Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 247 New Home
"It's all silk from Sichuan. It seems that Shu must be very rich. If we can get it, we may not be able to transport grain northward, but tea and silk can be transported northward in large quantities, which can raise many soldiers." Wang Jian and Dou There is no penny in it, but they are still crowded in the crowd, looking at the bolts of silk.

Needless to say, he was eye-opening.

He knew that there was a big difference between silk and silk. For example, Shu brocade, a multi-layered fabric woven with colored silk threads, was very valuable.But now we know that the prices of Shu brocades with the same material and size vary greatly because of the difference in the exquisite patterns.

Li Hanzhi rewarded everyone with silk, but it was coarse silk, and he didn't know where it was produced.It's a bit like the local miscellaneous silk he saw in Suizhou. It costs about [-] yuan a piece. Can Shu brocade with other patterns compare?

After the silk practice, there is a wine shop with flags and banners, and there are all kinds of wine.Baiye wine, chrysanthemum wine, sweet-scented osmanthus wine, Tusu wine, herbal wine, wine, etc. can all be found.Wang Jianji couldn't figure it out, Henan was not allowed to make wine, and Xia Sui heard that the grain production was not abundant, so how could there be so many wineries?
But when he saw many people from the Kunfa party coming to buy wine, he seemed to realize something.

It's bitter cold in the Northwest, and it's hard not to drink some wine.Especially these grassland shepherds, once they have tasted the benefits of wine, they will bring their cattle and sheep over to exchange for wine.

Of course, there are also people who exchange honey for wine.Honey is a major specialty of grasslands, and this is the first time Wang Jianji knows about it.

The soil honey on the grassland is blue and white in color, thick and delicious, similar to the wood honey picked from the tree, and it is all high-quality honey.It is close to the cliff honey, which is collected among the rocks of high mountains. It is blue and red in color, and it is annoying to eat. Its bees are black like horseflies.

Why are so many prairie people here to do business?Are the grassland natives in Xiazhou used to trading here?
If it becomes a habit, will it still invade the border?If they couldn't live on the grassland, they went to work in Xiazhou City, or simply went to fight with their lives. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why Xiazhou was relatively stable?

Wang Jianji can understand these Tibetans.You have to show others a way to survive, the risk of rebelling against the bandits is well known to the barbarians, and the possibility of losing their heads is [-]%.Then if there is a white disaster this year, or if the pasture is not plentiful, and the grasslands cannot support those people, they will go south to the cities of the Han people. Porters, Lizi, sweepers, and Zhangjia can always find a job to make ends meet.

With this way of survival, even the Tibetans would not be able to rebel against the bandits.No one is born so cheap, just like to fight and kill.

Even Master Yang is not that cheap!

Wang Jianji recalled that the two hundred cavalrymen of the Datong Horse Company he had seen before were all party members on the Youzhou grassland.Could it be that they were also recruited to work in Mahang during the disaster year?
This is actually a way.In those years when the grasslands were not abundant and the disasters were serious, some people were recruited into the army.I heard that their warriors have also been selected into the Zhongyongdu, and they will recruit soldiers in wars, and many people should have died. If they recruit more in the city, even if they want to rebel, they will not be able to rebel.

No wonder the Xiazhou grassland is so peaceful.I just don't know how the grasslands in other places are. It should not be as good as Xiazhou's, but it can have some effect.

The king of Lingwu County has a good hand in rectifying the Tibetans. I don't know how he gained the trust of the Tibetans in the first place. This is actually the most difficult.

There are other kinds of shops in the city, such as tea, rice, oil, salt, and even brothels. There are prairie girls—uh.

Xiazhou City is ten miles around, although it is not as good as Bianzhou, but there are tens of thousands of Yamen living inside and outside with sufficient food and wages.The money of this group of spiritually empty uncles is still very good, so the market is very prosperous.

It is such a grand sight to raise one city in more than thirty counties in ten states!
Wang Jianji circled around for a long time, but he had no money in his pocket, so he didn't want to continue spinning, fearing that he couldn't resist looting.

He led the horse out of the city and quickly returned to the camp.

Fu Cunshen was standing on a battle tower in the camp, looking at the densely packed blacksmith shops under Dongguo in Xiazhou, and he didn't even look back when Wang Jianji came over.

"There are so many blacksmith shops, and the fires are kept on all night, how many weapons can you make?" Wang Jianji praised, "Huaixi has never seen so many shops. They were all taken away by Qin Zongquan, or they were in Bianzhou City."

