Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 497 Borrowing troops and visiting Wuling County in person
In other words, someone targeted his deployment in Lingnan while he was away from Chang'an City.

Lingnan is his own fiefdom. If he wants to develop Lingnan, he must first build roads and transport supplies and troops to Lingnan.

But someone stopped him, that is, someone had objections to his title of king, did not want to control Lingnan by himself, and wanted to make a fool of himself.

"It's childish!"

Fang Yuan could not help but sneer.

After thinking about it, Fang Yuan decided to go there in person.

Mainly because Li Jing wanted to be crowned king, which made Fang Yuan feel too hasty.

If Li Jing forced it, it would definitely affect him.

In this case, it is better to leave first and go to Wuling County and Lingnan.

Naturally, since Fang Yuan said he supports Li Jing, he will provide weapons as long as he can fight.

After confirming the plan, Fang Yuan returned to his home and borrowed three hundred soldiers and horses from the imperial court in the name of King Zhou of the Tang Dynasty.

As the King of Zhou, Fang Yuan himself could recruit eight hundred soldiers and horses, but that would only happen after taking office in Lingnan.

Now Fang Yuan also has hundreds of security teams at his disposal, but Fang Yuan feels that he must make Li Shimin feel safe.

Using his soldiers means doing things under his nose. He has no reason to refuse and knows exactly what he is doing.

Today, Minister, Fang Yuan will get a reply tomorrow, agreeing to Fang Yuan's loan of three hundred soldiers.

"Husband, are you avoiding General Li Jing?"

Du Miaoyan prepared to salute Fang Yuan.

Having just come back and about to leave again, Du Miaoyan was a little reluctant to leave.

But Su Ziqing and the others were even more reluctant to leave because they couldn't follow.

"Yes and no."

"I just think that if Li Jing wants to make the king a big deal, we will definitely be involved."

"In this case, we will not stay in Chang'an City. If Li Jing can really go out with a large army, we will also borrow weapons and still support him."

Fang Yuan said softly.

The support Li Jing wants is weapons.

As long as you provide weapons yourself, that's support.

Whether the rest can be done or not has nothing to do with me, and I don't want to have anything to do with it.

"This is good. We won't break promises to others."

Du Miaoyan nodded in relief.

She had promised others things, and she didn't want to break their promises.

"Yes, are you ready? Let's go."

Fang Yuan got up and said.

This time, I would like to take Du Miaoyan with me.

Du Miaoyan demanded strongly, saying that she wanted to protect Fang Yuan.

This time neither Xue Rengui nor Xue Bowu went, they were waiting for the opportunity.

If Li Jing wants to go on an expedition, then the two of them hope to follow him.

Make achievements, accumulate more military merits, and get more rewards.

So this time Fang Yuan didn't bring the two of them, so he went with Du Miaoyan.

"Okay, let's go."

Du Miaoyan handed the luggage to the maid and put it on the carriage.

He hugged his son who could already walk, said a few words to Su Ziqing, then got on his horse and left.

"I'm envious that I can accompany my husband everywhere."

Su Ziqing looked at Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan's carriage with an envious expression.

Gao Xiangyu also showed a satisfied smile, but she was more concerned about her belly.

In the past few days, she and Du Miaoyan went to Sun Simiao and asked for some prescriptions to improve pregnancy.

Whether you can get pregnant or not will be known in ten days and a half.

Da da da.
Three hundred soldiers followed Fang Yuan and quickly left Chang'an City.

"Dad, Fang Yuan has left Chang'an City, probably going to Lingnan."

Lawyer Gao found Gao Shilian in a panic and said.

"That's right, why are you panicking?"

Gao Shilian rolled his eyes at his son and said dissatisfied.

"But, our arrangement may be discovered by him."

Lawyer Gao is afraid.

Because those counties that did not agree to build roads were ordered by the Gao family.

Gao Shilian has disciples all over the world, and they will respond to whatever he arranges.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, his words now carry more weight, and the people below are eager to fawn over him.

"If you find it, you will find it. If you stop building roads based on emotion and reason, what can Fang Yuan say?"

Gao Shilian snorted coldly.

Yes, it was Gao Shilian who stopped Fang Yuan from building the road.

While Fang Yuan was away from Chang'an City, he asked his subordinates not to build a road from Wuling County to Lingnan.

Naturally, the counties came here secretly at first and found people to secretly sabotage it without Zhang Ji knowing about it.

Later, Zhang Ji found out and talked with many parties. The counties agreed openly, but sabotaged it privately.

In the end, Zhang Ji felt that he really couldn't handle it, so he wrote to Fang Yuan and asked for Fang Yuan's solution.

"Okay, my son is going down."

Lawyer Gao breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to leave.

"Listen carefully, don't provoke Fang Yuan when he is here, you are no match for him."

Gao Shilian exhorted.

This son is much older than Fang Yuan, but compared to Fang Yuan, he is really far behind.

