Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1219 Outer Harbor
"Chen Shilang, are the soldiers from Xingyuan, Shankuo, and Longjian sent to Andong Mansion as soon as possible?" Zhang Xuanyan, the servant of the household department, asked softly in a private house in Yongshanfang, Cangzhou.

Chen Cheng put down his brush and asked, "Have you found a place to live?"

Zhang Xuanyan was taken aback for a moment, and immediately replied: "I found it. The house of the prison in Qingchi County is okay."

The saint lived in Lu Yanwei's mansion, and the civil and military officials could only find another place to live.Some people lived in the state government office, some in the county government office, some in private houses, and some on the field—usually the six low-level officials.

"How many people need to be sent to Liao?" Chen Cheng asked.

"A total of five thousand people." Zhang Xuanyan replied.

There are still more than [-] people left in the miscellaneous army, and [-] of the most capable fighters are selected to be incorporated into the Gongchen Army, and more than [-] people are incorporated into the Cang, Jing, and Ying state soldiers that are being formed. Leading thousands of soldiers from Dizhou to the north, he served as the governor of Yingzhou, which had just been defeated not long ago.

The five counties of Yingzhou have many household registrations and are relatively wealthy.It is a reward for Shao Bo, but I don’t know if he thinks so—maybe he is annoyed about leaving Dizhou’s lair that has been in business for many years, or he is happy to take up the post. After all, Dizhou is dilapidated and really not decent .

But the imperial court doesn't care about his thoughts, it only depends on whether he is willing to obey the imperial edict.

"5000 people is quite a lot." Chen Cheng said, "Have the documents from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War been issued?"

"It's been sent." Zhang Xuanyan replied.

"Then let's wait until next spring." Chen Cheng made a decision.

According to the negotiated method, these 5000 people were sent to Anton Mansion as soldiers, and moved together with their families in Tongzhou, Bazhou, Longjian, and Qinghai to enrich the local household registration.

In other words, this is actually [-] households, which is considered a big project.Now it's winter, the Liaohai Sea is about to freeze, and Anton's mansion is in a time of shortage of supplies, so newcomers may not be welcomed.It's better to wait until the spring of next year, when these government soldiers and their families go to the state, and the production and living supplies are almost ready, and then send them all together.

"These people have been digested." Chen Cheng took a sip of hot tea, and even expressed emotion like Shao Shude.

But is this over?Obviously not.

In this attack on Hebei, nearly [-] prisoners were captured in Guangcangjing Town.At present, the camp is being screened, and it is planned to release the Tutuan villagers one after another, and let them go home to farm, so as not to eat and drink in the prisoner camp.

As for the rest, I don't plan to release them for the time being. They will be escorted to Wudigou to open the river for dredging, and the Tiande Army will send people to guard them.

After finishing this batch of work, let's see how Youzhou is doing. It is very likely that they will be sent there to build a palace in the future—Chen Cheng has already seen through the sage's little thoughtfulness.

"Over there in Jizhou, I heard that many prisoners have been captured." Zhang Xuanyan said: "There are too many warriors in this world."

"Jizhou..." Chen Cheng put down his tea bowl, closed his eyes and meditated.

He also received the message.

Li Keyong's son, Li Luoluo, the envoy of Tanji Yingping Township, used to fight very well in Jizhou and Sanhe area, and fought back and forth with Zhao Wang Siwu.But after hearing that the two armies of Tianxiong and Longxiang defeated Li Cunzhang and went northward to Youzhou unstoppably, they were anxious and chaotic, so they suffered a big defeat and lost thousands of troops.

Shao Siwu took the opportunity to press on and besieged Sanhe for ten days.The veteran soldiers recruited by Li Luoluo were very cunning, they slipped away when they saw the situation was not going well, and finally Sanhe County was conquered.Li Luoluo fled to Tanzhou's lair, recruited soldiers and horses, was chased by Wang Jiao, and was defeated again, so he took the two armies of Tielin and Hengchong to Youzhou, and joined Li Cunzhang who had fled back.

