"Governor of Qi Shi Jinxuan, see His Royal Highness King Qi......"

In the carrying hall, when Jin Xuan saluted with three points of wine, Zhu Youzhen also looked at him carefully.

Kim Hyun is one year older than Zhu Youzhen, and he is currently two in his thirties.

But in terms of appearance, Kim Hyun already has some traces of time on his face.

It can be seen that governing the state of Qi is not as simple as he wrote in his letters.

"I've worked hard for you in the past ten years."

When the two met, Zhu Youzhen's first words were thanks, but Jin Xuan, who heard the words, shook his head and said:

"Compared to His Royal Highness, the hard work of the ministers is nothing ......"

Minister...... This is the self-claim that Jin Xuan wanted to say to Zhu Youzhen a long time ago, but he was still a Ming official back then, and he could never call himself such a vassal king.

But now, before he went to the ministry to report, he was still his long history of Qi, and the king of Qi was naturally his king.

"Sit down first......"

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and motioned for him to sit down first, and Wang Chengen hurriedly moved a chair to Jin Xuan.

Kim Hyun made a very respectful gesture to Wang Chengen, and then took a seat.

Seeing him seated, Zhu Youzhen also leaned back in his chair and asked him about Qi Guo:

"How is the progress of Qi State's two five-year plans?"

"Very good!" When it comes to business, Kim Hyun's drunkenness has dissipated most of it, and he reports his achievements in full:

"There are 375 factories of all kinds and employ more than 154,000 people."

"There are 18,000 miles of infrastructure roads, and no less than 1,000 miles are under construction every year, and no less than 100,000 migrant workers are employed along the way."

"Twelve ports have been opened, 126 mineral veins have been excavated, more than 7.5 million acres of cultivated land have been developed, 260 rural market towns and 32 cities have been built."

"The annual output of various types of chemical fertilizers is 500,000 tons, which meets 70% of the needs of cultivated land, and ensures that the grain output per mu is not less than 250 catties, and with meat, it can feed at least 3 million people."

"All kinds of factories have an annual output of 1.5 million tons of cement, 65,000 tons of crude steel, 750,000 tons of pig iron, 8 million tons of coal, and ...... textile fabrics."

Kim Hyun reported his achievements over the years to Zhu Youzhen one by one, and it could be seen that he had been preparing for a long time, or that he had been waiting for this day for ten years.

"As of July 30, the 21st year of the Apocalypse, the Qi State has an annual income of more than 270,000 taels of gold, 3 million taels of silver, 6 million catties of copper ingots, 936,000 taels of land taxes, and nearly 7 million taels of annual income."

"There are more than 74,000 officials in the Qi State, 20,000 soldiers and horses, 4,000 servants, nearly 42,000 troops, 20,000 teachers and trains, nearly 2.3 million taels of Yulu expenditure, and a surplus of about 4.7 million taels per year."

"In addition, the official school of Qi has been open for ten years, from the beginning of the education of military children to the current civilian education, there are more than 300 official schools, with more than 360,000 students."

"Last ......"

Jin Xuan's tirade gave Zhu Youzhen and others a deeper understanding of Qi State.

Compared with Zhu Youzhen, Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun did not expect that the situation in Qi would be so good.

You must know that the country of Qi is only ten years, the arable land is not even one percent of the Ming Dynasty, and the population is only 2% of the Ming Dynasty, and the number of labor reform workers is still counted.

Such a country has reached one-tenth of the Ming Dynasty in terms of annual income.

Although this is the income that Qi can only obtain by opening mines after eating the dividends of labor reform, it is also worthy of the attention of Daming.

However, the current Daming is suffering from drought, and the income is not normal.

If Daming's annual income is normal, then judging from the current situation, an annual income of 100 million taels is Daming's normal annual income.

But even so, the sudden rise of Qi is still jaw-dropping.

"According to this situation, the third five-year plan should be implemented perfectly, and the annual income of Qi should exceed 10 million taels and the population should exceed 4 million in five years."

Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth suddenly, and said a number that even Kim Hyun couldn't believe...... Four million people.

At present, there are only 2 million people and natives in Qi country, that is, there is still a gap of 2 million people.

