"I know you have the trust of the officials, so there is no need to show off in front of me..."
Li Di glanced at Kou Ji and said sourly.
Kou Ji gave Li Di a bright smile in return.
The next day.
Kou Ji took his people and left Shazhou.
Then he rushed to Guazhou, Suzhou, Xiliang and other places for inspections.
After some inspections, Kou Ji discovered that Hexi had a bumper grain harvest this year.
Except for Guazhou's grain production, which is somewhat disappointing, almost all other places have a bumper harvest.
The reason why Guazhou did not have a great harvest was not because the people who managed Guazhou did not work hard.
Instead, Guazhou was the site of the Fourth World War. The vegetation was cut down and destroyed for hundreds of years. It was almost reduced to a desert and the land was very barren.
Therefore, when Fan Zhongyan was governing Guazhou, he spent most of his time leading the people of Guazhou to plant trees.
So Guazhou did not have a great harvest.
The process of harvesting grain is very spectacular.
Since grain was planted early and late, the entire harvesting process lasted for more than two months.
By the time all the grain was delivered to Xiliang City, it was already three months later and it was late autumn.
A massive amount of food poured into Xiliang City, completely filling it up.
Xiliang City was emptied by Kou Ji, so he reluctantly put down all the food.
There was a bumper harvest of grain in Hexi, but there was not much grain left in Hexi.
Except for the common people who stayed in Hexi who left a portion for themselves and filled the newly built Changping Granary in Hexi, almost all the remaining grain in Hexi was sent to Kou Ji.
The grain grown by hundreds of thousands of civilians, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, hundreds of thousands of captives and surrendered Uighurs, and more than 500,000 people were all gathered in Kou Ji's hands at one go, which shows how huge the amount of grain was.
The people and soldiers had to spend money to buy the food they grew.
All the grain grown by the captives and surrendered Uighurs was given to Kou Ji free of charge.
Inside the city lord's palace.
Kou Ji squatted on the grain mountain, looking at the grain piled into the sea, and asked: "How much grain is there?"
Although the reclamation and planting order in Hexi was issued by Kou Ji.
But Kou Ji never thought about the scene where grain from Hexi was gathered together.
Now looking at the massive amount of food, Kou Ji felt a little uncomfortable.
"Fifty-one million three hundred and twenty thousand stones..."
Liu Heng stood next to Kou Ji, suppressing the shock in his heart, and reported a number in a deep voice.
Kou Ji chuckled, "I'm afraid not many people in the civil and military dynasties have ever seen so much food, right?"
Liu Heng said with a little excitement: "No one has seen so much food except us."
Kou Ji smiled with satisfaction and said: "Then transporting so much grain back to Bianjing will definitely shock the civil and military officials of the entire court, right?"
"Not necessarily...but definitely..."
Liu Heng said firmly.
Kou Ji nodded with a smile, stood up and patted his butt, walked down Liangshan, and walked all the way into the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion. He looked at Du Yan, who had returned and was sitting in the main hall busy with government affairs.
regret……"
Du Yan trembled all over, put down the pen with stiff fingers, raised his head, and looked at Kou Ji.
Just a few months.
Du Yan has aged a lot, the white hair on his head cannot be concealed, his beard is slightly white, and he looks very haggard.
"I regret it..."
Du Yan muttered in despair.
Thanks to the efforts of Kou Ji and others, the treasury of the Song Dynasty was full and the grain harvest was great.
After this massive amount of grain is transported back to Bianjing City, the granaries in Bianjing City will also be full.
After this massive amount of food flowed into every corner of the Song Dynasty, many, many fewer people in the Song Dynasty would starve to death.
Today's Song Dynasty can be called a prosperous age and a great governance.
Kou Ji and his party are working hard for the Song Dynasty.
But he didn't contribute much in the middle.
The prosperity and great rule of the Song Dynasty had nothing to do with Du Yan.
Being famous all over the world and being famous throughout history has nothing to do with him, Du Yan.
Du Yan raised his head stiffly and stared at Kou Ji, "You want to take the opportunity to ridicule me?"
Kou Ji slowly shook his head, "I didn't mean that... I just want to tell you that you have been an official for half your life, but you have not seen clearly the real way to be an official, and you have not taken the right path.
Being an official is to make decisions for the people and to benefit the people, rather than worrying about who is sitting on the throne.
One by one, you are running forward one after another, running for the throne.
But have you ever thought that you can really decide who will sit on the throne?"
Du Yan stared at Kou Ji without saying a word.
Kou Ji snorted coldly and said without mercy: "If the officials are not happy, even if you send all the people from the Wei Palace to Bianjing City, what can you do? If the officials are not willing, even if you send all the people from the Wei Palace to Bianjing City, what can you do?
They were all pushed into the palace, and they had no chance of becoming emperor.
