The end of the year is approaching.

Luo Cheng took the brothers of the 300 county barracks to Changbai Mountain.

It has been a long time since the last time he came, and when he came to the mountains again, Luo Cheng was in a somewhat complicated mood. The last time I came to suppress bandits, there were still a large number of fugitives living here in this Changbai Mountain. It's just that in that sweep, thousands of men and horses in Qi County captured Wang Boping and bandits, but they also drove nearly 5,000 fugitives from the mountains down the mountain.

In the past, there were still people in the mountains, and some fugitives had even lived in the mountains for several generations, and there were nearly 100 villages of all sizes scattered in the mountains.

Today, these stockades are all deserted.

In the mountains under Zhangqiu County, except for the six military stations built by Luo Cheng when he suppressed bandits, the rest of the more than 20 villages of various sizes were ready to be burned down.

The people are gone, and these houses and villages in the mountains and forests are just a nest for the outlaws and bandits.

The county has not thought of arranging for people to come here to live, the mountains are actually inconvenient and the land is barren, if it were not for the fugitives who used this place as a hiding place to avoid military service, few people would really want to live here. Not to mention robbers, even the fierce beasts in the mountains and forests can make people prohibitive. After all, if you flee in and don't pay rent to serve, you can barely live, but if you move in with the land granted by the government, you have to pay rent and serve, and it will be difficult to live.

Although the fields of the fugitives in more than 20 villages were registered in the official accounts, they were just thrown away in the wasteland.

Only Luo Cheng would feel that this place still has some value, when he proposed to garrison the army, the county lieutenant Du Ruhui agreed to come down in one bite, without the slightest hesitation, it was useless to stay in his hands anyway, it was better to give it to Luo Cheng. If it can really be reclaimed, it can be regarded as waste utilization.

Maybe it was just a handshake and peace, Du Ruhui showed great sincerity.

He not only pulled out all the fields left by the fugitives in the mountains to Luo Cheng, but also pulled out all the more than 300 people who were reduced to slaves in the cattle theft and slaughter case to Luo Cheng, which can be regarded as the tuntian slaves of the county soldiers.

He also pulled out a lot of farm tools and other tools that were stolen from these people's homes to Luo Cheng, and also pulled some from the warehouse.

Luo Cheng took 300 county soldiers, and brought more than 300 tuntian slaves into the mountains, and also brought many cattle, horses, ploughing tools, seeds, etc., like a migrating army.

The first military station is Yangma Village, which is the closest to Zhangqiu County, 20 miles away from the mountain and 50 miles away from Zhangqiu County. In fact, Zhangqiu County is not large, but under normal circumstances, Changbai Mountain is not included. If the mountainous area belonging to Zhangqiu is included, then the mountainous area under its jurisdiction can be as big as half of Zhangqiu County.

Therefore, it can be said that half of Zhangqiu is an unmanaged mountainous area, and half is a real county and township.

The remaining five military stations are scattered in the north of Yangma Village.

The six stockades were actually guarded on three roads leading to the mountains, and a military station was built at intervals of twenty miles on each road. Between the three roads, there is a difference of about twenty or thirty miles.

At the beginning, Luo Cheng chose these six villages to build military stations, precisely because he took a fancy to the geographical characteristics of guarding the main road into the mountain.

Zhao Gui led the cavalry team into the village and went around, and the once lively village was empty, not even a chicken, only some sparrows landed on the roof.

There were also a few local dogs that had been reduced to wild dogs and stood guard in the stockade, waiting for the return of their owners.

The military station in the corner of the stockade was also empty, and after the last time the bandits were suppressed, the military station was empty.

Originally, it was planned that this military station would be burned down like those stockades.

"In the garrison station of the county soldiers, those tuntian slaves and livestock can be arranged to live in the outside village, and the county soldiers can also take their families and arrange to live outside in the future."

Luo Cheng attaches great importance to Tuntian, he not only plans to let the county soldiers Tuntian be self-sufficient, but he also wants to give those county soldiers land here, let them bring their families, and then form Tunpu soldiers.

"Settle down first, and then go back and re-plan the stockade."

Luo Cheng pointed to the empty village, he planned to replan the village, those messy houses should be pushed to rebuild, repaired more neatly, and wells and canals should be drilled, and the walls and doors of the village should be repaired.

The stockade is not only a place for the tuntian slaves and livestock to live, but also an outer fort for the military station, which has a certain defensive power and guards the military station of the inner fort.

Even in the future, simple bazaars can be established in the stockade, connecting the various military stations and villages, so that the people and soldiers living here can easily buy things, or sell local game.

In order to defend this mountainous area and ensure that the military station can hold on for a long time, it must be enriched here, and it cannot rely on blood transfusion from the outside alone.

The land in the mountains is indeed barren, but at least it is self-sufficient.

Zhao Gui stood beside Luo Cheng and couldn't help but say, "Little Wu, did you say we did the right thing before?" In fact, it turns out that the fugitives in this village are quite pitiful. ”

"Yes, it would be nice if only the thieves could be pursued and pardoned, and they would be re-registered, and then the land would be given to them, so that they could continue to live here."

It's just that he wasn't the one who made the decision.

Just like the cattle theft case, Luo Cheng was also angry with those who stole the cattle, but he felt that it was enough to investigate these people for their crimes, and there was no need to implicate their families.

He is still not the one who makes the decision.

Whether it is anti-thieves and robbers, fugitives, cattle thieves, these are all unforgivable people in the eyes of the government, especially when most of the fugitives here are still entangled with bandits.

"In addition to these six stockades, people were sent to dismantle the other stockades, and everything that could be used was moved over to repair these six stockades and strengthen the military station. All the other stockades were demolished, leaving only one or two houses for the county soldiers to rest temporarily during patrols, and those that could not be taken away were burned. ”

There are many villages in the mountains, some large and some small, but Luo Cheng only has 300 county soldiers, one team is stationed at one station, and can only be stationed in six villages. Since the excess can't be taken care of, it is simply dismantled for the materials, and the remaining ones that are not used up or used are not kept, and they are burned.

As for the fields over there, they will be cultivated if they are near, and they will be left barren if they are far away.

Luo Cheng sent county soldiers to garrison six villages in the mountains, and the rotation system was implemented. Each team changes its station once every six months, basically stationed in the mountains for the first half of the year, and then stationed in the county seat for half a year.

Each team participates in rotation.

The first group stationed in Liuzhai were the pikemen, spears, shields, hooks, scythes, light cavalry and crossbows, and the list was drawn by lot for the leaders of each team.

"Compared to those fugitives, we're on the right track." The head of the spear team sighed.

"Yes, let's follow Xiao Wu, it's only been a long time, and now the horse has to be ridden and scattered. I took back the bounty I got several times to buy a lot of fields, and renovated the house, all of which relied on Xiao Wu, or Xiao Wu, I guess I would still be worried about not being able to hand over the deer skin and pheasant feathers required by the county. Zhao Gui also said.

"You don't have to thank me, I just took you on this road, but you can get a reward for your merits, and you fought with your lives."

Lao Jia said on the side, "As long as you follow Wulang well, you will not only have to be rewarded and paid in the future, but you will also be able to get an official and a half-job sooner or later, and you will be able to glorify your ancestors." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone was even more motivated. Yes, how dare they imagine that in the past, they had just won the rank and won a lot of rewards, not to mention how energetic they were.