The sudden rise of Huaihuang Town gave Yang Jian a way to make up for the loopholes in the plan that failed the Eastern Expedition.~~~~~ Let the Huaihuang Army and the Sanfan, whom Xin attached to him, become a surprise soldier. They were used to restrain the Turks and even monitor Goguryeo. Although in the decisive battle of the world's top forces, the Huaihuang Army might eventually be destroyed, but for the entire Sui Dynasty, it was a very good pawn and even showed an increasingly important role.

Yi Feng is the key piece of this move, and Yang Jian cannot withdraw this piece at will. If Yi Feng is withdrawn, Huai Huang's secret chess move may lose its effect.

Between the world and the grandson who had been separated for many years, Yang Jian chose the country without hesitation. Not only could he not recall Yi Feng, he also had to find a way to strengthen his determination in Huaihuang. He had to nail him firmly, let him lead his "sized army" to nail him to Huaihuang, and defend the boundary between the three powerful forces of the Turks, the Great Sui Dynasty, and the Goguryeo. He should be a firm wedge and nailed in this gap.

However, can Yi Feng withstand this pressure and stick to Huaihuang, and even fight for the court at critical moments. Yang Jian was not sure. Although Yang Lin was his grandson, after all, he had been in the martial arts world for many years, and no one knew whether to rely on it at critical moments. Yang Jian sat back on the imperial bed, closed his eyes and thought carefully. Maybe he should call Yi Feng back to meet him first, and take advantage of this New Year's ceremony to summon him to personally summon him before launching a counterattack and encourage him.

Should I be appointed as an official or a promise? Or should I directly let him recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, and be appointed as a king, and let him fight for the Great Sui Dynasty and the Yang family?

Finally, he shook his head again, and it was not the time. But he should indeed meet him and talk to him in person. If he is useful, give him some support and let him return to Huaihuang. If he is useless, he will leave him in the capital and be a wealthy idle person, and choose a few powerful forces to take over the Wuzhou army.

In the afternoon of that day, a team left the capital with Yang Jian's edict. They rode their horses eastward and headed to the outer wasteland of Hedong.

Just as it was almost time, Yi Feng finally said goodbye to Sanfan by the Raole River. The army headed south and returned along the route he came. At the east entrance of the She River, the ice fort was still standing, but there were no troops. On the east side of the ice fort, where the Sanchuan and the two rivers converged, a brand new two river town had been roughly completed. The city wall, city gate, Haogou and other defense projects were completed, and many houses had been established in the city, and the streets were well divided. Some of the built houses had been put into use, and some shops were even rented out directly. Many merchants with keen sense of smell came to seize the business opportunities without fear of the cold and started to trade.

The three forts around Lianghe Town were also built, and the construction of Lianghe Town was successful. The river valleys in the snow immediately rejuvenated. There were pedestrians everywhere. Many merchants in the wilderness used sleds to transport a large amount of food, cloth, salt and other goods to sell them to the Xi people who suffered this disaster. The Xi people can exchange goods for cattle, sheep, horses, camels, donkeys, horses, even wood, herbs, and other valuable things, and it doesn't matter if they don't have money.

The merchants in Huaihuang are very smart. They come more to seize the market. If you don’t have money, it doesn’t matter. I will keep your accounts for you or even borrow money. As long as there are tribal leaders or several herders to guarantee you. They even specifically stated that in order to respond to Yi Shuai’s helping the Xi brothers overcome the difficulties before next summer, all goods will be booked and credited on credit will be exempted. Even the selling prices of various goods and the purchase prices of various Xi people are very fair.

This made Yi Feng very satisfied after hearing this. He was also worried that the merchants were profit-oriented and wanted to make money in war at this time, so they would come to blackmail the Xi people.

The four of the Warrior Brothers also rushed to Lianghe Town and bought a very good shop at the intersection. While pouring wine for Yi Feng, Warrior Brothers smiled and said, "Actually, everyone is smart. You can't do that kind of business with one stick. Now, the Grand Marshal and the Xi people have formed an alliance with each other, and the Xi people have opened all the Han merchants. We build cities, stock up on fields and open shops here, and we will do a long-term business in the future. Now, here

At this moment, when you are generous, this is the time for a great man to set up a sign. Today, merchants will give you credit. If you turn around and have money, are you still embarrassed to go to another family to do business? In fact, people have always been upright. If you don’t take advantage of him, they will recognize you in the future. This is a very rare loyal customer. Besides, the Grand Marshal builds cities and stocks up the land here. We are all thanks to Grand Marshal’s subordinates who make a living. How dare you do anything wrong and ruin the Grand Marshal’s reputation."

