Chapter 429: The Return Date Is Near
The carrier pigeon fluttered its wings and landed in front of the window, and a pair of white hands stretched out, gently grasped the carrier pigeon, disassembled the letter on its leg, and took it in his hand to read it carefully.
This is Lu Yi's letter.
Closing the letter, King Chen took a deep breath and lit the letter, the tongue of fire rolled the dry letterhead, and it turned into dust in the middle of his breath.
There was nothing else in the letter, except that he asked him to find some people to go to the border area to meet him, and the return date was near.
It seems that his progress in Beiliang is not bad, according to his character, it is estimated that there will be Yun Jinxi by his side when he comes back this time, otherwise, he will not come back alone.
He didn't reply, but he pinched some things about the carrier pigeon and fed it, and when it was finished, he threw the carrier pigeon back into the sky.
No reply is the best reply.
"King Chen, Huang Jue asks to see you." Cheng Yi knocked on King Chen's door and said carefully.
After cleaning up the somewhat messy desktop twice, King Chen opened the door.
Standing behind Cheng Yi was Huang Jue.
"Your Highness, the things you asked for have been done, and a large number of displaced people have been arranged for the ownerless wasteland, and now they have been arranged and have begun to reclaim the wasteland." Huang Jue stood beside Cheng Yi with some fear and said.
King Chen closed his eyes and recuperated, and only nodded slightly when he heard the news.
His attitude made Huang Jue unpredictable, and he subconsciously swallowed his saliva, looking at his expression nervously.
King Chen didn't speak for a long time, Huang Jue's heart seemed to be hanged, and he didn't know whether life or death awaited him.
Even Cheng Yi noticed that His Royal Highness was unusual today, and he didn't dare to stand aside with him.
I don't know how long it took for King Chen to come back to his senses, and casually pointed to the chair next to him and asked Huang Jue to sit down.
Huang Jue sat nervously on the chair, his eyes wandered around King Chen from time to time, he lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, Cheng Yi saw that King Chen's state was a little wrong today, and couldn't help coughing in a low voice.
King Chen suddenly came back to his senses, only then did he realize that Huang Jue was restless, coughed lowly, and asked, "Have you done a good job of resettlement for those displaced people?" ”
Huang Jue was stunned for a moment, glanced at Cheng Yi, and saw that he was not unusual, so he repeated what he had just said to the side, sweat was already oozing from his forehead, and Huang Jue was a little restless in the chair.
King Chen nodded, "It's a good job, but these homeless people can't live in the ownerless wasteland for a long time, and when this disaster passes, they still have to return to their hometown, and the land that has passed the flood will be more fertile." King Chen's hand clasped lightly on the table.
Huang Jue's head was already full of cold sweat, and he nervously responded to King Chen's words.
"Your Highness, if this is the case, wouldn't it be that the harvest has not yet been harvested, and those displaced people should be allowed to return to their original places." Huang Jue asked worriedly.
King Chen shook his head, "Naturally, they will wait for their harvest this season before moving, the homeland is difficult to leave, presumably they will not be difficult for you, when the flood recedes this time, I will apply to the imperial court for a sum of silver taels, which will be used to strengthen the embankment and dredge the river, so that it will not be so prone to flooding in the future." ”
Huang Jue's eyes lit up, although he was a little greedy, but in general he was a good official, at least for the benefit of the people, he had always wanted to strengthen the embankment before, but the court did not allocate money, no matter what he did if he had no money in hand, he couldn't do anything, this plan could only be shelved.
But right now, King Chen is willing to help, and it is naturally more useful to have the prince's mouth open than for them to open their mouths, if this money can really be allocated, then it will be much more cost-effective for him to go to prison.
At the very least, the people on this side can get tangible benefits.
King Chen also saw some sense of responsibility to the people in him, so he handed over this matter to him, with this lesson, presumably he will not be corrupt at will in the future.
After discussing some specific matters, King Chen found a reason to send Huang Jue away, leaving only Cheng Yi in the room.
"Your Highness." Cheng Yi shouted, stood aside honestly, looked at King Chen's suddenly cold face, and always had some bad premonitions in his heart.
"From now on, you count the number of people and go to the border to meet General Lu, you don't have to contact the people left by General Lu, just go to Yisha Town."
Cheng Yi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Didn't this General Lu disappear in the process of suppressing bandits, why did you suddenly go to pick him up." Cheng Yi was a little confused.
At the same time, this General Lu was also said to have committed treason, and the evidence was conclusive, although this evidence now seems to have many loopholes, but coincidentally, as soon as the evidence was revealed, the general disappeared.
Even people who want to trust him don't dare to trust him easily after seeing such a coincidence.
And now, His Highness actually said that General Lu was coming back.
Now in the competition with the King of the Creek, King Chen is at a disadvantage, but even if Lu Yi comes back, it seems that it will not play a role in this situation, the King of the Creek and Bei Liang are cooperating happily, after the Uighurs were defeated, Bei Liang allocated most of the benefits to Cang Liang according to the agreement.
At this time, the court was jubilant, and the king of Xi was in the limelight, seeing that the position of the prince was about to fall into the hands of the king of the river.
Even if Lu Yi comes back, he just has the title of a former god of war, and he will even be wanted if he shows up, and now he is friendly with Lu Yi, it is like jumping into the fire pit.
Cheng Yi couldn't understand why his master made such a decision at this critical moment.
Although he was just a subordinate, he shouldn't have asked too much, but this matter is also logically related to his fate, and King Chen has always been generous, so he asked without thinking.
The moment he said it, he knew that it was not good, and sure enough, the next second, King Chen's face turned dark, and he glared at Cheng Yi, "Don't ask about things that shouldn't be asked, what I will explain to the next thing, just do it, so far, if there is a next time, I will receive the punishment." ”
This is already very serious, King Chen is generous, and he has never easily punished his subordinates, but if he really provokes him and invites punishment, the means of punishment and the final injury do not have to be worse than others.
No matter how generous King Chen is, he is still a prince, living in bloody wind and rain every day, and a random person who passes by his side may want to kill him in the last second.
He still has a few lives in his hands, among which of course he is a former subordinate.
Cheng Yi came late, so naturally he didn't see this, but even if he couldn't see it, he had heard it, and they all said that King Xi's methods were cruel, but if he touched King Chen's bottom line, the means were no worse than King Xi.
"Yes, my subordinates understand." Cheng Yi clenched his hands into fists, replied calmly, and then quickly went out the door.