Runing City, the Yamen of the Jiedu Envoy, Gao Yihuan is sitting in the public house, and is giving Yu Yinglong and Sun Yucheng the task.

These two people are Gao Yihuan, two talents captured in Guide, and after he surrendered to Luyi, one specialized in managing water conservancy construction and city construction, and the other presided over matters such as clearing acres of fields.

Now the two of them, Sun Yucheng is the Senator of Gongcao, and Yu Yinglong is the Senator of Hucao.

Gao Yihuan looked at Sun Yucheng and said: "There are two main roads from Guanzhong to Henan, one is to take Tongguan, and the other is to take Shangzhou through Wuguan to Nanyang Dengzhou. Ben Shuai is going to send you to Nanyang Xixia County to build a simple gate for Ben Shuai at the mouth of the West Gorge. ”

The news that the Qing army crossed the river from Mengjin and came to Luoyang was also known to Sun Yucheng.

If the Qing army takes Luoyang, they can enter Guanzhong west without worries, Sun Yucheng listened to Gao Yihuan's words, and his heart sank, "Is the marshal worried that the captives will capture Guanzhong and attack Nanyang from Shangnan?" ”

Gao Yihuan was worried that Li Zicheng saw that the situation was not right, and the rogue instinct was attacked, so he fled without a fight, and poured into his territory with hundreds of thousands of Dashun troops.

Historically, Li Zicheng took this road, entered Nanyang, and then entered Huguang, and was finally beaten to death by two farmers and a hoe.

In fact, when Li Zicheng withdrew from Guanzhong, the men and horses were still very strong, Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, and these generals were all there, even after his death, the sum of the two Shun armies in the east and west would be three or four hundred thousand.

If Li Zicheng fought with the Qing army until there were only 10,000 people left, then Gao Yihuan would have no problem accepting him to enter Nanyang, just looking for an opportunity to die, and then inherit Lao Li's inheritance.

However, if Li Zicheng sees that the situation is not right and rushes over with hundreds of thousands of people, I am afraid that Gao Yihuan will have to be like Li Yan, who will be killed by Lao Li and replaced by Lao Li to inherit his inheritance.

For this reason, Gao Yihuan prepared to build a fortress at the mouth of the West Gorge, and even sent troops into Shaanxi if necessary, seized Shangnan and Wuguan, blocked the road, helped Lao Li close the door, and inspired him to fight with the Qing army in the pass.

At that time, the situation was like a robber, rushing into a house from the main gate, the male owner was cowardly and wanted to run, but suddenly found that the back door was locked by a bastard, and the robber had to kill him, and the cowardly male owner could only fight.

In Li Zicheng's opinion, if Gao Lao Er does this, it will be too lacking in morality.

Gao Yihuan also felt a little cruel, but in the land of Guanzhong, in addition to the Guanzhong Plain, Longyou, Longxi, and northern Shaanxi were not very suitable for cavalry combat.

Longyou and Longxi are poor, but it is not impossible to survive, Gao Yihuan feels that even if the Qing army occupies the Guanzhong Plain, as long as Lao Li is determined, he can still hold out for a while longer.

Big husband, you have to carry the things you provoke yourself.

The entry of the Qing army into the customs has a huge relationship with Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng cannot be allowed to evade responsibility this time. Whether he wants to carry it or not, he has to be allowed to carry it.

Gao Yihuan wanted to block Li Zicheng, but now that he said it, it would inevitably make people think that he was unkind and scheming, so he didn't explain, "Well, it's really just in case, in case the Tartars occupy Guanzhong." ”

As he spoke, he said with a straight face: "Ben Shuai will assign you ten city construction teams, you have to survey as soon as possible, and choose the risk to build the pass." ”

"Humble and orderly, don't dare to slack off!" Sun Yucheng immediately clenched his fists.

Gao Yihuan nodded, "Then you can do it!" ”

Waiting for Sun Yucheng to retire, Gao Yihuan immediately looked at Yu Yinglong again, "Yinglong, you are in Nanyang and Xiangyang, Qingzhang Tianmu, and you are doing a very good job." ”

"The festival commander has spoken. The lowly duty is just to do what the marshal tells him to do. Yu Yinglong got up and saluted, "The festival marshal abolished the poll tax and only levied the field tax, and the people were all cheering and supporting the festival marshal." ”

"Ben Shuai, this is also picking up the teeth of the Zhang Pavilion Department!" Gao Yihuan was a little happy in his heart, the ruler naturally wanted to be supported by the people, and no one wanted the people to hate him and let them overthrow him.

