"Crackling ......"

The charcoal is burning vigorously, the charcoal basin is red, the goose feathers are snowing outside, but the house is warm like spring, the hot pot soup is 'gurgling', the meat slices are floating up and down, and the fragrance is overflowing.

"It's amazing." Zhu Zhanji ate with a mouth full of oil, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and asked, "Uncle Qing, I heard some time ago that you went to see the people open up the wasteland, are they okay?" ”

Li Qing took a sip of warm wine and sighed: "You still have to open up the wasteland on a snowy day, what do you say?" ”

Zhu Zhanji smacked his mouth, put back the chopsticks he stretched out, and frowned, "I remember that the emperor's grandfather issued an edict that the people should not be forced to open up the wasteland, who is so bold and disregarding the lives of the people for the sake of political achievements?" ”

"It's not forced, they are spontaneous." Li Qing shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The people are scared, in order not to let their children and grandchildren suffer, they can only suffer more." ”

"That's it!" Zhu Zhanji's appetite has decreased a lot, "After this year, if they plant grain in the spring after the year, they will have a better time in the second half of the year." ”

Li Qing smiled and nodded, and poured a glass of wine from the pot, Zhu Zhanji was about to take it, and the next moment it entered Li Qing's mouth.

"Tsk~ good wine." Li Qing put down his glass, "Anyway, it's not far away, you can go and see it when you have time, the real life of the people after the migration, you can't just listen to others, in the temple, that group of people has always reported good news and not bad news, and you still need to see how the people are doing." ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded, "I'll take the time to go." ”

After a pause, he flattered: "Uncle Qing, after the New Year, the imperial grandfather is preparing to destroy Arutai in the Northern Expedition to Tatar, and he will definitely bring you when the time comes, can you ...... Tell him, take me? ”

"Won't you tell him yourself?" Li Qing picked up vegetables and continued to eat and drink.

Zhu Zhanji said bitterly, "I said it, but he didn't want to take me." ”

"Why?"

"It's not the last ......," Zhu Zhanji said, "The last time I fought Wara, I provoked him alone." ”

"Then you deserve it!" Li Qing gloated.

Zhu Zhanji looked unhappy and continued to flatter: "Uncle Qing, look at you, we are all our own people, just help me, I was ignorant at the beginning, I didn't know the stakes of the battlefield, this time I promise to fight steadily." ”

Balabala......

Li Qing was troubled by the noise, "It's done, but it's ...... You're embarrassed to ask Qing Bobai to help, right? ”

"......" Zhu Zhanji's face was full of black lines, and he took out two gold ingots from his arms, which were not much, but twenty taels were there.

Li Qing accepted it with a smile, and got twenty taels of gold with one sentence, which was so easy to earn.

"Let's say it first, if your grandfather doesn't agree, I won't return the money." Li Qing added.

"You ......" Zhu Zhanji knotted, "Give me the gold." ”

"Can you spit out what you eat in your mouth?" Li Qing rolled his eyes, "Then you give me back the meat you ate." ”

"I just ate more, is your pot made of gold, or is the meat made of gold?" Zhu Zhanji broke the defense, knowing that most of the gold was lost, after all, Qingbo's character is obvious to all.

Li Qing sneered, "Who let you eat it?" ”

"You owe me it before." Zhu Zhanji yelled.

"Then do you still want to eat?"

Zhu Zhanji: "......"

~

"Your Majesty, I have something to say about the Northern Expedition."

In the imperial study, Li Qing got straight to the point.

"Are you speaking for Junki?" Zhu Di asked.

Li Qing shook his head.

"That's ...... You don't want to go? ”

"Can you not go?" Li Qing's eyes lit up.

Zhu Di's face was blank, and he snorted: "It's quite beautiful to think about, but you took it for nothing?" ”

“…… All right! Li Qing sighed and said seriously: "I want to say that the time of the Northern Expedition is best set after spring, and it is best in late March." ”

"Why?"

"Save money." Li Qing said with a smile, "After spring, it is the time when the water and grass are abundant, and the army can save a lot of expenses. ”

Zhu Di thought about it and nodded in agreement.

"This time I will definitely give the Tartars a head-on blow, damn, it's only been more than ten years, and they dare to fight the Ming idea again, they have to let them have a long memory."

Li Qing pursed his lips, "Actually, there is no need to send so many troops. ”

"You know a fart, rat eyes, I don't just lead soldiers to fight." Zhu Di scolded.

