Kang Province was a major province within the Western Pacification Protectorate, and the Western Pacification Protectorate itself was headquartered in Kang Province City, the provincial capital. After the Western Pacification Protectorate was converted into a war zone, all Great Xia institutions throughout its provinces likewise shifted to a wartime structure. The Protectorate's Office of Agriculture Hall, originally located in Kang Province City, became the center of power overseeing the logistics of the entire war zone, and Zhang Tie's headquarters as Provisioning General was established there as well.
Like the judicial institutions of Great Xia, its agricultural administration was divided into six levels from top to bottom. At the highest level was the Office of Agriculture, headed by the Grand Minister of Agriculture, one of Great Xia's Nine Ministers. At the protectorate level stood the Office of Agriculture Hall; at the provincial level, the Office of Agriculture Temple; at the commandery level, the Office of Agriculture Yamen; at the city level, the Office of Agriculture Bureau; and at the county level, the Office of Agriculture Inspectorate. Once Zhang Tie became Provisioning General, all officials in agricultural institutions throughout the Western Pacification Protectorate, from the Office of Agriculture Hall at the protectorate level down to the Office of Agriculture Inspectorates at the county level, became his subordinates. Under the wartime system, the heads of agricultural offices at every level also acquired the title of Provisioning Commissioner and answered directly to Zhang Tie's command.
The agricultural offices had originally been among the core departments of Great Xia's government at every level. Yet in a war zone, aside from fighting, logistics was the most important matter. As Provisioning General, vested with sole authority, Zhang Tie commanded the agricultural offices throughout the war zone and controlled its industrial and agricultural production, as well as the