Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 1016 Catching the Wind

Lu Yihao looked out the window at the green wheat seedlings and golden rapeseed. There was a busy scene everywhere. The gloomy mood gradually became cheerful.

Li Guangdao, staff officer of the Dudu Mansion: "After passing Dengzhou and entering the rule of Wang Xuanfu, I felt that business was booming and it was very different. Xiangyang Mansion was stationed by the imperial court and forced the shops to move. When the farmers were busy in farming, there were still many corvee labors. identical."

Lu Yihao nodded: "Politics should put the people first, what if farmers lose their farming season?"

Outside the car window, farmers are leisurely sowing soybeans, fruits and vegetables, creating a leisurely pastoral scene.

Not many days later, the group arrived in Luoyang. Wang Xiaolie had already brought the civil and military officials from Luoyang City and waited outside Changxia Gate.

Seeing the vehicle arriving, Wang Xiaolie hurried forward to meet Lu Yihao who came off. Said: "See you, Mr. Xianggong. If Mr. Xianggong can come to Luoyang, I will be very happy!"

Lu Yihao took Wang Xiaolie's hand and said: "When I was traveling, I often heard the good news that Wang Xuanfu sent to the court. I really yearned for it. It wasn't until I met him that I realized that Xuanfu was so young. It was really beyond my expectation. Unexpected.”

After that, he introduced his staff from the Governor's Office to Wang Xiaolie.

They are staff officers Li Guang and Zeng Mao, counselors Pan Lianggui and Chen Kangbo, supervisors of Jiyi writing Xu Danian and Li Xun, and more than 40 people who write Jiyi words, do business, prepare missions, and prepare generals.

Wang Xiaolie cleaned up the original Jingxi Road Transfer Office as the headquarters of the Dudu Mansion, so he sent officials to take most of the Dudu Mansion staff to the new official office. Together with Lu Yihao and others, he went to the Xuanfu Division to help Lu Yihao.

After arriving at Xuanfu Division and taking their seats, Wang Xiaolie ordered tea to be served.

Wang Xiaolie said: "We don't drink group tea here, but loose tea. My husband, try it. How do you like this black tea?"

Lu Yihao asked: "Why is it not popular to drink group tea instead of loose tea?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Because we all started from a young age, we are not used to drinking the Tuancha tea that the scholar-bureaucrats drank. The taste of loose tea has come up again, so we drink loose tea."

"Starting from a young age——" Lu Yihao nodded with emotion. "In this time of crisis, it is you, who started from humble beginnings, who can save the country. In the past few years, it was only Wang Xuanfu who conquered the east and west to stop the Jin army's offensive. Other armies only occasionally It’s just a small victory.”

Wang Xiaolie said: "Your Majesty, you can't say that. The generals fought with the Jin army, and each of them won or lost."

Lu Yihao shook his head. Said: "All the generals in the court are just guardians. It depends on Xuanfu to regain his homeland. Since I was young, your words reminded me. I often think about it, if Xuanfu is by the Holy Lord's side, now What is the situation now? Looking at it now, I still think it’s wrong. Except for Yue Fei, who also started from a humble background, most of the generals around the Holy Sage are generals. Those of you who come from a humble background beside the Holy Sage may not be able to join the Holy Sage. ’s discernment.”

Wang Xiaolie's heart moved. This was something he had never thought about.

The generals around Zhao Gou, if you think about it carefully, there are really almost no generals from common people. Even Yue Fei was initially appointed as the envoy of Tongtai Town.

Perhaps in Zhao Gou's mind, only generals with a general background can be called generals. People from ordinary people, no matter how hard they work and have extraordinary abilities, are still unreliable in Zhao Gou's heart. Among the four generals, only Yue Fei was killed, which may have something to do with this.

At the turn of the Song Dynasty, heroes rose up together, and countless people fought their way out of the bloody storm. But they are either forced to become thieves, or even if they are recruited, most of them are idle and have no great achievements. Only in Yue Fei's army were figures such as Niu Gao, Dong Xian, Zhang Xian, etc., who started from humble beginnings and rose through the ranks through military merit. In Zhao Gou's eyes, such a group of people may be fundamentally different from other generals. Lu Yihao took a sip of black tea and said, "This tea is sweet and refreshing, with a long aftertaste. However, drinking loose tea makes drinking tea less interesting, and I still don't like it."

Wang Xiaolie said with a smile: "I am a soldier, and I am also a rough man. I can't feel the fun of drinking tea, so I like to drink loose tea. Maybe this is the difference between me and the governor. We each have our own experiences. Don’t interfere.”

After hearing the words "non-interference", Lu Yihao glanced at Wang Xiaolie meaningfully and remained silent.

Although Lu Yihao's Governor's Mansion is well-staffed, without Wang Xiaolie's cooperation, it would be impossible to do anything in Luoyang. The biggest difference from other war zones is that Wang Xiaolie has control over the military and political affairs, and has the final say in everything. Moreover, this situation has been formed over many years and is basically unbreakable.

It was almost evening, the banquet had been prepared and everyone was seated.

Wang Xiaolie raised his wine glass and said, "Today I am celebrating the new governor Lu Xianggong, so please drink this glass to the full!"

After saying that, he raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.

After three rounds of wine, Wang Xiaolie said to Lu Xihao: "My husband is here at the right time. It is the flowering season of peonies these days. I have already sorted out most of the peony gardens in Luoyang. My husband is happy to enjoy the flowers."

Lu Xihao said: "I've heard that Luoyang's peonies are the best in the world. It's the flowering season, but it's a good fortune. It just so happens that I've just arrived in Luoyang these few days. I should appreciate the peonies first and then do business."

Chen Yuyi said to Zeng Mao: "Brother Zeng is also an old man from Luoyang. How do you feel about revisiting your old place?"

Zeng Mao said: "Coming to Luoyang again, it feels like a lifetime ago. Compared with before, Luoyang now has fewer wealthy families, but the market is more prosperous."

Chen Yuyi said: "It's a pity that the former residence of the Zeng family has long since fallen into ruins, and the land has been taken back by the shop and housekeepers, and there is no trace of it anymore. But now Luoyang is indeed different from before. Most of the former deep residences were rebuilt by shopkeepers. Most of the newly built houses built by Dianzhaiwu are small households, and most of the shops are small shops to facilitate the common people. Most of the new arrivals are common people."

"Very good, very good." Zeng Mao nodded repeatedly and did not dwell on his former residence.

Zeng Mao's father, Zeng Zhun, was originally from Gan County, Qianzhou Prefecture, but moved to Luoyang. From then on, the Zeng family became Luoyang people. Zeng Zhun's four sons and one nephew were all Jinshi, and they belonged to a well-known family of Jinshi at this time. They were the Zeng family members of Wang Xiaolie's family when he was in Xiangyang.

Chen Yuyi is from Luoyang, and he and Zeng Mao have known each other for a long time, and they both feel sad when talking about the old things.

After chatting for a while, Chen Yuyi said: "If you want to get familiar with the urban life in Luoyang, you can go to Tonglifang area in the north of the city. It is where the textile factory is located, with tens of thousands of employees, most of whom come from the countryside and nearby prefectures and counties." Move in. Tens of thousands of people live together, it’s a spectacular sight.”

Lu Yihao said: "If there is such a scene, I have never seen it before. When I was in Xiangyang, most of the factories in the industrial parks built before Xuanfu were occupied by soldiers. The factory owners had no choice but to move away. What a pity!”

(End of this chapter)