Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 366 Heshuo, Ancestral Land

Guannei Road, Feng'an Army, is located on the bank of the Yellow River, and the transportation is very convenient.

Because the water of the Yellow River passes through, there is no shortage of irrigation water, and the groundwater is abundant, it is the most important melon, fruit and grain production area in Shuofang Jiedushi's jurisdiction except Lingzhou area.

Before Zhang Xichong arrived, part of the food and grass supply of the Lingwu Army in Lingzhou was transferred from the Feng'an Army.

Feng'an Army was an important military town before Kaiyuan, with a total of 8000 people.

But at this time, after hundreds of years of war in the Central Plains, the national strength and household registration have declined sharply, and the Feng'an Army was even abandoned for a time.

In the Mingzong period of the later Tang Dynasty, the imperial court's finances improved a little before it was restored. At present, there are more than [-] troops stationed, and there are about several thousand Dangxiang herdsmen around.

When Zhang Zhao arrived, a town general of the Feng'an Army had already knelt outside the fort and waited.

Although Feng'an Army is not under the jurisdiction of Hexi, this is not surprising at all, because the good days of Feng'an Army in recent years were all brought by Zhang Zhao.

Since Zhang Zhao came to power Hexi Longyou for a year, the situation in Hexi Longyou has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Even before the Great Tang Kaiyuan, it was difficult to find a Hexi Longyou Jiedu ambassador who could compare with Zhang Zhao.

This year Zhang Zhao can be described as non-stop, and his footprints have almost covered the main areas of Hexi.

He built water conservancy, taught farming and mulberry, lightly paid taxes, and cracked down on lawlessness, which made the society of Hexi stable.

The original conflict between people and land in Hexi was also greatly resolved in the hands of Zhang Zhao.

Because of the contradiction between people and land in Hexi, it seems that big families and big tribes occupy a lot of land and squeeze the poor people like cattle and horses. The contradiction between more people and less land is very prominent.

But in fact, as long as you know a set of numbers, you know that this is complete bullshit.

Zhang Zhao's territory at this time is about [-]% of Gansu in later generations, plus eastern Qinghai including Xining and a small part of Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, and Shaanxi.

You know, the area of ​​Gansu alone is 42 square kilometers in later generations. Including other areas, Zhang Zhao also controls 500,000 square kilometers.

This is almost the size of France. Even though there are many places with harsh natural conditions, it is more than enough to feed 2 million people in their early years.

The reason why there are more people and less land is because the society in Hexi was unstable in the past.

The Han people, the tribes of the Momo, the Longjia, the Uighurs, the Qiangs, the Shatuo, the Dangxiang, and other strange tribes, big and small, attacked each other. For a long time, they were in a situation where if you don’t kill people, others will kill you.

In this chaotic situation, ordinary people are destined to be unable to survive without their families and tribes. Even a small tribe of 200 people is not safe, so people are forced to join forces to survive.

Once these people get together, there will naturally be more people and less land. The rich and powerful families and tribes with big surnames take the opportunity to annex the land and control the population.

But when Zhang Zhao came, the situation changed immediately.

He doesn't even need to force these tyrants from various places to hand over the land and population they seized. He only needs to improve law and order, and then follow the old practice in Liangzhou everywhere, spending money on infrastructure.

At the beginning, the local tyrants were asked to provide a little manpower, to set up a small scene, and waited for the affordable laborers to go back to publicize. The poor people of the whole tribe couldn't stop it, and their enthusiasm for serving the government was very high.

After the hard labor was over, they found that the outside environment was better, and they got some wages when they were doing hard labor.

So either rely on the Silk Road to do some work, or lease the land opened by the government, or even a hundred people can open up wasteland by themselves.

Once all the people are gone, the land held by the tyrants will become worthless in an instant. Most smart people will choose to compromise with the government.

As for those foolish ones, there is a shortage of mine slaves in Mirror Iron Mountain!

For example, the only local tyrants in Hezhou who surrendered without much experience of swordsman came here to try their own methods. They seized and concealed a large number of people and gathered a crowd to fight.

Zhang Zhao, who was worried that he couldn't find the chicken to scare the monkey, enthusiastically sent troops to suppress it, and fought for half a month around Shimen Mountain where the Hezhou tyrants were entrenched.

