Shanglinli as the bridgehead of the previous Dingzhou key management of the attack on the grassland, the investment is quite large, not only the new majestic Shanglinli city, but also spend great efforts to build walled houses, a large number of immigrants, reclaim wasteland, grow food, build fences, connect the enclosed houses together, and then the war began to advance step by step to the depths of the grassland, Shanglinli has become an important logistics base, with the increase of the security surname here, more immigrants began to settle here, and now it has formed a village, Scattered around the castle of Kamibayashi.

When Luo Daoming received the urgent order from Bayan Kala, he couldn't believe his eyes, as an official promoted by Xiao Yuanshan, he already felt very lucky that he was not punished in the Li Qing era, and he was surprised to stay in the position of Xinyang Zhixian for so long, he always thought that if Li Qing had a suitable candidate, Li Qing would definitely remove himself, and then transfer himself to a cold yamen to be a cold bench.

What he didn't expect was that now Li Qing had indeed transferred him away, but instead of being a cold bench, he was promoted and reused. From the order, he knew that Li Qing would establish the Eastern and Western Regions Protectorate, and he immediately realized that the Eastern Protectorate would actually become the core of the entire grassland, and staying in this position, the area under his jurisdiction was actually larger than that of Dingzhou.

In addition to being surprised, there was some trepidation, and after panic, it was exciting. As an official in the prime of life who had just passed the age of forty, he would not have any ambitions, but with the fall of Xiao Yuanshan, his heart also cooled, but what he didn't expect was that after three years of worrying, the opportunity came like this.

The status of the capital protector is not below the governor of a state, although he has never wanted to compare with the governors like Lu Yiming and Xu Yunfeng, but at least nominally, the status of the capital protector is comparable to theirs.

Along with Li Qing's order came a secret letter from Li Qing, in this letter, Li Qing expounded that the barbarians should turn nomadism into settlement, change grazing to agriculture, and grazing as a supplement, in fact, it is to gradually change the living habits of these internal barbarians, and bind them to the land, this policy will be a long-term surname, and it may take many years to take effect, but now the first thing Luo Daoming wants to do is to build houses for these internal barbarians, so that they can give up their tents first, Start with the most basic lifestyle habits and slowly change them little by little.

Time is tight, the task is heavy, after Luo Daoming received the order, it took a day to hand over to the officials who took over Xinyang County, and hurriedly set foot on the road to the forest with only one escort, as for the family, they can only live in Xinyang first, and then pick them up after they are busy.

After arriving in Shanglinli, Luo Daoming didn't have time to enjoy the great difference between the grassland scenery in Shanglin and Xinyang, so he went straight to the yamen and immediately convened an emergency meeting to discuss with the village elders of each village.

Mobilizing manpower and materials, and building at least enough houses for 10,000 to 20,000 people to live in within 20 days is an extremely arduous task, especially now that it is the spring ploughing season.

Luo Daoming said resolutely in a resolute tone: "I know that everyone has difficulties, but this is a death order issued by the marshal, we must complete him unconditionally, I have made a request to the military government, the military government will mobilize five thousand recruits from the recruit training camp to rush to Shanglinli, and the left-behind garrisons in Shanglin will also join in addition to normal patrol duty, as for the young and strong people in each village, because spring plowing cannot be delayed, so one day every three days must be taken out to complete this task." ”

"If that's the case, I think it's acceptable to all of us." An old villager said, "It's just Lord Luo, these barbarians are feuding with us, is it necessary for us to treat them like this?" Listening to his tone, this person should be a native of Dingzhou, so he doesn't have the slightest affection for the barbarians, and many of the immigrants in Shanglin are from other states in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and most of them are fellow villagers after they come, and their hostility towards the barbarians is slightly weaker.

Luo Daoming said: "This old man is wrong, if the barbarian was our enemy before, but now we have defeated him and conquered him, from now on, they are all the people under the rule of the marshal, except for the different nationalities they belong to, they are no different from us, our Dachu is a state of etiquette, these grassland herdsmen have moved inward from afar, we as the masters, shouldn't we be warmly entertained?" Let them feel at home, let them minimize the pain of being uprooted, and let them contribute to the development of our Dingzhou? In the future, the strength of Dingzhou will not only depend on us, but also on them! ”

"Your Excellency!" When many old villagers talk about the truth, they are naturally not as good as Luo Daoming, an official who is full of wealth and is good at managing affairs.

On the third day of Luo Daoming's arrival, a round of construction boom began in Shanglinli, the houses were built of wood and stone, except for the main city in Shanglinli, all the fortresses and defensive fortresses outside were demolished, and the materials were completely used to build houses.

A month later, a convoy appeared on the horizon in the distance, and the outposts of the Election Battalion who were galloping ahead saw the tall walls in the upper forest, and they all jumped for joy, galloped their horses, and returned home.

