The old Confucian was sitting in the palace reviewing memorials. It had been more than eight months since Qingmeng left the country. When the old Confucian went to court to discuss matters, he always sat on a small wooden stool next to the dragon chair. The ministers told him that he could sit on it if Qingmeng was not around.
There, the old Confucian shook his head and did not agree.
During this period, the old Confucian gradually discovered that although Gao Chou's military ability was poor, he was more outstanding in politics than ordinary people. It took the old Confucian an hour to handle things, but Gao Chou could handle them in a short time. He was also quite good at diplomacy.
With attainments, various countries heard that Zhang Qingmeng was not in the country and decided to prepare to attack the Haibo Empire.
After Gao Chou heard about it, he lobbied among the countries. With his lobbying methods of threats or persuasion, the countries did not dare to act rashly and could only sit back. Gao Chou decided to take advantage of this opportunity to recuperate and carry out thorough domestic reforms.
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In agriculture: Abolish the private land combination system and replace it with private ownership of land. The primary purpose of economic development is to feed the people and allow land trading.
However, Gao Chou didn't want the farmers to live rich. He believed that if the farmers were too poor to survive, they would rebel. If the farmers were too rich, they would stop farming. So the best way is to let them balance between these two.
The desperate struggle in the line can neither let them starve to death nor make them rich.
Economically: Encourage foreigners to open factories. I heard that the western continent has industrialized and the demand is increasing. Gaochou allows a small number of foreign traders to come to the country to operate and encourages domestic merchants to trade overseas. Relax restrictions on commodity transactions and remove the emperor from the whole country.
Everyone outside the family must pay taxes, and the tax amount must be estimated based on the individual's financial ability.
Military: A comprehensive military service system is implemented. All men over the age of 16 and under 65 must join the army. A small amount of Western firearms are purchased to form a new foreign gun army. However, Gao Chou is unwilling to promote muskets and artillery on a large scale, so
Only 5,000 people were organized.
Because merchant ships from the Western Continent have to pass through the territorial waters of the Xiangyang Empire and the Green Nail Empire, the two great maritime powers, and have to pay high tariffs, making travel very difficult. Therefore, Gao Chou often gets very worried, and sometimes he says angrily: "
It is difficult to implement reform in this small place alone. The whole country must be unified, yes, it must be unified!"
The old Confucian appointed him to participate in politics, and the two often talked together about the important principles of governing the country. Gao Chou always made a mistake when drinking: "If I were the emperor, I would definitely be a wise emperor through the ages!"
The old scholar glanced at him gently and smiled lightly.
At this time, a messenger sent from the Anjiwa grassland came to the palace, named Mu Mingrui. Upon seeing this, the old Confucian quickly opened the envelope without saying a word. Gao Chou poured tea for him on the side.
"It seems that Mr. Zheng was abducted to the grassland and disappeared. It's really bad... Is that girl dead? What a pity..." The old Confucian said to himself while watching.
"It seems that my lord already has a prince and a successor!" Gao Chou said with a smile after looking at it, but after laughing for a while, he suddenly showed a sinister smile.
"Military Advisor, there is no king in the country now, and you have a high prestige, have already attracted everyone, and are well-informed. Why not take over Zhang Qingmeng's country and unify the world? This is the way of heaven. I don't think Zhang Qingmeng will say anything...
..." Gao Chou said in a low voice.
"Oh?" The old Confucian's expression suddenly became serious, and he stared at Gao Chou.
"If you don't know how to do these things, military advisor, just leave them to me. You just need to sit on the throne and leave the rest to me!" Gao Chou patted his chest and said proudly.
The old scholar gently stroked his white beard and just smiled lightly.
At this time, a guard came in, knelt down on one knee and reported: "General Lou Ning, please see me!"
"Let him in!" The old Confucian straightened up.
Lou Ning, Shi Jingkong and others came in. After they saluted, they handed the letter to the old Confucian.
"You are General Lou, I have admired you for a long time! The letter says that you have surrendered to us. In this case, we are partners working together!" The old Confucian stepped forward very enthusiastically and spoke happily.
"I don't dare to take it, I don't take it. Are you an old Confucian military advisor? I would like to ask, what is your name? I always feel like I have seen you somewhere."
"I have forgotten it a long time ago. I just remember the name 'Old Confucian', hahahaha!" Old Confucian asked the two of them to sit on the chair. Lou Ning was pushed onto the chair just as he was about to refuse.
"I have seen the person in the portrait!" Shi Jingkong opened his mouth wide, pointed at the old Confucian and said: "He looks like Zhong Langyuan in 'Three Heroic Generals'!"
