Fenghou

Chapter 473 Information
Of course, Chen Qing understands that the most important resource of Jinglue Xihe Road is the population, to be precise, the Han people. To the Xixia people, these serfs are just foreign slaves, and party talents are the precious resources of the Xixia Kingdom, so the Xixia people don’t care. The life and death of these serfs.

But for Chen Qing, it was just the opposite. He didn't care about the life and death of the party members at all. The Han serfs were his precious resources. The self-cultivating farmers in the Hehuang area no longer need to live in dirty and dilapidated mud huts.

Not long after he publicly announced the plan to divide the land and return grain, the shantytowns began to beat gongs and drums, and all the people rushed out of their homes to cheer, men, women and children jumped and danced, and it was even more joyful than New Year's Eve.

Chen Qing's promise was immediately effective. Soon, the soldiers began to distribute sheepskins door-to-door, three for each family. On cold spring nights, they are very effective in keeping warm, especially for the elderly and children. They are simply life-saving fetishes.

Chen Qing also ordered three sheepskins for each household in Egan County. There were about [-] households and more than [-] people in Egan County. Twenty-five thousand Xixia soldiers were burned to death in Egan County. No one wants to go back to this fierce place.

So Chen Qing considered relocating them to the Tao River Valley. There were too few Han people there, and large tracts of land were barren. He had recruited thousands of households from Bashu before, plus these two thousand Han households, each household was allocated There is still no problem with one hundred acres of land, and the tax will be exempted for another ten years, and the Taohe Valley should be able to gradually develop.

Chen Qing is inspecting the situation of the people in Egan County. Most of the people in Egan County are housed in some empty houses and temples. Only a few people live in tents. On the ground.

Several old people gathered together to bask in the sun. Chen Qing sat on the big rock next to him and asked with a smile, "Listen to the accent, the old people don't seem to be from Egan County?"

"We are from Longzhou, and we came to Egan County many years ago."

"If you can't go back to Egan County, won't the old people regret it?" Chen Qing asked again.

Several old men laughed and said: "It's not a pity, even the people of this county have no regrets. For us ordinary people, staying away from war is the most important thing."

"In the future, everyone may be arranged in the Tao River Valley, but it is far away from the war, do you know?"

Several old men nodded, "It has been announced to us. In fact, it doesn't matter where you live. The important land and food, especially the government's allocation of [-] acres of land, will directly exempt you from taxes for ten years. These two things are irresistible. We I was afraid that the envoy Chen Jiedu would not count what he said, and after two years of tax exemption, he regretted it and started to collect taxes again."

None of the old men knew that the young general in front of them was the envoy Chen Jiedu they were talking about.

Chen Qing smiled slightly, "Chen Jiedushi has always been a person who promises a lot, and since he has made a promise, he will never change it!"

After chatting briefly with a few commoners, Chen Qing continued to walk forward. At this moment, Yang Zaixing stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Will the Dutong promise to exempt the army for ten years, will it affect the military rations?".

Chen Qing smiled lightly, "Plant the phoenix tree to attract the golden phoenix. If there is not enough attraction, who would like to come to Xihe Road to farm? As for the military rations, don't worry, we can buy their rations, the one hundred thousand catties of silver , always play a role!"

Yang Zaixing suddenly understood the coach's thinking, and he sincerely praised: "Du Tong is really brilliant!"

Chen Qing thought for a while and then said: "There is a large pasture between Lintao Prefecture and Lanzhou. Now it is occupied by the party members. I will drive them all back to Xixia later. I plan to use this pasture to replace the west bank of the Taohe Valley. Farmland can also be developed on the west bank of the land, attracting more Han people to come to farm, and the food problem of the [-] troops can be solved, and there is no need to go to Bashu to buy food.”

"Beizhi suggested sending the people of Agan County to the Taohe Valley in the next two days. I heard that the land there is very fertile, and the reclamation committee can directly cultivate it, and it can catch up with the planting of a season of spring wheat."

