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Chapter 5 Return to Italy

Seven days later, Yang Yuanqing and his group walked back to the city of Dali, which he had been away from for a long time. From a distance, the sunshine in the winter afternoon shone on the city of Dali, making the new city particularly beautiful. The city was no longer the case when he left. The city of Dali was a semi-barrel shape and the city was not big, but after reconstruction, the city of Dali had expanded more than three times, and was still a semicircular shape. Under the sunlight, a majestic city of light gray had appeared in front of Yang Yuanqing.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing was not only a general in Dali Town, but also served as a general in Jiuyuan Town. Jiuyuan City was also built at the same time as Dali Town. It is located on the banks of Wuliangsu Sea, but the scale is smaller than Dali Town.

Much more.

The city had already received news of the return of the chief general, and more than a hundred cavalrymen rushed to the distance. The leading general was Yang Sien, followed by Fat Yu, Liu Jian, Ma Shao and others.

"General!"

The four of them turned over and dismounted from the horse and knelt in front of the Tao. Yang Yuanqing was ecstatic. He jumped off the horse, walked quickly to the four of them, and helped them up. Seeing that the four of them were nourishing more than when he left, especially the dark-skinned Ma Shao, he became a little white. Yang Yuanqing was both angry and funny, punched them one by one, and laughed, "You four, what did you do when I was not here?"

The four of them laughed intently, and Liu Jian scratched his head, "Actually it's nothing. Yang Tou has grown up, we have a place to eat." "Oh! Congratulations!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled at Yang Sien and bowed, "Where is the wife from?"

Yang Sien smiled and said, "It's a wealthy family in Yanzhou, with the surname Fang. The family moved to Wuyuan County. It was the thread that General Yu led me. General, when will I go to my house for a meal?" "No problem!" Yang Yuanqing introduced Yang Wei and Niu Niu to the four people. When she introduced Niu Niu, she lifted her curtain hat to salute the four people. The four people's eyes lit up. They had never seen such a beautiful woman before, but they knew very well that this woman was Yang Yuanqing's man, and the four of them hurriedly returned the greeting.

"Everyone enter the city, have a good rest!" Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, and everyone's hearts became hot. He accelerated. Haohao dàngdàng headed towards Dali City. Fat Yu and Yang Wei felt sympathy and soon they talked about each other. Liu Jian didn't talk much to Combas before, but today he had an old friendship with Combas for the first time, but his eyes swept towards Combas' daughter from time to time.

Yang Sien's eyes were sharp. He found that there were hundreds of empty horses in the team, and many soldiers were still stained with blood. He approached Yang Yuanqing and said, "General, have you met Xue Yantuo people?"

"How did you know?" Yang Yuanqing glanced at him.

"I can guess that the Xueyantuo incident has caused a lot of controversy in Fengzhou. Many soldiers are a little dissatisfied with Yushuai because of this. After all, the Xueyantuo people have entered Fengzhou to kill and loot. Everyone thinks that it is impossible to apologize. Especially many soldiers' families have come to Fengzhou, which is related to their vital interests."

"I did meet Xueyantuo people on the road, and I might have killed Yi Shibo's youngest son."

Yang Yuanqing handed the gold medal to Yang Sien "Stack!" Yang Sien glanced at the gold medal and couldn't help but exclaim.

"Do you know this person?" Yang Sien nodded. "This person is Yi Shibo's precious son. He has always led his troops to disturb Fengzhou. It is precisely because of this that Yi Shibo is willing to apologize and refuses to punish the murderer. I heard that this sage and his brother Yi Nan competed for the position of Xue Yantuo Khan's heir. The brother's relationship is very bad. If you kill him this time, I'm afraid Yi Shibo will not give up."

Yang Yuanqing sneered, "I know, last time I killed his second son Xue Qiluo in Lake Harry. I guess I will settle the new and old accounts together. I am just about to settle the accounts with him. 1"

Yang Sien was stunned, "What kind of accounts do the general want to settle with him?" "Harry Lake, I almost died at the hands of his son Xue Qiluo. This time in my own yard, I almost died at the hands of his son Zuifeng. Will I just forget about this account?" "But Xue Yantuo has more than 100,000 troops and is very powerful, so this account may not be easy to settle." "I know!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled and stopped mentioning this matter, turning the topic away, "I will leave it to you in the future." This is something that Yang Yuanqing has been considering. The two cities are sixty miles apart. He cannot be in charge of both sides at the same time. He always has to entrust it to the famous deputy general of C. According to general practice, although he is a general of Shuangcheng Town, the specific deputy general of the garrison was appointed by the Fengzhou general manager Yu Jululai. Yang Yuanqing did not want to hand over Jiuyuan City to someone he didn't know, and he was most at ease with him.

Yang Sien was overjoyed. He also wanted to go to Jiuyuan City, but he didn't know how to speak. He was afraid that Yang Yuanqing had already decided on a good candidate. He would hit a problem after he proposed it. Unexpectedly, Yang Yuanqing really asked him to go.

He clasped his fists and said, "I will not disappoint the general!" "Take Liu Jian with me and control his lower body."

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly and quickly ran into the city.

The original Dali City had 1,000 troops stationed. After it was expanded into a county, the number of troops stationed should be the same as that of Yongfeng County, increasing to 2,000. In addition, there were 1,000 troops stationed in Jiuyuan City.

In addition, in order to solve the food of the border army and to consolidate border defense, the Sui Dynasty moved 10,000 Han people from Yan, Qing, Yuan, Ning, Yin, Xia and other states within the pass to Fengzhou to increase the population there. At the same time, border troops were encouraged to bring their families to the border to settle their homes and become military households.

