Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

After a brief explanation, she suddenly reached into her arms, took out a blue butterfly-shaped pendant, and handed it to Gu Yanming.

"You accept this talisman. If anything happens, you can call your daughter directly through the talisman, or you can activate the talisman. As long as the talisman is effective, daddy will be safe."

Gu Yanming reached out and took it.

"Miao'er is interested."

There is nothing to be polite about with your own daughter.

Soon, the servants packed their bags and put them all in the carriage.

Then the old housekeeper Lu Yi came over.

"Master, the luggage is packed and we can leave at any time."

Gu Yanming nodded, then glanced at Gu Simiao rather reluctantly, but said to the old housekeeper without any hesitation: "Let's go now."

"Yes! Sir!"

Lu Yi listened to the order and turned around and walked towards the convoy.

"All right."

Gu Yanming turned his head and said to Gu Simiao: "It's getting late. Miao'er, you should go back to the military camp. Although you are now a Shenwu general and the leader of the world's military ministers, you are still in such a high position at such a young age. We should walk on thin ice and focus on official duties like Mr. Lu, so that we can live up to His Majesty's trust."

Hearing the expected instruction from her always loyal father, Gu Simiao frowned slightly for some reason.

Like Lu Chen's piece of wood?

just forget it……

However, although she felt a little strange in her heart, Gu Simiao still nodded honestly.

"My daughter knows."

You still have to listen to what your old father said.

Seeing that she couldn't get in the way, Mrs. Zhao glanced at Gu Yanming with some complaints, told Gu Simiao to take good care of herself in the future, and wrote to her if she missed her, then turned and left.

"That's right, Miao'er."

Gu Yanming seemed to suddenly remember something, and his expression suddenly became serious.

"Your mother just said that she has repaid Mr. Lu's kindness with merit. Don't pay attention to it. Mr. Lu has saved our Gu family and redeemed you. This cannot be repaid in any case. Qing’s kindness, so you must not do anything to disgrace Mr. Lu.”

At this point, Gu Yanming seemed to feel that this was a bit absolute, and Gu Yanming added:

"Of course, the situation in the court is turbulent, and your Majesty's will is unpredictable. When the world is uncertain, no one knows who will have the last laugh. Today, the emperor is in charge of the world, but tomorrow, everyone may be killed. As the saying goes, the officialdom is ups and downs, and the world is full of people. It’s hard to predict, but no matter what, even if you can’t support Mr. Lu openly, you can’t add insult to injury..."

However, before he finished speaking, Gu Simiao's eyes narrowed, and she interrupted very rarely: "Father, you are worrying too much."

She took a deep breath for no reason, and then said in a deep voice: "The two assumptions you mentioned at the end do not exist for my daughter."

Hearing this, Gu Yanming was suddenly startled.

After thinking about it for a while, he understood what his daughter meant.

He was a little confused.

Although it is natural to be grateful for Mr. Lu's kindness, but to reach this point...isn't it a bit...

As soon as he thought about this, an incredible possibility appeared in his mind.

Then he looked at his daughter steadily, as if he wanted to see something in Gu Simiao's eyes.

But Gu Simiao's face was extremely calm, and there was nothing strange in her eyes.

Seeing her father looking at her like this, Gu Simiao immediately asked, "What's wrong? Dad, why are you looking at your child like this?"

Gu Yanming looked back.

"It's nothing."

He shook his head lightly, and then said softly: "If you think so, father can rest assured. No matter what, no matter how you plan to repay Mr. Lu, father will support you."

After saying these meaningful words, Gu Yanming took a deep look at Gu Simiao, then said goodbye to his daughter, turned and walked towards the motorcade.

Looking at his father's retreating back, Gu Simiao clenched his fists inexplicably, with a complex look flashing in his eyes.

…………

Without any surprise, the news that Gu Simiao had chosen Black Mountain as his fiefdom soon spread to the ears of all the prominent figures in Luojing.

As the youngest Zhuguo General and Shenwu General in the history of the Great Xia Empire, she has already mastered martial arts at the age of 25. Naturally, she has attracted the attention of all parties.

Although not as good as Lu Chen, she is undoubtedly one of the most popular figures in the Yongchu Dynasty.

Family background, strength, appearance, power, holy family, city, potential, she is almost unbelievably excellent in all aspects. Moreover, she now holds the power of Sili soldiers and horses. Such an existence is destined to be targeted by interested people.

Then, this incident became a joke throughout Luojing.

Choose Montenegro as a fief?How stupid must one be to make such a stupid choice?

What’s in Montenegro?

Nothing but charcoal or charcoal, worthless at all.

After countless hardships and hard work, the achievements were finally exchanged for such a ruined place. How much of the country's fate can be shared with the imperial court, even if the county prince is the supreme?How much help can it bring to your cultivation?

What else could it mean to choose Montenegro as a fiefdom than to have your brain kicked by a donkey?

Especially in the eyes of some civil servants, Gu Simiao was simply stupid.

What the Gu family can see, these people can naturally see too.

After all, Lu Chen had just proposed to establish the Tiangong Department and started to deal with the harmless treatment of charcoal in Lao Shizi. Later, Gu Simiao went to Taihe County to claim Heishan. Although not all the restaurants had been registered, the Heishan was basically sealed. It was a done deal, there was no room for regret.

