Section 209 Salt Ponds

The Yiqu people dare to fight, and their sense of battle is no worse than that of the Qin army, and they are also brave cavalry troops, but when they hear the ghosts, everyone is silent. It is equivalent to the Yiqu Wangcheng of Yiqu and Xianyang of Qin.

After a long time, someone asked, "Can this be beaten?" ”

This time, without waiting for Zhai Qi to speak, a young Yiqu general took out his sword and slashed the big case: "What are you afraid of, it is rumored that Bai Qi and Bai Hui of Qin State destroyed the capital of Qi over there in the last battle, and then there is a person named Wei who is going to move the capital, and there is a person called Chu who is ready to move the capital, what are we afraid of." ”

"Yes, yes!" A group of generals roared.

They came out of the lows, not from the Yiqu nobles, so there is nothing to fear.

While they were discussing, another Qin army arrived, this time all scribes, each carrying a huge basket of books.

These people are here to talk about the military regulations of the Qin army, as well as the military regulations of Bai Hui.

Bai Hui's military regulations are one more sentence than the military regulations of the Qin army, don't rob civilians, only rob nobles.

At night, Bai Hui and Bai Qi were gesturing on a sand table, and King Qin sat on the side and watched and listened without saying a word. There are some things he doesn't understand, and the King of Qin is not good at marching and fighting.

Thinking of Yiqu, King Qin thought in his heart, according to common sense, surrendering such a large enemy army would either be fought in a bloody battle first, or given a lucrative condition.

But now, these soldiers and horses in Yiqu don't want anything, why is this?

King Qin didn't plan to ask Bai Hui again, and Bai Hui gave an explanation, but King Qin didn't understand either. Not to mention the surrender of the army by Yiqu, even if the Qin army has completed such a dangerous combat mission, it will also be rewarded.

Why?

King Qin said that he was very entangled.

Bai Hui and Bai Qi were still discussing.

"Here." Bai Hui's finger was placed on a location on the map, which was probably Wuzhong County in the later generations, called Lingzhou in the Han Dynasty, but there were no towns here at the moment, and the tribes with grasslands had no names.

Bai Qi was very entangled, and walked around the sand table four or five times: "There is some trouble here, what if you meet Xirong?" ”

"I don't know." Bai Hui directly said that he didn't know, and then added: "This is very important, we ...... without the Hetao here" Without waiting for Bai Hui to explain Bai Qi, he said: "I understand, without the Hetao here, it will be half less." ”

Hetao, before Bai Hui this place was called Henan Land, it was after Bai Hui called this place Hetao, and the Qin army began to use this name. The Hetao refers to all the land within the encirclement of the Yellow River Bend.

How big is the Loop?

If the Qin army had not captured Bashu, and if the Qin army had not occupied Hedong County, then the Hetao would have been larger than the original entire area of the Qin state.

The Hetao of this era is rich in water and grass.

Not only is it a paradise for herders, but it can also cultivate a large number of crops. At this time, the northernmost part of the Qin State was not a city, it was a fortress, and then to the north was a section of the Great Wall that was about the location of Yulin in later generations.

The name of the fortress is Fushi, and the approximate location of the north of Yan'an in later generations.

At this time, there was a guard newspaper: "Report the great good and the young good." Zhai Qi asked to see him. ”

"Please!"

Soon, Zhai Qi was brought in, and when he saw King Qin sitting aside, he was stunned at first, and hurriedly gave King Qin a salute: "Your Majesty, the minister has something important." ”

"Say, 'Just listen to the widow.'"

"No!"

Zhai Qi already regarded himself as a minister, which made King Qin very happy.

Zhai Qi came to Bai Qi and Bai Hui to give a salute: "Great good made, young good made." Our troops asked 30,000 soldiers and horses to raid a key place in Linhu. ”

"Where?"

"Yantian, and I can also find an ally for my Great Qin."

Bai Hui asked, "Allies? ”

"Yes, there are dozens of salt ponds in that place, and there is a tribe west of the big river, that is, outside the Hetao, who have to pay tribute to the king of Rong every year, and the Linhu people sell salt at a very high price. So this tribe has fought with Lin Hu several times, and I have secretly traded with them. ”

Bai Hui asked, "But Wu's." ”

"Exactly. The young patriarch of the Wu clan secretly came to my Yiqu and wanted to go to Xianyang to buy some silk for the tribute to King Rong, but I don't know what is going on now, if he is still alive, please be extra kind to Da Liang and Shao Liang. ”

After Zhai Qi finished speaking, he looked at Bai Hui with some nervousness on his face.

U-Us!

When Bai Hui left the Wu clan tenant at that time, it was because he remembered that during the Qin Shi Huang period, there was a foreigner who had a very high status in Xianyang, and that person was also a woman, named Wu Shilu, who was also the patriarch of the Wu clan.

The Wu clan is a female clan, but it is not a matrilineal clan.

"Wu Shi tenant is my guest, so let's arrange for someone to go back to Xianyang quickly and invite her over. You go and arrange for someone to contact Wushi, Yanchi ......"

Bai Hui stopped, came to King Qin and whispered, "Brother Wang, ask for a reward." Just now, my brother and I chose a critical location, but our Qin army still has insufficient manpower, and it is impossible to defend the entire Great River. Therefore, please give the Wu clan a town and add a little reward. ”

"Yes." King Qin agreed without saying a word.

Anyway, it is not the original land of the Qin State, and it is still in the hands of the Lin Hu people.

Since there are tribes willing to join and send troops, King Qin is still willing to give this small piece of territory.

Bai Hui said again: "Can the salt pond be divided into three, leave one for the treasury, one for Yiqu, and one for Wushi." ”

"Yes, as long as they have merit, they can be rewarded."

"Brother Xie."

Only then did Bai Hui turn back to Zhai Qi: "The king has already given instructions to draw three hundred miles for the Wu clan, which is called the Wu clan autonomous territory. It was the land of the Qin State, but the Wu clan had autonomy over this land. Then the salt pond, one-third to the Wu, one-third to you, etc., but the premise is that the meritorious service is made. ”

"Thank you, the king."

Zhai Qi knew very well who he should bow to at this time.

Zhai Qi left, and Bai Hui and Bai Qi began to circle around the sand table again. This rush was a test for Bai Qi, and it was even more of a test for the entire Qin army.

Whether the blitzkrieg is really effective or not, this time is the touchstone for Lin Hu.

The entire Hetao, relative to the Qin State, has such a huge land area, and it is indeed not an easy thing to capture and digest.

Fortunately, at present, the Qin State does not have enough fertile land, and the land around the large towns of the peasant households has been collected and supplied to the peasant households with double or even triple times, and there are still many people who are willing to come to the north. What's more, the land promised to the immigrants of Qi at the beginning, as long as they are willing to come to the north at this time, will be at least twice as much.

Yiqu still has a lot of things to deal with, reassuring the people, resuming production, creating household registration for the people of Yiqu, and so on.

Countless things to do.

However, these have nothing to do with Bai Hui, and Xianyang has sent enough officials to deal with the matter.

The immigrants of Qi became a great help, and many of them became low-level officials after learning the Qin law.