Elder brother! ”

"What's wrong?"

Luo Cheng was cooking, braised bamboo rats in the pot, and when she heard her little sister calling her, she looked back.

The kitchen was huge, and this kitchen was made for the emperor, just behind the emperor's imperial study, and sometimes the emperor would cook for himself. As the emperor, Luo Cheng has someone to cook whatever he wants, but he still likes to cook by himself sometimes, especially when he encounters some troubles, he is busy making a few side dishes, and it seems that the troubles have dissipated a lot.

But it's not that I'm troubled again today, but that my little sister has entered the palace.

In the kitchen, the eldest princess of Yongjia, the younger sister, was peeling garlic, and suddenly burst into tears while peeling.

"Brother, I suddenly thought that year, Grandpa and his brothers went to work, and I and Auntie, sister-in-law and little sixth brother at home, the family's grain was rented, and the land was confiscated, and there was a famine. In the end, there was no way, my mother married off the third sister and the fourth sister, and received a few buckets of millet for a gift, but she couldn't even afford a dowry. Fifth brother, you dig the river and come back, take me to the third sister's house, the third brother-in-law hunted and caught bamboo rats and came back, fifth brother, you cooked bamboo rats and rabbits, that day, I was happy to eat, and I still remember it. ”

Luo Cheng shoveled the bamboo rat in the pot a few times, and smiled to the little sister's side, "Silly girl, do you remember those, but why are you still crying?" ”

"I didn't cry, I just got a little sand in my eyes."

"Silly girl, you are now the mother of several children, what's the matter, did Du Fuwei make you feel wronged? You tell your brother, and your brother calls the shots for you, and picks his skin from Dufuwei. ”

"Nope." Xiaomei smiled, "It's just that when I think of the past, it always feels like a dream." ”

At that time, the family was very poor, and there were many people, and she was always unable to eat enough in her memory when she was young, so all kinds of wild fruits and small insects became a small retail store to satisfy hunger.

At that time, she was always yellow and hungry, and it seemed that a gust of wind would blow away at any time.

And now, she is the eldest princess of the royal family, her husband is also a prince of the country, she has a fiefdom of Baili, and even she herself has Tang Muyi, the princess of Baili.

Living in a luxurious mansion, there are villas and manors, before and after entering and leaving, there are countless slaves and maids at home, and there is no need to worry about food.

"Du Lang is very good to me, I can't wait to pick the stars in the sky to me, I know that Du Lang sometimes makes mistakes, but he is sincere to me. Everything is fine now, but I often think of my grandfather and aunt, and I think of my brothers. When I came to see my brother in the palace today, I didn't expect my brother to remember the bamboo rat and cook for me personally. ”

Luo Cheng turned his head and shoveled the bamboo rat meat in the pot a few times, and felt that his nose was not so blocked and not so sour, so he turned around.

"Actually, if you want, you can stay in Luoyang all the time, and you can enter the palace whenever you want."

The little sister smiled.

"But now it's not as good as it used to be, when you marry a husband and have children, you have to revolve around them. Besides, even if I stay in Luoyang, the eldest brother, the second brother, the third brother, the fourth brother and the sixth brother are not in Beijing, and the eldest sister, the second sister, the third sister and the fourth sister are also outside with the brothers-in-law, and the family will not be as neat and tidy as before. ”

Luo Cheng also sighed.

Yes, a married daughter is the water that is spilled.

Now that I'm back, I'm already a relative.

Although the brothers and sisters are now said to be rich, they are all scattered on all sides, and it is rare to get together once or twice a year.

"In the future, I will often return to Beijing for the Chinese New Year, and our brothers and sisters can get together."

The little sister nodded.

got up, walked to the stove, looked at the golden bamboo rat meat that had been fried in the pot, reached out and took a piece and blew it a few times before putting it in his mouth.

"Beware of the burn!" Luo Cheng said with a smile.

"The bamboo rat meat made by Brother Ah is still so delicious, just like the first time I ate it."

"That's it, Brother has a secret to cooking."

When the bamboo rat was ready, the brother and sister sat there and ate it, and it seemed that they had returned to the beginning.

"Brother, Du Lang has come out to do things."

Du Fuwei had been guarding Huainan earlier, and later suffered some impact because of the involvement of the auxiliary princess, and later, Du Fuwei was impeached by the imperial history for corruption and other things, although in the end the emperor did not investigate deeply, but he still removed his actual position, gave him a real title, and let him go to the country of the domain, which was actually dismissed.

After all, Du Fuwei has been idle for more than a year.

"Oh, did he say where he wanted to go?" Luo Cheng took chopsticks and picked out a few pieces of bamboo rat meat with skin for Xiaomei, this kind of bamboo rat meat with skin is the best, the skin is Q elastic, and the meat is tender.

"Du Lang said that he can go anywhere, he just wants to do something, he doesn't want to be in that idle position, it doesn't matter if he has a high position or a low position, even if he is a county lieutenant, it really can't be, a county lieutenant is okay."

