The next day.
Kou Ji got up early, stretched after getting up, and washed a lot.
Liu Heng's family officer hurriedly entered Kou Ji's bedroom in black boots.
"Kou Qincha, the Xixia soldiers and horses on the banks of the Red Water have retreated...but..."
"But what?"
Kou Ji asked while wiping his face with a sweat towel.
The family officer groaned: "The humble people found some traces of Xixia soldiers and horses at the northeast corner of the Red Water River. There are a lot of people, and the humble people did not dare to approach."
Kou Ji put down his sweat scarf and frowned, "Can you determine the identity of the other party?"
"Set a difficult army!"
"Set a difficult army?"
Kou Ji hesitated for a moment, and said: "The Dingnan Army is the pro-army of Li Deming, the disobedience Hou, and has always been around Li Deming. The Dingnan Army appeared on the banks of the Red Water..."
Kou Ji looked up and asked, "Could it be that Li Deming is here?"
The family officer groaned: "I feel that Li Deming has arrived..."
Kou Ji thoughtfully said: "Go down, and the person who ordered you to pay close attention to Li Deming's movements, I will discuss with Zhu Neng, Li Gong and others to see what Li Deming's purpose is in Hexi."
The family officer agreed and immediately withdrew from the door.
Kou Ji was neatly dressed, ready to go to Zhu Neng and others.
As soon as I left the house, I saw the family officer turn back.
Kou Ji asked, "Is there anything else?"
The relatives officer hurriedly said: "As soon as Humble Service left the door, he ran into his men. According to Humble Service’s reports, the soldiers on the banks of the Red River retreated and went along the Great Wall with the soldiers and horses led by Li Yuanhao Away."
Kou Ji was stunned, "Li Deming came with the army to decide the difficulty, and did nothing, so he ran back?"
Li Deming came out with tens of thousands of troops to play
is it possible
With Li Deming's status and status, it is impossible for him to do things that are meaningless.
Kou Ji thought for a moment, and said in deep thought, "Li Deming should have received the news that Chong Shiheng had left Qingjian City, so he rushed to Hexi with soldiers and horses. He should be afraid that his son would be destroyed by me...
If you think about it this way, Li Deming’s behavior makes sense..."
Kou Ji said to the family official: "Li Deming is much more powerful than Li Yuanhao, not to be inferior. Although I have guessed Li Deming's intention, I still have to guard against it.
You sent people to chase along the Great Wall, and after you confirmed that Li Deming had left near Hexi, you would come back and report to me. "
"Hey..."
The prostitution officer agreed and left.
"A false alarm..."
Kou Ji shook his head and stepped out the door. As soon as he reached the door, he saw Zhu Neng.
Zhu Neng appeared in front of Kou Ji with a pair of dark circles under his eyes, and said in a slightly tired voice: "The property has been counted. All the copper coins, gold and silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, folded into copper coins, about five thousand four hundred and three. 167,841 pens."
Kou Ji took the account book and read it carefully. After confirming that there were no major mistakes, he returned the account book to Zhu Neng, saying: "Fold the part that belongs to Qingtang into gold and silver, and give it to Jiao Si Luo. Send it over."
Although gold and silver are valuable, in the Song Dynasty, they were not mainstream currencies after all.
After Jiaozitong passes, there will be fewer transactions using gold and silver as currency.
Gold and silver are taken back to the Song Dynasty, basically they will be stored in the warehouse, and the utilization rate is not high.
On the contrary, it is a copper coin, which can be used immediately after taking the Song Dynasty back.
Kou Ji naturally wanted copper coins, not gold and silver.
Zhu Neng nodded, holding the account book and preparing to go down to work.
Kou Ji opened his mouth, spoke intentionally, thought for a moment, but still didn't say anything.
He found Li Di and invited Li Di to dinner together.
The dinner table.
Kou Ji said to Li Di: "The people of the Imperial City Division found Li Deming's traces on the banks of the Red Water."
Li Di was a little surprised: "Li Deming left Xingqing Mansion?"
Kou Ji nodded.
Li Di bowed his head and thought about one or two, and said with a smile: "Li Deming is 80% here to save his son. Li Yuanhao is his most valued son and his appointed successor.
He naturally would not see Li Yuanhao broken in Hexi.
It must be the matter of Chong Shiheng leaving Qingjian City and he discovered it. "
Kou Ji nodded slightly and said, "I think so too, but Li Deming is very cunning. We still can't easily draw conclusions before we can figure out his specific movements."
Li Di glanced at Kou Ji, "What are you going to do?"
Kou Ji groaned: "I have sent someone from the Imperial City Division to stare at Li Deming. In order to avoid Li Deming's surprise attack on Qingjian City, Zhong Shiheng must go back as soon as possible with his soldiers and horses.
