Outside Gangneung City.

Li Yuzheng commanded the crowd to collect the prisoners and bury the corpses to prevent the epidemic.

The north gate opened again, and a group of people came out.

Still coming?!

Li Yu was about to give the order to prepare for battle, when someone came into contact with the sentry.

"Report ~~~ Lord, he is a wealthy family in the city, and he went out of the city to report the news, Lei Yangong has already run away, please let us enter the city."

"Really?"

Li Yu still didn't believe it.

When the squire in the city met with Li Yu and explained the details, he believed it.

This result was not expected by Li Yu, he underestimated the importance that people in this era attach to ghosts and gods, and the operation of the wind, fire, thunder and lightning just now has long been seen through by the military and civilians of the city.

What is this not a fairy? Is this a fart yet? It's nice to be able to run.

Li Yu ordered the soldiers to enter the city, guard the four gates, and block the treasury, and wait for Zhao Dashuai to come.

As a result, the wait was four or five days.

What's going on? It stands to reason that they should have arrived.

"Fang Liang, go find out the news."

Li Yu has collected the barbarian soldiers left in the city in the past few days, and there are more than 5,000 people, plus more than 1,000 people who surrendered outside the city, there are 7,000 barbarian soldiers, and thousands of sailors.

These brute soldiers Li Yu have their own plans.

What he lacks now in Nanyang is people. Although many displaced people have been recruited from the beginning of the year to the present, most of them are honest farmers who make a living from farming.

There are these 7,000 barbarian soldiers to make up for the lack of their own soldiers, as for the naval army? Forget it, I can't afford it now.

These brutes are very honest now.

The more than 1,000 people who personally felt the thunder spread this fear to the brutes in the city.

Especially those wounded soldiers, they were even more frightened and stupid all day long.

When I heard that King De was going to recruit them, I didn't mention that feeling, I was in awe and proud of it.

Li Yu selected among these barbarians, selected those who were healthy and flexible, and selected 1,500 people to enter the new battalion.

Fang Xing was promoted to the commander of any regiment and divided the old battalion into two to form the first battalion and the third battalion.

Li Xiong was promoted to the commander of the second regiment, divided the old battalion into two, and formed the second battalion and the fourth battalion.

Fang Liang formed a sentinel camp.

The rest of the brutes will wait for the old man to come.

There are also surprises in the treasury of Gangneung Province.

This year, Jingnan also had a bumper harvest, and the treasury was full of money and grain.

There are also a large number of craftsmen, and Li Yu's saliva is direct.

The sentry that Fang Liang had released had finally returned.

It turned out that the army met the defenders at the stone head of the river. There are 10,000 Jingnan naval troops here, and as soon as they set up the water village, the front army was blocked.

In the past few days, the defenders heard the news of the loss of Gangneung, and only then did they surrender.

The former army estimated that it would take two days to reach Gangneung City.

Li Yu secretly sighed that the war in this era was like a joke, if he did this, there would be no fighters.

Two days later, the former army came to Gangneung City, and they directly entered the Gangneung Water Village and stationed.

There are still thousands of sailors in the water village, and they have also become prisoners of the former army.

Although Li Yu is greedy, his temple is small and cannot provide for the big Bodhisattva.

After waiting for more than half a month, the Chinese army arrived.

Zhao Kuangming laughed and walked into the Jingnan Festival Marshal's Mansion.

Lei Yangong's wife and children are still there.

In these years, the wives and children of the defeated are trophies and can be given away at will.

According to the rules, these trophies were to be rewarded to Li Yu, but Li Yu was not interested in other people's wives and children.

"Father-in-law."

"Your Highness."

"Lei Yangong is a barbarian in Wuling, and it will be bad for Jingnan to form a mortal enmity with them. Why don't you return his wife and children, and let them not gain a foothold in Jingnan. That way we can also have less trouble. ”

"Well, Your Highness is reasonable, so you will do what Your Highness says."

So Zhao Kuangming asked the striker to lead the team to the south, and at the same time took Lei Yangong's family with him.

Zhao Kuangming is now a veritable Jingnan queen, and of course the treasury must be in his own hands.

His men took over the treasury and account books of Gangneung.

"Virtuous son-in-law, you have laid down Jiangling, you have worked hard, and if you want something, just say it."

According to Zhao Kuangming's thoughts, Li Yu's Dewang Mansion has not yet been built, and a large amount of money and grain has been seized this time, and he can build a big palace for him.

"Father-in-law, son-in-law doesn't want any money and food."

"Oh? So what do you want? ”

"I want people."

"Uh, hahahaha, it's inevitable to be young. Yes, the beauty of Gangneung City can be chosen. ”

"Father-in-law misunderstood."

"Oh?"

"I don't want a beauty, I want a craftsman."

"Craftsman?"

