The snow this night was really heavy. Fortunately, this era was not as developed as the agricultural product economy in later generations. Most families had to store grain and dried vegetables. There was no need to allocate transportation from outside the city, so prices did not fluctuate much, and there was no organized transportation.
To stabilize many problems in market prices, we only need to clear the snow, ensure traffic in the city, and provide relief to poor people to avoid freezing to death and starving people.
Xu Xuan and Xiao Yan are both capable ministers who are good at managing government affairs. Together with Fan Siqi, Lin Pengyu and others, they can handle these things flawlessly. However, things like using the government's grain stocks to open warehouses to provide relief to the people require a lot of work.
Yang Hao, the city lord, just came to give the order himself.
Yang Hao toured the city and saw that the work of removing snow, rescuing victims, and setting up porridge shacks to provide food relief had all started quickly. When he arrived at Dongcheng, he saw Xu Xuan directing people to build shantytowns.
People have strengthened their houses, and several half-collapsed buildings are being propped up with large logs for emergency repairs.
As soon as he saw Yang Hao arriving, Xu Xuan rushed to greet him, cupped his hands and said, "Taiwei."
Yang Hao nodded and asked: "How many houses have collapsed? Where did these people live before they were rebuilt? Do they have food to eat? Are bedding and winter clothes ready?"
Xu Xuan said: "Don't worry, Taiwei, these people have been settled in Changqing Temple nearby, and food, rice and bedding have been prepared. They will never starve to death or freeze to death."
Yang Hao nodded happily, walked side by side with him, and said with a smile: "The bachelor is a man of great talent, and I have treated you badly by allowing you to settle in this small town in the Western Regions and do the work of the county magistrate and prefect."
Xu Xuan said: "There is nothing trivial for the people, and Xu is very happy to be able to do something practical for the people. However, Taiwei is busy with military affairs. He came to inspect the whole city early in the morning and inquired about the people. If there is a parent like Taiwei in Yinzhou, it is really theirs.
What a blessing."
Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered that last year's floods in the Yangtze River and Huaihe River had affected many people's homes, but the king only cared about reciting poems, painting, playing chess, and worshiping Buddha. He actually had to wait until Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty ordered disaster relief before he opened a warehouse to provide relief to the victims.
He said that he didn't care enough for his people, and he used his own rations to give away a great opportunity to win over the people. Those who took advantage of the disaster to make money for the country should have been severely punished, but in the end, those people had family wealth.
With a huge fortune, he bribed the eunuchs and monks in the palace to do tricks on the longevity lamp, making the king who worshiped Buddhism mistakenly think it was God's will, and released them all on the fasting day. Comparing the two, I couldn't help but sigh.
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Although the surnames of Xu Xuan and Xiao Yan have not been changed, their names have been changed to avoid the eyes and ears of the court. Yang Hao has won Yinzhou and is connecting Yinzhou and Luzhou based on Hengshan. At this time, he has become famous all over the world.
Heroes and tribesmen from all over the world defected one after another, and a large number of people were gathered under their command. However, all the elders were promoted and assigned missions, so no one put them together with Xu Xuan and Xiao Yan who died in the Longxi County Palace in Kaifeng.
Get in touch.
Yang Hao personally went to Changqing Temple to visit the people affected by the disaster. He saw that they had indeed been settled and had enough food and clothing. He felt relieved and said goodbye to Xu Xuan outside the mountain gate and continued his inspection. Xu Xuan stood outside the mountain gate of Changqing Temple.
, the slight wind blew the snow foam on the door lintel and poured it into his neck, but he didn't notice it, standing there looking at Yang Hao's back until he disappeared at the end of the long alley...
When Li Yu asked him to escape from Bianjing with him, Xu Xuan did not hesitate for a moment. He did not have a strong temper like Chen Qiao. When the army came to the city, he would rather die for the country than surrender, but his loyalty to the king was not
There is no doubt that he would not take the initiative to seek death, but if the country wants to go anywhere, he will not hesitate to die and is willing to go through fire and water with him, so he fled with Li Yu without hesitation.
After hiding in the royal vegetable garden for a month and a half, they had to leave. First, a place like that couldn't hide people for a long time. After a month and a half, Bianliang City's security had been relaxed, and they had a chance to leave. Second, they had to leave.
Come, the autumn harvest season is about to begin. Many vegetables in the royal gardens must be stored in cellars. If they are hidden, they will inevitably be discovered.
They successfully escaped from Bianliang City. Unexpectedly, just when they were about to enter the northwest, they were exposed in Jiangxian County. They were suspected of being smuggled by smugglers and asked them to be interrogated. With their identities, how could they dare to wait?
