Kwong felt like he was going crazy.

The emperor personally led 3,000 battalions of lone troops into the desert, fought in and out of the enemy's rear, and now returned safe and sound, which can be described as a great joy.

It stands to reason that he should return to the capital as soon as possible, but now he is stuck in this small Huailai City, leading Luo Tong to the terrain every day, discussing where to build roads, where to drain, where to build houses, and planning a commercial street to come out.

This kind of small town, what are you doing in the whole commercial street?

"Your Majesty, Luo Langzhong is a Jinshi of Yongle for ten years, he has been an official for more than 30 years, and he has rich experience, and it is enough to hand over the reconstruction of Huailai City to Luo Langzhong, and the old minister suggested that the emperor should hurry up and set off, so as not to worry about the Queen Mother and the hundred officials!"

"Don't worry, I'll leave after I finish speaking!"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and continued to say to Luo Tong: "I wrote very clearly in the planning book, this place is suitable for growing grapes!" ”

In fact, Luo Tong did not understand the plan at all.

For example, why not grow grain, but grapes.

"Grapes?"

"Yes, it's grapes!"

"But......" Luo Tong scratched his head and said the doubts in his heart, "This thing can't be used as staple food......"

"Who told you that you must grow staple foods, cash crops, do you understand cash crops?"

"Minister...... Stupid ......"

"You're so blunt!" Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said, "You said it yourself, the weather here is dry and dry, and it is not suitable for growing grain, so what should I do?" ”

"yes, what to do?"

"Then plant something that suits, like grapes."

"But...... Grapes aren't a staple food......"

"You don't have to grow staple foods!"

"Minister...... Stupid ......"

Zhu Qizhen wanted to beat someone, really, if he hadn't seen Luo Tong's age, he would have done it a long time ago.

I can't understand why!

"In other words, if you grow grain here, how much will you get per mu?"

"This kind of place ......," said Luo Tong after a moment's thought, "there can be about one or two stones." ”

In the Ming Dynasty, one stone was one hundred and fifty catties, and generally speaking, the yield of a good paddy field was about two to three stones.

"Do you know that if you grow grapes, what will be the profit?"

"I don't know!"

"I tell you this, although there is no profit in the first year, from the second year onwards, the annual output is converted into money, which is at least three to five times that of growing grain!"

Luo Tong asked, "Why is there no income in the first year?" ”

Zhu Qizhen was stunned for a moment, so he had to explain: "Grapes require a two-year ripening period, and they don't bear fruit in the first year. ”

"I see!" Luo Tong nodded again and again, then shook his head again and said, "But, what should the people do now?" If you don't have food, how can you live? Also, it's not rich here, so who do you sell it to? ”

"Look at this map again!"

Zhu Qizhen pointed to the map and said: "From Huailai City to Jingshi, less than 300 miles, if the road is leveled and widened in the later stage, the carriage of goods can arrive in one day, no matter how much output, as long as it is transported to Jingshi, it is guaranteed to be sold out." ”

Luo Tong scratched his head and said: "Your Majesty, forgive the ministers for being stupid, the people are in urgent need of rations now, and they are afraid that they will starve to death before the grapes are produced in the field......

"What do I want you to do?" Zhu Qizhen shook his head and said, "Your task is not to lead the people to build houses and farm, but to become bigger and stronger, and have ideals!" If you don't have food, do you, ask the court for a loan, use taxes as collateral, and I will personally approve it for you! ”

Luo Tong's face was extremely entangled, looking for a loan from the imperial court, not growing grain, planting grapes, and paying back cash crops?

And those roads and drains, I don't know how much food they cost, is this necessary......

Kuang Yu saw Luo Tong's expression of wanting to speak and stopped, and couldn't help but say: "Luo Langzhong, if you still have any questions, make it clear at one time, don't delay the emperor's trip." ”

He thought that the emperor would return to Beijing immediately, so he did not write a letter to the Beijing master, and now there is no news of the emperor's return.

I knew that it would be delayed for so long, so I would write a letter first and ask the people in Beijing to prepare!

Luo Tong really had a problem, I saw him point to the location of the middle school hall in the planning map, and said, "About the construction of the school...... The emperor doesn't know, where do ordinary people get the money to study......"

