After the selection of barracks and garrison points is completed, the next thing to do is the specific matters.

It is necessary to pull the new recruits who are being trained and recruited in the Lingzhou and Shenzhou grasslands to the grassland, so that they can be put in place. At this point, it will take some time.

At least after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the recruits have to finish the holiday. In this regard, Li Zheng thinks that he is still more humane.

As for the direct commander of the Baishuichuan garrison and barracks, it was Zhang Shan. There are two barracks, one east and one north, which are in charge of training, the north barracks are Wang Laohu, and the south is in charge of Xu Xiaojiu and Lin Shishi. In charge of the war were the White Wolf and Noro.

However, because of the civil strife of the Xiongnu, the situation north of Lingzhou is not tense for the time being, and it is necessary to guard against the Han Sui rebels in the south, so the white wolf and Nuro still have to be stationed in Fuping and will not move for the time being. Wang Laohu and the other three will immediately take the recruits to the grassland after the Shangyuan Festival, build a barracks and prepare for training.

Regarding military affairs, Li Zheng has a case in his heart, and he just needs to give an order when the time comes.

Then there's the civil.

Lingzhou County and grassland have roughly formed a kind of inertia, and there are Li Lao, Li Boran and Xun You to grasp the overall situation, but Li Zheng does not need to worry about it personally.

However, the development of the Shirakusui River is a process of starting from scratch.

Although Zhou Fei has some skills, it is impossible to cover everything, so Li Zheng must also keep an eye on it at any time to check and fill in the gaps.

The development of the Shirasui River began with the construction of a skeleton.

In Li Zheng's view, this skeleton is not only the management team, but also road traffic. On the grassland, no matter what kind of construction plan is made, most of the materials needed have to be transported from Lingzhou or grassland.

So for the sake of efficiency, the first thing to be solved is the road traffic problem.

At present, Li Zheng's men have sufficient manpower, and although the tens of thousands of captives are old and weak, there are thousands of young and strong. Although many of the infrastructure in Lingzhou County have not yet been completed, the development of Baishuichuan is imminent, so these thousands of young and strong captives can only be transferred to Zhou Fei's men to open the road first.

As for the infrastructure construction in Lingzhou, it is not urgent to slow down a little for the time being.

The road is clear, the efficiency of the development of the Baishui River will be improved, and when the infrastructure is completed, the specific development related matters will be considered.

The White Water River is for war horses.

Raising livestock and growing thatch are the main tasks.

However, all the land within a radius of 100 miles has to be planted with thatch, and the scale of livestock breeding must be rapidly expanded, which is really a lot of pressure for Li Zheng.

The main thing is that there are not enough people under him!

To swallow and digest all this hundred miles of grassland, all aspects must be comprehensive, and at least thousands of people are needed to operate it!

Originally, Li Zheng wanted to divide this grassland into many parts, make a contract, and contract it to the Haoqiang or ordinary people in Lingzhou, so that they could help develop it.

But after thinking about it, I denied it again.

At the beginning of the force, Li Zheng still thought that it was better to take everything into his own hands. For example, if this Baishuichuan is contracted out, the powerful families and some people will be happy. But if these people, for various reasons or temptations, secretly do something to secretly transport the special things produced in the pasture to Li Zheng's enemies, or even fight against the water, it is equivalent to choking Li Zheng's vital point!

This is absolutely impossible.

After a long time, when Li Zheng is strong enough to reach a certain level, this kind of policy may be introduced, but for the time being, Li Zheng still feels more at ease to hold everything in his own hands.

That's why we have to recruit people.

This time, Li Zheng is not ready to recruit domestic slaves.

Rather, it is in the form of employment, paying wages and recruiting workers.

In this era, whether it is a family or a powerful family, or some merchant families, generally recruiting manpower, they are actually recruiting domestic slaves.

Once the common people became their domestic slaves, life and death were in their hands, and in a great way, they gave up their freedom.

Li Zheng feels that this system must be broken.

No matter what Li Zheng thinks, in order to build a completely new system, it is necessary to break all the old ones. Maybe the house slave uses it, and the benefits are endless, but Li Zheng still has to do it.

Even in the near future, Li Zheng would make a decree to abolish the domestic slavery system at a certain time. Why? Because of the particularity of domestic slaves, many wealthy families or big families can pull up a military force in an instant. This is a huge potential threat to those in power!

If this threat is to be lifted, it must be abolished. It may not be possible to abolish it completely, but it can be done to the maximum extent. After all, you can't ask them high-ranking people not to use maids and servants, right? Even Li Zheng couldn't do it himself.

Now is the right time to take advantage of this recruitment opportunity to gradually popularize the employment system, so as to lay the foundation for breaking the domestic slavery system in the future.

After taking a turn in Baishuichuan, when Li Zheng returned to the grassland, the Shangyuan Festival had already passed.

Wang Laohu and the other three had already set off for Baishuichuan with the recruits from Lingzhou County and Caochang, which made Shenzhou Caochang much quieter than before.

In the past, the whole day of recruit training, the whirring and shouting in the school field spread far and wide, and the excitement was lively, and over time it made people a little bored.

But now that it has suddenly disappeared, this phenomenon has made many people feel a little unaccustomed.