Luo Daoming, who received the message, brought a gong and drum team to the main gate of Shanglinli, and should have organized a large-scale welcome party to welcome these victorious soldiers, but now all the people in Shanglin are desperately building houses, and Luo Daoming can only do everything simply.

An hour later, a large group of people appeared in everyone's field of vision.

Ten days after the departure of the first group of men and horses, the second group of Li Qing also began to set off from Bayankala, and after a few days of marching, Li Qing received an urgent message from Qingfeng at the camp.

King Ning made a move, on March 18 of the first year of Zhaoqing of Great Chu, King Ning raised troops in Ningzhou, with the banner of Zhu Yuchen and Qing Jun's side, and raised troops when he said, a total of five states in the south responded, and King Ning ordered Lu Xiaobo and Zhang Wei, who were stationed in Qingzhou and Gaizhou, to wave their troops to attack the military town of Qinzhou. The collision of the two largest forces in Great Chu kicked off in Qinzhou.

The era of Da Chu and the heroes of the drama is officially coming.

For the collision of these two forces, Li Qingzao had expected it, but he did not think so, but another official document of Qingfeng caught his attention, and the network deployed by the Statistical Survey Department in the area controlled by the Lu clan in the north detected that important figures of the Lu clan had frequent contact with Luzhou, and Luzhou was the buffer zone between Dingzhou and the Lu clan forces in the north, and if Luzhou fell to the Lu clan, Dingzhou would directly face the threat of the Lu clan.

The Lu clan controls the north, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and the barbarians who have just been laid down in Dingzhou, the northern Lu clan is also dominated by cavalry, and there are many ethnic minorities under the rule, the Lu clan has operated the north for several generations, through the marriage with these ethnic groups, economic integration, has completely controlled these ethnic groups, and unlike Dingzhou, the northern Lu clan secretly controls the land of several states, whether it is resources or people, or economy, it is much stronger than Dingzhou, if there is no buffer zone in Luzhou, there will be a tiger sleeping soundly next to the couch in Dingzhou, This is what Li Qing never wants to see.

Could it be that the Lu clan wants to make a move on Dingzhou, which has just ended the war and has not recovered a little? Li Qing felt a strong uneasiness in his heart, and replied to instruct Qingfeng to immediately strengthen the investigation of this clue, and be sure to find out the true intentions of the Lu family.

Could it be that the war against the barbarians has just ended, and it is about to be involved in another great war? This is what Li Qing is unwilling to do, and it is also the result that Dingzhou is most unwilling to face.

Li Qing summoned Shang Haibo, in the face of this emergency, Shang Haibo pondered for a moment, pointed to the map and said to Li Qing: "Dashuai, now we can only brake quietly, let Qingfeng figure out the other party's true intentions first, if the other party really has this intention, we can only strike first, send troops to occupy Luofeng County and Nagasaki County, which border Luzhou and our Dingzhou, but we can't go too deep, just let the Lu family understand that we already know his intentions, and then station heavy troops in these two counties, I don't think the Lu family will choose to fight with us." After all, the soldiers of Dingzhou in a hundred battles have forced us, and it will not do him any good, even if he wins, it can only be a miserable victory, and the result of a tragic victory is that he will be swallowed by other forces that are eyeing him. ”

Li Qing nodded, "Yes, we only occupy these two counties, and let the rest of Luzhou become a buffer zone for our two families, what we need is time, as long as we give me three or five years, our Dingzhou will have enough strength to deal with threats from either side." ”

"I'm afraid that we will send an army back to Dingzhou first, and now our march speed is too slow, I am worried that the other side will take a risk, and before we can turn around, we will suddenly send troops."

"Let the cavalry of the Changsheng Battalion and the Whirlwind Battalion return first, Mr. Shang, you will also return to Dingzhou with these two battalions first and preside over the overall situation!" Li Qingdao.

That night, the Changsheng Battalion and the Whirlwind Battalion broke away from the brigade and accelerated their return to Dingzhou, this action did not cause much turmoil among the ordinary people and soldiers, but among the senior generals, it caused a lot of repercussions, everyone knew in their hearts that something must have happened in Dingzhou, and the marshal would have this move, Boyan, Su Shun, Nuoqia and others also speculated in their hearts, but Li Qing did not say it explicitly, and everyone naturally did not ask.

Unconsciously, the brigade also accelerated the pace of returning east.

At this time, in Lulong, the capital of Luzhou, Wang Qi of the Operations Department of the Statistics and Survey Department had led more than a dozen special agents to sneak in and connect with the nails of the Foreign Intelligence Agency here.

Qingfeng's order to Wang Qi is very simple, if it is found that someone from the Lu family is indeed in contact with Luzhou, then do everything possible to tie up the people of the Lu family, as long as they bring back people, then the Lu family can be clear no matter what calculations they have, if they really can't bring it back, they will slaughter the people, and leave the mess to Xu Hongwei, the commander of Luzhou, and let him have a headache How to explain to the Lu family why the other party's people died suddenly on their own territory.

(To be continued)