The next morning, Cheng Yue led the crowd back to Changzhou. The generals kept asking all kinds of questions on the road, and Cheng Yue had to answer while riding a horse, but fortunately, the generals also felt that this was too much, so they soon stopped asking.

Back at the barracks, Yang Ting came to report.

Yang Ting is a very capable person, and in the past few days, he has initially established a relatively complete intelligence network. These days, Cheng Yue has received more and more information, and it is becoming more and more detailed, and this time the information gave Cheng Yue a surprise.

"You say that the Qianhu who calls himself Mosur is actually Ali Hague's eldest son, The Hague? That Brother She's name is his second son, Brother Guan? Okay, I didn't expect him to hide such a hand. It's also my fault, I think it's a bit like I didn't think about it. Call Xie Ruji. ”

When Xie Ruji came in, he couldn't help but feel a little furious when he saw Cheng Yuepi looking at him with a smile.

Cheng Yue said: "What do you have to say to me?" ”

Where did Xie Ruji know what Cheng Yue meant, so he had to glance at Yang Ting. Yang Ting stretched out two fingers and compared.

Xie Ruji was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood. said: "It's good that the son knows about this matter." Ali Hague is kind to us, and everyone wants to help him keep his son. Later, I learned that Childe didn't want to kill him, so it was hard to change his mind. If Childe is punished, he should also be punished. ”

Cheng Yue said: "Should it?" I'm afraid that if I punish you, you will scold me while drinking, right? But you're right, this matter is indeed excusable, I don't want to pursue it, just confirm it from you. Alas, it's not just you, my four concubines hate Ali Hague so much, and they didn't tell me this, it seems that Ali Hague still has his success. These two sons are pretty good, aren't they? ”

Xie Ruji said: "Although Ali Hague is greedy, he can also be gracious to his subordinates. Over the years, everyone has benefited a lot from him. Even the four ladies have a good life. Everyone helped him hide this matter, but it was just to repay his favor, and it was definitely not that he had two hearts for his son, please ask his son to learn clearly. ”

Cheng Yue sighed and said, "I know, I won't blame you for this." I just want to say, you have something to say to me. If you want me to spare the lives of Ali Hague's two sons, will I not? They all hid it from me, and they didn't believe me too much. I can even keep Ali Hague alive, do I care about his son? I care about your trust, not the son of Ali Hague. ”

Xie Ruji was stunned for a moment, and finally realized that he was really wrong. He was ashamed and said: "Childe is heartfelt to us, but we have something to hide from Childe, we are really wrong in this matter, and we are ashamed." The subordinates sincerely asked the son to punish him to set an example. ”

Cheng Yue smiled and said: "Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, and it is great to be good." This matter has passed, don't blame Yang Ting, he is responsible. If you don't want to go, and I have to punish you, then punish you for helping me teach these veterans to read and write, but learn my simplified characters. You'll have to use simplified Chinese as well. How is it? ”

Xie Ruji was full of gratitude and shame, agreed to come down, and withdrew.

Cheng Yue waited for him to leave and asked Yang Ting, "Have all those relatives in Dadu withdrawn?" ”

Yang Ting said: "Most of them have withdrawn, and a lot has arrived in the past few days, and it has been arranged, Kublai Khan is one step slower." It's just that the families of the more than 10,000 veterans are a problem. I'm afraid that sooner or later the morale of the army will be unstable. This time Kublai Khan wants to negotiate peace with his son, we might as well exchange Ah Shu for them. As for Ali Hague, I have a very interesting edict here. Please take a look at it. ”

Cheng Yue looked at the edict copied by Yang Ting, and said with a smile: "It's really bad enough, let Ali Hague carry the black cauldron, Ali Hague hates me so much now." I'm afraid that one of the conditions for them to negotiate peace is that they can't kill Ali Hague, and the charge that he helped me is confirmed. Fortunately, his two sons are also here, otherwise I wouldn't have the face to see him. ”

Yang Ting asked, "What is the son going to do with Ali Hague and his two sons?" It's a tricky matter. ”

Cheng Yue smiled: "Ali Hague is a hero, and his thoughts are difficult to guess. Just let him know about it and see how he reacts. This man is not very treacherous, and it is unlikely that he will play double-faced with me. When you give him the edict, observe the reaction of him and his two sons. I'm curious to see what his choice will be. ”

Yang Ting nodded, and said: "If you think about it, Boyan will send someone to contact Gongzi immediately, what if you don't spend all the way to get warm?" ”

Cheng Yue said: "Talking about it is, the place I want must belong to me, and I don't care if he talks about it or not." I'm just curious about what Kublai Khan's bottom line was and how much of a place I could get. However, I think that Kublai Khan will inevitably hand over this matter to Boyan for disposal. Boyan is a very upright person, he can't force him too hard, he has to let him go down the stairs and go back to explain. The two discussed for a while, and Yang Ting went to Ali Hague.

As soon as Yang Ting left, Zhang Gui came in with a letter.