After careful examination, they had no choice but to flee. Jiangxian's policemen and archers chased him all the way. While escaping in a hurry, the king was hit by an arrow in the back of his heart, killing him on the spot.
Xu Xuan's enthusiasm was in vain. If the king of the country was alive, then they might not be able to restore the Li family. But after Li Yu died, Xu Xuan's political experience already knew that the Li family in Jiangnan could never regain the throne.
Although Li Zhongyu can also play a role in rallying the old Jiangnan tribe, he does not have the prestige and status of Li Yu. A former prince who has never held imperial power, even if he overturned the rule of the Zhao family with the help of Yang Hao,
The only result is to make wedding clothes for others.
Xu Xuan was the minister of Gu Ming who was appointed by Li Jing, the lord of the Tang Dynasty, before his death. He was also an important minister of Li Yu. If Li Yu were alive, he would be loyal to Li Yu, whether it was for the sake of his posthumous reputation or the loyalty and integrity he upheld as a scholar. But Li Yu is dead.
, but he is not very loyal to Li Zhongyu, a baby with a breast mouth. He also needs to make some considerations for himself and his family.
There is no doubt that whether he is willing or not, he will rely on Yang Hao from now on. If he has to choose between Yang Hao and Li Zhongyu, he would prefer Captain Yang, who has soldiers, power, and the aura of dominance.
Be his own lord. However, he had discussed this idea privately with his close friend Xiao Yan, but never made a final decision. Compared to Li Zhongyu, and even compared to the king, Yang Hao was more like a wise king, but...
... He is just one of the northwest vassals now. Does he really have that kind of luck to build a country?
After standing for a long time, a gust of wind blew into his robe. Xu Xuan shivered smartly, then sighed and led his staff to the alley...
As Yang Hao walked along, he suddenly saw a large house in front of him. There were only two characters "Li Mansion" on the front door of the house, and there were several soldiers standing guard in front of the door. Yang Hao couldn't help but stop in his tracks. The people who lived here were Xiao Zhouhou and
Li Zhongyu is here, but their identities are top secrets. Only a few important officials around Yang Hao know about them. Even the soldiers standing guard at the door don't know the true identities of the people in the mansion.
There are many people with the surname Li in Yinzhou, and Li Yide is a big family member of the Li family in Yinzhou. A signboard of the Li family is hung at the door, and there are a few soldiers standing guard, so it will not attract anyone's attention at all.
Now Xu Xuan and Xiao Yan have made full use of their talents and become the two right-hand people in charge of civil affairs in his commander's office. They have unique insights into the policy program of northwest civil affairs and have fully supported his ideas. To improve the identity, Yang Hao just put forward a rough framework. After they formulated it in detail, it was quickly implemented with remarkable results. As for Jiangnan, he had sent people to use the current rumors to fuel the flames, but for the time being, Li Zhongyu also sent Not of much use.
He also didn't expect that Li Yu would die on the road. He knew that Li Yu would have died. In the past two years, it was said that he was poisoned by the poison of chance, wailing in pain, and died of many convulsions all over his body. The death was miserable. It was unspeakable, but I didn't expect that after all the troubles I had gone through, I only changed the way he died, but failed to save his life after all.
Thinking of the little Empress Zhou who was dressed in mourning and crying so hard that day, Yang Hao sighed secretly. Now more than three months have passed, and thinking of her timid and miserable appearance, Yang Hao is still a little discouraged. , who wanted to visit the house, finally stopped. He tightened his cloak, turned and whispered to Mu Yu: "They are from the south of the Yangtze River, and they are not used to the severe cold in the north. They turned around and sent more firewood to the door, well... …and aquatic products.”
Mu Yu agreed, and Yang Hao turned around and walked back. Just after taking a few steps, a charcoal cart suddenly rushed over from the side road. The driver on the cart was yelling and panicked. The road was already in the middle of the road between soldiers and soldiers. The people on both sides of the alley and the store clerks swept away the snow, leaving only a thin layer on the ground, which made it even more slippery. Looking at the frightened horse, he couldn't stop it now.
"My lord, get out of the way!" Mu Yu jumped in front of Yang Hao and shouted angrily: "Whose frightened horse hurt my lord, I want you to..."
As soon as the frightened horse came, Yang Hao naturally ran to the side of the road. The guard formations guarding the front and rear were also disrupted, revealing several gaps. On the side of the road, people wearing large sheepskin coats were struggling to pile up piles. The people in the snow suddenly raised their heads, their eyes shot out with a fierce glare, and they rushed towards Yang Hao. At this time, a small vendor pushing a wheelbarrow selling dates also suddenly lifted the cart and grabbed two copper maces from inside. Waving shovels, someone pulled out a sharp sword from a broom. Everyone was working hard and had only one goal: Yang Hao!
