Li Hang has been on mission for many years, but he hit a wall here in Xiangyang.
The Zhaos and his son may not be aware of the current situation in the world, but they may want to continue to wait and see.
The Bianliang Group, which occupies the Central Plains and has strong combat power, seems to have a great advantage.
The Tianping Army, the Taining Army, and the Wuning Army were vulnerable. Weibo Town had been defeated by the Bian Army two or three times. Luo Hongxin did not know how much money he stuffed to buy peace for Zhu Quanzhong. Huainan saw no improvement, so Jinyang
Looks like he's still holding on.
However, Li Keyong had been fighting for so many years, and his gains were limited. The gap between him and Zhu Quanzhong was getting wider and wider, and he was at a clear disadvantage.
The Lingxia military and political group that has become increasingly active in the past two years has given all anti-Zhu people in the world a surprise. They have a large number of troops, are very capable of fighting, and have strong mountains and rivers. Even if they are defeated, they will not be injured. Perhaps they are the only ones who can
Counter Zhu Quanzhong's power.
But liking and being optimistic about Lingxia does not mean that they will end up personally. Most military leaders actually only have the ambition to separate themselves from one side. They value their own foundation more than anything else. Before the situation is clear, it is difficult for anyone to make up their mind to take sides.
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This is human nature and nothing else.
After doing nothing for more than ten days in Xiangyang, Li Hang was about to return home when he suddenly received an order to continue eastward to Huainan. Sun and Yang fought. If Sun Ru wins, go to Sun Ru. If Xingmi wins, go to Xingmi.
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As for the purpose of finding them, it is nothing more than to unite against Zhu Quanzhong.
Li Hang did not dare to neglect, so he immediately packed up his luggage with his entourage, left Xiangyang, and headed east to Huainan.
He originally planned to take the overland route and observe the customs, mountains and geography along the way. However, he heard that the Wuchang Army was not peaceful and there were many bandits. If he took the Shen and Anjian Passes, he might be robbed, so he gave up his thoughts.
Decided to take a boat down the river to Huainan.
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Shao Shude returned to Guanzhong with Tielin, Wuwei, Tieqi, and Feixiong, and stayed at Xingde Palace in Tonghuajian.
After spending a few days with his concubine, Shao Shude met Zhao Cheng in the palace, accompanied by Zhao Yu.
"Thirteenth Lang has done a lot of business in the past few years. He has been doing a lot of business, and he has become as rich as anyone else, right?" Shao Shude was wearing casual clothes and sitting leisurely on the bed.
Zhao Yuwen sat aside quietly.
In the past ten years or so, she has been pampered and did not have to worry day and night, and she has developed a graceful demeanor.
This time when he went south to Xingde Palace, Shao Shude only took her with him. She was so favored that it made people think hard and couldn't figure it out.
The Tianshui Zhao family was naturally considered a wealthy family in the early years of the dynasty, and was married to the Emperor Gaozu. However, after Qinzhou fell to Tibet, it gradually declined. Who would have thought that it would be able to revive after more than a hundred years?
Zhao Cheng took a peek at his niece's gradually bulging belly, and felt helpless: At this age, if something goes wrong, the Zhao family will lose its greatest capital.
The handsome lady from the Zhao family was sent there, but the commander was not very interested, which was really sad.
However, if the niece is safe and gives birth to a son successfully, then the Zhao family's wealth will be further guaranteed.
"Commander, the Zhao family business is under the care of the shogunate, and the business is successful. The most profitable thing is that the goods from the Western Regions are resold to Lingxia, Guanzhong, Xingyuan, Hedong, Hebei and other places, and the goods from the Central Plains are then resold to the Western Regions.
It's like making money twice. The person who makes the second most money is selling livestock to Sichuan, and then buying back tea, silk..."
"Okay, there's no need to go into such detail." Shao Shude thought about what Zhao Cheng said and said with a smile, "Yu Niang told me that this year she has distributed more than 30,000 yuan of money and more than 50,000 pieces of silk, which is very good."
"Commander, we were supposed to distribute it once at the end of the year. However, the commander-in-chief was away with his troops and did not have time to deliver it. It will be delivered in a few days."
"Yes." Shao Shude nodded and said, "Just leave it to Yu Niang."
Of course, Zhao Cheng is not the only one doing business in the Western Regions. In fact, the most powerful businessmen are Hu merchants, such as Kang Fujin, who is estimated to earn hundreds of thousands of pieces of silk a year.
Kang Fujin took the Hexi Corridor, and Zhao Cheng took the Weishui Road to Qingtang City. Their routes did not interfere with each other. However, they were inferior to those Hu merchants who took the northern route to the Yinshan Grassland.
In the past few years, the Yinshan Tibetan tribe went north to conquer the Tatars several times in advance and monopolized this trade route. However, Shao Shude was determined to unify the Central Plains and was worried about containing his own troops, so he never paid attention to it.
