Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

"If there is no order from you, how dare Song You and the others dare to release the officials from the imperial court into the post station?!"

"I'm afraid you prepared a special confession for Feng Yuan and those people, but I ran into it in the end, didn't you?!"

If you want to say that the few people Li Qiu is most afraid of are Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others.

This small 99 of my own can't be hidden from others' sharp eyes.

As a result, he is also a bachelor's admission of mistake and cowardice.

"Master Changsun, on the way here, I have already arranged for my servants to go up the mountain to hunt and fish."

"In the evening, I will cook myself and have a drink with you."

"But Yizhou is too far away from Youzhou."

"There is no good wine, no good food, not even a flock of sheep."

"I didn't bring many seasonings."

"You just make it up for a while, and when you come to Youzhou with me, everything will be fine."

Changsun Wuji patted him on the shoulder at this time, and carefully measured him for a moment with a little distress.

"Hey, this time, I was ordered by His Majesty to go to Dongdu to provide disaster relief."

"I just stopped by to take a look at you."

"I'm afraid I don't have time, so I'll follow you to Youzhou."

"In the past year, you kid has been tanned, so it can be seen that you have suffered a lot."

Hearing Changsun Wuji's concern, Li Qiu also felt very warm in his heart.

In the past year, he has not experienced the care and love of the empress, the eldest grandson, and other people in Chang'an City for a long time.

"Hehe, Master Changsun, it's not a lot of hardship, but it's just that there are too many things to run around."

"As for the fact that you were sent to provide disaster relief, I just heard about it."

"Food, I really can't get it out here."

"However, refugees can take in another 3 people."

"At that time, the people here will squeeze each other, starve, and everyone will eat less."

"No matter what, I can feed these [-] refugees."

Hearing his words, Changsun Wuji smiled, "You boy, do you think that you are the only one left in the whole Tang Dynasty?"

"Would no one else be able to relieve this disaster without you?"

"Let me tell you, before coming to your side, the situation in Guanzhong and Dongdu has stabilized."

Li Qiu raised his head in surprise at this time, he really didn't expect such a big famine to be stabilized so quickly.

Changsun Wuji sighed softly and explained to him, "The two consecutive years of famine are real."

"But it's not the kind of real lack of food to eat."

"With the continuous bumper harvests in the past few years, these gentry, rich families, and grain merchants still have a lot of grain in their hands."

"It's just that they just refuse to release it to help the victims."

"So this time, I went door-to-door, and I owe them a big favor from myself and Your Majesty."

"They also released food for disaster relief."

Chapter 280 Returning to Chang'an for the New Year

As for those grain merchants, they are simply asking for sky-high prices to make huge profits. "

"They dare to ask for the sky-high price of a thousand dollars for a bucket of rice. These people are really hateful and hateful."

"So, I called them together and beat them one or two times, and the price of this food dropped."

"Hey, but in the final analysis, the main reason for the rapid relief effect this time is because too many people starved to death before."

"It is estimated that there are at least 30 to [-] people."

"There are fewer victims, and it becomes easier."

Later, Li Qiu accompanied Changsun Wuji and others to inspect the resettlement of refugees in Yizhou.

Some are reclaiming farmland, and some are logging to build houses.

The refugees here are all healthy and energetic. If you don't tell them, you can't tell that they are refugees who have just migrated from Shandong.

And when these refugees saw Li Qiu, everyone was extremely respectful, and saluted Li Qiu gratefully with tears in their eyes.

For them, Li Qiu, as well as these local officials and people, simply gave them a second life.

During this afternoon, they visited several places in succession.

Seeing this scene in Changsun Wuji's eyes, he couldn't help feeling, nodding, and praising Li Qiu as a good official of my Tang Dynasty, he has a heart!

And the few officials who followed Changsun Wuji also admired Li Qiu very much in their hearts.

After all, Li Qiu, Song You and other officials are doing what they are doing, they ask themselves, they can't do it at all.

And the series of achievements that Li Qiu and the others have achieved made them even more emotional, far beyond their reach.

Of course, regarding emerging products such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes, Li Qiu didn't dare to let his eldest grandson Wuji see them.

After all, the current time is not yet ripe, and there are still huge business opportunities waiting for him to explore.

When night fell, the fish Li Qiu ordered to catch, as well as the game hunted on the mountain, were also ready.

At the foot of the mountain, they spread some hay and sat on the ground, surrounded by several piles of huge bonfires.

Roasted on the body warm.

At the same time, Li Qiu also prepared a few hard dishes, grilled fish, grilled pheasant, roasted hare, roasted young wild boar, all of which were very good.

With some mountain fruits, wild vegetables, and a few jars of wine, a group of people sit around and chat while drinking.

"Oh, Li Qiu, I don't know how many years, I don't feel so comfortable and at ease."

