After returning to Ezhou, Lin Yuan joined Yang Qin's troops who were waiting to respond.

The combined strength directly reached 8000 cavalry.

Of the 9,000 infantry recruited in Xinyang, Lin Yuan handed over all of them to Wang Yan, and continued to enrich the combat power of his Bazi Army.

After the forces converged, they went straight to Hanyang City.

Two days later, everyone finally arrived at the foot of Hanyang Castle.

At this time, Hanyang City had already been taken.

It turned out that when Lin Yuan attacked Huangchuan City at night, Huang Zu also launched a sneak attack on Hanyang City.

At that time, Huang Zu secretly sent a small number of elite sailors to use the underground waterways of Hanyang City to sneak into the city, open the gate of Hanyang City in the middle of the night, and let the army enter the city.

In this way, Hanyang Fortress was breached in one fell swoop.

Zhao Pusheng, the defender of Hanyang City, only led dozens of horsemen to fight out of the siege and fled back to Ezhou City after the loss of Hanyang City.

"The end will be forbidden, see the lord!"

"The last general, Huang Zu, see the lord!"

Lin Yuan was in Hanyang City and met with Yu Ban and Huang Zu.

"Two generals, please. The two generals captured Hanyang City this time, and they made a great contribution, and they should be remembered for a great merit and rewarded in the future! ”

"Thank you, my lord!" Both of them are grateful.

Lin Yuan nodded, and walked into the City Lord's Mansion with the support of all the generals, he put his hand on the stone tablet at the core of the city, and all the attribute information of Hanyang City was immediately clear at a glance.

[Territory]: Hanyang Fortress (first-class county town)

[Zhizhou]: Lin Yuan

[Affiliation]: Jinghu North Road, Southern Song Dynasty

[Specialties]: Finless porpoise, Chinese sturgeon

[Population]: 180,000/500,000

[People's Heart]: 60

[Public security]: 75

[Shops]: 1000 rooms

[Prosperity]: 8000

[Status]: Poor

[Administrative efficiency]: 30/100

[Economic efficiency]: 50/100

[Cultural efficiency]: 20/100

[Garrison]: 10,000 people

[City warehouse]: 400,000 units of grain, 130,000 units of timber, 120,000 units of ore, 1 million units of coal......

[City Fortifications]: Medium-sized City Wall, Medium-sized Urn City, Medium-sized City Tower, Medium-sized Arrow Tower, Medium-sized Arrow Battlement, Medium-sized Water Village Gate (Strong Defense, Soldier Defense +20)

[Existing buildings]: Residential stone houses, medium-sized shops, medium-sized blacksmith shops, medium-sized docks, medium-sized iron-smelting workshops, medium-sized weapons workshops, medium-sized barracks, medium-sized medical halls, medium-sized carpenter shops, Chenghuang Temple, River Temple, ......

[Wealth]: 70,000 taels of silver

Hanyang Fortress is a poor city.

This has to do with the fact that it has been facing war for a long time.

However, fortunately, it is a county town, and water conservancy and transportation are very developed, as long as it develops for a period of time, it can quickly prosper.

Moreover, Lin Yuan also attaches great importance to one point, that is, this city has coal, iron smelting workshops, weapons workshops, and docks.

This is an important military town capable of producing weapons.

Historically, this was indeed the case with Hanyang Castle.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Jang Zhidong built a number of modern industries in Hanyang and engaged in the production of military equipment.

Lin Yuan decided to follow the example of Zhang Zhidong and build Hanyang City into a military town.

In addition, the 30,000 people he brought with him were all settled in the city.

As for the question of staying in Hanyang City, Lin Yuan felt that there was no one more suitable than Huang Zu.

First of all, Hanyang Fortress is adjacent to the Great River to the north and has a well-developed water system, which is very suitable for naval warfare.

Secondly, Huang Zu has the skill of defending the city and is a rare defender.

Therefore, Lin Yuan directly ordered Huang Zu to be appointed as the defender of Hanyang City, and the first battalion of the naval division led by him will stay in Hanyang for a long time and be responsible for maintaining the safety of the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Yu Ban led the third heavy infantry battalion and set off to join the Longxiang battalion in Suizhou.

