Misty rain and heavy flowers accompany the king's return

"You recommend me to be the Governor of the Imperial Capital?" Baili Songran stared at Shen Luo with wide-eyed eyes: "How can I be able to do so, with 200 million people!"

Bailiyu looked at her son, showed a funny and angry expression, and shook her head helplessly at Shen Luo.

"When you are an official, you don't need to do everything yourself. The most important thing is to know what you want to do and who to use for what! You already know very well what I will continue to do in the emperor, and from the construction of Nancheng, the fundraising Funding, renting, straight road construction, planning, construction. Then to the planning of the processing workshop and the construction of the wharf, and your favorite trial now. I checked your recent trial and you have done a good job. Why don’t you believe it? What about yourself?" Shen Luo looked at Baili Songran, and gave him a trusting look.

"Me? Try?" Baili looked at him calmly, and then at his father.

Every time Bailiyu saw his son getting along with Shen Luo, he felt very emotional why Emperor Qianyuan gave Shen Luo the position of Taifu, and he could even guide his own son according to the situation, let alone the prince and grandson.

"The situation in the Northwest is unstable. After this winter at most, there will be a possibility of war." Shen Luo said.

Baili looked at him calmly: "A Luo, you are not going to the northwest, are you?"

Shen Luo nodded: "What do you think, what is my duty as a captain?"

"But you're not a general?" Baili said calmly.

Bailiyu sighed: "He is a handsome talent. War is not only about strategy, but also logistics and national strength."

Song Ran thought for a while: "Don't worry, I will definitely be your backing!"

Shen Luo smiled lightly: "That's what I want. Make good use of his simplicity. You know his ability. He is a talent in latitude and longitude. You must learn to think twice about everything. Don't be like me. Sometimes, just for the sake of a momentary emotion, It brought about a disaster.”

Bailiyu knew that Shen Luo was reflecting on his premature attack on King Yue, which led to King Yue's assassination of him.

However, judging from the obvious evidence, the king of Yue's arrangement for his assassination was arranged before he left Beijing. It can be said that this is a life-and-death struggle, just like the decisive battle between Dafeng and the Tuna Dynasty.

Two giants of the same size will definitely have an explosive conflict after a period of silence.Who can't kill who, this has become a kind of repetitive thing.

Because of the northwest incident, Qingyang's Jing Gongyun stayed, and Shen Luo sent him a secret letter.

Three days later, Shen Luo asked Lan Lingwei to belong to the imperial court in the name of Taiwei, but was flatly refused by Lan Gongyun, the deputy commander of Qingyang County.

Many people turned pale with shock, and many officials laughed secretly that Shen Luo didn't know that the heavens were high and the earth was thick, so he let Luo Wang's fiefdom's army accept restraint in vain.

Not long after guessing, Emperor Qianyuan asked Shen Luo to go to the Northwest in the spring of the following year to serve as the general manager of the Northwest Marching Road and the governor of the Northwest.

Such an appointment calmed down the Tuna people on the other side of the border, and Qian Yueran's people inquired, and the news they got was that the Tuna people were going to wait for the 'Idiot Taiwei' to come.

Right and wrong, amidst gossip and gossip, Shen Luo is currently watching people smash ice and fish in the Kangtuo Lake in the north of the imperial capital.

"Run over there and have a look." Little Shitou pulled Yin Junwen to run on the ice. Kangtuo Lake was completely silent in December, and the white ice on the lake looked like a huge mirror. It was a joy to watch .

Shen Luo and Nie Xingfeng worked together to tear down a small ice hole and get out.

Qingchen and the others were all wearing thick fur coats and fox fur hats.

Shen Luo threw down a fishing line, put wine-soaked fish food on the hook, pulled it lightly with his hand, and the fishing line moved, Nie Xingfeng helped to pull, and a big fish weighing more than seven catties was pulled up.

"The fish are coming!" Xiao Shitou ran over excitedly, and Yin Junwen looked at the big fish jumping on the ice.

"There are fish to eat tonight." Qingchen ran over, looked at Shen Luo and smiled, his cheeks were powdered by the cold wind, and the white skin under the fox fur hat made people feel that they couldn't be removed. Eye.

Brother Tie came over with an ice pry pulled by a dog, Little Stone and the others took turns to sit and play on it, Shen Luo and Qingchen sat by the lake to fish together, after fishing four or five fish, they gave up.

Under the cuffs of the wide-mouthed fur coat, Shen Luo held Qingchen's hand and walked slowly on the lake, the ice was a bit slippery, and sometimes when stepping on the frozen snow above, the soles of his feet would make a creaking sound , that feeling is wonderful, but it makes people feel very happy.

Both Shen Luo and Qingchen are from the south, and seeing such a snowy scene in the northern country is also refreshing.

"It would be nice to stay in this kind of place in winter." Qingchen said in a low voice.

