Chang'an City, Qin Palace

Nearly twenty days have passed since the first Spring Festival in Daqin, but the entire city seems to be still immersed in the excitement of the fireworks display.

Although it was only a village-level fireworks show in the future, it was an eye-opener for the people of Great Qin, and with it, the people's interest in the new learning and reforms that Qin Zheng had been promoting.

Even Qin Zheng could feel this change in the palace, because he had a group of small "spies" who came to report to him almost every day, even if they didn't get paid, they were happy to do it all night.

No, Qin Zheng, who had just finished correcting the critical recitals and was about to take a break, began to chat with the children again.

"Father, there are a lot of new things on the market, including rice paper, porcelain, and glass...... It's much easier to use than before, and it looks like everyone in the city is using it! Hu Hai looked excited.

In fact, these are all made by the craftsmen and young mansions, and then Qin Zheng approved the flow into the market, and even some less important industries he still wants to promote the private sector.

However, Qin Zheng was still a little surprised when he heard Hu Hai's words, he didn't expect these things to be so popular as soon as they were launched, and he didn't expect that Shaofu's production capacity could supply so many people?

Hu Hai didn't notice the change in Qin Zheng's expression and kept saying: "By the way, father, Tian Qiu also said that there are a lot of snacks in the East Market, and some of them he hasn't even seen in the palace!" ”

"Oh?" Qin Zheng was a little surprised when he heard this, and then he was relieved, there were still some restrictions on the manufacture and use of other utensils, but there was really no food.

Ever since he had people set up communal animal mills in several markets, everyone from the 2,000-stone officials down to the small citizens of Chang'an who had a little surplus of grain have been keen to grind all kinds of staple foods and use them to make new foods.

Under the wisdom of the working people, all kinds of strange but unique flavors of delicacies have appeared like a blowout.

Even many of them have never even seen Qin Zheng, a future person, and it is normal for the hearts of several children to be easily "attacked".

Qin Zheng touched Hu Hai's head and said, "When General Wang Li's good news from the north comes, I will definitely take a few of you to pay a private visit to the market and eat enough!" ”

When Hu Hai heard that his two big eyes were shining with starlight, he was excited and grateful: "Really? Hu Hai thanked his father! ”

There is also a reason why Qin Zheng promised Hu Hai so much, firstly, the school palace only had a three-day holiday during the Spring Festival, and it had already ended, obviously these children were still unsatisfied.

Second, Hu Hai and others helped Tian Qiu women's clothing to deceive Qin Zheng, and they were punished to do twice as much homework, and they also had to help Tian Xiaofat improve his grades, and he didn't work overtime these days.

Thirdly, Qin Zheng promised to be a good father for his father in his previous life, and now that Yingyin Yan is back, both children should be closer to them.

The last point is that Qin Zheng also wants to take this opportunity to go to the market, study the market trend and demand, and stimulate his "recovery" inspiration.

At this moment, Zheng Ling slowly stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, Xia Gongzi Donghai has returned, and he has brought a letter from General Wang, as well as many prisoners. ”

Qin Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this, he had already received the good news, but this batch of high-ranking prisoners of Liukou had not been delivered for a long time due to the wind and snow, Qin Zheng couldn't help but be a little worried.

Now that Xia Donghai is back, he has brought the leaders of the army, including Li Zicheng, and the troubles in the western part of Daqin have been solved at once, and all that remains is to deal with the aftermath.

Zheng Ling seemed to pour cold water: "However, Xia Donghai said that the leader of the thieves had a strange illness and was unconscious, and it was difficult to cure it at his level, so Xia Taiyi Ling had already gone, and there was no news for the time being." ”

Qin Zheng frowned, although later generations had mixed opinions about Li Zicheng, but Daqin, who had eaten so many generals at once, still had to think about how to deal with Li Zicheng.

Qin Zheng didn't think much about it and spoke directly: "Order the Xia family's father and son to make every effort to treat Li Zicheng first, just present Wang Li's letter, and don't be too anxious to restore your life." ”

"Hey." Zheng Ling responded with a salute, and then stepped forward to present the letter to Qin Zheng, and then turned around to inform Xia Donghai and his son.

"Father, Brother Donghai is back? Since he's so busy, I'm not going to talk to him for a while. Hu Hai said obediently.

Qin Zheng slightly motioned for Hu Hai to play by himself first, and then opened Wang Li's letter.

In fact, this letter was written by Wang Li in Shangjun, and it was written after the forced surrender of half of Tumut. The first half was an analysis of the situation at that time, and Qin Zheng naturally became more and more anxious the more he looked at it.

