Chapter 1070: Deployment of the Capital's Defense
On June 15, the second year of Da Ming, Qu Bing led the Shen Ce Guard to return triumphantly. On the day of their return, You Ye sent Luo Chong a letter via eagle, telling him the specific date of the Shen Ce Guard's return.
This actually meant that if Luo Chong had any plans, he could prepare them in advance, such as how to use the Shen Ce Guard in the future.
Luo Chong also received the letter two days later, and of course he understood You Ye's meaning. He had already planned the use of the Shen Ce Guard.
The Shen Ce Guard had been away fighting for nearly a whole year, and the first thing they had to do when they came back was to rest, that is, to take a vacation. Of course, it was impossible to disband them all at once, but to take turns to rest.
After the rest, Luo Chong planned to send the Shen Ce Guard to the garrisons in various places to serve as instructors and train the troops in various places on how to use firearms, so that when the new guns were made in Xingang County, he could quickly replace the firearms for all the troops of the Han tribe.
By the time the capital is built and all the troops of the Han tribe are equipped with firearms, Luo Chong can take advantage of the situation to establish an emperor and a country. If possible, he can even expand the territory a little bit. Anyway, the Han tribe is no longer at war and there are no enemies around. The only threat should be the grassland in the west.
The capital of the Han tribe is on the east side of the grassland, and it is only separated from the grassland by Honghu Lake. However, this Honghu Lake is not enough to be a barrier to the capital. If the nomadic people of the grassland really want to use troops against the capital, they can invade from the north and south sides of Honghu Lake. In addition, the herdsmen have a large number of horses and highly mobile cavalry. Once they start fighting, it will only take a few days to rush to the capital.
Even if the Han tribe stationed troops at the north and south ends of Honghu Lake and blocked the main traffic routes on the road, the surface of Honghu Lake is still a loophole for the capital. If the grassland people raided the back of the capital from the water by boat, it might be faster than the cavalry going by land. After all, no matter how big Honghu Lake is, it is just a lake. It takes no more than two days to cross Honghu Lake by sailboat, which is also a great threat to the defense of the capital.
Therefore, Luo Chong also has many plans for the protection of the capital after the founding of the country.
At present, the Han tribe has four main forces on the grassland, namely the three counties of Honghu Lake and the mainland side of the cross-sea bridge connecting Qiongzhou Island. The sphere of influence of the cross-sea bridge was snatched by the Han tribe from the grassland wolf tribe. It is considered a high mountain grassland terrain. Now because of the existence of the engineering team, although the county has not been formally established, there are tens of thousands of laborers and thousands of slaves there, and ordinary people really can't beat it down.
The three counties of Honghu Lake are quite special. Honghu Lake is an inland freshwater lake with a huge area. The overall shape is a long strip, long from north to south and narrow from east to west.
The capital of the Han tribe was built on the east bank of Honghu Lake, while the narrow west bank of Honghu Lake originally belonged to three different forces.
Kaiyuan County under the Han tribe can be regarded as the center of the west bank of Honghu Lake. The area south of this center was taken back by the Han tribe from Maodun. Later, Zhangwu County and Binhai County were established there, which completely controlled the sphere of influence from the central part of the grassland to the southern seashore. However, the large area of lush grass and water along the lake in the north of Kaiyuan County was still controlled by the Suritu tribe.
This was a threat to the capital. Of course, it was not a threat to the Han tribe, which was about to have continuous-fire firearms, but Luo Chong was unwilling to leave such a hidden danger, so he planned to control all areas on the west bank of Honghu Lake in the hands of the Han tribe, and even the entire grassland in the hands of the Han tribe, turning the entire western grassland into the back garden and pasture of the Han tribe.
Luo Chong was thinking about the strategic defense deployment of the future capital in the study. At this time, the four-year-old little Luo Cheng also came in with his brother Luo Ji. Luo Ji was the fourth child in their family. He was just over one year old now. However, if calculated according to the Earth calendar, this little guy is now about one and a half years old. He is just beginning to learn to walk. Now he can walk slowly with someone's support.
"Dad, dad, look, the fourth brother can walk." Little Luo Cheng shouted while supporting his brother to walk into the study. Behind him, Luo Chong's second daughter Luo Lan also followed in with the third child Luo Xing.
