"Mingyue, tell me how strong the Xiliang headquarters soldiers must be to defeat the Liangzhou soldiers who sneak up on them in the ice and snow. There are more Liangzhou soldiers than them!" The princess was half lying on the bed. The temperature in the room was very high, which made people feel Very comfortable.
The maid kneeling beside the bed smiled and said: "Your Highness, I don't know this slave, but the bravery of Liangzhou warriors is also very famous in Daqian. The soldiers of Xiliang headquarters can defeat them. I can only say that the warriors under Li Cishi More powerful!"
Flames burst out from the princess's hand, and the envelope in her hand turned into ashes and dissipated. She stretched lazily, revealing her graceful figure: "The stronger Li Governor is, the worse our situation will be. I heard that he But he was unwilling, and finally it was Wu who came forward and he agreed."
The maid knelt beside her and didn't dare to interrupt. Anyone with the princess's status would be willing to marry as long as she was a member of the royal family. Marrying the princess would not only gain status, but also gain the support of the royal family.
However, this was within the territory of Daqian. For someone like Li Xiang, who came all the way from outside the customs, fought all the way, and conquered a large amount of territory, the identity of a princess and a large amount of gold and silver jewelry were nothing.
"Get ready, I want to see Zhang Qingyun!" the princess said!
"Yes!" Mingyue immediately called the maids standing far behind to come over.
On the other side of the lucky ship, Zhang Qingyun did not stop working even on the ship. He spent this year on the ship. The new year has passed, and he needs to arrange the work for the new year.
He has the power to inspect the performance of various regions and change officials. As long as it is not related to the military industry and the Xiliang headquarters, it is basically his arbitrary decision.
Xiliang is now in a critical period. Li Xiang leads an army to attack Liangzhou. He only needs the enemy to capture one county, and it will be easy for Xiliang's army to move south.
He doesn't need to worry about Xiliang yet. There are a lot of things going on in the northwest, including the problems of herdsmen and the large number of Central Plains people who have just entered the northwest.
Li Xiang was fighting on the front line. He had to stabilize the rear and at the same time develop a lot of business. On the way to the imperial capital, he saw and heard a lot. At this time, the food shortage problem in the Central Plains was getting more and more serious.
The southern land has fallen into a war. The southern land, which is the granary of Daqian, is in chaos. All the food in the northern land of Daqian has been concentrated on the Northern Army.
The remaining grain producing area is Shu. But can Shu support the entire world?
cannot!
Under the rule of Prime Minister Li in the northwest, although the grain production in various places was not as high as that in Xiliang, they could plant it two to three times a year, and the grain harvested in one harvest was enough to feed a family for a year.
The remaining harvested grain will be purchased and stored by the Ministry of Food. Zhang Qingyun estimates that the current grain reserves in the northwest are 90 million dan.
This is the grain reserves calculated by the Northwest Grain Department. This is nothing, because the population of the Northwest has reached 30 million people.
Thirty million people consume at least one catty of grain every day. Ninety million shi, or nine billion catties of grain, can only be consumed by the people of the northwest in one year.
The real bulk of grain in the northwest lies with the headquarters, and he still doesn't know how much grain reserves the headquarters has.
The new year has arrived. Based on the plowing in the northwest, next year's grain reserves should be twice as much as this year's after accounting for various budgetary expenses.
There is food in the northwest and people in the Central Plains. Zhang Qingyun feels that the northwest can bring millions more people from the Central Plains. He can first make an agreement with the local officials and ask them to gather the people and then transport them by Xiliang transport ships.
The certain policy this year is to increase the population while maintaining stability. As the population increases, the value created will also increase. It is not a problem to feed 60 million people with the land in the northwest.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival next year, the world may be in chaos. The new emperor is already integrating the forces around the imperial capital, and the new army is also training. There is a general named Song Cheng in the new army, who makes Zhang Qingyun feel very familiar.
"Sir, the princess wants to see you!" An armored soldier walked up to Zhang Qingyun and said softly.
"Princess wants to see me?" Zhang Qingyun put away the things in his hands and tidied up his clothes. The princess marrying the lord means that the princess will be the mistress in the future.
However, thinking about the relationship between Wu Yating and her lord, Zhang Qingyun felt that he still had to stay away. He just wanted to show off his talents and accompany his lord to expand the power of Xiliang.
How far Xiliang can develop does not depend on him, but on the lord and the army of Xiliang headquarters.
