readx; In June, Li Qing'an returned to Anxi, which was full of fire, according to the prior agreement between him and Li Yu, Hexi would be divided into two, and Liangzhou would be assigned to Longyou, while Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou and Shazhou would be assigned to Anxi, which was a big deal for both Li Qing'an and Anxi, with the Hexi Corridor, the materials and population of the Central Plains would flow into Anxi more conveniently, for this matter, he stayed in Zhangye for five days, arranged various personnel, and most importantly, he wanted to put a trustworthy general in Hexi, Not only can the 40,000 Hedong army be suppressed, but also be able to implement his own idea of governing Hexi, that is, the military must also be done, and the text cannot be bad, thinking about it, only Lifei Shouyu is the most suitable, he immediately repaired a book, and ordered Lifei Shouyu, who was on standby in Yizhou, to rush to Zhangye to take up his post. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After arranging the affairs of Hexi, Li Qing'an set off to return to Anxi, he was very concerned about the matter of returning to Hui, although this time Anxi hit Hui, but Li Qingan knew that although he had the strength to completely eliminate Hui, but now is not the time, if he eliminated Hui, Gelulu and other grassland tribes will sit big, this is what he Li Qing'an never wants to see, he wants to completely cripple the grassland people, not let one wolf replace another wolf.

Li Qingan needs to have a good talk with Cui Qianyou and sort out the current clue, after all, he has not personally inquired about the grassland affairs, and he is not very clear about many things, but when Li Qingan walked to Jinman County, he heard a news, this news is his private matter, although Li Qingan has always been clear about public and private, but when he heard this news, he immediately gave up the idea of meeting Cui Qianyou, jumped to the broken leaves, this news is so important to him: his beloved concubine Rushi is pregnant.

Of course, Li Qing'an understood that it was the treatment of the old Muslim man who played a role, and he solved his biggest and most urgent problem, the problem of his Li Qing'an's heirs, which was related to the degree of loyalty of the Anxi army to him, and no Anxi general would be firmly loyal to a lord who had no heirs, and more importantly, he would have children of his own.

The road from Beiting to Broken Leaf has been renovated, although it is not a smooth avenue, but it is not as rugged and difficult as in the past, and the time on the road has also been shortened a lot, generally speaking, it will take at least ten days, but Li Qingan was so anxious that it only took seven days to rush back to Broken Leaf.

Rushi was indeed pregnant at one of Li Qing'an's countless fertility experiments, at that time, Li Qing'an had already gone south to Liangzhou, Dugu Mingyue, who got the news, immediately sent someone to pick up Rushi, and she wanted to thank the Muslim old man who cured her husband's illness, the old man only left a letter, and had already returned to the river, Dugu Mingyue's entire energy was almost all on Rushi's body, this is Li Qingan's first child, although it is a little regretful that it is not herself, but as a housewife, Mingyue has the responsibility and obligation to let Li Qing'an's first child be born safely, besides, if the poem can get pregnant, then she will be soon, Mingyue has to arrange everything before she is also pregnant.

Invite doctors, hire midwives, invite nurses, invite special cooks, and find someone to sew small clothes, and even think about the future child's Xixi, originally Li Qing'an's family was not much, only twenty people, but because Rushi was pregnant, and seven or eight people were squeezed in, Li Qing'an of course was not short of money, but Wang Changling, who claimed to be a pioneer of reform in Anxi and was called a reform madman by others, promulgated a new rule at the beginning of the year, and the family of officials below the fourth grade is not allowed to hire more than 20 people. The reason is that there is a serious shortage of young female workers in the broken leaf textile workshop, so they have to invite some aunts to work, but these aunts work inefficiently, and the welfare wages are very high, and they have to go home to hug their grandchildren at every turn, so anxious that those workshop deacons jump to their feet, in fact, young girls are also there, but many people go to big families to help hire them, since Li Qing'an implemented the abolition of slavery in Anxi, the maids have personal freedom, and they can leave if they want to. The maid's monthly money exceeds that of the female workers in the workshop, and it is difficult to recruit people, helping to hire in large households, the work is easy, eating and drinking, no longer beaten and scolded as before, and can follow the master for a long time, so that the girls are in short supply, and the deacons of the workshop have complained to Wang Changling, so there is this commission restriction regulation, of course, Wang Changling also has a selfish heart, Anxi's honors are linked to charity schools, such as helping orphans and widows, opening schools, and doing more good deeds, Naturally, if you can get the four-rank honor, then you are qualified to hire more maids and improve the quality of life, Wang Changling is indirectly encouraging the school.

