The second floor of a carriage and horse shop in Lingnan Fucheng.

A tall, middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes stood in front of the window, looking at the two-headed carriage that passed downstairs, and the hundreds of horsemen and guards clustered in front and behind the carriage.

Not to mention the hundreds of high-headed horses with smooth lines and vigorous postures, it can be seen that he, a perennial leader of the troops, is hot.

When the team was far away, he opened his mouth and asked, "This carriage is Princess Qian's car?" ”

The owner of the carriage and horse shop is surnamed Jiang, with a single name and a single Dongzi, and is a native of Lingnan, and he also met this friend when he went out to run a business.

Jiang Dong listened to his words and replied: "Yes, Princess Qian never hides her whereabouts when she goes out, and every time she goes out, she makes such a big fanfare. Although she is flamboyant, she will not bring at least a hundred guards each time. ”

Sha Yuliang listened to his words and rolled his eyes in his heart, he came to Lingnan and had no intention of assassinating, besides, Princess Qian had no grievances with him, why did he assassinate her?

Jiang Dong sat back at the table and personally lifted the teapot to add tea for him, "Brother Sha, come and sit, it's still a little cold when the wind blows by the window in this weather." ”

When Sha Yuliang heard this, he turned around and sat down, he picked up the teacup and drank a sip of hot tea to moisten his throat.

He was born as a border general, he has been living in the frontier since he was sensible, he was never afraid to kill the enemy, and slowly he made a name for himself in the military camp.

Just because of his bad background and straightforward heart, he doesn't have as many fancy intestines as the generals of the family, and he has been squeezed out by the generals of the family in the border barracks!

A few months ago, it was even more excessive, because of a battle with the rebels, he was wounded and fell on the battlefield, and the border army directly reported him dead without even cleaning the battlefield.

It wasn't until he crawled back from the battlefield that he knew it had been reported.

The noble-born generals shirked each other, and no one helped to stop the report.

As a result, the fierce general, who was slightly famous in the frontier, was killed in this way.

Sha Yuliang left the barracks in a fit of anger and returned to his home in the border city.

Just because he has 'died' in battle, the living man has become a black man standing in the world.

In addition, the white disaster was serious, so he simply didn't do anything, and directly brought his family to the south to seek refuge in Jiangdong.

Jiang Dong took a sip of tea, remembered the disaster in the north, and said: "Listening to Brother Sha talk about the situation in the north, I am afraid that in less than a month, those refugees who fled will arrive in Lingnan." ”

Sha Yuliang estimated the footsteps of those refugees, "The speed will be almost in Lingnan in a few years, and then there will be refugees everywhere outside the city." ”

Jiang Dong nodded with a heavy heart: "When the refugees come, the government will definitely find a way to resettle them, and then Brother Sha will take this opportunity to re-register and settle down in Lingnan." ”

Sha Yuliang knew that he couldn't do it without a household registration, so he didn't object, "I'm just afraid that I'll trouble Brother Jiang again." ”

"According to the relationship between the two of us, it is too polite to see the outside, when I was at the border, if you hadn't rescued me, I might have become a handful of loess."

At the beginning, Sha Yuliang led a small team of soldiers to save him, and Jiangdong had a very good impression of him, and then he slowly got in touch with him, and he was even more relieved of his character.

Jiangdong has been thinking about how to repay the grace of saving his life, no, the opportunity has come.

Jiang Dong took a sip of snacks, took another sip of tea, and asked, "Brother Sha, do you want to take refuge in the princess when you inquire about the princess's whereabouts?" ”

Sha Yuliang raised his eyelids, frowned slightly, and said, "As far as I know, the princess has no soldiers and horses except for her own personal guard battalion?" ”

Jiang Dong heard what he said, and sighed, "It is true that the princess does not have military power in her hands, but her own son and fifth master have 50,000 soldiers and horses in her hands, and these 50,000 soldiers and horses are a direct team!" If you don't count the border army, the soldiers and horses in his hands are not much different from the soldiers and horses in the hands of King Qian! ”

Sha Yuliang Hu asked: "He has a heavy army in his hand, and King Qian is at ease with him?" ”

Jiang Dong listened to it and smiled: "This can only show that our princess and husband have skills." ”

"Is the master skilled? Do you even know about the relationship between the prince and his wife? Sha Yuliang obviously didn't believe it.

Jiang Dong pointed out the window, "It is rumored that the prince is obedient to the princess, I am not the first to know, the people in the market know it." ”

"Do you dare to believe the rumors?"

"There is no wind and no waves, it must be the prince who favors the princess to spread this kind of gossip."

Jiangdong lives in Fucheng, but he knows that the princess often goes out, if the prince doesn't favor her, will she often go out and show her face?

