There were six large boxes of gold coins, sheep fat and jade carvings, plus dozens of bottles of 'Ten Grains', which made Li Ji and other officials stunned for a moment.

I have long heard that the new Taishou is arrogant, and his family has a big business, not only the master of the horse, the emperor's son-in-law, but also the eldest princess's righteous son, with more than 20,000 households......

But.

This meeting will send gold, silver and mutton fat jade, but why?

Li Ji bowed and saluted, and said, "Fujun, as soon as we met, I gave such a heavy gift, please forgive the officials for not daring to accept it." ”

Yang Chuan waved his hand, and said with a smile: "A little bit of a blockage, why worry about it." ”

After that, he asked people to distribute several large boxes of coins and jade according to their heads, official ranks, etc., and gave each person two bottles of fine wine and ten grains: "What, put away the things first, let's eat first." ”

So, a unique 'wine banquet' began.

Yang Chuan sat in the middle, Pingyang Hou Cao Xiang sat in his right hand, and the champion Hou Huo was sick in his left hand, and the others sat in turn, all kinds of delicacies were sent up like water, and the table in front of everyone was full of people, which was naturally extremely rich.

The twelve little cooks of the Yang Chuan family, plus the Yulin Military Battalion, organized a banquet as simple as ordinary life, with different tricks of stir-frying, cold dressing, steaming, and boiling, so that the officials who should belong to them have long been stunned.

Fragrant.

It's really fragrant!

The officials of Longxi County are all locals, most of them are surnamed Li, although as the people of the Li family in Longxi have never lacked clothes and less clothes, but to satisfy the appetite, but where have you seen such a situation?

Seeing everyone gobbling up, Yang Chuan squinted with a smile: "You eat with your belly open, drink with your belly open, as long as Benhou is in Longxi County for a day, I will ensure that you have meat to eat and wine to drink every day." ”

Those subordinate officials gobbled up, swept the remnant clouds, and the pride of the old Li family when they first met was naturally long gone, showing Bai Sensen's teeth one by one, and munching heavily.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have seven or eight flavors.

Seeing that everyone's eating speed has slowed down, they should have eaten almost enough, Yang Chuan picked up the wine bowl and invited: "Everyone, come, do it!" ”

There was a burst of 'tons and tons', and everyone drank the wine in the bowl.

Yang Chuan was also not polite, and began to inquire about the situation of Longxi County: "Benhou is the new Taishou of Longxi, and I don't know anything about the affairs here, dare to ask you, what is the current situation in our Longxi County?" But what's the difficulty? ”

"Don't worry, as long as everyone has difficulties, Ben Hou will try his best to solve them."

Li Ji arched his hand and said: "The good sect knows that our Longxi County is vast and sparsely populated, and the population registration has not been able to go up, this is one of them.

Second, because of the long-term war with the Qiang and Di people, many places have long been out of population, and even if there are a few families, they have already given up their original household registration and gone into the deep mountains and old forests to avoid forced labor and taxes, and have become stateless savages.

The key is that the roads are blocked, and those Qiang and Di tribes will find a way to infiltrate every year, occupy our great rivers and mountains, and thrive in some deep mountains and old forests, which has become a disaster after all.

For this reason, successive Taishou had to organize soldiers and horses to be requisitioned, but often with little success and in vain, just spending a lot of money and food......"

This Taishou Mansion is not a Li halberd, he is articulate, logical, and clear when he speaks, and he is obviously a very powerful subordinate official.

To use an officialdom cliché, it is a cadre.

It seems that the Li family can become the largest famous family in Longxi County, and it naturally makes sense to entrench and control this territory within a radius of two or three thousand miles for a long time.

For Yang Chuan, the Li family in Longxi is undoubtedly a very difficult opponent, and if he doesn't get it right, he may have to plant a heel in Longxi County.

"Regarding the matter of money and food, Ben Hou just thinks of a way."

Yang Chuan said with a smile: "Like building bridges and roads, dredging rivers, and cultivating wasteland, these are no problem, by the way, there are also our cities and military villages, but they are all a little dilapidated, fortunately, the Qiang people are not very good at attacking the city, and they will leave after plundering them, otherwise, such a city is not enough for people to stuff their teeth." ”

After listening to Yang Chuan's words, Li Ji and other subordinate officials had strange expressions, and no one answered for a while.

This was also expected by Yang Chuan.

The power of the old Li family in Longxi County is intertwined, these people are called subordinate officials, on the surface, they are respectful to him, the new Taishou, but in their hearts, in fact, they are just perfunctory, and they don't take it seriously at all.

According to the secret reports of Ah Jiu, Ah Mu, A Tie and others sent by him in advance, after some spying, it was learned that the Li family in Longxi was the largest family here since the Great Qin Dynasty, and even the first emperor would give people a share of face; Later, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, went through five or six generations of emperors, and the imperial court's control of Longxi County was basically in a nominal subordinate relationship.

