Zhenzhen, Huaizhou just sent a letter! ”

When Mu Yan came to Chonghua Palace with Cen Yin's letter in a hurry, Duanmu Fei was playing backgammon with Bi Chan.

Bi Chan was already about to lose, scratching her ears and cheeks at the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard for a while, as soon as she saw Mu Yan coming, she was pardoned, and after serving tea to Mu Yan, she retreated.

"Ah Yan, is Gongzi Cen coming back?" Duanmu asked while cleaning up the chess pieces on the chessboard, his eyes shining.

"It's going to take some time." Mu Yan also helped Duanmu Fei pack up the chessboard together, and roughly talked to her about the content of Cen Yin's letter.

Cen Yin's letter is an official document, and what the letter says is about Huaizhou, and now the cities that followed Suna's rebellion have been recovered by Luo Guangqing with his troops, but this does not mean that Huaizhou is too peaceful, Cen Yin will stay in Huaizhou to solve some of the remaining hidden dangers, such as some small clans on the border of Huaizhou.

After packing up the chessboard, Mu Yan replaced Bi Chan and accompanied Duanmu Fei to play backgammon.

He held the sunspot, Duanmu Fei held the white son, and Duanmu Fei generously let him have three sons.

The crisp sound of falling children sounded evenly in the voices of the two, Mu Yan went down fast, and Duanmu Fei went down quickly.

After listening to Mu Yan babbling about a bunch of Huaizhou questions, Duanmu Fei also guessed that Cen Yin would not be able to come back for a while, and he was somewhat disappointed.

She pursed her lips and asked again, "When will Master Cen come back?" ”

Mu Yan thought about it, and at the same time dropped another piece, on the chessboard, Heizi and Baizi looked evenly matched, and Mu Yan had already wasted almost the three concessions he had gotten.

"At least one more year," he reckoned. ”

Not only did Mu Yan estimate it, but Cen Yin also felt that it would take at least another year.

After taking down Suna and a group of comrades, Cen Yin ordered the army to take a short rest, and ordered Luo Qifang and others to rectify Shunhua City and other cities as soon as possible.

Although the cities of the Huaizhou rebellion have been completely recovered, Cen Yin has no intention of stopping there.

When Mu Yan led the troops to defeat Nanhuai the year before last, those remote tribes were afraid of the prestige of the Dasheng army, and they all took the initiative to express their submission to Dasheng, but in the past two years, these small clans have not been completely submissive, each with their own thoughts, some secretly have contact with other countries, some secretly support Suna, and some disobey the instructions of the imperial court......

After Cen Yin arrived in Huaizhou last year, he couldn't take care of them for the time being at first, but now the rebellious Shunhua City and other cities have been completely recovered, and the remaining problems in Dayue City have also been straightened out, and the overall situation of Huaizhou has been decided, and it is time to deal with these restless little clans.

"Luo Guangqing, three days later, you will lead an army of 50,000 to the southeast, and follow the route on this map to take these five cities.

Cen Yin's tone was indifferent, and the clouds were light, as if he just asked Luo Guangqing to run and pour a cup of tea for him.

Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang were shocked when they heard this.

Every time Cen Yin summoned the two of them to come over at the same time, there must be something important to order, which Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang had already understood, but they were still shocked by Cen Yin's order.

The little scorpion immediately handed over a rolled-up parchment map to Luo Guangqing, and glanced at the two of them lightly, feeling that these two were still far behind!

When he received the heavy map, Luo Guangqing came back to his senses and solemnly received the order: "Yes, Lord Cen Governor." ”

The four words were sonorous and powerful, and they were full of spirit.

After half a burnt incense, Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang retreated from Cen Yin's study.

At the end of May, the scorching sun was scorching, as hot as a furnace, and the golden sunlight sprinkled on Luo Guangqing's square face, gilding him with a layer of golden light, making him radiant.

"Qi Fang, I think Cen Yin came to Huaizhou this time to return all Huaizhou." Luo Guangqing looked at the map in his hand with a complicated expression.

"Not bad." Luo Qifang nodded in response. That's what he thinks too.

At this time, the two of them recalled that they suspected that Cen Yin had come to Huaizhou to seize power, and they felt ashamed, and they really wanted to slap themselves.

Luo Qifang sighed with emotion: "Cen Yin's vision is much wider and deeper than ours!" ”

The two of them continued to walk forward unhurriedly as they spoke.

Luo Guangqing was silent for a few breaths, and then said, "Those clan patriarchs have all been a lot more peaceful recently......

In the past year, Cen Yin has adopted iron-fisted methods, and all those who are disobedient have been cleaned up and made an example of chickens and monkeys.

For example, the Tuo clan, their patriarch Tuohara is a thorn, he had helped the people of the Chamber of Commerce to make trouble before, and he was locked up for a month before he was released, but he didn't learn to be obedient, and he even wanted to unite with other clans to make trouble again, but he was cleaned up by Cen Yin.

