At the moment when Yang Yuanqing and the county officials signed the letter of guarantee, a team of more than 100 knights left Huile County with more than 20 carriages, and quickly drove in the direction of Honghua County.

Liang Shidu was ambitious, and like the wealthy families of other counties in the world, he also wanted to rebel against the Sui and use his advantage in Lingwu County to establish himself in Lingwu County, but Yang Yuanqing's annexation of Lingwu County shattered his plans and dreams, and he had to find another way.

Running out of more than 20 miles, they came to a three-way intersection, there are three roads, one road is to Honghua County, one road is to Pingliang County, and one road is to Huining County, the team slowly stopped, and one of the first Ding stepped forward to ask for instructions, "Master, which way do we go?" ”

Liang Shidu hesitated for a long time, he looked up at the gray sky, the dark clouds were lower, it was going to snow, he sighed, and finally pointed to the west, "Go Huining Road!" ”

He was going to go to Jincheng County to seek refuge with Xue Ju, when he was in the palace of King Qi, he and Xue Ju were the four major guards of Yang Lai, the king of Qi, and the relationship was very good, Xue Ju was a wealthy family in Jincheng County, and he often had contact, he knew that Xue Ju was also actively preparing for trouble, and he took refuge in him and then looked for opportunities.

Liang Shidu led his family and drove towards Jincheng County.

The personnel of Lingwu County was beyond Yang Yuanqing's expectations, except for Qiu He and his henchmen, Zhang Liao, the county of Huile County, chose to leave on the grounds of illness, and the rest of the county officials all happily signed the letter of allegiance, everyone knows that the officials of Liyuan County are well treated, and the Yulu is generally twice as high as that of the Sui Dynasty, but more importantly, Yang Yuanqing has been recognized by the saints, and his allegiance is still a Sui minister, and it has nothing to do with rebellion, it is precisely because of this that Yang Yuanqing successfully completed the annexation of Lingwu County.

Early the next morning, Qiu He left Lingwu County gloomily under the escort of more than a dozen entourage, and the three hundred Fengzhou cavalry escorted him to the border of Honghua County and sent him out of Lingwu County.

There are a myriad of things to deal with in Lingwu County, but for Yang Yuanqing, the most urgent thing is to establish a fast transportation channel connected to Wuyuan County.

Convenient transportation is the most effective means to closely link the two places, Lingwu County and Wuyuan County are far away, from the northernmost Lingwu County to the distance to Wuyuan County is a thousand miles away, fortunately, Yang Guang built a spacious and flat gallop road when he toured the north, so that ordinary people can reach it in four or five days on horseback, and the cavalry equipped with two horses can run the whole distance in only three days.

The Yellow River is the most natural transportation corridor between the two places, since the beginning of the transportation of iron ore and the construction of five cities in the Hetao, Wuyuan County has built thousands of flat-bottomed transport ships and formed five transportation teams, which can effectively transport all kinds of materials through the Yellow River to any place in Wuyuan County and Lingwu County.

But not in winter, the Yellow River freezes in winter, so that the transportation of large goods to a halt, but since the beginning of the previous year, Fengzhou has adopted another mode of cargo transportation, ice transportation, with large sleds to transport materials, taking advantage of Fengzhou's abundant animal power, with two horses to pull a cargo sled on the ice of the Yellow River, it has been proved that this mode of transportation is no less than the fleet, which is also the traditional winter transportation mode of the locals.

On the second night of Yang Yuanqing's arrival in Lingwu County, the first snow fell in Lingwu County, and the snowflakes were dense to the human eye, the whole sky was gray, and the earth was covered with falling snowflakes, turning into a snow-covered world.

It snowed heavily overnight, the snow has gradually stopped, but the sky is still drifting with fine snow, in the flying fine snowflakes, Yang Yuanqing took a group of officials to inspect the Yellow River, the Yellow River in Lingwu County and Fengzhou has frozen, the river surface is frozen solidly, the ice is covered with half a foot of snow, these snow will not melt, and after spring, together with the ice below, melt into the surging Yellow River water.

The ice, which was originally as bright as a mirror and disappeared, began to become lively because of the arrival of a snow, and when it snowed, people were not afraid of falling on the ice, and the snow was more conducive to horses running on the ice, and from time to time you could see sleds galloping on the river.

The Yellow River in Lingwu County is several miles long, so most people cross the river by sled, and many drivers with passengers gather around the pier to wait for guests to come to the door.

Song Xiang, the county commander of Huile County, led Yang Yuanqing and a group of officers to inspect the Yellow River, they came to the dock, dozens of drivers waiting for passengers dodged away, he came to a large cargo sled, and said to Yang Yuanqing: "Manager Yang, this is the local winter sled, which is generally the same."

In fact, Yang Yuanqing didn't want to inspect the means of transportation, there are many large-scale cargo sleds in Fengzhou, he wants to build a large warehouse near the wharf, expand the wharf at the same time, and establish a winter transportation route from Wuyuan County to Lingwu County, throughout the winter, there is no communication between Wuyuan County and Lingwu County.

