Wang Chonghou was outside the cavalry division's gate, paced back and forth impatiently, and tried to break through the gate several times, but in the end he was scared by the black muzzle and retreated back to the carriage.

Because of His Royal Highness's policy of opening borders and trading with His Royal Highness, Zhangjiakou not only did not decline, but became increasingly prosperous. As the magistrate of Wanquan County, Wang Chonghou understood the significance of Zhangjiakou better than others. Most of his test scores were placed on this pearl outside the border, especially the two items of commercial tax and population.

...

In August of the 21st year of Chongzhen, the Mongolian Korqin tribe held Kalaqin and attacked Wanquan County, with the target directly aiming at Zhangjiakou, the pearl outside the frontier.

As the descendant of Genghis Khan with a knife, Korqin still adheres to the purest Mongolian cavalry tactics. It is slightly different from the famous cavalry and shooting victory in later generations. The Mongolian cavalry will also engage in group charge and hand-to-hand combat, and the corresponding tactical system developed from this has become very mature.

This time, Prince Badali, who led his troops to invade, also gathered elite troops of his troops and made a fortune while the grass was high and the horses were fat, so as to make up for the losses caused by the Qing Dynasty to enter the pass. However, before Kalaqin's friendly troops could follow, Korqin's vanguard was blocked by a 200-man cavalry.

This cavalry was not where Zhou Yuji used troops like a god to snipe the invading enemy, but simply because the troops were training outside and accidentally discovered the Korqin camp. The leading major Dou Guang knew from the composition of this team that they were invading Mongolian Tartars, not the Mongolian herders who came to surrender.

Because there are only middle-aged men, no elderly and weak women in the camp; there are only strong war horses, no cattle and sheep representing the wealth of the Mongols... After the screening, Dou Guang led the cavalry to launch a raid on the night of the day with the "enemies".

This battle directly defeated the Korqin vanguard and sounded the death bell for the Korqin rear army.

The next day, Zhou Yuji, who received the news, had already led the cavalry division to the flank of the Korqin people and prepared to attack. However, in order to avenge last night, Badali led a large group of troops to chase Dou Guang south, causing Zhou Yuji's flank attack to become a surround behind his back.

Today's cavalry division is already an elite army with 8,000 war horses. It has expanded ten times more than before. It even absorbed Mongolian youths, and these Mongolian youths did not let down their food, and their equestrianism and discipline were satisfactory.

With the advantage of the right time, place and people, Zhou Yuji easily defeated the scattered Korqin cavalry with dense formations and cavalry tactics. Badali had to change clothes with the guards and escape alone, bringing an end to this invasion. He also sounded the trumpet for Korqin's madness and its destruction.

However, Zhou Yuji was embarrassed to send out good news with such a large scale. The reason why he sent out the red box of urgent news was for those prisoners of war.

...

"General Zhou!" Empress Wang Chong finally saw Zhou Yuji coming out and shouted: "General Zhou! I am Empress Wang Chong of the County Magistrate Wanquan!"

Zhou Yuji actually saw Wang Chonghou early in the morning and looked at Huang Chengming beside him. He felt that the military and local governments had to work together after all, so he should not be too stiff, so he walked slowly towards the gate.

"It turned out to be Wang Daling," Zhou Yuji stepped forward and hugged his fists, "I wonder if I can give you any advice when I am at the gate?"

"First I would like to congratulate the general on his battle to defeat the enemy." Wang Chonghou bowed deeply and saluted: "The wine and meat of the county's soldiers are still on the road, and will be sent to the general's camp later."

"Preserving the territory is the responsibility of our general." Zhou Yuji said coldly.

Queen Wang Chong laughed twice and said again: "General, just those 3,600 prisoners..."

"It has been cut." Zhou Yuji said.

Wang Chong jumped: "Slashed! General! How did you say this? Didn't you agree? How to deal with these prisoners still need to discuss..."

"Yes," Zhou Yuji said, "I have discussed with Director Huang Xun. In the end, I decided to behead the head and pass it to the border to shock the Tartars who have ulterior motives outside the frontier."

Wang Chonghou's heart was like ten thousand cats scratching, with itching and itching, and he wanted to pounce on him and bite Zhou Yuji and his mouth!

Wanquan County is the original Wanquan Left and Right Guard. After the Crown Prince abolished the ward and changed it to the prefecture and county, Wanquan County established a capital in the original acropolis Deshengkou Baocheng. Zhu Cixuan also came here. However, it was in his previous life - Wanquan County was at the foot of the Badaling Great Wall.

Even in later generations, this place was not famous for its minerals, but an agricultural county with fertile water and soil. There is no need to mention the exploration technology today. There is no iron ore worth digging except a coal mine. In today's climate, people can only settle down and not starve to death. If you want to get promoted under the legal system, the best way is to start a mine.

As long as there is a mine, there will be income, and miners are obviously better trained than students.

Wanquan County originally had no mine, but by chance, Wanquan County discovered the black gold stone under his feet.

This stone has high hardness and high brittleness, and can be dug a few feet underground.

However, because of its high brittleness, it is difficult to obtain large materials. This is why local people do not take it seriously, but only call it "black stone" and "puff stone". However, Wang Chonghou unexpectedly discovered that the roads with this black stone as the base material have a load-bearing performance that is significantly better than other roads. He also used this black stone as aggregate and found that in the cement boards made, the weight is lighter and the texture is harder.

