Three days later.

Baekje announced its surrender and was included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Chigong hurriedly came to Pyongyang, came out after talking with Li Er in the palace for two hours, found Qin Huaidao and Li Jing, and then called his two sons to find a place to have a big drink, and saw that the two sons were calm and sensible, full of relief.

After the meal, Li Jing led the army to kill Ben Jing, and Wei Chigong led the army to kill the new city.

Ten days later, Xincheng surrendered without a fight and was also included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Half a month later, Li Jing used the tactics of the Yan Ya to crush all the way, arrived at the Jin Ya royal court, the two sides fought a decisive battle, and the crossbows were fired together, almost pressing the Jin Ya to fight, but the Jin Ya raised the strength of the whole clan, there were a lot of people, and at the critical moment of the stalemate, Li Dejian led the troops to kill, a full 200,000 people, the father and son joined forces, and the corpses of the Jin Ya were killed all over the field, and the battle was decided.

When the news came, Qin Huaidao was a little confused, where did Li Dejian get the 200,000 army? After reading the military report, he was full of emotion, this Li De's ability to copy homework is very strong, pull Goguryeo to surrender the army as a mercenary, attack Murowei first, and every time he defeats a small tribe of Murowei, he will not exterminate the clan, but directly hire him.

Murowei is bitter haha, the interior is not monolithic, the reason why he went south is also poor and crazy, when he heard that there is a reward for the war, he can divide the cattle and sheep if he doesn't want to reward the silver, he is willing to be hired, and he is all captured spoils Li Dejian doesn't care, the bigger the team, the more and more, and the number of employees after the destruction of Murowei is as high as more than 100,000.

After that, Li Dejian led a group of crazy troops to kill the Yan, just in time for the decisive battle.

Looking at the military report, Qin Huaidao remembered that the Mongolian army in later generations used this way to fight wherever it goes, and it is getting bigger and bigger, giving some rewards to let the captured people play the strikers and be cannon fodder, and Murowei is the predecessor of Mongolia, once it goes crazy, it can't be stopped at all.

During the decisive battle, Li Dejian let the Murwei people rush to the front, with countless casualties, eliminating a lot of hidden dangers, and merging with the imperial army, but he was not afraid of the remaining mercenaries making trouble.

Extinguishing the room Wei, Ping Jing Ya, Li Dejian has made great contributions this time, Li Jing has a successor, Qin Huaidao thought about it and repaid Li Jing's kindness, and his heart was settled.

Ten days later, Li Jing returned with the army, and after handing over the military order to Li Er, Li Jing was the east, and pulled Qin Huaidao and his son to find a place to get drunk to show their gratitude.

Qin Huaidao can also see that Li Dejian has indeed grown a lot, and he is also very pleased.

In the following days, everyone took turns to make an east banquet to invite Qin Huaidao, Qin Huaidao had nothing to do, and those who came did not refuse.

Five days later, Li Er handled the government affairs well, the subordinates could use it, and if they couldn't use it, they would not kill it, everything was based on stabilizing the overall situation, and the territory of Goguryeo was adjusted, and the Pyongyang Governor's Office, the Baekje Governor's Office, the Xincheng Governor's Office, the Liaodong Governor's Office, and the Jian'an Governor's Office were set up, and then the Governor's Office was set up in Jinya, Khitan, and Murowei to manage all the matters.

After that, he escorted the royal family and the corresponding captive class teachers back to the court.

Wei Chigong needs to go back to Chang'an to sit in the northern yaya of the forbidden army, of course, he doesn't need to stay as a governor, leading the forbidden army to be responsible for opening the road, taking care of prisoners and other matters.

Qin Huaidao was happy, looking at the familiar scenery and cities all the way, his heart was full of emotion, when 5,000 people sent troops, they took such a large territory in about three or four months, and rewrote history, and I don't know if it will affect future generations?

