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Chapter 543 Refugees
"Since Kuodan came to Sichuan for more than [-] years, the population of Sichuan and Shu has dropped by tens of millions. It is too withered."

Li Xia just returned to Hanzhong City, and immediately discussed with Han Qi'an about recruiting refugees from Guanzhong.

But Han Qi'an obviously has a lot of things to report, so he said along the topic: "After the restoration of the water conservancy in the mountains and rivers, a large amount of fertile land can be obtained, but if no one is farming, the land rent cannot be collected, let alone the land tax after three years .When the time comes, the money and grain..."

"It's really not as good as Kublai Khan's more than ten years of management in the Northland."

"Ah Lang, there is no need to talk about the money and food in the next few years." Han Qi'an said: "I have finished calculating the treasury..."

This is the difference between the two. Li Xia is in charge of the overall situation, cares about the long-term, and wants to expand the population as soon as possible; Han Qi'an has to take care of a corner, to ensure that the treasury can support all of Li Xia's plans.

At this time, Li Xia didn't even need to listen to what was said later, and knew that he was out of money again.

But he still asked tentatively.

"Running out?"

"It's gone."

Han Qi'an said again: "Ah Lang's extravagant spending during this period of time is all due to Wang Dechen, Li Dehui, Lian Xixian, Shang Ting and others. I have to say that these people under Kublai Khan are really talented. The state has plenty of food and grass. But now the money and food have..."

"I know Li Dehui." Li Xia said, "I heard about him in Kaifeng before."

Li Dehui used to be the minister of financial management in Shaanxi. When Wang Dechen stationed troops in Lizhou, he dispatched food and grass.

In recent years, Lizhou and Hanzhong have abundant food and grass, and this person has made great contributions.

Alan Da'er captured Li Dehui when he went south for the hook-up exam, and at the same time, he still had a lot of talents.

If not, Li Xia might not be able to regain Hanzhong so easily.

"Li Dehui reclaimed thousands of hectares of land in Guanzhong, bought grain from Shaanxi people with banknotes and salt coupons, and sent it to Lizhou, and then transported salt and other materials from Lizhou to Hanzhong and Guanzhong, so that Hanzhong's business trips continued and regained a little vitality. "

"Speaking of the trade route." Li Xia asked, "On the contrary, after I took Hanzhong, I cut off the trade route with Guanzhong. If the business fails, Mr. Yining has a good plan?"

Han Qi'an smiled wryly, and said: "You can't do business with Mongolia, so you can only do business with Jiangnan."

"But the merchants from the south haven't come yet."

"This is what I want to tell Alang, there is no money in the account..."

Li Xia asked, "If you have money and food, what should you do?"

"Purchase a large amount of supplies from Jiangnan, and when the merchants see that it is profitable, they will come."

"Is the first list important?"

"The same can be said."

Li Xia thought for a while, and said: "In this case, I will write a letter to Lu Wende and ask him to send a business trip. Please use Mr. Ning to make a list, such as cloth, books, and white silicon and other raw materials that are urgently needed in Hanzhong .”

"Ah Lang, where does the money come from?"

"On credit."

"Will Lu Wende agree?"

Li Xia said: "Mr. Yining doesn't know that Lu Wende and I are like brothers."

Han Qi'an took note of this and continued: "Although Lizhou and Hanzhong had food in stock, Meng Ge had already used up half of it when he went south. After Alang regained Hanzhong, he began to give rewards without counting..."

"It can't be said to be a 'large' reward." Li Xia waved his hand and said seriously: "The soldiers deserve it."

Han Qi'an said: "But Ah Lang really didn't count carefully at that time."

"Distribute the rewards that the soldiers deserve first. Isn't it much easier for Mr. Yi Ning to count?"

Han Qi'an didn't know whether to laugh or cry, picked up the abacus and made a call.

"I can only deduce it backwards, and roughly calculate the treasury of the Hanzhong government at that time..."

"Anyway, it's gone now?"

"good."

"Lizhou West Road, Tongchuanfu Road..."

"Ah Lang really forgot? We supported Chengdu Fulu with 100 million shi of grain and Jiading Mansion with 50 shi. People in Sichuan and Shu have to be relocated from mountain cities, water conservancy projects have to be built, barren fields have to be reclaimed, and houses have to be... "

The abacus crackled.

Li Xia thought for a while, and finally said: "The imperial court still owes us money, and the military reward has not yet come down."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult." Han Qi'an shook his head and said, "Pu Shuai regained the Jianmen Fortress, and the military reward promised by the imperial court has not yet come down."

"I heard that after the Battle of Ezhou, the imperial court gave Lu Wende millions of dollars, up to 50 dollars. Why didn't I?"

"It's a great honor for Ah Lang to be the commander-in-chief of Shu at this age." Han Chengxu shook his head and said, "If you have a million dollars, it's not much."

This amount of money is still a large amount for the personal family, but Li Xia is obviously not for the family's personal gain.

After years of war, the imperial court has long been unable to make ends meet, relying on the imperial court's supply, there must be someone who can speak in the center.

But Li Xia's current situation...he not only offended Jia Sidao, but also offended Ding Daquan because he refused to recommend Ding Dang.

In addition, Li Xia is keeping Wu Qian's letter inviting Li Yong to Lin'an in his drawer. It has been a while...

Li Xia tapped lightly on the table with his fingers, but Li Xia remained silent for a long time.

