Horse on the World

Chapter 858
Shiwei Port, after years of continuous operation in Dingzhou, Shiwei Port is no longer what it used to be. The huge port can even berth thousands of ships, and merchant ships from all over the Central Plains are also shuttled endlessly. It is extremely busy to transport the living supplies that are in short supply in Shiwei, and to transport all kinds of specialties here.

Shiwei people are no longer the fierce and unruly people of the past. Shiwei is now the most important cotton producing area and medicinal planting area in Dingzhou. With these two things, the local people in Shiwei have gradually become rich over the years. With money in your pocket, you naturally want to settle down.Li Qing has two policies for Shi Wei, one is to make Shi Wei people rich, not just a few people, but all Shi Wei people. Some Shiwei people in the room slowly went down the mountain.Second, Li Qing forcibly abolished slavery in Shiwei. All original slave owners had to unconditionally let the original slaves be free and make them free citizens.After these slaves are freed, they can enjoy all the rights that all the people under the jurisdiction of Dingzhou should have, including allotment of land and so on.
As the owners of Shiwei began to get rich, the economic advantages of the original slave owners have gradually weakened, and their hidden control over Shiwei was gradually weakened by Dingzhou. After several years of hard work, today, Shiwei Wei has been fully integrated into the rule of Dingzhou.
At the port, a [-]-meter merchant ship was busy loading goods. Hundreds of dock workers carried cotton bales along the gangway onto the ship, stacked the cotton bales one by one, and then covered them with raincloths.This is a merchant ship converted from an old warship, and the owner, Deng Huade, is an official of the Dingzhou Supervisory Council.
Inside the cabin, the cabin door was tightly closed. Outside the cabin, Xia Xue hugged the infant Nian Qing, knelt at the door, and said with tears streaming down her face: "Miss, take another look at Nian Qing, Nian Qing is about to gone!"

There was no sound from inside the cabin door, Wang Qi in casual clothes knocked on the door, "Miss, I don't know when I will have a chance to see Nian Qing, you, just take a look!"
Qingfeng leaned against the cabin door, slid weakly on the ground, covered his face with his hands, and tears slipped silently from between his fingers. Xia Xue's crying and Wang Qi's persuasion made Qingfeng's heart feel like a knife, especially Nianqing wow The crying sound was like a sharp arrow shooting at Qingfeng's heart, making her heartbroken.But she didn't dare to open the door, and didn't dare to look at Nianqing's delicate little face again. She was afraid that once she saw Nianqing again, she would no longer be able to be cruel and leave Nianqing here, but would ignore her. Take Nianqing back to Dingzhou in every possible way. If that is the case, Dingzhou will inevitably cause an uproar again. Qingfeng knows that the wings are attached to him, or he is counting on the huge energy of his Dingzhou forces, which he did not have before. Zixi, they dared to ignore their own warnings and secretly encouraged Jiyue to do things. This is still a layer of separation. With their own existence, they still have scruples. In front of him, I am afraid that I will not be able to control this huge carriage, maybe one day, I will be entangled in this huge force, involuntarily, no, I will definitely be involved.Because when that day really comes, I will never sit back and watch Nian Qing be swallowed by this wave.

Therefore, the best way is to let Nianqing never know his own life experience, and live a normal life in this remote place.
The cry of Nianqing outside was hoarse, and Qingfeng in the cabin lay powerlessly on the deck, letting the tears fall silently.
"Xia Xue, let Nianqing go! Don't cry, this will only make the young lady more sad. The young lady is weak after giving birth, so you can't be too sad." Wang Qi pulled Xia Xue up.

Wiping her tears, Xia Xue reluctantly handed Nianqing to Wang Qi, Wang Qi turned around and handed Nianqing to a soldier beside her, waved her hand, and that soldier turned and left.

"Miss, I'm leaving too. Don't worry, I will definitely watch over young master Nianqing and watch him grow up slowly. I will definitely obey the lady's orders. I will not let him practice martial arts, nor let him practice martial arts." One step into the officialdom." Wang Qi knelt down, kowtowed three times heavily, got up, nodded to Xia Xue, and then strode away.

"Heavy anchor!" A desolate voice suddenly sounded from the bow of the ship, the body of the ship shook slightly, and began to slide away from the pier. Vaguely watching a carriage on the pier was slowly starting, the bow began to turn around, the carriage gradually disappeared from Qingfeng's sight, Qingfeng finally burst into tears.
"Nianqing, mom is sorry for you! But mom did all this for your own good!"

One month later, on the fifth day of May, in the middle of the night, several figures got off a merchant ship that had just arrived, and stepped into a carriage that had been waiting there for a long time. The carriage started immediately, and drove towards Dingzhou City ．

On May [-]th, Qingfeng once again appeared at the headquarters of the Dingzhou Supervisory Yuan. Immediately, all the senior supervisors of the Supervisory Yuan were recalled to the headquarters.

