Chapter 134: Together Management (Twenty)

In the past three years when Hou Dayong controlled Fengzhou, Qinzhou, Chengzhou and Jiezhou, the four prefectures experienced two invasions by the Tubo people and the Uighurs. Therefore, while maintaining the military force of the Black Diao Army, Hou Dayong strengthened the construction of the border troops of the four prefectures. The governors of the four prefectures had about 3,000 border troops, directly dispatched and commanded by the governors.

Since the late Tang Dynasty, the army gradually became localized. This change began with the formation of the Jiedu military system and completed the establishment of the two taxes and three points. The localization of the army mainly includes three aspects: one is that the local army is composed of local people, the second is stationed in the local area, and the third is supported by local taxes. The localization of the army was an important reason for the chaos in the late Tang Dynasty and the Liang, Tang, Jin and Han Dynasty.

Feng, Cheng, Qi, Qin, and after years of war and extreme poverty, Hou Dayong has been in control of the four states, production has been restored to a certain extent. However, the financial resources of the four states are still very difficult, and it is difficult for one state to support three thousand border troops. Therefore, the border troops generally adopt the military farm system, farming during busy farming and training during slack farming. In addition, during slack farming, some local young and middle-aged people were trained to supplement the border troops. Each soldier in the Black Diao Army was very well-equipped and expensive, which limited the expansion of the number of Black Diao Army. Therefore, the Black Diao Army had maintained a total of about 5,000 people for a long time. After casualties, the gap was selected among the border troops of the four states to supplement the Black Diao Army.

When the four prefectures heard that the Jiedushi wanted to increase his troops, he did not dare to slack off. Each of the four prefectures soon sent a thousand troops, carrying their own food, grass and weapons, to Fengzhou to concentrate. Guo Jiong was in the military camp. Whenever the troops came, he would watch their training in person, check their equipment, and be familiar with the officers leading the team, so that they could master and control the troops as soon as possible.

On November 14, the reorganization of 4,000 people was completed and headed towards Tongxin City.

Since the Northwest Allied Forces occupied Guyuan City, the large team starting from Fengzhou from Fengzhou to Qinzhou, then turned northwest, and after passing Guyuan, they went straight to Tongxin City along the Qingshui River. The previous route was from Fengzhou to Fengxiang Prefecture, then Longxian to Jingzhou. Follow Qingzhou, Huanxian, and then swam to Tongxin City on the Maling Water. The new route is closer and much easier to walk on than the old route. Although the team brought all the assets of the Blacksmith Camp, it arrived at Tongxin City in just half a month.

After the four thousand Fengzhou troops arrived in Tongxin City, they were unable to enter Tongxin City. They were all arranged to be in the new military camp about eight miles away from Tongxin City - the White Wolf Military Camp. The White Wolf Camp did not have a fixed house, so they could only temporarily live in the tent according to the requirements of the march. Bai Shuanghua racked her brains to prepare enough tents and food for the four thousand men.

After receiving the secret report that he would be transferred to Lingzhou as the governor of Jiedu, Hou Dayong was preparing to build a new military camp in Tongxin City. He took Shi Hu and others to swim through the Qingshui River, and finally caught a flat piece of land at a big bend in the Qingshui River.

This flat land is alluvialized by Qingshui River, which is more than 40 square kilometers. The flat land is adjacent to Qingshui River in the west and is surrounded by mountains in the east. The land is fertile and the water sources are abundant. There is a place where the Dangxiang people have lived in a mess. Hou Dayong is very familiar with the grassland in modern society. He knows that the grassland people attach great importance to choosing camps. A good camp must consider the water source, wind direction, and convenient transportation, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The camp is quite large and has good conditions in all aspects, so Hou Dayong decided to set up a new military camp in this place and establish a military camp here. The ranch can provide war horses to the army, and sell large animals such as cattle and horses in exchange for income. This way, shepherds the army and reduces the pressure on military spending.

When Hou Dayong saw this camping terrain like a wolf, there were some white grass growing on the camping site. Hou Dayong called this camp White Wolf Camp, and later, this river bay was called Bailang Bay. Hou Dayong followed the terrain of the White Wolf Camp and according to the modern military camp model, he drew a military camp sketch, including barracks, playgrounds, watchtowers, cordons, grain warehouses, instrument warehouses, water supply, drainage systems, thatched cottages and septic tanks, kitchens, small hospitals, horse corridors and other facilities. When Shi Hu saw this sketch, he admired it and began to shake his head constantly and said, "If a military camp is built according to this standard, it will definitely be the best military camp in the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, with the financial resources of Lingzhou and Tongxin City, it is unbearable."