In the end, more than [-] people were killed and executed, and tens of thousands became miners. In an instant, people everywhere became honest.

In one year, Longyou, Hexi, presided over by Zhang Zhao, reclaimed nearly [-] mu of wasteland and built hundreds of water conservancy projects.

In particular, the development of Guangwu in Lanzhou, Lintao, Minqin in Liangzhou, and Longxi in Weizhou attracted more than [-] people to settle down from the mountains.

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Two Yellow River carps, the small ones are made into baked carp noodles, and the big ones are made into grilled fish with spices such as dried dogwood, shallots (onions), and fragrant leaves.

A roasted lamb, some seasonal vegetables, some melons and fruits, and a large urn of chilled purple wine, these are the dishes Zhang Zhao uses to entertain guests.

There was a sound of horseshoes, Zhang Zhao didn't lift his head, Li Cunhui led hundreds of cavalry past, and after a while, two figures appeared in front of Zhang Zhao.

Pei Yuan was thinner than before, and the fine white skin of a descendant of an aristocratic family turned into a yellow-black color like old ginger, no different from an old farmer in Shuofang.

Although those eyes still can't help but make people feel vigilant, but in terms of temperament, Pei Yuan has undergone earth-shaking changes.

From the previous feeling of floating in the sky despite being highly talented and resourceful, it has become calm and down-to-earth today.

Zhang Zhao could see that Pei Yuan was transforming from a mere adviser to Ma Di to a capable official who ruled the world.

"Yuying! Come here quickly! I haven't seen you for more than a year. Wouldn't it be better to try a certain handicraft?"

Zhang Zhao laughed and threw away the bristle brush in his hand that was brushing dogwood oil on the grilled fish, and walked quickly towards Pei Yuan.

"My lord! Greetings to the king!" Pei Yuan prostrated himself on the sandy beach beside the Yellow River with a thump.

"The subject is in Tokyo, making good claims, and being coerced to go to Lingzhou, under the entrustment of the king, it is really embarrassing to meet!"

From Pei Yuan's point of view, he is indeed ashamed of Zhang Zhao.

Although it contributed to Zhang Zhao's entry into Guanzhong to quell the chaos, he also successfully won the Hexi Longyou Jiedu Ambassador, allowing Zhang Zhao to emerge on the stage of the whole world.

But in practice, he made the decision to guarantee Shi Jingtang 1 million military expenses, and in fact left Zhang Zhao for Shuofang.

No matter what the reason is, a person who makes his own claims and abandons them cannot escape.

Seeing Pei Yuan acting like this, Zhang Zhao quickly stepped forward and quickly helped Pei Yuan up.

"Yuying has made great contributions to me, making Hexi Longyou athletes famous all over the world. How can I say that I have no face? The situation is complicated and urgent, and it is natural to move according to the time."

After helping Pei Yuan up, Zhang Zhaocai looked at the old man beside Pei Yuan who was wearing a moon-white gown and a simple bun on his head.

This person is tall and slender, with sharp eyes and elegant demeanor. He has the demeanor of a famous minister, but there is always a gloomy look between his brows.

"But Zhang Taiwei, commander of the Lingwu Festival, is in person?" Zhang Zhao asked, clasping his hands. This should be Zhang Xichong.

"I've heard that the King of Han in Hexi is a corporal, he despises wealth and value talents, his reputation is well-deserved!"

Zhang Zhao didn't come to ask Zhang Xichong immediately, but took care of Pei Yuan first. This kind of impolite behavior made Zhang Xichong more satisfied.

This Pei Yuan has carried the big blame for Zhang Zhao, and his wife and children are still detained in Tokyo by Shi Jingtang. If Zhang Zhao came to ask Zhang Xichong first, according to his temperament, he might turn around and leave.

The three sat down, Zhang Zhao drove everyone away, leaving only Murong Nobunaga and Li Cunhui as guards.

Zhang Xichong watched as Zhang Zhao poured wine for the two of them, while Murong Xinchang turned the iron frame a little far away, roasting a fat lamb until it was golden, while Li Cunhui carefully chopped the ice into thin slices with a dagger. Bing Hua's depressed brow seemed to relax a little.

