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Chapter 942 Everything happens for a reason

When they arrived at the military tent, there were only two people in the tent, Li Ye and Pei Xiu. Pei Xiu knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists, saying, "I apologize to Your Highness for my humble position!"

Li Ye didn't show surprise, his expression was very calm, as if he had half expected it. How could he not expect it? The labor fee of one hundred cents per mu is two million acres of military land. Calculated, it costs at least hundreds of thousands of dollars. Where does this money come from?

"Say it! I heard it."

Pei Xiu said solemnly: "To pay the wages to the farmers, I used the emergency reserve money."

Li Ye nodded. He guessed that this was also the case. Several major governor's offices in Hexi and Shuofang had emergency reserves. This was mainly due to the long distances and road closures in winter. In case of any emergency, it would be a waste to go back and forth for instructions. For a long time, the day lilies were dried.

Although the chief official has the power to approve the use without going through the Jiedu government, the use of emergency reserve funds is stipulated, such as sudden natural disasters, sudden wars, sudden plagues, etc. There are thirteen regulations in total, and there is no one in them. It can be used to pay migrant workers, so Pei Xiu still violated the rules.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is because there are too many military fields and the soldiers are too busy.

Li Ye sighed and said: "I don't understand why you want to expand to 20,000 hectares of military land. The annual grain output is almost 6 million shi, which can already feed half of the population of Helong. There are also a lot of fertile fields in Shuofang and Hehuang."

Pei Xiu said for a long time: "Your Highness, these two thousand hectares of military land are the hard work accumulated by the Hexi Jiedushi envoys of the past dynasties. I just don't want to waste my humble position. In addition, not all the land is used to grow food. Only half of the land is used for growing food, and the rest is. It was mulberry fields and oil fields, but now the mulberry fields have been changed to cotton fields.”

Only then did Li Ye react. He pondered for a moment and said, "So it turns out that Hexi Jiedu Prefecture implements the farming system?"

"Exactly!"

Li Ye looked calm, and Pei Xiu had spoken out his innermost thoughts. Li Ye looked at him for a long time, and suddenly smiled lightly and said: "Do you think it is so easy to change the military land system to the farmland system? This is what I started to implement in Suiye. If we want to change the system, we must have sufficient reasons. It affects the whole Helong game and it is not something I can decide now. But if we really want to change the system, it will be useless no matter how much you oppose it now."

"Why?" Li Ye looked at him in surprise.

Pei Xiu sighed and said: "I am from Hexi. I know how precious the Han people are in Hexi. In such a vast and fertile land, there are only a few Han people, but there are barbarians everywhere. This has always been the biggest regret for us Hexi people. In the end, hundreds of thousands The Han people are pouring into Hexi. We old Hexi people are very excited. Last year, hundreds of thousands of people left at once. We were so anxious that we thought of recruiting Han people to cultivate military fields and increase their income. With land and income, With food and these tangible benefits, the Han people would really stay. Now it seems that spending money to buy jobs is still very effective. Many farmers are reluctant to lose this income, so they decide to stay. , if it is changed to the farming system, it will seriously dampen the enthusiasm of farmers, and it will also affect more farmers from Hebei to come to Hexi."

"Your Highness, this humble position does not support the farming system!" Pei Xiu bravely said what was in his heart.

Li Ye paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. The advantage of the field system is much greater than that of the military field system, which means that more soldiers participate in production and farming. Unlike the military field system, only a small number of professional soldiers farm, but the field system will definitely affect army training. , this is a dilemma, the key is how to grasp this degree. "

Pei Xiu nodded silently, and then added: "But I did use the emergency reserve fund illegally."

Although there was a reason for the incident, Pei Xiu still violated the rules. Violators will definitely be punished. However, if the attitude is good and he does not enrich himself, then the scale of punishment will have room for discussion. Li Ye pondered for a while and said: "Write a report to Let’s go to Jiedu Mansion! If you take the initiative to confess, just pretend that I don’t know about it.”

At this point, Li Ye's eyes became sharp and he stared at Pei Xiu and said: "If your butt is not clean, it's best to deal with it immediately. If you find that a penny has fallen into a private pocket, you will not be able to live with it!" After leaving Guzang County, Li Ye led his team to go west again. This time he visited Hexi and Hehuang. Li Ye took his whole family with him and asked them to go out for a walk and get some fresh air. It was treated as a trip. One trip.

Although the children are relatively young, as long as the various food, accommodation and travel conditions are well prepared, it is actually a relatively comfortable trip.

There are a hundred carriages in total. These carriages are all special copper-shaft and iron-wheel carriages. This kind of carriage is very common in the Qin and Han Dynasties. It can be found in the unearthed cultural relics of later generations. Of course, it is not the wooden-wheel wooden-axle carriage for civilian use. Large vehicles are particularly susceptible to damage.

Therefore, the special feature of the carriage is not the wheels and axles, but the carriage. The carriage is made of two layers of thick wood, and the middle layer is covered with two layers of rawhide. Ordinary strong bows and crossbows cannot penetrate the carriage at all, unless it is a city guard bed. crossbow.

On the one hand, it is safety, and on the other hand, it is warmth, so that the carriage can be as warm as spring even in the cold winter. Moreover, more than a dozen carriages are exactly the same. Even the three thousand cavalry guards cannot tell which carriage King Qi is on. .

But they can focus on three carriages, because these three carriages are quite special and are equipped with crystal-polished glass windows.

One was the carriage of His Royal Highness King Qi, the other was the carriage of three ladies, and the third was several wet nurses with young children.

Of course, the environment inside the carriage is also extremely comfortable. It is like a spacious room, with thick carpets and soft cashmere blankets covering the body. There is even a charcoal stove. The charcoal stove is fixed on the carriage and will not tip over. Close to the car wall, there is a chimney that discharges the soot out of the car.

The charcoal stove is burning brightly, making the carriage extra warm. Sweet and warm milk tea is burning on the stove. I sit in the warm carriage covered with a cashmere blanket, drink the warm milk tea, and look at Qi in the distance through the crystal window. With snow-capped mountains and endless pastures, this kind of trip is certainly a great enjoyment.

Li Ye is a prince with more than 200,000 troops and a fertile territory thousands of miles away. He certainly has the conditions to create such a comfortable travel environment for his family.

In addition to the three ladies in the carriage, there was another guest, Yang Yupei. She ran to Li Ye's house when she had nothing to do and was very familiar with everyone. Of course she did not dare to take Li Ye's idea. This was given by Princess Dugu Xinyue. She made it clear that as the second lady's sister, she was welcome to come and play at any time, and she could also live in the house, but if she dared to have any evil thoughts, then she would never step into the palace again.

Yang Yupei is also self-aware. She does not have the peerless beauty of her sister, and even her appearance and skin are not affected by time. There are obvious crow's feet in the corners of her eyes, which can be difficult to hide with makeup. She also knows that Li Ye looks down on her, so in order to be stable After spending the rest of her life, she completely restrained herself.

In particular, Yang Yupei is very smart. Although she was once the wife of the Guo Kingdom, now she is not arrogant or aloof in front of Qing Yu. On the contrary, she is very good at winning over Qing Yu. The two of them often talk to each other and talk to each other. , it makes people feel that her relationship with Qingyu is better than that of Mrs. Er. This time she can participate in the trip together, which is the result of Qingyu's plea to her husband.

The journey can be boring sometimes, but women naturally have ways to relieve their boredom. If future generations see it, they will definitely be surprised.

(End of this chapter)