Seeing that Wu Ban said so earnestly, Ma Yun mistakenly thought that he was worried that the wedding would not be grand, and said nonchalantly: "Sir, don't worry, this matter was handled by Brother Zhao for me, and everything in this wedding etiquette is in place, and there is no mistreatment of others." ”

As soon as Ma Yun's words fell, Li and Wu glanced at Zhao Pu together, and Zhao Pu seemed to have thought of something a long time ago, and his face was worried and embarrassed.

Wu Ban was on the side and blamed: "Mr. Zhao, why don't you think about it for the prince, how can this marriage be so hasty, if the king of Chu blames him, and there are people in the court who spread some right and wrong, this will immediately be another turmoil." ”

Zhao Pu was thinking about this at the time, how did he know that Ma Yun was the prince. When he was questioned at this time, he naturally felt a little aggrieved in his heart, but he couldn't explain it.

Ma Yun smiled: "Isn't it just to marry, I can do it if I want, and tell my father in a few days if I know?" ”

Wu Ban said: "Lord Wang, you haven't figured it out yet, your marriage is to be approved by the King of Chu, so it counts." Right now, this, this, it's better to make her a concubine. ”

Let the eldest princess of the future Great Song Dynasty be a concubine, Ma Yun didn't have the courage to come, and secondly, he really loved Zhao Ziying; Thirdly, he was afraid that Zhao Ziying would turn his face, and fourthly, he still didn't realize that it was a big deal to get married without telling his parents, so he smiled and said: "Sir, don't worry, since I have married this wife, how can I change my wife into a concubine, I will naturally bear it from my father." Hehe, if you can't even marry your own wife, what's the point of living in the world? ”

As soon as these deviant words came out, Li, Wu and Zhao all looked at Ma Yun in surprise, especially Li Xiang's eyes.

Finally finished eating, Ma Yun and Li Wuzhao went to the study, naturally to talk about some government affairs in Yuezhou. Ma Yun motioned to Qian Qing and Shi Da to be on guard outside the door. Reflexively walked into the study, sat on the Taishi chair in the middle, and asked slowly: "Two gentlemen, what is the current situation in Yuezhou?" ”

Li and Wu glanced at each other, and Wu Ban said: "The method we implemented in Yuezhou is mainly based on the law of King Wu Mu's legacy. In agriculture, we have cleaned up and repaired a large number of water conservancy facilities in the five counties of Yuezhou, increased the area of acres of land, and at the same time used the policy of 'redemption and purchase' to control the annexation of land. In order to attract business travelers to Yuezhou, we are exempt from customs duties, and at the same time, in order to expand the government's financial revenue, and sell those tea and brocade silk as taxes, we have now set up our own trading houses, in Nanping, Xiangzhou, Suizhou, Jinling and other places have set up warehouses, in order to facilitate the people to sell brocade silk and tea, we asked Li Zhao to organize merchants to buy tea in a centralized manner, from the original business travel in exchange for war horses and other materials. At the same time, the tax on our acres of land is very low, and a large number of poor people have flocked to Yuezhou, and now the five counties of Yuezhou have grown from more than 10,000 households to nearly 100,000 people. ”

Ma Yun was happy in his heart, so he asked: "That means that our policy is right, hehe, Yuezhou can have two gentlemen today." ”

Wu Cheng stopped Ma Yun's words and said, "Lord Wang, I can't hide it, Yuezhou is also in trouble right now." ”

Ma Yun smiled: "It's inevitable that there will be difficulties, but don't be afraid." This difficulty is a challenge, and this development depends on an opportunity, that is, an opportunity. This is called both challenges and opportunities, opportunities and challenges coexist, we must seize the opportunities and meet the challenges. We should not be complacent and hold back because of challenges. And you can't be complacent just because you have an opportunity, and you can't be careless about Jingzhou... ”

Since then, Ma Yun has been taught the two-faced theory of materialism since he was a child, and television, radio, newspapers and magazines are full of such opportunities and challenges. Li Wu and Zhao thought it was quite like that at the beginning, but unfortunately Ma Yun turned it upside down with such two meanings, and the examples given were neither vivid nor appropriate, and the three of them slowly looked at each other a little.

