The terrain of the coal yard is a highland towards Dali, which is typically easy to defend and difficult to attack, so only 2,000 soldiers were left, which was enough to guard the coal yard without worry.

The role of Sariwei here is not only to defend against the enemy, but also to dig coal, transport, and hire, all of which he has to worry about, Zhao Rui is really not wrong, after the coal yard is handed over to him, it is also in good order and developing in a good direction.

Half of the 60,000 rebel soldiers stayed in the coal yard, and the other half went to Wanya Prefecture to carry out iron ore smelting work.

This year is a rare harvest year, whether it is Yongping Village or Dabao City, or other state cities, there is a joyful atmosphere everywhere.

The market is bustling with people who are busy shopping for New Year's goods, and now the people have food and money in their hands, and their consumption power has also improved.

At present, the variety of goods sold is gradually enriched, especially the meat of livestock and poultry, since the arrival of Zhao Rui's army, the consumption of meat can be described as very large, so the neighboring states and counties have launched a considerable scale of breeding, so that the people in Zhao Rui's territory are also stained, and they can buy meat at any time.

This year, not only is there a wide variety of meat, but there are also more fresh things such as marine fish, which are not usually absent, but there is not such a large quantity.

Now Zhao Rui is self-produced and self-sold, there is no limit to the amount of sea fish, and it can also be exchanged for food, so it is very popular, and it belongs to the non-staple food that everyone eats.

Life is good, and there are more smiles on people's faces, whether it is the Song people or the Jiaozhi people, they all have special respect when they see Zhao Rui's army soldiers, because these people who have experienced the war know very well how hard-won the current stable life is.

In the palace, Zhao Rui sat in the main hall, listening to Song Fengyi's report.

Now taking advantage of the slack time during the Chinese New Year, a lot of wasteland has been arranged, and such a land area is enough for those newcomers to distribute, and Song Fengyi is also very concerned about the retention of seeds, not only a sufficient amount of seeds are reserved, but also moisture-proof and fireproof, and there are special guards.

In Song Fengyi's view, the quality of seeds directly affects next year's harvest, so he is doing this wholeheartedly, and Zhao Rui also agrees with this.

The administrative matters are also remarkable, and it is worth mentioning that Zhang Zhennan has received very good results from the "Yongping Daily" under the guidance of Zhao Rui.

He used the reports of the officials of each city under his command to gather them, then printed them on a plate, and then sent them to each city for everyone to see in a special place.

Among them, there are several cities that can communicate with each other, such as some labor shortages have been well solved, and at the same time deepen the flow of population and exchanges between several cities.

The ammunition is still in continuous production, and it has reached a reserve of 800,000 rounds, which is enough for Zhao Rui to go out to fight, and now the quality of brass is getting better and better, although it is inferior to modern copper, but the scrap rate has been greatly reduced.

Progress is a good thing, Zhao Rui also wants to go to Wanya Prefecture to see the smelting of iron ore after the year, now the blacksmiths make a tower according to the drawings they draw, they should have trained a lot of iron, although there must be a lot of impurities, not to meet the requirements of use, but Zhao Rui thought that it was right to refine iron from the ore first, at least it was also consuming a huge amount of coal.

As for how to make steel and the like, I have to go back to modern times to find some information myself, and then let these blacksmiths study it.

It is said that now there is a large inflow of population in Wanya Prefecture, and civil officials are counting the population and allocating land and housing, Zhao Rui doesn't want to join in the excitement, so let's wait for the New Year.

Just after the New Year, Zhao Rui had just eaten rice balls in the morning, and Jiaozhi sent someone to send an invitation.

When I opened it, it turned out to be a letter from Emperor Chen Jiong, the emperor of Jiaozhi, who asked him to take the princess Chen Chuntang to the palace for a banquet on the fifth day of the new year.

Ma Yue was still hesitating whether it was a Hongmen banquet or something, and asked Zhao Rui not to go, but Zhao Rui felt that the Emperor Jiaozhi was giving himself the city and the title of the prince, which was quite interesting, so he agreed to the banquet on the spot.

wrote a reply, and took some reward money for the messenger to bring back.

When Zhao Rui brought the news to Chen Chuntang, she couldn't believe her ears at all, thinking that she would follow this person called Xia Guixian for the rest of her life, but now the opportunity to turn over has come.

Since Zhao Rui dared to let himself go back, he would never want to come back!

The New Year is approaching, and the flavor of the New Year is also getting stronger day by day, Zhao Rui, who was thinking of taking the opportunity to relax, was not idle for a moment.

The soldiers in the army have become the best candidates to be sons-in-law, and they have actually gotten married in a bunch these days, although the soldiers dare not bother Zhao Rui when they get married, but there are more than a dozen people who are married to the generals above.

Zhao Rui often drank one game and drove the next, making him tired, and he wanted to be a considerate general of his subordinates, but now it doesn't seem so easy.

"Crackling ......"

It was finally the Chinese New Year, and Zhao Rui ordered the whole army to have a three-day holiday.

Comfortable nest in the room, Zhao Rui has Xiaoyi and Arjuna two daughters to eat and drink together, but he doesn't feel bored at all, Zhao Gong's eyesight is now stronger, and he generally no longer goes to Zhao Rui's room to make light bulbs.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Rui was dressed neatly, and the first thing he did was to go to Lin's house to pay New Year's greetings.

