It's better to rely on others than on yourself!

When he got the news from Hechi, an alien who was released last year, that several large tribes on the prairie were now also ready to move, Jiang Long did not hesitate any longer and immediately ordered the recruitment of strong ...... Instead of digging up the river and flattening the fields, it was to organize a makeshift army of three thousand people.

Of course, this is on the bright side.

Today, the number of sergeants in Lingtong County has reached nearly 2,000.

And what can a mere 3,000 people do?

Is it just to hold Lingtong County? Now there is an artificial river outside Lingtong County, and there is a natural barrier that is difficult to cross, and it is difficult for ordinary homeless people and foreign armies to break in, but the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, if the rebel army or the alien army goes to attack Hewu County, they will watch it?

Jiang Long can't do this.

However, if you don't recruit too many sergeants, otherwise the court will definitely be suspicious.

Three thousand in the open, and another five thousand in private, a total of 8,000 people.

8,000 people is already a lot, and to feed so many people, it costs a lot of money to pay for food, monthly expenses, and weapons and armor. In other words, if you are an ordinary person, you can't afford to raise it. In the Mid-Autumn Festival, the situation in the north became more and more chaotic, and the flames of war broke out.

The young prince was on fire, and a large string of blisters appeared on his mouth.

The old emperor was still lying on the dragon couch, and the more anxious he was, the worse his illness would be.

Several other emperors have made moves at this time, the most obvious of which is to come to see the emperor every day and tell the old emperor how bad the current situation is. One by one, they pretended to care about national affairs and were loyal to the masses and patriotic.

The crown prince is on fire for this, and what the emperor needs now is to recuperate, what do you mean by running to disturb your father every day?

For a few years, the prince was silent when he was reprimanded.

But early the next morning, he ran to the old emperor and cried loudly.

The one who cries is called a heartbreak, crying bitterly, and those who hear it are sad and those who see it cry.

I don't know how to do it, I thought I was crying for the emperor.

While crying, these princes complained and gave the prince eye medicine. said that the prince scolded them, and it was very likely that he would poison them, and he would not be able to come to see the old emperor again in the future to greet his father. Moreover, the prince did not let them come to the palace to see the emperor again.

This is to imprison the old emperor.

First captivity, then what? Let the old emperor think for himself.

Do you even need to think about it? It is already clear that the next step must be to kill the king and ascend the throne. There are so many imperial doctors in the palace, it is not difficult to let the old emperor die unnoticed. There are a lot of details that make people think about it in the discourse.

For example, the crown prince appointed the imperial doctor to the emperor, and after each diagnosis, he would carefully ask the imperial doctor.

The imperial doctor never told others how the old emperor's dragon body was, even if Cheng Guifei and a few emperors asked the imperial doctor, they were vague.

When the crown prince heard the news and hurried away, the old emperor had already nodded and allowed his sons to come to the palace every morning to greet him.

And in front of several princes, he gave the prince no face.

made the prince's face red.

Several princes retreated, and the old emperor suddenly looked at the prince, looking up and down carefully.

The prince's heart was furious, and he fell to his knees with a plop, "Father, the child is absolutely ......"

"If there is, I won't blame you." The old emperor's eyes were gloomy and glowing with a strange light, "It's just that I don't know if the road is underground, will my prince brother blame me?" He is brutal and murderous, cold-blooded, ruthless, moody, and will probably not forgive me.

But I don't regret it, because if I don't take the initiative to strike first, I will definitely die at his hands in the future.

It is better to kill than to be killed! Is there something wrong? It's just a pity that I have worked hard for decades, and finally failed to achieve my wish, cutting off those traitors who are openly loyal to the monarch but secretly sit on the power and do not put the royal family in their eyes! ”

"Father?" The prince was puzzled.

"Compared to me." The old emperor looked at the prince and sighed softly, "You have to be smarter, but you are also more indecisive and soft-hearted!" ”

The naturally benevolent prince bowed his head, and the ministers around him all said so about him.

"If it is in a peaceful and prosperous world, you can make Daqi more prosperous. But now ......" said this, the old emperor stopped.

"Father!" The prince sensed something was wrong.

"Are you their litmus test, or are they your litmus test?" The old emperor looked up at the tall beams of the dormitory, "You are the crown prince I have chosen, I will not change my mind now and in the future!" But now you need to sharpen it.

There is only one throne, and when I am gone, only one of your brothers will be able to ascend to the throne!

You are the crown prince, in the prison country, in power, as long as you are ruthless, you will succeed in the end. But if you hesitate to procrastinate, my time is running out. ”

"I don't understand what they are thinking?"

"The reason why they let them look at me in the coming year is just to delay time for you, as long as they see me here, they won't dare to act rashly, and when I am gone, it will be when they show their fangs."

"Again, if you fail in this way, then this is their litmus test, after all, they are also my sons."

"They are on the throne, and Daqi is still the country of the Zhao family."

"Of course, I want to sharpen you, not to make you cold-blooded and ruthless, and kill them all!" Speaking of the most embarrassing queen, the old emperor stared at the prince's still somewhat immature face.

The prince bowed his head and avoided it.

"Go ahead, do it to you." The old emperor said a lot of words, and he looked tired.

