Just as Yang Yuanqing and the county officials signed the guarantee letter, a team of more than 100 knights surrounded more than 20 carriages and left Huile County. The leader was Liang Shi, a hero of Lingwu County.
All, he received the advice of the prefect Qiu He, and did not dare to stay in Lingwu County. He packed up some fine money and supplies, and took his family and a hundred servants to leave Lingwu County in panic.
Liang Shidu was ambitious. Like other wealthy families in the world, he also wanted to rebel against the Sui Dynasty, and took advantage of his wealthy family in Lingwu County to secede Lingwu County and establish himself. However, Yang Yuanqing's annexation of Lingwu County made his plan.
He had to find another way out
After running for more than twenty miles, they came to a three-way intersection, with three roads, one road to Honghua County, one road to Pingliang County, and the other road to Huining County. The team stopped slowly.
The first family member came forward to ask for instructions, "Master, which road should we take?"
Master Liang hesitated for a long time. He looked up at the gray sky. The dark clouds were hanging. It was about to snow. He sighed and finally pointed westward, "Let's walk on Huining Road"
He was preparing to go to Jincheng County to seek refuge with Xue Ju. At that time, he and Xue Ju were the four major guards of King Yang Hung of Qi. He had a very good relationship. Xue Ju was a wealthy family in Jincheng County and had frequent contact with him. He knew that Xue Ju was also there.
Actively prepare for the uprising, seek opportunities after joining him
Liang Shidu led his family toward Jincheng County
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The personnel of Lingwu County were beyond Yang Yuanqing's expectations. Except for Qiu He and his confidant, Huile County Magistrate Zhang Liao chose to leave on the grounds of illness, the other county officials happily signed the letter of loyalty. Everyone knows that
, Wuyuan County officials are well-fed, and their salary is generally twice as high as that of the Sui Dynasty. But the important thing is that Yang Yuanqing was recognized by the emperor and was still a Sui minister, which has nothing to do with rebellion. It is precisely because of this that Yang Yuanqing successfully completed the Lingwu.
Annexation of the county
The next morning, Qiu He left Lingwu County sadly under the escort of more than a dozen followers. Three hundred Fengzhou cavalry escorted him to the border of Honghua County, and gave him gifts to Lingwu County. At this point, the rich Lingwu County was
It was officially annexed by Fengzhou and became the second county under the Fengzhou General Administration
Lingwu County has many things to deal with, but the most urgent thing for Yang Yuanqing is to establish a express transportation channel related to Wuyuan County.
Convenient transportation is the most effective means to closely connect the two places. Lingwu County and Wuyuan County are far away, and the distance from Lingwu County to Wuyuan County is a thousand miles away. Fortunately, Yang Guang
During the Northern Tour, a spacious and flat road was built, so that ordinary people could reach the horse in four or five days, and a cavalry equipped with double horses could run the entire journey in just three days.
This is just a traffic exchange between people, and the traffic of goods requires water transportation. The Yellow River is the most natural transportation corridor in the two places. Since it started transporting iron ore and building five cities in Hetao, Wuyuan County has built thousands of flat-bottomed transport ships.
Five transportation teams have been formed, which can effectively transport various materials through the Yellow River to any of Wuyuan County and Lingwu County.
But it is not possible in winter. The Yellow River freezes in winter, causing large-scale cargo transportation to pause. However, since the previous year, Fengzhou has adopted another method of cargo transportation, ice transportation, large sleds transport supplies, and taking advantage of Fengzhou's rich livestock strength
, Two horses used to pull a cargo sled to drive on the ice of the Yellow River. As it turns out, this mode of transportation is no less than that of the fleet, and this is also the traditional winter mode of transportation for the locals.
The night after Yang Yuanqing arrived in Lingwu County, the first snow fell in Lingwu County. The snowflakes shook the eyes of the people. The whole sky was gray, and the earth was covered with falling snowflakes, turning into a piece of white snow.
A vast world
After a night of heavy snow, the snow gradually stopped, but the sky was still filled with fine snow. Among the fine snowflakes flying all over the sky, Yang Yuanqing and a group of officials inspected the Yellow River, the Yellow River in Lingwu County and Fengzhou.
It has frozen, the river surface is frozen firmly, and the ice surface is covered with half a foot thick snow. The snow will not melt. When the queen of Chun Tian, along with the ice layer below, melts into the surging Yellow River water.
The ice surface, which was originally as bright as a mirror, began to become lively because of the arrival of a snow. When it snowed, people were not afraid of falling on the ice. When it snowed, it would be beneficial for horses to fall on the ice.
Running, you can see sleds flying on the river from time to time
The Yellow River in Lingwu County is several miles wide, so most people cross the river by sledding. Many passengers gathered next to the dock, waiting for the guests to come to the door.
Huile County Magistrate Song Xiang led Yang Yuanqing and a group of officers to inspect the Yellow River. They came to the pier, and dozens of coachmen waiting for passengers all dodged. He came to a large cargo sled and told Yang Yuanqing.
: "Manager Yang, this is the local sled for transporting goods in winter, usually the same as the one."