Luo Cheng and Luo Lan both looked like little adults. Now they have started to take care of children. The third and fourth children, who were just one year old, were still wearing open-crotch pants. They could only call for parents and brothers and sisters, but they couldn't say anything else.
"How did you get here? Be careful not to bump into anything. How old are you? You can take care of your younger brother. Can you hold him? Don't drop him again." Luo Chong said nervously when he saw the four children all got into the house.
"Dad, I'm not a kid anymore. Look, I can hold him." Luo Cheng said as he took credit for it and picked up the fourth child. The child didn't cry, but felt a little uncomfortable being strangled by his brother's short arms. He groaned and struggled to get off the ground.
"Okay, okay, Dad knows you're strong. Put your brother down quickly and don't drop him." Luo Chong's scalp tingled when he looked at these children. How old are these little brats? A four-year-old child would have been a kindergartener in his previous life. Such a young child doesn't know anything. What can he do? Can he even coax a child?
"Dad, Dad."
At this time, the third child Luo Xing also called out incoherently, stretching out his arms to be held. Luo Chong had no choice but to go over and take the child. As a result, he didn't hold the child for a minute before he felt a damp heat on his chest.
He peed on a piece of grass.
Little Luo Xing was still not satisfied after peeing, and he hugged Luo Chong's neck and laughed.
"Smelly boy, I think you did it on purpose, next time you pee, talk in advance, okay?" Luo Chong scolded the disobedient children, and walked out, calling Xiaodie and Zhan Ying as he walked.
The two were now discussing with the maid outside about changing the mat for the family. When they heard Luo Chong calling them, they hurried over.
"Come and see your son, the little boy peed on me." Luo Chong handed the child to Zhan Ying, and Xiaodie was busy changing Luo Chong's clothes. The remaining three children also ran out of the study and surrounded Zhan Ying.
Luo Chong went to the bedroom to change clothes, but he heard the voice of Zhan Ying scolding the children outside.
"What's wrong with you two? I told you that the study is your father's office and you can't go in randomly. You still went in to disturb us. Our family has such a big yard, it's not enough for you to mess around."
In the bedroom, Xiaodie asked while changing Luo Chong's clothes.
"I just saw a guard deliver a letter to you, and then you just sat in the study in a daze. Is there something troubling you?"
Luo Chong buttoned his hands and shook his head, saying, "Nothing, just a letter from Heyuan County in the north, saying that Qubing has returned with the Shen Ce Guards, nothing else.
"Now that the Northern Expedition is officially over, the entire north has stabilized. The eight counties of Hanyang are all developing very well. Although Heyuan County in the north has just started and is under construction, the people there have lived there for three or four years, so I am not too worried.
"So I thought, since there is nothing to worry about in the north anyway, why don't we just move to the capital in the south to live, what do you think?"
Luo Chong asked Xiaodie as he was getting dressed.
"Go to the capital? Isn't it still under construction? The houses haven't been built yet, and there are no people living there. I guess there's nowhere to buy things. What can we do there now?" Xiaodie asked puzzled.
"It's because it's not finished yet, so we have to go. Our new home is also under construction. If you find anything you are not satisfied with, it's not too late to change it now. Otherwise, it will be difficult to change it after it is built.
"Besides, our whole family will definitely settle in the capital in the future. Isn't it better to go there now to let you adapt first? The third and fourth children are already one year old, so it won't be a problem even if we take a boat." Luo Chong continued to induce Xiaodie. In fact, to put it bluntly, he just couldn't stay there and wanted to go to the capital to take a look. This is the place where he will be crowned emperor and establish a country in the future, so he naturally has to plan it himself.
Xiaodie threw the dirty clothes she changed into a basket, frowned slightly, and said after a while.
"It's okay to go to the south, but I don't want to go to the capital now. There is nothing there now. I saw the photos that Youzhi sent you. There is still a large construction site there. Where would we live if we went there? There is not even a place to play, and there is no market to go around. It is not convenient to buy things in daily life.