No matter how the Seventh Army, Eighth Army, and Ninth Army expand, the main army in Xiliang is still the main army!
He was just looking at the territory he had conquered for his lord and getting some food for him.
He would never get involved in something like this for the next generation, and his master was about to reach the master level at this time, and his lifespan was even longer. Do you want to wait for him a hundred years later?
I guess you'll have to wait!
Also, don’t think about using forces behind the scenes to coerce you, or the scenes of officials in the court forcing you to go to the palace. Based on his understanding of the lord.
If you dare to gang up officials to force you into the palace, he will destroy you all.
Along the journey of the lord, except for the Xiliang headquarters, he did not see the shadow of other forces in the lord, and the relationship between the soldiers of the headquarters and the lord was just like the relationship between the dead soldiers and the lord's family.
Want the soldiers of Xiliang headquarters to force the lord? That is even more impossible. Xiliang headquarters is outside the court and at the same time suppresses the court.
This part is the blade in the Lord's hand, and it is the kind of blade that will not hurt you.
Zhang Qingyun shook his head. He felt that he was thinking a little too much and he had better sober up.
Soon he walked into the lobby. The princess was behind the curtain. Zhang Qingyun bowed respectfully: "My lord, Zhang Qingyun pays homage to Her Royal Highness the princess!"
"Prefect Zhang, please take a seat!" The princess' clear voice came from inside: "I invite Prefect Zhang to come here because I want to ask the prefect a few questions. I shouldn't disturb the prefect!"
"Your Highness is serious!" Zhang Qingyun sat on this chair and said: "I don't know what the princess wants to ask, but I will tell you everything I know!"
"It's nothing serious. I just want to ask whether we go directly to Jiuyuan County in the northwest, or go to Zhangye County in Liangzhou. After all, Li Qishi is with the girl in Zhangye County now!"
Zhang Qingyun said: "Go directly to Jiuyuan County in the northwest!"
"Then will Governor Li come back?"
"Your Majesty, the Governor will not keep the princess waiting for long!" Zhang Qingyun didn't know when Chen Huaihe would come back, so he could only say vaguely.
"Yes!" The princess nodded lightly, and then asked: "I heard that you, Grand Administrator Zhang, and Prime Minister Zhou Hangjie have a master-disciple relationship. Is it true?"
Isn't this known to everyone on the street? Zhang Qingyun didn't know that the princess wanted to ask, so he said bluntly: "The prime minister is his mentor. Without his mentor, there would be no Zhang Qingyun today."
"Prefect Zhang, you and Miss Zhou Yulan should know each other!"
Zhang Qingyun frowned: "Junior Sister Yulan, of course I know her!"
The princess took out a long sword: "A few days ago, when I was at the port, someone gave me a long sword and asked me to return it to the prefect!"
Mingyue took the sword and walked out of the curtain, handing the sword in the treasure box to Zhang Qingyun.
When you open the treasure box, what you see is a long sword and a letter: Brother Qingyun personally opens it!
Zhang Qingyun knew who wrote the letter when he saw the handwriting. This was Yulan's handwriting: "Princess, we can see the person who sent the letter. How is she now?"
The eighth princess said: "She is living a good life now and is already a master. She told me that she will return the sword to you after the ship has sailed on the river for five days!"
Zhang Qingyun looked at the sword and blinked. His eyes were a little wet for some reason, and he said to the princess with a smile: "Thank you, princess!"
The eighth princess said: "Just don't blame me. I guess you and Miss Yulan haven't seen each other for many years!"
"How could it be? If she wants to see me, even if she goes from northwest to southwest, it will only take a little time!" Zhang Qingyun didn't know when he had predicted the result: "If she doesn't want to see me, even if I live next door,
She will also be hiding!"
As he spoke, Zhang Qingyun stood up and bowed to the eighth princess: "Thank you very much, princess, this long sword has solved my worries!"
"I wonder if the princess has anything else to ask? If not, I will leave first!"
Zhang Qingyun is also like Li Xiang. Neither of them is the kind of person who is very wealthy. Because of his official position, Zhang Qingyun has to hide his emotions. In the eyes of outsiders, he is much more stable.
There is no need for Li Xiangze to do whatever he wants, because he is the largest in the northwest region, and no one can make him restrain himself.
Now Zhang Qingyun can't pretend anymore.
"Nothing happens anymore, please help yourself, Grandmaster!"
Zhang Qingyun saluted, and then exited with his long sword. The long sword on his waist was almost exactly the same as the long sword in the box.
