Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 277: Rebellion in Luzhou Prefecture, Li Yuanji's Growth

Li Yuanji really didn't expect that Wu Mei was so smart.

Those words were now in public, and he didn't want to let Wu Shileng lose his dignity. After all, he was related to him.

The most important thing is that what came out of his mouth was an acknowledgement of responsibility, and Wu Shiling could no longer sit in this position.

However, it was different when Wu Mei said it. At least there was room for easing the situation, although it also made Wu Shileng feel a little embarrassed. It all depended on what Wu Shileng thought.

Wu Shi Leng was also startled when he heard this, then he came to his senses and spoke solemnly.

"Your Majesty, I know what to do. I will focus on the construction of the city and set up a resettlement area for some people outside the city. I will also improve the construction of the city and the roads between the city and the resettlement villages.

We will continue to focus on land reclamation, and will also increase the city construction and road construction to keep the three moving forward together."

Li Yuanji listened quietly until the end before nodding.

"Just remember this for yourself. Although the most important thing for Luzhou Prefecture and Songzhou Prefecture is to reclaim wasteland and develop more arable land, you must also pay attention to the people. After the city construction is completed, the people's living conditions will become better.

The improvement of resettlement sites outside the city is also a source of motivation for the people. If they don’t even have a place to live, how can they devote all their attention to reclaiming wasteland?

You just need to remember that the recognition of the people comes first. Their demands are not high, but you should try your best to satisfy them. Only in this way will they work wholeheartedly.

Although it is necessary to carry out land reclamation, the necessary development must be allowed and should not be suppressed.

I know that your thinking of developing other aspects will lead to the lag in the progress of land reclamation, but if you think like this, it is doomed to fail.

I won’t say anything else. You should control it yourself, and then sort it out again later and present it to me.

If you have any questions during the time I'm here, please feel free to ask me.

I'll give you one more chance. If you still can't do it well, I'll have to replace you."

Li Yuanji didn't want to say any more. After all, this was the only chance he had. If he could do it, he would keep doing it. If not, he would have to change people.

Although he was short of people, Luzhou Prefecture and Songzhou Prefecture were very important in his eyes, and he would never allow any problems to occur in these two prefectures.

Now, in his fiefdom, besides these two prefectures suitable for growing grain, there are also four prefectures in Xizhou. Those places are also suitable for growing rice, but the best is still here, after all, there are three seasons.

What is more important is cotton, which can now only be grown in this place. The importance of cotton is no less than that of rice.

After taking a look around, Li Yuanji asked Wu Shiling to take him to the outskirts of the city to check out the planting and reclamation of farmland.

Wu Shiling did not dare to delay and first took Li Yuanji to a place of reclaimed land. Li Yuanji looked around and immediately shook his head.

"I just took a look. First of all, the food supply must be improved. The amount you provided is not enough. It takes energy to open up new land. If you can't even get enough food, how can you be efficient?

When we first arrived in Lingnan, we sometimes had to live frugally due to food restrictions, but are we still short of food now?
Supplies have been brought in ship after ship. Just in the five months since you came here, the palace's support for this place has reached one million taels.

Look at yourself. If you are asked to eat only two meals a day and eat so little, do you still have the energy to do these heavy tasks?"

The more Li Yuanji spoke, the angrier he became. He really had not expected that Wu Shileng would do things like this.

Now he had no shortage of food, but what these people ate was barely enough to make ends meet. If they were doing some easy work, it would be fine, but he knew about land reclamation, and he had experienced it himself: they would get hungry quickly.

Nowadays, people are not able to eat enough. Once they are hungry, their physical strength will inevitably decrease. Over time, their efficiency will drop sharply.

At the beginning, he took the lead personally and everyone's morale was very good, but here, more people were lifeless. Although there were stutterers, they were very satisfied with the people who migrated from outside and the natives here, but this was far from enough.

Then Li Yuanji continued to speak out angrily.

“This is just food. As for the land reclamation in these old forests, why didn’t you arrange a large army to guard them?
What should we do if we encounter ferocious beasts during the process of land reclamation?

Do you think you can solve the problem by yourself with the help of these people? Or do you never take it seriously in your heart?

Besides that, I just learned that the places where they live were just built by you at random. So where did the wages you paid them go?

