Chu Huan was quite relieved to hear Su Niang say this, and hugged Su Niang's soft body, and said softly: "You are the master mother of the Governor's Mansion, and these things are naturally up to you." ”

"I'm in charge?" Su Niang was a little nervous and said, "This ...... It's always going to be up to you. ”

Chu Huan stretched out his hand and scraped Su Niang's nose, and teased: "As a husband, every day is a good day, and the affairs of the family, of course, have to bother you, the master mother, to be in charge, is it possible that these things also have to bother me?" ”

Su Niang hurriedly said: "No...... That...... That early tomorrow morning, this matter can be disclosed to the house, I have already asked people to clean up the west courtyard, and the things that should be added have been added, I wanted to talk to you a few days ago, but you are out on business these days, so ......! ”

"Are you going to let Daile move to the West Courtyard?" Chu Huan understood.

Su Niang said softly: "The child has been born, although the name has not been determined for the time being, but you can't keep letting the child live in the back yard ......!" ”

Chu Huan said: "What you said is reasonable, then arrange it according to your intentions." ”

"That'...... How did that Miss Liu arrange? Su Niang hesitated for a moment, and finally asked cautiously: "She...... How long is she going to live here? ”

"This ......!" Chu Huan was a little embarrassed, he also knew that although in this era, it is common for men to have three wives and four concubines, but this woman comes home one woman after another, Su Niang is no matter how broad-minded she is, she is only afraid that she is also a little dissatisfied, not to mention that Su Niang herself is not an open-minded person.

As for Mei Niang, Chu Huan actually didn't think about how to settle down, although there was affection between him and Mei Niang, but after all, the relationship was still innocent, although Mei Niang usually ridiculed, Chu Huan really didn't know what the Mei Fox thought in his heart.

He and Mei Niang once lived and died together, and the relationship was naturally extraordinary, although he hoped that Mei Niang could stay in Xiguan and even help himself, but deep down, he didn't dare to fully trust this fox-like charmer.

After all, she was born under the Qingtian King after all, and he really couldn't guarantee whether Mei Niang would really draw a line with the Qingtian King.

Even Mei Niang herself, although she followed Chu Huan to Xiguan and even temporarily recuperated in the Governor's Mansion, Chu Huan couldn't be sure if Mei Niang would stay in the end.

He was thoughtful, Su Niang only treated Chu Huan as a bad thing to say, but there was some resentment in his heart.

Chu Huan's status today is different from the past, although Su Niang was born poor, but she has lived in the capital for a period of time, and has a close relationship with the wife of Xue Huai'an, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and naturally knows a lot of things from Mrs. Xue's mouth, and also understands that almost all the high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital are groups of wives and concubines.

In her eyes, Chu Huan is naturally an absolute dignitary now, and it seems that Chu Huan has a beautiful wife and concubine, which seems to be a matter of course, although she is a little uncomfortable in her heart, but she only feels that this is the power that every dignitary should have.

After Chu Huan brought Mei Niang back, although she also explained to Su Niang that she was a friend, Su Niang naturally understood that bringing a girl back for no reason would of course not be as simple as a friend, and Mei Niang looked like a flower and moon, looking at the entire Governor's Mansion, in terms of appearance, no one was comparable, and that enchanting and charming demeanor, the women in the whole mansion were even worse.

Such a stunning and enchanting girl was taken back to the house by Chu Huan, if Su Niang still felt that they had no other relationship, she would have to scold herself for being stupid.

It was precisely because she felt that the pressure was too great that Su Niang was afraid that Chu Huan would neglect herself, so when she was warm, she tried her best to cooperate and meekly cater to the various tricks proposed by Chu Huan.

The two of them thought about each other, and the room was silent for a moment.

"Erlang, you have to go out tomorrow, or rest early!" After a moment, Su Niang finally said softly.

Chu Huan said "um", hugged Su Niang tightly, pulled the brocade quilt up, kissed Su Niang on the forehead, and said softly: "I'm tired, go to bed early." ”

"Will it take a long time to come back when you go out this time?"

Chu Huan said: "I want to go to the other end of Yanmen Pass." I ordered to set up a trading ground outside the Yanmen Pass, and the Xiliang people to do salt and horse trading, there sent a letter over, although the trade field is being built smoothly, but they are worried about safety problems, the Northwest Army side did not move, and did not oppose or approve, our people asked the commander of the Northwest Army, Gan Hou, to send some soldiers and horses to protect, but Gan Hou avoided it. After a pause, the big hand slashed from Su Niang's waist to her plump and textured buttocks, and said softly: "To build a trading field outside Yanmen Pass, the support of the Northwest Army is indispensable, without their protection, it is almost impossible for the trading field to develop smoothly......!" ”

Su Niang didn't seem to understand, and asked, "Why don't they listen to you?" Aren't you the governor of Xiguan? ”

Chu Huan pinched Su Niang's buttocks, it felt very good, and said with a smile: "Do you think the governor can control everyone?" The Northwest Army is self-contained, subordinate to the imperial court, and is not under local jurisdiction, and the Northwest Army does not have my orders, and I cannot mobilize a single soldier from them. ”

