His Majesty once married me

Ouyang and Qi Yunheng were not in a warm mood, they only talked for a while, and then they both left the bed.

After going out, Ouyang realized that Qi Yunheng had brought a lot of people, the imperial army, imperial guards, and golden knife guards almost filled the streets of Huangzhuang.

But Qi Yunheng didn't bring these people here just to escort them. He quickly issued an order to dispatch most of the people, and only brought some guards back to the capital.

The emperor's travel is no small matter.

In order to reduce trouble, although Qi Yunheng mobilized a lot of people, he did not let people know that he had left the palace with great fanfare. He was also riding in the spare carriage that Ouyang left in the palace. He never rode a horse since then, and traveled in a special carriage reinforced with iron sheets, and Ouyang's two carriages remodeled with special craftsmanship and special materials were Qi Yunheng's favorites when he went on tour in his incognito suit.

Ouyang's carriage looks very inconspicuous, but the comfort inside is even better than Yuyu's.When the horses and chariots are galloping, the degree of bumping is very slight. If you walk on the official road, you can't even hear the sound of the ruts.

But Ouyang's carriage can't be imitated just by imitating it.The shock-absorbing device in the carriage is fine, but the most important thing is that the tires on the wheels are all natural rubber that Ouyang's men found from off the coast of Nanyang.However, those subordinates in the south are not as enthusiastic about "civilian" undertakings as those in the north. They only delivered rubber to Ouyang once, and they would never waste their energy on this kind of thing again.

Ouyang only kept eight tires made of this kind of rubber, and gave all the rest to Su Su for her to use in business and trade to earn money. If she wanted to make four tires for Qi Yunheng, there would be no extra rubber. Only the existing two carriages can be shared with Qi Yunheng.

After what happened last night, the carriage that carried the corpse will definitely be abandoned, and the four wheels on it can also be disassembled...

Uh, it can't be used by Qi Yunheng even if it is removed.

Even if Qi Yunheng himself doesn't shy away from this, those dog legs around him will definitely not sit idly by and let him use this ominous thing.

While thinking wildly, Ouyang boarded the carriage with Qi Yunheng and left Huangzhuang.

"Huangzhuang is really changing with each passing day. Every time I come here, it can refresh me."

On the way back, Qi Yunheng casually chatted with Ouyang.

The fact that Emperor Xinghe might be alive and tried to hijack Ouyang only made Qi Yunheng feel annoyed. Even if he was a little worried, it was only because his royal husband was frightened. As for more sense of crisis, he couldn't feel it at all.

Today is not what it used to be.

Qi Yunheng's current status has been completely reversed from that of Emperor Xinghe back then. Qi Yunheng has become the emperor with soldiers and horses in his hands and great power. The return of "Emperor Xinghe" is more like an annoying flea appearing on the bed. If you find it, you can kill it. The reason why it is annoying is that it is temporarily unable to find it.

"In the future, there shouldn't be any major changes, that is, adding more workshops and increasing the population." Ouyang responded.

Ouyang's mentality was similar to Qi Yunheng's, mostly angry, followed by depression, and no panic at all.

"I have ordered people to restructure the official kilns in various places. Before the autumn harvest, these official kilns should be in your hands." Qi Yunheng continued.

"In this way, by the end of this year, the Inner Court Division can also start to be formed, and then the business of the Northwest, Northeast, and Huangzhuang can be integrated and completely connected." Ouyang thought for a while, "And , we can start building the road.”

After Qin Guogong Song Shi returned to Beijing, Qi Yunheng handed over the military power of the Northwest Army to his more trusted confidants. Although the second son of Song Shi still stayed there, he had lost the power and ability to control the generals, and became a pacifier. decorations.

After confirming that the power would not fall to the side and let others take advantage of it, Ouyang took out the cotton seeds he had prepared and asked Qi Yunheng to open up cotton fields near the Northwest Army's garrison, plant the cotton, and set up a market at the border. The agricultural products on the country's side are exchanged with herdsmen for livestock products.

In order to make the market prosperous as soon as possible, Ouyang also sold ironware there.

Although it is very dangerous to let something like ironware flow into a hostile country, Ouyang is also open, and naturally has a way to deal with it, and his way is to use carbon with a high sulfur content to refine hard, brittle and untouchable ironware. The cast iron is then used to make daily necessities such as iron pots and stoves, and sold to herdsmen.

If the herdsmen only use these iron products to improve their lives, then there is no problem, but if they want to smelt these iron products into weapons——

Hehe, in this day and age, even the senior craftsmen in the south don't know how to remove sulfur and add carbon to pig iron, so that pig iron can be turned into wrought iron. How can those semi-civilized herdsmen in the north who don't know a few characters do it?

Weapons smelted from this kind of pig iron are crunchy and shattered when touched.

This kind of weapon made of pig iron is inferior to ancient bronzes, and it is not as practical as a wooden stick on the battlefield-at least the person holding the wooden stick knows that the weapon in his hand is not good, and will not confront the enemy head-on.