Xia Jun took advantage of the situation to occupy Tanzhou, and attacked the Shufan tribes who refused to surrender. For a time, the war was raging and the fighting was fierce.

On the southern front, the Tianxiong Army repeatedly attacked Ke'an County, and then sent troops northward to collect food and grass, which was not far from Youzhou.

After Ge Congzhou arranged for the Yicong army to guard Yingmo and guard the back road, he led the Longxiang army to the north and defeated An Fuqian, the governor of Zhuozhou, in Xinchang.

Almost at the same time, the soldiers and horses that besieged Li Cunxiao withdrew one after another, and Wang Gao of Yiding also sent troops eastward, and Zhuozhou immediately became the focus of attention.

The battle was fierce, but the situation was quite obvious, and Chen Cheng was not worried.If you spend a little more time, you can always clean up the thieves one by one, don't worry.What he really cared about was actually Jizhou and Tanzhou.

Zhao Wang Siwu's battle was actually not bad.

Maybe it looks quite satisfactory on the surface, not particularly brilliant, but it is definitely not bad.

Chen Cheng felt that at his age, it was the first time he fought against a serious Central Plains feudal warrior, and he was already qualified for this level.

It's just this kind of thing, some people will be unhappy, right?

"A bunch of bad things." Chen Cheng opened his eyes, sighed, and said, "Before leaving, let Zhuge Tai and Zhuge Shangren come to see me. Liang Xiangjian is going back to Qinghai, right? Don't be too generous with rewards." It's poor, not good, besides, the sage abducted one of his sons."

"Yes." Zhang Xuanyan replied.

Zhuge Tai and Zhuge Shangren were transferred to Guanzhong as governors, and the original Tong and Ba prefectures were handed over, and the imperial court appointed officials separately.

Liang Xiangjian did not want to be an official in the court, but insisted on returning to Qinghai to be the local overlord.The sage agreed and offered to distribute the reward.

But the old one left, and the young one was left behind.Liang Mancang was incorporated into Yin'anzhi, starting from the team.

Liang Xiangjian seemed a little unhappy, but he couldn't refuse.What's more, Liang Mancang, a heartless guy, couldn't understand his father's complicated mood at all. Instead, he was very happy to be able to stay in Luoyang as an official, and he had already begun to look forward to a new life.

Xiao Liang is already like this, so what can Lao Liang do?

The sage has never spared no effort in attacking tribal chiefs, miscellaneous military leaders, and separatist generals, and that is called steady and ruthless.Chen Cheng never thought that a sage would have such perseverance, not afraid of difficulties and obstacles, and persist until now.

In fact, he also understands it very well, laying a solid foundation for the new dynasty, nothing more.

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"In the past, Chengde, Ziqing, and Cangjing towns competed for the three-branched city, why?" Shao Shude asked in Lu's mansion.

Standing in front of him was Li Yangu, an official of the Yin'an Zhijun, who had just been appointed by him as Changlu Ling.

Changlu County (now Cang County) is more than [-] miles northwest of Cangzhou, where the Yongji Canal passes and the Zhangshui River meets. It is an important water and land transfer node.

During Xia's Northern Expedition, Changlu County has become an important material distribution center.Grain, grass, and equipment either go northward via Yongji Canal to Youzhou, or are transported to Yingmo by a carriage driven by the master.

"For the benefit of the clam stack salt pond." Li Yangu replied.

Shao Shude nodded.

He had a subjective impression before, subconsciously thinking that there would be a salt field in Changlu, but later found that Cangzhou did have a place to cook sea salt, but it was not in Changlu County, and the scale was small and unsystematic.Otherwise, Heng Haijun wouldn't be desperately trying to get chestnuts out of the fire to compete for the clam stack salt pond at the junction of the three towns.

Today's Changlu County is just a commercial town along the river, nothing more.

