East of Juyang City.
Between the mountains and rivers, a city looms.
In the study room of the side hall of Yincheng Chengyun Hall.
Yan Wangyi, dressed in a dark jade prince's uniform, stood by the half-open window sill with his hands behind his back.
Let the cold wind howl in outside the window.
And it stands tall and motionless.
His steady gaze never moved the slightest bit from the snow outside the window sill that was already up to his legs.
behind him.
Lu Wensu, the Chief of Staff, who was dressed in the official robe of Prince Yan's Palace, stood with his hands folded and said slowly: "Your Majesty."
"Since entering the twelfth lunar month, heavy snow has fallen in many places in Shanggu and Yuyang counties."
"Among them, Guangning County and Zhuolu County in Shanggu County received up to 1.3 feet of snowfall."
"Liangxiang County and Fangcheng County in Yuyang County received more than a foot and a half of snowfall."
"The rest of the snowfall was within one foot."
"There is no danger of snow disaster for now."
Since entering December.
The two counties of Yandigu and Yuyang successively welcomed the first snow in the 30 years of Zhengde.
Maybe it was affected by the snow disaster in Liaodong.
This year's snowfall in Yandi is several times higher than in previous years.
Fortunately, even in Liangxiang and Fangcheng counties, which received the heaviest snowfall, the amount of snowfall was only over a foot and a half.
If there is no such heavy snow before the beginning of spring, Liangxiang and Fangcheng counties will definitely have a good harvest next year.
The words are over.
Xu Yi stood by the window sill with his hands on his back and gently closed the half-open window sill.
As the half-open window sill slowly closed.
The chill in the study room of Chengyun Hall subsided a little instantly.
Xu Yi slowly turned around and walked towards the Taishi's chair behind the desk.
After slowly taking a seat, Xu Yi just spoke: "Send orders to Chai Baoyi to immediately allocate a batch of coal stoves and briquettes to Liangxiang, Fangcheng, Guangning, and Zhuolu."
Affected by the snow disaster in Liaodong.
The prices of heating items in Shanggu County and Yuyang County have also increased.
Although it is not as shocking as Liaodong, it is still a burden that ordinary people cannot bear.
After deciding on the plan of "to gain warmth with warmth".
The Xialuocheng Coal Stove Workshop is already "on full fire."
In addition to the original employees in the workshop, Xu Yi ordered Chai Baoyi to recruit a large number of refugees from Liaodong and people from Xialuo City.
Used to ensure the output of coal stoves, briquettes, etc.
It can be said.
Nowadays, Xu Yi has no shortage of coal stoves, briquettes and other things.
What it really lacks is the caravan responsible for transportation.
Although with its influence in Yan land, if you want a caravan, countless merchants will swarm here in an instant.
But the strategy of "warming Liao with warmth" is really too important to Xu Yi.
How could he leave it in the hands of others?
What's more, coal stoves, briquettes and other items harm the interests of those merchants to a great extent.
Nowadays, in Liaodong, Liaoxi, Youbeiping, Guangyang, Yuyang, Shanggu, and even Daijun and Zhuojun, how many business houses have not taken advantage of the snowstorm in Liaodong to stock up on heating items?
The coal stoves, coal and other items were transported by these merchants with conflicting interests.
I'm afraid there will be "accidents" again and again.
Therefore, Xu Yi would never let anyone get involved in the coal stove and briquette business without absolute trust.
In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi pondered for a few breaths, and then took out a token the size of a child's palm from next to the desk.
"With this order, Wen Su went to Cang Daku to look for one or two treasures, and went to Zhu's house on his behalf."
"I have borrowed some caravans from the Zhu family and handed them over to Chai Baoyi."
"He was ordered to place coal stoves, briquettes and other items in the homes of all the people in Yandi in the shortest possible time."
Xu Yi threw the token in his hand to Lu Wensu, and then explained solemnly.
"Follow the order!"
Lu Wen
Su caught the token thrown by Xu Yi, then solemnly raised his hand and saluted.
According to etiquette, Xu Yi's presence in person can show more respect for such things.
But today is already the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and there are only ten days left before his wedding to Zhu Wanning.
At this time, it was really inconvenient for Xu Yi to come to Zhu's house in person.
The words are over.
Lu Wensu saluted again, and then slowly exited the side hall study.
After Lu Wensu's figure completely disappeared from the side hall study.
Xu Yi slowly leaned back on the back of the Grand Master's chair.
