The two eunuchs finally couldn't help but bent over and laughed. But they immediately looked at each other.

Wang Ju and Fan Zhongyan are different. They are the ice and snow on the top of a mountain, spotless. Wang Ju’s entire piece of rag in the world can be wiped out as easily as possible, no matter whether it is greasy or dirt.

To be precise, Wang Ju is Fan Zhongyan's minister, not a person all the way. If you talk about a person all the way, there is really one person, Lu Yijian. The two of them have a really similar style of work. And it seems to be more difficult to deal with than Lu Yijian. They want to fight, and they can ride a horse with a bow and arrow on the battlefield and are the first to shoot arrows. They need to write articles, write books, or are the Jinshi in front of the second level. They need to have means, wisdom, and strategy.

Looking at these unruly sons, Wang Juxun became an obedient and good boy and was grateful. Moreover, the important thing is that Wang Ju is older than he is!

The two looked at each other at the same time.

What is the means has nothing to do with them, but what we see seems to be witnessing the rising of a capable minister.

The country lost an old minister in danger, but obtained a rising young minister. Which one is more important? As long as you tell these together and repeat this funny joke, the government will be happy.

Is it necessary to stay?

The next day they left Huachi immediately, but they still went to Yanzhou. Wang Ju didn't say it, as if it was very important, and he didn't care about delaying the three or four days.

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"What a beautiful mountain," Li Fei'er said happily.

It was the beginning of the first lunar month, and the ice and snow in Ziwu Mountain had not yet begun to melt. The mountain was covered with a thick layer of white gauze. However, there were many evergreen trees on the mountain, so Ziwu Mountain was like a graceful girl wearing a blue and white dress, lying obliquely.

In fact, there are many mountainous areas in the north that can see similar scenery.

However, the soil and soil destruction of Yanzhou was too serious, with turbid rivers and barren mountain monuments, so Li Fei'er was fascinated by the water of Huachi and Ziwu Mountain.

This is the mountain, this is the water.

Wang Ju smiled and said, "After I sacrificed my ancestral tomb for Qingming, you will bring Erniu and my third brother to Huachi County again. I will bring you to Ziwu Mountain. At that time, Ziwu Mountain is bright and the mountains are brilliant, which is the most beautiful moment."

"Okay."

Li Fei'er said happily.

In fact, she is still a child, even if she gets married the next year, Li Fei'er will be young, but she can only let her go.

As the group walked forward, Ge Shaohua suddenly asked, "Which road, Fengfu Road and Huafu Road, is more important?"

"Brother Zishen, what do you think?"

"Huafudao."

Nothing else, if you renovate this road, although Huachi cannot be closely linked to the security army, it can be connected with Yanzhou. Although it is still not a road after the renovation, Wang Ju does not have the funds and manpower to build the road. However, after repair, at least tens of thousands of soldiers will not bring food, grass and supplies, and they will reach Huachi in three or four days from Yanzhou. There is no need to bring food and supplies. It is not to go to the enemy territory. When Qingzhou's troops arrive in Yanzhou, Yanzhou will provide logistics. When Yanzhou's troops arrive in Qingzhou, Qingzhou's troops will also provide logistics. When the two major war zones must join forces, what is lacking is not food, grass, but troops, and it is also an urgent time.

But the two major war zones can form a whole.

Looking at Feng Fu Dao, it also has a function. Not only the current private business road, after a little repair, Huachi can trade with Fuzhou, and will have a wide range of commercial and civilian functions in the future. Even when Huachi's materials are in short supply, there is another road to transport the materials behind it.

But what is the northwest doing? It is not a commercial area, but a military area.

Wang Ju shook his head and said, "Brother Zishen, do you know Xiyao City and Hulu Village?"

"Know."

"Do you know why Fan Wenzheng wanted to build these two villages?"

"This is not clear."

"Fan Wenzheng had two intentions to build these two villages. Before the Qingli War, the number of military fortresses in the northwest was less than one-fifth of the current ones, including Yanzhou, Huanzhou, Huanzhou, Huanzhou, Huanzhou, and Huanzhou were only a few. There were three major tribes above Yuanzhou, Miezang, Mingzhu and Kangnu. They used the gap in the western part of Yuanzhou to collude with the Xixia people. They were also a large clan and often did evil. The officers and soldiers suppressed several times, but the people of the three clans were scattered and the mountains were large and forests were rich, but none of them succeeded. At this time, Fan Wenzheng proposed to build Xiyao City and Hulu Village above them. Later, Fan Wenzheng was no longer in Qingzhou, but the court adopted his suggestion and built two villages. The two villages were built and the roads for the three clans to communicate with the Xixia people were blocked. The three clans were gone, and the court sent people to recruit submissions. The three clans successively asked for surrender to the court, so the territory of Yuanzhou was stable."

"I see."

