Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 468 Is this the Grand Commander or the County Commander? ?
"Hold on, I can tell you, these are the best seeds sent by the Central Plains, there is no problem with this kind of seeds, if you can't grow enough crops, don't blame Taiwei Ben for being rude! !"

Xiahouzao pointed to the carriage behind him. Several soldiers were standing beside the carriage. Some people were carrying grain and seeds. The local Lizheng's legs were shaking.

Are we big men already so lavish? ?

To transport a seed to the countryside, do you need the Taiwei to go out in person? ?

There are not many carriages, only a dozen or so, and there are nearly [-] soldiers guarding around them. At this moment, Taiwei Xiahou is standing in front of these soldiers, directing the people to transport seeds. These seeds are all there. It was sent by the temple. It is said that the yield is very high, which is much higher than the seeds originally planted here.

This is all begged by his own great king. At present, Xiting Kingdom is quite poor. How poor is it? The more than 100 soldiers around Xia Houzao are already a quarter of Xiting Kingdom's military strength.

Xitingguo originally had more than [-] soldiers. After Liu Qi succeeded to the throne, through his military development, the military strength of Xitingguo increased sharply, from more than [-] soldiers to [-] soldiers. Of course, if you add Reserve pawns can also draw an army of two or three thousand.

Liu Qi not only used military force in the military, but also in the domestic affairs, he adopted the Qin State's approach, prohibiting all recreational activities, and the national policy, only farming and warfare.

Liu Qi's commanding generals were like clouds, and after taking the post of Taiwei, Taiwei Xiahouzao used large-scale troops several times and won consecutive battles. He successfully eliminated the bandit forces entrenched in the northern part of Xiting Kingdom. A flag.
The several huge military operations of Xitingguo also made the surrounding vassal states look up with admiration, but Liu Qichu made great achievements in military affairs and also made great achievements in internal affairs. He opened up a lot of arable land, and craftsmen worked tirelessly Farm tools, with military merit as the foundation, the first emperor would applaud when he saw it.

Xiahouzao looked at the food being transported at the moment, and then instructed Li Zheng: "By the way, you should also be wary of strangers. If there is any situation, let me know at any time!"

"only!!"

Li Zheng was very frightened. As a commoner who came from the Central Plains, he had no idea that he would come to deliver food to himself when he could see the captain one day.

After explaining the matter, Xiahouzao rode his horse and left here.

At present, there are six counties in Xiting State. Although there are few county seats, the distance between the county seat and the county seat is quite far. Moreover, after Liu Qi came to Xiting State, he has been trying to find a way to change it. At first, Liu Qi wanted to change the name of the country. Change the country name to Yong.

He believed that the so-called West Court was formulated according to the name of the local Hu people, which was inappropriate. At the same time, he named the county according to the way of the Central Plains.

Xiahouzao rode a steed, looked at the team behind him, and let out a long sigh.

He was so happy when he first heard that he was going to serve as a prefect, but after he actually took office, he realized that what a prefect is not as good as a county captain in the Central Plains.

During the autumn drills, a county lieutenant in the Central Plains could train 2000 or [-] soldiers, including hundreds of soldiers. As for him, his national strength was about the same.

There was almost nothing he could do here. At first, he was able to go out and fight a few bandits, but now there are no bandits. Xiahouzao couldn't find anything to do, so he finally went to the king and took the initiative to take over the task of escorting the grain seeds.

Liu Qi probably also saw the depression in the Taiwei's heart, and let him do it.

Xiahouzao went all over the place and returned to Qiquan City. It was named so because there are seven ancient springs here. Liu Qi named Qiquan himself and changed the original name.

This capital city is placed among the princes, and it is quite shabby. There are nearly 2 people in the city, accounting for one-third of the country's population. Xiahou Zao soon came to the palace, which is a land in the Central Plains. The mansion of the rich man had to be in the countryside, even the wealthy households in the city looked down on it.

Entering the palace, walking through a small road, turning left, and arriving at Liu Qi's study.

There wasn't even a soldier in front of the door, so Xiahouzao walked in directly.