Qingtang soldiers and horses should not stay in Xiliang City for long.
It should be gone in these two days.
Without these two powerful soldiers, we would not be able to act rashly.
Therefore, the two armies of Zhenguo and Xingguo had to stay in Xiliang City for the time being.
I also want to sit in Xiliang City.
You always need to get busy, take a trip to Guazhou, Suzhou, Ganzhou and other places to arrange for the people in Shazhou who are willing to stay in Hexi. "
Li Di was stunned, and asked, "Using Shazhou's wasteland reclamation method?"
Kou Ji nodded.
Li Di smiled bitterly: "There are more than ten thousand people, one person can divide ten thousand mu, and there is no way to divide the land in Hexi."
Kou Ji pursed his mouth, and sighed: "This is nothing we can do. We have to mark all the land in Hexi as soon as possible and mark the traces of our Song Dynasty, so that everyone who can notice the land in Hexi know that Hexi has already It's my Da Song."
Li Di sighed and said, "There are too few people..."
Kou Ji thought about it, and said, "All the civilians who came with the army this time will be included in the team of land reclamation and tree planting."
Li Di frowned and said nothing.
Kou Ji continued: "Each person will equip them with a Ganzhou Uighur tribe, or a captive of Huangtou Huihe. They can also be allowed to have a temporary home in Xi'an, Hexi.
Tell them that they can take away 90% of the fertile land they cultivated and the crops they planted in the first year.
They can take away 70% in the second year.
Except for Shazhou and Guazhou, land reclamation in other places is not restricted.
If they are capable, they can cultivate 10,000 mu.
Tell them that they are willing to stay in Hexi for three years and have children with Shazhou Uighurs or Ganzhou Uighur women. After they leave, the children can inherit all the land they cultivated. "
Li Di stared at Kou Ji in amazement.
Kou Ji's idea, in Li Di's view, is a bit crazy.
Let those civil servants who are unwilling to move to Hexi a temporary home in Hexi.
If this matter is passed back to the Song Dynasty, the people of the Song Dynasty might cause trouble.
Li Di gritted his teeth and said: "In special times, the old man can understand with special methods. But let them be in Hexi'an home."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows.
Li Di added, “It’s okay to have children or live together. We can acquiesce in such things, but we must never encourage them to stay in Hexi’an, let alone put this matter on the surface.”
Kou Jisi thought about it, nodded and agreed to Li Di's proposal.
Li Di said again: "The old man can write to the court, or you can write to the court, so that the court will transfer some prisoners, prisoners, and some poor and helpless people.
In addition, the old man needs some people to help the old man govern the people. "
Kou Ji groaned: "There are many soldiers who have made merits in this battle in Hexi. Some of them are disabled. I am afraid that I will not be able to continue to fight in the army in the future. I am going to place those who are willing to stay among them in various places in Hexi. They appoint some posts of small officials."
Li Di was silent for a while, and whispered: "You are digging the corner of Sanya..."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and curled his lips and said, "If they return to the Song Dynasty, can the court take care of them for the rest of their lives, or can Sanya take care of them for the rest of their lives?"
Li Di was silent immediately.
Kou Ji didn't say much, and said to Li Di: "It's not too late, you will leave today."
After Li Di had eaten, he sent someone to notify Zhu Neng, Chong Shiheng, and Li Zhaoliang, and then sent someone to notify Ji Yan.
Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang mobilized in the barracks. There were nearly two thousand wounded soldiers who were willing to stay in Hexi.
Li Di successively assigned them official positions based on their merits and the positions they held in the army.
Zhong Shiheng didn't mobilize many people, he only handed over a thousand prisoners to Li Di.
After he entered Hexi, he captured the city while attacking the city.
From when he entered Hexi to Xiliang City, he captured more than 8,000 Xixia soldiers and horses.
He gave Li Di one thousand, and the other seven thousand, and he wanted to take it back for his own use.
There is a shortage of people in Hexi.
Xiping Road is also short of people.
A few years after the imperial court took Xiping Road, many people moved there, but the population gap on Xiping Road is still very large.
Many places are sparsely populated and require people to cultivate and work.
Zhong Shiheng was able to spare a thousand captives to Li Di, which was considered to have given Li Di and Kou Ji enough face.
Zhong Shiheng smoothed out the captives and reminded Kou Ji.
On the way to the west, Chung Shiheng captured nearly 8,000 people.
So when the Qingtang soldiers and horses rushed to Xiliang City, I am afraid they also captured many people.
Kou Ji immediately ran to the Qingtang Soldier and Horse Camp and found Jiao Si Luo.
After careful inquiry, it was found that Jiao Si Luo really captured many people, and the most numerous of them were actually from the Ganzhou Uyghur tribe.
