All changes in the Black Flag Khanate were carried out in accordance with Hu Gao's plan and the full support of Kedun Hulu, and the new city was soon built, named Heren Fort, intended to tell the Liang people on the opposite side that the purpose of building the new city was to make peace and make money, not to invade the Central Plains.

The Liang army of the monolithic fort was very nervous at first, and hurriedly reorganized the army for battle, and for two months in a row, the field was also closed. When the spies reported back that the newly built city of the Black Flag Khanate had also built a field, and there was also a medical hall inn Qinglou, Lu Wan and all the soldiers were relieved.

When Lu Wan ordered the opening of the field again, only a few caravans came to the monolith fort to trade, and all the rest went down to Herenbao under the guidance of the border herdsmen. Cutting off people's wealth is equivalent to killing their parents, of course, Lu Wan had to work hard, and ordered his military horses to attack Renhe Fort, but he was ambushed by Hu Gao, and a small part of the Liang army was killed in battle, and most of them were captured alive. Lu Wan and the captured Liang Jun thought that they would definitely die, but Hu Gao left Hu Gao and the supervising army to join the army and some lieutenants to entertain them and put the Liang army back.

At first, Lu Wan was righteous and wanted to go on a hunger strike, but later was praised and taken care of by Yu Meiren and several girls, so he ate and drank with Hu Gao. If it weren't for Hu Gao's persuasion that he go back to preside over the military affairs of Dushi Fort as soon as possible, lest the imperial court send someone else to replace Lu Wan, Lu Wan would still be reluctant to leave. Hu Gao also made way for Lu Wan, as long as he was allowed to trade weapons and armor, he would bring the merchants of the Black Flag Khanate and the Green Flag Khanate to the monolithic fort for trading, and Heren Fort only accepted guests who came to see the doctor and rested, and did not compete with the monolithic castle for business. Lu Wan was overjoyed, and when he left, he kept calling Hu Gao a great good man.

The business of the monolithic fort was restored, but the Liang army in the fort and some people in the customs still went to Herenbao in an endless stream to see a doctor and rest, and later even the history of Youzhou Thorn also went to rest once.

The world was settled, and the common people toiled in the fields and on the roads all day long, and they could not breathe, because after the implementation of the new policy, they had more taxes and conscription, but there was much less military service, and everyone could endure it. Some of the small traders who were forbidden to do business also returned to the countryside to resume farming, others found a way to work for the caravans of the big families, and some worked as "substitutes" in Jinling City. The idea of "replacing people" was conceived by Sikong Xie Rui in order to leave a way for the people to live, so the people were grateful for his kindness. This "substitute" was added after the implementation of the New Deal, that is, the family could pay for the untouchables to serve in the conscription or military service in their place. The original intention is that the untouchables contribute, the family contributes money, and everyone gets their place. However, after half a year of implementation, there were "substitute craftsmen", "substitute doctors", "substitute soldiers", "substitute students", "substitute monks", "substitute Tao", and even "substitute mourning" and "substitute generals" came out.

Emperor Liu Xuan ordered the yellow-clothed guards to practice riding and archery after the first year of the wax moon sacrifice in Yanchang, and as a result, half of the people fell off their horses, Liu Xuan was furious, and interrogated these people, and found that they were all "substitute soldiers", Liu Xuan immediately convened a court meeting and questioned everyone. Because this idea was Xie Rui's idea, everyone pointed the matter at Xie Rui, but Xie Rui looked at Qin Zhong, the head of the internal prison, unhurriedly, Qin Zhong knelt down at the bottom of the stairs and kowtowed to ask for guilt, Liu Xuan was going to punish him canonically, but everyone in the court pleaded for Qin Zhong together.

Liu Xuan is stupid, this family has always looked down on eunuchs the most, how can they still intercede for Qin Zhong together, Liu Xuan immediately understood, not only his internal guards are replacement soldiers, maybe half of the army in Jinling City are untouchables who are standing guard in place of them.

Liu Xuan immediately asked Xie Rui, who was in charge of the defense of the capital: "Xie Rui, today you tell me the truth, how many soldiers are there in this Jinling City who can fight?" ”

Xie Rui held back for a while and stretched out a finger, and Liu Xuan asked rhetorically: "There are still 10,000 left?" This Jinling City can't defend the city without 30,000 people, you quickly go and check these replacement soldiers, and exchange them all for me to practice strictly! ”

Xie Rui knelt down with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, plus your more than 100 internal guards, there are only more than 1,000 people who are really soldiers, and the rest are all substitute soldiers."

Liu Xuan almost spurted blood, and slapped the throne: "You are so bold, there are only more than 1,000 people defending the defense of this Beijing Division, if there is a sudden change, won't I and you, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, be able to leave?" ”

Seeing that Liu Xuan was going to deal with Xie Rui, Xiao Shan spoke: "Your Majesty, now that Your Majesty is implementing benevolent governance, the world is in the heart, the people are busy farming or being a "substitute" to make a fortune, and even pirates for many years have now come ashore to be a "substitute guard", the four seas are feasting, the border is open, foreign enemies are only concerned about trading with us, a large number of cattle, sheep and horses are imported into the Central Plains, and our Liang Kingdom will soon reappear again under the leadership of Your Majesty." It's true that the city's defense is empty, but you can't completely blame Lord Sikong, didn't the previous generation of virtuous minister Wang Dao say that this capital is a place to accommodate all kinds of people in the world, and the capital is self-defended with leniency, not a soldier."

