The construction of the mutual market needs to recruit a large number of construction workers, and there are really not many people who can build houses in Youzhou, so they have no choice but to release the news and recruit people to Dingzhou.

So Youzhou is even more lively, full of people who carry tools to work here, and there are people who can't build houses, but are willing to go to quarrying.

Wu Shilang saw that the mutual market supervisor here was on the track, so he and Lin Qingwan resigned and went to Yunzhou.

They are also in charge of the mutual market in Yunzhou, because Wen Dihan is here, they first set up the mutual market here, but they also have to start preparing for it, after all, they can't let the merchants who went to Yunzhou grow freely.

Both sides are going on at the same time, and with the arrival of spring, the snow is slowly melting, everything is beginning to recover, and the Northland is in a state of prosperity.

The people of both countries were very happy, because this was the first time that the Liao State did not go south to fight the grass valley in the spring, and it was also the first time that the nearby Liao people did not need to go south desperately, and only a few sheep could be exchanged for grain to survive the green and yellow crops.

Although there is still a lot of suffering, life is much better than before.

The tranquility on this side of the northern border was transmitted back to the Liang capital, and the capital was full of joy, and Emperor Liang and the courtiers were relieved.

Without any worries, they can further advance the battle of Chu.

Emperor Liang sighed with his ministers more than once, "Qingwan can be the minister of the humerus." ”

At the same time, the four princes were transferred out of the household department, and the left servant of the household department was promoted to Shangshu, while the four princes stayed by the emperor's side to help with government affairs.

Although he had never set up a crown prince, the courtiers knew that the emperor had already belonged to the four princes and began to teach him hand in hand.

Everyone was more respectful to the Four Princes, and naturally they were more respectful to Lin Qingwan, who had always been close to the Four Princes, and all the documents sent back from the north would be dealt with as soon as possible.

I also try to meet her reasonable requirements.

And at this time, the Western Expeditionary Army began to stagnate, and was even retreated for twenty miles.

Although it is only twenty miles, it has caused a lot of repercussions in the court, because now it is the Liang State and the Shu State that are attacking the Chu State on both sides, although there were victories and defeats before, but the defeat was only that the Chu State held the city, and never forced the Liang army to win the victory.

It took two days for them to receive defeat, "...... The marshal of the Chu army was taken over by Xiang Shan, and Song Li was demoted to deputy marshal. Moreover, the successor of Shu was weak, and the pace of attack slowed down, so General Lu suggested that we also postpone the offensive and wait until the spring ploughing is over. ”

The military department Shangshu frowned and said: "In this way, the battle line will be too long, and I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to us." ”

Emperor Liang said: "But it's a good way to recuperate." ”

"But Chu Guo can also take this opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief, Xiang Shan is a talented person, if he doesn't take advantage of the victory to pursue, I'm afraid that he can really revive his morale."

"It's better to ask General Zhong what he means, they are on the front line, I'm afraid they know better than us."

"It's fine."

Zhong Ruying also wanted to fight quickly, but Lin Xin's meaning was the same as Lu Zhen's, now that the enemy situation was unknown, the Shu side had suspended the offensive, and if they continued to attack, they were afraid that they would attract the main forces to their side.

The two sides have their own opinions, but it is undeniable that the battle on the front line has indeed slowed down, Zhong Ruying just wants to attack, and under the condition that Lu Zhen and Lin Xin do not move, she will naturally not be able to attack, otherwise it will be to find death if the lone army goes deep.

The spring ploughing in the rear was carried out in an orderly manner, and the girder opened Enke and began to elect talents.

There is no way, there are few people in the DPRK, and their newly beaten Chu territory needs to be managed.

Shang Mingjie wrote back to Suzhou, encouraging those literati in Wenyuan to go to Beijing to take the exam, especially to persuade Yao Shi to become an official.

Yao Shi hesitated for a moment but refused.

Zhou Tingshi personally came to lobby, and Emperor Liang also sent Yao Shi an order to seek talent, and this time Enke, Cui Ling, Du Si and Wei Yan and others will participate, Yao Shi was encouraged by everyone, so he also followed them to Beijing.

Naturally, he doesn't have to participate in the imperial examination, and with his fame, he can directly become an official.

Emperor Liang had a heartfelt conversation with him, and finally asked him to take over the post of Zuo Shilang of the household department.

Because it is Enke, the imperial examination time is set in June, and the edict issued in March gives students from all over the world three months to prepare.

When Lin Qingwan heard the news, it was already April, so she consulted with the Thorn History of Youyun and the two states, and asked them to encourage the scholars of the two states to also participate in Enke, and the Thorn History Mansion could be responsible for a certain amount of travel expenses.

"Youzhou and Yunzhou have ruled in the Liao State for 40 years, and the younger generation is afraid that they will not know the Chinese language, and if there is no local official in the court, they will not be able to win more benefits for the two states, and the people will inevitably feel uneasy."

"But there are few people in the state, so I'm afraid it's useless to go."

It's not that the two states don't look down on the scholars in their state, but under the rule of the Liao State, many of the education is not as good as the Central Plains, let alone the group of talented people in Suzhou.

This time, there are many talented people from other countries who also come to participate in Daliang's Enko.

Lin Qingwan smiled and said: "This time, the addition of Enke is not only Jinshi, but other subjects, such as Mingke and Arithmetic, since you can't get into Jinshi, you can take other subjects." ”

The history of the two states is thoughtful.

