On the official road leading from Shanggu County to Zhuo County, dozens of Sui cavalry escorted the carriage of Sima Wen Yanbo of Youzhou Army to Yi County slowly.

Groups of men, women and children dug ditches clogged with weeds and silt with Sui soldiers, and the ridges of the fields that had disappeared were re-built by the peasants, although the fields were still covered with snow, but this did not affect the enthusiasm of the peasants.

In the distance, abandoned villages have been renovated, and Sui soldiers can be seen building houses out of trees and stones, many of which have been billowing green smoke, and this land once ravaged by war and bandits has been restored to life.

Wen Yanbo stared at all this silently, and at this time, an old farmer who was collecting dung passed in front of his carriage, and Wen Yanbo hurriedly ordered: "Stop!" ”

The carriage stopped, and Wen Yanbo smiled at the old farmer who was picking up dung: "Uncle, I want to ask you a few words, is it okay?" ”

The old farmer put down the dung bag and arched his hand and said, "This official, please ask!" ”

Wen Yanbo pointed to the snow-covered land, "Do you have your share in these lands?" ”

"Yes!"

The old farmer turned around and pointed to a forest in the distance, and said with a smile: "My family's land is on the edge of that forest, there are seventy-five acres, my son has fifty acres, my wife and I have halved, there are twenty-five acres, and there are thirty acres of mulberry and hemp fields, which were only distributed a few days ago. ”

"Didn't your son join the army?" Wen Yanbo asked again.

"No, but I have to join the militia and train in the spare time, and these days their militia is digging and dredging irrigation canals. Just like them. The old farmer pointed to the more than 100 people who were busy digging ditches not far away.

Wen Yanbo nodded, remembered something again, and asked, "Then what do you live on before tomorrow's summer harvest?" ”

"The government gives grain, my son and daughter-in-law each have one liter of wheat a day, the elderly and children are halved, and our family of six people. One stone and two buckets of wheat a month is enough, the son has a militia subsidy of five hangings a month, and his wife and daughter-in-law participate in making military shoes and uniforms, and they can earn seven or eight hangings a month, and it is enough to buy some oil and salt. I heard that each family would also give a cow. Hehe! It's really exciting! ”

Speaking of ploughing cattle, the old farmer's walnut-patterned face smiled, and his simple words made Wen Yanbo feel full of emotion in his heart. I had heard that Yang Yuanqing's livelihood in Fengzhou was doing very well, and the immigrants had enough food and clothing, but he had always been skeptical. Today, he heard it with his own ears and saw it with his own eyes, and he finally knew that the rumors in Fengzhou were not false.

Wen Yanbo thought of what he saw when he went to Guanzhong a few months ago, a large amount of land was still occupied by the Guanlong nobles, although the Tang Dynasty also divided the land, but it was already very good for each family to get more than ten acres, in comparison, Yang Yuanqing did better. More quickly, really take the restoration of production and people's livelihood as a major event, it has only been ten days, and the land has been properly distributed, which shows the dedication of the government to do things, and those who win the hearts of the people win the world, Wen Yanbo faintly feels that Li Yuan may not win Yang Yuanqing in the end.

Then. A soldier shouted, "Li Taishou is here!" ”

I saw more than a dozen people on horseback galloping in the distance, led by a middle-aged official, and the old farmer hurriedly said: "The official has nothing to do, I will leave first." ”

"Thank you, old man!"

Wen Yanbo smiled and nodded, and the old farmer stepped forward to bow to the middle-aged official. Then he put on his dung bag and left, at this time. The middle-aged official slowly stepped forward and bowed his hand and said, "In Xiashanggu County, Li Huanzhi is too guarded, but he is Wen Sima of Youzhou?" ”

Wen Yanbo stepped out of the carriage and said with a smile: "Under Wen Yanbo, I was ordered by General Manager Luo to send an envoy to the Sui Dynasty to annoy Li Envoy." ”

"Wen Sima doesn't have to be polite, it's just that the head of my family is still in Taiyuan, and if Wen Sima wants to see Manager Yang, he still needs Taiyuan and his party."

"I have a plan for this, and I do plan to go to Taiyuan."

Wen Yanbo ordered his entourage to bring the horse, and he no longer took the carriage, turned over the horse and drove side by side with Li Huanzhi.

Li Hanzhi pointed at the busy farmers on both sides with a horsewhip and said with a smile: "Is Zhuojun just as busy repairing water conservancy in winter?" ”

Wen Yanbo was a little ashamed and said: "The Zhuo County government has some savings, and it doesn't care about farming, and I really haven't seen such work like Shanggu County all the way south." ”

"There is no way, Shanggu County has been in civil strife, agriculture is withering, Wei Daoer is sweeping the ground for soldiers, although we can help for a while, but we can't help for a long time, resuming production is the fundamental solution, not only Shanggu County, Hengshan County is also doing this, although we are under a lot of pressure and very tired, but we can make the people's livelihood recover, see the people live and work in peace and contentment, this sense of achievement is more sweet than wine, and then tired"

Li Huanzhi's words moved Wen Yanbo, he has set up a long-cherished wish of self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world since he was a teenager, but so far, he is more than 30 years old, in addition to self-feeling good self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country and the world has never been touched, although he is Sima in the Youzhou Governor's Mansion, he is busy every day, but what he does has nothing to do with the people, and even he doesn't know what he is doing?

