Practice guns, walk your horses, and then swim twice in Wuhu.

The clear lake water and free swimming, there is only one word for pleasure.

On the way back to the city, I ate a bowl of mutton soup at the wharf. The wharf in Xicheng is very lively now, not worse than that in Xichengli. There are many ships entering and leaving the wharf port every day. In addition to cargo ships, there are even passenger ships that go to Lingzhou and Fengzhou regularly, which is almost every half hour.

There are many cargo ships that rely on, so there are many laborers here to carry and unload and load.

Many laborers are from Ningyuan's military families, from ordinary people, and there are even some unattended soldiers. It is now early May, and although the fields need water conservation, most of the rice fields in Ningyuan have canals, and those without them have been drilled and put on wells.

The fields stopped again.

The people can't stop. Even if their lives are better now than before, they still try to make money and make life better. With free time, they ask their young son to go to shops and workshops to be apprentices, and some even send their daughters to textile factories to work as female workers.

Some women even go to the dock to do some small business every day.

Some men asked their father to take care of him at home, but they went to the dock to carry the work.

The work on the dock is based on pieces. How much does it cost to carry one piece? It is ready to be settled on the same day, making it flexible and convenient. It takes money every day to save the traction.

The merchants coming and going on the docks are busy with laborers, with a large number of people and lively people. So many people who have no capital set up beaches here to carry out loads and do small business.

Some people who choose steamed cakes, some sell shiba cakes, and some sell shiba cakes, and some sell shiba cakes with stoves.

There are also shopkeepers in pawnshops carrying big bags, containing clothes that were dutifully made in pawnshops, and they were taken to the dock to sell to passers-by merchants and laborers.

Although the food stalls on the pier are small, there are many that taste good.

This mutton soup tastes good and the amount is quite large.

A bowl of mutton soup is like a small pot. His mutton soup uses mutton head meat, mutton lungs, mutton intestine, mutton heart, and mutton belly. Add green onions, ginger, garlic, and salt, and a little wine, and finally add green onions and a little coriander.

A bowl of mutton soup that is not spicy but very fresh.

The mutton soup is served with two pancakes and is directly sliced ​​into the soup like noodles. This taste is amazing.

Even if a laborer is working, he will definitely be full if he comes to such a bowl.

Delicious and affordable.

After getting up early, I practiced riding horses and swimming. I was indeed hungry, so it was just right to eat a bowl of mutton soup here.

After eating mutton soup, Li Chao stopped riding a horse and walked to Yacheng.

When we arrived at Yacheng, we entered the General's Mansion.

I met an unexpected person.

"Li Xiangguo, I'm here again."

"When did the eunuch come? I didn't inform you. I'll have someone to pick you up."

The morning festival is already very lively.

As the yamen in charge of the military, civil affairs, finance, taxation, personnel, etc. of the eight prefectures in Shuofang, there are countless things to deal with every day. Although there is no war now and the situation has been eased, the military defense tasks in various places are still not willing to relax.

As soon as the eight prefectures of Shuofang were recovered, there were also many civil affairs in the local areas of the prefectures. They also used land to measure land, all land and land, and searched for population and checked household registration. They also needed to clear canals and dig drains.

Even several newly built border cities, several main roads of Shuofang, and stations.

The eunuch Wang followed Chu Suiliang and Chu Suiliang accompanied the eunuch Wang.

After a few days, Chu Suiliang seemed to have become thinner and tanned. However, he felt more calmer. It seems that doing practical things will still be of great help to him.

Li Chao greeted the two with a smile, smiled casually, and nodded without being very formal and polite.

Walk to one side of the hall, pull out the chair and sit down.

Tea has been brewed on the table, and tea has even been poured into his tea cup. The officials here are very careful. They have figured out Li Chao's habits and know which one he clicks in. They also know that Li Chao likes to drink tea, so they must drink tea when they come. The tea brewing time is just right, neither early nor late.

This is another clever person.

However, Li Chao was thinking that such a smart person might not be suitable to stay with him.