The incident happened suddenly, and the assassin was so skilled that even if he was alerted in time, the guards would not have time to rush forward to protect him. In addition, the ground was slippery, and the guards were wearing leather boots, so their speed was even slower. In an instant, A big broom was thrust into Yang Hao's face, a gleaming shovel was slashing towards his neck, and at the same time a sharp sword was stabbing at his lower abdomen.
Yang Hao hurriedly dodged, and the sword in his waist was unsheathed. The light of the sword flashed like lightning, and the long hard catalpa wood handle of the shovel was cut into two pieces. The sword did not stop at all, and he slashed downwards. There was a clash with the sharp sword, and a string of sparks burst out. The sword in Yang Hao's hand was intact, but the sword in the assassin's hand had a gap as big as a bean.
At the same time, Yang Hao hurriedly leaned up, and the broom moved past his face. Yang Hao flew up, and the big leather boot hit the assassin's chest and abdomen, kicking him away. He walked out and blocked the path of several assassins.
Since Yang Hao's Qingshuang Sword was broken on the Qinhuai River in the south of the Yangtze River, he has always used an ordinary sword. But at this moment, the sword on his waist is a sword that can cut iron like mud. If not, he would not dare to
I am sure that I can cut off the shovel with one sword, knock away the opponent's sword, and resolve two crises at the same time.
This sword is called Zidian, Zidian Qingshuang, a male and female sword. Zidian is the male and Qingshuang is the female. The two swords were given to the two daughters of the Zhe family, Zhe Ziyue and Zhe Ziyu respectively. Their names were respectively
A broad life-and-death bond means being happy with your son, holding your son's hand, and growing old together with your son. As for the name Zhe Saihua, it was made up by later generations. In fact, their maiden name before they got married would not be known at all after they got married.
To the public, the official annals only record her as Zhe's family, and her name will not be recorded.
When the eldest sister of the Zhe family, Zhe Ziyue, got married, this purple electric sword was used as a dowry and went to her husband's house with her. Zhe Ziyu was willing to give the green frost sword to Yang Hao. Her feelings at the time were obviously self-evident. Unexpectedly, the sword
The sword was broken in the south of the Yangtze River. From then on, there was only purple lightning but no blue frost in the world. The eldest sister of the Zhe family married Yang Jiye and stayed at home to look after her husband and raise their children. She no longer went out as often as a girl, so she gave this extremely sharp purple lightning sword to her husband.
, as his protective sword.
Yang Hao wanted to persuade Yang Jiye to surrender, but after all his efforts, he could not persuade this loyal minister to abandon the Liu family of Han Dynasty and assist him. Yang Hao had no choice but to show his generosity and let his father and son go. Although Yang Jiye refused to abandon his master's request, Yang Hao had no choice but to show his generosity.
However, he was also impressed by Yang Hao's respect and courtesy for him. Seeing that he failed to persuade him to surrender, he generously released himself and went back. He also greatly admired Yang Hao's noble character and integrity.
The two knew heroes, valued heroes, and cherished each other. When they were leaving, Yang Jiye gave his portable sword to Yang Hao as a thank you for explaining his father and son's departure. In fact, Yang Hao did not give up.
Naturally, she refused to cut off contact with him, and after learning the origin of this sword, she thought that one day she might be able to use this purple electric sword to make Ziyu's arrogant little swan obey, so she accepted it without hesitation.
Unexpectedly, it came in handy today.
Those assassins did not expect that the sharp weapon in Yang Hao's hand was so powerful. The one blow that they were sure to win missed, and they immediately joined forces to attack again. A big man with a shovel and the assassin with two hands on the outside tried their best to block Yang Hao's guards, and the other three
The man raised his weapon and did not give Yang Hao any chance to breathe.
Mu Yu cut off the falling assassin's neck with his sword, and rushed towards him with his sword. Fearing that something might happen to Yang Hao, Yang Hao flicked his wrist, and the scabbard in his hand popped out like lightning, hitting the assassin who was holding half a shovel in the face.
, the sword in his hand suddenly appeared like lightning, and quickly met the weapons in the hands of the other two assassins. Two sword lights, one on the left and one on the right, hit their weapons almost in no particular order. The moment they knocked their weapons away,
The sword light suddenly rose up and stabbed someone in the throat.
There were not many pedestrians on the street, and these pedestrians stood in panic and watched from a distance. One of them, an old man with a stooped white beard, slipped and was about to approach him when he suddenly saw Yang Hao holding a sword with one hand and pointing the sword at the other hand.