Of course, Li Qing'an's mansion is not subject to the restrictions of this commission restriction regulation, but as the first family in Anxi, how can he set an example, Dugu Mingyue had to send five old servants home to support the elderly, give more money and land, so that they can enjoy their old age in peace, and finally it was reduced to twenty people, but as soon as Rushi became pregnant, she immediately disrupted her plan, and at this time Mingyue couldn't take care of it, she must keep the child in Rushi's belly, and give Li Qing'an an an explanation, Rushi had a fetal gas on the way back to Anxi, so Li Qing'an's mansion was like a big enemy.

The family jumped up and down, changing tricks and tossing people, but the bitter love of quiet such as poetry, the midwife had to come three times a day, take a bamboo tube to her stomach to listen to the fetal sound, such poetry began to refuse, but the midwife coaxed her to say that she could distinguish between men and women, such as poetry followed, but soon she was confused again, it was only more than three months, the small belly was slightly convex, this old woman who looked like an eagle could hear men and women?

"Sister, she is the most famous midwife in Broken Leaf City and even Anxi, I heard that she is especially good at correcting the fetal position, she has delivered for forty years, and less than five fetuses have died in her, and now she rarely delivers babies, and it will cost twenty yuan to invite her to come for a day."

The twin sister Ruhua saw that her sister didn't like this midwife very much, so she smiled and solved her confusion, "I heard that it is very difficult to give birth to a child, once the fetal position is not correct, it is a difficult birth, and adults and children with dystocia cannot live, so the eldest sister insisted on inviting this Yan midwife." ”

Thinking of the eldest sister's care for herself, Rushi's heart was full of gratitude, money is not important, the important thing is that the eldest sister is really trying her best to keep her child, she thought that the eldest sister would be unhappy when she was pregnant with a child first, so she has been nervous, but Dugu Mingyue's sincerity touched her and made her silently grateful.

"Picturesque, I wish the baby in my womb was a girl." Rushi suddenly said a word.

"Sister, what nonsense are you talking about, everyone wants to have a son, just you want a daughter." Picturesque is a little upset with her sister's weird thoughts.

Rushi smiled shallowly, her beautiful face showed a hint of the tenderness of a first-time mother, her sister will not understand her own thoughts, a girl, the county lord, this is the best place for her child.

"Picturesque, I'm a little tired, I want to sleep for a while, you ask everyone to talk as quietly as possible, I haven't slept well in the past two days."

"Okay, I'll go and command."

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the courtyard outside, and the two maids cried out, and ran out angrily and shouted, "Don't make noise, be quiet! ”

"Fourth lady, the master is back."

In the room, Rushi was just about to close her eyes, when she suddenly heard this, and couldn't help but 'Ah! He sneered and struggled to sit up, his heart pounding with nervousness, and at this time, Li Qing'an's excited laughter came from the courtyard, "Picturesque, what about your sister?" ”

"Big brother, be quiet, my sister is sleeping."

"Nope!" Rushi hurriedly said loudly: "I didn't sleep, big brother come in!" ”

The door opened, Li Qingan walked in quickly, but there was a group of women behind him, Mingyue, dancing clothes, picturesque, and his wives all came.

Li Qingan squatted down in front of Rushi's bed, held her hand and asked, "Mingyue said that you didn't feel good when you first came back, how are you doing now?" ”

Rushi glanced at Mingyue gratefully, and said in a low voice: "Thanks to the careful care of the eldest sister, the feeling has stabilized, and I already felt the fetal movement yesterday." ”

Mingyue stepped forward and said with a smile: "This is a big thing in our family, thinking that the family will be lively in the future, we are all looking forward to it!" ”

Li Qingxin was happy and said: "I am also looking forward to it, Mingyue, you prepare hundreds of cakes and red eggs and send them to the neighbors, so that everyone can touch my joy." ”

The dancer next to him pursed his lips and smiled: "Da Lang is confused!" Other people's families give red eggs only after giving birth to children, so you give it now, isn't it too early? ”

Li Qingan scratched the back of his head and said with a smile: "I'm really happy and confused, then remove the red eggs first, only send cakes, in short, I want everyone to know that I want to be a father." ”

"Big brother, there's something!" Rushi gently pulled Li Qing'an and whispered in his ear: "You have to stay for a few more days when you come back this time." ”

"I know what I know."