He is still staring at the soldiers of the Yinshan Fan tribe!
After the two-year garrison period of the Dangxiang people in Xia Shi expires, he plans to recruit the Yinshan and Fan tribes, and the Helong and Fan tribes will come and rotate. When gathering wool, you cannot just focus on one sheep.
"The Helong Commercial Road is of vital importance. It is easy to open up but not easy to maintain. From now on, I will conquer the Central Plains, and I will have to do it without enough goods. Thirteenth Lang should pay more attention to this matter. I will give you all the money you gave to Yu Niang.
It is useful. This year, Fengyi County Martial Arts School and Tongzhou Martial Arts School were opened in Tongzhou. Each state is recruiting one doctor of agriculture, one doctor of engineering, two teachers each, and dozens of students. There are many places to spend money." Shao Shude added.
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He remembered that Li Maozhen's Fengxiang was besieged by the Bian army for more than a year, and the people were poor. After the Bian army retreated, Li Maozhen sent Li Yanqi as an envoy to the Ganzhou Uighurs to trade with the Western Regions. He gained tens of thousands of dollars and soon had the resources to recruit sergeants.
The momentum revived.
This benefit is indeed not small!
In addition to Zhao Cheng, he plans to train another person. He cannot put all his eggs in one basket.
It is impossible for Kang Fojin, he is Zhang Huaishen. Cao, a Sogdian girl who has served him several times, once mentioned that she has a brother who is doing Hufen business, and she will summon him after a while. If it is available, you might as well give it a try
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It will always be easier for Sogdians to do business with Sogdians.
"Conquesting the Central Plains is a major event, and I will definitely do my best to provide resources for the commander-in-chief." Zhao Cheng immediately responded: "Only the Gaochang Uighurs often raid Shazhou, and the trade routes are often blocked by wars. If possible, please help me
Shuai Dun invites the Helong army to attack."
Shao Shude pondered for a moment. In fact, at this critical moment, he was particularly unwilling to be distracted by things happening in the west.
"Zhang Huaishen is not strong enough. I'm afraid it's not enough." He sighed: "The Guiyi army only has more than 10,000 troops, so how can it defeat the Uighurs? After the Hexi Dangxiang is defeated, I will dispatch some Tibetan soldiers to Shazhou. The situation may be better.
Changed."
valley
This winter has not been easy for all parts of the grassland.
Fortunately for the people under the rule of Shuofang Army, they have rented a lot of cattle to the people of Lingxia through Niuzhuang in recent years, and they have some savings. In addition, it is easy for them to buy grain, and with some relief from the Duhufu, it will not be a problem to survive.
.But the Hexi Dangxiang in Shaqiu is having a hard time. A large number of livestock are frozen to death, and they will inevitably become extremely "violent" after the spring of next year. The five prefectures of Su, Gan, Liang, Ling, and Feng have even prepared for the Hexi Dangxiang to invade.
Prepare.
At the same time, the Duhufu also sent people across the Helan Mountains to Shaqi to appease the Dangxiang, Tatar, and Uighur tribes, and achieved some results.
Only Yingyi Khan Li Renmei has not yet been crowned, which makes people very upset.
Zhou Yiyan, the tribal envoy of the capital of Ganzhou, reported secretly that he and Tuoba Renfu joined forces and defeated Li Renmei, capturing and killing more than 3,000 cavalry. However, Tuoba Renfu specialized in recruiting the tribesmen of Shaqi and conspired to strengthen himself, which led to
Li Renmei fled far away and fell short of success.
After this secret report was submitted to the Protectorate, Shao Shude became a little annoyed.
He has decided to recruit Tuoba Renfu to enter Guanzhong this year. He heard that his command has grown to six or seven thousand cavalry, so he will come to the Central Plains to charge into battle.
If he dares not to come, we will mobilize the Ganzhou Uighurs, Suzhou Longjia, Liangzhou Amo, Xinliugu tribe, and Shanhou Dangxiang to send troops together and kill this guy as a member of Li Renmei's party.
The grassland battle is very different from the Central Plains. The terrain is flat and endless. Strong strength means strong strength, without any tricks. If you dare to act like this with less than 7,000 riders, you will really be impatient!
Apart from anything else, the strength of the reorganized Hexi Town alone is enough to overwhelm Tuoba Renfu's "Wandering Legion".
As of the middle of the second year of Dashun (891), not counting Suzhou, Liangzhou and Ganzhou were under the direct jurisdiction of Hexi Town, and the household registration work was steadily progressing. After more than 17,000 people from Jingyuan surrendered and settled there, Liangzhou had
More than 32,700 households with more than 117,700 people have been established. Ganzhou has more than 23,000 households with more than 94,300 people. All of them have gradually promoted the three-crop rotation system, with both grazing and farming.
