Chapter XVII: Building Walls and Accumulating Grain

I'm sorry, I'm on duty during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I have a bad cold, sneezing constantly, dizziness, and I haven't updated it in time, so I'm sorry for everyone. )

With Liu Ze coming to the craftsmen in Liaodong, Liu Ze set up a craftsman camp to let Lejin manage, and the craftsmen selected excellent ones as the heads of each branch. Feeling that there was too much wasteland in Liaodong, the reclamation efforts were not enough, the lack of cattle ploughing, and the tools for reclamation were outdated, Liu Ze recalled the agricultural tools of later generations, drew sketches, let the craftsmen build the camp, and encouraged cattle raising, and the county and county finances gave appropriate subsidies. A spring is busy slipping away.

The materials prepared by Guo Jia were almost there, and when Zhao Yun and Xiahoulan came with their families, Liu Ze was overjoyed and asked Zhao Yun and Xiahoulan to lead 500 soldiers to escort them, and more than 300 carts pulled full of goods and marched towards Xianbei.

Liaodong belongs to the borderland, military equipment has always been highly valued, Liaodong has 30,000 soldiers, Liu Ze inspected the barracks, saw that military discipline was lax, the equipment was backward, the soldiers were sluggish, could not help but be angry, instructed Lejin, Yu Ban, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei to leave the weak and strong, recruit new soldiers, strict training, be sure to train elite soldiers. The thief Cao in charge of Zang Ba is equivalent to the current Public Security Bureau, responsible for maintaining local law and order. Liu Ze thought of the local troops in later generations, and asked Zang Ba to recruit people, based on the rangers, set up a thief Cao battalion, and the training method, and said something for Zang Ba's reference. Privately told Zang Ba that this unit is well trained, and it can't help but maintain law and order, and it can also fight externally, so the training requirements must not be low. Zang Ba was overjoyed, stayed on the training ground all day long, and trained a group of young people to be screaming.

Shi A's duty is to guard the county guard, Liu Ze saw that he led a group of rangers around him every day, and he also felt that his head was big, and Shi Ah couldn't do Luoyang's intelligence work, and he had already handed it over to Xi Zhicai, and the group of rangers that Le Jin had trained in Luoyang were extraordinary, Liu Ze pondered whether to let Shi A do the training of special forces. As soon as he said it to Xi Zhicai, Xi Zhicai immediately objected: "Ming public security is more dangerous than everything, and Shi A is excellent in martial arts, so he is the best candidate." Liu Ze smiled bitterly: "Zhicai, Shi A is such a capable person by my side, don't you think it's condescending?" Now that there is no war, the county guard will leave a hundred people to do so, and Shi Ah should let him play a greater role. Xi Zhicai still didn't agree, "Where the duty of loyalty lies, Shi Ah can't leave for a moment." Liu Ze had no choice but to compromise and said: "How about letting Shi A recruit manpower and build a site next to the county guard mansion to train newcomers?" Xi Zhicai reluctantly agreed. Xi Zhicai went to tell Shi Ah again, the matter of training newcomers, so that he doesn't have to rely on the top to catch it, just arrange a few rangers with outstanding martial arts, Shi A's main job is to protect Liu Ze's safety, and finally said to Shi Ah seriously: "Shi A, Ming Gong is very important to you, thinking that you will be a subordinate governor, Qu Cai, in fact, it is not, Ming Gong Tianzong is a genius, and he is in danger of Liaodong, and it is also the basis of our wealth, so the safety of Ming Gong is more important than Mount Tai, remember to remember." Shi A's eyes were red, and he said to Xi Zhicai: "What Mr. said is engraved in my heart." ”

