The fifteenth year of the Apocalypse was an unstable year, especially the drought in the eastern continent, and the Great Qin Empire also suffered a large-scale drought, in addition to the dense river network in the south of the Yangtze River, even the "imperial granary" Wuhu County supported by several huge lakes could only barely maintain the farmland water in the area around the lake, and the large and small agricultural harvests in most areas suffered a reduction in harvest that was rare for decades, or even a non-harvest.

From the south to the north, the countries have also suffered from different droughts, all the energy seems to be focused on how to survive the difficulties, maintain normal production and life, governments on the one hand increase taxes, on the other hand, they are also tightening their belts, trying to survive this difficult year, all military operations have automatically died down, and there is constant news of starvation death, the rulers will face the dissatisfaction of the people and even uprisings, and there is no heart to think about anything else.

Tokugawa County in the northwest under the rule of the late Qin Dynasty brought the Miluo River and the Taiping River, which were formed by the melting snow of the Dahengduan Mountains, into various irrigation ditches due to the completion of water conservancy projects.

Because of its proximity to the Hengduan Mountains, the farmland has also introduced a lot of small streams and small rivers made of snow water, and the farmland in the south and central has only been developed by the Gaoshan people, so the crop harvest will also be greatly improved compared with last year, Qin Duan estimates that only a small amount of grain needs to be transferred from Tokugawa County to meet the needs of the Gaoshan people in the entire Northwest County, of course, they must also provide a large amount of high-quality and valuable wood to the government in exchange.

In addition to the chaos of social order and the drought in the northwest, many hungry people and mobs took advantage of the situation to rise up and collude with the already rampant bandits to loot the big merchants in the market towns of the two counties. The garrison forces of the two counties were already insufficient, and they were exhausted and fighting fires everywhere, but they were unable to prevent it, but they were taken advantage of by the bandit army to sneak attack. The loss was not small, and they had to retreat to their respective cities to hold on, and they no longer dared to go out of the city lightly.

The riot army is even more on fire, and the rebel army in the two counties also echoes each other from afar. As a result, even Yeosan County, which was close to the heart of the empire, began to show instability.

Although there was no sign of Qin Dui's rule in the area, in order to prevent this from happening, Qin Du also placed the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the 1st and 2nd Divisions of Tokugawa County in the border area between Northwest County and Bisan County, given that the army of Northwest County was not yet fully trained. Qin Du also ordered Ding Daniu, deputy commander of the cavalry division, to lead Xiao Yongzhong's 2nd Cavalry Brigade and Li San's 3rd Cavalry Brigade to garrison the areas bordering Northwest County and Longdong County to strictly prevent mob infiltration.

At the end of August, Qin Duan went to the Northwest County Government again to escape the summer, and also inspected the work of the local government of Northwest County in the past few months.

In the past few months, these girls have become good friends who talk about everything. Di Rena's personality was originally quite amiable, after Sima Qingqing surrendered to Qin Duan's crotch. The girls were about the same age, and they quickly became acquainted.

By the end of August, the population of Tokugawa County had swelled to more than 5 million, becoming the population base of the large counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and the drought in various places also promoted the migration of people from all over the country to Tokugawa and Northwest Prefecture in disguise, but Qin was cautious about the population of other counties in the northwest. First, he was worried that a mob would take the opportunity to infiltrate, and in addition, Qin Du had already included several other counties in the northwest into his sphere of influence, which would be in his pocket sooner or later, so there was no need to move into Tokugawa County and Northwest County.

stroked the pretty face snuggled beside him, and laughed at Sima Qingqing. "Qingqing, how can you explain to your grandfather when you go back this time?"

"Hmph, I'm embarrassed to say it, you can go and tell my grandfather yourself."

Although he was already a person of Qin Duan, Sima Qingqing was always a little embarrassed, after all, without the explicit consent of his elders, he lost his virgin ~ son, if the elders pursued it, how could he be embarrassed?

Looking at Sima Qingqing, who was a little worried, Qin Duan couldn't help but comfort her: "Anyway, the raw rice has been cooked, and your grandfather is against it, and it's useless, it's a big deal that you can go back to Tokugawa County with me." What's more, I don't think your grandfather will have any objections, he agrees that you should be prepared for this when you go with me, and I am not a saint. ”

"Phew, you're really thick-skinned."

Smiling shamefully, he twisted Qin Dui, Qin Dui dragged her into his arms, and the other hand also reached into her bust, rubbing the firm bulge wantonly, Sima Qingqing suddenly collapsed in Qin Dui's arms.

"Master, this is in the carriage." Sima Qingqing gasped and whispered in my ear, "Di Rena, they are all watching from the side." ”

"What's that, this carriage has a very good soundproofing, and as for the few of them, they won't be able to escape after a while."

The girls who were already excited naturally couldn't escape Qin Duan's clutches, and finally succumbed to Qin Duan's obscenity. The whole journey is like a romantic love trip.

When I arrived in the Northwest County, I quietly came to the barracks of the Second Army stationed in Yinshan Mansion alone, although the sun was scorching, the four soldiers standing guard at the gate of the camp were holding spears, holding spears, not moving at all, allowing sweat to soak their bodies. From a distance, you can see that in the big arena, the flag covers the sun, the sound of killing shocks the sky, and the training is in full swing.

