"Sakura-chan, come and see!"

Xia Xun said happily, and suddenly turned his head and called. Sakura just grabbed the fork handle tightly and pulled the steel fork out of the ridge, when she saw Xia Xun turn around and beckon, she was slightly stunned, so she walked over with the steel fork and sighed: "My lord, this fork is made of fine fine iron!" ”

Xia Xun smiled: "Then what? ”

Sakura said: "In our clan, an iron pot is a rare thing, when the girl gets married, it is a very glorious thing to send an iron pot as a dowry, and the rakes for holding grass are made of bamboo and wood. ”

Xia Xun laughed, took the steel fork from her hand, and thrust it into the ground, the soil was really plowed, and the iron fork penetrated into it, until it reached the position of the iron hoop.

Xia Xun said: "Of course, it won't take a few years to make a big change in Liaodong." ”

He waved his hand and said, "You see, this is a field opened up by the herdsmen under the guidance of local farmers, and the output of these few acres of land is more than the food obtained by nomadic herders in a year, right?" If you have the heart, how about I ask my guards to help you reclaim a field for you, make a dowry, and find a good family to marry? Otherwise, I can also help you find a shop in the city, in Liaodong, there are a lot of daughters' families who show up to make a living, and it is not a rare thing, you can read and count, and you can find a good job to do. ”

Sakura said faintly, "Do you have to drive Sakura away?" ”

She stared at Xia Xun and said in a low voice: "My lord, Sakura followed you, in fact, she still has the intention of repaying her kindness, although the adult did not kill the big enemy for Sakura, but ...... After all, she also breathed a sigh of ...... for Sakura, and Sakura was very satisfied as long as she waited for the adults. ”

"Ahem......"

The girl's words were faintly tinged with a hint of male and female affection, and several shogunate officials and officials who were accompanying Xia Xun immediately looked at him and turned a blind eye.

Xia Xun smiled bitterly and did not speak again.

Next, I visited a few herdsmen who were placed here, and asked them about the current situation at home, whether there was a place to live, whether there were any difficulties in food and clothing, and the sun gradually rose, Xia Xun picked a piece of stone under the big elm tree at the head of the village where the peasants sat down to sit and rest, and someone brought a clay pot over, and poured a bowl of cold water and put it next to Xia Xun.

The little officials were busy with some things and were not around, Xia Xun looked at Sakura, who was standing next to him with the guards, pointed to the stone opposite and said, "Sit down!" "In the end, it is a girl on the grassland, without those twists and humilities, Xia Xun ordered, and the door and Sakura sat opposite him as they said.

The wind blows from afar, and as soon as it passes under the shade of the tree, it brings a burst of coolness. The elm trees swayed in the breeze, and the sunlight shone through the colorful foliage, falling on Sakura's body as if she were wearing a patterned dress. The brilliance is staggered, reflecting the faint virgin hair at the corners of her mane and ears, which is really pitiful for me.

Xia Xun sighed lightly: "Sakura, you insist on staying by my side because you want to ...... Can I avenge you? ”

Sakura's eyes lit up suddenly: "The adults won two battles and two victories, and it was easy to sweep away the grasslands on the eastern front of the shoe target. So, the adults would have raised the army again, right? ”

Xia Xun smiled and subconsciously looked at the northwest, of course he couldn't see anything, beyond the wilderness, there was a cluster of mountains, lush and lush, and directly the blue sky.

After a moment of silence, Xia Xun raised his head slightly, looked at the treetops swaying above his head, and sighed: "The tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, maybe...... This war will not end there. However, as long as the light target people do not come to attack Liaodong, I will not take the initiative to send troops again. This battle is to kill and kill, otherwise, they will come and plunder our people, so we can't stop fighting, but I'm not warlike! ”

Sakura's eyes widened suddenly, as if there was something strange about the words that came out of Xia Xun's mouth.

Xia Xun glanced at her and said, "A little disappointed, isn't it?" Do you think that with the power of victory, I will start a war again and build a brilliant deed? It would be easier said than done to defeat them, or possibly, to destroy them! Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used the power of the country to destroy countless families and eliminate people? Sealing the wolf is glorious! But in whose hands is Wolf Juxu now?

When Wokotai occupied a large area of the Han people, it was suggested that he drive the Han people out and transform the entire Central Plains into a large pasture. This stupid idea was refuted by Yelu Chucai, if they really intended to implement this idea at that time, they would not have been able to rule the Central Plains for more than a hundred years. I will not be so stupid as to try to exterminate the nomadic tribes and occupy the entire steppe.