One evening, there was nothing to do, Liu Ze set up a banquet, banqueted the officials of the county guard, and a large group of people drank the burning knives brewed in Liaodong, chatting about the world, so unhappy. During the banquet, Liu Ze said: "Xianbei and Wuhuan are good at riding and shooting, what is the good way to refuse?" The original soldier Cao engaged in Tian Gon said: "Xianbei Wuhuan cavalry, come and go like the wind, good is the battle, unfavorable is to go, it is really difficult to figure out, unless it is taken by surprise, surrounded by a large army, or can be victorious." "Cavalry is good for field warfare, not good at attacking fortifications, such as building more fortified cities, Chen soldiers treat each other, can be refused." Hu Cao engaged in Gongsun Fu said. "The Duke of Ming should recruit soldiers and horses, train elite cavalry, and fight with them." Jue Cao said. Le Jin said: "Soldiers, treacherous ways, in response to the terrain, set up strange schemes, why can't the soldiers be invincible?" Liu Ze stroked his palms and laughed: "Wen Qian said it well. Yu Ban said: "The cavalry is good at shooting, so let my bow and arrow range be higher than his, make strong bows and crossbows, and shoot head-on." Zhang Fei said loudly: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, afraid that he will be a bird." Guan Yu said with a smile: "Shoot the horse first, capture the thief and capture the king first, why not make an idea on the war horse?" Liu Ze thought secretly, this is just sitting and talking, only those who have really competed with the Xianbei Wuhuan cavalry have the right to speak, so he asked: "During the Xiping period, the emperor sent Xia Yu out of Gaoliu, Tian Yan out of Yunzhong, Zang Min out of Yanmen, more than 2,000 miles out of the fortress, attacked Xianbei together, and was defeated by Tanshi Huai, can there be a servant in Liaodong?" Tian Gon said: "The three armies have all suffered defeats, and there are many casualties among the generals and colonels of the army, and there are no soldiers in Liaodong. Liu Ze was silent.

Spring ploughing has been completed, Xiangping is the county seat, and is located in the northeast of Liaoning, Xi Zhicai proposed, strengthen the Xiangping city wall, dig deep moats, and build a city in the border to garrison soldiers, Liu Ze Xu Zhi.

In the midsummer of May, Guo Jia returned and harvested a lot, with more than 2,000 war horses, more than 3,000 cattle, and countless skins and skins of various animals. Liu Ze selected war horses, the good horses were used for military use, and the rest were distributed to various logistics support units. The cattle were distributed to each county, and the county commander arranged it. Fur makes armor, warm clothing, and so on.

One day, Xi Zhicai reported to Liu Ze and said: "Zhang Rang was angry because the captain of Sili failed to find the person who stole his property, and cried in front of the emperor, the emperor has dismissed the captain of Sili and let Yuan Shao be the captain of Sili." Liu Ze said with a smile: "Zhang let this dog kill talents, the energy is not small, and he can influence the emperor's appointment and dismissal." Xi Zhicai said: "The eunuchs have been in power for a long time, the emperor's ears are soft, and the ministers of the court and the central government are also helpless. "Zhicai, this ill-gotten gain, I think of using it to make a huge ship, and then it can be used for coastal trade between the north and the south, and once the war starts, it can also be used as a warship and warship." Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "Be prepared, building a huge ship costs a lot, and it is difficult to see results in the short term." Liu Ze nodded and said, "Who do you think is in charge?" "Fengxiao is loose, and it takes patience and meticulousness to build a huge ship, and it is difficult for Fengxiao's temperament to be responsible for this; Ming Gong thinks Xiahou Lan is feasible? "Well, Ziyou is calm, meticulous, and good at governing the army, so he can do this."

Thinking of the location of Dalian Port, Liu Ze called Xiahoulan, and together with Xi Zhicai, carefully explained the thoughts and purposes. Let Xiahou Lan recruit shipbuilders, don't spare the wages, choose a good port, set up a good water village, and let the wood he needs choose in Liaodong, and if there is no one in Liaodong, go to other counties to buy. I took out a sketch of the giant ship and explained it in detail. Hearing that Xi Zhicai's heart was broken, and he secretly thought about where Liu Ze had so many wonderful ideas in his head. Xia Houlan is not a first-class general, and the second-rate is actually reluctant, but he is good at the law and order, and he is good at winning the hearts of the people.