Fuzhou, that is the hometown of the old man of Zheyun Valley, of course, this is Guo Rong's statement, because at this time that place is not called Fuzhou, but called Fugu Town, which is one of the five towns along the river, and belongs to the rule of Linzhou in Guannei.

According to the old man of Zheyun Valley, the Zhe clan can be traced back to the eighth year of Zhenguan (628) at the earliest.

Taizong, Zhenguan eight years, Helian Valley, Yincheng two counties, the first place in Linzhou.

The Zhe clan was a big clan of the party, and Linzhou was the residence of the party at that time, and the party members who belonged to the Zhe clan began to become Tang people from that time.

Xuanzong, in the first year of Tianbao, the general Wang Zhongsi played the two counties of Shengzhou and Yingu to relocate Linzhou, and the Zhe clan should have started to lick the blood on the knife from that time, and joined the army for generations, and the generation of Zheyun Valley was already the fourth generation.

In fact, Guo Rong wanted to go to Fugu Town in Linzhou for a long time to find out what happened to the Zhe clan and whether the old man of Zheyun Valley still had descendants.

After all, although the old man didn't say it, Guo Rong was not stunned, if it was possible, he would naturally take care of the old man's descendants as much as possible.

It's just that Guo Rong didn't stay in Chang'an for long at all, and during his stay, he was either training or fighting, and there was no way to investigate the situation of the descendants of the old man in Zheyun Valley, far away in Hedong, let alone go in person.

Originally, Guo Rong wanted to go to Fugu Town in Linzhou after returning from the expedition to the grassland, but he didn't expect that when combing through the list of Tiande Army, Guo Rong accidentally found that there was a child with a broken surname.

The plan that had been postponed was brought to mind in an instant, and Guo Rong immediately decided to go to Fugu Town in Linzhou in the gap before sending troops.

Then Guo Rong did not hesitate, and directly found the Emperor Li Xu, and asked Li Yu for instructions that he wanted to go to Linzhou to check the situation of the descendants of the old man of Zheyun Valley.

In the face of Guo Rong's request, Li Yu pondered for a long time, and finally said a sentence:

"Fugu Zheshi, ancestral residence in Linzhou, although the ancestors for the party, but since Zhenguan has been a Tang people, since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, six generations of the Zhe family have served in the army, and there are no less than 30 people who have sacrificed their lives for the country, although there are no high-ranking people, but their loyalty has been proven."

"Zheyun Valley has lived in seclusion in Mobei for nearly 20 years, and has never had any contact with the Zhe family, but Zheyun Valley has three sons before accepting Li Xiang's mission to Mobei, his eldest son Zheguang Yuzhen Yuan died in Fengzhou in the eighth year, the second son Zheguang Puzhen Yuan died in the thirteenth year of Suining, and the third son Zheguang Chunzhen Yuan died in the sixteenth year of Lingzhou Wulan Bridge."

“……”

Guo Rong only knew that in the Song Dynasty, more than ten generations of the Fuzhou Zhe clan guarded the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty for two hundred years, but he didn't expect that it was already like this before the Zhe clan became famous, and all three sons of the old man Zhe were killed in battle!

In his heart, Guo Rong had to pay deep respect to the old man and the old man.

Although their ancestors were party members, they have not abandoned the origin of party members, but they have proved their identity as Tang people with their own blood, and they don't know how much stronger than those yellow-skinned and white-hearted banana people.

"It is said that there is still a grandson in Zheyun Valley, and it seems that he has reached the age of being in the army, if possible, bring him back by the way, just stay by your side and be a personal guard! At least leave a bloodline for the Zhe family! ”

"Yes!"

After finishing speaking, Guo Rong clenched his fists and prepared to leave, but before he could walk out of the door, he was directly stopped by Li Chen, and then Guo Rong, who was confused, heard it.

"In addition, while you haven't gone to Linzhou yet, there are some things that need to be discussed with you, you have merged all the counselors, senators, and sacrificial wine in the army into a staff officer, and set up a chief of staff, Luo Chinese seems to be the chief of staff of the Changying Army, right?"

"Exactly!"

"Since leaving Li Yu in Hebei, the staff system of the Changying Army has been directly upgraded to the command system of the entire four armies of the Forbidden Army, and the role of the scouts and the staff system of the Changying Army has far exceeded my most ideal expectations, so I have already prepared and I have decided to extend your staff system to the Forbidden Army, so I want to ask you for a few people."

