The fleet returning from Goryeo did not return to the military port, but went directly west through the mouth of the Yellow River and arrived at the north bank of the Yellow River, where the hungry people of Qingzhou gathered.

More than 1,000 huge warships stretched for hundreds of miles, their sails covered the sky and the sun, and the north bank of the Yellow River was full of people who came to see the excitement.

The first handsome ship slowly docked, the sailor put the board on the shore, more than 100 guards took the lead to disembark, and then, Yang Yuanqing appeared on the side of the ship, he looked up at the dazzling sunlight, and took a deep breath of the earthy breeze.

His eyes fell on the large group of officials on the shore again, Yang Yuanqing saw Du Ruhui, smiled, stepped on the board and walked off the big boat, when his feet landed, he actually had a feeling of floating in the air, nearly ten days of sea sailing, he finally returned to the Central Plains.

Du Ruhui hurriedly led everyone forward to salute, "See Your Highness." ”

"You've done a great job."

Yang Yuanqing looked at the tanned faces of the officials, looked at their eyes full of excitement, he was grateful, bowed to everyone, and said loudly: "This time to appease the victims, save the lives of hundreds of thousands of victims, I can understand the hardships, you have all paid great hardship, you are all meritorious heroes, I will remember your achievements, but now there is still a long way to go, and I hope that you will make persistent efforts to do a perfect job in the resettlement of the victims." ”

Yang Yuanqing's speech aroused applause from the crowd, and he turned on his horse and headed for the refugee camp surrounded by everyone......

"Your Highness, how did you get from this battle of Goryeo?" Taking advantage of everyone's inattention, Du Ruhui couldn't help but step forward and ask in a low voice.

Yang Yuanqing whispered a few words to him, Du Ruhui's eyes lit up, and he rubbed his hands excitedly, "This is great." In this way, the food problem was completely solved. ”

"It's not just about food. There are also a large number of various military funds, there are 400,000 sets of armor alone, and there are many invisible gains. For example, Goryeo officially declared itself a vassal to the Sui Dynasty, and in addition, the Liaodong Peninsula also promised to belong to the Sui Dynasty. ”

Du Ruhui was slightly stunned, "Why is it an invisible harvest that the Liaodong Peninsula belongs to the Great Sui?" ”

"Because the Liaodong Peninsula is controlled by the Yuan family. At the southern tip of the peninsula, the city of Bi Ha was controlled by Gai Suwen's 5,000 troops, and it was meaningless to rely on a piece of paper from the king of Goryeo, and it was necessary to send troops to fight a tough battle. ”

"Then when is Your Highness going to do it?"

"There's no hurry."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "Now if we don't force the Yuan family and let Goryeo have internal friction, and attack the interests of the Yuan family too early, it will make them unanimous with the outside world, but it will promote the internal unity of the Goryeo people." ”

At this time, Qin Qiong urged him to step forward. He glanced at Du Ruhui and said to Yang Yuanqing: "Chief, there is something I want to talk to the chief." ”

Du Ruhui understood. Hurry the horse away. Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly: "Do you want to go back to your hometown?" ”

Qin Qiong was told that he was on his mind, and he nodded. "Now that most of the people of Qingzhou have fled, the morale of Dou Jiande's army is low, the morale of the army is fluctuating, and he only needs to bring 30,000 troops to ensure that within a month, he can defeat Dou Jiande's army and Liu Heimin's army and capture Qingzhou."

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "I still have 30,000 of the most elite soldiers in my hands, and it doesn't even take a month to sweep Qingzhou in ten days." ”

Qin Qiong's face flushed, and she said for a while: "Is the suggestion of the humble position wrong?" ”

Yang Yuanqing retracted the joke and said solemnly: "I can understand your eagerness to recover Qingzhou, to be honest, Dou Jiande is already a fish without water, and sooner or later it will be my meal, as for Qingzhou, it is even more in the bag of the Great Sui."

But we have to think about the problem in the long run, if we take Qingzhou, the Great Sui will directly border Li Mi, which will contain Li Mi's southern strategy, I heard that Li Mi is actively training a naval army in Jiangyang.

Now the major forces in the south except for Du Fuwei and Xiao Mi, the rest have surrendered to Li Mi, then Li Mi's next target is very likely to be Xiao Mi, so that the Wei army will fight with the Tang army because of the competition for Xiao Mi, which is exactly what I want to see, in this case, we need to slow down a little bit of the pace of going south, so that Li Mi does not feel the threat from the north, and he will let go of the Tang army. ”

Qin Qiong nodded, and lowered his head a little ashamedly, "The lowly position is short-sighted and impatient, and it almost ruined the manager's plan." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Actually, this is just not in his position, not seeking his position, if you sit in my seat, you will also think a lot, now the entire Qingzhou people are almost dug by me, I will send people to Qingzhou to publicize, so that the people who stay in Qingzhou to starve know that Hebei has food, and strive to bring ninety percent of the population of Qingzhou to Hebei, without the people, what should Dou Jiande's military rations do?" I will order Xu Shiji to camp the army in Jiyin County, so that he does not dare to fight the idea of the Central Plains, he can only continue to go south and fight with Liu Heimin, let them fight! ”

"But so many people are also a big burden!" Qin Qiong looked at the huge refugee camp in the distance and let out a long sigh.