"Especially in the arithmetic, in the future, the mutual market supervisor needs a lot of talents, we can't always transfer people from Beijing, except for the mutual market supervisor, the other positions are small officials below the seventh grade, and let them leave their hometowns, but I am afraid that they will be unwilling in their hearts, so it is better to select from the nearest states."

When the two of them heard this, they thought it was true, nodded and said: "I will understand, don't worry, the county lord will start preaching tomorrow, and select talented people to be sent to the capital to participate in Enke." ”

Lin Qingwan nodded.

After thinking about it, he said: "If the money in the Assassin's Mansion is not enough, you can ask the merchants who have returned to Beijing to help bring it, and it is safer to watch the caravan return to Beijing." ”

The two assassins glanced at each other, smiled tacitly, bowed and said, "Yes!" ”

In less than ten days, Youzhou and Yunzhou each selected twelve people to send them to the capital, and they were all taken away by the caravan returning to Beijing.

There is no need to spend a penny to follow the caravan, and both parties are very polite and polite.

The two newcomers don't take any money, they have been suffering from no way, and this time they finally found a way to please them.

Especially sending students to Beijing to catch the exam is also a good thing to a certain extent, if the relationship is good, the other party will do well in the exam, and it will be a way in the future, and it doesn't matter if the exam is not good, that is, there are many pairs of chopsticks on the road.

Caravans are generally grouped together by several families, one is responsible for a few, and twenty-four people are divided.

They still dislike that there are less than twenty-four people, but it's a pity that the Assassin Shi adults just insisted on choosing twenty-four.

Most of these twenty-four people are Han Chinese, a few are of Khitan blood, and three are entirely Khitan.

Two are from Youzhou and one is from Yunzhou.

The three of them didn't dare to go to Liangdu, but the assassin Shi personally came to invite them, and promised that no one would embarrass them because of the grievances between the two nationalities when they arrived in the capital.

The two assassins never thought of choosing a person who was completely Khitan, but the lord of Kelin said that nearly half of the people in the two states of Youyun were Khitans, and this proportion was so large that it was impossible not to have a Khitan as an official.

As for Emperor Liang, Lin Qingwan was not worried at all.

The emperor has always been on par with the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention anything else, the Tang Emperor is still very broad-minded, and during the existence of the Tang Dynasty, there are not a few ethnic minorities who are officials in the court.

After sending away the people who participated in the imperial examination, Lin Qingwan asked the caravan to help bring a batch of things back to the county lord's mansion and stopped paying attention to this matter.

The mutual market has stabilized, and more than half of the infrastructure has been completed, and it is now time to put the finishing touches on it.

The most important thing is that the various rules of the mutual market have been set, and now the mutual market has begun to collect taxes, although it has not made a profit, but with the current trading volume, there is no problem in recovering the initial investment in the next year.

And the grain that Lin Qingwan wanted to trade to Wen Dihan was finally finished, and this time Wen Dihan traded all the horses with her.

There is no way, now the most popular commodity in the mutual market of Liao is horses, other big tribes have arrived one after another, all of them have brought a large number of horses, Lin Qingwan does not buy from him, there are a lot of people to sell to her, the price is cheap.

In addition, after the first three transactions, there was not much cattle left in his hand, and the price was very low by Lin Qingwan, so this time he simply traded all in horses.

Lin Qingwan was very satisfied with this, and after four months of correction, the other party finally let go of prejudice and traded horses with her with peace of mind.

The last batch of grain was exchanged for him, and Wen Dihan left the officials in charge of the mutual market, and returned to Beijing with the right minister.

Yes, the right minister, who has been in charge of mutual market affairs, has been taken away.

This right-hand minister looked a little ugly, and not long after the mutual market opened, he dared to reach out and intercept the tax silver, and even faintly blackmailed Liao merchants.

In the past, Lin Qingwan was happy to see them corrupt and fighting, but now that the two countries are cooperating at a critical time, the mutual market has not yet been fully established, how can she let him blackmail businessmen in the mutual market and ignore it?

She can't control the affairs of the Liao country, so she took some eye medicine with Wendy when she rarely met him, and every time she traded grain, she had to take Wendy Han around the market, so that he could discover some little secrets intentionally or unintentionally.

Sure enough, in March, a minister came from Shangjing to help the right prime minister, and this time Wen Dihan went back and took the right minister away directly.

As soon as the right minister left, Lin Qingwan just breathed a sigh of relief, and the merchants on the Liao side directly set up bonfires to celebrate, and it is said that a row of fires were burned at the junction of Liang and Liao at night, and many guests from the two countries were warmly invited to participate.

When the official of the Liao State who accepted the mutual market heard the news, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth and said: "The right and left ministers have no other shortcomings, but they love money too much." ”

He paused and said: "Pass the word, let them clean their hands and feet, they have done too much, the right prime minister's today is not their future, they don't have the power of the right minister." ”

He sneered: "The right minister is so powerful, how do they compare themselves to the right minister? ”

The subordinate should get down and bow down.

Needless to say, the officials who came to Wen Dihan's edict this time are certain to be honest, at least they are more reliable than many ministers of the Liao State.

Following the rules set by the right minister, the mutual market on the Liao side gradually stabilized, and when the two countries heard the news, more and more merchants and people came with goods.

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