Soon the princess was the only one left in the lobby.
Mingyue looked at Zhang Qingyun who seemed to be very steady, but in fact his steps were a little staggering, as if he was running away from something. Zhang Qingyun is now considered one of the few high-ranking people in the world, but he is like this because of a little love.
This broke her view of Zhang Qingyun. In her mind, Zhang Qingyun should be a very wealthy person. But from today’s conversation and the way he looked after seeing the long sword, he didn’t look like a very wealthy person at all.
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Over there in the Imperial Capital, a random person might be able to talk better than Zhang Qingyun, and he might also be able to hide his emotions.
"Do you feel that Governor Zhang is different from the officials you have seen?" The Eighth Princess chuckled when she saw Mingyue's appearance: "Anyone with a discerning eye can feel the feeling in his heart."
"Yeah!" Mingyue grew up in the palace since she was a child. Later, she followed the princess everywhere and met many officials.
The Eighth Princess sighed a little: "Don't you feel that this is what counts as a normal person?
Think about the officials in the imperial capital who have smiles on their faces. Even if the enemy who killed their father is standing in front of them, they can still treat them with a smile. Even if two people want to stab each other to death, they still treat them with a smile.
You never know what is hidden under that smiling face, nor do you know what a person who seems to have a good relationship with you is planning in her heart.
Even if it’s your own brothers and sisters, you don’t know what they are doing behind your back!”
"Zhang Qingyun, the general manager of Xiliang, the second person in Xiliang after the headquarters!" The eighth princess said softly: "He is in charge of 30 million civilians and tens of thousands of officials. The entire Xiliang is under his control.
Officials are not said to be incorruptible, but they can put everything they have learned into full play.
The entire northwest is thriving under their governance. Can you believe it? This winter, not a single person died of cold or starvation in the entire northwest.
Starting this year, schools will be launched in northwest China, and children from the age of five will be able to attend schools.
Children after the age of ten will be admitted to various academies according to their talents, such as crafts academy, war academy, agricultural academy, and liberal arts academy.
The four major colleges represent craftsmen, generals, farmers, and officials respectively.
The northwest, which seemed barbaric to outsiders, under his governance, became a place where countless literati aspired to politics. Here there were no aristocratic families, no distinctions of status, and anyone with a skill could settle down and make a living.
As long as you are willing to learn, someone will teach you. As long as you are willing to farm, he will allocate fields to you. If you want to learn literature, you can study in a school.
In the northwest, women can also work and earn no less money than men. Two adults in a family can support a family of seven.
Do you know why he can govern the northwest without any scruples, and no one under his command dares to resist him, and no family in the northwest dares to make a fuss, without any obstacles? "
Before the eighth princess came, she had a chance to run away. As long as she didn't want to, no one could force her to marry Prime Minister Li, because the power behind her was very strong, her mother's family was also very strong, and coupled with her talent,
If she were a man, she would definitely have a place in the world.
Unfortunately, because she was a girl, she chose to hide herself. After seeing the information about Northwest, she decided to go to Northwest.
Mingyue said blankly: "Why?"
The eighth princess smiled sweetly: "Because Li Xiang, the king of Xiliang, who is standing behind him, is unreasonable."
"King of Xiliang..." Mingyue said and suddenly covered her mouth and looked around: "Princess, you can't yell like this!"
"It's okay!" The Eighth Princess said freely: "The King of Xiliang is a person who draws his sword whenever he disagrees. Do you think such a person can be reasonable?
In almost every place in the northwest, the King of Xiliang passed by with his cavalry. Those aristocratic families knew his character very well. If he felt uncomfortable, it would be a reunion of the ancestors and descendants of the whole family.
Zhang Qingyun was still a reasonable person, at least more reasonable than the King of Xiliang, so they all chose to listen to Zhang Qingyun.
If they make Zhang Qingyun feel uncomfortable or hinder the administration, weapons will be waiting for them."
The Eighth Princess smiled and said: "I once heard a saying that fists cannot solve problems, but they can solve the people who create them. Li Xiang's strength and trust make Zhang Qingyun no longer need to make excuses with those people, nor do he need to hide his
Joy, anger, sorrow, and joy, this way he becomes more like a person.
Perhaps, our life in the northwest will not be as hypocritical as in Daqian. Jiuyuan County is not very far from Xuantian Sect, and we can still go to Xuantian Sect to have a look!"