Liu Che stripped himself of the position of the Great Agricultural Order, and asked Zhu Maichen to concurrently lead his fiefdom Shuofang County, and sent him, Cao Xiang, and Huo Qubing to Longxi County, naturally he also had a certain amount of thought.

Using the Huns in the Hexi Corridor to start a war, and at the same time, finding a way to suppress the Qiang and Di people, thereby weakening the influence and control of the Li family, and strengthening the imperial court's control over Longxi County, this is probably what Liu Che wants to achieve the most, right?

It's a nice idea.

Could it be that the Li family didn't think of this?

Yang Chuan smiled quietly and said, "In addition, on the way to Lintao, Ben Hou saw that the farms of many large families were very dilapidated and old, and a large amount of fertile land was so deserted, Ben Hou was very uneasy.

That's good.

Ben Hou plans to raise a sum of money and grain, first dredge the roads between the counties, and rebuild the cities of the counties, you can rest assured, Ben Hou has no other ability, that is, he will make money, so you just have to do a good job, and Ben Hou will bear the money and grain. ”

Li Ji and the others looked at each other, but no one answered.

Yang Chuan was not angry, and continued to say with a smile: "Except for these things that cost money, Benhou can't do anything else, so let's find a way to spend money......

……

The first thing Yang Chuan did when he took office as the Taishou of Longxi County was to spend money.

It costs money to rebuild the city; It costs money to purchase a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock; Mining mines, smelting refined iron, and making agricultural tools and weapons cost more money; It also costs money to cut down trees, build bridges and roads, and dredge rivers.

In short, on the day he arrived in Longxi County, the 'package plan' for the revitalization of the great northwest and the development of Longxi County began to be implemented directly without the slightest delay.

A large amount of money and food are scattered, and it can be said that the results are immediate.

However, after more than ten days, with Lintao County as the center, a large area of wasteland was quickly reclaimed and cultivated, and according to the situation of the field, millet and soybeans were planted respectively, and on some mountainous slopes, an unknown number of acres of alfalfa were sown.

As for water conservancy facilities, it's even simpler.

As one of the most important tributaries of the upper reaches of the river, the Tao River, the water quality is good, clear, even if you drink it directly, there is no problem, it is very sweet, Yang Chuan took advantage of the terrain to build several barrage dams, let the 'infrastructure camp' cut wood on the spot, designed and produced a number of waterwheels, water mills and other facilities, so that the people along the way were dumbfounded.

During this period, the people here have been living together with the Qiang people and the Di people for a long time, and more or less, in fact, they have been contaminated with the lifestyle of many Qiang people, half farming and half herding, and there are few scholars.

Therefore, when Yang Chuan's 'package' began to be implemented, the Han people, Qiang people, and Di people along the river were terrified.

So, just as the third barrage dam was about to close, an elderly man surnamed Li led hundreds of people nearby to visit Yangchuan Taishou.

"Fujun, it's not right for you to do this," as soon as they met, the old man said with a serious expression: "The water of the Tao River is a gift from heaven, and the king of Fujun will build a barrage dam at will, once the heavens are angry, a flood will come down, and the people along the river will not be able to live?" ”

Yang Chuan was giving a lecture to Huo Guang, Yang Yi and his three little women, and after listening to the old man's words, he smiled with interest: "The old man's concern is very reasonable, but the so-called God's gift, Ben Hou feels that it is slightly biased. ”

The old man surnamed Li frowned and said, "The prince doesn't believe in the words of heaven and man? ”

Yang Chuan smiled.

Looking at the good deeds done by Dong Zhongshu's old thief, a set of 'heaven and man induction' is widely spread, and even the old rural readers in Longxi County are convinced, which shows that he is still a little confused.

"Are you a student of Dong Zhongshu?" Yang Chuan asked casually.

"No, the old man is a student of Dong Gong's students," the old man arched his hand: "More than ten years ago, a student of Dong Gong came to Longxi County to give a lecture, and the old man admired him and was fortunate to become Dong Gong's apprentice. ”

Yang Chuan was annoyed by the words of this bad old man: "I knew this was the case, I should have brought Dong Zhongshu with me when I came to Longxi County this time, and let him explain some things to you, wouldn't it be much easier?" ”

The old man didn't understand what Yang Chuan was talking about, and when he heard the yellow-mouthed kid in front of him, he didn't seem to have any respect for Dong Gong between his words, so he was very angry.

So, the old man said with an ugly face: "Fujun, building a barrage dam on the Tao River, placing waterwheels, water mills and other equipment can only be said to be short-sighted, but in the long run, it has destroyed the balance between heaven and earth for thousands of years, and I am afraid it will eventually become a disaster."

As for your contemptuous Dong Gong's words, he is old and does not dare to put his beak.

However, as the son and grandson of Dong Gong's disciples, Lao Yu still has to say a few words......"

