The banquet at Qingshan Tower lasted nearly an hour, and it was not until the sun sets westward that it dispersed. Du Zhongxiao ordered his followers to give each of these little leaders a piece of silk as a reward to reward them for their hearts to be in the court when their homes were broken and displaced.

The border silk is several times that of the mainland, and it is very precious here. The small leaders received the reward, and they were all grateful and swearing to serve the court. Du Zhongxiao comforted him with warm words and watched everyone leave.

The tribes in this area are sandwiched among three major forces, and it is normal to sway around. Their verbal allegiance is not very meaningful. In fact, many of these people also have official complaints granted by the Song Dynasty, and some of them have a nominal rank higher than Du Zhongxiao. Of course, this kind of official has neither salary nor status, but is just a kind of honor and favor that their own people show off. Now the Song Dynasty is weak, and no one mentions any official he has ever been in the Song Dynasty. Not to mention that there are some of them, both in name, in name, as well as in Khitan.

Seeing that most people boarded the ferry and headed towards the other side, Du Zhongxiao smiled and shook his head. If he took what he said just now, he might have regarded hundreds of miles of the other side as the territory of the Song Dynasty, which is actually not the case.

With Liang Sheng and others slowly walking back to the military camp, Du Zhongxiao looked at the shops in this area, which were mostly Han people doing business. There were many foreigners in the slaves and servants below. In addition to some soldiers, most of the people who came here to buy goods were from the mountains. Their dresses were different and they were not fluent in Chinese, which could be seen at a glance. The days of grazing in the mountains were very difficult, and foreigners kept fleeing to the Song Dynasty.

When he arrived at the gate of the military camp, Du Zhongxiao whispered to Tao Shiqi beside him: "The Xiangbu who was talking in the restaurant in front has been following him. I think there is something wrong. Go and give me an order, and half an hour later, come to the residence to see me."

Tao Shiqi turned around and saw Xiangbu at the corner of the street.

After leaving the restaurant, Du Zhongxiao noticed that Xiangbu did not leave with other young leaders, but followed behind. Du Zhongxiao did not suspect that he was a meticulous work. First, meticulous work was not so stupid. Then, when the restaurant asked, he felt that he had a deep affection for the Song Dynasty. This is not surprising. These foreign tribes have moved to the vicinity for hundreds of years and have been ruled by the Central Plains dynasty and are originally people of the Central Plains.

The vast area in the northwest is the most widely distributed among the Dangxiang people, but it cannot be considered that the Dangxiang people are interested in Dangxiang. For them, the most important thing is that their tribes do not have a unified national understanding. Especially in this area, familiar people who communicate with the Han people, in their eyes, the Han people in the Central Plains should be closer. Those barbarians who shave their hair and change their clothes burn, kill, and loot them, are the enemies.

After Yuanhao rebelled, the Linfeng Prefecture area that focused on attacking was originally dominated by the Dangxiang people. Although they were of the same clan, they did not delay the Dangxiang people massacre and looting property. Including Tanglong Town, if it were not for the poor rule of the Wang family in Fengzhou and the Zhe family in the Prefecture, some would not have rebelled into the Dangxiang.

After entering the military camp, Du Zhongxiao gave a brief order, returned to his residence, and called Feng Yuan over.

The guest and host took a seat and Du Zhongxiao said, "I took a look around today and found that the official waiter is a big merchant here. Although I didn't look carefully, I could see that there are not many businesses that have a bigger business than the official waiter."

Feng Yuan bowed: "The youngest saved some money in Bingzhou before they came here to do business. The Volcanic Army is a remote place, and there is no big business to do, so there will be big merchants. If the youngest had no choice, they would not have come here."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Don't look at the small place. If you manage it carefully, you can still make a lot of money. Dangxiang and the Khitan are in a bad relationship. Within a thousand miles, Dangxiang people can only come to this small place if they want to sell goods to their dynasty. Although the prefectures and prefectures also have to set up courts, it is inconvenient for people from the north."

Feng Yuan said: "What the officials said is, but it is difficult to travel here, so I can only do some light goods business. Now I have a fur yard in Bingzhou. I used to be able to sell some medicinal materials and felt blankets, but there was actually not much business to do."

