Duan Ling thought over and over in his heart. He wanted to answer, "I don't want to give birth either," but he was afraid that he would make Li Yanqiu angry again. He could marry the Crown Princess, but it was unfair to the girl in the future, and even more unfair to Wu Du.
Li Yanqiu didn't hear Duan Ling's answer for a long time, opened his eyes, looked at Duan Ling, touched his eyebrows with his fingers, and asked, "What? Are you not happy?"
"No." Duan Ling replied awkwardly, "I'm not… ready."
"It's just a joke." Li Yanqiu said, "You don't want to marry, do you?"
Duan Ling simply replied: "Yes."
"Then it's up to you." Li Yanqiu said naturally.
Duan Ling: "..."
"Can you?" Duan Ling asked tentatively again.
"Fourth uncle in this lifetime." Li Yanqiu said, "The most annoying thing is marrying someone you don't like, and living in the palace is like being in prison, so naturally he won't force you. When your father was still alive, he also said However, in the future, you can do whatever you want, even if you don’t want to be the emperor and really want to leave, you will have to leave.”
Duan Ling turned around and hugged Li Yanqiu, not knowing what to say for a while.
Li Yanqiu laughed and shook his head helplessly. Only Duan Ling knew in his heart that Li Yanqiu was helpless when he said this. Didn't they throw it to Li Yanqiu again
"Back then, your father and I pushed this position and pushed it back and forth for a long time." Li Yanqiu touched Duan Ling and whispered, "I didn't dare to pick it up, just because I was afraid of picking it up, he would have even more reason not to come back, and then he would come back again. Keep your fourth uncle and me alone and stay in the palace, your kid is considered to have a conscience."
Duan Ling laughed and rubbed against Li Yanqiu's chest, but thinking of his decision, it seemed very selfish to the Li family.
This night, all kinds of feelings came to his mind, and he just wanted to live a good life with Wu Du. He didn't fall asleep until dawn, and was woken up by the sound outside.
"It's time to leave." Zheng Yan's voice said from outside the door.
Duan Ling woke up sleepily, but Li Yanqiu had finished washing up, changed into his clothes, and represented Wu Du's affairs outside the house. Wu Du just stood up straight and listened, answering every now and then.
"You don't have to come to send it off." Li Yanqiu said to Duan Ling.
"I want to send it." Duan Ling said while holding the pillar before he woke up.
Wu Du had to wrap Duan Ling in a fur coat and sent a team of 200 people to escort him. Li Yanqiu rode to the sky with Zheng Yan by his side, and Lang Junxia was taken back to Jiangzhou by Li Yanqiu.
Duan Ling endured not to see Lang Junxia, said goodbye to Li Yanqiu, said and said carefully on the road, and repeatedly explained Zheng Yan. When it was delivered to the south gate of Yecheng, Li Yanqiu said, "Go back, see you in the spring, and then go one step further and follow Uncle."
Duan Ling had to stop, hesitating to speak. Li Yanqiu said, "Go back and write to you and wait for me."
It was said that Li Yanqiu was the one who took the lead, rushed out of the official road, and left everyone behind.
The emperor really had to do whatever he wanted. As soon as Li Yanqiu left, everyone panicked and rushed after him. Zheng Yan hurried away without saying goodbye, followed by two hundred Yecheng soldiers. Duan Ling was smiling when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Lang Junxia riding his horse, turned slightly to the side, and was looking at him.
When the eyes of the two met, Lang Junxia didn't say a word. As soon as Duan Ling saw him, he turned his horse's head and left.
"Let's go now." Duan Ling said.
"Go back." Wu Du dismounted, got on his horse, and took Duan Ling back to Yecheng.
Winter finally really came. As soon as Li Yanqiu left, Yecheng ushered in three days of heavy snow, and Duan Ling could not go anywhere, so he began to deal with the affairs that had been delayed a few days ago.
Li Yanqiu was wearing a cloak when he came, and no one saw his face. After he came to Wudu, he sent the guards of the city guards to the outside of the mansion, reassigned people, and personally guarded the hall and Li Yanqiu's living place with Zheng Yan to avoid leakage. wind. Lin Yunqi and the others did not know that Emperor Chen had actually come here.
"What did you say last night?" Wu Du asked.
"I didn't say anything." Duan Ling said, "I just went to sleep."
Wu Du wondered, "Just sleeping?"
When Duan Ling thought about getting up in the morning, he heard Li Yanqiu explain that Wu Du didn't know something, and expected Wu Du to have guessed something.
"I had a dream last night." Duan Ling leaned on Wu Du's body, flipped through the political newspaper, and said with great interest.
Wu Du was drinking tea, his brows slightly raised. Duan Ling said, "I dreamed that you were wearing the red robe of the wedding and standing beside me."
Wu Du almost spit out a sip of tea, and Duan Ling reached out and touched Wu Du's body again, saying, "You look good in your wedding gown."
Wu Du couldn't help blushing, and said hurriedly: "You sir, I won't put on hairpins and put on makeup, don't think strange, disgusting!"
"There are no hairpins and fat powder." Duan Ling hugged Wu Du's waist, lay on top of him, and explained, "It's just a phoenix robe, hair tied, and a little emperor worshiping heaven and earth."
"Who is the little emperor?" Wu Du blushed and looked at Duan Ling in his arms.
"Whoever you said, it's who you are." Duan Ling got up from Wu Du with a smile, flipped through the love letter seriously, and suddenly remembered that Fei Hongde's love letter had not been resolved before the winter. Although he was about to go back in the spring, Qin Taki said unfortunately that officials came and went, but none of them regarded Hebei as their real home, but in desperation, Duan Ling knew that only in this way could Hebei truly get better. .