Luo Cheng smiled.

The county lieutenant is in charge of commanding the troops, and the county lieutenant used to be in charge of Zhucao affairs, but now he is in charge of public security, catching thieves and leading the militia of the township regiment, which is also a military position.

It can be said that Du Fuwei, as a hero of Lingyan Pavilion and one of the eight major festival envoys, if he is asked to be a county lieutenant, it will be impossible to say, let alone a county lieutenant.

Speaking of which, it is more appropriate to arrange for Du Fuwei to return to Huainan, but now the area from Huainan to Xiangyang Hanzhong is guarded by the emperor's three righteous sons, Kan Ling, Wang Xiongdan and Ximen Junyi, although the three of them were Du Fuwei's subordinates, but the emperor thought that if Du Fuwei returned, it would not help the situation in Huainan.

"If you don't go to Yunnan, I will appoint him as the commander of the left capital of Yunnan Province and the Taishou of Kunming County, and then transfer the auxiliary Gongqi to serve as the Taishou of Lijiang County in Yunnan Province. It just so happened that the fourth child had been making a lot of moves over there recently, and he said that he was going to start a war against the barbarians in the Erhai area, and he needed reinforcements from the imperial court, and it was estimated that there would be a lot of war in Yunnan in the next period of time. ”

In the Yunnan area, in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty, the largest force was the clan of the plan, and by the time of the Sui Dynasty it had been divided into the east and the west, the east was also called the Wuman, and the west was called the white man.

And now, around the Erhai Lake, six powerful states have been formed.

The north shore of Erhai Lake is three waves, the three waves, the Shi waves, and the wave dome, which are the states established by the river barbarians.

The area on the west coast of Erhai Lake is Mengwang and Mengshe, which are states established by the Ailao people.

The Yue Xi to the east of the Erhai Sea is a state established by the Mosome people.

The river barbarians and the Mosome people were subordinate to the white barbarians, and the two countries established by the Ailao people were subordinate to the Wuman.

These six countries, the Yi language called the king the edict, so it is also called the six edicts.

Among them, the Mengshe country is in the south of the Zhubu, so it is also called the Nanzhao country.

From the earlier alliance of the Fu clan to the six edicts that are now gradually divided into black barbarians and white barbarians, the situation in Yunnan is changing rapidly, and a large part of this is due to the re-entry of the Central Plains forces to support the chaotic situation.

The former Fu clan can no longer really control Yunnan, and now it has become the six edicts in the Erhai area, as well as the imperial court counties in the Kunming area, and the princes such as Cunxiao in the Lijiang area.

The counties around Kunming are constantly building roads and cities, and the princes in the Lijiang area are taking the initiative to attack, and there is constant friction with those barbarians.

The situation is already tense, and a war is inevitable.

Luo Cheng clearly knew that the fourth child was unwilling to be lonely in Lijiang, but in fact, he was constantly doing things, and the barbarians couldn't bear it anymore.

But for this, although Luo Cheng had a clear insight through Jinyiwei and the Imperial City Division, he did not have the slightest intention of stopping it.

The imperial court has the same attitude towards Yunnan as it has towards Lingnan, and will never be willing to let these barbarians be autonomous, and it is impossible to accept the counties and counties, since the barbarians are not willing to change their land and return to the stream, they will eventually have to conquer through war.

Although Du Fuwei and Fu Gongqi both have some stains, after all, they are only small losses, and both of them are relatively capable of fighting, and the two have been partners for a long time, and they have a very tacit understanding. The wife of Fu Gongyi was Du Fuwei's sister.

There is a saying that makes the merit better than the promise.

Du Fuwei and Fu Gongqi have been snubbed by the emperor for a long time, and they are also a little panicked, let them go to Yunnan at this time, the two will definitely work hard.

As for rebellion and the like, Luo Cheng believes that it will not.

Fu Gongyi once reversed, but I believe that he will always remember the experience of failure.

"Is there going to be a war again? I heard that there will be a big locust plague in the Central Plains this year, and it is not appropriate to fight a war in the year of the catastrophe, right? The little sister persuaded.

"This year's drought in the Central Plains is certain, but the locust plague may not. Now you have also seen that Luoyang City is full of locusts for food, burned, roasted, fried, and ground into powder, if you haven't eaten it, I suggest you can try it, it tastes good. ”

It is just a simple drought and locust plague, no matter how serious it is, under normal circumstances, as long as the government rescues effectively, there will not be any major problems, and the key lies in whether the imperial court and local governments have done anything.

"The imperial court has done surveys and statistics, where disasters may occur, most of the people still have grain in their hands, although not everyone can last for half a year, but coupled with the opening of the imperial court's warehouse, it is actually enough to survive the disaster, and even, in many places, only the county's social warehouse and righteous warehouse grain, is enough to tide over this crisis, as long as there is no hunger and flow, there is no wandering people, there will be no greater trouble."

