Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 311 Three Surnames in Hedong
The salt pool is not a large lake, but consists of many lake groups. The two largest ones are the Jiexian Salt Pool, located three miles east of Jiexian County, and the Anyi Salt Pool, located twenty miles southwest of Anyi. .

Jie County Salt Lake is 25 miles from east to west and 20 miles from north to south. It is also known as Female Salt Lake.

Anyi Salt Pond is fifty-one miles long, six miles wide, and 114 miles in circumference. It is also known as Yanyan Pond.

Huanxi's camp was set up at the west end of Anyi Salt Pond, more than fifty miles away from Anyi.

"If we can take full advantage of the salt pond, it will be enough to meet the needs of the military and the country, and there will be no financial worries."

Huan Xi looked at the sparkling lake and sighed with emotion.

Standing behind him were not only Liang's generals, but also many new faces. They were the scholars from Hedong County who came to Huanxi, especially the Liu family from Jie County.

The Liu family in Jie County is said to be a descendant of Liu Xiahui, a native of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. After the Qin Dynasty unified the world, they were moved to Jie County, Hedong County (today's Jiezhou Town, Yuncheng, Shanxi).

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Guiguan, a native of Jie County, became the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and became a key figure in the rise of the Liu family in Jie County.

In later generations, the Liu family in Jie County was known as one of the three surnames in Hedong, alongside the Pei family in Wenxi and the Xue family in Fenyin.

Huan Xi looked at an imposing middle-aged man behind him and said:
"Wei Ming (characterized by Xue Qiang), sir, I have often praised you for your ability to bring order to things in troubled times. Huan has admired you for a long time, and now you have finally come to work for me."

Of the nine counties in Hedong County during the Western Jin Dynasty, six counties including Puban, Fenyin, Hebei, Dayang, Jiexian, and Yishi have been controlled by Huan Xi.

Xue Qiang was the son of Xue Tao, the governor of Liangzhou in the Western Jin Dynasty. He had been close friends with Wang Meng since childhood, and the two were close friends.

"Qiang and Jing Lue often exchanged letters. Hearing him talk about Liang Gong's sage Ming, Qiang Yi longed for him. He wished he could help the Ming Dynasty together with Jing Lue and create a prosperous age. However, the clans are all in the east of Hedong, so they hesitated to move forward."

In the original time and space, Wang Meng paid a visit to Huan Wen. Huan Wen asked Wang Meng: How many people like you are there in the north?

Among them, Hebei and Dayang were captured by Huan Xi from the east after landing at Fenglingdu.

Of course, there is no such thing as three surnames today.

It was not until Huan Xi sent troops to Hedong County for the second time, hoping to capture all of Hedong County, that Xue Qiang, persuaded by Wang Meng's personal letter, led his clan tribe to attack Fenyin County, occupy Longmendu, and submit to the Liang Kingdom.

During this attack on Hedong County, scholars from all three surnames in Hedong came to seek refuge. What Huanxi was most concerned about was not the children of the Pei family of Wenxi, the largest family in Hedong County, nor the children of the Liu family in Jie County, which had the largest number of people. It is Xue Qiang who comes from Fenyin Xue family.

Wang Meng replied: My friend Xue Weiming is the same person.

After Huan Xi obtained Wang Meng's assistance, he secretly sent envoys to Hedong County several times to invite Xue Qiang to come out. However, Xue Qiang was concerned about the safety of his clan and was reluctant to respond to Huan Xi's conquest.

He held this dear friend in high esteem.

The middle-aged man is Xue Qiang, and the gentleman Huan Xi talks about is naturally Wang Meng.

Xue Qiang smiled and said:

As for Jie County and Yishi County, just like Fenyin, the local gentry contributed their efforts and joined spontaneously.

Here, the Liu family of Jie County can be said to have made the greatest contribution.