"Call someone here." Duan Ling instructed his subordinates.
Soon, Lin Yunqi, Wang Zheng, Fei Hongde, Yan Di and Shi Qi all arrived. After not seeing him for more than ten days, Duan Ling was afraid that his subordinates had a lot of guesses, so he said first: "I have been quite tired recently, and there are people in the school captain's division and the White Tiger Hall, so I can't say that I have been slack for a few days."
Everyone nodded, Duan Ling knew that it would be impossible not to mention that there were visitors. After all, two hundred people were sent to escort him, so he had to make up a reason to hide it.
Lin Yunqi said, "Just today, the Prime Minister's letter also came, and it arrived in the afternoon."
Such a coincidence? Duan Ling took the letter, but did not open it yet, and said, "I invite you all to come here today because I want to talk about a few major things that need to be implemented after the Spring Festival. Mr. Fei will discuss the whole process with me, so let him talk about it."
Fei Hongde was already prepared, he nodded when he heard the words, and first greeted everyone with a few words, summarizing the situation of Yecheng in the past few years.
Although Fei Hongde has no official position, he is Duan Ling's chief think tank, and everyone respects him. While Fei Hongde was summing up the past, Duan Ling secretly opened the letter under the case.
Sure enough, Changpin did not return to Yecheng or Jiangzhou, and his whereabouts are unknown. Mu Kuangda sent people to take Wuluohoumu back so that he could question the whereabouts of Changpin.
"Who is it? Where is it?" Duan Ling suddenly interrupted Fei Hongde.
Lin Yunqi replied, "It's a retainer of the Prime Minister's Mansion."
"A mask?" Duan Ling asked.
"No, no mask." Lin Yunqi replied, "Call him in?"
Duan Ling vaguely felt that something was wrong. If he wanted to bring Lang Junxia back, why didn't he let Lord Changliu come? Or is it that Changliu-Jun has already come, but he just didn't show up
"Let him wait." Duan Ling replied, "Let's continue talking."
Duan Ling and Wu Du exchanged glances, and Wu Du got up and went out to question the messenger.
In the hall, Fei Hongde continued his issue. Yecheng has been poor for a long time, and agriculture, industry and commerce have not developed for a long time. The biggest reason is that the Yuan people frequently invaded, cut off trade routes, and plundered supplies. Now the new prefect and the captain have defeated the Yuan people in two consecutive battles, and they have made good friends with the Liao Kingdom. In the next period of time, there is enough to recuperate.
"Not long ago." Fei Hongde said, "I have screened several ways suitable for the development of Yecheng with the prefects. I propose here and discuss with you."
"Okay, here, please come here." Duan Ling said.
The subordinates called the generals, and after saluting, Duan Ling let the two listen.
"The first is farming and grazing." Fei Hongde said, "Every year, most of the residents of Yecheng go south from the northeast, mainly herdsmen and hunters. It is impossible to let them hunt. We can use the nearly 4,000 hectares of grassland in the southwest of Yecheng, in the upper reaches of Xunshui and its tributaries, the Tiansha River, for proper grazing. In winter, there is both meat for processing and by-products such as wool for trade.”
"The second is to use the mountains in the east, southeast of Hejian City, with ore veins, for excavation and mining, and to develop metallurgy and iron smelting."
"The third is that farming is essential, but it can't be the same as before. After all, more people and less land is a waste of labor. Once spring begins, these fields will be concentrated and redistributed."
"How do the livestock breeds for grazing and breeding come out?" Shi Qi asked, "It's all from the government? Not so much money."
"The court will allocate funds." Duan Ling replied, "Don't worry about the budget, Huaiyin will be available for purchase in the first year."
"Fourth: first fish ponds, and then forestry." Fei Hongde said, "A large area of deserted river beaches can be circled as fish ponds. In this way, after all the planning, each household can make a declaration first, and then make an optional selection. In winter, the forest farm can barely fall to each household, but in the first year it can't produce much solid wood, so it has to be paralleled with the fish pond."
When everyone asked questions, Duan Ling thought about the messenger and answered casually. Many questions, such as how to distribute and how to hold accountables, had been discussed with Fei Hongde one by one in advance. The two actually re-divided resources and no longer limited ownership to fields. The original fields were collected from the landlords again, and re-leased to farmers at a cheap official price.
The land was rented for seven cents, the government only charged four cents, and the difference was three cents, and the government subsidized the landowners.
This part of the deficit comes from the four parts of breeding, grazing, forestry and fishery. Ideally, there is a surplus after the output, which will be used to purchase the smelted pig iron.
As for how to deal with pig iron, it is another matter. First of all, weapons and equipment must be exchanged for Yecheng and Hejian Army.
Together with the refugees who poured in during the winter, Yecheng has nearly 100,000 households. As long as the arrangement is properly arranged, it will not be a big problem to get through this year. Duan Ling was only worried about the fact that he would go back in the spring, and he was afraid that he would not see the results.
The questions from the participants became less and less. When Fei Hongde heard some difficulties, he took notes. After the end, Duan Ling ordered Wang Zheng to check the number of households, preparing to start dividing the area in preparation for the new law after the spring.
An entire afternoon passed. After the discussion, Duan Ling only felt a headache, but it was finally settled. Wu Du entered the hall again, just in time for the crowd to end the meeting.
"Finished?" Wu Du asked.
"It's over, there's no problem." Duan Ling saw that everyone was going to report to Wu Du again, so he thought that all the red tape could be avoided. He sent them back and asked Sun Ting to close the door. Fang asked, "How?"
"Someone is here." Wu Du said, "I suspect that Lord Changliu is also here."
"Could it be that the fourth uncle came out of the city yesterday morning and followed him?" Duan Ling couldn't help but get nervous when he thought about it.