An Sida nodded: "You have been writing letters with me in the past three years, and I have been thinking about your words. Indeed, times have changed. In the past, people mainly farmed, but now a few people occupy most of the land, but the people have not been displaced or large-scale riots. If someone told me in the past that the world would become like this, I would never believe it, but now, I have seen that all the people who have lost their land have entered the workshop...

Business absorbs far more manpower than agriculture and produces greater value than agriculture. Small farmers and small farmers are far less farming than large farms. Therefore, although land annexation in this era was serious, the grain output was more than in the past. A large number of landless farmers did not cause large-scale refugee riots and harm the court like Huang Chao in the Tang Dynasty and the red eyebrows and yellow turbans in the Han Dynasty.

Times are changing, and the wind of change blows everywhere in every corner. Many theories in the past have been proven to be wrong - we must also change, and we must change more to adapt to this business era. How to change - I am willing to ask you about this issue, and I am ready to discuss it with you."

Zhao Xing pointed to the mountains and rivers in front of him and replied: "You know, starting from Fan Zhongyan, our national consciousness has begun to awaken. Scholars are talking about a word: China. The culture of the Chinese nation has evolved for thousands of years and has created the greatest success in my Song Dynasty. However, my Song Dynasty is always under the threat of barbarians. Now, in this land of war, I need a single belief to support everyone in struggle and fight. A single nation and a single belief is my choice.

I only have one term, and I cannot be sure whether this term will be fulfilled, but I want to leave a belief in this land: a single loyalty to the nation, to the family, to the land. At this time, I need the power of faith, and I need the power of God - of course, if the devil can help me and help our nation gain a foothold in this land, I am not afraid to make a deal with the devil.

Can you do it? Can you give me what I need? If you can do it, I promise: not only here, but I will also support your development in a wider range - do you know that Nanyang people built a new city in the throat of the ocean, called Lion City (Singapore). At the same time, Arab religions in Nanyang are invading step by step. I intend to turn that Lion City into an overseas base of Song Shang. I need a religion to resist the invasion of Arab religion. So, I need you to show your ability, and then, I will give you more opportunities...

But your religion is not satisfied with me yet. I need you to make appropriate changes. I have traveled through the seven seas and I have also seen the genuine Christianity. I will tell you the advantages of the religions I know, let you make corresponding adjustments, so that Nestorian, the ancient religion that once was the glorious Tang Dynasty, will rejuvenate again...

I can also provide you with a group of excellent doctors. It is said that contemporary Arab medical skills are five centuries ahead of the times. I happened to hire a group of doctors from there. Hehe, they are unbelievers among the Arabs, or heresy who believe in the Zorocratic religion. They are carefully selected and found out, so no matter what beliefs they originally had, they now agree to live in your temples as your clergy.

You know, Master Su once founded the Guangjiyuan, which provides free medicine. I need to use your temples as outlets to establish a rural medical institution in Quanqingzhou. I know that although the court is tolerant, except Taoism, the court does not allow the government to support a certain religion. But I can support you in disguise by supporting Guangjiyuan. In this way, you can hold the religion in one hand and the Guangjiyuan in the other; it can not only treat people's bodies but also treat people's thoughts.

I believe that with these two weapons, you can take root in this land again..."

When An Sida came to Huanqing, it had been four years of thinking. At this time, facing the huge temptation thrown by Zhao Xing, he did not hesitate and reached out to grasp Zhao Xing: "My believers once built Quanzhou City, and we have unique advantages in architecture. I just heard that you want to rebuild the border castle. Let's do it. We will design a majestic pass that the Xixia people cannot overcome to prove our ability."

Zhao Xing shook his head: "You can't do this job. First: This is a new-style building, and you don't know the materials used; second: We were in a dark look at the situation in the Xixia people, because the Xixia people were very strict in surveillance of the Song people. Even if our people were over, they were slaves in the enemy territory and had no chance to move around at all.

