Han Qian and his entourage took a boat against the Ruan River, hurried and hurried, and it was only on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year that they entered Chenshui through Chenyang and arrived at Jiming Village at dusk.

Although Chenshui is a tributary of the Ruan River, the middle and lower reaches of the river from Chenyang to Jimingzhai for nearly 100 miles, the coastal terrain through which it flows is relatively stable and open, and the large and small rivers that converge in the depths of the southern foot of Wuling Mountain have abundant water and are quite good navigation conditions.

From Chenyang to Jimingzhai in this section of the Chenshui Basin, even in winter, the average width of the river is 30 zhang, the terrain drop is very small, there is no dangerous shoal, and the water depth of the central river is also more than one zhang.

Although the ship with a load of 2,000 stones in the world is a rare large ship, it is only 100 tons of load in actual conversion, and even in winter, it is completely able to sail in the flow section between Chenshui and Jiming Village.

It's just that the sailboats built in Xuzhou are all sharp-bottomed boats, and they can't be parked on the river beach at will, but Xuzhou can cast a four-claw iron anchor weighing three or four thousand catties of iron, which can directly grasp the silt at the bottom of the river, and if necessary, they can directly anchor in the middle of the river and the middle of the river without fear of the wind and waves, and they will overcome the disadvantages of not being able to anchor on the beach.

This is also a key reason why no matter how Chenzhou's assassin Shi Xiying's father and son jumped up and down, Han Qian refused to return Jiming Village to Chenzhou.

Xuzhou is further south, and there are mountains and mountains in the Wuling Mountains to block it in the north, so it is difficult for the cold current to go south, and it rarely freezes in the coldest part of winter, so it is usually enough to wear a jacket.

The side of the boat slowly docked to the dock, Han Qian stood at the bow of the ship in a gray robe, watching Zhao Ting'er holding the baby in his arms, and Zhao Laoqi, Xi Xunqiao, Tian Cheng, Xi Chang, Gao Bao, Ji Fu and other representatives of large local households.

Although Han Qian resolutely promoted the Turkish-Hakka nationality in Xuzhou, the traces left by the thousands of years of implementation of the Turkish-Hakka nationality system in the ordinary people and this landscape cannot be erased in three or five years, Yang Zaili and Xiang Jianlong still have a lot of influence in the local area, but Han Qian is more dazzling and powerful, and they are just disgraced.

Han Qian jumped off the side of the boat in a hurry, ignoring the crowd that gathered around, and forcibly hugged the child who wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry from Zhao Ting'er's arms, his heart was full of emotion, he still returned to Jinling ahead of schedule, if it weren't for the excuse of refusing to marry, even if Yang Yuanpu didn't have the intention of killing him, he didn't know how long it would take to see his newborn son.

Han Qian pinched the big fat boy's chubby little fleshy face, raised it so well, and grabbed the little foot girl who was trying to break out of his arms, and asked Zhao Ting'er: "This kid can't be called dad yet, right?" ”

"It's only been a few months? I won't learn to speak until May or June. My mother said that the boy would speak later," In front of everyone, Zhao Ting'er restrained her joy, snuggled up to Han Qian's side, carefully holding Xin'er's back, afraid that he would break free and fall, and then turned back to see his younger brother Zhao Wuji's robe was messy by the river wind, stretched out his hand to help him tidy up, and complained, "How old are you, how messy are your clothes, you should find a girl to help you clean up......"

"Then this matter should be hurried Zhang Luo, I also plan to pass the first month, so I will ask Wuji to go to guard the southern wing." Han Qian said to Zhao Ting'er.

"I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry, I can go home and live in it for a few days, and then I can go to Nanfeng Village." Hearing Han Qian and her sister mention his marriage, Zhao Wuji, who was extremely skilled in archery on horseback, turned red, and hurriedly pushed it back, for fear that his father and mother would listen hard in the back, and he really rushed to squeeze a room in this New Year's month and his daughter-in-law came to call him Yuanfang.

"As soon as you leave, it's the whole year, where can you say that you will stay for a few days and run away?" Zhao Ting'er said angrily.

"General Wuji went to guard the southern wing, but the adults want to put one more county upstream of the canal?" Xi Xunqiao leaned over and asked.

At present, Xuzhou is in the north direction, according to the Chenzhou Xi clan in the middle and lower reaches of the Yuan River, to the southwest is according to the Yezhou Tian clan in the middle reaches of the Yuan River, and to the west is according to the Chenshui River

The Yang clan of Tianzhou, which traveled to the southern foot of Wuling Mountain, was quite powerful, and they had long been attached to Dachu, and Xuzhou wanted to expand in these three directions, not to mention the great resistance, and the division was unknown.

