Li Zhi led the army forward and saw Li Xing who was left behind at the west gate of Fanjiazhuang. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Li Xing has lost some weight in the past few months, and it seems that staying in Tianjin to deal with the government affairs of the whole Tianjin is also a big challenge for him. Not only to maintain the good operation of Fanjiazhuang's various industries, but also to manage the affairs of Tianjin, I think he has been very busy in the past few months.

Li Xing walked up and touched Li Zhi's imperial horse, and said with a smile: "Big brother, you are back, you will worry me to death in the past few months." ”

Li Zhi asked: "With so many people helping you manage Tianjin, what are you worried about?" ”

Li Xing stood on the ground and complained: "This Tianjin is really difficult to manage. You don't know, as soon as you leave, I don't know how many people rushed to my general's mansion and walked through the back door. Those who know and don't know, those who are officials and those who do business, all come. My daughter-in-law's relatives, the neighbors of Jingbianfang in the past, all kinds of seams and needles, always wanted to bribe me to run rampant in Tianjin. ”

"I didn't know what was at stake at first, so I took three childhood friends as court officials. Now it stabbed the hornet's nest, and all kinds of people flocked in. Later, I kicked them out, and they spoke ill of me behind my back. Han Jinxin told me that I have been scolded badly in Jingbianfang now. ”

Li Zhi smiled and did not speak.

Li Xing shook his head, jumped on his horse, and marched with Li Zhi to the Tianjin Acropolis.

"Big brother, this is the way of government, how can you be public and not be scolded?"

Li Zhi smiled: "After all, the people who scolded you are a minority, you are upright, and most people still support you, but no one says it." When it comes to the critical moment, the people who will benefit will stand by you. ”

"For people with public morality, they can also be promoted slightly. On the one hand, you need to be an example to others, and on the other hand, you need someone to help and support. ”

Li Xing looked up and thought about it, and nodded.

Li Zhi waved his hand at the attendant behind him, took out a holy decree, and handed it to Li Xing. Li Xing opened it and was startled.

"I've been promoted to the chief soldier of Tianjin?"

Li Zhi said with a smile: "Now that your eldest brother is the governor of Tianjin, I am in charge of all the soldiers and horses in Tianjin, and the general soldiers of Tianjin will be vacant, so you will be the one to do." ”

Li Xing thought for a while and said, "Big brother, I still like to stay in Fanjiazhuang, people here are sensible and easy to manage. When they arrived at the Tianjin Acropolis, those citizens who were born in business were like a good person, and they had to rack their brains to do things. ”

"Then you are still stationed in Fanjiazhuang. Anyway, these industries have to be managed. ”

"The Tianjin General Army is stationed in Fanjiazhuang, will the military department have any opinions?"

"I'm the Admiral of Tianjin, where do I need the idea of managing the military department?"

Li Xing became happy when he heard this, and sent Li Zhi all the way to the General Soldier's Mansion before going back.

As soon as Li Zhi walked into the courtyard of the General Soldier's Mansion, he saw that behind the shadow wall, his son Li Huan was teasing his sister Li Shu. Li Huan took a piece of champion candy and fiddled with it in his hand, but he didn't give it to his drooling sister. Several maids squatted on the side, silently guarding the prince and the young lady.

In the middle of the courtyard, under the greeting of several maids, Cui He sat on a chair with his stomach straight, stretched his neck and stared at the gate, waiting for Li Zhi.

Seeing that his father was back, Li Huan hid the champion candy in his arms, took his sister's hand and ran up.

"Daddy! You're finally back! ”

Li Zhi was very happy to see his son and touched his son's head. Then Li Zhi hugged Li Shu and kissed her daughter on the face.

The two-year-old daughter looked at Li Zhi with some horror, as if she didn't know who Li Zhi was, and her mouth was deflated as if she was about to cry.

"After half a year of fighting, my daughter doesn't know me anymore."

