Chastity Layman

It was freezing cold, the emperor asked Qin Lang to go to Fengzhou.

Qin Lang originally planned to organize the well-connected families to transport goods to Fengzhou to make a fortune. After all, Yu Sheshe had just returned, and the herdsmen in Fengzhou were completely open to Datang. Who knew that the emperor thought too far, and wanted him to take advantage of Yu Sheshe's new attachment and still in Beijing to occupy the magpie's nest.

After careful consideration, Qin Lang decided to take this trip. The emperor had personally spoken, so he had no choice but to go. Another one, Qin Lang took a fancy to the importance of the Fengzhou area. To put it bluntly, he actually took a fancy to the coal there.

The Ordos Plateau in the south of the Yellow River, the undulating Yellow River impact plain along the Yellow River in the north, the hills in the east, the plateau in the west, and the Gobi desert in the middle.

But it is this barren land that people in the Central Plains look down upon, but later generations own one-sixth of China's coal reserves. What's even more rare is that from Zhongwei in Ningxia to Yulin County in Shengzhou in the east, the entire 2,000-mile Yellow River waterway can be sailed by sailors.

This means that the coal here has better transportation conditions.

Not to mention, there are many shallow coal mines here, and there are also extremely rich mineral resources such as alkali, nitrate, salt, iron, and copper.

Many coal mines are buried so shallow that they can be mined in the open pit without drilling wells or holes.

The mined coal can be transported to Guanzhong for combustion. Of course, the more important thing about coal is smelting. After the coal is processed into coke, iron and steel can be smelted at a higher temperature, which can greatly improve the smelting effect.

In fact, there must be many coal mines around Chang'an, but Qin Lang doesn't know where they are for a while. If the reserves are small, the burial is deep, the transportation is inconvenient, and the cost is high.

Since the emperor asked him to go to Fengzhou, let's take a look at the coal over there.

When Chengqian heard that Qin Lang was going to Fengzhou, he also clamored to go.

He also said that reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles is what the teacher said. Qin Lang didn't dare to take Cheng Qian there, after all, he was going to the Turkic people, if something happened, he and the whole Qin family couldn't afford it.

Cheng Chumo reported to the emperor and asked to lead troops to Fengzhou.

This time Qin Lang went to Fengzhou. Of course, the emperor could not let him go with Li Daliang as a bachelor. Instead, he would send a regiment from the Sixth Army of the Emperor's Imperial Army, and another regiment from the Twelve Guards of the Nanya Imperial Army in Beijing Suwei. In one group, a total of 3,600 people were transferred to Qin Langba.

These 3,600 people, in name, escorted Qin Lang to Hetao to comfort the Turkic tribes, but in fact they were going to take over Fengzhou, stationed there, and laid nails to prevent Jieli from coming to snatch the back.

"You are doing well in the training of the Martial Hall, what's the rush?"

"I can't stay in Chang'an anymore. My father is becoming more and more shameless now. He and Widow Cui are openly dating each other. He also spent more than 10,000 yuan to build a new house for Widow Cui in the south of the city. He often directly Just rest there." Cheng Chumo got angry when he said this, but the son couldn't control his father.

So I can only find a way to stay away from Chang'an, so as not to be blinded.

"If you say Widow Cui is really capable, you still have to control your father to death. I have persuaded your father a few words before, but it's a pity that he really doesn't want to part with Widow Cui." Qin Lang didn't know Cheng Yaojin was People who really like Widow Cui still like the Cui family represented by Widow Cui, but in short, Lao Cheng now has a good relationship with Widow Cui and the Cui family, and they all wear a pair of pants.

Cui Mingming of Qinghe also liked the influence of Cheng Chumo, the upstart Duke, in the court. They hoped to have the Cheng family, just like the Boling Cui family had the Qin family. In the new dynasty, a popular upstart would speak for them.

The younger generation can't control the adults' affairs, and Qin Lang can understand Cheng Chumo's depression.

Seeing that he was so depressed, Qin Lang naturally couldn't refuse, and besides, although Chu Mo didn't have much experience in leading troops, after all, he was also a general's son and had received imperial training, so he still had some abilities, the most important thing was reliability.

In the next few days, Brother Yuchi will also go, and many disciples of Xunqi will come to look for Qin Lang.

Staying in Chang'an City every day is actually quite boring. The children of Xun Qi's family, especially those from the upstart family, are eager to have the opportunity to make contributions. After all, in Chang'an City, it is not their turn to be the top dudes. , I have no meritorious official position, and I can't overwhelm those dudes.

Based on the official title of the parents, this is not a skill.

Qin Lang would not refuse anyone who came, but he asked them to report to their superiors.

Cheng Chumo and others found their own fathers and brothers, and Qin Lang was willing to accept them, and each family was willing to let their children go out to practice, so they left the relationship, but soon got the transfer order from the Ministry of War.

The soldiers and horses of the northern and southern yamen are gathering here, while Qin Lang on the other side quickly formed a very large business group. This is a joint business group, headed by the East Palace and presided over by the Qin family. Eight shareholders, including Qin Qiong's family, Cheng Yaojin's family, Niu Jinda's family, Li Jing's Li Ji family, Su Dingfang's family, Dou Xianniang's family from Hebei, Pei Ju's family, Qinghe Cui's family, and Boling Cui's family were also on board.

They made a lot of money with Qin Lang before, so this time when Qin Lang greeted everyone, everyone didn't ask about the specific situation, and just called him a share, especially Ru Cheng Yaojin, who looked extremely rough on the surface, but in fact They are a very shrewd group of insiders, and this old boy never fails.