Seeing that he was almost forty years old, and his life was ending so quickly, what had he done? Can his name be left in history? And Li Hanzhi in front of him, although he is only a Taishou, he can realize his ambition and leave a name for eternity.

Wen Yanbo was silent, it was really difficult to describe the thousands of feelings in his heart with pen and ink, the two walked all the way, at this time more than a dozen Sui soldiers drove a herd of cattle along the official road slowly, Wen Yanbo asked again: "When I talked to the old farmer just now, he said that the government wants to give each household a cow, is this true?" ”

Li Huanzhi smiled and nodded, "There is indeed such a thing, this is a text from the Ministry of Households, I don't know the specifics, but I heard that the imperial court purchased a large amount of tea from the south, and prepared to trade with the Turks in exchange for hundreds of thousands of cattle, which should be given to each household's cattle, and in the future, we will capture Zhuo County, and the people of Zhuo County will also enjoy this kind of generous treatment." ”

Li Huanzhi's last sentence made Wen Yanbo speechless, if it was usual, he would be angry and reprimanded, but now he can't say a word, he even has a thought in his heart that he shouldn't have, if he can really give a cow to every household in Zhuo County, this is a good thing.

Wen Yanbo sighed secretly in his heart, Luo Yi can't even cure a Zhuo County, how can he rule the world?

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Taiyuan City, a Turkic envoy accompanied by Liu Chongyun, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, came to Jinyang Palace, the Turkic envoy was about thirty years old, and was the brother of the current Turkic Luo Khan, named Dubi, when the Turks invaded Fengzhou at the beginning of the year, Dubi was the Turkic general of the Battle of Hekou City, but this time he did not come for the war, but sent an envoy to the Northern Sui on the order of Luo Khan to reconcile the hostile relations between the two countries.

He can speak fluent Chinese, and more importantly, his status is noble, and he came as an envoy, which can better reflect the sincerity of Chuluo Khan.

Just two months ago, the envoy of the Northern Sui went north to the Turkic tent, met with Chu Luo Khan, and proposed to him the resumption of trade between the two countries, and it was this incident that made Chu Luo Khan see the hope of reconciliation and sent his brother to discuss the trade between the two countries in detail.

Liu Chongyun came to Jinyang Palace with Dubi, one of the officials of the Five Xiangguo Shangshu Cui Junsu has been waiting in front of the palace gate for a long time, Cui Junsu once served as the deputy envoy of the Great Sui Turks, and sent envoys to the Turks. ”

"It turned out to be Cui Yuanjun!"

Knowing Cui Junsu, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and pressed his chest to give a deep salute, "I haven't seen you for many years, and I can see you again today, it's really infinitely happy!" ”

Liu Chongyun saw that the two of them knew each other, and hurriedly introduced with a smile: "Cui Xiangguo is now the secretary of our Great Sui. ”

"It's me who is rude, and I should be called Choi Sang-kook."

Cui Junsu smiled, "Your Highness doesn't have to be polite, I was entrusted by the King of Chu to greet His Royal Highness the Prince, please come with me!" ”

"Everything has Lao Cui Xiangguo."

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In the Ziwei Pavilion, Yang Yuanqing was discussing the Turkic trade with the other four ministers, as their territory continued to expand, the restoration of people's livelihood became the top priority of the imperial court, according to the summary reports of the counties, the shortage of animal power, especially the shortage of cultivated cattle became a common cry in various places, after consultation with the Xiangguo, Yang Yuanqing decided to buy 500,000 cattle from the Turks and distribute them to the counties.

Although Fengzhou and the Northern Turkic Utu Department had trade exchanges, the Northern Turkic region was far away, the distant water could not quench the thirst, and it was difficult for hundreds of thousands of cattle to pass through the territory of the Southern Turks, so Yang Yuanqing finally decided to buy cattle from the Luo Khan Department of the Southern Turks.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the latest information I have obtained, after more than a year of gathering the tribes, the Hui, Sijie, Tongluo and other Tiele tribes have submitted to him again, he now has more than 200,000 soldiers with armor, and he is still a powerful northern enemy, we cannot underestimate it, but they are also in urgent need of recuperation, and at the same time they are also restrained by the Utu department, so they now have no heart to invade the south, it is estimated that within four or five years, the north will be safe, in order to appease the Turks, ease the military pressure on the border, I decided to make peace with Chuluo Khan and resume trade between the two countries, so that we could not only obtain a large number of horses, cattle and sheep nearby, but also that the Turkic army would not be able to suppress Dingxiang County in the south, which would be conducive to the stability of the border. ”

When Yang Yuanqing said this, he glanced at Pei Ju, and the other ministers all expressed support for Yang Yuanqing's decision, only Pei Ju was suspicious, he knew the Turks very well, and he was very worried that the Turks would become strong again and become their northern rivals again.

"The resumption of trade between the two countries, in principle, I have no objection, I am just worried that if we reduce the military presence on the border, it will make unscrupulous profiteers take advantage of the loopholes, smuggle a large number of pig iron weapons to the Turks, and finance the Turkic army, I mean first formulate the rules, and then talk about trade."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Pei Xiangguo's concern is reasonable, out of prudence, we can temporarily suspend the non-governmental trade, strictly prohibit the trade between the non-governmental merchants and the Turks, and establish an official mutual market in Dingxiang City, this time only using tea and silk to exchange for the cattle we urgently need from the Turks." ”

At this time, a guard reported at the door, "Chief Qiyu, Cui Xiangguo is here with a Turkic envoy." ”