He swayed behind him, his eyes flashed involuntarily, and he hurriedly stopped again. The figure that jumped forward naturally turned into a forward fall. He took a staggering step and stood firmly. In the eyes of others, it looked like the old man was being raped.
The spectators squeezed a bit and almost fell because their feet were slippery, but nothing happened.
Mu Yu and other guards frantically approached Yang Hao, wielding scimitars like a hurricane, whistling loudly. Under the attack of several knives, one assassin was chopped off at the waist, and the other two assassins had their right hands chopped off.
One had his neck cut off. The assassin with his broken arm screamed and spun away. Before he could even hit the ground, a guard stabbed him in the back of the heart.
All this happened in a flash of lightning. Four of the six assassins died. Although the guards were outnumbered, seven or eight people fell. Although there was no danger of life, they were all injured. At this time, the siege
There were only two people left in Yang Hao's group. Seeing that the situation was not good, the two of them roared, one to the east, the other to the west, and hurriedly jumped into the alley, their body movements faster than chasing the wind.
Yang Hao raised his leg and kicked, and the shovel head flew up, chasing the assassin who fled to the alley on the left with a shrill whistle. When the assassin heard the movement behind him, he swung his sword to block it without thinking, and did not want to fly behind him.
What came was neither an arrow nor a spear, but a spinning shovel head. The shovel head, as sharp as an axe, turned into a phantom and whirled towards it. No sword could stop it.
, only a "crack" sound was heard, the sword was broken, and a "puff" sound was heard, the head flew up, and the headless body ran wildly for more than two feet, slipped to the ground with a porcupine, and seven more people jumped out against the snow.
Eight meters away.
Mu Yu and his men were about to chase the man in the alley on the right. Yang Hao returned the sword to its sheath and said calmly: "The assassin's skill in making light is very good. There is no need to chase him. The whole city is on alert to track down the murderer..."
As he spoke, he turned back and glanced at the crowd not far away. The old man with white beard had disappeared. Yang Hao couldn't help but smile...
"Brother Hao, are you not injured?"
As soon as Yang Hao returned home, Dong'er, Yanyan, Wawa, and Miaomiao, who had already heard about the news, came over nervously. When Yang Hao saw Dong'er's big belly, he was even more nervous than Dong'er, so he rushed up to Miao Miao.
Miao took her arm in his hand and said worriedly: "What can happen to me? I'm just a few daring little thieves. How can you go out and walk around? Seeing that labor is about to happen. What if you slip up and get fetal gas?"
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Dong'er looked at him carefully and saw that he was not injured at all, so she felt relieved. She smiled sweetly and said softly: "How can I be so delicate? Besides, Baby and Miaomiao are careful. The floor is so clean."
It’s also clean.”
Yang Hao said: "There is no big mistake in being careful. In short, safety comes first. If you are not squeamish, you are not allowed to walk around the courtyard during this period. Baby, Miaomiao, you should keep an eye on her."
Yang Hao said as he helped Dong'er back to the flower hall. The family sat down and there were no outsiders anyway, so Yang Hao touched Dong'er's belly honestly and politely.
"Look, look, let me tell you, you are not afraid, but the child is. It is such a cold day, don't freeze him, oh, he is boxing in protest."
Dong'er was quite pregnant, with a high bulge in her belly. Yang Hao carefully caressed her belly. The little guy inside was really restless and was punching and kicking her. Yang Hao pressed his hand on it, and he didn't know whether it was a small hand or a small foot.
He rubbed his belly very forcefully, and if Yang Hao pressed lightly in response, he would make more noise inside. Following Yang Hao's movements, he started to move. Yang Hao couldn't help but laugh and said: "This little guy, a
It seems that he is a naughty and mischievous master, but he is not as quiet as his mother."
Yanyan, Wawa, and Miaomiao were all jealous when they saw the cautious attitude of their officials. They wished they could sit there in Dong'er's place, but when they looked down at their flat belly, they couldn't help but feel discouraged secretly.
The beauties glanced at each other, tacitly understanding each other, and secretly warned themselves: while Dong'er is pregnant and official duties are not busy in winter, they must do their best these days to make officials often come to their rooms and teach them to do their best.
After hard work, he can feel at ease only if the seeds of the Yang family can take root and sprout in his belly.
"The Chinese New Year is almost here, so I have to tell the people in the mansion that no firecrackers are allowed in the handsome mansion this year."
As Yang Hao spoke, he bent down again and put his ear against Dong'er's belly. Listening to the healthy and strong heartbeat inside, Yang Hao suddenly felt something in his heart: "Dong'er got pregnant later than Xiao Chuo. Dong'er still has a baby."
The baby is due in half a month, so Xiao Chuo...should have given birth by now, right?"