A few days later, the team unknowingly came to Yingzhou, revisiting the old place, the ice city was no longer there, Li Er motioned to Qin Huaidao to get close behind him and said, "Huaidao, I have a question I want to hear your opinion." ”

"Holy Lord, please speak!"

"Whether it's the Khitan or the Xi people, the two places are broken, so many people have to live after all, and now they have become my people of the Tang Dynasty, the court can't ignore it, what good way do you have?" Li Er asked bluntly.

"Nomadism is definitely not good, there is no fixed place, and it will lose control." Qin Huaidao said bluntly.

"I'm worried about this too, it seems that you have a solution?" Li Er was overjoyed.

"I can't talk about a way, I don't know if I can do it if I have an idea, change nomadism to fixed herding, that is, fix a place for grazing, and you are not allowed to leave, the grassland is very large, and the imperial court can set aside a lot of areas, one for each household, grazing in a fixed place, and you are not allowed to walk around, as long as you can find people and do a lot of things." Qin Huaidao proposed.

"Pastoral is an idea, the area is like a field, rented for everyone to use, the court collects a certain tax, but the number of people is still too much, the pasture is small and there are not many cattle and sheep, and life will still be very difficult." Li Er reminded.

"The middle and upper reaches of the Songhua River and the Liaohe River are black soil, suitable for planting various crops, soybeans, sorghum, rice, etc., you can try it, let everyone open up the wasteland, if all of them are opened, it will be enough to feed half of the population of the Tang Dynasty." Qin Huaidao reminded.

"Are you sure!" Li Er was taken aback, if one place could feed half of the population of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court would no longer have to worry about food shortages in the future.

Qin Huaidao affirmed: "Holy Lord, how dare such a major minister talk nonsense. ”

"Good, good, good!" Li Er said three good words in one breath, his eyes were full of essence, and he said with satisfaction: "Huaidao, this strategy is no less than the merit of destroying the country, I will reward you well when I go back, what advice do you have for reclamation?" ”

"Back to the saint, a small part of the grazing, pastures and fields can not be bought and sold, collected by the imperial court, rented for everyone to use, with cattle and sheep for rent, most of them are pulled to open up wasteland and farm, as long as the herdsmen become farmers, they will lose the ability on horseback, and have a constant production, food and clothing are worry-free, there will be no more rebellion in the future, the court can lend them tools and seeds, and then free rent for one year, the second year will be repaid, and the rent will be unified."

"Wouldn't a rent-free year be too little?" Li Er was a little worried.

Qin Huaidao was not worried, and said with a smile: "Shengshang, the yield of the black soil is beyond imagination, the area is large enough, and each person can't use up twenty acres of wasteland, you think, if each person plants twenty acres, it is no problem to eat enough, and there will be enough surplus grain to pay rent in the second year." ”

"It seems that you have a lot of faith in the black earth?"

Qin Huaidao's eyes rolled, he thought about it, and said with a smile: "Everyone lacks fertilizer, it is not suitable to plant rice in the first year of the black soil, you can plant a season of soybeans first, soybeans can make the land more fertile, soybeans can be planted just after the harvest is just planted rice, you can plant two seasons of rice a year, you can plant sorghum on dry land, it will not take three years, and the grain will not be used up." ”

"How much food can we run out of? If this is the case, the people of the world will no longer have to go hungry, but soybeans cannot be used as staple food, and it is difficult for the court to plant too much. ”

"No, soybeans are of great use, the minister is willing to buy them all at the market price, there is no need to worry about the court, the people can buy grain when they get the money, and even the minister can exchange the grain directly, and never let everyone suffer." Qin Huaidao hurriedly said.

"Oh, what do you want to do?"

"Soybeans can be extracted for oil, long-term use is good for the body, soybean cake is a high-quality feed, can be used to raise pigs ......"

"Wait a minute, pigs are vulgar things, what's the use of raising them?" Li Er interrupted.

