From Guanzhong to Longyou, the most convenient and fast road is to go west along Weishui, and you don't even need to distinguish the specific road, you just need to walk in Weishui to reach Qinzhou.

After Li Tai sent Miaoyin Niangzi back to Huazhou City, he stayed in Shangyuan for a few days and explained some details of industrial operation, such as expanding the coverage scale of the milling industry, forming a convoy to help the villagers transport grain and wheat crops, and so on.

When it comes to buying people's hearts, he has always been unwilling to lag behind, not to mention that this move is convenient for the people of Weibei Township, not to mention, it can also expand the influence and coverage of the Luoshui water conservancy system in Guanzhong.

Although the Weishui water system and water flow far exceed that of Luoshui, there is no systematic and centralized water conservancy supervision, and the high-ranking officials and nobles and powerful families each control a section, and the overall benefits produced by friction and internal friction between each other are far inferior to those of Luoshui.

In the end, Li Tai only brought 500 elite troops with him, and the rest were either temporarily left in the township to take care of the industry, or they were assigned to the Fangcheng stronghold along the Luoshui coast.

In addition to the 500 elite soldiers, Li Tai also brought a batch of grain cakes produced by his own estate, on the one hand, as a gift to Longyoubai Wharf, and on the other hand, to see if he could open up the market.

When it comes to Longyou Hexi, many people's first reaction is to dominate the Western Regions and the Silk Road, military and commerce are the two largest and most distinctive symbols on this side, and Li Tai is naturally no exception.

He knew that after the end of a series of disputes in Longbian, the Hexi Silk Road would continue to be unblocked, and with the recovery and development of the productive forces in Guanzhong, and the successive incorporation of Shuzhong and Shannan into the territory, this ancient trade route would once again be revitalized, so that the commercial exchanges between the East and the West would continue to flow continuously.

Although he is not yet there, Li Tai can't wait to get a piece of the pie, although there is no clear plan at the moment, the expectations in his heart are quite high.

Due to a delay in the township for a few days, when he returned to Chang'an, Dugu Xin and Shi Ning had already set off first.

After all, the variable energy in Li Tai's era was not big enough to affect the development of the situation in Longyou, and Liangzhou assassinated Shi Yu Wenzhong and unsurprisingly rebelled against the city, so the two of them did not wait for Li Tai to set off together and hurriedly set off on the road.

Although Li Tai was left behind, he was not exempted from the incident, but temporarily added an envoy to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, and inspected and supervised the prefectures and counties along the Weishui to transport the grain and grass to the Guancang Post Station along the Weishui coast, so as to consume the grain for the army to march on the back road.

Because Li Tai is not the last, the Kaifu Yifeng team, which also needs to lead the army to participate in the battle, needs to be drawn from Huazhou. Neither the imperial court nor the overlord had enough money to prepare for this variable, so they had to be recruited along the way and eat wherever they went.

Li Tai, the ambassador of grain supervision, stopped and stopped along the way, and he could be regarded as admiring the personnel and heroic faces of these states and counties along the Weishui River.

The political foundation of the people's livelihood in Kansai is already weak, and the recruitment of Hao's right part and the holding of a big parade for many years have also made the local people unable to fully recuperate.

Li Tai walked down this way, and none of the counties and counties were able to complete the task on time or ahead of schedule, all of them were under repeated urging and even bad words and intimidation, and only then could they be regarded as stumbling to mobilize part of the materials.

In some places where there is really no ability to supply materials, Li Tai did not blindly coerce and persecut, after all, this is not his own job, and he really wants to offend these local officials and local tycoons, maybe one day his own troops will be retaliated against when they cross the border.

Anyway, Houlu Yifeng is also a veteran of battles, with rich experience in marching and fighting, and if he really wants to march in Guanzhong, he will run out of food and disperse, not only will he get mixed up, but the Western Wei regime will get the head.

When the westbound journey reached Chencang, the road ahead was divided into two parts.

One is to continue westward along the Weishui River, and then travel hundreds of miles to reach the Shangfeng City, where Qinzhou Prefecture is located, that is, Tianshui. But this road is Longshan in the north, Qinling in the south, Weishui rushes and flows between the two mountain ranges, scouring out a long and narrow river valley, that is, the so-called Chencang narrow road, although it can also be passed, but after all, it is not a smooth and smooth avenue.

However, during the flood season, the Weishui River in this section of the Chencang narrow road is abundant, or it is hindered by the agitation of the ravine, but the giant wood from Longyou can be transported down the river and transported to the Guanzhong Plain through the waterway for the construction of various palace landscapes.

Even in later generations, the timber business was quite profitable, and in ancient times, when there was no reinforced concrete, the buying and selling of timber was even more profitable.

Although the world has not yet been peaceful and the folk customs are not luxurious, the buildings built of high-quality wood not only look magnificent, but also have outstanding military defensive performance, so a piece of high-quality timber that can be used as a beam and pillar is often worth thousands or more in Guanzhong.

Dugu Xinjiu Town Longxi, naturally also rely on Longlong to eat Long, fully play the economic value of the Chencang narrow road, every year will order the tribes to transport a large number of high-quality timber through the waterway, for this reason even in the vicinity of Chencang to occupy the land to build the manor dock wall, and stationed here a large number of tribesmen.