"My dear, if we must go to the south, then let's live in Takuhai County for a few years, and then we can move there when the capital is built. It happens that Sister Tang Yao is not far away there, we can ask her to live with us, and our family will live in Takuhai County.
" "Takuhai County has been built for many years, and there are tens of thousands of people living there. There are also markets and ports there. It is convenient for us to buy things when we want to live there. In addition, Takuhai County is close to the capital. If you are worried about the construction of the capital, you can go and take a look at it at any time. If the train from Takuhai County to the capital is repaired, it will be convenient for our family to go there together. What do you think?" "
Xiao Die saw through Luo Chong's true thoughts at a glance. What did he mean by asking them to go there in advance to adapt? It was because he was worried about others working. She had lived with Luo Chong for so many years and had two children. How could she not understand Luo Chong's temper?
This man was just worried and couldn't sit still. He wanted to do everything himself and wanted to get involved in the things that were assigned to him. It was nothing more than Luo Chong himself wanting to go to the construction site to take a look, but he insisted on taking his whole family with him.
But going to the south was nothing. Xiao Die was not averse to going to the south, otherwise she would not have suggested going to Takuhai County.
After listening to it, Luo Chong pondered for a while, and it seemed to be true. There was nothing in the capital now, mainly because there were not many people living there. There was no place to buy eggs, vegetables and meat. He was not the kind of person who raised chickens and waited for them to lay eggs. He couldn't let the whole family eat with the workers if he took his family there?
How old were the four children? Even if the three adults were fine, the children would not be okay!
"Well, what Madam said makes sense. Then let's go ask Zhan Ying and hear her thoughts?" Luo Chong nodded and asked again.
"Okay, let's go ask now."
Xiaodie also nodded in agreement, so the two of them immediately went to the living room and came to Zhan Ying and the four children. The family of seven sat on a solid wood sofa with cushions and mats. Each of them held a child in his arms, and Luo Chong held two older children in his arms. Xiaodie, who was next to them, told Zhan Ying about Luo Chong's proposal to move south.
Zhan Ying also thought about it, but did not object, but reminded Luo Chong.
"It's okay for my husband to personally supervise the construction of the capital. Sister Xiaodie said that we should live in Takuhai County, which is also possible, but I don't recommend going so early."
Hearing Zhan Ying say this, Xiaodie, Luo Chong and the two older children all looked at her.
"What do you mean? "Luo Chong asked directly.
"Husband, just like Sister Xiaodie said, there is no place to live if we go there now, and I heard that the south is hot and humid in summer, far less than the dryness in Hanyang County, and Hanyang County is cold in winter, so why don't we wait until autumn here to go. It is already mid-June now, and it is only a few months away.
"If husband has made a decision, why not write to County Magistrate Lin now and ask him to prepare a yard for us? It will take two or three months, even if he builds a yard now.
"In addition, husband has a lot of things to do here. It will only be one or two months before the Shen Ce Guards come back, and Qubing's child will be born in the next few days. When Qubing comes back, it is estimated that the child can catch up with the full moon wine. Won't husband express his feelings at that time? Moreover, the army has returned from the expedition, and husband, as the leader, won't express his feelings?
"Also, the barley at the mechanized farm in Liuyang County will be harvested in two months. Shouldn't we use this barley to make beer? What should we plant on the farm next year? Shouldn't my husband make some arrangements for these things?
" "I know my husband is anxious about the construction of the capital, but no matter how anxious you are, you can't rush it in two or three months, right? Wait for the Northern Expedition army to return victoriously, and wait for Qubing's child's wedding wine to be drunk. In these two or three months, you can arrange the follow-up matters here. By then, it will be autumn, and our new yard in Takumi County will probably be ready. Then we can take a boat there together. When we reach the south, the hottest season will have passed. Isn't it wonderful? ! "
Luo Chong and Xiao Die smacked their lips after hearing this. They had to admit that what Zhan Ying said was more feasible. They really didn't have a suitable place to live in the past. It would be fine to let Dashu build a yard for them in Takuhai County. Anyway, he really couldn't leave Hanyang County now. Even if Qubing went back before he left, it would take a month or two.
Zhan Ying was right. No matter how urgent it was, it wouldn't matter if he left in a month or two.
(End of this chapter)
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