In fact, Yang Yuanqing did not want to inspect transportation. There are many large-scale cargo sleds in Fengzhou. He wanted to build a large warehouse near the dock, expand the dock, and establish a winter transportation route from Wuyuan County to Lingwu County, throughout the winter.
, There is no contact between Wuyuan County and Lingwu County
However, he also needs this kind of large-scale cargo sled. He is about to transport a batch of pig iron from Lingwu County warehouses to Wuyuan County urgently.
Yang Yuanqing walked to the sled. He looked down at the large sled. The sled was made of two willow trees, with a raised snowboard in front and a layer of cowhide on it. It was very simple to make, compared to Fengzhou.
Military sled, this kind of sled can only be considered small, with only one horse pulling
Yang Yuanqing grabbed the horse's hooves and looked at them. He used ordinary horseshoes, not the kind of special heavy horseshoes. This kind of horse cannot run long distances, which made him a little disappointed.
"How much goods can I pull at one time?" Yang Yuanqing asked the coachman and said
The coachman didn't know Yang Yuanqing's identity, but he knew the county magistrate. Seeing that the county magistrate was respectful to Yang Yuanqing, he was frightened and bowed and said, "Report to the master, you can pull up two stones at most, add two more people."
"How far can we get?" Yang Yuanqing asked again
"The farthest run through Hongjing County, more than 100 miles, no matter how far you are, it won't work. If you add another horse, you can run to Lingwu County."
Yang Yuanqing shook his head. The cargo volume was too small. His big sled could transport six stones of grain at a time, and even pulled a flat boat to walk on the river. The sled here could not meet his needs.
Yang Yuanqing turned around and ordered: "Send Feiying letter to Fengzhou, ask Du Changshi to transfer two thousand big sledges to come, and then transport a batch of money."
A personal soldier agreed and immediately went to make arrangements. Yang Yuanqing said to Zhang Ting, the prefect, and Han Youfeng, the governor of Lingwu County,: "The first priority now is to closely link Lingwu County and Wuyuan County, including
Ying Station, wharf and inn. Cui Junsu, an inn within Wuyuan County, has already started to build it. Lingwu County must also speed up. According to Fengzhou standards, a station will be built every 80 miles. I require that this winter must be
Build it, this requirement should not be difficult.”
Zhang Ting nodded, "I understand, I will start preparing immediately."
"There is also the transportation of goods in winter"
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said to Zhang Ting: "I have asked Du Changshi to transfer two thousand large sledges to come here, specially equipped for Lingwu County. You must make full use of the materials needed to build the station, and you can use it to transport it.
What can be sent to Wuyuan County? You can also use it. There is also shipbuilding. Lingwu County has a wide water surface and is suitable for shipbuilding. I plan to move Fengzhou Shipbuilding Workshop to Lingwu County. You will choose the location.
I'll entrust you with one thing, I may not have time to think about these things."
"The general manager doesn't need to explain one by one. He understands that there are also government schools, diaries, tax adjustments, etc. A lot of things need to be done by the low-level position, and the low-level position will be done properly."
"You understand, but the first important thing is transportation."
The reason why Yang Yuanqing attached great importance to transportation was because he was worried that the Turks would have to be transferred to Lingwu County once the Turks attacked Fengzhou, so a large number of personnel and materials in Fengzhou would need to be transferred to Lingwu County. In this way, the importance of transportation between the two places was imminent.
This is also the fundamental reason why Yang Yuanqing was eager to annex Lingwu County. He planned to use Lingwu County as the rear of Fengzhou. The people of Fengzhou would gradually transfer to Lingwu County, and Fengzhou would be the military garrison.
Fengzhou's strategic position is unfavorable, which is also the biggest hidden danger he faces. Yang Yuanqing knows better than anyone else. This time, if the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty had not attracted the Turkic army, he would have been completely in danger.
Four hundred thousand iron cavalrymen were enough to destroy everything he had accumulated over the years, so he was eager to annex Lingwu County and move all his money and grain to Lingwu County.
It is November of the 11th year of Daye. It should be said that the time is still relatively abundant, but we plan ahead. Some infrastructure, docks, warehouses and the like in Lingwu County will also be built as soon as possible.
Yang Yuanqing said to the military commander Han Youfeng again: "I saw that there was a large open space in Huile County, so I might as well use it to build a military grain warehouse. I want to transport millions of stones of grain first. One warehouse will stock up to 20,000 stones of grain, and at least fifty ones will be built.
Warehouse, give me a time, when will you be able to complete it?"
Han Youfeng lowered her head and thought, "I can mobilize all the soldiers to build warehouses. As early as February next year, fifty warehouses can be completed."
"Okay, I will start transporting grain on a small scale first. Once your granary is built, I will start transporting it on a large scale by ship."
At this time, a shout came from afar: "Maintain"
When Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw a cavalry sending a letter and rushed to the front and bowed, "Maintain, there is emergency information."
He held a red intelligence tube in his hand. Yang Yuanqing felt a little uneasy and immediately took it over and took out the information inside and took it out and looked at it carefully, but the content inside made his heart jump suddenly
.........(To be continued)
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