On May [-]th, the high-level supervisors of the Overwatch Council who hadn't slept all night went to the various departments they were in charge of, and sent orders from this courtyard to all directions on the mainland.

"Miss, take a break!" Xia Xue said distressedly while tidying up the mountains of documents in front of Qingfeng, "Your body will not be able to withstand such crazy work."

Qingfeng smiled sadly, "Xia Xue, only by working so hard that I can fall asleep when I am so exhausted can I forget some things and not dream!"
Xia Xue wanted to cry and lowered her head.

"Is Qiuping back?" Qingfeng asked.
"It will arrive today!"
"After Qiuping comes back, you need to talk to her about some things so that nothing goes wrong." Qingfeng said.

"Yes, miss, don't worry, sister Qiuping is a careful person. Miss, you should go to sleep first!"
Qingfeng shook her head, "I can't sleep, I think someone from the palace will call me over soon."
What Qingfeng said was right. An hour later, Li Wen went to the Overwatch Council in person and took Qingfeng to Li Qing's office and study in the imperial city.
There was no one in the room. Obviously, Li Qing had sent everyone away, and after sending Qingfeng in, Li Wen also withdrew.Gently closed the door for the two of them.
Seeing Qingfeng at first glance, Li Qing was also taken aback, Qingfeng was too thin.

"Qingfeng, what's the matter with you? Why is it so clear?" Li Qing stood up, walked to Qingfeng's side, held Qingfeng's cold little hand with both hands, his face was full of concern.

Qingfeng smiled slightly, loosened his hands lightly, smoothed his hair, and said with a smile: "I stayed in Ningzhou for several months, and the general also knows that Ningzhou is also in chaos, and Zhong Ziqi is not easy to deal with." , Sometimes I have to change several places a day, and it's normal to lose some weight. It's not a big deal, and after a few months, it will naturally recover."
Li Qing said pitifully: "Look at you, your face is so pale, I will ask Li Wen to send some supplements to you later, remember to take some every day. I'm not talking about you, you will complain endlessly if I take a little risk, It’s better for you, you have been going deep into the tiger’s den for several months, and there is no news, if something goes wrong, what will happen?”
Qingfeng smiled and said: "The general is the lord of Dingzhou. He is responsible for life and death in Dingzhou. Of course, he can't take risks. The so-called gentleman can't stand under a dangerous wall. I'm not so precious. I thought about Shanfeng, Lu Dalin and other generals. , the importance of that one is not inferior to mine, isn’t it just like taking risks every day under the rain of guns and arrows, we are gone, and there may be new people to replace us, but you, General, are irreplaceable.”

Li Qing took Qingfeng into his arms, stroked Qingfeng's back, and said emotionally: "You are wrong, in my heart, you are the most precious."

Leaning in Li Qing's arms, Qingfeng's body stiffened, tears streaming down her face.I couldn't help but think of Jiao'er who was far away in Shiwei in my mind, read Qing, have you eaten enough, have you slept enough?

Sensing Qingfeng's abnormality, Li Qing supported Qingfeng's arms, "Qingfeng, what's the matter with you?"

Qingfeng wiped away her tears, "It's nothing, general, I'm just happy, hearing what the general said, it's worth dying even if I die immediately."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Qing scratched Qingfeng's nose, "We still have a long way to go, and we still have a better life to live! Qingfeng, many things have happened in the past few months, and you probably also Got it? Come here, sit down and talk!"

Qingfeng nodded, "General, Jiyue is ignorant and has caused confusion for the general. I think someone is behind Jiyue's back. I will investigate this matter and give you a satisfactory answer, General."
Li Qing smiled and shook his head, "No need, it's better not to investigate this matter, so what if it is found out? This matter started with Jiyue, and then Yanran stepped in, hey, it's really lively, Qingfeng , if we come to investigate now, it will involve a lot, and our Dingzhou is now at a critical moment, how can we mess up at this moment."
Qingfeng bowed his head and was speechless. After looking into this matter, it might end up on his own head. Those who are capable of motivating Jiyue are definitely not low in status, and the most likely reason these people do this is to guess their own mind.

"After you came back, you immediately prepared a generous gift for Li Wen and Yang Yidao's family?" Li Qing said with a smile.
Qingfeng nodded, "Yes, General Li and Yidao are in-laws. I would like to congratulate General Li and Yidao."

"Very good, if you show your attitude, many people will calm down." Li Qing said with a smile. "Don't talk about it, just look at this!"

Qingfeng took the bag of case files that Li Qing handed over, opened it and glanced at it, and couldn't help showing joy, "General, it's really made? That's great, congratulations, General, after years of hard work, I finally reaped the fruits."

"I'm going to build dozens of them and install them on warships for actual combat tests. The army won't be able to equip them for a while. First, the troops need time to adapt. In addition, the gunpowder is not enough to support them!"

"There are saltpeter mines found in the mountains, don't worry, general, I will control these mines as quickly as possible." Qingfeng said, "With saltpeter mines, gunpowder will no longer be a problem."

(End of this chapter)