Chapter 878
In March, spring is thick and everything is revived.
The anger of Fengri City has always come from the heavy traffic coming in and out of the four city gates.
In February, the tightening of money and grain has already begun to relax on a large scale. Now that it has just entered March, there is only one name still hanging, and all restrictions have been relaxed in actual implementation.
In terms of bulk goods, ordinary people have not directly felt it, but in terms of firewood, rice, oil and salt, they can clearly feel that the country has almost returned to its pre-war state.
Walking again to several main roads in Fengri City, the shops on both sides have all opened, even the wine shops, taverns, and flower houses that have been suppressed have officially opened their doors to welcome customers on the first day of March .
Well-informed people can find out a lot of the situation in the south without much effort, which shows that the control of news in the south has also been relaxed.
There were basically no more battles in the south, and almost all the four major front armies in the southeast, north, and west had withdrawn to the Kunduo Pass, and those who remained in the south were the troops of the frontier army itself.
The changes in the frontier army were similar to those during the previous war. Two permanent military camps were set up, one was the Shimen military camp next to the secret exit of the Wanli Bamboo Sea, and the other was the giant military camp in Wuhu Lake. After the two sides shrink their troops, they are mainly used as material transfers, and their respective permanent troops will not exceed 30,000.
Aiming at the Huzhuyuan area in the southwest of the barbarians, the four major front armies have swept back and forth several times in February, and the large-scale main force of the barbarians has been wiped out or dispersed.
Nowadays, two wonderful patterns have formed in the barbarian territory: the area east of Wuhu Lake and Jianchuan has basically restored the situation of barbarian small tribes wandering, but it will be planned by the slave caravan with the permission of the garrison Looting, while in other places it is a mixed situation of the barbarian tribes. After losing the main powerful ethnic groups and large tribes and clans, the leaderless and chaotic is the situation in the barbarian southwestern region today.
On a deeper level that most people don't understand, the Jingjiu dynasty's first comprehensive plan for the barbarians has already begun. The main operators are the Ministry of War and the secret agents of the Black Flag Battalion under Shen Hao's command. And the "knives" in their hands are slave caravans that have been selected and approved.
People outside just look at the excitement. In other words, the slave traders just looked at the huge profits in this business, and rushed to find connections to get through, trying to get the approval document of the stuck slave hunter from the Ministry of War.
It's a pity that the Ministry of War has a very hard back this time, and almost rejected the lobbying of all people who think they have face. So far, they have issued slave hunting licenses for five slave caravans, and limited the five slave caravans to one Quarterly the number of slave hunts on barbarian lands. The height of this limit must not exceed 10%.
That is to say, if you want to catch one hundred barbarian slaves, you can't catch two hundred, and you can't just catch fifty, the minimum is ninety, and the maximum is one hundred and one.
This is adjustment, and the object of adjustment is the population of the barbarians.
Even the gender and age of the hunted barbarians are included in the calculations. This set of arrangements and plans does not come from the Ministry of War, but from Blackwater.
The establishment of the copy system has made the analysis ability of the fourth part of the Black Water almost unlimited, and these guys who stay in the dark corner are extremely courageous, and they directly tested the "minimum survival conditions for ethnic groups" mentioned by Shen Hao once on the barbarians. . It is said that it will take ten years to continue to adjust, trying to control the barbarian population to the most appropriate limit.
It can't be too low, if it is too low, if a natural disaster comes, the whole family will be wiped out. It can't be too high, too high and accidents are prone to occur.
Of course, the population size is only one aspect of the Jingjiu dynasty's plan for the barbarians. The knife of the slave caravan is not just for such a purpose.
For example, from the level of the non-Military Department, the barbarian southwest region was pulled into a situation of perennial self-chaos or melee. This requires not only passing the knife, but also acting and money bags.
The errands in this area are supported by the "Department of Impermanence" in the fourth part of Heishui, and they take over the main errands in this part. One reason is that the bureaucrat in charge of the "Ministry of Impermanence" has petitioned several times to take over the job, and on the other hand, it really needs the core staff of Blackwater to handle it.
The first test and penetration prepared by Zhang Liao was carried out through the slave caravan built by Zhu Shou. What Zhu Shou didn't know was that apart from the slave caravan in his hand being infiltrated by Zhang Liao's people, the same was true for the other four slave caravans. It's just that the caliber is not the Xuanqingwei Black Flag Battalion but the Ministry of War as a cover.
According to Heishui's plan, first pull the Rat Clan who had been killed miserably before, and give them food, money, and even defective ironware. In exchange, the Rat Tribe needs to help hunt some valuable people from the barbarians, or medicinal materials that are only found in the southwest.
After the Rat Race relies on their fertility and the support of the slave caravan, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the monkey and bear clan in the southwest. At that time, if the Rat Clan wins, let other slave caravans go to pull the Bear Clan or the Monkey Clan, and then continue to fight. If the Rat Clan loses, then continue to increase their efforts to pull the Rat Clan.
Anyway, do whatever you can to muddy the water.
This is a long-term plan. It will take several years or even ten years for the preliminary layout, and no one can guarantee how long it will last. Although there will be no official documents and national policies promulgated by the old Jing Dynasty, its specifications are at the national policy level, and the various materials in it are definitely a large amount of money, which must be allocated from the national treasury.
Now the south side is gradually stabilizing like this. Even Zuo Yuliang had already started to return to Guannei from Wuhu Lake. According to the rules of the old Jing Dynasty, he had to hand over the military talisman and commander's seal before returning to the imperial city to accept the emperor's reward. It is not a problem to be promoted to an official rank, but it is not certain where to go after that. This is also a gossip that the upper class everywhere likes to discuss recently.
You must know that Zuo Yuliang's prestige in the army is not ordinary. After the victory in the national war, he can be said to be the number one in the army, replacing Yang Yansi's previous position in the army. His whereabouts also affected the nerves of many people in Jingjiu Dynasty.
Is it going to the four major front armies to change defense? Or continue to stay in the frontier army? Or directly take over the Ministry of War? Or be hung up high and directly provide for the elderly?
In Fengri City, no matter the Xuanqingwei Thousand Household Office or the Heiqiying Commander's Yamen are also very lively recently. On the bright side, the aftermath of Shen Hao's attack is still there, and many finishing matters are still busy. And secretly or in private, many people are also talking about another thing: the war in the south is over, it's time to count meritorious service. I heard that Commander Shen has repeatedly made great achievements in the frontier army. I don't know how much it will be this time. Credit?
The most intuitive reaction is that Shen Hao's mansion has received more greeting cards and invitations during this period of time. However, according to Shen Hao's instructions, Hu Tian made excuses to reject all these greeting cards and invitations.