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The time has entered May, and everything in the mountains is growing and flourishing, and the Wumeng Mansion and the six departments under its jurisdiction have gradually regained their vitality after a short period of repair.

The strong entry of the Xie family has led to a large number of businesses pouring into the wild land of Wumeng.

All kinds of goods from all over the world flowed into Wumeng, and Wumeng's special products were also brought out in large quantities by those shrewd merchants.

The rugged mountain roads were full of caravans, and with the accompanying men and dart masters, many outsiders would enter the world every once in a while.

Merchants came, and there were more shops in Wumeng, and with it, the demand for infrastructure materials and all kinds of personnel increased.

Wumeng is located in a remote area, whether it is material or personnel, it is impossible for merchants to carry it with them, so it is cheaper for the local people.

For a while, trucks carrying stones, timber, and sediment were running into the city, and many young men who had finished their farm work also poured in.

Coming and going, the land of Umeng has become 'alive'.

Qi Jinzhi issued an order to the county government in a timely manner, ordering the local magistrate to organize personnel to repair the mountain road to ensure that the caravans could flow unimpeded.

As for the bandits and bandits who once terrified the caravans, Qi Jinzhi was even more unceremoniously attacked. Since the Xie Clan's firm entered Wumeng, Qi Jinzhi scattered the hundreds of villagers he had trained, and regardless of other places, he first cleared both sides of several main roads leading to Wumeng's six departments.

Hundreds of villagers who were beaten by Liu Hu and Qi Dayong were like hungry wolves coming down the mountain, with fierce lights in their eyes, copying the weapons issued by the Qi family, and rushing into the mountains without fear of death.

They were originally natives of Wumeng, and some of them were even mountain people (OR mountain bandits), who were familiar with jungle and mountain warfare, and with the training of the Qi army, they became 'professional'.

It can use the resources around it to find enemies, track and monitor, and finally annihilate them all.

In less than three months, the villagers uprooted hundreds of thieves' dens, large and small, and completely cleaned up the mountain bandits along the way.

In addition, according to Qi Jinzhi's requirements, they will set up a contact point every 100 miles along the way, and they will be stationed all year round. The first is to protect the traveling and caravans, and the second is to strengthen the control of the surrounding area.

There are many mountainous areas in Wumeng, and the control of the government is mainly reflected in the county seat and its surroundings, and it is somewhat powerless for the broader mountains and forests.

However, Qi Jinzhi's move has expanded the scope of the government's control several times, and now he only needs to sit in the yamen to clearly know the movements of the small mountain village hundreds of miles away.

Wherever there is an abnormality, Qi Jinzhi issued an order, and there is no need to dispatch the people of the government office, just relying on the villagers of a few contact points around him, he can nip the turmoil in the bud.

As a result, those mountain bandits, fugitive Tartars, and even the rebels of the Annan palace could not stay in the land of Umeng at all, and Wumeng, which had been in turmoil for more than ten years, finally ushered in real peace.

The people's admiration and respect for Lord Fuzun has reached a new high again, and now no one is talking about 'Qi beheading' and 'Qi Jingguan' behind their backs.

Whenever the prefect of Qi is mentioned, everyone will shout 'Lord Fuzun' with great respect, and no matter how numb it is, some people will call him 'Qi Qingtian' with gratitude.

“…… Hehe, I haven't seen any cases handled by the uncle, why did he become a 'blue sky'? ”

Gu Jialuo held his bulging belly, eating fresh fruits, and chatting with Qi Jinzhi with a smile.

"The so-called blue sky refers to a series of measures for the people and love the people, such as being honest and honest, sympathizing with the people's feelings, cracking down on the strong, building water conservancy, etc."

Qi Jinzhi handed over all the affairs to the right people to carry out, and he, the chief official, only needed to grasp the overall direction and formulate policies, so that Qi Qingtian was very idle now, and even had time to accompany his pregnant wife to talk about it.

"Handle cases or something, it's the work of pushing officials and arresting fast, the prefect of Wumeng is dignified, what does it look like to be busy with those trivial things?"

Qingtian's definition is not so narrow, and 'Qi Qingtian', who rarely goes to the court to handle cases, is very patient to 'popularize science' to his wife.

"Uncle has some truth in saying this."

Gu Jialuo just said it casually, in fact, she was still very proud of her husband's new title of the Qingtian lord in her heart, who could a man sit firmly on the throne of the head of a mansion before the weak crown? Can it still be supported by the people?

No! Not a single one!

Looking at the entire Great Qi, she Gu Jialuo's man is so good!

