Seeing Li Xingchen eating voraciously, Xiao Xiang was a little helpless. As the female relatives of the harem, of course they were not used to eating such "rough" food. They all brought special lunch boxes and had already eaten.
Twisting a snack, Xiao Xiang whispered:
"Husband, why don't you ask the servants to reheat the prepared dishes?"
"No, that's great." Li Xingchen smiled. Of course he didn't expect this fire-headed soldier to be at the same level as the royal chef in the palace. Moreover, there were all coolies on the dock, and eating was heavy on oil and salt. Of course, he was consistent with Li Xingchen.
The taste is different, but only in this way can Li Xingchen always remember that as an emperor, he is qualified to eat spicy food, but he is not qualified to indulge in it. "Besides, you can see so much meat, this is already pretty good."
That’s it.”
After a pause, Li Xingchen stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance: "In these troubled times, it is a very happy thing to be able to eat a meal of meat. Today, we also rushed early rather than late. Ma Investment Bank only has such heavy work and
You only eat so much meat when you work hard."
Xiao Xiang was silent for a moment. Of course she had experienced hardships and knew that this was really not easy. Naturally, it was impossible for her to be as full of tricks as the palace.
Ning Yuan, who had been running for a while, was already tired. He was lying on the table and shaking his legs in boredom: "Brother-in-law, what do people usually eat?"
"Want to know?" Li Xingchen stretched out his hand and scratched her little nose.
"Think!" Ning Yuan suddenly became interested.
Neither Li Xingchen nor Xiao Xiang grew up in a high wall, so it can only be said that they can roughly figure it out. At this time, Ning Yuan is like a canary that has just been released from the cage. Of course, he wants to leave at all costs.
Go and take a look.
"Forget it, I will visit a family tomorrow and show you the experience." Li Xingchen agreed with a smile. When he saw the military commander and the household official walking over quickly, he immediately winked at Xiao Xiang.
, Xiao Xiang stood up and coaxed Ning Yuan to leave.
"I, General Hussars and Lieutenant of the Right Military Academy, Sima Lu Shizhen, are here to see Your Majesty!"
"Xiahou Gongyun, a member of the Cangbu Department and a subordinate of the Hubu Department, is here to see Your Majesty!"
Li Xingchen was startled for a moment. The background of these two guys is not small. This Lu Shizhen is the son of Lu Guangda. It was Lu Shizhen and Lu Shixiong who helped Xiao Mohe defend Jiangling City.
The two sons coaxed and tricked their father into surrendering, and then opened the city gate. They didn't expect to see them here. However, Lu Guangda was now in Huaixi, but half of his old troops were still there.
Jiangling is now under Xiao Shilian's command.
So there is nothing surprising about Lu Shizhen here.
As for Xiahou Gongyun, he was one of the several disciples whom Yuan Xian personally recommended to Li Xinchen when he retired and returned to his hometown. Of course, Li Xinchen directly gave him the position of a capital official, but now the mobilization of grain and grass across the country also requires the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The headache was endless, and all the officials from the capital were sent out to avoid any mistakes.
The Cangbu is a department under the Ministry of Households that specializes in managing granaries, grain storage, and transshipment. Therefore, it is not surprising that Xiahou Gongyun, a young man whose ancestors are most likely to be related to the Xiahou family of the Cao Wei royal family during the Three Kingdoms period, appears here.
But Li Xingchen didn't know that in history, when Chen Shubao insisted on hiding in the well and thought it was the best "strategy to save the country" he had come up with, it was Yuan Xian and Xiahou Gongyun, the pair of masters and apprentices, who fought in "Rouge".
They begged in front of the "well" and wanted to escort Chen Shubao to escape from the south side. Who would have thought that Chen Shubao would just generously invite them to come down and escape together.
In desperation, Yuan Xian and Xiahou Gongyun could only surrender to the Sui army.
But now, due to several twists and turns in the East Palace and the mutual criticism and calculations by Mr. Jiang and others, Yuan Xian has completely seen the true face of these courtiers, so he had already thought about retreating before this, and closed down after Li Xinchen's army entered the city.
He couldn't leave the house, and then he simply resigned and returned to his hometown. Of course, he was retained by Li Xinchen as the future president of Jinling Academy, but the old man had no intention of entering politics again.
However, he still recommended all his disciples to Li Xinchen.
Looking at these two young men who didn't look like they were generals or from aristocratic families, Li Xingchen smiled and knocked on the bowl: "How are you? Are you full?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry!"
"Okay, I just came over to see if there are any difficulties on the dock?"
Xiahou Gongyun and Lu Shizhen, who had always been at odds with each other, looked at each other. This time they seemed to have reached a rare agreement. Lu Shizhen winked at Xiahou Gongyun, and Xiahou Gongyun whispered:
"Your Majesty, there is not much going on at the dock now, but these grains will eventually be transported northward. However, the Mian River is frozen, and the land route is also muddy, so I don't know if we can get to the Ministry of Industry.
With cooperation, it would be great if we could produce more carts and even sleds for sliding on the snow in the North."
Li Xingchen nodded slightly: "I'm sure, as long as you can transport the food to Xiangyang well, you can have whatever you want. But if you get what you want, but still fail to meet my requirements, then...
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"I'll come to see you with my head raised!" The two of them immediately raised their hands.
"I don't need your two heads. I'll let you do it first during the Northern Expedition." Li Xingchen waved his hand and said half-jokingly.
But Lu Shizhen and Xiahou Gongyun obviously didn't think so, and their eyes shone brightly: "Your Majesty, are we really planning to launch the Northern Expedition?"
"How do you go north in this winter?" Li Xingchen said calmly, but then changed the topic, "As long as you go to Xiangyang and do what you should do well, you will have a chance."
"No!" the two young men said together.
Li Xingchen looked at these two extremely excited young people, and then looked at the trackers who had just finished eating and were gathering on the pier, and couldn't help but clenched his fists.
From these young people, he saw passion and vitality that he had never seen before. Compared with the older generation that Li Xingchen was already familiar with, these young people wanted to create their own business and build a brand new one.
world.
These people who may have only left their names in history, or even no names, are now standing in front of Li Xinchen alive. They are full of passion and want to make contributions. They have the same characteristics as Li Xinchen.
courage and courage, and not afraid of any bloodshed or sacrifice.
"Follow me, your names should be praised by future generations." Li Xinchen murmured.
Now that I have come to this era, I should change something and give these unknown people a stage suitable for them to express their ink.
The wind blew the snow as Li Xingchen walked through the bustling pier, winning cheers again and again.
They may not know why they are cheering, but they know that it is right to cheer for this young man at this time. (To be continued)