Because even if the Tumut Department was hit by natural and man-made disasters, there were still more than 20,000 horses, and they were all veterans who participated in the battle with the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, Lin Jiang and others attacked the west, bluffed, coerced and lured a whole set of serial schemes, which made Qin Zheng look very comfortable.

Obviously, the number of troops was less than half of the remaining troops, but they won so easily, and the total loss was only a hundred and twenty people.

After reading Qin Zheng, he was still very unbelievable, and even thought that this kind of textbook victory was best written in a real textbook.

However, Wang Li's letter was not finished, and there was still the question of the reward of the Tumut Mongols, and the concern about the more than 12,000 people that Altan Khan had taken away.

Wang Li didn't expect Altan Khan to choose to preserve his strength in exchange for benefits, just like Durigen. Therefore, he later elaborated on the importance of guarding the river loop and rebuilding the Great Wall in the clouds.

At the same time, Wang Li also vaguely mentioned his thoughts about the Hui and other tribes in the two counties, and in his opinion, these alien races must strengthen their control and take advantage of their advantages.

For this reason, Wang Li used half of the later pages to introduce the customs of the Hui and Tumut Mongolia, hoping to help Qin Zheng understand and make policy adjustments.

Qin Zheng also had a lot of ideas in Wang Li's confidence after reading it, but the situation in front of him did not give Qin Zheng too many choices.

He could only think of immigrating to Tuntian, and then mobilizing the militia to defend himself and strengthen the patrols of the regular army. As for the alien leaders, they can only use the traditional hostages to prevent slipping, and at the same time, they are sending mentors to help the local people promote the culture of Daqin.

However, these ideas were not achieved overnight, and he was going to set up a system to implement it after summoning a few confidants and Xia Donghai, an insider in the matter.

Therefore, Qin Zheng simply wrote and drew on the paper next to him, striving to use his flexible mind and broad insight in later generations to formulate an excellent general plan to be put forward at the Revolutionary Committee.

However, when Qin Zheng was obsessed with it, Hu Hai next to him couldn't help it, and only heard: "Gollum ......"

Xiao Hu Hai's face turned red instantly, it turned out that his stomach was screaming, Qin Zheng naturally heard this sound, and he didn't know if hunger would be contagious, he suddenly felt hungry.

Qin Zheng looked at the simple hourglass clock next to him, only to realize that it was almost noon now, just because Zheng Ling was sent out by him, no one dared to come over and disturb him.

"Wang'er, let's eat first." Qin Zheng said to Hu Hai, and then raised his hand to say hello to the two small internal managers at the door, and one of them hurriedly went to work.

Hu Hai came to Qin Zheng's side again and said, "Father, just now Erchen thought of a question, Brother Donghai said that the leader of the thieves was also unconscious, as if it was the same situation as you at the time." ”

Qin Zheng was taken aback when he heard this, Hu Hai's statement seemed to make some sense, could it be that this Li Zicheng was also a traverser?

"No, he has been a traverser since the end of the Ming Dynasty, could it be possible that he is a soul piercer? However, Altan Khan also came from the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty, but now it seems that there is nothing abnormal.

Why don't I find a chance to see Li Zicheng? So will there be any secrets on Han Houwu? Am I the only ones who can see the game interface? ”

Hu Hai didn't know that his words had aroused so many "cranky thoughts" from Qin Zheng, and now he was even more stunned, could he still eat this meal?

Just when Hu Hai couldn't help but speak, Zheng Ling had already returned, only to see him hurriedly enter the door, sweating profusely and ignoring etiquette.

Zheng Ling, who finally rushed in front of the two, remembered that he had been rude, and hurriedly saluted in fear: "Your Majesty, new news, a great victory."

First of all, from the north, Zhao Cheng, the governor of Hedong, with the help of the Hui Department, infiltrated the thieves' lair with a small force, and took the empty Lintao, Taozhou and other places in one fell swoop, and recovered Longxi.

The second is in the direction of Shangjun, after the surrender of the eighteen Tumut nobles, they helped Wang Li's general to eliminate several hardcore tribes of Altan Khan guarding the Xuanda exit, and successfully recruited more than 2,000 people, cutting off Altan Khan's retreat.

The third is the news from Hanzhong in the south, a large number of displaced people have poured into the Yunshui area, some of whom want to take the opportunity to make trouble, and were eliminated on the spot by our defenders. The others are already obediently waiting for the people to be compiled, and the number is afraid that there are tens of thousands. ”

Zheng Ling said this almost in one breath, and he had to take a breath at this time, after all, these are all good news.

