However, it was said that Zhu Wen had brought the compensation money, and all the participating units watched with amazement.

Nanyang was the main force in this war, but Jingnan and Xiangbei also contributed a lot.

For example, Zhao Kuangning, who sent 20,000 troops, also helped take Junzhou, relieved his worries, and wanted to focus on rewarding people.

Zhao Chenggui's eldest brother, with 20,000 troops, suffered a lot of battle damage, and he also had to be rewarded.

Although Li Duo led 5,000 troops, he didn't fight in a battle, but his attitude was good, and he had to mean it.

The new general of the whole division sent 10,000 troops, and he must not forget.

Li Yu was by no means stingy, three million copper coins, Zhao Kuangning one million, Zhao Chenggui 800,000, Li Duo 300,000, and Quanshi Lang 500,000.

As for Nanyang himself, Li Yu took out 600,000 yuan and made up a bounty of 1 million yuan, compensating the war dead and rewarding the meritorious.

For a while, everyone was happy.

Since Jingnan and northern Hunan are connected to the Yangtze River, they can trade salt with Huainan, but they are not lacking.

The matter of exchanging salt with Zhu Wen was not interested in the two old men.

In order to appease the extremely vicious Zhu Wen, Li Yu had to exchange grain for salt first, not only to solve his own salt shortage, but also to give Zhu Wen some food to continue his life, so as to save him from jumping to attack.

Zhu Wen lost this battle extremely badly and hurt his vitality.

The important thing is that there is a shortage of food and grass, and there is no follow-up force at all.

He ran back to Kaifeng to lick his wounds.

But his old rival Li Keyong saw an opportunity.

Now the land of Weibo has been included in the jurisdiction of Hedong.

Li Keyong's heart also rose.

In the past two years, he and Zhu Wen competed for hegemony on both sides of the Yellow River, and Hedong had the upper hand.

This year, there was a great drought in the world, and the drought in Hedong was also serious, and he did not dare to use troops.

The old rival Zhu Wen didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, so he sent an army of 100,000 to attack Nanyang.

As a result, in a month's time, the entire army was wiped out.

Although Zhu Wen and Nanyang have made peace now, Zhu Wen's vitality is greatly damaged, this is a good opportunity to take advantage of your illness to kill you, how can he let it go?!

I, Lao Li, have waited all my life for this opportunity, so let's do it!

But it is said that Taiyuan Mansion Jinyang City.

Hedong Jiedu Mansion.

Rick's face was full of red light.

"The old thief Zhu Wen is at the end of his rope and has lost his vitality. It's a great opportunity for me to exterminate him in Hedong, what do you think?! ”

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhu Wen is unlucky, and King Jin is happy.

"Father, the sons and daughters thought that the spring should set foot in Bianzhou and occupy the Central Plains."

Li Cunqiao was in high spirits.

The general Ding Hui went out and said: "Lord, I should take this opportunity to unify Hebei, and then choose a day to cross the Yellow River." ”

"Oh? Why is that? ”

Li Keyong still admires Ding Hui very much.

"My lord, if Hebei is unified, then I will be safe on the side and back, and I can go south with all my might. Since ancient times, it has been easier to unify the north with the south. ”

"Doesn't that give Zhu Wen the old thief time to recover?"

Li Cunmiao frowned and asked.

"Even if I attack Bianzhou now, if there is an enemy in Hebei that attacks Taiyuan Mansion, what will I do? It will be difficult to take care of the end and be taken advantage of by Zhu Wen. It is better to fight steadily, first level Hebei, and then go south to Bianzhou. ”

"You all have a point."

Li Keyong said after thinking about it.

"But I can't let go of such a good opportunity."

"My son ordered 50,000 troops to capture Luoyang."

Li Keyong made up his mind that he must take this opportunity to bite off a piece of Zhu Wen's flesh.

Haven't you been repairing Luoyang for many years?

Then I will occupy Luoyang and make you feel distressed.

Day after year, the first month of the seventh year.

The states in Hedong mobilized elite troops, raised grain and grass, and prepared to capture Luoyang in the spring.

But said Zhu Wen.

This defeat was devastating.

Since Li Yu didn't drink and beat himself, he put his main energy on Li Keyong.

He didn't want to fight Hedong, but he was worried that Hedong would not let go of this opportunity.

Standing in front of the map, Zhu Wen's civil and military forces were analyzing the current situation and how to block Li Keyong's attack.

As soon as the first month of the new year, the news came that Hedong was mobilizing grain and grass.

Zhu Wen's heart was tight.

He knew that Lao Li was going to do it.

So they also followed the mobilization of troops and food and grass.

The grain exchanged from Nanyang also had to be taken out and used as military rations.

Originally, there were many garrisons along the Yellow River, but now they are focusing on the direction of Li Keyong's main attack, concentrating superior forces to prevent them from crossing the river.

So he sent out a wide range of sentinels to find out Li Keyong's movements.

Li Yu's Spring Festival was the most comfortable year ever.

