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The two little ladies clapped their hands happily, "We can go to school to study now!"

The whole dining hall burst into laughter, only Lu Xiu shook her head helplessly.

……

Three days later, Chen Qing came to the Agricultural College of Taixue again. At this time, the eldest son Chen Ji had been studying in Taixue for two days, but he came in the afternoon. His alias was Lu Chen, because there were two personal guards, everyone guessed He is a son of an official, but no one would have thought that he would be the son of the prince. The son of the prince should go to the Imperial Academy to study, how could he come to the Taixue to study agriculture.

Of course, Xuezheng Liu Xiangyang knew this secret, and he specially chose two roommates for Chen Ji who were about the same age, gentle and down-to-earth.

But today Chen Qing came here early in the morning, and the elder son Chen Ji was still intern in the internal affairs hall, so he couldn't meet his son.

From a distance, Chen Qing saw the glass room he designed, dazzling in the sun, surrounded by students, their eyes full of wonder, when His Royal Highness King Yong arrived, Liu Xiangyang temporarily persuaded the students to leave, and the soldiers quickly controlled the room. around.

Chen Qing came to the glass room. The glass room was very delicate and the craftsmen were skilled. He asked that there be no air leakage. After the glass was installed, the craftsmen sealed the edges with glue.

The entire glass room is very transparent, and you can clearly see the situation inside. Yang Du, the professor of agriculture, was in the sun room with three students. Some students pushed him. He turned around and saw Chen Qing, and ran out quickly.

He couldn't hold back the joy in his heart and said: "This crystal house is simply amazing. It's like early summer inside, and everything can mature. If there are crystal houses in the field, we can grow three crops a year."

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "The cost is too high. It's okay to do experiments for Taixue, but don't think about promoting it."

After a pause, he asked again: "How is the potato planting?"

Yang Du hurriedly said: "It's already been planted, Your Highness, please enter the room with your humble official, and all ministers are welcome to join us!"

The first thousand and 460 chapters seven Yuanxun

Those who came with Chen Qing today include Jiang Yanxian and Lu Qingshan, and Zhang Haoran, Secretary of Sinong Temple, and Liu Xiangyang, the official of Taixue, of course also accompanied him, but his status is low, so he can only follow behind.

The glass room was indeed very warm, really like the early summer season in May, several ministers were amazed, Lu Qingshan said with a smile: "In winter, you don't need to warm yourself by the fire when you handle court affairs here in winter, what did your Highness think of it?"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "Actually, it's just to keep the warmth of the sun. It might be very cold at night."

"Good evening!"

Yang Du explained: "Beizhi sleeps in the greenhouse at night. It is slightly colder than during the day, but much warmer than outside, and all kinds of sprouts will not be frozen to death."

Chen Qing walked inside again, and more than a dozen sunbeds had been made in the whole glass house, watered and fertilized, and Chen Qing found that Yang Du had planted a lot of potatoes, so he couldn't help asking strangely: "Isn't there only fifteen fields left?" Is there a potato? Where did the other potatoes come from?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, those rotten potatoes have also been planted together. I feel that some of them are rotten, but the other part is good. There are still small sprouts on them. It's a pity to throw them away. Let's try together. Give it a try."

Chen Qing nodded with a smile and said, "I'm interested!"

Jiang Yanxian asked: "Your Highness, is it true that this kind of potato has a yield of three thousand catties per mu?"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "I've only heard about it, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, Professor Yang, do you think there will be a high yield?"

Yang Du hurriedly said: "It's very possible that I planted similar yams and yam eggs, and the yield was very high. During the famine, planting yams can save lives!"

"Then when will it be harvested?" Lu Qingshan asked.

"Reporting to Counselor Lu, according to my humble job experience, it will be harvested around February next year!"

……

When Chen Qing came back from Taixue, as soon as he reached the gate of the official room, Orihiko walked over quickly, "There is an important pigeon letter from Dengzhou!"

"Dengzhou?"

Chen Qing was slightly taken aback, but he immediately realized, "Is it news about the Navy?"

"Exactly, it's from General Tang!"

Orihiko handed a copy of the pigeon letter to Chen Qing, and Chen Qing invited several people to sit down in his official room.

After Chen Qing read the pigeon letter, it turned out that it was the news of the occupation of Tamra Island. Tang Huai said that he would lead the fleet northward after the spring of next year, and establish a foundation at Tongmen Water Estuary.