At the Northeast Garrison, Ouyang also made a similar arrangement, only changing the crops planted to sugar beets, and the commodities traded were changed to mountain herbs.

Duan Youchai, Duke of Yi, is in charge of the Northeast Army.

Although this person came from a reckless background, he didn't have as many flamboyants as in the Song Dynasty.

After Song Shi returned to Beijing, out of concern for his own safety, Duan Youchai, the Duke of Yi, submitted a memorial to Qi Yunheng requesting to relinquish his military power, but Qi Yunheng rejected it on the grounds that he was still healthy and young. , ordered him to stay in the Northeast "honestly", continue to serve the country, and be loyal to His Majesty.

Duan Youchai immediately felt relieved, and he also strongly supported Huangzhuang's development of vegetable fields and construction of markets near the Northeast garrison, and gave the green light.

The beet fields in the Northeast had been harvested last year, and the syrup was squeezed out. This year, the cotton in the Northwest will also usher in its first bumper harvest.However, the bazaars opened in the Northeast and Northwest will have obvious benefits after two or three months. Just reporting the taxes there truthfully will cause everyone in the household department to suffer from pink eye disease.

However, affected by the inconvenient transportation, although both the Northwest and the Northeast have gained a lot of money, but the return to the capital—to be precise, the speed of filling His Majesty's inner warehouse is still not fast enough, and many goods cannot be delivered in time. Realized, the delay on the road was too long, and the loss was a bit high, which made Ouyang very dissatisfied.

"Building roads?" Qi Yunheng was slightly taken aback when he heard Ouyang mentioning this matter, "What kind of roads should be built, and how should they be built?"

"The road you have seen is the one in Huangzhuang." Ouyang said, "First build the official roads from the capital to the state capitals in the northwest and northeast, and then use this as the main road to go to the road below the state capital. The county town and even the villages extend. When the roads in these two directions are completed, the southwest side should also be pacified. At that time, an official road will be built to the state capital there..."

"Double eaves!" Qi Yunheng sighed, "You really don't care about national affairs at all."

"Although I admit that you are right, but...why do you suddenly say that about me?" Ouyang blinked, puzzled.

"The Southwest has been pacified for a long time." Qi Yunheng tried to put on a straight face, but failed, "Yang Weibo Shen Mao came to Beijing to report on his duties for this matter, and Lu Guogong Yang Songbai and some of his soldiers will return one after another in the near future. Jing... it should be these few days."

"Uh..." Ouyang could only continue to blink, "Then, do you want to build the three roads together? I'm afraid there won't be enough manpower!"

"Aren't two roads enough? Building roads and bridges is a big project." Qi Yunheng questioned.

"From the capital to the northwest and northeast, there is a flat river. All you need to do is simply pave roads and build bridges. The amount of work is not as big as you think—at least according to my method, using my things, it doesn't need to be so cumbersome and complicated. But going from the capital to the southwest is more troublesome. There are several mountains in the way. Whether to bypass or not to bypass, there are all problems that are not easy to solve, and you need to make a decision after on-site inspection. If you finally decide not to go around, you have to open the mountain Chopping rocks, really doing some engineering." Ouyang shrugged, and explained to Qi Yunheng in as much detail as possible, "In addition, the manpower I am talking about does not mean the kind of manpower that digs holes and fills soil to do coolie work, but The kind of management talents who are responsible for managing people, money, and materials. As for the coolies who really work, they can be competent if they have the strength. Food, are you afraid that you won’t find enough manpower?”

"Double eaves mean that corvee will not be collected?" Qi Yunheng was taken aback.

"The people recruited by the corvee are all defective products, and they all want to go home instead of working, and the efficiency is too low." Ouyang shook his head, and then added, "As for the initial investment of money and food, you can Don't worry, since I took the initiative to mention this matter to you, I will naturally take over the whole matter, you just need to give me a name as before."

"Are you responsible personally?" Qi Yunheng frowned, but did not immediately agree.

"How is it possible!" Ouyang resolutely vetoed, "Let Su Su do this. She has been thinking about road construction for a long time."

"That can be considered." Qi Yunheng breathed a sigh of relief, but then questioned again, "Su Su, a female family, can manage such a big mess?"

"That stall in my mansion is much bigger than building two roads, isn't she in charge?" Ouyang pouted, disapproving of Qi Yunheng's contempt, "Where do you think all my money comes from, really? Will the world fall down?"

"Could it be that she earned it all?" Qi Yunheng's eyes lit up.

Although Su Su has always been in the name of Ouyang's concubine, after spending three years with Ouyang Zhaoxi, Qi Yunheng can also see that Su Su and Ouyang are really just a relationship between a boss and a subordinate, just like his ministers, they are just women. You always have to put up a banner when you do things, and give yourself a place, which is why you are called a concubine.

Hearing Qi Yunheng's words, Ouyang's eyes widened, "Don't try to poach me!"

"No, no!" Qi Yunheng laughed, took Ouyang into his arms, and rubbed him.