Da Wei Chun

Chapter 692
"Lang Jun, the eldest lady has arrived outside the palace, and the humble official invited her in, but the eldest lady insisted on refusing, and just knelt down at the steps, claiming to ask Lang Jun to forgive her sin..."

Li Chengzhi paused when he heard the words, put down his pen, and closed his eyes without saying a word.

As the saying goes, Jiang is still old and hot, and as expected, Gao Wenjun finally visited Gao Zhao.

It's nothing more than a visit, but he took Li Yuan there without saying a word to his husband?

Gao Zhao regards her as his own child, caring for her like a pearl in the palm of his hand for twenty years, not his biological father, but better than his biological father.Gao Wenjun couldn't bear the fact that his head was in a different place and he would not die well, so he worked hard to save him. This is human nature.

But she shouldn't, she shouldn't use Li Yuan as an attack.

This not only exceeded Li Chengzhi's expectations, but also broke through the bottom line of Li Shiliang and other Li clans, and Xihai civil and military.

Xihai and the Gao family are deadly enemies, and Gao Zhao is also a national traitor, which is why Li Chengzhi raised his troops to revolt.Therefore anyone can live, but Gao Zhao absolutely cannot live.

It is even more worrying that now Li Chengzhi is only the heir of Li Yuan for the time being, he is both the eldest son and the first son, so now that the West Sea is going up and down, the market has already calculated in his heart whether Li Chengzhi will make Li Yuan the heir in the future.

But if he got involved with Gao Zhao, it would be tantamount to nailing a stain that can't be washed off for a lifetime, so what's the point?

No matter what happens in the future, Li Chengzhi will never allow his children to fall into the vortex of power struggle prematurely, so he ordered Li Shiliang to take precautions in advance: if it is as Li Shiliang expected, he will be outspoken and explain the pros and cons to Gao Wenjun.

Although Gao Wenjun is smart, he is only in his early twenties, with little experience, how would he know what Li Chengzhi is up to, let alone the complexity of his heart, he just wants to save Gao Zhao.

But before reaching the other courtyard where Gao Zhao was imprisoned, he was stopped by Li Shiliang.Then it was like a blow to the head, the horrified Gao Wenjun's face turned pale.

At this moment, she is afraid that her intestines are regretful...

After pondering for a while, Li Chengzhi said again: "This is an important place for military aircraft. I'm busy with military affairs, so I won't see her. Please speak for me. When I return home later, I will argue with her again..."

Li Xiaoxian respectfully agreed, and went out of the hall to deliver a message to Gao Wenjun.

When Gao Wenjun heard the sentence "Go back to the mansion and argue with her again", Gao Wenjun seemed to have lifted a heavy burden.

If Li Chengzhi didn't care about her, he would really annoy her.If Li Yuanqiancheng was really harmed, her own mother would not be redeemed even if she died a hundred times...

After Li Xiaoxian returned to his life, saying that his wife was laughing, and returned home happily, Li Chengzhi shook his head as if laughing.

Leaning a little, he confessed again: "Pass down the order, don't talk about today's affairs!"

"Follow the order!"

Li Xiaoxian responded, but his heart was at a loss: at this moment, he didn't know why Da Furen came here to plead guilty, it was as if he had lost his mind.

Guessing in his heart, when Li Chengzhi called him, Li Xiaoxian hurriedly brought the documents...

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Time flies like an arrow, and time flies like an arrow.

Time is like sand, slipping away from the hands quietly, making people unconscious.

In the blink of an eye, March has passed, and now it is late autumn, and half a month away, it will be the beginning of winter.

The grass blades withered and turned yellow, and the earth changed color.The fields outside the town were surrounded by Mincao officials, and Li Chengzhi was taking Cui Guang, Li Shiliang, Li Shixian, Zhang Jingzhi, Wei Zijian and others to inspect them carefully.

Since Li Song handed over the affairs of Min Cao, Li Shiliang was in charge of government affairs first.After Li Shiliang was transferred to be the head of Gongcao, Zhang Jingzhi was also in charge.After Zhang Jingzhi helped Daxi lead the army, Li Chengzhi simply re-established Liucao and Shang Shusheng, and then threw all his brains to Cui Guang.

These six Caos are only for officials, civilians, workers, criminals, farmers, and scholars. Cui Guang is naturally the minister, and Li Shiliang and others are the masters of each Cao and are in charge of various ministries.

In addition to these six Cao Cao, there are two other Cao Cao, the Army and the Jin Cao, which are directly under the Ministry of War and under the direct control of Li Chengzhi.

Now that the war has been suspended and the military has temporarily come to an end, Li Chengzhi finally has more time to focus on people's livelihood.

Bringing a group of important officials today is to inspect the politics of people's livelihood.

