The Wuzhou Governor's Mansion now has a total of nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses, although it includes auxiliary troops such as logistics, baggage, medical care, craftsmen, etc., but this number is still amazing. In the household registration book of Wuzhou compiled by Wei Zheng, there are now more than 320,000 people, and there are nearly 400,000 floating populations such as foreign traders and workers. But the ratio of military and civilian still reaches 11, which is staggeringly high.

Such a number of soldiers and horses, while ensuring the stability and prosperity of Huaihuang, also kept the pressure on logistics at a very high warning line. If it weren't for the capture of Huaihuang in the early stage, coupled with the prosperity of Huaihuang Border City now, Huaihuang, a semi-arid border area that is half-cultivated and half-pastoral, would not have been able to raise so many troops. Ling Yun maintained an army of up to 30,000 people, but the treatment of soldiers was extremely high. Compared with the mode of the Central Army's government soldiers at this time, who cultivated their own fields, farmed during farming, trained in their spare time, and had to bring their own weapons in wartime, the Wuzhou Army was not only more well-equipped, but also had more abundant monthly rations. Even compared with the local garrisons of the border army who received food, it was extremely rich.

With a high salary to raise the army, the morale of the Wuzhou Army is naturally extremely high. Compared with those half-ploughing and half-fighting government soldiers, the training intensity of the Huaihuang army is higher, and now Wuzhou implements the Qiyao calendar, and the Wuzhou army is also the same as the official offices, implementing a system of two days off and five days of training seven days a week. But even if it is five days a week, it is far stronger than those soldiers of the central military who only practice for three months a year. What's more, Ling Yun has never been stingy in the food of the Wuzhou Army, even if the food pressure has always been extremely great, but the soldiers in the army have implemented a three-meal system every day, not only rice and noodles. There is a standard of two litres of rice per person per day, and there is even a meal of meat per day, and even fresh vegetables and eggs are served. Well fed, well-fed. Coupled with sufficient training time and scientific training methods, although most of the soldiers of the Wuzhou Army originally came from all walks of life and all over the world, they have now been initially reborn and are physically fit.

Even if it is stronger than the professional garrison of the border army, although the garrison is a standing soldier. But their composition is very mixed, not as good as the government soldiers, many of them are prisoners and even the Rong Di of various tribes. Businessman, son-in-law, thief. They guarded the border towns, and more often in the form of army reinforcement and distribution. For these soldiers, their treatment is naturally not much better. The average soldier's salary is only about twenty-four. Even this two times a month is difficult to get enough, basically can only be received according to eighty percent, and only one-third of this eighty percent of the money, the rest to be sent in kind with a variety of kinds, many times, more is sent to the bottom of the old grain, soaked silk cloth, etc. Even if you eat every day, you rarely have enough food. Two meals a day, a small amount of pickles. There are almost no non-staple food supplements.

Although the Wuzhou Army, which has been fed with heavy money, still lacks actual combat experience, it already has the appearance of a strong army in terms of mental outlook. Moreover, in Huaihuang, the status of the Wuzhou army is far greater than that of other places, and the people of the cities in Huaihuang are not afraid of the Wuzhou army. In other places such as Youhe, most of the people were afraid of the border army, or they were disdainful. But in all parts of Huaihuang, the common people and merchants were not only not afraid of the Huaihuang army, but even showed enthusiasm and friendliness. Nowadays, Huaihuang even has a saying that is widely spread, saying that if you marry someone, you will marry Huaihuang Army, and a good man will go to be a soldier. This fully shows that the strict military discipline and generous treatment of the Huaihuang Army make the Huaihuang people, who are already struggling to survive on the frontier, have a sense of identity with the Huaihuang Army.

After hearing that the imperial court had decided to set up the Wuzhou Governor's Mansion, and Erlongcheng was about to be included in the Yanzhou Governor's Mansion, the soldiers and civilians of Erlongcheng were boiling, and the generals and officials of Erlongcheng, and even merchants, came to Huaihuang City in a steady stream these days to ask Yi Feng to relocate Erlongcheng outside the Great Wall. And many of the people who were resettled in Erlong City even spontaneously began to move outside the customs without waiting.

Although it is said that Huaihuang is now under the rule of the imperial court, the people of Erlong City do not think so, they are mostly the people of the border who have been wandering outside the jurisdiction of the Great Sui for many years, and they are not used to the governance of the Great Sui. At the same time, under the rule of Yi Feng, their lives were more stable and richer than before, and they gained a full sense of security. This sense of security made them reluctant to transfer to the rule of Yanzhou at all.

For this result, Yi Feng was also a little unexpected. He originally thought that the people would definitely prefer to stay in the Guannai, after all, it was safer inside the Great Wall. But they didn't expect that the people would be willing to abandon their settled homes and move to outside the Guan.

In fact, Yi Feng was very happy about this matter, which showed that he had really begun to win the hearts of many people during the half year he had been in the wilderness. Everyone is willing to move outside the Guan, which fully shows that everyone depends on him, and he is easy to wind, which makes everyone feel more secure.