Chen Qing nodded, "You and I want to go together. This matter really can't be delayed. I will order the army to escort them to Didao County tomorrow, and let the Didao County government make arrangements."

While the two were talking, a soldier reported from behind: "Huangzhou scouts are here, waiting for Dutong in the barracks."

Chen Qing was overjoyed, he wanted to know the situation in Huangzhou most now.

The scout who came to deliver the letter was Hu Yanlei's subordinate. Huyanlei is still in Huangzhou. He sent this subordinate to pretend to be a businessman and follow a caravan to Didao County. The scout then diverted to Lanzhou.

Chen Qing read Hu Yanlei's letter. Hu Yanlei had already found out the whereabouts of the batch of silver, which was in the underground warehouse of Huangzhou General Manager's Mansion. The letter said that Ren Dejing originally planned to build a country on Xihe Road, but did not Thinking of Chen Qing rushing out of the sky, Ren De respected and hated him to the bone.

Chen Qing snorted coldly. He actually wanted to build a country on Xihe Road. Even if he was not on Xihe Road, would the Xixia people allow him to build a country?It is simply taken for granted.

The letter also talked about the distribution of Ren Dejing's troops. There are a total of [-] troops, all of which are controlled by Ren Dejing's brothers and sons. Among them, Huangzhou has [-] troops, Xi'an Prefecture has [-] troops, Kuozhou has [-] troops, and Hezhou has [-] troops. Zhouzhou deployed four thousand troops, and another thousand troops followed Ren Zhongqun to the silver mine.

The [-] troops are equipped by the Puppet Qi Army, and the training is not bad. Among them, there are [-] cavalry in Huangzhou. Ren Dejing is currently in Huangzhou.

After reading the letter, Chen Qing asked the scouts again with a smile: "Your intelligence investigation is good. General Huyan is doing well in Huangzhou, right?"

The scout nodded, "That's true. General Huyan bought a restaurant. The owner of this restaurant happens to be the Facao Junjun of the General Manager Ren Dejing's mansion. His name is Xu Pei. He is a local wealthy family in Huangzhou. He needs money urgently, so he sold the restaurant." , General Huyan returned half of the restaurant, and the two currently own half of the restaurant, so they have a very close relationship, and General Huyan helped him a lot."

"What can I do for him?"

"Xu Pei wanted to send his son to study in Chengdu, so General Huyan helped him find a relationship, that is, the father-in-law of Lu Zhi County, who helped recommend him to study in the government."

Lu Wei's father-in-law is Li Jiong, the general judge of the Chengdu government. This relationship must have been found through Lu Wei. In this way, wouldn't Xu Pei know the identity of Hu Yanlei?
"This Xu Pei knows the identity of General Huyan?"

"I didn't directly expose it, but I feel that he should have guessed a thing or two, otherwise he would not have told General Huyan about the deployment of the army and the whereabouts of the silver."

Chen Qing nodded. It should be that the Xu family is standing in line. It is a good thing to win over the local wealthy family!
Chen Qing suddenly thought of something and asked, "How did you cross the Yellow River?"

"I would like to report to Dutong that when I set out, the Yellow River in Huangzhou hadn't completely thawed, and I could still walk on the ice, but it should be thawed now."

Speaking of this, the scout took out a thick stack of maps from his arms and handed them to Chen Qing, "This is General Huyan who got the map of the three states and the city of Huangzhou, drawn by Ren Dejing, including Huangzhou, Xi'an and Kuozhou. The state is very detailed, please read it all."

Chen Qing was overjoyed, and quickly took the map and spread it out. There were indeed two maps inside, one was a map of the three states, which was indeed detailed, including official roads, rivers, bridges, forests, wheat fields, checkpoints, post stations, villages, counties, and military camps Wait, everything is available, it is a very suitable map for military use.

The other is a map of Huangzhou City, to be precise, it is a map of Huangzhou City Defense. The city walls, gates, government offices, barracks, warehouses and other important buildings are clearly marked.

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and then asked: "How powerful is the Xu family in Huangzhou?"

(End of this chapter)