The main commodities exported by Western Xia's foreign trade were cattle, sheep, horses, camels, salt, and fur products, which were not lacking in Liao, Tibet, or the Western Regions.

Previously, Xia Jun deliberately sabotaged the salt wells in Huanzhou, which is very understandable; Imagine that if Huanzhou also produces salt, it will have a great impact on Yanzhou salt.

Even though the two countries have now closed the border field, the smuggling trade on the border has never really been cut off, so if Yang Yi wants to mine salt wells in Huanzhou, I am afraid that Xia Jun will not let it go.

After going around and around, the problem returned to the original problem: how to keep the Xia army out of the border line is the premise for all the work in Huanzhou.

In order to ensure safety, in addition to the two hundred "special combat teams", Yang Yi asked Chongpu to send a group of meticulous workers to monitor the movements of the Xia army; Once the Xia army was attacked, he immediately knocked down the trees or flew the kites, and some places that could not be seen far away were supplemented by wolf smoke, so that the warning signals were transmitted layer by layer, which not only saved a lot of costs, but also achieved good results.

At the same time, a large number of garrisons were sent to the city, some of them were stationed in various forts, and some of them were constantly cruising and training along the border line, and as soon as the Xia army invaded, they immediately counterattacked.

Including the township soldiers, Qiang soldiers, and box soldiers, the strength of the entire Huanqing Road is close to 60,000; And Yang Yi mastered Huanzhou, the strength of the army is close to 30,000, but this is only a number on paper, excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, there are only 14,000 soldiers in Huanzhou who can really fight.

Moreover, in this season, the township soldiers and Qiang soldiers need to go to the fields for cultivation and grazing, which makes Yang Yi overstretched in the distribution of troops.

Offense is the best defense!

In line with this concept, in the western camp of Huanzhou, Yang Yi and Chong Pu decided to send troops to cross Hengshan and give Xixia a baptism of blood and fire. The area of Lingzhou River and Hulu River in the north of Huanzhou is the main farming area and grazing area of Xixia, and now it is the season when farmers go to the ground for spring ploughing and sheep and horses give birth.

Duyu Marquis Yu Qingliang said with some concern: "Lord Zhizhou, we have basically not crossed the border to intrude over the years, judging from the information sent back from the details, the defense of Western Xia has become relatively lax, and we should have a great harvest when we suddenly launch an attack, but the party people have always been eager to report, and our move is afraid that it will attract a large-scale counterattack by the Xia army, which will be extremely unfavorable to the spring cultivation of Huanzhou and the salt mining work that Lord Zhizhou is about to launch." ”

Yu Qingliang's worries were not unreasonable, Yang Yi's eyes wandered on the map for a while, and finally stopped at the three words of Dingbian Army in the northeast of Huanzhou.

"Generals, you lead the army into Western Xia, it doesn't matter how you fight, but there is one point, the depth must not exceed two hundred miles, this is a military order!"

"Whoa!"

Chong Pu didn't say anything, but Liu Wu and the others were reluctant, and this military order was like a chain tied around the neck of a tiger, which made them extremely unhappy.

There is a kind of Park who understands his strategic intentions, and this is enough, Yang Yi doesn't care if other people are happy or not, soldiers, the important thing is to obey orders.

After arranging the affairs of military affairs, early the next morning, Yang Yi rarely sat on the seat of Zhizhou in the governor's hall.

Since Yang Yi came to Huanzhou, he rarely participated in the daily regular meetings of government affairs, Mei Zhengqing, Cao Taiping and others suddenly found that he was sitting, and he was really a little unaccustomed, and even Su Shi couldn't help but look at him twice.

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Yang Yi was secretly amused, although we don't often stay in Yamen, it doesn't mean that we are not Zhizhou!

He asked Xiao Yi to put forward his salt well mining plan, and everyone knew that the feelings of the people of Zhizhou who traveled to the mountains and rivers every day were just superficial phenomena, but the real intention was to find a way to make money for Huanzhou.

Cao Taiping, who joined the army, was the first to speak out against this mining plan: "My lord, it takes a lot of labor to open a salt well, and my lord can know that due to the large number of people fleeing from Huanzhou, the fields are now barren more than forty percent. Moreover, Huanzhou had also opened salt wells before, but there were too many salt impurities, and the profits were not high, and each time it also attracted the Xia army to wreak havoc, and the salt workers suffered heavy casualties, so the lower officials opposed the reopening of salt wells. ”

Su Dongpo then stroked his beard and said: "The people take food as the sky, if the opening of the salt well affects the agriculture, the official will not approve of the opening of the salt well." ”

Yikes! As soon as he ate my fragrant pork, he sang against me, Yang Yi looked at Su Dongpo, speechless!

Manager Yuan Huang and judicial officer Zhang Song did not express their position, this matter has little to do with their functions, Mei Zhengqing hesitated for a moment, and said conservatively: "Opening a salt well can effectively resist the entry of private salt in Western Xia, but now the imperial court has implemented the law of exemption, and you can only take money to hire workers to open salt wells, plus there are too many impurities in Huanzhou salt, I am afraid that the gains and losses will outweigh the losses, and I hope that the people of Zhizhou will think twice." ”

Now it's good, it means that no one supports his plan, Yang Yi's face is silent, but he is a little unhappy in his heart, this is his first political strategy, and no one supports it, so how can he be embarrassed?

