A confrontation and training ended in this more dramatic way, and Li Tai had already decided to punish the defeated people, and directly assigned these people involved in the brawl to the horse battalion to be responsible for feeding and training the war horses, and Li Ya, the old horseman, was responsible for supervising the work.

Next, Li Tai and his entourage stayed overnight in Chengchengfang, and the next day they led a group of guards to continue north. He did not stop when passing through Luochuanfang, but continued northward to the Kuli River basin.

In the past, when Li Tai was running Sanfang City, he had built a canal to divert the Luoshui River to the east, connecting it with the Kuli River, a tributary of the Yellow River, and creating a suitable place for cultivation and livability in northern Shaanxi through manpower, which was roughly equivalent to Nanniwan in the south of Yan'an City in later generations. Because the vegetation coverage of the Loess Plateau at this time is still relatively good, this area is actually wider than Nanniwan.

Originally, one of the three defense cities, Heishui Defense City, was established in this area, but it was later changed to Xihe County. Xihe County is the core of Li Tai's various operations in northern Shaanxi, especially the Tuntian area on the first line of Kuli River, which is now the largest and most important cultivation center in northern Shaanxi.

Dugubin and other officials of Xihe County waited in the upper reaches of the Kuli River early in the morning, and after Tang Gong and his entourage arrived, even if they led Tang Gong to Xihe County, they were also introducing the development of Xihe County along the way.

"Today, there are more than 5,000 households in the county, more than 16,000 people in tunding, and more than 15,000 hectares of cultivated fields......

The most important indicator of a place's livelihood and economy is how much land and population there is, so Dugubin and others will also focus on relevant data when they report.

Xihe County was not a large county with a vast area, but was only a narrow strip of land between Dongxia Prefecture and Beihua Prefecture, but only a section along the Kuli River Basin.

When Li Tai heard that the number of cultivated fields in Xihe County had reached such a number, he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction. At that time, he was transferred out of Sanfang City as the assassin of Suizhou, and the reclamation work at that time had just started, although it had already burned and reclaimed thousands of hectares of land, but it was mostly extensive cultivation and thin cultivation, and the harvest was limited.

Now, a few years later, the barren wasteland has become a ripe field with a considerable harvest, and although it is also related to the overall warming of the climate and making it more suitable for farming, the most important thing is naturally the effective management of the officials and the hard work of the residents.

More than 15,000 hectares of land may not be inconspicuous in the entire Western Wei regime, but in the county of Xihe County, it is basically the wasteland suitable for arable land in the territory has been fully reclaimed.

Although today's northern Shaanxi no longer occupies a core position in Li Tai's career map, it is one of the places where he is in charge of the local military and political power and develops his own power.

In the early autumn, when farming is busy, there is no shortage of farmers who work in the fields, and when they see such a large group of people walking through the countryside, they can't help but straighten up and look curiously.

And when it was learned that it was the ruling Tang Gong who entered the township to inspect, there was no shortage of peasants running from the fields to Daozuo, and they greeted him from afar, and many of them shouted loudly: "Xiaomin Datong was kidnapped by thieves in the old years, but fortunately rescued Tang Gong and settled in the county, so he had to start a family." Tang Gong's grace of recreation will never be forgotten ......forever."

Similar shouts came and went, and Li Tai's thoughts were also brought back to the old years of the Great Unification, when he personally led a team to sweep away a number of Jihu tribes, rescued many Hanhu people who were captured and enslaved by Jihu, and also made the cultivation and development of this township have manpower to join.

Unconsciously, several years have passed, and now he is certainly powerful, and these rescued villagers are also living and working in peace and contentment, looking at the heartfelt gratitude and heartfelt smiles on their faces, it can be seen that life has improved greatly compared to that year.

The three guards and children followed behind, and saw Tang Gong walking in the fields and interacting with those farmers cordially, and they were also quite touched in their hearts.

They naturally knew that Tang Gong had a high reputation in Guanzhong, and even their personal soldiers and guards were praised a lot by Aiwu and Wu because of this.

And what they knew in the past was only Tang Gong's various martial arts, but they didn't know that Tang Gong had done many benevolent and righteous deeds to save people and benefit the world when his early fame was not revealed, and now they hear those

The peasants excitedly described the story of the year, and for a while, the image of Tang Gong in their minds became taller and plump.

