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Chapter 199 Patrol
After the spring plowing began, except for the soldiers of the Guards Battalion, the other two battalions had to plow.

It's just that there has been no war for a year, and Xiping is full of vitality.

Hidden populations have returned.

Especially this year when Jincheng and Longxi successively broke out in wars, the relatively peaceful Xiping became the first choice for refuge.

There were no wars in the surrounding counties of Anding and Nan'an, but the fields were saturated, and the refugees were directly reduced to domestic slaves or farmers after they entered.

The farmer is a serf, and after a year of hard work, he only has a full stomach.

And Xiping is quite generous to the people who migrated voluntarily.

Those who come are waiting to return, and after five years, they can become citizens who own their own land.

Xiaowei Mansion is also responsible for resettlement, housing, food, tools, to ensure the basic living foundation.

Since Lu Zhi became the prefect of Xiping, everything in Xiping has become in order.

Yang Zheng was born in a military family, and his strategies for governing the people are relatively rough.

For example, after the Qiang, Hu and Han peoples live together, the same ethnic groups hold together for warmth, which will inevitably lead to estrangement and more and more conflicts.

Although Yang Zheng has many unconstrained ideas, there is still a long way to go to put the ideas into practice.

It was handed over to Du Yu before, but there was always a vague gap between him and Du Yu.

Moreover, Du Yu's strengths do not seem to lie in governing the people.

After all, Du Yu is only in his 20s now, and he is not yet a great talent in literature and military strategy in history.

Now Luzhi has solved all the problems perfectly.

He often visits the Qianghu elders in person, asks about their health, cares for them, and cares for them. Whenever they have difficulties, they try their best to solve them. They also set up a market to let the Qianghu and Han ethnic groups communicate with each other, and personally teach the Qianghu children Chinese language. .

For a time, all ethnic groups in Xiping regarded Lu Zhi as Lu's father.

Disputes arose in the local area, and they all went to Xiping to find Lu Zhi for mediation.

If Yang Zheng is a sharp knife that intimidates the tribes, Lu Zhi is the spring rain that moistens things and silently changes the tribes subtly.

Just like later generations of Peking opera, one sings the bad face and the other sings the red face.

The Qiang and Hu people became more and more harmonious.

Of course, discrimination and friction will always be indispensable.

Zhimin looked down on waiting for return, and waiting for return looked down on slaves.

And the Han people who ruled the people looked down on the barbarians.

However, this kind of discrimination has formed a kind of motivation.

Slaves aspire to be returnees, and returnees aspire to be rulers.

The relationship between Yang Zheng and Lu Zhi is also rather weird.

Lu Zhi never made any clear statement, and never questioned Yang Zheng's actions.

Just govern the people, not the army.

Even the few large farmland areas in Xiping are ignored.

Its decrees never go beyond Xiping.

Even Guiyi City and Elm Valley, which are close at hand, never intervene.

Yang Zheng knew that he still had illusions about Cao Wei.

After all, Sima Yi rejected the position of prime minister, which resolved a lot of grievances.

The old officials of Cao Shuang, such as Xin Chang, Wang Chen, and Wang Hun, were also treated leniently.

He also named Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou, the title of Taiwei, and gave him the right to fake a Yue.

False Festival, Jijie, Envoy Chijie, and False Festival Yue are the special powers bestowed by the court and the emperor.

The holiday is the lowest, and only those who violate military orders can be executed.

The fake festival yue is the highest, representing the emperor, no need to report, you can cut off the fake festival, Chijie, and envoy Chijie!

This move is tantamount to Sima Yi taking the initiative to compromise with Wang Ling.

It also made Sima Yi's image taller again.

Zhennan General, Yuzhou Inspector Wuqiu Jian, and Yangzhou Inspector Zhuge Dan all expressed their wishes.

The change of Gaoping Mausoleum was like throwing a stone into the lake, but it did not cause much ripples.

However, under the calm surface of the lake, the undercurrent is still surging.

Yang Zheng spent the whole day on the fields, patrolling the fields.

Compared with last year, the labor enthusiasm of the slaves has greatly increased this year.

There were no whips, and no swordsmen behind to watch.

The corps chiefs, ten chiefs, and village chiefs also set an example.

Work at sunrise, and rest at sunset.

Occasionally, patrols came rushing, but it didn't arouse anyone's panic.

The basic trust between slaves and officials has been established.

The enthusiasm for labor has increased, and many fields have been reclaimed.

Especially on both sides of the Yellow River, the name of the Mother River is by no means a vain name.

River valleys, valleys are full of fertile land.

I had no experience last year, and everything was crossing the river by feeling the stones.

After a year, there is experience.

As Du Yu said, four more Datuntian areas were reclaimed.

Some reclamation soldiers cleverly surrounded the tidal flats on both sides of the bank into puddles for fish farming.

The land that is not conducive to reclamation has also been surrounded by corrals, and some pheasants, rabbits and sheep are kept in captivity.

Especially wild rabbits, if you throw two in, it will form a litter every two or three months, and a group will be born every six months.

