"It should be in time, right?" Li Shan and Zhu Wei stood outside the construction site, "Uncle Qi, go back and hire more young men. The brick factory also needs manpower to make embryos."
Zhu Wei smacked his lips and said, "Let's try it. Now that the autumn harvest is over, each Zhechong Mansion will gather its soldiers for training."
Yes, the young men here at Sun Moon Lake are not on the government's military roster, but other surrounding villages do not have such treatment. For this reason, many young people here in Zhuangzi are able to pick and choose their wives, and there are many people who want to marry them.
The daughter marries in.
"If it doesn't work, let the new house be suspended and call in the manpower." Li Shan made up his mind, "Anyway, we won't get married until next May. There was heavy snow last winter, so I guess this year won't be much better. Hou Chen, Hou Hongtao still has
There are four to five hundred people nesting in Dongshan Temple."
Seeing Li Shan's firm attitude, Zhu Wei could only nod his head, thinking that when the young lady of the Cui family came through, she would have to be in charge of the warehouse in the future... Both the eldest lady and the eldest man had loose hands, and they spent money like water.
Not distressed.
"By the way, I mentioned something privately to Linji County Duke yesterday..." Li Shan whispered: "The King of Wu is idle in the capital now, but he has a rich private pocket."
"Are you going to borrow money again?" Zhu Wei lamented with a grimace: "Dalang's new house and these new houses...the accounts are not clear, which will be very troublesome in the future."
"Many of the personal guards studied arithmetic with my nephew in Dai County, and some of them have quite clear accounts." Li Shan said casually: "It doesn't matter if you borrow more, and it doesn't matter if you pay it back later."
Of course, the Jianghuai Army was completely wiped out at the beginning of last year. King Wu Du Fuwei no longer had anything to rely on. He only had Kan Leng and dozens of other personal guards around him. Kan Leng could still serve as an official and make contributions, but Du Fuwei, who was once the dominant one,
This is completely impossible.
Under such circumstances, Li Shan recommended Kan Leng as General Youqianniuwei, and it was not easy to borrow a sum of money... In fact, it was Du Fuwei who took the initiative. He was eager to borrow more, so as to maximize the relationship
If you get closer, you might be able to help at some point.
"If there is surplus money, go and buy grain and rice and try to fill the secret warehouse of Dongshan Temple." Li Shan explained. When he made his first pot of gold in the early years, he began to ask Zhu Wei to buy as much grain as possible.
rice.
At that time, Li Shan was still unknown, and he did not expect to have such a status in a few years. He only wanted to store more food to survive the famine caused by the locust plague from the last years of Wude to the early years of Zhenguan in his memory.
But now there is no need for this. On the one hand, Li Shan can mobilize too many resources. On the other hand, Zhuangzi's population has expanded nearly ten times in a few years. Dongshan Temple's secret warehouses are all full. Not to mention that it is a drop in the bucket, and it cannot resist for long.
The reason for purchasing grain now is mainly because grain and rice will still be the most guaranteed hard currency in the next few years. When Li Shan was planning to build Xia City, he exchanged Ma Yin and Yu Huchun for grain, which was the beginning of grain from the secret warehouse of Dongshan Temple.
After a few words of explanation, Li Shan drove his horse into Chang'an under the protection of dozens of personal guards... Ever since Pei Xuan died in Huating, Li's house has been watched by dozens of personal guards day and night.
As for Li Shan's side... Su Dingfang issued a strict order, led by Wang Junhao and Qu Silang, and divided them into two groups. No matter where Li Shan was, there must be thirty personal guards around him, even in the imperial city. Anyway, these two people
They all have titles and can enter and exit the imperial city.
Since receiving Li Yuan's instructions to take charge of the palace, Li Shan can no longer live a leisurely life at home, but even so, his life is still quite leisurely.
Every morning in Zhuangzi, Li Shan completely forgot about Sinong Temple. In the afternoon, he went into the city and visited various gates of the imperial city with Su Dingfang or Zhang Zhongjian. After going around for a while without any incident, he went home.
Such a day is leisurely enough... However, Li Shan's control over the Beiya Forbidden Army is not low. Not to mention Su Dingfang, Zhang Zhongjian, Ma Sanbao, and Li Keshi who serve as generals, and many of the generals' generals are in the army.
