The county administration of Wudu County is not in Wudu County, but in Xiabi County.

Because there is the largest valley plain in Wudu, and at the same time, the rivers flowing down from the remaining veins of the Qinling Mountains have brought abundant water, which is called the small granary of Longyou.

Therefore, it is the most important grain producing area and population gathering area in Wudu.

How important is it?

Controlling this place is equivalent to controlling Wudu.

This is very similar to the whole Longyou.

The Longyou region is not small, but in fact, the main grain-producing areas are concentrated in Tianshui County.

Controlling Tianshui County is equivalent to controlling more than half of Longyou.

The surrounding counties of Tianshui are all used as guards to protect the core of Tianshui County from being disturbed.

Of course, because of the improvement of cultivation tools and cultivation level, the area of Pingxiang to the north to Zuli can also be used as a reclamation area.

This is also the reason why Feng Yong set the seat of the Guardian Qiang Captain's Mansion in Pingxiang.

In addition to facilitating the support of Longshan Pass to the east and Liangzhou to the west, and the support of the Longyou Governor's Office to the south, it is also convenient to reclaim land and reduce the pressure on grain transportation.

However, this area of reclamation can only be used on a daily basis for the Qiang's Lieutenant's Mansion.

In wartime, the need for grain and grass increased dramatically, and it still had to rely on the rear.

Although dry food has been widely promoted in the army, although Dongfeng Express has a higher transportation efficiency than in this era.

But no matter how much it changes, it can't change the limitations of the times.

If others can transport grain thousands of miles to one point, Dongfeng Express will only increase one point to three or four points.

Therefore, in the past two years, the pressure of grain transportation has always existed.

It is a very important task for Longyou to achieve self-sufficiency as soon as possible.

Wudu County connects Longyou and Hanzhong, and Xiabi County is a small granary, so it is naturally the object of vigorous reclamation.

However, the position of the next debate is a bit special.

The water of the Western Han Dynasty does not go through Xiabian, that is to say, Xiabianxian County is not on the traffic artery between Hanzhong and Longyou.

However, Wudu County, which is named after Wudu, although it is not the county of Wudu County, is located on the edge of the water in the Western Han Dynasty.

After Wudu County, the rest of the journey is along the mountain road formed by the West Han River, which is the most difficult.

Therefore, Wudu County can be regarded as the most important transit station between Qishanbao and Hanzhong, and Dongfeng Express naturally wants to establish a warehouse here.

When Feng Yong and his entourage arrived in Wudu County, they did not live in the post house, but lived in the stronghold of Dongfeng Express.

This time the rain was endless, there was no day of sunny weather, the heavy rain was over, the sky was still gloomy, and the sparse light rain continued.

When God had rested enough, the light rain turned into heavy rain again.

Xu Xun was afraid that Feng Yong would continue to force his way forward, so he found an opportunity, pulled Li Yi, and went to persuade together.

Feng Yong, who had changed into dry clothes, sat casually on the mat, looking at the rain curtain outside the window, his expression was leisurely, and the ginger tea on the low table was steaming.

Seeing Xu Xun and Li Yi coming together, Feng Yong was a little surprised:

"After such a long journey in the rain, everyone is tired, why don't Wenxuan and Yuande rest? Sit down and drink some ginger tea to ward off the cold. ”

As he spoke, he personally poured a cup of tea for each of them.

It's the end of summer, and the temperature has begun to drop compared to the height of summer.

In addition, when it rains, after getting wet, there is still a little chill.

The two knelt down opposite Feng Yong as they said.

Xu Xun had a little worry on his face:

"Brother, in the past two years, the younger brother has walked this road no less than a dozen times, and he knows this road very well."

"According to my younger brother's experience, in this kind of weather, if you continue to walk, the mountain road is too muddy and difficult to walk."

"Especially if it continues to rain now, there will be rocks and landslides on the mountain, so the younger brother thinks it's better to wait for the rain to stop and send someone to check first."

"Make sure that there is nothing ahead, and it is not too late for my brother to start again."

When Feng Yong heard this, he understood the intention of the two, and smiled slightly: "Yuande has a heart." ”

The mudslide, Feng Yong naturally knows the danger.

