At the fourth watch, it was still dark.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door outside Li Qi's house, and Ma Qiao lowered his voice and said, "Bu Shuai, it's time for us to set off."

After a moment, Li Qi opened the door and saw that he was fully dressed, "Is everyone here?"

Ma Qiao nodded.

Li Qi walked out and saw Drunkard, Liu Yunxi, Huo Nanxi, and Hu Beiqing all already there, looking up unconsciously.

Ma Qiao said: "Is there really no need to say goodbye to the ladies?"

Li Qi shook his head and said: "Forget it, what bothers me most is saying goodbye. Let's go."

The group of people quietly went down the mountain as the night fell.

After they left, three beautiful figures appeared on the fence.

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"The lower official (the last general) will see the Privy Envoy."

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, Ouyang Che and Yang Zaixing were already waiting below.

Li Qi hummed, waved his hand and said, "We're in a hurry, so let's talk while walking."

Ouyang Che nodded and sang.

Li Qi got on the horse and said: "Ouyang Che, although Jiangnan's economy has recovered, you can't relax. This has just begun. A large amount of money is pouring into Jiangnan, and there may be many speculative things. You must remember,

The essence of the economy is people, the people. When the people prosper, the economy prospers, and what the people care about most is prices, and prices include currency, so the control of prices is very important."

Ouyang Che nodded and said, "I will keep in mind the Privy Councilor's teachings."

Li Qi took out a letter from his arms, handed it over, and said: "This is a secret weapon I gave you, specially used to deal with currency control."

Secret weapon?

Ouyang Che was overjoyed and quickly took the letter. Originally, he wanted to open it and read it now, but suddenly remembered that it was still night, so he finally gave up and thanked Li Qi repeatedly.

In fact, this secret weapon is the glass mirror. With the emergence of glass mirrors, bronze mirrors should be eliminated. Then a large number of bronze mirrors will be discarded. The price of copper will definitely continue to fall. And because of the rise of the economy, the circulation of currency has greatly increased.

.Then the price of the currency will continue to rise.

It is perfect to use the rise and fall of bronze mirrors to balance currency prices.

Of course, Bai Qiannuo is still at the helm. After all, Li Qi left this glass mirror to Bai Qiannuo to take credit, and Ouyang Che just wanted to get a share of the pie.

Li Qi added: "Ouyang Che, Li Qingzhao and Mrs. Qin, I leave it to you. If they have any problems in the area under your jurisdiction, then you can handle it yourself."

This is not a request, it is clearly a threat!

Ouyang Che's mind wandered when he heard this. This task was really difficult. He wished Li Qingzhao and the others would leave as soon as possible. Although he was a stubborn person, he also knew that Li Qi was even more stubborn than him in this regard. If something really happened,

He must have finished playing, and he agreed again and again.

When Ouyang Che arrived at the Nancheng Gate, Li Qi asked him to go back.

After another meal, the sky gradually became brighter, and we could vaguely see a few people standing in the pavilion in front of us.

"Yanfu."

Li Qi quickly rode forward.

The person in the pavilion is none other than Zhao Jingyan.

Zhao Jingyan walked out of the pavilion and looked at Li Qi. She couldn't help but sigh, "After five years of going around in circles, we finally worked together."

Li Qi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "That's not what I think. In fact, we have always been partners because we have a common goal."

"Are you referring to Mrs. Qin?"

Sweating! Women still love to hold grudges. Li Qi imitated Gao Yanei and looked at her with squinting eyes.

This trick was really effective. Zhao Jingyan really felt very guilty, as if she had deeply hurt Li Qi, and stopped mocking Li Qi.

Li Qi felt quite satisfied. He extended his hand and said, "Maqiao, you know the drunkard." As he said that, he stretched his hand in front of Yang Zaixing and said, "This is Yang Zaixing, who is known as the murderer."

A murderous maniac?

After all, Yang Zaixing was young and could not withstand Li Qi's control. His expression looked very awkward.

Zhao Jingyan laughed and said: "General Yang is brave and invincible. I once had the honor to see the general kill the Jin army almost with one person's strength. I admire him in my heart. Being able to work with the general today can be regarded as a lifetime blessing."

Yang Zaixing hurriedly clasped his fists and replied: "I don't dare, I don't dare."

Li Qi chuckled and said, "Zai Xing, this is your savior."

"ah?"

Yang Zaixing looked at Li Qi in surprise.

Li Qi smiled and clicked. Zhao Jingyan could really be regarded as Yang Zaixing's savior. During the Kaifeng defense battle, Yang Zaixing was already fighting against a trapped beast. If Zhao Jingyan hadn't sent Wu Jie and the others at the most critical moment,

With Yang Zaixing's character, he would definitely not escape, so he would have to fight to death.

However, this matter has always been a royal secret, and Yang Zaixing is not qualified to know all this.

Li Qi pointed his hand towards Liu Yunxi again and said excitedly: "This one is incredible. She is capable of everything, save lives and heal the wounded, is chivalrous, brings back the dead, has superb medical skills, and is known as the goddess doctor, Liu Yunxi. Let me advise you.

