Zhou Heng pointed to Beishan, this large area of buildings has now stretched for several miles, and it is spectacular to look at.

"Look, a year ago, this place was still barren, but a few farmers were doing farming that depended on the sky for food, barely able to make a living, after all, the land was barren, most of it was saline-alkali land, but now it is a prosperous scene.

The Tatars are nomadic people, where the water and grass are fertile, they will migrate to wherever they want, as for the south to attack Datong, just because there is no food because of the famine, so if you want to stop the continuous war, the best way is not to defend and prepare for war, but to trade! ”

King Ning frowned, this Beishan's operation naturally shocked him, but when he talked about trade with the Tatars, he was a little surprised.

"You mean, let's do business with the Tatars? Give them food and grass? This is not to make them stronger, and they are more capable of attacking Datong, not to mention this king, Your Majesty will not agree! ”

Zhou Heng smiled, "Trade is buying and selling, if you sell, you can buy, not to mention grain, there are too many things we can sell, salt, corn and potatoes of new crops can also be sold, they can use BMW horses, cattle, sheep and livestock, fur ore, gold and silver in exchange, when everything can be traded, why start a war?" ”

King Ning looked at Zhou Heng and motioned for Zhou Heng to continue.

"As far as I know, there are now more than a dozen tribes in Tatar, and when they want to go south to attack Datong, they are all tribes gathered together, but in fact, they are not very united among themselves.

Especially when distributing the spoils, they often make a big move because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, and the casualties are sometimes worse than the attack on Datong, even in northern Liao.

If we send a caravan, of course, the Rejuvenation Hall can also send a team of doctors to trade with these tribes separately with various materials, then will these tribes that have tasted the sweetness still participate in the war?

Besides, if they want to trade with us, want to learn farming techniques, and medical knowledge, can they not learn the Chinese language of our Daliang?

Why did these Tatars take up their swords against us when they were well fed and clothed, who spoke Chinese, who learned Chinese characters, who wore girder clothes, who planted the crops we offered, and who even worked in the workshops where we mined?

They will worship us as immortals, because we are the patron saints of their wives and children! ”

King Ning had a shocked look on his face, and he stared at Zhou Heng for a long time, his gaze became even more determined, because what Zhou Heng said really moved him.

The war has been fought for hundreds of years, and each has its own losses, if this method is feasible, will it not really make the border of Datong and northern Liaobei peaceful.

"What if other tribes rebel and don't agree to trade?"

Zhou Heng smiled, "Killing chickens and monkeys, when you encounter such a thing, you can directly hit them at one time to convince them, whether it is a cavalry or a flying team, not to mention that it is a blow that can destroy their tribe."

Isn't it just a matter of governing one or two of these tribes, or subduing the leader of the twelve tribes who picks on the thorns? ”

King Ning nodded, "What is this plan called?" ”

Zhou Heng thought about it, but didn't find any more compelling words, and said with a sigh:

"Break down trade barriers and invade cultures! Let's call it this plan, it won't take long, in three or five years, the areas outside Liaobei and Datong will gradually settle down.

If the nomads cease to be nomalist and choose our way of life, carry out farming and settlement, raise cattle and sheep for us, and bring us cheap labor, what is there to worry about this Tatar? ”

King Ning nodded, if the flying team cooperates with the cavalry, this is simply a perfect combination, and it is a harvesting blow, with such a plan, it may really work.

"Okay, they went to Fujian, and the capital is also clearing the remnants of the forces, you don't have anything to do, hurry up and write a charter about what you said just now, and this king will discuss it with Your Majesty in detail, but you can do it!"

Zhou Heng was stunned and looked at King Ning with an aggrieved expression.

"Lord Wang, I'm a doctor, how can you let me do this, it's okay to write a charter, but I can't actually operate it, you look at my bones, can I stand up to the fatigue of the boat?"

King Ning smiled and slapped Zhou Heng on the back.

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and write!"

......

Twenty days later, Zhou Heng just got up, pushed open the window to look outside, the cold was pressing, and the window was covered in silver.

Quickly close the window, wash up, and get dressed and leave the room.

He has returned to the Zhou Mansion, and King Ning has not left, since he was pressed by King Ning to write that charter, it has been quiet for a few days.

Pushing open the door and just about to walk outside, Zhou Yi'an rushed in, and Zhou Heng was stunned.

