Since Li Huaixin fled back to Datong Fucheng, Xinping Fort fell into the hands of the Tiger Banner. Zhao Yutu was stationed in Xinping Fort, which not only did not make Xinping Fort desolate, but the business atmosphere became more and more prosperous.
Xinping Fort is located in the border fort, close to the grassland. There are many shops in the fort and there are many merchants coming and going. Tiger Character Banner is a well-known large business in Datong. It does a lot of business with the grassland and attracts many people. There are fewer merchants from various places.
In the hands of Zhao Yutu, Xinping Fort has become a transit warehouse connecting the grassland to the Ming Dynasty. Merchants only need to pay part of the tax to the Tiger Flag to buy goods on the grassland, without having to risk going to the grassland.
The plaque on the door of Li Huaixin's General's Palace was replaced by the Guerrilla General's Palace, and Liu Heng moved in with his attendants, Zhao Wu and other guards.
"My lord, you are right. Zhang Huai was escorted back to Beijing to face charges. Now the Datong Commander-in-Chief has been replaced by a Commander-in-Chief named Ma from Yulin. Li Kaiyang, the former Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Datong, was transferred to Yulin as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief. He is not promoted or demoted. , and the person who took over the position of deputy commander-in-chief of Datong is Yang Guozhu, the former commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, and all the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu also stayed in Datong." Yang Yuan came to Liu Heng to report.
Liu Hengzheng and Zhao Wu carried a table and placed it in the middle of the room.
This room was originally the living room used by Li Huaixin to entertain guests. After Liu Heng came, it was changed into a signing room for office use.
"Have you found out the details of General Ma?" Liu Heng set the table and then turned to look at Yang Yuan and said.
Yang Yuan said: "This Commander-in-Chief Ma used to be the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Datong. He went to Yulin later. Like Zhang Huai, this man was born as a general. He is a member of the Ma family. He has about a thousand servants around him. He is very powerful. Not weak."
"The Zhang family has left and been replaced by the Ma family. It seems that the court still trusts the general." Liu Heng wiped the table while talking.
Yang Yuan came over, picked up a piece of wet cloth from the copper basin, wrung out the water stains inside, and wiped the table together. At the same time, he said: "It's a pity for Yang Guozhu. This man is capable, but he lost to We, from the rank of commander-in-chief to deputy commander-in-chief, were left in Datong."
"This shows that the imperial court does not trust us." Liu Heng straightened up and said, "It is precisely because the imperial court knows that Yang Guozhu is capable that he stayed in Datong to monitor our Tiger Flag, otherwise the soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu would not be retained."
Yang Yuan took the rag that had wiped a table leg and threw it into the copper basin. While twisting the rag, he said: "If we had known earlier, we should not have let go of the captured officers and soldiers. Now these people have all been recruited into the Datong Frontier Army." bingo."
"Since we have chosen to be recruited, we naturally cannot keep the captured officers and soldiers." Liu Heng said with a smile, and then added, "But it doesn't matter. If we can capture them once, we can capture them a second time."
Yang Yuan stopped what he was doing, looked at Liu Heng and said: "I just feel that it is a pity that there are so many free manpower. With these prisoners, whether it is road construction or mining, they can create a lot for our Tiger Flag." wealth."
"Okay, there are gains and losses. Although we no longer have these prisoners, we can gain temporary stability and give us the opportunity to use the tiger-character flag to deal with Tumut." Liu Heng comforted him and took the The rag continued to wipe around the table.
Two people wipe a table, and they finish it quickly.
The rag used to clean the table was placed in a copper basin and handed to Zhao Butuan to go out and dump it out.
"Now the four soldiers' camps have gathered on the grassland outside the fort. Sir, when will we send troops north?" Yang Yuan asked.
Liu Heng turned around and glanced outside the room and said, "Wait."
"Still waiting?" Yang Yuan said with a worried look on his face, "The Tumote ministries are taking more and more frequent actions against our Tiger Flag. Some Han merchants who cooperated with us can no longer do business, and many people have retreated to our At the Great Black River Pier Fort."
Liu Heng said in a calm tone: "When Huang Zhong sends the people to build the fort, it will be the time for us to send troops, so don't worry, I believe Huang Zhong will send all the craftsmen here soon."
Yang Yuan nodded.
As the director of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, although he was not in Lingqiu, there were people from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau working in Lingqiu, so he knew that Huang Zhong had been recruiting people in Lingqiu who were willing to build forts on the grasslands.
To build the piers all the way from Xinpingbao to Qingcheng, more than one piers need to be built. Even some of them are small fire road piers, but they cannot support the large number required, and naturally a lot of manpower is needed to do the work.
As Liu Heng came to Xinpingbao, news from various places were also sent to Xinpingbao.
Ten days passed.
The craftsmen and laborers recruited by Huang Chong began to be sent to Xinpingbao.
The first batch of people was small, only about a thousand people, and these thousand people only stayed outside Xinping Fort for one night, and then were escorted by a group of soldiers to the grassland five miles away from Xinping Fort.
Those who came first did not rush to build the fort. Instead, they built brick kilns first and prepared the green bricks for building the fort.
As more and more craftsmen are sent to the grassland, more and more people are doing the work. The fired green bricks are piled on the grassland, and there are more and more piles.
There were more people working, so they were no longer used to bake bricks. Some people began to lay foundations and prepare to build forts.
When the number of people who came to work on the grassland reached a certain number, they began to be divided into two groups. One group was sent to a place further ahead to build another fort.
A large number of people left Xinpingbao and headed for the grasslands. It was impossible to hide the news from anyone, and soon someone spread the news back to Datong Fucheng.
When Governor Liu heard the news, he dropped his cup on the spot.
When the people of Datong went to the grassland, no matter what they did, it was a big event.
"Sir, don't be upset. The students think this is not a bad thing. The tiger character flag's energy is on the grassland, so there is no time to take care of Datong." Du Wanyuan said with relief from the side.
Governor Liu said with a calm face: "These people have gone to the grassland. Who knows if they will come back. Once someone brings this matter to my attention, I am afraid that my hat will be taken off. "
Although he did not mention his name, he secretly mentioned Wang Xinyi, the inspector of Datong.
If it weren't for Wang Xinyi's memorial, the Tiger Flag incident wouldn't have caused so much trouble. If Wei Zhongxian hadn't been there to speak for him in the court, he, the governor, might have ended up with the same fate as Zhang Huai.
Du Wanyuan, who was standing aside, pondered for a moment and said: "Sir, would you like to find Mr. Yang? The student heard that he is very close to Wang Xunjian. If Mr. Yang goes to Wang Xunjian's place to discuss matters, would you like to come?" Someone will take this matter to make things difficult for you, sir."
"You mean Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang Guozhu?" Governor Liu raised his eyebrows slightly.
After Yang Guozhu was appointed as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Datong, he frequently interacted with Yanghewei. As the governor, he naturally knew everything about it. At the same time, he also guessed that Yang Guozhu had only been demoted one level and should be an envoy from the Donglin Party. gained strength.
