The reaction of Cangzhou was quite rapid, and the Cui family and the navy army intervened at the same time, and at the same time eliminated the contact point, they successively captured fifteen accomplices, including six people who stole the heavenly thunder in the navy, two bribed officers of the Perak battalion, and four private soldiers of the Zhou family and the Gu family. Zhou Shaoji, the deputy head of the navy, asked clearly that the three people in his house were arranged by Zhou Faming's widow, wrote a letter home to arrest people, and Gu Lang, the person in charge of himself and the Gu family in the navy, went to Fanyang Palace and Fanyang Palace to ask for guilt.

For a time, there was a lot of rumors in Hebei, and even the robbers obediently stayed in the mountains, or disappeared, so as not to catch fire at the city gate and affect the pond fish. Yang Chong didn't see Zhou Shaoji and Gu Lang, Xu Shiji received them on his behalf, and Xu Shiji comforted the two with kind words: "King Yue is not angry about this, but he is worried about the third lady's illness and can't handle political affairs. You first stay in the inn and play in Zhuojun for a few days. ”

Zhou Shaoji and the two of them have no intention of playing, this matter seems to be done by Li Shimin's subordinate Yao Silian, in fact, there is Li Anqi inside, it is likely to be an action in the court, Li Shimin's people are just responsible for transferring some execution manpower. However, even Du Fuwei, the king of Chu, was surrounded by Zuo Tunwei's men and horses, and Zhou Shaoji and the two had nothing to say, so when they returned to the post house, they asked the people below to arrange wine and food.

Drinking until midnight, Wei Ting rushed from Fanyang Palace to invite, saying that King Yue had received him, Zhou Shaoji and Gu Lang hurriedly put down their wine glasses, followed Wei Ting and hurriedly came to Fanyang Palace, and found that Du Fuwei, Cui Baoshan, Lu Yanqing, Xu Shiji, and Cui Minshou were all there, Yang Chong's complexion was not as bad as he imagined, and his mood was quite calm. Cui Minshou explained the map to everyone: "There are many ponds in Cangzhou, and the water is diverted to irrigate the fields, and the province is easy to achieve, and in three or five years, the people of the court will profit." ”

Growing rice in Cangzhou? Everyone was taken aback, this idea was too outrageous, but Yang Chong had confidence in his heart, Cangzhou was the place where rice could be grown, and motioned Cui Minshou to continue: "Considering that the people of Cangzhou are not familiar with the cultivation of rice, it was decided to take Cui Baoshan as the governor of Tuntian in Bohai and Gu Lang as the captain of Tuntian, and recruit 18,000 troops and Hu immigrants to participate in Tuntian. ”

Lu Yanqing couldn't figure out whether it was good or bad, so he asked a question about the location, Cui Minshou pointed to the circle marked on the map and said: "Zhuo County, Moxian, Anci, Fangcheng, all the way to Cangzhou, involving Hejian County, Bohai County and Pingyuan County, it is estimated that a 600-mile river weir can be built, and a bucket gate is set up on the river weir irrigation canal, and the amount of water that flows into the bucket canal is diverted to irrigate crops. Hebei frost is early and late, and the climate of Jiangdong is different, to find out the season, only plant early rice for one season, it is estimated that it is mature in August and September. ”

When it matures in August and September, it is necessary to work backwards according to the growing season of rice; Lu Yanqing understood, this plan must have been there a long time ago, but it was a little strange to take it out today, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Cui Baoshan bowing his head and saying: "King Yue, rest assured, if this plan is successful, it will benefit the people, and the lower officials will do their best." Master Gu, how to plant, I hope you will transfer more experts and good seeds from Jiangnan. ”

Gu Lang didn't expect this turmoil to pass like this, and immediately said, "Don't worry, my lord, the lower officials will never make a mistake." ”

The person in charge of doing things made a statement, and the others should say some words of encouragement, who wanted Yang Chong to stand up, walked to the side of the map and said: "This time, you must first dredge the Wudi River, use the inland river shipping, and build Jiaofei City into a base camp, first set up a town to settle the family, and then upgrade it to a county." The warehouse of the Salt and Iron Division will also be built in Jiaofeicheng, and the waterway will be inland waterway shipping, west to Zhangwu County, and then through Gaocheng County to Changlu, connecting Zhangzhou and Heng Ershui. The overland route was transshipped westward from all parts of Hejian County via Cangzhou. ”

Only then did Du Fuwei, Lu Yanqing and others see clearly that Yang Chong's true purpose was to use this body of water to build a government base in Hebei to meet the needs of military rations and sea salt. Although most of the salt farms along the coast of Cangzhou and the fertile fields in Hebei were owned by the Cui family and other scholars, Yang Chong didn't care, what Yang Chong wanted was salt and salt tax, and use this blank space between Hebei and Youyou to irrigate the fertile land, build a new settlement, and settle the Hu and Han immigrants who came back from the north.

This is another copy of the three counties of Qinghai and Yuhang County, which is simple and feasible, and it is estimated that Cui Baoshan's Tuntian Division will definitely be a separate county in the future, and it may be a county in Hebei Province. Xu Shiji was very in favor of this plan, and said with a smile: "King Yue's plan is absolutely feasible, and in the future, Zhuojun will go to Cangzhou, and every dozens of miles will be a county, and then the grand occasion of the Han Dynasty will be restored." However, King Yue, Bohai Tuntian Siguang is not enough for this. ”

Yang Chong waved his hand and said: "Xu Shiji, you are also from a business background, I will not participate in this matter, you and Minshou will discuss it with them, and report to the King of Chu for approval." Master Liushan's medicine still works, I'll go see the effect of Cui Yao's medicine first, and I'll come over later. ”

Yang Chong walked abruptly, most people did not react, Cui Baoshan said slowly: "The third lady has woken up, according to the opinion of Zhang Guolao and Master Liushan, it will be cured in less than seven days, but Master Liushan proposed to build an official temple in Hebei, and King Yue decided to build it on the bank of the Nanliu River in Jiaofei City, and King Yue personally sent 500 acres of fertile land to this temple, so that they could promote Buddhism among the Hu immigrants." ”

Yang Chong promised first, and Master Liushan actually made the simplest request, and Xu Shiji took the lead in saying: "It's no problem, after you choose the location, the land of the official temple." ”

Wei Ting handed over a document and said: "Originally, our plan was to build a temple there, this is the title deed, but this is just a cheap Shaolin." In addition, the Shaolin Temple gave a reply to the matter of the Twelve Stick Monks, and the King of Yue had notified Tianqi to abandon the investigation of this matter. ”

At the beginning of Bohai Tuntian, Tudiji and other Hu generals found various reasons to come to Zhuo County, but they couldn't see Yang Chong, Xu Shiji and Cui Minshou, and only discussed one issue, that is, to move inward, so that the clansmen could join the Tuntian army. As a result, they were trained back by Xu Shiji one by one, and Xu Shiji directly told these people that under the planning of King Yue, Yingzhou and Anzhou in the future will not be worse than Hebei, and as for which tribes will participate in the Tuntian Army, he has a good idea in his heart.

In the end, it was decided that the dependents of the troops who had been mobilized everywhere, such as the Harrier Battalion of Ao Balie and the Jiande Battalion of Jingbeihai, would move into Hebei first, and the families of the Tuntian Army who had been requisitioned and transferred would move in in three years. Cui Baoshan was relieved at this time, plus the seven or eight thousand villagers in the 600-mile area, there were 40,000 people in the Tuntian Division, and it was enough to work, build a city, and plant crops.

(End of chapter)