Although the Department of Agriculture has suspended large-scale land reclamation, the people themselves still have as much as 200,000 mu of newly cultivated land, and the total amount of cultivated land has reached 1.4 million mu.

According to the report sent by the Financial Secretary, a total of 320,000 stone of grain was stored in grain depots in various places, and more than 50,000 stone was recovered from Qinchuan, and after the autumn harvest, 200,000 stone tenants were rented, and 30,000 stone of grain was paid, totaling 550,000 stone.

20,000 stone was spent on military rations, 1,000 stone was spent on monthly allowances for officials in various departments, more than 3,000 stone was spent on grain for mines, pot factories, gun factories, and construction teams, and more than 36,000 stone was spent on recruiting migrant workers for projects such as planting trees and controlling desertification.

After deducting these expenditures, there are still 490,000 stone of grain stored in the grain depots in various places.

As for the silver taels...... Qin Chuan is not short of this thing, there are more than 2.4 million taels in the warehouse, most of which are robbed.

Qin Chuan was very satisfied with Wang Jizong's report and the report of the Financial Secretary, which showed that he had embarked on a benign path of development under his rule, and the pace was very fast.

The reason why the food expenditure is large is that many migrant workers have been recruited to devote themselves to public utilities, and the food income and expenditure are still normal.

The population problem, which had been a headache before, has been greatly replenished, and the number of troops has also been greatly replenished, with 15,000 recruits and more than 14,000 Ming soldiers being trained.

By the beginning of next spring, he will have more than 50,000 troops.

Among the soldiers of the Ming army who recently surrendered, Cao Bianjiao and more than 700 old subordinates he brought with him had completed their training and put them into the battlefield.

Now, Cao Bianjiao is leading a battalion of 2,000 tigers and leopards, following Liao Sangun to protect the construction team in the area of the Qingshui River.

Du Du's men and horses were discovered by him first, and as soon as the three thousand Jiannu entered the Great Red City, Cao Bianjiao got the news, and quickly led the two thousand subordinates to enter the west side of the Great Red City, keeping an eye on this Jiannu, looking for an opportunity to attack.

On the same day, Du Du's men found Cao Bianjiao and told him that the Great Khan of the Dajin Kingdom had sent an envoy to negotiate peace with General Qin.

Cao Bianjiao was a little disappointed, he had just arrived, and he was worried that he had no chance to make meritorious contributions, so he finally came to a group of Jiannu, thinking that he could fight a big battle, so that the generals of the various battalions of the Guandi Army could see their skills.

I didn't expect that the other party came to negotiate peace.

Since it is a peace negotiation, it cannot be directly fought.

In desperation, Cao Bianjiao had to send the news back to Qingshui River, and Liao Sangun, who was sitting in Qingshui River, spread the word to Xing County.

But Cao Bianjiao did not retreat, but kept wandering around the big red city, waiting for Qin Chuan to send an order to let him directly destroy this Jiannu.

After waiting for a few days, the order to start the war did not wait, but waited for a message that made him laugh, and Qin Chuan asked him to tell Du Du: No gift to talk about.

This is nothing more than a clear statement: want to negotiate peace? Okay, pay tribute first, show sincerity.

On the same day, Cao Bianjiao sent someone to send this message to Dahongcheng.

……

Big Red City, the main general's tent.

After hearing the message brought back by his subordinates, Du Du's face turned blue and he snorted coldly.

The other generals in the camp were also in an uproar, and many of them were angry and scolded in the direction of the south.

"Lord Belle, Qin Chuan's guy is so arrogant, he actually asked our Dajin Kingdom to accept gifts before peace talks, there is no one in his eyes, and he deceives people too much!" The young and vigorous Niu Lu Zhang Jing Hillgen said loudly.

"That's right, that guy is just a thief, once he gains power, he dares not to take our Dajin Kingdom in his eyes."

"Lord Belle, wave the army and kill it, first slaughter the Ming army on the west side, then slaughter the Qingshui River, and step on the side pass!"

"Yes, Lord Belle, send troops."

The young generals below spoke out one after another, persuading Du Du to send troops directly.

Du Du didn't respond, only looked around at the generals below with an ugly face.

After the noise in the camp was a little quieter, the same young Sonny said: "Lord Belle, you can't send troops, the Great Khan asked me to wait to come and negotiate peace with Qin Chuan, if I send troops to attack and kill the opponent's soldiers and horses, there will be no room for peace." ”

"What's more, we only have 3,000 soldiers and horses, the other party has more than 4,000 soldiers and horses in the Qingshui River, and there are 2,000 cavalry on the west side of the Great Red City, so I'm afraid we will ...... Even if these two Guan Emperor troops can be defeated, it will kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800. ”

Du Du asked expressionlessly, "Then tell me, what should we do now?" ”

Sonny hesitated for a moment and said, "Prepare a gift." ”

Hearing this, there was an uproar in the camp again, and many people pointed at Sony and scolded.

But at this time, Fan Wencheng, a scholar of Wenguan University, who had been silent, finally spoke.

"Ahem, ahem."

Fan Wencheng coughed lightly, and the sound in the tent gradually became quieter.

Although this scholar was a Han Chinese, everyone knew that the Great Khan valued him very much.

Seeing that the surroundings were quiet, Fan Wencheng said unhurriedly: "Lord Belle, in my opinion, what Sony said is reasonable, and we should prepare a gift." ”

Speaking of this, Fan Wencheng raised his hand and pressed it to calm down the commotion that had just started, and then continued: "The so-called people who achieve great things are not informal, Qin Chuan is greedy for money, what about giving him a fortune?" ”

"Without wealth, we can take it, and the Ming Dynasty has an inexhaustible supply of money, grain, and wealth."

"But if you can't negotiate peace with Qin Chuan, no amount of money will be able to solve this scourge."

"As long as you can make a covenant with him, you will not hesitate to pay as much money as you want."

"I'm sure that if the Great Khan were here, he wouldn't hesitate to have people prepare a gift."

Hearing his words, those young generals looked at each other, and many looked disdainful, but no one spoke out against it.

Because, Du Du had already nodded thoughtfully.

This time, the Great Khan asked them to negotiate peace.

"Send men to Tumut, Ordos, Bahrain, and Karaqin, and let them offer fifty oxen and two hundred sheep each."

"Wow."

"Hmm...... Then let them each choose a beauty to come out and dedicate it to Qin Chuan. ”

"Wow."

The Great Red City quickly sent dozens of fast horses and galloped towards Tumut and the other troops.

Bahrain and Karaqin are okay, these two tribes are located in a land of abundant water and grass, but the Ordos tribe is located in a barren land, which is poor enough, and when Du Du suddenly sent someone to ask for cattle and sheep, the tribe immediately became in an uproar.

The Tumut tribe had just been plundered by the Guan Emperor's army, and the Zhengju tribe was migrating and leaving the Qiantao area, which was the most difficult time, and when Du Du sent people, the clan was even more noisy.

But after arguing and arguing, they finally managed to make up enough of the cattle and sheep that Du Du asked for, and sent someone to send them to Dahongcheng.

In less than ten days, Du Du prepared 200 cattle and 800 sheep, and sent someone to pass the news to Emperor Guan's army.

After waiting for a few more days, Guan Dijun brought a message again, Qin Chuan said: This gift looks down on him too much.