In the blink of an eye, it is another year, winter goes to spring, everything recovers, the road from Yunzhou to Liangshanbo is full of fertile fields, the growth of winter wheat is very good, and the preliminary estimate is that the harvest of winter wheat is at least more than two percent higher than usual. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The weather has just warmed, Yang Lian took Zhao Pu, Lu Duoxun and other Yunzhou officials to run around in the fields, after the spring flowers bloom, the winter wheat will be harvested, Yang Lian is very concerned about this, with this batch of grain, the food shortage in the prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction will be alleviated.

In order to further increase grain production, Yang Lian traveled to the fields to study the feasibility of growing rice in Yunzhou.

Yunzhou belongs to the winter wheat planting area, and is located in the north of the Huai River, the people do not have the consciousness of multiple planting, and Yunzhou is wheat as the staple food, unlike the Jiangnan area, with the economic center of gravity to the south, relatively less land-consuming rice has become the mainstream, of course, the south of the Yangtze River is rich in water resources, suitable for planting rice is also one of the reasons.

Yunzhou is close to the Yellow River, southwest is Liangshanbo, at this time Liangshanbo is nearly a thousand miles in circumference, is a huge lake, rich in water resources, there is a basis for planting rice. The disadvantage of wheat is that the land consumption is very serious, in this era, there is no suitable fertilizer, after a few years of planting, it is necessary to stop planting and storing soil power, if you plant rice, you can reduce this consumption, and Yang Lian continues to plan to promote pigs in Shandong prefectures and counties, using pig manure to cultivate soil fertility to improve yield, so that the fertility of the land can be maintained for a long time.

Yunzhou belongs to the Qinling Mountains, the north line of the Huai River demarcated by later generations, belongs to the so-called north, in addition to the necessary water resources, Yang Lian also needs to consider the sunshine, only when the sun is sufficient, the rice will be headed, and the yield will rise, so Yang Lian's investigation is mainly this.

Yang Lian personally selected a few pieces of land, which are close to Liangshanbo, sunny, conducive to irrigation, and belong to official fields, which will not cause the people to resist, and when the grain production comes up, there will naturally be large-scale planting. While Yang Lian was busy, Da Zhou Tianzi was also actively reclaiming wasteland and collecting displaced people.

The adopted son Guo Rong stayed in Jinling, although Guo Wei said that he was unwilling, but he had to agree, the Great Zhou Empire is like a newborn baby, there are strong enemies around, if one is not careful, it is very likely to die, the adopted son Guo Rong can understand the general situation, fight for the survival of the empire, and is willing to stay in Jinling in the Tang Dynasty, which makes Guo Wei very pleased. At the same time, Guo Wei was a little depressed, depressed that after his son was named the prince, he only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, and he didn't know how to share worries for his father and the monarch at all, and he looked like a gentleman.

Perhaps they thought that the Great Zhou Empire was as stable as a mountain, because both the Khitans and Liu Chong of Hedong were repelled by the Great Zhou. Victory brings hope, and it will also make people's confidence swell, become high, and look at everything, but only Guo Wei knows that the current Great Zhou Empire is in turmoil and is not stable.

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang, Jin and Han of the Central Plains Imperial Court were all from Hedong and swept through the Central Plains Hebei, which shows that the threat to Hedong is very great, so Liu Chong had to defend against it, and the Khitans had to defend against it, occupying Shandong Prefecture and County, and Yang Lian, who was actually the Tang Dynasty in name of the Han Dynasty, also had to defend against it. These forces, especially Yang Lian and Liu Chong, pose a great threat to Kaifeng. In desperation, Guo Wei had to garrison the border with heavy troops, especially in Kaifeng, where more than 100,000 soldiers and horses were stationed.

