At the end of June, the party cut Heishui City and declared peace to the Song Dynasty. The imperial court changed Tanglong Town to Ningbian County, the Heqing Army and Jinsu Army changed to County, and the upper reaches of the Quye River newly built Pingding County, all of which were under Shengzhou. In Binh Dinh County and Hezhou opened a field and traded with the party.

Zhao Zi moved his subordinates to Heishui City, and Lou Bobei was changed to the salt supervisor under Hezhou.

In the Shuai Yaguan Hall, Du Zhongxiao instructed Zhao Zi to sit down and said to him: "Heishui City is thousands of miles away from Hezhou, and it is connected to Gaochang Kingdom, which is not comparable to other places in Hequ Road. When your army arrives there, it is inconvenient to transfer materials, and everything is difficult, so you must plan in advance. ”

Zhao Zi forked his hand: "Don't worry, I will take two thousand soldiers and horses to Heishui City to station, and then use two thousand people to transport grain, grass, gunpowder, guns and ammunition along the road, which should be able to support." It's just that in this way, there are not many soldiers and horses in Hezhou, and I am afraid that the party members will be restless. ”

Du Zhongxiao said with a smile: "Don't pay attention to the party members, where do they have the courage to be restless now!" It will take two years for them to learn to forge some cannons before they dare to attack our ideas. Now that the party has dedicated Blackwater City, the prison city army to be built in each state will be stopped first. After the party prisoners of war finished repairing the railway to Shazhou, they all moved to Hezhou, all the way to the west to repair the railway, and repaired it to Heishui City! ”

Bao Zheng on the side said: "Jinglu, Hezhou to Heishui City is more than a thousand miles, and the road is deserted, this road is not easy to repair." ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "No matter how difficult it is, this road must be repaired." Built to Heishui City, with this railway, it is impossible for the Hu people to cross Yinshan from now on. No matter how difficult it is to build a road, can it be more difficult than building the Great Wall? The Great Wall has been built several times over the past thousand years, and it is nothing for us to build a road. In the autumn, the railway from Seongju to Haju was repaired, and everything could be transported west along the road, but it was not that difficult. ”

Chen Xu said: "Use party prisoners of war to build roads, once they get into trouble, there is no army around, but I am afraid that it will not be able to suppress it." ”

"Lift, how can the party prisoners of war be in trouble. They worked hard every day to build roads, but they were not much more tired than before. We let them eat and drink enough, and how many people are grateful, for fear of letting them go back. They can be promised that as long as the road to Blackwater City is repaired, they can be resettled on the river meandering road. As long as you keep to yourself, you will be a good citizen in a few years. ”

Bao Zheng said to Chen Xu: "I have arrived at Hequ Road as a newcomer, and I don't know what is going on here. These party members used to be in the army, not to mention auxiliary soldiers, even regular soldiers, and they used barley and green hemp as their daily food, and corn was rare. Those auxiliaries, many of whom had never eaten corn in their entire lives. They were building roads in the Shazhou area, and we gave us yellow rice and pickles, so everyone had enough to eat. For the party prisoners of war, it was a good day that was never imagined before. ”

Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Du Zhongxiao said: "There is no need to worry about this matter, as long as the food is sufficient, there will be no major incident." Even if there are some unruly people, the caretaker will kill the killer. The railway leads here, and the rations of tens of thousands of people are a trivial matter after all. ”

There is no shortage of grain in the Central Plains, not to mention the supply of rice and wheat in the south of the Yangtze River. In the past, there was a shortage of grain in the frontier because the transportation cost was too high and the loss was too great. To supply the Northwest Front, there were no cars before, and they mostly relied on people's backs. The cost of transporting one stone to the front line is several stones, or even more than a dozen stones, plus transportation losses and losses, and the cost is high. With the railway, it was much easier to transport grain thousands of miles away unimpeded.

If there were no railways, the Song Dynasty would have occupied the Hequ Road, and the grain and grass that could support 20,000 or 30,000 troops was already remarkable. With the railway, it can not only support more than 100,000 troops, but also support tens of thousands of prisoners of war, tens of thousands of camps and soldiers, and ordinary people, so that they can be fed and clothed.

Rails, sleepers, nails and other materials used to build railways can be transported by train, and it is just that other places will not build roads for the time being.

