grassland

A thousand miles away, a small hill, suddenly, a long knife hung on his waist, his hands behind him, looking quietly.

Huerbo, who has mastered the ten thousand households, has a majestic figure, stands tall with his hands behind his back, his eyes are condensed, full of charm and majesty, and indeed has the majesty of a king.

Dozens of personal guards around him were all fierce and murderous.

The boundless grassland is flat and vast, vast and charming.

There are hundreds of fat flocks of sheep, horses and cattle everywhere.

June grass is dense, and they eat butter grass, and their fur is shiny, and sometimes, there is a faint sound of silver bells. This is the shepherd's silver jewelry striking in the wind.

This grassland originally belonged to others, but now it is all owned by the Golden Family.

The grassland has always been chaotic, and tribes of all sizes have fought without interruption. It was not until my father took his brothers and generals to pacify the grassland that he had the current peaceful situation!

With Huerbo's original intention, he wanted to cultivate for another year, stabilize his power and accumulate strength.

However, Wang Hongyi's rise has broken this possibility.

A sound of war horses galloping sounded, as fast as thunder, from afar, several cavalrymen were wearing helmets, long bows and quivering on their backs, and arrows were inserted into them.

A hundred meters ahead of the hill, turned over and dismounted, came up, and handed over a stack of messages.

"Is there any news coming from the south?" Huerbo asked with a rough look.

"Wanhu, no news has come yet." The bearded centurion bent over and said respectfully.

Huerbo said lightly: "Give me instructions and contact someone to go to the south. Be sure to know the situation about the Chu army in time."

"Yes!" the centurion responded.

Looking towards the Central Plains, Huerbo silently calculated the scale of the new affiliated army. Although the new affiliated army is only 3,000 now, as long as it is broken, it can expand its army in large quantities.

Iron smuggling, the weapons of 30,000 cavalry have been equipped. As for consumption, as long as the Han people's city is captured, there will be a supplement.

As for the locations of the attack, they were Bingzhou and Youzhou.

"The world will be mine after all..." The voice was almost weak, as if he was talking to himself.

Yuanhang Port, Customs Office.

In the yamen conference hall, Song Han held a memorial in his hand, which was the end of the month report to be sent to Jinling.

Song Han was satisfied with the tax situation in May.

In less than a month, a customs office had a tax of 64,000 taels of silver, which is a very considerable number!

"You have worked hard this month. I will report it to the King. I believe the King will be very happy. Next, you will continue to work hard!" Putting down the memorial in your hand, Song Han smiled and said to everyone present.

"No!" Everyone present agreed to the promise.

"Send the memorial to Jinling." Song Han found someone and handed over the memorial.

"Yes!" Someone rode a fast horse and rushed towards Jinling City.

Standing on the high tower and watching the knight gradually disappear, he withdrew his gaze and went down the high tower.

As soon as he walked downstairs, he was found by the officials who came to report to him.

"Sir, a report is sent, saying that the customs in Hechenggang is about to be completed. Will you go over and check it?" the official asked respectfully.

"Hecheng Port?" Song Han thought for a while. Among the five customs, Yuanhang Port was the first to be built. It was just a month's tax revenue for a customs. It was already amazing. It can be imagined that the importance of customs.

Song Han would not underestimate any customs, even if the place where Hecheng Port is located is just a small town, it is a more remote place than where Yuanhang Port is located.

This is actually Shanghai.

"After sorting out the situation in Hechenggang, I will give it to me." Song Han thought about it and said, "After thinking, I asked.

"No." The official responded quickly.

Although Hechenggang has the word "City" in its name, its location is actually just a small coastal poor town that cannot be even smaller. The original port is even more dilapidated. Clearing the old port is a bit more troublesome than building a new port.

But the location here is rare, and it is not suitable to change it to another place. Therefore, the construction time here was earlier than that of Yuanhang Port, but the day it was completed was delayed by a long time.

Just when Song Han was busy, Wang Hongyi in Jinling City received a memorial sent by Song Han.

In the side hall, Wang Hongyi was wearing casual clothes and was watching this memorial.

The above content seemed to please him and made him smile.

"Sixty-four thousand taels of silver?" Looking at the numbers above, Wang Hongyi was quite satisfied.

But no matter how you say that the customs has just been built and it is the beginning, it is rare to have such taxes.

All five customs have been built, and I believe the national treasury will be much more abundant this year, right?

