The autumn of 1285 was particularly autumn-like.

The pacification system on the East and West Roads of Shandong has made Li Tingzhi feel extremely bad these days, so he and his senator Lu Xiufu dressed in civilian clothes and took an ordinary four-wheeled carriage to Shandong to relax.

He has always trusted Lu Xiufu very much.

When Lu Xiufu was three years old, his father moved the family to Zhenjiang.

When he was a little older, he studied with two Mr. Meng in Hongo, and Mr. Meng's students often had more than 100 students, but he only pointed to Hideo Lu and said, "This little guy is not ordinary." ”

As early as 1260 A.D., he was admitted to the Jinshi.

Li Tingzhi was guarding Huainan at that time, and when he heard about Lu Xiufu's fame, he recruited him to his shogunate.

At that time, people in the world were known as the most talented people, with Huainan Li Tingzhi as the first place, far surpassing the Lu military group, and was privately called the "small court".

Lu Xiufu was talented and clear-minded, and few literati at that time could catch up with him.

His personality is quiet, and he does not want to be known by others, whenever the staff go to the official office to ask for a meeting, the guests and hosts are happy together, and only Lu Xiufu is silent and does not say a word.

Sometimes banquets were held in the palace, and at the banquets, he always sat upright, reserved and solemn, and rarely interacted with people.

When he inspected his affairs, he governed them very well, and Li Tingzhi valued him even more, even if he was transferred to an official position, he did not let Lu Xiufu leave him, since he came to Li Tingzhi's shogunate, he was promoted three times, until he was in charge of Jiyi writing.

When he was promoted to the new official position of Xuzhou, the pacification envoy of Shanxi East Road, Li Tingzhi directly made him the senator in charge of the staff.

The reason why the pacification system of Shandong East Road made Li Tingzhi feel bad was mainly because he found that the power in his hands was getting smaller and smaller!

Moreover, Jia Pingzhang suggested in his letter that he should take the initiative to give up local military power and become a blessed official in Xinbianjing.

Alas, this is about to start to gather military power...... He has devoted his life to this cause, and this is about to draw a flowing end.

Many years ago, when he served as the ambassador of the pacification of the two Huai and the official position of governor of Yangzhou, it was really all the power to grasp at once, and he had full authority to handle the military, local and civil affairs.

It was a good feeling, if it weren't for the pressure of a Tatar bandit invasion at the same time, he had reached the highest level in his life.

However, it was later discovered that the local power in his hands was stripped away...... Of course, he understood this, the Tatar bandits were forcibly occupied by the Liuqiu army that appeared in the sky, and they were repeatedly defeated, which greatly damaged the strength of the Tatar bandits, and naturally eliminated the military pressure they caused to the Great Song Dynasty.

According to the tradition of the Great Song government, they were afraid that the local army would have local power...... Except under military pressure, it has to be.

Therefore, as long as there is no military pressure, the power of local military generals will immediately be divided among civilian officials.

He Li Tingzhi really understands this...... Even Jia Pingzhang's power has been stripped away, let alone him!

However, no one later imagined that the Tatar robbers would be able to sell the land south of the Yellow River to the Great Song Dynasty!

Li Tingzhi naturally became the pacification of the east and west roads of Shandong, and the envoy knew Xuzhou.

The previous important city of Xuzhou City has long been dilapidated...... There are wild wolves and wild foxes patrolling the city!

Of course, Li Tingzhi was not afraid of difficulties, and he recruited laborers to rebuild ...... Fortunately, when he was in Yangzhou, he vigorously developed the silk weaving industry in Yangzhou and got acquainted with a large number of businessmen.

Therefore, when rebuilding Xuzhou City, it received great help from merchants...... Xuzhou was originally an important iron-smelting town in history, although it was seriously damaged by Tatar bandits, but there are still various minerals.

He focused on coal, iron and gypsum mining in Xuzhou, and vigorously developed the people's livelihood economy, but it did not last a few years, and Xuzhou City quickly regained its vitality.

At the same time, he also used the plains around Xuzhou City to vigorously grow corn, potatoes and wheat, especially cash crops cotton, which soon became famous in Xuzhou cotton and became a sought-after commodity in the market...... Driven by the Xuzhou area, the economic development of Shanxi Road will soon be brought to a new level.

Of course, he did not relax in the slightest in the construction of the military aspect.

To the east, he was connected with the Shandong region of Liuqiu's army, and the two sides had good relations and there was no military threat...... They also built their own long barbed wire fence that stretched for hundreds of miles to separate it from the Hebei East Road, which was controlled by them and the Tatar bandits.

To the west is the newly purchased land of the Great Song Dynasty, which is also free of military threat.

He only needs to guard one direction to the north.

He also had the craftsmen build long barbed wire walls to defend like the Liuqiu army.

At the same time, he was able to send his staff to courteous the commanders of the Liuqiu army and actively buy their weapons.

In his opinion, the military construction of the Great Song Dynasty was a little slow.

Just as he was about to develop vigorously again, Jia Pingzhang's secret letter made him feel extremely bad!

He understood that Jia Pingzhang wanted him to set an example for a larger local warlord.

Perhaps the Lu military group was originally an important target of rectification...... However, it was he who was the first to be injured!

This autumn, he was going to go for a walk in Shandong, and he was all relaxed.

Don't look at the two sides are very close, he really hasn't been there...... Of course, this time he and Senator Lu Xiufu set off in civilian clothes.

Although a long barbed wire fence has been built in Shandong, it still retains a channel for communication between the two sides.

They passed through the passage just like everyone else.

The guards placed there on both sides seem to be only symbolic, and no one went to check pedestrians.

But the guards on both sides check the tax returns for the goods coming and going...... Neither side has given up taxes on commercial activities here.

Senator Lu Xiufu went to the Shandong region on his behalf many times, so he was far more familiar with the situation than him, and just acted as a guide.

At this time, Li Tingzhi was sixty-six years old and had entered old age; Lu Xiufu is forty-eight years old, and he is a greasy middle-aged uncle.

The two men rode through the passage unhurriedly in an ordinary four-wheeled carriage.

During this time, there was only one Stream Guard...... No, it was the Imperial Guards who took a look at the carriage and didn't find any private goods, so they let them go directly.

They already claim to be the Great Shang Federation Empire, hehe.

Lu Xiufu looked at the long convoy of commercial four-wheeled carriages waiting to pass outside the carriage, almost all of them could not be seen.

He said: "I would like to go to what they often call Australia and see how they have reduced the price of that horse to less than forty cents...... And I can't do it in Xuzhou. ”

Li Tingzhi smiled and said: "The new horse breed they have bred is good...... I heard that it was bred by their Zhang Island master, and the cavalrymen said that they were taller than the Tatar horses, but they were still hardworking and tolerant of rough food. ”

Well, the two people do not think together, one is concerned with the civilian use of horses, and the other is concerned with the construction of cavalry.

But that doesn't stop them from working together.

The four-wheeled carriage entered the Shandong region through the passage...... At first, I couldn't see the difference between the two sides, but the more I went, the more different I became.

There are more and more tall chimneys on both sides of the road, spitting black smoke straight into the sky.

There was a smell of sulfur in the air.

"Their industry has always developed faster than ours...... Industry is the top priority of economic development...... The good cotton we produce is bought by them, spun into cotton cloth and sold to us, but they get the lion's share! ”