The month-long campaign to suppress bandits in Fengzhou finally came to an end, and more than 400 bandits were exterminated in three cities in one state, killing 223 bandit leaders, killing and wounding more than 7,000 followers, capturing more than 23,000 people, seizing 45,000 stone of grain, 1,000 catties of gold, 450,000 taels of silver, 150,000 taels of Kaiyuan Tongbao, and about 20 carts of other goods that could not be counted, more than 10,000 pieces of various weapons, more than 3,000 war horses, and more than 5,000 cattle and sheep.

With Xuan Yingwei's military intelligence summary handed over to Li Xuanqing's desk, the results of the suppression of bandits made Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi a little dumbfounded, although they had long expected that there would be rampant thieves in the Hetao area, and there were many cottages of all sizes, but there were too many cow hairs. And isn't this seizure a bit much?

Chen Yu and Tianxiang joined forces to go north, swept all the way to the Great Wall of Yinshan, and blocked the biggest leader of the Hetao, the Murwei people, Han Xiong, in the pass, and the first cutter in the desert was arrested, so there were more seizures. Tiancheng also fought all the way to the shore of Tu Shenze in the west, and drove the party for more than ten miles, and none of the bandits in Fengzhou escaped this time. Hu Xiaosi, who rushed to report, looked as usual, the pace of development of Xuanyingwei in the past two months has entered a fast track, and his eyeline has extended to Lingzhou, Xiazhou, Bingzhou and the territory of the Zhenwu Army in the east, recently this guy has begun to fool the Uighurs and Igas in Fengzhou, planning to develop in the grassland, and explore the way for the next plan.

"In this case, the Thorn Mansion began to prepare for spring ploughing, and the handicraft workshop must be officially started in mid-April. The prisoners were handed over to the logistics department, and 10,000 people were selected and organized into two new battalions, one each led by Wu Wenlong and Li San, and they seized the time to practice and educate and become our own soldiers as soon as possible. The remaining 4,000 people were selected to be incorporated into the box soldiers, and all the rest were handed over to the Assassin's Mansion. Li Xuanqing thought for a moment and continued: "Immediately give an order to the three commanders, we must do a good job in the ideological work of the soldiers, we are the soldiers of the army, we are the heroes of the country, we must cooperate with the yamen of the garrison to deal with the follow-up matters, and truly do it, the Tiance Army is the people's soldiers, and the people's army." In addition, the previously agreed rewards should be immediately distributed to all units, and those who have made meritorious service will be rewarded and those who have done the wrong should be punished. ”

Hu Xiaosi agreed awe-inspiringly and immediately drafted an order to send to Sandu and the independent troops.

"Lord, let's go, the invitation sent by the Murong family is scheduled for noon today." Cen Tianshi saw that Li Xuanqing's orders were clear and clear, but he emphasized the people all the time, and immediately felt that the busyness during this time was worth it. Seeing that Li Xuanqing was done, he smiled.

Li Xuanqing laughed, stood up, and the two chatted as they walked, "How is the household registration survey and settlement matters done by the Assassin Mansion some time ago?" Are there any results? What is the current population of Toyoshu? Originally, the two were just chatting, after all, now all the work is going on as scheduled, even much ahead of schedule, and it is not a big deal. But out of the Assassin's Mansion, Li Xuanqing suddenly remembered the household registration problem he had told Cen Tianshi early in the morning.

"The lord's naturalization method is very strict, and it can be said that it is much better than that of previous dynasties to stabilize the people and improve the government's control over the people. It's just that there are too many things that the people who have settled down to fill in the record, and the Assassin Mansion lacks enough manpower, so there is not much progress at present. Cen Tianshi reported with a sad face, this civilian official is not a soldier, and he will not be able to fight a few battles. Moreover, Li Xuanqing directly moved the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty, which is the strictest and most effective household registration system in history.