"Since you all have doubts, let's try to open a salt well first, make some explorations on how to reduce labor and improve the quality of salt, and if it is feasible, then mine it all." Yang Yi finished speaking in an unquestioning tone, and his eyes swept over everyone like a torch.

Since they only tried to mine one, even if they failed, there would not be much loss, and Mei Zhengqing and Cao Taiping were unwilling to fight Yang Yi anymore, so they nodded in approval.

Very good, Lao Su is silent!

Yang Yizheng was happy, and as a result, Sihu joined the army Cao Taiping finally said: "Lord Zhizhou, the surplus silver in the treasury is limited, and at present, it can use up to four hundred guan ......"

"What! Four hundred? ”

Without waiting for Cao Taiping to finish speaking, Yang Yi took the case, what are you kidding, Handan County is also poor, and it costs 480 yuan to set up a table and banquet in the county.

"Lord Zhizhou is angry, Lord Zhizhou is angry, more than half of the people in Huanzhou have fled, the treasury has been in deficit for many years, and now it is almost the time when the green and yellow are not connected, and the military funds cannot be moved, and the treasury can be withdrawn from four hundred yuan, and the lower officials have done their best."

Yang Yi was choked, and he also knew the financial situation of Huanzhou, if it wasn't for the continuous deficit, would he need to get any salt wells? It seems a bit ...... to blame Cao Taiping now Ahem!

Yang Yi saw that Lao Su actually showed a smile of schadenfreude, he really suspected that he had seen it wrong, but ...... Damn, Lao Su, don't be too happy, let's use 400 guan to set up the salt well for you to see.

Yang Dazhizhou carried four hundred guan, with his wife, as well as Qingniang, Ming'er, and ...... There were also 200 Xiang troops, quietly and quietly, and went up to Forrest Gump Mountain.

Step 1: Cut down wood to build a shack.

On this point, Thirteen Niang did not let go of the opportunity to display her talents, and the three thatched houses she lived in were designed by her to be simple and bright, with the mountain flowers picked by Qing Niang, just like Tao Yuanming's family.

For Qing Niang, it doesn't matter where she lives, the important thing is to be accompanied, the wild flowers on the mountain are fragrant, the clear stream is murmuring, the grass is abundant, and the yellow warbler is singing...... She can take Xiaobai to wander in the mountains and forests, write poems and paintings, dress in the water, or dance in the sunset, as long as everyone she sees can be sure, she is a hundred times happier than in the city of Tokyo.

Since there were only 400 pieces in his pocket, Yang Dazhizhou had to change into a short shirt and carry an axe to work together, which could always play a leading role, which was conducive to cultivating the spirit of hard work and hard work of the 200 Xiang army.

Yang Yi soon found that Thirteen Niang and Ming'er commanded these two hundred Xiang troops, which seemed to be more brilliant than him, Zhizhou, he couldn't help but feel nervous, and looked carefully, well, fortunately, no one dared to show a lewd eye in front of the fairy, okay, forgive you!

Click!

Yang Yi had just cut down a big tree, and Ming'er came over and shouted, "Uncle, go down quickly, the lady has something to discuss with you." ”

This girl, the thirteen mothers are married, it's time to change her name to Mrs., but this girl wants to rush to call herself "lady", okay, look at the points where you help warm the bed from time to time, and forgive you!

Yang Yi came down the mountain with an axe, and Thirteen Niang took out a handkerchief to help him wipe his sweat, and said: "Official, the concubine took a closer look, it is not difficult to dig out the salt, the key is that it is difficult to transport it out, this canyon is four or five miles away from the road of the feasible carriage, during which there are many rocks, ravines and ravines, it is difficult to walk empty-handed, and it takes a lot of manpower to transport the excavated salt outside." As a result, officials are afraid that they will not be able to make any money. ”

Yang Yi has also seen that these four or five miles are full of rocks, and if you want to build a road for carriages and horses, let alone 400 guan, I am afraid that 4,000 guan will not be able to be repaired.

"What does the lady think!"

Su Qing glanced at him coquettishly and said: "The official came to check on the spot before, but the people didn't believe that the official didn't expect this, since you still chose to open this salt well, you must have thought of a solution, official!" Tell me, what are you going to do? People can also help you refer to the details. ”

"You teach them to do a good job of booms, pulleys, etc." Yang Zhizhou decided to sell it.

Mrs. Zhizhou immediately used the kung fu of two-finger meditation.

"Ouch! Okay, okay, I said, let go, lady! ”

Ming'er smiled beside her, there were many people here, Yang Zhizhou could only look at her pretty buttocks, and his heart was full of regret.

"Don't look around, don't talk about it soon!" Thirteen Niang's slender jade fingers compared, and Ming'er also found that Yang Yi could not sneak attack on this occasion, and proudly raised her pink neck.

Yang Zhizhou said helplessly: "Lady, have you ever seen the track?" ”

If there are more cars, there will be a trajectory on the road, who has never seen this, Thirteen Niang looked at him suspiciously, and his brain cells were estimated to be dying at a rate of 100 million per second.

Yang Zhizhou felt sorry for the lady, and hurriedly prompted: "Lady, please think about it, if the track is not concave, but higher than these rocks, what will happen!" ”

"Ahh I understand...... You're amazing...... official."

Ahem! Don't worship brother, brother is just a legend!

(To be continued)