Nowadays, it is not only the residents and tunding who work in the countryside, but also many powerful villagers who come here from other places to rent land.

The development of agricultural production in the Guanzhong region has been quite mature, and the more important sign is that the local resources, especially the basic means of production, have basically been carved up. Even if Li Tai wanted to implement the government soldiers to grant land in Guanzhong, he had to collect land from the original rural order and expand the scale of reclamation, and it was naturally even more difficult for ordinary people to expand cultivation and increase production.

In the past, northern Shaanxi was a famine, basic personal safety was not guaranteed, and even the local people were displaced, which naturally made it even less attractive to people in other places.

However, with Li Tai's all-out crackdown on the Jihu Liukou in the territory and the active development of water conservancy construction, various objective conditions have been improved, making this situation gradually become livable, and its attractiveness has been greatly enhanced.

Although many people have the idea of relocating and are reluctant to leave their hometowns and move to other places, when staying in the countryside even development and survival have become a big problem, of course, some people will choose to leave their hometowns and find another way out.

Therefore, in the past many years, people have migrated here one after another, and through the decree of rewarding cultivation, they have worked hard here, obtained a piece of land, and settled here.

However, the largest inflow here is still the merchants from all sides, although most of the merchants are profit-oriented, but their arrival has also injected new vitality into the development of Xihe County.

Previously, Li Tai Sang opened up the Chinese law and combined the salt monopoly system with border defense to improve border defense. This policy was deeply praised by Yuwentai, so even if Li Tai had left northern Shaanxi in the future, this policy has been implemented.

Merchants from all over the world were driven to Xihe County to reclaim land and farm because of the salt profits, and the grain they grew was exported to the border areas such as Xiazhou and Suizhou in exchange for salt. It is precisely because of the participation of these businessmen that the agricultural development of Xihe County has today's situation, otherwise it would be difficult for the wasteland in Xihe County to be developed so quickly and fully with the promotion of the administrative level alone.

Not only Xihe County, but also other prefectures and counties in northern Shaanxi have also appeared many reclamation groups attracted by the opening of the Chinese and French countries, and the grain produced can not only be supplied to the border defense in exchange for salt, but also can be bought and sold with the local Zhuhu tribes, and if it is not limited by the mode of transportation and transportation costs, even a part can be returned to Guanzhong.

In addition to the report of the officials of the county government, Dugubin also summoned some merchants engaged in Kaizhong commerce and trade in the territory to report to Tang Gong on the development status of related matters.

Most of these businessmen are from Hedong, after all, the salt ponds in Hedong are the main salt supply areas, and Hedong people are also accustomed to making profits from salt, and even if the people in other places have enough capital, they may not have such an understanding, or they dare not set foot easily because they are not familiar with the salt industry.

Just when these businessmen came in front of the salute, Li Tai actually saw a familiar face from it, that was Liu Zhongli, a famous general of Southern Liang.

Liu Zhongli stood in the crowd hunched, looking much older than in previous years, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, it seemed that this person was actually one of the few generals in the Southern Dynasty back then.

"Sinner Liu Zhongli, knock to see Tang Gong!"

Liu Zhongli also noticed Li Tai's staring at him, and after everyone else had finished saluting, he bowed deeply. Some of the other people around didn't know about Liu Zhongli's past, and they showed curiosity when they saw this, while some people couldn't help but change their expressions, but they didn't expect that there was such a figure hidden among them.

"It's a surprise to see each other here. Liu Hou, please excuse me, if you don't have to repeat your sins because of the stories of the past, if you have other feelings after returning to China, I would like to hear why you are guilty?"

Li Tai was indeed a little surprised to see Liu Zhongli, but he didn't directly ask the offender.

He himself didn't have any hatred for Liu Zhongli, it was just a conflict caused by their different positions and interests back then, and a series of punishments such as public trials and crackdowns were also based on actual needs, not deliberately targeting him.

And having said that, he was able to develop so smoothly in Shannan back then, and it was also because Liu Zhongli and these guys were blind in the process of rescuing Jiankang City

The nonsense caused Hou Jing to make a big mess, which brought him an excellent opportunity for expansion. Of course, Li Tai will not express any gratitude to Yoo Zhongli for this.

When Liu Zhongli heard Li Tai say this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he didn't dare to get up directly, but continued to kneel on the ground and told Tang Gong about his experiences since he entered the Western Wei Dynasty......

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