Seeing Feng Yong's flat face, Xu Xun thought that Feng Yong didn't care about what he said, and was a little anxious at the moment:

"Brother, don't underestimate the collapse of the mountain road, this is a little more dangerous than a big flood, once a person encounters it, it will be difficult to escape."

"My brother's body is ten thousand gold, and he is involved in countless things, but he still thinks about safety."

Feng Yong nodded: "What Yuande said, I know." But I didn't think I'd go ahead in the next few days. ”

Speaking of this, his gaze looked in a certain direction, "Yuan De can know, since Wudu went to argue, what is the road condition?" ”

Xu Xun was relieved when he heard that Feng Yong had no intention of forcibly leaving, but he was shocked when Feng Yong suddenly raised his argument again.

"Brother wants to argue? It is possible to go to Hanzhong from the next argument, not only do you have to take more detours, the journey is much longer, and it is more difficult to travel. ”

Two years ago, Cao thief entered the Sanguan and took the old road to Hechi County, but was blocked by General Zhao Lao in Luoyang, and was not allowed to go further to the east, precisely because from Hechi County into Hanzhong, the terrain was extremely dangerous.

In the end, the Cao thief had to turn west, wanting to argue in an attempt to cut off the grain route of the Northern Expedition army, but the prime minister had already set up an ambush in the lower defense and annihilated 20,000 elite soldiers of the Cao thief.

If you are a person who turns from Wudu to argue, you have to go to Hechi County, and then from Hechi County to Lüyang, and finally enter Hanzhong from Lüyang.

Compared with going directly from Wudu County to Luoyang along the Western Han River, it will take more than half a month to detour.

Li Yi, who was on the side, turned his mind faster, and interjected at the moment: "Brother, do you have something to argue?" ”

Feng Yong glanced at Li Yi appreciatively, "This time, I do have something to discuss with Liao Taishou." ”

Wudu is too guarded, it is Liaohua.

Hearing Feng Yong's words, Li Yi and Xu Xun glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of doubts.

I had never heard of my brother having any big dealings with Liao Hua before, not to mention that my brother was a prince at this time, with a noble status and real power, how could he take the initiative to discuss things with Liao Hua?

Feng Yong didn't deliberately hide it, but he explained:

"Some time ago, when the Nanxiang engineering team was building the official road between Xiabi and Wudu, they found a treasure."

"Now that I am the captain of the Guardian Qiang, I can't easily go elsewhere except for the place under my jurisdiction, let alone go to find another county guard in private."

"So I just took this opportunity to meet Liao Taishou and talk to him about it."

Hearing Feng Yong's words, Li Yi and Xu Xun both had their hearts skipping a beat.

If you can make your brother say the word "baby", it must be a big baby!

"But I don't know what the treasure my brother is talking about?"

"Lead ore."

As soon as these words came out, Li Yi's eyes widened all of a sudden.

Xu Xun was even more exaggerated, he couldn't even close his mouth, he couldn't hold back his saliva, and a trace of crystal light hung down from the corner of his mouth......

"Woohoo"!

Xu Xun sucked the saliva back, then his throat moved, and he directly approached Feng Yong, and asked eagerly:

"Brother, the lead you argued about is the lead used to make copper coins? How many? ”

Feng Yong smiled, "There seems to be only one kind of lead in this world, right?" The amount of lead in the next argument is very large. ”

Minting money is an extremely lucrative business in itself.

The so-called copper coins are not only made of copper, but also mixed with other metals.

For example, iron.

It's just that the density of iron is smaller than that of copper, and the more iron is mixed with it, the lower the quality of the copper coin, and the lower the value of the copper coin.

While this approach allows the government to plunder a large amount of wealth in a short period of time, it comes at the cost of undermining the country's economic potential and the credibility of the government.

The so-called counterfeiting is cool for a while, and the crematorium afterwards.

The loss of the credibility of the government, the reluctance of the people to use legal tender, and even the vicious expansion of the currency, and the misery of the people's livelihood will only eat up the whole country at that time.

If you want to maintain both the quality of copper coins and the profiteering, at the current level of minting, it is best to dope lead.

Because lead is much denser than copper, and lead is soft and easy to process.

As long as the ratio is well controlled, then you can get the maximum profit.

It can be said that in this respect, the value of lead, second only to copper.

"Brother, what are we waiting for? Hurry up and let people dig it! ”

Li Yi was also short of breath and blurted out.

