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When he was still in Zhengzhou to make a history of assassination, Li Mao sent the members of the Anton shogunate and his family to Liaodong, the land was far away, and the war in Zhenzhou was intermittent, and it was not safe, under the advice of Zheng Xiaozhang,

There was a little accident in the middle, when the family passed by Yunzhou, Qi Yan's mother and son suddenly fell ill and were left by Su Qing to recuperate, Su Ying's pregnancy showed that she could not bear the pain of the long journey, so she had to stay in Yunzhou to be taken care of by Su Qing, Su Qing wanted to leave Lan'er behind, but she went over the wall in the middle of the night.

Everyone crossed the sea to Beisha City, met with Sang Rong, rested and recuperated, and inquired about Li Mao's news everywhere. By the time Li Mao sent people to Beisha City to deliver the letter, it had been seven or eight months since the two were sent to Beisha City.

Although it was learned that Li Mao came to Liaodong and gained a firm foothold, everyone immediately packed up and prepared to go, but unfortunately Qinniang fell ill with a cold at this moment, and after the persuasion of Sang Rong and his wife, she stayed in Beisha City to recuperate.

There were more than 1,000 people when the shogunate set off from Zhengzhou, and so far there were less than 200, Li Mao looked at the black and thin Lan'er who jumped off the boat, and was shocked, but his eyes were astringent.

Before the first heavy snowfall of this year, the Liaodong Economic Strategy Embassy was completed and put into use, the mansion was divided into two courts, military and government, covering an area of 200 acres, hundreds of houses, but because of the limited conditions, the time is short, it is inevitable that it looks rough.

The candidates for the shogunate have already been decided, except for Jin Daoan, Zheng Xiaozhang, Wencheng, Xue Luoke, Mao Taigong, Zhu Jiu and other people have adjusted their positions, the rest basically follow the original structure, in order to show respect for King Xi, Jin Daoan will give up the post of deputy envoy, and he will serve as the commander of the army and horses, and take over the actual position of chief training envoy from Mao Taigong.

As Li Mao had predicted, the Xi people scattered in the forests and grasslands of Liaodong came to vote after learning that their king had arrived in Liaodong, and they did not understand what the deputy envoy of the scriptures was, but they only knew that this official was very big, and he was very respected in Donggao Town, and he was above 10,000 people under one person, so they were convinced.

The Xi people dragged their families to bring their mouths to vote, drove cattle and sheep, and carried grain and daily necessities, and the scale was very huge. Clerk Cheng suggested that all the people who came to vote should be registered immediately, but Li Mao did not agree, but only suggested that the household should be organized according to the inherent customs of the Xi people, with a group of ten people, a household of 100 people, and a family of 1,000 people, and they should nominate the head of the group, the head of a hundred households, and the head of a thousand clans to exercise autonomy.

Counting the number of people, there were 8,000 Xi people who came to vote in just two months, and this is just the beginning.

The clerk was worried and suggested that Li Mao should settle people in Hexi and not live with the Han people. Li Mao said: "They are the first group of people to come to us, and if they are placed elsewhere, I am afraid that the hearts of those who return will be cold." Read the full text of the latest chapter, I understand what you mean, and it is indeed not suitable to be placed in a town, which is too crowded, and the living customs are different, and it is easy to cause conflicts. ”

Li Mao thought for a while, got up without a word, and said to the clerk when he arrived in the courtyard, "Let's go out and have a look together." ”

The two Pegasus came to a forest flat land in the southeast of Donggao Town and at the southern foot of Donggao Mountain, where a small river flowed and meandered westward through Donggao Town and under the city wall of Nanjiacheng to flow into the Liao River.

Li Mao ran around and said to Clerical, "Just place them here." You see how"

The clerk said: "Okay, this is the wind and the water, they must have no opinion, I'm afraid that the people in the town are unwilling." ”

Li Mao said: "The northeast wind in spring and summer, let the people in the city smell the fishy smell of the countrymen, and the northwest wind blows in autumn and winter, and then ask the villagers to smell the smell of the foot washing water of the people in the city. ”

The two walked along the mountain stream in the direction of the Liao River, climbed a high slope, and Li Mao pointed with a horsewhip: "Build a market under that slope for trade and use of various ethnic groups, build a road to the Xi tribe, Xi Jiajun, Donggao Town, and the market, forming a three-legged momentum, and build a fort and garrison in the future, which will be horns for each other and facilitate defense." ”

The clerk agreed with Li Mao's proposition, and went back to discuss with Lu Luoke, who meant to settle the clansmen in Hexi, didn't Li Mao say that in the future, Donggao Town would be divided into two, and two cities would be built between the river, one Dongzhou and one Gaozhou. Dongzhou is naturally in the east of the river, based on the current Donggao Town expansion, the planned Hexi Gaozhou is still a forest tidal flat, uninhabited. He was determined to take his people across the river to lay the foundation for the construction of Gaozhou.

King Xi still wanted to go out in his bones, and the clerk saw through this little bit of tricks in Luo Ke's heart at a glance, first sealed Luo Ke's mouth with a united hat, and then invited several respected elders of the Xi tribe to go to the southern foot of the East High Mountain to check the terrain.

It is true that they set up camp on the other side of the river, but without the protection of the Han army, most Xi people are still worried, they have suffered enough in Liaodong, and now they finally have to rely on, why do they have to go to the other side of the river

Moreover, the settlements arranged for them by the Han people have superior natural and geographical conditions, and they are close to Donggao Town, so they can support each other in wartime and communicate with each other on weekdays, which is really the best choice to settle in the barbaric land of Liaodong.

