I traveled through time, starting with two acres of land and a dog

It took four days to travel from Ningqiang to Baizhang. Chen Jinhu continued to garrison Bazhong with the main force, while Li Long and Du Chenyu returned to Baizhang.

Since Du Chenyu led the team to pacify Jizhou and Bazhou last autumn, he has been away for a full six months. During this half year, the territory has more than doubled and the strength has increased exponentially. The rapid expansion must be consolidated. Taking advantage of the fact that the Beiyang President abolished the monarchy and the National Protection War was basically over in the past two months, the territory must be consolidated, new soldiers must be trained, and fortifications must be built.

"Dad, I miss you so much." Du Decai heard that his son had returned to Baizhang, and he went to Guanziba to wait for him in person. After all, he hadn't seen him for more than four months and missed him very much. In the past, he would be away for a month at most, but now with the war everywhere, he was away for almost half a year.

"My Hu Zi, come, daddy will carry you," Du Decai picked up Du Chenyu from the back of the little donkey and put him on his back.

"Why is it so heavy? I can hardly carry it." Fortunately, Du Decai still participates in military training every day and does regular labor, so carrying 100 kilograms is nothing. Now Du Chenyu weighs only 70 kilograms and is nearly 1.3 meters tall, so he is considered strong.

"Dad, I can eat two bowls of rice now, so of course I'm growing fast." Du Chenyu buried his head in his father's back, which has always been the warmest place.

"You've just come back from Ningqiang, you must be tired from running around these days," Du Decai hugged Du Chenyu's butt tightly.

"It's okay. I walked slowly on the way back. On the way there, I had to march quickly, which almost shook me apart."

"The mountain road from Bazhong to Ningqiang is at least 500 miles, and the march is nearly 100 miles a day. It is really hard. You will lead the team less in the future. You must set up a general staff. You don't have to do everything yourself. Now that the territory is large, you must learn to delegate management." Du Decai is very busy now, but he loves his son more.

"After 10 days of rest, we will immediately hold five meetings of representatives of the Revolutionary Association to re-establish the institutions and military and civil management systems. We must now learn from formal management. It is easy to conquer a country, but difficult to keep it. If we can build and develop the seven counties well, it will be the official start of our revolutionary road," said Du Chenyu, straightening his back.

"Now our military and political systems are a hodgepodge. We have the old system and the new model. Management is chaotic and land reform is becoming increasingly difficult. Many local landlords and gentry are obstructing reform in various ways." Du Decai has been mainly in charge of civil affairs management. In the past, it was just the territory of a few forts, and it was a mountainous area. Almost all those who resisted had their homes confiscated. But that can't be the case now. Those local forces all surrendered, and some even strongly supported it. It is impossible to confiscate all their homes and exterminate their clans.

"When I think about it again, I was quite happy living in the mountains before, haha." Du Chenyu also knows that these things are too deep to be reversed and it is impossible to solve them overnight. Some things cannot be solved yet and can only be dealt with slowly.

Du Chenyu also knew what his father meant. He himself was born into a poor family, and he always wanted to immediately solve the food, clothing and housing issues of ordinary people and crack down on the landlords' style of getting rich without working. His thoughts were similar to those of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He was somewhat suspicious and worried about all the old forces. However, the right to speak in the country throughout the dynasties was in the hands of local forces. When there was a change of dynasties, they only needed to change the flag at the door and actively join the new forces. "A thousand-year family, a hundred-year dynasty" is an eternal principle.

"Who told you to be restless since birth, always trying to revolt and rebel? Now you see you are in a dilemma. If you don't continue, you will be wiped out, and continuing to fight will be tiring and exhausting." Du De only then realized that the current situation was all caused by Du Chenyu.

"I wanted to eat meat at that time, so I had to rebel. In the end, meat didn't taste good to me alone, so I wanted to eat meat together. As a result, I couldn't control myself and my power grew stronger and stronger," Du Chenyu said with a smile.

"Take a rest for two days and go back to Linshui to see your mother. She is resting at home now. We have been away all the time and she misses you a lot. Baizhang is in chaos now, and it is not convenient for you to travel a long distance," Du Decai said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll wait in Baizhang for two days and then go back. Now the road has been repaired and we can ride horses the whole way. We will get there in one day, which is very fast," said Du Chenyu.

After Du Decai carried Du Chenyu on his back for nearly a kilometer, Du Chenyu began to walk on his own. They saw from afar that the Baizhang base had expanded by more than double! The newly opened base was intensively carrying out the foundation construction work, and at the same time, several coal mines were also re-excavated. When the workers saw Du Chenyu and his group returning, they all raised their heads and looked towards the direction of the avenue.

At this moment, the Donghe River was bustling with activity. The number of caravan swallowtail boats in the river had doubled. They were busy shuttling between the river channels, continuously transporting coal to Shunqing Prefecture; and on the return journey, they would bring back some daily necessities. However, since the return journey was against the current, the swallowtail boats had a relatively small cargo capacity. Despite this, the whole scene was still full of vitality and vigor.

All traces of war in Baizhang area have disappeared, the urban area is also expanding outward, the streets are neat and clean, with constant traffic, and it is more prosperous than before. At present, Baizhang is politically stable in northern Sichuan, especially there are no bandits in the territory, and the trade routes are unobstructed. Merchants from all walks of life are also competing to set up commercial ports and warehouses in Baizhang.

The next day, Du Chenyu visited Yang Chaoyi at the county government. The grandfather and grandson exchanged pleasantries. Du Decai, Yang Chaoyi and Wang Shouyi were called together to discuss the future development direction, especially the upcoming 5th Congress, some personnel arrangements, and military and political deployments.

The overall military strategy is to focus on "defense". First, after taking Bishan County, a southern defense line will be established from Bishan to Bazhou, Pingchang, and Enyang.

Second, the main focus in the north is to capture Baishui Pass and then build Baishui Pass defensive fortifications. These are the two main directions of foreign military threats at present.

Third, continue to crack down on bandits and ensure that no bandit dares to violate the border.

Fourth, accelerate the establishment of local garrisons. All new recruits must first join the militia. After two months of training, they will join the garrison of each fort for more than one month. Formal soldiers will be selected mainly from the garrison. The militia will have no allowances, but the garrison will have a small allowance. Formal members will receive a monthly allowance, which is initially set at 2 yuan per month. Of course, families that receive land will be treated as military households, and their allowances will be halved.

Civil affairs should focus on "stability". All localities must give priority to building schools and hospitals to ensure that the people have food to eat, can see a doctor when they are sick, and can go to school. All other affairs should be steadily advanced and not rushed. Land reform should also be carried out step by step. The pace can be accelerated for Jizhou within the jurisdiction, and other areas of Bazhong, which are important on the military defense line, should focus on stability for the time being.

Commerce and industry must be accelerated. All counties must first establish commercial and industrial development departments, and establish primary processing industries such as textiles, mountain products, medicinal materials, and mineral mining. At present, it is too difficult to establish other factories, and only some primary processing can be carried out. With wars everywhere and prices soaring, especially the price of medicinal materials, it is an important source of revenue to establish a unified supply base for medicinal materials in northern Sichuan. Of course, the military opium poppy must continue to be planted to supplement military expenditures.