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Chapter 243 Li Yan Tours South Henan

Li Yan couldn't laugh or cry after hearing Gao Yihuan's words.

He just said that he wanted to give Gao Yihuan some fine iron, but this guy actually took his nose and even took away his mines. It's really greedy.

Li Yan was so angry that he laughed, pointed at him and said, "Yihuan, you are so brave."

The mine was the property of the Dashun Dynasty, but Gao Yihuan didn't realize it at all.

Gao Yi laughed happily, "Jie Shuai, the mine is in my hands, I will make him more valuable and make more guns!"

Li Yan stared at Gao Yihuan, and suddenly said: "I'm afraid you don't take Da Shunchao seriously at all!"

According to the appointment given to Gao Yihuan by the Dashun court, the areas he controlled in name should be the three prefectures of Runing, Nanyang, and Xiangyang, Luyi, Chenzhou, and Xiangcheng, one piece belongs to Guide, and the other belongs to Kaifeng. It shouldn't be controlled by him, but he holds it in his hands and won't let go.

If it weren't for the fact that most of Henan was destroyed by the war and became dilapidated, even Luoyang and other places in the province hadn't been managed well, and they didn't have the energy to manage it, otherwise he would have been messed with long ago.

It stands to reason that in these places, the province will exercise power sooner or later, but Li Yan looked around in Luyi, and Gao Yihuan repaired water conservancy, built forts, and spent huge sums of money to build cities. There is no intention of returning it to the province. .

The money was not paid by the court of Dashun, but by Gao Yihuan himself.

Li Yan didn't believe that Gao Yihuan built Luyi to return it to the province. He didn't have such high sentiments.

Judging by his posture in Luyi, it is clear that he is managing Luyi as his own home, and he clearly does not want to leave or return it.

The problems in these places have not yet been resolved, and Gao Yihuan wants to extend his hand to Ruzhou again, which is really courageous.

His reasons may seem high-sounding, but they are actually eroding Dashun's power and wealth.

Gao Yihuan smiled and said nothing.

Seeing his disapproval, Li Yan felt even angrier, knowing his true thoughts.

"Jieshuai, why did you come out to help Chuangjun?" Gao Yihuan suddenly asked without thinking.

Li Yan was slightly taken aback when he heard this, but Gao Yihuan continued, "Jie Shuai, seeing that the imperial court is corrupt and the people of Zhongzhou are in dire straits, he couldn't bear it, so he wants to use the power of Chuangjun to end the turmoil in the world as soon as possible and restore peace to the people." .”

This time, Li Yan stopped talking, and the confidantes behind him looked at each other. It was obvious that they agreed with Li Yan.

Gao Yihuan suddenly pointed to a green wheat field outside Luyi City, as well as the people working hard, and said proudly: "I did it!"

As soon as the words came out, everyone looked at Gao Yihuan. Li Yan stared at Gao Yihuan for a long time, then shook his head and sighed, "That's all, that's all!"

At this point, I can't continue talking for the time being.

Knowing that you, Gao Yihuan, are great, Li Yan quickly waved his hands and ended the topic.

At this time, he couldn't help sighing, he helped Shunjun, he really wanted to reduce the suffering of the people, but things still failed to develop in the direction he imagined.

He hoped that Li Zicheng could stabilize Zhongzhou. As a result, Li Zicheng flooded Kaifeng and killed millions of people. He hoped that Li Zicheng could recuperate, accumulate strength, and postpone the Eastern Expedition, but Li Zicheng would not listen to him.

"If you want the mine, I'll give it to you." Li Yan said a little desolately: "If you get the mine, you will keep one side safe. In the world, there are very few people like you who can benefit the people and protect one side."

Gao Yihuan saw that Li Yan's expression was a bit vicissitudes, and he seemed to be blocked by something in his heart. He felt a little sympathetic to Li Yan, so he suddenly said: "Jie Shuai, you have done enough for the people of Zhongzhou, and you have done your best."

Li Yan didn't want to get entangled in this issue, he waved his hand, "You said the mine would be more valuable if you had it in your hands, and you could make more guns. Come on, take me to see your cannon-making workshop , let me know what you said is true!"

"The Cannon Workshop is in Runing, Jie Shuai should rest for a day before leaving!" Gao Yihuan said.

"Why, do you need to prepare first?" Li Yan shook his head and said, "I don't need to rest, I'm leaving today!"

After Li Zicheng ordered the Eastern Expedition, Gao Yihuan knew that with the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, real troubled times were coming.

After Gao Yihuan returned to southern Henan from Guanzhong, he ordered the ministries not to initiate troubles, and began to focus on practicing internal strength.

In the past two years, his army has expanded rapidly, but in terms of economy, it is very weak, and many things cannot be assets.

In order to change this situation and enhance his internal strength, Gao Yihuan built workshops in Runing, Nanyang and other places to prepare for the self-production of weapons, armor, agricultural tools and other war preparations.

Since the end of last year, after the quarrel with Liu Liangzuo and the severance of business, workshops for textiles, agricultural tools, porcelain, gunpowder, woodware, and smelting have been initially established in various places.

Gao Yihuan is not talented enough, he only masters a few workshops such as weapons, armor making, and cannon casting. For other workshops, he sends construction teams to build red brick workshops, injects funds, lets merchants bid for contracts, and adopts government-supervised business management. The model is used to make the whole system sound initially.

It is not necessarily a good way for the government to supervise the business, but he can make various industries quickly grow from scratch, and Gao Yihuan can control these workshops, so as to produce and dispatch materials according to his needs.

In the current special period, the government-supervised commercial office is undoubtedly a good choice. As for the problems he brings, we will leave them to be solved in the future.

Under the leadership of Gao Yihuan, Li Yan and his party soon arrived in Runing again.

As soon as everyone entered the city, they saw that the streets in the city were paved with a layer of red bricks, with drainage ditches on both sides, so that after it rained, the streets would not be muddy and the city would not accumulate water.

For more than a year, the planning of Runing City has been well-organized. Residential areas, yamen areas, commercial areas, and military areas are clearly divided. The main roads are wide and paved with red bricks. The drainage has also been improved. question.

When Li Yan and his party entered Runing, they were undoubtedly shocked again.

Luyi and Runing are two completely different types of cities.

One is to focus on the military, and the other is to focus on the residents of the city.

When they walked on the street, they saw rows of red brick houses on both sides, and the street was full of traffic, which was a bustling scene.

After resting in the city for a while, everyone dressed lightly and led only a dozen guards to the workshop area by the Rushui River.

There are also rows of red brick houses here, which are not aesthetically pleasing, but shocking.

When the group of people arrived, it happened to be noon, and the hired workers and craftsmen of the various workshops just came out to eat.

Li Yan and the others were stunned when they saw thousands of people rushing out of the workshop.

At this time, the officials from the weapon shop came to greet him, and Gao Yihuan ordered them to fetch the firearms in the arsenal.

After a while, the cannons, thunderbolts, and bird guns took turns to practice.

After Li Yan looked at it, he said to Gao Yihuan: "The Defense Envoy of Southern Henan has indeed wronged you. I think Yihuan will have no problem being a jiedu."

(End of this chapter)