhou, Yang Shouli, and Yang Shouxin as the shence army.
general.
Shouliang and Shouxin are the adopted sons of Yang Fuguang. Shouzhong, Shouzhen, Shohou and Shouli are all adopted sons of Yang Fugong. Yang Fugong is currently a lieutenant in the Zuo Army of the Shence Army and a popular figure in front of the emperor.
Ximen is also more favored, maybe there is a sense of balance in it.
Of course Li Xiang, the original defense officer of the Jin and Shang Capital, refused to give up and refuse to obey the imperial edict! The men and horses under him were all the original Huangchao surrender troops. They were very united and directly expelled Yang Shouliang who was escorted by the Shence Army, which caused a great uproar for a time.
So the imperial court appointed Yang Shouliang as the governor of Shannan West Road, but Zhuge Shuang did not obey the imperial edict.
He is now unhappy. At first, Li Xiang served as the defense history of the Jin and Shang capital and took Jinzhou away. At that time, he thought it was nothing.
Last year, Longjian Jiedushi divided the profits and sent Lang Erzhou out. Since Zhao Jian was a relative of Shao, it was not easy for him to object.
At the beginning of this year, the newly appointed military governor of Wuding Army was sent to Yangzhou, but he still endured it. After all, at his age, it was inappropriate to break up with the imperial court.
But now you don't even give the remaining eleven states, and you want to take them all away, right? Marshal Zhuge immediately became angry and wanted to take action.
He finally figured it out. The imperial court had divided the prefectures and counties in Sanchuan into a mess, and there were enclaves, which showed that they had no good intentions. It happened that Shao Shude had recently attacked Helong, and Marshal Zhuge was quite concerned about it, and he studied the past few decades.
Helong's information immediately gave a cold snort. After Zhang Yichao returned to China, the imperial court set up the Guiyi Army there, and the two vassal towns in Liangzhou deliberately set up enclaves. Why? So Commander Zhuge prepared his troops and horses.
I plan to do something good.
Seeing that Yang Shouliang was about to be defeated again, Ximen Sigong finally came forward to change the situation and gave him the position of Qiongnan Defense History. Zhuge Shuang still controlled Shannan West Road, and this turmoil was resolved.
Shao Shude saw the news on his way back to Xiazhou.
He didn't stay in Lingzhou for a long time. In addition to caring about agriculture and animal husbandry, he also visited Lingzhou Duzuo Academy with Li Shao, inspected Lingzhou Martial Arts and Huaiyuan Shipbuilding, which had just been opened a few months ago.
Workshop. Especially the latter. Now Marshal Shao's request is to build more ships, the more the better. Battleships can be ignored for now, but the canals must be built in large quantities to facilitate the transfer of supplies in the future.
After finishing this task, soldiers and horses from all walks of life happened to arrive in Lingzhou, so he took the army with him. After half a year of expedition, he felt extremely homesick.
Regarding the information coming from Guanzhong, what can Marshal Shao say? He can only laugh at Yang Fugong, who is a villain, ignorant of the general situation, and ugly. Suizhou, Qiongnan, and Wu Dingjun all have it in their hands, and they have made no attempt to conceal Sanchuan's intentions.
Okay. And Yang Fugong has 600 fake ones, should they all be separated out? Don't make the world angry and resentful in the end, and everyone will push down the wall.
Shao Shude finally arrived in Xiazhou in late April, almost eight months after the expedition.
Eight months, running around, fighting everywhere, working hard. Being a warrior is not that easy.
After the army is reorganized, each army will be given leave in turn, so that the top soldiers can go home to relax and contribute to the great cause of population growth in the town.
As usual, a large number of people came out of the camp at the gate of the city. Officials from the shogunate, state and county officials, officials from the Supervisory Military Academy, and Shao Shude greeted them one by one, and the muscles on his face were frozen with laughter.
After returning to Lingwu County Prince's Mansion, he immediately went to Ye Li's room.
He heard on the way that Yeli Lingji had just given birth to a daughter for him. This was his fourth child—well, his fifth, and he also had an adopted daughter, Shao Guoer.
Now that we have four children, it’s time to name them.
The eldest son was born in October of the fourth year of Zhonghe to his mother Zhao, who was almost two years old; the eldest son was born in March of the first year of Guangqi to his mother Zhe, who had just turned one year old; the eldest daughter was born in February of the third year of Zhonghe.
The mother is named Feng, and is three years old; the baby girl is less than a month old, and the mother is named Nori.
The several concubines in the family, the Zhao family and the Feng family sisters, are all educated people and have profound knowledge. However, Shao Shude did not intend to listen to all their opinions. Instead, he read through the classics himself, searched his guts, and finally decided on a name: the eldest son should be named Mian.
Ren, the eldest son was named Shoye.
Speaking of which, this dynasty is okay. We don't avoid names that are offensive, that is, we don't avoid words with homophones or close pronunciations, otherwise many words will be unusable.
"Mr. Lang, a few days ago, my sister-in-law sent someone to deliver some brocade and gold items." In the bedroom, Zhe Fangmei straightened her sweaty hair and said.
"Sister-in-law? Which sister-in-law?" Shao Shude didn't react for a moment.
"She is Mrs. Liu, the wife of Lang Jun's sworn brother."
"Oh..." Shao Shude understood: "Since it is for you, just accept it. In a few days, I will pick some gifts and send them to Hedong. Since courtesy is reciprocated, the scene must be sufficient."
He seems to have some understanding of Li Keyong's character, but he is a little unpredictable. But there is really no need to offend him now. Hedong has strong soldiers and horses, so wouldn't he be asking for trouble if he attacks him?
In a few months, he will lead his army to patrol the Yinshan Mountains in the north. I don’t know if Li Keyong will come by then. Most likely not, Helian Duo is still holding strong with the Yun, Wei, Shuo, and Zhenwu armies.