"Your Majesty, please speak!"

"Li Rui, calm and moderate, with the style of a general, yes, Yang Xin, resourceful, flexible, good, Meng Qian, this is what I lent you, and now I can almost return it to me!"

"Dong Jia, Pei Song, and Su Qingzhen asked for it, and Yu Qian, Degang, He Haiyang, and Sha Zhouzhen asked for ......"

"Your Majesty, aren't Degang and Yu Qian already ......?"

"That's a secondment, and now it's being transferred, can it be the same, otherwise why would I have to discuss it with you alone?"

After taking a look, with a constipation-like expression on Guo Rong's face, Li Yu glared and said,

"What kind of expression do you have, didn't Li Erniu and Mo Lingjun keep it for you, if you don't want to, I will leave Li Erniu and Mo Lingjun too."

“……”

"Well, I think about it, He Mang, Wu Pengjun, and Xu Haolin from the engineer camp also want it, don't frown, Lan Miao will leave it for you, Aunt Yan, forget it, wait for the cooking class to go back to Chang'an, it is estimated that it will not be able to make up in Fengzhou!"

"I think about who else, oh, by the way, Bae Zhi......"

"Bae Zhi?"

"Yes, Pei Zhi's kid is really good, it's a pity that he woke up a little late, he has been with you for two years, his talent has not been wasted, his mind has been tempered a lot, you have to be calm He has also learned a few points, after this time, it can be seen that his ability is already good, let it out and lead the troops."

Seeing that Guo Rong was a little hesitant, Li Yu smiled, "Why are you reluctant?" ”

"Of course there are some reluctant, after all, Pei Zhichen has put a lot of thought into it, and His Majesty will naturally not say much if he wants to use people, but Pei Zhi's body is probably ......."

"I know that Pei Zhi was uninhibited in the early years, and his body was too bad, and it is impossible to kill all sides like you, but not everyone needs to fight on the front line, some are suitable for being a general, and some are suitable for being a Confucian general!"

"Moreover, when he was in Jingzhou, Pei Zhi seemed to have fought until the end, and he was beheaded at the third level!"

"Uh, yes!"

"Pei Zhi is older than you, I really don't know what you're worried about, I won't let Pei Zhi be a general, Pei Zhi will go to the Yulin Army to be Zhang Yiyi's chief of staff, Li Rui's military merits are enough to go to the Tiance Army to be the commander of the Jing Army, and Yang Xin will go to the Shenwei Army to be the chief of staff."

"Degang, Yu Qian, Lan Miao, Wu Pengjun and they were directly promoted to generals, Dong Jia, Pei Song, and Su Qing were directly promoted to Zhonglang generals, although you proposed the separation of ranks, but how can they have a chance to be promoted if they stay in the Changying Army."

"Several of them will bring their own battalions and regiments directly under them, and they and the core will be supplemented with soldiers in the future, and the people who are separated from your Changying Army will not suffer, and they will be promoted to the next level if they go to the other three military sergeants and military academies."

"And now it's just a nominal change of ownership, and the expedition plan remains the same, so when they go out, they will still fight as part of the Changying Army, and each of the other three armies will still select two battalions of soldiers to strengthen your Changying Army."

"On the Chang'an side, I will ask the Son of Heaven to replenish the alternative recruits for you, and then let Han Yu, who stayed in Chang'an, train you in advance to ensure that when you return to Chang'an, the Changying Army will still be full."

Good guy, this is a lot of things, it is obvious that Li Yu has been thinking about it for more than a day, watching the Emperor Taishang say so much, and there is really no problem with what he said, Guo Rong really has nothing to say.

"Ministers instead of the soldiers of the Changying Army, thank you, Your Majesty Longen!"

"Okay, if you want to go to Linzhou, go quickly, go back quickly, maybe the information on the grassland will come back in advance, and then you may have to go on the expedition in advance, if you talk a little more, Zhang Jiaxuan is estimated to be scolding again, I am also tired, rest and rest."

"Retire!"

With the Changying Army as the core, it was expanded into a large forbidden army with four armies; Some officers were transferred from the Changying Army to become the backbone of the three other three forbidden armies, these are Li Chen's two ideas for the training of the forbidden army.