"What's wrong, panicking?"

The excitement on Zhou Yi'an's face could not be hidden.

"There is news from the child's gatehouse, saying that it is a great victory from Fujian!"

Zhou Heng was also happy, it seems that this killing plan has succeeded, no wonder Zhou Yi'an is so excited.

"Who will deliver the message?"

Zhou Yi'an grinned and quickly patted his head.

"Look at my memory, Father-in-law Fang came in person, let you and Miss Xiu'er enter the palace together, saying that Your Majesty has invited, and the palace has sent a carriage to pick you up!"

Zhou Heng came to his senses, and hurriedly pointed to Dongyuan and said:

"Go and call Xiu'er, don't let me go myself!"

Zhou Yi'an waved his hand, "I just met Chun Tao and told her, just change your clothes and go out!" ”

Zhou Heng looked at himself, and he was really dressed too casually, so he hurriedly went back to the room to change his clothes, and walked out quickly wearing a white fox.

When I got to the door, I happened to meet Xiu'er, and it was rare for Xiu'er to dress up, and she looked at Zhou Heng in a palace dress with the same white fox and smiled.

"Xiu'er is so beautiful!"

Xiu'er gave him a blank look, and her face flushed slightly.

"Don't mess around, I don't know why you asked me to enter the palace?"

Zhou Heng blinked, and Yu Guang had already seen Fang Jizhong in front of the door, smiling mysteriously at Xiu'er.

"It's such a big thing, Your Majesty can't reward anything, you will know when you arrive, I guess you will reward me with a daughter-in-law!"

Xiu'er grabbed the soft flesh between Zhou Heng's ribs, her face was already red, Zhou Heng grinned in pain, and quickly pointed to Fang Jizhong at the door.

"Father-in-law Fang is in a hurry, it's all my fault, don't be angry, hurry up and enter the palace!"

Xiu'er let go of her hand, tidied up her clothes, and followed Zhou Heng out.

Fang Jizhong hurriedly caught up, the smile on his face was sweet and unbearable, and the carriage behind him was obviously specially made in the palace, and it was a little luxurious.

"Our family has seen the uncle, we have seen the county lord of Qingping, please get in the car!"

"Hello Father-in-law Fang, I don't know what the hell is going on, I heard that the news of Fujian's victory has come?"

Fang Jizhong smiled from ear to ear, nodded vigorously and said:

"Yes, Fujian Dajie, when I get to the palace in a while, Your Majesty will naturally say, please get in the car!"

No nonsense, a few people got into the car, and soon the carriage came to the palace, did not get out of the car, did not stop, and entered directly and quickly, as the carriage stopped, Fang Jizhong personally opened the door.

"Uncle and county lord, please get out of the car, we have arrived!"

This treatment, Zhou Heng is also the first time to experience, don't talk nonsense and get out of the car quickly, when he saw that he came directly to the outside of Dongnuan Pavilion, Zhou Heng blinked, and quickly reached out to help Xiu'er.

Fang Jizhong led the way, and a few people walked quickly to the door, and before they went in, there was a little eunuch who passed the word, and then Fang Jizhong lifted the curtain, and several people entered.

There were a lot of people standing in the Dongnuan Pavilion, several Zhongtang, King Ning, Duke Weiguo, and the three princes were all inside.

There is no charcoal brazier here, but it is very warm, obviously there is something similar to a fire kang under here, because they feel that the ground is very warm when they step on the ground, Zhou Heng and Liu Xiu'er quickly stepped forward to salute.

The old emperor waved his hand, and the smile on his face was not good.

"Get up, don't be so vain, King Ning, come on!"

King Ning was not polite, looked at Zhou Heng and said with a smile:

"This morning, I received an urgent military report from Fujian for 800 miles, saying that the killing of Wen Changming has been successful, and Yang Weijun has taken control of the Fujian Political Division.

As for Yingzhou directly sent the flying team over, a firebomb attack, the people and horses they gathered were defeated, and they directly submitted a letter of surrender, and sent a military report to listen to His Majesty's disposal, your plan is really powerful! ”

Zhou Heng was a little embarrassed on his face, and he really couldn't stand praising people in person.

"King Ning praised it, this is Yang Weijun's bravery!"

The old emperor raised his head and laughed, "Well said, there are no dogs in Humen, and the Weiguo Gong is well educated, Yang Weijun and Cang Deying will stay in Fujian for the time being, where the whip of the court is beyond the reach of the commander, and then send a capable person to control it."