So many soldiers and horses are a great consumption of food and military salaries, and Guo Wei also wants to streamline the government, but under pressure, he does not dare to disarm. The Central Plains and Hebei have relatively large populations, but the economic damage is serious, taxes are insufficient, and grain is insufficient, so Guo Wei has no choice but to adopt the method of military tun to increase grain production.

Guanzhong is a good place, eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, the Weihe Plain has created countless fertile fields, but the population is very small, Guo Wei once wanted to immigrate to Guanzhong, but Shu is eyeing Guanzhong, and the food is insufficient, if the capital is moved to Guanzhong, the pressure on food will be great, Guo Wei must strengthen the defense force of Guanzhong while giving up Guanzhong as the capital, otherwise Shu occupies Guanzhong, and the Central Plains will be in danger.

Fortunately, Nanping still regarded the Great Zhou as the suzerain, and Wu Yueguo also sent people to call him a minister, Guo Wei discussed with the ministers, and decided to use the power of Wu Yueguo to contain the Tang Dynasty, so that once the Great Zhou changed, the Tang Dynasty would not be able to go north, and the pressure would be relatively smaller.

Of course, if you want to defeat the enemy, in addition to your own strength, it is also a good way to disintegrate the other party from the inside, Guo Rong has been in Jinling for nearly a year, and has a certain understanding of the situation in Jinling, he has written to Guo Wei several times to tell Guo Wei that the Tang Dynasty looks powerful, but in fact there are internal strife.

Guo Rong told Guo Wei in detail what he knew about Datang, Guo Wei felt that this was a good opportunity, he told Guo Rong to find an opportunity, destroy the inside of Datang, and try to buy time for Da Zhou, in order to make Guo Rong better activities, Guo Wei secretly sent someone to escort gold and silver money to him, so that he should not be stingy, he should use it, if he can defeat Datang and unify the world, will Da Zhou still be short of money?

Guo Rong got the support of the money, and became very active in Jinling, he had a very close relationship with Li Hongji, the king of Yan, Sun Sheng, the prime minister, Situ Zhouzong, and Zhou Ye, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, especially Zhou Ye, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Guo Rong took a fancy to his ability to lead the troops, and had a very good relationship with him, and invited him to dinner from time to time and gave him some special products. Zhou Ye resigned at first, but then he pushed the boat down the river and accepted it with a smile.

Yang Lian knew something about the situation in Jinling, and a very small part of this news was told to him by King Qi, and most of the deeper things were passed back by Zeng Yiling. Yang Lian knew that Guo Rong would definitely not settle down in Jinling, so he told Zeng Yiling to closely monitor the situation in Jinling, and if there was any abnormality, he would immediately report it.

In order to increase the yield and protect the rice, Yang Lian specially spent a lot of money to invite experienced old farmers from Jinling, so that they can plant rice with peace of mind, the higher the grain yield, the richer the reward, if there is a breakthrough, such as improving rice, the reward will be higher, if the contribution is outstanding, Yang Lian also intends to appoint him as an official of the imperial court, specializing in managing agricultural affairs.

The old farmer got Yang Lian's promise, and first got a rich reward, and he was full of energy, and threw himself on the rice, serving a few acres of farmland like an ancestor. Yang Lian took a break and concentrated on handling government affairs.

At this time, after a year of hard work, Yang Lian planted a lot of trees on the border between the two countries, and used various obstacles to block the cavalry of the Great Zhou when the Tang army had relatively few war horses, while avoiding the harassment of the Zhou State.

In terms of military training, there are 15,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Yunzhou, including 7,000 sailors, who are stationed in Liangshanbo, and Zhang Wenji, Zhang Wenchao, Zhang Zhongtong, and others from the Pucheng Zhang clan have been appointed as commanders of the navy army, and they have made great progress in training sailors every day.

Infantry general Liu Zheng, Chen Keyan's brother Chen Kesheng, and the elite of the Chuzhou New Army were all promoted to become the backbone of the Yunzhou soldiers and horses.

