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Chapter 182
In July, there is fire, and the fire travels westward.

For the Han people near the Great Wall in July, the spring wheat is already ripe at this time, hanging heavily on the ground, and it will be harvested soon.For grassland herdsmen, July is also full of joy. After the sheep and horses have survived the long winter before, after fattening in spring and summer, it is now the fattest time for horses and horses.On the pastures near Huaihuang Town, the horses chewed green grass in their mouths, their hair was shiny, and they barked powerfully.And on the nearby hillside, a flock of white sheep rolls by like white clouds in the sky. At this time, the mutton is the most plump. If you bite into it, your mouth will be full of oil dripping.

The spring wheat that was about to be harvested from the south slope, and the cattle, sheep and horses all over the mountains and plains, this was the scene that Li Chongjiu saw just after returning from Feihu County to Huaihuang Town.As soon as Li Chongjiu's cavalry arrived, they were stationed in Huaihuang Town Liu Yi, Zhou Xu, Ji Chuan, and the city general Tan Zong came to meet them.

When everyone met, first Liu Yi in the trio of civil servants, and Zhou Xu bowed to Li Chongjiu together. All the way to the dark.

Li Chongjiu glanced at Ji Chuan, and saw that the other party was silent for a long time. When Li Chongjiu looked at him, he shrugged and said, "Anyway, I have been renamed by my family. I can't enter the ancestral hall when I'm born, and I can't enter the ancestral tomb when I die. The current status and future glory and wealth can only be counted on the eunuch." After saying that, Ji Chuan bowed, although he was somewhat reluctant, he still decided to stand by Li Chongjiu's side.

Li Chongjiu didn't care about Ji Chuan's attitude, and the three of them told him about the development of Huaihuang Town in the past six months after going to Yuyi Town.Liu Yiyan said: "To the prefect, the winter wheat has already been harvested and put into the warehouse, and the spring wheat will be harvested soon. This year, our herd of cattle and sheep has doubled in size, and the food for the winter is very sufficient, enough for nearly ten thousand people in Huaihuang Town to live. A rich winter."

"Nearly ten thousand?" Li Chongjiu couldn't help asking in surprise, "When did we have so many people in Huaihuang Town? I remember that a lot of people have moved to Yuyi Town."

Liu Yi said with a smile: "Nearly half of the new population is settled by merchants in Zhuo County, and all the plans are for trade in the grass market twice a year." Li Chongjiu nodded, as long as the trade between Hu and Han The grass market is still there for a day, and Huaihuang Town, as a commercial town, is constantly attracting these big merchants to settle down.

Ji Chuan cupped his hands at the side and said, "I would like to report to the prefect that the financial resources of the merchants in Zhuo County are even better than those in Yanmen and Shanggu counties in the past. If it wasn't for Luo Yi's rebellion this year, they would generally have their own channels to sell and sell. They will come to Huaihuang Town. However, I have talked with them, and they still have hesitation about our Huaihuang Town power, and they are just entering tentatively at the moment."

"It's not enough," Li Chongjiu nodded, looked at Liu Yi and asked, "Which other half of the population entered?"

Liu Yiyan said: "Yes, Hu people. In fact, there have been many Hu tribes in the north of Huaihuang Town, most of them are the five tribes of the Xi tribe, the Qi tribe, and even the Khitan, Shiwei, and Turkic tribes. They are relatively different from our town. There is no hostility yet, it is just for the convenience of Caoshi, but according to what the prefect said before, only people from the Shide Xi tribe are allowed to live in Huaihuang Town, and the soldiers who joined our Cangtou Army can be given priority."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "That's right."

At this time, Tanzong reported: "My lord, before the soldiers of the six regiments of our Cangtou Army, four regiments of cavalry have been transferred to Yuyi Town, and there are only two regiments in Huaihuang Town. It was expected to have a good harvest this year, and there will be no worries about food and grass." , so two more regiments of soldiers have been recruited and are training."

Li Chongjiu narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Whose decision is this?"

"Yes, the four of us made a decision together, mainly because we were worried about the direction of the Turks. Liu Wuzhou was canonized as Dingyang Khan by Shibi. Now the two counties of Mayi and Loufan are lost, and the Turks are going south in a big way. For the herdsmen, I have no doubts. Huangzhen is under great pressure from the Turkic side, so we did not wait for the order of the lord, so we recruited two regiments of soldiers to train first to strengthen their strength, which is really an emergency.”

"This matter can be let go this time, and it will not be an example next time."

Hearing what Li Chongjiu said, the four of them breathed a sigh of relief.It is true that Li Chongjiu's current troop distribution is still very tight. Li Chongjiu brought only [-] cavalry from Feihu County, and there are still six regiments of county soldiers and township soldiers in Feihu County, but they cannot be transferred. They can only be stationed in the county to guard against Song Jingang.The fourth cavalry regiment of the Cangtou Army and the garrison are all in Yuyi Town.Therefore, although Huaihuang Town is strong, there are only two garrison regiments, which is too weak, so Zhou Xu's self-assertion is justifiable.
Then Zhou Xu reported to Li Chongjiu that he hoped that with the help of rhyme and punctuation, the children in the Mongolian hall would be able to read and write roughly in a year.Hearing what Zhou Xu said, Li Chongjiu was very happy. For him, the cultivation of the poor family's children was more gratifying than the increase in military strength and food.After all, even now, Li Chongjiu still doesn't have a family with a certain scale, who can look up to him and come to take the initiative to attach himself to him, none of them.

