Cui Zhen saw the report from Chang'an in the governor's mansion, and his hand couldn't help shaking; Fufeng people raised troops to Haiming to make a rebellion, proclaimed themselves emperor, Jianyuan Baiwu, and 100,000 rebellious people swept through Guanzhong. This is a precursor to the chaos in the world, no matter how many people have ill intentions and how many people rebel, as long as they do not claim to be the emperor and do not want to change the name of the era, it is a rebellion, and they can recruit peace at any time; Once someone is proclaimed emperor, there will be a second and third, turning the Great Sui into a confrontation between countries, and such anti-thieves are basically endless.

Hearing the footsteps, Cui Chong knew that it was the chief manager Yang Chong who was back, Yang Chong was different from ordinary high-ranking officials, he rarely stayed in the governor's mansion, and liked to go to various places to check the situation. Cui Zhen asked the old man who followed Yang Chong, and learned that Yang Chong was like this when he was in Gaochang County, and even stayed in Nanping City for a long time, leaving the normal work in the county to Fang Xuanling and Murong Xixiong.

Cui Zhen waited for a while before he walked to Yang Chong's office and heard that Yang Chong was discussing the matter of Wuwei County with Du Gong Cao Shen and Ling Jing; When Yang Chong saw Cui Zhen, he said hello and motioned for Cui Zhen to sit down and discuss together. The matter of Wuwei County is a miracle in the eyes of the world, after the imperial court announced that the governor's office was under the jurisdiction of nine counties, Yang Chong was not ready to use troops, but Wuwei County itself was in chaos; Especially when Yang Xuangan felt that the news of Nanyang's defeat came, people were even more panicked.

In the end, Li Liang killed Yuan Hongsi, Yang Xuanzong and others to surrender to Chang'an, and the head was sent to Chang'an to report the victory, Xiang Yang, Gan Bao, Wang Lei, and Jing Sanchuan led their troops to flee to Xijun and defected to the eldest brother Ma Delai; Yang Buzhi died in Wuwei, and Yang Qu and others were rescued by Gao Bei to Zhangye. In the face of Chang'an's urging, Yang Chong did not send people to Wuwei County, but directly appointed Li Liang as the county guard, Xie Tongshi as the general of the Eagle Strike, and Wei Shizheng as the county leader, so that their meat would rot in the pot.

What made the staff of Cui Zhen's general administration full of praise was that Yang Chong forcefully carved out a Huining area in Wuwei County, and used the reason to appease the Turkic general Que Du to build a military town of Huiningshu. The military town was under the command of the Governor's Office, and Yang Chong's hand suddenly reached into Wuwei, and the eldest grandson Wunai was the representative sent by the Governor's Office to Wuwei County, serving as the post of Changshi, responsible for liaison and coordination of materials; Yang Chong's intention was to use Huining to warn Longyou's attempt to Hexi when Wuwei was unreliable.

Huining is located in the triangle of the border of Jincheng, Xiping and Wuwei counties, and began to build forts on the basis of the original post houses and markets; 2,700 Turkic families were planned into twenty villages, and villages began to be built near Huiningshu; The governor's office has already arranged for them to burn coal for the winter, and next year they will be given cattle and tools to the Turks to clear the wasteland. Chang'an saw very clearly that the central faction sent Guo Rong, the general of the Right Hou Guard, who was originally in Taiyuan, to serve as the county guard of Jincheng, and to be in charge of the military of the six counties of Longyou, Anding, Beidi, and Caohan.

What Ling Jing is talking about is the contradiction between Li Rail and the eldest grandson Wunai, Li Rail is unwilling to provide food for more than 10,000 people in Huining, Ling Jing said humorously: "Li Rail is worthy of being the head snake of the ground, a punch on the weakness of the eldest grandson Wunai, 10,000 people is not a small number." However, Gaobei was suitable for business, and asked Que Du for 2,700 sheep and 600,000 catties of rice millet, which could help the Turks survive the winter. ”

Yang Chong smiled and said, "In this way, give Li Liang thirty war horses, and let him provide some food to the Turks at the same price." ”

