As soon as Tong Yuan finished speaking, he faintly heard a sigh, and followed the voice, but found that the sigh came from Su Ze, Pei Ji, Sun Zi and several others.

Su Ze saw Tong Yuan's inquiring gaze, got up and replied, "This place was once Han soil, and Emperor Wu once arranged soldiers and horses to settle here, but for hundreds of years, this Lingzhou has also been occupied by the Hu people, just like Shuofang and Shangjun. ”

Pei Ji added, "Even the merchants who ran the Hetao trade did not know which tribe of the Qiang people was there, or the remnants of the Xiongnu were entrenched, and maybe even the Xianbei people went south to occupy it." ”

Tong Yuan looked at Jia Xu, and saw that he also had a slightly sad expression, obviously saying that the Hu people had already settled down in those Han soils.

"It seems that there are many, many places to be recovered, please do your best with me, and I hope to revive the northern frontier as soon as possible."

He glanced at the area at the junction of Yan'an County and Beidi County again, and there was not a single county. Suddenly remembering that there seemed to be a desert here in the future, he immediately pointed here and asked, "Is this land extremely difficult and unsuitable for living?" ”

Pei Ji said: "This land has vast grassy flats and clear river water, and it is a grazing area that the Hu people like very much in summer. However, due to the sheer size of the herd and some deforestation, I have recently heard that it looks a little like the Western Regions. ”

Tong Yuan gritted his teeth slightly, in addition to making this land in a better state to meet the changes of the times, he also has an increasingly important goal, that is, to make the Loess Plateau not so seriously damaged, and to make the desert in the north a little less.

It seems that everything is still in time, Ningxia to the west of the Hetao turned out to be a land of abundant water and grass, and the aspiring outstanding men and women he gathered were not at this time to make contributions but when.

He proudly announced that he had ordered Zhang Ji and Shen Long to repair the road to the west from Bingzhou and set up a new Tuntian County with the function of combat engineering. On the basis of developing agriculture, animal husbandry, industry and mining, we should protect vegetation and trees, and do not damage the surrounding area too much.

"I hope there is a great wall there, a green Great Wall made up of a small number of people and a large number of trees."

"The Great Green Wall!?" Zhong Wenwu had never heard such a name.

Tong Yuan said with a resolute look in his eyes, "With the Green Great Wall, we can stand still." It is not possible to simply replicate the experience of farming in the interior, nor can it be like the Hu people to engage hundreds of thousands of livestock to gnaw up there, and specific methods need to be explored step by step by the prefecture and the tunhu. ”

Jia Xu opened his mouth and said, "It should be so, when Emperor Wu was reclaiming farmland, the desert soon appeared, and even the seemingly turbulent river quickly dried up, so he quickly withdrew from that area." ”

"If you want to recover and annex the state and revitalize northern Xinjiang, you need to adapt to the water and soil there, find a standable development model, and then supplement it with a strong military and abundant materials to really do it."

Xu Rong also lamented, "Meng Tian did not do it back then, and even Wei Huo's achievements gradually faded, so that their hometowns were temporarily reduced to the residence of the Xiongnu." ”

Speaking of this, he took a deep look at Tong Yuan and said solemnly, "It is really a great honor and gratitude to be able to devote myself to such an oath under the leadership of the lord today. ”

All the civil and military officers also praised one after another, making the atmosphere a little strange, as if they were going to engage in some cause that would turn the world into ashes.

He coughed lightly and began to redeploy his forces.

He looked at Xu Rong, Huang Yu, and Qubei, and ordered, "The Twelfth and Eleventh Brigades listen to the order, and the two of you will follow me and Mr. Wenhe, and stationed in the two counties of Hanyang and Longxi, and form good alliances with the scholars, Haoqiang, officials, and Qiangdi, and protect the western merchants." ”

"No!"

"The Tenth Brigade listens to orders!"

Xu Huang came out of the queue and said, "The last will be!" ”

"Your department is stationed in Qiyi, Diaoyin and other places to protect the development of roads and trade routes on the southwest side of the state."

"No!"

Finally, he said to Hu Lang'er and the generals of the Tuntian Army, "The rest of the soldiers and horses perform their duties, do a good job in training and production, especially the Third Cavalry Brigade, we must be proficient in all kinds of techniques and tactics under the premise of ensuring safety, after all, it is not easy for all the cavalry to be equipped." ”

"No!"

This means that the 3rd Cavalry Brigade is still stationed at Feng Yi and Jing Zhao, on the one hand for training, and on the other hand, it continues to guard against the Flying Bear Army under Li Bei and Li Xian, who have just surrendered.

Wei Qi, Su Ze, Pei Ji and other civil officials temporarily returned to Fengyi, Hedong and other places to continue to develop people's livelihood and reserve all kinds of materials.

Tong Yuan secretly gritted his teeth spontaneously, suppressed the arrogance that had just emerged in his heart, and tried not to think about any fierce means against the enemy.

Hanyang County governs the county seat of Ji, and the Yang family ushered in a group of guests.

At a young age, Yang Fu is already one of the leaders of the local scholar clan who is in charge and recognized by everyone. At this time, he was receiving a rather young general.

Tong Yuan said, "It's been more than a year since the last meeting, how is the situation of each family now?" ”

Yang Fu introduced: "This county is under the governance of the Marquis of Haoyang and Jia Tingshi, and everything is fine. However, when Weizhou Mu of Liangzhou was killed, Yin Feng and Yan Wen, who were in charge, happened to be in Zhangye County and were almost killed by the rebellious Heluan. ”

"Fortunately, there was a caravan that had been doing business in Hexi all year round, so I barely escaped back to Tianshui. It's just that now the trade of each family to Hexi has been affected by the new local powers, and they are worried that Han Sui will lead the rebels to this side, so the people's hearts are not very stable. ”

Tong Yuan sighed slightly, "This chaos is really a stubborn disease of my big man, but I am sure to solve this matter seriously." Those Huns have settled down honestly now, and they can do it here. ”

Yang Fu didn't expect Tong Yuan to speak so directly, so he hurriedly thanked him.

Tong Yuan asked about the Northwest Trade again, and sure enough, as Wang Yi and others introduced, the Yang family and the Zhao family were very willing to support them in opening a new trade route. Moreover, they are more familiar with the tribes in the West Sea area, and they can be pioneers.

Tong Yuan learned that when Mu Weiduan of Liangzhou was still there, he tried his best to streamline the army and reduce the pressure of military service in various parts of Liangzhou, which also eased the relationship between Han and Hu. In this case, they can continuously transfer the goods of the Western Regions to the Central Plains.

However, after Han Sui and their hegemony, although trade was not banned, a large number of people were requisitioned, and food, trade, and housing on the trade route became very inconvenient. It is imperative to build new trade routes to replace the existing ones.

With Yang Fu's attitude, soon Zhao Ang of the Zhao family and Yin Feng of the Yin family also defected to Tong Yuan and officially joined his chariot.

This Zhao Ang is both civil and military, and has long been in contact with the Xinxi Liang Army, and Yin Feng is also quite knowledgeable about side affairs, especially good at engaging in commerce in the Western Regions. Tong Yuan incorporated Zhao Ang into the dreadnought army system and made him the commander of the battalion directly under him. Yin Feng served as the magistrate of Longxi County, specializing in business routes.

The two of them did their best,

Then Wei Duan's son Wei Kang was promoted from Jingzhao to Longxi to serve as the Taishou, and the Tianshui Shi clan praised his arrangement.