The Central Plains cannot pasture, the grasslands cannot be farmed, and the way of life of a person depends on his living environment. There are some things that cannot be solved by force, and with our current conditions, even if many people are sacrificed and the dominant position of the grassland is occupied, it will not be long before we have to return it to the people living on the grassland. Maybe one day, we will have the conditions to solve this problem, but not now, and that person will not be me! ”

Xia Xun stood up and walked forward slowly, Sakura subconsciously got up and followed him.

Xia Xun stopped, looked at the north, and said, "What do I want to do after the big victory?" What I want to do is to consolidate Liaodong, prosper Liaodong, and make it the strongest side wall of the Ming Dynasty. That's what I wanted to do, and I asked myself if I could do it with a lot of effort. As for those things that divide and merge and open up the territory, who can do it, how big the bowl is, how much food to eat, I ask myself if I have the ability! ”

Xia Xun took a breath and said, "One person can't do what it takes a few lifetimes to do." I just need to do what I can do, and I am now working hard to develop the agriculture, commerce, and industry of Liaodong, and unite the people of all ethnic groups in Liaodong through common interests. When it really forms a synergy, no one can stop it, including me, the initiator. When the development here has reached the point where it will not be wasted by people, I will leave with peace of mind......"

Sakura stood behind him, staring at him intently, and suddenly asked, "My lord, what are you trying to do this?" ”

Xia Xun raised his head, looked at the white clouds in the sky, thought carefully for a while, slowly turned around, stared at Sakura, and said, "Yes, you say, what am I trying to do?" ”

What kind of answer is this, Sakura couldn't help but be stunned......

After returning to Kaiyuan Castle, Xia Xun did not go back to the shogunate directly, but first sent Wan Shiyu back, and he took Sakura to the farmers' market in Kaiyuan with great interest.

Although Hadabao still maintains the position of the largest bazaar in Kaiyuan area due to many years of operation, the markets in Kaiyuan are not limited to this place, because Xia Xun has liberalized the trade policy, and the trade bazaars have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the drive of commerce and trade has greatly promoted the development of various industries.

The market that Xia Xun arrived at was the smuggling trade place that he spontaneously formed when he first arrived in Kaiyuan, and now it has become extremely prosperous, with merchants of all ethnic groups and people participating in the market flowing endlessly, rubbing shoulders with each other.

When the officials of the Department of Commerce and Commerce heard the news, they rushed over, and while accompanying Xia Xun to visit the market, they carried account books and reported to him the situation of the market trade: "Yesterday, in one day, a total of 847 transactions were made, and the goods traded included 1,134 pieces of ploughshares, 91 iron pots, 14 and a half pieces of satin, 186 pieces of cloth, 75 head of cattle, 420 pieces of hides, 122 catties of ginseng, and ...... horses."

While listening to his report, Xia Xun looked at the endless stream of people, those who bought and sold grain with soil and goods, those who bought and sold grain, rice, salt and sauce, those who pushed carts and drove cattle, and the woman in Hanfu and Hufu who took her children to spend time in the market, which was really lively.

Xia Xun smiled at Sakura and said, "Isn't it good to think that?" When the whole of Liaodong is so prosperous, if someone wants to prevent people from living such a good life, will they agree? If the officials want to be this evil official, will they oppose this evil official? If the shoes want to loot and scare away the merchants from afar, will the people here pick up knives and guns and resolutely blow them away? ”

As soon as Xia Xun said this, there was a quarrel not far away, Xia Xun frowned and turned his head to look. The little official of the Department of Commerce saw that the governor was here, but someone didn't give him a long face, and he was already very angry and rushed over, so Xia Xun also walked over and listened carefully.

It turned out to be the trader who sold cattle and sheepskin goods and cattle and horses, and was recognized as a nomadic shoe-target tribe on the Horqin grassland, because of the hostile relationship between each other, several Han merchants and Jurchen merchants next to him took the opportunity to blackmail to buy all his goods at a low price, if their price was only slightly lower, the people of this tribe were afraid to swallow their anger, but their price was too ruthless, if according to his price, people might as well take the cattle and sheep back to eat for themselves, naturally refused to agree.

These Han merchants and Jurchen merchants took the opportunity to make a loud noise, inciting everyone's hostility towards them, and for a time there were many people around, and those few men who came from Horqin were panicked, not only unwilling to sell their cattle and sheep so cheaply, but also afraid of attracting disaster, and even people could not leave.

Xia Xun couldn't help but be a little angry when he heard the reason, and walked up and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The merchant and the little official hurriedly laughed and said: "Lord Ministry, this buyer wants to buy his horse at the price of one piece of silk and two pieces of cloth, but the seller refuses, and the two sides abandon some disputes, small things, small things......