Uncle Zhongyuan, I have read the charter of your cultural invasion, and I have also discussed it with a few Zhongtang for a long time, and you should choose the personnel in this matter, not only limited to everyone in the court, but all available talents can be appointed. ”

Zhou Heng raised his head in surprise, the old emperor came out of the west of the sun, and he actually delegated power like this, but if he did this, let alone make a head, if he made a gold and silver mine, wouldn't he be rich?

"Obey orders!"

The old emperor went on to say:

"Zhongyuan Bo is thoughtful, brave and strategic, it is the reliance of my great beam, and it is also the guarantee of the peace of the people of Antai on the border, so I want to promote you to the third-class loyalty, eat ten thousand households, and surrender hereditary."

This sentence made Zhou Heng stunned, blinking in disbelief, it has only been less than half a year since he was named Zhongyuanbo, how did he rise directly to this position, there are 10,000 households in the city, but there were 700 households before, this gap is a bit big.

King Ning coughed, interrupting Zhou Heng's stunned expression.

He hurriedly knelt down and thanked him, he was really moved at this time, although he didn't know what it meant to eat ten thousand households, anyway, it was much more than seven hundred households, and he didn't expect anything about the fiefdom.

"Thank you for your grace!"

The old emperor smiled, didn't rush to ask Zhou Heng to get up, and glanced at Fang Jizhong.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank you, there is also a holy decree!"

Zhou Heng was a little stunned, there were a lot of surprises, and the remaining holy decree, Zhou Heng felt a little confident in his heart, he quickly knelt down and glanced at Liu Xiu'er, Xiu'er was well-behaved, kneeling directly beside Zhou Heng.

At this time, Fang Jizhong happily unfolded a holy decree:

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: The county lord of Qingping, virtuous and generous, gentle and generous, and outstanding in appearance, the queen mother and I are very happy to hear it. Now Zhongyuan is waiting for the weak crown, and when it is suitable for marriage, he should choose a virtuous woman and mate.

The lord of Qingping County, Liu Xiu'er, treats Yu Boudoir, and Zhongyuanhou can be called heaven and earth, in order to become a beautiful woman, Liu Xiuer Xu is married to Zhongyuanhou as his wife. All etiquette will be handled jointly by the Ministry of Rites and the Qintian Supervisor, and the marriage will be completed on a good day. ”

Zhou Hengmei kowtowed to the old emperor, and Xiu'er also followed suit.

"Thank Your Majesty for the marriage, this is what the minister has been looking forward to for a long time!"

The old emperor raised his head and laughed, Zhou Heng was able to say this, making everyone laugh along.

Fang Jizhong helped the two of them up, and handed over the holy decree to Zhou Heng, who acted very quickly, rolled up the holy decree, and handed it directly to Liu Xiu'er.

"After Zhou Heng's business, Zhang Aiqing's canonization of King Xian as the crown prince is ready?"

Zhang Jumian hurriedly stepped forward, "The minister has already discussed with the Ministry of Rites, and the auspicious time has been selected, and it will be presented to His Majesty later." ”

The old emperor seemed tired and waved his hand at everyone.

"It's okay, I'll leave these to you, when it's convenient for you to be the county lord of Qingping, you have to help King Xian to take a look at the princesses and side concubines in his house, seven or eight pregnant, or choose a suitable one from the medical women in the Tai Hospital."

Xiu'er hurriedly said yes, this is her duty after all.

"Okay, I'm tired, you all step down, King Ning and Zhou Heng will discuss the charter, step by step, don't rush for quick success, slowly figure it out, I am not in a hurry, as long as it is effective, this method can definitely stabilize the northern border."

Everyone withdrew from the Winter Warm Pavilion, and as soon as they went out, everyone walked up to Zhou Heng to congratulate, although Zhou Heng was a celebrity before, but after all, he was a third-class uncle, but now it is completely different, plus this attention, he is still the age of a weak crown, and his future is limitless.

The third prince walked over from behind and patted Zhou Heng on the shoulder, he hasn't moved much these days, but he has a completely different feeling about Zhou Heng, if there is no Zhou Heng, even if the prince has an incident, there are five princes there to follow, and the heir has completely changed, and this heir is too timely.