A large amount of materials are transported here every month to support the development here, and people are constantly migrating here, but is this what you do?"

Li Yuanji became angrier and angrier as he spoke. He was already angry enough with what he saw in the city, and now that he was outside the city, he was even more unbearable!
You should know that Wu Shileng has not just arrived, but has been here for more than five months. During this period of time, he has invested more than one million taels of silver. This year, various materials worth 1.3 million taels of silver will be delivered.

However, this person is doing this. If he had not come, he would only know from the documents that everything was developing well in Luzhou Prefecture and Songzhou Prefecture. But now look, it’s not good at all!

"Yang Jianhe! Bring Wu Shiling to me for interrogation. Ask me everything here!"

“Send a message to Liu Rengui, have the army enter the city, take control of all the troops here, and interrogate the people in charge here!
Anyone who dares not to cooperate will be arrested.

If you dare to resist, kill! "

Li Yuanji was not clear about other things, but he was very clear about one thing: such a big thing had happened, and there must be a big problem here.

Just after Li Yuanji gave the order, some of the troops who were originally guarding him pointed their weapons at him.

Yang Jianhe immediately protected Li Yuanji. All the Jinyiwei had drawn their swords, and twenty of them even took out their muskets and began loading ammunition.

Li Yuanji looked at this scene and laughed. He really laughed. Even though his army was just Type B troops, they dared to attack him. He really found it funny.

Then he looked at Wu Shi Leng, and saw Wu Shi Leng with a look of horror on his face.

“Liu Bi, what do you want to do? You are a rebel, how dare you attack the king!”

And the middle-aged man named Liu Bi came out.

"Now that the crime has been committed, I don't want to die with you!

Your Majesty? Luzhou Prefecture is remote, why would Your Majesty come here? This must be fake!
Dare to pretend to be the king, kill! "

As soon as Liu Bi finished speaking, twenty-seven people took action immediately, but the rest of the soldiers directly fought against the twenty-seven people who had taken action.

"Liu Bi, you are courting death! That is the king. If you dare to disrespect the king, you will be killed!"

Then another young man rushed out and immediately rushed towards Liu Bi.

Li Yuanji just watched quietly as these people suddenly started fighting each other. He didn't say anything and didn't make any arrangements.

Yang Jianhe led the Jinyiwei to protect Li Yuanji in the middle, his eyes constantly scanning these people, and the Jinyiwei who were sent to deliver the message rushed out immediately. The Jinyiwei holding the musket had already loaded the ammunition, the fire starter had been lit, and they were ready to shoot at any time.

After a while, Liu Bi was captured by the young man. Of the other twenty-seven people, nine were killed and the rest were captured alive.

The young man came five steps away from Li Yuanji and immediately knelt on one knee.

"I, the Deputy Guard General of Lüzhou Prefecture, Lin Pingliang, come to see the king!
This time, I followed Liu Bi, the thief, to protect the king. We didn't hear any news about it. When Liu Bi started to attack, I didn't react and failed to stop him in time. Please punish me! I and other soldiers are always loyal to the king. Even though I am in Luzhou Prefecture, I have never forgotten the king's kindness. I will always remember it and dare not forget it.

Now there are thieves causing chaos, it is my fault, I am willing to accept the punishment! "

After Lin Pingliang finished speaking, he simply threw away his weapon and left it to Li Yuanji to deal with it.

The rest of the people immediately dropped their weapons and knelt on one knee.

"Your Majesty, we swear to be loyal to you till death and never forget it! Now we are guilty of allowing the thieves to disturb you, please punish us!"

Li Yuanji looked at the burning eyes of these people and knew that there was nothing wrong with them.

He then pushed away the Jinyiwei who were protecting him.

"Get out of the way. I trust my soldiers."

Yang Jianhe was very reluctant, but seeing the determination in Li Yuanji's eyes, he had to let Li Yuanji go. However, he still looked at Lin Pingliang and others with caution with the Jinyiwei.

This time, Yang Jianhe was really scared. There was actually someone who dared to attack Li Yuanji so blatantly. He was really seeking death.

Li Yuanji came in front of Lin Pingliang. He was not afraid at all because Li Yuanji was very confident in his martial arts. Here, these people were still a little too young in front of him.