Most of the Xi people tend to settle in the southern foothills of the East High Mountains, although Luo Ke is the king, but he is a down-and-out king, the prestige is not high, far from reaching the point of a word, seeing that the will of the people is difficult to disobey, so he did not insist anymore.

The construction of the Xi settlement is one of the most important tasks in this autumn and winter, and the construction project is specifically responsible for Chen Lan, the construction general, and Li Mao, Wen Cheng and others are personally involved.

Xi people are naturally enthusiastic about the new home, and the residents of Donggao Town also express the greatest kindness to their neighbors and contribute their efforts and suggestions.

At the same time as the construction of the Xiren settlement, the construction of the riverside wharf and the riverside trading market is also in full swing, the trading market is mainly built by market means, and the Donggao Town Urban Bureau came forward to organize the planning and infrastructure construction, divided the land and auctioned it, issued the title deed, and allowed the construction of houses to live in.

This project was specifically responsible for Gao Bing, the construction general of Qin Mohe, and the clerk Cheng personally took care of it.

Li Mao got out of the specific affairs and concentrated on studying the war against the Khitan, one mountain could not accommodate two tigers, although Liaodong was very large, but if they could not defeat the Khitan tiger in front of them, it would be difficult for them to gain a foothold. It's a big deal.

"To gather people, form formations, and carry out collective labor is to ask them to adapt to collective life and discipline as soon as possible. Once they have become accustomed to the restraints, it will be much easier to apply military training. ”

Kim Do-an deeply believes that the most difficult thing in military training is the beginning, a farmer who is used to being casual at home has just arrived in the barracks, does not adapt to the atmosphere of collective life, cannot obey discipline and constraints, and has a strong ability to adapt for a few months, which generally takes a year and a half, and some people even take several years to fully adapt to it, and after passing this first hurdle, the rest of the things will be easy to do.

"It is much easier to train soldiers than to train ordinary people, as long as you can break this level, it will not be a problem to train 1,000 soldiers by the end of the year." Kim Do-an said with confidence.

Li Mao was not satisfied with this result, and he asked Jin Daoan: "Have you counted the La Liga army in your thousands?" ”

"La Liga Army" is a homonym for "Xi Family Army", Li Mao jokingly called Luo Ke's third division the Xi Family Army, and it became the La Liga Army by false rumors. In Donggao Town, the Xijia Army has two meanings, one refers to the Third Division of the Andong Army, which is dominated by Xi people, and the other refers to the Xi settlement under the East High Mountain, which meaning depends on the specific context.

Jin Daoan smiled and said: "Half of the Xi people are herding and half fishing and hunting, they are all natural warriors, and they can be put into battle with a little training, but before the hearts of the people are completely attached, I suggest that they should not be used." ”

After a pause, Jin Daoan added: "The Xi people have been repeatedly defeated by the Khitans, and they are afraid of the Khitans in their bones. If the battlefield changes, it will shake the fundamentals. ”

Li Mao said with a smile: "There is a saying that mourning soldiers will win, hatred can overcome fear many times, La Liga sergeants are not soft, soft eggs are their chiefs, and now the generals and colonels are all our people, they are not afraid of the Khitans, and I, the chief of education, I have never slackened my work." I guarantee that when the La Liga army sees the Khitans, they will pounce on them, tear the opponent apart, eat their flesh and sleep their skin. ”

Jin Daoan was suspicious, thought about it and reminded him: "There is a big banquet in three days and a small banquet in two days, and the hearts of the people are tight." ”

Lu Luo Ke often entertained the Xi patriarch, the head of a thousand households and other leading figures at home, Li Mao knew this in his heart, he smiled at Jin Daoan and said: "It's hard for him, the Xi people are divided, a plate of scattered sand, if you want to bring them together, it will naturally take a little more effort, I know this in my heart." ”

Jin Daoan didn't say anything anymore, and said: "If there are thousands of Xi people to help in the battle, we will have a great chance of victory this time." ”

Li Mao said: "This battle is not allowed to be defeated, and the situation will be completely changed if it is won, and if it is defeated, it will have to pay tribute to the barbarians." ”

As soon as Jin Daoan was sent away, Clerical Cheng and Chang Mucang came over again, and the occasion when the two appeared together was not only a large-scale ceremony, but this was the first time in Li Mao's memory.

"I have something to report to you, and I happened to have a handover with Chang Sima, so I invited him over." The clerk got straight to the point, his face was full of red light, and he smiled. Chang Mucang's face sank like water, and he was still the bitter gourd face that was neither happy nor sad.

"At the beginning of spring this year, they, oh, the Khitans, sent spies into the city to spy on intelligence, we pretended not to know, the spies thought they had a plan, and at the end of the summer, they came again, bringing a few people who looked like leaders, and we still ignored them. Now they are here again, a total of six people, the level may be higher than the last time, and they are now living in the riverside market, and they are bribing the guards to prepare to sneak into the city. I think we might as well play a double reed, and I'll go to his camp to find out. The stakes are very high, so I have to drag Brother Kikura over with me to ask for instructions. ”

Li Mao was also interested in this statement, and said to Hu Nanxiang: "Go and close the door, and pay attention to the ears of the wall." ”

Hu Nanxiang smiled and went out to invite all the craftsmen who made the floor in the yard out for tea and snacks.

Only then did the clerk tell him about his strategy, Li Mao praised it repeatedly, and asked Chang Mucang: "What do you think?"

Tsuneki Kura said: "It's a bit risky, but you can give it a try." ”

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