Feng Yong saw the gaffe of the two and smiled helplessly.

Back then, he told Zhuge Lao Demon about the copper mine, and the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, who was as steady as an old dog, couldn't sit still.

It is not surprising that Li Yi and Xu Xun reacted when they heard that there was a lead mine.

He shook his head, then nodded to the two of them:

"Now that the imperial court is implementing a monopoly on salt and iron, what do you want to do?"

Feng Yong's words were like pouring a basin of cold water on the heads of the two of them, making them calm down all of a sudden.

With the current situation of the Han Dynasty, unless they want to rebel, this treasure underground can only be dug up by the imperial court.

"But brother, only the prime minister can be the master of such matters, and I am afraid that it will be useless to talk to the Taishou of Wudu County......"

Xu Xun said with some hesitation.

Li Yi has been following Feng Yong for so long, and his vision is higher than Xu Xun's, and after being reminded by Feng Yong, he immediately reacted and directly interrupted Xu Xun's words:

"Yuande's words are wrong! This matter is reported, and the prime minister still has to let people dig it up in the end? ”

"How to deploy this manpower, equipment, transportation, etc., can it be all-inclusive by relying on the imperial court alone?"

A large mine can prosper in a place, and when the local area prospers, there will be more articles to do.

Nango is a prime example of this.

Whoever can take the first step will take advantage of the most.

Xiabi County is the county governance of Wudu County, and it has a good relationship with the county guard, which is beneficial and harmless, and if it can form a relationship of interests, it will be even better.

Xu Xun also reacted, and he couldn't help but clasp his palms:

"I see! Anyway, we can't dye our hands in the lead mine that is being argued, so it's better to tell the news to the Taishou of Wudu County. ”

"Let him also share some credit, so that his relationship with us will naturally be close!"

Li Yi once again refuted Xu Xun's words:

"Liao Taishou of Wudu County, the relationship with the Guan family is already close, if the elder brother personally tells Liao Taishou this news, it is not just to get closer, in the future, Xinghan will act in Wudu, what is the difference between it and Yueshan?"

After the fall of Jingzhou, the Guan family fell down the wall of Shu and everyone pushed it, and most people hid from the Guan family as if they were hiding from the plague, and Liao Hua was one of the very few exceptions who had dealings with the Guan family.

The reason is also very simple, Liao Hua was Guan Yu's main book back then.

Moreover, Liao Hua was born in a wealthy family in Jingzhou, and he was a figure of the Jingzhou faction in Shuzhong, and after the Battle of Yiling, he was transferred to the Prime Minister's Mansion by Zhuge Lao Demon to join the army.

Therefore, in the most difficult years of the Guan family, Liao Hua was of great help to the Guan family.

For Guan Ji, she has always regarded Liao Hua as an elder.

Feng Yong, as Guan Ji's husband, now has the opportunity to pull Liaohua, so he naturally has to be dedicated.

Therefore, whether it is from the interests of the Xinghan Society, or as the son-in-law of the Guan family, it is necessary for Feng Yong to communicate with Liao Hua first.

Otherwise, when Feng Junhou returned to the mansion, he might be kicked out of bed by Mrs. Junhou.

Xu Xun finally fully understood, and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes!" ”

At the same time, he thought in his heart, who doesn't know that his brother is to his sister-in-law, cough, he is very affectionate, no wonder his brother wants to deign to go to find Liao Taishou in person.

Feng Junhou naturally didn't know what his little brother was thinking, so he asked:

"In the past two years, I heard that the reclamation there has made good progress, and it has attracted a lot of Di and Qiang people?"

"Brother Hui, that's true."

As a qualified manager, the importance of Wudu to Dongfeng Express's Hanzhong to Longyou line is self-evident, so he naturally has to grasp the basic situation of Wudu.

"During the Battle of Longyou, Chief Hu gathered the Qiang and Di people of Wudu and Yinping, and wanted to respond to the Cao thief, but he didn't expect to be ambushed and defeated by the prime minister."

"This battle not only solved the Hu people in Wudu and Yinping, but also many tribes were moved to Xiabi to settle there."

Well, familiar recipes, familiar tastes.

When Zhuge Old Demon Ping Nanzhong was in the middle school, he also did the same.

Pretend to be a mystery first, make the other party feel that there is a great opportunity, take the initiative to gather the scattered tribes, and then knock out at one time.