Li Qingan couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, turned around and grinned: "I came back this time to turn you all into..." ”

There was a thud in the room.

．．．．．．． After dinner, Li Qingan took a bath, changed into a set of clean wide-body Zen clothes, and sat comfortably in the study, nearly a month of running made him a little tired, but at this time he felt that all his fatigue had disappeared, and the joy of his mood made him never feel as relaxed and happy as today, he drank tea while reading by the light, at this time, Dugu Mingyue came in with a bowl of sour plum lotus seed soup, put it in front of Li Qingan, and put the robe on him, and said softly: "Don't be careless, although it is hot here during the day, But the night was cold. ”

Li Qingan took her hand and sat down, and asked, "Has Rushi rested?" ”

Mingyue nodded, "She has been very tired recently, and the midwife said that it was normal, and she had to have enough rest." ”

"Thank you so much."

"Between our husband and wife, what is there to be thankful for."

Mingyue smiled and said: "Besides, I am now the princess of Zhao, and I must have the measure of the princess, did the husband say?" ”

"You already know that the new emperor is on the throne?"

"The Jiedu embassy has spread the news, everyone knows it, saying that the husband has sealed the king of Zhao, I don't say that the princess of Zhao has been crowned, and the dance clothes have also won the third grade of Mrs., and the poetry and painting have also won the fourth grade, it seems that the new emperor takes great care of the husband."

Li Qingan sneered and said, "What is Princess Zhao, you are going to be the queen in the future..."

Li Qingan's words came to an abrupt end, he was shocked to realize that he had revealed his mouth, and hurriedly lowered his head to read the book, trying to hide his gaffe.

Mingyue leaned closer to him, and said with some resentment: "Does the husband even want to hide it from me?" ”

Li Qingan put down the book, sighed and said, "There are some things I don't want you to know, I hope you can live peacefully." ”

"They can stay out of it, but I..."

In fact, she has heard a little about Li Qing'an's ambition, but she doesn't dare to ask this kind of thing in person, until today Li Qingan inadvertently said that Mingyue finally affirmed that her husband does have that kind of ambition, which makes her extremely worried, she is very worried about whether her family will be affected, but Mingyue can't say these words.

Li Qingan seemed to know Mingyue's thoughts, he gently hugged his wife's waist and comforted her: "Don't worry, I am not a reckless person, if I am reckless, it should be me who ascends the throne in Chang'an now, not Li Yu, I will not seize the Li Tang world, on the contrary, I will save the Li Tang world, let the Li Tang clan and ministers cry and beg me to take the throne, I will never affect the Dugu family." ”

"Thank you for thinking about my parents!"

Mingyue sighed faintly, lowered her head a little shyly and said: "Husband, in fact, I am more worried about our children in the future, I didn't have this feeling before, but watching Rushi's belly grow bigger day by day, I have a wonderful feeling in my heart, and I also began to care about my child." ”

Looking at his wife's brows with a shy expression, how could Li Qingan not understand his wife's hint, his wife was asking for a child from him, he turned around and blew out the light...... Early the next morning, Li Qing'an came to the Broken Leaf Political Affairs Hall, and as soon as he entered the lobby, Shi Wang Changling, the governor of Anxi Jiedu, found him with a thick stack of documents. General, there are a few things I am anxious to report to you. ”

"Let's talk about the Byzantines, how is the trade with them doing now?" Li Qing'an was more concerned about trade with Byzantium than anything else, and a few months ago, the first Anxi caravan of 5,000 camels arrived for Byzantium loaded with silk and porcelain and 3,000 crossbows in stock.

"This is also one of the things I want to report to the General."