Originally, Li Yu was hesitant about these two points, otherwise the three armies of Tiance, Yulin, and Shenwei would not only have the establishment of regular soldiers, but not full-time auxiliaries.

And now, according to Li Yu's statement, it is obvious that Li Yu finally chose the first idea, that is, to expand the Changying Army into the Great Forbidden Army!

Although it will ensure coherence and combat effectiveness to a large extent, its control over the entire forbidden army will also become stronger, in a sense, it is equivalent to a divine army that is stronger than the former divine army, and it is basically in your own hands......

According to Guo Rong's understanding, the reason why this expedition will bring 5,000 soldiers from each of the other three new armies is to experiment with the effect, and then make a decision after returning to Chang'an.

It's just that he hasn't returned to Chang'an yet, and he hasn't even gone on an expedition to the Uighurs, which seems to be too early, and the rights he gave himself are too great, so big that Guo Rong himself is a little uneasy!

To put it mildly, this army of soldiers and horses is stationed in Chang'an, and he theoretically has the ability to depose the Tang Emperor......

It stands to reason that Li Yu shouldn't be in such a hurry, but ...... Guo Rong vaguely felt something, but ......, Guo Rong didn't dare to think about it anymore, everything has its own days, and now his goal has not changed - Anxi! Turtles!

After arranging the training and handing over most of the tasks at hand to Luo Chinese, Guo Rong took his latest personal companion Han Xiang south to Linzhou.

In fact, Guo Rong had the opportunity to come to Linzhou at the beginning of the year, because the original plan was to march north from Luoyang by Hedong Road.

Although Linzhou is in Guannei Road, he does not need his own command during the march, and when he passes through Linzhou, Guo Rong is ready to go to Fugu Town.

As a result, who knew that the heavy snow in Hedong Road, the waist-high snowfall in the cold winter basically meant that Hedong Road was impassable for several months, so a pole Henan, Hebei, and Saibei walked around Hedong Road for a whole circle......

Heading south from Toyoshu, we first traveled east along the south side of the river, running for 260 miles in two days, and before sunset the next day, we arrived at Katsushu at the corner of the river, and before entering the city from the north gate of Katsushu, we even saw the unique sunset over the river.

Feeling the special beauty of the sunset, Guo Rong always felt that the name of Shengzhou sounded a little familiar, and Guo Rong always felt that in his memory, he had seen the Yellow River in the materials of his previous life, and this place seemed to have some special properties.

However, after thinking hard for a long time to no avail, Guo Rong finally gave up, and now he still hurries up to Fugu, and it is most important to find the grandson of the old man of Zheyun Valley, in case the news from the north really comes back in advance, and his own coach is not there, it will be really troublesome.

As for what products Shengzhou has, there will be time to study it after the return, and then Guo Rong will not think about it more, and then lead the team into the city.

After dawn, without any pause, the group left from Shengzhou non-stop and continued south.

If it is said that under the middle of summer that he saw when he traveled in the Hetao area, the vast grassland without boundaries, then after going south from Shengzhou, the scenery presented to Guo Rong changed abruptly.

To tell the truth, Guo Rong is not a historian, I don't know where Shengzhou at this time is in the later generations, but Guo Rong still has geographical knowledge, from the Hetao to the south, after bidding farewell to the Inner Mongolia Plateau, the location he reached can only be the northern Shaanxi of the later generations.

When it comes to northern Shaanxi, Guo Rong will think of the images of dark-skinned people with turbans on their heads, as well as Xintianyou sung by the smash hit singer in northern Shaanxi.

And, of course, the Loess Plateau, with its ravines.

It's just that after stepping on this land, Guo Rong was shocked to find that there was no trace of northern Shaanxi in his impression.

Not to mention the shady trees everywhere, towering ancient trees can be seen everywhere, but at least the land is covered with green.

The entire northern Shaanxi border, the pastoral plains belonging to the attached Dangxiang people, and the farmland belonging to the native Tang people, are dotted among the dense mountain forests, and Guo Rong even saw herdsmen grazing, farmers ploughing, and the occasional mountain hunter.

Patches of green gave Guo Rong a very dreamy feeling, thinking about it, he could have traveled along the river for a long time half a year ago.

Although the current river is not clear, it is still fundamentally different from a bowl of water and half a bowl of sand in later generations, and the big river outside Bianzhou City is not a hanging river on the ground.