"Aren't you afraid of the cold?" Shen Luo lightly rubbed Qingchen's hand to warm him up.

"Well, it's a bit cold, but there is a hot spring in our other courtyard, right!" Qingchen said with a smile.

The place where they stayed today was next to the royal hot spring palace, a courtyard given to Shen Luo by Emperor Qianyuan.

Shen Luo's personality is quite strange, and he also likes the house to be cozy and small, of course Emperor Qianyuan knew this, so it was already a great favor to give him a separate courtyard connected to the Hot Spring Palace.

"We are going to the northwest next year. It is relatively desolate, and there may be a big war. I thought about it. If you want, how about staying in the imperial capital with Shitou and the others?" Shen Luo said what was in his heart.

"Impossible!" Qing Chen said firmly: "Ah Bai, even if I am a sea of ​​swords and swords, I still want to be with you. You promised me that no matter what happens, we will not be separated."

Shen Luo pulled his arms around him: "But the war in the northwest may not end immediately, and there is also the possibility of a siege." Shen Luo felt lingering fear when he thought of Shen Bai's Zihuan being besieged and died in Xiazhou.

"Let's not talk about that, anyway, I don't want to leave you." Although Qingchen has a gentle temper, he is very stubborn, which can be seen when he wanted to elope with Shen Luo back then.

Shen Luo hugged Qingchen in his arms: "I can have you, this life is enough."

In the evening, boiled fish in sour soup, fried fish pieces, steamed fish, and stewed fish head.

A table full of fish feast, everyone is healthy physically and mentally.

Because each courtyard of the other courtyard has a small pool, which can be used for bathing on the side of one's own room, which greatly facilitates the privacy of each.

This time, Xiao Shitou and Yin Junwen lived happily in the same room. The two little guys soaked in the hot spring with their buttocks bare, who had a bigger belly than anyone else, and giggles rang in the sky from time to time.

Nie Xingfeng made tea, sat in the yard, and drank tea comfortably in the hot spring.

Shen Luo, Qing Chen and Big Brother Lan all have their own yard.

After taking off his clothes, Shen Luo hugged Qingchen and sat in the hot spring together. The temperature of the white spring soup was moderate, and it was very comfortable to sit in.

Qingchen's skin became extremely smooth and tender in the hot spring water, and her face was flushed. Shen Luo hugged him and sat in her arms, and couldn't help kissing him on the face.

"I'll go back to my room later." Qingchen said shyly.

Shen Luo kissed his mouth, blocked his words, and touched Qingchen's leg in the water.

The winter is very cold, the sun sets very early in the north, the sky is dark, and the candles in the lanterns in the other courtyard are glowing with warm colors.

The ground dragon burns very warm.

Shen Luo hugged Qingchen on the leather blanket and asked for it again and again, and finally Qingchen was held in his arms and fell asleep next to him.

Early the next morning, everyone got up with the early dawn in the north.

Looking at the magnificence of the mountains in the distance, the ridges lined with strange stones are covered with snow, and the snowflakes are flying all over the sky.

Xiao Shitou and Yin Junwen got up early in the morning and ran to the yard to make a snowman.

If Lan Fulang didn't stop them, the two foolish boys would have to take off their clothes and put them on for the snowman.

A group of adults sat around the tea room where the ground dragon was burned, drinking tea while watching the heavy snow outside.

The two little ones were writing while being grabbed by Shen Luo.

"Let's call it Cat Winter!" Nie Xingfeng was holding a little white cat that he picked up from playing this morning.

The cat curled up on him and fell asleep.

"Of course, it's December weather. It's a pity that half of the southern city of the imperial capital has not been remodeled. This year's snow is not small!" Shen Luo said worriedly.

"Come out, don't talk about the business, you have done your best, I heard that Jane is not engaged in black stone transportation, is it to make fuel?" Big Brother Tie said with a smile, and refilled them with tea.

"Time is a little bit tight, and it's too late." Shen Luo said: "It's not that I like to worry, it's just that poor people froze to death every winter in the past. After all, the cold winter is still unbearable."

"A Luo, if you're going to the northwest, you need to pay more attention to the climate in the northwest and Tuna." Brother Lan said.

"The colder the weather, the less food, the more wars will happen if there is no harvest?" Shen Luo summed up four sentences.

Big Brother Lan nodded, feeling that Shen Luo looked at the problem very clearly.

In fact, this point, no matter what era, what region.

As long as the farming society and the nomadic people are neighbors, this problem cannot be avoided. One is to settle down and deal with the land. As long as there are no natural disasters and man-made disasters, you can get a harvest from the land.One is completely dependent on the sky, all wealth is based on the number of livestock and the length of winter.

"I hope Qian Yueran can give me some good news." Shen Luo thought for a while and said.

