Water Margin people

Chapter 1712 Wu Yong Returns
"I don't know the details yet, but it's always better to be careful."

Sun Lei shook his head.

"Well, I'll listen to my husband. Liangshan has everything anyway."

Hua Chan nodded.

"What about you?"

Li Shishi looked at Sun Lei and asked, they could choose not to go down the mountain, but as Sun Lei was the emperor, sometimes he had no choice.

"I'll bring more people with me, it'll be okay."

Sun Lei said with a smile.

……

The next day's court meeting went on as usual, with cabinet officials reporting on government affairs.

The best news is that crops everywhere are growing well, especially new crops such as corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes, which have been confirmed to have a good harvest.

Sun Lei was not very interested in what he heard, as he did not know anything about farming. He said it was of no use for a layman like him to listen, because the fields used for the royal display were managed by others, and except for the spring plowing he had gone there once, he had not taken a look at them again.

"Your Majesty, this year the prefectures and counties along the Yellow River have received news that the summer flood is coming. The water level is rising very quickly this year. After entering the rainy season, the pressure of flood prevention will be very great, and the riverbanks in various places need to be reinforced."

An official reported.

"How much does it cost?"

As soon as Sun Lei heard it, he knew that he wanted money and asked directly.

"It will cost about 8 million silver coins!"

The officials immediately reported the matter.

"What does the Cabinet think?"

Sun Lei looked at everyone in the cabinet. Since they were repairing the river embankment, there naturally had to be a detailed charter and budget. They couldn't just say how much money it would cost.

"The cabinet has already calculated that eight million silver coins are indeed needed. Here is the detailed plan and budget report."

Xiao Jiasui handed over a memorial.

Sun Lei took a rough look at it. He did not read the details, but just looked at the general plan for repairing the river bank. When he thought it was feasible, he picked up the pen and signed it, and then took the imperial seal to stamp it.

"So be it!"

Sun Lei nodded.

"Your Majesty, officials from various places hope that the court can allocate some machinery. They think that with machinery, repairing the river bank will be much faster."

Xiao Jiasui spoke again and said that this matter was not written in the memorial, after all, the court’s current machinery was limited.

"Sure. Let the locomotive department transport the latest steam locomotives over there, and send some mechanics to accompany them."

Sun Lei nodded and said, this is a good thing, the promotion of machinery needs to enter all walks of life.

What followed were some unimportant matters, all of which were memorials reporting good news.

After the officials stopped submitting memorials, Sun Lei began to reward Liu Qi and Wu Jie. Two generals plus a county marquisate made the officials in the court envious and jealous, as it was too difficult for civil servants to be granted a county title.

However, envy and jealousy are just thoughts. Everyone understands how difficult it is to be granted a title of nobility. They also saw Gao Yuan's situation from the reports sent back.

In addition, after the plateau was conquered, many civil servants were sent to govern the area. The letters sent back also described the area as a desolate wasteland.

There is no need to say how difficult it was to fight in such a place. It is only right that one would be awarded a title of nobility and a general for conquering thousands of miles of plateau.

After dealing with these, Sun Lei announced the end of the court.

"How's the situation over there, Wu Yong?"

Sun Lei came to the back hall and looked at Deng Fei and asked.

"A while ago, they reported that everything was normal. The main force of the Japanese had been wiped out, and the only ones left were some savages hiding in the mountains and forests."

Deng Fei said.

"If that's the case, let Wu Yong come back. I really need a guy like him who is full of bad intentions."

Sun Lei gave the order. At this time, he finally understood the purpose of Wu Yong, which was to fight poison with poison.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will send someone to pass the order right away."

Deng Fei immediately called a guard to give orders. It seemed that telegraphs had been set up in various places, and it would only take an hour for the order to reach Japan. Wu Yong would be back in a few days. "Did Jiumozhi find out anything?"

Sun Lei looked at Zhang San and asked.

"No, Jiumozhi just said that he admired the culture of the Central Plains and wanted to visit the world's number one city. He also wanted to meet your majesty and talk about some Tantric Buddhism, hoping that your majesty would show some mercy to the Tantric Buddhism."

Zhang San replied.

"It's that simple? I don't believe it at all!"

Sun Lei touched his chin and said.

"Your Majesty, the lamas who accompanied us also said so."

Zhang San replied.

"Then let them go."

Sun Lei waved his hands and said, since nothing could be gotten out of them, then keeping them locked up would only alert the criminals. After all, these people had only committed minor crimes and the most they would be fined would be fines.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhang San took the order and left.

In the cell, Jiumozhi was sitting and regulating his breathing, which is one of the Tantric practices. Regulating oneself through breathing and exhaling is very helpful in recovering from internal injuries.

"You can pay the fine and leave now!"

The jailer spoke to the lamas and the people on the grassland.

"What bad luck, meeting these crazy people!"

Those grassland people immediately paid their money and left, glaring at the lamas fiercely before leaving. They came from the grassland to do business, but now they lost money before they even made any money. It was an unexpected disaster.

The lamas also began to pay money. They did not have the coins of the Central Plains, so they took out beads, jade, agate and gold bars.

"You won't need so much. It's hard to calculate the price. This little piece of gold is enough! Please sign and seal it!"

The jailer pushed back all the Dzi beads and jades and only took away a small piece of gold. Then he asked the lamas to sign and seal that the fines would be recorded in the account.

The lamas did not know the Chinese language and could only press their hand seals one by one.

Jiumozhi left without saying anything.

"This lama is really a bit weird."

Li Si watched everyone leave before speaking.

"Should we send someone to follow them? Your Majesty suspects that these people are up to something."

Zhang San said.

"Well, send someone to follow them. We must find out what these people are thinking."

Li Si nodded.

The lamas who left the cell became much more obedient. They went straight back to the posthouse in the north of the city and never went out again. They just handed a letter to the posthouse, saying that they wanted to see His Majesty the Emperor.

Of course, it was impossible for Sun Lei to meet any lama, but he did not refuse. He just said he would see the time.

Liangshan City is still as bustling as ever, with a constant stream of travelers and merchants coming and going from the south and the north.

On the busy canal, the appearance of an ironclad ship caused many merchant ships and cargo ships to quickly pull aside and make way.

"Liangshan City changes every day. I haven't been back for so long that I can hardly recognize it!"

Wu Yong stood at the bow and sighed as he looked at Liangshan City in the distance. This time he rushed back immediately after receiving the telegram. He really missed his homeland. He had had enough of Japan.

"General, we will definitely receive a lot of rewards when we return this time!"

The people who were accompanying him asked excitedly.

"General?"

Wu Yong smiled bitterly. He was now also a general, although only a general stationed in Japan.

"Your Majesty is clear about rewards and punishments. Just wait for your reward!"

Wu Yong looked at everyone and smiled, saying that the State of Qi had always been generous in rewarding those with military merit, and the emperor was also quite generous.