Qingshui River, Rabbit Hair Estuary.

Qin Chuan rode a horse and walked around the newly built military fort on the mountain beam next to the estuary, carefully inspecting the reinforced concrete walls of the military fort, as well as the foundation underneath.

Liao Sangun and Li Dingguo also rode horses and followed him in circles.

The Tumaochuan Fort has been built, the Shiwankou Fort has also been built, the two military forts are under construction at the same time, in addition to the construction team, more than 10,000 migrant workers, 1,000 mules and horses, 2,000 chicken carts, the construction site is full of people coming and going all day and night, and the vehicles are endless.

With such a large investment, it still took two months to build these two military forts.

Among them, the circumference of the rabbit hair chuan fort is two miles, it is built on the top of the mountain beam in a square, the four walls are all made of reinforced concrete, three zhang and six feet high, a total of three floors, one hundred and sixty rooms on each floor, a total of four hundred and eighty rooms on the three floors, which can accommodate three thousand soldiers to live, and can accommodate up to eight thousand people in wartime.

The shape of Shiwankou Fort is rectangular, the circumference and internal size are similar to those of Tumaochuan Fort, and the height is also three zhang and six feet.

After the completion of these two military forts, the area from Yaotouguan to the Qingshui River was also under the control of Qinchuan.

At present, the officials of the Department of Agriculture have already inspected the terrain and measured the land in this area, and when the entire Hetao area is taken over next year, some people will be relocated to more suitable places for farming in this area.

Especially the Qingshui River, there are a large number of abandoned river flats along the whole river, which is very suitable for living, and there is a Qingshuihe County in this place in later generations, but now because of frequent wars, there are no villages along the river at all.

At that time, this area is definitely going to immigrate.

Between Tumaochuan Fort and Shiwankou Fort, the road that can accommodate two carriages in parallel has been built, and two roads have been built to pass through the Bitouguan and Laoying Fort, and now, there are still a large number of mule carriages and chicken carts coming and going between several military forts in an endless stream, and a large number of building materials are transported into Tumaochuan Fort and Shiwankou Fort.

These construction materials will be stored in these two military forts for a period of time, and when the ice and snow melt in the spring of next year, they will continue to be shipped north, build a large number of military forts, and officially start the Hetao raid.

After two laps along the Rabbit Mao Chuan Fort, Qin Chuan nodded in satisfaction, then turned his horse's head and looked at the rolling mountains on the north bank of the Qingshui River.

"Next year, let's go to Naturalization City to escape the summer, by the way, is there any movement from the Jiannu in Dahong City?"

Liao Sangun, who was behind him, replied: "General Qiyu, after the gang of Jiannu gathered two hundred cows and eight hundred sheep, there was no sound, and the standard sent someone to tell them that the gift was too little, but they put on an attitude of love or not, and they were reluctant to add a sheep." ”

"Oh, by the way, there are also four Mongolian beauties, some of them are dedicated by the Ordos Department, and there are also those from the Tumut Department, the Karaqin Department and the Bahrain Department."

"Beauty?" Qin Chuan's eyes lit up, "Have you seen the goods?" What does beauty look like? ”

"I haven't seen it before."

"Hmmm......"

Qin Chuan pondered for a moment, and said a little helplessly: "Since the other party refuses to pluck his hair again, then ...... Send someone to tell Du Du that he should exchange the sheep for oxen, and I will ask for five hundred large oxen that can be used for service, and he will come to meet me in the Hunhe River when he has all the oxen. ”

"Remember to remind him, don't want to take some sick cows and old cows to fool around, let him wait for an extra month if he is sick, and he can go back to Liaodong if he is sick."

"Yes."

Liao San shot in response, and then walked away quickly.

Qin Chuan looked to the north again, and then turned around and walked into the Rabbit Mao Chuan Fort.

The reason why he wants cattle is because he lacks cattle.

When the population is small and the arable land is small, this problem is not so serious, but when the population is large, especially after the explosive growth of arable land, there is a great shortage of ploughing cattle.

Qin Chuan once issued a ban on the slaughter of cultivated cattle, and violators were punished with hard labor and beheading.

This ban is actually very normal, because all dynasties have banned the killing of ploughing cattle, and the Ming Dynasty has also banned it.

In the era of farming, the importance of ploughing cattle to the common people is self-evident.

