Wang Chonghou waited outside the gate of the cavalry division, pacing back and forth impatiently, trying to break through the gate several times, but finally he was frightened by the fire of the black hole and returned to the carriage.

Because of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's policy of opening borders and mutual markets, Zhangjiakou has not declined, but has become more and more prosperous. As the magistrate of Wanquan County, Wang Chonghou understands the significance of Zhangjiakou better than others. Most of his test components will fall on this pearl outside the plug, especially the two items of commercial tax and population.

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In August of the 21st year of Chongzhen, the Mongolian Horqin Department hijacked Karaqin and invaded Wanquan County, aiming at Zhangjiakou, the pearl outside the Saiwai.

As a descendant of Genghis Khan's sword guard, Horqin still adheres to the purest Mongolian cavalry tactics. In contrast to the famous cavalry victory, the Mongol cavalry also engaged in hand-to-hand combat in group charges, and the corresponding tactical system developed from this was very mature.

This time, the Tushetu Prince Badali, who led the invasion of the army, also gathered the elite of his troops, and took advantage of the season when the grass was high and the horses were fat, so as to make up for the losses caused by the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and spend a fat year. However, before the friendly forces of Karaqin could follow, Korqin's advance was blocked by a cavalry of 200 men.

This cavalry was not placed there by Zhou Yuji to snipe the invading enemy, simply because this unit was training outside and accidentally discovered the camp of the Horqin people. From the composition of this group, Major Dou Guang knew that they were invading Mongol Tatars, not Mongolian herdsmen who came to defect.

For there were only men in the prime of life in the camp, and there were no old and weak women; There were only sturdy war horses, and no cattle and sheep representing the wealth of the Mongols...... After screening, Dou Guang led the cavalry to launch a surprise attack that night with the example of "encountering the enemy".

This battle directly defeated the Horqin forward and sounded the death knell for the rear army of Horqin.

The next day, Zhou Yuji, who had received the news, had already led the cavalry division around the flank of the Horqin people. Prepare for the offensive. And Badali, who was embarrassed and angry, in order to avenge last night's revenge, led a large group of men and horses to chase Dou Guang south, making Zhou Yuji's flank attack become a flank outflank.

Today's cavalry division is already an elite division with 8,000 horses, which is ten times larger than before. It even includes Mongolian youth, and these Mongolian youths do live up to their food. Equestrian and discipline were satisfactory.

With the advantage of the right time, place and people, Zhou Yuji easily defeated the scattered Horqin cavalry with the tactics of dense cavalry. Badali had to change clothes with the guards and fled alone, which put an end to this invasion and sounded the clarion call for Horqin's madness and its demise.

It's just that for a battle of this scale, Zhou Yuji was embarrassed to make a big splash and send a good report, and the reason why he sent a red box emergency report was for those prisoners of war.

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"General Zhou!" Wang Chonghou finally saw Zhou Yuji come out, and shouted: "General Zhou! I am the queen of Wanquanzhi County! ”

Zhou Yuji actually saw Queen Wang Chonghou early in the morning. glanced at Huang Chengming beside him, and felt that the military and the local side still had to cooperate and work together after all, and they should not be too stiff, so they walked slowly towards Yuanmen.

"It turned out to be Wang Daling," Zhou Yuji stepped forward and hugged his fists, "I don't know if I am driving to Yuanmen, what advice do you have?" ”

"First of all, I want to congratulate the general on defeating the enemy in a battle." Wang Chonghou bowed deeply and saluted: "The wine and meat of the county labor army are still on the way, and they will be sent to the general's camp later." ”

"It is the duty of the general to defend the land." Zhou Yuji said coldly.

Wang Chonghou laughed twice. And he said: "General, it's just the 3,600 captives......

"It's already been cut." Zhou Yujidao.

Wang Chonghou jumped a step back: "Cut!" O General! This, this, how does this say? Didn't you say yes? What to do with these captives will have to be discussed......"

"Yes." Zhou Yuji said, "The general has already discussed with Huang Xundao. After all, it was decided to behead the side and deter the suspicious Tartars outside the Saiwai. ”

Wang Chonghou's heart was like 10,000 cats scratching, itching in pain, itching in itching, and he couldn't wait to pounce on and bite Zhou Yuji!

Wanquan County is the original Wanquan left and right guard. After the crown prince abolished the guard and changed it to Zhou County, Wanquan County was located in the original Acropolis Deshengkou Baocheng. Zhu Cihong has also been here, but it was in a previous life - Wanquan County is at the foot of the Badaling Great Wall.

Even in later generations, this place was not famous for its minerals, but was an agricultural county with fertile water and soil. Not to mention the current exploration techniques, there is no iron ore worth excavating other than a coal mine. In today's climate. If you want to get promoted under the examination system, the best way is to open mines.

As long as there is a mine, there is income, and miners are obviously better trained than students.

There was no mine in Wanquan County, but by chance, Wanquan County discovered the black lazuli under his feet.

This stone is hard and brittle, and can be dug a few feet underground.

However, because of its brittleness, it is difficult to pick large materials. This is why the local people do not take it seriously, and only call it "black stone", "pumice stone" and other common names. However, Wang Chonghou unexpectedly found that the load-bearing performance of the road based on this black stone was significantly better than that of other roads. He also used this black stone as an aggregate, and found that in the cement slabs made, the weight was lighter and the texture was harder.