The corners of his mouth were raised slightly and he murmured in a low voice: "Zhu Wanning, Fan family."
In Xu Yi's original plan, after the new year everything in Yan Land was completely on track.
They will then start to win over or suppress many aristocratic families in the Yan region.
The first to bear the brunt was the Fan family, the second largest family in Shanggu County, which was just a stone's throw away.
But he never expected that he would not have time to formulate a more stable, detailed and comprehensive plan.
His concubine, who had not yet married, had already packed up the entire Fan family and gave it to him as another "dowry".
There was a marriage between the Zhu family, the first aristocratic family, and the Yan Palace.
Later, the Fan family, the second aristocratic family, took the initiative to join the family.
The presence of these two families meant that Xu Yi controlled over 80% of the aristocratic families in Shanggu County.
therefore.
Zhu Wanning's gift was truly a big one.
Thinking about this.
Xu Yi gradually stopped smiling.
Then he slowly stood up from the Grand Master's chair.
Pour water, grind, paper.
After everything is ready.
Xu Yi just slowly sat down on the Taishi chair.
"Sun Daohua, Pang Wenze."
Xu Yi, who was sitting on the Taishi's chair, picked up a brand-new wolf-brush pen, tapped it gently on the inkstone, and then slowly wrote two names on the paper as white as snow.
One of these two people is the Sheriff of Shanggu County, and the other is the Sheriff of Yuyang County.
In the entire Yan land, apart from Xu Yi, the King of Yan, these two were the biggest in officialdom.
And due to factors such as the Great Zhou ancestral system.
The power held by these two people is to a large extent greater than that of Xu Yi, the Prince of Yan.
But the good thing is.
After a series of overt and covert fights, the two have now begun to surrender to Xu Yi.
This also means that Xu Yi has controlled the entire official power of Yan to a certain extent.
At least until Sun Daohua and Pang Wenze leave office, this result will not change much.
After more than ten breaths.
Xu Yi once again took up his pen and wrote slowly on the rice paper as white as snow: "People of Yan land."
Water can carry a boat and capsize it. Those thousands of seemingly inconspicuous people in the Yan land are actually the most powerful force in the entire Yan land.
But the good thing is.
Since becoming a vassal, Xu Yi first used the nursing home to win the hearts of the orphans and widowers of Yan and a large number of people in Yan.
Later, Xialuo City wrote nursery rhymes in blood.
Then the seeds of trust will be deeply planted in the hearts of the people of Yandi.
After this incident, if the hostile forces want to repeat their same tricks again, I am afraid that the people of Yan will be the first to refuse to agree.
And after that, the matter of Buddha bone relics.
Then the King of Yan in the eyes of the people was covered with a sacred golden veil.
At this point, the people of Yan Land have completely returned to their hearts.
If Xu Yi is in need, if he raises his arms and calls out, he may not be able to follow.
So far, during the autumn harvest, he had taken the initiative to reduce taxes for the people in the feudal food towns, and built granaries to lend grain to the people without interest.
And this time, coal stoves, briquettes and other heating items are sold at low prices to help people survive this cold winter.
These seemingly useless things are actually the most inseparable link between him and the people.
Notice.
All emotions in this world need to be maintained.
As for once and for all? That's just a dream.
The imperial court still needs to protect the livelihood of the people in the world in order to ensure the peace and stability of the world and the imperial power.
The vassal king also needs to maintain the stability of the people in the fiefdom, so that everyone can return to their hearts and respond to one call.
In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi stopped writing and stared at the words "people of Yan land" for a moment.
After a while.
Xu Yi slowly moved his pen and continued to write slowly on the rice paper as white as snow: "Aristocratic families from two counties."
The official has initially returned to his heart.
The people have completely returned to their hearts.
Nowadays, the only thing standing in front of Xu Yi, preventing him from completely integrating all the power of Yan Di, is the powerful family that "connects the past and the future".
His power is not as good as that of a county governor.
Their number is not as good as that of ordinary people.
But it is the most indispensable thing for the operation of a place.
Good thing.
With his marriage to the Zhu family.
With the Fan family taking the initiative to vote.
Nearly half of this last stumbling block has been eliminated.
When he frees his hands, he can completely crush most of the remaining stumbling blocks with the force of thunder.
Until then.
The entire land of Yan, from the officials to the aristocratic families, to the common people, can be used by him.
Until then.
No matter how the outside world wanders, he has a pure land that serves as a barrier.
In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi stopped writing again and stared quietly at the four characters "Liangjun Family" written on the rice paper.
