"A place with mountains everywhere has built such a big city." Before entering the city, Shao Chengjie walked around Xijing.

The left-behind Xijing, Yalu Mansion, Shenzhou, and Shenlu County, all work in such a city. In terms of system structure, it is no different from the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, he did not experience much cruel battle when conquering Xijing. The Weisheng army was more than 13,000, plus some of the Andong Prefecture soldiers, Tutuan Township men, and Wubei Township men, totaling about 30,000 troops. He really attacked and fought fiercely, but only six or seven days later, more than 3,000 people were killed and injured, and then he completely shook the will of the defenders and then took them down.

In fact, it is just a ripe melon.

There have been a fight last year, and they were hit hard in winter. Then this year, the Bohai soldiers in Xijing stopped seven times, and their combat power has declined severely. They no longer have the courage to fight in the field, so failure is inevitable.

If they have a strong fighting will...

Shao Chengjie laughed. I heard that the construction of China has been completed for decades, and the city defense facilities are extremely complete. The city wall is three meters high and twenty miles in circumference. It is actually very difficult to fight. If you change to Xia soldiers to guard it, as long as you keep food and grass, you can guard it until the end of the world. However, everyone loves field battles and most of them will not be willing to defend the city.

After laughing, he raised his horse whip and rushed into the city with his personal soldiers.

The Bohai people may have truly inherited some of the culture of Goguryeo. Not only were the city walls made of stone, but even the streets were covered with stone slabs, which was extremely luxurious.

When the crisp sound of horse hooves appeared on the street, a few Bohai people who were about to go out hurriedly avoided, fled into their homes, and closed the door.

In the two hundred years of Haidong Shengguo, they were the only ones who bullied others, not by others. Even though the rise of the Khitan in recent years, the rise is very obvious and the Bohai Sea has been defeated repeatedly, it is only in the west of the Zhengjie Mansion and Fuyu Mansion, which is separated from their Yalu Mansion, and the Changling Mansion, which is not that profound. Although one year later, Xijing was captured by the Khitans, and Abaoji fished on the Yalu River and declared his victory.

Since the second half of last year, Xijing, which had been stable for two hundred years, was in a panic and wars frequently. But the Bohai people who were quiet and frolicking in their arms really couldn't get hard. They hurriedly organized resistance, and the more they did, the more they made mistakes, and sent troops to fight, all of them to give away their heads.

Today, Xijing was defeated, and for all the people of Bohai, they were like losing their parents and were in panic all day long.

Shao Chengjie conquered Shuzhong and was no longer surprised by the people's behavior. He rode his horse to a palace, tied the horse to the stone lion at the door, and walked in.

"Is this the Xijing Palace?" Shao Chengjie asked, waving his horse whip and looking at the palace that had obviously experienced some fighting.

Yesterday, Zhang Dingbao, the Xijing left the Bohai Sea, surrendered, but the opinions of the defenders were not unified. After all, the Bohai Sea had been established for more than 200 years, and there were still loyal and righteous people who summoned soldiers and fought street battles with the Xia army entering the city. The last group of more than 100 remaining soldiers gathered inside and outside the palace and resisted until the evening.

This made Shao Chengjie look at the people of Bohai with admiration.

Many grassland tribes are better than those of the Bohai Sea people. But once they fail, they will be reduced, which is very straightforward. After all, grassland tribes have always been vendetta and annexation, and the shepherds do not have a strong sense of belonging to the tribe.

But a country with a national system, a city, a stable local governance system is different. The country has been around for more than 200 years, and many people do not want the destruction of the Bohai Sea and would rather die in battle.

He once heard his father say this and knew that this was called national consciousness. Although it was still very shallow and not very solid, it really had some signs.

If we let it go, will there be a revolution in the Bohai Kingdom happen in decades or even hundreds of years? Once the so-called rebel army overthrows the Da clan and establishes a new dynasty, will the Bohai Sea be reborn in the ashes? This is possible.

At that time, will Daxia still have the energy to deal with the rising "New Bohai Kingdom"? It is hard to say.

Small countries also have rise and fall, and rise and fall. We should take advantage of the time when they are sick and kill them completely without leaving any chance!

"Your Highness, this is the Xijing Palace City." Zhang Yun, the young supervisor of the Interior Office who entered the city last night, came over and said, "Actually, it's not bad. The palaces of the former Tang Dynasty and Daxia are just like this."

"The small foreign country also has such luxurious temples. The Bohai Kingdom cannot allow it to continue to exist." Shao Chengjie touched the withered flowers on the corridor column and said, "How many things have been seized?"

"Your Highness, according to the agreement, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has purchased the goods and medicinal materials with matte cloth, and paid for it with matte cloth." Zhang Yun said: "There are more than 2,000 pieces of brocade, more than 50,000 pieces of tussert silk cloth, 500 pieces of gold and silverware, 70 bags of pearls, and nearly 10,000 pieces of fur of various colors..."

Shao Chengjie finished listening slowly and praised: "Before entering the city, I saw that there were mountains and few fields around me, and I thought there was no oil or water. In fact, when I saw such a strong city, I should overturn this idea. The people of Bohai still have money, and China is a place for water and land transportation. It has always been prosperous and will never disappoint me."