Li Hanzhi and Zhang Quanyi fled from east to west in Henan, and life was very difficult.Not only is there insufficient money and food, but there is also insufficient armament.Sometimes before the battle, the sergeants need to find a way to repair the equipment by themselves.Shooting a few rounds of arrows before the battle will almost use up the reserves. How can we fight?

"Even if there are so many craftsmen in Heyang, they can't keep it. The city walls are low and narrow, how can there be so many blacksmith shops?" Fu Cunshen looked back and said: "Xiazhou City is so big, there are many blacksmith shops. Outside the city. Even if Marshal Li has craftsmen, would he dare to put them outside the city?"

Wang Jianji shook his head.

This is the suffering of not having a stable rear.The craftsmen used by Li Ke are all in Jinyang and Taiyuan counties, which are the most popular places in the east of the river. They can produce safely in the rear and supply the front line.Xiazhou is also like this. There are many dangerous passes in Hengshan, and it is very difficult to fight from south to north.There is a big river in the east, and the water in that section is fast-moving. Let alone whether it freezes in winter or not, even if it freezes, it is very thin and brittle, and it cannot pass through the army. This is also the beauty of its shape.

"Xiazhou, the only thing that may be lacking is food. If this matter can be resolved, we can really advance, attack, retreat, and defend. I went to Lingzhou to meet the King of Lingwu County and see how he arranges it. If I can be a lieutenant general, this day will be very easy." It’s appropriate, it’s better than running around all the time.”

"It's best to leave this cai soldier under our leadership. They are familiar with it. Even if they are all rookies, they can be of great use if they practice more and fight a few more times." Wang Jianhe is now full of thoughts about joining the army. , every time he thinks of those colorful silks and satins in the silk training shop, his heart is eager and unable to control himself.

Manly man, who doesn't want fame and wealth?In this world, warriors work hard and want to sell for a good price.Li Hanzhi's price was too low, and his reputation was not good, so he might as well sell it to King Lingwu.

The army of refugees rested in Xiazhou for three days.

Fu Cunshen never left the barracks, and Cai soldiers were itchy and wanted to go around the city, but they were all scolded by him.

Three days later, we continued to set off, with thousands of households as the unit, heading west one by one, still advancing along the Wuding River.

Along the way, they saw the majestic scenery of cattle and sheep under the wind blowing grass, and also saw the quiet village where the fields are cultivated during the day and the fields are grown at night.The common people are both herding and farming, and there are mixed places of Fan and Han, and the order is in good order.

There was an endless stream of horses and carriages on the avenue, and the Dangxiang people drove the livestock to the market to sell them when they were fat and strong.

Every time the refugee army of seven thousand households arrived, it caused a huge commotion without any surprise.

The Cai soldiers held their heads high, not wanting to be underestimated.The people in Heyang and Zezhou lamented again and again, don't leave anymore, they can just settle down here.Further to the west, God knows where it is, if it is a hell on earth like Henan, why go there?Will it be eaten?
The officials of Youzhou and Yanzhou looked at the common people and salivated.

In these four counties, there are really too few Han people.

In the two counties of Youzhou, there are only 1200 households, more than 6600 Han people, and only about [-] hectares of farmland.

Youzhou is indeed suitable for grazing, but to be honest, [-] hectares of arable land is too little!A few years ago, the commander-in-chief ordered the water system of the tributaries of the Wuding River at the junction of Xiazhou and Youzhou to be cleaned up. As a result, after Lingzhou was conquered, the project stopped.There are very few lands that have been sorted out, and they are all incorporated into military farms.

Yanzhou is better than Youzhou, with more than 2000 households and more than [-] Han people.But there are less than [-] Han people in Zhengzhou, which is really too sensational.

These two prefectures and four counties are extremely eager for Han people who can farm land, but the shogunate simply ignored them.The officials of the two states even speculated whether all the official documents submitted were thrown away as waste paper by the people in the Yingtian Division?

Compared with them, Lingzhou is another extreme!The commander-in-chief played to the imperial court, please set up the two counties of Yuan and Feng'an, and changed Lingzhou from six counties to eight counties.In just a few years, the number of household registrations has increased greatly, and business and trade have gradually improved. Seeing that it has become the first state in Dingnan, how is this not annoying!
Fu Cunshen watched silently all the way.In his opinion, many places can be cultivated, but they are all deserted and full of grass.Occasionally, some women or children would drive their cattle and sheep to graze, but there are so many barren meadows, how can they eat all of them?
This will be difficult for the states, and if they are given another ten or 20 years, the population, cattle and sheep will still increase by a large amount.People who are more affluent can raise some horses, and the number of people who can ride horses will also increase.Once there is a war, the commander-in-chief recruits troops, and the people ride horses and drive carriages, fill them with grain and fodder, and then drive a large herd of cattle and sheep, which can spend several years with people.