At that moment, Li Chongjiu announced a new appointment to Zhou Xu and the others.Because of the increase in population, it is too appropriate to call it a town based on the situation of the garrison army. He changed Huaihuang Town to Huaihuang County, Yuyi Town to Yuyi County, and officially merged into Shanggu County.As for Zhou Xu and Li Chongjiu, he was appointed as the county magistrate, and Liu Yi was appointed as the chief secretary. As for the other clerks in Huaihuang Town, they will serve as Liucao and book office according to their ability.As for Ji Chuan, Li Chongjiu appointed him as the magistrate of Yuyi County, Wang Mahan as the commander of the county, and commanded all the soldiers of the Cangtou Army, while Er Tuo and Ying Hefu were the captains of Huqi and Changshui respectively. Also acted as the commander-in-chief of Fanqi.

After living in Huaihuang Town for a day, Li Chongjiu went home and had a meal with Pingping, reunited for a while, and went to Yuyi Town together with Ji Chuan without stopping.

Li Chongjiu left Yuyi Town for less than three months, but now he saw that the world was turned upside down.The Dahong City, the main city of Yuyi Town, has been completely built. The entire city is square, with a circumference of one mile and one-third, and the city wall rammed with loess is three feet high.The moat under the city was also dug, more than two feet wide, and the four gates were connected by suspension bridges.Right now, everyone has settled in Dahong City. As for the Gaoshan Fort three miles in front of Dahong City, half of the construction has been completed, and the other Jiulian Fort has just started.But right now the city is surrounded by herdsmen from the Shidexi tribe, so it's a happy situation where the barbarians live with each other.
The newly-appointed captain, city general Wang Mahan, Ertuo, and Yinghefu came to welcome Li Chongjiu and welcome him into the newly built yamen in the city.

After the meeting, Wang Mahan kept yelling at Li Yuan, and that Yang Guang was a foolish king. As for Ertuo, Ying Hefu also looked full of hatred, meaning that since Li Chongjiu rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, he followed our Shide Xibu do it.Er Tuo said directly: "Right now in the Central Plains, officers and soldiers are fighting rogues, and rogues are beating officers and soldiers. It's a mess. Wupa is a man with great ambitions. Why bother to go to this muddy water? It's better to separate the three lands of Huaihuang, Yuyi, and Feihu. On the one hand, we will establish a country on the grassland with Shi Dexibu, and in the future, Shi Deyun will marry Li Chongjiu and be named queen?"

Very well, Li Yuan married his concubine daughter to Li Chongjiu as his wife, but refused to marry his concubine daughter, and Shi Dexi's meaning here is to let Shi Deyun be Li Chongjiu's official wife instead of a concubine. same.I remember that in history, Liu Wuzhou married his younger sister to Song Jingang in order to take him in, and Song Jingang resolutely divorced his original wife and married Liu Wuzhou's younger sister as his wife.

The dispute between the big houses was tragic.Just like the difference between a concubine's daughter and a concubine's daughter when married, the gap between the main room and the concubine's room is even greater.And if Li Chongjiu establishes a country on the grassland in the future, or even proclaims himself emperor, then the gap between the queen and the concubine is even more incalculable.

Er Tuo said this, not casually, but thoughtfully.Li Chongjiu is temporarily unable to marry Li Sanniang as his wife, and the position of the main wife is vacant, but now they are given a chance. If Shi Deyun is converted from the concubine room to the main wife, then the position of Shi Dexi in the new power will be even greater in the future. A rising tide lifts all boats.Li Chongjiu also took a deep breath. Compared to Li Yuan's rigid view of the poor family, these barbarians are still very enthusiastic about him. Marrying himself as a wife, Li Chongjiu only felt warm in his heart when the two powers were compared.

Li Chongjiu said: "Let's discuss this matter for the time being. Where did Tong Jin go?"

Yinghefu was secretly regretful at the moment, but said on the face: "In the grassland dozens of miles away in the northeast, arrange for [-] newly joined herdsmen to have autumn pastures."
Li Chongjiu couldn't help but be very happy to hear that this new force joined the army. There are at least [-] strong and strong men among the [-] herdsmen, who can form cavalry, which is a powerful combat force.And it's far more than that. I heard that there are nearly [-] Xibu herdsmen in Wuhou Qinshui. If they join their own tens of thousands of grassland cavalry, the formation can be completed.

"Yinghefu, something is wrong!" Just then, a barbarian with braids all over his head and wearing a leather robe strode into the main room, and the other party was stunned when he saw Li Chongjiu.

Inhofer introduced: "This is Upa in the grassland of the famous town."

The other party was shocked when he heard this, and said: "So it's Wupa, and I, Shi Defeng, have admired it for a long time." The other party made a Han salute, and said immediately.Li Chongjiu had heard the other party's name before, and it was Shi Deyun's cousin who led the [-] herdsmen to Yuyi Town to ask for an attachment this time.

"What happened?"

Seeing that Li Chongjiu was there, Shi Defeng calmed down his panic and said, "I heard the news that the Khitan Khan Dahe Duoluo was furious when he heard that we had come to Yuyi Town to join the Han people, and persuaded the Khitan Khans to join us. Yi Li Jin dispatched all the eight tribes of Khitan, claiming to have an army of [-], declaring that they will raze Yu Yi Town!"

(End of this chapter)