Of course, the reason he used is also very legitimate, not far from the south bank of Weishui is the sloping valley Sanguan, so that it can go straight to Hanzhong, and a part of the men and horses stationed here can cooperate with local forces to prevent the Southern Liang army from killing here. After all, as early as the Three Kingdoms, the Shu army led by Zhuge Liang was about to trample these roads.

Chen Cang was the most important supply station before entering Long, so Li Tai also stayed here for a few more days to urge the collection of grain and grass, after all, if the preparation here is insufficient, then the people of Yifeng's department will have to be in charge of Qinzhou to be responsible for its marching grain. Although Li Tai has not officially entered the town to take up his new position, this point is still clear inside and out.

As Dugu Xin's just-certified son-in-law, Li Tai was naturally invited by the Dugu family who stayed here to live in the manor for a while. And after living in this manor, Li Tai couldn't help but be shocked by the strong financial resources of his father-in-law's family.

The manor is no small city in size, located between a valley on the north bank of Weishui, with a heavily rammed wall and all kinds of defensive facilities.

But the most impressive thing is the tall and spacious central hall located in the center of the manor, the whole hall is made of two heavy eaves, the pillars supported by the corridor are as thick as several circles, and the girder in the hall is even thicker and staggering, I am afraid that the imperial city hall in Chang'an City does not have such amazing materials. Even if there are no more beautiful decorations, this hall is already magnificent when it stands here.

In addition to the resident people, the most stored in the manor is various grades of wood. Since the flood season has not yet entered this year, and new timber has not yet been transported, all that is left is the leftover material from last year.

However, even if it is a defective product, the quality is considerable, and it may not be used as a beam and column, and it is also a good material for making car and ship door panels, tables and couches. However, there are not so many craftsmen on the estate to process them, and these secondary materials can often only be chopped and burned.

Hearing the villagers say such a violent way of disposing of the remnants, Li Tai suddenly felt distressed. Although the process of wood processing is very cumbersome, and it is difficult to gather enough qualified craftsmen, but there are delicate and delicate practices, and extensive methods, no matter what products are processed into them, it is better than burning!

Although he can't be Dugu's home at the moment, he also keeps this matter in mind, and with the experience of building large spinning wheels in Shangyuan Township, he plans to take time to see if he can make several animal-driven processing lathes.

In later generations, the Yellow River suffered serious soil erosion and flooding, which was also greatly related to the indiscriminate logging in the upstream areas.

Although Li Tai will not be so brain-dead as to become an environmental fighter in this medieval era, he knows that the future will require a lot of cost, so he naturally has to improve the current resource utilization rate, and can no longer be so extensive and unrestrained.

Li Tai stayed in Chencang until late February, when the men and horses led by Houlu Yifeng were gradually approaching, and Qizhou in this realm really couldn't extract more food, so he set off to continue westward.

He did not choose the Chencang narrow road, which was closer but difficult to navigate, but went up the river of Weishui, a tributary, and passed through Longguan, which was already becoming a mountain with a green appearance.

This Longguan Road is also the main road connecting Longyou in Guanzhong, and it enters the Longyou range when it enters the western foot of Longshan. There are fewer and fewer residential villages here, even if there are people living along the way, there are also many military buildings such as fortified dock walls, and you must check the charms and official documents to walk on this Longguan Road.

Such measures are not only to prevent a large number of people from fleeing outside Longguan, but also to ensure the safety of customs defense and the region.

There are many Diqiang tribes in the western foothills of Longshan in Luoyang, Qin'an and other realms, and they are still not all subject to the jurisdiction of the tyrant, and after the end of the battle of Pishan in the ninth year of the Great Unification, there was also a large-scale Qingshui rebellion in this realm. After those chieftains were moved to Huazhou, due to the shortage of living materials, they also helped Li Tai raise the price to build a market.

Now, although the Di people in this realm no longer dare to openly and massively resist the rule of the Western Wei Dynasty, they are secretly making small moves. As long as they leave the control of the officers and soldiers stationed along the way, danger may occur at any time.

Not long after Li Tai and his entourage passed through Longguan, they saw a team of people outside the post pavilion dozens of miles away from Heyang, the county town of Luoyang.

This team is also more than 500 people, but not all of them are armored soldiers, at present, more than a dozen people are wearing official robes, followed by a different number of domestic slaves, and several carts of wine and meat are set up outside the post pavilion, obviously welcoming someone.

Li Tai felt that he should not have such a big face in Longyou, and he was suspicious that there would be some important people in the rear, so he saw that the other party and a group of people and horses went straight to his party and quickly came forward.

"Li Lang...... No, don't come unharmed? I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the envoy was about to take up this position, and the lowly and county officials were already looking forward to the arrival of the envoy! ”

Heland, who had previously served as the governor of Gao Zhongmi's Situ Mansion and was now the official residence of Luoyang County, strode forward to greet him, and gave Li Taishen a deep look from afar, and then slowly raised his head, with a kind and enthusiastic smile on his face.