I took a sip of tea from Duan Xiang. Summer is here and I have to change to green tea.

The eunuch Wang didn't think that Li Chao was deliberately neglecting him. He smiled and pulled open the chair and sat down. However, Chu Suiliang, the deputy commander of the military governor, was also known as a Xuanfu envoy. As a result, he was thrown in Lingzhou and dug the canal for more than a month. The people were tanned and had nothing to do with the decision of the Shuofang General's Mansion.

At this time, there was no longer the kind of aura I had when I first came from Chang'an.

He stood there a little trance, Li Chao said, "Deputy Envoy Chu is his own person here, so you don't have to be polite, just sit by yourself."

The eunuch Wang was very casual. Judging from his appearance, he didn't look like something urgent. But in a short while, the eunuch Wang ran away twice, so it was impossible that it was okay.

It was probably Li Shimin who had something to do to him, so he sent the eunuch to come, otherwise, he would have been given a decree.

Holding up the tea cup and savoring the tea, Li Chao was secretly guessing the purpose of the eunuch Wang.

In fact, after Li Chao decided to suspend his full-scale counterattack against the Turks and achieved very good negotiation results with Yu Shishi, basically taking Hequdi back with peaceful means, Li Chao felt that Li Shimin should recall him back to Beijing sooner or later.

After all, the official position of Shuofang Jiedu was specially set up to recapture Shuofang. When it was first enthroned, Shuofang was still in Liang Shidu. Therefore, the power of this Jiedu was greater, and no one said anything.

But now it's different.

Now Shuofang Town is the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty even withdrew the Xingtai, the Grand Governor's Office was deprived of power, and the General Administration, which was both in charge of military and political affairs, was changed to the Governor who only managed the soldiers. How could he, the governor who controlled the sky, earth and air, existed again?

Without inquiring, Li Chao knew that many people in the court would definitely write letters to abolish Shuofang Town and dismiss his post as Jiedushi.

Li Chao doesn't want to express his opinion on such a thing.

Although, from the overall perspective, Shuofang Town still needs to be retained, after all, the Turks were not really so friendly just after being recaptured. Letting a more powerful Jiedushi commander Shuofang Town and stay for a few more years will be beneficial to the overall situation and stability in Shuofang local areas will be even more beneficial.

But from Li Chao's personal perspective, he could not object to the proposal to withdraw.

If he speaks out of opposition, others will misunderstand his love for power. It would be nothing if ordinary people misunderstand it. If Li Shimin misunderstands it, it would be bad.

Under normal circumstances, if Li Chao heard these rumors, he should take the initiative to fold and request to enter the court.

However, he has not heard such news yet, or it is not mentioned in the Banyuetan's diary section. Now Banyuetan has finally successfully won the task of sending a diary for the imperial court.

Banyuetan is now a ten-day period. Every ten days, the provincial capital of the court edited a report on the current affairs of the court and handed it over to Banyuetan Newspaper. Banyuetan Newspaper typed the content and then distributed it.

The imperial court did not pay for these seals, but one advantage was that the imperial court allowed the government offices of more than 300 prefectures and more than 1,000 counties in the world to get one. In other courts, each department and temple has one, and every government office has one.

In this case, at least 3,000 copies are not paid, and the newspapers are given free of charge. Of course, the newspapers are only responsible for printing and distribution. How to deliver these to the hands of various yamen is the court's business.

The court actually used the world's post station system to deliver the half-month talks to local government offices. At the lowest level, even if the county government offices have various military prefectures, if you go further, you can only copy them from the superior government offices if you want to read the newspaper.

There are also benefits to taking on this job.

That is, the influence of Banyuetan has expanded. When Banyuetan advertises, it charges more fees, and when writing personal biographies to others, it also charges more money.

Many people think that Banyuetan is a newspaper run by the court and an official newspaper.

In fact, this newspaper is still completely Li Chao's private property.