Zhu Youzhen's current words, that is to say, the Ming Dynasty will move at least 400,000 people to Qi every year in the next five years, which sounds very incredible.

"You've met the prince, and you must know what happened to him."

"Yes...... The minister heard about it. ”

Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth to Kim Hyun, and Kim Hyun also returned the salute and admitted everything.

"Right now, I've mobilized one hundred and twenty steamships to settle for the Qi country, so I need to ask you something."

"Come up."

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand to Jin Xuan, and Jin Xuan got up and stepped forward when he heard this, listening attentively.

Zhu Youzhen whispered something in his ear, which made Jin Xuan's expression stunned for a moment, then his face turned grim, and finally showed a hint of joy.

"Your Highness, rest assured, this matter will be handled by the minister."

As if the matter was explained, Kim Hyun took a few steps back and responded with a gesture.

At the same time, he also said about the matter on the side of Qi State:

"Your Highness, do you want to regain the lost territory of our country against the Fran mobile troops?"

Jin Xuan didn't know that Zhu Youzhen had already made arrangements, so Zhu Youzhen could only explain:

"I have already entrusted this matter to Yan Yingyuan and Huang Long, if the people sent by Yan Yingyuan do not get Fran Ji to agree to return the lost land, it will not be too late to use force at that time."

"In addition, Huanglong doesn't believe in the construction of Qi State, you just arrived in the capital, don't be in a hurry to report on your work, walk around with your friends first, and enlighten Huanglong and them by the way."

"Huanglong, they will go to Qi after the Lantern Festival, you can arrange it......"

Zhu Youzhen's last sentence seemed to have a slight meaning, and even Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen could hear it.

It's just that they don't know what Zhu Youzhen means by this, maybe only Jin Xuan can know.

In this regard, they couldn't help but look at Kim Hyun, and Kim Hyun nodded with a heavy heart when he heard this.

"The courtyard of the official's workshop, I have always kept it for you, your mother should not be asleep at this time, you should go home to visit your mother first."

Zhu Youzhen signaled that Jin Xuan could leave, and Jin Xuan, who heard the words, also bowed slowly: "Minister...... Retirement. ”

As the words fell, Kim Hyun withdrew from the Carrier Hall, and then returned to the Officials' Workshop like an arrow.

With the sound of the dusk drums, there were no more pedestrians on the street, only a small number of people who had just finished their shifts and hurried home.

At the 120th beat of the twilight drum, Kim Hyun returned to the official shop, but the official shop at the moment was full of unwelcome to him.

On the stone pillars on the left and right sides of the official's workshop, I don't know who wrote the sarcastic words of "the upper is the old-fashioned eagle dog, the lower is abandoning the former classmates, and the shame of Yanshan is criticized".

"Long History ......"

Most of the soldiers of the Qi State are the children of the soldiers who grew up in the Qi Kingdom, so they are naturally not used to being ridiculed by others.

Coupled with the youth, they just want to pull out the person who wrote these words at the moment and beat them up.

"You go to the post station first, Wang Zhao, you can go home with me."

Instead of letting the young team speak, Kim Hyun threw him a bag and spoke to the youngest soldier in the team.

While speaking, Kim Hyun got out of the car and patted the young team on the shoulder:

"This is the fund for this envoy to Daming, two hundred taels of silver, you save some flowers, and you can't go back until after the Lantern Festival."

After that, Kim Hyun walked into the official's shop, and he didn't care about the malice of the officials in the shop.

The young Wang Zhao followed Jin Xuan into the official's shop, and the team was holding a money bag, full of dissatisfaction with the Ming officials.

When Kim Hyun's figure disappeared from sight, he left the gate of the official's house with the remaining fifteen brothers and stayed at the nearest post station.

As for Jin Xuan, he took Wang Zhao back to his home, and as the distance got closer and closer, he couldn't help but feel a ripple in his heart.

Hometown timidity, this kind of thing naturally happened to him.

Ten years ago, his mother was in her forties, and now she is afraid ......

"Hyun boy, I'm coming back for dinner!"

Before Kim Hyun was ready, a voice that had been familiar to him since childhood sounded in the street.

Kim Hyun looked up and saw his mother, who was still full of black hair and didn't seem to be much different from ten years ago.

"Mother!"

Father-son affection may not be easy to express, but mother-son affection is often easier to express than father-son affection.