Moreover, Guo Rong knows that the main source of this sediment is not the current plateau, but from the Guanzhong Weishui in the eyes of tree felling, and when the Jingshui from the northern Guanzhong Mountains flows through Jingzhou into Weishui, the turbidity is clear, which is the source of the clear Jingwei distinction.

Thinking of the clear distinction, Guo Rong, who was traveling at high speed, suddenly appeared in his mind several very classic slogans from his previous life-

"If you want to get rich, build roads first, have fewer children, and grow more trees!"

Having fewer children is impossible in this day and age!

The entire Datang has a population of less than 60 million, and the evaluation of a vast and sparsely populated area is definitely not an exaggeration.

In fact, even in the relatively densely populated Guanzhong Plain, there is sometimes only one village every dozen miles, and as for the northern Shaanxi Plateau, where birds don't, it is not too normal for dozens of miles to be uninhabited.

This kind of scene of crowds and crowds can only occur in a megacity like Chang'an, with a population of more than one million.

As for planting trees, it is not needed, and Guo Rong even feels that cutting a little less and allowing the existing ecosystem to have the ability to self-heal is enough to keep northern Shaanxi green.

Cut down less trees?

Almost instantly, when he was about to arrive in Fugu Town, Guo Rong's mind was opened, and he remembered what he had forgotten when he was in Shengzhou.

It's the small black square at the corner of the zigzag!

I believe that all those who have completed compulsory education know the meaning of marking the small black square on the map - coal mine!

Dongsheng, Shenfu, Jungger, Shenmu, Datong, Yangquan, Xishan...... That circle is a super-large open-pit coal mine in China!

If Guo Rong remembers correctly, Shenmu is still the four major coal capitals after the founding of the Rabbit country!

And Shenfu is the largest coal mining area in Rabbit, and there is no one, as if the proven reserves are fifty times that of the famous Datong!

It seems that Shenfu is the combined name of the two prefectures where the mining area is located, Shenmu and Fugu......

Fugu Town! Fuzhou! Fugu!

In the galloping of the horse, the thoughts in Guo Rong's mind were completely opened, and when he understood what he thought might bring, Guo Rong's heart appeared with a capital "slot"!

Guo Rong doesn't know when Shaanxi's coal resources began to be developed on a large scale, but no one now sees this as a real fortune, or if they do, they don't realize the real value.

Although he is not a student of science and engineering, Guo Rong, who is a salted fish, is not a real salted fish, at least Guo Rong knows the history of modern science and technology development, and knows that the essence of modern science and technology development is to study how to boil water better and more efficiently!

The earliest industrial revolution was the study of boiling hot water in boilers!

The subsequent changes are just the evolution of boiling hot water from coal boilers to using electric energy to drive hot water, then to boiling hot water with petroleum internal combustion engines, and finally to using nuclear energy to boil hot water, and this is not the end, but human beings are going further and further in boiling water.

The industrial revolution and the appearance of the steam engine are not early, but this does not mean that these things are very advanced technology, if there is such a thing as a technology tree, the steam engine can only be regarded as a second-level technology at most, and only a certain smelting and handicraft base is enough.

The level of handicrafts and craftsmen in China has always been crushing the West, and it is modest to say that it is three to five hundred years ahead, and this handicraft industry and other industries are regarded as lowly industries, and craftsmen are regarded as untouchables.

And now, under the influence of his little butterfly, Li Yu and Li Chun, the two emperors of the Tang Dynasty, the important ministers of the Tang Dynasty, the nobles of Guanlong, and the wealthy families of Shandong have reached a consensus on the strategic focus of the Tang Dynasty from internal to external!

With the potential of Datang, Guo Rong believes that once the shackles are lifted, the Chinese handicraft industry/industry, which has gradually come to a halt at the level of technological improvement, will definitely usher in a blowout outbreak under the huge stimulus.

Guo Rong didn't know how the steam engine was structured, nor did he know how to run it, but Guo Rong essentially just used a coal-fired boiler to produce steam, and the piston was pushed by steam expansion to do work.

Although Datang may not have such a thing as a steam engine, as long as the principle of those liberated craftsmen is told, maybe a year, maybe two years, maybe five years, ten years, but Guo Rong believes that Huaxia will never be stuck forever by a small steam engine!