Cheng Yue took it and said, "Oh, Xianggong Wen has written again." This time it should be a lot more interesting. He took it apart and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Zhang Gui, take a look." ”

Zhang Gui browsed it and said with some surprise: "The imperial court actually created a new official position for Gongzi, what does it mean?" The Governor of Land and Water? Why does it sound so weird? ”

Cheng Yue paced a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "The Governor of Land and Water, it is better to control the soldiers and horses on the three sides and recover the lost territory." There must have been a struggle in the court for this official position, and many people were afraid that I would not accept an ordinary official position, and they thought that I might be the reincarnation of some kind of boy, so they simply created an official position. The Southern Song Dynasty handed over all the Yuan troops to me to deal with, and the people in their court just enjoyed the fruits of our bloody battle, a good idea. ”

Zhang Gui turned to a smile and said, "Isn't this what the son wants?" Anyway, Boyan is going to negotiate, and the people on the three sides don't dare to attack, Gongzi, the big governor, doesn't have to put out fires everywhere, and there are offerings from the court to take, why not? ”

Cheng Yue also smiled: "Although I also thought about it, I really didn't expect the Southern Song Dynasty to be so unproductive." It's really all left to me, and this is called rushing to the doctor. Since this burden has been handed over to me, I will also carry it without giving it a hand. Sooner or later, they will have to know that I, the Grand Governor, am not easy to deal with. ”

Zhang Gui smiled and said, "Then congratulations to the Metropolitan Governor." ”

Cheng Yue waved his hand and said, "I'll talk about it when the holy decree is issued." You can call me whatever you want, we brothers, we don't need that. ”

Zhang Guidao: "Yes." But at this time, why did you come to give Gongzi an official? I always felt that it was not that simple. ”

Cheng Yue said: "Pick the fruit." The people in the court of the Southern Song Dynasty are not stupid, this battle cannot be fought, of course we have to negotiate peace. If I don't have an official position, the benefits are all mine. Give me a metropolitan governor to do it, and the benefits will be theirs, and I can continue to use them as a watchdog to deal with the Yuan army. This plan has long been decided. Another point is to show the world. I was made a metropolitan governor all of a sudden, and the court treated me very kindly, anyway, they can't deal with me now, so it's better to be generous. If I rebelled against the Southern Song Dynasty in the future, they would be able to condemn me in a righteous and stern manner. It's like a guy hands you all his weapons, and you're too embarrassed to hit him? The hearts of the people, what they want is the hearts of the people, and they use the hearts of the people to prevent me. This is called a killing, and it is more powerful than a stick kill. ”

Zhang Gui suddenly realized and said, "I can guess it in the front, but I don't understand if the son in the back doesn't say it." These lords in the court pondered this all day long, no wonder the Southern Song Dynasty was weak. ”

Cheng Yue smiled: "But there is one thing you have to remember that the general trend of the world will never change because of some people's calculations. Those who think they are smart will always shoot themselves in the foot. They thought they could tie my hands and feet, but they were wrong, they were wrong, they were actually sending their own heads to me. Again, in the face of absolute strength, any intrigues and tricks are useless. ”

Zhang Gui finally understood what Cheng Yue meant, and said with a smile: "Son, they think they have a plan, but they are afraid that someone will get their heads to the ground." ”

Cheng Yue also laughed.

After eating, Cheng Yue summoned the people who studied agriculture and gave them another lesson, telling them about the cultivation methods and growth conditions, processes, fertilization methods, pest control and harvesting time, and preservation matters of new crops. Seeing that spring is about to begin, the cultivation of seedlings should begin.

These students were very excited, because Cheng Yue told them that they were creating a new era, and an agricultural revolution would be born from their hands.

Cheng Yue wrote a booklet of the precautions he had summarized, gave them when he sent them away, and instructed them to be careful not to be destroyed or secretly dug up by others, these seeds are more valuable than gold.

Where would the students who studied agriculture not understand what Cheng Yue said, they all made a solemn promise. Some people also said that they simply lived in the farm built by Yin Yu, looked at the crops, and did not go anywhere.

Cheng Yue sent them away with a smile, and Yin Yu had already put a bamboo fence around a very large official field near Suzhou, and erected barbed wire according to Cheng Yue's request to guard it with officers and soldiers. There is the base where Cheng Yue realizes his food dream.

Li Fu has built a charcoal and cement factory, a red brick factory, but it takes time to produce qualified products, Cheng Yue is not in a hurry, because he has emphasized many times that quality must be guaranteed. As for the production and research and development of glass, Cheng Yue did not give them the relevant technology, and he planned to take it into his own hands. However, lead and tin movable type has been produced a lot, Li Fu is particularly attentive in this regard. The formula of the ink has been handed over to Li Fu, and when the lead words are all done, the actual printing technology in the real sense will be born.

Xie Fangde has built a large hospital, but it is not a building-type like in later generations, but more like a community. Xie Fangde bought a large number of dwellings, gathered many doctors and pharmacies who were proficient in various medical techniques, divided them into various departments, and then concentrated a group of doctors to develop new drugs, formulate various standards for treatment drugs, and collect various prescriptions. He also followed Cheng Yue's instructions and used animals for experiments.