Han Qian wants to further enhance the strength of Xuzhou, and in a short period of time, he still has to work hard in deep cultivation.

Wuxi Man is the Qin and Han dynasties since the general name of the Shanyue people located along the Yuanshui River, the canal water is also known as Langxi, as one of the birthplaces of Wuxi Man, it is the southwest corner of Qianyang City that flows into the Ruan River.

Xuzhou very early in the lower reaches of the canal valley in Langxi County, when promoting the joint registration of Tuke, in the lower reaches of the canal recorded 4,000 Tuke registration, more than 25,000 people, but in fact, the canal water went south deep into the southeast of Guizhou between the mountains and mountains, the whole section of the river is about 400 miles long, and there are hundreds of villages in the mountains along the coast are outside the control of Langxi County.

These Fanzhai are theoretically subordinate to Xuzhou, but they have never been effectively controlled, also known as Shengfan. In addition, the canal water mountain is high and the water risk is high, and nearly half of the whole section of the river is full of deep gorges, but there are also many valleys and river valleys six or seven hundred steps wide that can be developed into paddy fields.

In the past, the central dynasty had little control over these remote prefectures and counties, and it was unimaginable to want to build a new county south of Langxi, based on the Nanfeng village, which is currently under the direct control of Xuzhou, to absorb Shengfan and develop the river valley in the upper reaches of the canal.

At present, Xuzhou is in the lower reaches of the canal to promote the reform of the acres of land, the new policies such as the merger of local and guest nationality are relatively smooth, and when Feng Yi and Gao Shao come back with a large army, Han Qian has a large number of people who are familiar with military affairs and officials available, and he also has strong enough military strength to suppress the resistance of small and medium-sized villages.

In addition to considering the new construction of Quyang County in the upper reaches of the canal, Han Qian also wanted to build a new Chenzhong County based on Jiming Village, and completely carve out the land north of Laolongxia and on both sides of the upper reaches of Chenshui from Chenzhou.

In this way, the original three counties of Qianyang, Langxi and Zhijiang in Xuzhou will be further expanded to seven counties of Qianyang, Zhongfang, Longya (Linjiang), Langxi, Zhijiang, Quyang and Chenzhong.

Of course, the large army led by Feng Yi and Lin Haizheng, no matter how fast, the first batch of people traveled on horseback, and it would almost be until early February to cross the Xuefeng Mountain and return to Xuzhou, Han Qian rarely pushed everything away now, and he didn't want to rush forward with this matter at this time.

Han Qian invited Tian Cheng, Xi Chang, Xi Xunqiao, Yang Zaili, Xiang Jianlong and others to a banquet in Jiming Village at noon, and he did not leave everyone to discuss other affairs.

In addition to Yang Yin leading more boats, replenishing new dry food, dried meat, charcoal and other materials, and making a non-stop U-turn to the Xinjiang River (in Raozhou), a tributary of the Poyang Lake water system, to welcome the old and weak women and children who moved westward, Han Qian asked everyone to go back first.

In the case of horses instead of foot strength, this road from Langxi to Qianyang can travel hundreds of miles a day, and the strong men are very hard, and most of the old and weak women and children may not be able to walk to the territory of Qianyang County after walking for three or four months.

Fortunately, over the Qianshan Mountains into the territory of Raozhou, there is the Xinjiang River (Shangrao Water) through Poyang Lake, and through Poyang Lake into the Yangtze River, upstream and then into Dongting Lake, and then into the Ruan River, although the waterway is more than one or two thousand miles, the speed is not slower than riding a horse, for the weak old and weak women and children, take the boat and take the waterway, the physical consumption will also be minimized.

Yang Qin, Feng Yi and others led the fleet to leave, and Han Qian did not live in Longya City or Qianyang City, even if he took Zhao Ting'er and Xi Ying to Longya Mountain to worship his father the next day, in addition to staying on the mountain for one night, he still returned directly to Jiming Village to live.

Jiming Village in the hands of Chenzhou Xishi, since the construction of the village has a history of hundreds of years, in the hands of Xiying to carry forward and grow, but the village at its peak also lived more than 1,000 people.

Even when the Xuzhou army came out of Laolongxia, the defenders were lured to Laoyayu to defeat and capture Jiming Village relatively intact, but in addition to the Xi clan who moved in in the early stage, there were 1,300 or 400 generals with Han Qian at this time

Stationed in the chicken village, the huge village also seems to be very crowded.