Of course, Hou Dayong knew that the financial resources required to build such a camp were mostly grazing for a living, military force in wartime, and people in peacetime, and did not require special military camps. These Fengzhou soldiers were a new army that had not been tested by the war. If they were not fully trained, they would go to the battlefield and the casualty rate would be greatly increased. Therefore, it was urgent to build a military camp in Tongxin City. Moreover, these soldiers could participate in the work of building military camps at the same time, and the cost of building military camps would be greatly reduced. Therefore, despite the great financial pressure, Hou Dayong still opposed the opposition and insisted on building a new military camp in Bailang Bay.

When Huo Zhixing was the county magistrate in Zhongmu County, he organized the construction of large-scale silted fields and had experience in organizing construction. Shortly after Guo Jiong left Tongxin City, Hou Dayong issued an order, asking the Black Eagle Army soldiers to rush to Chengzhou and urgently dispatched Huo Zhixing to Tongxin City, where he was responsible for the comprehensive construction of Qingshui Camp. At the same time, Hou Dayong ordered Li Wei to go to Qingzhou, Fengzhou and Yanzhou to recruit skilled craftsmen who knew construction. Under the temptation of a lot of money, a total of more than twenty skilled craftsmen with a reputation among the people came to Tongxin City. When Huo Zhixing arrived at Tongxin City, these craftsmen also arrived at Tongxin City.

After receiving the military order, Huo Zhixing did not know what important things were for him to go to Tongxin City. After arriving in Tongxin City, he realized that the burden of building a new military camp fell on his head. Huo Zhixing is not unfamiliar with construction. He was interested in civil engineering since he was a child. Whenever someone built a house in the village, he would always find a way to sneak out of the house and run to the construction site to guard it. He watched the house appear in front of him from the foundation to the roof bit by bit, and always feel that

It was extremely magical. At that time, his ideal was to be a master of the craftsman who commanded everyone's labor. Huo Zhixing's father was a down-and-out scholar. He wanted to nominate the intelligent Huo Zhixing's golden list to fulfill his long-cherished wish. Therefore, he was puzzled and angry about Huo Zhixing's strangeness of watching the villagers build houses. Under his father's education, Huo Zhixing spent ten years of hard work. Finally, he lived up to his father's high hopes, passed the Jinshi, and honored the ancestors of the Huo family.

However, people's and land interests are difficult to be completely strangled. After Huo Zhixing became the magistrate of Zhongmu County and became the master of the land, his old illness recurred. After he presided over the construction of the Zhongmu County Government, he was not satisfied and built a large number of land and fields. Finally, he combined his personal interests and hobbies with the Confucian tradition of cultivating oneself, managing the family, governing the country and pacifying the world, realizing his dream of becoming a master of the pisodes when he was a child, and doing good things for the people, and was also attracted by Hou Dayong.

Building a military camp in the cold wind is a chore for most people, but it is a pleasant job for Huo Zhixing. When Hou Dayong gave the task to him, Huo Zhixing immediately agreed readily. Hou Dayong considered that Huo Zhixing was not a military general and was probably a little difficult to command the thousands of soldiers, so he organized this army into the Black Eagle Army and appointed Kuang Cao to temporarily serve as the commander of the army. Kuang Cao had two responsibilities: one was to conduct basic training according to the Black Eagle Military Training Outline, and the other was to obey Huo Zhixing's arrangements and command these soldiers to build their own new military camp.

After Huo Zhixing accepted the task, he immediately rushed to the new military camp to set up a camp. He divided the recruited craftsmen into several parts, including the terrain group, the foundation group, the material group and the barracks group. They carefully designed the new barracks based on the sketch provided by Hou Dayong. When Huo Zhixing first saw this drawing, he did not take it seriously, but he took these skilled craftsmen and repeatedly checked the terrain on both sides of the Qingshui River. He and the craftsmen praised the site selection of the camp. The sketches of the camp drawn by Hou Dayong were highly recognized by these skilled craftsmen. When he learned that the sketch was from the hand of the Jiedushi, these craftsmen

They were even more surprised and couldn't stop talking. In this era, construction technology was mastered by craftsmen, and the status of craftsmen was very low. They had never seen any high-ranking official interested in these things. Not to mention being proficient, the craftsmen only thought that Huo Jun was an exception. They did not expect that the Jiedushi would actually do their craftsmen's work. The craftsmen relied on their craftsmen to make a living, but because of their low status, they really looked down on their craftsmen. Now they saw two great figures with noble status interested in the craftsmanship and their attainments. They looked at themselves unconsciously, which more or less enhanced the self-esteem of the industry.