Thinking of the 'weak crown', Gu Jialuo suddenly remembered something, "Uncle, it's your birthday just now, has your father taken the word for it?" ”

Since ancient times, it has been a man's twenty weak crowns, and the crown ceremony has been performed, and the elders have given the table words, which means that the man is a real adult.

Well, although Qi Jinzhi has already married a wife, and his son is also nested in his wife's belly, his career is even smoother, and he has definitely achieved the standard of 'starting a family'.

But without a weak crown, in the eyes of the world, he can't be regarded as a real adult.

Qi Jinzhi's birthday is the first day of the sixth month, and the couple is far away in the southwest, and on the twentieth birthday, it is natural that the elders in the family cannot preside over the crown ceremony.

Fortunately, Qi Jinzhi married a good wife, and his parents couldn't give him a grand weak crown ceremony, so Gu Jialuo actively made up for it.

Since April, Gugaro has been planning for this matter.

Carefully select the concierge candidates, invite the distinguished guests in the southwest region to invite them in a wide range of invitations, carefully and thoughtfully prepare various rituals and tributes, and prepare various items required for the banquet...... Gu Jialuo personally took care of all the affairs, big and small, and made sure to make her husband's crown ceremony grand and solemn.

After more than a month of preparation, everything has been almost prepared, and now only the elders are left to give words.

Qi Jinzhi said with a smile: "Don't worry, there will be a quasi-letter in a few days." ”

He is the eldest son in the family, and his crown ceremony cannot be held in the capital, which is enough to make his parents feel regretful, and they will never be sloppy about the only thing they can do - taking words, let alone delay the crown ceremony.

The reason why he has not received the letter until now, Qi Jinzhi estimated that his father was too cautious and chose many words with good meanings, but he couldn't decide for a while.

But there is still half a month before his birthday, don't worry!

At the moment, something is more urgent.

"By the way, I received a report from the palace today, and the sage decided to set up a guard in Annan, with five thousand households, and selected Xiao Ruqi from Prince An's Mansion as the first commander."

Qi Jinzhi said and laughed a few words, gradually restrained his smile, and talked to Gu Jialuo about business.

"Xiao Ruqi?"

Gu Jialuo frowned slightly, she knew that this person was the second son of Prince An's third son, although he was a noble-born grandson of the palace, he could not inherit the title.

Prince An is the most important 'uncle Wang' of the sage, in addition to the eldest grandson can inherit the prince, the sage specially gave the title to the two eldest grandsons of the palace, the general of Zhenguo.

This is a great honor, after all, according to the law of Great Qi, the son of the king of the county must be named the general of the Zhenguo.

And the two grandsons of King An's mansion, strictly speaking, are not the sons of the county king, they are the eldest sons of the second son and the third son of King An, and they can only be awarded one auxiliary general according to the law.

Even so, there are still several grandchildren and more than a dozen descendants in King An's Mansion who do not have titles, and Xiao Ruqi is one of them.

"Xiao Ruqi, twenty years old, mother Yuan, the young lady of the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, according to the seniority, I still have to call that Mrs. Yuan a cousin."

Qi Jinzhi slowly said about Xiao Ruqi's background.

Gu Jialuo smiled, "Huh? In this way, this new commander is still our cousin. ”

She was still thinking just now, looking at the entire Daqi, there are few young men who are not as good as her husband who are not as good as her husband, and as a result, Xiao Ruqi immediately came.

If she remembers correctly, Xiao Ruqi was the same year as Qi Jinzhi, but she was only a few months older and had just finished the crown ceremony.

But the problem is that Xiao Ruqi's grade is high, good guy, he is the commander of the guard as soon as he comes up, and he is the fourth grade, which is one level higher than Qi Jinzhi's fifth grade.

The most important thing is that Qi Jinzhi's prefect is a bit empty, with a small jurisdiction and a small population, and the indicators are barely stepping on the passing line of the prefecture.

In the case of Wumeng, if it is placed inland, it is the standard of a county seat.

Xiao Ruqi's command envoy is indeed genuine, and there is no water at all. There are 5,000 households under its jurisdiction, and the most standard configuration of health centers is it.

If this is compared, Qi Jinzhi is much inferior to Xiao Ruqi.

In addition, Xiao Ruqi's surname is Xiao and he has a grandfather who is a prince, which gives him a little more advantage.

"Cousin?"

Qi Jinzhi's eyes were cold for a moment, these days, what do you say about cousins, even uncles and nephews will calculate each other.

