() The group of people slowly headed west. Su Jin did not want to go ahead alone. Although there were still a lot of things waiting for him, he still needed a few days of leisure. Su Jin was a person who didn't like to be busy. Along the way, he could
Really relaxing and taking everyone to enjoy the scenery along the way made him feel more comfortable. -》
When passing by the small valley where Xia Siling had the same pleasure, Su Jin repeated his old trick and took the two sisters Huan Niang and Rou Niang to take a mandarin duck bath.
taste.
Han Qi returned to Qinzhou a few days earlier than Su Jin. When Su Jin and his party arrived in Qinzhou, he was already waiting impatiently. In addition to handling Qinzhou affairs with Su Jin, Han Qi also served as the imperial envoy when he returned to Qinzhou this time.
, brought the imperial court's order of commendation to the officials, soldiers and civilians in the northwest, Li Zhong was promoted to the prefect of Weizhou, Pan Jiang was appointed deputy commander of the capital deployment of Jingyuan Road, Wei Songhe was appointed general magistrate of Weizhou, formerly Qinfeng Road
Jingtai, the magistrate of Longzhou, was appointed as the deputy commander of Qinfeng Road, and the other soldiers and civilians who had made meritorious service in defending the city were rewarded.
The four major foodies of the Dynasty, including Su Jin's Ma Han, followed Su Jin in destroying the Xia Army's supplies. They were promoted from the position of head of the Ma Army to the deputy commander of the Ma Army, and were awarded the title of Captain Zhiguo. They were already in the seventh rank.
The position of mid-level military attache, although the position of deputy commander of the horse army is somewhat unrealistic, and the four subordinates only command one hundred horse troops each, but it is already quite enviable.
After staying in Qinzhou for several days, he handed over official duties to Han Qi and received officials from Longzhou, Fengxiang, Chengzhou, Minzhou and other places under Qinfeng Road. He expressed his condolences and praises, ordered everyone to perform their duties, and held a banquet.
After sending Han Qi off to Beijing for a high-level job, he went back to settle down the family's little and big boss.
Su Jinxin's job was to manage the Jingyuan and Qinfeng routes, recruit and pacify the envoys, and also know Qinzhou, so it was natural for him to settle his family in Qinzhou. Qinzhou was much better than Weizhou in terms of scale and prosperity.
But there are no good residences in the northwest. Fortunately, Han Qi placed a large garden in the back hall of the Lushi Yamen. Han Qi built the residence with his own money, because Han Qi is an elegant person and has high requirements for residence.
Extremely high, this time when he was transferred back to Beijing, this house was naturally given to Su Jin and his family to live in; of course, Su Jin also symbolically gave some cost price. For Han Qi, money or not was not a big issue.
, the most important thing is to have a good relationship with Su Jin.
During his stay in Qinzhou, Su Jin briefly learned about the general situation of Qinfeng Road. Although there were many urgent things to do, no matter how urgent it was, he had to put it aside because the negotiations with Xia State would be held in Weizhou.
He must go to Weizhou to settle the matter.
Su Jin left Zhao Hu and a hundred horse troops to guard the road envoy's yamen, took Zhang Long and Huan Niang to say goodbye to Yan Biyun and others, and set off for Weizhou; from the end of October, the weather in the northwest gradually became colder, and after entering November
, the first heavy snow has fallen. The snow on Qinfeng Road is still light, but the snow is getting heavier as you go north. The heavy snow near Weizhou is more than half a foot deep, making traveling quite difficult.
Su Jin was worried on the way. He didn't know what the city of Weizhou would look like when the heavy snow came. Weizhou experienced a war and delayed the construction of buildings in the city. He didn't know how people would survive this severe winter.
But don't be like what happened in Yangzhou, where someone froze to death and starved to death. That would be a dereliction of duty on your part.
But as soon as he entered Weizhou City, Su Jin was stunned by the scene in front of him. The streets in the city were clean, the snow had been cleared away, and there was a lively construction scene everywhere. Li, the prefect of Weizhou, came to greet him.
Li Zhong introduced to Su Jin that in more than half a month after the war, tens of thousands of Weizhou people who had been evacuated before the war had returned to Weizhou. Considering that winter was approaching, Li Zhong immediately ordered the reconstruction work to begin without waiting for Su Jin to return.
There were a lot of materials left over after the war. Rolled wood, stones, etc. could be recycled and reused. Li Zhong followed Su Jin's original plan and built thousands of wood and stone houses in two planned areas in the south and north of the city. By the time of the first heavy snowfall,
When it fell, most of the people had already moved into their new homes in more than a month. In addition to the originally habitable buildings in the city, the nearly 70,000 people in Weizhou City would basically not be exposed to the cold.