This discovery made Wang Chonghou particularly excited, and sent a specimen to the Department of Geography of Jingshi University, and named this stone black lazuli, hoping that it would bring him a lot of money like gold.

In fact, this is the stone called "basalt" in later generations, with reserves of 400 million tons in Wanquan County, and its hardness and toughness rank first in the country and second in the world.

If it weren't for Zhu Cihong's infrastructure construction, this mineral would continue to be ignored.

Black lazuli is very useful and requires a high amount of money, which is much simpler and safer than coal mining. However, in the face of such large reserves, Wang Chonghou's biggest worry was the lack of labor.

It is obviously very wasteful to use peasants to dig stones, especially now that Liaodong is being developed, and every county is mobilizing landless peasants to settle in Liaodong - many places even portray Liaodong as a place like spring and paradise all year round, which can really deceive people.

Wanquan County is so close to Guanwai, there is naturally no hope of deceiving people with this, but the locals still regard the reclamation of Liaodong as the first choice, and they can have a reliable land there in the end. Only those who have land at home and do not have enough to eat will let their children dig stones in their spare time, which can be regarded as subsidizing the family.

If the scale of labor cannot be expanded, the scale of black lazuli mining cannot be expanded, and it cannot be applied to infrastructure construction on a large scale. Infrastructure construction is also an important test standard for county officials, and building a high-quality road will not only be commended during the term of office, but may also be carried into the famous eunuch shrine in the future, which is a great honor.

Therefore, Wang Chonghou looked for people to quarry everywhere. As soon as he heard that the Tartar was coming this time, his first reaction was to run!

Run to Zhangjiakou!

Finally, I got the notice of the number of prisoners of war at the first time, filled in the paperwork, and sent it to Xuanhua Mansion to apply for requisition.

This is more than three thousand Lu Bai's strong laborers!

How many stones have to be mined!

But now, Zhou Yuji said a fluttering "cut", which made Wang Chonghou really worse than dead!

Wang Chonghou didn't dare to pounce on Zhou Yuji, but he was afraid that before he could pounce on anyone, he would already be knocked to the ground by a tiger elite. His whole body curled up, and he jumped twice, kicking up a puff of dust.

Zhou Yuji and Huang Chengming took a step back and looked at this young man from Shanxi who had no city government with a little disgust.

"General, I've told you everything, it's useful for these people to keep it." Wang Chonghou finally came back to his strength, couldn't suppress his anger and complained: "Look at the road you go in and out, is it a good road? It's all up to people. You cut down so many people, who will work for us? It doesn't matter what I do, it's not convenient for you, right? ”

Zhou Yuji said with a smile: "This matter has to be seen from a distance." You also know that in the past, the number of soldiers in Xuanfu was as small as 30,000 and as high as 50,000. Now our seven or eight thousand cavalry is much less. If you don't use some deterrent methods, what will be Horqin today, Karaqin tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow...... If you are a Tartar, you will come to fight the autumn wind, and won't it be more difficult for the Great Order to shepherd this place? ”

Wang Chonghou was in a hurry, and was about to open his mouth to speak, but Huang Chengming had already intervened and said with a smile: "Great Order, you also know that those Tartars are all wolf-like characters. If you are hard, he will be afraid of you; If you are a little softer, they will bite you to death. This time these Tartars are the pathfinders. If we soften, there will be more than these centaurs next time. ”

"Then why don't you just kill a few officials? Is it necessary to kill them all? Wang Chonghou said hurriedly.

"That's not enough." Zhou Yuji was no longer very patient, and after speaking, he threw off his cloak and turned around to leave.

Wang Chonghou really couldn't hold back his temperament this time, retreated to the side of the carriage, and shouted: "Zhou Yuji! You're a big deal! This official is going to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to sue you! ”

The smile on Huang Chengming's face also froze, and he said: "Wang Chonghou, you are an official in the same dynasty, you are quite unreasonable." Originally, I thought it would not be easy for you, and I said that I would recruit some labor for you, but now it seems that I have saved effort. ”

When Wang Chonghou heard this, he immediately regretted that he was too reckless, and he was stunned on the spot, watching Huang Chengming turn around and leave, and the scarlet cloaks of the two gradually became two small dots.

Huang Chengming chased after Zhou Yuji, and couldn't help laughing: "Let's bully a little hairy child in his early twenties, it's hard to hear if you really tell the top." ”

"This kid doesn't understand." Zhou Yuji waved his hand and said, "If you don't suppress those Tartars, you won't even be able to live in Zhangjiakou in the future." ”

Zhou Yuji had personally experienced the "kindness" of Mongolian Tatars before.

If you give him an inch, he will ask you a foot.

Why was the imperial court reluctant to open a horse market in the first place? It is precisely because after the market opens, the Tartars do not keep their promises, force them to buy and sell, and even kill people to sell goods. The Han people are not bullied, so they are naturally unwilling, and it is the sin of the officials to make trouble between the two sides. Therefore, there are officials who are afraid of trouble to go up with a question book, close the market, and fight the next time they meet, saving trouble.

The Mongols really needed cloth tea, pig iron and other things in the Central Plains, so they raised troops into the Kou and asked for canonization and opening the market, as if the imperial court was unwilling to open it. So for the sake of more harmonious ethnic relations, the crown prince ordered: beat them and then teach them the rules. (To be continued......)

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