But the people of Xixia are very tolerant of monks. You still have some influence in the Western Regions. I don’t want you to be exposed in advance. I need you to help me find out the information there... Now it seems that only you can go deep into the Western Regions, so I hope your reconstruction will be low-key and not ostentatious."

After a brief pause, Zhao Xing continued: "I know that it takes a lot of money to build a new church and give medicine to the people for free. I can donate you 100,000 yuan as a believer, but I hope that my name will not be written on the donation directory."

An Sida clasped his hands together and made a solemn promise: "Sir, you are the angel of my Nestorian rebirth, please rest assured. We will empty the first page of the donation directory without writing anyone's name. Leave this page for you, and we will always thank you in our hearts."

Zhao Xing shrugged and said it was not important. An Sida then found a piece of paper around him, which recorded his doubts over the past four years. He followed the first question of the piece of paper: "Sir, you said that architectural art is also a means of psychological warfare. Grand buildings can make people surrender spiritually, so Quanzhou Qingjing Temple can last forever... I don't understand this. Is this a prophecy? Can you explain it?"

Zhao Xing laughed: "Bishop An, the Great Wall is not built in one day, and the Great Wall in my heart cannot be completed in one day. Why are we anxious? We just started to start, and someone will take over this big banner - but this head must be raised well, so that it can have a self-renewal mechanism, and that it can ensure the long history of the national inheritance... Come on, let's talk slowly."

In the following days, people often saw such a strange scene: the high priest An Sida of the red robe often retreated to Zhao Xing, and they strolled through the river valley, strolled on the ridges, and whispered... When An Sida died for a hundred years, the Nestorians, who had taken root in Shaanxi, published a classic called "Walk Collection". This classic used a question-and-answer method to propose many plans and ideas about the development direction of Nestorians. The Nestorians did not explain who the author of the book was, but said: Nestorians would abide by the proposals in the book and continue to develop.

This book caused a lot of questions, and people speculated about who the questioner in "The Stroll Collection" was and who the answerer was... Subsequently, this incident triggered a century of discussion, and the Nestorians kept silent about it.

It was July, and Liang Zimei arrived in Qingzhou. The commander and governor of Lanzhou Zhongyi took 24 days to build Dingyuan City on Lanmin Road in Xihe. The court ordered the commendation of Zhongyi who participated in the construction of the city, Fan Yu, the governor of Fuyan Road, and Wang Wenyu, deputy chief manager. At the same time, Zhao Xing began to allocate personnel to build the Gemini Fort in the Baimachuan Valley, which was completed on the 20th. The completion of these two continuous construction actions marked the official launch of Zhang Yue's "Deep Barrier" project, and the rest was "shallow attack".

The Baimachuan built by Zhao Xing is a reinforced concrete castle. The main building of the castle is a tower, which is more than 20 meters high. The castle wall is surrounded by a podium of seven meters high, 700 meters long and 20 meters wide. Two completely symmetrical towers stand on both sides of the river, one on the left and one on the right. The built fortress is still named after Anding Fort, and the people in the fort are filled with the orphans of war on Huanqing Road.

On the day the castle was completed, Zhang Yue urgently heard from him: At the beginning of the month, Xixia sought peace; five days later, the peace mission went, and Xixia launched a routine "Gaogu" as usual. This time, their main attack direction was indeed Huaiwei Castle. Zhang Yue planned to lead his troops to fight, so Zhao Xing needed to return to Qingzhou to take charge.

The straight distance between Huaiwei Fort and Qingshui Pass is not far, but the two places are separated by continuous mountains. If you want to go to Huaiwei Fort from Qingshui Pass, you must retreat to Huanzhou along Baimachuan, and then enter Luochuan from Huanzhou and go to Huanwei Fort along Luochuan. Zhao Xing wanted to go to Huanwei Fort directly to replace Zhang Shi, who was over 60 years old, but after thinking about it, he decided to respect Zhang Shi's meaning and go back to Qingzhou to take a look.