Hearing that the railway was going to be built to Heishui City, Zhao Zi said: "If the railway leads there, the army can arrive from Hezhou in one night, and it is naturally solid." Jieshuai, the railway has been repaired to Blackwater City, and it is not difficult to enter the Western Regions. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Repair the road first." Don't meddle in the affairs of the Western Regions for the time being. Even if an envoy from the Western Regions comes to Blackwater City to find you, Lala can make friends, and nothing else is allowed. Even if the trade between the two places is concerned, it must be allowed by the imperial court. Gaochang was a Khitan vassal, and Khotan had been destroyed by the Qarakhanids, so everything should be cautious in the Western Regions. ”

Bao Zheng said: "What does it mean, don't trade with Gaochang for the time being? But as long as the railway arrives in Blackwater City, Fanshang will inevitably come from Gaochang Kingdom. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "For the time being, we will not open a field, and we will not trade with the Western Regions between countries." All Hu merchants who traded with the Central Plains had to go to Shengzhou to submit their petitions. With the permission of the Strategic Division, you can enter the special area and trade according to the rules. ”

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao said to Chen Xu: "In Shengzhou City, in addition to shopping malls, there is also a place called the duty-free zone. The reason why it is so called is that when foreign goods arrive in Shengzhou, they can enter there first, and no taxes are charged. Hu merchants can also trade with each other, as long as the goods do not enter the Central Plains and are not sold locally, we do not collect taxes. ”

Chen Xu asked: "Jingluo, why is this so?" If you don't collect taxes, wouldn't it be cheaper for Hu Shang? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "If it's cheap, it's cheap." We are just going to let all kinds of merchants come to Shengzhou to trade. First, all kinds of treasures in the world are gathered here, which naturally has infinite benefits. Second, although they do not collect taxes, they always need freight and labor to carry goods, and the government and the people always make money. There is also a place where we do business, and we have to use our money to lure the money to find a place to go. ”

Chen Xu nodded. I knew in my heart that according to Du Zhongxiao's statement, this place was not under the jurisdiction of the Household Division, and I couldn't manage it myself, but the territory of the Economic Strategy Division. The court for foreign affairs belongs to the Privy Council, and in the local area, it is the Department of Pacification, and it is better to have a separate place.

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao said to Zhao Zi: "When you return to Hezhou, arrange local officials first, whenever there are Hu merchants there, all the goods must be packed in special packages or willow boxes, and then they can be transported to Shengzhou on the train." There is a pleadings with the car, and the goods are directly entered into the bonded area, and the pleadings are sent to the Division. To be sold into the Central Plains, pay taxes first, and then transport them out of the bonded area. Anyone who dares to violate this law will be punished according to smuggling. ”

Zhao Zi promised. Now he is also the governor of Hezhou, and most of the officials in the state are generals in the army. After Du Zhongxiao played the chapter, several states in Hequlu sent Zhizhou, and the Zhizhou Gaofu sent by the imperial court has not yet arrived.

Seeing if it was early, Du Zhongxiao said: "It's not early, let's go to the official restaurant to see General Zhao off." He was going to take the train and go back to Hezhou after arriving in Xiudu County. There are still a lot of supplies and people along the car, and they can't be kept waiting. ”

Between Shengzhou and Hezhou, Xiudu County was placed in the Han Dynasty, and this county was re-established after the occupation of the Song army as a railway transfer station between Shengzhou and Hezhou. Now that the railway to Hezhou has been repaired, Zhao Zi has returned to Hezhou, which is much more convenient.

A few people left the Shuaifu and went all the way to the front of the mall. I saw a surge of people, and it was very lively. The city of Shengzhou now has a large population, and it is all raised by the government. There are often various temporary jobs, and many people still have change in their hands.

Opposite the shopping mall, the shop rented by Jin San has been cleaned up, and the decoration is brilliant and magnificent. It's just that although the shop is good, it doesn't do any business, only a few small guys have nothing to do, bored in front of the door to watch pedestrians.

Du Zhongxiao saw it and said, "The list will be unveiled tomorrow, clearly indicating the rules for Hu Shang to do business here." That shop was opened by Jin San, and I heard that it was intended as a place for Hu merchants in the Western Regions to settle in Shengzhou. Once the list is revealed, they will know what to do. ”

Jin San rented this shop, not to do business, but to facilitate the merchants from the Western Regions, which is regarded as a chamber of commerce club, and does not entertain outsiders. Of course, when Hu Shang from the Western Regions came in the future, he naturally wanted to collect money, and Jin San would not do a loss-making business. There are endless benefits to having a place where people live together and exchange information. As the master, Jin San occupies this role, and is vaguely the leader of Hu Shang in the Western Regions.

Jin San was originally a Shule native, who was friendly with the Qarakhanid royal family and Gaochang, and his business spread all over the Western Regions. The merchant was in business, and in the past, it was tributary trade with the Central Plains, so he found a way to be a tributary deputy envoy from Khotan to the Central Plains. Now it's different, normal trade, that's naturally another approach. With the scale of his business, this shop is nothing at all, just to choose a prime location to entertain visitors and show his identity.

Fengzhou has the avenue of Yinshan, and north of Yinshan is the Zhuanglang Department, all of which are under the control of the Song Dynasty, and the trade route of the Western Regions has been opened. Jin San came all the way and inquired about the situation in Shengzhou, so he naturally had to seize this opportunity.