Chapter 116 Returning to Shu County Li Fu to talk about business
So far, Li Qi's greatest contribution to future generations through time travel is to maintain the territorial integrity of the Han Dynasty, and children in future generations can memorize less of an ancient poem called "Dan Ge Xing" and less of an article called "Sun Quan Encourages Learning"
of ancient Chinese.
While in Guiyang County, Li Qi further summarized and planned the work of the four counties in Jingnan, and spoke highly of the achievements of Li Yan, Jiang Wan, Pan Rui, and Liu Min.
The main manifestations are: the overall stable economic operation; the defense structure and strategic deployment are increasingly optimized; people's livelihood has been further improved, and the starvation death rate has been greatly reduced.
Considering the potential threat from Sun Quan in the east, Li Qi appointed Li Yan as the governor of Changsha, and asked Shamoke, the leader of the Wuxi Barbarians, to lead his troops to station in Guiyang to assist Liu Min in defense work.
After the arrangements were made, Li Qi planned to take advantage of the peace in all directions to return to Chengdu to implement the early rice planting work and appease the Yizhou caravan who had made huge sacrifices to obtain early rice.
There is one more important thing: check the accounts.
I checked the accounts not because I couldn't trust Li Fu and Zhuge Liang, but mainly because I wanted to see how much surplus there was.
Now the battle line has been pushed to the Jingzhou area, and we must prepare for the northward march to the Central Plains.
Li Qi traveled through Yufu County, Basi County, Guanghan County and Shu County to Chengdu, inspecting people's livelihood, education and economic construction work. It took nearly three months before returning to Chengdu.
At this time, Wang Li was recuperating from his injuries in Chengdu. Under Zhang Zhongjing's personal care, his injuries were getting better day by day. But he was getting older, so he probably wouldn't have to work too hard in the future.
When Wang Li was about to return to Zitong, he heard that Li Qi was back. He immediately lay down on the bed in the hospital and could not get up.
Zhang Zhongjing asked: "Bosu, what are you doing?"
Wang Li pretended to be in pain and said: "I'm a little dizzy. I wonder if it's the sequelae of the infection caused by the arrow wound. I'm worried that my old illness will relapse if I don't go far, so it's safer to lie here with you."
Liu Deng laughed and said: "This is Li Yizhou's return to Shu syndrome."
Zhang Zhongjing had been an official after all. When Liu Deng said this, he immediately understood.
However, considering Wang Li's contribution this time, Zhang Zhongjing could hardly expose him.
In order to show that he attached great importance to this grain purchase operation, Li Qi went to the hospital to visit Wang Li before going home.
Wang Li was so excited that he "wanted" to get up from the hospital bed. Li Qi quickly pushed him back onto the bed and said, "Brother Bosu, you've had a hard journey."
Wang Li said: "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed. It's all thanks to brother Zhang San that we were able to bring back these grains of rice. Liu Shixin even gave up his life on the way to protect the rice. What does my Wang Li's injury mean to me?"
Wang Li once again narrated what happened to the people who captured the city. Li Qi appreciated everyone's contributions and appointed Wang Li's son Wang Lei as an official to learn how to manage Yizhou's business affairs. He also treated Liu Chong's children favorably, hoping that they would achieve great success in the future.
When he succeeds, he can also give Liu Chong a posthumous title.
Regarding Zhang San, Li Qi has always felt that this boy is more alert than knowledgeable. As a general, he is afraid of being stabbed by enemy soldiers, and as an official, he is incompatible with other scholars. If he wants to promote him, he really can't find a suitable position.
He advised Zhang Sandao: "You are still young. If you have the opportunity to go to a school in Shu County to learn more about culture, I can promote you to an official position."
Zhang San was reluctant at first, but when he thought about having the opportunity to become an official, he decided to become the oldest student in Shujun Academy.
Yin Monai, the newly appointed speaker of Shu County School, composed an essay called: "Li Qi Encourages Learning".
"At the beginning, Qi said to Zhang San: 'You are now in charge of Tu, so you must learn from it!' Three words indicate that there are many things in the army. Qi said: 'Why don't I want you to become a doctor in classics? You should dabble in it and see the past.
Er, you have many things to do, who is better than me? I often read books, and I think it will be of great benefit. San Nai began to study. When Wang Li passed by Shu County, he discussed with San Nai, and he was shocked and said: "You have great talent now.
You are not a wild man outside the law!" San said: "It has been three years since I left you, and I have treated him with admiration. Why did Brother Bosu see this so late?" Li then paid homage to Zhang San, became friends, and left."
But when Li Qi was visiting Wang Li in the hospital, Ren Xu suddenly arrived.
When Ren Xu heard that Li Qi had returned to Chengdu, he naturally wanted to meet her husband as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, Li Qi went to the hospital to visit Wang Li. Therefore, Ren Xu went to the hospital to visit Zhang Zhongjing in the name of asking for medical advice.
Just met Li Qi.
In fact, it's not that Li Qi hasn't missed his beloved wife in the mansion, it's just that as a talker in Yizhou, he does have a lot of things to deal with. A single careless decision may lead to disaster.
Returning to Chengdu this time, Li Qi promised Ren Xu that as long as there was no war, he would stay in Chengdu for more time to comfort each other from missing each other.
As a result, less than an hour after the promise, Li Qi, who had just returned to the mansion, was invited by Li Fu to talk.
Li Fudao said: "This time my brother went to the five counties of Jingzhou and demonstrated the majesty of our Shu army. The people and nobles in Shu all admired us, and even paid taxes more actively."
Li Qi smiled and said: "Political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The more powerful we are, the stronger the attachment of powerful families."
Li Fudao: "Speaking of the powerful family, brother, do you still remember why you married the Ren family?"
Li Qidao: "Naturally, we will take a closer step to win over the local forces in Yizhou and stabilize the people of Yizhou."
Li Fu smiled and shook his head and said: "No, no. The most important thing is to spread the branches and leaves of our Li family! You said that over the years, your progress has almost been caught up with me."
Li Qi said seriously: "Sun De, I don't like hearing what you say. Since you know that my mission is to spread the branches, why are you still dragging me here to talk nonsense?"
Li Fu stood up and said goodbye: "I won't delay my brother's business."
Li Qi then returned to his mansion and completed the arduous task of spreading branches and leaves with Ren Xu (15,000 words are omitted here.)
On the other hand, Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu were also talking by candlelight at night.
Zhuge Liang said: "I've been saying goodbye since Longzhong. I didn't want to see Yuan Zhi again today."
Xu Shu said: "Kong Ming, you are now the governor of Shu County and in charge of the government affairs of Yizhou. I can't wait any longer."
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "I heard that Yuan Zhi broke Cao Ren's eight-door golden lock formation as soon as he arrived at your lord's tent. I will drive under your lord's command in the future and will make many meritorious deeds. By the way, how are you doing, your Majesty?"
Zhuge Liang has been busy in Shu. He only knows that Xu Shu defected to Liu Bei and was "captured alive" by Li Qi in Jiangling. It is not known when he went to Cao Cao.
Xu Shu was silent for a moment and told Zhuge Liang about Xu's mother's death.
After Zhuge Liang heard this, he sighed and said: "Li Yizhou thought far back then and brought my family members to Shuzhong early. Therefore, it is very important to follow an excellent lord. The lord trusts us.
Caring is the basis for us to develop our talents. Yuan Zhi was able to defect to the Lord. Although it was a few years late, he finally embarked on the right path."
Xu Shu: "Listening to your words will cause a lot of harm."
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