In order to prevent Chen Youliang's forces from counterattacking, Lin Yuan also left 8,000 cavalry in Hanyang.

The Jianghan Plain is also very suitable for cavalry training.

After arranging everything, it was already mid-April, and Lin Yuan rushed back to Wushan City with the captured Zhang Bangchang.

On the way, Lin Yuan also went to the base camp of the water division.

Wei Yan led the Pioneer Battalion and the Fifth Battalion of the Naval Division to take the western island of Yunmengze, and is still expelling a few stubborn Zhong Chu power islands.

The second battalion of the naval division led by Ding Feng, after besieging Li Jun, the dragon of the mixed river, has always adopted the strategy of besieging but not attacking, and from time to time attacking the island in the middle of the night to harass, causing Li Jun's 30,000 water thieves to suffer.

The water thieves under Li Jun's command have reached the verge of collapse in spirit, and they may surrender at any time.

The only thing worth noting is the Sailor Assault Battalion of Gan Ning.

Gan Ning was responsible for guarding the entrance to East Dongting Lake, and now, the Southern Song Dynasty's Wang Qi was defeated, and hundreds of thousands of sailors were wiped out, so that there was no force on Dongting Lake that could restrain Yang Qi.

Yang Qi's sailor was also extremely inflated, and at the instigation of Chen Youliang, he actually had the ambition to invade Yunmengze.

There is a high probability that a big war will break out here.

Fortunately, the craftsmen built a new Daming Fu ship and delivered it to Gan Ning.

There is a Da Ming Fu ship, and the combat effectiveness of Gan Ning's assault battalion has improved a lot, and it is not something that Yang Qi can handle casually.

As for the Tiger Battalion, they have been staying in Yingzhou.

Zhuge Liang led the military and civilians in Yingzhou, busy with spring plowing and farming, and the development momentum was good.

When Lin Yuan returned to Wushan City, he still had to face a lot of political affairs.

Although Wang Anshi presided over most of the work for him, there were some things that still needed his nod.

For example, Zhang Qian's Western Regions merchant group was finally completed after several months, and a large number of precious goods were bought from various provinces in the Southern Song Dynasty, and they were ready to go on the road, just waiting for Lin Yuan to practice.

After Lin Yuan came back, the first thing he did was to solve the matter.

The people of the Rites Division also prepared a grand practice ceremony for this event, and Lin Yuan led the officials to send off the Western Regions mission.

At the ceremony, Lin Yuan held Zhang Qian's hand and explained a lot in a low voice.

Zhang Qian's trip is not limited to the Middle East, but also needs to go to Western Europe and other places, not just a year or two can come back, Lin Yuan must explain clearly.

The purpose of this trip is very strong, which is to bring back the advanced technology of the West.

For this reason, Lin Yuan also deliberately gave 100,000 taels of golden tickets.

If the purchased goods are added, the Western Regions Mission will spend Lin Yuan 200,000 taels of gold.

The 300,000 taels of gold plundered in Gangneung Castle have all been spent so far.

Fortunately, he has now extorted 200,000 taels of gold from Lu Zhongyu and Li Yizu.

For the time being, there is no need to worry about the lack of money for territorial development.

After sending Zhang Qian's Western Regions merchant group away, Lin Yuan convened another meeting of the five divisions to urge local officials to assist the people in various places to engage in spring ploughing and production.

Nothing is more important than spring ploughing.

To this end, Lin Yuan also specially took out 50,000 taels of gold for spring plowing production in the territory.

In addition, another 50,000 taels of gold will be used for the development and construction of the territory.

At this moment, the 200,000 taels of gold that Lin Yuan had just obtained cost another 100,000 taels.

And he also wants to put into the production of Datang Mingguang armor, Datang horizontal knife, and Datang Mo knife, which requires more money for the production of these equipment.

And that's not to mention the iron guns and battleships he is now producing.

Every iron artillery, every battleship, is a large amount of silver for nothing.

In short, the territory is a money-burning thing, and no amount of money is enough.