Yi Feng couldn't help but look at the Samurai with some admiration. No wonder this guy started his business by selling tofu in history, but he finally became a Duke.

Putting down the hot soy milk bowl, Yi Feng looked at the warrior and said, "I think you are lucky. If you want to, you can come to my general to do things, are you willing?"

The warrior who was holding Yi Feng a stack of dried incense was stunned on the spot. He knew that Yi Shuai was taking care of him and was very grateful. But he never thought that he could work under Yi Shuai. He was just a small businessman selling tofu. Thanks to the capital Yi Shuai borrowed, he was able to gain a foothold in Huaihuang again. His face was swollen for a moment and he couldn't speak.

"You don't have to be excited, I think you have the ability."

"But I am just a small vendor, so how can I be qualified to work under Yi Shuai?" The warrior said nervously, worried about gains and losses.

Yi Feng smiled, "I used to be a horse thief as others called me. In the past, it was just your experience. Don't belittle yourself. As long as you are willing to work hard, you can change yourself. Do you want to only sell tofu here for the rest of your life, or do you want to be in a virgin and become a first-rate official?"

The warrior trembled with excitement and gritted his teeth, "I am willing to follow Yi Shuai to do things, but I will never refuse to do anything."

"Where did you learn this? It's quite smooth." Yi Feng pointed to the plate in the hand of Samurai, "Take the plate of dried incense first, and then you can clean up and prepare it. After I finish eating, you can follow me. Arrange what you do and let me tell you later."

"Yes, yes... it depends on Yi Shuai's instructions." The warrior was so excited that he couldn't control himself. He had heard that Yi Shuai was unconventional in his employment. But he never expected that such an opportunity would come to him one day.

The next morning, the warrior handed over the shop to his brothers for care. He carried a baggage and returned to the camp with Yi Feng, and then followed the army to set off again to continue southward and return to Huaihuang.

Along the road, there were military towns and garrisons built in the bitter cold wind. Many city builders were prisoners of previous wars. This time Yi Feng brought more than 10,000 prisoners. In addition, there were many tribal herders recruited nearby. The Huaihuang Army offered good employment conditions and attracted many herders to build roads and cities. The past two months have just passed, which is very nightmare for many herders. Many people have lost their relatives. Some have saved their lives, but their homes have been ruined, and more people have lost their cattle, sheep and other property. It is a good choice to take advantage of this winter to work for the generous Han people and earn some food and copper coins to subsidize their household income. Moreover, the treatment on the construction site is indeed good. Just three meals a day, plus every meal with meat and soup, is enough to make them come without hesitation.

The location selection of each military town and garrison fort was long after careful discussion among the generals of Huaihuang, and was personally approved by Yi Feng. These towns are almost all located in the traffic entrances of several river valleys, guarding important passages. Those garrison forts are generally built in some small river valleys. The forts are still under construction, but many garrison troops have been transferred, and they are all three garrison troops that have just been newly expanded. After this round of expansion, the original garrison troops have already had the size of three armies, reaching 105 regiments. A large number of teams of newly formed garrison troops went to their new defense zones according to Yi Feng's orders to participate in the construction of the new town garrison.

Before next summer, all the newly established town forts will be completed as planned. According to the plan, the first round of immigration and land hoarding plans will be carried out after the New Year. At that time, some unemployed people and some families of town soldiers will be moved to stockpile fields in the river valleys around the town fort and plant grain.

Although the town garrison army was expanded to the three armies, in Yi Feng's plan, they were only local garrison troops, responsible for city defense and commercial patrols, as well as suppression of bandits and robberies and the people, and were supplementary troops and reserve troops for the war army troops.

On Laba Day, Yi Feng finally returned triumphantly with the victorious army.

There were only more than 20,000 people when they went out, and more than 50,000 people when they came back, and even brought back countless spoils, groups of war horses, cattle, sheep, camels, and various spoils piled with carriages and sleds. The people of Huaihuang who came out of the city to welcome him cheered. Especially the families of the soldiers were even more happy. They had heard that this battle was remarkable, but the casualties of their own soldiers were not great. The merchants in Huaihuang watched the army reunite with joy. When the army returned, Huaihuang became safer. Moreover, the army had gone north for so long and had achieved so many results. Needless to say, the soldiers were promoted and made a fortune, all the shops would also welcome a feast before the New Year.
Chapter completed!