"Let the Ministry of Rites discuss your marriage in advance, and then this king will let Wei Siwen go over and help you Zhang Luo, what should you be busy with, you don't have to worry about this, but you take the time to take the county lord to see a few pregnant women in the family, this king is still a little nervous."

Zhou Heng smiled, the third prince was already less angry and hazy at this time.

The man was said not to work for so many years, and once he was rehabilitated, everything was relieved, and people became different.

"The third prince can rest assured, Xiu'er must organize the personnel to go over, but everything must be under the orders of the medical woman, and you can't take supplements at will, otherwise the child is too big and it will be difficult to give birth."

The third prince smiled, and when he saw King Ning coming from behind, he hurriedly said goodbye.

"This matter is please, this king will take the first step!"

said that he didn't look back, and left quickly, without greeting King Ning too much.

King Ning walked over from behind and looked at the three princes who were far away, with doubts on his face.

Zhou Heng has only been in Beijing for a year, but look at the people around him, no matter who they are, they treat each other sincerely, even this cool and gloomy third prince is so trusting, it is really rare.

"You are very close to the third prince?"

Zhou Heng shook his head and said with a smile:

"There is no distance, it's just that I treated the hidden disease for the third prince and let him regain his confidence, so that he will naturally lose his previous ruthlessness and suspicion, once people let go, they will naturally be different, a little more open-minded!"

King Ning nodded, "You and the county lord of Xiu'er can be given a marriage to really make this king happy, if Yunmo can also have a marriage, it is estimated that he can also be qualitative, no longer like a child, hey this king is old, I really want to hold my grandson!" ”

Zhou Heng looked at King Ning, the great victory in Fujian, and the inventory in the capital, but there was no news of Zhu Xiaochang.

Wen Lanzhi has committed suicide, Wen is the daughter of the family, it is not easy to get rid of the relationship, but although this person is vicious, his love for his son is still innocent.

And King Ning didn't ask a word, and it can be realized from this sentence just now that he didn't recognize Zhu Xiaochang at all.

However, the old emperor gave an order, and he was able to bring the elite to the rescue, which means that he has let it go, as for the matter of the great prince, now it seems that it is also the work of the Wen family, since it can be put down, don't mention it.

Zhou Heng sighed and looked at the slowly rising sun in the distance.

"Actually, Shizi and Miss Su Wu are not bad, it is true that the two of them had some misunderstandings at first, but after so many things, I think the two of them are quite suitable, at least there is someone to deter Shizi, this is not what the prince wants most?"

King Ning paused, looked at Zhou Heng seriously, and didn't go down the steps.

"Are you sure that the relationship between Yunmo and Su Xiaoxiao is not bad?"

Zhou Heng nodded vigorously, "I just returned to Beijing, the Queen Mother wanted to give marriage, but the prince was extremely opposed at that time, and Miss Su Wu chased him all over the city.

But after a long time, I really didn't say anything, Miss Su Wu didn't add her fists and feet when she saw Shizi, this time the palace change is to take care of each other, I think it is really suitable between them! ”

King Ning smiled, rubbing his hands and completely losing the indifference just now.

"You go first, and then this king will come to you to discuss the details of the cultural invasion, this king will first go to His Majesty to ask for a holy decree, since the marriage is given, it will be settled in one day, this matter is finalized, so as not to have many dreams at night!"

Zhou Heng nodded unknowingly, and the expression on his face became a little solemn.

"That's true, Zhang Zhongtang's ninth son is this year's Tanhualang, a few years older than me, I heard that there is no marriage match, I don't know if I want to find General Su to marry."

When King Ning heard this, he quickly turned around and went back to Dongnuan Pavilion, and Zhou Heng couldn't help laughing.

Xiu'er pulled Zhou Heng's sleeve, her face full of worry.

"Why do you say that, what kind of hot temper is Xiaoxiao, if you know it, you can't blow it up?"

Zhou Heng shook his head and looked into the distance with a smile.

"No, what Su Xiaoxiao doesn't want to do, no one can force her, she is different from Zhu Yunmo, believe me The two of them will be happy together.

Okay, don't frown, think about our future days, now you and I have a marriage contract, will we live in Zhou Mansion in the future, or your county lord's mansion? ”

Xiu'er was not shy, but just looked at Zhou Heng fixedly.