"Not only that, Fan Wenzheng also has another intention. Xiyao City is seventy miles away from Liuyuan Town, Yuanzhou and thirty-seven miles away from Dingbian Village in Huanzhou. Huluquan and the Jinrong Army Ganxing Village."

"In other words, after these two villages were built, Huanzhou and Yuanzhou were closely linked with the three prefectures of Zhenrong Army. Wouldn't that be more important than Huafudao?"

"It's not more important, it's ten times more important. Let me give you an analogy. If Yanzhou sends troops to Zhenrong Army, if it is common sense, you must go south from Yanzhou to Fuzhou, build a large circle to Weizhou, and then from Weizhou to Zhenrong Army. But after these two villages are built, you can go directly from Yanzhou to Qingzhou, from Qingzhou to Huanzhou, and rush straight to Zhenrong Army, and the journey is reduced by half. But the last time I went to Huanzhou, I took a look at it and the two villages were almost abandoned."

"how so?"

"If the three tribes of Miezang continue to do evil, they still have the meaning of existence. However, the three tribes surrendered to the court, and some forts were built in front of the Xiyao Village, and the three tribes could not communicate directly with Xixia. What is the remaining meaning? It is the connection between these two major borders. However, the court was reluctant to fight even if Xixia came to invade and plunder. How could it be that the two major war zones joined forces to destroy the enemy? So what's the use of this connection?"

It doesn't come in handy, and it doesn't matter how important it is.

"There are many problems, but Zi'an, Mr. Fan Wenzheng still has his contributions."

"For merit, let's talk about Huanqing Road, Tiebian Mountain Village, Huluquan Village, Huaian Town, Rouyuan Village, Huaian Dongyu Village, Huaian Xiyu Village, Yonghe Village, Nizhai, Xueni Village, Dingbian Village, Fengchuan Town, Pingrong Village, Shichang Town, Ansai Village, Tianshui Castle, Pingyuan Village, Mubo Town, Baibao City, Dashun City, Xiyao City, Suyuan City, so many castles have the shadow of Fan Wenzheng, some of which were built by him personally, some were constructed by him instructed, and some were built by him. Some of the people he sent to expand were reinforced by. Although some of the fortresses are no longer effective now, most of the fortresses still play a role. For example, Fengchuan Town was sent to rebuild by Fan Wenzheng, which became a strong city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It was with its existence that I dared to broaden the Fengshan Road, but with Fengchuan Town as the heaviest level, the people of Xixia dared not covet Huachi, take Fengchuan and enter Fuzhou, so it would be better to go to Fuzhou from Yanzhou."

"Yes, this statement makes sense."

"But my evaluation of Fan Wenzheng is a meritorious, but not a great achievement. First, this way of defending the enemy is very clumsy. If you build a fortress, you have to send an army to garrison it before it can play a role. The more fortresses you build, the more dispersed the troops and the more financial resources you waste. It is hard to imagine that the cost of our dynasty is almost three times the annual finances of the Tang Dynasty. This clumsy tactic is undoubtedly a step further. Secondly, it depends on the construction time."

"When it was built?"

"Pang Jigong also built many fortresses in Yanzhou, but when was that? The late emperor was kind and never seen in the ages. However, why did the people in Shaanxi and Beijing have been violent after the Qingli War? First, it encountered a drought, and second, in order to support the cost of the Qingli War, officials from all over the country tried hard to restrain the people. The people could not survive, so the violence occurred. But why didn't the late emperor send officials to provide relief? The country was out of money, not only did the three departments lose money, but also the internal warehouses were out of money. Where did so much money go? You should know that it might be 200 million to 300 million, 300 million to 400 million yuan in silk and grain and grass."

"Yes, it's so strange."

"It's strange, just like in the three battles, I don't talk about the income I seized, only the expenditure, weapon loss, and soldiers' pension rewards. The funding is not counted, but only the pension rewards issued by the court, but only 100,000 guan. In the Battle of Sanchuankou, Liu Ping brought three times more troops than I did, and the losses were heavier, but 500,000 guan was enough, so I planned to be one million guan. Good Shuichuan was even worse, three million guan. Dingchuan Village was extremely miserable. Ten million guan, twenty million guan. The loss on Fulin Road was not small, but it was won. Ten million guan. But why did it become 300 million?"

This account is seriously wrong.

"The problem is very simple. Because if the increase of troops, the increase of troops requires increasing grain supply and logistics supplies. Now a bucket of millet in Huachi is only more than a dozen yuan, and the Central Plains is even cheaper, less than ten yuan. But because it must be transported to the northwest in a very short time, it will be corruption and waste. The cost of millet can reach three to four hundred cents to the northwest, and the higher ones can reach more than one thousand cents. Hundreds of thousands of troops, countless civilians, and tens of thousands of war horses, how much expensive food and grass should be consumed every day? This consumption lasted for several years. When Fan Wenzheng was repairing the fortress village at that time, I would not raise the salary and at least supply the people's food. It was not millet worth a few cents, but millet worth a few hundred cents. After a fortress was built, what I saw on the books of Qingzhou was the loss of grain and food, but how much would it cost to the books of the Third Division?"

