He did not think that it would be a good idea to send someone to see Xiao Yiqing to surrender at this time and send Wang Yuankui to send troops to threaten Liangzhou. However, even if he bowed his head and endured for the time being, Chai Jian believed that once Liang Emperor Zhu Yu died, they would be able to turn around.

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"No matter how extreme Zhigao is, he can't lock us up as prisoners." Lu Qingxia said.

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In the twelfth lunar month, both sides of the Huaihe River enter the coldest season of the year, and the ground is covered with white snow.

The Xiashi Gorge is too narrow. When the water level is at its highest in summer, the water surface is only 300 meters wide. This blocks a large amount of flood water in the upper reaches of Yinghuai River, submerging large areas of land on both sides of the river and causing great damage to the south bank embankment.

pressure.

At the end of November, after the first Hehuai War was completely over, nearly 30,000 able-bodied civilians and rural soldiers were recruited and concentrated in the floodplain area on the west side of Xiacai County, north of the Xiashi Gorge.

The thick ice in the area led to the icy mud, and the mud was dug out and loaded onto ships to be transported away.

The preliminary plan is to dig out a new river channel between the lower reaches of Yingshui River and the Yongtai Canal and Xiyuan River to the east before summer next year, and eventually connect the three river channels back and forth to form a river with a length of more than 120 meters.

The Yingyuan Canal is more than ten miles long.

In this way, a new flood channel will be formed on the north side of Xiashi Gorge and Xiacai New Town. Together with the Shouchun flood canal excavated on the south bank at the beginning of this year, it will ensure that Shouchun, Fengtai, and Huo

There are two to three million grain fields in Qiu and other places, and a population of three to four hundred thousand people will no longer be threatened by summer and autumn floods; at the same time, when the floods peak next summer and autumn, the flooded area on the west bank of the lower reaches of the Ying River will be greatly reduced.

Of course, waterways such as Yongtai Canal and Xiyuan River are still too shallow and narrow. The initial plan is to widen them to 50 meters. Dozens of dredgers will also be transferred from Puyang River and Yuxi River to reduce the consumption of manpower.

In addition to digging the Yingyuan Canal, Han Qian initially planned to resettle 100,000 people in Xiacai County. However, the area adjacent to the Ying River in the eastern part of Xiacai County was largely flooded. A large number of villages and houses needed to be built, and nearly 300 people needed to be restored.

Farming thousands of acres of flooded fields, Feng Xuan, as the deputy general manager of the Hehuai Marching Army and also in charge of Xia Cai County Magistrate and Xia Cai Soldiers and Horses Envoy, had a very heavy burden on him.

In addition to the 5,000 elite soldiers who guarded the cities and strongholds to resist the intrusion of small groups of enemy troops, almost all the adult men and women who stayed in Xiacai, including the local soldiers and local yong, were requisitioned, and even some strong adult women were also recruited.

Digging and moving soil up the embankment, undertaking this extremely hard physical work.

Of course, in addition to the rations of one stone of grain and one pound of salt per person per month, all slave laborers will also be allocated an additional five acres of irrigated land that will be exempted from land tax for three years. However, so many civilians are brave enough to undertake such hard work.

In addition, the key to high enthusiasm is.

In addition to the 100,000 people who migrated south to Xiacai, nearly 200,000 people were resettled in the townships and counties on both sides of the Chaoshou Post Road. The standard is still that Ding Zhuang participates in the construction of villages on the Xiangsi River Channel Road, is given rations, and settles down in the countryside.

House.

A woman who is widowed after her husband's death cannot survive with her children. The township secretary will provide minimum relief, but they are also required to start a new family within a limited time, otherwise they will be directly matched with an official.

The northern part of Chaozhou and the southern part of Shouzhou are not only the richest and most fertile areas in Huaixi, but also the most fertile areas. At the peak of the previous dynasty, there were millions of people. However, they were devastated by the war and suffered extremely heavy population losses. At one time, the population was less than three

One hundred thousand people, and now 200,000 people have been moved in, so that the county and township can barely have enough population.

At this time, the number of people under the jurisdiction of Tangyi, including Xiacai and Xuzhou, barely reached more than two million, but there was still a huge distance from the five million people at the peak of the previous dynasty.

Even with the population growth rates of Xuzhou, Donghu and other places as high as 34%, Huaixi still needs forty or fifty years of rest and recuperation if it wants to return to its heyday in the previous dynasty.

However, in any case, this winter's war has come to an end for the time being, and no enemy soldiers have been able to penetrate to the south bank of the Huaihe River. In the ice and snow, embankments and canals are being built, houses are paved and roads are being built everywhere, and cars and horses are constantly on the road.

, more or less has some atmosphere of governing the world.

In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, as the Huaixi New Year Festival atmosphere became increasingly intense, a group of carriages and horses crossed the Huaihe River. After a brief preparation outside Shouchun City, they continued south along the Chaoshou Post Road.

Hundreds of carriages were traveling south surrounded by more than 300 cavalry. Except for a small group of cavalry at the head of the road, all wearing the blue and yellow uniforms of the Tangyi Army, most of the escorting cavalry were wearing

It is the unique dark black armor of the cavalry guards of Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang Dynasty.