But after thinking about it, I was Fang Yuan's grandfather, and I didn't try to get Fang Yuan down either. It was too far behind in comparison.

After thinking about it, Gao Shilian was filled with sadness.

the other side.

Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan were sitting on the carriage.

The carriage was very fast and did not tremble, which surprised both Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan.

"Are all the official roads leading to Wuling County built with cement roads?"

Fang Yuan unexpectedly asked Lai Yingzhe who was driving.

This time Fang Yuan mobilized [-] soldiers from the imperial court and also brought more than ten guards.

Only your own guards can truly feel at ease and let Fang Yuan arrange things for them with trust.

"Don't master know?"

"It was built a year ago, and the bank paid for it."

Lai Yingzhe replied.

A year ago, Luxia took control of the bank.

She thought that Wuling County was Fang Yuan's hometown.

So it was proposed to build a cement road to Wuling County.

Among them, the bank provided a small part of the money, and other aristocratic families provided the majority of the money.

Nowadays, there are roads being built everywhere, and the family invests in them, so the family will collect part of the tolls.

The number of years to collect is decided by the family and the court.

Generally speaking, with Chang'an City as the center, there are eight major roads in all directions.

Each main road has many branches, leading to various places in the Tang Dynasty, all of which are important places.

Maybe the two roads in Wuling County and Liaozhou are not that important.

"Lu Xia is interested."

Fang Yuan laughed.

He didn't feel that Luxia did this for himself.

Lu Xia has followed him for many years, and she almost never goes home except during the Chinese New Year.

At that time, it seemed that she was also getting along with Qin Huaiyu, and her family was taken to Chang'an City for resettlement.

It was indeed intentional to still build a cement road, and it just so happened that I could use it at this time.

"I heard that she and Qin Huaiyu treated each other as guests and lived a very happy life."

Du Miaoyan said.

Although Lu Xia married into the Qin family, she would go back to Fang Mansion to spend time with Du Miaoyan from time to time.

Among them, Luxia is still working in Fang Yuan's hands, and still serving the Bafang Group.

In fact, Qin Huaiyu also owns shares in Bafang Group, so Qin Qiong and others have no objection to Green Summer's work.

I heard that I'm planning to have a baby, but I don't know when.

"It's good that she can be happy."

"Miaoyan, if Lu Xia is wronged in the Qin family, remember to support him."

Fang Yuan laughed.

Du Miaoyan was told to take care of Lu Xia.

Du Miaoyan nodded solemnly to show that she understood.

Lu Xia helped Fang Yuan a lot and deserved the Fang family's support.

Fang Mansion is Lu Xia's natal family. If the Qin family has any objections, they must look at Fang Mansion.

Now that Fang Yuan is the King of Zhou, Lu Xia's status has naturally improved.

Two days passed in a flash.

Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan finally arrived at Wuling County and stopped under the huge stone monument.

Wuling County welcomes you!

"Husband, I was shocked by this stone monument and this routine." "I was wondering who could make such a hypocritical project to attract customers."

Du Miaoyan smiled.

After thinking about it, several years have passed.

Had it not been for her father's insistence, she and Fang Yuan would not be together today.

Looking back now, I feel that thanks to my father's persistence, I have the happy life I have now.

The only dissatisfaction is that there are more and more women around Fang Yuan.

"This is not my home, but this is where I come from."

"Now that I'm back again, I feel like I'm afraid of being near the countryside."

Fang Yuan sighed and said.

He and Du Miaoyan got on the carriage again.

But the carriage didn't stay long before it stopped again.

"Sir, there are many people blocking the way in front of us. They look like local officials."

Lai Yingzhe reported outside.

And has sent people to see who is coming.

"Is he a mentor?"

"Is he a mentor?"

"Is he a mentor?"

At the same time, Zhang Ji's voice sounded.

The voice grew louder and louder, with a rush and a choked sound.

Fang Yuan opened the curtain and saw a man in official uniform running from a distance.

As the other party got closer and closer, Fang Yuan saw clearly what the other party looked like, it was Zhang Ji.

"It's Zhang Ji."

Fang Yuan got out of the car and walked towards Zhang Ji.

Du Miaoyan smiled slightly and also got out of the car.

Not long after, Zhang Ji also saw clearly that it was Fang Yuan, and his speed became even faster.

"My mentor is here, I would like to pay my respects to him!"

Zhang Ji knelt down with a thud before he came to Fang Yuan.

He choked and kowtowed heavily, his eyes already moist.

This is his mentor, who gives him the opportunity to become an official and takes care of himself like his parents.

"Get up quickly, get up quickly."

Fang Yuan was startled and quickly took three steps in front of Zhang Ji and helped him up.

"Thank you teacher!"

Zhang Ji stood up.

Looking at Fang Yuan with red eyes.

That look was like looking at his own father.