The first two basically solved the crisis in the northwest and northwest of Qin, while the displaced people in the south could greatly alleviate the labor shortage in Great Qin, and it was even possible to inquire about the situation in the south, which was simply a sleepy pillow.

At this time, Zheng Ling finally relieved himself, regardless of Qin Zheng's overjoyed eyebrows, and continued to speak: "There is also news that Wei is coming, and Prime Minister Sima Cheng of Wei has agreed to His Majesty's proposal to divide Korea.

What's even more incredible is that Wei also said that tens of thousands of Hu troops had been found in the north, and asked when we would let General Sima go back so that we could lead the troops to fight. ”

When Qin Zheng heard this, he raised his head and laughed: "Hahaha, isn't it Xuanda that Altan Khan entered Beijing and left?" Now the Wei State has news that the 10,000 Hu Cavalry Eight Achievements are Altan Khan's troops.

We have just cut off his retreat, and he will either turn back and fight us, or he will have to go forward and fight Wei hard.

We still have their families in our hands, and it is estimated that Altan Khan can only choose to move forward, and he will have to grab a certain amount of goods to persuade his subordinates to continue to work with him. Then let the old thief Sima deal with Altan Khan, hahaha! ”

Qin Zheng smiled and instructed Zheng Ling: "Pass the meal first, and then pass on Yingyi, Zhao Gao, and Zhang Cang, and after I finish eating, I will discuss with them in the study." ”

"Hey!" Zheng Ling frowned and immediately agreed, although it was all good news, he was going to run thin today......

Here, Qin Zhengyi stretched out his hand! He took Hu Hai's little hand and said, "Wang'er, you can go and rest first after eating." With so much good news, Father is busy now, so let's go to Dongshi when the wind calms down. ”

Although Hu Hai was a little unhappy in his heart, he still nodded obediently, he has been guarding Qin Zheng to deal with government affairs these days, and he has somewhat understood the difficulty of his father.

Hu Hai opened his mouth and responded: "Father, don't worry, the afternoon is Shen Gong's magic class, Hu Hai will go to class after the lunch break, and then bring snacks to treat you when he rests in the evening." ”

Qin Zheng smiled slightly, touched Hu Hai's head, and randomly took him out of the study and towards the dining room.

On the other side, Zheng Linggang ordered the imperial dining room to eat in advance, and a small internal official hurriedly found him and respectfully handed over a letter.

Zheng Ling frowned when he saw it, thinking that he didn't know what was wrong today, these letters came one by one, and they were all from the border army.

Qin Zheng was not happy to read the super long book, so he gave his henchman the eunuch Zheng Ling, the temporary right to read and refine, and as a result, he was going to tire this "old man" in his fifties to death.

Zheng Ling took the letter and looked at the wax seal very completely, so he waved off the little internal official, found a corner where no one was, and looked at it at a glance.

"Chenhedong Duwei Beidi stayed in Cheng, worship Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live for ten thousand years, Qin Wanlong!" ……”

There is no doubt that this is a letter from Zhao Cheng, and it is estimated that the time is half a day later than the previous one to recover Longxi, what is enough for a general to send two urgent letters in half a day?

Zheng Ling could only continue to read, but the more he looked at it, the more complicated his expression became, and his face was even blue for a while, but when he saw that his tightly locked facial features in the back slowly stretched again, he seemed to have recovered the state of mind he had at the beginning.

The reason is that this letter is special, although it is still a good news, but the content of the report is completely different from the final word of the previous battles.

It turned out that the letter said that Zhao Cheng's hundreds of troops first encountered some Hu spies, but there was no large-scale conflict.

Later, when he counted the belongings of the intruder, he found an alien captive who had been tied up with flowers, and he was obviously dressed as a noble youth.

Therefore, even if the invading army was on the verge of shutting down, it had to break its promise and let the people "voluntarily donate" food to support the sneak attack on the Qin army's grain route, but it did not let this alien nobleman starve to death.

Zhao Cheng guessed that this person had some value, so he tried his best to get him to speak, and finally found out some news that he didn't even know about the army.

One of the most exciting is that this young man is the prince of a kingdom called "Great Xia" further west! And the first heir to that western kingdom!

Zheng Ling was a little unbelievable, this caught the crown prince of a kingdom? No, this is a catch, it's just a pick-up! That's too lucky, isn't it?

Because it was too smooth, Zheng Ling was still skeptical, and then read it several times word by word before finally confirming the news.

Zheng Lingchang breathed a sigh of relief and eased his nerves, and began to hurry towards the imperial study again, muttering to himself as he ran: "Good news is frequent, God bless Daqin!" ”