The three members of the Lin family are dressed up and are waiting for Zhao Rui to come.

Zhao Rui arrived early, obviously because he remembered his fiancée Lin Mengyao in his heart, which made the future mother-in-law very happy, serving tea and water, and sending melon seeds and snacks to Zhao Rui.

Because of her family, Lin Mengyao didn't dare to be too close to Zhao Rui, but your eye contact between me and I really didn't stop for a moment.

Lin Shizhao was black and thin, I heard that it was the overseer of the iron mine in Wanya Prefecture who was tired, Zhang Zhennan must have known that Zhao Rui paid more attention to this aspect, so he sent Lin Shizhao to take care of the iron mine, which can be regarded as a suitable candidate.

The sad days, the good year, the third day of the new year is coming in a flash, which also means that the soldiers will start their daily training today.

On this day, Zhao Rui also got up early, bathed and changed clothes, got into the carriage with Zhao Gong, Xiaoyi, and Arjuna, and set off with thousands of musketeers.

Chen Chuntang had already arrived at the prince's mansion yesterday, and Zhao Rui specially found a small carriage for her to sit in, and walked behind his carriage.

As the imperial capital of the Chen Dynasty, Thang Long City is still far away from Dabao City, and it takes two days to walk, so Zhao Rui had to start rushing on the third day of junior high school.

The oncoming breeze made Chen Chuntang feel a sense of running towards freedom, and there was a faint sound of laughter coming from the carriage in front of him, Chen Chuntang clenched his fists fiercely, and he hated Zhao Rui in his heart.

Why didn't he show up early?

If he had shown up earlier and revealed his identity, he would definitely not have anything to do with anyone, and he was also deceived by Xia Guixian at that time, Zhao Rui was really so ruthless and drove himself out of the palace!

But the matter has already happened, it is useless to repent, and this matter cannot be said clearly, a princess was deceived by a thief of her chastity, which is simply a great shame that cannot be mentioned to anyone!

Therefore, if you want to escape from Zhao Rui's territory, you can't help but come up with another plan!

After passing through the Lang to Beijiang Mansion, Zhao Rui obviously felt that there were more rivers and lakes, the terrain was getting flatter, and more crops appeared on both sides of the road. In addition to eating and sleeping, the team hurried on the way, and finally arrived at Thang Long City on the morning of the fifth day of the new year.

Zhao Rui's arrival has received a lot of attention, and there are many legends about Zhao Rui, even the common people must hurry up to see what is going on.

After all, Thang Long City is the largest city in Jiaozhi, although it is not as lively and prosperous as Lin'an, but in terms of scale and population, it is beyond other towns that Zhao Rui has visited.

Because Jiaozhi has always been influenced by Han culture, they dress and speak no different from the Southern Song Dynasty, except that the people on the street are short and thin, and their complexions are darker.

Compared with the scale of the town, the palace of the Chen Dynasty is much smaller than that of Lin'an, after all, the rich side of the Southern Song Dynasty is not just talking casually, and the exhaustive luxury is not comparable to a small Jiaozhi, looking at the scale of the palace, it is larger than the palace of Dabaocheng.

There are several guards in front of the palace who are inspecting the vehicles entering the palace, and it seems that there are still many Jiaozhi officials coming today, and the emperor is invited to dinner, which is more like the annual event of Jiaozhi.

Because swords were not allowed to enter, Zhao Gong and Arjuna led the troops to camp on the side of the palace, together with the soldiers brought by the Jiaozhi officials.

Xiao Yi was regarded as a maid and allowed her to follow Zhao Rui into the palace, Princess Chen Chuntang was noble, and her own guards led her to the residence of Empress Taishang to greet her first.

Zhao Rui took Xiaoyi to the Golden Palace to meet Emperor Chen Jiong and Emperor Chen Xuan. Chen Xuan looks fine, he is in the prime of his thirties, and he has the atmosphere of an emperor, while the Emperor Chen Jiong has a dark complexion and deep wrinkles, like an old farmer in the field wearing a dragon robe, which gives people the feeling of being a monkey and crown.

Because Zhao Rui still has the identity of King Yongping, he just bowed to the two, but the two didn't care, but looked at each other, and felt that they had taken a good step to let Zhao Rui do things for them.

At present, the state government in the northeast has paid sufficient taxes and silver, which is a phenomenon that has not been passed for many years, which is enough to see that Zhao Rui has the ability to build and develop the city, even if it is the princess, but it also gives Zhao Rui the identity of the prince as compensation, and they feel that Zhao Rui should also be content.

"Bold! Don't get down on your knees yet! ”

A bronze bell-like voice sounded, and Zhao Rui looked away. I saw that the person who spoke was nearly two meters tall, and he had a tiger's back and a bear's waist, his face was black, and his two eyes were glaring at him, racing past the copper bell.

"Why, what I said is not right, you kneel to the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and we will kneel down in the Chen Dynasty when you come!"

This person stared at Zhao Rui, without the slightest restraint in the court, Zhao Rui was about to talk, and was interjected by another person: "That is, take away a few cities from our Jiaozhi, and now our emperor not only did not condemn the crime, but also took the horse, and the prince was added at the same time, how can there be no gratitude at all!" ”

The person who spoke was dressed in a gorgeous costume, and his status was not low, and his eyes were rolling, and he kept looking at Zhao Rui's reaction.