Li Xuanqing waved his hand and said with a smile: "You can recruit some people from the foreign population and locals to supplement the Assassin Mansion." We are in troubled times now, and all kinds of talents are needed in troubled times. After a pause, he said solemnly: "Not only civil officials, but also the talents I envision should include all kinds of craftsmen, craftsmen, and other talents who may have been thought by others before. The Assassin's Mansion should formulate a unified standard of treatment as soon as possible, and all the talents in the world should belong to each of you and get their place. ”

Cen Tianshi was stunned by Li Xuanqing's remarks, although Datang does not reject scientific and technological talents like later generations, but to treat scholars, technicians, and craftsmen equally, it is really shocking, not to mention that there is a meritocracy in the back. However, Cen Tianshi was just stunned and didn't say anything. After all, Datang is Datang, with an open and inclusive attitude that is unique throughout the ages, and has a natural tolerance for new things, rather than rejection.

So Cen Tianshi caught up with Li Xuanqing's pace and was about to speak, but found that Li Xuanqing stopped in front of him at some point.

"Is this a missed life in a past life, goodbye in this life?" Li Xuanqing stared at a ragged girl kneeling on the side in front of him and muttered to herself, the face in her memory originally thought that she had already disappeared into that bizarre legend, but she didn't expect to see her again here.

"What's your name? Isn't it called Qiaoxi? Li Xuanqing's voice faintly trembled and unprecedentedly nervous, as if he was afraid that he would say the wrong word, and the person in front of him would disappear.

The girl looked at the young man in front of her timidly, hesitated for a long time but nodded, and for a moment an inexplicable sense of familiarity hit her heart, but she didn't know what kind of feelings her reaction brought to this young man.

"Qiaoxi, Qiaoxi! Clever smile and beautiful eyes, huh? Li Xuanqing's expression became more and more nervous, and he asked cautiously, "Do you remember who I am?" ”

Qiaoxi shook his head, and when he saw Li Xuanqing's disappointed eyes, he suddenly smiled slightly: "Are you the person who came to see me in my dream?" He was talking to you just now, like, are you the big brother? ”

Li Xuanqing suddenly laughed, and a line of tears fell silently on his cheeks, sure enough, a dream for a thousand years, although waking up is a thing or a person, but after all, there are still people who can see themselves in their dreams, although they are tossing and turning, they can still meet. Is this a consolation for myself to come alone in this era? Or is it another encounter?

"I'm the big brother, can you come with me? Big brother protects you in the future. Li Xuanqing helped her up, took off the cloak on her body and wrapped her, with a gentleness that she had never felt before, as before.

Qiaoxi saw the tears on Li Xuanqing's face, stretched out his hand to wipe him, nodded, and said, "What about my father?" I came out to bury my father, and my father died for three days, and he is still in a ruined temple outside the city. After speaking, he lowered his head, and his face was gloomy.

"It's okay, I'll help you." Only then did Li Xuanqing notice that there was a piece of paper on the place where she was kneeling before, on which were written the words "selling her body to bury her father". His brows furrowed, and he was about to speak, when Cen Tianshi's voice sounded behind him: "Don't worry, my lord, I have already arranged for someone to go." ”

"I think we still have one less thing to do, arrange for the Assassin Mansion to collect these lonely and widowed children from now on, gather them, and give them a way out. The lonely and widowed elderly find a way to build a few nursing homes or something, arrange some work within their ability, and arrange those who have skills to go to the workshop and do teaching. For children, build an orphanage to teach martial arts, literacy, or crafts. Try to provide for the old and educate the young. Li Xuanqing sighed, with a hint of helplessness in his tone.

Cen Tianshi could naturally hear the strong compassion in Li Xuanqing's words, and couldn't help but sigh, stepped forward, comforted Li Xuanqing, and said: "The lord has done a good job, and the 170,000 people of Fengzhou are blessed." ”

Li Xuanqing laughed self-deprecatingly, and then said: "The road is at your feet, let's come step by step." He lowered his head and smiled at Qiaoxi beside him: "Let's go, big brother will take you to dinner, and find a rich family to eat the overlord meal." ”

"Overlord meal, don't you have to give money?" Qiaoxi saw that the two were talking, and originally stood aside without speaking, but when she saw Li Xuanqing talking to herself, she smiled and said, "Big brother has taken me to eat overlord meals many times before." ”

Li Xuanqing took a deep breath, let his mind settle down, and said with a smile: "In the future, we will eat overlord meals every day." After speaking, he smiled at Cen Tianshi and said: "Mr. smiled, remembered some past events, and met the old man." ”

"How dare you make fun of the lord when the time comes, it is a great blessing for the lord to see the old man. Let's go to Murong's house for an overlord meal today, haha. "Cen Tianshi saw Li Xuanqing's actions before, but he didn't ask, for him, these are Li Xuanqing's private affairs, and they do not damage the great cause, and he can also see the true temperament of the lord, what is there to ask."