Kim Hyun trotted forward and knelt down on the street:

"The child has been away from home for ten years, and now he has just returned home, I am really sorry for my mother!"

Jin Xuan, as the governor of Qi, also has his own Mu Xiu.

And because the holidays of Qi include 32 traditional festivals of the Ming Dynasty such as Spring Dragon, Flower Dynasty, and Tianzhu, and set up different holidays from one to seven days, the total number of Qi holidays is 52 days.

In addition to these 62 days of holidays, there will also be one day off every 9 days, so the total number of Qi holidays is 88 to 89 days.

Except for the occasional vacation, Kim Hyun is busy at other times.

Therefore, in ten years, he has accumulated more than 500 days of vacation.

If he wanted to, he could go back to Daming to see his mother.

But he also knew that his identity was special and it was not appropriate to appear in Daming without authorization, so he had been holding back his thoughts.

"Mother, after the child finishes the matter this time, he will take you to the Qi country to enjoy the blessings."

When Jin Xuan was helped up by Jin Xuan, he couldn't help but open his mouth with a hint of crying, but he still endured the crying.

"Good...... Let's go home...... Let's go home. ”

Seeing her son, Kim's mother was full of smiles, and she pulled Kim Hyun home, but as soon as they turned an alley, they found that someone had hung a white cloth on the door, apparently scolding his family for their early death.

"I didn't come out just now, but now I have it."

Jin Mu is very calm, and she can bring out the two children of Jin Hyun and Jin Qi, so she is naturally not afraid of these things.

Not only was she not afraid, but she also stepped forward with a smile and put away the white cloth, and said to Kim Hyun with a smile:

"These days, people come to hang white cloths in front of their homes every day, you leave them alone, let them hang them, if they can hang for a few months, then you two brothers will have a few more sets of clothes to wear."

Jin Xuan's smile infected Jin Xuan, and he followed Jin Mu who put away the white cloth into the house together, and ten years have passed, and nothing has changed in the home.

"Where's my brother? Didn't you hire a worker? ”

Seeing that there was no one to serve at home, Jin Xuan was a little worried about Jin Mu's body, but Jin Mu smiled and said:

"I'm only fifty-eight, I'm still young, it's okay, your brother is busy preparing for next year's expedition to the west, don't bother him."

"I also asked him to send a letter to you, so as not to trouble his wife and daughter at home."

Jin Mu said, and walked to the kitchen: "You haven't been home for many years, my mother cooks for you and cooks noodles for you to eat." ”

"Good ......" Kim Hyun heard that Kim Mu was going to cook noodles, and his nose was sour, and he nodded at the same time.

"What does the kid eat?" Jin Mu looked at Wang Zhao with a smile, but Wang Zhao restrained: "I'm not hungry." ”

"So guy, how can you not be hungry? I'll give you a bowl of Yangchun noodles. Jin Mu smiled and walked into the kitchen.

It can be seen that she is very happy that her eldest son is coming back to see her, but she is also full of worries about Kim Hyun.

The changes in the situation in the capital can be felt even by ordinary people, not to mention an old woman like her who lives in the official shop.

After a quarter of an hour of busy work, two bowls of hot Yangchun noodles were served, and Jin Xuan and Wang Zhao sat in the pavilion in the courtyard without a shelf, which was a unique phenomenon in Qi State.

In the country of Qi, there is no difference between officials and ordinary people, and sitting at the same table is also to improve efficiency.

In short, what the Qi State wants to defeat is the servility of the people of the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties.

"What happened to Qi State? Is Dingxing County prosperous? ”

Dingxing County is Jinmu's hometown, and she specially inquired to know if her son was having a hard time.

It's just that her inquiry made Jin Xuan laugh, and Wang Zhao, as a person who grew up in Qi since he was a child, naturally has to defend his "hometown":

"Old Madam Jin, don't talk about Dingxing County, it is the capital, and the western capital of Qi can also be compared."

"Not to ......" Kim Hyun shook his head with a smile and said to Kim Mu:

"When I return to Qi Kingdom, it is estimated that it will be a matter of the year after tomorrow, and the Xijing City at that time should not be inferior to Su and Hangzhou."