Wang Changling originally wanted to report the trade situation with Byzantium in the third matter, but when Li Qing'an asked, he found the report written by Pei Yu from the document.

"The caravan has returned, and it is currently resting in Talas City, this time the caravan has made a total of 100,000 Byzantine gold coins, and bought back the fine iron needed by the general, as well as gold bottles, luminous bibs, agate, and precious stones, which can be sold at a good price in Chang'an."

After a pause, Wang Changling took out another document and said, "There is another thing related to Byzantium. ”

"Sir, please!"

"Our caravan met a war in Byzantium."

"What war?" Li Qingan asked with great interest.

"They heard that there was a naval battle between Byzantium and the Great Eclipse over an island."

Li Qingan immediately guessed that they must be fighting for the island of Cyprus, so he hurriedly asked, "What about the result?" ”

"The result was that the Byzantium was defeated, and when we heard that the defenders of the island had used a new type of bow and arrow, which caused a crushing defeat for the Byzantine army, the merchants heard from the sergeant who had fled back that the new bow and arrow of the Great Food should be our bow and crossbow."

Li Qing'an nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that the Byzantine Emperor will soon send an envoy to sign a treaty with us." ”

"Is there any news from the big food?"

"Not yet!"

"Alright! You talk about something else. ”

Wang Changling hurriedly took out a book and said, "I want to tell the general about the "Commission Restriction Regulations". ”

To tell the truth, Li Qing'an really doesn't want to listen to this kind of report, this Wang Changling is called a madman by many people, he doesn't want to write poems, he thinks about reform all day long, his thinking is even more avant-garde than his own traverser, he thinks about human rights and liberation all day long, he is like an old poor peasant who is bitter and hateful, and he can't wait to liberate all the slaves in the Tang Dynasty, a few months ago, several Persian slave traders brought a group of Kunlun slaves to break the leaves and sell them. As a result, these slaves were rusty, could not speak the language, could not live, and when they were too hungry to do so, they robbed a rice shop and were finally arrested.

This incident made Wang Changling ridiculed by many people, saying that he was a scholar, but Li Qingan still admired Wang Changling's persistence in doing things, worked hard, and never gave up until the goal was achieved, and what he gave him would definitely be done properly, but it was just a little ..... When Wang Changling's "Commission Restriction Regulations" was halfway through reading, Li Qingan finally couldn't help yawning and was drowsy, he didn't sleep well last night.

Wang Changling was a little embarrassed and said, "General, then I'll talk about it briefly." ”

"No need!" Li Qingan waved his hand, "You can do this matter first, if there are too many people who oppose it, let's consider it carefully, now I don't want to hear about this matter for the time being." ”

Wang Changling had no choice but to take out another report and said, "I want to report again on the situation of Hanhu intermarriage." ”

Li Qing'an perked up and quickly straightened his waist, he loved to listen to this topic.

Seeing that Li Qing'an had become energetic, Wang Changling couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "The main thing is that there are more women and fewer men in the Hezhong area, so I wonder if I can recruit a group of female workers from there to break the leaves." ”

"What does this have to do with intermarriage?" Li Qingan interrupted him.

"If you come to Broken Leaf for a long time, you will naturally marry Hanlang."

When Li Qingan heard him talk about it, he was still thinking about finding a female worker, and suddenly lost interest, so he waved his hand and said, "You can arrange this matter!" I only have two words: 'voluntary', no coercion, no deception, to ensure their safety and smoothness on the road, otherwise I will not spare you if there is any more trouble in the river." ”

After a pause, Li Qingan asked again: "I want to ask about the grain situation, how much grain do we still have now?" ”

"There are still 900,000 stones, but in two months, we will also have a bumper harvest here, and we will be able to break even, so that we will have 800,000 stones of grain in stock."

800,000 stone grain is still too little, he wants to run the Central Plains, at least 5 million stone grain in his hands, after all, Anxi has few people, can only produce one season of grain, unlike the south has two or even three seasons of grain, now the Central Plains is fine, the court is weak, it is a great opportunity for him to expand his strength in Anxi.

At this moment, the voice of the pro-soldier suddenly sounded outside the door, "General, a team of Great Food Envoys has arrived, and they have entered Broken Leaf City." ”

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(To be continued)