"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Qin Duan followed Wei Zhongxian into the Heart Cultivation Palace, and when he saw the Emperor of the Apocalypse sitting on the kang, he immediately knelt down and shouted to the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Yanjing, the capital of the Great Qin Empire, is located in the north of the Great Qin Empire, and the winter here is unusually cold, so whether it is the emperor's house or the ordinary people's home, there are kang for heating.

Kang is a kind of building facilities of brick and stone structure that is about one meter seven to two meters three in width, and the length can be determined by the length of the living room, which is built with bricks and has a wall between the kang, there is a flue in the wall between the kang, and it is covered with a relatively flat stone slab, the slate is covered with mud, and the special yellow mud that is generally mixed with broken wheat straw and lime is added to the loess, and the kang mat is spread after the mud is dried, and a thick layer of wool felt is also spread on the surface in some areas, and a special oil cloth is spread on the felt again, and then it can be used.

The kang has a stove mouth and a smoke mouth, the stove mouth is used to burn firewood, and the smoke and heat produced by burning wood pass through the wall between the kang to heat the stone slab above to generate heat, so that the kang produces heat. Finally, the smoke is discharged from the chimney through the chimney. In ordinary households in the north of the Great Qin Empire, the stove of the general kang is connected to the stove, so that the cooking wood can be used to use the kang to heat up, so that there is no need to burn the kang alone.

The position of the fire kang near the stove is called "kang head", and the position near the smoke mouth is called "kang slightly". Generally, the "kang head" is reserved for the most senior owner or distinguished guest in the family, while women or young people sleep in the "kang".

"Let's be flat."

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said eloquently, after all, it is almost the New Year, and when such a thing happens, as the supreme ruler of the Great Qin Empire, it is strange that he will be in a good mood.

"Your Majesty."

Qin Duan stood up after speaking, this feeling of kneeling made Qin Duan a little uncomfortable, of course, the feeling of being bowed down by others is something else.

"You should know what I summoned you for."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Gonggong Wei said briefly to Weichen on the way here just now." Qin Du said.

"Would you like to go to the northwest to be the Tokugawa county magistrate?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse asked.

"I don't want to, but the emperor wants the minister to go, and if the minister is unwilling, he will definitely go."

Qin Dui said honestly, after all, if he was willing to go to the northwest to be the county guard of Tokugawa County, it would be too fake, and Qin Dui felt that there was no need to panic with the Emperor of the Apocalypse about this matter.

"Okay, very good, you are very honest, you didn't tell such high-sounding lies to deceive me, I tell you, if you go to the northwest, you may not reach Tokugawa-gun, you may die, are you still willing to go?"

The Emperor of the Apocalypse asked, the Emperor of the Apocalypse is not alarmist, most of the officials sent by the imperial court appointed to the northwest over the years have died on the way to office, either by refugees, or by mountain bandits and horse bandits, or disappeared inexplicably.

Even the forces of Dongchang and Jinyiwei have been almost destroyed in the northwest region of the empire, so the control of the entire empire over the northwest is already extremely weak, and if this Tokugawa County is lost again, the entire northwest will be drawn out of the territory of the Great Qin Empire, and there will be no difference.

"If the emperor wants to let Weichen go, it is a sea of swords and fires, and Weichen is willing to go, if the emperor doesn't want Weichen to go, even if it is Penglai Holy Land, Weichen is not willing to go."

Qin Duan said against his will, Qin Duan, who has watched a lot of historical TV series, knows that no matter what era the emperor is, he likes obedient subordinates, and if he says this by himself, he will not make a mistake, and it is better to be careful with the king like a tiger.

"Okay, Qin Aiqing, it's really the pillar of Great Qin, if all the ministers in the court were like Qin Aiqing, would the Great Qin Empire still come to this difficult predicament today." The Emperor of the Apocalypse said with emotion.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the current difficulties of the Great Qin Empire are only short-lived, and they will soon pass, just like dark clouds, no matter how dark clouds cover the sky, there will be a time to recede." Qin Du said.

"What I said, what Qin Aiqing said is too good, the current difficulties of the Great Qin Empire are like a dark cloud floating in the sky, and they will soon pass."

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said happily, looking at Qin Du's eyes were also full of appreciation, it has been many years, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse has not appreciated a person like today.

"Wei Ban'er, you have found a good talent for me." The Emperor of the Apocalypse said happily.

"It's all thanks to the emperor's blessing, and this is also the creation of Lord Qin Dusk." Wei Zhongxian said happily, and he was also happy that he could recruit such a talent.

"Qin Aiqing, do you have the confidence to go to the northwest to be the warden of Tokugawa?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse asked.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has no confidence, but it's man-made, if you don't work hard, who can know the result." Qin Duan thought for a while and said.

"What do you want? As long as I can satisfy you, I will satisfy you. The Emperor of the Apocalypse said.

"Your Majesty, the officials sent to the northwest by the empire over the years have all died unexpectedly, and now some of them are local officials in the northwest, which shows that both local officials and the army in the northwest region have two hearts for the imperial court, so if Weichen goes to Tokugawa County to serve as the county guard, he must replace these people, otherwise if he changes, Weichen will also end up dying unexpectedly."

Qin Duan said that it has been a few months since he came to the Great Qin Empire, and Qin Duan also knows a little about the situation in the northwest of the empire.