After a while.
The corners of Xu Yi's mouth raised slightly, revealing a slightly cold smile.
Then the pen moved slightly, and three more characters were added on the white rice paper - Wang Daying.
If "the governor's heart is at home", "the people's heart is at ease", and "the noble family's heart is at home", it can be classified as internal affairs.
So since the establishment of Wang Daying, its blade has been directed towards the outside world.
The 19,000 new soldiers in Nawang's camp have begun to take shape under the "torture" of the 2,000 veterans trapped in the camp day and night.
And this is just the soldiers themselves.
If we include Xu Yi's painstaking preparations for him over the past few months.
Such as ten-shot crossbows, such as twenty-shot continuous crossbows, such as wild goose-winged knives, such as war horses, such as cloth-covered iron armor ears that are being made day and night in the city.
If you include these.
Today, Wang's camp has 21,000 soldiers, completely fearless of any army of the same size in the world.
In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi paused the Langhao pen in his hand and stared calmly at the three plain characters "Wang Daying" on the rice paper.
I do not know how long it has been.
Xu Yi slowly raised the Langhao pen in his hand and added two small characters after the three characters Wang Daying - half a year.
The so-called half a year.
That is to say, within half a year, all 21,000 soldiers in Wang's camp were equipped with wild goose-wing knives.
That is, within half a year, 1,500 ten-shot crossbows, 500 20-shot crossbows, and 50,000 featherless arrows were completely built.
That is, at least one person and two horses must be achieved within half a year.
That is, within half a year, all cotton will be completely transformed into cloth-covered iron armor.
That is, within half a year, at least one thousand...
In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi frowned and shook his head gently, as if to get the last unrealistic thought out of his mind.
in its plans.
Like a wild goose-wing knife, like a repeating crossbow, like a war horse, like cloth-covered iron armor.
All plans can be completed within half a year.
The price he has to pay is nothing more than losing 90% of his family wealth.
Of course, the household wealth here already includes the income from Xiaoyinshan Salt Mine, Xialuocheng Coal Stove
, briquettes, medicinal jade and other income.
Even the vassal king's salary, wedding gifts, disaster relief rewards, etc. have been included.
However.
Even if he spends 90% of his family wealth, he can only go so far.
As for the heavy armor worn by the horses and horses of the five thousand Xuanjia Campers.
Even if their number is reduced from five thousand to one thousand.
With Xu Yi's current financial resources, it is also difficult to achieve.
It’s not that there are no other ways to make money in his mind.
However, no matter which way to make money.
It is absolutely impossible to gather the financial resources for even a thousand pairs of heavy armor in just half a year.
Therefore.
Even though Xu Yi was unwilling to do so, he had no choice but to put aside the matter of Xuanjia Camp's heavy armor for the time being.
The so-called "a penny can stump a hero" is probably nothing more than this.
After a while.
Xu Yi put aside the messy thoughts in his mind.
Then he stood up slowly and picked up the rice paper with many handwritings on it from the desk.
After cutting it for a while, Xu Yi slowly walked towards the window sill holding the handwriting on it.
There is something incompatible with the study room of the side hall sitting in the corner of the bright window sill of the side hall.
That thing was clearly a coal stove with an iron exhaust pipe connected to it.
In fact, all palaces in Prince Yan's Mansion have warm pavilions.
The so-called Nuan Pavilion is no different from the floor heating in later generations. They are both things that radiate warmth from bottom to top.
It's just that the cost of keeping this thing warm for a day is thousands of times higher than the cost of floor heating in later generations.
Therefore.
In the current Prince Yan's Mansion, except for the Changchun Hall, the warm pavilions in other palaces have never been lit even once since winter.
Even Chengyun Hall, where Xu Yi handles official duties, is the same.
For Xu Yi, a coal stove can ensure that the study is as warm as spring in the cold winter.
It's far from the point of using the thermal cabinet.
...
Xu Yixing walked to the coal stove on the window sill and slowly threw the rice paper with writing on it into the red inner wall of the coal stove.
Wait until it is completely reduced to ashes.
Xu Yi slowly squatted down and blocked the vent under the coal stove with iron sheets.
Then he stood up slowly and picked up a dark briquette with iron tongs.
It will be placed in the coal stove.
Of course.
at this time.
Suddenly, there was an extremely low sound of footsteps outside the study room in the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
After hearing the familiar footsteps, Xu Yi slowly put down the iron pliers in his hands.