Once the breakthrough in the field of steam engine is achieved, with a strong and stable power source of steam engine, it will develop rapidly in smelting, textile, machine manufacturing and other industries, and Datang's social productivity will usher in a wave of explosive growth!

The most realistic significance:

Improvements in smelting technology meant exponential growth in steel production, and even without gunpowder, an army armed with steel and armor would be daunting.

The Datang fleet, which has just become interested in the ocean and is still in its infancy, does not need to use artificial oars and cloth sails to fight against the stormy seas like those in the West when exploring the ocean.

Even without pesticides, fertilizers, and improved seeds, the emergence of a large number of iron farming tools will greatly improve the efficiency of land reclamation and land cultivation, and more food can feed more people, or liberate more farmers from the land!

Conversely, in the era of the steam engine, the main energy source was coal!

In this era, the most densely populated area in Datang is Guanzhong, Shenfu is not close to Guanzhong, but it is not too far, and Datang is not only a coal mine in Shenfu.

Soon, a map of the distribution of rabbit coal in his student days, as well as the recitation of Shunkou Xi in geography class when he was a student, appeared in Guo Rong's mind at the same time, Kailuan and Fengfeng in Hebei, Fushun and Anshan in Liaoning, Pingdingshan in Henan, Datong, Yangquan and Pingshuo in Shanxi, and Shaanxi ......

And Guo Rong will think of this, just because he wants to come to Fugu Town to find the grandson of the old man of Zheyun Valley!

When the sun had slowly set after a whole day, less than fifteen miles away from Fugu Town, the ancestral land of the Dang Xiang Zhi clan, he suddenly stopped, turned over and dismounted.

Then step by step, he walked to the side of the rushing river, and Guo Rong, who could not suppress his excitement, suddenly shouted loudly:

"God bless Datang!"

Shout three times in a row, God bless Datang!

For the behavior of their own generals, who will get nervous at every turn, these personal guards who have followed Guo Rong for a long time have become accustomed to it, and they are quietly guarding by their side one by one to prevent accidents from disturbing the general's train of thought.

Then he began to organize his thoughts, thinking about how to persuade the Emperor Taishang, after all, this time it was not easy to use the situation on Anxi's side to fool him.

However, this thought was more than an hour, when the sun had completely set and the sky had completely darkened, Guo Rong finally figured out a way that might not be too reliable, but at least it was reasonable.

Seeing that his general had recovered from a state of neurosis, Han Xiang asked Guo Rong if he would camp here for one night today or rush overnight.

After thinking about it for a while, in line with the principle of not wasting time, Guo Rong took his relatives and his followers to light the torch and continued to move forward, and an hour and a half later, before midnight, he arrived at his destination, Fugu Town!

Although it is only a town, because of its special location, Fugu has walls and city gates, and Guo Rong and their arrival time is indeed a little late, and the city gate has been tightly closed.

However, the cavalry of more than a hundred people was not a small contingent no matter where, not to mention the fact that the fire of their torches had long since exposed their presence.

Considering the rules of the Tang Dynasty, in order to avoid embarrassing the guards of the generals, Guo Rong did not call the door, but chose to spend the night in a forest less than two miles away from the city gate.

However, what Guo Rong didn't know was that when they first started galloping, the soldiers guarding didn't care, it was common for the cavalry of the border army to arrive at night, and the current Fugu was not the front line, as long as the password was right, there was no need to let his brothers suffer outside.

However, the moment the soldiers of the Changying Army extinguished the torches, the vigilance of the garrison of Fugu Town was instantly raised to the highest, and they immediately informed the captain in charge of guarding Fugu Town of the current situation.

After receiving the report from the guard, the captain of Fugu Town frowned!

His judgment is the same as that of the soldier, the brigade of cavalry came from the north, did not know the name, did not call the door, did not communicate, this is not the style of the cavalry of the border army at all, since it is not the border army is either a cavalry of an alien race or a horse thief, and the captain is more inclined to the latter,

After all, hiding their whereabouts and taking advantage of the situation to sneak attack is the consistent style of horse thieves, once they are successfully attacked, they will often suffer heavy casualties, and the scale of more than 100 people is also in line with their scale characteristics!

Immediately, the bell in Fugu Town rang loudly: A large group of horse thieves are coming, prepare for war!

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