, don’t offend her, the consequences will be very serious.”

Heaven and earth? Liu Yunxi's face turned red after being called by Li Qi's series of names.

Zhao Jingyan was used to it and said with a smile: "Although I am proud, I am not stupid enough to offend a goddess doctor." After saying that, she handed over to Liu Yunxi and said: "If there is anything that offends the goddess doctor in the future, please let me know."

The goddess doctor can only forgive me."

This was the first time Liu Yunxi and Zhao Jingyan met. Seeing that Zhao Jingyan was acting very modestly, she was embarrassed to have a cold face and hurriedly returned the favor.

You are smart enough to know not to offend this strange woman. Li Qi pointed to Zhao Jingyan and introduced: "This is my newly hired military officer. Just call her Mr. Zhao."

Although Liu Yunxi and the others had already seen that Zhao Jingyan was a woman, they did not ask any more questions after Li Qi said so. They both held hands and exchanged greetings for a while before Zhao Jingyan got on the horse and headed south.

Zhao Jingyan glanced at Liu Yunxi, who was not so gregarious, and whispered to Li Qi: "Hey, I heard that this female doctor is famous for her eccentric personality. You can even subdue her. It's really amazing."

What's the point of subduing? You really treat me as the Monkey King. Li Qi said angrily: "You think too highly of me. In fact, inviting her here is even more difficult than for you. I also used benefits in exchange to invite her."

Come."

Zhao Jingyan asked curiously: "What exchange of interests?"

Li Qi took it out from his pocket, and when he took it out, there was an extra "red bean" in his palm.

"Could this be that---."

Zhao Jingyan is very familiar with these red beans. In that gambling game, the food envoy Mohammed almost died on these red beans.

Li Qi nodded and said: "Exactly, this thing can be turned into coffee beans. It is the best in the food industry and can cure many difficult and complicated diseases. I once sent people to follow Mohammed to eat, hoping to use this coffee

The coffee beans were transplanted to me in the Song Dynasty. Now my people have come back, and they have brought a lot of seeds, but these coffee beans can only be grown in the hot areas of the south."

Zhao Jingyan nodded and said: "I understand, the female doctor was very curious about this kind of coffee beans, so you used these coffee beans to lure her to go to the south of the Yangtze River with you."

Li Qi said helplessly: "Isn't there nothing I can do? You also know that our army has repeatedly fought with Jiaozhi in the past. Epidemics have always ruthlessly devastated our army. Although I have made enough preparations this time, I still have to bring a

With the goddess doctor by your side, you are always prepared for trouble."

Zhao Jingyan deeply agreed and said: "I very much agree with you doing this. Jiaozhi cannot afford to lose this war, and we can't afford to lose it."

Li Qidao: "Moreover, we must avoid future troubles this time. Jiaozhi will never appear again in this world, nor in the future."

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After traveling for more than a month, Li Qi and others arrived at Chenxian County in the south, which later became Chenzhou City in Hunan.

What people call Jiangnan today generally refers to the Suzhou and Hangzhou generations, and is still limited to the Yangtze River Basin. Therefore, people often say that Jiangnan is prosperous. This does not include the southernmost part.

The further south you go, you will find that there are fewer people, the roads become narrower, and there are barren mountains and ridges everywhere.

When passing by a village, Ma Qiao saw that there were no more than a hundred households in the village, and the people here were all wearing coarse linen clothes. They were very, very poor. He couldn't help but said: "I didn't expect that there would be such a poor place in the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Jingyan, Liu Yunxi and others have all been here in this generation, so they are used to the desolateness here, but this is the first time Maqiao came back. He was born in Yangzhou, and later went to Bianjing, where he visited the poorest places.

It's Fengxiang, but after all, there are still a lot of people in Fengxiang's garrison area, but in this area, there are probably more wild animals than people.

Zhao Jingyan said: "Maqiao, you don't know something. It's pretty good now. The economic rise of Suzhou and Hangzhou has also affected this place to some extent. If you came here five years ago, you would probably not be able to walk for a day."

You may not see anyone."

Li Qi smiled and said: "This is a good thing."

"Good thing?"

Zhao Jingyan felt that Li Qi's words were a bit baffling.

"Land is the foundation of human beings. This is an eternal law. Nowadays, whether it is the Yellow River Basin or the Yangtze River Basin, the population has gradually become saturated. Once overflow occurs, the overflowing people will definitely look for new ones.

If there is no place to live, that is not a good thing, and the court will be forced to expand its territory."

Li Qi pointed around with his finger and said: "But look at how beautiful these barren mountains are. This is the potential of our Song Dynasty. This area, which you may see as desolate now, actually contains

There is countless wealth. Once the imperial court adopts policies to develop this place, the total wealth of our country in the Song Dynasty will at least increase three or four times. A country with potential is far more exciting than a country that has reached its peak."
To be continued...