Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 8 Harvest
Outside the window, the setting sun is like blood.
It was this plan, which later historians called "deception and stealing the bell", successfully deceived the intelligence system of the Luobei people, and made the decision-makers of the Luobei people make a wrong decision, that is, this wrong decision Wufeng was given a whole year of respite, so that Wufeng could successfully strengthen the strength of his army during this year, laying the foundation for the second Northwest War. Ling Tianfang also relied on This deception plan began to show its sharpness in the military circles of the Eastern Continent. Some people in later generations also said that if the Luobei people boldly launched an attack on Qingyang at that time and strangled Wufeng's power in the cradle, perhaps there would be no future glorious empire. But there is no if in history, Li Wufeng won the time and won the victory.
Although the hot summer is over, the wave of immigration continues to slowly heat up. Due to the beautiful weather this year, except for a few places on the entire continent, most of the areas have good weather and good crops. However, the policy of exempting taxation for three years adopted by Qingyang Prefecture has enabled these new immigrants to taste the sweetness of the spring harvest. Coupled with the publicity of caring people, in six, seven, and eight months, an average of nearly a thousand people per day People immigrated into Qingyang Prefecture, and even some poor nomadic herdsmen moved to the northwest corner of Qingyang Prefecture to engage in grazing, which made Wufeng very excited. It seems that good policies can even surpass ethnic groups and wipe out hatred. It is irresistible to all those who yearn for a happy life. Under the deliberate adjustment of the Agricultural Administration and Water Conservancy Administration, the cultivated area also gradually developed from the east and south of Qingyang Prefecture to the north and west, and gradually tended to a reasonable planning.
With the influx of a large number of laborers, businessmen from other parts of the empire began to invest, start businesses and buy real estate, and gradually tilted towards Qingyang. There are new workshops and shops opening up in Qingyang Fucheng, and a small number of small workshops have also appeared in some larger market towns in the territory. The whole Qingyang presents a scene of vitality.
With the approval of Wufeng, the army has recruited more soldiers, increasing the number of each garrison division to about 18,000, and the army in the entire Qingyang Prefecture has reached about 38,000. The military expansion plan was also strongly criticized by government officials headed by Xiao Tang. Xiao Tang pointed out that the total population of Qingyang Prefecture is now less than 350,000, while the number of troops is close to 40,000. The ratio of soldiers to civilians has reached 1 :9 ratio, which is simply unheard of. The expansion of the army is actually a disguised form of competition with the handicraft industry, agriculture, and commerce for labor. If things go on like this, this will seriously affect the stamina of Qingyang's economic development.
For this reason, Wufeng specifically introduced the current severe situation to Xiao Tang and others, and promised not to increase the number of troops in the near future. This barely quelled the government's dissatisfaction. Digest and absorb incoming recruits.
With the large number of immigrants entering, the required loan funds have also doubled. The two funds that Wufeng obtained from the Empire Central Committee have become a bit stretched. Fortunately, apart from Datong Bank and Wanfeng Bank, the second largest bank in Jiangnan The big bank--Jinling Bank also entered Qingyang and opened a branch. Wufeng also reached an agreement with Jinling Bank on the matter of the government guaranteeing small loans for new immigrants. The administrative agency is operating normally, so the business of direct loans to immigrants by the Finance Department has been stopped. Fortunately, there are three financial institutions that are sufficient to meet the normal needs of immigrants.
Entering September, a bumper harvest is in sight, and anyone will be overjoyed when looking at the golden fields. But Wufeng's heart is heavy. Although there is no sign that the Luobei people will invade Qingyang, and there are also reports that the Luobei people have shrunk their troops in order to prepare for a big battle with the Chidi people, and have given up several other directions. Aggressive plan. But the current situation is changing, and it is hard to guarantee that it is not the rumors deliberately released by the Luobei people in order to paralyze their own side. Especially in the face of an old fox like Tu Da, no one dares to guarantee this before November.
In order to strengthen intelligence and information work, Wufeng also specially approved a sum of funds to the Intelligence Bureau and the Security Bureau to investigate and collect the activities of the Luobei army. After all, this is related to the fate of the entire Qingyang Mansion. Can't be negligent, on average every three days, someone will send the information from the Luobei people to Wufeng.
Another piece of news came that the horse thief "Iron Cavalry Club" who hadn't shown up until now finally appeared in the territory of Guide Mansion, and according to intelligence reports, their lair was probably moved to the border area between Guide Mansion and Yinchuan Mansion. The leader of this iron cavalry club is quite knowledgeable about current affairs. Wufeng also breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that his intelligence department had never found any trace of the "Iron Cavalry Club". He always felt that it was a hidden danger to Qingyang's economic development. Now that he is in the territory of Guide Mansion, let Guide Mansion Let the magistrate have a headache.