Yuan Kang immediately responded: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zuo's words are reasonable, and now there are two famous generals in the north, Chen Hongyi and Zhong Zhiming, and there are two famous generals in Shu to guard it, and there is a great general Wang Xian in Shu to guard it. What's more, the ancient sages also said that the defenders of Jinling City were originally the children of Jinling City, born in a gentle and wealthy township, and being a soldier was originally to show the royal prestige to deter the people in the city, rather than a brave border army guarding the border. ”

A cadre of courtiers talked about the benefits of this replacement of soldiers, talked about the Liang Liang such as today's peace has a prosperous omen, and even a few old ministers taught Liu Xuanlai, they said that Liu Xuan could not think of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and the army was reckless, and he wanted to rest with the people so that the people of the world could live a good life.

Liu Xuan held his breath, but at this time he had to give up and waved his hand: "Forget it, I don't blame you, it's just that my internal guard will never have replacement soldiers anymore, and I will train once every three days from today."

When the ministers saw that Liu Xuan was soft, they gave up, praised the emperor's wisdom and retreated.

After some trials and tribulations of the New Deal, in the first month of the second year of Yanchang, the lanterns of Luoyang City caught up with the prosperity of decades ago, because the family became the same as a few decades ago to control most of the wealth in the world. When they have money, they do whatever they want, and they change the pleasures of the law, and now they have frequent trade with the Western Regions, and there are things that were not available in the past.

The Xiao family sent someone to send Xiao Qian a hundred barrels of fire wine, and Xiao Qian was about to drink it, but the servants of the Xiao Mansion told her that it was used to flush the toilet bowl and clear the smell, and then the hundred barrels of wine sent were used to wash the manger. The servants of the Xiao Mansion all said that Xiao Qian, the princess, was too wronged, the dismounting stone in front of the door was not bloodstone, and the wall tiles of the palace were not inlaid with jade, Xiao Qian couldn't listen to it and hurriedly sent them away.

In Luoyang City, every tree was wrapped with fake flowers made of silk, and lanterns were also hung in front of each house, and the people in Luoyang City were dazzled. Xiao Taishou of Luoyang could not see the poor, and blasted all the homeless beggars in Luoyang City out of Luoyang City before Chinese New Year's Eve. The snow is falling, the city is full of brilliance, outside the city is a group of three or five to set up a fire to keep warm, there is no food, so the frozen people are roasted and eaten, and then they kill each other and eat meat. Officials and families enjoyed the beautiful women from the Western Regions performing songs and dances, eating the seafood sent from Lingnan and the mountain delicacies sent by Liaodong.

Jinling is even better, and the rare beasts collected from all over the world, as well as the comparison of the families in clothing, have pushed this "prosperous era" to a climax. The Xie family is ingenious, collecting hundreds of kinds of birds and finches feathers with gold silk to make "a hundred bird skirts, this skirt looks colorful, you can see different colors from different angles, and the colors you see in the light are also different, one in the sun, another color in the dark, when you look closely, there are wonderful patterns of flowers and birds, eye-catching, Yuan Kang praised: "I'm afraid that Shi Chong Wang Kai is resurrected, and he has to bow down." The Xiao family refused to admit defeat, and asked skilled craftsmen to make a red treasure house with coral and gold and silver, one zhang long and five feet wide, and six feet high.

The families gave those untouchables a way to live, and they opened their nets to catch birds, but the poor birds in the world were all bad, and some of them were so mad that they caught all the crows and plucked their feathers. For a time, many untouchables who had originally farmed also left behind their acres, after all, a small bird could be sold for a consistent amount of money. Others have also gone to find jade, gemstones, gold and silver deposits, and have destroyed forests and opened up mountains, leaving mud and sand all over the fields. There are also some smart people who wait for the family to dump the leftovers every day, pick up the leftovers outside the city, pick out the pearls, ginseng and other rare things inside, and sell them on the black market.

Fortunately, the second year of Yanchang was also smooth, and it was a bit like a prosperous era for a while. Even Chen Hongyi and Zhong Zhiming had to pay attention to the mansion and living utensils, and even the ordinary generals used gem-studded scabbards, and the princes of this extremely popular minister had to be forced to make a pomp. Rao is like this, Chen Hongyi and Zhong Zhiming are still laughed at by the family as poor flowers.

But there are also exceptions in the family, such as Cui Ju, after Cui Ju caught up with Shen De, who dug up Zhang Sheng's bones, in Suizhou, he put Shen De in his heart and Chen Hongyi's letter actually moved Shen De, and the two went to Chenzhou to take up their posts. Everyone laughed at Cui Ju after fighting a few battles in the north, he turned from a family leader to a fool, and even went to a remote miasma to be a county guard. Cui Ju didn't care, with the 3,000 soldiers and horses who came with him and the 5,000 guest troops under Cui Jumen, he expanded thousands of miles from Chenzhou to the southwest, all the way to the border of Yelang Kingdom. Relying on Shen De's long knife, he subdued many barbarians and built many military villages. Cui Ju truthfully played the court, but everyone in the court only cared about comparison, and no one was willing to believe Cui Ju's report of thousands of miles away, and they all laughed at Cui Ju for being crazy in Chenzhou and indiscriminately reporting some military exploits.

Seeing that the imperial court had no reaction, Cui Ju also learned from the imperial court to open a field on the northern border, exchanging salt, iron and other things with the barbarians in the southwest and the Yelang Kingdom and the Yunnan Kingdom for medicinal materials, brocades, elephants and other things.