After five or six years of population migration, the population of Fengzhou has reached 15,000 households, and more than 5,000 households are attached to Turks, which has brought the population of Banzhou to 20,000 households, more than 100,000 people, and 10,000 troops. According to the standard of the King of Sui that five to six households have raised one soldier, the burden on the households in Fengzhou is still a little heavy. The Sui Dynasty then reduced tax exemptions, and the Fengzhou households received 100 acres of land, and the newly cultivated fields are owned and tax exemptions for three years have been introduced. The people of Fengzhou live and work in peace, and the former desolate pearls outside the border began to rejuvenate.

After being upgraded to Dali County, the jurisdiction of Dali City expanded rapidly, including Dali and Jiuyuan and Wuliang Suhai, a radius of hundreds of miles, with a population of more than 2,400 households, and nearly 2,000 Turkic people living in the city, in addition to more than 1,000 outdoors in the city, many Han immigrants were distributed in the form of villages in the fertile land.

"Si'en, it seems that the city has not been repaired yet?"

After entering the city, Yang Yuanqing realized that the city had not been repaired. The outside walls looked decent, but the city was in a mess, full of scattered stones, sand and wood, and only half of the inner walls were built.

Moreover, he found that no one who worked was cold and deserted between the inner and outer walls. Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but frowned and asked, "Is it because of winter?"

Yang Sien nodded, "The person who is responsible for repairing the pond is Song Jieran, who is a Gongcao under Yu Shuai. He paid the craftsmen ten days ago and returned to Wuyuan County. Seeing the end of the year, the craftsmen also went home. It is estimated that the construction will not start again after the spring."

Yang Yuanqing was a little unhappy. It was only November to the beginning of next spring, and it was about February. Just half of the project was left here for four months. Not only was the mess in the city, it would greatly reduce the city's defense ability.

Yang Sien had no choice but to build a city, but he was not in charge of the annoying things in the middle. He had not told Yang Yuanqing yet.

"General, I'll take you to see the county government! That's been repaired."

Yang Yuanqing nodded and turned around and told Fat Fish to settle his goods. He followed Yang Sien to the inner city.

The original Dali City had only one city wall. Since Dali City was the northernmost county in the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty, this time, the city wall was expanded to consider the need for defense as much as possible. Two city walls were built. One outer city wall and the other inner city wall were sixty feet apart. There was a narrow suspension bridge in the middle. The passage to the upper city was only in the inner city wall. To go to the outer city wall, you must first go to the inner city and then pass through the suspension bridge.

In terms of the function arrangement of the county town, the large open space between the inner and outer cities is a commercial area. At that time, all the shops will be concentrated between the two cities and the military camps are also here, and there is a military camp at both ends.

The inner city is mainly residential areas, government offices, warehouses, etc., and even if the outer city is broken, the inner city still has powerful defensive functions.

The inner city has also doubled its size. There were only two streets that were originally five, two horizontal and three vertical. The two horizontal lines are called Chang'an Street and Luoyang Street, and the three vertical lines are called Yanzhou Street, Yuanzhou Street and Qingzhou Street. These are the three states with the most immigrants.

The county government office is located at the intersection of Jiaojie on Chang'an Street and Qingzhou Street. It is a building complex covering an area of ​​about ten acres. It is not only the county government office, but also the Fengzhou Jiaojie Municipal Supervision Office.

Like all the mainland government offices, the back part is the main official's home. Niu Niu can't adapt to the severe cold in Fengzhou and has some colds. Yang Yuanqing ordered people to take her and Conbass's wife and daughter to the back house to rest.

He himself took several officials into the county government office. The smell of tung oil and pine wood was filled with the inside. It was obvious that the lobby, the second hall, the third hall, the six-cao room, the yamen runner's room, the county magistrate's room, the county magistrate's room, the chief clerk's room, etc. were distributed according to a central axis, but unlike the county government office in the mainland, there was an additional east courtyard after entering, which was the office room for the municipal supervision.

The Jiaoshi City Supervisor was originally in Lingzhou. After Fengzhou was expanded, the imperial court moved the Jiaoshi City Supervisor northward and chose between Wuyuan County and Dali County. Finally, Yang Guang decided to place the Jiaoshi City Supervisor in Dali County. In this way, the official trade place between the Great Sui Dynasty and the grassland was sent to Dali County.

There are three functions of transferring municipal supervision: one is to collect commercial taxes, the second is to handle commercial induction, and the other is to strictly investigate the passage of prohibited goods. The Sui Dynasty and the Turks were not free trade. Many commodities were strictly prohibited from being transported to the grassland, such as pig iron, armor, grain, gold and silver, etc., which were almost all strategic materials. The borders were strictly investigated and smuggled contraband, and once caught, it would be a death penalty.

One of the reasons why the transfer of the municipal supervision in Dali City is that the Dali County Government also needs to approve personnel entry and exit at the same time.

The border county governments are different from the mainland. They not only need to deal with trivial matters such as complaining about complaints and injustice, and maintaining public security, but also need to approve the entry and exit of personnel. The entry of non-Sui Dynasty and foreigners entering the Sui Dynasty must apply for the border government, strictly review and even guarantee. For example, Xuanzang went to the West to seek scriptures, and Jianzhen went to Japan, but they actually went out through smuggling.

"General, why are we the only one in this county government?"

Du Ruhui walked around, and the deserted county magistrate smiled bitterly. There were only county magistrates and county magistrates. How could this county magistrate be transferred? It was like the jurisdiction of more than 2,000 households. Even in Zhongxian, it would require at least 95 officials. Now, there are only two.
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