When you become a family, you need daily necessities, rice, oil and salt, which is naturally troublesome.

"Ah Lang, why don't you ask Mr. Xiling?" Han Qi'an said, "Mr. Xiling is better than me at dealing with court affairs."

"I'll think about it."

Li Xia nodded. As Shushuai, he must have the ability to ask the court for money and food.

Han Qi'an said again: "I have to remind Alang, I'm afraid that the future plan must be worked out slowly, otherwise once the money and food are exhausted, haste makes waste. Please Alang and I sort out the accounts for these three months as a plan. planning……"

"Ok."

After discussing until late at night, Gao Mingyue and Han Qiaoer came over holding hands, and no matter how much business they had to do, they would have to wait until the next day.

"Brother Li, but as you said, sleep is very important."

"Okay, Mr. Yining, let's go back to the room and rest...Qiaoer, you really remember everything."

Looking at this scene, Han Qi'an remembered that there was still something he hadn't told Li Xia.

But Hanzhong is full of waste, and it is a busy time, so I have to wait a little longer...

~~
It was not until two days later that Li Xia was able to plan to absorb the refugees from Guanzhong.

Yang Guo also arrived from Zhaotong.

"Ah Lang has been waiting for a long time, because all the things in Zhaotong City need to be delivered, it has been delayed for a long time..."

Yang Guo talked about Zhaotong's situation, and sighed, "I haven't seen you for a year, but Ah Lang has really achieved this level."

He is not loyal to Mongolia.

He made friends with people like Yuan Haowen who were not officials in Mongolia, and wrote a lot of mourning poems.

But Yang Guo didn't like Song Ting either.

Therefore, he didn't have much feeling about the Song army's killing of Meng Ge and repelling the Mongolian army. What he cared about was Li Xia's power.

The four characters "to such an extent" mentioned at this time refer to Li Xia's victory in Hanzhong, not how much credit he has made.

Li Xia understood Yang Guo, so he said, "Duke Yang misunderstood the 'six hundred miles of mountains and rivers' at that time. Now that there are rivers and mountains in the distance of [-] miles, Duke Yang can trust me?"

Yang Guo stroked his beard and smiled, and said, "Three thousand and six hundred miles of rivers and mountains, it's a pity the population is too small."

"I intend to ask Princess Yang to take care of this matter."

Li Xia then talked about the exempt policy in Hanzhong and the war in Guanzhong...

Yang Guo is different from Han Qi'an in that he is much more literary.

In other words, idealism, romantic feelings more...

He didn't think about how much food this matter would cost, whether it would arouse Song Ting's suspicion, and he was already excited after hearing this.

"May I ask how determined Ah Lang is?"

"No matter how many people can be moved, my determination is big enough to accommodate them."

"The rent for one stone field is too high." Yang Guo stood up, took two steps forward, and asked, "Is it possible to pay five field rents for one mu of land?"

Li Xia could already see Han Qi'an shaking his head, so he said, "This matter cannot be changed overnight. But I guarantee that no matter whether they are from Guanzhong or Shanxi, they will be treated equally with the people of Hanzhong."

Yang Guo asked again: "Aren't you afraid that there will be Mongolian military secret agents mixed in?"

"Don't be afraid." Li Xia said: "Of course, we should also have many precautionary measures, such as a strict household registration system and the collection of weapons."

"What if the Song Dynasty negotiated peace with Mongolia, and then started the discussion of 'southerners return to the south, and northerners return to the north'?"

This is a rather serious problem.

Song Ting must want to negotiate peace with Mongolia, it just depends on whether Mongolia wants to or not.

Once Li Xia can defend Hanzhong, Mongolia may negotiate with Song Ting.

Then, those who prevent peace negotiations, including the condition of "Northerns return to the North", must become sacrifices.

Yue Fei and Han Yuzhou are the lessons learned from the past.

Therefore, Yang Guo asked Li Xia how determined he was.

"I promise that the northerners who have waved a hoe under my rule will never be sent back..."

~~
Weinan.

"Whoosh."

A sharp arrow shot down a fleeing farmer to the ground.

Some Mongolian cavalry laughed loudly, stepped over the corpses on the ground, and rushed into the farmer's house...

Soon, the entire Haojiagou has been slaughtered and turned into a ghost village.

This is the vanguard sent by Mengge Khan's second son, Asotai, who is eyeing Chang'an City.

Ever since he was severely punished by Meng Ge for hunting people in Guanzhong for fun, Asuotai has hated Kublai Khan who practiced the Han law and indulged the Han princes.

He could see that Kublai Khan had separated himself from the Great Mongol Kingdom.

Therefore, after learning that Meng Ge died in the Song Dynasty, Asuotai rushed to the Southern Expedition Army without hesitation, and persuaded many Mongolian generals to support Ali Buge.

They want to turn Guanzhong into ruins and severely set back Kublai Khan's strength.

This is the turmoil of the battle for the throne of the Mongolian Khan, and the living people in the world are just ants under this situation.

……

And more than ten miles south of Haojiagou, there are still a few small ants fleeing desperately.

"Father... where are we going?"

"Chang'an...have to escape into Chang'an..."

In fact, the man who spoke couldn’t tell which side was Chang’an. It was the first time in his life that he left his hometown, and he could only keep walking in the direction where the Mongolian army was the least.

(End of this chapter)