Xue Rengui reported that Xihai County's specialties include A-grade marine fish and S-grade sea salt, and in addition to building a salt farm, you can also use sea salt to pickle fish. In addition, shipyards could be built at the mouth of local rivers to produce ocean-going merchant ships for trade, and the land in the southern part of Goryeo was opposite Seohae County. ”

Xia Liang, who was in charge of the economy, had long ago instigated Chutian to occupy a port, first, to mine sea salt, and second, to develop foreign trade as soon as possible.

Maritime trade flourished during the Song and Yuan dynasties, and even became an important source of finance for the Southern Song court.

At present, sea transportation does not seem to be useful, but in the later period, whether it is used to transport grain and troops, or to fight against the Goryeo and Dongying kingdoms, a strong naval division is needed.

Chu Tian can train a horse infantry army of no low level in a year, but if he is given a year, he may not be able to form a combat fighting sailor.

If the Goryeo Kingdom was to be attacked across the Yellow Sea, it would take at least five or six years for the sailors to prepare.

Chu Tian had already prepared: "You buy the blueprints of the salt drying field, shipyard, wharf, and sailor camp from the merchants, send them to Xihai County, and arrange for the local officials to build them." ”

"Do you need your subordinates to go to Xihai County to preside over the construction?"

"No, you just stay in the Lord's Mansion, otherwise it will be inconvenient for me to use other people here."

Chutian arranged for a group of officials to take over Xihai County.

"How many levels do you need for the salt plant, shipyard, wharf, and sailor camp buildings?"

"The salt drying plant uses the highest level drawings that can be bought, and as for the shipyard, docks, and sailor camps, four levels are sufficient."

As for the water master, Chu Tian knew very little.

The fourth-class shipyard can produce plank ships (first-class civilian ships), sentinel ships (second-class warships), walkers (third-class warships), shipwrights (fourth-class warships), small sand ships (14 meters long, 2.7 meters wide, single-sloop schooning ships, used for coastal shipping along the river), medium-sized sand ships (17-21 meters long, 4.18-4.28 meters wide, two-masted schooning ships), which can basically meet the current needs.

The Level 4 Sailor Battalion can recruit most of the general sailor classes. Unless it is a special class of sailors, a higher battalion of sailors is required.

The Advanced Sailor Battalion can not only recruit high-level troops, but also recruit more soldiers at a time. The first barracks can recruit 100 soldiers at a time, and the fourth barracks can recruit 500 soldiers at a time.

Docks can increase the probability of ships entering the port to replenish on the route, and at the same time have a bonus to the port.

Chutian made a plan to turn Xihai County into a port city.

As for Xu Sheng, Chutian still stayed in Liangshan Town to develop the Yihe Water Division. The goal of the Yihe Water Division was to go south to besiege Xiapicheng and control the Yihe River valley in the future.

Although the ships of the Yi River could not be transported to the Yellow Sea, the trained sailors, shipwrights, and sailors and soldiers could be sent to Xihai County.

Small and medium-sized wooden ships are not important, but sailors, soldiers, and shipwrights are important, and Chutian can use the timber of the coastal hills to build ships.

"The sea salt in Xihai County is monopolized by the government, and the shipyard is mainly engaged in the production of cargo ships."

Considering that Chutian did not yet have the ability to fight a naval war, the ports of Xihai County were mainly for trade, and in the future, he could even consider selling and buying goods between Yangzhou, Goryeo, and Dongying.

Xia Liang reminded: "My lord, you should set up a special salt and iron officer to control the salt and iron in each county. ”

Chu Tian did ignore it, since it was decided to monopolize salt and iron, then it was natural to have special officials to manage it: "Each county should set up a salt official and an iron official, and set up two salt and iron supervisors to prevent salt and iron officials from abusing their power for personal gain." ”

Chutian had to establish a monitoring mechanism.

Governing seven counties with a population of 2 million, Chutian's ranks of officials numbered more than 1,000 people, and if there is no supervision, corruption can easily occur.

Xia Liang proposed: "It's better to take this opportunity to establish a supervision system, and Fang Xuanling, who evaluates the performance of officials, is in charge." Conduct unannounced inspections of officials from time to time. ”

Her words benefited Chu Tian a lot.

At present, the performance appraisal system of officials in Langya State is a small examination every year and a major examination every three years.

This is a regular assessment.

Xia Liang's proposal to conduct irregular assessments at the same time as Fang Xuanling's regular assessments will effectively reduce corruption.

Chu Tian thought about it: "You are in charge of supervising the history of supervision, and you are responsible for establishing a supervision body of thirty people, and conducting surprise inspections of officials in various ministries from time to time. The supervision organization is divided into two departments, the north and the south, with a temporary quota of 24 people in the north and 100 officials, and a temporary quota of 6 people in the south to supervise the north. ”

"Me?"

"The two assessment methods should be separated."

"Yes."