"So bustling?" Hearing that the royal capital of Qi was so prosperous, Jin Mu was a little surprised, obviously she didn't expect Xijing City to be such a good place.

Seeing this, Jin Xuan, the "...... of Qi State", also began to talk about Qi State with Jin Mu, and Jin Mu, like the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty, was very curious about Qi Guo.

A bowl of noodles is eaten and wiped clean, and there is not even soup left, Wang Zhao also added when Jin Xuan introduced it:

"Mrs. Jin, you have this craft, you went to Xijing City to open a noodle restaurant, there must be many people to eat, the same as my mother's cooking."

"Go, go!" Hearing Wang Zhao's words, Jin Xuan smiled and asked him to go aside, obviously crying and laughing at Wang Zhao's behavior of recognizing his mother.

Jin Mu also smiled when she heard this: "I'm not old yet, if my craft is really good, then when I go to Xijing City, I will also open a noodle restaurant there to save my illness." ”

"Well, doing something is good for longevity."

Kim Hyun did not oppose the idea of Kim Mu, he has always supported Kim Mu's work, while his younger brother Kim Hyun didn't want his mother to work too hard.

It's just that Kim Hyun knows that if the old man doesn't work, his body will deteriorate even more seriously.

Thinking of this, Kim Hyun wanted to tell Kim Mu about his wife and children: "Mother......"

"Tuk-tuk—"

The knock on the door sounded inopportunely, and Wang Zhao subconsciously touched the short knife on his waist.

"Boyu! How? Is even me gone? ”

Sung-deok's voice sounded outside the door, and Kim Hyun immediately stood up when he heard the sound, strode to the door and opened the door.

It's dark now, but the curfew system of Daming has been restructured, and you can move around at will in the city, just don't run around, just be like a thief.

With a "creak", the wooden door was opened, and outside the door was Chengde wearing a Taoist robe.

"Why are you here?"

Jin Hyun frowned, looked left and right, and after not finding that Sung Deok had brought other officials, he turned sideways and motioned Sung Deok to go in.

As soon as the two entered the door, Jin Mu beckoned Wang Zhao to go to the backyard to help him feed the pigs, and she went to wash the dishes, leaving the main house to the two of them.

Chengde looked at the background of the golden mother, and couldn't help but show bitterness:

"Since the Yanshan faction disagreed with His Highness, and your brother wrote a letter to Aunt Jin, my aunt has stopped seeing me."

"Didn't eat, did you?" Jin Hyun looked at Sung De, who was much older, and couldn't help shouting to Jin Mu in the kitchen:

"Mother, get a bowl of noodles for Yuansheng!"

"The face is gone! The rice is gone! ”

Jin Xuan just shouted out, and Jin Mu, who had not said enough to add it earlier, responded to the words without rice noodles at this moment, obviously seeing the extreme of Chengde's uneasiness.

In the eyes of Jin Mu, the current actions of the officials of the Yanshan faction are completely ungrateful.

Her values don't accept giving benefits to such a person, and she didn't take a broom to drive Chengde out, but she was already in front of her son.

"Well, I'm not hungry either......"

Sung-deok took the initiative to give up the steps, and walked into the main hall as he spoke, and Kim Hyun also walked in with him, and the two sat down at the same time.

More than ten years ago, when the two of them first became officials, they were in the same place, in the same position, and kept saying praises to King Qi.

It's just that ten years later, the two are no longer young, they have already entered the age of establishment, and they both have their own agendas.

"They are very dissatisfied with you and Geng Ming returning to Beijing......

The people in Sung Deok's mouth, needless to say, Kim Hyun also knows that they are those guys who are greedy for power.

In this regard, he smiled undeniably:

"I was glad to know they weren't happy."

"What are you going to do?" Sung-deok looked at Kim Hyun with a hint of sorrow, but Kim Hyun was silent.

The two fell silent for a while, which made Wang Zhao, who had finished feeding the pigs, go back to the front yard after feeding, and after seeing this scene, he went back to continue teasing the pigs.

Looking at this kid's "cowering" appearance, the atmosphere couldn't help but relax, and Jin Xuan also spoke:

"Right now, are you Cheng Yuansheng or Cheng Zuodu Yushi?"