"In the future, we will be the closest people, the place where I am is your home, whether it is in the Zhou Mansion or in the County Lord's Mansion, these are not important, as long as we can be with you, when you are busy with that plan, I will accompany you to southern Sichuan."

Zhou Heng shook his head with a smile, reached out and ripped off the jade pendant, and stuffed it directly to Xiu'er.

"Don't go, I'm no longer worried, since the memory can't be recovered, I can't find it, this jade pendant was left by my grandfather, and it is also my most precious thing, it will be yours in the future, of course you are mine."

Xiu'er didn't speak, pulled Zhou Heng's big and leaned on him, at this moment, it seemed that they could see the second half of their happy lives, and they would live happily ever after.

................

Epilogue

Ten years later, in the capital.

The asphalt road was full of traffic, and the new, elongated carriage stopped in front of a sign, and the driver kept shaking the bell and shouting out the window.

"Let's go, go to Tongzhou's Line 16, this is the first shift today, if you can't catch up, you should be late!"

With the shouting, several men rushed to the front with cloth bags, and a smaller teenager asked the coachman:

"Master, is the second line to Beishan over?"

The master shook the bell in his hand and glanced at the child.

"No, you wait for a while, don't take the opposite direction, I guess it's almost there, okay, the passengers in the carriage are seated, and we're leaving!"

With the shouting, the car started running fast, it was quite fast, but the carriage couldn't see any bumps.

A boy of seven or eight years old who had lost his front teeth, dragged a little girl, walked close to the side of the road, seemed to be hiding from someone, blinked and covered the girl's face with a handkerchief, and covered his cheek with his sleeve, and walked forward with his head down.

"Roar!"

With a roar, a man blocked the way of the two children, his face bulging, obviously angry.

"Stinky boy, you are amazing, you are about to escape from the city gate this time, go back with Uncle Sheng, if it's too late, see how your father beats you!"

The little boy stubbornly raised his head, "I don't, let my father find some grassland princess, hum my sister and I are not uncommon, we are going to Beishan Medical College to find my mother." ”

The man snorted and laughed, crouching down on the sides of the little boy and girl, pinching the puffy bun face.

"As far as your father's courage is concerned, what princess dares to touch it, and your mother is dissatisfied with the capital chasing and killing him? Let's go back to the Hou Mansion with Uncle Sheng, and if I can't find the two of you later, the Hou Mansion will be messed up.

Ning Wang's Mansion is next door, what will happen if the little county lord knows, do you have to weigh it yourself? Don't forget my triangular cat's kung fu, but Princess Ning taught me, I can't beat the little county lord's kung fu, that's the inheritance. ”

The little boy suddenly wilted, like a deflated ball, suddenly lost his energy, and blinked at the man.

"Uncle Sheng, then I'll go back with you, but don't tell my father."

A man coughed and walked over from behind, this person was none other than Zhou Heng.

"What are you talking about, do you still need to hide it from your father and me?"

The little boy shrank his neck in fright, hurriedly threw the burden on his body into the hands of Uncle Sheng, dragged his sister's hand, and looked at Zhou Heng with innocence in the blink of an eye.

"Daddy is here, my sister and I came out to take a look at the operation of the bus, after all, we have to take an economics class today, Master Zhang wants to ask!"

Zhou Heng snorted, "Hmph, Jing Rui has said a few times, you always don't hand in your homework, and you also investigate the traffic, see how I clean you up!" ”

As he spoke, he was about to step forward, but the little boy dragged his sister back a few steps, suddenly looked at the side of the road and froze his movements, raised his hand and pointed in front of him and said.

"Daddy, look, how can this little brother be so similar to me?"

Sure enough, a luxury carriage stopped not far away, and there was an eight or nine-year-old boy standing in front of the carriage, more than half a head taller than the little boy, and his appearance was carved out of the same mold as the little boy and Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng also paused, with the same doubt on his face, the young man walked straight over, supported his chest with his right hand and bowed to Zhou Heng, and then said with a smile:

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Zhou Heng?"

Before Zhou Heng could speak, the little boy hurried over and looked up at the young man.

"My father's name is Zhou Heng, who are you, little brother, why do you look the same as me and my father?"

The boy smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that I want to call you Daddy, hello Daddy, it's an honor to meet for the first time, my name is Zhou Siliang, maybe you feel a little surprised, my mother's surname is Bai, Daddy should remember it, right?!"

——End of the book——