Xu Xun said, as if he had thought of something, and actually laughed.

"Speaking of which, there is another interesting anecdote, I don't know if my brother has heard of it."

"Oh, let's hear it."

Feng Yong said with great interest.

In the past two years, he has been focusing on the affairs of the Hu people in Longyou and Liangzhou, and the only news he pays attention to is the lead mine in the next debate, as for other news, he has never paid attention to it.

"That's right, the Qiang and Di people of Wudu and Yinping were forcibly moved to Xiabiantun at the beginning, and some people still wanted to escape."

"Later, I found that I could eat and live more nourishing than before. The news spread, and some tribes came out of the mountains, wanting to go to the lower debate to find something to eat. ”

"Now the Hu Renyi people who are arguing and reclaiming the land can't be driven away with a whip, do you say it's strange?"

When Feng Yong heard this, he also laughed.

"This person, in fact, is the same, living in this world, the first thing is to think of a way to fill his stomach first, so that he will not be starved to death."

"You also have to dress warmly, don't freeze to death, and only when you live, you will think of anything else."

Feng Yong sighed, "Liu Liang sent news from Xiping, in winter, in order not to freeze to death, the Hu people exchanged their wives and daughters for wool and wine, which is a common thing. ”

Xiping County is actually the Qinghai area of the later generations, according to Feng Yong's experience in the northwest in his previous life, the temperature in that winter was basically more than ten degrees below zero.

In addition, it is now the period of the Xiaoice River, the temperature will only be lower, and it is common for people to freeze to death.

Spirits are still expensive in Longyou, and they are even rarer in Xiping.

Some Hu people in Xiping, in order to get a jar of spirits, let alone their own wives, or their own daughters, also gave it out without blinking.

Hu Yi, who was moved to the lower debate, can eat, which is a great thing.

Although this rice bar is sometimes sandwiched with bran, it is much better than starving to death in winter.

After all, you can't expect Feng Langjun, who is compassionate and compassionate, to work tirelessly to improve the living standards of the Hu Yi brothers.

In the era of Han chauvinism, it was already a great progress for the Han to be able to shout the slogan of Han Yi as one, let the Han people get along with Hu Yi peacefully, and take the initiative to integrate the Hu brothers with a gentle attitude.

"Since the reclamation of the lower argument is fruitful, I think there should be grain in the tun, if there is a chance, I also want to buy a batch of grain from Liao Taishou and transport it to Pingxiang nearby."

No matter how small the mosquito meat is, it is also meat, and there is not too much food.

Because of the change in the means of governing the Hu people, the newly established Huqiang School Governor's Mansion was quite a testing ground by the Han Dynasty.

Only the upper limit of the military strength of the Qiang's Captain's Mansion was limited, and the taxes that needed to be paid every year were set, and there was a five-year governance time limit.

Everything else, such as the shortage of troops, as well as food, weapons, armor, etc., must be found by the Captain of the Qiang Colonel's Mansion himself.

It seems that Feng Yong is letting go of his hands and feet, but in fact, the fundamental purpose is to accumulate experience for the Han Dynasty to govern the surrounding Huyi in the future, which is quite a bit of "one country, two governance" and "special zone".

Therefore, if Feng Yong really had a way to buy food from Liao Hua, it would not be considered a broken rule.

It's just that Xu Xun didn't understand: "Why does my brother suddenly want to buy food?" If there is a shortage of food, just tell the younger brother that the grain in Shu is quite surplus now. ”

"It's too far, I'm afraid it's too late."

This is the second time Xu Xun has heard Feng Yong say the word "too late" in the past few days, and he really doesn't understand why his brother is so anxious.

At this time, a sudden report came: "Yu Junhou, Liao Taishou came to visit!" ”

This time, even Feng Yong's face was a little surprised: "Why is Uncle Liao in Wudu at this time?" Invite him in. ”

Li Yi pondered for a moment and speculated: "Could it be that Liao Taishou knew that his brother was going to pass by, so he came here in advance?" ”

"Quite possibly!" Feng Yong laughed, "In this way, it saves a lot of trouble!" ”

PS: I'm back! With tears streaming down my face, I was finally able to work and rest normally! It's just that when I quit the battlefield at such a critical moment, I always feel a little uneasy in my heart.