Now it is a vegetable field, and it is also a good-growing land for Nong Cao to "supplement food with vegetables".There is no cultivation in the beginning of spring, just plowing and drying in the sun, and then the vegetable seeds will be sown when the weather is warmer, and it will be frost-free in April.

It is more than March now, the leaves and cauliflowers have already fallen, and the ears of vegetables are already half-dried, it is the season for harvesting.

Among them, the most common ones are cabbage and radish.

These two are the best to grow, the best to take care of, and the yield is high, and they can be perfectly staggered with summer grain, so they naturally became Li Chengzhi's best choice.

And saving the seeds is also very simple: all the seedlings are selected at the strong seedling stage, and then the outer stems and leaves are cut off, and the earing, flowering, and fruiting will occur naturally.

In this way, year after year, the best of the best will be selected, and good varieties will naturally be selected.

Just like when Li Chengzhi first crossed, the cabbage was not much bigger than a fist, but now it is bigger than a human head.The radish is even more pitifully thin, only as thick as a finger, but now it is comparable to the forearm of a strong man.

And these two things are also extremely simple to store, and can be stored for a winter by digging a small cellar.If it is covered with a layer of wet sand, it can be stored until Lixia next year.

In addition, there is no shortage of salt in the West Sea, and salted vegetables can be stored for a year without rot.

In addition, there is alfalfa that can replace food.This thing is not picky about the soil, it can grow in saline-alkali soil, and it can also grow in sandy soil.It is easier to plant, no need to turn the plow, let alone fertilize, just scatter the grass seeds into the ground and it will grow.And the more water you water, the more lush it will grow, and you can cut at least three stubbles a year.

It can improve the soil even more. After three years of planting at the most, barren fields can be transformed into fertile fields.So in just two years, the alfalfa in Xihai has been planted from Biaoshi County to the shore of Juyan Lake. It is only [-] miles from east to west, but more than [-] to [-] miles from north to south.

But this thing belongs to the leguminous family, and the starch content is very high, and the livestock will swell and die if they eat a little more, so the animal husbandry department had to migrate to the Qilian Mountains.

So as a food reserve for emergency use, there is absolutely no problem at all...

After looking at the vegetable field, Li Chengzhi and a few people went to the warehouse of Nongcao to look at the grain types, and they were generally satisfied.

"Food is the most important thing for the people, and agriculture and mulberry are the foundation of the country, so we will never slack off..."

Everyone agreed, and then, Cui Guang frowned again: "Fine seeds are naturally safe. It is nothing more than striving for perfection and selecting the best from the best. Now that Xihai is in the land of Hexi and Longxi, there are more than 300 million hectares of good farmland that can be cultivated. Follow the four seasons and follow the steps.

However, the people under the rule, including the three towns of Shanshan, Yanhan, and Dunhuang, and the three prefectures of Binghe, Qin, and Liang, are less than 50 households. How can so many fields be planted? "

Li Chengzhi couldn't help laughing: "Why do you think there are too many fields? If it is a good field, it will naturally be cultivated by each household intensively, and wheat and millet will be sowed. If it is a bad field, it will be cultivated by each army. If it is alfalfa, only I sow seeds in the spring, if there is a lot of rain, I won’t even have to irrigate the fields, I only need to wait for the harvest of Xiaoman, the harvest of summer, and the harvest of autumn equinox. Even if there is little rain, one pawn can grow a hundred acres, so why worry about it?”

It's easy to say, is it possible that in a disaster year, both soldiers and civilians have to chew the horse feed?

Furthermore, if alfalfa has been planted for three years, even barren land can produce more grain than rocks, so why use good land to grow grass?
What's more, since you, Li Chengzhi, are rebellious, how can you live in a corner for a long time, willing to guard the land of several states and spend your days in vain?
Seeing that he was speechless, Cui Guang straight to the point: "If you have to, you can only do this. But I think about it, if I can go to the next level, more people, and more wheat and millet, wouldn't it be better than eating and chewing?" The horse material is much stronger? But seeing that the time of March is approaching, but there is no movement from the court, so I dare to ask the Duke whether the matter of cutting the land and relocating the people should be done at this point?"

Hearing what Cui Guang said, several people were all refreshed and stared at Li Chengzhi with burning eyes.

It's just because they died of curiosity a long time ago, but several times Li Chengzhi was deeply envious, and as time passed, even Li Shixian didn't dare to ask more questions.

Is it for this?

A smile suddenly appeared on Li Chengzhi's face: "It's not intentional to deceive you, it's because the imperial court has never come to say a word, so I don't know. But the day before yesterday, the queen mother who came from Luojing by a fast horse The imperial edict written by His Majesty himself..."

Before he could finish speaking, Cui Guang asked impatiently, "How did the imperial edict return?"

