Zhang Yue stayed in Guangxiang Fort for three days, inspected the manufacture of new ordnance, and then inspected the Hechi Salt Farm and Horse Farm all the way. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info This is now under the control of salt and salt, Zhang Yue understands the general situation, from spring to autumn every year, the output of tens of thousands of stone white salt is gradually filling the deficit of the state government.

More than 20,000 military horses have been stocked at the horse farm, and more than 6,000 have been delivered to Tokyo so far, but the Iron Cavalry Army in front of the Forbidden Army Hall has been repeatedly expanded, and the demand for war horses is increasing day by day, and the horse farm is in short supply.

According to the situation in Li Chuyun's letter, the war horses handed in several times were drawn to the front division of the palace, and the guards Sima Jun still had very few. Zhang Yue has not expanded the horse farm, because Zhao Kuangyin was waiting for the palace in front of the palace, and the war horses were sent to Tokyo, but they were basically taken away by their group. As for Zhang Yongde, to put it mildly, he is just an overhead ornament, but it is not obvious yet.

In this year's battle of Huainan, the front division of the palace was in the limelight, and he was rewarded and promoted for meritorious service, and the left chamber of the guard Si Hujie also made great contributions to the battle with Li Chong, Li Chuyun, Luo Yanhuan, Chen Jia, Han Zhongming, Zhang Congzhao and others were only promoted and disbanded, and their actual positions were not promoted.

There are also Langzhou Wuping Jiedu envoy Yao Chongyu, Yuezhou Assassin Shi Yang Shouzhen and others participated in the battle, captured Gwangju in one fell swoop, beheaded thousands, but did not get a real promotion, Zhang Yue was already very unhappy about this, but as a local marshal, it was not easy to intervene.

On this day, Zong Jingcheng sent someone to deliver a letter, asking Zhang Yue to go to Huining, saying that Zhou Quanzhi went to Lanzhou to do business and brought back some very bad news. Zhang Yue had no intention of staying at the moment, and hurried to Huining with Bian Ji.

Only a few officials such as Wen Yuankai and Zong Jingcheng were greeted when they went out of the city, and they didn't see Zhai Congen and Chang Deben, Zhang Yue asked with some surprise: "What are they busy with Zhai Congen?" ”

"They took people to Liangzhou, there is still a foundation on the Huizhou side, Liangzhou is still a mess at present, and after a while, the Southern Tang soldiers and civilians captured in Huainan will move 50,000 to come, and they have to prepare to receive and resettle." Wen Yuankai explained with a smile.

"Not bad! Move 50,000? Why is the court generous this time? Zhang Yue asked in surprise.

"Isn't it because the captured Southern Tang soldiers and civilians are unstable, and they are worried that they will make trouble and cause the newly occupied states and counties to gain and lose! I heard that during the Huainan War, the Southern Tang Army that began to capture did not resist much, because Zhao Chao of the Crane Army killed and captured tens of thousands of people, causing fierce resistance of the Southern Tang Army, and the people of Xinfuzhou County panicked, and they all fled to the south of the Yangtze River, which was cheaper for us, and then intercepted 10,000 people. Wen Yuankai said with a smile.

Zhang Yue nodded, strode into the back hall of the state government, and the little official came in to serve tea to everyone and quietly retreated. This was a private meeting, and he didn't pay much attention to etiquette, so Zong Jingcheng said: "It is said that after the war in Liangzhou, Zhe Gezhi fled to Ganzhou, and he not only lobbied the Uighurs, but also went south to spread rumors in various parts of Qinghai, so that the great chiefs such as Qingtang Wanhu Yingcheng and Miaochuan Wanhu Wenfan were deeply disturbed, and they rushed to contact various ministries and planned to gather in Miaochuan City on August 15 to discuss major matters. ”

"What's the big thing to discuss?" Zhang Yue couldn't help but be interested, even if the people of Hehuangbo didn't react, he planned to use troops against Lanzhou and other places in the spring of next year.

"This is unknown, the last general suggested that the lord send a caravan to Huangzhou Michuan City to find out the news." Zong Jingcheng suggested.

It seems that Zong Jingcheng is still quite concerned about border security, Zhang Yue was a little relieved to hear it, and silently calculated the days, now it is the fifth day of the first month of August, and said in a slight mutter: "Last year, Bian Ji went to Huangzhou to be in distress, and this matter should be considered in the long run. ”

"Some small tribes in Hehuang still have good intentions towards Da Zhou, and they may not be willing to listen to the call of the Qingtang chief, why don't you go again?" Bian Ji said with interest.

At the beginning of the year, there was no surplus of grain and grass in Liangzhou, and the manufacturing of logistics armor could not keep up with the progress, Zhang Yue thought that it was too early to officially send troops, so he asked Yang Xuanli to fetch the map of Hehuang and hang it on the wooden frame and carry it in, and several people came forward to watch.