When he returned to his house, an attendant came to report that Xun You had written a letter to his family a year ago and wanted to send it back to Yingchuan. These guards in charge of surveillance did not dare to call the shots, and they have been intercepted to this day.

Li Zheng was a little funny in his heart, I am afraid that Xun You couldn't imagine that it would be so difficult for him to send a letter to his family.

Taking over the cloth in the hands of the guards, Li Zheng carefully read it from the beginning, and most of the entire family letter was full of greetings to the elders and brothers in the clan, only a few, and slightly mentioned the situation in Liangzhou.

After pondering for a while, he didn't find anything hidden in it that shouldn't be said, so Li Zheng asked the guards to send someone to send the letter away the next day. No matter what, you can't let your family can't send out letters, right? Moreover, if Xun Yu has no news, I am afraid that the Xun family and the imperial court will not give up. Properly releasing some Xun Yu news can also calm people's hearts, right?

The guards had just left for less than a moment, and Xun Yu came uninvited.

After the two of them were divided, Xun You said: "Captain Li, Xun's family letter should be able to be sent out, right?" ”

"Uh" Li Zheng felt embarrassed for a while, he was still laughing about this matter just now, but he didn't expect that he was the one who should be ridiculed: "Of course you can." ”

"Well, there is also a letter to the imperial court here, bothering Captain Li to send one of them away." After that, he took out a book from his sleeve and handed it to Li Zheng.

After doing this, Xun Yu didn't say a word, turned around and left.

Li Zheng shook his head helplessly, but he still opened the recital watch, read it carefully, and then called someone again, and asked him to send it out of Lingzhou with the book.

Touching his chin, Li Zheng pondered slightly.

Xun Yu's table xiàn is still like that. Li Zheng was a little puzzled, saying that he didn't want to, and did what Li Zheng explained properly. Say he is willing, and show such estrangement.

Alas, the minds of these wise men are simply inscrutable.

Soon, the day passed. Li Zheng thought that he could relax for a while, but he didn't expect that early the next morning, there would be a blue bird from Fuping with an urgent report.

Since the emergency report came from Fuping, it only concerns one thing, that is, the situation in Liangzhou has changed.

opened the letter, Li Zheng swept it at a glance, and instantly understood what was going on.

The tens of thousands of Han troops led by Zhang Wen fought back and forth with the Han Sui rebels in the border area between Sanfu and Liangzhou for several months, and it was in a stalemate, and it was difficult to gain the upper hand. However, at the beginning of the year, that is, a few days ago, the war had mostly changed.

However, it turned out that the more than 20,000 Han Sui rebels who had been stationed on the border between Anding and Beidi had made a move three days ago. Fuping's White Wolf and Nuro also became nervous because of this, and sent scouts to investigate, and at the same time asked Zhou Lin for a letter. The whole of Bupyeong began to enter a state of combat readiness.

Li Zheng looked at the letter and newspaper, his brows furrowed slightly.

Where is the movement of more than 20,000 rebels pointing? Is it Northland? Or is it the army of the imperial court?!

If it was Beidi County, Li Zheng would have to rush to the front line of Fuping immediately, ready to fight to the death. If it refers to the imperial army, then it means that something must have happened on the battlefield on the front line in Liangzhou.

Or Han Sui was defeated, at a disadvantage, and urgently needed reinforcements.

Or the imperial court is at a disadvantage and is controlled by Han Sui, who wants to mobilize more soldiers and horses and finish his work in one battle!

With a turn in his mind, Li Zheng couldn't think of a reason.

Suddenly, Li Zheng spoke: "Someone, invite Mr. Xun." ”

There was an attendant outside the door, and when he heard the words, he immediately went to invite Xun You.

After Xun You arrived, he was not rude, but he was not polite. He knelt down and sat down on his own knees.

"I don't know what Captain Li has to say?"

"Haha," Li Zheng grinned and said, "Mr. Gongda, don't be so blunt, eat me and live with me, can't you give me a good face?" ”

"If you don't eat yours, you can't live with yours, you let me go." The corners of Xun You's mouth curled.

"Well, when I didn't say it." Li Zheng patted his forehead, handed the letter to Xun You, and said, "Mr. Gongda will take a look first and give me a Jianyi." ”

Xun You took the letter, took a closer look, pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "Captain Li's strategy is extraordinary, where can Xun be used?" ”

Li Zheng's eyes widened, he was really helpless. These smart people are really hard to get along with, why are you holding grudges like this?

"Mr. Gongda," Li Zheng changed his mind, but said, "This is about the imperial court's plan!" ”

"Ugh"

This time it was Xun You's turn to be helpless, so he had to say: "It seems that Captain Li needs to prepare to sit in Fuping A few months ago, Taiwei Zhang has never given an order to Captain Li, and he is probably waiting for this time!" No matter what happens in the war this time, I guess I won't let Captain Li leave you with this nail. As long as there is news from the Taiwei, the reason is naturally clear, don't make more guesses, wait with peace of mind, and be prepared. ”

When Li Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Indeed, why bother to delve into it? If the imperial army has the upper hand and needs Li Zheng's help, it will naturally give an order and let Li Zheng help encircle and suppress. If the imperial army is defeated, Li Zheng will definitely not be idle, and he will order to contain the rebels and create a chance for the army to retreat.

There's no need to think too much about all of this, just wait.