This will greatly strengthen the combat effectiveness of the army. To put it bluntly, it is still the word "money" in war.

"The Song family has done their best, but the other customs will have to send someone to the Ministry of Personnel!" Putting down the memorial, Wang Hongyi stood up and went down to the advanced level, thinking.

For the five customs, except for the long-distance port, it is impossible for the Song family to be directly under the control of other customs.

The eunuch hurriedly followed carefully.

"Today's lunch and dinner are all arranged at the Queen's place." Wang Hongyi said without looking back after taking a few steps.

The eunuch who followed him heard this and responded quickly: "I'll do it now."

"kindness."

For Queen Song Xinyou, the love between husband and wife of two lives naturally made him somewhat pampered.

He also loved the concubine Zhao Wan even more. These two people, one was a wife from two lives, and the other was a person who died in his previous life. Wang Hongyi would naturally not compare them with other women.

However, I am even the king of Chu.

Some things cannot be revealed, and he will restrain himself.

Once the way of balance is broken, perhaps it is tenderness and sweetness, but it will become a poison that will enter the mouth, right?

However, he was really happy today.

The Song family did give him a good face in his work. It is worthy of being the Song clan with hundreds of years of foundation in Shu. He had no experience in customs affairs, but he still made such achievements, which made Wang Hongyi very happy.

The reason why they handed over the first customs to the Song family was that they had experience, and it was probably possible to replace civilian officials for a few years.

I wanted to reward the Song family, but I felt it was inappropriate, so I might as well give Song Xinyou in the palace more kindness.

At this time, Song Xinyou was tasting tea and watching the flowers in the back garden of the palace.

Hearing the female official coming over quickly, he turned around and said, "What's wrong?"

"Empress, the king ordered that lunch and dinner will be used for the queen today." The female official said with a happy expression.

When Song Xinyou heard this, she did not show a happy expression on her face, and her tone softened: "Why don't you go and prepare it? You all know the dishes that the king likes!"

"Empress, I've already given the orders and I'm busy."

"Yeah, that's good." She said it plainly, but Song Xinyou still showed a hint of joy.

Speaking of which, Wang Hongyi respects her, his wife very much. Even so, in addition to her as the queen, there are also imperial concubines, concubines, and several new women who have been favored.

Many of the beautiful ladies who entered the palace in Jingzhou were sent by officials and noble families to marry. They now have some status. Although their status is not high, they are young and beautiful, and they will also have some kindness on weekdays.

Some time ago, the Song family was valued, but she was a little ignored in the palace.

Although I knew this was a disguised protection from Wang Hongyi, I still felt a little depressed.

Today, I was naturally happy to hear the news that the king was about to come.

"Empress, I'll prepare clean water for you now and adjust the water temperature so that you can take a shower and change your clothes!" said the confidant female official with a smile.

Song Xinyou smiled and glanced at her, and followed her.

Just as the lunch was being prepared in Song Xinyou's palace, Wang Hongyi welcomed another news in the side palace.

It is about the inclusion of the Wu army.

"... So, all Wu Bings have been incorporated?" Wang Hongyi looked at the Minister of War who was reporting to him and asked slowly.

"The king has all been incorporated and arranged. The old and weak have been eliminated and paid the money to go home. After the strong soldiers' training, they have been disbanded and distributed to the capitals!" said the Minister of War, "There are now 374,000 military registrations."

"Very good, very well done." After patting the handrail, Wang Hongyi stood up and went to the advanced level: "Part one of these compiled Wu Binghua rosters to give to the orphans."

The Minister of War did not dare to say much, but just responded: "Promise."

"Also, Fan Liuhai is in the Ministry of War?" Wang Hongyi asked.

"King, General Fan was summoned and is now reporting his duties in the Ministry of War..." Although he didn't know what the King asked, he answered it according to fact.

Wang Hongyi ordered: "Tell Fan Liuhai, let him go to the palace, and I will ask him if I have something to do."

"No!" The Minister of War retreated.

Less than half an hour later, an eunuch came in to report that it was General Fan who asked for a meeting.

"Let him come in." Wang Hongyi said instructing.

"promise."

The palace covers a vast area, with pavilions and pavilions, and the atmosphere is solemn. After a while, footsteps came from outside the hall. Fan Liuhai, dressed in an official robe, walked in from outside, came to Wang Hongyi, and bowed down and knelt down: "I pay homage to the king, I wish my king a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years!"
To be continued...