The carriage in the center meanders nearly two miles in length, and the scene inside the carriage is covered by thick curtains.

People in the carriage would occasionally lift the curtains and peek out, but they were sallow and thin, and looked frightened, as if they didn't know what kind of fate awaited them on the road ahead.

The people watching by the post road didn't know who this team of black armor cavalry was escorting south, and they were full of curiosity.

Traveling day and night, the team of carriages and horses arrived outside Chaozhou City two days later. They did not enter the city, nor did they turn towards East Lake. Instead, they stationed themselves at a newly built post station in the north of Chaozhou City.

Although Donghu and Liyang on the east bank of Chao Lake were the military and political center of Tangyi at this time, Chaozhou City, located on the north bank of Chao Lake, was once an important town in Huaixi and was also the center of the prefectures and counties along Jiangdong and Chao Lake to Huo Shouguanghao.

A must-stop for other places.

After the city was renovated, Chaozhou City soon regained its vitality, and business trips continued.

This team, stationed at the post station in the north of the city and escorted by Liang Jun Xuanjia's elite troops, naturally attracted great attention.

Who are they?

Why are they the most elite Liang Jun black armor guards, and why do they stay in the north of Chaozhou City and never leave?

Of course, some news quickly spread among the people.

"What, Emperor Liang was so grateful for the assistance from the Tangyi Army that he sent the most elite Xuanjia Cavalry under his command to give a big gift to the Marquis?"

"What kind of big gift, you need to be escorted by black armor cavalry? I heard from others that these hundreds of carriages are full of people, not gold, silver and jewelry. What kind of big gift is this?"

"The poisonous woman Empress Xu and Zhang Xinchun were a group of thieves. When the old man died in a car accident, he and the Marquis had a different hatred of killing their father. Emperor Liang sent Empress Xu, Zhang Xinchun and other thieves together with the Duke of Chu Yang Fen.

Is it considered a great gift to escort all my concubines and children to Huaixi?"

"This is really a great gift - I think back then, the old man was loyal and loyal, but died so tragically. This time, the Marquis can finally avenge the old man. But why did he stop in the north of Chaozhou City for five days?

Why don’t you just send Empress Xu and Zhang Xinchun and the other traitors to East Lake to be tortured?”

"Perhaps the Marquis is thinking about how to cut Empress Xu into pieces in order to relieve the hatred in his heart?"

As the news spread, hundreds of people came to the city north post station every day to watch the excitement. However, despite the tight security, only business travelers staying at the post station could ask Tingzu Yi Cheng for some information, but they had no chance to see Xu.

Later, the true faces of Zhang Xinchun, the imperial eunuch of the Great Chu State, Yang Fen, the Duke of Chu State, and others were revealed.

Until the 23rd day of December, the day of Little New Year's Eve, it snowed heavily, and a group of cavalry came from the east post road through the snow.

Many merchants stayed at the inn for several days, and people who had nothing to do went out of the city to watch the excitement. When they saw the cavalry coming from the east wearing the uniforms of the cavalry guards, they thought that the Marquis of Qianyang was finally going to capture Empress Xu.

The thief eunuch Zhang Xinchun and Duke Yang Fen of Chu were escorted to East Lake for torture.

The cavalry leader dismounted in front of the gate of the post station. After checking the seal with Yi Cheng, the military attache sent by Chaozhou to strengthen the guard at the post station, and the general of Liang Jun escorting the prisoners, he took out a letter of order directly from his arms and stood in front of the post station.

It was announced in front of the door:

"The Marquis of Qianyang, the minister of the Ministry of War and the envoy of Tangyi, Han Qianling, the military governor of all states, and Jing Tan, the captain of Liang Guoxuan's cavalry school, escorted several prisoners of the Jinling rebellion to Jinling for trial. We were ordered to escort them along the way, and all the yamen and camp troops provided convenience.

, must not be obstructed..."

"What?"

Not to mention Yi Cheng, Chaozhou sent military attaches to strengthen supervision and the military attaches to Liang Jun's Xuanjia Cavalry. The merchants and people nearby who came to watch the excitement were stunned. Marquis Qianyang refused to avenge his father's murder and wanted to kill Empress Xu.

Zhang Xinchun, Duke Yang Fen and others were sent directly to Jinling for trial?

Yi Cheng and the military attache sent by Chaozhou City received the order letter and checked it carefully. However, they did not dare to make any independent opinions. They sent people to Chaozhou City to ask the county magistrate Du Yiming to invite him.

Although the whole thing has nothing to do with Chaozhou, the prisoners were temporarily stationed at the north post station. Chaozhou only sent people to strengthen the supervision of the periphery and maintain order, but Yi Cheng and the military attachés sent by Chaozhou to strengthen supervision could not

Questioning whether the order letter was fake, I was shocked and didn't know whether I should really sit back and watch the prisoners and escort the troops to Jinling. I was so sick that I sought medical treatment, so I could only ask the county magistrate Du Yiming to come out and make the decision.
Chapter completed!