It’s already the eighth day of July, the hottest time of the year.
Shao Shude finished his hearty breakfast and was ready to go out.
Jiang and Lu stepped forward together to change his clothes.
The little girl's expression has regained some of its former agility. After the child was taken away, all Jiang's crimson fantasies were shattered. It was as if she had matured overnight and felt that the unrealistic fantasies in the past were too ridiculous.
Fortunately, her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lu, was always by her side and told her some things about the Jiang clan members living peacefully in Luoyang after being pardoned. The girl slowly recovered, and as time went by, her mood gradually recovered.
"May the king come back victorious." Before leaving the house, Mr. Lu and Mr. Jiang congratulated each other.
"There are only three or two heroes in the world who can stop me." Shao Shude laughed loudly, left Jinxian Temple, and rode towards Mengzhou.
The flood had completely receded. The Heyang shogunate summoned a group of masters and began to renovate Zhongli City.
Li Tangbin, the commander of the Luoyang camp, rushed to Mengzhou and waited for Shao Shude's summons.
"This time I want to travel north, and the war in the east capital will be all in your hands." Shao Shude said: "Follow your own strategy. I won't give you any goals, even if you maintain the front line."
"With these words from the commander-in-chief, the general will know what to do." Li Tangbin responded calmly.
As a general, he is most afraid of the remote control of the commander who gives random orders and blindly sets targets. However, he may not necessarily know the actual situation on the front line and cannot grasp the changes in fighter aircraft keenly, which will often have the opposite effect.
Li Tangbin felt relieved that King Xia could trust his ability and put an army of hundreds of thousands in his hands.
"Don't care about other people's opinions. Even if Ruzhou is temporarily given up, it is acceptable." Shao Shude warned again.
"The general understands."
After the meeting, Shao Shude and Li Tangbin reviewed the more than 10,000 Ganzhou tribe members who had just arrived in Mengzhou.
"More than 20,000 Taomin and Qiang tribes, and more than 20,000 Tibetan tents from the Qing and Tang dynasties have arrived in Luoyang. How have you arranged it?" Shao Shude asked, looking at the Uighur, Dangxiang, Tubo, and Tatar herdsmen who were shouting at the high platform.
"The commander-in-chief of the Eastern Capital asked them to clean up the ruins and build houses in Luoyang." Li Tangbin replied.
The more than 20,000 accounts are currently classified as common people and are temporarily under the management of Dongdu Town. The Yiluo Basin does not have many household registrations and has a lot of wasteland, which has almost become a pasture for these herdsmen. It is a pity that the local area lacks high-quality pasture, otherwise, it would be difficult to feed these people.
No problem at all.
The more nutritious and high-yield forage grass is, the less it can compete with weeds, so this is the meaning of agriculture. Forage grass such as Dawan alfalfa and donkey pea must be planted by farmers in the fields just like millet and wheat.
inside, otherwise they really can't play with weeds.
"I will leave all these people to you." Shao Shude said: "Guangchengze was originally a large ranch, and there was also a small ranch in Jiacheng. Let all the more than 20,000 accounts go to Ruzhou. You can see how you organize them.
, pick out those with horses, count their number, and enter Chen Xu in batches to harass. Still the old method, tell them to use military exploits to obtain land. There are countless wastelands in Luo and Ru states, let them trade with their lives. "
"As ordered." Li Tangbin responded.
Under the high platform, someone was already handing out greeting gifts to the newly arrived Ganzhou herdsmen: a piece of silk each.
The Tibetan people were poor and knew that silk could be used to buy things, such as ironware, pottery and even wooden furniture, which were most scarce on the grasslands, so they were reluctant to wear them themselves.
Shao Shude got off the high platform, surrounded by soldiers, rode his horse in front of the Tibetan formation, and asked, "Do you recognize me?"
Of course the Tibetan people don’t know each other, but how could there be no trust in such a scene?
So someone immediately said loudly: "This is the supreme khan of Lord Dapowumu."