"After you became the Commander of Changlu, the most important thing is to ensure the supply of the Northern Expeditionary Army." Shao Shude said: "The three armies of Tianxiong, Longxiang, and Yicong are the dry cities of the country, and the supply of food, grass, and equipment must not be interrupted."

"Follow the order." Li Yangu responded.

It is a good thing for him to leave the military position and serve as a local county magistrate.Not to mention that he doesn't really like to hang out in the army, but the Changlu Order on the seventh rank alone is a good position that many people want to fight for.After all, if Xin Ke Jinshi can be awarded an official position, his first job will be as a Jiupin county lieutenant.

"While ensuring the military supplies, some masters will be requisitioned and sent to Cangzhou." Shao Shude said again: "The floating water needs to be dredged. Qingchi, Yanshan, and Rao'an counties will all send people."

"Observe the order." Although Li Yangu was a little worried, he still complied.

Cangjing Town has just been wiped out, and the people will be expropriated and exhausted. Li Yangu is really worried that it will trigger a civil uprising.However, the saint's attitude is very firm. Winter is indeed a good opportunity to dredge the river. If you miss this opportunity, you will have to wait another year. The saint is obviously unwilling to wait.

No way, he has the final say, just obey.I believe that with so many troops stationed there, the people of Cangzhou are not so brainless.

Fushui is a river that flows through Cangzhou and flows east into the sea.Cangzhou, located on the north bank of Fushui, has thus become a famous nautical port, connecting the surrounding areas of the Liaohai Sea.

In the sixth year of Xiankang in the Jin Dynasty, Shihu wanted to set off from here to transport grain and kill swallows.

In the tenth year of Jin Yixi's reign, Chu Kuang, a native of Hejian, told Feng Ba that from Cangzhou to the sea, he could go to Linyu in the west of Liaoxi, and Ba Xuzhi.

In the early Tang Dynasty, Cangzhou was one of the logistics bases for the various armies of Pinglu Jiedushi.

At that time, sea ships set off from Cangzhou, went down the floating water, went straight into the sea, and sailed to western and eastern Liaoning.

In Shao Shude's eyes, the role of Cangjing Town is much greater than that of Chengde and Hedong.This seems to be the place where he doesn't fit in with many people, because he has too much oceanic thinking in his head.

The Great Xia and New Dynasty already had Chang'an in the west and Luoyang in the east, and there would certainly be one in the north as well.

For a while, he hesitated where to choose this northern capital.

Normally speaking, Youzhou is undoubtedly the choice, but he is also very interested in Cangzhou because of its superior ocean transportation conditions.

At this time, the scope of Cangzhou's jurisdiction is also different from that of later generations.Cangzhou in the Tang Dynasty roughly included the entire territory of Cangzhou in later generations, the southern half of Tianjin, and a part of Binzhou. Xia followed the Tang system, and the jurisdiction of Cangzhou remained unchanged.

If Beibu does not exist as a major capital city, then it is actually not bad to have a coastal port.Based on this standard, Cangzhou is actually very good, especially since the north is located in the Tianjin Port area of ​​later generations.

But now he has given up the idea of ​​Cangzhou as the northern capital.

For the capital, it is better to choose some famous historical cities.

In the five dynasties in history, Houliang had two capitals, Luoyang in the west and Kaifeng in the east; three capitals in the Later Tang Dynasty, Luoyang in the east, Chang'an in the west, and Taiyuan in the north; Kaifeng in the east and Luoyang in the west in the Later Jin Dynasty; Later Jintong-Weizhou was once promoted to Yedu, but it was abandoned.

Cangzhou is still a bit short of fire, Weizhou and Yecheng are more qualified than it to be the northern capital.

However, Cangzhou is qualified as an important commercial and trade port in the Bohai Rim Economic Circle if it cannot be the northern capital.In the future, he will often go to the northern capital to manage politics. It is also good to build a wharf in the northern border of Cangzhou as the outer port of Youzhou, and to receive materials from Liaodong, Silla, Huaihai and even the south.

It would be a pity not to make good use of the big bathtub of Bohai Sea.

(End of this chapter)