"You are already a county magistrate, and you are still like this. How can you govern the people below?"

Fang Yuan patted Zhang Ji's shoulder and sighed.

This may be the relationship between master and disciple, which really makes me deeply moved.

Zhang Ji is a bit older than him, but he really respects his teacher and is not picky.

"Yes!" Zhang Jizhong responded and quickly wiped his tears.

At this moment, Du Miaoyan came forward, and Zhang Ji immediately paid homage to his wife and bowed heavily.

"If you are serious, let you come all the way to pick us up."

Du Miaoyan nodded and said.

She was the one who urged people to hurry up and tell Zhang Ji that Fang Yuan was here.

The original intention was for him to sort out the information about certain counties that were not cooperative, so that he could handle it as soon as Fang Yuan arrived.

"It should be, it should be."

Zhang Ji shook his head repeatedly.

At this time, other officials and gentry from Wuling County arrived one after another.

"Meet His Highness King Zhou!"

Their salutes were more solemn.

Fang Yuan was frightened and respected to the extreme.

First, Fang Yuan once managed Wuling County and defeated them.

Secondly, Fang Yuan was now a prince, the only king with a different surname, and he was very scared.

"No need to be polite, no need to be polite!"

Fang Yuanxu helped them.

Next, there is some official flattery.

Fang Yuan didn't like this, but he couldn't stop this trend.

He could only let Du Miaoyan get on the carriage and walk back slowly with them.

Wuling County is still the same, without much change, because Fang Yuan's previous governance was already very good.

Almost all those who are transferred to Wuling County now are enjoying Fang Yuan's previous dividends, and those who want special reforms are almost fools.

Therefore, the situation in Wuling County is almost the same as before Fang Yuan left.

After entering Wuling County, Fang Yuan refused their banquet and returned to his home in Wuling County due to the fatigue of traveling and traveling.

"Teacher, upon learning that you are back, I have already asked someone to clean it for you."

"These are the subordinates I have assigned to you and my wife. Let them take care of you while you are in Wuling County."

Zhang Ji followed Fang Yuan back to Fang Mansion.

While Fang Yuan was away from Wuling County, no one lived in Fang Mansion.

After Zhang Ji knew that Fang Yuan was coming back, he immediately arranged for people to come over and clean the house on a large scale.

At the same time, some smart people were invited to come over and serve as agents for Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan.

"If you're interested, let's stay for a meal."

Fang Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

I think Zhang Ji did a good job.

Not only as an official but also as a human being, you must be smarter so that you can go a long way.

"Thank you teacher!"

Zhang Jida was overjoyed.

This is exactly what he wants.

But he didn't know if Fang Yuan was tired or not, so he didn't dare to ask.

In the evening, Fang Yuan had dinner with Du Miaoyan and Zhang Ji.

At the dinner table, Zhang Ji talked about the current situation in Wuling County, the situation of road construction, the situation that prevents road construction, and the situation in Lingnan.

He explained these things very clearly and also provided solutions to Fang Yuan. The ideas were very clear and the solutions were very good.

"Teacher, I want to be transferred to Lingnan to be the county magistrate!"

Finally, Zhang Ji requested.

After working steadily as a county magistrate in Wuling County for a few years, you can be promoted.

But Zhang Ji didn't want this, he wanted to manage the place for Fang Yuan and change Lingnan.

"I'm interested, but I don't need it yet."

"I have other ideas about Lingnan. If necessary, I will ask the court to transfer you there."

Fang Yuan shook his head and said.

He understood what Zhang Ji was thinking, but he didn't need it yet.

Fang Yuan already had preliminary ideas for Lingnan's development plan, but it wasn't time to adjust Zhang Jilai yet.

Lingnan now has many mountains and rivers, and its humanities and education are backward. Overall, it is a very backward place.

Even if Zhang Jilai is adjusted, it will not have much effect. It will only make Zhang Jiqucai there.

"Well, if you need anything, master, please feel free to tell your disciple."

Zhang Ji said solemnly without forcing anything.

"I know."

"Go back and rest early, and follow me tomorrow to solve the problems that hinder road construction."

Fang Yuan laughed.

He toasted Zhang Ji with a glass of wine and sent him away.

Zhang Ji didn't dare to stay, so he obeyed Fang Yuan's words and left.

"Husband, you, a student, listen to you too much."

Du Miaoyan smiled.

"Yeah, luckily it's not a wooden fish head."

Fang Yuan sighed and said.

Fortunately, he has emotional intelligence, otherwise Fang Yuan would not dare to get close to such a student.

"Hehehe, I'm going to take a shower. I'm tired today. Go to bed early."

Du Miaoyan smiled.

Let the servants clear away the dishes and prepare to take a bath.

"Wait for me."

Fang Yuan also put down his bowls and chopsticks and caught up with Du Miaoyan.

Du Miaoyan's face turned red, but she didn't stop him.

(End of this chapter)