Chapter 1077 Preparations for Resettlement of Immigrants
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Seeing Hu Yanda's expression of bitterness and hatred, Huangfu Chaobo smiled and said: "I know that you are eyeing the wild horses around Gongsun Zan's Chifeng. Don't worry, I have already made an agreement with Gongsun Zan. You After returning to Longhua, you can lead your horse-catching team to Chifeng and go directly to General Wangmen, he will make arrangements for you. "
"Really, that's great. When I went to Chifeng last time, I saw several herds of wild horses. There were a few good ones. I guess at least two of them were wild horse kings. This time I must kill them all. Catch it. Ha." Hu Yandu said happily;
"Are you sure!" Huangfu Chaobo asked excitedly;
"Young master, you underestimate me too much. Now I am no longer the little guy I used to be. Although I only glanced at it from a distance, I am still close to ten." Hu Yandu looked at Huangfu Chaobo with a proud look on his face;
"Okay, I'll leave it to you. However, there is another problem. After you catch the horse, it is best to send it back to tame it instead of doing it directly in Chifeng. So this aspect involves another problem, how to tame it? These horses were sent back to Longhua.”
“There are two possible roads from Longhua to Chifeng. One is to walk eastward from Longhua, enter Kuancheng, and then go all the way north to Chifeng. This road is relatively far, covering four to five hundred miles; the other is to go from Longhua to Chifeng. Hua went all the way north along the Yisun River, turned to a valley about 150 miles east and north, and walked about 200 miles to reach Chifeng. "Hu Yanda said about the situation hundreds of miles around. It can be said that he knew everything, and he quickly pointed out two suitable roads for Huangfu Chaobo on the map.
Huangfu Chaobo looked at it. If he took the southern route, the distance would be too far, and most of them were under the rule of Gongsun Zan. Compared with those within his own sphere of influence, the security would still be lower. But one advantage is that there are many places to stop along the way. There is usually a city every hundred miles or so. If you just go north, although the journey is nearly half, there is no place to stop.
Seeing Huyanda pointing at the turning point of the northern line, Huangfu Chaobo suddenly thought that if a territory could be built here, then it would only be two hundred miles on both sides, just above the midpoint, and here, further north, there would be no more than two hundred miles. Baili is the grassland where Huyanda usually leads people to hunt horses. Another point is that Huangfu Chaobo knows that that is where Weichang County is located in reality.
Thinking of this, he pointed at the place and said, "What's the terrain like here? Can you build a territory for the turnover of the horses you captured?"
Huyanda thought for a while and said: "This is a valley about four miles wide and more than ten miles long. The Isun River flows through the valley. There is no problem in establishing a territory. There used to be several alien territories here. , but they were all destroyed at the hands of Xianbei cavalry or horse thieves."
"Well, we will build another territory here. It doesn't need to be too big, it can be above the level of a central town. Firstly, it will defend against the invasion of Xianbei from the north. Secondly, it will make it easier for you to enter the grassland to catch horses. There will be no need to enter the grassland to catch horses in the future. After returning hundreds of miles to Longhua, the captured horses can be sent here first, and then sent back to Longhua for domestication. "
"Actually, Master," Huyanda hesitated for a moment and then said: "If you want to build a territory here, it is best to directly upgrade it to a city or above. The defense capability of the territory at the town level is still too poor. It is specially built here. One city is used to defend the Xianbei people in the north, and another territory about fifty miles south of this place can be used to store horses and supplies for transit. "
Huangfu Chaobo thought about it, there were still so many people to migrate here anyway, and he had a lot of territorial maps in his hands, so he simply agreed to Huyanda's request.
After the discussion was over, Huyanda returned to Longhua, led a thousand cavalry and hundreds of his subordinates who trained and raised horses and rushed directly to Chifeng.
Arrangements were made to catch horses, and after they caught a certain number of horses, they would arrange people to start sending them back. By then, Huangfu Chaobo had already arranged for the upgrade of various territories in Xiaban, and then led thousands of troops to escort the people to the two locations mentioned by Huyanda to build territories.
After arranging the horses, Huangfu Chaobo felt relieved, and the next step was to arrange the upgrade of the territory.
"Meng Yi, how are the preparations in the towns under Longhua going?" Huangfu Chaobo turned to Meng Yi and asked;
"Reporting to my lord, according to my lord's order, the four subordinate towns of Chengde, Xiaban, Shuangluan and Luanping in Longhua have all reached the level of large towns. They are now ready to upgrade to small towns. They are just waiting for my lord to come to preside over the upgrade. That's it. The materials in each territory have been prepared, and the houses for the relocated people have been prepared for 2,000 to 3,000 households in each town. Construction in each territory is still going on, and it should be able to meet the requirements. "
At this point, he paused for a moment and then continued: "Based on the calculation of five to eight people per household, the four town-level territories can accommodate about 20,000 people, but the situation in Longhua is special, because we have always been It is the focus of development, so the population resettlement has basically reached saturation, and at most more than 10,000 people will be resettled.”
"If you add in the two new territories that my lord has just planned to build, Qingzhou's 600,000 people can basically be settled. But it's already July, and it will snow in more than three months, so The speed of migration must be accelerated, otherwise if the migration cannot be completed before it snows, it will be more dangerous if the people encounter heavy snow halfway. "
Huangfu Chaobo nodded. This is indeed a problem. Whether it is relocating people or training and capturing horses, there are only more than three months this year. By November, the entire Youzhou has basically entered the winter snowy season. At this time, outdoor activities have basically stopped, let alone capturing horses and relocating people. As for horse training, several large stables can be built and used indoors for training.
"By the way, there is another question. With the joining of hundreds of thousands of people, have the food and winter supplies been prepared?" Huangfu Chaobo asked Meng Yi again;
Meng Yi looked at his deputy Ma Xuan, who understood and stood up to answer: "My lord, I am in charge of this matter and am about to report it to you. Since receiving the order to relocate from you, Longhua has been collecting food and supplies, including food and supplies for these hundreds of thousands of people until the autumn harvest next year, which have been continuously collected and transported to various territories."
"Up to this point, Longhua City has stored enough food for 100,000 people and 20,000 troops for two years, and in terms of fodder, enough fodder and food for 50,000 horses for half a year have been prepared. It is still summer and autumn, and the fodder needed by the horses is still being collected."