The personal guards and old troops will send news, and quite a few of them live in Zhuangzi.
What surprised Li Shan was that he had a very good reputation in the Beiya Forbidden Army.
On the one hand, this is because the Beiya Imperial Army was originally controlled by Princess Pingyang. A few years ago, Princess Pingyang transferred many of her old troops from Taiyuan to enrich them. Everyone knew about the close relationship between this princess and Li Shan. Even Pingyang back then
Many of the hundreds of personal guards lent to Li Shan by the princess were selected into the Beiya Imperial Army for their meritorious service in Shuozhou.
After that, Su Dingfang transferred many of Li Shan's old troops from Shuozhou and Daizhou. In addition, the left and right Qianniu Guards were severely damaged in the battle at Tiantai Mountain. Many of Li Shan's personal guards were replaced, which resulted in
Li Shan's basic position in the Beiya Forbidden Army is quite stable.
On the other hand, because of Li Shan's friendly attitude, no one in the army knew that King Handan was deeply trusted by His Majesty and was a famous general in the world, but he was not arrogant at all. From the generals to the soldiers, no one could fault him.
, everyone feels that Li Huairen is worthy of the name of benevolence and righteousness.
That is natural. In some aspects, Li Shan always adheres to the concept of his previous life and does not value status, so he can often get along with the soldiers below. The superiors in this era may be merciful or benevolent to the soldiers, but Li Shan is a
Basically, the behavior can be said to be unique... because the Beiya Imperial Guards are not Li Shan's private army, let alone Li Shan's personal bodyguards.
As for those generals, Li Shan treated Zhang Jin, a famous former Sui minister, as a junior, and treated Zhang Cong and Li Keshi as sons and nephews. He talked and laughed freely with Li Gaoqian, Kan Leng, and Ma Sanbao, as well as Feng Li and Yu Wenxin.
Although the two were respectful to Li Shan, they were not close.
After going around in a circle as usual, Li Shan met He Lou Xingshu at Zhuque Gate and cursed: "I heard that you have been in low spirits in the past few days?"
He Lou Xingshu chuckled, "Who did you listen to, Mr. Lang?"
He Lou Xingshu was one of the first batch of personal guards recruited by Li Shan in Dai County. Later he was responsible for the horse affairs for a long time. He still calls Li Shan "Langjun" instead of "His Royal Highness".
Li Shanxu whipped him and said, "I just gave birth to a daughter. I wish I had a daughter!"
What a wonderful daughter, what a little cotton-padded jacket, what a little lover from the past life!
Well, that's not good at all. In this era, there are very few women-loving maniacs like Cui Xin, but Li Shan is not a time traveler.
Several soldiers gathered around the school, and Li Shan joked casually, "The day after tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival. Your Majesty will worship heaven in the Forbidden Garden. Everyone, please pay attention."
Since Cheng Yaojin and Hou Junji were whipped by Luo Yi in the Forbidden Garden a few years ago, the Forbidden Garden has become the private area of the East Palace. The King of Qin has never been willing to go... After all, the Changlin Army is stationed on the north side of the East Palace in the Forbidden Garden.
Based on the current situation of seizing the heir, Li Shan guessed that Pei Shiju must make some move, but no matter what kind of move, the Changlin Army must be the top priority. Li Shan was also prepared to find an opportunity to push the situation... If Li Yuan could be ordered to cancel the Changlin Army,
Lin Jun and Pei Shiju are so numb.
In later generations, the Double Ninth Festival basically only left respect for the elderly. In fact, in ancient times, the Double Ninth Festival mainly focused on two aspects, one was to worship the sky for a good harvest, and the other was to climb high and look far.
Li Shan thought in his mind that Chen Xuande, Yang Siyi and others had already posted a message, and Li Shan didn't want to go... He would definitely have to write poems if he went there. It was not appropriate to know from afar that when brothers climbed to a high place, there would be one less person planting dogwood trees.
Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly the heavy sound of horse hoofbeats was heard. Li Shan looked back, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat. A knight came galloping towards him on horseback.
Zhuque Gate is the main entrance to the imperial city. There is only one possibility for this situation to happen: the army reports to Beijing, and it will definitely not be a good news.