45. The forty-fifth step of the minister

"The eldest young master, the second young master is back, and he has brought back a lot of things."

Shuzhule ran into the house, and when he raised his eyes, he saw his young master holding the little boy in his arms, the little boy's cheeks were red and fluttering, and his wheezing was a little heavy, and he suddenly smiled, "That, the little one went down first, hehehehe......"

Shuzhu turned around and ran, running out without forgetting to close the door. Hu Li twisted his body and pushed Xiao Qiao's chest with both hands, "Brother Xiao, let go of me, otherwise, I will ...... I'm really going to have to push hard! โ€

"Huh?" Xiao Qiao raised his eyes and looked at Hu Li with a smile, he didn't take Hu Li's threat seriously at all, and Hu Li wouldn't hurt him anyway.

Hu Li glared at Xiao Qiao for a while, and took the lead in defeating, "Hongyong is back, let's go and take a look." Shuzhu said that he brought back a lot of things, and he didn't know if it would be colder than Yong'an City if he went further northwest. โ€

"Well, it's colder." Xiao Qiao picked up the person and put it on the soft couch, and brought a thick cloak from the side to put it on him, "Let's go, go and have a look." โ€

When Xiao Hongyong first arrived in the northwest, he took a pair of soldiers and horses to Huangsha City under the Huangyu Pass, the old nest of the King of Beixian. Huangsha City is an oasis in the desert, and the reason why King Beixian was originally sealed here is because it is barren, even if King Beixian has any thoughts, he can't do anything in a short time.

But even in a barren place, after two or three generations, something can always be done.

Xiao Hongyong was sent over to check on the situation in Huangsha City, and secondly, to prevent the remnants of the Beixian King from being exhausted, so as to catch them as soon as possible.

When Xiao Qiao and Hu Li arrived in the front hall, Qin Yuyi had already chatted with Xiao Hongyong, talking about the situation in Huangsha City.

"Because Huangsha City is the place where the rebels were entrenched back then, and Huangsha City is the largest oasis under the Yellow Domain, the people's lives are okay." Xiao Hongyong frowned when he thought of the people he saw in Huangsha City, "But the people of Huangsha City are used to the rule of the traitors, and I am afraid it will be difficult for us to make the people there submit to us rashly." โ€

"It seems that the situation over there is much more troublesome than Yong'an City." Qin Yuyi's eyes narrowed slightly, he was a little interested in the situation in Huangsha City. You can try to talk to your father and see if you can send him.

"Exactly." Xiao Hongyong nodded, "The minister has seen some merchants refuse to sell things to the sergeants, I am afraid that it will be difficult to educate the people of Huangsha City for a while. โ€

"For Huangsha City, the first thing to do is to eliminate the resentment in the hearts of the people, otherwise, as Hongyong said, it will not be good for the imperial court to subdue such an important city as Huangsha City." Xiao Qiao walked in with Hu Li and said softly.

"Big brother." Xiao Hongyong bowed his hand to Xiao Qiao, and before he could stand up, Xiao Qiao pressed his hand and motioned for him to sit down.

"What do you mean?" Qin Yuyi believed in Xiao Qiao very much, since the teacher said so, there must be some way.

"Good day, Your Highness." Xiao Qiao took Hu Lixian to greet Qin Yuyi, and after Qin Yuyi signaled that there was no need to be polite, he sat opposite Xiao Hongyong and said with a smile, "It is known that King Beixian is not a good person, and the people in Huangsha City are not so much resentful of the court because of the murder of King Beixian's traitor, but because of a war that made their stable life go forever." As long as the people know that the court sent troops to save them from fire and water, not to destroy their stable life, presumably the people will no longer reject the court so much. โ€

"What Xiao Yuanwailang said is not impossible," Qin Yuyi nodded, and said instead, "I don't know if Xiao Yuanwailang can receive the news that the prefect of the Northwest Prefecture is about to take office, and there are 30,000 troops who will be stationed in the northwest in the future." โ€

Xiao Qiao nodded, "I have received the news, the prefect is already on the way, and we will be able to reach the northwest before the end of the year." โ€

"Looks right." Qin Yuyi stretched his waist, stood up and said with a smile, "I have to hurry up and write an excerpt to my father, so that my father can let me stay in the northwest for a few more days. โ€

"Your Highness don't worry, that weapon is naturally a good thing." Hu Li yawned and persuaded with a relaxed face.