At the same time, Lin Renzhao seized the time in Dengzhou, built a wharf, and built countless pools on Shamen Island, and began to dry salt, and the output of salt increased greatly, making Yang Lian's wealth roll in, gradually making up for the early investment, and even a certain surplus.

Under the leadership of Lin Renzhao, the Dengzhou Sailor set out from Shamen Island from time to time to look north for the waterway to the Liaodong Peninsula and Youyun Sixteen Prefectures.

Some of Yang Lian's activities in Shandong are bright and some are dark, and the news on the bright side continues to enter Jinling, and Li Hongji, the king of Yan, is very worried when he gets the news: the military generals are too powerful, and they are very likely to rebel, not to mention that he has opinions about Yang Lian, so he firmly believes that Yang Lian will definitely rebel.

But his father trusted him very much, Sun Sheng made several advances, the Son of Heaven was furious, and almost removed Sun Sheng as prime minister.

On this day, Li Hongji was fishing in the house, but he couldn't calm down at all, and the fish didn't take the bait, which made him very angry. At this time, Chen Dongshen, who had already taken refuge in Li Hongji, hurriedly walked over.

"Your Highness, Wu Yue is here." Chen Dong cautiously advised.

Li Hongji pursed his lips, and he was from Wu Yue again. He was very dissatisfied with the treachery of the Wu Yue people, and wanted to wave his hand and disappear, Chen Dongshen smiled and said: "Your Highness, this time it is Qian Chengli, the second son of Qian Wenfeng, who is the envoy of the Zhongwu Festival, who came in person, maybe he has any ideas." ”

Li Hongji frowned and thought about it, although he didn't need to listen to Qian Chengli's nonsense, but he really wanted to take a breath, so he nodded and said, "So, bring him to see me." ”

Soon, Chen Dongshen came with Qian Chengli. Qian Chengli saluted Li Hongji and said, "Qian Chengli has seen King Yan. ”

Li Hongji pursed his lips, shook his head, and said, "You come, what's the matter?" ”

Qian Chengli smiled, he knew why Li Hongji was dissatisfied with Wu Yueren, if he changed himself, he would definitely not have a good face, and he didn't mind at the moment, he walked to the side, sat on the stone bench, and said, "King Yan, don't come to be harmed?" ”

Li Hongji reluctantly smiled and said, "This king is very good. ”

"Does King Yan want to be better?" Qian Chengli said.

"You, what do you mean by that?" Li Hongji asked, a little hesitant.

"Haha!" Qian Chengli smiled and said: "What happened back then was also a last resort, and Wu Yue also had to make this decision for his own interests, I hope King Yan can understand." ”

Frankly speaking, Li Hongji didn't understand this truth, and he also used all kinds of tricks against Yang Lian. Of course, if the scheme is used on yourself, it is you who suffers, and no one will be unhappy.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Qian Chengli continued: "Now that Yang Lian is in full swing, the Tang Emperor asked him to guard Shandong, are you really not afraid of luring wolves into the house?" ”

Li Hongji shook his head when he was told about the central matter, not knowing how to say it. He believed that appointing Yang Lian was to lure the wolf into the house, but his father didn't believe it, and even handed over a lot of power to him, what use could he be of a prince who was almost deposed?

Qian Chengli continued: "King Yan, I really did injustice to you. You are the eldest son, but you can't be made a prince, let alone an emperor, and the king of Qi has a bad relationship with you, if he becomes the son of heaven in the future, where will you go? Is it to bury the corpse in the wilderness? ”

Li Hongji suddenly became angry, Qian Chengli said what was in his heart, he suddenly jumped up, took out a dagger from his sleeve, put it on Qian Chengli's neck, his eyes widened, and said, "What do you want?" Believe it or not, I'll kill you! ”

Qian Chengli was a little bold, and he didn't panic in the face of the angry Li Hongji, shook his head unhurriedly, and said: "King Yan, I'm here to give you a rich and noble game, don't be excited, kill a good person by mistake." ”

"Are you a good person? If you were a good man, why did you betray me back then? Li Hongji gritted his teeth and finally said the most important thing in his heart.

