Chapter 16 Major hidden worries

Just as Yang Yuanqing and the county officials signed the guarantee letter, a team of more than 100 knights surrounded more than 20 carriages and left Huile County, and quickly drove to Honghua County. The leader was Liang Shidu, a wealthy clan of Lingwu County. He received warning from the prefect Qiu He, and did not dare to stay in Lingwu County. He packed up some fine money and supplies, and took the family and hundreds of servants to leave Lingwu County in panic.

Liang Shidu was ambitious. Like other wealthy families in the world, he also wanted to rebel against the Sui Dynasty, and took advantage of his wealthy family in Lingwu County to secede Lingwu County and establish himself. However, Yang Yuanqing's annexation of Lingwu County shattered his plans and dreams, so he had to find another way out.

After running for more than twenty miles, they came to a three-way intersection, with three roads, one road to Honghua County, one road to Pingliang County, and one road to Huining County. The team slowly stopped, and one of the first ministers came forward to ask for instructions, "Master, which road should we take?"

Master Liang hesitated for a long time. He looked up at the gray sky. The dark clouds were drooping. It was about to snow. He sighed and finally pointed westward, "Let's go to Huining!"

He was preparing to go to Jincheng County to seek refuge with Xue Ju. At that time, he and Xue Ju were the four major guards of King Yang Hung of Qi. They had a very good relationship. Xue Ju was a wealthy family in Jincheng County and had frequent contact with him. He knew that Xue Ju was also actively preparing for a rebellion and seeking opportunities in return for him.

Mr. Liang led his family to sail towards Jincheng County.

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The personnel of Lingwu County were beyond Yang Yuanqing's expectations. Except for Qiu He and his confidant, Huile County Magistrate Zhang Liao chose to leave on the grounds of illness, the other county officials happily signed the letter of loyalty. Everyone knows that the officials of Wuyuan County are well treated and their salaries are generally twice as high as those of the Sui Dynasty. But more importantly, Yang Yuanqing was recognized by the emperor and loyalty was still a Sui minister, which had nothing to do with rebellion. It is precisely because of this that Yang Yuanqing successfully completed the annexation of Lingwu County. (-<  >-net.)

The next morning, Qiu He left Lingwu County sadly under the escort of more than a dozen followers. Three hundred Fengzhou cavalry escorted him to the border of Honghua County and sent him out of Lingwu County with gifts. At this point, the rich Lingwu County was officially annexed by Fengzhou and became the second county under the Fengzhou General Administration.

There are many things to deal with when Lingwu merges with the 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 connect the two places. Lingwu County and Wuyuan County are far away, and the distance from Lingwu County to Wuyuan County is a thousand miles away. Fortunately, Yang Guang built a spacious and flat road during his northern tour that year, so that ordinary people can reach it in four or five days, while cavalry equipped with double horses can run the entire journey in just three days.

This is just a traffic exchange between people, and the traffic of goods requires water transportation. The Yellow River is the most natural transportation corridor in the two places. Since the start of transporting iron ore and building five cities in Hetao, Wuyuan County has built thousands of flat-bottom transport ships and formed five transportation teams, which can effectively transport various materials through the Yellow River to any of Wuyuan County and Lingwu County.

But it is not possible in winter. The Yellow River freezes in winter, causing large-scale cargo transportation to pause. However, since the previous year, Fengzhou has adopted another method of cargo transportation, using large sleds to transport materials, taking advantage of Fengzhou's rich livestock power, and using two horses to pull a cargo sled on the ice of the Yellow River. Facts have proved that this mode of transportation is no less than that of the fleet, and this is also the traditional winter mode of transportation for the locals.

The night after Yang Yuanqing arrived in Lingwu County, the first snowfall fell in Lingwu County. The snowflakes shook the eyes of the people. The whole sky was gray, and the earth was covered with falling snowflakes, turning into a snowy world.

After a night of heavy snow, the snow gradually stopped, but there were still fine snow floating in the sky. Among the fine snowflakes flying all over the sky, Yang Yuanqing and a group of officials inspected the Yellow River. The Yellow River in Lingwu County and Fengzhou had frozen, and the river surface was frozen firmly. The ice surface was covered with half a foot thick snow. The snow would not melt. After spring, together with the ice layer below, melted into the surging Yellow River water.-<  >-net.

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

The Yellow River in Lingwu County is several miles wide, so most people cross the river by sledding, and many passengers gathered next to the dock, waiting for guests to come.

Song Xiang, the county magistrate of Huile County, led Yang Yuanqing and a group of officers to inspect the Yellow River. They came to the pier and dozens of coachmen waiting for passengers dodged one after another. He came to a large cargo sled and said to Yang Yuanqing: "Master Yang, this is the local sled for cargo transport in winter, usually the same as the one."