"The Empress Dowager only talked about advance and retreat, and said: If you agree, there will be sinners from the Yuan family, and the clan and courtiers will definitely attack. If you don't agree, there will be another war. Therefore, it is difficult to make a decision, so I have to send another envoy. Talk to me!"

"Yu just sent the imperial edict yesterday. It is clearly time. Even if you send an envoy, you must have left Beijing not long ago. This journey is more than [-] miles. I don't know when it will go? And now it is almost frost. The beginning of winter will be half a month away, but if there is heavy snowfall, there will be delays, so it is possible to reach the end of the new year. Let's talk about it for a few more times, maybe it will be this time next year again?"

The more Li Shixian spoke, the angrier he became, "The imperial court has clearly used the 'drag word formula', how can you laugh?"

It's okay not to say it, but Li Chengzhi smiled even happier when he said it.

Li Chengzhi knew how harsh the conditions he proposed to Liu Fang were.Not to mention Gao Ying, even if Cixi was exchanged, she absolutely dare not agree.

Li Chengzhi's purpose is nothing more than to advance as retreat.One is to test the imperial court, if Gao Ying really dares to burn jade and stone together, then he can only see the tricks.

If the imperial court is willing to procrastinate, Li Chengzhi can't wait for it.It would be best to delay it for two to three years, and wait until Xihai recharges his energy, prepares enough gunpowder, and saves enough food, and it will not be too late to counterattack.

Now that the imperial court has resorted to dragging the word, it can be said that it is in Li Chengzhi's arms. How can he not like it?

It's just that Li Shixian is new here, and he doesn't know how serious it is to make a leak, so that the news will leak out, so he doesn't know much.

Regardless of Cui Guang and others, all of them looked indifferent, and a cautious person like Wei Zijian breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why should father be angry? If the court doesn't agree, then just go to war as agreed at the beginning. Presumably the queen mother and the princes will definitely express it!"

This is the softer you are, the harder I am...

"If you really want to go to war... where do you want to conquer, could it be Guanzhong?"

Li Sixian was skeptical, always feeling that Li Chengzhi was not telling the truth.

Since he can fight at any time, why didn't Li Chengzhi go all out to break into Guanzhong, beat Tongguan, and point to Luoyang?

Instead, it will be delayed for several months, so that the court can breathe a sigh of relief?

"Longshan is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Otherwise, Zhuge of the Three Kingdoms would not have attacked Wei several times, but returned without success. In addition, there was Cui Yanbo who sharpened his sword in front of him, wanting to avenge his shame. Start a war, so that both Xihai and the court will suffer. It can be seen that the soldiers in Longdong are in full swing, why should I make a wedding dress for Yang?"

Li Chengzhi smiled slightly, "Of course we have to pick the soft persimmons. Since Cui Yanbo is not easy to hit, then we should switch to the next best thing and use Xingluan as the knife!"

Seeing that he had a plan in his mind, it didn't seem like he was joking, and everyone was shocked: Do you really want to fight?
But when I think about it carefully, it makes sense.

After all, Li Chengzhi was categorical at the beginning, madly claiming that if the period was three months, even if it was one day later, the war would inevitably start.

If there is no war, wouldn't it expose the reality of being strong outside and doing nothing but bluffing.

It is even more likely that the imperial court deliberately delayed, wanting to see whether Li Chengzhi was really beating or pretending to be beating.

Even if it is a real fight, since winter is about to start, the weather will be freezing cold, and the consumption and damage will more than double, so this battle will definitely not last long.

At that time, the court will give in a little bit, and Li Chengzhi will take advantage of the slope to get off the donkey in all likelihood.

Then pull each other again, maybe it will be delayed until this time next year, as Li Sixian said.

At this time, Xihai's top priority is not to seize the city or occupy the land, but to recharge his energy and recharge his batteries.The longer the imperial court delays, the better it will be for Xihai.

Why not?
As for Xing Luan, there are only [-] new soldiers under his command, which is almost the same as Li Feng's troops.Moreover, Bugulu and Liziyuan (where Xingluan was stationed) are only a large river, there are no high mountains and dangerous passes to defend, and the terrain is flat, so it is easy to attack and difficult to defend.

Now the gunpowder stored in Xihai has reached [-] to [-] catties, half of which was distributed to Li Feng. It only takes ten thousand cannons to drive Xing Luan several miles away from the east bank.Then it is not difficult to build a bridge leisurely and cross the river.

It's even more likely that Xing Luan didn't dare to fight to the death, so he could only fight and retreat.If Yuan Yao's rescue fails, it is possible to conquer Gaoping Town.

At that time, Huangfu was in the south and Li Feng was in the north, just like two knives, reaching the heart of Guanzhong...

(End of this chapter)