Zhuge Ying, Yu Shinan, and Zhang Yuan went northwest from Anding County, and with the caravan to Yuanwei County, they were discovered by Wuwei's patrol cavalry just after crossing the county boundary. A centurion with nearly a hundred cavalry and three officials rushed to the pavilion and came to pick up the convoy of three people into the city.

These hundred horsemen are all bright light armor, looking at the skin color and appearance, it seems that there are people of several nationalities; The centurion is relatively young, the etiquette is very thoughtful, after respectfully saluting, explained: "Yuanwei County is a military town, there is no county order for the time being, the daily management is in charge of Shi Fang Yanzao, the head of the barge horse village, and the master Sima Fan of the general administration is responsible for planning and supervision, the two of them went to the Hongshui River, and the county is going to build a fort there, and finally expand it into a town." ”

The corner of Zhang Yuan's mouth showed a strange smile and said, "You are not an ordinary officer, you are from Chang'an with an accent?" ”

Shi Motian said with a smile: "Lord Hui, my father is an old cripple, I worked in the army for the owner, and I was sent to Yuanwei County to assist Lord Sima. ”

I see, the son of the shopkeeper of Xiaozhenzhai is afraid that in Yang Chong's eyes, he is also gilded, and he will give an explanation to his henchmen, Zhuge Ying asked: "What will become of Yuanwei County in the end?" ”

Shi Motian replied: "Hongshui Town is to settle displaced people, next year there will be a garrison army to come to Tuntian, and finally build a garrison town, Master Sima said, the plan of the governor's office is 10,000 people in the county, 2 to 3,000 people in Hongshui Town, and 3,000 people in the military and civilians in the town. Barge Horse Village will build a Barge Town in the mountains, and build a Helan Town just out of Helan Mountain, both of which have one to two thousand people, but whether those two towns are under the jurisdiction of Yuanwei County has not yet been decided. ”

"Still undecided?" Zhuge Ying looked to the east, and said, "Could it be that Yang Chong is going to run Helan Mountain and build another county in the mountain?" ”

Shi Motian said convincingly: "That's what Master Sima said, he said that when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he had migrated 700,000 disaster victims to Hetao and Hexi Tuntian, and this area has great potential. General Manager Yang believes that Helan Mountain is a dividing point between Saiwai and Sainei, as long as Helan Mountain is managed well, the Turks will not be able to enter Longyou and harass the border, not only us, but also Anding, Beidi and other counties can develop with confidence. ”

Yu Shinan was a little excited, and now he was anxious everywhere, and few officials were worried about these things; Zhang Yuan asked without yin or yang: "Did your governor's office say that you said that you would expand to the Central Plains?" ”

Shi Motian said with a look of understanding that I understood: "Manager Yang said that the Central Plains will be full of war within three years, and we only need to keep our own one-acre and three-point fields, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, which is better than anything else." ”

"What nonsense." The little eunuch on the side reprimanded, it was simply alarmist, and if you change places, you can be directly arrested in prison; Zhang Yuan waved his hand, it was obvious that Shi Motian's words were instructed by Yang Chong, so there must be a meaning in them, Zhang Yuan asked: "You are half of Yang Chong's family, has Yang Chong explained these to you?" ”

Shi Motian said calmly: "We have to learn the situation in the world every month, Master Sima analyzed it when we gave a lesson, when the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo was victorious, it was the moment when the Turks and our Great Sui were face to face, and the war together was a situation where you died and I died." The weakness of the Central Plains lies in the fact that the people's hearts have been lost, the people are unwilling to be soldiers, and the scholars do not care about the lives of outsiders, but only care about the interests of their families; The weakness of the Turks lies in the alliance system, and Shibi Khan does not dare to let go, so the most likely thing is endless unrest. ”

"It's like a no-brainer." Zhang Yuan deliberately stabbed a sentence, and Shi Motian said unmoved: "That is the official forcing the people to rebel, the Han and Xianbei people have been expelled, but the 100,000 Hu people are still in Luliang Mountain, why doesn't the government care, do they pay grain and cloth, and don't rob the house?" The local people can't survive, where do they get the money, where do they get the food to sustain themselves? ”

Not only Zhuge Ying and the three of them were stunned, but the little eunuchs and guards next to them began to think, Fan Zigai and Li Yuan were known as great victories, but the status quo from Hejin to Lishi had not changed; Shi Motian's two questions are really mysterious. Yu Shinan asked cautiously, "Why do you say?" ”

Shi Motian said calmly: "They live on the Shi clan, they are the thugs and lackeys of the local wealthy and powerful, Zong Luohu robbed the caravan of Liu Miao Wang, guess whose goods it is, it is the goods of the Wenxi Pei family and the Hedong Liu family, and the object of the transaction is Yang Shanjing under the Shibi Khan." ”

The three of them had nothing to say, turned around and walked into the village on the side of the road, all of them were newly built houses and people in full swing, Zhuge Ying asked, they were all people from Jiangxian County, a white-haired old man saw that Zhuge Ying was the same age as himself, grinned and said: "I only heard that Wuwei is better than Jiangnan, and I only knew that it was true when I came here, as long as I worked, I would have wages and I could exchange for food." We came last winter, and at the beginning of spring, we divided the land, and the government gave seeds, borrowed cattle, and as long as the autumn harvest was paid, we understood that the people who came later would also have to eat. ”

Zhuge Ying and others specially went to see the five thousand acres of land that was opened up in the spring of Yuanwei County, which was being harvested, there were many soldiers helping, and even officers were working together, Yu Shinan nodded and said: "A rebuilt county can become like this, an army can put down its body, Yang Chong spent a lot of thought, no wonder he did something out of the ordinary, Yu Zhongwen and Cui Zhen did not blame." Even when Fan Zigai was a county guard, he didn't be able to do this. ”

Zhang Yuan and Zhuge Ying shook their heads helplessly, it was precisely because Yu Zhongwen and the others did not accuse that the central center and the Holy Son of Heaven were not at ease, lest Yang Chongwei would not be able to fall; However, looking at the posture of Yuanwei County, if Yang Chong is allowed to stay in Hexi for another five to ten years, the local people may really only know Yang Chong and not the emperor. Zhang Yuan suddenly discovered one thing, the officials he met along the way let them move around, except for the hundred soldiers who protected the three people, no one followed them, and they were still busy with their own things.

When they turned around and entered the city, the three of them found that Yuanwei County was a completely different city from other places in the Great Sui, with the official office, the guard and the square in the center of the city, the road was straight, but the square was round. No matter which street you walk, there are workshops connected to shops, and the four villages that Shi Motian introduced to the residents are all outside the city; According to the vision of the three people, as long as the village is connected to the city, a city of 10,000 people will begin to take shape.

All the way from Zhuojun to Luoyang and Chang'an, Yuanwei County was the first city they saw under construction, and the three of them were familiar with government affairs, and knew that in Hexi, Hetao, Western Regions and other regions, a county of 10,000 people was definitely a big county, and many counties could not govern more than three or five thousand people. In an instant, he fully understood the feelings of Yang Guang, the Son of Heaven, and cherished his talents, but he was afraid that Yang Chong's double-edged sword would hurt himself and hurt the country of the Great Sui.

(End of chapter)