"Stop gossiping, I immediately ordered General Ni Hao and General Gao Yu to get ready. I also asked General Lou to quickly return to Xiaobei to rectify the army and horses, and then attack Wang Fu from a flank!" the old scholar said cheerfully, and the few people chatted happily.
In the southern part of the Haibo Empire, after being recommended by Ni Hao, his cousin Ni Jiacheng went with the army as a subordinate general. Gao Yu was appointed as the chief general, and Ni Hao was appointed as the charging general, preparing to attack.
On the other side, on the Anjiwa grassland.
Buge, Mu Mingrui, Zhang's father, Lao Langzhong, Zhao Hongyan, Chen Shei, and Yao Qiu, these seven people took a little baby and searched everywhere on the grassland for Zhang Qingmeng. The reason why Buge persisted in searching was because
This is because his father, Heshewell Wilfred, wants to see him very much, and secondly, because of the agreement with Ji Dongli, so he must be found.
Now these seven people and a baby were walking in a busy market in the settlement. Father Zhang said silently: "The letter should be sent to Wanyang City."
"I just hope Mengzi is okay. Will there be a kind person who can save him?" Mu Mingrui thought to himself.
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Said.
"My grandson should be able to live a good life with the chief. If it weren't for the chief's sake, why would I still be able to follow you?" the old man complained dissatisfiedly.
"Let's go to the racecourse over there. There are two generals sent by my father to protect us, so that our safety is guaranteed. You are the doctor, but you are equally important." Buge walked in front of him.
In front of me, I said it in a persuasive way.
Many businessmen from the West come to the East to do business, all with the dream of returning home with a car full of gold. Due to the development of industrialization and the increase in social productivity, demand has also greatly increased. Therefore, Western businessmen are almost all over the world.
, even on the bitterly cold Anjiwa grassland, there are still a few blond and blue-eyed people.
"There is a racecourse ahead!" Buge's watery eyes flashed as he skipped over. Several people quickly followed.
"who's gonna help us!"
(Who will save us?)
In the distance, such a shouting, Bug Ge stopped when he heard the voice, put his hands in his ears and said, "Is this the horse talking?"
As soon as Mu Mingrui heard this voice, he made an unveiled sense of disgust, and said unpleasantly: "Is the foreigner ... really hateful!"
"Where is the foreigner? Where? Where?" Bogs jumped up excitedly.
Father Zhang held his child and silently said to the three of them: "No matter what, let's take a look first."
The closer you go, the louder and louder the sound.
"You goat, talk to our family!" A strong man with a big ears yelled at the foreigner.
"You guys are unbelievable !!"
(You are really unreasonable!)
After saying this, the big ears strongly gave the foreigners sitting on the ground.
Bog quickly stepped forward to stop, glanced at the big ears, and shouted in surprise: "You are Heshville Chongyang!"
"Little Buge?" The strong man picked up Pugge kindly and cordially stunned with his face.
"The beard is so good, let me go!"
"Hahaha, just make a joke ..." Chongyang put Bugge down, with a gentle smile on his face.
"What do you do to these two foreigners?" Bog asked seriously.
"Cut! These two golden hair goats dare to steal money from Grandpa! See Grandpa, I don't discount their legs!" Then he deliberately lifted his fist.
"Oh, oh ~" The beaten foreigner hugged the foreigners behind him, and called it.
Father Zhang stepped forward and said slowly: "Will you speak imperial language?"
The foreigner in front looked at Zhang's father, and then stopped in a meal in the imperial language of his feet: "I am ... in the West ..."
"This is not to say it." Father Zhang helped these two foreigners, and carefully looked at the two foreigners.
After a difficult communication, Bug and others learned their names.
The one who was beaten in front of him called Henry Jason, about 30 years old. It has golden hair like wheat ears, and the blue eyes are like gemstones; the cheekbones are high, the jaw bone is flat, and the thick brown beard is covered with full brown beard.
dust.
The protected named Havana Jason is a teenager, Henry's brother, brown -yellow hair, like his blue eyes like his brother.
These people brought Henry brothers to a thatched house, and Chongyang and Heshville Yichi kept waiting for Buge here.
Several people sat down, and Bugger smiled softly: "Yu Qi, don't you recognize me?"
"Recognize ..." After Yu Qi returned coldly, he exited the house.
"Still so indifferent," Bonge sighed and said.
Mu Mingrui couldn't get used to foreigners, fearing that he couldn't control his temper, and he went out as Yu Qi.
"So, let's tell us clearly! You should understand the imperial language?" Zhang Father asked.
Henry said nervously: "I ... is the boss ... but he said ... he said ... there is gold in the East ... I just came with my brother ..."
"How can I be mixed now?" Zhao Hongyan asked.
Harv came forward: "My brother won't say what he said, I will! That's it: There is a liar boss who lied to my brother to say that there were countless gold here.
