"Like you, the son of a prince, who only knows pleasure all the time, and does not care about national affairs. As the Khan of my dynasty, this official is an important minister around him, and he looks farther away than you. If you stay in the Sui Dynasty, it will stir up the political turmoil of the Sui Dynasty, and sooner or later the princes will inevitably set off a bloody storm in the court, and the country will fall into internal strife, and our Turkic power can wait for the price and sell, intervene in a timely manner, obtain benefits on both sides, and even make the Great Sui Dynasty split, at that time, my Turkic army will take advantage of the situation to go south, and you can occupy the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains of the southern country in one fell swoop! It's just a pity that this situation will no longer exist. Alas! How cunning the king of Jin is! After saying this, he drank the herbal tea in the cup in one gulp, put down the teacup heavily, got up and said, "I can't wait, I will return to the court immediately and report to the Great Khan." ”

The Turkic envoys were a group of 6 people, and after leaving the city, they looked to the northeast direction, and did not go to Luzhou, but went straight north through Hejin.

Yang Er and his entourage traveled eastward through Xie County, and finally arrived at Luzhou Prefecture, the capital of Hedong County, 4 days later.

All the way, before sunset, Yang Erchang breathed a sigh of relief, touched his stiff and numb buttocks, and under the greeting of Pei Shiju, Pei Yun, Li Jing and other officials in Luzhou, Hedong, he went straight into the palace hall, where a sumptuous dinner had already been prepared. Yang Er and his entourage didn't care about freshening up, and went straight to the table to eat, all of them were like hungry ghosts reincarnated, eating meat and drinking wine. Even the dust rarely lacked some fairy images, and he only lowered his head and ate violently on Zhong Jian's side. The Luzhou officials watched from the sidelines, and they also looked at each other helplessly and smiled.

"Pei Gong, you don't have to accompany you, it's too late today, it's not too late to discuss something tomorrow morning." Yang Er saw everyone standing at the table, knowing that they had already eaten dinner, so he said to everyone.

After listening to Yang Er's instructions, Pei Shiju and the others withdrew from the hall after giving their own salutes, and dispersed until they came back tomorrow morning.

"Lao Xiong, where are you going? Come and have a few drinks with Ben before going. Yuwen Chengdu held the chicken leg in one hand and the wine glass in the other, shouting loudly in the direction of the majestic sea.

The majestic sea, who was already about to cross the threshold, suddenly heard Yuwen Chengdu calling his name, and couldn't help but be happy, turned around with a smile, walked to Yuwen Chengdu's side, and said loudly: "My Taoist general only cares about drinking and doesn't look at this general?" That is, the general asked to accompany him, and the general would have accompanied the general to have a few drinks before going. On the side, a maid who was waiting for everyone came over with a bowl, chopsticks and wine glass, and by the way, a jar of opened five-grain spring wine was placed in front of the majestic sea table.

Xiong Kuohai raised the wine jar by himself, poured wine into the wine bowl that Yuwen Chengdu had just drunk, and poured it into his own bowl, and then raised the wine bowl with both hands and touched it with Yuwen Chengdu, and then drank it in one gulp, wiped the residual wine from his mouth with the cuff of his right hand, and tore off a piece of chicken with his left hand and sent it to his mouth.

When Yuwen Chengdu saw it, he stretched out his left hand, patted the back of Xiong Kuohai heavily, and said, "Okay! Lao Xiong is not drunk today, but you will not be allowed to go out of this door. Come on, drink! Both of them are a large number of generals, and Xiong Kuohai feels that he is not as good as Yuwen Chengdu in martial arts, so he is unwilling to lose in this drink. Listening to Yuwen Chengdu say this, it is in harmony. The two of them did not greet the others, but only urged each other to drink violently. The people next to them were too lazy to care about them, and it was not until the last two of them were drunk and unconscious at the same time that their respective guards separated the two, and each of them went back to the room to sleep.

Yang Er didn't drink so much wine, because he had to get up early to keep a clear head on the second day, and besides, how could the big boss in charge get drunk as soon as he returned to his own "company", which would also damage his image!

After the dinner party dispersed, Yang Er refused the maid arranged by Pei Gong to accompany him, and only summoned Uncle Ma to accompany him to talk for a while, and arranged for him to sleep on the small bed outside his bedroom.

Tired all the way, plus a few glasses of wine, Yang Er slept exceptionally sweetly this night, and the snoring sound of Uncle Ma outside didn't wake him up, until a ray of sunlight shot into the pane, and there was a noise outside, and Yang Er woke up.

Hedong County Luzhou Mansion Council Hall,

All the civil and military officials belonging to the Jin Palace's mansion gathered together, and while they were talking and laughing, Yang Er took Zhong Jian and Chuchen into the hall, and then the hall quieted down, and in the eyes of everyone, Yang Er walked to the main seat in front of the hall, turned around and sat down, and Erzhang stood still behind Yang Er. When all the Wenwu saw Yang Er sit down, they all sat down, waiting for Yang Er to speak.

