After binding the loving mother system, I was so bad

Hezhong County was officially incorporated into Gu Nanxi's sphere of influence, and Gu Nanxi's shortcomings were finally exposed.

If the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and the grasslands were all included, the area actually controlled by Gu Nanxi would be about the same size as that of the Emperor of Great Zhou.

But the local resources, population size, and level of development are completely on a different level.

Lack of money, lack of people and lack of food are the three big mountains blocking the road ahead.

Because of the falling out with the Emperor of Great Zhou, Yunzhou's wool products, fruit wine, canned food, etc. lost a huge market. The consumption capacity of Yunzhou and Shuozhou alone was completely unable to support the entire finances.

As for the military strength, it is even more stretched.

The Gu family army will be deployed on the border of Western Xia, a part of the Yunzhou soldiers will have to be retained in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and the seven towns of Yunzhou will have to be rebuilt after the war. Although the refugees in Shuozhou have been arranged, troops also need to be deployed.

As for the Hezhong County which had just been taken over, they dared not relax even a little bit.

Fortunately, the Yunzhou soldiers sent by Wang Buxi arrived in Hezhong County very quickly, led by Alechuan.

After years of experience on the battlefield, Alechuan is no longer the dirty foreign boy he used to be.

Now he is like a poplar, with a straight back, riding on a horse, looking dignified, with long facial features, a high nose bridge, and sharp eyes, and he is quite popular among the ladies.

As soon as Alechuan arrived in Hezhong Prefecture, before he had time to rest, he was assigned the task of city defense by Gu Nanxi.

Especially in Hezhong Prefecture and Suining County, we must be prepared for attacks from Wang Shoujie's main force at all times and must not relax!

"Alechuan, how is Yunzhou?" Li Mingde took time out of his busy schedule to invite Alechuan for dinner.

After not seeing him for many years, Li Mingde almost didn't recognize Alechuan. He had changed so much: "Godmother has been too busy recently. Not to mention her, even we are too busy."

Li Mingde was complaining, but he was actually explaining on behalf of Gu Nanxi. He said that the reason they didn't hold a welcoming banquet for Alechuan was not because they looked down on him, but because everyone was really too busy.

The restaurant chosen by Li Mingde was not far from the city wall of Hezhong Prefecture.

Since Alechuan had to take over the defense of the city wall later and could not drink casually, Li Mingde did not take him to the tavern.

Li Mingde ordered the restaurant's signature dishes with familiarity and poured Alechuan a glass of perilla drink.

"Godmother also said that we would have a holiday after we defeated Wang Shoujie. But now she said that we can rest after this busy period. I see, it's all a lie! Maybe the truth is that this period is a whole year!"

Alechuan is not the silly boy he used to be, so he can naturally understand the meaning of Li Mingde's words.

After all, they haven't seen each other for many years, and both sides feel a little strange, which is normal.

Alechuan took a sip of the hot perilla drink and said with a smile: "The general is like this. When he is busy, he can go without sleep for three or four days in a row. When we went to the battle, the soldiers were almost exhausted, but the general was still full of fighting spirit!"

Li Mingde thought to himself that being with his godmother was a great training ground, and even Alechuan had learned to be obedient.

"Of course not. My godmother is still short of people. A few days ago, I wrote to Niu Jinyi, hoping that he would transfer a few people to Hezhong Prefecture to help. But he didn't send anyone and even detained my servant!"

Li Mingde got angry whenever he thought about this.

I only have two servants who have followed me all the way from Kyoto to Hezhong Prefecture. They have been carefully trained and can help me do a lot of things!

One of them went to Shuozhou to look for Niu Jinyi, but he was like a meat bun thrown at a dog and never came back.

Another one was sent to Yunzhou, but when Alechuan arrived, he still hadn't come back! I don't know who detained him!

Without the help of his two servants, Li Mingde felt that the burden on his shoulders was even heavier.

Alechuan understands Li Mingde's situation too well.

Back then, when Yunzhou was at war with the Tartars, all the officials in Yunzhou, from top to bottom, were like this!

Alechuan consoled him, "Hold on for a while longer, and you will definitely be given a day off during the New Year holidays."

Li Mingde really felt that his body was almost hollowed out, and asked expectantly: "How long did you take off for the New Year last year?"

Alechuan's smile froze on his face, his eyes dodged, and then he laughed guiltily: "It's been on for a long time. With the two festivals combined, it must have been on for nearly a month."

Li Mingde didn't believe it: "Tell the truth."

Alechuan sighed, "The common people have had a holiday for half a month. We only have a holiday for half a day or a day. However, this year will definitely be different! The Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun have been recovered, and the general will definitely hold a celebration! Maybe he will even hold a Cuju competition again."

Li Mingde's heart finally died.

The godmother's expansion was so rapid that the workload increased exponentially.

Li Mingde didn't dare to think about it. If his godmother took over Guangde Prefecture again, would he still have time to sleep?

"Alas, my godmother is still too short of manpower, especially capable people!"

Alechuan nodded in agreement: "It can't be helped. Studying is difficult, and most of the scholars are from the noble families. Even if Baichuan Academy is not restricted to a certain type of students, it still can't meet the needs of the general. The relationship between the noble families and the general is not good."

Li Mingde naturally knew this truth: "It takes ten years to grow a tree, and a hundred years to train a person. How difficult is it to meet the employment standards of my godmother?"

Many students from the noble families and the Great Zhou looked down on Gu Nanxi, thinking that she had indulged in depravity and actually used people from poor backgrounds, or even peddlers, to manage the territory instead of choosing to cooperate with the noble families. This was bound to prevent her from going far!

After working under Gu Nanxi for a few days, Li Mingde understood where the resentment and contempt of the gentry came from.

In order to make government orders more fluent, Gu Nanxi simply abandoned the habit of piling up words and required that the orders be brief and to the point, preferably using plain language.

For example, if you are requesting a grant, in addition to the beginning and signature.

Those who have read books and have a slightly better writing style wrote: [I have checked a certain county. From spring to summer, there has been little rain, and the wheat harvest is poor. Although there has been a little rain recently, it has not been enough. The county government has been ordered to open the warehouse and sell wheat at a fair price, and to persuade the gentry to donate to help the relief. Can you ask for an imperial decree to allocate 3,000 taels of silver to help the people in need?]

But Li Mingde was more exposed to [There was little rain in a certain county this year, and the harvest was not high. Although the county government opened the warehouse to provide grain, the money was still not enough. Request for a grant of 3,000 taels. ]

Scholars would cry when reading a document of this level, and civil and military officials would question their lives.

However, it must be said that using plain language to publicize government orders can enable more people to understand them, and it will also reduce the misunderstanding of government orders during the process of transmission from top to bottom.

After adapting for several days, Li Mingde got used to it and even had a vague feeling that it was quite good.

If I change to the document format of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I will have to do a lot of flattery first. It will be very tiring to write so many documents!

Li Mingde and Alechuan chatted for a long time, and the gap caused by time and distance gradually dissipated.

"General, Lord Li, someone is coming from Kyoto, just outside the city!"