After taking Youzhou, the army rested for three days, and in the past three days, Yang Yuanqing was extremely busy, calming the hearts of the army, meeting with officials, and counting supplies, he officially appointed Hou Mo Chen Yi as the governor of Youzhou, and at the same time appointed Yang Jiachen as the deputy governor.

Although Yang Yuanqing has decided that Hou Mo Chen Yi will be the governor of Youzhou, it is not that the Youzhou army will be handed over to him, there are still many things to do, mainly to ensure the loyalty of the army, according to the principle of separation of soldiers and generals, the Youzhou army will be transferred to Hedong, and the Hedong army will be stationed in Youzhou, and the total strength will be reduced to 20,000 people.

Youzhou City is just the name of the military, its administrative name is Jixian County, it is the largest city in Hebei region, similar to Taiyuan City, the circumference is more than 30 miles, the city wall is tall and wide, the permanent population is less than 200,000, but due to the annual military disaster, a large number of people from Zhuo County have poured into Youzhou City, so that the actual residents in the city exceed 400,000, the city is very crowded, and the cultivated land is barren, a large number of people rely on the government's porridge for a living.

Like Taiyuan City, there is also an inner warehouse city in Youzhou City, located in the northeast corner of the city, covering an area of hundreds of acres, composed of fifty large warehouses, when Yang Guang attacked Goryeo and stored a large number of military grain and grass in Zhuo County, the last half fell into the hands of Luo Yi, he transferred all these materials into the Cangcheng.

Yang Yuanqing, accompanied by the new Zhuo County Magistrate Shi Lu Zhao, went to Cangcheng to inspect, Lu Zhao is Lu Chu's third brother, Lu Chu was killed by Wang Shichong in Luoyang, Fan Yang Lu was headed by Lu Chu's second brother Lu Yu, Lu Yu is Lu Zhao's brother, he also has a brother Lu Ce, and now Taiyuan is the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple in the Sui Dynasty.

Lu Zhao is about forty years old this year, his face is thin, his eyes are bright, he is an extremely shrewd and capable official, as early as the sixth year of the Great Cause, he was appointed as the Sima of Zhuojun, and the ninth year of the Great Cause was promoted to the long history, a few months ago, because Lu Ce led his people to Taiyuan to participate in the imperial examination, and Lu Ce was also an official in the Sui Dynasty, this incident angered Luo Yi. Lu Zhao was deposed, and after Yang Yuanqing occupied Youzhou City, he reappointed Lu Zhao as the magistrate of Zhuo County.

When Yang Yuanqing was the governor of Youzhou, he often dealt with Lu Zhao, they were very familiar with each other, and the relationship was also very good. There are dozens of large warehouses on both sides. These large warehouses were repaired by Luo Yi, and Yang Yuanqing had not seen them, but he found an interesting phenomenon. The warehouses on the left are all spires, while the warehouses on the right are flat-roofed, but I don't know what the difference is?

Lu Zhao smiled and introduced him: "Your Highness." I built this warehouse city, the left half is a grain and grass warehouse, and the right half is a military warehouse, so they can be distinguished from each other. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, this is better than the design of Jinyang Palace Cangcheng, the warehouses in Jinyang Palace Cangcheng are all the same, and the materials and grain are mixed, but he found that there is no canal in Cangcheng, so it is inconvenient to transport.

"Why don't you dig a canal in Cangcheng?"

Lu Zhao sighed and said, "Originally, I thought about it. It was not troublesome to build a canal that led directly to the Yongji Canal, but Manager Luo refused to do so, saying that the canal would become a hole in the defense of Youzhou City. ”

"Let's build one!"