"Pei Gong, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you still well?" Yang Er saw that all the civil and military officials had arrived, so he first opened his mouth to greet Sima Pei Shiju, the military advisor who had been taking care of all the affairs of Hedong County for himself.

"His Royal Highness is concerned, everything is fine with the old minister, but there are many things in Hedong, and it is inevitable that there will be a mistake, and I hope His Highness will understand." Pei Shiju replied in a low voice to Yang Erzuo.

"Where did Pei Gong say that, the implementation of the new system in Hedong has many differences with the current regulations, and it is understandable that there are some mistakes, Pei Gong and others do not have to be too modest, they can try to talk about the effectiveness of the new system in Hedong." Yang Er waved his hand at Pei Shiju and said comfortingly.

Pei Shiju raised his eyes and looked at Pei Yun, the assassin Cai Dejian and Zheng Fengchi, who were the main bookkeepers present, and saw that everyone nodded slightly, and then arched his hand and said: "Your Royal Highness, the aborigines of Luzhou all the way in Hedong are scarce and the territory is vast, and now the new system is used to fill the population of Hedong with displaced people, and now it has begun to take shape, with a population of 350,000 households, plus the original household registration, the total number of households is about 460,000, and the population has reached nearly 2 million. Since the implementation of the new law, more than 50 million hectares of newly cultivated land have been added, the land output is quite abundant, and the people in the jurisdiction are rich, and the people of the surrounding counties and states have been attracted every day, and the number of people in the counties and counties in the east of my river has reached saturation, and then the people have filled in the Taihang Mountains in accordance with the requirements of His Royal Highness, and the number of people in the Taihang Mountains has reached 300,000 people as of now, all of which are placed in the villages of the Taihang Mountains by the Jinding General Zhaihua Gongyi. In about 10 days, all parts of Hedong County will enter the autumn grain harvest season, and the preliminary calculations of Xiaguan and others show that the grain harvest this autumn is expected to reach more than 5 million stones, and nearly 3.5 million stones of official grain can be collected from Heluo Cang, plus the original grain storage in the warehouse can store a total of about 8.5 million stones. Pei Shiju said a lot in one breath, breathing slightly, stopping to pick up the teacup and pour it into his mouth.

"Your Royal Highness, I Hedong Zezhou mined iron ore and blackstone coal mine last month, now Zezhou iron ore has three places, all of which are high-speed iron content deposits, and now 20 iron-making blast furnace workshops have been built nearby, and tens of thousands of iron ingots can be smelted every day, and now the iron ingots that have been transported to my Luzhou Mansion have reached as much as 550,000, in addition to the 150,000 handed over to the Jingshi treasury, there are still 400,000 enough to meet the needs of my Hedong, and Zezhou is still producing every day. The output of the Blackstone Coal Mine is larger, except for 2 million catties transported to Luzhou, the output is stored on the spot, and there is no need to transport it to Luzhou. This thing is not yet widely used, and it is stored in the open air and occupies a lot of land. The scale of the salt field in Jiechi Town has expanded several times, with a daily salt output of up to 100,000 catties, and Jiechi Town has now become the richest place in the east of my river! Let's ask Lord Liu Xuan to tell His Highness about it! After Pei Yun reported to Yang Er on the three aspects of iron, coal and salt, he handed over the development and construction of Jiechi Town, which was the first to be developed, to Liu Xuan, the direct chief officer, to make a specific report. Liu Xuanzhi has been presiding over the production of Jiechi salt industry and the development and construction of various industries in Jiechi Town since he joined the command of King Jin, and it is more appropriate for him to report.

"Hehehehehe! Your Highness, if you have time, please move to Jiechi Town. After more than half a year of full development, today's Jiechi Town is very different from the past! Liu Xuan smiled and bowed to Yang Er and said slowly: "The salt field alone covers an area of more than 20,000 acres, and there are more than 30,000 salt makers and auxiliary personnel, with a minimum daily salt production of 100,000 catties and as much as 150,000 catties when the weather is good. What's even more gratifying is that there is no deserted sand around Jiechi now, and Jiechi Town has also expanded a lot, and now a city of nearly 50,000 people has been built along the periphery of the pond. In addition to the production of salt farms, the aquaculture industry dominated by the original Gulu villagers has also formed a scale, and nearly 20,000 catties of kelp and marine fish products are produced from the salt lake water every day, which can now be purchased in the Luzhou City Market. Two months ago, more than 20 miles southwest of Jiechi Lake, and found a large lake, that pool of water produced and different, is a salt lake, the lake contains less salt, contains more nitrate, the lake has now built a saltpeter field, hired 300 people, specifically from the lake water to extract saltpeter, made fireworks and firecrackers for the state market, now is the production and sales of two booming! Thanks to the assistance of Lord Zheng, I have the prosperity of Xie Chi Town. After Liu Xuan finished speaking, he kept facing Zheng Fengchi on the side and thanked him.