The more than one hundred shareholders actually included a large number of Zi Fei robes in the Chang'an court. Qin Lang can be regarded as sharing the benefits this time, as long as he is willing to come, he is welcome, and no one will refuse.

As long as you accept the cooperation method that everyone is used to, anyone can participate.

Because the princes of Chang'an are behind them, the goods organized by the merchant group are simple. The shops, warehouses, and workshops of each family just transfer goods, and quickly mobilize countless merchants, and then each family dispatches horses, horses and camels. wait.

Everyone under the banner of comforting the Turks and supporting Fengzhou, the mighty merchants followed behind the banner of Qin Lang and Li Daliang, guarded by 3,600 officers and soldiers, and each family placed many in Qin Lang's army My son, these are to follow to earn military merit.

In addition, there are many descendants of concubines, or clansmen who follow in the business group, which is in charge of business, and each of them also brings a lot of family guards and so on. These family guards and private soldiers add up to Three thousand.

So, Qin Lang's team, consisting of tens of thousands of people, left Chang'an City and went straight to Fengzhou.

Everyone said that they were going to aid in the construction of Fengzhou and appease the descendants of the Turks. Everyone was "rich and conscientious".

After all, Qin Qiong guarded Lingwu before, and after the border market, commercial village, and salt industry were properly released, there are already many families who have taken the lead, and their mouths are full of oil.

Now the entire Houtao area, a tribe of ten thousand tents is affiliated, and the benefits in it are astonishing, it depends on who can seize the opportunity.

Li Daliang was promoted back from the position of governor of Yuezhou this year, and he was not unhappy when he got a new job after not working long as the school inspector.

After all, as a non-direct descendant of the King of Qin, it is not easy for Li Daliang to become the local governor and hold real power.

When Qin Lang was in charge of the transshipment department, he actually had a lot of contacts with the Taifu Temple, which was in charge of the state treasury, so he had some contact with Li Daliang. He knew that this man was in his fifties, and his abilities were quite remarkable, but Li Daliang The disadvantage is that there is no military merit.

Indeed, Li Daliang was only a small school in Wagang at the beginning, and he did not go too far. Later, he voted for Li Tang. He also started as a county magistrate, and then served as governor and governor, but they were all in the interior. achievement.

Because of this, Li Daliang, who had been the governor for a long time, got a false title of baron when he surrendered the nectar last time.

"Does Sanlang think that Jieli Khan will send troops to hide?" Li Daliang rode on horseback and walked side by side with Qin Lang.

"Yu Sheshe suddenly entered the court and surrendered. I'm afraid that Jieli will feel very uncomfortable at this moment. With Jieli's temperament, he will probably be very angry, and it is very likely that he will send troops. But at this time, the weather is not conducive to Xieli, and disasters everywhere. It also makes life difficult for the herdsmen. Even if we send troops, it may take some time to gather troops, and not many troops will be dispatched, at least the tribes in Mobei and the east will not be able to come. As long as we are fast enough to enter Fengzhou first, that Jie Even if the benefits come, they won't be able to please you." Of course, Qin Lang has seriously studied this matter.

Li Daliang admired this young man very much, he deserved to be so favored by the emperor, he had a few brushes.

"Sanlang, we now have more than 10,000 people, and we carry so many goods. I'm afraid we won't be able to move quickly. How about I lead the cavalry to gallop north to Fengzhou, and Sanlang lead the infantry to go north slowly?"

"It doesn't need to be so hard, I have already sent a letter to Aye, and asked him to send a troop to Fengzhou first, and then someone from the Guihua County King will go back and send a message to let them cooperate. Don't worry about Jieli's sneak attack, we will move at normal speed Let's go, come in time."

To put it bluntly, the Turks are a tribal alliance, and Xieli, the Great Khan, is just a leader. The previous Yusheshe was equivalent to being an important tribal leader in this alliance. The territory, tribes, and wealth were all set by Yushe, and Xieli didn't have much binding force at all.

This is incomparable with the centralization of the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains.

Yu She set up this surrender, and it is true that the entire people and land belonged to the Tang Dynasty. If Jieli wanted to crusade, he had to recruit his tribe. Herdsmen have to be temporarily recruited to join the army.

Qin Lang said he was not in a hurry, but in fact he was not slow.

After all, it is marching in the territory of Datang, or in Guanzhong.

The land in Guanzhong is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention the military castles along the way, the roads are also the best repaired, and there are military warehouses and warehouses everywhere to replenish.

Therefore, marching along this road is both safe and convenient.

When leaving Chang'an City, there is no need to carry too much food and equipment, each person brings his own set of things, and then each person brings nine days of dry food, and each regiment carries another half a month's food and grass is enough, but these I didn't eat on the way to carry it, and I used the official documents from the Ministry of War to collect food and grass directly from the places I passed by every day.

The government soldiers each fire ten men and have six pack horses. The cavalry each have horses, or two horses for each person. Even the infantry, everyone has a mount for transportation. became motorized infantry.

Marching hundreds of miles every day, I am not tired.

Go out of Chang'an, go all the way to the northwest along the valley of the Jinghe River, pass through Binzhou and Jingzhou, arrive at Yuanzhou, exit Xiaoguan, the gate to the northwest of Guanzhong, and follow Weirushui to the bank of the Yellow River.

On the north bank of the Yellow River is the Great Wall, and under the Great Wall is the Qin Qiong Lingzhou Frontier Army Feng'an Army stationed.

Qin Lang and his party only walked for ten days for the entire 1,200-mile journey, which can be called extremely fast.

"The Yellow River is frozen, and the boats at the pier cannot sail."

The envoys of the Feng'an Army rushed over to meet and greet them, while the officials in charge of the ships at the Feng'an Wharf said to Qin Lang apologetically.