Early in the morning of the thirty-first day of the lunar month.

The palace is very lively, Princess Cui Hanlei has been pregnant for five months, her body shape has changed significantly, and she has paid a lot of attention to her actions, but the princess is in a good mood, after marrying Li Rupei, this is the first Spring Festival she and Li Rupei spent together, and more importantly, her parents are around, and the family can be reunited, which is a very auspicious thing.

Li Rupei and Cui An sneaked to Xiangyang Mansion to visit the officials who were still on duty in the official mansion, and at the same time they had to go to the barracks of the Iron and Blood Army, and they were afraid that they would not return to the palace until after noon.

Some of the officers and men of the Iron Blood Army were able to take a vacation and return home to reunite with their relatives for the holiday, but most of the sergeants still stuck to the barracks, because their families were too far away, or they simply had no family members, or they could not contact their families.

The Liang family came to the royal mansion early in the morning to help arrange the arrangement of the reunion dinner, the reunion dinner of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the significance is extraordinary, and the whole family can happily eat the reunion dinner together, indicating good luck in the coming year, and the family is harmonious.

Cui Hanlei is pregnant, it is Cui Qiuyue who is responsible for managing the internal affairs of the palace, and the housekeeper is also the old man before the Cui Mansion, all of whom Cui Hanlei trusts very much, from this aspect, the palace is actually decided by Cui Hanlei, Li Rupei basically did not worry about managing the internal affairs of the family, and let go of Cui Hanlei, it should be said that such a situation is very rare, which also stems from the fact that Li Rupei is alone, and the previous relatives in the family have suffered misfortunes.

Although it is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Rupei's mind is still focused on the development of Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road, although in less than a year, the changes in the two places are very large, but he is not satisfied, always thinking that the pace of development can be faster. Although the possibility is not too great, being able to do more can always promote the pace of development.

Cui Anqian's idea is the same, when governing Xichuan, Cui Anqian only took more than a year to settle down the entire Xichuan and greatly improve his strength, which also caused Tian Lingzi to take a fancy to Xichuan and let his brother Chen Jingxuan serve as the envoy of Xichuan Festival.

However, Cui Anqian compared the changes in Xichuan and Shannan Xidao, and he clearly felt it. The changes in Shannan West Road are completely different, Li Rupei and others in the governance of Shannan West Road, pay attention to the development of the foundation, that is, in the process of development, lay a good foundation, I heard that it has also united the hearts of the people, this fundamental change, far from the changes in Xichuan can be compared, so after experiencing the essence. Some of Cui Anqian's perceptions are also changing.

The biggest manifestation is in the attitude towards business.

The direct benefit of the boom in trade and trade in Xiangyang and Liangzhou is the massive increase in government taxes and the continuous prosperity of the local area. A large number of shops have appeared, and some large-scale processing workshops have also appeared, and nearby farmers can enter the workshops to do things and earn some income during the slack season. In order to change the status quo of life, many houses began to be built, and the city appeared to be more prosperous.

Cui Anqian, who didn't pay much attention to business. Having experienced these changes firsthand, I began to attach great importance to the development of commerce and trade.

The most important thing is that after the increase in taxes by the government, the burden on the people has been significantly reduced, and many of the rules and requirements formulated by the yamen can also be realized, and the government has money, and there is no need to increase the burden on the people.

This virtuous circle of development amazes Cui Anqian, and also makes his thoughts really shocked.

Coming to the barracks of the Iron Army, Gao Chibang and others were waiting.

At the gate of the barracks, anyone needs to dismount, including Li Rupei, no exception, to enter the barracks, you need to register at the gate first, and only after the consent of the officer on duty can you enter the barracks, and after entering the barracks, you must follow the fixed route to the destination, leave quickly after finishing things, and must not stay for a long time.

The Predators are not allowed to interfere in local affairs, and no matter where they are stationed, they must not have power over the local officials, and if anyone harasses the people around them, they will be subject to military law.

The Iron Blood Army has formed a fixed training mode, even if it is the Chinese New Year's Eve, it is still necessary to train early in the morning, the difference is that life will improve during the Spring Festival, and drinking is allowed for a specific time.

Cui Anqian has a good means to train the army, Xichuan's army used to be very weak, under Cui Anqian's training, the combat effectiveness has been rapidly improved, but after Cui Anqian understood the training rules of the Iron Army, he was still extremely surprised, and gradually became clear why the Iron Army under Li Rupei was able to fully develop in such a short period of time and become extremely brave.