Sitting in front of the desk, Liu Qizheng quickly changed his posture when he saw Xiahouzao coming in.

"The captain is back?? Come, please take a seat!"

Liu Qi was happy, no matter who they were, they would definitely be disappointed when they came to Xiting Kingdom, such as Xiahouzao, and those officials surnamed Lu who followed Liu Qilai, but Liu Qi, no matter how difficult the situation was, his face was not the slightest. The changes are as steady as the old wishes.

Compared with his grandfather, Liu Qi's shortcomings are obvious. He is more irritable, he can't contain his temper, and he doesn't care much about his reputation. However, these shortcomings are also his advantages, and his irascible personality makes him full of With courage, there is nothing he dares to do, and not paying attention to reputation allows him to achieve his goals by unscrupulous means.

"Your Majesty, the seeds have already been delivered."

"What about the situation in various places? How is it?"

"What else can I do, it's the same as in the past, but a few thousand people, alas."

Xiahou Zao let out a long sigh, his face sad.

"Your Majesty, what did you do to offend Your Majesty, and you can be sent to this place to serve as a prince. Even in the North Court, there are more than [-] people in the North Court, hundreds of thousands in Hexi, and Qi in Tang and Qi. How can a country with millions of people get here?”

Liu Qi laughed, "It took several years to govern a country with a million people, and eventually the population increased by hundreds of thousands. No one will be surprised, but now we rule, the people are only 10 For the rest of us, if we can turn this number into hundreds of thousands in a few years, the world will be astonished!"

"The widow will become a famous king in the world, and you will also become a worthy minister like the Duke of Fengwen! There are many things that can be done here, and the chances of getting political achievements are even greater. How can you sigh, a treasure of talent?"

When Liu Qi said this, Xia Houzao felt that what he said was quite reasonable.

"Then how do we increase the household registration? Or go to Beiting Kingdom to rob it? Or force the people to have more children, and impose corporal punishment if they do not have children??"

Hearing such a good plan from the captain, Liu Qi was not angry, he said seriously: "Now, this is our best chance!"

"The Marquis of Huaiyin was fighting in the west, and he captured a lot of prisoners and supplies. The few people are writing letters to Zhongfu, telling him about the poverty of Xiting Kingdom. If we can leave some of the military exploits of Marquis Huaiyin, it will also be beneficial to Xiting Kingdom. It’s a great thing, and the widow is also planning to form a caravan, starting from here, and going out to the Western Regions to trade.”

Liu Qi said seriously, and looked at Xiahouzao again.

"Captain, you are a famous general in the country. In the future, I will ask you to escort the caravan and transport prisoners of war supplies. We can help the temple to transport supplies to the Marquis of Huaiyin. Of course, Marquis of Huaiyin will not treat us badly."

Xiahouzao was overjoyed, "Don't worry, I will lead my army of Xiting Kingdom to the battlefield, and let the northern army of Marquis Huaiyin also see the power of our Xiting army!!"

Liu Qi laughed, this was the reason why he wanted Xia Houzao to be the captain of his own, nothing else, just to be fooled and talkative.

After a few words, Liu Qi said that Xiahouzao was full of pride. He wished that he would bring the Xiting Kingdom army to meet the Huns. In this regard, Liu Qi suggested not to go. It would be easy to laugh at the Huns. .

All aspects of Xitingguo are very simple, including the equipment of the soldiers, mainly because Liu Qi put all his energy on farming, and all the craftsmen in the country were recruited by him, stopped building other things, and made all-out efforts to build farm tools and the national treasury. The accumulation has long been used up by him.

In order to increase financial expenditure, Liu Qi developed a new business idea and sent Tai Li to lead the army to rob the thieves around.

Sometimes, the Taiwei has to help other small countries. There are many foreign kings and small countries in the Western Regions. Xiahouzao is often sent to mediate their disputes and so on, and earn extra money for his own big country.

Liu Qi also followed the example of Liu Chang and kept writing letters to the Central Plains. His letters were not only written to his fathers, but also to some ministers who did not know each other, and even local celebrities. Expenditure is also a significant financial burden for Westin State.