After Li Yuanhao occupied the land east of Xiliang, he did not send out many soldiers and horses to govern.
Only a small number of soldiers and horses were dispatched to control the Uighurs in Ganzhou and maintain the locality.
So Jiao Siluo captured more than 4,000 Xixia soldiers and horses, nearly 30,000 of the Ganzhou Uighurs, on the way to Xiliang City.
After Kou Ji learned the news, he immediately reacted.
Zhong Shiheng's servant must have given him a panic.
On the way to Xiliang City, Zhong Shiheng must have captured the Uighur tribe in Ganzhou.
But he didn't mean to even out.
In this regard, Kou Ji can only complain about Chong Shiheng's dishonesty. Besides, there is no way to say anything else.
After all, there is a shortage of people in Hexi.
Xiping Road is also short of people.
Zhong Shiheng is not a saint, it is impossible to dig his own corner to fill the hole Kou Ji needs.
Accompanied by Jiao Si Luo, Kou Ji went to the prison camp in Qingtang for a lap, and then proposed to buy the prisoners.
Jiao Si Luo did not refuse, but agreed on the spot.
The two discussed it, and Jiao Si Luo gave the prisoners to Kou Ji almost half-sold and half-delivered.
As far as Qingtang is concerned, the prisoners captured in Hexi are dispensable.
Qingtang has taken the land in the southern border of Huangtouhuihe and annexed nearly 60% of the Huangtouhuihe tribe. Except for some large tribes of Huangtouhuihe who need to be drawn in, the remaining Huangtouhuihe people will all be reduced to Qingtang. slave.
This part of people is enough for Qingtang to digest for a long time.
Kou Ji bought the prisoners of Qingtang and handed them to Li Di. The number in Li Di's hands suddenly became very abundant.
After Li Di ordered the number of people, he took nearly 130,000 people, and left Xiliang City in a haughty manner.
Among them, there are nearly 90,000 people from the Uighurs in Ganzhou.
Thousands of captives in Xixia.
Thousands of soldiers of the Song Dynasty.
Great Song Minfu tens of thousands.
Not long after Li Di left, Chong Shiheng said farewell to Kou Ji, left Xiliang, and returned to Qingjian City.
On the day when Chong Shiheng left, Jiao Si Luo also wanted to leave Xiliang with Kou Ji, taking the seizures from this trip, and with his soldiers and horses.
The city of Xiliang suddenly became a military city composed of the Zhenguo Army and Xingguo Army.
The Bingcheng only lasted seven days.
Seven days later.
Kou Ji got news from the spies of the Imperial City Division.
Li Deming, Li Yuanhao and his sons left the Hexi area with the Dingnan Army and some remnants.
Kou Ji completely relaxed.
Then, Kou Ji set up a banquet and invited Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang to the City Lord's Mansion in Xiliang City.
Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang have been somewhat proud of the spring breeze these days.
In their opinion, their work in Hexi this time is enough to be a man of honor.
So when the two met Kou Ji, they spoke very loudly.
"Kou boy, what are you looking for us?"
Zhu Neng strode into the hall of the city lord's mansion and asked questions in a carefree manner.
Kou Ji, who was sitting in the hall, rolled his eyes, took off the Emperor Sword that was hanging on the side, and slapped it on the table.
"Say what you just said again..."
The corners of Zhu Neng's mouth twitched, and he said, "Zhu Neng has seen Kou Qincha..."
Li Zhaoliang mocked Zhu Neng and said to Kou Ji: "Li Zhaoliang has seen Kou Qin's servant..."
Kou Ji nodded, invited the two to sit down, and said: "According to the report of the imperial city secretary, the Xixia soldiers and horses have all been withdrawn to Xixia. The two armies of Zhenguo and Xingguo have been stationed in Xiliang City, so it is meaningless. ."
Li Zhaoliang said a little excitedly: "Do you want the class teacher to return to court?"
The Hexi victory.
Kou Ji and the rest of the group returned to the court, naturally, they were very face-saving, and it was definitely beautiful to go back, drinking, blowing, and beating along the way.
If Zhao Zhen was upset and greeted ten miles away personally, it would be even more face.
Zhao Zhen bestowed them on the Marquis of high-ranking officials, and at that moment, he would become the most popular person in the city of Bianjing.
Everyone knows that false names are not desirable, but everyone in the world is greedy of false names.
Li Zhaoliang and Zhu Neng are no exception.
Kou Ji said calmly: "It's still early for the class to return to the court... Now that Hexi is tentatively scheduled, we shouldn't leave so early. I mean, divide the soldiers and horses under you two into several shares and temporarily distribute them to various places.
By the way, cultivate some fertile land and plant some trees in various places. "