Hearing the woman in his arms sighing with a hint of resentment, Huang Qiong held her in his arms with some distress: "It was my fault. I shouldn't have been wishful thinking. I knew that Luo Fu had a husband, but I still kept thinking about her. Mei Mei. Son, since keeping you by my side will hurt you. I only hope that you can see me and stay with me when you come to the capital in the future, and I will be satisfied."
Listening to Huang Qiong's words, the woman didn't say a word, but was quietly held in Huang Qiong's arms. At this time, her acupuncture points had already been unlocked by Huang Qiong. He didn't leave before because he was so weak after being tortured by Huang Qiong. But now she still hasn't left. It was because at this moment, she suddenly felt greedy for the warmth in Huang Qiong's arms, which she knew was not her own.
It wasn't until Huang Qiong's hand began to caress her again that she raised her head and looked at Huang Qiong. But the way he looked at Huang Qiong this time was slightly different from before. Huang Qiong, who understood that there was something in her eyes at this moment, could not control the greed in his heart again and pressed lightly. But compared to the first storm, Huang Qiong's movements this time were like gentle wind and drizzle.
Let the woman in my arms feel for the first time what true tenderness and consideration is. At this time, the woman also gradually changed from passive to active, and she gradually became involved. Even later, although he was still a little conservative, he became more and more proactive in his actions. These changes in women brought strange surprises to Huang Qiong. The two of them have become more and more understanding, even skilled.
In the three days since Zhang Qian arrived, the two of them did not even leave the bedroom door. Except for meals, he stayed in bed all the time. Many times, Huang Qiong, who cherished her body, took the initiative to stop, but she took the initiative to sit on Huang Qiong. Even though she couldn't bear it, she had sex with Huang Qiong again and again. Even when he couldn't bear it anymore, he took the initiative to find a few women next door who had been frightened.
But during these three days, she didn't say a word. No matter what Huang Qiong said, he just fell into madness. Faced with Huang Qiong's sweet words, she just cried silently. Huang Qiong brought the food and just ate it silently. Huang Qiong never refuses to use his personal chopsticks to pick up food for him. The two of them lingered for three whole days, never stopping until they were exhausted.
As for the steward of the Fan family in Lingzhou, he had long been sent back on the pretext that his wife was staying at the residence to discuss matters with the King of England. This situation lasted until the early morning of the fourth day. I opened my eyes and looked at Huang Qiong, who was still sleeping, but was afraid that she would leave when he wasn't paying attention, and was holding her tightly in her arms. She sighed softly, tears streaming down her face again.
Huang Qiong, who felt the movement of the beauty in his arms, also opened his eyes. Looking at the woman with tears streaming down her face, she felt distressed and kept kissing her mouth, with tears covering her face. But when he kissed the beauty's small mouth, she firmly pushed him away. The woman shook her head: "It's time for me to leave. Don't come to me again in the future, and I won't come to you. I will never set foot in the capital again."
"In these three days, I have fully compensated the King of England for the Fan family. From now on, you and I will not owe each other, and the Fan family will no longer owe the King of England. You are still the high-ranking prince of the Qi Dynasty, and you will be even more so tomorrow. This is the emperor of the Qi Dynasty. And I am just an ordinary married woman. You can have many concubines, but I can only guard my husband. We say goodbye today, and I hope we will see each other forever."
After saying that, he slowly but firmly pushed Huang Qiong away, holding the hand tightly around his waist. He got up and got out of bed, put on his clothes, and walked out of the bedroom regardless of Huang Qiong's obstruction. But before walking out of the room, she turned back and took a deep look at Huang Qiong, who stood up and stood in front of the bed, then turned and left again. But looking at the beautiful woman's back, he wanted to call the beautiful woman Huang Qiong, but in the end he didn't say anything.
I could only look at the bed that was still warm and the beautiful lady's tears on the pillow. Thinking of the madness of these three days, I sighed softly. After getting up and getting dressed, he walked out of his bedroom. It's not that he doesn't miss these three days, but He Yuanfeng arrived with the main force last night. Zhang Qian will arrive today at the latest. He is currently busy with work and does not have much time to mourn the farewell.
What's more, he believed that it was not that the two of them would never have the chance to meet again, there would still be opportunities to talk to each other. All opportunities are created by people. Even when the beauty was leaving, she said those very decisive words. But Huang Qiong still didn't think that he had no chance at all. Now, the best option is to at least let her calm down a little.
With the arrival of the main force led by He Yuanfeng, Huang Qiong gave him only one task. That is to give him two months to clean up all the remnants of the rebels scattered throughout Ningxia Prefecture, and strive to eliminate all evil. At the same time, Huang Qiong gave Liu Jie, who was stationed at the junction of Shaanxi and Ningxia Prefecture, and blocked Ningxia Prefecture from the east, and ordered him to cooperate from east to west.
As for the main force led by He Yuanfeng, Huang Qiong hung the map of Ningxia Mansion given to him by Ouyang Jie in his cabin. Directly from above, He Yuanfeng was ordered to adopt the tactics of encirclement on all sides and clearing out gradually, and every inch of land in Ningxia Mansion would be overturned, and no rebels could be spared. Let alone allow the disintegrated rebels to become bandits among the people and continue to cause harm to the local area.
Zhang Qian also officially took office and began to deal with the aftermath. His first priority right now is to deal with the hundreds of thousands of party members gathered around Lingzhou. After Zhang Qian took office, with Huang Qiong's full support, he abolished some previous discriminatory customs that specifically targeted party members. Some of the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes that were originally specially formulated for party members have also been cancelled.