"Don't worry, I will give you the right to appoint all officials in Tokugawa Prefecture, as well as the right to conscript." The Emperor of the Apocalypse said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Qin Du knelt down and thanked him, this is really a lot of power, as long as he has a foothold in Tokugawa County, he will simply be a soil emperor.

"Alright, get up, if you have any other requests, let's say them together." The Emperor of the Apocalypse said.

"Your Majesty, Weichen wants to select some soldiers and officers from the military camp in the capital to go to the northwest with Weichen, and he also needs hundreds of sets of iron armor and some weapons." Qin Duan made his own request.

"Okay, you go to the city guard to select a hundred soldiers and ten non-commissioned officers, and go to the military headquarters to receive a hundred sets of iron armor, three hundred sets of paper armor, and three hundred sets of weapons." The Emperor of the Apocalypse thought for a moment and said.

"Emperor Xie, Weichen still wants to ......" Speaking of this, Qin Duan looked at the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

"Say, say whatever you want, as long as I can meet Qin Aiqing's needs, I will give them."

Emperor Apocalypse said, after all, Emperor Apocalypse knew very well in his heart the importance of Tokugawa County in the northwest, if it weren't for the fact that the entire Great Qin Dynasty's troops were now very tight, the Emperor of Apocalypse would be willing to send a thousand soldiers to Qin Dui.

"Your Majesty, the minister still wants some silver, Your Majesty, didn't you say that you would give Weichen the right to conscript? Wechen wants to go to the refugees outside the city to choose some young and strong, after all, the soldiers recruited from here are much better than recruiting troops in the northwest, and in that place in the northwest, what is the situation, Wechen doesn't know at all, if he recruits soldiers, it will inevitably recruit some spies from enemy countries or other forces. Qin Duan said.

"Wei Ban'er, you will take Qin Aiqing to the household department to receive one million taels of silver."

Emperor Tianqi said, now the treasury of the Great Qin Empire is also very tight, if it was not for Wei Zhongxian to take him to the household department, those officials of the household department would not be so happy to allocate a million silver to Qin Duan at one time.

"Yes." Wei Zhongxian responded.

"Does Qin Aiqing have any other requirements?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse asked.

"Nope." Qin Duan thought for a while and said.

"The situation in the northwest is very critical, so I ordered you to finish the New Year and set off for the northwest on the morning of the fifth day of the first lunar month." The Emperor of the Apocalypse said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Qin Du knelt down and answered.

"Go down." The Emperor of the Apocalypse said with a wave of his hand.

"Long live my emperor's perfection, long live." After Qin Duan knelt down and thanked him, he left the palace under the leadership of Wei Zhongxian.

"Brother Qin, it's really the eldest brother who can't stand you this time." After leaving the palace, Wei Zhongxian said to Qin Duan apologetically, this trip to the northwest is fatal.

"Factory father, don't say that, factory father I know about this matter, I don't blame you, it's all those Donglin Party ghosts."

Qin Duan said hatefully, if there is a choice, Qin Duan will definitely not want to go to the northwest, so many officials sent by the imperial court are not fools, they all died in accidents, and they can go to the northwest to serve safely, then hell.

"No matter what, it's all for my brother's carelessness, and the Donglin Party didn't even notice such a big move." Wei Zhongxian still said with some guilt.

"Factory father, things are already like this, and we can only look at the good place."

Qin Duan said with a smile, anyway, he is a person who has died once, and it is better to die again at most, to see if he can possess the emperor of which dynasty.

"I believe that with the great talent of the Qin brothers, they will definitely be able to make a career in the northwest." Wei Zhongxian said.

"Borrow the auspicious words of the factory man." Qin Du said with a smile.

"Let's go, I'll take Li to the household department to get the silver, after today, the household department is going to be on vacation, and it will be difficult to ask for silver again." Wei Zhongxian said.

Under the leadership of Wei Zhongxian, Qin Duan came to Hubu, which was located in the northwest of the capital. Due to the presence of Wei Zhongxian, a big celebrity in front of the emperor, and the commander of Dongchang, Qin Duan took out one million taels of silver very smoothly, and used two large carriages to pull the silver into the Wei Mansion for storage under the escort of dozens of Dongchang factory guards.

To say that in the capital, in addition to the palace, the safest place is Wei Zhongxian's mansion, perhaps because Wei Zhongxian's enemies are too many, Wei Zhongxian's mansion is guarded by no less than 100 people, and there are 3,000 sergeants stationed outside all year round, guarding this residential area.

This day is the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth year of the Apocalypse, the last day of the twelfth year of the Apocalypse, and the first year that Qin Dui came to this world.

Wei Zhongxian and Li Yongzhen are going to accompany the emperor in the palace tonight to celebrate the New Year, and Qin Duan seems to have become the master of this Wei mansion. At noon, Qin Duan arranged for the housekeeper of the Wei Mansion to go out to purchase ten pigs and buy a lot of vegetables.

The house is also hung with red lanterns, the whole Wei Mansion is full of the festive atmosphere of the New Year, for the people who do chores in the Wei Mansion, today can eat a meal of meat, at noon I heard that Lord Qin sent a housekeeper to buy ten big fat pigs outside, and today is the New Year's dinner, the meat tube is enough.

Of course, this is not what makes the next person the happiest, what makes these happiest is that Lord Qin is going to give everyone a red envelope today, that is, New Year's money.