Half a month has passed in a blink of an eye, Li Wenyuan looked at the renovated governor's mansion in front of him and was very satisfied, this place is about to become the political center of the Western Regions in the future, so the renovation is very huge, and the land used is to buy all the neighboring houses. In addition to assisting Li Wenyuan in managing various departments in the Western Regions, Li Wenyuan simply put his residence here, and directly regarded the Governor's Mansion as his foothold in Dunhuang County. There is no luxurious decoration in the whole house, but the sign is hastily hung up, and even the stone lion and the entrance wall in front of the door have not been repaired.

At present, there are the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and the Ministry of Industry in Li Wenyuan's General Administration. the registration and replacement of the people's number plates under the general jurisdiction of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the distribution of subsistence grain and other matters related to the people's livelihood; Agricultural affairs under the general administration of the Ministry of Agriculture should do a good job in the accumulation of grain in good years and the distribution of grain in disaster years; As the name suggests, the military department is the payment of military salaries and the training of recruits of the army under the general management, as well as matters related to the discharge of soldiers; In fact, the Ministry of Rites is more responsible for receiving diplomats from various countries and possible forces in the future, similar to the accusations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; The Ministry of Commerce is the general administration of finance, similar to the responsibilities of the Ministry of Finance in later generations; The Criminal Department is the legal authority under the Governor's jurisdiction, as well as all the judicial institutions under its jurisdiction; The Ministry of Industry is in charge of matters related to the construction of official roads, cities, water conservancy, etc.

At this time, after all, it was not the afterlife, the Great Wall was still an indispensable barrier, no matter what, because of this barrier, the Central Plains people did not have no resistance to the nomads like Europe. So at this time, Li Wenyuan still attaches great importance to this Great Wall.

The relevant officials of these departments have slowly moved from Wuwei County to Dunhuang County, and some of the more important departments have been transferred with the army in advance, such as Qiu Niang's night owl and the Ministry of Finance. Now the entire governor's mansion has been renovated, and it can finally be put into use, and it is a coincidence that Xue Ju has also passed Guazhou, and will soon arrive in Dunhuang County.

On the other hand, the canned food that Qiu Niang mentioned to Li Wenyuan before was also successfully made, and she was testing how long it could be stored without spoiling, but judging from Qiu Niang's expression, she was very confident in the results of this test. However, at this time, Li Wenyuan couldn't take care of these things, because his distinguished guest Xue Ju was about to arrive today.

Xue Ju traveled from Jincheng to Dunhuang, and all he saw along the way were peasants working hard under Li Wenyuan, soldiers with high morale, and caravans on the official road. Compared with the situation that the people in the Central Plains were struggling to make a living and starving all over the country at this time, the Western Regions under Li Wenyuan's rule seemed to be a paradise. This also made Xue Ju feel that it was a very wise choice to hand over his second son to Li Wenyuan with him.

Xue Ju went to Wuwei County first and met his son Xue Renyue. When he saw that his son had been promoted to the rank of Wuwei County Guard, he was naturally very happy in his heart. told Xue Renyue to do his best by Li Wenyuan's side, although Li Wenyuan is not scheming, he has great plans. Therefore, he repeatedly told Xue Renyue to follow Li Wenyuan and not to have any dissenting intentions. If there is any accident after his future incident, his Xue family will only have Xue Renyue left.

Xue Renyue told his father about some of the things he had done since he took office in Wuwei County, and Xue Ju nodded after hearing it, he actually agreed with some of Li Wenyuan's policies, but there was really no way to implement them on his side, after all, he couldn't get rid of the family and go it alone like Li Wenyuan. At this time, Xue Ju was in the way of finding Li Wenyuan urgently, so he didn't stay in Wuwei County for long at this time. So after having lunch in Wuwei County, he turned over his horse again and rushed to Dunhuang County.

After Xue Renyue saw off his father, he looked at his father's back on horseback. In this conversation, Xue Renyue did not ask why his father did not choose to join forces with Li Wenyuan, but chose to go it alone with great risks. After all, I have been in officialdom for so long, and I have experienced two public trials. Xue Renyue clearly knew that his father didn't want to join forces with Li Wenyuan, but the forces standing behind his father would not let his father join forces with Li Wenyuan, after all, there was only one throne in the world.

Li Wenyuan traveled with a large army, naturally he was not fast on the road, but at this time, Xue Ju was riding a horse on the official road alone, and it didn't take too much time to come to Dunhuang County. When I could see the city wall of Dunhuang County from afar, I saw a person sitting on a horse next to the official road, as if waiting for someone. Xue Ju took a closer look and found that the person on the horse was not Li Wenyuan or who was it? At that moment, he slowed down his horse and came to Li Wenyuan, and said on the horse:

"Brother Wenyuan, how are you doing? I heard that you pacified the rebel Li Rail, and I, as an elder brother, came to celebrate your success. ”

"Brother Xue, the rebels of Li Rail are still occupying Yiwu County, and they can't be pacified. However, the remaining three counties are already under the kingship of my Great Sui, and presumably Li Liang is just surviving in Yiwu County. In a few months, I will definitely lead a large army to put down the rebellion in Igo County in person. However, this is not the place to speak, so Brother Xue should go to the governor's mansion with me. ”

Li Wenyuan said as he stretched out his hand and pointed to the city with a horsewhip, and then led the way with his legs in front of his head, and took Xue Ju to the governor's mansion, which had just been repaired for half a month.

In the Western Regions Governor's Mansion, Li Wenyuan and Xue Ju sat side by side in the living room. On the table was a cantaloupe soaked in cold groundwater pumped from a well. However, it was not called cantaloupe at this time, and in the Sui Dynasty, they generally called this fruit melon. But these don't matter, Li Wenyuan picked up a piece of cantaloupe that had been cut in advance and gave it to Xue Ju and said:

"Before, the eldest brother outside the city said that he came to celebrate my achievements, but at this time, there are only you and my brothers in this living room, what is the intention of the eldest brother, let's tell me directly, our brothers have sold their lives on the battlefield together, what else can't be said directly?"

Xue Ju took the cantaloupe handed over by Li Wenyuan, put it in his mouth and chewed it, only to feel that it was a chill that refreshed people's hearts, and the irritability caused by running all the way disappeared. Hearing Li Wenyuan's question at this time, Xue Ju said to him solemnly: "Brother Wenyuan, my brother is coming back to tell you that my brother is going to have an accident." ”

(End of chapter)