Originally, Yi Feng was reluctant to give up Erlong City, after all, there were more than 20,000 people here. But since the Guannai was assigned to Yanzhou, Yi Feng could no longer control the place, and he also thought about moving the people in the city and withdrawing the army. But after thinking about it, in the end, it was only decided to withdraw the army, and for the people, they would stay in Erlong City. First, he was worried that forcibly moving the people back to the outside of the pass would make the people in the city oppose it. Second, I am also afraid that this will attract the anger of the imperial court, after all, I have already voted for the imperial court, and the imperial court is not thin on them, but now I want to move the people of Erlong City in Guannei and Yanzhou, what will the imperial court think.

But now, Yi Feng had decided that since the people were willing to follow him, then he had no reason to give up on them anymore.

He decided to withdraw the army of Erlongcheng, and at the same time welcome the people of Erlongcheng to move back to Guanwai, but it is not compulsory, and those who are willing to stay can also stay.

As soon as Ling Yun returned to the White Tiger Hall, he immediately convened the important members of the two sets of teams of the Great Shogunate and the Wuzhou Governor's Mansion to discuss the matter.

"Won't this anger the court and attract the suspicion of the court?" Gao Bo had no scruples and said bluntly.

Wei Zheng glanced at Yi Feng, who had an indifferent face on the white tiger chair, and said, "Now the people of Erlong City have moved to Guanwai on their own after hearing that Erlong City will be subordinate to Yanzhou. We can't forcibly interfere with the choices of the people. ”

"The town soldiers of Erlong City and the garrisons and patrols of the forts in the Guannei are according to the system, but they have to be withdrawn outside the Guan. Now that the Guannai has been assigned to Yanzhou, our Wuzhou soldiers are no longer suitable to stay in Yanzhou, and we must withdraw as soon as possible. "As a military general. Gao Jia spoke.

In fact, according to the meaning of the imperial court, Erlongcheng belongs to the Governor's Mansion of Yanzhou, and the people of Erlongcheng naturally belong to Yanzhou. The garrison of Erlong Town naturally belongs to the Governor of Yanzhou. This is needless to say, but now, first, the official will of the imperial court has not yet arrived, and second, this kind of thing is already somewhat vague and controversial. Since Wuzhou refused to hand over these thousands of men and horses to the imperial court, it was not wrong to withdraw at this time. Erlong Town was left to Yanzhou. But the military and civilians withdrew outside the border, as long as it was before the official arrival of the edict, this sidekick can also be played.

"What if I annoy the imperial court?" Pei Zeng said with some concern. For Huaihuang to achieve such a status now, he was already unexpectedly very satisfied. In his heart, he didn't quite agree with this kind of somewhat side-rubbing move, and in his mind, the more than 1,000 soldiers who withdrew to Erlong City could be. But the people. Not necessarily.

"Don't worry about that." Ling Yun said with a smile, "Doesn't the Son of Heaven also want to give me the right to act cheaply, this is also within the right to be cheap." ”

"Exactly, the imperial court is now preparing to fight with Dulan, at this time, even if it is a little dissatisfied with us, there will be no expression." The old knife handle is also sitting in the council hall today, as the former elder of the Tigers Alliance. Once a famous place in the green forest of Qinshan, although it was defeated in the Battle of Taoshan. Even the people of Taoshan Laozhai have been relocated. But Yi Feng didn't do anything to chase and beat this very prestigious old village owner, on the contrary, Zhang Qingshan was very honorable and cooperative after he was defeated, so Yi Feng also repaid him with Li Feng, although it was impossible to give him real power. But he also gave him an official position to consult and join the army, which can be regarded as a senior staff member. Such a noble and powerless official position, Ling Yun did not hesitate, but the effect was good. Keeping the old knife handle and others is of great help to the people of Qinshan who have moved from Lingyun Control now. Not only the old knife handle, but also the leaders of the villages in Qinshan at the beginning, and even the Taibao except Zhou Fang and Xue Liang, Yi Feng did not chase and fight, and after being under house arrest for a while, they were all given the name of joining the army, which can be regarded as pig breeding. With his current control over Huaihuang, he doesn't need to worry too much about those defeated generals. Even if they wanted to, not many people would follow them anymore. What's more, Ling Yun doesn't really stop caring about these people, as long as they don't go out of the city, they can still live a good life, but usually, these people are under surveillance, but it is an open secret. As long as they are interested, they will not kill themselves.

Zhang Qingshan is a good person, Ling Yun thought to himself, at least he hadn't done anything uneasy until now.