Qin Huaidao was stunned, and suddenly remembered that people in this era did not raise pigs, and no one even liked wild boars, just because the smell was too strong and could not be eaten, he smiled, there was a way to make money, and hurriedly said: "Holy Lord, the minister has a way to eliminate the smell of pigs, and let them grow fat quickly, and become a delicacy that everyone can afford." ”

"That thing can also be called a delicacy?" Li Er obviously didn't believe it.

Qin Huaidao didn't explain much, and said with a smile: "The saint doesn't believe it, otherwise our monarch and ministers will have a gambling contract, the more soybeans the better, the ministers will come, the price will come according to the market, when the time comes, the ministers will open a pig farm, the scale should be large, the saint will approve a piece of land for the ministers, and the ministers will ensure that the pork is not bad, and the price is so low that the people of Chang'an can afford it, how?" ”

"If you can really do it, I will make a bet with you." Li Er said decisively, a little excited in his heart, with Qin Huaidao's cautious and stable character, he dared to say this, maybe he was really sure, if he really made the people of Chang'an afford to eat meat, what a great achievement would this be?

"Then the minister will be a witness." Li Jing joked.

"Okay, that's a deal." Li Er's eyes are winged, just a piece of land, if it is really changed to Chang'an people can afford to eat meat, it is too profitable, Chang'an people can afford to eat, it means that it can be popularized, raise more, so that the people of the world can afford to eat, this is a great achievement, no one in the past dynasties can do it, and he has made himself famous in history.

For reputation, Li Er, who is determined to be a generation of Ming Jun, takes it very seriously!

"Entering the city, with the idea of Huaidao, I am not afraid that Xue Wanshu will cry poor." Li Er was in a good mood and walked forward.

Qin Huaidao reacted at this time, his feeling was that he was afraid that Xue Wanshu would cry poor, and he didn't know what to do before he asked for a plan, but it was okay, if he really did this, he would find a way out for the Khitan people, and he would have more ways to make money in the future.

The army entered Yingzhou to rest, and it was another banquet, and it was like this in a single place along the way, Qin Huaidao was afraid of drinking, mainly because the wine here was too difficult to drink.

Thinking of wine, Qin Huaidao thought of the idea of opening a comprehensive barbecue bar when he first came to this world, now that the time is ripe, he will do this when he goes back, it doesn't matter if he makes money or not, the key is to improve his quality of life.

Barbecue with beer, think about it is fragrant!

Yes, there is also straw paper, this inhuman torture must be ended as soon as possible, the wood chips scraped, dare not think about it.

After spending the night in Yingzhou, the next day the army continued on its way, and there were more than two hundred wagons carrying wool and cowhides, packed in burlap bags, piled high.

The army stopped and stopped, and finally returned to Chang'an after more than ten days.

The news of the great victory has already spread in Chang'an City, the people are martial, advocating the strong, and they are full of admiration and convincing for Li Er, who has returned from the imperial expedition, but these people are secretly fueling the flames, and they also worship Qin Huaidao.

This is a situation of killing and creating a successful high shock to the Lord!

Qin Huaidao didn't know that following the army into the city, entering the city was the first etiquette after returning from a winning battle, the order of the troops entering the city was arranged in advance, who was in front and who was in the back were particular, Qin Huaidao and Li Jing were arranged around Li Er to show their merits.

Although Qin Huaidao didn't like this way and felt a little exaggerated, he couldn't resist the decree, so he could only follow hard, and then go to the Taimiao to offer prisoners, Li Er went up to pay tribute, recited the sacrificial words that had been written a long time ago, and told the ancestors what they had done, how many territories they had conquered, what they had caught, etc., and finally praised their merits, telling the people in the audience how much merit they had made.

Of course, it is all about the credit of the main generals, and it is impossible for every soldier to point it out, and there are too many to say.

The people like to listen to praise the most, every time the officials of the Ministry of Rites say a word, everyone cheers and is excited, especially the scholars, as if they have made a meritorious service, and the good martial arts of the Tang Dynasty can be seen.

After all the etiquette procedures were completed, the matter was not over, and the group returned to the Taiji Palace.

