Chapter Twenty-Three: Cangcao
The month when Tuoba Xianbei fell into chaos was the month when Daijun was thriving. Relying on the three strategies of "managing the people, soothing the people, and using the people" proposed by Shao Xu, the situation in Daijun quickly stabilized and developed at an unimaginable speed.
The Daiwangcheng camp in the Luochuan Plain and the warrior fort camp at the junction of the lower reaches of Qiyi Water and Luoshui have begun to take shape. The various temporary structures made of logs were gradually replaced by more reliable rammed earth and brick buildings, with deep ditches and high barriers. Several defensive core buildings, such as the Eagle Yang General's Mansion and the Arsenal, were reinforced with stone. Together, the two camps gathered more than 4,000 households, and controlled tens of thousands of acres of arable land on both sides of the Qiyi River and six pastures used to house the subordinate Hu'er. As the scattered people gradually become attached to each other, these numbers are still rising.
In addition to the two large camps, the Jin army also relied on special terrain such as highlands and river bends to build 24 simple Rongtai. Each Rongtai is also a military stronghold, which is guaranteed by one tun and fifty dings. With Rongtai as the node, it will not take more than two hours for important military information from any place within the Dai County to be transmitted to the big battalion.
In order to facilitate the mobilization of troops, a number of wharves were also built in several suitable locations in Qiyishui, Huliuhe, and Luoshui. This project is not simple, and it is not a day's work to build and perfect, not to mention when the water rises and the water is turbulent in summer? Therefore, for the time being, the river channel suitable for passage should be surveyed first, and then a simple platform should be cleared out on the river beach according to the water, which can accommodate the raft to berth.
For these projects, the people of all ethnic groups in Hu and Jin under the rule of General Yingyang have paid hard work. A total of more than 6,000 Hu Jin families were selected from more than 4,000 men in their prime of life, and more than 3,000 of the 7,000 iron cavalry, which were the basic force, were also transferred to the engineering team. In addition, there are hundreds of able-bodied women who have been assigned to do light work. Of these laborers, about 3,000 were divided into two places, Daiwangcheng and Warrior Fort, 1,000 were rushed to various counties to build Rongtai, hundreds were sent to the mountains to cut logs and collect stones, and the rest were mainly responsible for leveling roads and arranging acres.
The intense labor lasted from sunrise to sunset, and because the Jin army's food stocks were limited, their daily diet was barely enough to feed their stomachs. Fortunately, the Daijun Taishou Mansion issued a proclamation in advance that all the people of the Jin Dynasty who responded to the conscription would receive an additional preferential treatment of ten acres of land per person when the fields were allocated in the future; The Hu people, on the other hand, have the right to give priority to the selection of cattle, sheep and livestock among the tribes, and the tribal leaders are not allowed to interfere.
The decades that the land fell into the hands of the Hu people are the decades when the people of the Han family were displaced and enslaved. It is a great joy to be able to regain your freedom and to have your own land again, and where can you ask for any luxury. As for the Hu'er at the bottom, their lives have never improved in the slightest because the leaders are plundering around, and only General Yingyang has given them a reward that matches their efforts.
Because of this, the people's enthusiasm for conscription is actually quite high, and there are very few perfunctory and slack work. In the first few days, there were even several incidents in a row where people fainted due to their overwork, and one time almost killed someone. For this reason, Lu Yao was furious, severely punished the soldiers who led the team, and urgently dispatched people to fish along several rivers, stew fish soup every day to supplement the nutrition of the people, and also organized the old and weak women and children in the two camps to pick wild vegetables and potatoes all over the mountains for additional meals.
For Lu Yao, these are just trivial things, but they have won the heartfelt gratitude of many people. And when they worked with their own hands, built the camps everywhere, and leveled the fields piece by piece, the pride and sense of belonging of building their homes with their own hands also spontaneously emerged.
The construction of various infrastructure facilities is progressing smoothly, but in comparison, it is somewhat difficult to raise the grain and iron needed for the military plan...... In fact, it can't be said that it is fundraising, it is simply that there is no money in the account, and it is spent like flowing water.
