The excuse Zhang Xi came up with is quite reliable. Ordinary people can be accommodating with etiquette, but in official families, they must abide by it if they can. Xiao Xuan'er can't come to Zhang Xi to protest because of this. At most, it is for himself. My father rolled his eyes, and with a little coaxing he was able to get over it for the time being.
Besides, Zhang Xi can't always be at home with his wife and children, he also has business to do.
Today's Yongzhou is far from being said to have a well-connected government and people. It is full of waste and is waiting for improvement. No one can manage such a large state to this extent in one year.
Not to mention, today's Yongzhou is located on the border of Wei and Han. The two most critical checkpoints, Tongguan and Wuguan, are not yet in hand, so there are too many things to do.
The Youfufeng area is close to Wuguan, and the defense of Wuguan is relatively simple.
After all, there is a very long Wuguan Road as the only passage in and out of Wuguan. For You Fufeng's defense, you only need to build a Wubao defense around the exit of Wuguan Road. With heavy troops stationed there, You Fufeng's defense needs can basically be guaranteed.
As for the construction of Uburg, isn’t it based on cement?
It is not difficult to build a cement fortification group at the Baoxie crossing and replicate it at the Wuguan crossing.
Moreover, if you build a cement fortification group at the Wuguan crossing, you don’t have to worry too much about the loss of cement to the Wei State. The level of cement technology in these years is far from the level of later generations, and it is not easy to preserve. Once it encounters rain during transportation, Oh my god, at least half of the cement cannot hold up to Yongzhou. Even if it is transported to Yongzhou, it must be used immediately. If it is left for a little longer, the cement will get damp and clump.
Therefore, the cement transported to Yongzhou from Zangzhou County must be used immediately, and due to the difficulty of transportation along the way, the quantity that can be used is not much. In addition, Zhuge Liang's meticulous scheduling in Chengdu strictly controls the amount of cement used. , basically it can only be said to be barely enough.
Of course, it is inevitable that a small part of the cement will flow to Wei State, but that amount cannot play a decisive role.
As for whether Cao Wei's craftsmen will be allowed to reproduce the cement, Zhang Xi is really not worried.
Cement, it seems, is not difficult to make, but technology is like this. Sometimes, if a piece of window paper is not punctured, even if it takes hundreds of years, it will not be made.
As for the secret recipe for making cement, this thing is a secret that is not passed down by the Han royal family. The formula is in the hands of the royal family. The entire cement factory in Zanggao County is under the control of the royal family. If there is still a leak, then it can only It is said that Wei's fine work is so powerful that no matter how hard he defends, it is useless.
In fact, this is also true. When Cao Ren was guarding Chang'an, Cao Wei began to send a large number of capable craftsmen to Shu to inquire about the cement production formula. Now that it has withdrawn from Guanzhong, it has lost nearly a hundred capable craftsmen. It was just to find out that the cement was made from Zangda County. The special mountain rocks were crushed and made. As for how to make it, General Cao Wei supervised all the great craftsmen, but they still haven't figured out how to make it.
However, through continuous smuggling through various channels over the years, Cao Wei collected more than 3,000 kilograms of cement and removed some that could not be used due to expiration. Half of the cement was transferred to Tongguan by Cao Pi to strengthen Tongguan's defense. .
Cao Pi knew what was important and what was not.
All in all, Liu Yin is in charge of defense in the Youfufeng area, building Wu Fort along the Wuguan Road exit step by step, and garrisoning troops, so there is no need to worry for the time being.
The real trouble is with Zuo Fengyi.
The governor of Zuo Fengyi is Hu Zun. To be honest, Hu Zun was appointed as the governor of Zuofengyi County more out of considerations of stabilizing local families. Who made Hu Zun's Anding family have always had a good relationship with the Zuofengyi family? Woolen cloth.
The current Zhang Xi has not seen Hu Zun's true ability with his own eyes. He only knows that this person is also a famous figure in history, so he should not be too bad.
Actually, according to Zhang Xi's true thoughts, he wanted to transfer Hao Zhao, who was guarding Shanggui, to Zuofengyi to serve as the prefect of Zuofengyi County.