Li Rupei and Cui Anqian had lunch in the barracks, which can be regarded as having a reunion dinner with many soldiers, Li Rupei drank three bowls of liquor, one bowl with many officers of the Iron Army, one bowl with many soldiers of the Iron Army, and one bowl to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the Iron Army.

This time when he came to the barracks, Li Rupei focused on discussing with Gao Chibang and others about the establishment of a family for the soldiers of the Iron Army, which is a big and difficult problem, because of the long-term war and chaos, the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army come from all directions, some families have long since ceased to exist, and some have not even become soldiers without starting a family, so among the soldiers, there are a large number of soldiers without families.

The salary of the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army is very good, and after becoming a military family, they can get a lot of care in the local area, and the government can even allocate land, which makes the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army become popular and have been favored by many girls and children, but unfortunately the Iron Blood Army has always been in a state of high load, and there are almost no holidays, so it is difficult to think of starting a family.

The reason why Li Rupei specifically brought up this matter is also because he thought of the cohesion of the iron-blooded army, once the soldiers become a family, what he thinks of is the people in the family, because of his identity as a soldier of the iron-blooded army, so that his family can live a good life, which is related to the dignity of men, and the soldiers will cherish the reputation of the iron-blooded army even more, and work harder on the battlefield, for themselves and for their families.

Li Rupei proposed a solution to this problem, that is, starting from the first month, all soldiers who wanted to start a family were given three months of leave, and these soldiers must be registered and given some care in future battles.

Li Rupei put forward this suggestion, which surprised Gao Chibang and others, they thought that such things did not need to be considered, but Li Rupei thought of it and specifically proposed it.

The specific implementation has naturally become the responsibility of Gao Chibang and others.

When he left the barracks, Cui Anqian even felt puzzled, Li Rupei is not very old, why does he know so many things, he can train a strong army from scratch, and he can have the wisdom to govern the place, these abilities appear in the body of a young man who is less than twenty years old, it is too strange, does this indicate that Li Rupei is by no means an ordinary person.

Back at the palace, everything was ready.

Cui Hanlei and Liang personally greeted Li Rupei and Cui Anqian at the gate of the mansion.

Li Rupei helped Cui Hanlei to walk slowly towards the middle courtyard, Cui Hanlei naturally leaned on Li Rupei's arm, without the slightest shyness, this scene was seen by Cui Anqian and Liang around them, and the two of them had too much emotion.

The most touched is Cui Qiuyue, women who don't want to be taken care of by men, but unfortunately in this era of machismo, Li Rupei's practices may cause others to laugh, but Li Rupei does this, no one dares to laugh, what kind of people are people, Li Tang clan, His Royal Highness the Prince, both civil and military, can be described as a man who stands up to the sky, such a man really loves his woman, and should become a model for men in the world.

It is impossible for Cui Qiuyue to marry outside, it must be Li Rupei's woman, Cui Hanlei has also said this many times, but it is only after Cui Hanlei gives birth that Li Rupei will not consider the matter of marrying, Liang is very emotional after learning of Li Rupei's plan, but Liang also knows that Cui Hanlei has been pregnant for more than five months, and it is impossible to accompany Li Rupei on weekdays, so she also asked that at the right time, Cui Qiuyue must be bed.

Women always have more ideas, although the palace is under the jurisdiction of Cui Hanlei, but the Liang family also knows that Li Rupei's future development is unlimited, and when it really comes to that time, Cui Hanlei needs to manage more than just the palace, and there are more family members around her, so that she can have a more stable position.

The reunion dinner has been prepared for a long time.

There are more than 20 tables in the middle courtyard, and everyone in the palace has to eat the New Year's dinner, and they eat the New Year's dinner with the princess and princess, which is also the rule, at the end of the year, the prince and the princess are going to toast the people in the palace, thank these people for their contributions in the past year.

When Li Rupei, Cui Hanlei, Cui Anqian, Liang and others appeared in the middle courtyard, many subordinates who had been waiting here knelt down neatly, and greeted the prince and the princess, and Cui Hanlei, who managed the palace, waved his hand to let everyone get up.

After the New Year's dinner began, Li Rupei took the wine glass and went to each table to toast, Cui Hanlei insisted on following Li Rupei's side, she couldn't drink, but accompanying Li Rupei was also a greeting to everyone.

It was at this time that Liang whispered in Cui Anqian's ear, and she said that Li Rupei's future would definitely be extraordinary.

Cui Anqian looked at Liang and didn't speak, as a woman, Liang never asked about political affairs, even a woman like Liang could see that Li Rupei's future was not ordinary, which showed Li Rupei's own charm and ability. (To be continued......)