In this way, Ge Shaohua understood.

Therefore, before the Song Dynasty, the country also appointed many important officials' disciples and staff as officials. They not only did things with the important officials for many years, but also accumulated a lot of experience. Just like Wang Ming in the Battle of Wanjiangkou, this was a far underestimated official in the Northern Song Dynasty and both civil and military. He started as an aide to Yao Yuanfu, the victor of the Later Jin general, and gradually entered the official career.

Besides, Ge Shaohua, if he stays by Wang Ju for five or six years, he can become a good grassroots official after staying with him.

However, those who can sing outside Donghua Gate of the Song Dynasty are good men, so don’t say anything.

The group continued to move forward. At this time, Zhu Qing rode over and came to them, got off the horse and said, "Minister Wang, a hundred Tubo horses were transported to Huachi County."

"Oh, let's go back and have a look."

Wang Ju took everyone back on a horse.

He brought Li Fei'er, who couldn't ride a horse, so Wang Ju asked her to sit behind him and hug him. The northwest customs are open, which is normal, but Li Fei'er's face is always blushing.

When I returned to Huachi County, it was dark.

Wang Ju held up a torch and watched. The horse was not too good, so it can only be said to be average. However, it would be impossible to have Qinghai Conquest during the Tang Dynasty. Even the people of Dafeichuan could not survive. Can they still raise good horses?

And the price is also more expensive than the original one.

Fortunately, there is not much shortage of horses now.

Before sending troops last year, Wang Ju's first question was whether Xixia would retaliate?

Finally, I thought it was impossible. Although the first reason might cause heavy losses to Xixia, it was within Li Liangzuo's tolerance. Unless he wanted to occupy the Xinjiang Ball Fort, then Li Liangzuo would really fight to the death.

The second is the speed of gathering troops. The Song Dynasty was mostly infantry, and the army was slow to move. The Western Xia was mostly cavalry, and the marching speed was fast. However, the Western Xia was mostly soldier system. The small-scale use of troops would be very fast, but the large-scale use of troops could not be faster. Although Li Yuanhao had 100,000 troops at one move, there would also be a long time to gather troops before the marching.

However, large-scale military gathering is war. Xixia has to consider the importance of the matter. This consideration requires intelligence, consideration, and time. In addition, the time for military gathering is time. In the deep winter, the road is blocked by ice and snow, so there is little possibility of sending troops.

Wang Ju was not afraid of sending troops on a small scale, so he finally decided to draw his sword.

This will be the case this year. Even if the invasion is invaded, the possibility of spring is extremely small. This has nothing to do with the time of gathering troops, but rather supply. Xixia is poor, and half of the supply is expected to be plundered. How much material and grass can be plundered in spring? Only after autumn, all forts and forts have prepared a large amount of food and grass, even ordinary people's villages have harvested, and grass for livestock for winter can be prepared. At that time, invasion can only rely on fighting to raise wars to reduce the burden of supply.

But it’s not clear. What if the Xixia people are nervous and don’t play cards according to common sense?

Therefore, after the war last year, Wang Ju continued to send a large number of scouts to inquire about information in order to be prepared in advance. This year, what if the Xixia people invade in spring? The Battle of Sanchuankou is the first month, and the Battle of Haoshuichuan is also the first month!

So the earlier these horses came, the better. In fact, after hearing that Xixia was not moved and beheaded, Wang Ju also felt a little regretful. If he had known this, it would be better to leave more horses at the beginning.

After seeing it, Wang Ju nodded: "Manager Zhu, please trouble you."

"Magistrate Wang, how do you say this? " Zhu Qing said.

"I'm asking you guys," Wang Ju said again. If it weren't for the help of the Zhu family and the Li family, many things would not be possible. Moreover, for this horse, Zhu Qing personally ran to Weizhou to deal with those strange foreign merchants, and he also took some danger.

County Magistrate Qiu and Master Du Bo came over and said, "The two envoys came to Huachi Town again, but they only stayed for one night and then went to Yanzhou."

"I know," Wang Judao. The two eunuchs went to Yanzhou to investigate. Wang Ju knew that there was a ghost behind Qingnihuaifang's incident, but he didn't want to investigate it in depth. If he was not afraid that what he said would be leaked, Wang Ju would not even want to mention it.

For example, San Ding Tsuyi, he just said a few casual words, which gave him a lot of influence on his accumulation.

So even though Wang Ju knew that the Puyi dispute would bring extremely serious harm, he would not say it anymore.

Wang Ju continued to look at the horse. Although the horse arrived, there was still a hidden danger. He said, "Lu Ping, you should immediately ride a horse to Liyuan Fort to inform General Yao, and let him bring his people here in person next year to bring the horse back to Liyuan Fort and see me. I have something to discuss with him." r1152

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