Chen Qing handed the letter to Jiang Yanxian and Lu Qingshan, Jiang Yanxian read it, and said in surprise: "Take Tamra Island, is your highness going to use it as a springboard to destroy Goryeo, or to attack the Kingdom of Jin!"

"At present, it is to attack the Kingdom of Jin. I am considering sending a surprise army from the east. As for whether it will destroy Koryo, I will talk about it later. In addition, it can also be used as a transit point for trade."

Lu Qingshan pondered for a moment and said: "Is Your Highness already preparing for the battle against the Kingdom of Jin?"

Chen Qing nodded, "In fact, the 30 troops I led to the south of the Yangtze River did not come back, but went directly north to Yanshan Mansion, where 150 troops have already been deployed, and [-] more troops need to be added. For grain transportation, [-] million shi of grain must be transported from Jingzhao to Yanshan Road."

"By water?"

"Of course it is a waterway. If you take the Yellow River and enter the Yongding River, the fleet can go all the way north. It is estimated that it will take half a year. Considering that the winter freezes and the transportation will continue after the spring, then the combat preparations will not be completed until next summer."

"Is 45 troops too many?" Jiang Yanxian asked.

Orihiko said with a smile on the side: "The war of destroying the country will take so many, not to mention that His Highness has to leave 40 troops to guard Yanshan Road, otherwise the rear will be empty, and it will be miserable to be attacked by golden soldiers. In fact, it is [-] troops, and we What they are facing may not only be the Kingdom of Jin, but also the coalition forces of various tribes in the grassland, such as the Tata tribe, the Kele tribe, and the Mughal tribe, and even the Koryo servant army, and the opponent must have at least [-] troops."

"What's going on with the Koryo servant army?" Jiang Yan asked puzzledly.

Orihiko said with a smile: "This is probably the biggest gain Jin Guo gained from attacking Goryeo. Nearly 20 Koryo soldiers surrendered. Jin Guo organized them into Koryo's servant army. The source of Khitan and Xi people's troops has been exhausted. Goryeo has gained a source of troops."

"Has the Kingdom of Korea been destroyed by the Kingdom of Jin?"

Orihiko glanced at Chen Qing, Chen Qing shook his head, and said slowly: "The national power of the Jin Kingdom is unbearable, so I accepted the Koryo Kingdom's peace proposal, and the King of Koryo accepted the canonization of the Jin Kingdom's emperor, and became a subordinate state of the Jin Kingdom. Donate food, supplies, and soldiers, and put the prince as a hostage in Shangjing. Now that winter is coming, the Jin soldiers should withdraw from Korea. It’s cheap, but it lost nearly [-] troops, and the Jin Kingdom is very dissatisfied, so when we attack the Jin Kingdom next summer, it will also be when its national strength is weakest.”

Jiang Yan nodded first, "Your Highness has been waiting for this opportunity!"

"That's right, but my first step is to take down the Linhuang Mansion!"

……

Linhuang Mansion is an important town of Jin Kingdom on the western grassland. It used to be the capital of Liao Kingdom. It was also the headquarters of Jin Kingdom to control the tribes in the grassland. Wanyan Nianhan once stationed [-] troops here and continued to attack the Mughal tribe for several years. .

At present, Linhuang Mansion still has [-] soldiers stationed there, still in order to control the tribes in the grassland.

The Kingdom of Jin implemented a strategy of reducing the size of the grasslands, constantly weakening the tribes in the grasslands, and preventing them from becoming strong enemies. First, they dealt with the Mughal tribes. Wanyan Nianhan led an army of [-] to fight fiercely with the Mughal tribes for many years. The strategy of differentiation, wooing and dividing the interior of the Mughal tribe, and united with the Tata tribe, the Kere tribe, and the Mierqi tribe, attacked the Mughal tribe in multiple ways. The Mughal tribe was finally defeated, the leader was killed, the population and pastures were swallowed up, and the Mongolian tribe Wu was completely marginalized and moved to a distant place.

The best and most beautiful grasslands and pastures were divided up by the Tata, Kelie and Mierqi tribes. However, in the battle of Fengzhou, nearly 10 people were killed in the Tata and Kelie tribes. The Ministry took the opportunity to rise.

At this time, the Kingdom of Jin lost Hebei Road and Yanshan Road one after another. The country was weak and could no longer take care of the grasslands. Instead, it began to attack Goryeo in an attempt to plunder Goryeo to supplement its national strength.