Indeed, as Hu Li said, Emperor Huiming, who received the weapon, looked at the sword that was sharper than the previous one, and he was not satisfied.

Emperor Huiming even went down to perform martial arts in person, and when he felt a knife cut off the sword in the hands of the guards on the opposite side, Emperor Huiming laughed even more, and even looked a little weak after the winter.

really responded to that sentence, people are in good spirits at happy events!

"Good, good!" Emperor Huiming couldn't put it down and touched the sharp blade, and scared the father-in-law of Fuming, who was waiting on the side, his eyes straightened, for fear that in the blink of an eye, this sharp blade would hurt his noble majesty.

"Hachi said that there were two craftsmen who sent the imperial city together, what about the craftsmen?" Emperor Huiming put the sword in the brocade box on the side, turned his head and asked.

"Back to His Majesty, the craftsmen were placed at the post station." Father-in-law Fuming handed the wet handkerchief in his hand to Emperor Huiming and said respectfully.

"Well, ask Liu Shangshu to meet those two and ask them to rebuild a big knife and a long wooden warehouse commonly used in the army." Emperor Huiming threw down his veil and continued, "I heard that these two craftsmen have improved the furnace, if they really need to use it, they will be rewarded!" โ€

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Hachi-chan is coming back soon, right?" Thinking of the new Northwest Governor who had already set off a few days ago, Emperor Huiming put on the thick cloak that Father-in-law Fuming had been holding, "Find someone to repair the Late Jade Palace where he lives now, and there are still a few years before he can go out of the palace to build a mansion, and he can't live in such a cool palace all the time." โ€

"Yes, Your Majesty." Father-in-law Fuming thought of Xiao Qiao, who was also about to come back, and didn't move his eyelids, "Xiao Yuan Wailang should also come back with His Royal Highness, and the former Concubine Ning Niangniang was still chattering, saying that Xiao Yuan Wailang has also begun to do things for His Majesty now." โ€

"Oh?" Emperor Huiming sat on the imperial chariot, and Gonggong Fuming followed closely beside the imperial chariot, "Your Majesty, you are busy with court affairs, I'm afraid you forgot that Xiao Yuanwailang is the nephew of Concubine Ning." โ€

"Well, it's a nephew." Emperor Huiming narrowed his eyes, "I heard that Xiao Aiqing's wife is seriously ill, please ask for a doctor?" โ€

"Please, it's still the Imperial Doctor Wen who took Mrs. Xiao's Haoming brand."

"Well, the hospital is paying attention to Mrs. Xiao's illness." Emperor Huiming gathered the cloak on his body, and when he thought of Old Madam Xiao's fierceness, he also sighed in his heart. At that time, Mrs. Xiao was a person who even dared to do it to her father, but now she has started to eat fasting and chant Buddha, and she doesn't leave home.

The new governor of Northwest Prefecture still failed to rush to Yong'an City before the heavy snow closed the road, and the last journey was to walk against the heavy snow, and the group lived in a warm place all year round, and there were many people who contracted the wind cold.

The new prefect Ji Fengsu used to be the prefect of Huainan Prefecture, if it wasn't for the expiration of his term of office and offended Lao Shangfeng, he would not have been assigned to the northwest, a place with poor mountains and bad waters.

