The affairs of Ni Man and these Jin people are just a small episode for Tiger Character Banner.
Two days later, Liu Heng returned to Datong from Qingcheng.
Many piers and fire piers were built along the road between Qingcheng and Datong in Tiger Character Banner, so that Liu Heng did not need to stay in the wild overnight, and could change his horse at any time without saving the horse's leg strength, which greatly speeded up the return journey. .
The original journey of seven or eight days took only five days, and Liu Heng returned to Xinpingbao with his guards. TV first @@@
Xinpingbao's former General's Palace was changed into the Guerrilla General's Palace, and became Liu Heng's office.
So far, no new general has been appointed to Xinpingbao in Datong, and Liu Heng has taken over the duties of general in Xinpingbao as a guerrilla general.
Liu Heng returned to the guerrilla general's mansion in Xinpingbao, and Zhao Yutu came to see him immediately after getting the news.
"Congratulations, Sir, congratulations, Sir, with the land in the Hetao area, the foundation of our Tiger Flag has been laid." Zhao Yutu said with excitement.
Taiyuan Island also has a foundation of the Tiger Flag. Unfortunately, Taiyuan Island is too far away from Datong and is somewhat out of reach. It is far less accessible than the Hetao.
Liu Heng went around the desk and sat down, and said: "Now we have just defeated the Tumut Department, we cannot relax yet, we must buy more time to develop the Loop."
"Don't worry, sir. Datong only knows that we have expanded to the outside for dozens of miles. They don't know that the Tumut Grassland has completely fallen into the hands of our Tiger Flag." Zhao Yutu said.
The Datong in his mouth refers to the officials of the Datong Palace and the clans of the Daiwang Palace.
Liu Heng nodded and said: "Well done. Things about the Tumote tribe should be concealed as much as possible. However, some unimportant news can be released, such as the civil strife in the Tumote tribe and the death of King Shunyi by Su Nang and Kan. The things that caused Cantada's death together can be made known to the court through Datong."
"Yes, my subordinates will make arrangements and spread the news smoothly." Zhao Yutu promised.
Liu Heng picked up the bowl sent by Zhao Wu, opened it, blew on it, and asked, "Did anything happen while I was away?"
"Nothing important happened during the time that my lord was away. However, General Ma from Datong Mansion came here twice and went back when he saw that you were not here, my lord." Zhao Yutu said.
Liu Heng thought for a while and said: "It seems that Governor Liu and the others can't wait any longer. Let's do this. Send someone to Datong Mansion. When you see General Ma, tell them that our Tiger-Character Banner is taking advantage of the Tumote Department." If there is civil strife, the border will be extended for thirty miles."
"My subordinates will arrange for someone to go to Datong Mansion." With that said, Zhao Yutu was about to leave Liu Heng's office.
Liu Heng said at this time: "Don't worry, it won't be too late to go back to Datong Mansion in two days. Now you have to do two things as a matter of urgency."
As he spoke, he stretched out two fingers and made a gesture.
"My lord, please tell me!" Zhao Yutu looked like he was all ears.
Liu Heng said: "The first thing is to find a way to gather some people who are farming and send them to Dabanshengdi to open up wasteland and farm. The second thing is that Xuanfu needs you to be in charge. It must be built before winter. Dunbao on the route outside Zhangjiakou."
"Is there something going on at Xuan Mansion?" Zhao Yutu asked hesitantly.
Liu Heng waved his hand and said: "There is no big problem for the time being, but we still need to see if the Har'er tribe has the intention to move westward. If it really wants to move westward, I'm afraid it will be another war."
Historically, the Chahar tribe moved westward only a few years later, but now that the Tumote tribe has undergone such a big change, it is difficult to guarantee that Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar tribe will not move westward in advance.
History has proven that once the Chahar tribe moves westward, the left-wing Mongolian tribes will not be able to stop the Chahar tribe. The Tiger Banner occupying the Tumote grassland will fight against the Chahar tribe earlier than the Tumote tribe in history. We fight each other.
A big war will involve a large number of troops in the Tiger Flag.
For the Tiger Flag, the most important thing is not the war. The Tiger Flag already owns the land in the Hetao area and has little interest in the land in the grassland. Moreover, the Tiger Flag's military strength is limited. Only one Hetao is enough for the Tiger Flag. .
Therefore, for the Tiger Character Banner, a war with the Chahar tribe at this time would not only bring little benefit, but would also delay the development of the Tumut grassland under the Tiger Character Banner's rule.
"How is the production of the armor at Huang Zhong's side? Now that we have expanded three more camps, plus the losses, the losses of several combat divisions, with the few workshops over at Lingqiu, I'm afraid it will be very difficult. It’s hard.” Liu Heng asked.
All the wrought iron in Lingqiu's Ordnance Bureau comes from Dongshan Iron Yard. Even though the annual wrought iron output of Dongshan Iron Yard has been several times higher than a few years ago, with the Tiger Character Banner's massive military expansion in the past two years, the consumption of wrought iron has been huge. The increase has reached the limit, and even some of the iron goods that are normally sold have begun to be reduced in production, saving wrought iron for use in making soldiers and armor.
Zhao Yutu smiled bitterly and said: "Huang Zhong has sent letters to his subordinates several times to complain, complaining that there is not enough wrought iron, but there is nothing he can do about it. In order to prepare for this battle with the Tumote Department, the Logistics Bureau's money is flowing like water. If you spend the same money, you will be short of money everywhere, and now even if you have a penny, your subordinates would like to break it in half and spend it."
Tiger Character Flag makes money quickly and spends it even faster. The money earned is often spent before it is warmed up. In many cases, it is hard work to ensure the normal operation of every department of Tiger Character Flag.
"Okay, don't cry because you are poor. I know it's not easy for you as the director of the Logistics Bureau." Liu Heng comforted, "This time we defeated the Tumote Department and gained a lot of cattle and sheep. All of them are given to your Logistics Bureau. It's up to you to The logistics bureau makes unified arrangements."
Zhao Yutu's eyes lit up and he said, "Sir, you must keep your word and don't regret it when the time comes."
"I won't regret it, but Chen Hongtao is leading people to search for iron ore in the Tumut Grassland. When the iron ore is found, he will need a sum of money to erect an iron furnace. This money cannot be saved." Liu Heng said.
Chen Hongtao had already taken some experienced old miners away from Lingqiu to the grassland. When Liu Heng came back from the grassland, these people were still looking for mineral veins.
Although no news about the iron ore vein has come back, Liu Heng knows that it won't be long before Chen Hongtao and others find the vein.
After all, the approximate range of the mineral vein is around the Yinshan Mountains. As long as you search this area, you will soon gain something.
"Don't worry, sir. My subordinates know the importance. As long as the mineral veins are discovered, the Logistics Bureau will definitely allocate the money to build the iron yard." Zhao Yutu said.
Liu Heng nodded.
The Dongshan Iron Field in Lingqiu is, after all, a bit smaller for the Tiger Flag, and has become one of the factors restricting the expansion of the Tiger Flag's army.
"When the news of the civil strife in the Tumote Department is sent to Datong Mansion, you will set off to Xuan Mansion and take advantage of these two days to arrange the affairs of the Logistics Bureau." Liu Heng said.
"Yes." Zhao Yutu agreed.