Cen Yin acted vigorously and resolutely, and made a decision on the spot, and on the same day, he divided the territory, connections, resources, etc. of the Tuo clan, and the court took half of it, and the other half was divided equally by the other clans.

This sudden sweetness made the other tribes who were originally panicked and wanted to intercede for Tuohara immediately calm down.

In this way, Cen Yin also officially set this rule.

At this point, thinking of what Cen Yin had done before, no matter how stupid people were, Cen Yin was dividing them, however, no one refused the lure of interests, and what made them even more afraid was that if other patriarchs couldn't refuse this huge benefit, they secretly looked for Cen Yin to sue for benefits.

Only when there is fear will you know prudence, so these tribes are all well-behaved and cautious, and no one dares to fight Cen Yin again.

Not only could they not have a good relationship with Cen Yin, but they could only try their best to show goodwill to Cen Yin.

For this reason, these patriarchs can also be regarded as eight immortals crossing the sea, and they have shown their magical powers.

"They're not just too peaceful." Luo Qifang's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice, "They have agreed to give half of the iron ore mining rights to the imperial court. ”

The patriarchs of the various ethnic groups in Huaizhou are like the feudal kings set up in the previous dynasty, they have all kinds of rights beyond ordinary officials, they have their own tribes, their own cities, their own private soldiers, and the right to exploit minerals, it can be said that eighty percent of the mining in Huaizhou is not in the hands of the original Huaiwang, but in the hands of these patriarchs.

Now in order to curry favor with Cen Yin and stabilize their position in Huaizhou, they have to give up some things, today it is mining, and tomorrow it can be a private soldier......

Since they have taken one step back, they can take two more steps back, three steps later...... They have been pinched by Cen Yin!

Recalling the events that have happened in the past year or so, Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing both sighed.

Cen Yin has only been in Huaizhou for more than a year, and Huaizhou is completely different from before.

Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang exchanged a tacit look again, and their eyes became more complicated.

To tell the truth, as people in the same camp as Cen Yin now, they are glad that they can have such a person on their side, no matter what they do, they will get twice the result with half the effort; But if they become Cen Yin's enemies one day, I'm afraid they will have to toss and turn.

Will this day come?!

Thinking of this, Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang's hearts were heavy.

They all knew that they couldn't rely too much on Cen Yin, they had to become stronger, and their master was the Emperor!

Luo Guangqing calmed down, changed his words, and asked, "Qi Fang, how are those official schools doing?" ”

Speaking of this topic, Luo Qifang's expression eased a lot, and he said, "It's going well." ”

When the children first arrived in Huaizhou, Luo Qifang was ready to open an official school to admit Huaizhou's children to school and teach them to read and write, but he was obstructed by the local tribal chiefs, officials and chambers of commerce in Huaizhou under various pretexts.

Therefore, this matter has been dragged on, the progress has been slow, for a whole year and a half, only two or three official schools have been set up in Da Yue City, and there are less than 50 children enrolled in the school, all of whom are greedy for the official school to provide two meals a day for free.

In the middle of last month, Cen Yin asked about the situation of the private school, and Luo Qifang was speechless with shame.

After all, the imperial court has invested a lot of financial resources and manpower for this, and many people have come thousands of miles away from their hometowns.

So, Cen Yin gave an order, in Dayue City, where there are children between the ages of five and ten who are not sent to the official school, the tax will be increased by one percent.

Cen Yin can say it, and he can do it.

Those clan patriarchs and people from the Chamber of Commerce had all learned a lesson here in Cen Yin, and they were the first to respond, sending their children to the official school, with these powerful people to start, others also heard the news, for fear that if they didn't do it, Dasheng's knife would be on their necks.

After that, the people in Dayue City also sent their children to the official school one after another.

Next, Luo Qifang plans to open and promote official schools in the five cities around Dayue City.

Not only the official school, but also those Taoist temples are getting smoother and smoother.

At the beginning, they built a Taoist temple in the local area, and let the local people smash one, claiming that they only believed in the Holy Fire Sect.

And now, there are people in the local area who have gone to Taoist temples and temples to listen to the scriptures, and those monks and Taoist priests have never been ignored, and gradually began to have some prestige in the local area.

In the past year, all aspects of Huaizhou have been going smoothly.

The two looked at each other and smiled wryly.

They can't always rely on Cen Yin for everything, and now Cen Yin has paved the road in Huaizhou little by little, and what they should do is to do better along this road.

In another five years, ten years, or even longer, when these children in Huaizhou grow up with Confucian culture, there will be fewer and fewer traces left by the original Huaiguo......

In the next generation, these Huaimin will become the real people of Dasheng.

The sweat and hard work they have put in now are worth it.

Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing's eyes were shining with scorching light, and they quickened their pace and left.

They still have a lot of work to do!

The two happened to staggered with a thin Dongchang fanzi, who didn't look at them and hurried towards Cen Yin's study.