Even a fool can see that Gu Simiao did this just to express her stance to Lu Chen, who was now at the height of his power.

Or say nice.

Using fiefdoms that are related to future generations and the national destiny that is very important to cultivation to please Lu Chen is completely worth the candle.

After all, she is already a Shenwu general, and her current status is not much worse than that of Lu Chen.

Besides, who doesn't know that although Lu Chen is hateful, he is quite principled in doing things. After all, he is a gentleman. As long as nothing happens to him or he deliberately provokes him, he will basically not embarrass others.

Therefore, there was no need to deliberately try to please Lu Chen. Not only would it be useless, but it might also attract the attention and even hostility of this mad dog.

Why do you have to do such a thankless thing?

Even if she wanted to repay Lu Chen's original kindness, she shouldn't use this method. What's more, she had already given half of the battle merit to Lu Chen and directly promoted him to the title of Duke of Xingping County. This reward was already generous enough. No one can find fault with it.

As for liking Lu Chen?That's even more ridiculous. Gu Simiao is five years older than Lu Chen, and both of them are influential figures in the Yongchu Dynasty, both civil and military. If they were to marry, the empress would probably have to summon Holy King Cangming back to the capital on the spot.

Besides, as a strong man, who wouldn't want to have a few more wives in the back house to enjoy the warmth and fragrance.

And as strong as Lu Chen and Gu Simiao, who among them would be willing to commit themselves to whom?

Naturally, Gu Simiao, who was training soldiers in the Forbidden Army camp, would not know about the subtle atmosphere in the capital. Even if he knew, he would not care.

She, Gu Simiao, always acted spontaneously, so why did she need to explain to others?

And just when the high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital were waiting for the failure of the carboniferous research, they were waiting to see Lu Chen and Gu Simiao's jokes.

Taihe County.

"Your Majesty."

There were only more than 30 wealthy households and businessmen in the county gathered in the county office, and they all looked at the magistrate of Taihe County.

"May I ask the villages near Montenegro, have they made up [-] households now?"

Li Yongcheng gently stroked his long beard, looked at the people gathered with squinted eyes, and said with a meaningful expression: "Not yet. I just went there for a visit the day before yesterday and found that the villages around Montenegro are still extremely sparse in population. We said eight hundred households, but four hundred households is enough."

After a pause, he said meaningfully:

"It seems that we can only ask the general to designate a household registration from Taihe County in person and make it the food of her elderly family."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed immediately.

Chapter 203 Lin Yi

"How could this be?"

Li Zhiping frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "Master Xian, have you not issued an announcement to let those landless mud legs go to the villages near Heishan to fill the vacancy of the public food town in Taihe County? It's been so long Well, why aren’t there even [-] households?”

"Yes, Lord County Lord, what is going on?"

The wealthy businessman Zhao Dafu also frowned and said:

"Those poor fellows used to make a living by being tenants for us. Now that we have joined forces to reduce land and increase rents, there must not be many tenants who can afford the rent. Even if they are like this, why don't they go to Montenegro to make a living? Do they all expect to stay in the county? Are you waiting for us to lower the rent?”

"What are they going to do to get them to go?"

Everyone was talking to each other and kept asking questions.

However, when almost everyone asked, there was not much doubt in their eyes, but a glimmer of light, and there was a hint of temptation in their words that was not easy to detect.

In Zhongzhou, anyone with some wealth does not want to become a nobleman's food town, because the nobleman has the right to tax the fiefdom, and it can be adjusted freely. If they become the common people of the food town, then the family property they have accumulated over the years will be , I’m not sure whether I can keep it or not.

Li Yongcheng shook his head and sighed.

"In fact, we can't blame them. After all, everyone knows the situation in Montenegro. There are very few places where food can be grown. Moreover, no one knows what kind of person the general is and whether he can make the people under his rule live and work in peace and contentment and become his food." How will the people of Yi be treated? In this case, as long as there are other options, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, how can they willingly move to Montenegro?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Dafu immediately asked: "What should we do? We can't be allowed to fill the vacancies in Montenegro, right?"

Li Zhiping thought for a while.

"Lord County Lord, for the sake of the stability of Taihe County, can you think of another way, such as increasing the intensity of dispatching the people, or simply ordering those who have no land in the county to go to Heishan."

"It won't work."

Li Yongcheng shook his head decisively.

"The current Holy Lord has a kind heart and loves the people as his own children. Mr. Lu has a heart for the common people and does not want to see the poor people being bullied. The general has always been on good terms with Mr. Lu. If she knew that I had given such an order and it reached Mr. Lu's ears, As a county magistrate, this is all I can do."

Having said this, he paused for a moment, and then suddenly changed the subject.

"But..."

Everyone immediately looked stern.

Here comes the point!

Then Li Yongcheng sat up straight and spoke slowly: "If we can ensure the livelihood of the people who go to settle in the villages near Heishan for a period of time, this matter... is not impossible. Moreover, the general has made great contributions to the court and is deeply trusted by His Majesty. Seriously, if she is allowed to personally select the people of the city, she will inevitably lose some status, and the court will also be embarrassed. Therefore, if conditions permit, I can move some people there at my discretion, and I do have the right to decide who to appoint. ,only……"