However, Liu Qi's crazy writing is not without results. The temple has increased a lot of assistance to Xiting Kingdom, and the prince has not forgotten this good brother. He transported a lot of good things from Tang Kingdom, including two Thousands of sheep.

Even Liu Ang from Beiting Kingdom also donated a lot of ironware. Xiang from Hexi Kingdom was the most arrogant, and directly sent more than 7000 criminals to Liu Qi. These criminals are good things, and what Xiting Kingdom lacks most. It is the population.

The same is true for the other princes and kings. Except for the princely kingdoms, those ministers also have private assistance, and their private assistance is a huge help to Xiting Kingdom.

"Didn't I send a lot of seeds, carriages, and cattle and sheep before? Why did Shuzi write again?!"

Liu Chang looked at the letter in his hand displeased.

"He is poor in Xiting, and the people are not clothed and hungry, so the people in my temple are not poor? The people in Chang'an are also very poor, and there are people by the river who are not clothed."

Lu Lu pursed his lips, is it okay to go to the river to take a bath?

Liu Chang complained a few words, but still picked up the pen and wrote for a while before handing it over to Lu Lu, "Take it to Feng Jing, let him quickly prepare things and send them to Xiting Country. Now, the national treasury is poor and empty, and it has to be given when it should be given."

Lu Lu nodded, "Your Majesty, the King of Xiting said he wanted to crusade the Xiqiang and set up a caravan."

"It's okay, let him do whatever he wants. Even if he attacks the Xiqiang with the strength of the whole country, he may not be able to take it. I think he just wants to capture some prisoners. Let him do it. If this is not allowed, Then he can only be a county magistrate for the rest of his life!"

"only."

"Zhou Bo came to see him again today, do you still want to drive him away?"

"here we go again?"

Liu Chang pouted. In these days, Liu Chang has done a lot of things, because he has to prepare for this year's farming, and since farming has become the most severe task today, spring farming has become a big man first-class. A major event, everything must make way for spring ploughing.

Zhou Bo has been training at home for a long time. During these days, he kept asking for letters, hoping to return to Hexi, but Liu Chang kept hanging on to him, but he refused to meet.

At this moment, Liu Chang pondered for a moment, "Okay, let him in."

Zhou Bo was waiting at the gate of the palace. For a general like him, staying at home was the biggest torture. He really wanted to go back. Even if he was an ordinary soldier, it was much better than taking him at home. Not too old, Kong Wu is strong, should not stay at home like this.

When Zhou Bo thought that he would not be able to see the emperor again today, Servant Lu finally came out, greeted Zhou Bo with a smile, and led him into the palace.

"His Majesty!"

Zhou Bo went to see him, but Liu Chang looked quite rude, he just squinted at Zhou Bo and didn't let him sit down, "What's the matter with you here?"

"Your Majesty, this minister has been idle at home for many days. I don't expect to continue to return to Hexi as a captain. I just ask Your Majesty to take me as my general."

"Heh, I want to go back to Hexi. It's easy to do, I can sell it to you. A soldier needs a household of food, a captain needs a thousand households, a general needs two thousand households, um, Jiuqing wants four thousand households. Household, Sangong wants [-] households, what position do you want?"

Zhou Bo looked embarrassed and was speechless.

"Don't want to sell it? Then go back!"

Zhou Bo raised his head abruptly and said resolutely, "I ask Your Majesty to remove me from the title of Marquis Che and take back all the food towns. This minister is willing to go to Hexi to serve as a captain and lead the army to fight for His Majesty."

"Oh, if I do this, won't I cry to death?"

Liu Chang also put away some rudeness, "Marquis Jiang, I'm not trying to embarrass you, it's just that your previous behavior really displeased me. Even if I dismissed you, I should."

"It's just that because of your past credit, I didn't hold you accountable. You made three mistakes before, and once you made a mistake of [-] households, you will lose [-] households of food, and then go to Hexi to continue to be your captain, and agree in advance. , if you make another mistake, let alone the title, you can't even save your life, understand?"

