"As long as you don't betray my Han family for a day, the Han family will live up to you for a day."

At the time of separation, Luo Cheng relieved himself to hand over more than 10,000 horses to his two national surnames.

"We will never dare to betray the Central Plains!" The two swore an oath.

Luo Cheng smiled and said goodbye to them, but their oath was just to hear. No oath can compare to the strength of the strong.

As the famous saying of the Age of Discovery, truth is only within the reach of cannons.

In the same way, if the Central Plains is strong, the surrounding vassals will naturally be loyal, and once the Central Plains is weak, it is impossible for the surrounding vassals to remain loyal.

By the White Wolf River, Yan County.

In the early years, before the eastward expedition, the imperial court successively set up four counties of Liucheng County, Yan County, Liaoxi County and Liaodong County in this small land in western Liaoning. However, at this time, there is only one Liucheng County in the entire western Liaoning, and after Luo Cheng integrated the counties of western Liaoning, only Liucheng County, Yan County, and Huaiyuan were retained here.

The old general Qu Tutong was in a low mood.

"Li Mi was rebellious and had already captured eight counties in Henan, and Meng Rang had also broken through more than ten cities in Huaixi, but the emperor ran to Guanzhong at this time."

He couldn't figure it out.

What I can't figure out is that the loyal army has made such a great achievement, and the court has not rewarded it at all.

"Old General Qu Tu, why are you still not happy when you were promoted to the deputy envoy of the Zhongwu Army?"

Luo Cheng didn't expect that the emperor asked Qu Tutong to take over as Duan Da's deputy envoy.

"Luo Shuai, the rebels in the Central Plains are so arrogant, should we lead the army south to quell the chaos?" Qu Tutong asked.

But Luo Cheng just said, "The soldiers went out to attack the Turks, and they marched and fought for several months, and they were also quite tired, not to mention that we also lost thousands of elites this time. It's not winter yet, and it's time for the warriors to rest. Besides, the emperor did not edict us to go south, and if we go south without permission, we will be guilty of no merit. ”

This is a very real problem, even if the loyal army is now guarding the eleven counties of the frontier, but the imperial court still divides his defense area, in the defense area, the loyal army has the right to military mobilization, but to get out of the defense area, it must also be ordered by the imperial court.

Transferring troops south without an order can be regarded as a rebellion.

"Old general, don't worry, the imperial court will definitely be able to deal with Li Mi, take 10,000 steps back, if the imperial court really can't quell Li Mi's rebellion, as long as there is an edict, my loyal army will naturally wave its troops into the south."

Wei Zheng greeted Luo Cheng in Yan County.

"It's a big gain, but what are you going to do with so many horses?"

Luo Cheng said with a smile, "Although it is not easy to raise horses in winter and spring at the moment, can a living person still suffocate urine?" Hundreds of thousands of horses, this is what we have worked hard to get this time, the emperor does not reward the king's army, we ourselves have to seek some welfare for the brothers. ”

He sighed that there was no way to reward and punish, which could be regarded as a harbinger of the collapse of the imperial court.

If the court doesn't reward him, he will be rewarded, otherwise who will be willing to fight desperately in the future?

Grabbed the teacup, blew the tea foam slightly, and took a sip, the unique tea fragrance with some bitterness and sweetness satisfied Luo Cheng.

"When I was out fighting, I couldn't eat or sleep well all day long, and I lost a lot of weight."

"Dashuai has worked hard."

"It's nothing hard, anyway, I'm back with all my beards and tails, but there are thousands of brothers who haven't come back, I can only come back with their ashes, compared to them, I'm nothing."

Wei Zheng also sighed in his heart.

After a battle, thousands of loyal soldiers were gone, and this was still the most elite cavalry.

"By the way, Marshal, you brought 6,000 Tiele people and 6,000 Turks into the army this time, I'm afraid this is not in accordance with the rules, and the military department may not pass it."

Luo Cheng smiled.