Finally Ma Yun stopped, Wu Ban hurriedly said: "This difficulty, that is, the challenge, it mainly comes from two aspects, first, we implement a new policy, although in the name of restoring the law of King Wu Mu, it has also attracted a lot of criticism in Changsha, especially Li Gao, who has repeatedly falsely accused the King of Chu of plotting against us, but was pressed by the queen; Well, Yuezhou is too small, and this large number of immigrants has poured in, and now it is saturated again. We have long forbidden Chu people to come to Yuezhou, but there are countless refugees from Nanping alone. Well, now that the time for sowing has passed, there are too many refugees, and we are under great pressure on money and food. These things have to be subject to the ruling of the prince. ”

Ma Yun was stunned for a moment and said: "It is inevitable that the DPRK and China will criticize it. Since ancient times, there have been many commentators and few practical people. Especially in our current situation, no matter what you do, whether you do it or not, some people always have to pick thorns, and it is not easy to pick thorns, and you can find stones in the eggs! Leave it alone. I'll explain it to my father. As for those refugees, it's a problem, since they come, they can't be pushed out again. If you come, we will settle it properly, and if you do anything else, we will not allow you to enter the country for the time being, is that okay? ”

Zhao Pu smiled and said on the side: "If there are mostly refugees in Nanping, then you don't have to worry too much. The king of Nanping must have a headache more than us, and there must be some measures. We might as well welcome the refugees from Nanping with great fanfare, and curb the refugees from other places. ”

Ma Yun and Wu Ban were stunned, but a glimmer of light flashed in Li Xiang's eyes. Ma Yun thought about it and suddenly understood what Zhao Pu meant, refusing others to come, the impact would be bad, but in a situation like Nanping, it would never allow a large number of people to be lost.

Seeing that Ma Yun nodded slightly in agreement, Wu Ban stopped talking. Li Xiang began to say: "There are a total of 7,000 soldiers in Yuezhou, in the past two months, according to the original agreement, after discussing with Ding Sijin and Cao Yun, I divided the 7,000 soldiers into three, 3,000 soldiers under Ding Sijin's control, 3,000 soldiers under Cao Yun's control, and the remaining 1,000 as personal soldiers, under the temporary jurisdiction of Guangmeng Gongzi. ”

Ma Yun nodded, and Li Xiang continued: "Since the prince performed martial arts in the school field and issued a reward order, the people also have a faint style of martial arts. So among the 1,000 personal soldiers, if I have good archery skills, I will organize it into a good archery battalion, with a total of two battalions of 700 people, led by Zhou Xingfeng and Chen Xu. I also concentrated as many horses as possible in the army, plus the horses I had exchanged from the merchants in the past two months, totaling more than 300 horses, and handed them over to Zhang Wenbiao to set up the Xiao Cavalry Battalion. Now they are training day and night. At the same time, for the newly arrived refugees, Wu Ban and I discussed that when registering them, one person from every ten households would serve in the military, train the soldiers during the slack time, cultivate the land when the farm was busy, and only pay a small amount of money when the soldiers were training, so that we would get another 1,000 soldiers. ”

Ma Yun silently calculated in his heart, a total of 8,000 soldiers, to concentrate the good shooting, it was originally an order left by him when he left, Zhou Xingfeng and Chen Yu were also his arrangements, originally for Zhang Wenbiao, he was going to set up a big gun battalion, but now with this cavalry battalion, it is naturally better.

Seeing that Ma Yun was silent, Li Xiang said again: "Now that is enough for our Yuezhou to defend itself, if the prince wants to go further, with only these seven or eight thousand people, it will not be enough." ”

Li Xiang looked at Zhao Pu, and said thoughtfully: "Now that Nanping is in distress, I don't know if the prince is interested?" ”

Ma Yun's mind moved, this is the second person to persuade him like this.