Kai Fu Han

Chapter 236 Zhao Liang returns
"Report, the household secretary Li Lian has something to report." The guard outside knocked on the door and shouted.

"Come in." Liu Xinqi replied.

Lu Ren and Li Lian said goodbye and left after seeing the ceremony. Liu Xinqi quickly asked Li Lian to sit down. This was his future Lord Tai Shui and he couldn't afford to offend him.

"What business do you have with me?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"According to statistics from the Husi, there is no idle land in Penglai for the refugees to open up wasteland. I am here to ask for instructions on how to deal with the refugees who come to seek refuge in the future?" Li Lian asked.

"First, gather together to build roads and use work in exchange for relief. I have arranged for the engineering department to widen all official roads in Penglai and surrounding counties to three feet wide. All roads from Penglai County to the towns under its jurisdiction must also be widened to two feet wide. The connecting road from the village to the main road needs to be wide. So now the engineering department can accommodate as many people as possible," Liu Xinqi replied.

"But this is not a long-term solution." Li Lian was confused.

"If the prediction is correct, there will be a war soon. After the war, it is estimated that the jurisdiction of the Xinghan League will expand to the entire Dengzhou. By then, there will naturally be new wasteland to resettle the refugees. For now, let them follow the repairs The road is a temporary solution and will not last long." Liu Xinqi replied.

"That's good. Apart from this matter, as the woman's mother, I shouldn't ask too much, but Yue'er is not too young. I want to know when do you plan to get married?" Li Lian asked again.

Liu Xinqi immediately felt a headache. The average age of marriage for women in Zhao was 13 years old and men were [-] years old. However, the legal age for marriage for women in later generations was [-] years old. The gap was too big. This was not the first time that Liu Xinqi was forced to get married. Liu Xinqi's Lu Congxue has urged me many times now.

"Well... Yue'er is still young. Getting married and having children too early will affect her lifespan, so I plan to wait a little longer." Liu Xinqi explained.

"I don't care why you have been delaying your marriage with Yue'er, but if it continues, your master and I will lose face. Maybe you have a more important career now, and you can't take care of your children's family affairs for the time being, but Yue'er This year is already, even if you think Yueer is still young, you can give me an exact time." Li Lian obviously didn't believe Liu Xinqi's refusal, people in this era are all married and have children at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and they have a short life expectancy There is no market for this statement.

"Don't worry, mistress, I only have Yue'er in my heart, and there will be no other reasons. Yue'er is only seventeen years old now. I will marry Yue'er when she turns eighteen. I swear to God, I will never lie." Liu Xinqi He promised that he would not be limited to being twenty years old anymore, as long as he was an adult.

What Li's mother said was virtual age.

"Okay, now that you say that, I feel more at ease." Li Lian's face relaxed a lot after hearing Liu Xinqi's assurance. Thinking that the wedding was approaching, a smile gradually appeared: "Although there is still more than a year, we should prepare. You can start preparing. I know your father is no longer here, but you can let other elders take charge. I think Luo Cheng is good, and you always call him uncle."

"Don't worry, I already have a candidate." With so many elders surnamed Liu in Liujiabao still there, how could it be Luo Cheng's turn to take charge of this matter? Li Lian's words were a bit womanly. She only saw Luo Cheng. Cheng Cheng's position as Minister of Political Affairs did not see that Liu Xinqi's foundation was Liu Jiabao.

"Report, Captain Zhao Liang has something to report." The guard outside the door knocked again and shouted.

It was really lively today, Liu Xinqi thought to himself: "It's the right time to come.", and then immediately shouted outside: "Come in."

"Since you have official duties, I will go back first. You are the leader of an alliance. Marriage is not only your own business, but also the face of Xinghan Alliance. It is also the basis for the stability of Xinghan Alliance. You must take it seriously. There can be no omissions." Li Lian warned again before leaving. "Don't worry, Master." Liu Xinqi stood up to see her off.

After seeing Zhao Liang off again and greeting him to enter the office and sit down, Liu Xinqi greeted him first:
"You've been away from home for so long. Did you go home first? Or just come over to my place."

"There is no rush to go back. I will report to you first and then go back to rest." Zhao Liang replied.

"I just received the news that you entrusted Di Ting to send back, saying that you returned to Dengzhou by land. With your soldier's physical fitness, the 2000-mile journey will not take forty days?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"I went around Hebei to see the situation in various places." Zhao Liang replied.

"Then please elaborate."

After Zhao Liang left Yangzhou, he went through Huainan East Road to Nanjing Road, first arrived at Kaifeng Prefecture in Nanjing, then detoured to Hebei West Road and Hebei East Road, passing through Daming Prefecture in Beijing, and finally returned to Jingdong East Road, passing through Jinan Prefecture, until he arrived in Dengzhou.

"Zongze passed away in July, and Du Chong replaced him as the Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo. After Du Chong took over, he immediately overturned all Zongze's previous policies and first suspended Zongze's Northern Expedition deployment. When Du Chong took over, Xue Guangbu had already We went to Xiangzhou on Zongze's order, but Wang Shan and Zhang Yong failed to send them due to Du Chong's obstruction. In the end, Xue Guang died in battle and Xiangzhou fell."

Following Zhao Liang's narration, Liu Xinqi gradually understood the current situation of Zhao Guo's anti-golden forces and Hebei's anti-golden armed forces.

After Du Chong took over, he cut off contact and support to all northern civil anti-Jin forces, which greatly helped the Jin army and allowed the Jin army to fully sweep the occupied Hebei area.The only advantage of this is that after July, the Jin army did not cross the Yellow River on a large scale to invade south, giving Zhao a chance to breathe.

But it is still unclear whether it is worthwhile to obtain this opportunity and whether it can be grasped by Zhao Guo.

Moreover, after Du Chong took over, he also forced back the bandits in the Heshuo (north of the Yellow River) area that Zongze had worked hard to conquer and surrender.According to what Zhao Liang heard in Kaifeng and what he saw along the way north, Yu Jin, Yang Jin and other tribes have now rebelled, and Wang Shan, Zhang Yong and other tribes are also panicked.

"The treacherous ministers are harming the country!" Liu Xinqi sighed.

This sigh is not really a pity that these treacherous ministers harmed the State of Zhao, but I feel sorry for the people in the Hebei area occupied by the Jin State. They must be living in hot water. The Jin State is now only in the late stage of slave society, and it is definitely unable to rule normally. The land of Zhao State at the pinnacle of feudal society.

Sure enough, as Zhao Liang continued to tell, Liu Xinqi also understood the current situation of the people in the North, which was indeed what he expected.

"The Puppet Qi is the puppet regime supported by the Jin State. The Jin State handed over Qinfeng Road, Yongxing Military Road, Jingdong East Road and Jingdong East Road to the Puppet Qi. The Jin State itself tried its best to sweep away Hedong Road, Hebei West Road and Hebei East Road. The anti-Jin rebels on the road. These places are really in chaos now." Zhao Liang said.

(End of this chapter)