As the saying goes, 30 acres of land and a cow, wife and children hot kang, which means that there are 30 acres of land and a cow, and there are wives and children at home, which is enough to live and work in peace and contentment.

However, in Qinchuan's rule, the ratio of land to cultivated cattle reached 100 to 1, or even higher.

In other words, for every 100 acres of land, there is only one ploughing ox.

A cow can only plough two acres of land a day, and a hundred acres of land must be ploughed for 50 days, not to mention whether the cow will die of exhaustion, just say that these 50 days have long passed the sowing time. 118

Now there are many mules and horses used as ploughing cattle in Qinchuan Zhi, and there are many manpower to pull ploughs, and the degree of labor is beyond ordinary people can bear.

Therefore, Qin Chuan wants to plough cattle.

I want a lot of very good cattle.

Mongolian cattle are sturdy, can adapt to the harsh feeding environment, tolerate coarse grains, tolerate cold, have a large service capacity, and have strong staying power, and are used to make ploughing cattle no better.

The vast majority of Mongolians still live by grazing, and they raise Mongolian cattle for money and meat.

After taking the Hetao and opening up the Khalkha trade road, Qinchuan wanted to buy a large number of Mongolian cattle from Khalkha or other Mongolian tribes, and he had to reach the level of one cow on thirty acres of land.

……

Two days later, Cao Bianjiao sent back the news, and Du Du agreed, a total of 500 domesticated service cattle.

After another five days, Du Du sent 500 big yellow cattle to the vicinity of Erdaokou of the Hunhe River, and his 3,000 elites of the Zhenghuang Banner also left the Great Red City and waited on the north bank of the Hunhe River.

Qin Chuan immediately led Liao Sangun and Li Dingguo's 2,000 Guan Imperial Army to the north and headed for the second crossing of the Hunhe River.

Cao Bianjiao and Ren Liang each led 2,000 soldiers and horses, and rushed to the east and west sides of the Erdaokou first, covering on both wings to prevent Jiannu from suddenly crossing the river and sneaking attack.

After a day of marching, Qinchuan arrived at the south bank of Erdaokou.

Du Du was already waiting on the north bank, next to him were five hundred strong Mongolian cattle, and not far behind him were three thousand elite Yellow Banners.

Qin Chuan asked Li Dingguo to bring a hundred Guan imperial troops forward, and Du Du also asked his subordinates to drive the five hundred cattle across the river in the shallows.

After inspecting the 500 big yellow cattle and confirming that there were no sick cattle and old cows, Qin Chuan rode a horse and headed towards the river with Liao Sangun and Li Dingguo.

Du Du also took Fan Wencheng and Sonny and walked towards them.

Eventually, the two sides stopped at the narrow section of the second crossing of the Hunhe River, facing each other across the river that was only about ten paces wide.

"Dajin Kingdom Dorobele loves Xinjue Luodudu, and on the order of the Khan of Dajin Kingdom, he has come to discuss with General Qin about stopping the alliance with the army."

Du Du gave a fist salute and said aloud in half-baked northern official dialect.

A smile appeared at the corner of Qin Chuan's mouth, and he also arched his hand: "It turned out that Lord Belle arrived, disrespectful, disrespectful." ”

"General Qin is polite."

"Lord Belle, who are these two people next to you?"

"Contemptible Fan Wencheng, a scholar of the Dajin Guowenguan University, has met General Qin." Fan Wencheng took the initiative to salute Qin Chuan.

"Dajin Guozheng Yellow Flag Niu Lu Zhangjing, Herscheri Soni." Sonny patted his chest expressionlessly.

"Oh."

Qin Chuan suddenly realized: "It turned out to be a scholar of Fan University, and Lord Sony, the auxiliary minister. ”

Du Du, Fan Wencheng and Sony suddenly frowned.

Because Qin Chuan said the four words of the auxiliary minister.

Sony is just a Niu Lu Zhangjing, because he is familiar with Manchu, Han and Mongolian characters, and is familiar with Han customs, he was temporarily transferred by Huang Taiji to assist Du Du in negotiations, otherwise, with his identity, he would not be qualified to stand with Du Du and Fan Wencheng.

But Qin Chuan said that Sony was the auxiliary minister.

Why is that?

"Hehe, let's get down to business."

Seeing that the other party's face was wrong, Qin Chuan skipped the matter with a smile.

"If your Great Khan wants to negotiate peace, he should always show some sincerity, let's talk about it, what conditions can he come up with?"