"It will get better. If there are people gathering, there will be business to do. I have prepared some wine and food tonight and talk to the outsider. Now I have some chores to handle. Let's go back and clean up. If I get rid of the bad news, I will send someone to call you."

Feng Yuan stood up and thanked him, saying goodbye.

Du Zhongxiao sat in his residence and closed his eyes to rest, planning for the next plan. The wasteland in the river valley must be developed. As long as the area is cultivated into farmland, the volcanic army's food can be self-sufficient. In such a place, with food, everything is there.

As the Zhijun, Du Zhongxiao was on horseback and dismounted the horses and officials and civilians, in principle, could mobilize all troops and horses in the territory. However, the imperial guards and the wing army each had their own supervisory yamen, and they could not interfere with the local government. The Zhijun must ensure that money and food are provided on time, and they can also dispatch them to march and fight, but they cannot interfere in their daily affairs. Their military status and daily management belong to the three yamen, and local officials generally do not ask about it.

This relatively closed management system is quite inconvenient for the state army located in the border areas. In recent years, the status of the rural soldiers along the three border routes has increased accordingly. The Linfu Road in Shaanxi Road and Hedong Road uses a large number of foreign soldiers. Pang Ji began to develop the Jiaoyu Township Soldiers on Hebei on a large scale, which has actually set the forefront of the Baojia system. The imperial guards are selected from the best. Whether it is the source of troops or equipment, including training, they are far from comparable to the Xiang army and the rural soldiers. Logically speaking, the combat effectiveness should be the strongest. However, on the battlefield, with the loss of a large number of elite soldiers, the number has expanded rapidly and the combat effectiveness has dropped significantly. On Shaanxi Road, the combat effectiveness of the imperial guards is no longer as good as that of the foreign soldiers and archers, and is despised as the Eastern Army.

Du Zhongxiao was not familiar with the war model of this era. He was not only limited by the system, but also had nowhere to train the imperial guards, but also had nowhere to start. For him, the simplest thing was to build guns and cannons at the fastest speed and use his technical advantages to make up for the current combat strength disadvantage of the Song army. And the army that Du Zhongxiao could organize according to his own wishes could only be the rural soldiers.

The Volcanic Army is located in the border area, with almost all the people, and the source of troops is sufficient. Not to mention the more than 3,000 households, the 500 township soldiers are very relaxed. Based on the situation I have learned over the days, the 500 musketeers in my hand are enough to sweep hundreds of miles north of the Yellow River. If we can properly use the affiliated households and organize the foreign soldiers, it is not impossible to recapture Tanglong Town.

Thinking of this, Du Zhongxiao smiled self-deprecatingly. He is now a state-level chief officer, but he only dares to think about the size of the army of 500 people. The Volcanic Army, the same as the state, is really a little larger. If it is in the mainland, except for the army, it is just a small county.

At this moment, Tao Shiqi came to report that Xiangbu had arrived. He brought the person in and Du Zhongxiao ordered him to give him a seat.

Xiangbu seemed uneasy and rubbed her hands and said, "Where is a small seat in front of the officials? The court laws, the foreigners are not allowed to sit with the prefectures and county officials. The officials have any words and orders, and the small ones just stand and listen."

Du Zhongxiao no longer forced himself. In fact, the court stipulated that in the court, foreign officials were not allowed to sit with Han officials. With Han officials there, foreigners could only stand regardless of the officials and the people, and there were no such rules in private.

Looking at Xiangbu, Du Zhongxiao said, "I left the restaurant, I saw you wandering around, but Is there anything wrong?"

Xiang Bu smiled all over her face: "It turns out that the officials saw it, and the young ones said something straight. There are fourteen tribes north of the Yellow River. In fact, we only had seven tribes before, and the other seven tribes moved from Prefecture and Fengzhou because of war. The land was barren and there were no production there. Now with such a clan tent, life is getting harder. The young ones heard that there are a lot of idle fields in the volcanic army, and they want to bring their clan members to the side, so they also ask for a comprehensive official."
Chapter completed!