Then he turned around and walked behind the desk.
"Dong dong dong."
"Owner."
Outside the study room in the side hall, Leader Wenxin stopped in front of the door and gently knocked on the closed study door.
"Enter."
"yes."
After getting the answer, Leader Wenxin gently opened the door and stepped in.
Wait until the door is closed again.
The leader of Questioning Heart slowly took a few steps forward, and then took out a wrinkled letter from his arms.
"Master, a letter from Liaodong."
The leader of Asking Heart held up the letter with both hands, bent down and saluted.
"Letter from Liaodong?"
Xu Yi murmured with a little doubt in his heart when he heard this.
Then he motioned to the leader to bring forward the wrinkled letter.
After taking the letter from the leader Ziwenxin.
Xu Yifang glanced at the handwriting on the envelope and instantly understood who wrote the letter.
This letter was apparently sent by Song Yuanfu who had already arrived in Liaodong.
Xu Yi slowly opened the letter in his hand and began to read it slowly.
However, after only looking at a third of it, there was some fluctuation in Xu Yi Gujing Bubo's eyes.
I saw that the first third of the letter vividly described Song's trading company.
After setting off from Xialuo City.
Along the way eastward, I saw and personally experienced the folk customs and people's livelihood in various counties.
And starting at the third point.
Song Yuanfu spent a lot of space and put on paper everything that happened in Zhengjia Village on December 5th.
See this.
Xu Yi's face couldn't help but become slightly solemn, and even the speed at which he read the letters became word by word without realizing it.
"In this battle, a total of 1,769 people, including merchant clerks and soldiers under the command of King Dai, were killed."
"My subordinates have confirmed with Xu Quchang more than ten times. I am willing to use my head to guarantee that no one from the trading firm under Dai Wang will be left alive in this battle."
"And all traces of the war have been burned by my subordinates."
"According to statistics after the war, a total of 26 jins of gold, 106 jins of silver, and 395 jins of copper were seized in this battle."
"There are also silver notes worth fifty-four thousand six hundred and twenty-seven taels."
"And a rough estimate of goods worth at least two hundred thousand taels."
"My subordinates have ordered Yang Yu to take half of his men and two hundred soldiers to take a detour to Liaodong."
"After that, my subordinates will stay with Yang Yu's tribe for at least three days or more."
"Make sure it has enough time to process the seized goods."
「……」
「……」
When I saw the three characters Xu Qiancheng at the end of the letter.
Xu Yi couldn't help but look a little relaxed.
As Xu Qiancheng is a veteran music director in the trapped camp, there is no need to worry about his loyalty.
Moreover, the reason why he chose Xu Qiancheng as his "bodyguard" in the first place was certainly not a random choice based on a whim.
Since Xu Qiancheng has already signed his name in the letter.
That means that there are no survivors of this battle with Xu Qi's men.
Since there is no one left alive, what else does Xu Yi have to worry about?
As for Song Yuanfu and Xu Qiancheng who took the lead in starting this war.
Not only did Xu Yi not feel anything inappropriate, but he was extremely convinced of the two men's approach.
Nothing else.
Given the circumstances at that time.
Naturally, the one who strikes first will gain the upper hand, and the one who strikes later will suffer disaster.
The anomaly has been discovered, and we are in the wilderness with no risk of the news being exposed.
Then why wait for the enemy to inflict casualties on oneself first, and then counterattack with pain?
Such behavior may seem tragic, but in fact it is no different than a fool.
If Song Yuanfu and Xu Qiancheng really chose this approach.
After the two of them return from Liaodong.
Xu Yi will remove all positions of the two of them as soon as possible.
And will not be reused for life.
As for whether he will turn against the acting king Xu Qi because of the Zhengjiacun incident.
Xu Yi never had the slightest worry about this.
Once the world is in chaos, it will inevitably be a life-or-death situation between Yan and Dai.
At that time, how can we talk about making enemies?
Secondly, Song Yuanfu and Xu Qiancheng had already considered all retreat options, and everything was done.
There was no one alive under Xu Qi's command, the corpses of merchant clerks, soldiers, and even hundreds of war horses were all burned to the ground.
The goods were turned over several times and sold in the name of others.
Without any evidence, what would happen even if Xu Qi, the acting king, knew that Xu Yi had done this?
Even if this matter comes before Emperor Zhengde, Xu Yi can still die without any evidence.
Xu Yi has never been a kind person, so naturally he cannot treat others with kindness despite knowing that they have malicious intentions.