Ling Jing and Cui Zhen both knew that Li Rail still listened to Yang Chong's words, Yang Chong was good at trade, and Li Rail still wanted to follow Yang Chong to get some benefits. Ling Jing agreed and went out, and Cui Zhen asked Yang Chong, "Can you really provide so many supplies to Guanzhong?" I know that Zhangye, Puzihai and Gaochang all produce horses, but what about steel and grain? ”

Yang Chong said with a smile: "There are two iron factories in Gaochang and one iron factory in Yiwu, and the combined steel output of 5,000 catties per month is not a problem, but I only pay 20,000 catties a year; Zhangye's iron factory has been put into operation, even if iron ore is difficult to get, it is not a problem to produce 20,000 catties a year. As for the grain, if it is really not enough, it will be exchanged for cattle and sheep wine and merchants in the Central Plains, and the Hexi Commercial Bank and the Northwest Commercial Bank have begun to do this, and the Yinshan Copper Mine has moved the bell casting workshop to Jiuquan, and the temples in Hexi only need grain and gold to cast the bells. ”

As soon as Cui Zhen heard it, he understood that the cattle and sheep were grazing or levied by the government, and the commercial houses were middlemen, and the exchange of grain was the difference between the two ends, but Yang Chong's own belongings could give half or most of the profits. Wine and bronze bells earn money from craftsmanship, copper bells are okay, the kind of wine that is not astringent can only be made by Yang Chong's workshop, and the grapes and grape wines of the ordinary people in Zhangye and Dunhuang are sent to Yang Chong's workshop, and the selling price of wine in Hexi Commercial Bank is five to ten times the price of purchasing raw materials.

Zhangye's iron factory, Cui Zhen has visited the site, the iron ore is at the foot of the Qilian Mountain between Qinghai County and Zhangye County, the supply of the newly built blast furnace is stable, according to Cui Chen's estimate, the output of seven or eight thousand a month. Yang Chong said that 20,000 was to fight an ambush in numbers, after all, the areas actually controlled by Yang Chong were only Zhangye, Xijun, Dunhuang, Jiuquan, and Yiwu; In Gaochang County, Fang Xuanling and Yu Zhongwen each took half of the idea, and they could only be counted as half, and other places were currently areas that would only stretch out their hands.

Cui Xun asked: "How to arrange the planning of various places?" ”

Cui Zhen was so dedicated to his post as a long history, Yang Chong was not happy, and said after consideration: "I think that the first step is Shanshan County, and restore Qinghai Fang in Puzhihai, but it is government-run, rented to private individuals, and taxes are collected every year like Yantian; In addition, let them open up a horse farm like Shandan, and the governor's office can recruit war horses for a fee. What Wei Yuanzhao needed to do was to resettle the Shatuo people and the Tuyuhun people who had migrated to Shanshan County, and use the resources of these two ethnic groups to coexist with the Han people. ”

Cui Zhen understood that Yang Chong was on the point, there were more than 20,000 people from the Shatuo tribe and the Tuyuhun people who migrated to Shanshan County, far more than the 9,000 Han people and prisoners in Shanshan, and if they were used well, Shanshan could develop. Although Yang Chong has killed people like hemp in recent years, it is very strange that the Turkic, Tiele, Tuyuhun, Qiang and other hostile tribes have a good opinion of Yang Chong, and Yang Chong is one of the few people who does not deceive and oppress them.

After Qinghai was recovered, more than 12,000 people from the six divisions, including Tuoba Qiang and Xifengqiang, would rather leave Qinghai Lake, which is rich in water and grass, and go to Yiwu to settle down, because they believed that Yang Chong could properly arrange them. Not to mention Baishan Tiele, the last four major tribes almost surrendered without a fight, the Boluo Department settled in Yiwu Rouyuan Town, the Qibi Department was active in the area of Greedy Sweat Mountain and Gaochang Hunter City, the Wuhu Department went to the Tuoxun Oasis to plant reinspiration fennel, and the Su Bone Department all restored the identity of the Han people, and the original chief of the Su Bone Department, Li Jijun, even applied to immigrate to Hexi.

Cui Zhen said worriedly: "Wei Yuanzhao may not be able to grasp this balance. ”

(End of chapter)