The weather is getting colder, the year is only spring, summer, autumn and winter, in this era, it seems that the time of the year always passes so fast, there is no fast communication, there is no fast transportation, the transmission of information and going to other places, are calculated in months, time passes faster and faster.

Gan Qi, who went around and around, returned to Qinzhou again, Gan Qi's buttocks, had already grown a thick scab, and after riding a horse for a long time, the skin of the butt would definitely be worn out, of course, after breaking once, it would not break again, and scabs would grow, and the scabs would grow thicker and thicker, and they would itch from time to time.

The cold in the northwest, there is a kind of dryness, the cold is uncomfortable, peeling and cracking, Ganqi, the Kaifeng person, is a little unbearable, with a thick velvet hat, thick leather gloves, wrapped in a mask, and the charcoal fire is always around.

The cavalry in the army was still training, and the men in the mighty army were galloping in the cold wind. Outside the iron gate, there began to be Ganqi's horse farm, the men who raised horses, they didn't care who the grass on the pasture was, they cut it when they saw it, if there was a tribe also cutting the grass, the men would save trouble, and they would grab it when they went up.

The forage for the winter has to be prepared like this.

The Dangxiang court really began to move westward, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Xipingguazhou, there was an oasis on the Gobi, and it became the new center of Western Xia.

On the side of Xingqing Mansion, heavy troops are hoarded, but here is the real economic center of the Tangut people, if it is lost here, the Xixia will really become a small country in the Gobi.

Gan Qi was also satisfied, completely satisfied, and there were more and more cavalry soldiers who went out of the pass to grab forage, and tens of thousands of mighty soldiers almost led their horses out of the iron gate.

Yanzhou, Qinzhou, Qingzhou and other places also erected recruitment flags, and the mighty army recruited soldiers, and those who wanted to be strong and good families, those who could ride horses were given priority, and those with superb archery skills were also given priority, and 50,000 were filled, and then 10,000 or 60,000 were recruited.

Gan Qi wanted to take such a good opportunity to directly expand the mighty army to 100,000, but reality did not allow it, to put it bluntly, there was still no money.

Stunned came down from the plateau, and Gan Qi had something to tell him to do.

In the Qinzhou Mansion, Gan Qi asked Chong Yu: "How many people are you back now?" ”

He replied in astonishment: "There are 20,000 forbidden troops in Yanzhou and 13,000 van troops, and now the soldiers and horses in Qinzhou are temporarily under his command, and the forbidden compartments are about 20,000 two." ”

"All in all, almost more than 50,000 people?"

"Well, that's about the same amount." He replied in astonishment, and said: "This is also Gan Xianggong here, if Gan Xianggong is no longer in the northwest, the last general will also be the soldiers of Yanzhou." ”

The fact that there are so many people under his command is naturally the reason for Ganqi. Because the official position of the envoy of Xihe Lanhuang is still only a name, it belongs to Gan Qi's verbal promise, and there is no official decree from the imperial court. So many people were stunned because Ganch, the commander of the Privy Council, was here.

"There is no urgency in the matter of official positions, and when I will be in Bianliang, I will get this matter done." Ganchi said.

He was stunned and hurriedly arched his hand: "Xianggong, this is not the meaning of the general." ”

Gan Qi waved his hand to stop the topic, and said: "The land in the northwest is barren, the grain yield is not high, I want to grow rice here, you now have 50,000 horses under your command, you can try it along the river, the weather is warmer in spring, you start to try to sow rice, I have sent people to the south to transfer rice seeds and some rice planting masters." ”

"This ...... Xianggong, the things of rice are produced in the south, and they come far to the northwest, and they are afraid that they will not adapt to the water and soil. ”

"It's okay, give it a try, it doesn't matter if you succeed or not. Rice is planted in the Yellow River system, and if it is once completed, the land of the Hetao can become a granary. If the Hetao can become a granary, it can prevent the spread of the desert, and second, it can be peaceful in the northwest and western regions. "Gan Chi is a dream.

If the Hetao can really become a granary, it will be too scary, what kind of sheep and horses to raise? As long as there is food, the Central Plains Iron Armor can fight all over the world. Crossing the Hexi from the Hetao to the Western Regions, this road is really eternal. Food is everything.

As long as the rice can be cold-tolerant, the black soil in the northeast will also be a granary. This benefit is self-evident.

"Then the general will order to go down and give it a try, it will not be difficult for the army to reclaim." He replied in amazement.

If you want rice to be cold-resistant, it will be difficult to achieve it in one or two years, and it will take five years, ten years, or even twenty years, and it will definitely be successful." Gan Qi said.

"Please let me know."

"In the first year, you plant first, think that most of them take root and sprout but it is difficult to bear ears, as long as they form grains, even if they are few, they are well collected and kept, and then plant these leftovers in the next year, and harvest these ears into grains for several years in a row, this is the method of breeding and improvement, and one day, you can plant the ears of grain in the whole field." Gan Qi said that this is the law of nature and the law of science, although the reason is simple, but it can also be successful.

Japan also eats rice, and the latitude of Japan is also high, and the weather is cold. Rice must be able to protect against the cold, but it also needs a process.