Linhuang's mansion also temporarily did not receive the attention of Jin Guo, and the garrison quickly decreased from [-] troops to [-], while Linhuang's business became more and more prosperous.

The grassland has entered winter, and the blizzard is about to hit. Businessmen from all walks of life rushed to enter Linhuang City to spend the winter before the blizzard.

This morning, a caravan of camels entered from outside the city, consisting of more than 100 camels. The owners of the camels were two very strong and tall prairie men.

They brought more than a dozen guys with them, including Han Chinese and Khitan people, and a tall, thin middle-aged man named Zhang Lu. He used to be the head of the Luoyang Intelligence Station of the Western Army, and was later promoted to Deputy Chief of the Intelligence Department. He is now the Privy Council Intelligence Officer According to the order, from the fifth-rank senior officials, this time he personally led the team into the Linhuang mansion, and the Yinbalu and Yinerhan brothers were responsible for cooperating with him in setting up the intelligence station.

A group of people walked into Linhuang City.

The first thousand and 460 eight chapters Linhuang

Linhuang City is just at the junction of several forces, bordering the Kingdom of Jin in the east, grassland in the west, and not far from Yanshan Road. The ethnic structure in the city is very complicated, including Jurchens, Khitans, tribes of the grasslands, Han people, Xi people, etc. Wait, various forces are intertwined, and the situation in the city is weird and complicated.

The Yin brothers have been to Linhuang City many times, and they are quite familiar with the situation here. They came to a large inn. The owner of the inn was a middle-aged Khitan, who was very familiar with the two brothers.

The Yin brothers told Zhang Lu that the owner of the shop was Xiao Dan. His parents and brothers died in the Jinbing massacre, and he was the only one in the family who survived. He buried the bodies of his parents and brothers in the backyard. Along with the inn left by the ancestors for generations, it also accompanied the graves of parents and brothers.

The Yin brothers also told Zhang Lu that if they want to gain a foothold in Linhuang City, they can ask this shopkeeper for help.

Looking for an opportunity, Zhang Lu came to the shopkeeper's room to visit the shopkeeper Xiao, who was also the owner.

"You are Zhang Proprietor, a friend of Yinbalu?"

Zhang Lu was surprised that Xiao Dan could speak Chinese fluently.

"How can you speak Chinese?"

"My grandmother is Han Chinese, she brought me up, and I can speak Chinese since I was a child."

Zhang Lu nodded, "I came from Datong Mansion, and I want to open a medicinal material store here. You also know that the situation in Liaodong is tense, and many precious medicinal materials can only go to Linhuang Mansion."

Xiao Dan sighed and said, "To open a store here, you need a backer, especially for a Han Chinese like you. Without a backer, it is easy to be taken away as a spy of the Western Army."

There was a hint of worry in Zhang Lu's eyes, "This is my first time here, where do I know any backstage?"

Xiao Dan smiled wryly and said, "Proprietor Zhang didn't understand what I meant. The so-called backstage doesn't mean that there is any friendship, but that if you pay money regularly, someone will naturally protect you."

Zhang Lu was silent for a moment and said, "Yin Balu said, Master Xiao can help me!"

Xiao Dan nodded, "I can introduce someone to you."

"who?"

"My brother-in-law is a commander, and a Khitan like me."

……

That night, Xiao Dan found his brother-in-law Xiao Wanmu.

Both of them have the surname Xiao, but there is no blood relationship. There are many people with the surname Xiao in Khitan, and there is no such thing as Han people who have the same surname not to marry.

Xiao Wanmu poured two bowls of wine and placed some side dishes. After hearing Xiao Dan's words, he sneered and said, "Didn't the Yin brothers always boast that they knew King Yong? This Han merchant surnamed Zhang is probably Spy from the Western Army!"

Xiao Dan nodded, "I think it's a bit like that too!"

"How do you tell?" Xiao Wanmu asked quietly.

Xiao Dan thought for a while and said: "I feel that this person is very magnanimous, the magnanimity of a Han official, unhurried, calm and calm, not at all mercenary like ordinary businessmen, I can give you an example."

"you say!"

"I told him that finding a backstage depends on money, and he has to give protection money every month. A normal businessman will definitely ask, how much will he pay? But he didn't ask at all. I knew he was not a businessman. Brother, what should we do now? manage?"

"You don't expect me to report to Wanyan Asai!"