Gao Yihuan smiled, and then said: "This time, Ben Shuai asked you to come back, and there is something to be handed over to you." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head, "Take out the things and give them to Senator." ”

Gao Chengwei took out a wooden box and handed it to Yu Yinglong.

Gao Yihuan continued: "There are two crops here, one is sweet potatoes and the other is corn. This sweet potato is passed from Luzon, it is as big as a fist, the skin is vermilion, the heart is crisp and juicy, it can be practical both raw and cooked, and the yield is large, and it is drought and barren. This corn is also called maize, there is a record in the Compendium of Materia Medica, probably also from Luzon or Macao to the coast, he is not only drought tolerant, but also can be staggered with winter wheat, replacing millet and other crops, so that some areas in the north, to achieve two harvests a year. Both of these crops can be grown in dryland, and the yield is quite high, and Ben Shuai is ready to vigorously promote them. ”

Yu Yinglong listened to Gao Yihuan's words, his face was a little surprised, he opened the box, looked at the two things, and couldn't help but be surprised: "There are such crops, how did the marshal know?" ”

Gao Yihuan said that his mouth was dry, and he was picking up a glass of water, and as soon as he brought it to his mouth, he was almost choked to death.

"Eh~ this~ In the process of buying grain for Ma Hongshan, he found that there were two kinds of grain in the south, and he informed Ben Shuai, who spent a lot of money to buy them." Gao Yihuan coughed for a while, explained, and then waved his hand: "Don't talk about this, let's talk about business!" ”

"Listen to me!" Yu Yinglong turned the east and west directions and gave a salute.

The set of loyalty to the monarch is mainly something that Confucianism added in order to cater to the ruler, and the real Confucianism emphasizes self-cultivation and helping the world and the people.

After working with Gao Yihuan for three years, Yu Yinglong looked at southern Henan, from a dilapidated state to the restoration of tranquility to the restoration of peace and happiness of the people, which is equivalent to realizing the ideal of helping the world in his heart.

He has also changed his initial dislike for Gao Yihuan to his heartfelt support.

Gao Yihuan nodded, "This time, the handsome Toma Hongshan bought some sweet potatoes and corn seeds from Fujian, and found two farmers who know how to plant. Now Ben Shuai has handed them all over to you, you have to master the planting techniques of the two crops in the shortest possible time, and promote them, and Ben Shuai will see the harvest next year. ”

Although this year has only just begun, the seeds are limited and the technology is not mature. Fujian's climate is completely different from Henan's, so this year we can only explore the climate requirements of the two crops, and at the same time accumulate a batch of seeds, and wait for the next year to promote large-scale planting.

"Humble command!" Yu Yinglong saluted solemnly, "This is a good thing that is beneficial to the people, and I must do my best!" ”

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, turned his head and said, "Cheng Wei, you arrange for someone to take Senator Yu to see the seeds." ”

At that moment, Yu Yinglong also bowed and retired.

As soon as the others left, Gao Yihuan leaned back on the chair and pressed his head a little tiredly.

After assigning these two things, Gao Yihuan's heart was a lot easier, but these two things could not solve Gao Yihuan's current predicament at the moment.

At this time, he had just closed his eyes and rested for a while, and Gao Chengwei, who had just gone out, came in in a hurry, "Jie Shuai, Jie Shuai~"

Gao Yihuan was awakened by him, his eyes were a little red and bloodshot because of lack of sleep, "What's the matter?" ”

"General Wang Deren, let someone send a Tartar over, saying that it was an envoy sent by Duoduo." Gao Chengwei saluted and replied.

Gao Yihuan raised his eyebrows, a little puzzled, what did Duoduo send someone to do?

Everyone is doing it when they meet, and there is no friendship to climb, Gao Yihuan frowned, and wondered: "What did Duoduo send an envoy for?" Do you want to trick Lao Tzu? ”

Thank you for meeting your mother since that night, feasting for the beloved, Yue Freeze Nest Core, falling into the sea of books, rewarding without horses, asking for monthly passes, book lists, subscriptions, and recommendations.

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