Chapter 151 Westward to Zheduo Mountain
Seeing that Chen Chen was distracted, Zhao Yulin waved his hand in front of her and said that the Dali Kingdom had come to negotiate peace, and Lin'an would most likely be handed over to Jiading Prefecture, so she should have known what was going on.
Family ties are family ties, but what should be taken back must not be lost.
He said, this time Dali started the war and the city built by your sister Fenghuang was destroyed. We must ask for an explanation. We did not go to Dali to burn, kill and loot.
The woman nodded again, like a chicken pecking at rice. She asked him to go out for a walk with her, but she didn't even go down to see him when he came.
The couple then went out and visited Jiajiang and Youlong counties. They felt that the county government offices were much more efficient, and the county magistrates no longer just sat in the court to discuss matters, but went out more often to interact with the people.
Zhao Yulin was very satisfied and said that social progress is not something that happens overnight. It is enough to see everyone changing and working hard.
When he got home, he held little Guanghui and rocked him from side to side, and the child fell asleep quickly.
Chen Chen knew that he was leaving again and was reluctant to let him go, so he hugged him and wouldn't let him go. He pulled the woman over and held her in his arms, saying that there were many things to do in Cuiping Mountain.
The two of them were bored for a while again, and Zhao Yulin strode out of the door, got on the boat and asked them to leave.
He was afraid that the woman would come out to see him off, and he didn't want to leave anymore.
Zhao Yulin had just returned to Cuiping Mountain when Li Yunqing arrived.
He praised Yun Qing highly, saying that his command was becoming more and more mature, and asked him to rest for half a month before going to Baoning Prefecture.
Yun Qing said that if you count carefully, it has been a long time since he came out, so he should go back quickly.
He said his wife and children were in Cuiping Mountain, and he had to stay for at least ten days before leaving. This was a military order.
Li Yunqing laughed. He wrote down all the suggestions on the defense of Renhuai Fort reported to him. He told Yunqing that a large amount of gold and silver was seized in Luzhou, and he took 10,000 taels of silver to Baoningzhou.
Yunqing told him that a large amount of King Miao’s property was found in Guci and had all been handed over to the accounting office.
He asked Yun Qing to pick out a group of backbone members from the garrison and take them away, recruit soldiers along the way, and quickly set up the Zheduoshan garrison column.
Li Yunqing said that he thought so too, and planned to go in through Yazhou, and at the same time send a message to Baoningzhou, with both sides proceeding simultaneously, and strive to build our second Tibetan state after the new year.
He thought for a while and said, let’s call it Kangdingzhou, and make it as big as possible.
The two brothers drank tea instead of wine and drank a bowl of tea.
Zhao Yulin was about to rest when he remembered that he hadn't seen Zhu Congwen's wife and children for the past two days . He asked Li Chuan and found out that it was Madam Yang who wanted to move out and asked his fourth wife for help. She found a large house on East Street and moved there.
Zhao Yulin felt that this matter was a bit strange and his face was full of doubts.
Li Chuan said that he had already reported to Master Lao Lu that people from Shunfeng were taking care of Madam Yang's security.
Zhao Yulin changed his mind and realized that it was difficult to determine whether there was anything wrong with Mrs. Yang, but her safety must be guaranteed, otherwise how could he explain to his brothers?
He told Li Chuan to come and see for himself tomorrow if her family needed anything. Her family must have what was here, so that he could continue to receive the salary of a military advisor.
Li Chuan kept agreeing and urging him to rest early.
Zhao Yulin was still worried, so he asked Li Chuan to invite Qu Zhengyang. Now that Qu Zhengxiang had gone to the Central Plains, he was the only one left to protect the family.
He quietly told Master Qu about Madam Yang's situation, and the old master's eyes widened. He asked Master Qu to arrange for someone to watch over the family in secret, especially the military advisor's youngest son, who was the military advisor's only bloodline and must be well protected.
After seeing Qu Zhengxiang off, he went into the house and lay down. His mind was full of Zhu Congwen's shadow. Thinking that old Zhu lost his legs as soon as he came into this world, he couldn't fall asleep for a long time and tossed and turned until dawn.
Early in the morning, Chen Xian and Mr. Zhang came to see him together, and said with a smile that it was Chen, the chief steward of Jiading Prefecture, who wanted to see them, and they wanted to go and give them some advice.
Zhao Yulin knew what they meant and put forward the idea of optimizing and unifying weights and measures. His idea was to first establish a complete system of weights and measures with Jiazhou as the center and then promote it.
He took the iron coins of Fengyuan Prison as an example and told Chen Xian to set a standard, take back Fengyuan Prison and re-mold and cast beautiful and durable coins. He wanted to make the iron coins of Fengyuan Prison the only iron coins customized by the Song Dynasty and gradually unify the production of iron coins across the country.
Mr. Zhang thought Zhao Yulin's idea was very good. He had traveled to many places and had a deep understanding of the situation. Coins were being made in various ways everywhere and ordinary people didn't know how to use them.
Zhao Yulin said that this is called good money driving out bad money. Ordinary people can tell the pros and cons at a glance, and gradually the bad money will have no market.
He said that a large gold and silver mine had been discovered in Mahu, and the master of Guigu had made great contributions. We should mint a batch of gold and silver coins in time to reward those who have made contributions. The gold and silver coins launched by the Shenwei Army must be pure gold and pure silver.
As soon as these ideas came out, the two old men nodded continuously.