Zhou Bo suddenly remembered what happened in the prison and nodded seriously.

"Okay, just understand, you see, this is sent by King Xiting, they are going to take some captives from Xiqiang, and when you return to Hexi Kingdom this time, you will need to help Beiting and Xiting more. The country. Their national strength is weak, you have to give appropriate help."

"Remember, what they want is people, people who can farm, if you can't get your head to work, don't do the decapitation!!!"

"only!!"

After sending this guy away, Liu Changcai shook his head helplessly.

I hope this fellow can have a memory and stop acting nonsense. If something happens again, he will not care about Yafu. If he wins them, he can only beheaded cruelly, and at most he will not implicate these few sages.

Liu Chang got up and walked out of the Hall of Houde. The weather was fine today.

He stretched out and picked up the strong bow.

I heard that there are wild animals infested in the countryside, isn't this a good time to go to eliminate the harm for the people?

Just as Liu Chang was walking out, he saw a figure hurriedly coming from far away. It was Shen Tujia. Shen Tujia seemed to see Liu Chang as well, and hurriedly accelerated his pace. Liu Chang's face changed greatly, and he turned around. Get out of here quickly.

Shen Tujia is too serious in his work. He has come in such a hurry, and there must be nothing good. He has to impeach a minister, or express his dissatisfaction with a decree. Liu Chang does not want such a thing to hinder his hunting plan.

Liu Chang walked faster and faster, almost running, and Shen Tujia also started to run.

"Your Majesty!! Your Majesty!!"

Liu Chang just pretended that he didn't hear anything. Just when the chase started to the gate of the palace, Liu Chang was still caught. It wasn't because Liu Chang ran too slowly, but Lu Jia, who also came to the emperor to do business, appeared in front of him.
Liu Chang sat in the upper seat with a look of grief and indignation, Lu Jia and Shen Tujia were sitting beside him each, and Lu Jia was seriously talking about the issue of the newspaper.

"According to your instructions, the circulation of the agricultural newspaper has been customized to the maximum, and it is required to be distributed first in all regions. The Tongwen government in each region is printing and distributing it. The main problem is that there are not enough articles. It’s still too little, and it can’t reach the level of a seven-day period.”

"And the technology presented at the local level, we have to test again to determine the effect, the agricultural thing, the effect is too slow, seriously delaying the publication of the newspaper, and it becomes almost useless."

"Then what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to let the local government be directly responsible for monitoring and reviewing the technical achievements. If there is an error, I will ask the local government to blame and save some time. In addition, there are restrictions on farm articles. Can we lower some standards?"

Liu Chang shook his head, "The requirements cannot be lowered. There are so many agricultural books in the world. If you can't find other people's articles, just copy and distribute the techniques recorded in these agricultural books. The difference is to promote the technology, and the quality of the article should not be interfered with, as long as it is useful.”

"For specific matters, you can negotiate with Luan Bu yourself."

Chatting with Lu Jia about important matters, Shen Tujia didn't seem to be in a hurry, but just sat on the side calmly. Liu Chang peeked at him from time to time, seeing that he still had no intention of leaving, he could only help Lu Jia first. Jia sent it away.

"What's the big deal for you to come here??"

"It's not a big deal, it's just something to report to Your Majesty, but why did Your Majesty run away?"

"I am in a hurry to see Duke Lu to discuss important matters, but I have never seen you."

"Just tell me, who are you going to impeach again this time?"

"It's not for impeachment. Your Majesty gave half of Shanglin Garden to the farmer. Earlier, the farmer reported to the guard guarding Shanglin Garden that there were a lot of wild rabbits in Shanglin Garden, destroying the farmer's test field. He wanted us to send After the people were cleared, I thought that Your Majesty was good at hunting, so I wanted to invite His Majesty to go and shoot with the soldiers.”

"Ah?? You came to me to ask me to go hunting??"

"Yes, but Your Majesty is busy with everything, presumably the soldiers have already shot a lot at this moment."

"Why didn't you talk about such an important state affairs earlier?!"

(End of this chapter)