Even if the official family had difficulty in producing heirs, it would not be the Wei royal family's turn to come out to seize the throne.
There are still surviving descendants of the Taizu lineage.
This is even more true for Taizong's lineage.
The lineage of Prince Wei’s family is nothing.”
When Du Yan heard this, his eyes turned red.
Kou Ji continued: "The official family will live for a long time, longer than you, Du Yan, can hardly imagine. We people can send a batch of maidens to the official family every year, so that the official family will be favored, and sooner or later the official family will have a prince.
When the official family has a prince, I, Kou Ji, will personally stay by his side and see if he can grow up."
Du Yan was trembling all over and said in a deep voice: "What if I don't live long..."
"Oh……"
Kou Ji smiled coldly, "Then I will kill all of you first, and then lift this plate."
Du Yan stood up suddenly, stared at Kou Ji tremblingly, and shouted, "You are talking about harming the country."
"Pooh……"
Kou Ji spat and said mercilessly: "What I said was harming the country, but you are the ones who are harming the country. Instead of handing over the Song Dynasty to you, it is better for me to harm the country first."
"Kou Ji!"
Du Yan roared.
Kou Ji snorted coldly, "Govern Hexi well. If something goes wrong in Hexi, I will personally kill you with a knife."
Du Yan was trembling with anger.
However, Kou Ji no longer paid attention to Du Yan, but loudly ordered to Liu Heng: "Go and tell all the soldiers and all the civilians to load all the grain into the trucks and prepare to return to the court."
"Here..."
Liu Heng agreed.
Left the city lord's mansion.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians took action under Kou Ji's order.
More than 50 million shi of grain were loaded into carts and horses, which cost hundreds of thousands of carts and more than 100,000 horses.
The team was dozens of miles long.
After Kou Ji loaded all the grain into the truck, he did not stop in Hexi. After handing over the soldiers, horses, prisoners, and surrendered Uighurs in Hexi to Zhu Neng, he took a huge team and set off back to Beijing.
Kou Ji and Liu Heng, with their men, galloped on horseback, running from the rear of the team to the front, which took a full day.
The huge transportation team, like a giant dragon, rushed towards Bianjing City.
Wherever Kou Ji and his party passed, no one stopped and looked sideways.
Everyone who saw the grain transport team was shocked.
It took half a month from starting from Kou Ji until Kou Ji left the border of Hexi.
The transportation team is too large, so the speed is very slow.
When Kou Ji arrived outside the boundary of Hexi, he was not in a hurry.
Instead, he stayed outside the boundary of Hexi for one day.
Kou Ji has an appointment with Siluo, the king of Qingtang.
The king of Qingtang, Jiao Siluo, promised to give Kou Ji a heavy gift when his master returned to the court.
Kou Ji did not refuse, so he waited outside the border of Hexi for a day.
Jiao Siluo wanted something from Kou Ji, so he did not dare to deceive Kou Ji.
In the evening when Kou Ji was waiting, Jiao Siluo sent someone to deliver thousands of fine horses, dozens of beauties, and two boxes of gold.
After Kou Ji took the gift from King Jiao Siluo of Qingtang, he exchanged greetings with the messenger who sent the gift, and then continued on his journey with his people.
Kou Ji and his party crossed Hexi.
The news that Kou Ji and his entourage were escorting endless supplies of food blew out like a gust of wind.
Wherever Kou Ji and his party arrived, people gathered on the roadside to watch.
The government offices of various counties, states, and prefectures had already received the message from the imperial court, so after Kou Ji and his entourage entered the country, officials from various government offices gathered at the boundary monument. As long as Kou Ji entered the country, they would accompany him throughout the journey.
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Welcome and send off one journey after another.
The scene is very spectacular.
It's very popular.
It can be said that even if you look through the history books, you cannot find a minister who can be more victorious than Kou Ji.
Kou Ji and his party walked again and again.
It took more than two months before we returned to Kaifeng.
Zhao Zhen personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to greet him at the boundary monument of Kaifeng.
Such a deep love that I could not find another one even if I looked through the history books.
Kou Ji remained calm all the way, but when he saw Zhao Zhen, he was slightly moved.
Before Zhao Zhen could take the initiative to greet him, Kou Ji jumped off his horse and rushed to Zhao Zhen together with Liu Heng, Li Zhaoliang and Yang Wenguang.
"Your Majesty Kou Ji, please visit the official family..."
"Your Majesty Li Zhaoliang..."
"Your Majesty Yang Wenguang..."
"Chen Liu Heng..."
"See the official family..."
Zhao Zhen stepped forward quickly, held up Kou Ji's arms, pursed his lips, and said slightly excitedly: "Fourth brother..."
Kou Ji hurriedly said: "In front of the official family, I dare not call you brother."