Thinking of Shuixi's uncle, Qi Jin's heart moved, "Hey~ Annan has set up a guard station, and the distribution pattern of troops in the southwest is bound to change, and the Shuixi battalion is about to be hollowed out." ”

The palace of Annam overturned, and the entire Annam group of dragons was leaderless, although in the eyes of the imperial court, Annam was a chicken rib, but a large piece of land could not be abandoned.

But the sage didn't want to get another 'King of Annan' out, so it was inevitable that Annan would set up a guard.

But the sage put so many civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but only chose a clan surnamed Xiao to serve as the commander of Annan Wei, which is a bit interesting.

Gu Jialuo's heart sank, she didn't think about the Shuixi camp, but immediately thought of her own interests, "Uncle, you say, did Jingli notice something?" ”

The Qi family did not re-establish their power in Shuixi, but quietly infiltrated Annan, and seized a lot of territory as soon as the palace was liquidated by the imperial court.

Some of the remaining troops of the palace, Qi Jinzhi also ordered people to secretly gather them, forming a force to be reckoned with in Annan.

In addition to manpower and land, Qi Jinzhi also got several jade mines in the palace into his own hands.

This alone, in just half a year, has brought Qi Jinzhi a huge profit.

Not to mention that two months ago, when Qi Jin went to the countryside to preside over the spring ploughing, the people from Annan came with news that they had discovered a silver mine in the southwest of Annan.

Qi Jinzhi and Gu Jialuo were pleasantly surprised for a few days, and quietly reported to Qi Ling in the capital, and then arranged for someone to secretly go to the mining.

It's been a month now, and all the work of the silver mine is in place, and if it goes well, it will be productive in another two months.

But the imperial court chose the clan to form the guard at this time, which made Gu Jialuo have to think more.

Qi Jinzhi pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "There shouldn't be." Our side is going on very secretively, and we don't even notice it on the Shuixi side, let alone Jingli. ”

You must know that Ma Hanze is a hardcore confidant of the saint, if he hears something troublesome, he will report it as soon as possible, and he doesn't care if this matter is related to his nephew.

Qi Jinzhi's expression was a little solemn, "However, as soon as Xiao Ruqi comes, the matter of the silver mine will be a little troublesome." You can't hide it. ”

At least he couldn't hide a commander with 5,000 military households.

Gu Jialuo became more and more worried, "What can I do about this?" ”

A good silver mine, in the good situation of Annam, is it so easy to give it to others?

If these are really taken away by Xiao Ruqi, even Gu Jialuo will not be happy to say that Qi Jinzhi is reluctant!

Gu Jialuo bit her lower lip, thought carefully and thoughtfully, and suddenly a thought flashed in her mind, and she said tentatively: "Or, I, I will write a letter to the master?" ”

Master Miaozhen's common name is Xiao Yu, and her identity is the eldest lady of Prince An's mansion, and she is Xiao Ruqi's aunt.

Perhaps, they can try to talk to Xiao Ruqi through Master Miaozhen, if they can work together, it is not unacceptable.

Qi Jinzhi frowned and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he nodded slowly, "This is a method." However, I would like to discuss it with my father first. ”

It's not that he doesn't believe in Gu Jialuo, but he doesn't believe in Master Miaozhen. After all, Miao Zhen and Xiao Ruqi are a family connected by blood, on the other hand, Gu Jialuo is just a girl from someone else's family that Miao Zhen inexplicably likes.

Gu Jialuo was extremely determined, "Discussion is definitely going to be discussed, but I think the master will be on my side." ”

Qi Jinzhi looked at Gu Jialuo fixedly, Gu Jialuo's eyes were full of confidence.

The husband and wife looked at each other for a long time, and Qi Jinzhi said slowly: "I know, I will explain my father in detail." ”

……

Capital.

Xiao Ruqi, who was discussed by Qi Jinzhi and his wife, was respectfully kneeling in the quiet room of Jingyue Nunnery at this moment, talking to Master Miaozhen.

"This time it's thanks to my aunt-" Xiao Ruqi was born with delicate facial features, a thin and slender figure, and looked very clean and sparse.

Master Miaozhen stretched out his hand to interrupt his words, and said lightly: "There is no need to say more polite words, although I have not been in the palace for many years, but in the end, I am the daughter of Prince An's mansion, you are my nephew, I should take care of it." ”

"Anyway, my nephew has to thank my aunt." Xiao Ruqi kowtowed solemnly, and all his gratitude was in his actions.

Master Miaozhen waved her hand, she was originally a cold character, and she really didn't have much affection for Xiao Ruqi's nephews and nieces.

The reason why she is willing to give Xiao Ruqi a chance is that she values this kid's temperament.

"I have two things to say to you...... you when you go to Annan" (To be continued.) )