Originally, the food in some places could relieve the local disaster victims, but a large number of displaced people crossed the border, and often ate the local fragile disaster relief food, and finally broke the government's disaster relief plan, so that more people joined the ranks of the displaced people, and snowballed like a snowball, and finally washed away one place after another like locusts transiting, so that the government could not rescue and was helpless.

Therefore, as long as the victims are not allowed to move, it will be much easier to rescue.

The imperial court is now basically convinced that although the current drought cannot be changed, it will be difficult for the big locust plague to appear, and there may be locust plagues in some counties, but the disaster will be much smaller, let alone sweep the Central Plains.

The granaries have all been checked, although some embezzlement and misappropriation of hamsters have also been found, but they are not serious, and the grain has been replenished in a timely manner, and the large transshipment warehouses and reserve warehouses have all been strictly prepared, and even the emperor has already ordered that once there is a disaster, all localities can directly open warehouses and release grain without asking for instructions.

"If Du Da wants to do something, let him go to Yunnan, you will stay in Luoyang, as for Fu San, let him follow Du Da to Yunnan as well."

"I miss the little sixth brother, I heard that he went to the far north, where it is frozen all year round?"

"Well, thousands of miles away from the north, there is ice and snow, and Xiao Liu likes the north more and more."

"Will Little Sixth Brother come back for the New Year?"

"You didn't catch up with the Chinese New Year this year, and when I returned to Beijing six years ago, I brought back a lot of rare things from the north, all kinds of precious furs, but it's a pity that he left Beijing with his front foot and you came with your back foot. Wait for the New Year, he will definitely enter Beijing for the New Year, and let him send you more fur when the time comes. ”

The fourth cunxiao was in Lijiang, Yunnan, and wanted to make a move against the six edicts of Erhai, while the little sixth Shixin was busy leading the adventurous fleet to find the barbarian tribes in the icy and snowy land in the north, and proclaimed to them the great Qin Tianwei and trade.

Luo Cheng was in Luoyang, and his little sister was stir-fried bamboo rats in the private kitchen of the Son of Heaven behind the imperial study, and they were happy to eat meat.

"Last time, Shixin sent a few husky long-haired dogs, I sent one to Grandpa, but the house was demolished all day long, Grandpa was annoyed to death, if you don't dislike it, I'll go back and let someone send it to you, if you don't like it either, tell me, one day I'll slaughter it, and our brothers and sisters will stew dog meat to eat."

The little sister looked helpless.

"Brother, you are now the emperor, the son of heaven of hundreds of millions of people."

"The Son of Heaven is also a human, and it's not that you don't need to eat the fireworks in the world, let me tell you, this husky from the north has the blood of a wolf, if this is a pot of stew, it is absolutely delicious."

"Brother, have you already eaten it?"

Luo Cheng nodded and admitted, "I originally raised one of the huskies sent by Shixin, but this dead dog actually ate several of my books, how can I spare it, of course it is a pot of stew, it tastes really good, and even your sister-in-law even said that it was good after eating it." ”

The little sister couldn't help but laugh when she heard this.

"I'll tell the sixth brother when I turn around, saying that you ate the gift he gave."

"It doesn't hurt to tell, I also sent a letter to Shixin a few days ago, saying that when I enter Beijing for the Chinese New Year, I will bring a few more of these huskies, which are very delicious. Also, there is a white-haired polar bear in the north, the fur is the best, and the meat is also the best, I asked him to bring a few back when he arrives, honestly, he will raise it to the Luoyang Royal Zoo that is being built, and if it is not honest, it will be slaughtered and tasted. ”

A large number of northern furs arrived at Qingdao, Penglai, and Guangling Harbor along the sea, and many precious furs such as ferret skins, beaver skins, seal skins, and even whale skins arrived, which made the entire aristocratic family of Daqin go crazy for a while.

Although silk can also be made into a variety of expensive clothes, but how can those furs be more attractive, not that the clothes made of fur are better and warmer, but scarce is expensive.

For those noble and wealthy families, especially those noble ladies, silk and satin are too ordinary, and furs from the north are popular, and no one is willing to be left behind.

For Luo Cheng and Shixin brothers, Shixin made a lot of money by transporting these furs, and Luo Cheng also made a lot of money.

The city tax and he also bought most of it through the province of the Inner Servant, and then processed it into all kinds of luxury furs for sale, which swept Luoyang, Chang'an, and made a lot of money.

The last time Shixin left, Luo Chengke sent him a lot of the in-demand merchant goods of the royal system, and even sent a merchant fleet to follow Shixin to the north.

Luo Cheng partnered with Shixin to start the northern fur trade, and the other merchants had not yet smelled the huge business opportunity here, but the emperor immediately began to take the lead in seizing the opportunity.

For every ferret fur brought back from the Northlands, then he could arm one more soldier, and for every boatload of fur he brought back, then he could arm a new regiment, money is not everything, but even a powerful empire cannot do without money.

Money can be turned into weapons and equipment, soldiers can be trained, and territory can be expanded!

Every ferret coat and beaver hat purchased by the ladies of Luoyang has made an outstanding contribution to Daqin!

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