Li Zhi put Li Shu on the ground, and Li Shu hurriedly took her brother Li Huan's hand, for fear that Li Zhi would still hug her.

Li Huan looked at Li Zhi and said, "Daddy, the second uncle said that you killed 20,000 Tartars, is it really fake?" ”

Li Zhi smiled: "Do you know what a tartar is? ”

Li Huan raised his head and said, "I'm literate, I'll write a few words to show my father!" ”

After Li Huan finished speaking, he squatted down and gestured on the ground with his hands, as if he was writing. Li Zhi smiled, didn't look at Li Huan's tricks, and walked in front of Cui He.

Cui He sat on the chair with red eyes, and cried when he saw Li Zhi coming.

"I knew you wouldn't let me have a baby at home alone!"

Li Zhi helped Cui He wipe his tears and said with a smile: "It's two children, and they still like to cry so much." ”

Cui He was a little embarrassed, wiped his tears, and said, "I was scared to death a few days ago." A maid said that you got angry and went to the capital to rebel. ”

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Don't listen to the nonsense of uninformed maids. That's Chen Bing pleading! ”

Cui He thought for a while, tilted his head and said, "The letter I wrote to you this time didn't urge you to finish the fight and go home quickly!" ”

Li Zhi knew that Cui He was inviting credit, so he pinched Cui He's face and said, "Our Cui He is the most sensible." Li Zhi paused, and then said: "This time I will be promoted to the Duke of Jinguo, and you will be the Duchess of Guo in the future!" ”

Cui He looked at Li Zhi, pursed his mouth, tears flowed down again, and said, "I don't want to be the Duchess of Jinguo, as long as you don't go to war in the future." ”

Li Zhi smiled and pinched Cui He's face again.

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On 21 May, Li Zhi summoned his officials for a meeting to learn about the situation in various localities.

This time, Li Zhi's subordinates were all promoted, and the second hall of the General Military Mansion was full of joy.

Li Xing reported first, he sat down and said: "There is nothing big in Tianjin, I have built more than 20 primary schools in various counties to teach children to read and write. When I heard that there were books that didn't cost money to read, people enthusiastically sent their children to school. ”

After thinking about it, Li Xing said: "There is nothing else, the poor peasants in the counties have reduced their taxes to live on food and clothing, and they have money to buy consumer goods, the villages and towns have prospered, and the shops selling luxury goods in the cities have closed down a lot. ”

Huan Yihua said: "Grandpa Guo, the newspaper distribution work in Shandong has gradually stabilized. With the help of Jin Yiwei, the gentry no longer dared to conspire to attack the newspaper readers, and more and more people in Shandong read the newspapers. At present, every township in Shandong has newspaper readers stationed in tea shops, and our editorials can influence public opinion in the whole of Shandong. ”

Jin Yiwei and Li Zhi's secret guards cooperated, expecting that those gentry would not dare to move again, Li Zhi nodded.

Lu Hu stood up and said, "Grandpa Guo, in Xiaoliuqiu, we have transported 150,000 people to Hsinchu now. In addition to laying dragon tail cars, Zheng Hui also built two dams in Hsinchu and irrigated 11,000 hectares of paddy fields. Last year's late rice, these paddy fields harvested 820,000 stone of rice, which was converted into 2 million taels of silver. With the addition of last year's early rice, Hsinchu received 2.7 million taels of silver last year. ”

"After removing the monthly money issued to the farmers last year, the various materials and daily expenses for the farmers who were equipped with the wasteland, Hsinchu made a profit of 1.3 million taels of silver last year."

Hearing Lu Hu's report, Li Zhi nodded. Zheng Hui is very capable, and after Hsinchu's reclamation business stabilized, it began to generate profits. This year, more than one million taels of silver can be done, and many things can be done.

Li Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Since we have this silver, we will expand the army by another 10,000 and increase the number of Tiger Ben Divisions to 30,000!" ”