In the depths of a verdant forest in General Yingyang's mansion, there is a square walled building. The building is built on the site of the former palace of the former king's palace, about 100 steps square, the foundation is rammed with raw earth, the building is two stories high, the outer ring has no window lattices except for a gate, and the four corners of the wall are reinforced with strip stones. This building is where the weapons, grain, and goods are stored in the general's palace, and it is the most important thing. On weekdays, there are 100 elite soldiers, and in wartime, it can accommodate 500 people to fight hard.
Since the annihilation of the Luochuan thieves and the occupation of Daiwang City, Lu Yao has accumulated a large amount of materials here, and specially ordered that the materials in this warehouse are not special circumstances and must not be used without authorization. But he really didn't expect that only a month later, he would have to come to ship the materials stored in the warehouse.
As the saying goes, if you don't have a family, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. Lu Yao waved his army into Dai County, surrounded by Huhu, and separated from the mountains of Hebei and other states, and it was not easy to gain support. Almost all the supplies we have now have have been taken from the enemy after hard fighting, and they cannot be easily spent. However, the expenses for the rest of the month were enormous, and the warehouses of the two large camps were empty. Seeing that the situation in Tuoba Xianbei is becoming increasingly chaotic, Lu Yao will only use this batch of strategic reserves if he wants to make a move.
It's funny to say that Lu Yao's generals and subordinates are all temporary appointments in a hurry. Except for one Shao Xu, there is a lack of necessary experience from top to bottom, so that there are often omissions in the specific process. Lu Yao came to pick up the warehousing this time, but he forgot to inform the person in General Yingyang's mansion who was in charge of Bicao and Cangcao, and the real power of the main county's property inspection and material receipt and distribution statistics, which could stab Lou Zi.
A moment later, the new Bicao and Cangcao Peng came angrily, and they didn't expect to maintain their own demeanor at all. I saw her willow eyebrows upside down, apricot eyes wide open, and slapped the thick account book in front of Lu Yao with a "snap", and said angrily: "Look at it!" Look! This is the daily food expenses of more than 5,000 households, this is the maintenance expenses of iron works, stone quarries, and wood yards, this is the cost of supplements such as various weapons, armor, horses, vehicles, and even pickaxe tools, and this is the daily food, reward, reward, and subsidy for 7,000 military horses! These four items are all big expenses, and I don't know how difficult it is to maintain. Yesterday, you actually promised to pay preferential payments in public, which is 30% higher than the original number? In this way, in two months, all the warehouses will be empty! Lu Taishou! General Lu! What should you do if you transfer the last bit of material and call me Hu Liuniang? Before the autumn harvest, do you live by eating and drinking? ”
When Daijun was in a state of ruin, there were a lot of things, and Shao Xu alone couldn't keep himself busy. So Lu Yao successively eliminated several Peng subordinates to share. Due to the scarcity of the Daishi clan, many positions were held by warriors. For example, Liu Yao served as a lieutenant and was responsible for the military training of the county citizens; Zhu Sheng, on the other hand, was in charge of the thief Cao and the decisive Cao, and made every effort to ensure the security affairs inside and outside the county. In such a situation, it seems that it is not so surprising to promote a woman to serve as Cangcao and Bicao Pengshi. Although this woman was the leader of the largest green forest cottage on Taihang Mountain half a year ago, who cares.
With Hu Liuniang's means of governing Funiu Village while maneuvering around the forces of the east and west of Taihang, it is not difficult to preside over the warehousing and receiving statistics of Daijun. Since she took office as Cang Cao Peng, she has been very happy in it, and she is very attentive to everything. At present, he suddenly heard that Lu Yao was going to mobilize the last stockpile of materials in the General's Mansion, so he immediately came to dissuade him.
At that time, the owner of Hu Dazhai of Funiu Village stomped his feet, and half of Taihang Mountain trembled. Even Jingling County, which mainly went to the state, had to rely on her methods. Although after the Funiu Village was captured by the Huns, she had to lead the people to attach herself to the imperial court, and she was quite down, but she was still so ignorant when she was angry, and she still regarded Lu Yao as a defeated soldier on Taihang Mountain in the past, and did not care about the difference in status between superiors and subordinates.
"Hu Cao Peng is not angry." Lu Yao didn't take this heroine seriously as an ordinary subordinate, he sighed, closed the account book, and handed it back to Hu Liuniang: "Today, I want to transfer a large amount of grain and materials from the warehouse to the army, and it is not because of Lu Mouhu, there is indeed a reason." Tell the truth...... The Daijun military horses will move! ”