"A trifle?"

Xia Xun sank his face and said: "Even a layman like me can see that these horses have fat nostrils, broad chests, tall stature, large hooves, bright coats, and teeth and mouths are in the prime of life, even if they are not superior, they are also superior, each horse is worth at least four silk horses and six cloth horses." The official price is set, even if it is a foal, it is worth one silk horse and three cloth horses, and at such a low price, you have to gather people to threaten it, is this to buy or rob? ”

As soon as those merchants heard the small official respectfully call him the lord of the department, they all knew that this person was the governor of Liaodong, and they didn't dare to breathe.

Xia Xun said angrily: "These traders are bullying and dominating the market, disrupting the order, arrested, and severely punished!" ”

Those profiteers were counting on pretending to be grandsons, but Xia Xun let them go, not wanting to be punished, and the Han merchants among them relied on their fellow Han people, so they plucked up the courage to shout: "My lord! My lord! They're target men! ”

Xia Xun said coldly: "What about the shoe target people? Are they robbing with knives and guns? If so, you can still be so brave, and the Governor will praise you greatly! As long as we do our part to do business, we will treat everyone equally, and no one will be able to mess up the rules! ”

After Xia Xun's words, the businessman was polite, and immediately beckoned people to come over and arrested a few profiteers. Xia Xun thought about it for a while, and felt that this situation probably did not only occur in Kaiyuan City, he had already deliberately explained that he was not allowed to use various reasons to defraud customers when doing business and trade, and now there are still people on the edge, if he does not strengthen the management of this aspect, it is easy to destroy his purpose of easing national contradictions through economy and trade.

So after the market returned to calm, Xia Xun ordered two plainclothes guards to escort Sakura back to the house, and rushed to the business office by himself. He has to explain this matter again, and he can't let a few stinky fish spoil a pot of soup and ruin the current good situation.

Sakura looked at Xia Xun's back in a daze, until his figure completely disappeared into the crowd, and then glanced at the few light target herdsmen who were congratulating each other with an unusually complicated expression, and walked away with the two guards.

Tang Jie, the governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army in Beijing, took his wife and son back to his home in Kaiyuan.

He was originally from Liaodong, when King Yan swept the north, he was under Qiu Fu's account, because of his courage in battle and repeated military exploits, he was gradually promoted by Qiu Fu, after Qiu Fu returned to Beijing from Jinling, he promoted this old subordinate from the position of the general of the border pass to the position of the governor of the five armies, no longer have to work as hard as before, and the status and official position are also a lot higher, Tang Jie has a heartfelt feeling for this old boss.

This time I came back to visit relatives, because I came with a special mission, Tang Jie was a little distracted, and when he saw his mother and brother, he didn't talk a few words about the common words, and asked about Xia Xun's two crusades against shoe targets.

His elder brother Tang Hao said happily: "Of course, twice before and after, the fight is clean and neat." The first time I was killed by a large tribe of more than 20,000 people, and the second time it was even more powerful, and nearly 40,000 people were captured by the captives alone, hey! To the east and south of the Horqin grassland, the shoes basically dare not show their faces now! ”

He said with great interest: "Brother, Governor Yang is in Liaodong Guangkai City, which is also a family, there is a way to sell out, and the game and mountain goods that were originally piled up there for a few dollars are transported to the south is a lot of wealth!" My brother is also involved now, and some generals and families of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, have built a business inn, did you come in just now and see it, the house being built on the east side of the courtyard was built by our family, haha, my brother is now rich! ”

Tang Jie was upset when he heard this, and he squeaked in response, completely unable to arouse interest.

At this time, his son Tang Wuzhu was riding a horse on the streets of Kaiyuan, this hometown he also came back a few times, the street market was deserted before, he hit the people from Beijing City felt that his hometown was a pure rural place, and he was too lazy to go out for a walk, but this trip back found that Kaiyuan was very different, and he couldn't help but be interested.

Seventeen or eighteen years old, full of pimples, my father is a senior official of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and he came from Beijing City, Tang Wuzhu can't help but feel a little superior in this Kaiyuan City, fresh clothes and angry horses, galloping on the streets, very arrogant.

He was riding a horse, and suddenly saw a white-robed and pigtailed girl in a bearded suit, accompanied by two young men, each riding a horse, flashing from the mouth of an alley, although it was only a glimpse, it was really amazing, this kid suddenly aroused hormones, and immediately spurred the horse, galloping towards the alley! ）