Chapter 831: Sunrise in the East (56)
Jishi City, the political and economic center of Zhengdong Prefecture, is operating in a busy and orderly manner at a high speed. The army is fighting outside. Langya County, which had just been assigned to Zhengdong Prefecture, was suddenly invaded by Qi State. Now it only relies on 20,000 soldiers. The incoming troops struggled to support the new government, but the new regime did not fall into panic because of this. The officials and messengers in various yamen were almost doing official business without touching the ground, and everyone was in such a hurry. , even when meeting friends or acquaintances, they just wave and smile at each other, and then go about their own business.
everyone is busy
But in the whole Jishi City, it is peaceful. This is because the Eastern Expedition Army has been invincible in foreign wars over the years. The once powerful Donghu regime collapsed under the attack of the Eastern Expedition Army. Governor Gao Yuan personally conquered Donghu. , although the final news has not yet been sent back, everyone believes that Donghu will one day soon, with the arrival of the messenger of victory, become a mark in the long history of history. As for the Qi people who want to take advantage of the situation now, they How long can you be proud of yourself? Haven't you seen that the Eastern Expeditionary Army now has less than 20,000 troops, and it has dragged the Qi army several times larger than ours into the quagmire of Langya?
Groups of grassroots militiamen gathered here from all directions in Jishi County. At the same time, Hejian County and Liaoxi County were also doing the same thing. Except for Yuyang, which had just surrendered, they had not yet established a strong reserve force. Troops, Hejian, and Western Liaoning have assembled a considerable number of militiamen. These people, when they put on military uniforms in the county and city, can compare with the general standing army in the United States.
Unlike other countries on this continent that defend their people like Sichuan, Zhengdong Mansion allows the people to bring their own weapons, bows and arrows. Except for the ban on heavy weapons such as heavy crossbows among the people, everything else was left to chance. This created a martial spirit in the entire region. Once something happened, an order was issued. The young and strong people can prepare their own weapons and go to the designated place to assemble.
Thanks to God's blessing, the weather has been good these past few years, and the water conservancy and roads under the jurisdiction of Zhengdong Mansion are also overhauled every year, and the granaries are fully stocked. Every time an army is assembled, it will march towards the west of Liaoning in an endless stream. Although the army has not returned yet, everyone in Zhengdong Mansion believes that before the army comes back. They can completely withstand the enemy's invasion, and when the army comes back, it's time to counterattack
If you eat what I have, spit it out for me, if you take what I have, give me back. Of course, you have to pay some interest. This is the only thought in the hearts of all the people in Zhengdong Mansion.
All the officials in Zhengdong Mansion are very busy, except for one person, and this person. It is precisely the highest official who stayed in Zhengdong Mansion to discuss the affairs of the Jiang family.
He was accompanying a guest from afar, the imperial master of Great Qin, the most powerful country on the continent. Li Ru
Jiang Jiaquan and Li Ru came from the same school. After they started school, they parted ways because of their different political ideas and ideas of governing the country. From then on, there was no longer any contact, and Li Ru was appreciated by the king of Qin. After staying in Qin for decades, he implemented his philosophy of governing the country from top to bottom in all aspects of Qin. Although he has no official position, he has a high status.
However, the Jiang family Quan fell into poverty in Yuyang, and had to live under a county guard as an unappreciated master, living around waiting for death, and stayed there for decades.
But in less than ten years, this huge gap in life experiences has undergone a fundamental change. Jiang Jiaquan has found his own stage. Now, the Zhengdong Mansion is powerful in the east, conquering the Xiongnu, pacifying Donghu, and killing all directions. , even his suzerain country, Dayan, is now trembling under the soldiers of Zhengdong Mansion. The strength of Zhengdong Mansion, which is barely alive, cannot but attract the attention of the Qin people who are determined to unify the world.
You must know how much effort and price the Qin people spent to wipe out all the enemies in the backyard. Even so, the Qin people failed to pull the Huns into their arms and could only build mountains in the south. The strategic decision of keeping the Huns out of the county and the city finally led to the success of Zhengdong Mansion. Gao Yuan took the Huns into his arms without much effort, and from then on he built an army that could The iron cavalry, which was as beautiful as Dong Hu's, swept across the east and attacked Shannan County, and captured Shannan County, which directly threatened the Qin people's backyard. Now, the Zhengdong Mansion's defeat of Dong Hu is in sight. When the time comes, the Zhengdong Army will return to the dynasty. Not marching into the Qin State from Shannan County, threatening the Qin people's backyard, and leaving the Qin people no longer able to sweep the world with peace of mind, has become a concern for the Qin people from top to bottom. This is how Li Ru's Jishi City and his party
He came here, firstly, to find out the next move of Zhengdong Mansion, and secondly, to see how a small soldier in those days developed into such a behemoth in less than ten years.