It is consoling that the city wall defense system of Qingyang Fucheng has finally been preliminarily completed. It is said that it was initially completed because of time constraints. There are still many auxiliary facilities that have not been fully completed. It is only the completion of the entire city wall. This is also the crystallization of the hard work of tens of thousands of people day and night. Worried about the uncertainty of Luobei people's invasion, Wufeng ordered Su Minshun to list this project as the No. 1 project, and all other construction projects should give way to this project. The strength of the army is not enough to resist. If there is no solid city defense, it will be like a beautiful woman taking off her clothes and posing for the robbers to ravage.
Su Minshun also understands the truth, so he gathered two-thirds of the recruited migrant workers, paid generously, worked overtime day and night, and the migrant workers took turns to work. Su Minshun even asked Wufeng to let the army deploy manpower Participated in the construction, but considering that the army's current combat effectiveness urgently needs a lot of time to train to improve, Wufeng still didn't agree after thinking twice, but asked Xiao Tang to allocate a certain amount of funds to Su Minshun so that he could recruit more migrant workers. Since Wufeng requested to demolish many of the original city walls that were not strong enough and build new ones, and the scale was expanded several times, the project volume was very huge. Even though so much manpower and material resources were invested, it still took eight months. The basic facilities of this project have only been completed, and the remaining auxiliary facilities will take nearly a month to gradually improve.
Wufeng is very satisfied with this. After all, he is not defenseless now. It only takes another 20 days to complete the city defense project. By then, if the Luobei people want to capture Qing Yang, it is impossible without paying a certain price.
Time passed day by day under Wufeng's close attention. On September 27, 692 in the mainland calendar, the war between the Chidi people and the Luobei people finally broke out. In order to consolidate their dominance in the West Tengger Grassland and establish a strong image for other nomadic peoples in the West Tengger Grassland, the Chidi people abandoned their annual practice of invading southward and westward every year, and concentrated an army of 600,000 troops into three groups. A battle group launched an attack on the territory of the Luobei people, and the Luobei people, led by the general Wule who conquered the west, gathered 500,000 main troops who conquered the west and south, and fought with the Chidi army on the Tengger Grassland. Fierce battles broke out in Benmayuan, Saimayuan, and Wotuyuan near the dividing line between the traditional powers of the eastern and western nomads in the central region.
On October 3, Chaqin, the famous Chidi general, led an army of 200,000 troops to forcibly break through the Luobei people's defense line in the western part of the southern front in Wotuyuan, and the 150,000 Luobei army on the southern front was forced to retreat.
On the night of October 7th, Chaqin took advantage of the retreat of Luobei's army, and when the morale of the army was fluctuating and the foothold was not stable, he forcibly crossed the Darba River and raided the Luobei camp. There were more than 50,000 soldiers in Bei, and the remnants of the army retreated for more than 300 li, before they established their positions, and the whole area of Luobei was shaken. Fortunately, the 100,000 troops led by Zhengdong Kurdo arrived in time, collected the remaining more than 60,000 remnants, stationed in Huangyangyuan, and curbed the advance of the Chidi people.
On October 14, a fierce battle broke out between the Chidi army on the northern line and the Luobei army in Benmayuan, and both sides suffered injuries. On October 16, the Chidi army on the center line and the Luobei army fought a big battle in Saimayuan. Since the terrain of this place is quite flat and there are no obstacles, both sides chose their main cavalry to confront each other. The fierce battle lasted for half a day. Both sides suffered heavy losses and were eventually forced to withdraw from the battle.
After the two sides had been deadlocked on the three fronts for more than ten days, on October 26, the Chidi army on the southern front, led by Chaqin, once again launched a fierce attack on the Luobei army led by Kurdo. People, Red Di's side has high fighting spirit, while the fighting spirit of the remnants of Luo Bei's expedition to the west has been severely weakened. Kurdo was forced to retreat with his army after a slight resistance in order to preserve his strength.
On October 27th, the Red Di army on the northern line and the Luo Bei army fought again in Benmayuan. The two sides used light and heavy cavalry infantry to confront each other in all directions. The army also lost a lot and did not pursue it.
On October 29, the special envoys of the An'ou people arrived at the city of Salar of the Chidi people and the city of Barona of the Lobe people respectively, and persuaded the two sides to negotiate peace. On November 11, under the witness of the special envoy of the An'ou people, the negotiators of the two sides started negotiations in a temporary tent set up on the horse racing field. After three days of marathon negotiations, the two sides finally reached a compromise on a series of issues such as their respective withdrawal of troops and the redemption of prisoners of war.
On November 22, the armies of both sides withdrew to their respective territories. On November 27, the exchange of prisoners of war between the two sides was completed. "It ended with the victory of the Chidi people, but the vitality of the Luobei people was not damaged. This just planted the seeds for the next war.
