18. The White Grass Army marches

After the end of the big reading, Gao Yue personally found Changshi Weiping and Lizhou Assassin Wang Tong, and instructed him: "The Holy Lord is now determined to camp in the northwest to restore the border. Therefore, forging and smelting farm tools will soon become a profitable business, my Xingyuan Mansion has always produced good iron, but only the iron officials of Chenggu County have been insufficient, you see that I went to Beijing in response to the edict before, and I got 20,000 yuan of money for repairing agricultural tools, and in the future, Xingyuan Mansion will not be able to seize the opportunity, and it will be taken away by other towns, such as Ma Sui's Hedong, or Li Baozhen's Zelu, which is also a place to produce good iron. ”

Wei Ping and Wang Tong immediately understood, especially Li Sheng's nephew Wang Tong, who had always been particularly sensitive to the profits generated by Hui Yi and Hui Shang, and he had complained to Gao Yue before that the fields in Lizhou were small and barren, and it was difficult for the people to pay taxes just by farming, so they had to build some "industries" to subsidize the state finance and group training expenses.

And Gao Yue and him stink, no, they have similar interests, and the two hit it off.

After checking the public case books in the Lizhou Government Office in advance, Wang Tong replied to Gao Yue with certainty: "Our Lizhou, the tribute in the Kaiyuan period is Tianmen Dong. ”

Asparagus is a widely used herb, nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, clearing the lungs and reducing fire, and can be used to build a herbal garden in Lizhou.

In addition, Wang Tong also said to Gao Yue that our Longmen Mountain in Lizhou is rich in stalactites, which are also valuable medicinal materials that are profitable; In addition, the iron official you mentioned is also completely engaged in Lizhou - Miangu County, where Lizhou is located, has a Hutou Mountain, which produces good iron and is surrounded by the water of the Western Han Dynasty, which can set up furnaces to forge armor, weapons and agricultural tools, which is better than that of Chenggu.

Gao Yue was overjoyed, and hurriedly said to Wang Yan, "The Holy Lord has allocated 20,000 yuan for the cultivation of agricultural tools, and I will immediately give you 5,000 yuan to create an iron official in Hutou Mountain."

"The ...... of the fields of Nari State"

"There are more than 2,000 households in Lizhou, what kind of fields do they plant! Concentrate on planting herbs and smelting iron, and soon I will also attract tea trees from Xuanzhou, once the three things of medicine, iron, and tea are complete, plus the mansions and boats of Xingyuan Mansion will help you transport and sell them everywhere along the Western Han River and Hanchuan, and there are countless money back to Yi and Hui Shang, is it not enough to camp grain in Lizhou and Xingyuan Mansion counties? Gao Yue is full of confidence.

Wang Tong suddenly realized that the original meaning of the honest envoy was to organize the economy of the prefectures and counties of Xingyuan Prefecture into a complementary whole.

After that, Gao Yue entrusted Wei Ping and Liu De to stay in the house, and after he led the army to go on the expedition, he had full authority to deal with the development of Lizhou.

Of course, the industry of Lizhou has developed, and everyone who is the branch of the Xingyuan shogunate, the county commander, and the generals in the prefecture can get a piece of the pie and taste the great sweetness.

Gao Yue's philosophy has always been that everyone suffers together and makes a fortune together.

In the middle of winter, the Dazhu River under the city wall of Tianhanlou is full of ice condensation, and the majestic horn sounded at the watchtower, except for the two thousand white grass soldiers who stayed in the palace city, handed over to Hou Lan and Cheng Junren, the remaining five thousand officials, together with three thousand Tutuan soldiers, raised the black and white Pixiu military flag in the cold wind, and the emperor gave the long flag, led by the generals Gao Gu, Wang Li, Zhao Guangxian, Cai Fengyuan, etc., the foot soldiers carried the long skull, carried the rolled up armor, tied the leggings, and faced the thin snow mist and the scattered morning stars in the sky, stride through the lonely and vast fields outside the city; On the avenue, mixed with cavalry and mule soldiers, escorting the calf carts transporting luggage, grain, pickles, etc., the river is endless, heading towards Xingzhou Luoyang City.