However, scolding and scolding, Zhu Di is not a brainless person, he calculated carefully, and said: "This time bring 200,000!" ”

Although the supply line of the Ming army has been improved, it can only reach two logistics troops, supply one combat soldier, 200,000 troops, and only 60,000 people who can fight, which is indeed not much.

If you want to let the 200,000 troops fight at the same time, unless you use the trick of fishing Erhai back then, all the staff will march with supplies, but that is too slow and does not conform to Zhu Di's combat theory.

Zhu Di said, "If you send troops after spring, then you don't have to be in a hurry, let the soldiers have a good New Year, and then start to transfer troops after the year." ”

After a pause, he looked suspicious, "You kid shouldn't be here to celebrate the New Year at home, right?" ”

"Where?" Li Qing had a righteous face, "The minister is for the Ming Dynasty, for the sake of the country, for the ......."

"Alright, shut up." Zhu Di waved his hand angrily, "Do you think it's better to bring Zhanji with you this time, or not?" ”

"With the benefits of the belt, without the benefits of not bringing it." Li Qing spread his hands, "Everything is up to the emperor." ”

"Farts don't smell, what's the use of you?" Zhu Di scolded.

Li Qing was too lazy to be as knowledgeable as this bad old man, and asked, "Your Majesty, why don't I be in charge of logistics and supply?" ”

Zhu Di roared: "You must go to the front line." ”

"I'm in my sixties."

"Lao Tzu is also in his sixties." Zhu Di snorted coldly, "I'm just annoying you to be lazy, and then bargaining, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will deduct all your money?" ”

"......" Li Qing was helpless, "Who is responsible for the logistics supply?" ”

"Zhang Fu!" Zhu Di said.

Li Qing touched his nose and couldn't find any other excuses.

Zhu Di rarely saw this guy deflated, and couldn't help laughing, "Let's let Zhan Ji go, this time you are responsible for escorting him." ”

……

After chatting about the Northern Expedition for a while, Li Qing led the topic to the migration of the people.

"The people of the south can't just move to the river. North, in contrast, the eastern Liaodong region is more suitable for reclamation. Li Qingdao said, "There is a vast and fertile black soil, whether it is Yongle rice or Yongle beans, it can be planted, and the yield per mu is definitely better than that of Jiangnan;

If the whole area were to be developed, the grain production in the north would be no less than that in the south. ”

Li Qing said confidently, "Suhu is ripe, the world is full, and in the future, Liaodong is ripe, and the world can also be full!" ”

Zhu Di listened leisurely, but he was still a little hesitant, "But... Moving to Liaodong is not accessible by water, and it is too remote to do it! ”

"There is a garrison in Liaodong, so let them build it first." Li Qing suggested, "For example, build some small villages first, not too big, dozens of households in a village." ”

"And then?"

"Then hit the propaganda!" Li Qing said with a smile, "The first wave of people who came to Liaodong allocated houses, but... Must be between the ages of 16 and 30;

As long as someone settles down and forms a village, the latter will be easy to do;

In just one year, they will have food, and they will take the initiative to build vigorously and mobilize their relatives and friends to come over, and gradually, the desolate Liaodong will no longer be desolate. ”

Zhu Di frowned and said, "How much grain does this have to be smashed in?" ”

Li Qing teased: "I'm not afraid of spending money in war, but I'm afraid of spending money when I build Daming?" ”

After a pause, "Besides, with the planting of Yongle rice and Yongle beans, there will be no shortage of food in the future of Daming, and with the reclamation of a large amount of wasteland, all the money spent in a few years can be recovered, and it will be a net profit in the future." ”

Li Qing painted a cake and said: "Think about it, when the population and taxes of the Ming Dynasty soar, what kind of scene will it be, doesn't the emperor want to leave a prosperous country for his children and grandchildren?"

Once it is done, after thousands of generations, the successor monarch mentions the emperor you, which one does not give a thumbs up? ”

Zhu Di was moved.

……

It's New Year, Chinese New Year's Eve, and the snow is falling so much.

The snow began to fall endlessly, from morning to evening.

The courtyard is covered with a thick layer of snow, and the branches of the trees are like ice sculptures, and the roots are crystal clear and covered in silver.

The men swept aside the snow in the courtyard and piled up a large pile.

The three girls wore thick cotton jackets, and they still retained their girlish hearts as they grew old, relying on their husband's true qi to keep them cold, they didn't feel cold at all, and they built snowmen with great interest.

Their hands are skillful, and the snowmen are lifelike.

The snowman has a long body, long hair, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and is as rich as jade......