Today's Shanggui is no longer the front line. It is a waste to put a general like Hao Zhao who is good at defense in Shanggui. Transferring Zuo Fengyi to Shanggui is just right to deal with the current situation.
Feng Yi and Hao Zhao on the left, Fufeng Liu Yin on the right. Cao Zhen and Guo Huai returned with their army. Zhang Xi believed that these two people could hold these two places.
Just kidding, can Cao Zhen and Guo Huai be more powerful than Zhuge Liang and Zhong Hui? !
But it's a pity that Hao Zhao was considered a demoted general and had not joined the Han Dynasty for a long time. When Liu Bei appointed Hao Zhao as the governor of Shanggui, it was already an exceptional promotion. Now he is suddenly appointed as the governor of Zuo Fengyi. His qualifications are too young, and Without the support of local aristocratic families, it would be difficult to secure this position.
Therefore, on Zuo Fengyi's side, Zhang Xi still has to let Hu Zun serve as the prefect. Zhang Xi's only hope now is that the Hu family will still have as many talents as in history.
Of course, as far as the selection of the county governor is concerned, the problem is not that big. After all, Hu Fen is also a figure who has left his name in history. Even if he is not good at guarding, he will not be defeated by Cao Wei. The biggest problem is Zuo Fengyi. Defense issues.
Zhang Xi suggested that Zuo Fengyi move the civilian army to camp, but at least in a short period of time, Zuo Fengyi's defense needs would not be immediately met.
To do a good job in defense, you must first have people, and what Zuo Fengyi lacks most now is Dingkou.
According to Zhang Xi's original plan for Zuo Fengyi, in addition to setting aside one-tenth of the area as a military buffer zone for the elite Northern Army to garrison, half of the remaining cultivated land would be used as military and civilian settlements. It became the largest farming base in Yongzhou.
Needless to say, the military settlements were naturally made up of local county soldiers from Yongzhou, while the civilian settlements were designed to deal with the hidden Dingkou released by families from other places and take these Dingkou into civilian settlements.
A small part of the remaining half of the cultivated land was used as military meritorious fields and rewarded to the soldiers who made meritorious service in the Northern Expedition. The remaining large part, about 10,000 hectares of land, was reserved for families from other places to purchase land in Guanzhong. .
This matter was left to Huang Quan to handle with full authority, and Zhang Xi was only responsible for sealing the final confirmation.
But come on, what Huang Quan did was actually very frustrating.
Huang Quan originally thought that he was doing this to fight for the interests of the aristocratic families in central Shu. After all, according to the current laws of the Han Dynasty, it was too difficult to obtain more farmland reasonably and legally.
The Han Dynasty promoted the Fish Scale Atlas. Although it did not intend to conduct a thorough land inventory, the aristocratic families also needed to report the number of fields they owned. At most, they could only make some fuss about the tax differences between upper-class fields and lower-class fields. It is no longer possible to hide the ownership of the land.
This has led to the fact that if aristocratic families from all over the country want to annex land, they can only buy and sell through formal channels. Any land transaction must be registered with the government. Although it is not completely impossible, such as bribery of local county magistrates and state officials, etc. But this is illegal after all. Once discovered, these annexed lands must be spit out.
In addition, the government is very strict about land sales and transactions. All transaction records must be handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs by county magistrates every year. After the Ministry of Household Affairs archives them, Menxia Province officials have to verify them. Now Menxia Province is Pang Tong's territory. Pang Tong may take care of the Jingzhou family, but he will not show mercy to the Yizhou family.
This makes it even more difficult for the Yizhou family to annex land in Yizhou.
Today, there are tens of thousands of hectares of land in Yongzhou, which is allowed to be purchased by aristocratic families from other states. At the same time, the main official in charge of this transaction is Huang Quan, a member of Yizhou's own family. He really feels that this is a benefit he has sought for the aristocratic families in Yizhou.
After all, who can resist the temptation of land these days? !
But from the perspective of the Yizhou family, although Huang Quan's welfare is indeed a good thing, it comes with consequences.