All the ministers of civil and military affairs arrived, congratulated in unison, and then rewarded, Wang De read several holy decrees in one breath, tired and not light, Qin Huaidao was in the last finale, it was the last holy decree, everyone heard that the Ministry of Communications was going to be established, and the six departments of Shangshu Province became seven, and Qin Huaidao served as the secretary of the Ministry of Communications, and they were all stunned.

At another time, everyone will definitely oppose it, isn't this the separation of powers and interests? But Li Eryu drove the expedition in person, returned with a great victory, swallowed mountains and rivers with high spirits, and when the limelight was in full swing, whoever opposed it was to wipe out countless cities and destroy the country, and against the 100,000 army, whoever died, they were silent, and there was a soft resistance.

Li Er wanted this effect, and said with satisfaction: "Since all Aiqing is not opposed, it will be implemented according to this, and the decree will be issued to the world." As he spoke, he threw Wang De a look.

Wang De willingly took out another holy decree and read it.

Qin Huaidao didn't understand the cloudy words in front of him, but he understood the latter sentence, and his title was adjusted and he became the protector of the country.

Yiguo Gong is the inherited title of Qin Qiong, although the Duke of Protector is still the Duke of Guo, there is no essential change, but as soon as the name is changed, the meaning is intriguing, and the face of the Manchu Dynasty has changed greatly.

Wuxun Group is eyebrows and smiles, the protector of the country means that the saint affirms Qin Huaidao's meritorious deeds, and it also means expectation, Qin Huaidao is still young, this is to entrust the safety of the Tang Dynasty to Qin Huaidao, the future is limitless, although they are all men fighting on the battlefield, but no one is unconvinced, 5,000 people sent troops, but they took the huge territory, and they asked themselves if they could do it.

What's more, after this battle, all of his entourage were promoted and made rich, it can be seen that Qin Huaidao is a fair and generous person, and he will not be greedy for everyone's merits, and he has a head to follow such a person, why oppose it?

The faces of the crown prince and the king of Wei instantly became gloomy, thinking that without the support of the protector, it would be difficult to sit firmly even if they ascended to the throne in the future, and they were irritable, but they quickly covered up the past.

The two secretly exchanged glances, nodded in tacit understanding, and reached some kind of ulterior agreement.

Many civil officials had cold faces, low eyes, and didn't know what they were thinking, the old minister Xiao Yu glanced at Qin Huaidao, thinking that the two were political enemies, and Qin Huaidao's ascension was not good for him, so he wanted to oppose it, and saw Li Er's eyes as if he was smiling and inspecting the audience, just like the lion king inspecting his territory, he lowered his head when he thought of something, and his eyes flashed with a cold luster, like a poisonous snake waiting for an opportunity.

For a while, there was a little more weirdness in the court.

Li Er just wanted to let Qin Huaidao rush in front to attract firepower, let the restless people jump out, and then use Qin Huaidao's knife to look down, clear the officials, and see that no one dared to jump out directly to oppose it, he felt a little regretful in his heart, looked at Qin Huaidao, and saw that Qin Huaidao was a little confused, and his mood suddenly improved a lot.

Qin Huaidao really didn't expect to be renamed the Duke of the Protector, but he didn't care, he was still the Duke of the Kingdom, and he wouldn't have a little more, seeing Wang De's eyes thrown over, he reacted, and stepped forward and said loudly: "Thank you, Sheng, Longen!" ”

"There are meritorious rewards, there are punishments, this is the regulation of the imperial court, and you deserve it, I am a little lacking today, and I will talk about it when I have something to do." Li Er said majestically.

Wang De understood and shouted: "Retreat from the dynasty!" ”

The civil and military officials agreed, and walked out of the hall in groups, many people glanced at Qin Huaidao from the corner of their eyes, and whispered something, and the generals gathered around to congratulate him, Li Jing said happily: "Huaidao, your title of protector sounds much more domineering than the old man, do you understand the meaning of the saint?" ”

"I can guess some." Qin Huaidao said truthfully.

