Liu Xin went to Nanqiang this year, mainly to check on the construction problems of Nanqiang. Because of the cement and steel bars, Nanqiang City was built in only three years. There are six satellite cities outside Nanqiang City, and each city can probably live in the common people.

Twenty thousand people, this was a decision Liu Xin made after careful consideration.

The grassland people all make a living by herding. Although the official road has been built to Nanqiang County, and the train will be opened to Wudu County this year, if there is any problem in Nanqiang County, he can send troops to support him within five days, but to

If you want to completely occupy this Nanqiang County, it is crucial to change the people's lifestyle.

The food in Nanqiang City was transported from Shu County. In order to speed up the construction of Nanqiang County, Liu Xin's tax here was very low, so things here were relatively cheap.

In order for the herdsmen here to change their lifestyle, they must be given other livelihood options besides herding. In addition to digging for gold and collecting herbs, Southern Qiang basically has nothing else to rely on for survival, so six satellite cities have been built 30 miles outside the city of Southern Qiang.

, Liu Xin built water conservancy and planted trees here. He planned to wait for the trees to become a forest in a few years, and the people would plant some food here, and then plant cotton.

With this, the entire Southern Qiang will be completely transformed into a part of Yizhou. Liu Xin knows that the development of the Southern Qiang is crucial to him, and it is related to his future policy towards the entire grassland tribes.

Nanqiang County now has 26 forts in one county, and there are 11 forts in three counties that are still under planning and construction. Wengcheng was originally planned because the population of Nanqiang is continuing to increase, and many chambers of commerce have established large ranches here, making this place

It has surpassed Wudu County and become the county with the most livestock in Yizhou.

Together with Jiang Li and Xu Rong, we went to Wengcheng in Nanqiang County. There were numerous pastures surrounding Wengcheng. People from distant pastures entered the city on horseback. Most of the ranchers lived in Wengcheng. It was very scary to see wolves on the grassland at night.

Danger.

Liu Xin rarely used [Favorite Cards] to explore the attributes of officials. This time he used hundreds of [Favorite Cards] and even sat down with the castle owners in person to discuss how to make each castle better.

developed.

This shows that Liu Xin attaches great importance to Nanqiang County. In order to plant trees outside the forts of various counties in the Southern Qiang Grassland, Liu Xin spent nearly three million yuan this year. This is a huge number. There are approximately more than 60,000 people in the Southern Qiang Grassland.

People are planting trees. This project will take about ten years to complete. When the project is completed, there will be 30 million acres more forests in Southern Qiang.

Steam engines have been widely used in Yizhou in recent years. The overall industrialization speed of Yizhou is accelerating, and environmental pollution is intensifying. It may not be possible to see anything in three to five years. When the environmental pollution in Yizhou reaches a certain level in the future, Liu Xin will find ways to control it.

That won't be easy.

When Zhuge Liang came to Yizhou, Liu Xin actually knew it. Jin Yiwei told Liu Xin all about Zhuge Liang's whereabouts. Judging from Cheng Yu's letter to him, Zhuge Liang is very capable in strategy, governance, logistics, research and development, and innovation.

, there is basically nothing he doesn’t know.

Liu Xin was also very happy after hearing this. In the past few years, he has been sending various books and newspapers to Zhuge Liang, just to guide his growth direction. Now it seems that the effect is pretty good. Zhuge Liang can be recognized by all the state pastoral offices. This has already been explained.

his abilities.

Liu Xin rode to the western and northern areas of Southern Qiang and saw that the Yizhou cavalry was patrolling outside the two newly built cities. As long as their patrols were not timely, the Qiang cavalry would find an opportunity to attack the workers who were building cities and roads behind them.

They have fought many wars with various tribes in the past few years.

"My lord, in order to deal with us, many Xiqiang tribes have organized elites to approach us. Last month, 500 of their people were entangled by us. In the end, the other side sent more than 10,000 cavalry. One of our cavalry battalions fought with the opponent and killed more than 2,000

He captured nearly a thousand soldiers of the other side, and suffered a lot of losses himself." Fang Yue saw Liu Xin coming to the border and reported to him the recent situation of the Western Qiang and Northern Qiang.

"What are the losses of our army?" Liu Xin asked about the losses of Yizhou cavalry.

"118 people were killed and 295 were injured. Nowadays, the Qiang tribe cavalry will not duel with us without three times the advantage. They will target our workers and pastures. As long as our army enters the boundary between Western Qiang and Northern Qiang

, the other side always chooses to divide their forces to attack our rear." Fang Yue replied.

The Western Qiang and the Northern Qiang have fought countless battles with the Yizhou cavalry in recent years. At least 40,000 of their soldiers died at the hands of the Yizhou cavalry. In addition, there were more than 50,000 soldiers and more than 300,000 people were captured and transported to Shu County.

The two sides are basically fighting to the death. Yizhou has only 60,000 cavalry, so it is not that easy to protect the border.

"This year, Mianhu Iron Fort produced a batch of horseshoes and saddles. These two items can increase the speed of war horses by about 10%, making them run more effortlessly. The saddles can allow ordinary cavalry horses to perform more actions, but only with the horseshoes installed.

War horses should not go onto the cement road easily, as it will cause great harm to the horses' hooves," Liu Xin said.

Liu Xin has been in this world for so long, he has never thought about the two artifacts of horseshoes and saddles, but he is too invested in this era. Most of Liu Xin's thoughts are on improving people's livelihood and improving overall strength. When he came to inspect Nanqiang this year

, Liu Xin learned about the Qiang cavalry attack on their workers, and then he thought of horseshoes and saddles.