Nowadays, most of the Hedong County in the Western Jin Dynasty has fallen into the hands of Huan Xi, and the only three remaining counties of Anyi, Wenxi, and Dongyuan are still under the control of the Yu State. Because Wenxi County was located in the northeast of Anyi and was on the only way for Li Wei to go south, he naturally did not dare to rebel against Yu State with a clear banner and surrendered to the city. He only secretly sent his descendants to Huan Xi's army. Potency.

Hedging your bets is the way for nobles to survive in troubled times.

Returning to the military camp, Huan Xi left Quan Yi alone in the commander's tent.

Although Xue Qiang has a close relationship with Wang Meng, and Huan Xi also attaches great importance to this celebrity who is highly praised by Wang Meng, the clothes are not as good as new, and the people are not as good as before. Currently, in the military camp, only Quan Yi can be said to be Huan Xi's favorite , the position of mastermind is unshakable.

"Ziliang, there is news from Anyi. Li Wei has joined Lu Polou. I don't know if this method of luring the snake out of its hole will work."

Huan Xi said worriedly.

Naturally, he wanted to capture all of Hedong County by mobilizing troops like this. The reason why Wang Meng was asked to collect corvees in Guanzhong and to build a wall in Yanchi was also to lure Li Wei and Lu Polou to come.

Although Huan Xi had never suffered a defeat, he did not underestimate the world because of this, and he would not be stupid enough to attack the heavily defended Anyi City when Li Wei marched southward and Murong Ke's reinforcements were arriving.

Therefore, Huanxi decided to change the offensive and defensive posture, forcing Li Wei and Lu Polou to give up their defensive posture and lure them out of Anyi City.

Quan Yi comforted and said:
"The benefit of the salt pond is just the icing on the cake for Mr. Liang. It is a blessing to gain it, but it has no bearing on life or death if it is lost.

“But for the Fu family, once the salt pond is lost and the wealth is insufficient, it will inevitably be difficult.

"I think that Li Wei and Lu Polou will definitely come with their troops, but I don't know when they will send troops."

Huan Xi nodded slightly. He also felt that what Quan Yi said made sense.

In the past few years, the Liang Kingdom had never occupied the salt pond. Although life was tight, it still managed to survive. The reason why the Fu family was able to maintain such a large-scale military force by merging one state with another was all due to Benefits from salt ponds.

Nowadays, the Yanchi of Jie County has been occupied by Huan Xi due to the defection of the Liu family and other local nobles in Jie County, and the Salt Pool of Anyi has also been occupied by Huan Xi.

Huan Xi built fortifications at the Anyi Salt Pond and made the decision to use the Anyi Salt Pond as the forefront of future conflicts between Liang and Yu. This was tantamount to telling Li Wei and Lu Polou that I would not mine the Anyi Salt Pond, and neither would you. .

After all, if the two sides fight here, it will inevitably affect the local production order.

Liang Guo could give up the benefits brought by the Anyi Salt Pond, because it did not belong to them in the past, but Yu Guo could not sit back and watch Huan Xi build fortifications near the Anyi Salt Pond, which would affect their future mining of the salt pond.

As for when Li Wei and Lu Polou will send troops, Huan Xi still doesn't know, but as Quan Yi said, the other party will definitely come back.

As long as they can be forced to come forward on their own initiative, Huan Xi has nothing to fear, even if they join forces with Murong Ke.

After all, the so-called coalition forces of Yan and Yu each have their own agendas. The Yu State naturally wants to expel Huan Xi away. Could it be that the Yan State is not tempted by the huge profits from the salt pond.

I'm afraid that when fighting Huan Xi, I have to think about preserving my own strength as much as possible, and let the other party go head-to-head with Liang Jun, and both sides will suffer losses.

Huan Xi brought few troops to Hedong County this time. In addition to the state and county soldiers stationed in various places, there were only 30,000 infantry and 15,000 cavalry. Among them, 10,000 Guanlong Tuqi were still on the way. .

These 45,000 infantry and cavalry are all truly elite, which is why Huan Xi is not afraid of the coalition forces of Yan and Yu.

(End of this chapter)