Han Qian lives in Jiming Village, and is accompanied by Zhao Ting'er and Xi Ying's two daughters every day to serve the children, which is very happy, but Chenzhou Thorn Shi Xiying feels uncomfortable.

Jiming Village was the property of the Chenzhou Xi clan in the early days, and was occupied by the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou in the early days of the war of cutting the domain.

Even if Xiying subsequently attached to Chu Ting, led the battalion to participate in the pacification of the Ma clan, and the meritorious service was also very outstanding, Xiying and his son Xijusheng, Xijiapeng and others were also awarded important positions such as Chenzhou Thorn History, Soldiers and Horses, etc., which is equivalent to hereditary Chenzhou, but it was not possible to take Jimingzhai back.

After the Jinling Incident, Han Qian fled from Shu to Xuzhou to Shouxiao, and seeing the rejection of Han Qian by the people of Yueyang, Xiying sent someone to negotiate, wanting to ask Jiming Village back.

However, this matter has not yet been seen, Han Qian suddenly left Xuzhou and sneaked to Jinling, and won the military power of the remnants of the Taowu military household from the hands of Xinchang Hou Li Pu, and then saw a series of reversals in the situation of Dachu, and during this period, Xiying could not mention the ownership of Jiming Village.

The battalion of 2,000 men and horses led by the two sons of Xiying and Xiying was also recruited this time, and was incorporated into the army along the Yangtze River to follow the main force of Yueyang's soldiers and horses all the way east and arrived at the foot of Jinling City.

The generals of the battalion fought bravely, washed the sound of shooting, washed and shot Peng, and knew the military affairs, with outstanding military achievements, and their status among the generals in Yueyang was not low.

Therefore, Han Qian returned to Xuzhou before Jinling fell, what happened behind this, Xiying was in Chenzhou, and he was more or less aware of the inside story.

It's just that Xiying knows the inside story, what can she do?

In the early days of the war, the forces of the surnames in Chenzhou were folded in the hands of the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou, and it can be said that Zheng Hui commanded the law at that time, and the father and son of the Han family were just hiding behind the scenes to manipulate power and manage the place.

Now that Zuo Guang's German army may be destined to be dismantled, although the rise of the Chishan Army is also extremely short-lived, it is undoubtedly dazzling and brilliant, and it will also push Han Qian's personal prestige to a higher level.

At least before the third prince Yang Yuanpu succeeded to the throne and spent his efforts to contain Xuzhou, Xiying definitely didn't want to be a head-on enemy with such a character.

It's just that after Han Qian returned to Xuzhou, he lived directly in Jiming Village, and a large number of soldiers and horses also settled in Chenshui with him, which was not wonderful in Xiying's opinion.

After the first month and a half, there are hundreds of craftsmen and craftsmen gathered along the south bank of Chenshui, and there are a large number of houses and warehouses and wharves on both sides of Jiming Village at the same time......

All these signs indicate that Han Qian's next step is to operate the Chenshui Upper Reaches as a key area.

If you only divide the Jiming Village and the upper reaches of Chenshui to the west, Xiying will admit it by pinching her nose, but Chenyang, the estuary of Chenshui River into the Yuan River, is the key place for Chenzhou to control the east, west, north and south, and will be directly under the peep of Xuzhou soldiers and horses.

Han Qian kept saying that Huixuzhou was filial piety to his father, how could Xiying, who knew the inside story, really believe it?

How could he not guard against Han Qian's ambition to expand outward?

And once Chenyang was occupied by the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou, the Chenzhou Prefecture Zhiyuanling and the Xishi's most important foundation at present, Lipu, was cut off.

At present, Xiying doesn't even dare to cut off Chenshui and Ruanjiang, which will only give Han Qianshi an excuse to be famous, he can only secretly strengthen the garrison of Chenyang City, hoping that the third prince can capture Jinling City as soon as possible and succeed to the throne.

In this case, on the one hand, Shooting Sheng and Shooting Peng can lead the main force of the battalion back, and on the other hand, with such a tense situation between the three princes and Han Qian, they will definitely not tolerate Han Qian to annex the surrounding counties that are also nominally attached to Dachu by force......

Of course, Xiying also secretly sent people to contact Tian Gong of Yezhou, Yang Xingfeng of Sizhou and other big names in the upper reaches of the Ruan River, hoping that they could strengthen their vigilance against Xuzhou together!

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