"Yes."

The prince walked out of the dormitory, and a cold wind blew. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is late autumn, how can the people of Daqi live without food? He hurried to consult with the minister again about what to do.

The old eunuch said in a low voice at this time: "The emperor is not afraid of stimulating the prince?" ”

"Don't talk about a few sons! It's me...... If he can really deploy carefully, it is his ability to get rid of the gods without knowing it! "Since he fell ill because of hard work, the old emperor has been emaciated, and he has to guide the prince, and he has intrigued with many sons, and he has felt that there is no fun in life.

The old eunuch bowed his head and fell silent.

After the late autumn, many places in the north were already in turmoil, but under the control of the imperial court's efforts, there was still no big chaos. Daqi has been governed by the emperor for decades, after all, it has some heritage. However, what made the old emperor and the crown prince panic was that this winter, there was only a few places in the north where it snowed.

It's winter when you can freeze to death, but the streets in Lingtong County are very lively.

As long as the people are willing to endure hardships, dig rivers and flat fields, or mine coal mines, they can eat enough and earn a lot of wages. I have accumulated a lot of money throughout the year, and in the winter I buy some meat, buy some new cloth to make clothes, and then look forward to the arrival of the new year.

Almost all the children on the street have sugar gourds in their hands.

This new atmosphere definitely surpasses this year's capital.

The streets of the capital are now full of displaced people, and the old emperor has no choice, if the displaced people are not allowed to enter the city, these displaced people will rebel if they can't eat.

Displaced people who enter Lingtong County can go to work to dig rivers or go to coal mines to find things to do.

If you have something to do, you will have food to eat when you are done, and you will have to use the wages to take the homeless people to rebel for what?

It's not that you're forced to have no way to live, who is full enough to do that kind of head-killing thing!

The New Year in Lingtong County is still very lively.

Jiang Long summed up this year's achievements and dug up three artificial river channels, of course, none as wide as the outer river channels and not so deep. More than 20,000 acres of barren land have been leveled, and the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes planted is quite good.

This good refers to the comparison with Jiang Long's previous life.

In this era, many people who have been shocked almost fell off their jaws.

The average yield per mu has reached more than 2,000 catties!

There are also coal mines, and a lot of coal has been dug up. However, because of the drought in the north last year, the people could not even eat, so naturally few people would buy coal.

However, after the coal mine, it did make the iron-making technique on the side of the black-clothed guard rise by more than one level.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the black-clothed guard brought Jiang Long a flintlock musket.

Jiang Long played with it for a while, and the workmanship was average, which was naturally far worse than the guns in his previous life. At the same time, the black-clothed guard also brought news, saying that the emperor also made guns in private, but because the refining technique was not solved, the quality of the gun was a grade worse.

Winter passes, spring comes.

But no matter how the people of Daqi in the north prayed and kowtowed, God did not rain a single spring rain.

From time to time, the prince's hoarse roar will be heard in the palace, and the former benevolent and personable image has long since disappeared.

He even beat an elderly minister.

So in the mouths of hundreds of officials, the prince is no longer a symbol of benevolence and righteousness. Of course, this is not a real reason, the real reason is that there are more than 100 ministers who have been executed by the crown prince because of their unfavorable affairs! Officials protect each other, even if you are the prince or the emperor, you can't mess around.

If you mess up, you will lose the support of officials.

When spring comes, Lingtong County once again watered the fields, planning to grow more potatoes and sweet potatoes, the drought in the north at this time has been difficult to transport grain from the south, Lingtong County must ensure self-sufficiency. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll be hungry next year.

All the people worked together, and the Pingtian of Pingtian, the ditch of the ditch, temporarily stopped the other river project to be dug. Make every effort to cultivate the fields and grow as much food as possible. The potatoes and sweet potatoes harvested last year were used as seeds, except for a small part of the skin that was not small when they were dug and eaten.

By mid-April, nearly 200,000 acres had been planted!

Because there was no harvest from planting other grains, and now the grain cannot be brought in, so there is no planting.

The weather was getting warmer, and Jiang Long couldn't help frowning.

Last year, there was a lot of movement on the prairie, but in the end there was no army, what about this year?

If a foreign race comes to attack, then Daqi will really have internal and external troubles.

This year, there is still a severe drought in the north, and the situation is very bad. At the beginning of May, Zhao Yi suddenly became seriously ill, and half a month later, the emperor issued an edict allowing him to go home to recuperate. Xia Lin was also in a hurry, jumping up and down and couldn't calm down. Within a few days, the holy decree was issued, and he was allowed to return to Beijing.

Is something going to happen?

Before Zhao Yi returned to Beijing, she looked refreshed and energetic, where did she look like a patient? Deliberately meeting with Jiang Long, it also means that he may become an enemy in the future, face each other on the battlefield, and meet each other with swords. Seeing that Zhao Yi had lost his previous depression, Jiang Long was thoughtful.

Xia Lin also met with Jiang Long before leaving.

Wooing!

wants to win over Jiang Long into the camp of the second prince, this attitude is very clear.

Within a few days, another official document from the imperial court arrived and sent another envoy to Jiang Long.