Now Banyuetan is still cautious and honest, and has not made any moves of overcoming. But with the current momentum, it will sooner or later be amazing.

Generally speaking, the government affairs news published in the Banyue Talk is real official news. The above often excerpts some important news from the court in the recent period, including memorials from officials.

Since the officials have not submitted a report to the officials to withdraw Shuofang Town and ask him to go back to Beijing, Li Chao can certainly be regarded as not knowing it.

If he wasn't summoned to Beijing, wouldn't it be because of the mirror he sent?

Just a mirror, something worth a few dollars.

The eunuch Wang was also drinking tea. Li Chao would have taken the initiative to ask, but Li Chao had no intention of taking the initiative.

Put down the teacup, the eunuch Wang smiled.

"Can you know what happened to His Majesty who sent him this time?"

"I can't guess this, the eunuch might as well say it."

The fat and fat eunuch Wang shook his head, "It is said that the Prime Minister is a funny person, but he really didn't notice it. This time he came, there were actually three things."

"First, Your Majesty is very impressed by the Prime Minister's contribution to regaining Shuofang. Your Majesty specially gave His Majesty Pingzhang a letter to commend him."

Li Shimin wrote a decorative character to Li Chao, which is just four characters, the country's Gancheng.

With this word, there is also a gift of iron coupon for death. In addition to Li Yuanshu's time, Li Chao now has two iron coupons for death. If Li Shimin is willing to admit the truth, then Li Chao can commit two death sentences in the future without having to die.

Of course, this kind of thing is just a matter of saying it. Not to mention committing two death row crimes, if you really commit one, you will probably be killed immediately.

"Thank you for your words!"

The second thing the eunuch came when the king told Li Chao that he had received the mirror of the emperor.

"That glazed mirror was publicly auctioned at Chang'an Li Ji Auction House, and the price was sold at a sky-high price of 12,800 yuan."

Li Chao smiled and didn't expect that someone would buy the mirror he bought for a few dollars. I don't know which sucker it was.

"It was the King of Hejian who beat everyone to take this treasure."

It turned out to be Li Xiaogong.

King Li Xiaogong of Hejian was very capable and famous in the royal family, and also made great contributions. He conquered half of the southern part of the Tang Dynasty. However, because of his great contributions, he did not support Li Shimin very much before, so now the new dynasty has no place at all.

The re-establishment of Prince Zhao was promoted to the title of Prince Hejian, and was transferred back to Beijing to be appointed as the Minister of Rites, which was actually completely undermined.

Li Xiaogong likes luxury the most and is rich. However, Li Chao feels that Li Xiaogong spends more than 10,000 yuan to buy a mirror, but he doesn't necessarily really like this mirror. He just shows Li Shimin his thoughts and doesn't want to do things in the court anymore, but only cares about luxury and enjoying life.

Li Shimin earned more than 10,000 yuan at once, so he was naturally happy. He also liked the three sentences and poems given by Li Chao. So he wrote this hand-written character in Gancheng. In addition, Li Shimin gave him a fan and a life-suspending thread.

The fan was made by Li Shimin himself, and the life-extending thread was made by Empress Changsun himself. Giving two things to his subordinates is naturally extremely honorable and can be used as treasures for generations to pass on.

"This is the third thing. Your Majesty asked me to tell the Prime Minister. Shuofang Town was defeated by the Prime Minister, and now the Prime Minister still needs to continue to guard it. Within five years, the court will no longer take the initiative to launch a war against the Turks, and within these five years, Your Majesty will not replace Shuofang Jieshi. For at least five years, Your Majesty will let the Prime Minister feel at ease to guard Shuofang for the country for five years."

Li Chao was a little surprised when he heard this news.

But it’s not disappointment, but it’s very happy. It’s a good thing to stay in Shuofang for five more years. Who likes to go back to Chang'an for nothing? Live here freely and without war, and it’s a good day in the future. When you go back to Chang'an, you will probably have to be busy to death and may still be angry.

"Actually there is one more thing."

"You said!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!