Seeing his wife and his pampered daughter follow him all the way through the wind and snow, and his hands were frozen with chilblains, Ji Fengsu was distressed, but he didn't dare to leave them in the imperial city. Emperor Tiangao is far from being joking, if he really meets someone who wants to bully their mother and son, he is so far away, he can't even think about it.

finally arrived in Yong'an City, Ji Fengsu was also relieved, no matter how bad this place in the northwest is, in addition to the garrison in the future, he will be the biggest official in this place, and if he wants to make his wife and daughter live better, he can still do it.

"Master Ji, how was the journey?"

Qin Yuyi was wearing a prince's robe today, and he was wearing a scarlet cloak on the inside, and his slender figure with long limbs since he practiced martial arts couldn't stop even a heavy cloak.

"Meet the Eighth Highness, His Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose." Ji Fengsu watched the young prince riding on the horse, looked at him with a gentle smile, and somehow, knelt down as soon as his legs were weak.

Later, Ji Fengsu, who became the ruler of the country, remembered the situation at this time, and only sighed again and again, it must have been that the young emperor at that time already had the legendary imperial domineering, and it must have been his discerning eyes, and he knew early that His Royal Highness was a person to follow.

"Master Ji, please get up, come all the way, you must be tired, let's go back home and rest quickly." Qin Yuyi dismounted and personally helped Ji Fengsu up, making Ji Fengsu stunned for a while.

"Thank you for your โ–กโ–ก forgiveness, the old minister will go back with his wife and children first, and I will go to ask His Highness for peace tomorrow." It's not that Ji Fengsu doesn't want to have a good chat with this highness at this time, and talk about his beautiful vision for the future. But my daughter, who had been sick a few days ago, was still asleep in the carriage, and it was good to be able to settle down earlier.

"Well, go ahead." Sending Ji Fengsu away, the corners of Qin Yuyi's mouth hooked.

The teacher said that Ji Fengsu is the most gracious and the most stubborn, otherwise he would not have been assigned to the northwest, a place that no one wants to come. However, even if he didn't talk about this, he still hoped to stay in the northwest for a few more days, and the number of meetings with Ji Fengsu would definitely be indispensable at that time, and he didn't want to cause himself some unnecessary trouble.

The teacher had already taken Hu Li's brother to the surrounding villages, saying that he wanted to experience the life of real poor people. Thinking of Hu Li, who was tightly covered before leaving, Qin Yuyi twitched the corners of his mouth, he didn't believe that any poor person would wear mink clothes.

"Brother Xiao, didn't you say that Master Ji will come back today? Is it appropriate for us to just leave? Hu Li flicked his furry collar down, and his chin was itched by the mink fleece.

"It's not appropriate, we will go back to the Imperial City soon, and we don't need to have much communication with that Lord Ji." Xiao Qiao looked at Hu Li's appearance of fighting with the collar and chuckled.

"But don't they all say that you need to have a good relationship with your colleagues? Brother Xiao obviously did this before. Hu Li didn't raise his head, the snowflakes under his feet were soft, as if they were stepping on cotton, "Brother Xiao, I don't wear this anymore, I'm not cold anyway." As he spoke, Hu Li ripped off the mink clothes on his body and received them in the Qiankun bag, wearing only a slightly thicker cotton coat.

Xiao Qiao knew that Hu Li would not be cold, so he didn't force it, because he liked to nest in the house and disliked the cold outside, so he wore thick and warm clothes for him every time.

Hu Li took a deep breath, and the cold air made Hu Li shiver, "This place is different from the Far North Mountain, although the Far North Mountain is not glaciated all year round, it is not so cold. โ€

Seeing that Hu Li instantly forgot what he was still struggling with before, Xiao Qiao didn't mention it anymore. It's not that he really doesn't like to have a good relationship with the new prefect, but he hopes that this place in the northwest can become a springboard for the Eighth Prince and the most solid backing for the Eighth Prince, which requires the Eighth Prince to deal with Ji Fengsu himself.

"Don't run around, it's snowy here, don't fall!"

As if Ying and Xiao Qiao's words, Hu Li fell into the snow with a "bang", covered in snowflakes.