Zhao Yulin personally sent them to the dock and watched the official ship go farther and farther away until the water and sky merged into one and it could no longer be seen. Then he went back.
At this time, the emperor of Lin'an was showing his affection with Kuang Sisi by the West Lake and was very happy.
He summoned the Dali envoys, and was very pleased after accepting the self-apology letter from the young emperor of Dali. He ordered them to go to Jiazhou to negotiate compensation, then sent the envoys away and quietly slipped out of the palace to seek pleasure.
After the emperor had used up all his strength, he lay on the couch to gather his strength. Kuang Sisi fed him fresh fruits mouth to mouth. He closed his eyes and enjoyed it, sighing that women from the common people were better.
Sisi, who has a rare figure in the world, is passionate and unrestrained. She has endless ways to seduce men, and she brings the emperor unprecedented feelings. Unlike the queens and concubines in the palace, they are afraid of getting old, and they put on makeup all day long, but they don't have real skills.
However, when Sisi spoke sadly about their daughter, the emperor became depressed again.
This princess, who did not have the title of princess, saw twice in a row that the Shenwei Army from Yibin was dressed in new clothes and was full of energy. She went back and told Kuang Sisi that she wanted to go to Xishu to serve as a soldier in the Shenwei Army.
The people living near the West Lake were all talking about the fact that there was a magical army in Western Shu. Many of the girl’s classmates and friends were envious of the army and even thought about going out to find the Divine Mighty Army to make a living.
Kuang Sisi had long known the name of the Shenwei Army. It was a very capable new army that had risen in the northwest in recent years. Their coach was young and handsome, a sunny boy.
But she didn't dare mention it in front of the emperor, because this old gossiper was a typical jealous person.
She repeatedly warned her daughter that if her uncle came to see her, she must not speak well of the Divine Power Army, as that would be a capital crime and would kill her and her daughter.
The little girl had no idea how serious this was. She only knew that beheading was no joke.
She vaguely knew that the uncle was her father, the emperor. Every time he came, her mother was the only one in the room who was active and friendly, while the others were timid and cowered as if they had seen a big tiger. She didn't like this feeling at all.
This awkward discomfort actually prompted a grass in her heart to sprout and grow rapidly.
The friends were all talking about it, and some even suggested taking a boat west to join the Shenwei Army to defend their country. How magical is this Shenwei Army?
Curiosity kills the cat. The little girl's head is filled with many big question marks. She also wants to see what is so magical about the Divine Mighty Army.
This cannot be blamed on these young people. Zhao Yulin's Shenwei Army came to Lin'an on official business twice, giving people a refreshing image. In addition, the victory reports in recent years almost all mentioned victories won by the Shenwei Army, so of course the common people remember them the most.
People often heard on the streets: "Good grief, the Shenwei Army has won another victory, and the rebel leaders of Renhuai Fort have been captured and brought back to Lin'an."
"Good boy, the Shenwei Army has won another victory, and the Emperor of Dali has another minister to endorse him."
Zhao Yulin returned to his study and sat down, sneezing several times in succession. He never expected that there were so many touching stories in Lin'an.
He spread out the rice paper and began to draw and write. This was to fulfill his promise to Yang Zhishan to design an exquisite car.
Zhao Yulin thought of the spring he invented, which had been used as a military material for many years. Although he controlled the smelting technology of refined iron, imitations of its shape still appeared around him.
Although the results of imitations made in other places are far inferior to those made in Yibin, it still shows that this technology no longer needs to be kept secret and can be promoted for civilian use.
The new cart he designed was actually very simple, it just added a layer of beams and four shock-absorbing springs. With these four key shock-absorbing springs holding up the car, people sitting on it felt exactly the same as riding in a sedan chair, and the comfort level would only be better.
He worked on it for a long time and finally finished it. He put it away and asked Li Chuan to send it to Guigu's master for reference and trial production .
Just then, his fourth mother and youngest mother came back. Zhao Yulin told them about the street construction at Jiangbei Wharf and asked the fourth mother to discuss with Liu Yuru and Yang Zhishan about building a street and building houses at the wharf. When Master Lu came back, he would also plan to build a cart manufacturing workshop.
Si Niang said happily that Chen Chen was going to build a street in Jiading, and this place also needed to be built, so the craftsmen would have a lot of work to do.
He had looked around and found that Jiangbei City was indeed overcrowded. It would be no problem to build two streets on the dock. There would definitely be people willing to buy the properties. If they couldn't be sold out, they could be rented out and earn a considerable amount of rent.
Si Niang then became troubled again, saying that since Jiading and Yibin were concentrating on building new streets, it would be a bit difficult to mobilize funds, and she was afraid that she would have to ask the Chamber of Commerce to propose investment.
Indeed, Jiading is a big project and the expenses are bound to be huge. What should we do?
While they were talking, Chen Zhongshun came into the yard. When he heard that money was tight, he immediately said that his money should be used. His dividends from Wugufengjiu were just lying in the account and were of no use anyway.
Zhao Yulin asked him, aren’t you going to Hanzhong to open a winery? That will also cost money.
The old man waved his hand and said it was okay and they would talk about it later.
Chen Zhongshun truly treated these matters as his own family affairs, and never distinguished between them. Zhao Yulin was very grateful to his father-in-law, and his face was full of happiness.
Two days later, Cao Youwen brought the three brothers Youwan, Youliang and others back to Cuiping Mountain.
Zhao Yulin asked him if he didn't take a break.