Zhao Zhen held Kou Ji's arms tightly and said excitedly: "It doesn't matter... I call you Fourth Brother, it is my wish... If anyone is dissatisfied, I will punish him..."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, a little confused about whether to laugh or cry. He cupped his hands and said, "I am scared..."
The civil and military officials behind Zhao Zhen had bitter expressions on their faces.
Zhao Zhen pulled Kou Ji and said solemnly: "Let's go... share a car with me..."
Zhao Zhen pulled Kou Ji up to Longchu. Kou Ji was the taller one and the bigger one.
A personal name popped up in Kou Ji's mind for no apparent reason.
There is no doubt about it.
What pops up in Kou Ji's mind are those guys who are either highly accomplished or unparalleled in the limelight.
It seems like everything ends badly.
Kou Ji said, somewhat dumbfounded: "I just won one Hexi..."
Zhao Zhen reminded Kou Ji seriously, "There are still more than 50 million shi of grain."
Seeing how determined Zhao Zhen was, Kou Ji could only turn his attention to Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai and others who were standing not far away.
Lu Yijian looked up at the sky, and seemed to feel that the dark clouds were covering the sun, which was a strange feeling.
Wang Zeng lowered his head and looked at the ground, and seemed to find the ants moving on the ground quite interesting.
Zhang Zhibai plucked a piece of fox hair from his cloak and prepared to use the fox hair to sew a small hole in his cloak.
Seeing this, Kou Ji's mouth twitched, he withdrew his gaze, stared at Zhao Zhen and said: "Long Chu can come, but there is one thing that must be made clear."
Zhao Zhen said decisively: "Fourth brother said frankly that I will agree to everything I can."
Kou Ji said very bachelorly: "If one day, someone says that my grandfather smokes purple smoke, there are strange lights in the ancestral house, and the dog at home has horns and long lins, don't believe it."
Zhao Zhen was stunned when he heard this. After thinking about it for a moment, he realized why Kou Ji had such concerns.
It seems that in order to welcome Kou Ji back to court, he did make a bit of noise.
Some people with ulterior motives may take advantage of Kou Ji's victory to make a fuss.
When he thought of this, Zhao Zhen had an idea.
"I will not believe those lies. If someone really says that, I will ask him to provide evidence. If anyone in the country suspects that his words are false, I will punish him for deceiving the emperor."
"How about... let's take an ordinary carriage?"
Kou Ji pondered the proposal.
He believed what Zhao Zhen said, but he felt that he had already won enough limelight, and if he won again, something might happen.
He is not worried about what Zhao Zhen will do to him.
But he worries about his people.
After all, the power in his hands now is already very powerful, so powerful that he can leverage the Song Dynasty.
If someone spreads the rumor that he is wearing a yellow robe, and his people respond everywhere, it will be great fun.
Zhao Zhen saw that Kou Ji was pushing and dragging him around and refused to get on the dragon chase, so he agreed to accompany Kou Ji in an ordinary carriage.
The monarch and his ministers got on the carriage.
All the civil and military officials also got on the carriage.
The group of people drove towards Bianjing City.
On the carriage.
Zhao Zhen chased Kou Ji and asked Kou Ji about the process of fighting in Hexi. Kou Ji told Zhao Zhen everything except concealing the affairs of the patrol horse guards and the Yuanshan tribe.
Zhao Zhen was very fascinated when he heard it.
When I heard the thrilling scene, I clenched my hands nervously; when I heard the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty defeated the enemy soldiers, I clapped my hands excitedly.
Until Kou Ji finished telling everything.
Zhao Zhen calmed down his excitement and said excitedly: "Fourth Brother Hexi and his party not only helped our Song Dynasty expand its territory, but also strengthened our Song Dynasty's prestige among the barbarians.
What’s more important is that our Song Dynasty has gold and silver from Hexi and food from Hexi. Within ten years, we will have nothing to worry about.”
Kou Ji smiled and said: "It's just some small merits. Officials don't need to praise them so exaggeratedly."
Zhao Zhen shook his head, "We, the Song Dynasty, have been in the country for decades. There are some people who can conquer, and there are also those who can govern. They can conquer and govern. Besides, they can help our Song Dynasty make tens of millions of wealth and cultivate fertile land for tens of millions.
, the only person who has harvested tens of millions of dan of grain is you, fourth brother."
When Zhao Zhen said this, he laughed out loud and said: "Many changes in our Song Dynasty are all due to you, fourth brother. Others think that the success of the Song Dynasty today is due to everyone's contribution, but I have done a thorough analysis
After a while, I realized that the Song Dynasty is what it is today, all thanks to Fourth Brother, you have been working hard since you appeared."
When Kou Ji heard this, his heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that the identity of the time traveler is going to be exposed?