"I think that these people of Erlong City who have moved out can move to Yancheng, and the soldiers and horses of Erlong City should also be strengthened to Salt Lake City." At this time, Tuoba Hengdao did not hesitate to favor his own family. Although Salt Lake City has now been renamed Salt Lake Town, his son still serves as the mayor of Salt Lake Town, and at the same time, there are many people in Salt Lake City who are his old department. Now that Salt Lake City produces high-quality salt like dam salt, and the business opportunities are unlimited, his Tuoba family naturally makes a lot of money. Recently, many of the Xia people have gone south, looting salt convoys from time to time, which has caused a lot of damage to the salt lake. Yesterday, Yi Feng issued an order to temporarily transport salt from Yancheng to Huaihuang, which made Tuoba Hengdao a little uncomfortable, if the salt produced was not transported to the market, it would not be able to be exchanged for money, and how much loss would it take. Now that the people of Erlong City are going to move back, he immediately mentions that he will send these soldiers and civilians to Yancheng. Thousands of soldiers and horses were sent to Yancheng, and Yancheng would be safer. With more than 20,000 people in the past, Yancheng will be able to dig more salt pans, build more salt canals, refine more high-quality dam salt, and make more money.

Now that Tuoba Horizontal Knife no longer thinks about robbery, how much money can be robbed by robbery? Even if you can occasionally grab a big caravan, all you can grab are goods, and they are not merchants, no matter how high the value of the goods they rob, in the end they can only cheapen those bold and black-hearted merchants. It's like now, sitting at home, the daily money is flowing into the account. Now Tuoba Hengdao is sitting in Huaihuang City, his son Tuoba Xiaodao is sitting in Salt Lake City, and other brothers and nephews are also arranged in Huaihuang Market and Yantian Salt Farm in Yancheng.

Regarding the mention of the Tuoba horizontal knife, Yi Feng did not have much objection.

The salt of Yancheng has indeed become an important strategic material in Huaihuang. Due to the advanced salt drying technology and salt refining technology, Yancheng's salt production is high, the cost is low, but the quality is good, and there is this uniqueness, and now it has gradually become synonymous with high-end salt, and the sales volume is expanding.

Although in this era, there was no salt monopoly and salt tax, but the profits of salt were still staggering.

For example, today, there are basically four types of salt, sea salt, pool salt, well salt, and rock salt. The output of rock salt is very low, negligible, and the well salt comes from Bashu, and can only supply Bashu, with an annual output of three or four hundred thousand stones. Hedong and Guanlong area, salt lake salt is also called pool salt, can produce about one million salt per year, and the sea salt production is the largest, basically two-thirds of the people in the world eat sea salt, the annual output of salt more than 3 million stones, according to statistics, the annual salt sales of Dasui as much as nearly six million stones. This is a huge market, the price of salt in the Sui Dynasty is not as high as in later generations, there is no monopoly system and salt tax, the cheapest at this time is sea salt, also known as the end of salt, sea salt per bucket of the lowest one to thirty-one dollars, there are thirty-one and so on. And the pool salt is also called a piece of salt, each bucket from fifty to twenty dollars, there are ten grades.

The cheapest sea salt is only a bucket of money, while the expensive pool salt is 50 dollars a bucket, and the price is very different.

However, Guanlong, Hedong, and most areas of Henan are still the world of pond salt, because although sea salt is cheap, it can be transported from the coast to the Central Plains and Guanlong Hedong area, but the transportation cost is very high.

Now the quality of Yancheng's dam salt is extremely high, but the price is not much more expensive than the pool salt, as long as the output can keep up, then a little lower price first, you can suppress the pool salt in Hedong and Guanlong, and seize the market. The annual sales of pond salt is one million stones, and Guanlong and other places consume two or three million stones of sea salt every year, the market is huge, and the profits are huge.

During this period of time, the name of dam salt has been played, and the next step is to seize the market.

However, Ling Yun didn't need to sell salt for money.

He had a bigger plan, which was to trade salt for grain.

"The salt lake is very big," Ling Yun thought for a while and said, "I think another new city can be built near the salt lake, which is thirty miles away from Salt Lake City, and is a horn with Yancheng." "Salt in Salt Lake City is very important, so Yi Feng doesn't plan to put all these eggs in one basket. Instead of merging everyone into Salt Lake City, it is better to build a new city and build it in the northwest of Yancheng, which can be regarded as opening up the territory, and can continue to maintain the balance between the various towns in Huaihuang, so that Yancheng is too strong by then. For such a thing, it is necessary to prevent it as early as possible. A new city is a new military town.

"Then let Yancheng continue to transport salt." Although Tuoba Hengdao was severely frustrated by Yi Feng's plan, he also knew that Yi Feng would definitely have decided to take out this kind of thing, so he didn't oppose it. turned to bring up the matter of Xinxinyun salt, but Yi Feng shook his head again this time.

"We won't sell salt anymore." Yi Feng said suddenly, and the startled Tuoba horizontal knife was stunned on the spot. He stammered, "Don't sell salt anymore?" What do you mean? ”

"In the future, the salt produced in Yancheng will no longer have to be transported to the Huaihuang market, and we will no longer sell salt for money." Ling Yun smiled, "Of course, it's not that it doesn't sell, it's just that it doesn't sell for money, let's change the way, we use salt for food." (To be continued......)