Liu Tao left Yundi in early July, and then came to Daizhou through Zhending and Zhongshan.

After arriving in Daizhou, Liu Tao did not stop at all, and came directly to Yanmen Pass, and then was stopped by the soldiers of the Jinwu Army.

Liu Tao bluntly said that he was Liu Ziyu's father and wanted to see Liu Ziyu.

The little colonel who stopped Liu Tao and his party asked them to rest in the post house, and at the same time went to inform Liu Ziyu.

What Liu Tao didn't expect was that in less than two hours, the little school came back to inform Liu Tao and went to meet him in the clouds.

Liu Tao was secretly shocked: "The speed at which the Jin Wujun transmits the news is so fast, if this is wartime, it will invisibly have a lot of advantages!" ”

On the way, Liu Tao traveled and observed the situation in the clouds.

What surprised Liu Tao was that he didn't see any people dressed in exotic places, and all the people he saw were dressed as Song people - in fact, there was still a difference, Cai still made some changes in clothes, especially in pants, specifically Cai still introduced pants from later generations.

Liu Tao couldn't help but ask the person who led them the way why.

The person who led the way was a good talker, and he told Liu Tao how Cai still forced Hu people to grow hair, Han costumes, and Han names.

After hearing this, Liu Tao felt that Cai Ying's methods were a little too tough, and on the other hand, he also understood that this was conducive to national unity and the establishment of the people's sense of belonging.

Soon, Liu Tao found that the dangerous places on the road had all been fortified, and they were deep and dependent on each other, and they were arranged by experts at a glance.

Liu Tao calculated in his heart: "If there are enough troops stationed in these fortresses, it will not be easy for the Great Song Dynasty to attack from Yanmen Pass to Yundi." ”

After traveling for more than three hours, when it was almost dark, Liu Tao and his party were taken to Huanzhou.

At this time, Liu Ziyu also welcomed Huanzhou.

As soon as the father and son met, Liu Tao found that his son had changed, becoming mature and stable, and had a temperament unique to a superior.

This surprised Liu Tao!

Before coming to Yundi with Cai Ying, although Liu Ziyu had been training in the army with Liu Tao for many years, and had read poetry and books since he was a child, in the final analysis, he was just a small military attache from the ninth grade, and it can be said that his career had just begun.

At that time, Liu Ziyu, although he had already performed better than his peers, was still very immature in Liu Tao's eyes.

But now it's different, in less than a year, Liu Ziyu's gestures are all capable and confident.

Liu Tao couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "There is the wind of a general!" ”

But—

Liu Tao is Lao Tzu in the end.

Therefore, after Liu Ziyu met Liu Tao, Liu Tao immediately took the initiative and said: "Yes, you are more energetic than before, what position do you hold in Yundi now?" Because of the inconvenience of communication, Liu Yunzhen does not know what position Liu Ziyu is holding here in Cai Yi.

Liu Ziyu said while leading Liu Tao into Huancheng: "I am now serving as a soldier, mainly responsible for the administration of military selection, maps, chariots and horses, and armor. ”

When Liu Tao heard this, he gasped, and he said in his heart: "Isn't this the book of the military department?" ”

Liu Tao pretended not to care and nodded, and said, "It seems that Master Hou values you very much." ”

Liu Tao mentioned this stubble, Liu Ziyu immediately smiled and said: "Hou Ye appoints people on the basis of merit, does not stick to one pattern to reduce talents, people are willing to be driven by him, take me as an example, I initially just helped Hou Ye transfer materials and recruit recruits, but because I was serious and meticulous in my work, I was noticed by Hou Ye, and then Hou Ye promoted me step by step, and when Hou Ye opened the mansion, he tried his best to let me serve as one of the six Cao soldiers......

Seeing Liu Ziyu's eyebrows fluttering when he said it, Liu Tao frowned secretly!

Originally—

What Liu Tao thought about was to let Liu Ziyu cooperate with him to capture Cai Yi and complete the task given to him by Tong Guan.

But now Liu Liyu Yanran has become Cai Ying's diehard.

This made Liu Tao a little worried, Liu Ziyu might not listen to his father.

Therefore, Liu Tao was ready to observe Liu Ziyu first, and then test Liu Ziyu, and then make calculations.

After Liu Ziyu talked for a while, he suddenly remembered something, and then asked Liu Tao: "Dad, why did you come to our cloud land?" ”

The words "we are in the clouds" made Liu Tao feel that his worries were right.

Liu Tao also said truthfully and falsely: "Not long ago, the old Xianggong was punished by the imperial court for the defeat of Baigou, and I avenged the grievances of the old Xianggong, and was heard by Master Tong, and Master Tong intended to suppress me, so I came to you in a fit of anger to see if there was a chance to find another career." ”

Liu Ziyu knew his father very well and knew that his father was a courtier loyal to Zhao Song, so Liu Ziyu didn't think that his father would switch to Cai Ying when Cai was still so stiff with Zhao Song.

But—

As a son of man, Liu Ziyu cannot doubt his own father without any evidence.

Therefore, although Liu Ziyu was suspicious, he didn't show anything, he just secretly wrote down his father's arrival and his understanding of his father one by one, and then sent someone to the front line to ask Cai still to decide.

Early the next morning, Zhang Kejian, the governor of Huanzhou, came to visit Liu Tao, which was enough to give Liu Ziyu face.

Zhang Kejian accompanied Liu Tao, Liu Ziyu and his son to have breakfast together, and personally sent Liu Tao, Liu Ziyu and his son north together.