Sha Yuliang only knows how to lead troops to fight, and he doesn't know anything about governing the place, although he doesn't understand it, but listening to King Qian's reputation in the capital, as well as some of the things he did when he came to Lingnan, he asked him to say: Half of the merits and demerits.

Let's just say that the recent major renovation of water conservancy in Lingnan and the building complex in the north of the city are so large-scale construction, laboring people and losing money, which is extremely inconsistent with the law of survival in troubled times.

"Confused! From the moment the imperial court abandoned the Gyeonggi region and chose to move south, it is no exaggeration to say that the Dayu Dynasty has entered the last years of the dynasty! In troubled times, accumulating grain, building high walls, and saving more money is the correct solution. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the north, "But you see, a lot of construction has been carried out, and half of the city has been built in the north of the city, but what is the use of these except for the convenience of the people?" If the rebels attack, the newly built houses could be in ruins again! ”

Jiang Dong got up and looked outside the door, but he didn't find anyone and sat back with confidence, "Brother Sha, you are a little worried, the palace is worried about these things, we don't talk about this topic, we don't talk about this topic!" ”

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Xia Jing's motorcade stopped in front of the Xinfu Yamen.

"Princess, it's time to go to the palace."

Hongmei jumped out of the carriage to open the curtain for Xia Jing.

Xia Jing got out of the carriage and went straight into the mansion.

"The princess is here." King Qian saw Xia Jing enter the study, put down the pen in his hand and stood up.

He walked out from behind the desk, "Does the princess want to rest for a while, or go to the granary immediately?" ”

Xia Jing walked into the study and did not sit, but said, "Let's go to the storage area first and take a look." ”

"Let's go, then." King Qian took the lead and walked out.

Xia Jing followed unhurriedly.

The storage area of the government is a rezoned area, and it is managed separately from the government office for fire prevention and theft prevention.

After the government, a large area was divided into storage areas, and Xia Jing also occupied part of the territory in this area and built a lot of granaries.

This time, I came to inspect the use of the granary and the progress of the new granary.

"Princess, is this wall here still in the way?" King Qian asked, pointing to the wall that cut the storage area off.

"This is the boundary of the storage area, how can it get in the way?"

Xia Jing looked at him with a smile, one side of the storage area belonged to Xia Jing, and the other side was King Qian, or the storage area of Lingnan.

King Qian made a gesture between the two: "We are a family, is it necessary to divide it so clearly?" ”

"My brother still settles the accounts, let's distinguish between each other, so as not to be jealous of the few rooms in the house, and make the house restless!" When Xia Jing said this, the corners of her mouth obviously hooked up a sneer.

This smile was caught in King Qian's eyes, leaving him speechless.

He wants to say, there is no storage area in the other rooms, only you have, you are not afraid of the other rooms making noise?

In fact, Xia Jing's storage area did not divide the land of the government office, but the land she bought in the early stage, but reserved the land near the government office in order to build a granary.

The reason why a wall was built in the middle was to clearly divide the palace and her, so as not to be confused in the future.

At this time, Ding Daqiang ran over.

"I've seen the prince, I've seen the princess."

Xia Jing excused him and asked, "How is the progress of the newly built granary now?" ”

"Finishing touches are being done, and in two days it will be ready to be put into use to reserve grain."

"That's great!" Xia Jing smiled, "In two days, the fleet of the voyage should also come back, and the granary on your side can come in handy." ”

Xia Jing sometimes feels that her current self is not like herself, and she has learned to worry about the country and the people.

But the life of the people of the world is bitter and difficult!

If she doesn't do anything within her ability, her conscience will be uneasy!

The white disaster in the north, no matter whether the refugees will flee to Lingnan or not, she will not be wrong to prepare in advance!

In order to keep Lingnan from being short of grain, she had arranged for a fleet to go to the colony to buy grain, and this was the third time that the fleet that came back had brought back grain.

Of course, King Qian now has his own fleet, and this time following Xia Jing's arrangement, his fleet has also transported grain back twice.

No matter what time it is, there is food in your hands, and you don't panic in your heart!

After inspecting the storage area and being satisfied with the grain reserves and safety precautions, King Qian and Xia Jing went to the military camp in the suburbs by car.

On the carriage, King Qian looked at Xia Jing, who was recuperating with his eyes closed, and asked, "Princess, how is the output of your iron workshop flintlock pistol now?" ”

Xia Jing closed her eyes as if she was asleep, but after listening to his words, she still replied: "It's okay, through technical improvements, now the production speed has been raised." ”

The main thing is that many processes can be made on the assembly line, which greatly speeds up the production speed.