In addition, there is another way, that is, to go directly to the north of Japan to bring back rice seeds to plant, which requires Ganqi's fleet, this method, Ganqi also has to arrange the implementation, whether Japanese rice seeds can be served in the northwest water and soil, is also a question, anyway, both methods, Ganqi began to prepare.

In the coming day, rice must be planted in the northwest and northeast. If rice can be planted in Liaoyang, Huanglongfu and other places, it will be of great significance to the national plan.

Farming is a national policy, military strength, and economic strength. Judging from the long history, wherever the fields can be planted, the army will inevitably be able to fight wherever they can.

Northeast farming, that is still the Jurchen after the establishment of the Jin State really began to implement, the rise of the Manchus, relying on the continuation of the Jurchens, the society began to move from fishing and hunting to farming, the relationship between the Manchus and the Jurchens is too much debate, but the Manchus really accepted the Jurchen heritage in this regard.

The Northeast has become a big granary, which is already a modern thing in later generations. Gan Qi obviously wanted to pull modern things to the Great Song Dynasty.

The northwest is a big granary, in the Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, this is undoubtedly a big granary, but after the Tang Dynasty, with the changes in the environment, it became more and more barren, and in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, it can no longer be called the adjective "granary". However, in later generations, the grain production in the northwest began to increase again, and although it is still difficult to be called a granary, it can still be used as a granary again in terms of the proportion of the population of this era.

The most important thing is that Ganqi doesn't care whether the ranch needs to be protected or not, as long as he can plant, Ganqi can turn the Hetao into fertile land, and he doesn't care who wants to graze horses and sheep here. This is not possible in the Hereafter. Instead of letting the Hetao be gnawed into a desert by sheep, it is better to turn the Hetao into an endless fertile field.

If the Hetao becomes a fertile land, the Mongolian steppe, and the Gobi in the Western Regions, it is all within the reach of the soldiers.

History and people, in fact, are such a relationship. The history of China is the history of farming, which also includes water conservancy construction, from the rise of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the rise of Qin, to the development of Sichuan, it is all like this, the reason why Sichuan has become the country of abundance, Dujiangyan is indispensable, and farming is indispensable.

As long as there is water for irrigation, everything is easy to say.

Ganqi's plan is bigger than many people realize. Just because he really knows that Gansu, Shaanxi and other places really produce rice, and the yield will not be low. Hetao, an area surrounded by the Yellow River, surrounded by a unique water system, and an almost endless plain, will surely become a real rice producing area.

The only thing to do is to drive away the herdsmen, dig the ground and dig ditches, and plant!

Therefore, the next thing Gan Qi wants to talk to is the "herdsmen's drive plan", and the Hetao in later generations is mainly the territory of Inner Mongolia. Now that this is a party territory and an enemy country, it is morally not at all in the way of Ganqi's inhumane plan.

The herdsmen drove away the plan, and they were stunned when they heard it.

Gan Qi then said a lot of arrangements, but he was stunned and asked: "Xianggong, can the Hetao really grow rice?" ”

Gan Qi smiled slightly: "Just do it and drive the party members north." ”

"Yes." He was stunned and skeptical, but he was also ready to resolutely carry it out.

This kind of thing of farming starts with the military reclamation of the tuntian, and then the land is stable, and the people naturally come. The army is the main force in the early stage, and Chong Yi and Di Yong are the main force in the early stage.

"Leave 40,000 horses for you and Di Yong, and get this matter done as soon as possible." Gan Qi instructed.

"Xianggong can rest assured, even if the Hetao can't grow rice, the last general will drive all the party members out of the Hetao. This is the strategy for the destruction of the party, and the general will definitely do everything in his power to get it done at this time. He was stunned and said the true thoughts in his heart, whether he wanted to farm in Hetao or not, he must do it to drive the party members.

Gan Qi nodded, and said: "Di Yong, I will use it for other purposes in the future, and the affairs of Hebei are all entrusted to you." ”

"The last general feels in his heart, and he can be so trusted by the public, and the last general will only die a hundred times, and he will not dare to slack off."

Forming a party for personal gain, Gan Qi Xing was doing it by the way, and the northwest was brave and stunned, and he was more and more tied to death in Gan Qi's car.

Wang Shao recently received a sum of money from Gan Qi, not much, 60,000 yuan, more than 200 horses. But it was enough for him to complete the search for the high plains to find the Su people, Wang Shao has been addicted to this recently, and he is bent on completing the plan of combining vertical and horizontal. Recruiting people, buying gifts, looking for eminent monks, looking for scriptures, and looking for translators who can understand both Hui and Chinese.

I don't know why Wang Shao is so concerned about this kind of thing in the open side, maybe he was born to do this kind of thing, people in later generations said that the Great Song Dynasty was a great coward, and there was no achievement in history, in fact, it was not necessarily true, Wang Shao of the open side still did the real thing of opening up the territory for the Great Song Dynasty, and he did it extremely successfully, and he still made achievements in history.