Xia Liang thought that there were a lot of things in his hands, so he said goodbye and went down to deal with it.

Chu Tian added: "The supervisory agency is only responsible for me. ”

He wants to keep the supervisory apparatus firmly in his own hands.

This is also why he asked Xia Liang's authority to be separated from Fang Xuanling's authority.

Fang Xuanling conducts regular performance appraisals for hundreds of officials, which is a self-inspection of the officials.

The supervision agency is in the hands of Chu Tian, and Chu Tian can investigate whoever he wants, even if he charges his subordinates. This is external surveillance.

At the same time, there is also a self-inspection agency within the supervision agency.

Supervisory bodies have been in place since ancient times to ensure the loyalty of officials and to prevent corruption and bribery.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chutian established the most basic supervision organization in Langya State.

At present, the officials of Langya State have been baptized by the war, and they dare not mess around for the time being, so they will not talk about it in the future.

Chutian also called Xue Rengui's army back, and left Yin Li to recruit 2,000 troops in the local area.

Xue Rengui also had to participate in the crusade against the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, so he couldn't stay in Xihai County.

Xihai County did not dare to rebel, otherwise it would be attacked by Chu Tian at any time with the strength of six counties.

Chutian has always stationed elite troops in Xiacheng, and the strength of small counties ranges from 2,000 to 5,000, lacking the strength to rebel.

In the summer, Liang recruited 30 officials to form a supervision organization, and every month he would send one or two teams of supervision officers to various counties to conduct secret investigations, which frightened the officials in each county.

The ultimate person in charge of the supervision agency is Chu Tian, and as long as Chu Tian wants to convict, the supervision agency will always find a reason.

Li Kui, the lieutenant of Diannong, came to report after the cool summer: "The dismissed Taishan thieves have been assigned to the riverside plains of Kaiyang, Yangdu, and Juxian counties, and it is expected that they can all be resettled before the spring equinox. A total of 100873 Tarzan thieves were placed. In the other half a year, a total of 21,312 bandits, remnants of the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army and their families were captured, mainly in Jiuzhen, Hedong. ”

Chu Tian also didn't expect that there would be such a large number of Taishan thieves plus ordinary bandits, and these people would become an important source of labor and soldiers in the Langya Kingdom.

He estimated that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army provided more labor than the Taishan thieves.

Li Kui continued to report: "Because Langya is relatively calm, the population of Beihai Country and other places has flowed into Langya Country as many as 20,000 households. There is even an influx of displaced people from Yanzhou and Jizhou. ”

"Among them, the displaced people who have not been bandits moved into Xia City, arranged for them to reclaim barren fields, and carried out tuntian."

Chu Tian was eager for more people to enter his territory.

This time, he crusaded against the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, which was to rob the population and plough cattle.

The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army plundered all over the country, while Chutian went to rob them, and justifiably plundered the population of Qingzhou to Xuzhou.

Chutian re-examined the resources, and found grade 4 iron ore resources in the Mengshan area of Yangdu County, and grade 4 copper ore resources found in the Wulian Mountain area of Ju County.

Fourth-level natural resources are already very objective, as for high-level natural resources, they are only available in special places.

For example, the North Sea Fishery is a Grade 10 marine fish resource, and the Potosi Silver Mine is a Grade 10 silver resource.

The grade of Jiaodong gold mine in Qingzhou is also very high, and the famous Anshan iron mine is also famous.

Chutian established fifth-level mining farms in two places, each with about 2,000 to 3,000 miners, providing Chutian with a steady stream of copper and iron resources.

Needless to say, the importance of copper is the most basic unit of circulation in the "Lord", and it is also a hard currency. Although when Chu Tian discussed with the officials, it was more calculated in silver taels, but the civilians at the bottom still used copper coins.

Chutian could not issue paper money, which was worthless in troubled times, which would only lead to inflation.

Iron ore resources involve the production of weapons, agricultural tools, and armor.

In addition to the fourth-grade iron ore, fourth-grade copper ore, and third-grade gold ore, there are some scattered natural resources in Chutian's territory, as long as there are resources, Chutian will build mining farms to increase the output of resources in his hands as much as possible.

Fang Xuanling hurriedly came in: "Lord, it's not good, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army has appeared at the junction of Langya Country and Beihai Kingdom!" ”

"It seems that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army intends to actively defend and burn the flames of war to our Langya country. Zhou Yafu, Zang Ba, and Sun Guan guarded the first line of defense, and did not give Qingzhou Yellow Turbans a chance to take advantage of it. The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army wanted to put pressure on the border and let them move, so we sent troops in March according to the original plan. Then let Mulan lead a cavalry to the border to monitor the movements of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and not let them be too arrogant. ”

Chutian was not panicked by the actions of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and there were three generals guarding the first line of defense of the Langya State, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army could not break through.

The counties and Dongwu counties in the north of Langya were attacked by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army entered the Langya country, and the mountains and fields were full of yellow turbans and flags, as far as the eye could see!