The long journey had just ended, and Zhao Xing had just arrived at Huanzhou. Cheng Shuang had already rushed to meet him and whispered: "Uncle Qi, news came from the capital that something changed in the palace. It was rumored that the Empress Dowager had fainted once, and I'm afraid his life would not be long!"

Zhao Xing was stunned for a moment. He looked up at the sky and replied to the question that he had asked: "The wind and rain are coming!"

Everyone present understands the meaning of this sentence, and in fact, the ministers in the court understand. The current proud ministers are even speculating on how the new party members will deceive the emperor. Although they pretend to be relaxed, they are actually very confident.

Next, Cheng Shuang reported two good news to Zhao Xing: "Uncle Qi, the water stamping equipment studied by Mr. Mengxi has been transported to Qingzhou. Brothers from Hangzhou said that it will take about two or three months of assembly time. The first machine will be troublesome, but because we are all producing standard parts, the assembly of the machines will only get faster and faster in the future.

Also, Uncle Qi and Chen Buqun arrived. He had been sick on Hedong Road for two months. After he recovered from his illness, he rushed to Qingzhou. Uncle Qi happened to go to Qingshui Pass to build Anding Fort. I asked him to take the Boy Crown for training for the time being. He is now in Hengshan Village and Tongsai Village. Will Uncle Qi call him here?"

Zhao Xing was overjoyed: "It's great that the Boys Camp is in Hengshan Village. How many are there?"

Cheng Shuang replied: "It was the four we carefully selected. Because there was another war, I asked Chen Buqun to Hengshan Village in advance so that he could support him."

Zhao Xing quickly corrected: "Why are there four battalions? They are clearly four battalions. Don't call them wrong."

Zhao Xing, the boy camp, was not a formal establishment of the court, and the court did not pay his salary. It was a charity organization he established in the name of taking care of the war orphans. The usual behavior of this boy camp is exactly like a normal refugee shelter. After a period of training, the children have been well trained and learned certain skills, they will be sent to various workshops to work and relied on their own.

In a few months, the shelter adopted tens of thousands of orphans and children in need at home, and sent tens of thousands of child laborers to various workshops. The people of Qingzhou praised Zhao Xing for his moral principles, believing that Zhao Xing had the legacy of his teacher Su Dongpo in adopting orphans. Even the nearby Jingyuan Road and Fuyan Road, local governments also sent some orphans to Zhao Xing's boy camp in order to obtain a skill for health care.

But in fact, among the tens of thousands of children, the strongest and most hardworking three thousand boys were settled in the camp. They were selected to march with weight every morning - nominally armed escort Huanqing caravan; in the afternoon, physical and queue training were conducted. Because the people coming and going of the boy camp were endless, most people did not notice that such a team had been trained for several months. A few officers participating in the training program could not have thought that a group of children would succeed. They often joked that these three thousand scouts called "fake kids camps".

Privately building an army was a taboo in ancient China. Zhao Xing simply abandoned the usual military system of the Song army, replicating the modern military name, and calling every 500 people a battalion. The military strength of this battalion happened to be a "cap" of the Song Dynasty military system. Cheng Shuang's invisible title just now echoed the thinking inertia of the Song people in this era, but this statement must not be made public.

Cheng Shuang touched his head, and he knew he had said the wrong thing himself, so he quickly changed the topic: "Uncle Qi, there was also news from the capital that he was the Xuanzhou Observer, who was promoted to Mingdao Palace and the great eunuch Li Xianzhan; his apprentice Tong Guan left the palace and entered the royal family to serve."

Zhao Xing sighed softly. Tong Guan is too impatient. He should wait until the court determines who Duan is, and then come out of the palace to serve the royal family. Now he has not yet determined who Duan is. I hope this guy has good luck, can fit history, find the true emperor, and it will not be in vain Zhao Xing's early investment.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Xing asked again: "Now, how is my preparations for war on Huanqing Road?"