However, this delay, it is estimated that the Murong family is in a hurry, so the three of them speed up. The main residence of the Murong family is located in the south of Fengzhou City, where most of the local rich and noble families in Fengzhou are gathered, which also creates the basic pattern of Fengzhou City being poor in the east and cheap in the west, rich in the south and noble in the north. It's just that now this phenomenon is gradually breaking under the surge of foreign population and the unified planning of the Assassin Mansion.

When Li Xuanqing arrived at Murong Mansion, the head of the Murong family with a few people had already waited at the door early, and when they saw Li Xuanqing and the three of them coming, they hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the end, "I have seen the inspector in Murong Tianqi, Cen Thorn History." ”

"The head of the Murong family is polite, and it is Xuanqing's fault that the delay on the road to Xuanqing caused the head of the family to wait for a long time." Li Xuanqing held Murong Tianqi with one hand and said with a smile: "The head of the Murong family is a senior, and Xuanqing is young, so he doesn't dare to hold it up in front of the head of the family." ”

"A few inside, please." Murong Tianqi led the way. He was present, so naturally it was not Murong Hanhai's turn to speak with Murong Feixue and other juniors. It's just that Murong Feixue was a little curious when she saw the Qiaoxi beside Li Xuanqing.

After a few people came to the front hall and sat down, Li Xuanqing smiled and said, "I'm afraid that the head of the Murong family will trouble you-" pointed to the clever man next to him and said, "Please find someone to change my sister's clothes." ”

Murong Tianqi laughed and motioned for Murong Feixue to take Qiaoxi down. Li Xuanqing patted Qiaoxi's head and smiled dotingly.

"Inspector, Cen Thorn History, this is Biluochun in the south of the Yangtze River, a rare top grade in Fengzhou, please taste it." Murong Tianqi smiled slightly, as if he was very curious about Li Xuanqing's action, but he didn't ask anything, but smiled and picked up the teacup and introduced.

"I heard that Guishang is a Lite person, I wonder if it is a descendant of the surname Zhaowu Jiu back then?" Li Xuanqing had often drunk this Biluochun in his previous life, so he just tasted it and said with a smile.

Murong Tianqi was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "The inspector is really discerning, my Murong family is indeed a descendant of the surname Zhaowu Jiu, and it is a branch of the Kang family. After speaking, he sighed and continued: "When the Kang clan returned with the Anxi army to participate in the counterinsurgency, An Lushan Shi Siming has been staying in Middle-earth since he was destroyed, and it has been six generations so far. ”

Although it is only a few simple sentences, it sounds like it covers a magnificent history when Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi are singing and crying. At that time, the Anxi army went thousands of miles to the country, and now there are very few people who can remember these past events.

"Is there any descendant of the Anxi Army left in the world?" After a while, Li Xuanqing broke the silence with his words and asked softly.

"Back then, the Anxi Army followed Li Siye and Guo Ziyi from the west to the east, and their descendants also flowed from Chang'an to various places, and now I am afraid there are not many people left." Murong Tianqi also sighed.

"If the head of the family knows their whereabouts, please bother to take them to Toyoshu, they are the heroes of the country, and the court can't take care of them, and Toyosu will take responsibility." Li Xuanqing suddenly bowed deeply to Murong Tianqi and said, "The Anxi Army can sing and cry, it shouldn't be like this. I have heard for a long time that the Murong family is a big business man in Fengzhou, and they have friends all over the world, so please ask for this matter. ”

As soon as he got up to give a salute, Cen Tianshi naturally stood up and sighed: "In the two hundred years of the Tang Dynasty, how many heroes have sacrificed everything for their family and country?" How can their descendants ignore it? ”