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "Then it depends on what you think, I think they are a rare wealth, when will they be able to concentrate so many people?" ”……

Everyone entered the refugee camp, because of the arrival of the fleet, the camp became extremely lively, the news of the arrival of Yang Yuanqing, the king of Chu, spread throughout the camp, and hundreds of thousands of people poured out of the camp tent to welcome the arrival of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

Hundreds of pro-soldiers were extremely nervous, and Yang Yuanqing was maintained on both sides, Yang Yuanqing smiled and saluted everyone, causing a more enthusiastic response from the victims, I don't know who shouted, "Long live the King of Chu!" ”

Immediately after that, thousands of people shouted, and gradually, the tsunami-like shouts of the mountains resounded through the sky, "Hooray! Long live the King of Chu! ”

At the beginning, Du Ruhui and other officials shouted a little unnaturally to the people, but everyone looked at the sincere faces, a pair of eyes full of gratitude, and gradually, everyone was also infected, and even the young Chu Suiliang couldn't help but raise his arms and shout: "Long live the King of Chu!" ”

Yang Yuanqing just silently felt all this......

Everyone came to a large tent in the middle of the camp, which was the office of the officials, and the large tent was filled with stacks of registers of the victims several feet thick, all of which were placed in neat yards according to each county.

Yang Yuanqing picked up a booklet casually, which was the registration book of Duchang, Beihai County, on which each person had a name, age, address, and their temporary number plate code.

Yang Yuanqing knew in his heart how much work it would take to register more than 300,000 people, but with these registers, it would be of great benefit to the governance of Qingzhou, and at least these hundreds of thousands of hungry people could contribute to Hebei's recovery.

Putting down the booklet, he sat down on the wooden couch and smiled at everyone: "I know that everyone has a lot to say, let's talk about the main thing, and see if I can solve it for everyone." ”

Pei Jin glanced at Du Ruhui, Du Ruhui nodded, Pei Jin stepped forward and saluted: "Your Highness, there is something to report for your humble position." ”

Yang Yuanqing saw that Pei Jin had become thin and dark, his eyes had become calm, and he no longer had the arrogance that he couldn't hide before, it could be seen that he was indeed changing, becoming able to endure hardships and be pragmatic, worthy of being a famous child, as long as he began to become mature, he would immediately show his outstanding talent.

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "Pei Shaoqing, please speak." ”

Pei Jin is the chief officer of the refugee camp in Pingyuan County, of course, he has the most right to speak, he bowed down and said: "Your Highness, the biggest problem of the 300,000 hungry people now is that the housing is crowded, more than 40 people live in a tent, men and women live together, life is very inconvenient, there are many problems and even crimes, the violence between families fighting for food, the spread of disease, the extortion of the wicked, the rape of women, these problems are endless, we all hope to evacuate the victims to various counties." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded silently, he glanced at Du Ruhui again, Du Ruhui hurriedly bowed down and said, "Ziwei Pavilion also agreed to evacuate to the counties. ”

Yang Yuanqing said slowly: "First of all, everyone must understand one thing, why don't I directly attack Qingzhou, why don't I directly take over Qingzhou and provide disaster relief on the spot, so that the hungry people will be saved?" I don't need to mobilize so many officials and soldiers to help, why shouldn't I do it? ”

There was silence in the big tent, Yang Yuanqing paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands, his tone was not stern, he was just explaining one thing clearly.

"The key is that I want to concentrate the people's strength, concentrate the people's strength to do something, Hebei and Qingzhou are the most rampant places for banditry, the war and chaos in the past few years, has destroyed all kinds of irrigation canals, there is no farmland water conservancy, how can it be possible to have high grain yields, how can it be possible to achieve a bumper harvest every year, it is necessary to repair the abandoned farmland and water conservancy, but Hebei people's power alone is not enough, so I need hundreds of thousands of people in Qingzhou to assist, if it is not because of the disaster, they have to send people under the fence, how can they not cross the river to the north, Now that I have given them food and saved the lives of their wives and children, then they should reciprocate, so the next day is the day when they toil. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing said to everyone again: "The drought in the sixth year of the Great Cause, everyone should still remember what happened in the seventh year of the Great Cause, that's right!" It was this drought and a flood that caused the hungry people in the world to rebel, and finally mourned the old Sui Dynasty. ”

This is Du Ruhui standing up and saying to everyone: "Your Highness is right, we must gather the victims, first of all, we must dredge the rivers and canals in Hebei, they are not only farmland water conservancy, but also flood storage and flood discharge channels when the flood comes, first complete the water conservancy in Hebei, and then dredge the Central Plains water canal, in short, I want to make full use of the victims in Qingzhou." ”

"What if these young men are dissatisfied with the riots?" Someone asked worriedly.

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "Their parents, wives and children are in our hands, we provide food to feed women, children and the elderly, he can only work hard, of course, after the pacification of Qingzhou, I will give them land, lightly pay for them, let them recuperate, so that they have no worries, and have hope for life, they will definitely work hard." ”