Tao Zhu was a little strange. It was still on vacation. Although Li Qiao was the right-hand man of the Holy Emperor, the Holy Emperor had not officially started working yet.
During the Chinese New Year in the past two years, His Majesty had to deal with some trivial matters, and Li Qiao returned home early after finishing his job as a ghostwriter.
Why did you come back so late this year?
Li Qiao knew that his going to the border town would make Tao Zhu very worried, so after dinner, he specially brought Tao Zhu to the study to talk to Tao Zhu about the matter alone.
Sure enough, after hearing what he said, Tao Zhu's eyes widened in an instant, and her hands that were originally hanging by her sides couldn't help but grab his arms: "Are you going to the border town?!"
"There's a war going on over there!"
His tone was stronger than ever, full of worry, and his eyebrows were knitted together. Before Li Qiao could answer, water droplets gathered in his eyes.
This made Li Qiao feel very distressed. He stretched out his long arms and hugged the person directly: "Don't worry, the border town is very safe. The Lord originally planned to let the seventh prince or the fourth prince go. The princes can go, really. It’s very safe.”
Tao Zhu was already crying, and his worry did not diminish at all: "Then why do you go instead?"
"Because the Holy One was afraid that the Sixth Prince would come back and cause trouble, and the other bachelors were getting older, so the Holy One looked at them and chose me."
"This shows that His Majesty trusts me. Today His Majesty showed me the defense information of the border town. In the past, in order to avoid suspicion, I couldn't even glance at those reports from the corner of my eye."
Li Qiao said, patting Tao Zhu's back gently and softening his tone: "Don't worry, it's really as safe over there as in Shengjing."
"How can it be as safe as Shengjing? There's a war going on over there!"
Tao Zhu gritted his teeth, not wanting to let the tears fall, but the tears ran away disobediently, and his vision quickly blurred.
He would rather Li Qiao not be trusted by the Holy One...
But now Li Qiao has agreed, and the holy order cannot be violated. He can't do anything to let Li Qiao enter the palace and refuse this job.
He could only hug Li Qiao tightly and try to hold back his tears.
Li Qiao could clearly feel the worry of the person in his arms, and he couldn't help but pursed his lower lip.
He knew this would happen.
However, he is indeed the most suitable candidate.
If he had known this, he would definitely not have suggested to Sheng Hong that the sixth prince return to the capital. The fate of the sixth prince was not as important as Brother Zhu's worries. In this case, the errand would fall on the seventh prince or the fourth prince...
Taking a deep breath, he raised his hand and gently rubbed Tao Zhu's back: "Brother Zhu, believe me, I will definitely come back alive and kicking."
Tao Zhu didn't say anything, just cried silently, his tears already wet the cotton robe he was wearing.
He was silent for a while, suppressing the urge to tell the person in his arms about his superpower.
Brother Zhu's mood is already unstable now. If he drops this bomb again, how will Brother Zhu react...
He could only hug the person in his arms tightly and repeat the words that the border town was safe over and over again. Moreover, he told Brother Zhu some of the current situation of the border town that was not confidential, so that he could use the data to make Brother Zhu put aside his worries. .
With so many garrison troops there, the barbarians could not enter the city at all.
He's not leaving the city, so he's really safe.
His comfort made Tao Zhu slowly stop crying. When Tao Zhu raised her eyes to look at him, her eyes were already swollen.
Tao Zhu looked at him for a long time with his swollen eyes open, then stood up on tiptoes and kissed him, and then said in a hoarse voice: "I see that there are many soft armors in those chivalrous people that are invulnerable. Can you use this kind of soft armor?" Can you buy it?"
"There is also poison. Can poison also be used?"
"..."
Looking at Tao Zhu's swollen eyelids, he could no longer hold back the raging emotions in his heart, lowered his head and kissed Tao Zhu's lips hard.
His Brother Zhu was strong and loved him dearly. How could he not love him?
Tao Zhu was kissed by Li Qiao, and mist filled his eyes unconsciously. Sometimes he would rather Li Qiao had not taken the imperial examination, so that he and Li Qiao would never be separated...
By the time Li Qiao and Tao Zhu came out of the study, it was already late at night. Tao Zhu was tired and sleepy, but his mind was so messed up that he refused to fall asleep.
For a while, he thought about what kind of luggage he should prepare for this person, and for a while, he thought about how to let Li Qiao protect himself.
Unfortunately, Li Shou and Li Shou were in Peng County, so it was too late to send the message.
But fortunately I am not shy at home.
Moreover, several Li Man people who were ordered to dig rivers in the four prefectures of Jibei Province also returned to Shengjing for the New Year.
Li Qiao took all ten of the guards rewarded by the Holy One, and the Holy One will also send guards to protect Li Qiao this time. Even if the city is destroyed...
Ah bah, bah bah bah!
The border city is strong and will not be broken!
Also, is there really no such thing as soft armor in chivalry that cannot be burned by fire or cut with a knife?
Tao Zhu didn't sleep well all night. When he woke up the next day, his eyes were even more swollen.
This shocked the family. Why are you crying like this?
When they learned that Li Qiao was going to the border town, things were going crazy at home. Li Xiaolan and Li Shu's eyes were red, and everyone else was frowning and sighing, completely losing their appetite for breakfast. Li Liang even asked if the Holy Spirit could send other People go forward.
His Xiaoqiao is a civil servant, a civil servant!
How can I go to the front line?
Li Qiao could only repeat the words he comforted Tao Zhu last night, but this could not dispel everyone's worries.
Swords and arrows have no eyes!
The worries of everyone in the Li family could not change anything. After Li Qiao had breakfast, he first went to the Fan family to find Fan Bubu to verify the coal transaction.