"It's good to know, Datang will be handed over to your younger generation after the safety of the Tang Dynasty, the old man came back this time, his health is much worse, please resign in a few days, Qinjiazhuang is good, go back and prepare a house for me, and I will live for a few days if I have nothing to do." Li Jing said with satisfaction.

Cheng Chumo shouted: "Don't talk about anything else, go back to the house to drink, be happy today, and be a big white." ”

"If you kill a talent, you know how to drink." Li Jing scolded with a smile.

At this time, Fang Xuanling came over, solemnly bowed, and said gratefully: "Huaidao, I have a heart." ”

The words don't need to be spoken, but the meaning is clear.

Qin Huaidao smiled knowingly: "Uncle Fang's eyes are all due to his love, and it has nothing to do with me. ”

"The old man took note, just came back, you must have a lot of things, be sure to go to the house for a drink another day." Fang Xuanling solemnly issued an invitation, and there were not many people in the Manchu Dynasty who could invite Fang Xuanling.

Qin Huaidao smiled gratefully: "Okay, I will definitely come to the door in a few days to disturb me." ”

"Then it's decided, the love is reckless, but the nature is not bad, you young people will have more contacts in the future." Fang Xuanling made a pun and looked sincere.

"As it should be!" Qin Huaidao agreed, and didn't think much about it.

Fang Xuanling said a few words to everyone and walked outside together.

Laughing all the way, unconsciously out of the Imperial City Vermilion Bird Gate, everyone got into their own carriage, Qin Huaidao also turned over the white-hoofed black war horse, followed by the carriage that came to greet Li Jing slowly, along the way the people recognized Qin Huaidao shouted one after another, as a gesture, to express their admiration, if it was not for the guards to stop, the scene would probably be chaotic.

Li Jing had no choice but to let the carriage speed up, and the group hurried to the Weiguo Mansion.

Qin Huaidao turned over and dismounted, and the wife of Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo, was already waiting at the door, greeted him warmly, looked at Qin Huaidao, his eyes were full of joy, and he was full of gratitude, and said: "Child, it's hard work, I went to listen to it when I praised my merits, it's amazing, Brother Qin must be very pleased in the spirit of the sky, come, Uncle Niang will remove your armor." ”

Going out to fight with armor, returning to unload the armor, this is a ceremony, on behalf of the family's blessing and recognition of the return, did not lose the face of the ancestors, if you remove the armor, you will be ridiculed.

The secular etiquette is like this, Qin Huaidao also has to abide by it, and he came over in the hope that there will be elders to remove his armor.

There is no one in the family, Li Jing gives the armor, so naturally Li Jing or Mrs. Li will take off the armor.

"There's Lao Bo Niang!" Qin Huaidao said gratefully.

The chain mail is very complicated, and it is a little troublesome to take it off, but the person who practices martial arts in the red whisk girl is familiar with the road, so she took it off in three or two and handed it to Li Dejian, who was waiting next to him, and advised: "Put it in the carriage, your father gave it to Huaidao, there is no reason to go back, and the carriage will be sent to the house in a while." ”

"The child understands." Li Dejian hurriedly agreed, and the kind of chain mail was put in the carriage.

Qin Huaidao did not refuse, the chain mail is precious, but this affection is heavier, and the red whisk girl exclaimed: "Tut-tut, a talent, I heard that the saint intends to take a son-in-law?" ”

"That's what it means, but it's a pity that my parents aren't there, and I don't know how to handle it, uncle, can you please help me with one or two?" Qin Huaidao said truthfully.

The red-haired girl had this intention, and she couldn't wait, but she still looked at Li Jing.

Li Jing thought for a while and said: "Leave this matter to the old man, the two families, you are like the old master and nephew, you should be like this, and then go back after eating?" ”

"Then thank you Shibo, let the aunt bother, eat another day, I'm dirty, I want to wash it well now, and sleep beautifully."

"Hahaha, I want to go with the old man, let's go." Li Jing smiled happily.