"I remember the last time, I have to go back to the time when I was young, and the current His Majesty and a few people gathered around the bonfire to eat meat and drink heavily."

"It's really fun!"

"I don't want to, time flies, you children grow up, and we slowly start to grow old."

At this time, Li Qiu smiled and toasted his eldest grandson Wuji, "Master Changsun, you, it's the time of the year, and it's still too early to be old!"

"The last time we sneaked into the grasslands of the Turks, we brought back hundreds of sheep."

"In addition to rewarding the soldiers of the three armies, I also deliberately left more than 100 here."

"The sheep grown on the Turkic grasslands are better than the ones raised here."

"When I go back to Chang'an, I will send a few to Mr. Changsun's house to taste."

When this matter was mentioned, Changsun Wuji became serious, "Originally, I was going to talk to you about this."

"Looking at it now, it will be New Year's Eve in less than two months."

"If you have nothing to do here, go back to Chang'an as soon as possible."

"You may not know that people like Qin Qiong, Feng Li, Cheng Yaojin, Du Ruhui, and even Your Majesty all want to see you."

"Especially the empress, she always mentions you to me."

"I'm thinking about whether you are far away in Youzhou, whether it will be too bitter, and whether you are suitable for life there."

"Is it unsafe to be close to Turkic?"

"Sometimes, the empress misses you more than those princes."

"If you can, go back to Chang'an as soon as possible to see your empress."

Listening to Changsun Wuji's words, Li Qiu's heart seemed to be able to imagine the warmth and love that the Empress gave to others in an instant.

So he nodded seriously, "Well, don't worry, Mr. Grandson, in ten days and a half months, we will be able to prepare everything and return to Chang'an and Furong Garden for the New Year!"

……

The next day, Li Qiu sent away Changsun Wuji and the group.

Then, the resettlement structure for refugees in Yizhou has basically been completed, and Song You and the others can handle the rest.

Immediately, Li Qiu returned to Mozhou, Yizhou, Youzhou and other places.

I also saw Zhang Yungu, Wang Xuance and others.

During the few months of the New Year's Eve, the main work here fell on Zhang Yungu and others.

Wang Xuance, who is 14 years old this year and will soon be [-], has also increasingly demonstrated his rather powerful comprehensive ability.

This made Li Qiu very satisfied.

In Youzhou, Li Qiu finally returned home, Xiao Biesheng was newly married, so naturally he and Luo Kexin had a good time and made out with each other.

When the war first came to an end, Luo Kexin nestled in Li Qiu's arms.

At this time, Li Qiu felt the tenderness on Luo Kexin's body, and at the same time told her about his arrangement to return to Chang'an and Furong Garden.

Regarding this, Luo Kexin also nodded in anticipation.

"Yeah, the days go by so fast, and it will be another year soon."

"I also miss my adoptive father and mother, so I can just go back and have a look."

"The most important point is that it's time to let Wu Sui pass through."

"I just don't know when their family will set off from Jingzhou to Chang'an?"

Li Qiu thought for a while, "They have more scruples over there, and they may be later than us."

"For the rest of these days, we also have to pack our things and prepare for the trip."

"Tomorrow, I'll take people to Jizhou and Pingzhou to have a look."

"More than a month ago, I told them to make dozens of carriages, which should be about the same."

……

When Li Qiu arrived in Jizhou, the work on the horse farm here was done in an orderly manner, and the fodder was sufficient.

The number of horses is also increasing.

The eight concubines of Chituma also gave birth to an offspring respectively.

He has been taken care of from beginning to end.

In the forest farms in the north of Jizhou, due to the cold weather and snowfall, logging into the mountains has been stopped.

However, the wood that has been mined before is enough for this winter.

The more than 70 specially-made carriages that Li Qiu explained before have also been formed and ready.

Chapter 281 The Model of Tang Officials

In the Tang Dynasty, and for a very long period thereafter, all the carriages used had two wheels.

Whether it is a one-horse cart, or two horses, or four horses, those carriages have two wheels.

The advantage of such a carriage is that it is maneuverable and flexible, and at the same time can adapt to various bad road conditions.

Like the horses and chariots in the Spring and Autumn Period, this is the image.

And Li Qiu's custom-made carriages this time all have four wheels.

The bearings, wheels, spokes, joints, etc. of each wheel are all made of iron as much as possible.

become stronger.

This four-wheeled carriage has particularly outstanding advantages, and it will greatly increase the load rate.

Of course, there are also disadvantages, such as poor adaptability to road conditions and relatively inflexible.

In ancient times, four-wheeled carriages were not widely used, which is not to say that it is technically difficult.

The more reason was that the productivity at that time was backward, and there was no need for the carrying capacity of a four-wheeled carriage.