"Oh......!" Su Niang understood, nestled in Chu Huan's arms, blinked her eyes and asked, "Why don't they go to protect the trade ground?" ”

Chu Huan chuckled: "The current situation of the Northwest Army is not very good, Yanmen Pass was destroyed, and the Northwest Army is now only more than 30,000 people, and thirty-six dock forts have been built in Yanmen Pass, and they are still opening up land and ...... fields there!" ”

"Open the land and tuntian?" Su Niangqi said: "I heard them say that many places in the northwest are not suitable for farming, Yanmen Pass, there is sandy land everywhere, and there is very little land that can be cultivated. ”

"It's better to have a small harvest than no harvest at all." Chu Huan sighed lightly: "The military rations of the Northwest Army have always been supplied by the imperial court. At that time, the grain handed over to the imperial court in Xiguan will be stored in the granary of Xiguan first, and will not actually be transported to the capital, these grains will be transferred to the official warehouse, and will be deployed by the household department, and a large part of them will be sent to the border as military food. It's just that the country is in a difficult situation now, don't say that we have no food in the official warehouse in Xiguan, that is, Chen Yangcang, who has been assisting Xiguan before, is now empty, and in this situation in Xiguan, it is impossible to transfer military food to the border pass, and the imperial court is now overstretched, and it is difficult to provide relief to the victims in the northwest, not to mention that there is still food transported to the border pass......! ”

Although Su Niang was born in the countryside, she was not a stupid person, and she understood it, "Erlang, are you saying that the imperial court can't afford to support those who are soldiers, and those who are soldiers can only farm and support themselves?" ”

"Exactly." Chu Huan said with a smile: "The Northwest Army opened the land and tuntian, this is all the idea of that Ganhou, this person can be regarded as very far-sighted, if he didn't open the land and tuntian at the beginning, and counted on the imperial court to send military rations, now I am afraid that he will starve to death." ”

"Even if they don't starve to death, those who serve as soldiers will become robbers and rob themselves." Su Niang said.

Chu Huan didn't expect Su Niang to have such insight, she just thought that she was a woman living at home, but she also understood some truths, and said softly: "Yes, there is no food to eat, and those who are soldiers can't go hungry and make a mutiny, and the consequences are naturally unimaginable." That's why I said that Ganhou was quite far-sighted, and foresaw early on that the supply of military rations to the imperial court would not be available, so he was in Tuntian, which was indeed not suitable for arable land and farming, but when it was cultivated, there was still some harvest, although he could not eat enough, he would not starve to death, and as long as he did not starve to death, there would be no mutiny. ”

Su Niang said quietly: "The houses in the capital are so beautiful, those noble ladies need a lot of silver for a day, Mrs. Xue has to use pearl powder every day, just she is alone, the cost of moonlight pearl powder will cost a lot of silver, there is a large group of noble ladies like her in the whole capital, if you don't use pearl powder, a year down, you can have a lot of silver left, and those silver are probably enough for those who are soldiers to eat." ”

"You're right." Chu Huan praised: "If everyone thinks like you, it will be safe for the country and the people." The soldiers eat and drink the wind and drink the sand at the border pass, not afraid of hardship, garrison the border pass, but they can't even eat their belly, and the dignitaries and nobles in the capital are freshly clothed and angry, and the cost of a meal is ......! "Thinking that the once prosperous Great Qin Empire had fallen to such a state, I felt gloomy in my heart.

He has been to the border pass, personally experienced the hardships of the border pass, he has also been in the capital for a long time, and knows the extravagance and prosperity of the capital, compared with the two, just like heaven and hell.

The emperor took the lead in profligacy, and the officials below were naturally upward and downward, extravagant, and the empire fell to the point where it is now, in the final analysis, it is still because of extravagance, the treasury is empty, and now even the grain and grass at the border can not be supplied, which can be said to be terminally ill.

"Erlang, you haven't said why they didn't send troops to protect the trade ground." Su Niang rarely had such a conversation with Chu Huan, she only felt very elastic, and seeing Chu Huan thoughtfully, she couldn't help but gently shake his arm.

Chu Huan said with a smile: "Our general Ganhou Gan naturally knows that when the trade field is built, there will be a lot of profit in it, and he avoids it, in the final analysis, he still hopes to get a piece of the pie." ”

"You mean he wants silver?"

"It doesn't have to be silver." Chu Huan said: "Now that the Northwest Army lacks everything, he is hinting to me that if he wants the trade field to be safe and sound under the protection of the Northwest Army, I, the governor of Xiguan, will be ...... anyway!" He smiled lightly and said: "It's nothing, in fact, I have thought about this for a long time, without the protection of Ganhou's Northwest Army, there is indeed a risk in the trading field, who can guarantee that no people with a desire for profit will go to the trading ground to loot...... There are benefits, everyone share, General Gan just wants to convey this meaning to me, I actually want to meet the commander of the Northwest Army for a while, this time I just went to Yanmen Pass, one to see the progress of the trade field, and the other to visit this General Gan. ”

As soon as the words fell, he heard a "clucking" sound like an old hen calling outside the hospital, Chu Huan heard the sound, immediately lifted the quilt, turned over and got up.