I have no money to go back. The scammer inherited my brother's company. I was so hungry that my brother would steal some money for me ... "
"This kid speaks Imperial Chinese fluently. He couldn't have been kidnapped by this foreigner, right?" Yao Qiu said jokingly.
"No!" Hafner quickly shook his head in defense.
"What the hell, if I had made it clear to our family just now, I wouldn't have beaten you! Forgive you!" Chongyang said cheerfully.
Hafner took out a roll of paper from his leather coat, put it on the ground, spread it out and saw that it was the West
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Human drawn world map.
Everyone was shocked and hurriedly knelt down to watch.
"There are five continents in the world we know. You are the Central Continent, and we came from the continent to the west of the Central Continent." Haffner pointed to the continent to the west on the map. The country boundaries on the map
Sharp edges and corners.
"Kakua Kingdom, this is our hometown." Hafner said.
"The world turns out to be so big!" Buge watched quietly with stars in his excited eyes.
"That's where the foreigners live?" Chen Sheng also became interested and asked them: "What Kakua Kingdom are you talking about? How is that place? The people are suitable for the two of you.
Of?"
"Oh! Kakua, my beautiful hometown!" When Henry heard about Kakua Kingdom, he jumped up excitedly and hummed to himself:
“oh, my lovely hometown”
(Oh, my lovely hometown)
&e g for you”
(White clouds sing for you)
"the sun shines for you"
(The sun shines for you)
“the golden fl”
(The golden flowers sway happily)
"that's our smile"
(That's our smile)
Everyone listened in confusion, but Hafna was intoxicated and explained: "This is a folk song from our hometown. When I hear it, everything in the world seems to become beautiful."
Bug pointed to a piece of land east of the Central Road: "Why is it red here?"
"That's the Eastern Continent. As for the red thing, I accidentally spilled the red ink last time..." Hafner smiled shyly.
"There are two continents south of the Central Continent, but their combined size is less than 1/3 of the Central Continent. They are sparsely populated and it is difficult to survive." Hafner explained to everyone.
Mu Mingrui rushed in impatiently and interrupted their conversation: "So what do you want to do?"
"No...nothing..." Hafner was so frightened by the sudden roar that he could not speak clearly. Henry sniffed his beard and said incoherently: "Please...let me...we...and
You...are together"
Bug agreed without saying a word, but he had to make them promise to tell them stories every day. These two were explorers who had traveled around the world by boat.
"I object, foreigners are all bad people!" Mu Mingrui yelled angrily.
"General, what are you doing?" Father Zhang was also a little unhappy: "Do you have any deep grudge against foreigners?"
A "you" made Mu Mingrui hold the box, and when he saw his eyes full of anger, he sighed and had to agree.
In this way, there are two more people looking for Zhang Qingmeng's team ... Oh no, another four more people.
Let's sort out who there are:
Bog, Zhang Father, Mu Mingrui, Lao Lao Zhong, Chongyang, Yuqi, Henry, Harv, Zhao Hongyan, Chen Yan, Yao Qiu, Zhang Junsheng.
Eleven people add a child, if it wasn't for Bog's father to send a lot of silver, I am afraid it would be difficult to act.
These people have come out of the Hopter Ministry, and Henry still has some usefulness. Here, many foreign merchants frequently walk around, knowing that a lot of smells. Henry finally found an important clue with his relationship and intelligence network!
They walked to a small tribe, and the tribal people asked them to stay for a dinner.
Next to the bonfire, the women wrapped around the bonfire and danced beautifully. These dozen people talked about milk tea.
"Hey! I will find it with the mud!" (I told you, found it)
"Recently, speaking has improved quickly, Henry." Zhao Hongyan said with a smile.
"It's still the credit of this child." Chen Yan said, touched Harv's head with his hands.
"So what did you find?" Father Zhang asked.
"The mud wants Zhao's Zhang Dream, I heard that in the Chabi Ministry!"
(Zhang Qingmeng you are looking for, I heard that in Zabi Bibi)
"This is really good news. I will go back early this morning." Chongyang patted his hand music. Yu Qi just drank milk tea on the side.
Father Zhang looked at Yao Qiu, who was sitting on the haystack, holding Harov in his left hand, holding Buge in his right hand, and slowly singing nursery rhymes. The two children had fallen asleep and shouted like a small electric fan.
Qi.
And Zhang Junsheng was reluctant to sleep, he was always held by Zhang's father, and he was about to let go.
"It seems that within a few days later, Zhang Qingmeng will definitely be found!" Zhao Hongyan said with a smile. A Anjiwa woman danced from him and was hooked away.
"Let's sleep too, it's about to move tomorrow." Father Zhang said this, he lay on the lawn with others, closed his eyes and fell asleep.