As soon as the old man spoke, he began to talk endlessly, and Yang Chuan smiled and squinted when he heard it.

The Li family in Longxi can develop indecently in this border place for one or two thousand years, not only there are many famous generals, but also a lot of literati and scholars, like Li Bai, it is from the Li family in Longxi; Moreover, there can be a group of emperors, I have to say that this inheritance is very powerful.

Liu Man, who was on the side, had already become irritable when he heard it, his willow eyebrows were upside down, and he scolded angrily: "Bad old man, can you shut up?" What kind of bullshit and heaven and man sense, what Dong Gong and Dong Mother, even if Dong Zhongshu saw my little Langjun, he was respectful, as if he was a junior who learned from him, but unexpectedly, his apprentices and grandchildren came to teach people?

When he returned to the palace, he wrote a letter and called Dong Zhongshu over, asking him to open a school in Longxi County and give you rotten Confucians a return to the furnace. ”

The old man was stunned and wanted to stretch out his hand to twist his beard, but he felt that it was inappropriate, so he had to ask, "Dare to ask this little lady......"

Liu Man said casually: "Liu Man in this palace, Liu Che is my father, and Yang Chuan is my father." ”

The old man's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "It turned out to be Her Royal Highness the Princess, the little old man was rude." ”

Liu Man waved his hand very generously: "Then get out." ”

The old man's face turned red for a while, he took a deep breath, and said: "Although Her Royal Highness the princess is a nobleman, the old man is also a scholar, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor has never spoken ill of scholars, and I also ask Her Royal Highness the princess to be polite." ”

"You're welcome?" Liu Man had a cold face and said casually: "Then please get out." ”

“……”

One sentence choked the old man surnamed Li half to death, but he didn't dare to say more for a while, so he could only arch his hand and turn around and walk out.

Just when Yang Chuan was hesitating whether to say anything to stay, a person strode in outside the door, and he happened to meet the old man head-on, but it was Li Kang, the captain of the pioneer battalion of the Yulin Army.

"Uncle Thirteen, why are you here?"

As soon as they met, Li Dang was slightly stunned, arched his hand at the old man, and hurriedly walked in front of Yang Chuan and bowed down and said, "Marquis Changning, the last general Li Dang is back." ”

Yang Chuan smiled and asked, "Has the matter ever been done?" ”

Li Dare said: "The things that Changning Hou explained have been completed, and the gifts brought to my Li clan elders have also been delivered one by one, in order to thank Changning Hou for his love, some old people in the clan will rush to Lintao County three days later to thank them in person." ”

Yang Chuan nodded: "It's hard work, go down and eat something to find the sick and Cao Xiang, the army has been training hard recently, and at the same time it is necessary to cultivate the wasteland, and some things have to be coordinated by you, a disciple surnamed Li." ”

Li Dang promised: "No! ”

Then, as soon as he turned around, he saw the 'Thirteen Uncles' standing there with his neck bent, and there seemed to be a hint of indignation in his eyes.

Li Dang was taken aback, and hurriedly turned his head and asked Yang Chuan: "Changning Hou, this is my thirteenth uncle, and my father Li Guang is the grandson of the same Yeye, what's the matter, he is in trouble again?" ”

Li Kang's 'again' word is very wonderful.

Sure enough, without waiting for Yang Chuan, Liu Man and the others to speak, the old man snorted coldly and scolded: "Li Kang, how did you talk in front of outsiders?" No wonder your father Li Guang still can't seal the Hou, it seems that he is like you, a reckless man? ”

Li Dare was scolded by the old man, but he was not angry, he rubbed his cheeks a few times like Yang Chuan, and said with a smile: "Uncle Thirteen, you let the book read your brain badly, right?" I want my nephew to say, those books you read are useless, so you might as well go to Changning Hou's sect instead. ”

The old man was furious, and he was about to smash the cane in his hand.

Liu Man was furious again: "Give you a three-foot rice paper, I just want to paste a horse account face, right?" Li Kang, drag your thirteenth uncle out, and punish him with thirty rods! ”

"After the spanking, slap the mouth for another thirty."

"This palace is most annoying to this kind of hard-mouthed, soft-mouthed, open-mouthed, and eloquent reader!"

As soon as Liu Man was threatening, the old man's face changed slightly, but Li Kang was frightened.

Don't look at Liu Man like a lamb in front of Yang Chuan, obedient, and he was pressed to the ground by Changning Hou at every turn, which was ridiculously soft.

But.

Who is Liu Man?

This is Liu Che and Chen Ajiao's biological daughter, because of some unknown palace secrets, this full moon princess has become the most favored son and daughter of the emperor in the Han Empire, even in the Weiyang Palace, they chased Liu Che, crying and making trouble, and once scratched the emperor's face two or three times, almost everyone walked around.

This thirteenth uncle of his own!

Alas!

It's not good to provoke anyone, you came to provoke this aunt......

(End of chapter)