"Your Highness, there is still a market in the city, that's the big one..." Zhang Yun reminded.

"Don't worry, someone has already gone to seize and count it." Shao Chengjie said: "The disposal of trophy is still the same. If you make a list, I will read it to the warriors on the spot."

"Yes." Zhang Yun agreed very simply.

The Great Xia martial artists are still easy to talk to. They don’t require you to give rewards on the spot, but you can cash them after you go back. This has been like this for thirty years, and everyone has accepted it long ago. But if they read it in public and tell everyone how much they have seized, they are still very happy and their morale can be improved.

Shao Chengjie made this idea. After years of his career, he knew exactly how to mobilize the morale of a martial artist.

Zhang Yun also knew this, so he agreed readily.

"Then it's okay, you can go and handle it quickly." Shao Chengjie waved his hand and said.

"Your Highness." Zhang Yun did not leave immediately, but asked: "Where will the troops be sent next?"

"You are not a military supervisor, why do you ask so much?" Shao Chengjie turned around and asked with a smile.

"The saint has an order..." Zhang Yun said.

"Okay! OK! I know." Shao Chengjie pointed him with a horsewhip and said angrily: "Isn't it just attacking Longyuan Mansion to the east?"

Longyuan Prefecture is Tokyo, Bohai, and once became its capital.

King Wen of Bohai Daqinmao lost his wife and son in Shangjing, thinking that this was an ominous place, so he moved the capital to Tokyo.

After Da Qinmao's death, Zi Honglin died early and his clan's younger brother Yuan Yi succeeded to the throne. However, he only reigned for one year and "the people of the country killed him." He recommended Honglin Zi Huayu as king, returned to the capital and changed his reign to Zhongxing.

Daqinmao moved the capital, but the surface was because of his loss of his wife and son, but the actual reason was because of the growth of the power of the people in Shangjing, which made him feel scared.

This Chinese people were not ordinary people, but aristocratic clan forces gradually emerged with the reform of Daqinmao. They had grown to a level that was enough to influence the Bohai throne. Therefore, after moving the capital to Tokyo, they could still kill Dayuanyi, establish Dahua Island, and return the capital to Beijing.

There are main post roads between the five capitals of the Bohai Kingdom, namely Japan Road, Silla Road, Yalu Road (Challenge Road), Yingzhou Road, and Khitan Road.

Xijing Shenzhou is located at the water and land transfer hub of the tribute road. From here, you can travel 400 miles north to Zhongjing Xianzhou. If you go east, you can reach Tokyo with two north and south lines.

"Zhang Shaojian, I want to go to Zhongjing first, and then go east to Longyuan Prefecture." Shao Chengjie thought for a while and said, "Xiande Prefecture lies in the middle. If it is not pulled out, it will be attacked from both sides, which is not beautiful. Moreover, the Bohai people focused on renovating the post road from Zhongjing to Tokyo, which is divided into 39 post stations. The carriages and horses are sufficient, the road is easy to walk, and the supply is convenient, and the march should be very fast. Third, the saint is in Xianzhou and is about to go east. If it does not attack Zhongjing, it may be dangerous. Combining these three points, it is better to go north first and then east."

Zhang Yun was silent for a while and said, "Your Highness can remember the goal. Longyuan Mansion must be taken down."

After the Bohai Kingdom moved its capital to Tokyo, it vigorously renovated the roads between Zhongjing and Tokyo, equipped with more than three times the post stations and chariots and horses, making it a well-deserved main road in the middle of the country.

Tokyo is located near the sea, with the Tumen River (also known as the Tumen River, which is the Tumen River). There is a port near the south bank called "Longji Port", which is the origin of the Bohai Kingdom to Japan.

After the Bohai Sea moved its capital to Tokyo, the focus of national development was to conduct maritime exchanges with Japan. Therefore, it vigorously renovated ports, docks, moved household registrations, and built markets. Longji Port once became a very prosperous commercial port.

Shao Shude also thought of visiting this place, and was even more interested than going to Beijing, so Zhang Yun said that.

"That's it." Shao Chengjie was happy and said, "You can count the goods quickly and I will prepare the army. It is better to go north than to go to the north, so you can't give the thieves time to react."

After saying that, Shao Chengjie went out of the palace directly. Seeing that the soldiers outside the door were doing nothing, he beat them with a horse whip and laughed and scolded: "Where is this? Go back to each camp and follow me to Zhongjing in two days."

Almost at the same time, the messenger who received the victory also ran out.

*******

Shao Shude soon received the news that at this time he had already brought the palace guards, Yinanzhi and part of the Youguo Army into Xiazhou and entered Sumi City (Huadian Town, Huadian City).

There are currently about 20,000 people in the Youguo Army, about half of which come from the old imperial guards, and most of the remaining are the soldiers of the Yuan Youguo Army and the Weisheng Army.

The Youguo Army was also the tenth imperial army in the Daxia army. Liu Xiu, Kong Jie, Li Lin, Wang Jiao, Wang Yanwen, Li Cunxin and others served as generals at all levels, and were all chosen for a while.