Huo Zhixing was not very surprised by the sketches drawn by Hou Dayong. In the past, when he was in Zhongmu, the map drawn by the Black Eagle Army Lion Camp had opened Huo Zhixing's eyes. He carefully studied Hou Dayong's sketches and found several places that needed to be added or improved. After deducing them repeatedly with the craftsmen, Huo Zhixing hurried back to Tongxin City with the sketches.

Huo Zhixing arrived in Tongxin City and met Hou Dayong in the Yingcheng of the Blacksmith Shop in the West City.

Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu followed Guo Jiong to Tongxin City and were placed in Xicheng District. The blacksmith camp relocated this time were divided into two categories. One was the blacksmith camp run by Fujia Shop, and the other part was the blacksmith camp run by Fengzhou. After arriving in Tongxin City, Guo Baoyu was responsible for the subway ironsmith camp of Fujia Shop, while Dou Tian was responsible for the official blacksmith camp. At this time, the official blacksmith camp was actually an instrument camp, which not only included iron tools, but also the production of bows and crossbows, and the production of large-scale siege weapons. However, it was collectively called the blacksmith shop. This stall was quite complicated. Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu took five days to pack up all the treasures transported from afar. Hou Dayong, who was always concerned about the progress of the blacksmith shop, knew that the blacksmith shop had been settled, ordered the two to go to the mansion to report the work of the blacksmith shop.

Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu arrived at Hou Dayong's mansion. Before they could say a few words, Wang Yanchao, the governor of Yongxing Army, visited Hou's mansion. Hou Dayong ordered Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu to rush to another blacksmith shop in Xicheng to let them understand the production of Dang Qingjia. Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu had long heard of the name of Dang Qingjia. After they entered the city, they knew that there was an inconspicuous subway smith shop in Xicheng. Sometimes they heard that this Zhangji blacksmith shop could actually build Dang Qingjia, and their interests increased greatly. Dou and Guo went straight to Zhangji blacksmith shop after they came out of Hou Dayong's mansion.

The owner of Zhang Ji Blacksmith Shop was Zhang Qinghai, a craftsman from Guyuan. After he arrived in Tongxin City, he began to build the Qing Party Armor with the simple utensils left by the original Dangxiangfang. Due to the equipment problem, the quality of the first batch of Qing Party Armor was not good, and Zhang Qinghai was scolded by Jiang Hui for this. After Hou Dayong learned about this, he ordered Bai Shuanghua to send a special person to contact Zhang Ji Blacksmith Shop. Any utensils that Zhang Qinghai needed were not allowed to be recommended whenever Zhang Qinghai needed the utensils. He must prepare the commission immediately. With Hou Dayong's support, Zhang Qinghai quickly transformed the furnace hall and other facilities for the utensils according to the special requirements of Qing Party Armor. When Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu came to Zhang Qinghai's blacksmith Shop, the second batch of Qing Party Armor had been successfully made.

Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu are both skilled craftsmen, or senior engineers. Their status in the Black Diao Army is the same as Han Qi, and they enjoy the treatment of commanders and commanders. This includes the configuration of personal guards, salary and the level of tents. The soldiers are different from ordinary scholars. The cruel and ruthless war has made them realize the power of technology. They have natural respect for doctors who can save lives and heal the wounded, and have a natural favor for craftsmen who can create powerful tools for killing and superb skills. Therefore, Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu lived a very comfortable life in the Black Diao Army.

When Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu were wearing famous brands and walked into the blacksmith shop with extraordinary utensils, Zhang Qinghai thought Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu were two big shots, so he put down the hammer and stood respectfully on the side. Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu asked, and he answered carefully. Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu were people who knew the goods. When they saw the hard texture and light weight of the Dang Qingjia, their eyes suddenly shone. Dou Tian carefully asked about the manufacturing method. Still not satisfied, he took off his clothes, exposed his strong muscles, and swung the hammer. He tested the strength and flexibility of the Dang Qingjia.