The leader of Umu was Li Renmei, the Uighur Yingyi Khan. He was famous in Ganzhou and established the Uighur Khanate. He once claimed to have 100,000 horsemen. His failure had a great spiritual impact on the herdsmen of all ethnic groups in Ganzhou.
Huge, and for the King Lingwu of the Tang Dynasty who defeated him, everyone was afraid from the bottom of their hearts. A piece of trivia: the title of Supreme Khan was originally given by the Ganzhou tribe.
"Greetings to the Supreme Khan." The herdsmen knelt on the ground in darkness, unable to see their heads.
There was a young man who was ignorant and did not know the majesty of the Supreme Khan. He was quickly pulled to the ground by his family members and grabbed the ground with his head. He did not dare to say anything.
"The Han people in the Central Plains are my people, and the grassland shepherds are also my people." Shao Shude waved his riding whip and said loudly: "Among you, there are nobles, slaves, monks, and merchants, but
There is no distinction between high and low here, and those who have merit will be rewarded."
"You have seen it all along the way in Yuan, Wangwu, and Heqing counties. How many former slaves obtained land because of their meritorious service and lived a dignified life?"
"The cattle and sheep at home are fat and strong, the barn is filled with barley grains, and we can drink all we can of crisp tea."
"Now, you also have this opportunity, and the credit lies in the south."
When Shao Shude said something, people immediately ran back and forth to translate it into various languages and spread it.
Not surprisingly, it caused quite a commotion. We passed through many prefectures and counties along the way. When we were traveling through the three counties of Yuan, Wangwu, and Heqing, we did see a large number of Tubo, Qiang, Uighur, and Uighur people who settled down to farm and herd.
The last people, the Dangxiang people, although they wear Han-style turbans, their local accent is unmistakable, and many women still have their hair braided and wear beads, which are traces left over from the Tubo dynasty's rule in the Helong area.
"Xiang Xiong said Zan, and my husband said Pu. Since it is Zanpu's order, we should follow it."
"The Son of Qingtian is the reincarnation of King Mi Yao, and he guides us to be rich and noble, but if we have a destiny, we will follow it."
"The Khan's mighty army, who can stop him? With our horses and bows and knives, we will cut off the enemy's heads for the Supreme Khan, and present the enemy's most beautiful and noble women to Jinxian Ketun City."
The smile on Shao Shude's face suddenly became stiff.
Jinxian Temple, Kedun City? What the hell? Even the Tibetan people know about it?
However, filial piety is admirable, and the Tibetan people are so down-to-earth. After conquering the grassland and defeating the enemy tribe, the wives, concubines, and daughters of the other chieftains are the natural slaves of the victor. Alas, the fellow villagers in Helong are too simple, this is good, this is good
!
"Let's go, don't ruin my reputation!" The Supreme Khan waved his hand and said.
Li Tangbin kept watching silently.
The power of King Xia was not limited to the Yamen army with more than 200,000 infantry and cavalry. In fact, the many tribes in Helong and Lingxia were also one of the sources of his power.
Aren't the so-called bodyguards and soldiers who have been following him around all over the place just a personal tribe?
It's been a long time since he heard the term "buqu". It almost reminded him of the past events of the Northern and Southern Dynasties recorded in history books.
The private tribe does not listen to the emperor, but is only loyal to the clan leader. Even if someone wants to carry out a palace coup, it may be a bit difficult. The young men of the private tribe in the north of Saibei take turns to stay in the guard, and the difficulty of conspiracy by insiders is greatly increased.
In many cases, only a small number of people participated in the mutinies in various vassal towns. Most of the sergeants stood aside and did not join any party. They helped whoever won. Many generals often died in dozens or hundreds of people.
If there were different systems and people from different sources to contain and contain the military chaos, it might have been calmed down.
The King of Xia was cautious, and he left many layers of protection for himself.
In fact, this is fine. We, the warriors, only need to make meritorious deeds, and we don’t have to worry about what may happen in the rear.