"This An'ou man is really **** hateful, it's none of his business that the Chidi people and the Luobei people fight, and he needs to mediate inside?" Wufeng looked at the Chidi and Luobei people who had sent him. Report on the situation of the war between the two sides, while cursing the An'ou people. Although the invasion of the Luobei people may have completely disappeared, Wufeng's originally very good mood became very unhappy when he saw that the two sides who had not suffered much casualties stopped fighting and made peace under the support of the An'ou people.
"The An'ou people live in the north-central part of the Tengger Grassland, sandwiched between the Chidi people and the Luobei people. Although their strength cannot be compared with these two strong people, they should not be underestimated. They have always maintained an impartial attitude, and often acted as a peacemaker for both parties. The current chief, Kibo, is also a very capable leader. Under his leadership, the strength of the An'ou tribe has grown by leaps and bounds." Ling Tianfang I am familiar with the situation of the nomads on the grasslands.
"Then why didn't he let the Chidi people and the Luobei people fight each other, so that he could take the opportunity to develop and grow?" Wu Feng asked his own question.
Ling Tianfang shook his head and explained; "My lord, the situation is not that simple. There are still several nomads with strong power around the An'ou people. Once the Chidi people and Luobei people are weakened, Teng The balance on the Geli Grassland is bound to be broken, and the other ethnic groups who originally had ambitions for the An'ou people will have no scruples, and may attack the An'ou people. The An'ou people are because of their relationship with the Chidi people. It has maintained a good relationship with the Luobei people, and has gained a lot of benefits from it. At the same time, it thinks that the two restrain each other, which gives it a chance to develop. It also hopes that this situation can be maintained for a long time. In order to get more time to grow yourself. From a certain perspective, it seems to be somewhat similar to the strategy we adopted. Kibo probably planned for this.”
Since it has entered December and the weather has started to turn cold, Wufeng and all government officials feel relieved after confirming that it is impossible for the Luobei people to launch an attack on Qingyang, and they can finally concentrate Focus on solving other problems.
Due to the big harvest in the spring, almost everyone is smiling. The houses of every farmer’s household are full of harvested grain, and the farmers are also thinking about how much to leave for the family’s food and next year’s seeds, how much money can be sold for the rest, and how much loan can be repaid, looking forward to a happy and prosperous life. To celebrate the Spring Festival, I look forward to a better life next year. Merchants are also working hard to prepare their products for the coming spring festival shopping season.
Only the army has not changed, and they are still continuing their own training plans. They have not relaxed at all because the threat in front of them has temporarily disappeared. Dodging is impossible to win the final victory.
As of the end of December, during the eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelve-five months, there was a wave of immigration. A total of 200,000 people poured into Qingyang, with an average of 200,000 people entering Qingyang every day. There are more than 1,000 immigrants from Qingyang Prefecture, especially after the spring grain harvest in October, as many as 2,000 people enter Qingyang Prefecture to settle down every day, and the sources are more scattered. The workers, scholars, technicians, handicraftsmen, The proportion of small businessmen has also increased significantly. The population of Qingyang Prefecture is close to 550,000 people, which is close to the highest level in history.
Businessmen who smelled business opportunities came here in large numbers~IndoMTL.com~ Various workshops, workshops, and shops opened almost every day, and also absorbed a large number of idle labor. The large-scale basic construction of farmland water conservancy and road traffic construction in Qingyang Prefecture was officially launched. From Qingyang Prefecture to Jinzhou Prefecture, from Qingyang Prefecture to Gaochang Kingdom, and from Qingyang Prefecture to the Grand Duchy of Luzon, the construction of these three roads was given top priority. Location. In the words of Su Minshun, the completion of these three roads will greatly improve the traffic conditions in Qingyang Prefecture, attracting more caravans to Qingyang and transiting through Qingyang, which will also create a favorable environment for increasing tax revenue. condition.
The large influx of population put the work of the entire government agency in a state of overload, and various departments requested for more manpower, but Xiao Tang only approved the report of the Administrative Office and the Agriculture and Water Conservancy Department requesting an increase in manpower, which provoked Mo Lun scolded Xiao Tang because he couldn't understand his "plump" figure, and wanted to make himself as thin as Su Minshun.
Wufeng also vetoed the army's request to expand the army and recruit troops again, and demanded that the army should focus all its energy on improving the combat effectiveness of existing personnel instead of recruiting new soldiers. But Wufeng also said that as the population of Qingyang Mansion continues to grow, recruiting recruits can be considered after the Spring Festival, but it must be under the premise that the existing army's combat effectiveness is satisfactory.
Strolling on the streets of Qingyang, letting the heavy snow wet my hair, the streets and alleys are full of people who are busy buying new year's goods for celebrating the Spring Festival. There are also carefree snowmen piled up in the streets and alleys. Looking at all this, Wufeng felt a sense of pride in his heart. It only took a short year to build a small, dilapidated town into its current state. Vibrant images, what reason should I not be proud of? This also made Wufeng's determination to defend the city he had worked hard to become even stronger.