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Chapter 230 Four Years
Since Su Nancheng had this thought, he wouldn't ask Patriarch Wei to run away for nothing.

Make the way first, he has his own arrangements.

Let alone other things, sugar is a good thing.

Nowadays, sugar is also a scarce item in Dayuan. It can be used by rich families, but not everyone can use it.

Naturally, there is no shortage in the Hou's Mansion. Although Su Nancheng's treatment was mediocre when he was a child, the snacks he ate were also sweet.

Be it honey or sugar, he can eat them all.

But folks seldom eat it.

Probably because this thing is not a rare item among nobles and royals, so no one thought of doing business with it.

It is also the fact that sugar cane sugar making technology is not well developed nowadays, so basically no one does this business.

But consumables, it's a good thing.

In fact, wine can also be made. Today's wine is undistilled fermented wine, which is not pure.

But now that the whole country is short of food, Su Nancheng doesn't plan to make wine for the time being.More on that later.

Cheng Ming is now in the south of the Yangtze River and has already set up the manor, so he simply wrote a letter asking him to make sugar according to the method.

Surely we can't make snow-white icing sugar for future generations, but it doesn't matter, just sweet.

Su Nancheng took care of arranging a caravan without any effort.

After agreeing on the date of departure, Patriarch Wei returned to Wanzhou contentedly, just waiting for the goods to be packed and set off.

As for the following guards, Su Nancheng sent someone to send a message to the people in Xinyang to follow some of them.

Negotiations between the DPRK and China and Jinzhou have also officially started.

Jinzhou was afraid that the army would be swept away, and the imperial court was afraid that Jinzhou would send troops.

Everyone has their own scruples, and the harvest has not been good in the past few years, Jinzhou is also short of food, and there is no stamina for fighting.

So the negotiations were fairly peaceful and smooth.

Yun Zhishen agreed to send his eldest son to study at the Taixue in the capital.At the same time, the imperial court sent officials to Jinzhou to take over the daily government affairs.The imperial court issued an official document, canonizing Yun Zhishen as the Northwest King.

The Northwest King has the right to make decisions about general affairs, but he must discuss with local officials and report to the court for approval.

Furthermore, the Northwest King is no longer allowed to recruit soldiers and horses. If there is any violation, it will be punished as treason.

Jinzhou does not have to pay taxes to the court, but the court will not give food and grass to the Northwest King to support the army.

Looking at it now, the court must have taken more than one step back.This is equivalent to acquiescing to the existence of the Jinzhou Army.Jinzhou does not have to pay taxes, and the Northwest King can still control everything in the area.

It is said that it is called the imperial court's approval, but the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and there are many things that the imperial court can't control.

The local officials sent life and death to Northwest King Yi Nian, how many people dare to confront the Northwest King?
However, in the long run, it is actually beneficial.

The Northwest King is not allowed to conscript, so his 7 people will grow old one day.In another ten or twenty years, he won't have the strength to fight anymore.

At that time, Jinzhou was weak, and the imperial court could easily take it back.

What a pity, what a pity.That's what happens when a country is going strong.

Now, the truth is the truth, but who will tell you the truth?Jinzhou is nothing more than wanting to slow down. How can it take ten or twenty years?It only takes two good years, and they can continue to raise troops.

Like Jinzhou, the imperial court just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief.

At the end of July, Yun Zhishen's eldest son was sent to the capital, and at the same time the soldiers and horses of Ganyang Mansion were dispersed, and some of them returned to their original places.Some went north and stationed at Xiongshan Pass and Jinshan Pass.

General Xiang still has to go south, but he can't take all his soldiers and horses with him.

Some of the soldiers who left were not from the south.General Zuo, the guard of Xiongshan Pass, has died in battle, and Fei Jiu, who was recommended to the general, is taking his place.

Many people in the court opposed it, and it was not an exaggeration for them to say that they had animosity against Fei Jiu.

But someone protected him, and the Su family didn't know about protecting him, but also secretly contributed.What's more, Fei Jiu has enough qualifications.

Counting the achievements in these years, there are also many achievements, such as suppressing bandits or peacock religion, and suppressing mobs in the south.

Another general who fought in Tingzhou more than 20 years ago, his qualifications are very good at bluffing people.

Those who opposed him in the court were mainly because he brought back the first emperor with military advice, which caused heavy losses and even deaths in many ministers' families.

They wanted to tell the truth, but they dared not.

In fact, it can be said that Fei Jiu was the person who directly caused the death of the late emperor.But this is not easy to say.

Firstly, if the first emperor had gone to the south, the capital would be gone.Now more than half of the Great Yuan is gone.

Furthermore, the first emperor is dead, but now he is enthroned, what do you mean by saying so much?Don't like the current emperor?

Do you dare to say that you are an official in the court?

The Su family pinched this point, and the snake hit seven inches.

Cheng Kanghou also has quite a few followers. In the past few months, there have been many new faces in the court.The positions of the dead courtiers need to be replaced, right?

Not only did they not hate Fei Jiu, but they also had to be grateful to him.If it weren't for him, how could he be himself today?

So the emperor naturally agreed, mainly because there are not many good generals nowadays.

As for Jinshan Pass, the old General Nie passed away, but the younger General Nie made outstanding achievements in this battle.

So it was logical to take over the mantle of his old father.Gather up the remnants and re-garrison Jinshan Pass.

Of course, it's not that simple. Most of the soldiers in Jinshan Pass are transferred here.There are also generals who follow.

A fight is inevitable.

As for General Xu, he was transferred back from Ganyang Mansion.It doesn't matter whether he has developed any ambitions in the past few years.

Anyway, if he didn't rebel after receiving the imperial decree, then it's nothing.

As a result, taxes from Liaocheng and other places in Ganyang Prefecture returned to the court.

It seems that everything is fine, but unfortunately there are so many hidden worries inside.

The Beiyi people temporarily retreated, and they made a lot of money.

Jinzhou is temporarily stable, and people's minds are active.

This year, the severe drought in the north continued, and there has been no rain so far.The crops were all dried up, and the imperial court had tried their best to provide disaster relief, but unfortunately many people still died.

It's just because the north has been dispatching troops and generals this year, and because the Beiyi people have killed a lot of people in many places, it's not possible to make a fuss.

However, the weather in the south is good this year, and the embankments did not burst due to floods.

After several months of reorganization, Su Nancheng has already controlled the entire city defense battalion.

Although he is young, he is ruthless. Miao Cong has never been able to match Wang Taolue, and he has not taken advantage of Su Nancheng.

Can only dormant.

The following people are either dead or disabled, and the newly promoted people are all people that Su Nancheng can trust and use.

Naturally obey him.

Except for some children from big families, most of the soldiers in the city defense battalion lived a tight life.No chance of promotion.Most of them have been soldiers all their lives, and they will never make it to the top.

Now that Su Nancheng gave them a chance, who wouldn't be tempted?
It has been four years since Yuanlong entered the officialdom at the age of 14. This year is 32 years old.It took four years from being a useless official of the ninth rank to finally gaining power and controlling the commander of the third rank of the city defense battalion today.

Four years, how many people can't make an inch of progress in an official position for 40 years.

(End of this chapter)