Of course, he came to ask to see Cen Yin, and he also brought a flying pigeon from the capital.

Cen Yin took the bamboo tube, sent the person away, and personally opened the thin bamboo tube, his eyes were shining.

Hidden in the bamboo tube are two pieces of silk paper.

A letter from Mu Yan is written on official business; The other is a private message from Duanmujun.

After Cen Yin read the first letter at a glance, he put it aside casually and looked at Duanmujun's private message carefully.

The sun shined through the mottled bamboo leaves, and his fair skin shone like jade.

The corners of his red lips curled slightly, and his originally cold face softened a few points at once, like a warm spring breeze blowing across a frozen lake.

In Duanmujun's letter, one-third of them asked him if he was doing well, saying that the weather in Huaizhou had been hot recently, and asking him if he had been healthy in Huaizhou recently; Ask him if he's used to eating the Huaizhou diet; Asked him if the dry goods she had sent last time were enough......

A third of the letter said about her own trivialities, saying that she had made some small clothes, shoes and hats for the child in Duanmu's belly; It is said that Frost has given birth to a foal, and she intends to raise it herself; said that she had recently read some books about Huaizhou, and asked him for some of the things in the certificate......

The last third of the letter was talking about her sister Duanmufei, talking about her sister's sensitivity to frankincense before, talking about her sister's spirit in the past two months, and talking about Taiyi He's speculation that her sister might be twins in her womb, she was a little worried, twins are inevitable and dangerous for mothers during childbirth, she hopes not.

Seeing this, even Cen Yin inevitably showed a hint of surprise, and subconsciously grabbed the silk paper in his hand, and when the silk paper was crumpled by you, it made a subtle sound.

The little scorpion serving tea on the side subconsciously looked at Cen Yin and moved his eyebrows. What could make your own overseer look like that?!

Cen Yin didn't pay attention to the little scorpion at all, and his eyes were fixed on the three words "twins".

He remembered that Emperor Chongming and Anping were the twins of the dragon and phoenix.

Doctor He is a holy hand of gynecology, if his speculation is correct, then what he has prepared is not enough?

"Little Scorpion, go and get that camphor wood box." Cen Yin suddenly commanded.

He said it simply, but Zhicen was as faint as a scorpion, of course, he knew which "camphor wood box" the Overseer was talking about, and there was only one box that could be put on the Overseer's lips so solemnly.

The little scorpion personally went to move the camphor wood box over, cautiously, for fear of bumping into it, after all, the contents of this box were the work of the Overseer.

Inside the box are all kinds of gadgets, such as bamboo dragonflies, rattles, tambourine, small wooden swords, small spinning tops, small windmills, straw grasshoppers...... Sophisticated.

The things in this are all after Cen Yin learned the news of Duanmufei's pregnancy, and he began to prepare little by little within a month, some of which he bought in Huaizhou, and some of which he made little by little during this time.

Cen Yin carefully read all the things in the box, and muttered to himself, "Two is not enough...... he still has to prepare two copies.

The little scorpion was shocked when he heard this, and heard the meaning of Cen Yin's words, and said in his heart: Could it be that the queen is pregnant with twin sons?

The little scorpion also thought of Emperor Chongming and An Ping, and his expression was a little complicated.

For ordinary people, twins are a happy event, but for the royal family is different, if Emperor Chongming and Anping are the same dragon and phoenix twins, it is indeed a good story, but if a pair of princes are born, it may not be a good thing.

The little scorpion glanced at Cen Yin's focused side face, and stopped talking, at this time, Cen Yin ordered: "Little scorpion, you go to the warehouse and find some wood." ”

The little scorpion gathered his mind and hurriedly received his order.

Cen Yin stayed in the study, laid paper and polished ink, and drew drawings himself.

When the little scorpion took the wood, Cen Yin moved the carving knife according to the drawings, his fingers were slender and powerful, and the small carving knife moved freely in his hand.

When he laid down the knife, he was confident, and he carried the knife steadily and lightly, as if the knife was a part of his body, and it was incredibly flexible.

The little scorpion stood aside, and occasionally handed Cen Yin a carving knife, a file, sandpaper, or something.

Cen Yin's expression was so focused, so serious, as if nothing was more important than the carpentry in his hand, and the corners of his lips curled slightly.

He still remembered that his mother and sister had told him that when his mother was pregnant with him, his father also made him a lot of gadgets, and his favorite was a small wooden sword......

Ah Yan's children are no different from his children.

Thinking that he would be able to see two Yuxue's cute little dolls after returning to Beijing, the smile on Cen Yin's face became more and more gentle.

In the study in the afternoon, it was quiet, only the bamboo forest outside the window rustled in the warm summer breeze, and danced.

Cen Yin carved and grinded unhurriedly, and his expression was gentle like a spring breeze.

By the time Cen Yin had prepared an extra copy of everything, more than a month had passed.