"My Nanyang fiefdom is narrow and sparsely populated, I don't want anything, I hope to take some craftsmen from Jiangling, those barbarians stay in Jiangling for fear that my father-in-law is not at ease, I will take them together. I don't know ...... father-in-law."

"Haha, that's it? No problem. ”

That night, the officials of the Jingnan Festival Marshal's Mansion gathered together to celebrate the recovery of Jingnan.

Zhao Kuangming went to the imperial court and stayed behind.

The next day, Li Yu went through the relocation procedures for the artisan household he had selected. This time, there were 500 craftsmen and about 4,000 people who went to Nanyang, Jingxiang. It involves textiles, iron smelting, copper smelting, ceramics, shipbuilding, winemaking, carpenters, blacksmiths, cobblers, veterinarians and so on.

He also took away 5,000 barbarian soldiers and their families, nearly 15,000 people.

The battle in Jingnan was decided by the first battle, and the following was basically passed down.

Li Yu took nearly 20,000 soldiers and civilians on the boat and headed north along the Zhangshui River. Go ashore in Changlin, hike to Yingzhou Changshou in the northeast, and then get on the boat to Xiangyang.

Zhou Kuan, Gao Shi, Wang Qian, and Wei Ai received a letter to greet them in Changshou.

As soon as Li Yu arrived, these immigration work was handed over, Wei Ai took over the five thousand barbarian soldiers, assisted the immigrants, and he himself led the troops directly to Xiangyang.

When he went to Jingnan, Li Yu took a thousand tooth troops, and when he came back, it became two thousand five.

Xiangyang Jiedu Mansion.

"Haha, virtuous son-in-law, this time you did a good job."

"Thank you father-in-law for your support. You also know that Nanyang is cramped and sparsely populated, and it can't afford to raise soldiers at all. It's not easy for me to put together this little soldier. ”

"Well, now that Dengzhou has not arranged for the assassination history, you will be in charge, and you don't have to pay the grain tax, so keep it for my grandson."

To say that the Zhao brothers are really good to Li Yu, they not only married their daughter, but also gave money and food, and now they are directly to the official.

"Father-in-law Xie is worried. The son-in-law of Dengzhou has no time to take care of it, but can Xiangcheng and Fangcheng in Tangzhou be assigned to the Dewang Mansion? ”

Zhao Kuangning thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's put these two counties under the jurisdiction of the Dewang Mansion, and if you have any requirements in the future, don't hesitate to mention them." ”

"Father-in-law Xie. I know that there is a money casting workshop in Xiangyang, I don't know if I can give my son-in-law a money model, I have a copper mine in Nanyang, as long as I smelt copper, I can mint money, and my son-in-law still owes money to my father-in-law. ”

"Haha, the virtuous son-in-law is too polite, tomorrow I will let the craftsman of the money shop go back with you and build the money shop too."

The more Zhao Kuangning looks at Li Yu now, the more he likes it, this son-in-law is good, both civil and military. Jiangling City has thick walls, and there is a naval army, Li Yu led 2,000 people to fight down, amazing!

Li Yu only returned to Nanyang City on 20 November.

At this time, there was heavy snow in Nanyang, and snowflakes were all over the sky.

Li Huaixian greeted Li Yu at the pier.

"How's it going, has the house been built for the winter?"

"My lord, more than a thousand houses have been built, and they are built in the north of the city."

"We can't be idle in winter, Nanyang City is too small, we have to expand."

"yes."

Li Huaixian has seen earth-shaking changes in Nanyang this year.

With such a person, his future will be bright.

He is not the only one who has such thoughts, but other officials in the palace also feel the same way, feeling like a dream, and Nanyang has become prosperous in a daze.

The arrangement of the artisan is different from that of the brute.

Artisans are skilled people, and in ancient times these people were not valued.

Li Yu knew the importance of artisan households, so the houses he built were for these artisans to live in. As for the families of the barbarians, some of them will be arranged, and the rest will be in tents.

In the west of the city, dozens of new brick kilns were built, and these were fired to make green bricks.

Our ancestors have long had such crafts and techniques handed down.

Nanyang City is really small, and it is about to be expanded.

The craftsmen who arrived one after another joined the brick-burning army, and the young people of the entire Nanyang were also mobilized.

"Do it yourself, have enough food and clothing!" It has become the slogan of Nanyang's construction.

Although it was snowing in the sky and the cold wind was blocked by Funiu Mountain, the temperature was not cold, and the snow melted when it landed, and there was no delay in digging and burning bricks.

The burned green bricks are stacked in the greenhouse, like a tall city wall, which makes people feel a sense of security.

In December, the people who moved to Nanyang all moved into their own houses, and some families who did not have houses for the time being also lived in cotton tents, and there was no problem in settling down for the time being.

The planning of Nanyang New Town is also on the agenda.