"I've always been me, I've never changed, I don't do this position, others are sitting, then I'm afraid the current Daming is already full of wolf smoke."

Chengde's response made Jin Xuan frown, but he also had to admit that Chengde was sitting in the position of the leader of Yanshan, which was much better than Li Demao, Zhang Maocai, and Wang Kejian.

Chengde is already trying his best to maintain stability, and if they are the other three, they don't have the political determination of Chengde as well.

"I still say the same thing, if Your Highness doesn't leave, the previous situation can be maintained, so the easiest way is that Your Highness doesn't surrender."

Chengde said his thoughts, compared to the Yanshan faction officials who wanted to seize power and wanted to turn back history to satisfy themselves, Chengde's ideas were more simple.

"It's not a day or two for the three dragons to be in the same dynasty, they can continue before, why can't they do it now?"

Sung-deok asked Kim Hyun, and Kim Hyun was also speechless by Sung-deok's question.

He naturally knew that King Qi not leaving was the best way to solve this matter, but he also knew that maintaining it was not what Zhu Youzhen wanted.

The Yanshan faction is so powerful that it cannot be solved no matter how much it is suppressed, at least with normal political means, the Yanshan faction cannot be suppressed.

If it lasts for more than ten years, when Zhu Youzhen is old, or he is gone, then Da Ming will really be the world of this group of insects.

If you don't take advantage of this time to find a way to hit the Yanshan faction hard, you will have no chance in the future.

Before, it was because of natural and man-made disasters, and it was easy for Daming to have problems when he cleaned up Yanshan.

But now ...... Jin Xuan couldn't help but think of what King Qi said to him earlier.

Zhu Youzhen told him three things, the first of which was that the drought would subside quickly after next spring, and end within two years at the latest.

This incident also explains why Zhu Youzhen made a move at this time, because now that Daming's national strength has returned to normal, he can free up his hands to clean up the Yanshan faction.

As for the second and third......

Kim Hyun couldn't help but look at Sung Deok, and Sung Deok didn't back down in the face of his direct gaze, and looked at him for a long time.

"You can't fight His Highness's ......"

At the end, Kim Hyun said something suddenly, but this made Sung Deok smile:

"If His Highness can really bring down Yanshan, then even if I am exiled, I will still be happy......"

Sung-deok's words silenced Kim Hyun, and he tried to see some clues from Sung-deok's face that he was lying, but Sung-deok's frankness made him unable to see anything at all.

Chengde really hopes that Zhu Youzhen can fight Yanshan, and he will fight Yanshan without using swords.

It's just a pity that he can't think of any way to bring down Yanshan, or hit Yanshan hard.

The scale of this drought is far greater than that of previous generations.

In such a situation, the local yamen of the Ming Dynasty did not dare to say that it was paralyzed, but at least the efficiency was much lower.

This reduced efficiency is not only efficiency, but also the probability that people will starve to death.

When work efficiency declines, more people starve to death.

The people, in Chengde's view, is Zhu Youzhen's dead end, which is also the reason why he is obviously the most suitable for using swords, but he has not used swords for a long time.

If he is as determined as Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, then he only needs to pay the lives of tens of millions of people to solve the problem of the Yanshan faction.

It's just that if he is that kind of person, then he will not be able to win the love of the people like he is now.

"I'm gone......"

Seeing that Kim Hyun didn't say anything, Sung-deok knew that the two of them had finished speaking.

He didn't linger too long, but got up and left the main hall and walked out of the small courtyard.

Looking at his departing back, the courtyard door that had been closed by Wang Zhao, Jin Xuan couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"Your Highness's means...... It's not like you can imagine. ”

Looking at the closed courtyard door, Jin Xuan sighed, and Wang Zhao also walked into the main hall, looked at Jin Xuan who sighed and said:

"Changshi, there are so many intrigues on Daming's side, and I don't know what they are fighting for."

Wang Zhao didn't understand what the Yanshan faction meant by competing for these, obviously the imperial court had already given so much money, even if he was not corrupt, he could live a life.

"You can't understand them...... They don't understand our ......."

Kim Hyun got up, left these words, and went into the bedroom.

Wang Zhao looked at his back, scratched his hair and shouted at Jin Xuan's back:

"Do you still wash your feet? I've got hot water! ”