In front of the gate of the prison army courtyard built in the city, Gao Yue, who was a step late, personally visited and invited Ximen Cang, the supervisor of the Baicao army, to go on the expedition with him.

Ximen Cang didn't dare to slack off, and carried the seal very respectfully, following behind the high-ranking envoy.

And next to the school hall that was being built in the south of the city, Gao Yue visited Dr. Su Yan, the branch official of the Xingyuan Embassy who had just settled down, "Dr. Su, the Baicao Army is about to go to defend the frontier for the country and fight against Xifan. ”

This means that Su Yan, as a branch officer, is his duty to "rely on the horse" for various documents on the battlefield.

Su Yan hurriedly said goodbye to his wife, saying that the family house and children were handed over to her to take care of.

"It's the Longshan Battlefield that I'm going!?" His wife asked.

Dr. Su said yes, the sons and daughters are fighting for their lives, and what I want to do is to record their brilliance with pen and ink.

His wife nodded and said to Dr. Su, "But after following Gao Lian, don't be stupid and negligent, and leave the family to me."

Soon Su Yan prepared a simple outfit, got on a docile mare, and walked in the direction of the city gate with Xingyuan Supervisor Ximen Cang, holding Xingyuan Observation Defense Envoy Gao Yue.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what I want to do is to unify the strength and will of all people, scribes, tianfu, soldiers, merchants, officials, even Zhongguan Eunuch Temple, all people, and make a career to turn the tide in this greatest dynasty." Gao Yue pulled the reins and thought so in his heart.

The sound of horses' hooves continued, and soon arrived at the place of the Xingyuan Mansion, and behind the alley was the backyard of his official house, "Gao Lian envoy?" The overseer Ximen Cang asked.

What he meant was whether he wanted to say goodbye to his family before he set out.

"No, no......" Gao Yue just whispered, but he still hesitated, then pressed himself and continued to drive the horse forward.

At the gate of Xingyuan Mansion, Master Ming Xuan and a group of monks of the Pure Land Sect wore silk robes, stood in the smoke and dust of the army marching, they chanted the Buddha's name before, and prayed for the soldiers who went out to fight, so that Master Ming Xuan's voice was hoarse.

On the hill behind Master Ming Xuan, several soldiers were digging a mound, preparing to place the tombstone of "Xingyuan Mansion Baicao Army General Hu Ben".

Gao Yue rode a horse and happened to come to Master Mingxuan, and naturally saw Hu Ben's acupoint, and his feelings were a little complicated.

"Mage ......" Gao Yue was a little confused in his heart.

"Gao Tanyue, please don't turn back." Unexpectedly, Master Mingxuan just put his palms together again and said these words.

"Don't look back." Ming Xuan saw that Gao Yue's face was still hesitant, and repeated this sentence.

Gao Yue really didn't look back, raised his whip, and whipped the head of his mount, and the horse's hooves quickly moved, and the wind in his ears was whistling.

In the weaving workshop in the city, Yun Shao sat there, looking very seriously at Shuangwen, the mother and son who came to help together, and the broken gold of Yuwen, how to thread the needle, she silently thought in her heart, I want to learn, I want to learn, I want to do my part for the Quanxing Yuan Mansion, and live up to the reputation of Mrs. Shaoyin.

In the middle hall of the official building, the bow ball was rolling gurgling, and it didn't stop until the foot of the pillar where he was sitting, and he actually ran after the bow ball, and then stood in the center of the hall with the curtain and drumming, Huo Ran noticed something, "Father, father?" ”

During this time, he was with him very well, and his father, who called him a son and a dingfei cannon, suddenly disappeared.

Unexpectedly, her nose was sore, and she began to cry, saying, Father, where have you been?