In terms of eating, Li Zhong adopted a rationing system, distributing relief grains according to the population per day, and those who participated in labor can get extra rewards. Although it was a bit cumbersome, the rationing system was extremely necessary at the moment. This was won by Su Jin.
Li Chong is a master of government affairs, and with him, he basically doesn’t have to worry about anything.
The only problem I'm worried about right now is the heating problem for the residents. It's not enough to just eat a full stomach for several months in the severe winter. Peeing outdoors in the northwest can freeze into popsicles. If there is no firewood in the house to heat the house, the people will freeze to death in the middle of the night.
There were no bedding or clothing to keep out the cold, so preparing enough firewood was a top priority.
When Su Jin raised this question, Li Zhong rolled his eyes and said: "It's a pity that the wood harvesting areas on the east slope of Longshan were burned to the ground, and the south slope was chopped down when Brother Su ordered the reconstruction.
It’s a tree stump, and the firewood problem is really difficult to solve.”
Su Jin scratched his head and said: "It was urgent at that time, but I never thought it was so far away. No matter how far it is, we have to send people to the mountains to cut wood. We must not freeze anyone to death this winter. I don't have the energy to do it.
It's up to you to think of a solution. Now I have to negotiate with the Xia people first. Only after the negotiation is over can I have the energy to take care of these things."
Li Zhong nodded. Originally, this was his business. He is now the magistrate of Weizhou. The livelihood of the people in the city is what he should be concerned about. Li Zhong sent a team of people with a large number of livestock to cut down trees deep in Longshan Mountain and return.
He ordered people to collect dead branches and scraps in the city, but Li Chong also knew that this was not an option. The felling team had to go nearly 80 miles to the west to cut down the wood and transport it back. The road was blocked by heavy snow, so it was difficult to find anything.
However, the wood around the city and the post-war surplus materials must be reserved for building houses to keep out the cold, so we need to think of other ways.
Su Jin had no time to take care of these things for the time being. The negotiation period was approaching and he had to receive the Xixia peace envoys who came to settle these matters.
The Song Dynasty dismissed its envoy Han Jiang and re-raised several issues for negotiation. Therefore, the original Xia Kingdom envoy was regarded as a poor negotiator and was replaced. When he learned that Su Jin was the new negotiating envoy, the Xia Kingdom paused.
Li Yuanhao felt that the battle of Weizhou was defeated by this person. Now the momentum of the negotiation with him was naturally reduced by three points. After weighing it again and again, Li Yuanhao decided to let Zhang Yuan deal with Su Jin. Zhang Yuan was full of knowledge and resourcefulness.
Zhang Yuan is a Han Chinese and has a thorough understanding of the psychology and habits of the Han people, so it is more appropriate for him to go.
On November 13th, the Xia State envoy arrived as promised, and the negotiation venue was located in the lobby of the Lufu Yamen. Su Jin did not expect that the person who came to negotiate would be a handsome Han man. After the person came to show his identity with documents and certificates, Only then did Su Jin know that this was Zhang Yuan, whom he had only heard of by name but never met in person.
Su Jin remembered that when he was negotiating with the Liao envoy Xiao Temo in the capital, several groups of party assassins sneaked into Bianliang City with the intention of assassinating Xiao Temo and inciting the Song and Liao countries to go to war. This strategy was devised by Zhang Yuan. At that time, Su Jin felt that this Zhang Yuan was not simple. Unfortunately, although the plan was clever, it was failed by a bunch of losers. Even so, Su Jin was still deeply impressed by the name Zhang Yuan.
The two sides sat opposite each other based on a case, with their servants arrayed behind them, and each began to express their opinions at the beginning of the negotiation.
"It turns out that you are Mr. Zhang Yuanzhang. I have admired your name for a long time. I originally thought that Mr. Zhang must be a wizened old man with wrinkles on his face, but I didn't expect that he is a graceful and frail gentleman. It's really better to meet him than to be famous." Su Jin laughed. road.
Zhang Yuan bowed his hands and said, "I also thought Master Su Jinsu was a strong and powerful man, but I didn't expect that he was a young man in troubled times. You were wrong, and I was wrong too. This can be considered a mutual relationship."
Su Jin laughed and said: "Master Zhang must be very disappointed. Do you feel that you have the right to negotiate with me?" The big master said.
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Mr. Su, you think too much. I know the rules of the Song Dynasty. Generally, envoys can be appointed as seventh-grade civil servants. As far as I know, Mr. Su has newly awarded the envoy of Qinfeng and Jingyuan to the third grade. , which shows that your country attaches great importance to this negotiation."
Su Jin waved his hand and said: "You are wrong. It is Li Yuanhao who should be taken seriously. I, the Great Song Dynasty, did not take this negotiation seriously. That is why I, a layman who does not understand negotiation, was allowed to serve as the negotiator. Mr. Zhang I'm good at making assumptions, but this time I thought too much."
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