The Political Affairs Hall, the Three Divisions, the Privy Council, and the Two Systems officials arrived one after another. Zhao Xu nodded to them and then asked someone to distribute the information, while he looked at them with a smile.

Zhao Xu was excited.

Originally, the invasion of Xixia invasion made him a little panicked, but after many efforts, Liang Yi from Xixia had been forced back.

It wasn't long before Ouyang Bian went there that he handed over such a grand plan!

Sure enough, Ouyang Bian is still Ouyang Bian.

This time Ouyang Bian went to the border and seemed to have lost in the political struggle. In fact, this is the case. However, Ouyang Bian's final move did not lose all.

Before Ouyang Bian decided to go to Qingzhou, he recommended Han Qi and defeated the conspiracy of the Cao family, Zeng Gongliang and others.

Sure enough, as soon as Han Qi came up, he immediately finished the matter of clearing the land of Zhangzhang.

Han Qi has a great influence. After Han Qi went to the so-called rebellion in the southwest, his local disciples immediately suppressed the custody. Now the southwest has been decided, and the matter of clearing the land of Zhangzhang has been settled, and no one can reverse the case.

Han Qi was particularly interested in tax law reform. He took over Ouyang Bian's working group and is now promoting the next step in tax law reform.

According to Lu Huiqing's report, it is almost time for the tax law reform to be established.

Su Song became the chief political affairs officer, and Xue Xiang became the three envoys of the Ministry of Justice.

After contacting this period, Zhao Xu found that Su Song was very capable and had a strong response ability in practical matters such as water conservancy construction, field protection and disaster prevention.

Xue Xiang is also very capable in economics. He has flexible handling methods in various scheduling of the three departments, and Zhao Xu is very handy in using them.

Zhao Xu found that the people recommended by Ouyang Bian generally do not involve so-called factions, but are given priority to knowing and being able to do things.

For example, Han Qi, as far as Zhao Xu knows, Ouyang Bian and Han Qi are actually in conflict, but Ouyang Bian resolutely recommended Han Qi up despite his past grudges.

Sure enough, Han Qi consolidated the reform achievements of Qingzhangtianmu from the beginning, and then firmly promoted the tax law reform. With the professional team formed by Ouyang Bian and laid a good foundation, the tax law reform has actually seen the dawn.

The takeover of Su Song and Xue Xiang made Zhao Xu discover many conveniences in his rule.

Su Song and Xue Xiang didn't have much to do with each other, so they were very comfortable in cooperation.

Zhao Xu is very grateful to Ouyang Bian for the arrangements made.

It can be said that Ouyang Bian lost the political struggle with the Cao family, but did not let the political achievements he made return to zero. Instead, he left a very good team for Zhao Xu. It was not true that Ouyang Bian lost.

Ouyang Bian himself should go to the local area for training. If you want to go to another level, you must go to the local area to work.

There is a lot of information, but people seem to be unable to feel the passage of time. It took half an hour before someone looked up.

Not long after, everyone had almost finished watching it. Zhao Xu said, "You all have finished watching it?"

Han Qi exclaimed: "A great idea."

Zhao Xu nodded: "Xue Aiqing, you have worked as a transshipment commander on Yongxing Jun Road and have a good understanding of the local situation. What do you think of this plan?"

Xue Xiang frowned slightly and said, "The idea is indeed very pioneering, but it is difficult to realize it."

Zhao Xu said: "Tell me carefully, what are the difficulties?"

Xue Xiang nodded and said, "This plan has a lot of content, but it can be summed up in two points: developing the economy and then relying on the economy to suppress the Xixia."

This summary is quite accurate, and everyone nodded.

"This plan believes that the Yongxing Army is in a dangerous situation where the Xixia Light Cavalry can threaten at any time, so to develop the economy, it is necessary to build safety first."

Everyone nodded, because this is the reason. If there is no safety, let alone economy, no one can keep it.

"So the plan suggests making a fuss about safety, and the fortress plan proposed by the plan, I think it is feasible, but it is very difficult."

Han Qi looked at Xue Xiang.

"The difficulty of this plan is that the Yongxing Army Road is barren and the construction of fortresses is extremely expensive, so the mainland must transport a large amount of materials and money, which is extremely expensive. However, the treasury of the Song Dynasty can be considered to be able to support it now.

The key is that Xixia is extremely vigilant about building castles. Once they find out that we are building castles, they may start another war to prevent us from building castles. The construction of castles is difficult to complete in a short time.”