Although he has not led troops to fight for many years, it does not mean that his martial arts skills are weak. All the generals under him are not as good as him in martial arts.

"Lin Pingliang, you did a good job. Please step aside first."

"The general will obey the order!"

Lin Pingliang immediately stood up and took the rest of the people to the rear to protect Li Yuanji's safety.

Li Yuanji did not look at other people, but came to Wu Mei and Wu Shun.

"You must be scared. If I had known, I wouldn't have brought you out this time. It's okay. I'm here, nothing will happen."

Wu Mei and Wu Shun were indeed frightened at this moment. Although they tried their best to control themselves, their bodies were still shaking slightly.

Wu Mei and Wu Shun threw themselves directly into Li Yuanji's arms.

"My king, we are incompetent and have distracted you. We are fine now."

Li Yuanji continued to comfort the two women. After a while, when the two women had completely calmed down, Li Yuanji stood up.

Li Yuanji did not go to see Liu Bi, but came to the warrior Leng.

"Do you have anything to say to me about this matter?"

Wu Shi Leng fell directly to his knees, and his whole body seemed to have collapsed.

"Your Majesty, I was bewildered and thought that Luzhou Prefecture was remote, so I wanted to embezzle the money and materials, and even dragged Liu Bi into it.

I really didn't expect the king to come today. I have been exposed so early. I have nothing to say."

Li Yuanji just looked at Wu Shiling quietly, then looked away after a moment.

Li Yuanji suddenly realized at this time that it was all his fault, Wu?
What kind of people could Wu family have who were worth using? He had such high expectations before.

What saddened Li Yuanji the most was that there were such people in the army. At this moment, Li Yuanji discovered that his previous thoughts were more or less naive.

Not long after, Liu Rengui hurriedly arrived with two thousand soldiers and took control of all the rest of the people here.

"Your Majesty, the future general has arrived. We have 2,000 soldiers now, and another 3,000 are on their way. The city has been taken control, and all the officials in the city will be captured!"

Liu Rengui was also very frightened this time. When he received the message from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he almost got scared to death. He immediately brought two thousand marines and rushed here at full speed without daring to stop for a moment.

Li Yuanji nodded indifferently and walked out with Wu Mei and Wu Shun.

"Yang Jianhe, tonight I want to know the whole story."

Li Yuanji took Wu Mei and Wu Shun to the dock, and Liu Rengui followed with his army.

Back on the boat, Wu Mei and Wu Shun knelt directly in front of Li Yuanji.

"Your Majesty, I..."

"stand up!"

As soon as the two of them opened their mouths, they were interrupted by Li Yuanji, who helped them up with his own hands.

"What are you two going to do?
In your eyes, am I such a stupid person that I would blame you for this?

Wu Shileng cannot represent the Wu family, let alone you. You are you and he is him.

All right, you guys go down and have a good rest first, don't think too much, the truth will soon come out."

Even Wu Mei, who was usually lively, looked extremely haggard at this moment, and she hated Wu Shi Leng so much in her heart.

After hearing this, the two of them walked away obediently and no longer disturbed Li Yuanji.

Time passed like this, and in less than an hour, Yang Jianhe hurried in.

"Your Majesty, we have investigated thoroughly. It was Liu Bi who coveted the money and materials sent by the palace. Seeing that Wu Shi Leng had just arrived, he tried to lure Wu Shi Leng to join him, and Wu Shi Leng finally agreed.

The two men embezzled a total of 800,000 taels of silver, and the remaining supplies filled twenty warehouses, all of which had been counted.

Liu Bi originally belonged to the Panyu Navy and was a captain at the time. After General Liu Rengui conquered Luzon, Liu Bi stayed there. Liu Bi had a lot of resentment about staying here.

Even after being promoted to the position of guard, he still did not disappear. Later, when he saw that the king was increasing his support for this place, and thought that this place was under control and extremely remote, he began to have evil thoughts.

Liu Bi had thirty-seven trusted men in the army, all of whom were involved in the conspiracy and have now been arrested.

I have checked all the other members of the army and found that none of them were involved.

As for the government officials, apart from Wu Shiling, the prefectural chancellor was also involved, and there were three other minor officials, all of whom have been arrested."

Li Yuanji listened to this with an expressionless face. He took the confession and looked at it quietly.

(End of this chapter)