Helian Duo next to me is also an enemy. He came here because he was crazy.
It doesn't matter if you don't come. Once I have convinced Hao Zhenwei and Wang Bian, I can rest assured to conquer Lanzhou westward. You are busy with your business, and I am busy with mine. We will not interfere with the river.
"Then we should choose as soon as possible and try to send it to Jinyang before the Dragon Boat Festival." Zhe Fang Ai stood up and the brocade quilt slipped down, revealing a piece of snow-white.
"Madam, why are you in a hurry?" Shao Shude took her into his arms.
Zhe Fang Ai was a little panicked. She had been tortured since last night and she still hadn't gotten up until midnight. Others didn't know how to look at her, so she hurriedly said: "Today, I bought some bamboo shoots that my husband likes to eat. I want to go see them."
look."
"Eat some meat and bamboo shoots first."
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"When did uncle come back?" Shao Shude handed Ye Li Kecheng, who was making a lot of noise, to the maid, then sat down and asked.
Ye Liyu understood that he was asking about when he came down the mountain, so he replied: "In the first month of the first month, I went up the mountain to meet my master, and then came down the mountain. I have been living in Xiazhou."
"Have you met your niece?"
"I've seen her before. She's just as cute as my roommate when she was young." Ye Liyu said with a slight smile.
Yeli Yulue is still a little regretful that his sister could not give birth to a boy. Prince Lingwu has so many concubines, and he is away from home all year round. He doesn't know when he will get pregnant next time.
But my sister is still young, only seventeen years old this year, and there are still plenty of opportunities. Prince Lingwu’s momentum is so good, and his future future is simply too precious. Whether the Yeli family can go further out of Hengshan, in addition to establishing a
In addition to military exploits, other factors cannot be ignored.
“What’s going on at Chashan Iron Mine now?”
"We have recruited more than a thousand people from the tribe, which is not enough. My master has also recruited more than a thousand people from the vassal tribe, but it is still not enough. If the king wants to produce more iron, he still needs to send more people, and it is best to bring in two thousand more."
Li Yuluo said.
Chashan Iron Mine, located in the Hengshan Mountains, is currently the only iron mine in large-scale production among the Seven Dingnan Prefectures. Shao Shude has high hopes for this, not because of the size of its reserves, but because the composition of this iron ore may be quite special.
The weapons of later Western Xia Dynasties initially used iron from the Chashan Mountains. After it was mined, they used iron smuggled from the Liao and Song Dynasties, or iron produced in the Helan Mountains - the output of the iron mine was not large at that time.
Xiazhou's iron smelting industry specializes in manufacturing various weapons and armors with excellent quality. Even the emperors and soldiers of the Northern Song Dynasty were very popular. On the one hand, Xixia's military technology is indeed very good. On the other hand, this iron ore may be somewhat special. It should contain
Some relatively special ingredients make the weapons produced top-grade.
"I'll find the manpower to figure it out." Shao Shude nodded, indicating that he understood.
Xiazhou Dosakuin has now begun to use tea mountain iron to forge weapons. In addition to swords, spears, arrow clusters, and axes, it also produced thirteen pairs of vests last year, and ten more in the first three months of this year. Considering that Xiazhou Dosakuin’s
The manpower is still expanding, and Shao Shude is confident that he will produce an additional 30 pairs of vests before the end of the year.
He even plans to place orders with private blacksmith shops and ask them to help produce vests.
Isn't it just money? If you can exchange it for weapons, it's a great deal.
Moreover, the Western Expedition will begin next year. The various tribes in Helong are very different from those in the Central Plains. There are particularly many horses, and the quality is not bad. In the early years of the Kingdom of China, Liangzhou had more than a million military horses. They were tall and strong. The so-called "Liangzhou"
"Malaysia" is so.
To deal with these forces, cavalry must not suffer losses. The Qinghai Cong of the Dingnan Army is also a good war horse. If it is equipped with excellent armor and the cavalry has sophisticated weapons, it will be even easier to fight.
Shao Shude has never suffered a loss in terms of cavalry in a war, and he doesn't want to suffer a loss in this regard!
"Those Tuoba clan members are going to be pardoned." Shao Shude said: "Chashan Iron Mine can recruit some people to go up the mountain. Tuoba headquarters and its vassal tribes will pardon 10,000 or 20,000 people. You only need 2,000 people, which is enough.
But I made it clear in advance that someone from the Tuoba tribe has pardoned their crimes. The Chashan Iron Mine has hired them to go up the mountain, and they must pay wages and rations."
Chashan Iron Mine is currently owned by the Nori clan, and Xiazhou Dosakuyuan buys iron from them to make weapons. Of course, the price is very low, and supply is given priority.
Someone in the shogunate once vaguely reminded that if Noribe had this mine, its power would be greatly enhanced and it had to be guarded against.
Shao Shude admired this man who risked his life to give advice. No one in Qizhou didn't know who Ye Li was. If it were another commander, he might have handed this person over to Ye Li.
What's the intention of alienating the Marshal's in-laws? It's just that Shao is not capable of such a thing.
Of course, this is also related to his other choices. After attacking Lanzhou next year, the mine that mainly produces copper and also "comes with bonus" gold, silver, iron and lead can be developed. And based on his superficial understanding, the mine must have veins.
It's not known how far it extends. In later generations, the copper and iron mines in Zhongning might belong to the same vein as the silver mines, and the reserves would be huge.
Why focus on the petty gains of Yelishi?
Only by giving them benefits can you be more loyal. The daughter of the Yeli family is serving you and giving birth to children for you, while the man is fighting for yourself and selling iron at a low price to Xiazhou Duzuoyuan. This is not called loyalty. What is loyalty?