Wu Sangui, who took refuge in Dolgon, rode a war horse and led 3,000 Yellow Turban cavalry and 50,000 Yellow Turban infantry as the vanguard of entering the country of Koulangya.

His knowledge of the topography and roads of Langya led him to be highly used by Guan Hai and Dolgon.

The lords of Zhuxian and Dongwu counties were unable to resist in the face of the mighty Yellow Turban Army, and were easily destroyed by Wu Sangui.

The county magistrates found that all the people under the city were Yellow Turban Army, and they couldn't help but feel numb on their scalps.

The Yellow Turbans were so numerous that they were like locusts, and everywhere they went, even the bark of the trees was eaten, the springs were drunk, and all the villages that stood in the way of the Yellow Turbans were destroyed.

"Lord County Commander, we only have 5,000 Han soldiers in the city, and there are at least 50,000 or 60,000 people outside the city, how should this, how should we defend this?"

The generals of the counties looked at the locust army below, and their palms were sweaty.

The Yellow Turbans are numerous, and their commanders don't care about the lives of this group of cannon fodder, using crowd tactics every time they attack a city.

The level of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army is not low, because the Qingzhou Thorn History and the Beihai Prime Minister have always given the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army a head, resulting in the combat effectiveness of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army being far better than that of the Yellow Turban Army in other states.

The counties were still under the control of the Han court, and it was the county orders of the cities that guarded the counties.

"Immediately recruit the township to defend the city and ask for help from the Langya country! There are strangers in the city, and they may be able to contact the prime minister of Langya! ”

Zhucheng ordered to quickly recruit the residents in the city to defend the city, and tens of thousands of villagers and free players had to come to the city wall to defend it.

Once the Yellow Turbans captured the city, all their property and food would be looted. Therefore, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army must not be allowed to break through the city!

The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army has captured no less than fifteen counties in Qingzhou!

Chu Tian was the official appointment of the Langya State Minister by the imperial court, and he was also his nominal boss, and it was reasonable for him to ask Chu Tian for help when the counties were attacked.

"The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army has begun to attack the city!"

Some defenders screamed, only to see that in the phalanx of 50,000 Yellow Turban infantry, hundreds of ladders were carried out, and there were elite Yellow Turban commanders supervising the battle in the rear to maintain morale!

Because of the addition of Dolgon and Wu Sangui, the Yellow Turban Army is undergoing a transformation, and they have a special attack team, a battle supervision team, a gang leader, and a transport team.

The only thing that remains unchanged is that Dolgon and Wu Sangui still use them as cannon fodder and use crowd tactics to attack the city.

"Prepare fire arrows and oil, and never let them climb the city walls!"

The county commanders were anxious and used fire arrows.

Villages and towns are easy to capture, but as long as the county town is defended to a certain extent, it can block the Yellow Turban Army for a while.

Woo –

The desolate sound of the horn echoed on the battlefield, the yellow flags were displayed, and more than 10,000 Yellow Turban troops, as the first batch of siege troops, flocked to the cities like a tide!

Wu Sangui grabbed the reins of his war horse and squinted his eyes to observe this bridgehead in the north of Langya Kingdom.

Conquer the cities, and further south, it is Juxian County, which made him sink into the sand.

Zhucheng is not in Chutian's sphere of influence, because Zhucheng is too close to the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army's sphere of influence, and if it occupies Zhucheng, it will face the pressure brought by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army.

Tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops launched an attack on the cities, and the defenders of the city wall fired rockets in unison, and the burning fire arrows burned the ladders of the Yellow Turban Army, and black smoke billowed out.

The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army fell into madness, and the defenders defending Zhucheng also fell into madness.

The Yellow Turbans will burn and loot, and for their own property and lives, the defenders of the cities must defend the walls! The city wall is the only barrier to the sea of people!

The defenders' fire bolts played an important role, many of the erected ladders caught fire, and the Yellow Turbans slowed down the siege of the city, but the Yellow Turbans began to use a lot of manpower to dig tunnels in an attempt to destroy the foundations of the city walls.

"Is there a response from Prime Minister Langya? We can't hold on like this! ”

In the face of the continuous onslaught of the Yellow Turban Army, the county commanders were on the verge of collapse at any time.

"There have been strangers who have contacted the Minister of Langya, and the Minister of Langya has sent a light cavalry to march 1,200 miles in a hurry, and it will be there in eight days!"

"So fast?"

The county magistrates were overjoyed when they heard the news. On the 8th, the march was forced for 1,200 miles, and the speed of such a march was simply terrifying.

When the defenders of the counties learned of the reinforcements, their morale was greatly boosted and their determination to defend to the death was strengthened.

Two black war eagles hovered in the air, and Hua Mulan led the cavalry day and night, and was ordered to delay Wu Sangui's entry into the country of Kou Langya.