It’s not that the aristocratic families in Yizhou are unaware of Huang Quan’s intentions. Of course they also want to land and develop in Yongzhou. Even if it’s not for the sake of money and food income, it would be great for the family to be able to extend the influence of the aristocratic family to the Yongzhou area. A good thing.
But the problem is that if you want to buy land in Yongzhou, it is not just as simple as simply buying the land. You must also release the hidden Dingkou of the previous family as a ticket, so that you can be qualified to buy land in Yongzhou.
This is a bit disgusting.
Although the big man is not very strict in investigating and punishing the family's hidden Dingkou, hiding Dingkou is something that cannot be brought to the table after all. You can do it in private, but you must not bring it to the table.
But now, Zhuge Liang's condition for the Yizhou family is that for one hectare of land in Yongzhou, ten hidden people need to be released to obtain the qualification to buy land. To buy 1,000 hectares of land, 10,000 people have to be released.
To be honest, without this restriction, the 10,000 hectares of land in Yongzhou would not be enough to be divided among the major families in Yizhou. But after adding this condition, there will be only a few families who dare to buy land in Yongzhou. .
There is no other way. The money to buy a thousand hectares of land can be spent by a moderately medium-sized family in Yizhou, but if you have to release 10,000 hidden people, there are really not many aristocratic families who dare to do this.
Note, it’s not that you dare not do it, but it’s not that you can’t do it.
The Yizhou aristocratic families, through the connivance of Liu Yan and his son for two generations, have hidden the number of Dingkou to an alarming level. After Liu Bei took over, in order not to irritate the aristocratic families too much, he only dared to use the fish scale atlas to treat the land. Although the ownership was clarified, they did not dare to conduct a thorough investigation of the hidden Dingkou of the aristocratic family. After 40 or 50 years of accumulation, there are tens of thousands of Dingkou hidden in the hands of a slightly larger aristocratic family.
It's not that the noble families couldn't get these Dingkou, but no one dared to bring them to the Han court openly.
Although the imperial court also knows that these aristocratic families have hidden Dingkou, the problem is that a small or medium-sized family can spend thousands or even tens of thousands of hidden Dingkou. How many Dingkou have been hidden by the entire Yizhou family combined? ? !
And the most important thing is - what does your Yizhou family want to do with so many Dingkou? !
The biggest source of tax for the Han Dynasty was not the agricultural tax, but the Dingkou tax. What was the difference between hiding so many Dingkou and robbing the court for money? !
There are really not many aristocratic families who have the confidence to spend ten thousand dollars, and at the same time are not afraid of the imperial court settling accounts in the fall.
Even the Yizhou Li family, a large family with branches all over Yizhou, released more than 15,000 hidden Dingkou in exchange for the qualification to purchase 1,500 hectares of land in Yongzhou, but they would not To say that they hid these Dingkou is just to say that they found some people who had gone into the mountains to escape the war in a certain mountainous area, and now they guided them out of the mountains to make a living.
Although everyone knows what is actually going on, even the Li family still needs to have a fig leaf.
The Li family only dared to buy 1,500 hectares of cultivated land in Yongzhou. The aristocratic families who are far less powerful than the Li family have the confidence to spend more dingkou in exchange for land in Yongzhou. What about opportunities? !
That is to say, the Wang family released 10,000 dingkou in exchange for the qualification to purchase 1,000 hectares of land in Yongzhou. The Liu family, Yang family, and Zhang family also released some dingkou respectively in exchange for the qualification to purchase 500 to 800 hectares of land in Yongzhou. Of course, the reasons are all surprisingly consistent. They all found some people who had taken refuge in the mountains and forests near Chengdu.
These big aristocratic families can only buy so much land with so much money. How many of the remaining aristocratic families have the courage to exchange a small amount for land? !
Therefore, Zuo Fengyi's military camp has been going on for almost half a year, but Huang Quan still has not sold all the 10,000 hectares of land in his hands, and the civilian camp sent to Yongzhou from Chengdu to Dingkou only has more than 30,000 people.
This little Dingkou cannot support the civilian camp planned by Zhang Xi.
(End of chapter)