Fu Cunshen had never heard of the term war potential, but he understood the truth.It can be seen that the Dingnan states have already had a good start, and it has lasted for several years. If they are given another ten years, how far will they develop? 20 years?

This is just the speed of normal development, what if there is an accelerated development?For example, the seven thousand households he brought over from Heyang and Zezhou.

These [-] households are basically ordinary households.I heard that the King of Lingwu County recruited tens of thousands of soldiers in Henan, and a considerable part of the family members of the soldiers also went to Lingxia.Datong Maxing recruited refugees, and even spent money to buy people. They did everything they could to get thousands of households a year, right?
People are flowing in rapidly, food, cattle and sheep are increasing day by day, this is strength!Originally, there were strong soldiers and war horses in the northwest, and what was lacking was just goods and food. If they were asked to make up for this link.When the Kwantung general came back to his senses, he might be in dire straits.

On the land of Henan, Qin Zongquan was still raging, and the generals were still fighting.Hebei is a bit better, but it is also gritting its teeth to provide money, food, horses and even soldiers, supporting Meng Fangli and Helian Duo to fight against Li Keyong in Hedong.The more you fight, the poorer you become, the more you beat people, the fewer people you beat, and I'm afraid they will all die in the end!

I am on the side of King Lingwu, very good.

On the eighth day of September, after traveling along the post road for more than [-] days, the army of refugees arrived in the east of Huile County, Lingzhou, and set up camp here.

Li Shao heard the news and went across the river to comfort him.

Looking at the dusty faces of Heyang and Zezhou households, Li Shao smiled happily.

In the past four years, Lingzhou's household registration has gradually become more prosperous, and the cultivated land has also increased from the initial [-] hectares to more than [-] hectares.This is not enough!In Huile County alone, the irrigation canals dug in the Northern Zhou, Sui and Guo dynasties could irrigate more than ten thousand hectares of fields. How many are only used now?

Starting from the Qin Dynasty, 30 people were sent to build the canal.In the third year of Yuanshou, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a flood in Shandong. "Many people were hungry and hungry".

The "violent canal opening" of the two dynasties left a rich legacy to later generations.Even in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Hu regime who occupied this place couldn't stand the temptation to irrigate the canals, and actually planted land!For example, when the bald-haired Wugu in Nanliang was in power, he "farmed and mulberry". A considerable number of Hu people abandoned herding and started farming. Coupled with a large number of Han farmers, the farming civilization in Lingzhou and Hetao still persisted.

The old canals left over from the Qin and Han Dynasties underwent large-scale repairs and expansions during the Northern Wei Dynasty, and were inherited from the Northern Zhou, Sui and present dynasties.Li Shao felt that the plan set by the commander-in-chief to support 30 households and [-] people in Lingzhou would definitely come true. The old canals are still there, and you don’t need to dig them. You only need to clean them up and dredge a little, and some don’t even need to be dredged. !
There is no shortage of fields, no shortage of canals, what is lacking is people!

Tens of thousands of people in Heyang and Zezhou can get more than [-] households even if they are divided in half with the Hewei states. This is excellent.

The Li family and the king of Lingwu County have been tied together. Li Shao's two sons, one is the county magistrate in Suide County, Suizhou, and the other is the county magistrate in Jinhe County, Zhenwu Army.For the sake of the wealth and honor of his children and grandchildren, he also worked hard, and he must achieve results, so that the commander-in-chief must feel that he has worked hard.

Kentian is the easiest place to achieve results!

"The king of Lingwu County is bringing the iron cavalry and leopard cavalry to Lingzhou, and it is estimated that they will arrive in a few days. Somebody brought some grain, wine and meat over here. Everyone, please rest for a few days, and then you can see the king of Lingwu County." Li Shao said to those in charge of more than a hundred households: "You waited a long distance to vote, and I am very grateful. From today on, you can settle down. There are so many lands in the eight counties of Lingzhou! There are no Tibetans. Kou Bian, you can rest assured to cultivate and thrive."

"Lingzhou is our new home from now on!"

Several sail leaves floated on the big river in the distance.

On both sides of the river, there are fields that have just been harvested, and stacks of wheat can be seen everywhere.

The farmers carried their hoes and walked beside the gurgling canal, smiling happily.

In the distance, under the white clouds in the sky, there are green pines and cypresses, and green trees form forests.The shepherds drove the cattle and sheep, and the high-pitched singing alarmed the wild geese returning from the south.

"This new home seems to be good." Fu Cunshen smiled brightly: "It's much better than Henan."

(End of this chapter)