Murong Tianqi was taken aback by Li Xuanqing's actions, and hurriedly replied: "Don't dare to be a big gift for two adults, this matter is incumbent on the Murong family, I am a descendant of the surname Zhaowu Jiu, and the Anxi Army is my family, so I should do my best." ”

As soon as this matter was finished, Li Xuanqing glanced at Cen Tianshi, who took over the conversation and said: "Murong family master, my lord has been in Fengzhou for almost three months, and Fengzhou is changing with each passing day. I wonder if the Murong family is interested in participating? ”

Originally, Cen Tianshi planned to suppress the Murong family, but after seeing Li Xuanqing asking him to search for Anxi's descendants, he dispelled this idea, and simply stated the purpose directly. If the Murong family is not interested, his friends on the Jinyang side have already replied, and it will be the same when the time comes, and it will be the same when the time comes, anyway, in Cen Tianshi's opinion, Li Xuanqing's decision is simply to send money out.

But what Cen Tianshi didn't expect was that he took the initiative at this time, but Murong Tianqi was shocked, some time ago, this young assassin Shi showed an iron and bloody skill when suppressing the rebellion of the Zhang and Li families, but he was not inferior to Li Xuanqing, the supreme controller of Fengzhou. What's the point of this sudden overture? Do you want to attack the Murong family? Or did Hanhai not make his position clear that day?

Li Xuanqing smiled, he guessed Murong Tianqi's thoughts, raised the teacup and said with a smile: "The head of the Murong family should not be surprised, the new policy of Fengzhou is not only to benefit the Assassin Mansion, but to bring all strata of Fengzhou to benefit together." Cen Tingshi meant that he wanted to give a part of the sales rights of the new porcelain to the Murong family. ”

Murong Tianqi suddenly realized, his old face was embarrassed for a while, and he hurriedly smiled and said, "The general and the assassin have good intentions, and the Murong family should be grateful." It's just that Toyosu has never heard of any famous porcelain? I wonder if the general has any other way to buy it? ”

Cen Tianshi was secretly amused by Murong Tianqi's appearance, but he still patiently explained: "It's not bought from other places, but it can be made in Fengzhou, and it is guaranteed that it will not be inferior to the blue and white porcelain of Ru kiln, the price is only half of the price of Ru kiln, as for how the head of the Murong family will sell it after getting it, we don't ask." ”

Rao is Murong Tianqi has been in business for a long time, and he can't help but be moved, and Murong Hanhai, who was sitting with him, also had his eyes shining, so he almost persuaded him on the spot to go next.

"I wonder what conditions the general has? This is a sky-high business, although the Murong family wants to take it, but they are afraid that they will not be able to bid. Murong Tianqi calmed down, his face was solemn, in the troubled times, there were many poor people, but there were also many rich people who were clever and robbed, and their consumption level was not a joke. Therefore, there is no worry about selling, and it is natural that Fengzhou can hand over this business to himself.

"Within three years, we will help Fengzhou transport more than 100,000 households. The Murong family could use the population and food to offset the price of porcelain in the Assassin's Mansion. We don't want a penny of porcelain income, and the Thorn Shifu only charges the cost price according to 40% of the same price of the Ru kiln. Li Xuanqing shook his fingers and said with a smile.

Cen Tianshi's face was stunned, others didn't know him, but he knew, this bone china, which was very common in later generations, had not been seen at all at this time, if Li Xuanqing hadn't found someone to secretly fire a few, he would not have thought that this porcelain with a beautiful appearance that was not inferior to blue and white porcelain actually cost less than one-tenth of that of blue and white porcelain.

"General, our Murong family has taken over this deal, and in addition, I will make another profit." Murong Tianqi pondered for a long time, and suddenly spoke: "From today on, on behalf of the Murong family, I will swear allegiance to the general, and in the future, I will open up territory for the general, and listen to orders in front of the horse." ”

Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi looked at each other and smiled, stood up, supported Murong Tianqi, and said with a smile: "On behalf of the Fengzhou Thorn History Mansion, I welcome the Murong family master to join. ”

"Big brother." Suddenly, a timid voice came from outside the door. Li Xuanqing raised his head, his eyes bright.