"Stop! Idlers are not allowed to approach! Seeing Qin Dui's sneaky approach, the soldiers standing guard were very vigilant, and immediately pounced on him viciously.

"It's me!" Qin Duan replied to the soldiers while admiring the vigilance of the soldiers in his heart.

"Ahh It's the county keeper! ”

The four soldiers immediately recognized Qin Dulai, they had all received Qin Dui's reprimand, and of course they would not forget the ruler of Tokugawa County and Northwest Prefecture, and immediately gave Qin Dui a standard military salute.

Qin Du also returned the salute and told them that they didn't need to report it, but just take a look down and let them continue to perform their duties.

Walking into the camp area, the eastern half is the training camp of the First Division of the Second Army, the western half is the training camp of the Fifth Division of the Second Army, and the other divisions are stationed in other prefectures and counties in the northwest county.

The 1st Division was conducting a coordinated combat exercise between the cavalry and infantry wings, and their basic training was obviously much more proficient than that of the 2nd Division in the west. The infantry, divided into two battle groups, charged at each other with the cooperation of the cavalry. The formation also changed, the two sides kept colliding, entangled, and then separated, and the soldiers of the disorganized formation quickly assembled under the loud orders of officers at all levels, and re-formed the battle line.

Qin Du hid in the shade of a tree on the side and observed carefully, Li Daring really lived up to his expectations, in just four months. It was not easy to train an army mixed with a large number of recruits to look like this, but this was also expected by Qin Dui, otherwise Qin Duan would not have entrusted him with such a heavy task.

After a while, Qin Duan quietly turned to the west again, and the training here was just as hot. Under the command of the commander, the spear throwers kept waving their arms, wave after wave of projection, and the flying guns formed a dark cloud; The heavily armored infantry, on the other hand, carried a sturdy and massive shield in one hand. Holding a sharp halberd gun in one hand, he kept repeating a series of movements, squatting, carrying a shield, raising a gun, and pushing and stabbing.

The two weapons, which were quite difficult for ordinary people to pick up, seemed so light in the hands of the Gaoshan soldiers, like children playing with toys. Heavy thick armor was worn on them for them. Not much different from ordinary clothes. From these alone, we can see how strong the body of the Gaoshan people is, far surpassing that of other races. Not to mention their innate ability to run.

But they also have a weakness, that is, they are not good at using livestock, especially not being able to ride horses, which may be their biggest flaw, but Qin Dui only needs them to take on the heavy duty of infantry, as for cavalry. Qin Duan also had a large number of soldiers of other races to be competent.

With the sound of hurried footsteps behind him, Qin Duan knew that this was Li Daring, Wang Dahai, and Luo Chen, and if they had been here for so long, they wouldn't have known. Their control over the military is worrying.

At the report meeting held in the city guard mansion, Zhuge Fang made a speech on behalf of various departments of the Northwest County Government.

In the west and south, the former Gaoshan people have built four towns, of which the central and southern plains are Woyuan Town and Rongchang Town, and the largest settlement of the former Gaoshan people in the south is named Heping Town, to commemorate the agreement reached there in exchange for peace, and the western settlement is Jingpo Town, the town guards of these four towns are respectively served by the four elders of the original Gaoshan people, and most of the other subordinate clerks are also selected from the Gaoshan people.

More than 500,000 immigrants from other places have also moved in, mainly in the eastern and northern agricultural areas, and there is also a large amount of uncultivated wasteland in the northwest county, which is enough to accommodate millions of people to live on cultivation. The road from Northyoku-gun to Tokugawa is progressing very quickly and is nearing completion, and it is estimated that it will be completed in another month.

The road leading to Woyuan Town has been completed, and now the road from Woyuan Town to Heping Town is being stepped up, because this section of the road is mainly a mountain road, so the progress is relatively slow, but once a section of the road is completed, the precious timber, medicinal materials, mountain goods, wild animals and even mineral deposits at the eastern foot of the Dahengduan Mountains can be transported in large quantities, which will effectively promote the development of the southern part of Northwest County.

The roads from Yinshan Fucheng to Rongchang Town and Rongchang Town to Jingpo Town have also been designed and planned, and construction will start soon, and the opening of these two roads will connect the western and central parts of Northwest County, and the economy of Northwest County will be on a higher level by then. Speaking of which, even Zhuge Fang, who has always been quiet, couldn't help but dance with his eyebrows, full of interest, and even I was a little infected.

The economy is also quite strong, stimulated by the reduction of taxes, and in April, May, June, and July, a total of 400 large and small workshops, workshops, and shops of all kinds have opened, and many have expanded the scale of production and operation.

Fiscal revenues have not only not decreased compared to before the tax reduction, but have increased, and the growth momentum is quite strong. The basic construction of farmland water conservancy has been fully rolled out, and it is estimated that the construction will reach a climax after the crop harvest in October.

The War Readiness Agency has also done a remarkable job, with 55,000 reservists recruited so far, of whom about 20,000 are from the Gaoshan tribe. The economic development of the entire Northwest County is rapid, the social order is stable, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. (To be continued......)