Chapter 172: Arrangements before leaving (more updates for the alliance leader as he mounts his horse and leaves the city)
Since we have to go on an expedition again, we naturally have to deal with a lot of things before leaving.
The Changjian Army currently has more than 900 people, and Liang County has divided 300 of them.
The settlement on the southern edge of Guangcheng Ze has been controlled, and Shao Xun privately called it "Ruyang".
There are seven to eight hundred households in Ruyang, half of which are locals and half of which are refugees. At the beginning of April, more than a hundred households of refugees from Hebei were relocated, and it was planned to place 300 soldiers here. The resettlement process is currently in progress.
The third batch of 300 government soldiers will continue to be resettled in Liang County, and the entire work will be completed before the autumn harvest in the second half of the year.
The commanding body of the Fubing was originally planned to be called "Zhechongfu", but this involved restructuring and had too great an impact, so they gave up and used the name "Xiangtuan" to cover it up.
Liang County government troops temporarily established two township regiment garrison areas.
One of them is stationed in the north and south of Bohouqiao, called "Shiqiao Defense", with a staff of 300. They are scattered at home during peacetime. In wartime, each leads a tribe to go out, with a total of 600 people, almost a group of soldiers.
The second one is located near Yongxing Temple on the eastern border of Liang County, called "Yongxing Fang", with a staff of 300.
There is only one township regiment station in Ruyang, called "Nanshan Fang", with a staff of 300.
All resettlement will be completed this year, the details will be further adjusted, and the soldiers will be familiar with the new way of life, production and warfare. In the future, they will become a low-cost, high-efficiency defense force in the local area, greatly reducing the financial burden. .
Fu soldiers, he wants as many as they come, because after the initial cost is invested, the maintenance cost is very low, and the combat effectiveness is very good. If we don’t take advantage of this moment when refugees are running around, being arrested at will, and land resources are relatively abundant, it will be difficult to deal with it in the future.
On April 15th, Chen Jin returned from Yingchuan and brought back more than a thousand carts full of grain and beans.
"This is..." Shao Xun did a rough calculation, maybe there were 80,000 or 90,000 dendrobium grains?
"The elders in the clan have something to say. Nowadays, the price of horses is so high that they don't know how much a horse is worth." Chen Jin said with some embarrassment: "Here are 90,000 husks of millet, wheat and beans, Mr. Lang." Just give it to me.”
It turns out to be a horse purchase! Shao Xun nodded.
Guangchengze still has more than 7,000 horses, mainly released into the wild at very low cost.
A wild horse spends most of the day grazing and cannot fight. If you want to fight, you have to feed the horses with food. Considering the horses' appetite, Shao Xun has never dared to use these horses.
But it is not a problem to leave it like this all the time. The horse will get sick, injured, aging, and in short, there will be wear and tear. If you don't use it in your hand, it will slowly depreciate day by day, so it is better to use it as a favor.
"I'll give you 600 horses." Shao Xun didn't want to be too fussy, so he just paid the price.
"Okay." Chen Jin agreed immediately.
The Chen clan of Yingchuan is no longer what it used to be. There are less than 200 horses in the clan. They not only have to go out and ride to support the scene and not let other families look down on them, but they also need to provide their children and elite troops with training in riding and archery. It's really not enough for riding combat.
Furthermore, this is the horse of the entire Yingchuan Chen family.
The Chen family is a big family, and there are many branches of the family. When it comes to a certain family, the number of horses is smaller, and everyone wants to buy some to fill the scene.
Of course, that’s what they say, “ride them for fun”, but the world is so chaotic, and the military significance of horses cannot be underestimated. Everyone knows what they are used for, so there is no need to say more.
"The Xinye Yu family has an old relationship with my family, and we also want to buy a group of horses." Chen Jin said a little embarrassed.
"Xinye...Yushi?" Shao Xun was a little surprised.
Yu Liang's family is one of the local snakes in Yingchuan County, and they are the Yingchuan Yu family.
Xinye Yu's family is in Jingzhou.
The two Yu families may have separated during the Later Han Dynasty. They would be completely two families. They came to buy horses, which was a bit beyond Shao Xun's expectation. Why not the Yingchuan Yu family?
"What is their reason for buying horses?" Shao Xun asked.