Shen Luo and his family are on vacation in the north of the imperial capital, and Baili Songran and Jian Cong handle the affairs of the imperial capital very well, making him feel very comfortable as a hands-off shopkeeper.

On the other side, Yunmo is currently huddled in Caide County in the northwest, the road is difficult to walk due to the heavy snow, and I dare not say whether there are any bandits in the northwest.

After being besieged in the cottage for more than 20 days, he received a letter from his father, Feige, asking him to burn wolf smoke every day.

It was not until the Northwest Garrison came to rescue that they were out of the predicament.

"Look at this book." De Wang Shensui, who came to meet Yunmo, brought two books of "Government of the Imperial Capital".

Yun Mo took it and took a look. The charcoal stove in the room was very hot, but it couldn't resist the chill in his heart.

I haven't received any news, but when I came out again, I found out that apart from his previous position as Taifu, Shen Luo was also a Taiwei.

He felt angrily in his heart why the disparity in fate between the two was so great, even knowing that Taifu Dafeng's final fate would be to stay away from real power, he felt uncomfortable.

After all, the speed of this 'once brilliant' is really too high.

"Shen Luo has surpassed the previous twelve grand tutors, and has become the number two person in the real power of the imperial capital!" 'This is what Yun Changkong wrote in his letter.

Seeing all kinds of new things in "Government of the Imperial Capital", Yun Mo has a feeling of superficiality.

He is not an incompetent person, but at the moment he is a little confused about his position and prospects.

Yun Mo was left in the northwest, and the patrolling Yue King died. His duties were not cancelled, but Zhuo Yifan had a strange attitude.

Qianyueran's Royal Forest Army has been stationed in the most bitterly cold place on the northwest border.

And he didn't receive the order to return to the imperial capital, so he could only recuperate in Caide County.

And the same fate also happened to De Wang, who was patrolling in the southwest. Although he could take the opportunity to make a fuss about the tea trade in the former fiefdom of the king of Yue, he knew that he had no chance to return to the imperial capital years ago. .

Damn the Tuna people, the more than 7 people who confronted each other at the border in winter showed no signs of retreating. He was pinned down in the southwest, and there was nothing he could do.

After the fall of King Yue, Shen Luo played the best card in Huangdu, but got the cooperation of Guowei.

Before the decisive battle, these two people were outside, and the main force of the largest hilltop faction in the imperial capital separated from the south to the west.

This is a clever strategy, and it also plays a key role in the subsequent decision-making of the imperial capital.

Because his son was outside, Yun Changkong stopped a lot.

When Shen Luo returned to the imperial capital, the black stones unloaded at the Nancheng wharf had piled up like a mountain. The ratio of coal to mud, briquettes made nearby, and coal stoves were selling well among the people in the imperial capital.

Jian Cong's principle of borrowing has saved a large amount of income for the imperial government, and also paid a large amount of taxes for the court.

Ouyang He joined Shen Luo and won the first place in the family competition, becoming the next head of the family is already a certainty.

Because of the operation of Nancheng Wharf, Ouyang's family is also making a lot of money, and with the appreciation of the house, if this continues, the income will be the same as that of the salt merchant next year.

Years ago, the imperial capital was very lively. Shen Luo made a lot of good clothes from the fur goods he bought in the north, as well as various cloaks for his family.

Funny thing, his own clothes were almost covered by Tianyin Pavilion.

Looking at all the 'Shen Bai style' clothes, Shen Luo wanted to laugh, if it wasn't for the Tianyin Pavilion, he would be finished with the purple and gold four-clawed dragon on the clothes.

"This year's New Year's Day in the imperial capital, we decided to use fireworks in the four cities. The first month is a parade of lanterns at sea, what do you think?" Baili Songran gave Shen Luo the plan, and Shen Luo smiled slightly.

"How's the income this year?" Shen Luo looked at him: "I mean our imperial capital."

"It's amazing, it's more than 70 taels!" Baili said proudly, including the ones already spent.

"How much money does the whole celebration cost?" Shen Luo asked.

"30 taels, don't worry about this money, I have already persuaded all major merchants to pay together." Baili said with a smile.

"Okay, you are awesome now, Lord Baili?" Shen Luo teased him.

"Hehe, don't laugh at me, you just asked how much the emperor has, you are planning to pay dividends!" Baili Songran naturally knew that the emperor had a year-end bonus.

"Each official pays three months' salary as a dividend, so it must be 10,000+ taels?" Shen Luo asked.

"Almost!" Baili nodded calmly.

"Another 10 taels was used to purchase rice and meat." Shen Luo thought for a while, "Every household in the imperial capital can receive two catties of meat and five catties of rice, right?"

"Well, how can there be a rice distribution? Isn't it a disaster year?" Baili Songran was curious.

"Of course, this is the difference in the imperial capital, and it is also a new beginning." Shen Luo said: "Money is not important, the key is to use it practically."

Baili nodded loosely: "I understand!"