When Zhang Qinghai saw Dou Tian's muscles and the method of holding a hammer, he knew that he had met a master among his peers. He cursed himself: He was obviously a blacksmith, but he wanted to pretend to be a big shot. He was really a pig's nose and put on a green onion - pretending to be an elephant.

After realizing the identities of the two, Zhang Qinghai's mood relaxed and his voice became louder. Generally speaking, experts who have reached a certain level in a certain industry must be obsessed with this industry. Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu are obsessed with iron art. Zhang Qinghai is the same. When the three masters meet the master, they stand in the blacksmith shop, discussing iron making technology in words and words.

The three of them were discussing it enthusiastically. Dou Tian accidentally looked outside the blacksmith shop and saw the governor Hou Dayong standing at the door with a smile. Dou Tian, ​​Guo Baoyu and Hou Dayong became familiar with each other when they were in Cangzhou. As long as it was not on a formal occasion, Dou Tian, ​​Guo Baoyu usually just bowed and bowed, and it was considered a tribute.

After saluting, Dou Tian said excitedly: "Jingdu. I finally figured out how to make the Dang Qingjia. I had only heard of this kind of armor before. I tried it countless times, but I still couldn't achieve the quality of the Dang Qingjia. Now I finally figured it out that with the strength of the Black Craft Camp, the soldiers of the Black Eagle Army can wear this kind of armor made of the Dang Qingjia in a short time."

Hou Dayong is not a weapon supremacy, but he has a deep understanding of the importance of weapons. After Zhang Qinghai arrived in Guyuan, he personally met Zhang Qinghai. Zhang Qinghai never thought that he would be warmly received by a dignified military governor. He was so excited that he couldn't speak. Hou Dayong listened to his preface and said inconsistently for a long time, but he didn't understand a single word, so he had to give up. This time, Hou Dayong heard the three people discussing at the door. Zhang Qinghai not only had a loud voice, but also had a humorous language, which was completely different from the situation that day.

Hou Dayong smiled and said, "Zhang Qinghai, I heard that you are also a very straightforward person who pours beans on bamboo tubes. Why can't he fart for a long time when he met that day?"

Zhang Qinghai never expected that the Jiedushi would go to the dirty, messy and poor blacksmith shop. He didn't know where to put his hands and feet. Then he thought that he could not stand like this, so he quickly knelt on the ground and bowed down. After Hou Dayong asked him to get up, Zhang Qinghai stood there with a blushing face and a thick neck, not knowing how to answer the Jiedushi's question. Seeing that Zhang Qinghai looked so pitiful, Dou Tian rescued and said, "The Jiedushi has the power of the tiger. Not to mention Zhang Qinghai, even if I saw the Jiedushi, I would have knots on my tongue."

Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu are both people that Hou Dayong values ​​very much. Dou Tian’s temperament is more free and easy than Guo Baoyu, so he speaks more casually. Hou Dayong smiled at Dou Tian and said, “I don’t necessarily feel nervous when I hear you speak smoothly.”

After a few people talked and laughed, Zhang Qinghai gradually calmed down. He was a little confused about the relationship between Hou Dayong, Dou Tian and Guo Baoyu: Are these two really big men? If not, why did they talk to the governor so casually and would not kneel down to salute.

Hou Dayong checked the newly made local party Qingjia and praised: "The party Qingjia is indeed worthy of its reputation."

At this moment, Huo Zhixing came all the way from the Hou Mansion and came to Zhangji Blacksmith Shop. Huo Zhixing returned from the banks of Qingshui River. He did not wear official uniforms, but covered him with a thick floor coat. The coat was dirty and looked very unpolite.

Huo Zhixing took a sketch and said to Hou Dayong: "The terrain has been surveyed, and the Jiedushi has a unique vision. The newly selected military camp is located in the most suitable location."

After hearing Huo Zhixing say this, Hou Dayong frowned and thought to himself: Selecting a military camp is a matter of the military, how can we talk about it without separate parties? Huo Zhixing is very suitable to be a technical officer. If he is asked to engage in politics, it would be a bit unstable. But he said, "Don't be anxious, I'll be tired when I come back from the banks of the Qingshui River. I must be tired. I will go to my mansion to rest for a while before talking about the serious matters."
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