"The concubine also learned from the Huangzhuang side, since Kuizhou Road, the southwest has gradually become mountainous, and the mountain road is rugged. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info If these green forest thieves want to avoid the imperial army and burrow into the deep mountains and old forests, I am afraid they will not be able to find it! In this way, don't say that you have caught them all, it is difficult to see these green forest thieves......" Zhou Zhiruo said lightly while helping Lu Chengqirou press her temples.

Lu Chengqi thought about it, and it seemed that this was really the case. Didn't a certain great man say that he wanted to fight guerrilla warfare. Guerrilla guerrilla is to let you in, hide, and beat you with a stick from time to time. If these green forest thieves were so smart, Lu Chengqi could foresee that the forbidden army would suffer a small loss.

These thieves of the green forest are a rabble. can't confront the forbidden army of the imperial court head-on, and it is still very good at putting cold arrows in the back and beating stuffy sticks. In addition to the outlaw world, the Green Forest Thief also has a good kung fu. The non-commissioned officers of the forbidden army are all based on drill queues and battle formations, and the martial arts they practice are only superficial kung fu and cannot be put on the stage.

Now Lu Chengqi can only pray that these green forest thieves will not do this, and he said with a forced smile: "As soon as the imperial army arrives, these ghosts and ghosts will be terrified......

"Has Your Majesty ever thought about why there are many bandits in Yunnan and Guizhou, but not in other places?" Zhou Zhiruo asked softly.

Lu Chengqi was also very puzzled, he asked himself if he was not bad for the people, why did there still be people who fought against the court? "Zitong, why do you say this?"

Zhou Zhiruo sighed and said, "Your Majesty, the territory of Dashun far exceeds that of previous dynasties. Mo said that the Dali Kingdom was submissive, and the Tufan tribes also paid tribute every year, which was included in the Dashun territory. But has Your Majesty thought about it, why are these places out of the control of the imperial court? ”

When Lu Chengqi heard this, his face became serious, and he slowly stood up from the couch, and Zhou Zhiruo also stopped rubbing. "What does Zitong want to say?"

Zhou Zhiruo sighed and said: "These barbaric places do not learn the culture of the Central Plains and do not obey the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and the reason for this is that the roads are not smooth. And there are tribes of all sizes in these places, and it is very complicated for tribes to fight against each other, or to form alliances, or to make enemies, or to intermarry...... Because its culture is very different from that of the Central Plains, it is only superficially obedient to the imperial court. In fact, if they rebel, the court will not be able to help them for a while. Even if the troops are transferred, I am afraid it will take three or four months to fail. And the transportation of grain, grass, and baggage is also a big and difficult problem......"

Lu Chengqi was a little surprised, how did Zhou Zhiruo know that it was not easy to march on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? Don't say that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and now it's almost impossible to deal with it.

Seeming to perceive Lu Chengqi's question, Zhou Zhiruo smiled and said, "Your Majesty must be surprised, how did the concubine find out?" ”

Lu Chengqi nodded, which can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence.

"There is also a caravan in Huangzhuang, which goes to the Tufan Tribes. The Tibetans were most fond of tea, cloth, salt and pottery, and their mules and horses, furs, and medicinal herbs were also urgently needed in the Central Plains. Since the previous dynasty, there has been a so-called 'tea and horse market'. Just go to Tufan, and then go to the Central Plains, it will take almost half a year. Although there is a lot of money and silver, it is too cumbersome to go back and forth......" Zhou Zhiruo opened the chatterbox, as if complaining to Lu Chengqi.

Lu Chengqi took it for granted: "Tea and horse markets, caravans...... Well, that means that the green forest thieves are all coming for the caravan? ”

Zhou Zhiruo sighed and said, "Under the banner of Huangzhuang, who dares to touch it in Dashun?" It's just that those caravans do have to pay 'tolls'......"

Lu Chengqi almost didn't laugh out loud, these path-cutting thieves are really creative, and they actually want to collect tolls!

"Your Majesty doesn't know, these bandits, if they lose their swords, they are good people!" Zhou Zhiruo was a little angry, thinking that he was a person from Huangzhuang, and he had also suffered a loss.

Lu Chengqi was stunned: "This ...... What's going on? ”

Zhou Zhiruo said hatefully: "Yunnan and Guizhou have few fertile fields and many steep mountains, which are the most likely to breed bandits. These peasant households cannot support their families on farmland, so they can only become bandits. Farmers during the day and bandits at night. Raid passing caravans. This is especially true of the Tea Horse Trail. A gang of thieves, no less than dozens. There are more than 100 of them, all of which are here to make money. If you pay the 'toll', everyone will be safe. If you don't pay it, you will see each other. These thieves are not afraid of death, and sometimes they are so poor that they even dare to rob the Huangzhuang. If it's one, give it. But these thieves emerge in endlessly, and there are dozens of them along the way. Even if the tea and horse market makes more money, it will not be enough to feed these jackals! ”

Lu Chengqi's face became grim, and he frowned and said, "There is such a thing? ”

Zhou Zhiruo said hatefully: "The concubine wants to know, can Your Majesty rectify Yunnan and Guizhou?" Otherwise, the tea and horse markets will no longer go to Yunnan and Guizhou. ”

Lu Chengqi said in his heart: "These thieves are too, and they don't know what pig raising is. If one robbery was a little less, those caravans would have pinched their noses and recognized it. Now, except for Huangzhuang, it is estimated that no one dares to walk this tea horse trail anymore, right? ”

Seeing that Lu Chengqi was a little absent-minded, Zhou Zhiruo pushed Lu Chengqi: "Your Majesty, can you arrest all these thieves?" ”

"Ahem, Zitong, I'm not a fairy! As you said before, how can these thieves, who are both farmers and bandits, be cured? Is it possible to arrest all the peasant households in Yunnan and Guizhou? Isn't that forcing the people to rebel! If it doesn't work, it won't work...... "Lu Chengqi still knows which is more important, and the loss of Huangzhuang will be lost, if it is really not possible, go west from Jingzhao Mansion, and you can also go to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau." It's just that the medicinal materials that are exchanged back, there are no medicinal materials produced in Yunnan and Guizhou.

If Zhou Zhi is angry, if she enters Tibet from other places, why should she spend so much thought? Seeing his queen's unhappy look, Lu Chengqi hurriedly flattered him: "Zitong, don't worry, I want to think of a perfect way to rectify Yunnan and Guizhou." First and foremost, it is necessary to build roads. Zitong also knows that the treasury is almost empty, and now it is all supported by 'tax coupons'. If the road is built again, I'm afraid it will ......."

"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, this money emperor is out!" Zhou Zhiruo was really wealthy, and said without blinking her eyes.

Lu Chengqi was also stunned by her domineering, and was stunned for a while before continuing: "It is necessary to repair the road, and it is best to build the road together." Well, this still doesn't show much...... Zitong just said, Yunnan and Guizhou Shaoliangtian, what's going on? ”

Zhou Zhiruo said as a matter of course: "In a mountainous place, how can there be more fertile land?" The fields are not abundant, and the good people can only be thieves......"

This doesn't correspond to Lu Chengqi's cognition, and he was stunned for a long time before he said: "Could it be that the land of Yunnan and Guizhou is not possible without terraces?" I remember, there were terraces in the Qin and Han dynasties? ”

Zhou Zhiruo was also stunned: "What is a terrace?" (To be continued.) )