This place in Nanyi is a bit complicated to say.

This territory used to be called Nanyue Kingdom, and there was also a decent king, although he did not understand etiquette, and his small life was barely able to get by. As a result, the previous emperor had a whim, so he knocked it down, and changed the name of the family with regional discrimination.

At that time, it was still the third generation of the dynasty, the country was safe, the soldiers were strong, and His Majesty the Emperor himself was an outstanding talent, Wen Taowu was all excellent, plus a group of fierce generals under his command, and it was called an invincible one to fight the turf. It's just that the Beidi people are too difficult to fight, the Xiban country is too small, and they still occupy natural dangers, and they can't shrink out of it immediately after a fight, which makes His Majesty the Emperor not very happy. In comparison, this part of South Vietnam is simply too easy to fight.

Although the Nanyi natives do not understand culture, they are very real, and they surrender immediately when they can't beat them.

The territory is quite large, but the population density is very low, and the economic level is also very poor. When it was first fought, the taxes of this entire state were not even as good as those of a few important towns in the northwest border that had been in war all year round. The situation in Jiaozhi Country is half a catty and eight taels in Nanyi, that is, two old, weak, sick and disabled lone wolves are next to each other, and neither of them has the heart to take care of anyone, let alone bite each other.

The imperial court wanted to develop this area, after all, it relied on the sea to eat the sea, and His Majesty the previous emperor was ambitious, and he also wanted to develop maritime trade and open up overseas territories. In those years, the imperial court sent many subordinate officials to Nanyi, hoping that they would make a good performance in governance, and then invest in building a port or something.

Unexpectedly, there was a little improvement at the beginning, but His Majesty the previous emperor suddenly fell seriously ill and died overnight!

He succeeded his eldest son, who was born a handsome and merry, and his father who was full of the word "country" was different, he was obsessed with poetry and songs, loved beauty and beauty the most, and had no interest in expanding the territory and the way of economy, and his attitude towards maritime trade was relatively negative.

The upward and downward effects, the indicators of the officials' assessment of officials are no longer how their political achievements are, but how they are written in excerpts from their past political achievements. The political achievements of local officials have also changed from population, land, taxes, and talents to talent-based, which is equivalent to sending more than 10,000 silver taxes to your death, which is not as good as cultivating two more young talents who can write beautiful essays to make Your Majesty happy.

As a result, the generals were collectively raised, and most of the courtiers began to sharpen their ink and practice their writing, where did they still have the heart to do such drudgery.

This place is remote and desolate, and over time, it has become an important place for the imperial court to exile prisoners and criminal officials. Where are the officials who were deposed in this way willing to seriously govern Nanyi, so the vicious circle, in the last years of the first emperor's dynasty, Nanyi Prefecture could not even pay taxes, and the imperial court had to subsidize one or two every year, which was simply a strange news in the world.

As a result, Nanyi Prefecture has gradually become a de facto three-regardless zone, and the incumbent officials are wise enough to protect themselves, and they want to transfer out of here every day, and there are more and more vacant vacancies.

The natives who were originally under the administration of the South Vietnamese State began to let themselves go, blocking the road and robbing them, and in the end they developed many large and small forces. These people don't care about the puppet officials above, they divide the territory privately and divide the land. Under the suppression of force, ordinary people had no way to ask for help, but to be ruled by these barbarians, and over time, it aroused popular resentment.

The direct trigger for the Nanyi rebellion encountered this time was this chronic disease.

Pei Bao'er mocked Qi Heng, "Your Uncle Regent is not doing authentically, you obviously have the spare energy to govern, but you don't care about Nanyi's mess, do you want to use it as a bargaining chip?" ”

Of course, Qi Heng refused to admit it: "Although the imperial court has been stable for two years, after the Northern Tour Rebellion, the vitality of the towns south of Jiahe Pass was greatly damaged, and they fought for more than a year. There are bandits on the southeast coast who are in turmoil, and the cabinet is also in a hurry, where can I take care of the land of Nanyi? ”

Pei Bao'er didn't believe it, and muttered, "It's not that you don't know the cats in the southeast camp~" and then said with a straight face: "I don't understand the methods of you politicians, it's just that you sit back and don't care about raising tigers, and it's always your responsibility to hurt people when the tiger arrives." ”

Qi Heng looked at her deeply, didn't say anything, and lowered his eyes to look at General Zhennan's letter stating the number of soldiers killed and wounded in a daze.

Pei Bao'er changed her conversation again and said, "Count me as nosy, that, you think about it, find a subordinate official who is familiar with the climate of Nanyi, and then pick someone from Qin Tianjian who can observe the celestial phenomena and send it to General Zhennan, which can help you write to some extent." ”

Climate? Qin Tianjian?

These two words are not new, but when they are associated with war, they have some meaning.

Qi Heng said, "You mean, follow Zhuge Kongming's actions......"

Pei Bao'er looked inexplicable, "What Zhuge Kongming, where is it so complicated?" Isn't it stormy in Nanyi this season? Although General Zhennan's men and horses could not adapt to it, I heard that the storm blew very violently, and even the roofs, people and animals could be blown off, and every post-disaster reconstruction work was very difficult, and sometimes even food became a problem. The local natives are not literate, and there is probably no written record in this regard, let alone the ability to observe the sky and predict the weather. Let's make an estimate and calculate the time, just in time to kill them by surprise after the storm. ”

A faint light flashed in Qi Heng's eyes, and he bowed slightly.