King Qian's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said in a consultative tone: "This king heard Xiao Wu say that his team of nearly 10,000 people has been equipped with flintlock pistols, for the sake of our husband and wife, can 5,000 flintlock pistols come out after the year?" ”

Xia Jing listened to his words and couldn't help but open her eyes, "Lord Wang, my employees haven't been home for two consecutive months, and even if they are busy with work during the Chinese New Year, I have to give them a holiday to go home for reunion." ”

"As for the five thousand flintlock pistols you mentioned, I can only say that we did our best and gave you as much as we made in the next year!"

King Qian didn't dare to have an opinion, and he was very grateful to get a promise from her, "That king has thanked the princess here first." ”

Xia Jing pursed her lips and smiled: "You're welcome." ”

When he arrived at the barracks, King Qian first followed Xia Jing into Xiao Wu's camp.

Xiao Wu heard that King Qian and Xia Jing were coming, so he hurriedly ran out of the house, "Father, mother, why are you here?" ”

King Qian smiled, "Let's come and see you." ”

On the training ground, they are all energetic soldiers, and their every move is full of strength.

"Really counted, except for the guards of the original palace, the soldiers in the camp are basically new recruits now, how is the progress of training them?"

Facing Xia Jing's inquiry, Li Chengmu immediately replied: "Every day is to complete the task on time and in quantity, but recruits are still recruits, and they can't be trained overnight." If you want to train a strong army in a short period of time, then you can only use firearms, which can not only shorten the training time, but also do not have to compete with veterans for physical strength. ”

King Qian heard Li Chengmu speak the truth, and nodded with satisfaction: "The general who leads the troops to fight, the most taboo is to order the prohibition and the rewards and punishments are not clear, if you want to be the commander of this team, these taboos must be remembered!" ”

Li Chengmu smiled: "My son remembers, the team I lead, not to mention invincible, will at least achieve strict military law, orders and prohibitions, and no one dares to take advantage of military merits." ”

King Qian deliberately asked: "How do you know that no one dares to take it?" Could it be that someone got it and you don't know? ”

"My subordinates, but all the soldiers who participate in the battle, as long as they behead the first level, they will be rewarded with two taels of silver, who do you say will have trouble with the silver, and let others receive the military merits?" Lee Seungmu was proud.

When King Qian heard this, he was stupid!

In his impression, it is the norm for the Yu Dynasty to be in arrears of military salaries, and the military salaries due to them cannot be paid on time.

When he was paying the military salary, he was still thinking in his heart, "Look, he has surpassed the imperial court, and he can govern the local area better than the imperial court, at least the imperial court can't pay the military salary, and he can pay it on time." ”

Why does the imperial court always suffer defeats, most of the soldiers are not well fed and clothed, and the weak can be blown away by the wind, it is conceivable how to win the battle with such combat effectiveness?

King Qian thinks that it is a great thing to pay his military salary on time, but compared to Xia Jingyi, he may have insomnia again tonight!

Xia Jing directly rewarded with silver, which greatly stimulated the morale of the soldiers.

The soldiers are looking forward to going to the battlefield to kill the enemy, kill the enemy to make a fortune, and kill the enemy to get promoted!

King Qian turned his head and asked Xia Jing, "If you spend money like this, you can smash a strong army?" ”

Xia Jing shook her head: "How can a strong army be trained so easily, the immediate reward is to better stimulate the morale of the soldiers and temporarily improve the combat effectiveness of the team." ”

A strong army must be strict in all aspects, and if the mental outlook, skills and physical fitness, and excellent ordnance are improved, then this team will also be improved.

If we enter the age of firearms, then the good armament dominates, and the poor armament is equivalent to exposing the soldiers to the enemy's weapons, and their lives will be threatened at any time.

King Qian listened to her words, and under his serious expression, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, facing the strong mother and son, King Qian felt a lot of pressure.

Thinking of the silver reward for the mother and son to lead the army, he asked again: "According to what you said, it will cost a lot of silver, and according to this king's understanding, even if the princess's mine output and salt field output are added, it is barely enough to support this army, where does the reward come from?" ”

As soon as she heard this, Xia Jing couldn't help laughing, "Lord Wang, don't tell me, you don't know that overseas colonies, many places have minerals, such as iron, copper, gold, silver, etc., just find a place, you can raise countless soldiers and horses!" ”

“.” King Qian blinked, he really hadn't thought about it underground, he had known this, and when his fleet went out to sea, he would have told them to inquire about the minerals.

Everywhere his fleet went, food was the first thing he thought of, and then possessions.

I didn't think that the princess's thinking was more active than theirs, and she directly thought of underground minerals.

What a human being is unseemly!

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