Guo Qi smiled without saying a word, and shouted directly outside the house: "Come on." ”

"See Lord and Madame." After the two maidservants came in, they saluted Guo Qi and Leng Yue, who were still on the bed.

"Wait for the lady to bathe and change clothes." Guo Qi said to the two maidservants while dressing himself.

"No!" The two maidservants replied and began to wait for Leng Yue to bathe and change clothes.

Guo Qi, who was dressed, said to Leng Yue: "Yue'er, you have a good rest today, and this king will come to accompany you later." ”

"The concubine is fine, the prince should hurry up and get busy!" Leng Yue said shyly.

After leaving the room, Guo Qi just walked out of the small courtyard and saw Li Wu pacing back and forth on the side, with a very anxious face.

"Fifth son, what's wrong?" Guo Qi asked directly to Li Wu.

When Li Wu saw Guo Qi, he immediately said, "Lord, you can count it, something big has happened." ”

"What is it that alarms you so much?" Guo Qi frowned dissatisfiedly and said.

"My lord, I just got a secret report that the 30,000 troops of Xirong's right army have already started from Jincheng." Li Wu said anxiously.

"Panic what." Guo Qi reprimanded Li Wudao; "What's there to panic about this, isn't it just 30,000 Xirong right army! The generals of the king ordered Hu Qiong, Tang Bi, Zhuo Yidao, and Sun Guoqing to prepare for the war, prevent the sneak attack of the Xirong Right Army, and find suitable fighters to deal with the battle. ”

"No! Commanded by humility. After Li Wu received the order, he immediately ran away and sent someone to send Guo Qi's military order to the front line.

After Li Wu left, Guo Qi left the palace under the protection of a group of guards, and went to Cangcheng, the workshop, and the Yongzhou Academy to inspect; These are the things that Guo Qi values most in addition to spring ploughing, and these three key places can be said to represent the present and future of Yongdi.

"Ling Jing! Cangcheng's grain reserves are a bit low! Guo Qi looked around Cangcheng and said to Ling Jing: "With this reserve, it can't last until the autumn harvest at all!" ”

"My lord, this is a dereliction of duty." Ling Jing said with a face full of embarrassment: "Now that it is spring ploughing, there is a shortage of grain in various places, we can't buy it even if we want to, and now the price of grain in various places is really too great, two or three times higher than usual." ”

"It's so high, then the people everywhere must not starve to death!" Guo Qi said in surprise.

"What the lord said is very true." Ling Jing replied: "As far as I know, in some places in the eastern part of Hebei Province and Henan Province, the people have completely cut off their cooking, and can only eat wild vegetables, leaves, and bark. ”

"Then the imperial court and King Zhao (Hebei Province is the fief of King Zhao) didn't have disaster relief?" Guo Qi asked Ling Jing.

"It's not clear about this humble position." Ling Jing said with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Humph!" Guo Qi said coldly: "Even if my father orders to open a warehouse for disaster relief, I am afraid that the money and food for disaster relief will not reach the hands of the people, and they will all be embezzled by corrupt officials." ”

"What the lord said is very true." Ling Jing agreed.

"Don't talk about that." Guo Qi said with a very bad face: "Let's take care of our current affairs first!" As the king had said before during the deliberations, no matter how difficult it was, none of the people under the king's rule could starve to death before the autumn harvest;

It doesn't matter if there is not enough food now, we can start from other places, such as organizing people to go down to the river to fish, go into the mountains to pick, or raise some animals that reproduce quickly and do not need to consume food......

"The lord is wise, and he will start to implement it as soon as he returns from his humble duties." Ling Jing said with great admiration.

"And over there, the production of weapons needs to be accelerated." Guo Qi said: "This king has received news that the 30,000-strong army of Xirong's right army has been drawn from Jincheng, and I am afraid that it will not be long before there will be a fierce battle;

At that time, the loss of weapons will be very serious, especially bows and crossbows, which are sharp weapons for defense, and the supply must be guaranteed. ”

"Please rest assured, my lord, I promise that there will never be a shortage of weapons." Ling Jing assured.

"Let's go! Let's go to Yongzhou School to have a look. Guo Qi said with great satisfaction.

Now the Yongzhou School has moved to Beicheng, accounting for a large area, and the number of students has increased to more than 5,000 people.

"Old man, Yongzhou Academy, sacrificial wine, Xue Wen, see the prince." Xue Wen bowed to Guo Qi and saluted.

"Excuse me, sir." Guo Qi personally helped Xue Wen up and said, "This king has nothing to do today, so I came to the school to have a look." ”

"It is a blessing for me that the prince can come to the school to inspect in his busy schedule." Xue Wen complimented: "Lord Wang, please." ”

"Sir, please."

After taking a turn in the school, Guo Qi asked Xue Wen: "Sir, is there any difficulty in this school that needs the help of this king?" ”

"There will be no difficulties, but the old man has a suggestion, and I ask the prince to adopt it." Xue Wendao.

"If you have anything to say, sir, just say it."

"Lord Wang, the old man found that there are still a lot of children in the city and in various villages and towns, although these children are not orphans, nor are they the descendants of sacrificed soldiers, but the old man thinks that they should also have the opportunity to enter the academy, and they are also the people under the rule of the prince, why should they be divided into three, six, nine and so on!" Xue Wen suggested to Guo Qi.

"What the gentleman said is very true." Guo Qi paused and said: "But now there is still a shortage of talents under the rule of this king, and the finances are not rich, and they have to fight; I can't afford to set up schools in various places! ”

"If the old man can find enough teachers for the prince, I wonder if the prince can order the establishment of schools in various places?" Xue Wen asked unwillingly.

"If Mr. can really find enough teaching gentlemen, this king will fight hard to ensure that he will set up schools in various places without eating or drinking." Guo Qi assured Xue Wen: "All the construction costs of the government schools set up in various places are allocated by the government treasury, and their daily expenses are borne by the government treasury and the students. ”

"Lord Wang, can't it be the same as Yongzhou Academy, all of which are free?" Xue Wen was not very satisfied.

"Sir, you are a sacrificial wine in the academy, the students of this academy eat and drink Lazar every month, and you know better than this king what you need for each person, if it is completely exempted, the treasury cannot afford it at all." Guo Qi is embarrassed.

"Alright! Then according to what the prince said. Xue Wen finally camped on the road.

Just as the two were talking, Guo Qi suddenly heard: "We want to see the prince, we want to see the prince......"

Guo Qi looked towards the shouting place and saw a group of students arguing with Guo Qi's guards.

Xue Wen felt that his face was gloomy when he saw this situation, so he walked over to the group of students angrily and scolded loudly: "Mess around, don't study well, why are you running here and yelling?" ”

Xue Wen is still very threatening among these students, and when they heard Xue Wen's scolding, these students all closed their mouths and lowered their heads, but there was one exception.

"Master, we want to see the prince." A student said to Xue Wen.

"Feng Yong, what are you messing about, is the prince you can see if you want to? Don't hurry up and take them back. Xue Wen reprimanded Feng Yongdao.

As soon as Xue Wen's words fell, Guo Qi came over and said, "What do you want to see this king?" ”