This discovery made Wang Chonghou particularly excited. He sent the specimen to the Department of Geography of Jingshi University, and at the same time named this stone black gold stone, hoping that it could bring him a lot of money like gold.

In fact, this is the stone called "basalt" in later generations. Its reserves of 400 million tons in Wanquan County, its hardness and toughness rank first in the country and second in the world.

If Zhu Cilang hadn't done a lot of infrastructure construction, this kind of mineral would continue to be ignored by people.

Black gold stone is of great use and requires high amount, which is much simpler and safer than mining coal. However, in the face of such a large reserve, Wang Chonghou’s biggest trouble is the lack of labor.

It is obviously a waste to use farmers to dig stones, especially now that Liaodong is developing, every county is mobilizing landless farmers to settle in Liaodong - many places even portray Liaodong as a place with four seasons like spring and heaven, which can really deceive people.

Wanquan County is so close to the outside of the pass, so there is no hope of cheating people with this. However, the locals still regard the reclaiming of land in Liaodong as their first choice. In the end, they can have a reliable piece of land there. Only those families who have land at home and cannot eat enough will let their children dig stones in their spare time, which is considered as subsidy for their family income.

If the scale of labor cannot be expanded, the scale of black gold and stone mining cannot be expanded and cannot be applied to infrastructure on a large scale. Infrastructure is also an important standard for county officials to obtain a high-quality road. Not only will it be commended during its term, but it may also be carried into the famous official temple in the future. What a great honor.

Queen Wang Chong looked for people to quarrel everywhere. When he heard that the Tartars were coming, his first reaction was to run away!

Run to Zhangjiakou!

Finally, I received a notice of the number of prisoners of war at the first time, filled in the document, sent it to Xuanhua Prefecture, and applied for requisition.

These are more than 3,000 strong laborers!

How many stones do you have to pick out!

But now, Zhou Yuji's "cutting" sounded lightly, making Queen Wang Chong really worse than death!

Empress Wang Chong did not dare to pounce on Zhou Yuji, for fear that before he could pounce on someone, he was knocked to the ground by a group of elite tigers. His whole body curled up, jumped heavily, and a stream of dust was raised.

Zhou Yuji and Huang Chengming took a step back and looked at the scheming young man in Shanxi with a little disgust.

"General, I have told you that these people are of great use to keep them." Wang Chonghou finally came back and couldn't suppress his anger and complained: "Look at the road you are entering and leaving is a good one? It depends on people to work. If you cut off so many people, who will work for us? It doesn't matter if my exam is completed, it's not convenient for you to do it yourself, right?"

Zhou Yuji smiled and said, "This matter must be seen from a distance. You also know that the number of troops stationed in Xuanfu in the past was as low as 30,000 or 50,000. Now, our seven or eight thousand cavalry are much less. If we don't use some shocking methods, today's Korqin, tomorrow's Kalaqin, and the day after tomorrow... If you are a Tartar, come and fight the autumn wind. Wouldn't it be even more difficult for the Da Ling to guard this place?"

When Wang Chonghou was anxious, he was about to speak, but Huang Chengming had already inserted it and said with a smile: "Da Ling, you also know that those Tartars are all wolf-like. If you are hard, he will be afraid of you; if you are a little softer, they will bite you to death. These Tartars are exploring the way this time. If we let it go, there will be more than these people next time."

"Then just kill a few officials? Is it necessary to kill them all?" Wang Chonghou said anxiously.

"I just think this is not enough." Zhou Yuji was no longer patient. After saying that, he shook his cloak, turned around and left.

This time, Wang Chonghou really couldn't suppress his temper. He retreated to the side of the carriage and shouted loudly: "Zhou Yuji! You are so arrogant! I want to go to the Censorate to sue you!"

The smile on Huang Chengming's face also solidified and he said, "Empress Wang Chong, you are an official in the same dynasty. You are quite unreasonable. I thought it was not easy for you, but I also said that I would hire some labor for you. Now it seems that it has saved my time."

When Wang Chonghou heard this, he suddenly regretted that he was too reckless and was stunned on the spot. Seeing Huang Chengming turn around and leave, the scarlet cloaks of the two gradually became two small dots.

Huang Chengming caught up with Zhou Yuji and couldn't help but smile and said, "We bullied a young child in his early twenties. It would be unpleasant to complain to the top."

"This child is ignorant." Zhou Yuji waved his hand and said, "If you don't suppress those Tartars, you won't be able to live in Zhangjiakou in the future."

Zhou Yuji had personally experienced the "kindness" of the Mongolian Tartars before.

If you let him be one inch, he can want you one foot.

Why was the court unwilling to open a horse market at the beginning? It was precisely because the Tartars did not keep their promises after the market opened, forcing them to buy and sell, and even killing people and robbing people. The Han people were not bullied by others, so they naturally didn't want to. The two of them were the crime of guarding officials. Therefore, they were afraid of trouble and went to the question book to close the market. They would fight each other next time they met, so that they would save trouble.

However, the Mongolians really needed cloth, tea, pig iron and other things from the Central Plains, so they launched troops to invade, requesting the enthronement and opening the market, which seemed to be the court unwilling to open it. Therefore, in order to have a more harmonious ethnic relationship, the crown prince ordered: "Beat them and teach them the rules."
Chapter completed!