Qian Chengli sighed and said, "King Yan, that thing is indeed something we did wrong, and it is normal for you to have resentment." If you kill me, and you can relieve the hatred in your heart, then you can do it. ”

Li Hongji's eyes widened, the dagger pressed down, the tip of the knife pierced Qian Chengli's skin, and blood flowed out, but Qian Chengli did not have the slightest fear, Li Hongji looked at the blood, but suddenly deflated, he threw away the dagger, what is the use of killing a Qian Chengli? Will he be able to get back what he lost? Can you come back?!

No, I can't come back, I'll never come back, I'll never come back!

Li Hongji held his head and squatted on the ground, very depressed in his heart.

At this time, footsteps sounded, and it turned out to be Guo Rong slowly pacing over. Guo Rong's face looked very relaxed, as if he was not imprisoned in Jinling, but playing in Jinling. At the moment of crisis, Guo Rong's mentality is obviously much better than Li Hongji.

"King Yan, I think what Brother Qian said is very true, now our biggest enemy is Yang Lian, only by killing him can we completely attack King Qi and his party, and King Yan will have the possibility of becoming a prince." Guo Rong said.

"What about you? Want what benefits? Li Hongji asked, although frustrated, he still kept his senses.

"We, naturally, are going back to our own homes, King Yan, you and I are deeply affectionate, if you don't give up, I am willing to become brothers with you, I will help you bring down Yang Lian and ascend to the Ninety-Five Honor." Guo Rong said.

"At what cost?" Li Hongji asked, he knew that Guo Rong couldn't help him for no reason, just the reason to return to Kaifeng was too far-fetched.

"Me?" Guo Rong smiled, a little self-deprecating, and a little dissatisfied, and said: "Although I am the son of the Great Zhou Tianzi, I am not my biological child after all, if I don't guess wrong, the position of the prince of the Great Zhou will not be my turn." I hope that after helping King Yan seize the position of prince, King Yan can also help me to win the position of prince of Great Zhou. In the future, you and I will be demarcated as emperors and brothers, what do you think? ”

The bait thrown by Guo Rong was very tempting, Li Hongji couldn't help but purse his lips, his Adam's apple agitated, Li Hongji swallowed his saliva, and was a little moved: "What about Wu Yueguo?" ”

"It still exists, the three kingdoms of the Great Zhou, the Tang Dynasty, and the Wuyue Dynasty, divide the world equally." Guo Rong said. Da Zhou is thousands of miles away, and the whip is beyond his reach, and in Jinling, he needs to rely on Wu Yue people to get things done.

Li Hongji glanced at the two of them, before he could speak, Guo Rong took out a map from his arms, compared it, according to his plan, Wu Yue Kingdom owned Wu Yue, Fujian and the land of the current Southern Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty on the basis of the existing land, and then occupied Chu and Nanping, and the Great Zhou Dynasty occupied Shu.

Li Hongji listened to Guo Rong's plan, pursed his lips, and said, "No, Datang still wants a river. North. ”

Guo Rong and Qian Chengli glanced at each other, Guo Rong thought about it carefully, and said: "If that's the case, I have a request, Datang will send troops to help me and eliminate Liu Chong!" ”

Li Hongji thought about it carefully, nodded, and said, "This is okay." ”

Guo Rong laughed and said, "Since this is the case, this matter is settled, King Yan, in order to trust each other, we will become brothers of the opposite sex, what do you think?" ”

Qian Chengli immediately agreed, saying, "That's very good." ”

Li Hongji saw that Qian Chengli also agreed, so he nodded and said, "It's okay!" As he spoke, he instructed his subordinates to bring incense, candles, and wine, and the three of them became brothers of the opposite sex in the house. (To be continued.) )