"Nanyang, Yiyang, and Shunyang are mostly homeless people, and thieves are rampant. In order to protect themselves, they buy horses."
"Okay, I agree." Shao Xun said. : "But we can only sell 200 horses. Or, let them send someone to Guangchengze for an interview. Forget it, I'm afraid we won't have the time, just 200 horses, and ask them to send 40,000 dendrobium of grain to Liang County for delivery."
"Okay." Chen Jin breathed a sigh of relief and responded.
"General Chen." After talking about the horse trading, Shao Xun changed his expression to a smile, took Chen Jin's hand, and said with a smile: "General, he has been a general in the Forbidden Army for many years and has many old friends. Can you tell me something? How about some capable men going south? I like warriors the most in my life. As long as they can fight, they will not refuse, and all the land will be divided. Each person can have at least 100 acres, or 150 acres, what about it?"
Chen Zhen thought? After thinking about it, he immediately nodded and said: "This matter is easy to hear. I will go back to Luoyang in the next few days to summon the old troops."
"Okay." Shao Xun was overjoyed.
In fact, he has also been mobilizing connections recently to lure veterans of the Forbidden Army to go south and serve as government soldiers.
The biggest advantage of Fu soldiers is not that they can fight and have low cost, but that they are not easy to rebel.
They are usually scattered in various villages and are not allowed to be gathered easily.
If you convene, you have to go through a complicated procedure.
The management agencies of the Fubing, such as Zhechong Mansion, Zhuwei, etc., have no military power and are just management agencies. They will not come into contact with the Fubing officers unless necessary.
Shao Xun plans to set up an agency in Liang County to oversee military affairs, which will be jointly managed by Chen Yougen, Wu Qian and Mao Er, who was a student in Donghai.
If you want to summon the government soldiers, three people need to sign and sign together, and it will not work without one. Then at least two people will come forward together and carry the token to various defenses to recruit soldiers. One less will not work.
He will summon all the soldiers before going out to declare this matter in public.
The officers and soldiers of the Long Sword Army are convinced of him, and no one can replace his prestige for the time being. In this way, he wasn't too worried about someone who wasn't clear-headed and would take the opportunity to cause trouble.
He trusts Chen Yougen very much, and does not believe that Lao Chen will cause chaos, but the necessary checks and balances are indispensable, which is also a kind of protection for Lao Chen.
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At the end of April, Shao Xun has completely moved to the side hall of Guangcheng Palace to work - he is the Caiguan General, responsible for supervising the construction of Guangcheng Garden. Justified.
Yang Xianrong has not suffered from insomnia for a while, her face has become more and more beautiful, and the haggardness she felt when she first came has disappeared.
The only thing that made her unhappy was that Le Lanji always came to "visit" her and then stayed in the side hall at night.
At this time, Yang Xianrong felt very irritable.
Getting up in the middle of the night, sometimes she secretly wanders outside the side hall where Shao Xun lives. She can always hear the sobs that are suppressed to the bones, and finally she hears a loud roar from a man, and she often falls into despair. And escape.
On the last day of April, Le Lanji came again with wine and food. Unexpectedly, she covered her mouth and vomited outside just after eating half of the meal. Yang Xianrong was dumbfounded. He sat in a daze for a long time, and then walked out of the palace door in a daze.
Shao Xun, who came after hearing the news, held Lan Ji in his arms and laughed non-stop.
Lan Ji’s beauty is really fertile and good for fertility. She will definitely be able to have many children for the old Shao family in the future.
Le Lanji's face was like a ripe red apple, her head buried in Shao Xun's arms, with a smile on her lips.
After experiencing so many chaotic days, she didn’t want to lose anything anymore.
Her husband was very kind to her and loved her in every possible way. She wanted to live peacefully like this for the rest of her life.
She hadn’t even thought of the King of Chengdu for a long time. The past days were as distant as the previous life.
She was taken out by Shao Lang for outings, held in his arms and protected by him, and moved into various positions by him. Every day she wondered if this was a sweet dream.
"Okay, let's go to the palace and have a good rest." Shao Xun patted Lan Ji's butt and said softly.
Lan Ji frowned, there were a few bruises on her buttocks, but it hurt from being slapped just now.
The King of Chengdu didn't dare to do this to her before, because she would really be angry, but now, he was being tossed around in a daze, as if he was used to it, and he didn't feel any resistance.
