Zhao Yi was arranged into the Tax Department of the Ministry of Households, and is currently a member of the Tax Department, and from time to time he has political affairs with Wu Xiao, of course, he occasionally eats and drinks together, and only two of them remain in Chang'an in the original small group of five people, and the other three have no news.

Zhao Yi complained from time to time that Wu Xiao's ideas at that time caused their tax department to be in a mess now, Wu Xiao had to laugh, in fact, Zhao Yi strongly supported Wu Xiao's plan, and he only talked about it.

This is a large-scale mobilization and migration that affects the entire territory of the empire, there is coercion and temptation, the army where the original Mobei garrison is located, all the Xiaocai battalions are forced to move their families to Mobei, of course, they will also give generous conditions.

Other military households adopt the voluntary registration system, and those military families who voluntarily move to Mobei will be given ten taels of silver, and after arrival, the fields will be distributed according to the population, and they can choose a piece of land to build their own houses, and they will not pay food for five years, and only need to serve in the army, and there will be no other promotion.

This is very tempting for many families who do not have enough to eat and are hungry in the area, and when the proclamation of the imperial court is delivered to the place, the response is full of people, and the pomp and circumstance are unprecedented.

The state capitals also designed military and civilian resettlement points at important intersections and passes, so as to facilitate the families of these migrants to get on the road.

Of course, tragedies also continue to happen, some old people can't walk, but they don't want to drag their children down, so they have to be ruthless to hang themselves on the beam of the house with a rope, and the beam is not hung on the tree.

There are also many people who can't withstand the thousands of miles of trekking, they are injured on the road, they get sick, they can't be healed and die on the way, and I don't know how many corpses fell on the way to Mobei.

But the call of relatives and the yearning for a better life still drive them to travel thousands of miles north, the child wants to see the father, the woman wants to see her own man, the old man wants to see the son of his son, and all this is just to live.

Wu Xiao's main energy is now dealing with this matter, he was appointed by the Ministry of War Shangshu Wang Xuan as the person in charge of the affairs of the military household moving north, responsible for the assignment, scheduling, drawing of the general plan, and overall planning of the specific affairs of the military household moving north.

His official position in the Ministry of War was also promoted from the Wailang of the Ministry of War to the Secretary of the Ministry of War, in Wang Xuan's view, this idea was made by him, and he had to be responsible for smoothing out this matter, which Wu Xiao did not expect.

Because of this, Wu Xiao's reputation spread among the thousands of military families who moved north, because his name often appeared on various notices related to the northward migration, documents of the province, state, and government, as well as related transactions, and land contracts.

Ma Tianhong saw an opportunity, he came to Chang'an in person, and walked into the small courtyard of Shoushan Hall on a light rainy night.

When Wu Xiao came back from the military headquarters, he saw a burly figure in the room at the door, chatting with Hongyu, he walked into the lobby quickly, and sure enough, he saw Ma Tianhong looking at him with a smile.

Wu Xiao was stunned for a moment, then immediately stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and said, "The subordinate Dragon and Tiger Hall Master is the Ma Gang Master."

Ma Tianhong hurriedly helped Wu Xiao up and said: "Brother Shang remembers that he is the hall master of the Dragon and Tiger Hall, and it is a great blessing for the brothers of the Salt Gang."

"The helper is serious, one day is salt, and life is salt," Wu Xiao said

"Okay, I'm welcome, I really have something to discuss with my brother today" Ma Tianhong laughed

"Why don't you two big men go upstairs and talk, I'll make a few side dishes," Red Fish also laughed

"Okay, but the redfish girl is going to accompany you," Ma Tianhong said

"It's natural, you guys go up first," Redfish said as he walked to the backyard.

Wu Xiao took Ma Tianhong to the small hall upstairs, and soon after, Hongyu came up with a few side dishes and two pots of wine, and the three of them sat on the small table and drank up.

"Brother, now your name is very loud among the military households, the eldest brother is happy for you, and the Salt Gang is also happy for you," Ma Tianhong said

"Thank you big brother for your love, come to my brother to give my brother a cup" Wu Xiao also felt very cordial when he saw Ma Tianhong, and he had his roots.

"But I'm here this time, I'm afraid I'm going to give my brother a problem," Ma Tianhong changed his words

"What do you want my brother to do, my eldest brother just needs to say it clearly," Wu Xiao said

"Mobei is now a big piece of fat, so many people have moved over, they always have to eat salt," Ma Tianhong said

Wu Xiao had actually thought of it a long time ago, and when he saw Ma Tianhong say it, he said, "Don't worry, I'll figure out a way to help the master."

"Tomorrow, I will hand over to the gang leader the documents of the exclusive permission of the Ministry of Household Affairs to operate the salt industry, as well as the special permit issued by the Ministry of War," Wu Xiao continued.

Hearing Wu Xiao's words, Ma Tianhong slapped the table vigorously and stood up with a swish: "Brother, you are really a great fortune star of tens of thousands of bitter men in the Salt Gang."

After he finished speaking, he hugged Wu Xiao and patted Wu Xiao on the back a few times, although Wu Xiao was a little unaccustomed, he also felt an inexplicable warmth, which was completely different from what the red fish gave him.

"I have already arranged to help the middle brother enter Mobei, make arrangements in advance, and as soon as the brother's documents are in hand, our salt will soon be able to drive into Mobei within a thousand miles" Ma Tianhong sat down and said proudly

Hongyu was also very happy tonight, and the three of them drank until two pots of wine bottomed out, and Ma Tianhong left, saying that he would stay in Chang'an for a few more days.