Cheng Shuang replied: "Secretary Wanqi is still distributing materials and registering them into the warehouse. Now, our material reserves should be sufficient. The tea and medicine money allocated by the imperial court has been transported. We no longer have to worry about the money. In addition, the imperial guards stationed in Jingdong, Huanqing Road Quan, have returned to defense. However, because the Jingyuan Road General Secretary said, "The Western thieves were in Zhenrong, and the Deshun army appeared and asked for more troops." Therefore, the third general Dong Dun led the imperial guards to Jingyuan Road.

The Huanqing Road Management Department’s “preparation to the envoy” Ma Cong has arrived at the Dingbian Army, and the soldiers from all over our provinces have gathered. Mr. Zhang asks you to go back as soon as possible so that he can lead the army to the expedition.”

Zhao Xing shook his head and replied: "Boss Zhang is old and still running around on the road, which is really admirable. However, when Huaiwei Castle received a warning and passed it to Qingzhou, Mr. Zhang passed the news from Qingzhou to Qingshui Pass, and I will return from Qingshui Pass... It is difficult for the Xixia people to not launch an attack during this period? What follow-up news is there for Huaiwei Castle?"

Cheng Shuang replied: "No, it is said that the people of Xixia are gradually increasing their troops, but they have not launched an attack, and the people of Xia have not stepped into Luochuan at all."

Shuai Fan, who had not spoken, immediately interrupted: "There is a problem, there is definitely a problem. I heard that Xixia has insufficient food this year. They have not taken action on the border for so long. They must be the main attack direction not in Qingzhou."

Zhao Xing also thought so, and he asked Shuai Fan as if he was asking for confirmation: "Zi Lian thought, where would the main attack direction of the Xixia people be?"

"Linzhou! The attacking from the direction of Luochuan may be the Jianing Military Office of the Western Xia, or Yanzhou. As long as you ask whether the enemy came from Xiamazhai or Helan's original direction, you can judge - I guess it is the Jianing Military Office, because if Yanzhou is the main attack, it will not be delayed for so long. The Jianing Military Office is the main attack, and their main attack direction can only be Yanzhou." Shuai Fan picked up a stick and drew a border topographic map on the ground, explaining while talking.

The Song people built castles to resist the attack of the Xixia people. The Xixia people also built a series of castles on the border. As the frontier positions for invasion, the Xiamazhai and Helan mentioned by Shuai Fan were originally castles built by the Xixia people. The Xiamazhai belonged to the Yanzhou Military Office, and the Helan originally belonged to the Jianing Military Office. The two villages happened to be one east and one west, located at the exit of Luochuan.

Zhao Xing's expression moved and immediately discussed with Shuai Fan: "Can the judge go to Qingzhou and tell Mr. Zhang our analysis, and let the 1,000 Scouts prepare their war horses and hurry to Fort Waiwei. I will take the 1,000 Scouts to see the movement first."

Shuai Fan blinked his eyes and immediately understood what Zhao Xing meant, and immediately replied: "A thousand cavalry passes, there are too many people. One of our cavalry needs five logistics personnel. These people go there, not a big battle posture, but also a big battle. You might as well bring 500 cavalry passes. This little force is not too much, just right."

Zhao Xing quickly agreed: "Zi Lian is better thinking, let's do it. I will bring a thousand hiking boys here first. You will immediately transport the subsequent supplies to Huaiwei Fort. When you arrive in Qingzhou, you will select the 500 most elite horse army to come and ask for one person to be equipped with two horses. Also, all the weapons in the treasury are equipped for them to keep marching at night, quietly enter Weibian Village, and then wait for my order."

Shuai Fan bowed and said goodbye. Zhao Xing left Cheng Shuang with local officials in Huanzhou to deal with it. He led the black guard Tyson and several followers to Hengshanzhai to join the scouts led by Chen Buqun.