She blushed and went to the side hall to rest without mentioning it.
Shao Xun also stood up and found that he still had a few pieces of paper in his hand.
This is the roster of the sixth building of the Silver Spear Army that is being formed.
Most of the personnel are ready and will be stationed at Yushanwu for training later.
This year, Yushanwu dispatched a thousand soldiers to travel eastward to Xuzhou and Yuzhou to help find and relocate the families of officials of the Shaw Military and Political Group.
After the Long Sword Army was dispersed into government troops, Yushanwu lacked defense strength, and the newly formed sixth building of the Silver Spear Army just filled the gap.
The fifth building of the Silver Spear Army is divided into three batches, divided into Yunzhong, Kinmen and Tanshan Sanwubao.
One to four buildings will be taken away and follow Shao Xun on the expedition.
The Yamen Army originally had 500 people stationed at Guangchengze Ranch, and will send another 1,000 people there next.
A total of 1,500 Yamen soldiers, plus 1,000 men recruited in turn from Liang County, helped him guard the ranch - in fact, the main defense force was the peripheral government soldiers and their tribes.
Two hundred people stayed at the camp.
Another five hundred people were left to camp next to Green Willow Garden.
The remaining three thousand people, together with the more than 2,400 people of the Silver Spear Army, formed the main force heading north.
As for the auxiliary troops, they will be recruited in Sizhou according to the imperial order, and the number will not be less than five thousand.
As for the cavalry, ask the imperial court to send a section of the Cavalry Army to accompany the expedition.
The army has more than 10,000 people. It is not a big force in Hebei, but it is not something that everyone can despise.
At most, I sold my life for Sima Yue for half a year, and it was almost settled. If possible, get more benefits and accumulate capital.
After putting away the roster, Yang Xianrong walked over gracefully.
"Are you going on an expedition?" she asked softly.
"Well, I will come back. The soldiers' homes are here, and my home is also here. Where else can I go?" Shao Xun said.
Yang Xianrong wanted to say something, but didn’t know where to start.
She felt that her heart, which had been calm for a while, began to feel uneasy again. She was used to Shao Xun patrolling inside and outside Guangcheng Palace, even though the court had sent more than a hundred palace people and guards to serve her.
"When the queen is bored, she may find something to do." Shao Xun said.
“What’s the matter?” Yang Xianrong asked in surprise.
"The Yang family has always been a wealthy family, with many talented people. Like the Yang Ming I met before, she is very capable." Shao Xun said: "The queen is kind and gentle, and she is a man of heaven and earth. If she is willing to do things, how can ordinary officials do it?" Can it compare? Guangchengze has planted more than 1,300 hectares of millet this year, which will be harvested in July and August. After the autumn harvest, no less than 2,000 hectares of winter wheat will be planted. Most of these things are done by the masters of the five counties. , I am not very relieved. If the queen can participate in this matter, she will have nothing to worry about."
Yang Xianrong lives in Guangcheng Palace, and she is the late emperor Hui, who comes to supervise Guangchengze's farming affairs. , I think it will be very good.
It is true that the output of Guangchengze Xintian will be very low, but it will gradually increase in the future. Shao Xun attaches great importance to it, even more than Liang County.
He didn't want this to get messed up.
“Do you think I can do it well?” Yang Xianrong asked.
"Of course." Shao Xun replied without hesitation.
Does Yang Xianrong have the ability to govern? Of course there is.
Historically, when she was the empress of Han and Zhao, she was "very involved in political affairs" and "participated in external affairs."
I have received a strict and excellent systematic education since childhood, and others simply do not have this opportunity.
Perhaps Yang Xianrong's true level is not as good as that of the ministers of other dynasties in later generations, but at this moment, it should still be possible - even if it is really not possible, she still has many people to control.
Furthermore, finding something for her to do may also divert her attention, so that she will not think about it all day long, and her finally stabilized mood will collapse again.
To a certain extent, Shao Xun is redeeming her.
Human beings are not grass and trees, so how can they be ruthless?
Yang Xianrong helped him a lot, and he sincerely hoped that she would be better and more normal.
"Then let me try." Yang Xianrong grunted, then raised his head and said, "I only help you."
Shao Xun sighed and nodded lightly. .
(End of this chapter)