In previous years, they either went to Beijing or went to war, or they sent troops. This year, the clouds of war have been lifted, and the mood of the common people has improved a lot.

The streets and alleys of Nanyang are in a festive atmosphere.

This year, Li Yu still lives in the old county yali in Nanyang.

However, the construction of the new palace has entered the agenda, and after the square is decided, the construction can begin.

In recent years, although Nanyang has not participated in many wars, fortunately, they are all enemies abroad.

The prefectures and counties to which Nanyang belongs are very safe, and they attach great importance to water conservancy, and they have had bumper harvests in recent years.

Both food production and population are growing rapidly.

After years of recruitment and resettlement of refugees, the population of Nanyang has exceeded one million.

Jingxiang also has a population of one million.

Jiangxi has a population of 2 million.

Everywhere is thriving.

In the backyard of the county office.

The snow is white, and a few plum trees are in full bloom in the wind.

Li Yu opened the window of the conservatory, and the family admired the plum blossoms in the courtyard through the window.

The embroidered lady Biniang sat on Li Yu's left and right, and Li Yang and Li Jue also squeezed into Li Yu's arms.

Xiao Cui stood on the side, pouring Nanyang's own wine for His Royal Highness and the princess.

She turned her head, sniffed the wine in the pot, and swallowed.

But Bi Niang, who was sharp-eared, heard it, turned her head and said, "Xiao Cui is hungry for wine, you can also have a drink." ”

Xiao Cui's face flushed, and she retreated again and again.

"Slaves don't dare."

"Well, it's okay to have a drink."

Li Yu turned his head and said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Little Cui gave thanks.

"Speaking of this wine, let's brew less this year, the food is expensive."

"It's my husband."

The embroidery girl nodded in agreement.

It turned out that a year ago, the two princesses had nothing to do, so they begged Li Yuyang.

Li Yu was also very busy at the time and didn't have time to accompany him, so he had an idea and told them how to make wine.

There are also sake brewers here, but their wine is only low-alcohol rice wine, with a high content of impurities, and the taste is not very good.

The method that Li Yu told them was distilled liquor, which was of high purity, high in degree, and sweet in the mouth, and one person would get drunk after drinking a bowl.

Embroidery Niang Bi Niang finally has something to do, and studies the production of distillation utensils with craftsmen every day.

Finally, a simple distillation apparatus was made.

According to the recipe given by the husband, I experimented a few times, and it was really made by the young lady.

When they gave Li Yu a taste like a treasure, Li Yu was stunned.

He simply talked about the process, and he didn't expect it to succeed.

It can be seen that the wisdom of the ancients, as long as they are given some ideas, many things can be done.

Since the successful trial production of wine, the sisters have been out of control.

Thousands of catties of liquor have been produced in a row.

It was also given as a gift to officials in various places.

Li Yu knew that making wine costs food, so he said that he would make less wine.

In fact, Xiuniang and Biniang have not made wine since the war, and the front line needs food, and refugees from all over the country also need food for the winter.

After spending the seventh day of the new year at home, the yamen was also opened.

Officials from all over the country have sent specific scripts for preparing for spring ploughing.

Jiangxi is fortunate to say that there is a relatively complete agricultural system, and our institutions are responsible for seeds, cattle, and farm tools.

Nanyang's side has gradually been established and improved in recent years, but Jingxiang is a little troublesome.

Jing Xiang was still nominally under the jurisdiction of Zhao Kuangning, but he had already handed over Jing Xiang to Li Yu.

In order to effectively manage the local administration, Li Yu combined Nanyang and Jingxiang into one.

Externally, it is collectively referred to as Nanyang Kingdom.

The government is located in Xiangyang.

The Dewang Mansion remained in Nanyang.

Chen Ban and Wang Houxie focused on spring ploughing.

Li Yu became the shopkeeper and walked around the place.

But he said that the leper family, and the family prepared rice seeds.

The leper finally got his wish and married Liu Niangzi into the house in the first month.

The newlyweds are sweet.

As soon as the first month passed, he entered Nanyang City.

In his mind, Nanyang City is a big city like Chang'an.

Not only big, but also sacred.

Because King De's family lives here, he and his old man are neighbors.

He came to the blacksmith shop and greeted the old Wu Tou, who was really pulling the bellows.

"Uncle Wu, I want to fight two new heads."

"Leper, why did you add someone to the family?"

"Hehe, I'm married to a daughter-in-law."

"Oh, congratulations, you're going to be a blessing."

"It's the credit of King De and his old man."

"That's right."

Old Wu Tou stopped what he was doing, turned around and took out a piece of iron.

"You see, five pounds high."

"Hehe, Uncle Wu, I can trust it."

"Iron is a bit expensive after the New Year, and I heard that there is a shortage of iron in various places."

"Yes, so many refugees came last year, and it was time to officially use iron in the spring."

"No, a hundred wen."

"Hey, it's not cheap."

"Hehe, Uncle Wu didn't make much money from you, conscience."