Now Gan Qi has given Wang Shao's ambition a boost, so much so that Wang Shao also told Gan Qi some beautiful visions, saying that after destroying the party, he can also attack Huangtou Huifu again, and then fight the grass head Dadan, so that Naxi Domain can be embraced and restore the majesty of the Han and Tang dynasties in one fell swoop.

Gan Qi grinned and replied, "Okay, just do it!" ”

When Wang Shao heard Gan Qi's words, he was like being beaten with chicken blood, and his whole body was full of energy. Wang Shao in history, if he hadn't been born in the wrong era, he would have been Zhang Qian's class super. But now, he may also have the day when he was named "Marquis of Dingyuan", and he will go down in history with the name of Wang Dingyuan.

Wang Shao left, and personally led the team to find the Hui people east of Lop Nur. Mengtuo also hurriedly sent people to escort him to the plateau, passing through Cuowenbu to the west.

Ganchi is planning these far-reaching things in the Northwest.

In the court of Bianliang, the turmoil has already risen.

Zhongshu Province Seven Grades edited and repaired a few ways, and was bowing to Emperor Wan'an at the court, and then was filled with righteous indignation: "The Northwest generals, all of them call Gan Daojian their own father-in-law, one by one, only he is Gan Daojian, and those generals do not hesitate to fight against the emperor for Gan Daojian, and there is no His Majesty in their eyes, only Gan Daojian." In the army, they were embarrassed and colluded, and they shielded Gan Daojian one by one, and the ministers couldn't even find Gan Daojian's whereabouts...... Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, Gan Daojian is forming a party for personal gain, this is a great rebellion! ”

Wen Yanbo has already spoken: "This is the Taizu under Zhou Shizong!" ”

More than ten years ago, Wen Yanbo used this sentence to say Di Qing, which was so straightforward and direct. Now, it's this sentence again, and it's on Gan Qi.

Fu Bi took a sentence: "The words of the literary minister are deafening and alert the world." ”

Emperor Zhao Shu, his face was pale, and the joint name of hundreds of officials was suddenly not a proof of Ganqi, but a proof of Ganqi's selfishness. Regardless of how true or false Yan Jidao said, the names of hundreds of officials are all supporting Gan Daojian, which is inevitably a little scary.

Zhao Shu asked: "The holy decree is in person, Gan Qi really doesn't return?" ”

"Your Majesty, the holy decree arrived in person, but he completely ignored Weichen, and ordered the military Han to block Weichen and drive Weichen out of the palace. Weichen is the emperor's envoy, so don't you take Your Majesty in your eyes? Yan said a few words, there is a point.

There was an uproar in the room.

Suddenly, I heard a word: "Everyone, wait." ”

I saw Sima Guang walking out of the crowd, and Fu Bi Wen Yanbo glanced at each other, knowing that this troll leader was going to make a move.

But he didn't think Sima Guang opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, you must not be so suspicious of meritorious officials in the court, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo were all stunned, they thought that Sima Guang came out and said such a sentence, Wen Yanbo immediately shot back: "Sima Zhongcheng, now that the matter is over, do you still want to speak for Gan Daojian?" ”

Sima Guanglong walked forward and replied: "The minister is not speaking for anyone, but the overall situation. Gan Daojian is going to come back after all, his family is in Beijing, more than 1,000 Gan family members are in Beijing, Princess Yongjia is about to give birth, and there are countless friends and students in Beijing. How could he not return? If you don't return this time, it will naturally be difficult to get out of business. If you say such a thing in the court, it will inevitably be spread, and once it is spread, do you know the consequences? ”

"What consequence, you say? Does he really dare to rebel? Wen Yanbo said so, he hoped that Sima Guang would force Gan Qi to reverse him, and that was the right one.

"Wen Xianggong, what you say, is it what the prime minister can say? What kind of meritorious service is Gan Xianggong? If the court is so criticized, who else in the world will dare to serve the country in the future? The Confucian scribes in Beijing, how do they talk about the imperial court? How can everyone in the literary world sit idly by? Aren't you afraid that the people will poke your backbone in the back and scold your ancestors for eighteen generations? "Sima Guang, a conservative who is too traditional to be traditional, a son of a sage, he is a loyal minister, there is no doubt about that.

Courtiers can never only distinguish between black and white, only about loyalty and treachery. Sima Guang did what he should have done at this moment, even if he and Gan Qi were not fellow travelers, even if he and Gan Qi didn't know how many rings they would fight in the future, but he was really worried today, afraid that this court would really do something stupid.

When he was tough, Fu Bi immediately saw the old god there, brushing his beard and not saying a word.

But Wen Yanbo didn't say anything, and immediately fought back: "You said that he was willing to come back, did he come back?" ”

"Wenxiang, Sima Guang dares to use Xiangshang's head as a guarantee, and he will inevitably enter Beijing within two or three months. When the time comes, I will judge the crime and reward, and I will have my own judgment, and I, Sima Guang, as the head of the official, will definitely be the first to rush to the head and bitterly show the crime of resisting the decree of the public. But today's words, don't talk about it anymore, and quickly drive the Yan Jidao who bewitched the people out of the court. Sima Guang put himself in the middle and put himself in the most fair position, so that he would have a clear conscience.