Li Tangbin was thinking about the two systems within the Xia Army, while Shao Shude was thinking that it was time to go for a walk on the grassland.
I have been away from Guanbei for several years, and my relationship with the grasslands is a little unfamiliar. This won’t work!
The grassland areas are currently high-quality assets that play a positive role, but if they are not well managed, they may one day turn into negative assets.
I just took advantage of this opportunity to go around various places to consolidate my authority and avoid any trouble.
Li Tangbin left that night.
Before leaving, Shao Shude privately asked him to help look after the prince, carefully examine the prince's performance, and report secretly.
Li Tangbin's back is filled with fluid, this is not a good job!
In the next few days, Shao Shude stayed in Menghuai, inspecting farmland with Song Le.
"We harvested 370,000 dendrobiums of millet and wheat in the summer, and by the autumn harvest, we will probably have more than 400,000 dendrobiums left." Song Le felt refreshed when he talked about this.
In the second year of Qianning, we only collected about 400,000 dendrobiums. This year we collected approximately 400,000 dendrobiums. The results are indeed gratifying.
"When the king goes to Yinshan, he must stabilize Li Keyong." Song Le said with a smile: "Heyang will have more fields for autumn sowing this year. Go to the river again in winter and dig hard. Next spring sowing will be more vigorous, and the harvest will be harvested throughout the year.
One and a half million grains and beans will be no problem."
What is called a friend of time, Heyang is it.
Shao Shude knows that next year's harvest of 1.5 million grains and beans is definitely not the end, but the starting point.
Heyang is all wilderness, and the land quality is good. Because it has been desolate for many years due to war and is in a de facto fallow state, the soil has accumulated too much fertility. What needs to be done now is to convert these land resources into food step by step.
Forage, every half year, Heyang's strength will increase significantly.
"Oh, I have to lower my face again to say good things to my sworn brother." Shao Shude said with a bitter face.
"The king is making fun of people again." Song Le laughed, shook his head, and said: "I know that the war situation in Henan is critical, and Li Keyong is the biggest variable, so we can't cause trouble at this time."
"Am I too greedy?" Shao Shude asked: "Ke can use Youzhou, which is very wealthy. It is no problem to raise 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers. He also has Hedong, Zhaoyi, and Datong towns, which he can also raise." Sixty-seven thousand people. And this is based on the way Zhu Quanzhong and I have raised them. If Li Ke had used such a method of indulging military discipline, I am afraid he could have raised more."
In fact, it is conservative to say that Hedong can only support 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers.
Zhaoyi Town is located in the three prefectures of Xingming and Cizhou on the Great Plains of Hebei Province. It had a population of more than one million during the Tianbao period. Later, it experienced many wars, such as the imperial court's campaign against Zhaoyi Liu Zhen, and the long-term tug-of-war between Li Keyong and Meng Fangli. The population sharply Reduction. By the time Li Keyong was pacified, the household registration was less than 400,000. However, after so many years of peace, the people who had fled to other places gradually returned home. The agricultural conditions were so good, and their strength should not be underestimated.
Historically, it was attacked repeatedly by Zhu Quanzhong, several times by Wang Rong, and experienced Li Cunxiao's rebellion, which caused great losses. But in this time and space, it is basically in a state of peace. Xing Mingci's three states and eighteen counties are actually a very special place. It is easy for people to ignore that the money and grain base cannot be transported to Shanxi, but it can raise the army in Shandong.
Li Keyong now has a few banknotes in his pocket, instead of just a few steel pennies like before.
"Your Majesty, you have to be so greedy when there is a big fight." Song Le said: "Zhu Quanzhong cannot bear failure, but we can. Both the north and south lines must be captured. I am here to wait for good news."
"Okay!" Shao Shude said with a fist, "Ke Yong replied and invited me to Yunzhou for a while, so I went. In the Henan war situation, Wu has Li Tangbin, Gao Renhou, Li Renjun, and Wen depends on Mr."