Not only were Dangxiang people allowed to study and take government examinations, but they were also encouraged to marry Han Chinese. It also issued a proclamation that once Dangxiang people marry Han people, regardless of whether the man marries a woman or not, they will be given Han citizenship. For Dangxiang merchants, not only were they exempted from previous miscellaneous taxes, but they were also given the same treatment as Han merchants. They even provided certain subsidies to encourage them to leave Ningxia Prefecture. Encourage party members to switch from nomadic herding to farming.
It is stipulated that party members who open up wasteland will be exempted from taxes for five years. Under Zhang Qian's coordination, among the captured Dangxiang rebels, ordinary non-Pingxia Dangxiang people who did not commit serious crimes were fined only one horse, three sheep, or five measures of grain for each family. Afterwards, all were released. The only thing that remained unchanged was the requirement for party members to keep horses, which was not canceled due to the insistence of the military generals.
A large number of young and middle-aged Dangxiang men who participated in the rebellion and were imprisoned after being captured were released, which quickly stabilized the mood of the rest of the Dangxiang people except the Pingxia tribe. Zhang Qian sent a large number of men to forcefully marry the orphans and widows who were left helpless after the men in their families died in battle. They were either betrothed to Dangxiang young men who had not been able to marry before, or they were betrothed to Han people who could not afford wives in the past.
Zhang Qian evenly distributed the fields of Guyuan County Prince's Mansion and the fields that originally belonged to the party leaders. All Han Chinese or Dangxiang people who take wives will be given fifty acres of land. The government is responsible for lending a sum of money and cattle to build houses. After Zhang Qian took office, a series of measures were launched vigorously and resolutely, which quickly stabilized the hearts and minds of most party members.
Only the Pingxia tribe, and the prisoners who were imprisoned in the military camp at this time, how to deal with the heads of the tribes, clan leaders, and Tibetan officials needed Huang Qiong to make the final decision, so Zhang Qian never came up with a way to deal with it. No matter how Zhang Qian asked for instructions, Huang Qiong, who seemed to be waiting for something, never spat. Compared with Huang Qiong, who is as stable as Mount Tai, Zhang Qian, the prefect of Ningxia, is very anxious.
For Zhang Qian, the daily consumption of food by these thousands of Xia tribe captives became his heaviest burden. Not only that, during this rebellion, the Pingxia tribe, which lost almost all its young and strong labor force, now has almost no ability to survive on its own. He, the prefect, wanted to prevent these people from starving to death in large numbers, causing the death of other tribes and causing grief, or triggering another rebellion.
A large amount of food must be provided for relief every day, which is an even heavier burden for him. Zhang Qian, who was almost out of breath under the heavy burden, could only borrow grain from everywhere to feed those people when Huang Qiong refused to come up with any suggestions. Fortunately, a month later, Huang Qiong gave him all the prisoners of the Pingxia tribe. However, it was not handed over to him for release, but used for other purposes.
Huang Qiong asked Zhang Qian to organize these prisoners of Ningxia who had been screened and moved them to dig channels near Huaiyuan Prefecture. Introduce the Yellow River water into the surrounding areas of Lingzhou. In Huang Qiong's view, he stayed on the edge of the Yellow River. The drought in Ningxia Prefecture last year was so severe because the water conservancy facilities in the past were not maintained and had long since become silted and lost their function, leaving large tracts of land to rely on the weather for food.
At the same time, there are dense rivers between Huaiyuan Prefecture and Lingzhou, but it is still a wasteland. With such excellent water conservancy conditions, only a small amount of land is cultivated. This is undoubtedly a huge waste. The Yellow River is full of dangers, but only arbitrage is profitable. However, most of the Hetao Plain in the south of the Yangtze River, which should be richer than the Yangtze River, is still an uncultivated wasteland. This is something Huang Qiong cannot accept.
In fact, Zhang Qian had had this idea before. It was only due to the lack of available labor that he had been delaying taking action. Now the King of England gave him all the prisoners of Pingxia tribe, which gave him a certain number of manpower. On the one hand, Zhang Qian seized the time to start construction, preparing to at least clear the silted ditches when winter came to ensure next year's spring plowing.
As for the new canal, Zhang Qian still plans to discuss it next year. Because for someone like Zhang Qian who had been a prefect, he knew very well that digging new canals could not be done overnight. He lacks the corresponding talents, so it would be good if he can clear the old channels now. Regarding Zhang Qian's ideas, Huang Qiong, who believed that this was his right as the prefect, interfered too much.
The only intervention was to transfer a director from the Department of Water Resources of the Ministry of Industry to him as a co-president of Ningxia Prefecture. As for other matters, as long as major policies were decided, Huang Qiong almost never interfered. And Huang Qiong, the ambassador of Shaanxi and Longyou, the prince of the country was in charge of Ningxia Mansion, and the pacification envoy of Longyou was Si Yamen. He asked Ningxia Mansion for money and grain, and never dared to slack off.
It can be said that Zhang Qian has been able to flex his muscles since he took office with almost no restrictions. It can be said that he has been an official for many years. When he was in Jing Zhaoyin's office, he was almost driven crazy by the former prince who often pointed fingers at him. This is the first time since becoming a Jinshi that I feel that this official is doing so smoothly. For the first time, everything can be done according to your own ideas.
Less than a month after arriving in Ningxia, Zhang Qian, who was still a little unconvinced by Huang Qiong, was completely convinced by the British king. Although he didn't say anything on his lips, in fact, in his heart, he was completely devoted to the King of England. Huang Qiong, who had already noticed Zhang Qian's awkward thoughts, just laughed it off. In the end, all that's left of this guy is his tough talk.