"The ice-cutter next to him is the flying general who killed hundreds of people by riding alone in Zendan?" Zhang Xichong asked Li Cunhui.

Now Li Cunhui also has a famous battle. Of course, it was in Zendan years ago that he guarded Zhang Zhao alone and killed dozens of Uighurs alone.

"Cunhui'er, did Shuai Jie ask you?" Zhang Zhao called out to Li Cunhui with a smile.

Li Cunhui smiled shyly, "It's just more than forty Uyghur Qingqi cavalry, killing hundreds of people with one cavalry is just spreading rumors!"

"Good!" Zhang Xichong clapped his palms and praised, "You can't get carried away when you are young and promising, the little general will definitely be a hero like Duke Xing in the future!"

"Zhang Taiwei, don't you just praise me? If you treat one more favorably than another, you won't be able to eat the fat lamb roasted by Princess Yongle's own son-in-law!"

Murong Nobunaga grew a little mustache, not as sharp-edged as before, but still competitive.

"Hahaha!" Zhang Xichong laughed even more happily.

"You boy, when the old man returned to the south, Princess Yongle also offered a bowl of wine at the banquet. He is smart and polite, and he is familiar with poetry and books. I remember it until now. I didn't expect to take advantage of you!"

However, although he laughed happily, Murong Nobunaga, who was obviously more famous than Li Cunhui, still didn't get Zhang Xichong's praise, but passed away after a haha ​​as an elder.

Grilled lamb with distinct flavors, grilled fish, melons, fruits and vegetables, and iced wine. The five enjoyed themselves while enjoying the scenery by the Yellow River.

With such beautiful scenery and delicious food, no one said anything else, just wait until everyone is full and a little bit drunk.

Zhang Zhaocai looked at the big river, the green fields in front of him, and the yellow sand and high mountains in the distance, and said with emotion.

"Such a beautiful river and mountain! They were all obtained by our ancestors in hundreds of battles. The pre-Qin broke Yiqu to get this place, and the pre-Han Wei Huo fought bloody battles all his life to stick to it.

In the millennia, I don’t know how many heroes and heroes, the people of Limin have pioneered with sweat and tears. If we lose it today, we will all be sinners! "

"Does King Han really think so? Do you think that no one in this world remembers these anymore?
They all betrayed their country and sought glory, for the sake of glory and wealth, they would do anything shameless!
Shuofang is the cornerstone of the country. The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are gone. Without Shuofang, the world will be overthrown sooner or later! "

Zhang Xichong's face was heavy, Zhang Zhao nodded sympathetically, no one could understand what it would be like to lose both Shuofang and Yanyun.

Without Yanyun, the cavalry of the grassland nation can easily appear on the Hebei Plain, come and leave whenever they want.

More importantly, the land of Yanyun and western Liaoning have been Hanized for thousands of years, and the production technologies such as farming and ironware are the same as those in the Central Plains.

With these two lands for the nomads, it is not a pure grassland empire, but a terrifying war machine that combines grassland farming with farming. The Han land that is purely farming can no longer be stopped.

But without Shuofang, Guan Zhong's natural danger becomes empty talk.

A Xixia that is crooked from the root can make the Northern Song Dynasty suffer unceasingly. More money and food are thrown in Shaanxi every year than in Hebei, which is completely a wound that will never heal.

If there were no Xixia, the Northern Song Dynasty would have smashed Liao to death with money!
People say that after Tianbao, the character of the Chinese people has been changed, and it is definitely not without reason.

Because of the loss of these two places, they will always be in the embarrassing situation of being beaten and unable to fight back.

This kind of people have been beaten wantonly all the year round. If you have been beaten too much, you have been beaten to the skin. You have a mace, and I have a sky cap. Doesn't that change your personality?

If it weren't for Zhu Hongwu who came out 400 years later, regained Yanyun, and regained Heshuo, the sinking of Chinese culture would be unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhao looked directly at Zhang Xichong, the elderly hero who risked his life to return south.

"The old man's ambition is thousands of miles away, and the martyr's ambition is endless in his old age. Would Zhang Weng be willing to work with someone to make up for Heshuo's space?"

(End of this chapter)