He had sent someone to inform Fan Buzhi yesterday that he planned to donate 300,000 kilograms of coal to the border town.
The Fan family's coal business has been very good in the past few years. The Fan family has stored a lot of coal in Shengjing. Now he wants to buy so much at once, which can be regarded as clearing out the Fan family's inventory in Shengjing.
Fan BuZe wanted to make a deal with him and only wanted to collect the cost price, but he refused. However, Fan BuZe insisted that the two families were relatives. In addition, the coal was donated to the soldiers in the border town. The Fan family could never pay the market price. TOLL.
Finally, after some prodding, he bought the coal at a price that was ten cents lower than the market price per catty.
After the coal was done, he went back to the palace and continued to listen to Sheng Hong telling him about the border town.
Yesterday I only learned about the defense of border towns, but today I want to learn about people's livelihood.
If we can't fight this battle, we won't fight it.
Chapter 236 Departure Tao Zhu sees him off
After the border town developed from a market into a small town in the previous dynasty, it was half occupied by Hu people and half Han people.
At the end of the previous dynasty, the Hu people took advantage of the chaos of war and went south to burn, kill, and loot. The border towns were occupied by the Hu people.
After the establishment of Dasheng, the Hu people bullied the early construction of Dasheng. They did not take Dasheng seriously and crossed the Great Wall to plunder property and people.
Sheng Jun personally led his troops to the north, and led the troops to conquer in person. After fighting with the Hu people for more than ten years, he forced the Hu people into the hinterland of the grassland and no longer dared to show their faces, so the border town became Dasheng's territory.
Nowadays, the people living in the border town are Dasheng people. Over the years, the border town has been peaceful and peaceful. On the surface, Dasheng has no trade relations with the Hu people.
But there are people who secretly smuggle it.
The nobles of the Hu people needed silk, tea, spices, medicinal materials, ironware and other essential items from Dasheng. The horses, cattle, sheep and some medicinal materials of the Hu people were also needed by the people of Dasheng.
The scale of this kind of smuggling was not large, so it had little impact. Sheng Jun and Sheng Hong, father and son, turned a blind eye and pretended not to have seen it.
If the water is clear, there will be no fish.
At present, the Hu people have been invading the border towns for several years, and this kind of private smuggling has been completely banned. Now hundreds of thousands of people in the border towns make a living by breeding, farming, doing odd jobs, and doing small businesses. The overall economy is very average.
Of course, Shenghong has no idea of improving the economy of border towns.
This is the gateway to Dasheng. It serves as a warning and should not be too lively.
But in the past few years, the Hu people continued to go south. The Hu people were not deliberately doing evil because they were full, but they were forced to go south. So he had a new idea.
Since the Hu people are short of food, can Dasheng resume the trade relations with the Hu people that they had during the previous dynasty?
Nowadays, Dasheng is not short of food, and the food is not given to the Hu people for free. If the two sides resume business transactions, then neither side will have to die every day like now.
Sheng Hong never thought that he could drive out all the Hu people. His father, an emperor with great talent and strategy, still struggled with the Hu people for more than ten years before they stopped them for 20 or 30 years. As a second-generation emperor, he had never been to the battlefield in person. How could they possibly exterminate the barbarians?
Moreover, all unified dynasties in the past dynasties have been entangled with the Hu people. There were even days when the Hu people took over the Central Plains and established political power. All dynasties failed to deal with the Hu people, so he is no longer dreaming.
The best way is just like the previous dynasty, where the two sides carry out trade exchanges and exchange what they need, so that they can coexist peacefully.
However, if you want to make peace, you must defeat the barbarians so that you can take the initiative.
Now Dasheng is on passive defense and does not take the initiative to attack.
Under such circumstances, if Dasheng makes peace, the barbarians will definitely think that Dasheng is asking for peace, and they will definitely slap him in the face.
Li Qiao agreed with Sheng Hong's idea, but it was better to resume trade than to waste manpower and financial resources.
If you want the other party to take the initiative to seek peace, you really have to convince the other party so that they can no longer see the hope of victory.
But Sheng Hong lacked confidence.
It took Sheng Jun more than ten years in his prime to defeat the opponent. Now, how can Da Sheng have more than ten years to contend with the crazy barbarians?
The Hu people are best at engaging in guerrilla warfare, and they are all cavalry, but Dasheng is not familiar with the terrain there.
Dasheng cannot afford to fight this battle.
Headache.
Sheng Hong frowned, and Li Qiao was at a loss. He was a civil servant. Although he had read some military books in order to take the imperial examination, he did not understand military affairs.
He also sighed and frowned.
Returning home from the palace, Zhuang Wen, Xu Yingchen Hua and Meng Yue are all there. They have been officials in Shengjing for so long, and they can only do it if they are not on business trips. When they are on business trips, they are in dangerous border towns. Li Qiao must take care of himself during this trip. ah.
Li Qiao smiled and laid out the data about the border town that comforted his family. With an army of 120,000, there would be no danger.
Moreover, Sheng Hong will send a hundred members of the Guards to protect him personally this time. Needless to say, the combat power of the Guards. Even if he encounters danger, this team will be able to fight his way out.
This is true, but several friends are still a little worried.
They heard that the Hu people were also suffering from a locust plague. The Hu people were forced into a desperate situation.
However, it was hard to disobey the sacred order. Knowing that Li Qiao had donated 300,000 kilograms of coal this time, Zhuang Wen, Xu Ying, and Meng Yue expressed that they also wanted to donate something.
This time Li Qiao wanted to reward the soldiers on behalf of Sheng Hong. They wanted to donate a hundred pigs so that the soldiers guarding the border could eat good food.