Wanyan Asai was the first centurion to attack the city of Linhuang when the Jurchen army attacked it. After entering the city, he was named commander of a thousand and was rewarded with [-] sheep. He was very young at that time, only two He was in his teens, now he is in his fifties, he has already been promoted to the head of the Wanfu, and now he is the chief general of Linhuang Mansion.

It was Wanyan Asai who killed Xiao Dan's parents and two elder brothers back then, so when he mentioned this name, a trace of deep hatred appeared in Xiao Dan's eyes.

Xiao Wanmu understood what he was thinking, and patted him on the shoulder, "I can be his protector, let's have a long-term plan."

"How much does the eldest brother want?"

Xiao Wanmu shook his head, "What I want is not money!"

Xiao Dan suddenly understood, he whispered: "What if he is really a businessman?"

"If he is really a businessman, I will do business with him. I can also get high-quality ginseng, tiger bone and other medicinal materials, which can make me a lot of money."

"Do you want to talk to him, brother?"

Xiao Wanmu smiled, "Of course!"

……

At the same time, Yin Balu is also introducing Xiao Dan's brother-in-law to Zhang Lu. "Director Zhang doesn't know that Xiao Wanmu is not an ordinary person. Back then Wanyan Nianhan led a large army to attack the Mengwu tribe. Linhuang City was empty. Only Xiao Wanmu led 3 Khitan troops to guard it, and the Kelie tribe had 2000 people. Wanted to sneak attack Linhuang City. As a result, Xiao Wanmu led 20 people to defend the city for 6000 days, and nearly [-] people were killed or injured by Ke Lie’s troops, but he failed to attack the city. Wanyan Nianhan admired him very much, and wanted to promote him to be the chief of the Wanfu several times , but the imperial court disagreed, saying that he was a Khitan and unreliable."

Zhang Lu pondered for a while and asked, "Is there any possibility of this person being wooed?"

"It should be possible. Xiao Dan's parents and brothers were killed by the Jurchens, and the hatred towards the Jurchens is as deep as the sea. Xiao Wanmu knows that he should marry his sister to him. If he is devoted to the Jurchens, he will not be able to marry his sister. Married to Xiao Dan, but..."

"But what?" Zhang Lu asked.

Yin Balu smiled and said: "I mean this Xiao Wanmu City Mansion is very deep, the manager should not confess to him for the time being!"

Zhang Lu nodded, of course he would not be so reckless.

……

Early the next morning, Xiao Wanmu came to the inn. Under Xiao Dan's recommendation, Xiao Wanmu and Zhang Lu met. In fact, Xiao Wanmu's eyes were extremely sharp, and he happened to see some of Zhang Lu's assistants carrying Cargo, each with a straight waist, vigorous gait, boundless strength, and steady and focused eyes. He is no ordinary guy, but an extremely elite soldier. Without rigorous training, how can he have such a temperament.

But when he saw Zhang Lu, Xiao Wanmu knew that he had guessed correctly. With such a calm gaze and elegant demeanor, he was clearly a Han civil servant rather than a businessman.

But Xiao Wanmu didn't say anything, the two exchanged a few words and sat down.

Zhang Lu asked with a smile, "General Xiao can also speak Chinese?"

Xiao Wanmu nodded and said with a smile: "I am also from Yanshan Road. The Khitan people on Yanshan Road were called Shufan in the Song Dynasty. They are Sinicized Khitan people. They can basically speak Chinese."

"I want to buy leather goods and medicinal materials in Linhuang City, can General Xiao give me a suggestion?"

Xiao Wanmu smiled slightly and said: "I suggest that Proprietor Zhang hang it under the shop of the local people, so that he doesn't have to go to the government to file for the record. You must know that it is impossible for Han people from other places to open a shop in Linhuang, and the government will not approve it."

"What if I ask Yinbalu to go to the government to apply for opening a shop?"

"Yinbalu is fine, but the new store is easier to be targeted by people. If someone finds out that the actual operator is a Han, he will report to the government, and he will be rewarded with ten coins. Can the proprietor Zhang withstand the government's interrogation? ?”

Zhang Lu pondered for a while and said, "Then, does General Xiao have a better way?"

"There is a way, it depends on whether Master Zhang is willing to accept it or not?"

"Please say!"

Xiao Wanmu said in a calm and unhurried manner: "Proprietor Zhang doesn't need to open a store, he just lives in my brother-in-law's inn. As for the medicinal materials and skins that Proprietor Zhang wants, I will find them for you."

"General Xiao means that we cooperate?"