In fact, Yang Yuanqing did not want to inspect transportation. There are many large-scale cargo sleds in Fengzhou. He wanted to build a large warehouse near the dock, expand the dock, and establish a winter transportation route from Wuyuan County to Lingwu County. Throughout the winter, there was no exchange between Wuyuan County and Lingwu County.

However, he also needs such large-scale cargo sleds. He was about to transport a batch of pig iron from Lingwu County warehouses to Wuyuan County.

Yang Yuanqing walked to the sled. He looked down at the large sled. The sled was made of two willow trees, with a raised snowboard in front and a layer of cowhide on it. It was very simple to make. Compared with the military sled in Fengzhou, this sled can only be considered small, with only one horse pulling.

Yang Yuanqing grabbed the horse's hooves and looked at them. He used ordinary horseshoes, not the kind of special heavy horseshoes. Such horses could not run long distances, which made him a little disappointed.

"How much goods can I pull at a time?" Yang Yuanqing asked the coachman.

The coachman did not know Yang Yuanqing's identity, but he knew the county magistrate. Seeing that the county magistrate was respectful to Yang Yuanqing, he felt even more frightened and bowed and said, "Report to the master, you can only pull two stones of goods, and add two more people."

"How far can we get?" Yang Yuanqing asked again.

"The farthest run through Hongjing County, more than 100 miles, no matter how far you are, it won't work. If you add another horse, you can run to Lingwu County."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head. The cargo volume was too small. His big sled could transport six stones of grain at a time, and even pulled a flat boat to walk on the river. The sled here could not meet his needs.

Yang Yuanqing turned around and ordered: "Send Feiying letter to Fengzhou, ask Du Changshi to transfer two thousand big sledges and transport another batch of money."

A personal soldier agreed and immediately went to make arrangements. Yang Yuanqing said to the new prefect Zhang Ting and the governor of Lingwu County, Han Youfeng: "The first priority now is to closely link Lingwu County and Wuyuan County, including Ying Station, wharf and post station. Cui Junsu, an inn within Wuyuan County, has already started to build it, and Lingwu County must also speed up. According to Fengzhou's standards, a post station is built every 80 miles. I require that it must be built this winter, and this requirement should not be difficult."

Zhang Ting nodded, "I understand, so I will start preparing immediately."

"There is also the transportation of goods in winter."

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said to Zhang Ting: "I have asked Du Changshi to transfer 2,000 large sledges to be specially equipped for Lingwu County. You must make full use of the materials needed to build the station. If you can use it to transport anything to Wuyuan County, you can also use it. There is also shipbuilding. Lingwu County has a wide water surface and is more suitable for shipbuilding. I am going to move Fengzhou Shipbuilding Workshop to Lingwu County. You will be the one who chooses the location. I will entrust you to this matter. I may not have time to consider these things."

"The general manager doesn't need to explain it one by one. He understands that there are also government schools, government schools, tax adjustments, etc., and a lot of things need to be done by the low-level position, and the low-level position will be done properly."

"You understand, but the first important thing is transportation."

The reason why Yang Yuanqing attached great importance to transportation was because he was worried that the Turks would have to be transferred to Lingwu County once the Turks attacked Fengzhou, and the importance of transportation between the two places was imminent.

This is also the fundamental reason why Yang Yuanqing was eager to annex Lingwu County. He planned to use Lingwu County as the rear of Fengzhou. The people of Fengzhou would gradually transfer to Lingwu County, and Fengzhou would serve as a military camp.

Fengzhou's strategic position was unfavorable, which was also the biggest hidden danger he faced. Yang Yuanqing knew better than anyone else that if the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty had not attracted the Turkic army this time, he would have been completely in danger.

Four hundred thousand iron cavalry overwhelmed Fengzhou, which was enough to destroy everything he had accumulated over the years, so he was eager to annex Lingwu County and move all his money and grain to Lingwu County.

It is November of the 11th year of Daye. It should be said that the time is still relatively good, but we plan ahead. Some infrastructure, docks, warehouses and the like in Lingwu County must be built as soon as possible.

Yang Yuanqing said to the general Han Youfeng again: "I saw that there was a large open space in Huile County, so I might as well use it to build a military granary warehouse. I want to transport millions of stones of grain first. One warehouse will stock up to 20,000 stones of grain, so at least fifty warehouses will be built. Give me a time, when will you complete the construction?"

Han Youfeng lowered her head and thought, "I can mobilize all the soldiers to build warehouses. As early as February next year, fifty warehouses can be completed."

"Okay! Then I will start transporting grain on a small scale first. Once your granary is built, I will start transporting it on a large scale by ship."

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

When Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw a cavalry sending a letter rushing to the front and bowed, "Maintain, there is emergency information!"

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

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