After sending it for more than ten miles, Liu Tao was really embarrassed, so he said: "Master Zhang doesn't need to be so polite, please go back." ”

Zhang Kejian smiled and said, "It's not in the way, I'm just going to the field to have a look." ”

Zhang Kejian didn't say it, and Liu Tao didn't pay attention to it.

Hearing Zhang Kejian's words, Liu Tao found that almost all the fields he encountered along the way had been planted with rice seedlings, and people were busy working in the rice fields, and there were also many troops helping in the fields.

Liu Tao couldn't help but ask, "Are you guys a juntun?" ”

Zhang Kejian said: "Part of it, but more of it is farming for the people. ”

Without waiting for Liu Tao to ask carefully, Zhang Kejian took the initiative to say: "Most of the fertile land in our cloud land has been distributed to the people, although Hou Ye has also built some military camps, but they are all reclaimed wasteland. ”

After a pause, Zhang Kejian said again: "Our Huanzhou was recovered later, so it delayed some time for spring ploughing, so Hou Ye ordered that except for the soldiers on duty, the whole army from him all went down to the field to help the people regain this time." ”

Liu Tao was surprised: "Hou Ye also went to the field?" ”

Liu Ziyu said: "Down, when the spring is busy, Hou Ye takes his guards to the field every day to help the people of Yundi farm. ”

Liu Tao thought to himself: "It seems that Cai still doesn't plan to leave Yundi, otherwise he can't win people's hearts like this, so Master Tong said that he wants to be self-reliant, and it seems that he has not wronged him." ”

Bidding farewell to Zhang Kejian, and walking some distance further, Liu Tao and Liu Ziyu passed by the tributaries of the Sanggan River.

Seeing many soldiers walking out of the river in a neat line, Liu Tao asked Liu Ziyu: "Who are they?" ”

Liu Ziyu replied: "They should clean up the river." ”

Liu Tao was behind him, and said with a smile: "This Jinwu Army is really interesting, farming, digging rivers, being both a soldier and a people's husband." ”

Liu Ziyu glanced at the man and said: "The soldiers of our Jinwu Army never talk about conditions, everyone is a brick, where to use, where to move, what my Hou Ye asks them to do, they will do it, even if it is a sea of swords and fires, as long as my Hou Ye gives an order, they will definitely climb up and swim over immediately!" ”

Although Liu Tao is a civilian official, he is also a veteran, how can he not know that such an army is the most feared?

Liu Tao said in his heart: "Absolute obedience, unification of orders, those arrogant soldiers in our army will definitely be defeated when they encounter them." ”

Liu Tao was deeply jealous: "This army that has not been established for a long time is definitely a first-class strong army in the world, I should remind Xuan Xiang to be careful and be careful!" ”

When they were about to arrive in Cloud City, the group passed by a bazaar-like place again.

Liu Tao saw that many people were queuing up there, and his queue was several miles long, looking at no less than 10,000 people, and asked Liu Ziyu curiously: "What kind of place is this?" What are they doing? ”

Liu Ziyu replied: "This is the cattle and horse market, and they are queuing up to buy cattle. ”

Liu Tao was puzzled: "Cattle and horse market? Queuing up to buy cattle? ”

Liu Ziyu explained: "After Hou Ye took us to Yundi, he fought and won successes, and captured hundreds of thousands of military food cattle, Hou Ye said that it was a pity to eat these cattle as military food, so he ordered to sell them to the people for one yuan. ”

Liu Tao knew that Cai still issued military tickets, and he had also used military tickets, and he also deliberately studied military tickets.

After research, Liu Tao found that the military tickets issued by Cai were far more clever than Qian Yin, especially the military tickets were based on gold and silver, which ensured that the value of military tickets would not easily fluctuate.

But—

Through research, Liu Tao also found the weakness of the military ticket, that is, it can only be issued in a small area, and it is impossible to issue it in a large country like the Great Song Dynasty, because there is not so much gold and silver at all.

Liu Tao, who knows a lot about military tickets, naturally knows that one yuan is about equal to consistent money.

Nowadays, a cow is worth about ten guan in the Great Song Dynasty (different quality, different prices, and different prices for male and female), and even newborn calves are worth at least two guan.

Therefore, Cai still sells cattle for one yuan, which is indeed beneficial to the people.

Liu Tao said: "What if someone takes the opportunity to occupy more, and what if someone picks a strong cow to buy?" ”

Liu Ziyu said with a smile: "Hou Ye has long expected this, so he issued a purchase restriction order and a lottery order, that is, with the account issued by Hu Cao, four people can buy a cow, when buying, it all depends on luck, draw which head to buy which one, in addition, Hu Cao also collected cattle at a price slightly lower than the market price, first, this is to prevent the cattle from being insufficient, and second, this is to prevent civilians from causing disputes due to the inability to divide the cattle. ”

Liu Tao was a little curious about what the hukou was.

Liu Ziyu saw Liu Tao's curiosity, so he explained to Liu Tao in detail what a hukou is.

Liu Tao secretly praised: "This law is clever, everyone under the rule of the people is registered, and they will be able to effectively manage the people under their rule!" ”

Although he had just come to Yundi, Liu Tao had already seen that Yundi had stabilized, and the people of Yundi had begun to accept Cai Zhen's rule, and even more, the people of Yundi might be happy to rule Cai still over them.

Liu Tao is sure that it doesn't take much to let Cai still rule in Yundi for another year or two, and Yundi may completely become Cai Zhen's territory......

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