King Wei didn't know whether he didn't hear it or didn't care at all, and said: "Go and tell you Miss Zhou that her master is here."
The woman turned her attention to Yuwen Zelan's face, and her eyes suddenly filled with surprise. This little girl is so beautiful. Is she a princess?
Just as she was about to kneel down on one knee to pay her respects, Yuwen Zelan smiled and said, "There are many people talking, so there is no need to salute."
The woman smiled and looked at her master deeply, "Yes, I will go and report to Miss Zhou first!"
She turned around and took a horse and rode away quickly.
King Wei and King An wanted to leave quickly with their little niece. After all, the streets and alleys were full of dirty words and violence. Harmony was rare and they were afraid of staining their little niece's eyes.
But obviously he underestimated his little niece's ability to accept it. She actually watched it with gusto. Even when more than a dozen people were beating up each other on the street, she actually stopped to watch it, which was very enjoyable.
She is like a little rabbit that just came down the mountain, cute and harmless, but full of interest in everything in the world.
I watched fights, cockfights, gambling, kiln ladies soliciting customers, stealing, beggars robbing, and shopkeepers cheating customers.
After walking and stopping, two hours actually passed before we arrived at the mansion.
This mansion is very large, but it is not grand at all. There is no so-called stone lion, no carved door with copper nails, and no majestic gatehouse. There is only a large door, a few cheaply made wooden doors, and the words on the house number.
, was carved with a sword, and had the words "city lord's residence" written on it, and the word "di" was written wrongly, next to the right ear instead of next to the left ear.
This shows how uneducated her subordinates are.
There was someone at the door. When he saw them coming, he hurriedly went to tell the news. When they got off their horses, Miss Zhou ran out with the people. She was obviously waiting in a hurry. When she came out, she didn't rush to see her master before scolding King Wei.
"We arrived at the city gate two hours ago, why are we only here now?"
She had no good feelings towards King Wei like the women at the city gate before.
King Wei seemed unable to tell, and still said calmly: "She said she wanted to look around, so I took her to look around."
Miss Zhou rolled her eyes at him, stepped forward to look at Yu Wen Zelan, and breathed a sigh of relief, "You can count on the city lord to come."
But her face is not very good. This beautiful little person is not domineering at all. She does not have the majesty of a royal princess. She looks like a little flower who hides in the arms of her fathers and only acts coquettishly. It is obvious at a glance that she cannot resist the wind and sand.
Miss Zhou was a little disappointed.
She knew that the lord of Ruodu City was the only daughter of the current emperor, Princess Chaofeng. However, she originally thought that she was a special child, but when she saw her today, she was still the kind of porcelain doll that was protected by everyone.
There is no arrogance or even any strength at all.
This girl will never be able to challenge Ruodu City in the future. A lotus flower will be out of place in a dark and rotten quagmire like Ruodu City.
However, when she came to Ruodu City, she already respected her as her master. Now even if she is not satisfied, she can only accept her.
After welcoming them into the mansion, King Wei and King An asked about the affairs in the city. Miss Zhou said that the situation was normal, not much better than before, but not much worse. The Jin Kingdom was still carrying out large-scale construction projects, and it was estimated that the capital could be moved within two or three years.
The city is like a poisonous swamp. If you are not careful, you will sink deep into the mud.
King Wei frowned, "In your opinion, do we need troops?"
Miss Zhou said angrily: "I wanted to use troops a long time ago, but you didn't allow it."
"The use of troops may ruin the imperial court's century-old plan, and once troops are used, the imperial government will be burdened with a heavy burden. If the capital has no taxes to pay, and the Ministry of Household Affairs has to allocate funds to use military funds, I am afraid that this money will not be allocated within three to five months.
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Internal conflicts lead to the use of troops at every turn. How much money does the court waste?
Moreover, it would also arouse conflicts, which was why he had not been able to make up his mind to use troops for a long time.
Miss Zhou was so angry that she laughed, "If that's the case, why bother asking? If you ask, you can use troops?"
King Wei pressed his hands and said without blushing or out of breath: "You don't understand. You have to talk about the situation."
Miss Zhou rolled her eyes.
King An asked about the city's production, economy, horse breeding, and farming. Miss Zhou had a better attitude towards King An, but she still didn't have much patience when talking about everything in the city.
She was on the verge of collapse. God knows how much she wanted to lead troops to annihilate the group of bandits occupied by the refugees on Langshan Mountain. These gangsters came down the mountain to plunder once a month. The people were miserable and complained that the court did not do anything for them.
They solve the problem.
However, Langshan is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are several gangs of bandits in total, but I still don’t know how many there are. This is mainly because the number keeps increasing, and people who come from several other cities become bandits when they can’t survive.
They started out as a mob, but now they seem to have someone controlling them, and every robbery down the mountain is organized and arranged.
She warned King Wei, "If the capital city is not reorganized, I am afraid that in a few years it will become a serious problem for the Northern Tang Dynasty."
King Wei didn't know the situation in Ruodu City as well as she did, but he also knew that she was by no means an alarmist. It seemed that the situation was really serious. After talking to King An for a few words, he said to Miss Zhou: "Let's do this. I will send two more people."
I'll give you a thousand men to see if you can attack Langshan and annihilate the bandits. As long as the bandits on Langshan are annihilated, it will have a deterrent effect on several factions in the city."
"Two thousand people?"
Miss Zhou shook her head, her brows furrowed like sauerkraut, "It's useless, two thousand people can't attack Langshan, at least five thousand people."
"This is impossible. Five thousand soldiers and horses will be a huge amount of money."
The King of Wei was really stingy.
"Then we can only make a small fuss, strengthen our defenses, and try to control them to go down the mountain to rob... Little master, are you sleepy?
Why don’t you go back and take a rest first?”
As Miss Zhou said this, she saw Yu Wen Zelan closing his eyes and nodding constantly, as if he was extremely sleepy, so she asked.
Yuwen Zelan slid down from the chair, rubbed his eyes, "Okay, I'm going to bed."
Miss Zhou was very helpless. She thought that the young master would pay more attention to what was going on in the city, but she didn't know that she was not interested at all and fell asleep directly.
She didn't know what the King of Wei had brought her for. It was so heartbreaking for the women's army to know that their master was a porcelain doll who didn't understand anything and didn't care about anything.
She asked someone to take Yuwen Zelan down to sleep, but she lost interest in telling King Wei and King An about what was going on in the city, and asked them to go for a walk on their own, so that they could understand her hardships over the years.
Of the five cities, Ruodu City received the fewest resources and had the least military strength. Naturally, she knew this was because from a geographical point of view, Ruodu City was the least important. The other four cities could all serve as barriers for Northern Tang to block the Northern Desert.
The only barrier is if the capital is close to the border of the Jin Kingdom, and the Jin Kingdom is not yet established, it naturally does not receive the attention of the imperial court.
Moreover, among the five cities, the city lords of the remaining four have now grown up slowly and will soon be able to take charge of their own affairs. The only city lord of Ruodu City is that little girl who smells like milk.
Miss Zhou is a little discouraged. She is not afraid of hardships or difficulties. What she is most afraid of is not knowing when the end will come.
"Forget it, two thousand people are just two thousand people, which is better than nothing!"
Miss Zhou said coldly.
King Wei said: "Okay, I and the princess will stay here for two days and then leave. After returning, I will immediately dispatch two thousand troops and horses to you!"