Yang Zheng rewarded these brainy soldiers and promoted them to the various villages.

After inspecting the farmland, Yang Zheng rushed to the West Sea.

Du Yu has been building the ranch for several months.

The people of Gongsun Fu and Feng Qi built the saltworks.

Food is the foundation, horses are strategic materials, and salt is the lifeblood of the economy.

As soon as he arrived in Longqi, Shao Tong brought people over to greet him.

He used to wear left lapel hair, long black boots, standard barbarian attire, now he wears right lapel Confucian clothes, combs his hair meticulously, wears a Wubian, and grows two small beards. Looking from a distance, he really looks so A bit of the air of a Central Plains military officer.

Along with the barbarian soldiers around him, they all shaved off their beards and tied their hair around their right lapels.

"Subordinate Shao Tong pays homage to the lord!" The salute was also very standard.

"In the past, people called Lu Meng, and you should treat each other with admiration after three days of farewell, and you will not give up." Yang Zheng praised.

It has to be said that the costumes of the Han people are indeed exquisite.

Shao Tong received the compliment, and his face was full of joy, "Thank you, my lord."

Longqi used to be the seat of Xihai. Wang Mang was interested, but the Eastern Han Dynasty was not interested, so it gradually fell into disuse, and later became a gathering place for Hu people.

As soon as Yang Zheng arrived at the bottom of the city, he saw a row of human heads hanging on the city wall.

Shao Tong quickly explained: "These barbarians are stubborn and refuse to wear their hair on the right lapel. After repeated obstructions, the subordinates can only kill one to warn others!"

Yang Zheng couldn't help looking at him with complicated eyes.

This guy was running all the way on the road of Sinicization, and he was a little crazy.

At that time, it was said that the surname Shao was a branch of Xuanyuan, the Yellow Emperor, but there were eight hundred branches of Xuanyuan...

Shao Tong used a chicken feather as an arrow.

Entering the city, everyone in the city has their hair tied around their right lapels, without exception.

Shao Tong was quite proud.

Yang Zheng also smiled wryly in his heart, it seemed that his methods were still not tough enough.

Yang Zheng gave a few words of encouragement and stayed in the city for a day.

Continue westward early in the morning of the second day.

A spring breeze wrapped in the fresh air of the grassland is coming.

The spring grass lightly submerges the horseshoes, and the blue color continues to the sky, reflecting the snow-capped peaks in the north.

Being in the meantime, my heart suddenly widened.

After less than half an hour, Liu Qiqi came from the west, they were all typical barbarians, "Who are you? Why do you trample on the pasture if you don't go on the road?"

Yang Zheng didn't put up a banner, and secondly, he didn't notify in advance.

It's normal for others not to recognize it.

"Presumptuous!" Liu Heng blushed and wanted to step forward.

Yang Zheng grabbed him, and said to those Hu Qimen, "Is this a pasture?"

"Exactly, Du Changshi designated the Qinghai Grassland as nine grasslands, where grazing takes turns to rest, and stepping on the grass seedlings is prohibited!"

"Sorry, I'm new here and don't know the rules." Yang Zheng bowed his hands.

There are more than 200 riders behind Yang Zheng, and the opponent has only seven riders. Yang Zheng's politeness also made the opponent feel good.

After asking the reason, he checked and pointed out the way for Yang Zheng.

The so-called roads are no different from pastures, with boulders piled on the side of the road, or flagpoles inserted.

In the afternoon, after passing through two pastures, I saw groups of horses, cattle and sheep.

The horse has a tall frame, although it is not as good as Liangzhou horses, it is almost the same.

Cattle and sheep are dotted among the green grass, grazing leisurely, and if you look roughly, there may be no fewer than ten thousand heads.

The shepherd is near or far, restraining the livestock.

Several teams of patrolling riders came and went.

After a whole cold winter, the livestock are a little thin.

But there are also a lot of bulging bellies, which should be pregnant with cubs.

More than a dozen riders came from afar.

Du Yu got off his horse and bowed his hands to Yang Zheng, "I pay my respects to the general."

"Yuan Kai went to a bitter and cold place to run a ranch, and he made great contributions to Huaxia!"

"It's a little effort, the general praises it."

Yang Zheng swung back to the left and right, and walked side by side with Du Yu, "Did Yuan Kai hear about the Luoyang incident?"

Du Yu's eyes dimmed a bit, "I heard a little bit."

"I don't know what Yuan Kai thinks is the power of the Great Wei?" Yang Zheng directly led the army.

It is one aspect to inspect the West Sea, and it is also one of the purposes of this trip to ascertain Du Yu's intentions.

Du Yu was slightly taken aback, probably because he didn't expect Yang Zheng to be so direct, "Sima and his son are like tigers and wolves. Now that they are stealing power, the Great Wei and the Great Wei are afraid that they will repeat the same mistakes as the Great Han."

The Du family can also be regarded as a second-rate family, with its own sources of news.

Du Yu must have thought deeply about the drastic changes.

(End of this chapter)