"According to what you heard about the first-line merchants in Lanzhou last year, the big chiefs in this area of Hehuang are hostile to Dazhou, if you go west, it is best to take the southern line, from Dingxi Fort to Longxi, and then to Minzhou], Taozhou, Hezhou, to explore the situation of Tangchangqiang and Caohanqiang, if they are not hostile, they can be appropriately appeased, and give some middle and low-level military positions, in exchange for the conditions for us to receive local garrisons." Zhang Yue gave advice and appeasement strategies, after all, he also held the official title of Hehuang Xuanfu envoy, and he had this authority.

"That's good! When can I go? How many people should I bring? Bian Ji thought that if he could say that some of the Qiang tribes would be attached, it would be a great achievement, and there would be no problem in officially conferring the official title at that time.

Five days later, he set out with 300 soldiers in civilian clothes, bringing some goods to sell by the way. By the way, what is Zhou Quanzhi busy with? What happened to his broken White Lotus Society now? ”

"Now the border of Huizhou is stable, the people live and work in peace and contentment, many of those congregations no longer listen to his orders, when he first came, he opened a dojo to worship and preach, and more than 1,000 people participated, now only a few hundred people still go, only Li and Zhang, the two incense masters, still follow him to preach in Hehuang, but the Qiang tribe does not believe in them." Wen Yuankai gloated.

"Haha...... Those poor people have land, can marry wives and have children, and who wants to listen to his nonsense and go around and suffer. Zhang Yue had long expected this result, his heart was full of a sense of accomplishment, he couldn't help laughing, stared at the map, and said: "The southern line has been decided, and the northern Lanzhou line must also be prepared. ”

There is a narrow strip of land on the west bank of the Yellow River in Huining, nearly 300 miles from north to south, and 100 miles from east to west at the junction of Liang and Lan. Zhang Yue immediately sketched a map of the distribution of military forts according to the map.

On the other side of the Yellow River in the north of the state, Xihe Fort to Liangzhou line, the military village left at the beginning of the year has expanded Chongning Fort and Chongxin Fort, and the south of Tuoba Bogu's garrison pastureland, and then built five military forts and a military city respectively.

"Ahem...... The construction of Huizhou has just stopped, and this Liao Liao is a huge project, and the money and food can't keep up, and I don't know if Tuoba Bogu will obey it. Wen Yuankai frowned and complained loudly.

"If you don't listen, you have to listen! How could it be left to him? These military forts still have to start construction as soon as possible, and troops will be dispatched next spring, which can be used as a transit ground for logistics grain and grass. "The construction of these military forts is very important, Zhang Yue said nonchalantly.

In the next few days, Zhang Yue asked Wen Yuankai to find a hundred craftsmen to find a secret vacant land to build a manor in the reeds of the Yellow River forty or fifty miles southwest of Huining City, specializing in refining gunpowder.

After explaining these things, he sent Bian Ji and Zhou Quanzhi's caravan southward, and Zhang Yue took Hao Tianying and other 1,000 horses and 100 civil carpenters to cross the Yellow River to Tuoba Bogu's station to inspect and find a suitable place to do preliminary survey preparations.

As a result, it took more than half a month to turn this trip, and just as he was about to return to Huining to inspect the progress of gunpowder refining, Tuoba Bogu's son Tuoba Bojin brought back bad news from Huangzhou.

On August 15, several major Qiang tribes of Hehuang gathered in Miaochuan City, jointly elected and supported the descendants of the Tubo royal family, and the garrison of Lanzhou was Sibuye Chikui as the Tubo Zanpu, and the capital was built in Zongge City, and the Tubo Dynasty was re-established.

With Miaochuan Wanhu Wen Fan as the great monk, set up a Ji, and rule the states of Hehuang for the head of Ji. With Qingtang Wanhu Yingcheng Guji as the right Ji chief, the right Shang Theory, and the Kuozhou Xishu Duncheng Wanhu Wanhu Khenbu Langwang as the Left Ji Chief, Zuo Shang Theory, within a few days, more than a dozen tribal chiefs were appointed as the head of the Virtue Theory, the Jie'er Theory and the head of the Ten Thousand Households, the chief of the garrison, the envoy of the Great Defense City, and the Great Herding Envoy.

He also sent envoys to various places, calling on Hehuang, the Dafeichuan tribes around Qinghai, the southern parts of the Qilian Mountains, the southern Shule Nanshan and the Hara Lake tribes, the Jishi Mountain and the eight tribes of the Xishan Mountains in the south of the Songpan Land in the south of the Xilian Mountains to visit the new Zampu in Zongge City. (To be continued.) )