Xihai County.

Since Li Yan ordered the Zhenbei Army to reclaim wasteland on the shore of Juyanhai Lake, the Zhenbei Army has reclaimed thousands of hectares of wasteland in the past three months.

Juyanhai Lake was busy as far as the eye could see, and many sergeants were somewhat resistant and talked about it at first, but seeing that the two generals Lei Ming and Iron Hammer went down to the ground in person, everyone understood that this matter could not be escaped.

In order to stimulate the vitality of the sergeants, Li Yan ordered that the number of sergeants in each battalion that needed to be cultivated every day should be set across, and those who completed it within the time limit would have wine and meat, and those who did not complete it could only watch others eat wine and drink meat.

As soon as this plan came out, no one in each battalion wanted to lag behind, so that there was no need to be supervised by thunder and hammers, and the sergeants of each battalion dared to be lazy, looking at the strange eyes of their companions and their own hearts.

Li Yan looked at the simple farm tools used by the Zhenbei Army, and ordered Wei Liang to go to Longshoujian overnight to arrange the creation of farm tools, Hao Sheng, the steward of Longshoujian, was stunned when he saw Li Yan's order to build farm tools, and the dignified Zhenbei Army was not to build armor but to build farm tools, but Hao Sheng looked at Li Yan's letter and could only obey orders.

In the blink of an eye, November is here, and the first snow falls in the West Sea.

Overnight, the West Sea was covered with a thick layer of snow, and as far as the eye could see, it was snow-white, and the sky was full of snowflakes falling constantly.

Li Yan and his entourage rode on the shore of Juyanhai Lake, looking at the wasteland that had been reclaimed piece by piece, as if it had been covered with a quilt. The soil here has rotted in the ground over the years, and it is the best fertilizer.

"General, thanks to your warp plough, this fellow has been of great help, and without it, the brethren would have looked at the hoe and would have had it long before they could have reclaimed this vast expanse of land." Lei Ming said with emotion.

"Haha. This is all the credit of the soldiers of the whole army, and when the snow melts the next year, the seeds will be sown, and the water here will be abundant, and there will be a great harvest. Li Yan was also very satisfied with the thousands of hectares of wasteland reclaimed by the Zhenbei Army in three months, which had exceeded Li Yan's expectations.

"Now that it has begun to snow in the West Sea, it is estimated that thousands of hectares of wasteland can be reclaimed otherwise, which is a pity." Lei Ming threw the snowball in his hand into the lake and sighed.

"These are enough, any more will delay the training of the Zhenbei Army, the main task of the Zhenbei Army is to train a tiger and wolf army that can compete with the Huns, not in this land."

"Yes. The last general is greedy. Lei Ming looked embarrassed and stepped forward and whispered.

"But what you said also reminded me that now the Zhenbei Army should maintain its combat strength, and it is not appropriate to work in the field for a long time. Now the Huns and Nanliang are at war, and the displaced people in the territory have fled westward to the Dunhuang area in the past six months, if these displaced people can come to settle down in Xihai, then the annual tax of our Xihai can be increased by two percent. Li Yan led the Jueying in front, thinking about how to attract displaced people to the West Sea along the way.

As soon as Li Yan returned to Xihai City, he began to lock himself in the house, and it was not until late at night that he finished writing a letter, and early the next morning, Li Yan ordered someone to send the letter back to Jiuquan City and hand it to Song Xuan.

If you want to recruit enough displaced people to come to Xihai at the beginning of spring next year, you need to get Song Xuan's support, after all, this matter can be big or small, and Li Yan doesn't want to fall to the point of being speculated.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and even the lakeside of Juyanhai is beginning to freeze after a heavy snowfall in the West Sea.

In the Liangwang Mansion in Jiuquan City, Li Wei and Song Miao were discussing in the study.

"Second brother, this Huns' conquest of Nanliang has now returned with a great victory, and even the son of the bald Wei Tan has been held hostage in Zhangye, fortunately, the snow is now covering the mountain, otherwise I am happy to be a major general in the battalion, how can I resist it." Li Wei frowned, Nan Liang and the Huns made peace with him, he was shocked and worried about Xi Liang's safety.

"Brother don't worry, as far as I know, the reason why the Huns agreed to negotiate peace with Nanliang is that in addition to the lack of food and grass, there are also heavy casualties, especially in the battle of Hongchiling, although the Huns defeated Nanliang's 50,000 army, but the Huns suffered more than 15,000 casualties in this battle, and the Huns have been unable to fight again in a short period of time, not to mention that now the Huns occupy a large area of Nanliang and need to be heavily defended, and there is no extra force to attack Jiuquan." Song Miao got up and saluted Li Wei, and said with relief.

"That's fine." Li Wei stroked his white beard and nodded, put down the letter in his hand, turned back to Song Miao and asked, "Second brother, how many new soldiers are there in the camp in the north of the city now?" ”

"In the past two months, a total of 8,367 new soldiers have been recruited in the northern camp of Chengbei, and it is estimated that 10,000 new soldiers will be recruited in another half a month."

"Good. All of these newly recruited soldiers were transferred to the Lejun camp and handed over to General Zhang Jing, and the 3,000 war horses that Yan'er sent back last time left 500 horses to be handed over to General Zhang Jing. Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the snowflakes that kept falling outside the window, and said in a deep voice.

"Rest assured, brother, the order will be sent early tomorrow morning. What do you think of this Yan'er wanting to reclaim in the West Sea, brother? ”

"Huh. Yan'er is right, now I have a large and sparsely populated land, there are sufficient water sources in the West Sea, and there is fertile land within a hundred miles of Juyan Sea. In this way, you pass on the order, the displaced people who have recently fled to Dunhuang and Jinchang have been arranged to go to the West Sea, and if tens of thousands of displaced people gather there and cannot be properly settled, it will inevitably cause chaos. Li Wei has been thinking about how to resettle the displaced people in the Dunhuang area recently, and now that Li Yan proposes to reclaim the West Sea, these displaced people can also be arranged.

After dark, Song Miao walked out of the Liangwang Mansion.

When Song Miao returned to the mansion, the housekeeper immediately greeted him, bowed down and said, "Master, Lord Linghu is here." ”

"Oh? How long have you been here? Song Miao stopped and asked in a low voice.

"Master Qiqi, Lord Linghu has just been here for a while, and he is in the hall, saying that he has something important to discuss with you."

Song Miao stepped forward quickly, walked into the hall, and saw Ling Huyi getting up and walking towards him, "Lord Song, you are back." ”

"Lord Linghu has been waiting for a long time, I don't know what is the important matter of Lord Linghu visiting late at night?" Song Miao arched his hand and asked Ling Huyi.

"Lord Song just came back from the prince? What is Yan'er's attitude towards wanting to recruit displaced people to the West Sea to reclaim the prince? Ling Huyi walked up to Song Xuan and said in a low voice.

"The prince has agreed, and this matter still needs Lord Linghu's great help. The West Sea has not been cultivated for a long time, and if it can be effectively reclaimed, it will be an important granary of my Daliang in a few years. ”

"Haha. Yan'er is the son-in-law of my Linghu family, and Lord Song will see the outside when he says this. Ling Hu Yi laughed loudly.