However, he also needed this kind of large-scale cargo sled, and he was trying to transport a batch of high-quality pig iron from the warehouse of Lingwu County to Wuyuan County in a hurry.

Yang Yuanqing walked to the sled, he looked down at the large sled, the sled is made of two willow wood, there is a raised snow board in front, a layer of cowhide on it, it is very simple, compared to the military sled in Fengzhou, this kind of sled can only be regarded as small, only a horse pulls.

Yang Yuanqing grabbed the horse's hooves again and looked at them, using ordinary horseshoes, not the kind of special heavy-duty horseshoe, this kind of horse can't run long distances, which makes him a little disappointed in his heart.

"How many loads can be pulled at one time?" Yang Yuanqing asked the coachman.

The coachman didn't know Yang Yuanqing's identity, but he knew the county order, and when he saw that the county order was respectful to Yang Yuanqing, he was even more frightened in his heart, and bowed down and said: "Back to the master, you can pull two stones of goods at most, plus two people." ”

"How far can that go?" Yang Yuanqing asked again.

"The farthest run through Hongjing County, more than a hundred miles, no farther, if you add another horse, then you can run to Lingwu County."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, the amount of goods transported was too small, his big sleigh could transport six stones of grain at a time, and even pull a flat boat to walk on the river, and the sled here could not meet his needs.

Yang Yuanqing turned around and ordered: "Send a flying eagle letter to Fengzhou, let Du Changshi transfer two thousand sleds over, and transport another batch of money by the way." ”

A personal soldier agreed, and immediately went to arrange, Yang Yuanqing said to the new Taishou Zhang Ting and Han Youfeng, the overseer stationed in Lingwu County: "Now the first priority is to closely link Lingwu County and Wuyuan County, including Eagle Station, Wharf and Post Station, Cui Junsu, a post station in Wuyuan County, is already starting to build, and Lingwu County should also speed up, according to the standards of Fengzhou, build a post station every eighty miles, I require that it must be built this winter, this requirement should not be difficult." ”

Zhang Ting nodded, "I understand it, and I will start preparing immediately." ”

"And then there's the winter transport."

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said to Zhang Ting: "I have asked Du Changshi to transfer two thousand sleds over, specially equipped for Lingwu County, you have to make full use of it, if the materials needed to build the post station, you can use it to transport, if there is anything to send to Wuyuan County, you can also use it, and there is shipbuilding, Lingwu County has a wide water surface, which is more suitable for shipbuilding, I am ready to move the Fengzhou Shipbuilding Workshop to Lingwu County, the location is up to you to choose, this matter will be entrusted to you, I may not have time to think about these things." ”

"The manager doesn't need to explain them one by one, he understands that there are also official schools, mansions, and tax adjustments, etc., a large number of things need to be done by the lowly position, and the lowly position will be done properly."

"You know, but the first thing is traffic."

The reason why Yang Yuanqing attaches great importance to transportation is because he is worried about the Turks, once the Turks attack Fengzhou, then a large number of personnel and materials in Fengzhou need to be transferred to Lingwu County, so that the importance of transportation between the two places is imminent.

This is also the fundamental reason why Yang Yuanqing is eager to annex Lingwu County, he is ready to use Lingwu County as the rear of Fengzhou, and the people of Fengzhou will gradually move to Lingwu County, and Fengzhou will be used as a military camp.

The strategic location of Fengzhou is unfavorable, which is also the biggest hidden danger he faces, Yang Yuanqing knows better than anyone else that this time the danger of Yanmen, if it were not for the Great Sui Emperor to attract the Turkic army, he would be completely dangerous.

The 400,000 iron cavalry pressed Fengzhou, which was enough to destroy everything he had accumulated over the years, so he was in a hurry to annex Lingwu County and move all his money, food, and people to Lingwu County.

It is now November of the eleventh year of Daye, and it should be said that there is still plenty of time, but in case of a rainy day, some infrastructure in Lingwu County, such as wharves and warehouses, must also be built as soon as possible.

Yang Yuanqing said to the overseer Han Youfeng again: "I see that there is a large vacant land in Huile County, you might as well use it to build a military grain warehouse, I want to transport millions of stone grain first, and a warehouse will store 20,000 stone of grain, then at least fifty warehouses will be repaired, you give me a time, when can you finish it?" ”

Han Youfeng lowered his head and thought for a while: "You can mobilize all the soldiers to build warehouses, and you can complete the ......construction of fifty warehouses by February next year at the earliest."

"Good! Then I'll start transporting grain on a small scale, and once your granary is built, I'll start transporting it on a large scale by boat. ”

At this moment, a shout came from afar: "Chief! ”

As soon as Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw a messenger cavalry galloping over, rushing to the front and arching his hand, "The chief has an emergency......

He was holding a red intelligence cylinder in his hand, Yang Yuanqing felt a little uneasy in his heart, and immediately took it over, took out the information inside and looked at it carefully, but the content inside made his heart jump violently.