Yang Yuanqing said: "Build a canal to facilitate the transportation of materials, and in the future, the materials from Taiyuan can eventually be transported to Youzhou City by water." ”

"Since His Highness has orders, the lowly post will arrange manpower as soon as possible. Your Highness please! ”

They walked into the first granary, the warehouse was huge, the warehouse was ventilated and dry, and bags of grain were neatly stacked, intuitively. Yang Yuanqing felt that there were at least 30,000 stone of grain in this first warehouse, and he saw a sack with the words "Six Years of Great Cause" written on it in red lacquer. couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and asked, "Are all these grains from the six years of the Great Cause?" ”

"Nope! No! How can the grain of the six years of the Great Cause be stored for so long, these are the grains of the ten years of the Great Cause, which were transported from Luokouchang during the Third Goryeo War, and the bag says that the Great Cause is six years, but in fact it is not, but these grains have been stored for three years, and many of them are moldy and rotten, and they must be disposed of as soon as possible. ”

Yang Yuanqing walked around the warehouse and asked him again: "I have read Wen Taishou's report, saying that there are more than 300,000 stones of grain stored in Youzhou, is there really so much?" ”

Lu Zhao smiled and nodded, "To be precise, there are still 345,000 stones, and there were originally more than 600,000 stones, and nearly half of them have been consumed in the past two years." ”

"And how many silk cloths are there?"

"There are still quite a few silk cloths, about 700,000 horses."

Yang Yuanqing thought for a moment and said: "The residents of Fanzhuo County can send a piece of cloth, five buckets of grain, and a bucket of salt to each household, as a gift for me to meet them, and spring ploughing is coming, the government should seize the time to arrange spring ploughing, and it is estimated that it is too late to promote the field, you can measure the fields while spring ploughing, how to do it specifically, the imperial court will send someone to assist you, if there is a shortage of manpower, although let the army help, in a word, you can't delay spring ploughing." ”

"I understand that I am going to discuss this matter with Wen Taishou today."

They walked out of the warehouse, and Lu Zhao pointed to a warehouse on the opposite side and said, "Take Your Highness down to see the armor storehouse!" ”

Yang Yuanqing looked at the sky, it was almost noon, so he shook his head and smiled: "I plan to go to Beiping County today, if I don't leave, it will be too late, and I will inspect the warehouse when I come back, and your Lu family originally planned to visit in the next two days, there are too many things, wait for me to come back!" I'll have a good talk with your family master. ”

Lu Zhao gave a deep salute, "The door of the Lu family is open for His Highness at any time!" ”

Yang Yuanqing turned over his horse and walked towards the gate, and after walking more than a dozen steps, he stopped his war horse again, turned around and sighed: "Originally, one of the conditions that Wang Shichong and I reached was to let Lu Chu come to Taiyuan, but I didn't expect it..... In fact, I'm going to use Lu Chu as the sixth phase, it's a pity! ”

After speaking, he took a deep look at Lu Zhao and urged the horse to run towards the gate.

Lu Zhao looked at Yang Yuanqing in a daze, but in his heart he was carefully understanding the deep meaning of Yang Yuanqing's words......

Among the five surnames and seven wangs in the world, Fanyang Lu is impressively listed, it is one of the three famous families in Hebei, and the Boling Cui family and the Qinghe Cui family are neck and neck, the prestige of the Lu family mainly lies in the protégés and children all over the counties of Hebei, and even the bandit Lu Mingyue is actually a child of the Lu family, but the Lu family does not recognize it.

In the central court, Xiangguo Lu Chu is undoubtedly the most dazzling figure of the Lu family, and he is also the head of the Lu family, and his killing in Luoyang undoubtedly brought a heavy blow to the Lu family.

Like Wenxi Pei's family, the ancestral residence of the Lu family in Fanyang is not in Youzhou City, but in Lujia Village in the east of Youzhou City, moved into Youzhou City to avoid war, more than 300 Lu children and nearly 600 people with wives and daughters live in a huge mansion covering an area of 80 acres, the relationship between the rooms is intimate, and the hierarchy is also strict, each of the seven rooms of the Lu family selects an elder to form a family meeting, and all family affairs are decided by the family association.