Along the way, Shao Shude was exchanging feelings with this army, and the results were quite significant.

After arriving at Sumi City, he asked the Youguo Army and Yin'an to station directly outside the city, and the palace guards were stationed in the city. While waiting for news from all parties, he also patrolled the local government affairs.

Qin Han, the governor of Xiazhou, accompanied him without a commander Jiang Xuanhui and other officials.

Qin Han was from Lanzhou. When Shao Shude was in the early days of his expedition, his family defected to him, which was one of the earliest members of the Dragon. He served as the envoy of the Lanzhou Du Tribe, the envoy of the regiment, the chief of the Linzhou governor, and the Hezhou Biejia. He had a very complete resume. He has always served in Longyou and is a member of the Guansai Group with a strong root.

Qin Han has several brothers.

Qin Qing is currently the governor of Fengzhou, Qin Le is the Sima of Shaanxi Province, and Qin Ke is the general of Feilong Army.

As for their father, he once took Tubo brass to commit suicide, and his name was Qijiexi. Qin Gui, the head of a thousand households in Lanzhou pedestrian tribe, had long passed away. Before his death, he became a Tang people and served as the envoy of the Lanzhou capital tribe, which was a smile.

"The four counties of Xiazhou and half of the mountain are actually quite promising." Shao Shude walked among the birch forests, looked at the towering trees, felt the slight depressions on the soles of his feet, and thought to himself how much fertility has accumulated in the soil that has not been developed for thousands of years.

Zhao Zhi, the young supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, also followed him.

He looked at the dense forests, but what he thought about was how much he could beat.

The saint has already told him that from now on, the wild animals in the mountains and forests of Liaodong Road cannot be killed casually. If you want to hunt, you must obtain the qualification of a hunter and register with the government.

In fact, this has been the rule since ancient times. Hunters are not casual, they need to obtain permission from the government. Since they do not farm, their taxes are different from others and are quite special. When encountering wars, hunters are easily levied because they have certain skills and can be used as scouts after training.

Of course, due to low management capabilities and high management costs, it is not so strict in actual operations. Villagers who hunt during slack farming can be seen everywhere in the countryside. Many people don’t even know that there is such a rule that no one cares about it at all.

But the saint emphasized this way, obviously he had to take care of it. Even if there were many loopholes in management, there were countless people hunting in private, and there were still some effects.

The prey caught by hunters from Liaodong Road is processed by the meat, and some of the skins are handed over to the government as taxes, and the rest are sold.

The point is here. These skins can only be sold to the Office of the Internal Affairs and cannot be sold to merchants in private.

In short, the Office of the Internal Affairs has the monopoly management rights of Liaodong fur.

Even if you don’t know what the monopoly management rights of colonial companies were in the era of voyage in the future, Zhao Zhi analyzed it through his own experience and knew that this was an incredible power. The profits brought by the behind were simply uncountable.

The saint once said that he wanted to let the Ministry of Internal Affairs enter Liaodong to make money. Zhao Zhichu was a little surprised, thinking that the saint might be too optimistic and might not be able to make money. But as soon as this monopoly management right was released, there was nothing to say. Who can compete with you?

"Looking at the fish swimming in the river, people have been rarely visited for thousands of years, I am afraid that there are many people who have died." Shao Shude said, pointing to a fat fish that jumped out of the water.

"Your Majesty, Liaodong is much better than Lanzhou." Qin Han said: "If Xiazhou only has ten thousand people, even if it does not farm, it can be rich."

"If there are 100,000 people, you have to farm." Shao Shude smiled and said, "But you can get a good harvest. You are still leveling the farmland this year, it's a bit slow, so speed up."

"Abide by the order." Qin Han replied.

"Zhao Qing, you don't care about the fish in this river." Shao Shude joked: "You can care about the fish in Longyuan Mansion."

Zhao Zhi also smiled and said, "I can't wait."

The saint named the sea the whale sea. The fish in the whale sea are also monopolized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This is another great benefit, although it may not be as good as fur goods.

The saint also pointed out that the giant salamander migrating from the Whale Sea is also theirs. He heard that the giant salamander would fill the Camelmen River in July and August, and the scene was very spectacular, so he wanted to go and take a look.

"It's almost done." Shao Shude looked to the east and said, "My son just came to report that he had broken the Xijing of the Bohai Sea and was preparing to go north to Xiande Mansion. It's really fast. Luoyan Army on the northern line also fought very well. One day, he attacked Bozhou and went south with the trend, and fought with the thieves for several consecutive games, all of which were won. Fu Cunshen also won two games at the foot of Dongmu Mountain. Ao Dongcheng suffered losses and lost his troops and generals, and could be broken just by day."

The three routes went out, and the main force attracted the Bohai imperial guards. The northern route took advantage of the opportunity to enter and forced the Bohai to transfer troops from the front line to help, and blocked the troops. The eastern route was led by Shao Chengjie and advanced quickly. The Bohai was unable to resist and retreated all the way.
Chapter completed!