Zhao Xu nodded: "You can ask professionals this point. I asked someone to invite the chief engineer of Xihucheng Construction Engineering Company. You can listen to what he said."

Han Qi and others looked at the visitor. The visitor was a middle-aged man in his forties, and he was a little nervous under the gaze of many important officials of the court.

Han Qi smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, everyone just wants to hear your opinions."

The visitor forced a smile and said, "Yes, your majesty, my husband, the villain is an engineer of West Lake City Company, named Wu Mu."

Han Qi nodded and said, "Do you know the purpose of us calling you?"

Wu Mu nodded: "You guys want to consult about the construction of the fortress. It's just that the villain will explain it to you guys."

Wu Mu took out a drawing from the documents he brought.

"Please look at this drawing. This drawing is actually a fortress drawing designed by our General Manager Jiang Rucheng and General Manager Jiang, who took the team to inspect and combined with the military's opinions.

The fortress drawings we designed are standardized. This fortress was designed after trying to ensure optimal protection, combining the advantages of easy construction, minimal construction materials, cheapest cost and many other advantages.

The point of this fortress is that it has high cost performance, low construction cost, fast construction time, and can achieve the best protective effect."

Xue Xiang asked: "How long will it take for the fortress to be built?"

Wu Mu said: "When the materials are sufficient, it can be completed in one and a half months."

"What? How could it be so fast?"

Many important officials looked at each other.

Especially Han Qi, he built fortresses together when he was partnering with Fan Zhongyan. Of course, those were cities, but I have also seen small fortresses, at least five or six months, or even a year or several years.

Wu Mu explained: "The main reason is the improvement of materials. In the past, stone was required to be mined fortresses, but now it is enough to use cement and sand. When the materials are sufficient, it is actually more than one and a half months to calculate."

Xue Xiang was excited: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, this plan may work!"

Zhao Xu nodded: "What does this mean?"

Xue Xiang said: "We can transport these materials in secret, and Xixia is not easy to detect them. Xixia may not be able to detect them immediately when it is built.

Even if they noticed, they might not send troops immediately, because based on their experience, it would take a long time to build a fortress.

So we usually attack us and destroy the city when it is almost built, which gives us time to build!"

Many important officials nodded. This was the first time they even heard of it. Xixia had never heard of it. When they realized that the castle had probably been built.

Xue Xiang continued: "In fact, the fortress construction plan should have been proposed by Fan Wenzhenggong first, but this plan has a lot of innovations, and the innovation department is the economic support.

According to the plan, at least seventy or eighty fortresses were built on the front line of the border, so that they could be connected to defense. The investment in the construction of seventy or eighty fortresses was huge, which provided opportunities for the development of the economy.

First of all, a large amount of capital injection will be introduced. The cement factory will enter the material supply factory, and a large number of workers will be moved in, and this number will be at least hundreds of thousands.

Some people need to consume, and there will be a market, which provides an excellent opportunity for the local economy.

The plan proposes that at the same time, we will vigorously attract refugees, reclaim land, and achieve independent local food supply.

After several measures, the seeds of the economy have been planted. When the fortress is truly built, as long as the attack from Xixia is withstood and safety is ensured, many people will naturally look for opportunities there.

The location of Yongxing Jun Road is excellent, so there is no need to worry about no one entering to make a living.

In this way, the daily expenses of relying on Yongxing Army Road to support the local garrison may be possible."

Zhao Xu nodded repeatedly when he heard this, but he was a little curious. Xue Xiang's words contained a lot of new words.

"Xue Aiqing, your thoughts are very trendy. Where did you learn these things?"

Xue Xiang said a little embarrassedly: "I often read books, especially those by Ouyang Jimo, such as "The Wealth of the Kingdom" and "On the Political Gains and Disadvantages of the Past Chronicles", which benefited a lot after reading them."

Zhao Xu nodded with a smile.

Xue Xiang is good at economics, so he naturally appreciates these books quite well, and after careful study, he can understand them.

"What does Mr. Han think?"

Zhao Xu looked at Han Qi.

Han Qi looked at the Privy Councilor Han Jiang.

Han Jiang said: "I also think it is feasible."

Overall, fortress tactics are mainly defense, but they also have a pressing momentum, so it is in line with the conservatives' minds, and the offensive faction will not feel that there will be no chance in the future.

Han Qi looked at the others and most of them nodded in agreement.

"I also think there is no problem." Han Qi said.

Zhao Xu was excited and said, "Since that's the case, let's execute it!"
Chapter completed!