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Chapter 161
After setting up the matter of Huaihuang Town, Li Chongjiu decided to move the refugees and the garrison troops of 500 brigades, a total of [-] people, to Yuyi Town to build the city, and then sent himself a Yingyang Mansion five regiments All the troops were temporarily moved to Yuyi Town to assist in the construction of the city.As for Huaihuang Town, there are two regiments of county soldiers and garrison troops left for defense. If necessary, there are still middle-aged and young people from the households who can be mobilized, while Tanzong is responsible for leading the troops to defend the city, and Zhou Xu and Ji Chuan are the civil servants who are in charge of counselors. Military affairs, and government affairs.

In this way, the population of Huaihuang Town has dropped to around [-], but it can almost accommodate it. Taking Huaihuang Town as a small town, it is not impossible to live in [-] to [-] residents, but the city will be much more crowded unless it is expanded.In fact, Cangcao Liuyi had mentioned the request for expansion several times.He suggested expanding the grass market where Hu and Han traded in Beicheng to build a city, because there are already many Hu people in the grass market, and Han businessmen are stationed here, and even gradually formed a residential area.The reason why they don't enter the city is mainly to save the city entry tax and transaction tax.However, where does the money come from for building the city? This is a big problem.Li Chongjiu built Huaihuang Town last year, which exhausted all the assets of the Li Family Escort Bureau, and now he is building Yuyi Town, which can be said to be stretched.

It took three days to walk from Huaihuang Town to Yuyi Town, but it could be reached in one day by riding a horse.Yuyi Town was originally located outside the Great Wall. As a large northern military-political town, Yuyi Town was originally established as a government office in Dahong City, a few dozen miles to the north, and later moved to Dushikou near the Great Wall. , and near Dushikou is Huairong County, Zhuojun County.And Li Chongjiu went to build the city, which was the original location of Dahong City. Everyone came all the way to the northeast, and the more they traveled, the more desolate they felt, and they felt like thousands of miles away from home.It is also true that Yuyi Town is located, which is close to the northern border of the Han Dynasty.

Along with Li Chongjiu all the way, Su Su introduced to Li Chongjiu with great interest, saying: "This place was originally a place of ghosts. After the warring state Yan Kingdom was revitalized, the Great Wall was built here to prevent Beidi. Later, when the Han Dynasty was at its height, a place was set up here. Shanggu County, it is a pity that after the fall of the Han Dynasty, this place was again owned by the Huns, Wuhuan, and Xianbei, and now it is owned by us Han people again."

After Li Chongjiu heard this, after nodding his head, everyone met a big river, which was the source of the water.This water has always been the dividing line between the Hu and Han families. The Hu people on the grassland knew that they were approaching the Han land when they saw this river. There is a poem in later generations that says that a hundred thousand horses drink the Luan River. water.

The wet water on the grassland has thousands of twists and turns, meandering like a belt, different from the big rivers, where the winter snow melts and slowly pours in from the surrounding mountains and rivers, so the source of the wet water is like a large puddle hundreds of steps wide.There are grasses everywhere in the puddle, the water is gurgling, the water depth is just below the ankle, and small silver-gray fish are jumping in the puddle.

Everyone waded across the river, and what they saw was a landscape of mountains and grasslands. The mountains were densely forested, while the grasslands below the mountains were covered to the foot of the mountains like a big quilt, and the water surrounded the mountains. The grasslands were rich in water and grass, and there were countless large and small pastures. Before reaching the front of the mountain, I heard the pastoral songs loud and clear.The flock of tens of thousands of sheep is like a big white cloud covering the back of the mountain, and the sweet cry of the newborn lambs makes one's heart itch.

And there are many herdsmen grazing beside the flock of sheep. After they saw a group of Han troops crossing the river, they were surprised at first, but then they seemed to see Li Chongjiu's banner, and immediately stepped forward. It turned out that most of them were herdsmen from the Shidexi tribe. , someone immediately turned around and rushed to report.Soon after the sound of horseshoes, the big banner of Shi Dexi's tribe appeared, under the big banner, the female Chengjin, several elders, and nearly a hundred warriors from the clan came out to meet him.When they heard the news and knew that Li Chongjiu kept his promise and came to Huaihuang Town, they were all overjoyed.

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, Xi Ren first showed Li Chongjiu and the others where the dental tent was.Xiren's tooth tent was set up less than three miles east of Yuyi Town.Near the tooth tent is still surrounded by carts, and there are large and small felt bags. I don't know if I read it wrong. The scale of this camp seems to be much larger than that near Huaihuang back then.And the tooth tent goes down along the damp water, and there are many deep and shallow water pools nearby.Fishing boats can be seen faintly in the water, and birds are circling above, and along the river, many Xi people in leather are standing in the river with wooden forks to hunt fish.

Inside the dental tent, Xi Ren, who is hospitable and hospitable, has long told him to kill cattle and sheep so that he can receive him.Roasted whole sheep is a must for herdsmen to entertain distinguished guests. Now, after a big sheep is slaughtered, it is being peeled and prepared to be roasted on the campfire. There are also roe deer meat, rabbit meat, and a large piece of meat Pieces of fish, even a big black bear and a beautiful worm are being skinned and trimmed.Seeing Xi Ren's posture, Li Chongjiu knew that their life in Yuyi Town was really good.

At present, Li Chongjiu, Nv Chengjin, Ying Hefu, Er Tuo, several elders of Xi, Li Hu, Su Su, Wang Mahan and others also sat down in the tent, and Shi Deyun took the head as Li Chongjiu, obviously Xi Ren Li Chongjiu has been regarded as the status of the prospective son-in-law.Everyone cut the mutton with knives and ate it wantonly, while watching the Xiren women singing and dancing outside the tent.The bonfire was raging outside the tent, Li Chongjiu was drinking kumiss, and all the big men from the Xi tribe stepped forward to toast.Everyone was shocked when they saw Li Chongjiu's drink was drained by such a huge amount.People on the grassland are proud of their drinking capacity, and the people who can drink are the ones they admire the most. At present, the people of Xibu are even more in awe of Li Chongjiu.

Nv Qijin toasted Li Chongjiu immediately, and said: "Your Majesty, since we reset the tooth tent in Rushui, many tribesmen who were originally enslaved by Khitan have defected after hearing the news. Now my tribe here has more than 4000 people. people."

Li Chongjiu drank it down in one gulp, that's what he thought in his heart, and said: "Won't this offend the Khitan people, how will the Ahe family react?"

Nv Tujin said aside: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. We just defeated the Khitan Turkic coalition forces at the foot of Huaihuang Town last year. The little Ahe family escaped by chance. Now, I will never dare to treat me at this time." Shi Dexi's department, as well as soldiers from Yuyi Town."

Li Chongjiu shook his head, Xin Dao Nu Jinjin said so, I don't know if she was too naive, or deliberately deceived herself, the Khitan people suffered such a big loss in their hands, how could they not think of ways to retaliate, the reason why they are not moving now, Obviously looking for a better time.

Li Chongjiu said immediately: "I will build a city in Yuyi Town tomorrow, and I hope that your Xi department can provide support."

After hearing this, Nu Qijin didn't say anything at the moment, but patted her swollen chest, and said: "Your Majesty has a life, and we have 4000 people in Xi's department who are willing to obey."

(End of this chapter)