Chapter 410: The cannon goes off

"Husband, warm up with a bowl of soup!" That night, Guang'an personally held a bowl of chicken soup and handed it to Feng Daiwen and said gently.

"Thank you, ma'am!" Feng Daiwen looked at the considerate lady, his heart warmed, took the soup and put it on the desk, pulled Guangan to sit on his lap, and said thank you with a smile.

"Husband, drink it while it's hot, see that you have been working hard for the past few months, and you have lost a lot of weight." Guang'an peeked and saw that there was no one around, so he twisted his body and sat down with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Madame!"

"Husband!"

"Madam, you speak first."

"Husband, both the concubine and the maid are pregnant, it's been four months, you've been fighting, and I don't want you to be distracted, so I didn't tell you." Guang'an cautiously leaned on Feng Daiwen's shoulder and said.

"Ahh Madame sit down quickly, why do you bring the soup in person when you are pregnant, and let the next person do it. Feng Daiwen said in surprise, and hurriedly sat down with Guang'an in his arms, and nervously touched her slightly bulging lower abdomen, with a happy smile on his face.

"Husband, what did you just want to say?" Guang'an smiled and raised his head, his delicate little face full of happiness.

"My husband wants you to go back to Chang'an with the British duke, where the winter is cold and the summer is hot, the wind and sand are big, and I really don't want you to suffer here.

Now that you are pregnant, you have to go back to Chang'an to raise the baby, and I really can't rest assured here. Feng Daiwen gently touched Guang'an's silky long hair, and slowly squatted and said.

"But when we're gone, isn't my husband lonely here, and there is no caring person to take care of, how can it be good!" Guangan said hesitantly.

"Silly girl, my husband has been away for a long time, and I have long been used to it, and the army is full of men, it doesn't matter if no one takes care of me, the most important thing is that you, and the children, you are safe and happy, everything you do for your husband is more meaningful." Feng Daiwen held Guang'an's face with both hands and said affectionately.

"Being able to marry her husband is really a blessing for three lives as a concubine." Guang'an was moved to reach out and put his arms around Feng Daiwen's neck, and muttered to himself.

"It is also my happiness to be able to marry you, only this life is enough to !!" Feng Daiwen stretched his head forward, and the two of them pressed their faces to each other, whispering in Guang'an's ear.

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Chang'an has been lively for several months, reading the newspaper every day, or listening to Meng Tong read the newspaper, has become a tireless thing for the people, listening to the destruction of that small country today, and the destruction of the city yesterday.

Scholars will talk loudly in teahouses and restaurants, quote scriptures, look through Han books, find the location of small countries and cities, and many people make their own maps for this purpose.

Then discuss the governance policy, how to march, and so on according to the map.

When Li Shimin heard this, he thought it was a good thing, and not only announced the march route and battle process of the Tang Dynasty, but also announced the population, area, city, and army of the small country in detail, and guided everyone to participate in the discussion of how to govern the Western Regions.

Li Shimin has been in the newspaper for several years, and he has long been familiar with this set, and he has published a reward in the newspaper, and if anyone has an excellent suggestion, he can write it out and send it to the newspaper, and once it is adopted, not only will it be published in the newspaper with his name and surname, but he will also be given a generous reward according to its importance.

For a while, Chang'an Newspaper was very busy, and every day it would receive dozens to hundreds of suggestions, so that Yu Shinan had to ask for support, and let Hongwenguan send more than a dozen students to help screen it, so that it could cope with it.

And the imperial court did not lose its word, not only published the name and address of the proposer in the newspaper, but also asked the important ministers of the court to give comments, why it was adopted, and the shortcomings were there.

Out of these, there are also material rewards, at least they are consistent money rewards, as well as the commemorative coins made by Li Shimin, pure gold, pure silver, printed with the words of the Tang Dynasty Western Regions Road, the Western Regions Protector Commemorative Coins, the old rules on the front, and the avatars of their husband and wife

Only 10,000 gold coins and 100,000 silver coins were issued, most of which were used to reward those who had made meritorious contributions to the Western Regions.

With the development of things, the taste slowly changed, and many people simply regarded the newspaper as a place of discussion, not only the policy for the Western Regions, but also Liaoxi, Liaodong, Jiangnan, Lingnan, Nanyang, and Wadao, all of which were discussing and suggesting.

Li Shimin was also unambiguous, and directly arranged for the secretary to supervise, and the secretary group took turns to watch, first, to test the young secretary's vision and knowledge, and secondly, to look forward to finding useful suggestions.

From Chang'an to Guanzhong, they are all discussing, and the discussion has become full of tricks, the general, the general has made meritorious service again, the child's suggestion has been adopted by the imperial court, and the newspapers have mentioned new weapons, it is said that the earth-shattering steel cannon, how powerful it is.

And the more it spreads, the more perverted, from the beginning of a cannon to penetrate the city wall, killing dozens of enemies, to later a cannon to collapse the city wall, killing hundreds of enemies, to the end has been the same as Lei Gong Dianmu, one cannon will beat the city to smithereens, killing countless enemies.

This kind of discussion was not until the autumn harvest, and then it slowly turned into a discussion about defending the city.

Newspapers will also publish the situation of guarding the city and taxation in various places, and will also grasp typical examples, whose family cultivates intensively, how much they harvest, whose daughter-in-law has five sons, and the imperial court not only does not collect taxes, but also has subsidies such as milk powder, frosted sugar, and canned fruits, and there is no warehouse for storing grain at home.

This makes many people make up their minds, go back at night and work hard, must work hard not to pay taxes, now the court can not be a boy or a woman, only according to the capitation, how many children, how much tax is exempted, and the female baby grows up to earn money, cotton thread, cotton clothes, wool weaving, these workshops have a large number of dignitaries, even if they plant mulberry at home, raise silkworms, plant tea and pick tea, they can have a large income.

In recent years, with the workshops everywhere, a large number of products have been exported, and the income of the people has increased, these raw materials are in short supply, and poor products can be used by coolies and sold to those Tu people in Nanyang and Pi countries.

And from the fifth year of Zhenguan, to the seventh year of Zhenguan, every year the wind and rain are smooth, all the state roads are full of bumper harvest, this year the imperial court has built ten new granaries, used to hold grain, and purchase the people's surplus grain, so as not to affect the price of the harvest, so that the grain is cheap and hurts the farmers.

Just after the autumn harvest, the people planted winter wheat and greenhouse vegetables, and after being free, Li Ke returned to Chang'an with a large army.

There were hundreds of carts of treasures, and there were not enough boxes, many of which were packed in baskets made of bamboo, and they were piled up on the carriage so brightly, which opened the eyes of the people along the way.

Li Shimin was in a good mood when he saw that the treasury, which had just gone through the expedition of the army to purchase autumn grain, had been filled up with a lot of shriveled goods.

Moreover, many treasures and jewels are still being counted by the Ministry of Finance under the Ministry of Households, and it is estimated that those very good ones will enter his inner treasury and fill them in the Treasure Pavilion, which is not only happy for him, but Li Yuan has come to check for three consecutive days to see if there is any treasure he likes, and once he finds it, he will immediately let people move it to the Longshouyuan Palace.

(End of chapter)