The red whisk girl is also a temperamental person, and the children of the rivers and lakes on her body have a very heavy habit, and she likes the free and easy person the most, and suddenly saw the shadow of Li Jing when she was young on Qin Huaidao, and she liked it more and more, and said with a smile: "Child, wait a few days for the aunt to take time to see you, there is no hostess at home, it must be messed up, go back first." ”

Qin Huaidao made a gesture again, said goodbye and left, worried about being seen and blocked, got into the carriage, the white hoof dragged the weapon to pass, Li Dejian escorted him, Qin Huaidao took the opportunity to ask some inside information about the battle of Murowei, Li Dejian did not hide it, told the truth one by one, and unknowingly arrived at the house.

The Yiguo Mansion had long heard that Qin Huaidao was back, and everyone was smiling.

The house was cleaned three days in advance, the lights were colorful, the housekeeper led the people in the house to wait at the door, Xue Rengui and his wife were also there, watching the carriage coming, they were all excited, and they went up, in the crowd, He'er was even more tearful, feeling that his day was back.

The carriage stopped, Qin Huaidao came down, and looked at everyone with emotion and excitement.

"I've seen the young master!" Everyone packed their bags.

"You've worked hard, too!"

Qin Huaidao said politely, looked at everyone, and explained to the housekeeper: "Uncle Jia, you can arrange for the kitchen to boil some water, He'er, and prepare some clothes." ”

"It's ready." Jia Youcai hurriedly said.

"I'm tired." Qin Huaidao looked at Xue Rengui as he spoke, and stepped forward to say, "I've seen Brother Xue!" ”

Xue Rengui didn't expect Qin Huaidao to salute first, how important this was, he didn't dare to take this honor, so he hurriedly returned the salute, and said with some excitement: "Rengui has seen the young master!" ”

"The folk girl has seen the young master!" Mrs. Xue also hurriedly saluted, and was very grateful for Qin Huaidao's attention.

The people in the house also saw it in their eyes, seeing that Qin Huaidao attached so much importance to Xue Rengui, their hearts shook slightly, and they were glad that they did not deliberately make things difficult during this time, they looked down on them, and they got along quite well, and secretly warned themselves to be closer in the future.

Qin Huaidao wants this effect, Xue Rengui is talented, and he is a brother who has lived and died together, he has helped him a lot, he must not be lazy, and said with a smile: "Uncle Jia, Brother Xue, I just came back, the car and horses are tired, if there is nothing urgent, I will wash up first, and then I will talk later." ”

"Okay, have a good rest, and I'll give you some bounty when I get back." Uncle Jia hurriedly agreed, and with a wave of his hand, the people walked towards the onlookers with trays, and no one had two copper plates.

Qin Huai said clearly, this is the mansion to celebrate his return from a great victory, so that the neighbors are all happy, similar to the red envelopes of later generations, there is not much money, please have a celebration, it is also a courtesy, and it is not blocked, walking towards the mansion, seeing Xue Rengui's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, he estimated that something was wrong, and asked: "Brother Xue, if there is anything to say." ”

"Don't worry, I'll talk about it when you get a rest."

"Not in a hurry?"

"It's a bit of a rush, but it's not bad for a while."

"Okay, then I'll rinse it up, eat together, and let's talk while eating." Qin Huaidao said and sped up his pace, he was not in a hurry, the sky couldn't fall.

When he came to the bath room, He'er followed him in, skillfully helping to undress, and stopped talking.

Qin Huaidao knew that something was wrong at a glance, but he was not in a hurry to ask, sitting in the bucket, feeling the comfort brought by the hot water, and Shutai, who He'er helped scrub, his whole body relaxed, closed his eyes, and hated to sleep well, he was too tired.

Not long after, soft sobs were heard.

Qin Huaidao opened his eyes and saw that He'er was in tears, his eyes were red, his brows were tightly locked, he was all on his mind, and he couldn't help asking, "He'er, who bullied you?" Tell me, I'll help you get angry. ”