"Oh? Do you have a saltpeter yard in Jiechi Town? What is the daily production of saltpeter? Yang Er originally listened to the figures reported by the officials and already felt excited, but he didn't expect that under the construction of his main staff for most of the year, the development of Hedong in all aspects was so good, it was beyond his imagination, and he suddenly heard Liu Xuan say the word "saltpeter" in his mouth, and he couldn't help but be shocked, and couldn't help but glance at Ma Shumou on the left seat, only to see that this Ma Shumou's eyes were also bright, and his face showed surprise. It seems that he thought of being in the same place as himself.

"Yes, Your Highness. The scale of the existing saltpeter field is not large, and the output is not high, roughly about 1,000 catties of saltpeter can be made every day, all of which are used for fireworks manufacturing, and there are also sporadic supplies of Taoist monks who travel here to make raw materials for Taoist Jindan refining. Liu Xuan saw Yang Er's question, so he made a supplementary explanation. Obviously, in front of the famous scientists and doers of the Sui Dynasty, the role of this saltpeter is limited to making fireworks and firecrackers, and it is of little use. This is the result of the limitations of the understanding of saltpeter science in this era.

"Gong Zheng, tell this king about this saltpeter dealer to buy it from Chen State, Turks and other foreign countries, what is the use of him?" Yang Er now became more concerned about the whereabouts of this saltpeter, so he asked his God of Wealth, Zheng Fengchi and his son, by name.

"Oh! Returning to His Royal Highness, this saltpeter is now mainly used to make ice in the royal midsummer to cool off, so it is the largest use among the Chen Kingdom and the Turkic royal nobles. In addition, this saltpeter is also a dose of traditional Chinese medicine, which is equivalent to the medicinal use of realgar, and it is available in all pharmacies regardless of national borders. The third is a large number of raw materials for fireworks. At present, the saltpeter in my Xie Chi is mainly sold to the royal family of Nanchen and pharmacies in various places. It is rarely sold to the Turkic barbarians. After Zheng Fengchi finished speaking, he looked at his son Zheng Xu beside him, and asked his son if he wanted to add it.

"Your Highness, now the capital of Chang'an, Jizhou, Shandong, Shu and other rich places of our Great Sui, the saltpeter used is almost monopolized by my Jiechi saltpeter field. Although the overall consumption is not large, the price of this thing is high, and it can also create a lot of income for my Hedong Treasury. Zheng Xu immediately got up and added that his father and other elders and high-ranking officials could sit and report, but he didn't dare to do so.

"Good! Zheng Shao, this saltpeter business can continue to be maintained, but it can no longer be sold to Taoist monks, down you arrange for the state firm to take 100 catties of saltpeter and send it to the palace, this king is useful. Yang Er commanded Zheng Xu, but he didn't notice that a resentment gradually rose behind him at this time.

"Okay, the people's livelihood is almost the same, if you don't say it anywhere, you can talk to the king alone. Where is General Daoxing? Yang Er felt that what he wanted to know was not only clear now, but even had an accident, and he was secretly happy in his heart, it seemed that there was another business to be done for his brother Uncle Ma. Now I had to ask about the --- military, which was also a very important matter, so I asked directly to Li Jing, the military governor of Hedong County.

Li Jing saw the question, hurriedly got up and replied: "The prince Chitose is good, according to the meaning of Chitose, I Hedong recruits strong soldiers from the homeless people, and there are 360 registered officers and a total of 180,000 soldiers, including 80,000 elite horse soldiers and 100,000 infantry troops. The pioneer battalion became an independent army, with 10,000 horse troops and 20,000 infantry troops, and was stationed in Anyi County, Hedong County. 5,000 horse troops were transferred, and 5,000 infantry troops were returned to Zezhou General Wu Tianxi to defend Zezhou. The rest of the military horses are all in the Luzhou camp every day. After Li Jing finished answering, he saw Yang and sat down.

"Well, that's good. Nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses in the east of our river are enough. No amount of financial support may be overwhelmed. However, the recruitment of soldiers cannot be stopped, and the soldiers and horses recruited can be sent to Taihang Mountain to be placed in Taihang Mountain after being placed in Jinding General Hua Gongyi, and there is still a great shortage of soldiers and horses there. Also, Luzhou Mansion has set up a recruitment hall, and the military generals have to recruit more for this king, do you know? Yang Er said to Li Jing again.

Li Jing hurriedly nodded. Yang Er's voice came from his ears again, but this time he was not asking him, but asking Zhai Rang, the deputy general beside him.

"Lao Zhai, this king sees that you have gained a lot of weight! I don't know if it's the water and soil in Luzhou? Or did you deduct your subordinates' salaries and eat yourself fat? Tell me, by the way, the three people behind you are so tight, but who are they? Yang Er saw the personal generals who followed him in the early days, and after not seeing him for many days, he made a joke about this confidant general, which made the hall full of civil and military laughter, and the serious atmosphere of the court became relaxed again, Yang Er was the most reluctant to engage in feudal rank, which was completely different from today's prince's style.