At noon the next day, Wu Xiao found Zhao Yi and explained his intentions, and Zhao Yi quickly helped Wu Xiao to designate a salt store and operate the exclusive salt industry in Mobei. The special permission order of the Ministry of War only needs to be printed by Wu Xiao himself.

In the evening, Ma Tianhong sent someone to invite Wu Xiao, Wu Xiao came to the entrance of the Salt Gang Hall with two documents, the hall masters of each Chang'an branch hall were there, Wu Xiao presented the text, and made some details to explain, the Salt Gang thanked in unison, Wu Xiao had to repeatedly say that his brother did not have to be polite.

Coincidentally, not long after this incident, Shaodong Xu Ziwang of the Angelica Warehouse appeared in Shoushantang, but Wu Xiao was not there at the time, and Hongyu was also very happy to see Xu Ziwang, and thanked him for the help of the Angelica Inn.

Xu Ziwang was obviously very excited after seeing the red fish, and told him about his travels in various places, revealing his thoughts about the red fish between the lines.

Hongyu only didn't know, so he talked about him left and right, but Xu Ziwang had a pair of fiery eyes, and no matter how stupid people were, they could see what was going on.

When Xu Ziwang was leaving, he euphemistically said that he wanted to ask Hongyu's younger brother to help him handle the passage documents of Mobei and the permission to build a large warehouse on several military lands, and handed Hongyu a drawing, and Hongyu had to agree.

When Wu Xiao came back in the evening, Hongyu told him about Xu Ziwang and handed over the drawings to Wu Xiao.

"What do you think about this?" Hongyu looked at Wu Xiao and said

"Yes, of course it will be done for him," Wu Xiao looked at the drawings and said

"So simply, you're not afraid that he will think of me otherwise," Redfish said with a narrow smile

"I just repaid his favor for you, so that you don't feel that you owe him anything more, so I helped him do it," Wu Xiao said

"I don't want you to feel indebted in terms of favors, and be ambiguous about him in this matter, so that he thinks he has a good chance" Wu Xiao looked at Hongyu and said seriously

"He, Xiaoxiao, when did you have such a deep scheming, I don't like it" Hongyu smiled, but she was really happy, because she could feel that Wu Xiao cared about him, so much so that he didn't allow anyone to touch him, even to the point that he couldn't even think about it.

"But I'm transparent to you," Wu Xiao said

The red fish melted, and she walked over to hug Wu Xiao, although he was much taller than her now, she could no longer play like when she was a child, and protect his body in her arms.

But today, Hongyu is happy and satisfied with every achievement of Wu Xiao, Wu Xiao's temperament is changing, he is no longer a young man, and slowly from him you can see the calmness and ease of a superior person.

Many times when he sees Wu Xiao like this, Hongyu will still have a heartbeat, but he is a little shy and uneasy, he doesn't know how long he can control this child, maybe one day, he will leave her and fly away.

The move to the north was not all smooth sailing, and the eunuch forces soon understood the emperor's intentions, and he did everything possible to prevent and sabotage, create incidents, and use these incidents to make some ministers jointly force the emperor in the court.

It was hoped that the progress of the military household moving north would be stopped or delayed, but the emperor was particularly resolute this time, and he disposed of several ministers who took the lead, which provoked a fierce backlash from Qiu Shiliang and other eunuchs, and there was chaos in the court, while the military department and Wu Xiao were in the eye of the storm.

There were constantly excerpts of the impeachment of the Ministry of War and Wu Xiao on the emperor's desk, and all kinds of rumors about the Ministry of War and Wu Xiao were flying all over the court.

The opposition pointed to the military department and Wu Xiao for all the shortcomings and accidents in the process of moving north, and the emperor was a little unable to suppress it

There are also unknown people around Shoushan Hall, who are spying and watching, and even at night, there will be people in black who sneak into Shoushan Hall to spy on them, and Wu Xiao ordered Yan Nu to be killed.

It wasn't until all the spies around Shoushan Hall disappeared inexplicably for three consecutive days that Shoushan Hall was quiet, and all the evidence collected from these people pointed to the Shence Army, but Wu Xiao knew that now was not the time to confront them, so he could only forbear.

Fortunately, the hands of the eunuchs could not be stretched too long, and the matter of moving north as a whole was still advancing rapidly, Wu Xiao adjusted some strategies to speed up the progress of the military households, and he allowed the soldiers stationed in Mobei to go to the south to meet their families in batches at the appointed time.

In addition, he liberalized the distribution system of fields, allowing military households to choose their own land within the permitted range, set up camps and forts, and could declare and register afterwards, these strategies reduced the loss of military households, and greatly improved the progress of the northward migration and resettlement, and also won the support of military households.

In addition, he strictly urged the officials in charge of moving north to the military department to do a good job of keeping their accounts, matters, and documents in the future, so that no evidence of favoritism and fraud could be found in others, which reduced the pressure on the military department and the emperor.

The emperor summoned Wu Xiao at the end of the northward migration, when the young emperor, now has passed the age of standing, long-term political affairs have dragged his body across, there is white hair on his head in his thirties, plus he is superstitious about the way of immortality, in the palace raised a group of Taoists all day long to ask for silver and mercury, long-term pills, the whole popularity looks like a fifty-year-old man.

He commended Wu Xiao's merits, and promoted Wu Xiao to a ranger general, from the fifth rank, but the position remained the same, and he was still responsible for matters related to the northward migration, but he was given more autonomy and encouraged him to continue his efforts.