"Didn't I write it, this is compulsory education, all six-year-old children must go to school, and all the expenses for the first six years are paid by the imperial court!"

"This ......" Luo Tong's scalp was about to break, "how much does it cost......"

"You don't have to worry about money, Huailai City is the first pilot project for me to push through the old and bring forth the new, we must be drastic, we can't be bound by the traditional concepts of the past, the Qing family now knows how heavy the burden is on their shoulders, right?"

Luo Tong's forehead was full of sweat stains, and he said stubbornly: "The minister understands!" ”

"There is also the matter of recruiting soldiers, just recruit displaced people on the spot, I left Ha Ming to help you train the army, and then left you five hundred elite soldiers, these people followed me deep into the desert, but they are all friendships of birth and death, if it is not for the great significance of rebuilding Huailai, I am reluctant to hand over people to you!"

Luo Tong nodded again and again: "Emperor Xie!" ”

He has a wealth of experience in leading troops, and when he saw the first sight of the 3,000 battalions, he felt a great shock, and in these sergeants, there was an invisible murderous aura, which was a momentum that could only be experienced after a long time on the battlefield.

What is even more commendable is that after these sergeants took over Huailai City, they inspected the city defense and security in the city every day, and never disturbed the people.

On the streets, it is common to see soldiers helping people build houses or providing some help within their means.

So that there is a strange phenomenon in Huailai now, the people take the initiative to go to the street to find soldiers to help if they have any difficulties, in Luo Tong's opinion, this is very unreasonable.

In his impression, it is thankful that the soldiers do not harass the people, and it is unbelievable that the soldiers and civilians can get along so well.

If the Ming army were like this, what would it look like......

After explaining everything, Zhu Qizhen finally embarked on the road back to Beijing again.

Ha Ming took 500 people to stay in Huai, and the remaining 2,000 people got the order and immediately set off.

When passing by Juyong Pass, he left Kuang Yu behind.

Luo Tong went to Huailai to take up a post, and the garrison of Juyongguan was temporarily vacant, but fortunately, there was a ready-made military department book, which could be held for a while.

Zhu Qizhen led the cavalry, the speed of the march was very fast, at noon from Juyongguan, before sunset, had arrived in Changping.

Looking at the city wall in front of him, Li Zhen stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, it's getting dark, do you want to enter Beijing overnight?" Or a night of rest in Changping? ”

Zhu Qizhen looked at the sky and said, "There's no need to rush like this, rest in Changping for one night, and enter Beijing early tomorrow morning!" ”

"Yes!"

"Wait a minute!"

"Your Majesty, please command!"

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said, "In case of disturbing the people, the soldiers are working hard, so let's rest outside the city!" ”

"Yes!"

Two thousand men and horses found a vacant place to rest in the woods on the outskirts, Fan Zhong walked to Zhu Qizhen with bread and dried meat, and asked a little puzzled: "Your Majesty, even if you don't rush to the night, you should go into the city to rest, why do you want to sleep in this wilderness with everyone?" ”

Zhu Qizhen took a bite of the dough and said, "If you notify Changping County, the whole county will be busy serving me tonight, there is no need for this." ”

"Your Majesty, you ......"

At this moment, I heard the outer sentry shouting, "Stop, who is it?" ”

Fan Zhong immediately became vigilant, the road from Juyong Pass had nothing to do with the card, and he didn't enter the city when he arrived in Changping, because no one knew the emperor's whereabouts, who would be in this wilderness?

After a while, Li Zhen trotted over and said, "Your Majesty, there is a man named Feng Yi, who said that he came on the order of Cao Qin, the commander of the command, and he has important matters to discuss." ”

"Feng Yi......" Zhu Qizhen thought for a while, and didn't seem to have any impression of this person, "What does this person do?" Is Cao Qin Cao Jixiang's son? How did he know my whereabouts? ”

Li Zhen shook his head and said, "This person doesn't seem to know the identity of the emperor. ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Qizhen was a little puzzled, could it be that he recognized the wrong person?

Li Zhen continued: "Because this person keeps saying yes...... To meet General Chahantai! ”

Zhu Qizhen's expression changed and asked, "Have you revealed my identity to him?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the minister only said that he would come in and report, but he didn't say much."

"Okay, let him come over, I want to see what kind of reputation this person has made!"