The master of Hengshan Village led his relatives to welcome Zhao Xing grandly. Zhao Xing had no time to greet him and asked, "What is the situation of the materials? Have I asked you to store all the materials?"

The son of the Hengshan Village leader was recommended by Zhao Xing to participate in the martial arts competition this year. He was grateful to Zhao Xing. He bowed and said in a slight manner: "For the blessing of my lord, we bought a pliers and two wire drawing machines in the village. Now, everyone in the village has three bows, and there are also 500 crossbows, more than 4,000 bows, more than 300 pairs of golden wire chain mail, and more than one million arrows - the apple tree is too small, and the villagers cannot bear to cut too much, so there are fewer arrows in the store."

It was not until this moment that Zhao Xing deeply realized why wood is also a resource in the war game. One million arrows are only enough for an army of 5,000 people to engage in a moderately intense war, but if the war lasts for more than three days, the arrows will not be enough.

Unfortunately, the wars over the years have cut off all the forests in Shaanxi, and the biggest consumable in the war, arrows, are trapped by resource restrictions. This cannot be solved in the short term, and Zhao Xing has no choice but to do anything about it. He thought for a while, and finally said with great sincerity: "Is there a order, how many arrows do you have? Lu Mansion has purchased them in full! I will sign you, and you will go to Master Wanqi to get the money."

The leader of Hengshan Village was overjoyed. Men, women, young and old in his village went into battle. He crazily produced a large amount of supplies this year. He was waiting for this day. He was ready and immediately handed over the inventory certificate. Zhao Xing didn't look at the price and signed it directly.

The Boy Scouts had originally issued simple chain mail: a short-sleeved top, long skirt and pants. There were three long and short knives in hand, but there were no bows and arrows. This time, Zhao Xing took away all the crossbows from Hengshan Village, brought half of the arrows, and pulled a thousand Boy Scouts to Huaiwei Fort. The remaining thousand Boy Scouts stayed in the local area, waiting for Cheng Shuang to come back to take over.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the morning mist had just dispersed from the river valley, and a surging silver metal trend surged at the end of the mountain road. More than a thousand people were wearing chain silver armor, fully armed toward the Huaiwei Fort. The team was mixed with a few people in white robes. Their white robes embroidered lotus flames and crosses embroidered on the back. This was the priest equipped by the Boy Scouts and the responsibilities of the military doctor.

Shi Gan, the leader of the Fort Waiwei, who was notified in advance, brought two officers to greet him. He was excited and bowed to Zhao Xing repeatedly: "I have only sent a warning message to you by asking for help from me. Unexpectedly, I came here in person and brought such a fully armed army. I have no choice but to die."

Strangely, the two officers who appeared beside Shi Gan were vassals. The leader had a big beard, a high nose and deep eyes, a little curly hair, a little white skin, and a brown-yellow eye. Judging from the color of his pupils, the person seemed to have Xianbei blood. He clasped his fists to Zhao Xing and signed up and said, "Shajia, Luo Xin, the fourth general of the Huanqing Road General Secretary, met with the Lord."

Luo Xin and Zhao Xing knew that he was the leader of a surrendered tribe, whose original name was E Qin. When Zhao Xing first arrived at Huanqing Road, the General Secretary prepared Ma Cong to lead the third general and the fourth general to the capital to transfer food. This guy was received by the government in the capital and was named "Luo Xin".

The person behind Luo Xin was also a surrendered vassal leader. He was a Dangxiang native from Xixia. His original name was Jun Lingling. After surrender, the court asked him to establish Shunyi City and gave it the name Zhu Baozhong. Zhu Baozhong bowed to Zhao Xing and spoke in a arrogant tone: "Zhu Baozhong, the lord of Shunyi City, has seen the lord of Fufu. The lord is so generous, but he wears a good armor on his child. It's a pity! It's better to share the points with me."
Chapter completed!