But in fact, the main power of the Lu family is in the hands of the four brothers of the long house, the head of the family Lu Chu, the second brother Lu Yu, the third brother Lu Zhao, and the fourth brother Lu Ce, among the four brothers, Lu Chu is the prime minister in Beijing, and Lu Yu is responsible for the specific affairs of the family, Lu Zhao is a local bureaucrat, and Lu Ce is in charge of the family's financial power, but since the establishment of the new Sui, the fate of the Lu family has gradually changed, first of all, Lu Ce was named the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, and the two sons of the Lu family were admitted to the imperial examination and became officials in Hedong.

Immediately after Lu Chu was killed in Luoyang, and then Yang Yuanqing launched the Hebei Campaign, a series of changes made the Lu family difficult to adapt for a while, but after all, it was one of the seven hopes in the world, and the Lu family did not panic, but faced the great changes in front of them with an indifferent attitude.

At noon, a carriage stopped in front of Lu Mansion in the south of the city, and Lu Zhao got out of the carriage and hurried towards the Inner Mansion.

At present, the new head of the Lu family is Lu Yu, and he is also the younger brother of Lu Chu, although he is not the elder in the family, and his seniority is not high, but he has always held the power of the Lu family.

Lu Yu is less than fifty years old, slightly short and fat, slightly dark-skinned, always likes to squint his eyes, although the appearance is not very good, but it does not hinder his prestige in the family, he once served as the Taishou of Liang County, and was ousted for allegedly supporting Yang Xuangan's rebellion in the ninth year of the Great Cause, and he has not been out again, Dou Jiande once wanted to invite him to be a minister, but he also declined.

Yang Yuanqing has been stationed in Youzhou City for three days, and there is an endless stream of famous gentry who go to visit, but Lu Yu is the only one who does not move, he is not in a hurry, he knows that Yang Yuanqing will come to visit him sooner or later, this is a kind of self-confidence of his, and it is also the Qinggao of the Lu family.

Lu Yu was sitting in the room reading a book, and there was a hurried footstep outside the door, "Second brother, can you come in?" It was the voice of his brother Lu Zhao.

"Come in!"

Lu Yu put down the book, he knew that his brother had been very busy in the past two days, and he had to be busy until late every day to come back, but he actually came back at noon today, and the footsteps were so hurried, and the voice was a little excited, something must have happened, and his intuition told Lu Yu that it should be related to Yang Yuanqing.

The door opened, and Lu Zhao walked in quickly, bowing and saluting, "Second brother, I have something to say." ”

"Sit down!"

Lu Yu asked his brother to sit down, picked up the teapot beside him, poured him a cup of hot tea, squinted and smiled: "Don't worry, speak slowly." ”

Lu Zhao picked up the teacup and said, "This morning, I accompanied His Royal Highness the King of Chu to inspect the warehouse, and he said something to me, which I think is a hint. ”

"What did he say?" Lu Yu asked slowly.

"He said that he had planned to let his eldest brother enter Taiyuan as the sixth phase, and he had already reached an exchange agreement with Wang Shichong, but the eldest brother still didn't keep it, he regretted it."

"Hmmm! What do you think is the hint in this? Lu Yu smiled and continued to ask quietly.

"Doesn't the second brother think that the sixth phase is very meaningful? Why did he tell me specifically? If it was just because the eldest brother was in Luoyang, he would not mention this matter again, since he mentioned this matter in Youzhou, it means that it was because of the Lu family, so he wanted the eldest brother to be the sixth minister, he did not mean the eldest brother, but the Lu family. ”

Lu Yu was silent, of course he understood that Yang Yuanqing's words were indeed a hint, from Yang Yuanqing's Xiangguo structure, he cared a lot about the family power, Pei, Cui, Du, and Wang were all famous families, did Yang Yuanqing really plan to make the Lu family the sixth phase?