However, it is not too late for the two artifacts to come out now. The speed of Yizhou cavalry has increased, and their original combat power is strong. With saddles, they can complete more attack actions on horseback. The Yizhou cavalry's combat power will inevitably increase greatly.

Although Xiqiang and Beishang are still harassing Yizhou, the city of Nanqiang has been built to the border between the two sides. With more city protection, Yizhou cavalry can continue to enter the opponent's territory to harass and attack. They will soon

Occupying an advantage, the Yizhou Cavalry has grown tremendously here in recent years.

"I asked you to try to contact the Qiang tribe, trade with them, and exchange our Yizhou goods for their wool, cattle and sheep. How is the progress now?" Liu Xin continued to ask.

"It's not going very well. The Qiang tribes are very hostile to us. Only some small and medium-sized tribes are quietly contacting us. There are also some small tribes that have joined us one after another. The Qiang people also know that when we build a city on their border, they will

He will no longer be our opponent." Fang Yue said.

"The railway to Wudu County will be completed by the end of this year, and then three railways from Chengdu to Baidi City, from Yinping City to Nanzheng County, and from Wudu County to Nanqiang City will start construction at the same time.

When the railway is built to the city of Southern Qiang, that's when we completely capture the Western and Northern Qiang. We don't have to fight to the death with the Qiang tribes. If they are willing to surrender, we can give them the same treatment as the tribes in southern Yizhou.

Don’t give up contact with these tribes, and don’t be merciful to them. If they have a particularly deep hatred for us, it’s best to destroy them quickly,” Liu Xin said.

Liu Xin has now begun to consider the issue of unifying the world. The system of Yizhou's three provinces and nine ministries has been basically perfected, and the reserve of officials is sufficient. People in all states and counties in the world are gradually becoming aware of Yizhou's wealth and policies. The time has gradually matured. Liu Xin

He hopes to occupy the entire Qiang grassland before unifying the world, so that the resistance to him becoming emperor will be much smaller.

Since ancient times, changing dynasties requires bloodshed. Liu Xin hopes that there will be less bloodshed in the land of China. This was his intention from the beginning when he entered Yizhou, and now everything is in his plan.

There was just one thing that worried Liu Xin, that is, he was thirty-eight years old and had traveled through this world for twenty-two years. He still had a lot to do to completely control the land of China and give future generations a safe and stable living environment.

Many dynasties were prosperous only after many generations of emperors. But Liu Xin had to start from a tenant farmer and sit in the highest position in the world, bringing eternal strength and prosperity to the Chinese nation. This is so difficult that it is unimaginable.

, only by massively increasing steel production and building roads and railways can Liu Xin speed up this process. Occupying the grasslands and completely bringing the other party under his rule is also a very big issue.

Liu Xin personally led the troops and Fang Yue learned about the tactics of the Qiang cavalry. Their large army harassed Nanqiang County as a strategy, that is, all the soldiers dispersed, looked at the Yizhou cavalry from a distance, and started to pursue them when they saw them.

Escape, if the Yizhou cavalry does not pursue, they will let more cavalry look for opportunities to enter Nanqiang County, involve the Nanqiang County troops, and hunt down the Nanqiang County road construction workers.

Liu Xin and Fang Yue chased and killed hundreds of Qiang cavalry, but the other party was still interested in chasing their workers. In one week here, Liu Xin saw the loss of more than 600 road construction workers, some of whom were Qiang people.

Prisoners. The Qiang cavalry lost more than 400 people. This deal was not cost-effective for the Qiang cavalry, but they were still happy with it.

Horseshoes and saddles have been equipped by many cavalry, making it easier for them to pursue the Qiang cavalry. Fang Yue even made a trap to entangle a thousand of the opponent's cavalry at once, and used 500 Yizhou to entangle the opponent little by little and eliminate them all.

The overall situation was good. Liu Xin began to return from the west of Nanqiang County in early July. Because there were many people accompanying him along the way, his speed was very slow. Two years ago, [Jingbu] was 27 years old, and even Shenju had passed.

At the age of entering the battlefield, Liu Xin is now riding a new horse raised by Qilin Trading Company at the Jiandi Road Baoma Farm. He is only four years old this year and is no worse than [Jingbu].

All of this reminds Liu Xin that time is limited and he must complete the plan in his heart as soon as possible. Zhuge Liang's arrival in Chengdu County is good news. With him in the three provinces and nine ministries, the system improvement speed will inevitably speed up. At this time, Zhang Xiu

After claiming the title of king, Liu Xin knew that the war in the Eastern Han Dynasty had entered the next stage, and this was the time for him to perform.

Returning to Wudu County, Liu Xin saw that there were many people from the south of Yizhou, and a large part of them came from Shu County.

These people all went to Nanqiang County for fun. In recent years, the living standards of Yizhou people have become higher and higher, and their pursuits have also become higher and higher. As soon as the railway to Wudu County was opened, they couldn't wait to come and have a look. Because

In their memories, the Qiang grassland was a remote and barbaric land. Now it has become Nanqiang County in Yizhou, and the people want to experience the style of the Qiang grassland.

Liu Xin naturally took the train back to Chengdu County. The train was very noisy but very smooth. It basically had to stop every hundred miles to replenish coal and stone. It had to stop for an hour in every county, but it only took only 1 hour to get to Chengdu County.
Chapter completed!