As time goes by, the encroachment on the local Uighur, Amo, Longjia, Sogdian, Dangxiang, Tubo and other tribes will become more in-depth, and the household population will continue to increase. Even when the time is right, the people who take over the Suzhou Long family will
It's not impossible if it belongs to a county.
With such strength, how could Tuoba Renfu compare with his head?
"How is the recruitment of craftsmen from the Western Region going?"
"Back to the commander-in-chief, there are some people who are willing to come, but the mountains are high and the rivers are long. There are still many people who are doubtful and skeptical. If it weren't for the good brand of Datang, I'm afraid not many people would be willing to come to the Central Plains."
Zhao Cheng replied.
Zhao Cheng's caravan recruited more than 400 craftsmen from Hexi and the Western Regions through the channels of the Guiyi Army. Shao Shude arranged for them to be transferred to the newly built Tongzhou Duzuo Academy, together with the five major capital Zuo yuan of Sui, Xia, Ling, Wei and Lan.
Together, they formed the backbone of the Tongzhou Capital Academy. At the same time, they recruited apprentices in Weibei, Huazhou Town and even some counties under Jingzhao Prefecture to expand their strength and prepare for future wars.
"This is already a good result." Shao Shude praised: "Continue recruiting. Have more contact with Hu Shang. There are as many high-quality horses as there are in the Western Regions, but this area is lacking. There has been no progress in these years."
Zhao Cheng felt a little uneasy when he heard this.
In fact, it’s not like he hasn’t thought about this before, but it’s really difficult!
Forget about ordinary horses, but it is difficult for Western Region BMWs to reach Lingxia through the various forces in the middle. Those Qiang and Hu tribes have a deep love for horses, and they will snatch them whenever they see them. No Hu merchant dares to do this
Business.
Unless the Central Plains is a unified country and the sphere of influence is once again extended to the Western Regions, the old story of Kang Guo presenting 4,000 BMWs in the early years of the Chinese Dynasty will be possible, otherwise there will be no chance.
Seeing Zhao Cheng's reportedly uneasy look, Shao Shude smiled and said, "Thirteenth Master does not need to blame himself too much. Hexi, Longyou, and the three towns of Guiyijun, rest and recuperate well. When I have completed the big things, I can use this as a basis to move forward."
All those monsters and monsters were wiped out."
Zhao Cheng felt relieved after hearing this.
After leaving him to have lunch, Shao Shude went back to handling government affairs in Xingde Palace.
After years of practicing his calligraphy, he has become very good at it.
Zhao Yu was grinding ink for him at the side, and the two of them were talking and laughing, feeling very happy.
"Wang Ke's wife was a daughter of the Xima Pei clan in Jie Yi, and she died suddenly..." Zhao Yu sighed quietly when he saw the official document that Shao Shude read, and was speechless.
Xima Pei comes from Cuizixun (gèg), who lives in Xima Chuan, Jie County, and is named Xima Pei.
This Pei branch produced two prime ministers: Pei Tanxiang Zhongzong, Pei Yanxiang Zhongzong, and Empress Wu.
Xima Pei also has two branches, namely the Tian'en branch and the Tianshou branch. Wang Ke's wife came from the Tian'en branch.
The Pei family also has Pei from the West, Pei from the Middle, Pei from the East, and Pei from the South. Together with Pei from Xi Ma, there are five families in total. They are one of the top families in the country and have produced a total of seventeen prime ministers.
Pei Zhen, who had just given birth to a son for Marshal Shao, was born in Pei, an eastern household. This house had produced six prime ministers in the country, the most famous of which was Pei Du, who lived in Wenxi County in the middle of the river.
In Hezhong Prefecture, near Jiangzhou, and in Anyi County, Shaanxi Province, the Feng family still lives together.
Speaking of the eight counties in Shaanxi Province, five of them are located north of the Yellow River, and Anyi is one of them. Its ownership has changed back and forth between Puzhou (Hezhong Prefecture), Jiangzhou, and Shaanzhou, and it currently belongs to Shaanzhou.
Zang Dubao and Fu Cunshen led the Tianzhu Army's 7,000 infantry across the ice of the Yellow River and entered the five counties in northern Shaanxi Province. The Feng family sent people to contact them.
At the beginning, the elders of the feudal clan felt embarrassed because one of their two daughters was a widow and the other was a married woman. Both of them were "taken into the mansion" by Shao Shude as concubines, so they were too embarrassed to serve in the Shuofang shogunate. Now times have changed, and the younger generations have a strong desire to make progress.
, the elders can't stop it at all, and they don't want to stop it.
Some people of the Feng family live in Hezhong Mansion, and many of them are officials in Hezhong, just like the Pei family.
Wang Ke has gone to Jinyang to welcome his bride. He is very proud to have married Li Keyong's daughter, but he just doesn't know how Xima Pei is feeling now.
Maybe you can use it, but you have to wait until the melon is ripe and the stems fall off.