He took a sip of tea, "Old Dao, when did you become so pedantic, I brought back these 12,000 people, and I didn't say that I would give them the identity of government soldiers, you can place them in the counties of Liaodong, let them establish tunzhuang, become tuntian households, and then integrate them into the county soldiers." ”

The county soldiers are always only supplemented, and the county soldiers are not registered by the military department, but are just a kind of miscellaneous work performed by the people of each county, and they are completely controlled and managed by the local counties.

"Is that okay?"

"What's not to do? I'm telling you, the world is chaotic these days, so sometimes we can't be too rigid and have to be flexible. ”

"The more than 4,000 soldiers who died in the previous battle must be generously compensated this time, they are all our soldiers, and they must be taken care of. If their family has suitable candidates and are willing to join our loyal army, they can be selected to supplement first. Even if there is no suitable one now, in the future, when they want to join the Loyal Army, they should enjoy priority. ”

"Well, I made a note of it."

Wei Zheng picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then asked Luo Cheng, "The emperor went to Guanzhong at this time, and it is said that he will go to Jiangdu, this is really a death, in fact, General Qu Tu said just now that you should wave your troops to the south to quell the chaos, I think it is actually a good opportunity." ”

Luo Cheng shook his head.

"The time has not yet come."

"Is it okay here?" Luo Cheng asked. When I was away before, I also had contact with Liaodong, but it was inconvenient to talk about many things in detail, so I only knew that it was quite stable.

"Very good, soon after you left, we started organizing the autumn harvest. Some of the people were instigated by the Yuan clan to come and plunder, but we were prepared, but we were beaten by us, and then they were honest, and then the autumn harvest went smoothly. This year, the weather is also beautiful, and the autumn harvest has been sunny during this time, so the grain has been put into storage. ”

"After the autumn harvest, we also followed the old practice of last year, on the one hand, we organized the tunding to train bows, arrows, guns and spears, and on the other hand, we organized the tun people to continue to build roads, embankments, and canals. In addition, some tribes such as Khitan, Xi, Xia, and Murowei also came to trade, and we did not refuse to come, and they also followed the rules we set up, so the transaction went smoothly. ”

"This year, the civil strife in the Central Plains is even more severe, but our Liaodong is becoming more and more stable, so since the autumn, many people from the Central Plains have come to our side to take refuge and escape the famine, and there are also some big families who have come to avoid the chaos and buy real estate, in addition, many businessmen have also seen the business opportunities on our side, so the caravan goods that have come over have increased."

Luo Cheng was very satisfied with these news, "These are good things, stability is the premise and foundation of prosperity, how are the prices here now?" ”

"With the interference of our moderation to make the yamen, the price is quite stable, now a bucket of rice is about 20 yuan, a bucket of white flour is 35 yuan, a horse of raw silk is about 470 yuan, a horse of fine silk is 1,880 yuan, and a horse of coarse cloth is 440 yuan."

"A pair of cloth shoes is twenty-seven Wen, a pair of thin shoes is one hundred Wen, a hoe is fifty Wen, an iron horizontal knife is two thousand Wen, a sword is two hundred Wen, and an iron knife is seventy-five Wen."

Wei Zheng, as the envoy of the festival, still has a good understanding of this price.

Luo Cheng calculated in his heart and found that this price is indeed very stable, much better than today's Central Plains.

At least 20 yuan a bucket of rice, the current Central Plains is difficult to buy, and Liaodong thanks to the Tuntian military cantonment system, as well as the strategy of grain not to flow out, so that this place can already be self-sufficient, there is no shortage of grain, naturally the price will not be too high, especially the prohibition of grain merchants to hoard grain, and the introduction of restrictions and other strategies, so that the people are not short of grain.

"What is the price of cattle in the border market?"

"A Turkic Dun horse is 9,400 wen, a mare is 4,300 wen, a fine bulf is 4,200 wen, a second bula is 3,200 wen, and a male camel is 15,500 wen."

"The price of the wine sold to the Hu people is good, the price of ordinary medium wine is one hundred and fifteen to three hundred wen a bucket, and the good ones are even more expensive."

"It seems that the family is really stable, and the border market is also very lively, which is very good." Luo Cheng let go of his heart.