Two old men, both over one hundred and twenty years old together, dressed in plain clothes, were walking slowly on the wide road outside Jishi City. Although Li Ru was older, he had been pampered for many years, even if He has traveled around the world and has a lot of servants and waiters. He has never suffered any hardships and is extremely well-maintained. He looks much younger than the Jiang family.
The Chi Road was built to be extremely wide. The foundation was first laid with Sanhe soil, and then gravel was laid on top. Finally, horses dragged heavy stone rollers to flatten it. Even though it had rained heavily a few days ago, But the road is not muddy at all. Walking on it, it is refreshing and refreshing. Just this endless road is invisible in Xianyang, the capital of the Qin people. Xianyang is only on some main roads in the city. It is paved with stone slabs, but other places become muddy when it rains, let alone outside the city.
Everyone outside Jishi City is so particular, let alone inside the city. Li Ru has only arrived at Jishi City for a few days, but he is already secretly frightened. As a country's policy maker, of course he knows very well that to build a city How much manpower, material and financial resources would be needed to look like this? Even the powerful Qin State was unable to complete such a project. How did the small Zhengdong Mansion do it?
He could ask Jiang Jiaquan, but his self-esteem did not allow him to do so. What's more, even if he asked, the other party might not answer him sincerely. The confident Li Ru believed that as long as he stayed here for a while, with his own Wisdom can naturally solve them one by one
The thickest trees on both sides of the road are only as thick as the mouth of a bowl. In a few years, the two sides of the road will be covered with greenery. At this time, we are getting further and further away from the city, and there are more and more forks in the road. , gradually diverting the originally crowded crowds on the main road.
Jiang Jiaquan was extremely happy, and even more proud. Over the years, even when he was at his most impoverished, he never thought of asking for help from his rising senior brother, because in his opinion, the difference in their ideas of governing the country had made the two of them different. There is no longer any common language to speak of. I thought I was destined to lose, but in the last few years of my life, I had a big turn. To use a vernacular, it was a typical blink of an eye, and the old hen turned into a duck. , What a real turnaround. The senior brother who was once so high and mighty has now deigned to come to Jishi City to visit me. This in itself is an affirmation of his greatness.
Yes, Jiang Jiaquan felt that he was qualified to look proudly at the people coming and going with satisfied smiles on Chidao. Looking at the wide roads and endless grain fields, this was a real paradise.
"This year will be another bumper harvest year!" Jiang Jiaquan walked out of the Chidao, squatted on the field ridge, stroking the heavy ears of wheat, and said with a smile, "The granary is still full, but now I am worried about the new grain coming on the market. , what should we do with this old food?”
Li Ru frowned slightly, "Junior brother, the gentleman is far away from the kitchen, you look like this, it is really insulting to the gentleman." He could hear the smugness in Jiang Jiaquan's words, and he felt a little unhappy.
Jiang Jiaquan stood up with a smile, "Brother, I can't compare to you, but in our Zhengdong Mansion, we don't take this as an insult. Even our High Governor, during the inspection, personally rolled up his sleeves and talked to the people. Let’s use the sickle to harvest together!”
Li Ru sneered, it was just an act to win people's hearts. In the Qin Dynasty, during the spring plowing every year, King Wulie of Qin led all the civil and military officials to dig the soil and wave his sickle.
Looking at Li Ru's appearance, Jiang Jiaquan knew that he didn't believe it, so naturally he didn't bother to explain. He smiled and stood up.
"Since there is so much food, I wonder if our Qin State can buy some from Zhengdong Mansion?" he asked tentatively.
"What's not allowed?" Jiang Jiaquan laughed, "As long as the Qin people bring real money, of course we will sell it. New grain needs to be put into the warehouse, and the old grain will naturally have to be disposed of. But senior brother, we will not compromise the price."
"Of course old grain cannot be priced at the same price as new grain!" Li Ru said.
Jiang Jiaquan smiled slyly, "As far as I know, a large area of land to the west of the Qin State suffered a natural disaster today, and domestic grain production dropped sharply. If the Qin State had not destroyed South Korea two years ago and now occupied a large area of Wei State's land, I'm afraid It will be difficult to survive this year. Even so, the Qin court is also worried about this, right? Lu Chao's offensive in Wei is gradually slowing down, and Li Xin is also hammering east and west in Hanguan Valley. Is it related to this? You want food, we have it. You need food, but we don't care. Even if it is left there to rot, we can still feed pigs, cows and sheep. Senior brother also knows that we don't have much else here, just a lot of livestock. ah!"
Li Ru's face turned green when he heard this, "Of course there will be dedicated people to talk to you about these specific matters. As long as you agree to sell them, it will be fine. Junior brother, you don't need to worry about this kind of thing, right?"
Jiang Jiaquan chuckled, "Of course, of course!" He thought to himself, if your people go down to talk to people from the Ministry of Household Affairs, they are afraid that they will be knocked to the bone and sucked out by Wang Wu. (To be continued)