"You're right, morale is a thing that has been exhausted again and again, if you can defeat the rebels and then relieve the local people with food, you must be able to win the hearts of the people faster."

Pei Baoer was a little surprised, but quickly understood that this was a stick to give a sweet date.

Although she knew that this was a habitual political method, she was still very happy for the ordinary people who were suffering from the storm and war. After all, not long ago, she was one of those ordinary people. If it is not handled properly, there will inevitably be many more homeless and homeless people, such as Dani.

I don't know if she wants to come to something, but the next day, she saw the strong and diligent little girl, and her current owner, Li Erniang.

When talking to Liu Yun, Pei Baoer asked about Li Erniang, but he gently took him over without elaborating, but there was a trace of panic in his eyes. Pei Baoer didn't ask again, guessing that most of these two people would not succeed. After all, although he is the illegitimate son of Liu Guogong, it is now said that he is also on the general score and is counted as a concubine. But in the dignified state mansion, even if it is a concubine, there is no reason to marry the daughter of a merchant, not to mention that there is a custom that officials and people are not allowed to marry in these years.

Unexpectedly, this Li Erniang actually killed the capital in person.

She came with the dart that transported the goods, firstly to inspect the Li Ji incense shop in the Gyeonggi area, secondly, to escort the second batch of new products prepared according to the recipe Pei Baoer gave her to the north, and thirdly, to visit the little lover who suddenly disappeared.

Although Li Erniangzi is a merchant woman, in addition to perfumery, she doesn't know much about business, and she is not as smooth as her eldest brother, but she has a flexible brain, and she has already guessed one or two points from the inexplicable change in her eldest brother's attitude towards her lover and Pei Niangzi, plus the extraordinary people she saw when she visited Pei Niangzi later, her identity must be unusual.

In particular, not long after Pei Niangzi left, Liu Lang, who she had to harass once every three days, suddenly disappeared, and she didn't even know that Dani was here, and she didn't leave a single message, which was wrong.

Although Liu Lang has always rejected himself and persuaded himself to find another beautiful woman, in general, he is a responsible person, otherwise, ordinary boys know that rich people like the Li family have taken a fancy to him, so he has to hurry up and become a son-in-law. Such a person will definitely not be able to do anything else without saying goodbye, and eighty percent of them will be harmed or coerced to leave.

Li Erniang was full of enthusiasm, so she wanted to save her lover single-handedly, but she was persuaded by Li Dalang for many days. In the end, not only did the persuasion not succeed, but Li Erniang took out a lot of useful information from him.

Although Li Dalang didn't know the reason, he accidentally bumped into the scene of Liu Yun leaving with Qi Heng's people. At that time, he was still happy in his heart, wishing that this kid would not come back to seduce his sister-in-law. Naturally, he couldn't tell Li Erniang this, he only quietly revealed Qi Heng's identity to her, which was still a small result of his living in the capital for half a year.

He didn't recognize Qi Heng, but he knew Gonggong Song beside Qi Heng, and when he heard other big businessmen talk about it, he was very in awe, saying that it was the chief steward in the regent's palace, and he was the first trusted eunuch under the regent. On that day, when he saw this Song father-in-law coming to the Li Mansion, he was threatening him not to beat Pei Niangzi's idea, let alone blackmail him to repay him, Yunyun, he knew that Pei Niangzi must not be offended. Not only can you not offend, but it is better to befriend them. What is the best way to make friends, of course, it is to send money in a different way, so there is the cooperation between the Li family and Pei Niangzi.

However, although Li Dalang has a lot of knowledge, it is impossible to guess Pei Baoer's true identity. At that time, he just thought that it was probably the prince who had fallen in love with a little widow, and there was nothing to say, it was just a romantic affair. It's just that Pei Niangzi's status, even if she enters the palace, she is afraid that she is only the lowest level of concubines and aunts.

So much so that the consequence of his explanation of Li Erniang was that when the latter found the porter of the Regent's Mansion, his opening remarks were like this.

"This little brother, I'm looking for Aunt Pei in your house, and I'm troublesome and accommodating~"

Looking at the hearty and bright smile of this little lady and the heavy purse handed over, the porter was completely stunned. This doesn't look like a fool, didn't you hear it wrong?

"You, what did you say? Again, who are you looking for? ”

Li Erniangzi felt that she was articulate, her pronunciation was extremely clear, and she reflexively thought that she hadn't given enough money, and the porter was pretending to be deaf, so she began to take out another big purse.

Dani beside her stopped her, cleared her throat, and said crisply: "My boss said, we came to find Aunt Pei in your house, Mrs. Pei." Can she be in the house? ”

This time, the porter heard clearly, but his eyes were wide open, and he was so angry that he almost smashed the purse in his hand on the head of the person who spoke.

"You guys, you have eaten the bear's heart and leopard's guts! Where did Aunt Pei come from in our house! Only Princess Pei is good! ”