Vol 2 Chapter 1159: Finale (10)

Brother Xu is going to war.
Before the arrival of Uncle Rong and Aunt Ruyang, Brother Xuan accompanied the army to quell the chaos.
From now on, at least half a year, as long as one or two years.
Liu Zhao is not at ease!
Can't sleep tossing around at night.
He wants to personally lead people to protect the safety of Brother Xuan.
The weather was already hot, but Liu Zhao was still struggling, and he kept turning over and over again, which was really excessive.
"You are just worrying about it. Hundreds of guards protect him. What danger can he be. It is impossible for the commander of the army to let him charge as a vanguard."
Gu Jiu spit out Liu Zhao severely.
"In the past, the children went out to sea, and those who went to the Western Regions to the Western Regions. Why didn't you worry about it? I didn't hear you say that you should personally take people to protect the children's safety."
"Can that be the same? That's Brother Huang!"
Liu Zhao is still reasonable.
"Boss and second, rough-skinned, so he beats a lot. Ruyang has a second child as his brother's guard, so don't worry. There is no one besides him except for the guard. I don't believe it, in your heart Don't worry about him."
Gu Jiu snorted, "Although I am worried about him, I will not personally lead people to protect his safety."
Liu Zhao took her hand and said solemnly: "You forgot that Brother Huang is a wild child, full of wild nature. I'm afraid that he will be on the battlefield and rush to the front when he gets excited."
"Brother Xuan is a prudent child, not a stunner with passion. You might underestimate him."
"He is a child after all, let alone a child when even adults are impulsive."
Gu Jiu was annoyed by what he said, and said sharply: "If you dare to nag, you are not allowed to go to bed."
Liu Zhao immediately acknowledged the counseling and shut up.
When Rong Wang Liu Heng and Princess Ruyang Liu Xiang came to the overseas camp, Liu Zhao and his two children started nagging.
Liu Heng secretly complained, "Father is really nagging more and more. If he has a grandson, he forgot his son."
Rong Wang Liu Heng was treated the same as Lu Wang Liu Li, and he was not treated by Liu Zhao.
Sure enough, it's my father.
Gu Jiu laughed, "It's rare for your father to care about someone so much. You let him toss for a few days, and when he gets tired, he will stop."
Liu Zhao pulled Liu Heng to look at the map every day, anticipating anti-thief actions.
The personal guards are on standby at any time and set out to rescue the emperor's grandson when necessary.
Of course, these things are all tossed by Liu Zhao.
Gu Jiu pays more attention to the people's livelihood economy.
She went to Rongwang Liu Heng and Ruyang to investigate the site.
She concluded, "It's time to open the vassal state!"
"The son also thinks it's time. With Brother Emperor, I wonder if there will be any twists and turns."
Gu Jiu said: "The court will definitely disagree. As the income from overseas operations has increased year by year, not only has it achieved a balance of income and expenditure, it has also experienced a slight surplus each year in recent years. The overseas land has gradually attracted the attention of court officials. At this time, you and Ruyang will open the vassal state, and the court officials will definitely want to intervene in the appointment of the princely state officials. You must be mentally prepared to open the vassal state without a tug-of-war for a year or two.
Rongwang Liu Heng said: "The son will never accept the appointment of officials from the court to intervene in the princes."
"So it takes time to game and fight a protracted tug-of-war. Taking advantage of this time, you can prepare for the vassal kingdom first. A carrot and a pit, the court sees that you have already identified officials, and you cannot force you to take people All replaced."
"Thank you for the mother's point. From the emperor's brother, please mother's queen to say something for her son and Ruyang."
Gu Jiu laughed, "Don't worry! Your emperor brother supports you and Ruyang to open a vassal state. Your emperor brother even wants several princes of the clan to go overseas to open a vassal state, lest they stay in the capital and waste food."
Rong Wang Liu Heng was secretly stunned, "Brother Emperor's hand is really cruel."
Only by opening the vassal state can we truly occupy an unfamiliar land.
Xiliang is the best example.
The Pei family was able to take root in Xiliang willingly and promote Dazhou culture to the Western Regions.
Gu Jiu is satisfied with his work overseas in these years.
She is very proud and personally contributes money to expand the city and increase employment for the place where her business is located. By the way, she does real estate business.
The camp was rejoicing.
The skill of the empress dowager is obvious to all.
A Xinmin County, from scratch to becoming a city that never sleeps, creates millions of taels of tax revenue every year, which is definitely not an exaggeration.
Now that the empress dowager wants to build a city overseas, it seems like a pie is falling from the sky, and all of them are so happy that they can't close their mouths.
Rong Wang Liu Heng, Princess Ruyang Liu Xiang is anxious.
The mother and queen can't favor one another.
Build cities for overseas companies, and also invest some money for them to build cities by the way.
Gu Jiu didn't say anything, and took out two more money to expand the city on the sites of Rongwang Liu Heng and Ruyang respectively.
Liu Zhao is very curious.
One night, while the two were sitting in the yard enjoying the cool air, he casually asked, "How much money do you have? How much money do you have to burn to build the city? You took the money out without blinking."
Gu Jiu drank the juice, thought for a while and said, "I don't know exactly how much money I have under my name. I can definitely get tens of millions of taels."
Liu Zhao made a decisive decision, "You are richer than me, and you will be responsible for all future expenses."
Gu Jiu looked at him from top to bottom, "In the past few years, haven't I raised you?"
Liu Zhao is embarrassed!
"It didn't count before! From now on, I will officially give you over a hundred catties."
Gu Jiu rolled his eyes directly.
Liu Zhao's face was serene.
Old couples and old wives don't need to be so clear.
He pulled Gu Jiu out every day.
Gu Jiu was unwilling to go out because of the hot weather.
Gu Jiu didn't go out, he was boring to go out alone.
He ordered someone to build a swimming pool in the backyard and pour in living water.
He soaks in the swimming pool every day, and the days are so cool.
Gu Jiu sorted out the information on hand, enough to publish two books.
She ordered someone to bring the information back to the capital and hand it to Huang Qubing.
A few months later, the first volume of "Funny Local People" was published.
Detailed content, exquisite illustrations, interesting stories, and Wenqing Bookstore have gathered all the power to promote this book.
With so many advantages added together, the first volume of "A Place To Be Strange" was just released, and it caused a panic buying.
This is a travel note, but it is richer and more interesting than traditional travel notes, and it has exquisite illustrations that faithfully restore the local style.
Said it is a travel note, it is more like a travel guide that is necessary for going out.
Eating, drinking and lodging, folk customs, where is delicious and fun, the route, and points to note along the way, all are included in the book "Local Strange People".
Such detailed content is a treasure for many young people who yearn for the outside world.
Before going out, his eyes were blackened. Want to inquire about the news, but also worry about being deceived.
Finally met a fellow, and possibly a liar.
Now that there is "Funny Local People", following the above route is a choice.
In the book, there are luxury inns and restaurants, as well as street shops and street stalls.
If I had money but no money, I went out and brought a copy of "Funny Place" with me to make sure it was correct.
The first batch of 30,000 copies was printed and sold out in less than half a month.
Huang Qubing made a decisive decision and printed another 50,000 copies for distribution across the country.
Therefore, this year, there have been more young travelers on the official roads who are not in business or studying but have long experience in going out.
Inns and restaurants everywhere have ushered in a wave of traffic during the off-season.
Gu Jiu was very happy to learn about this situation.
She smiled and said, "I didn't expect to rely on a book alone to set off a wave of free travel."
"What is free travel?"
"Paying your own money and arranging your own itinerary to go out for fun is called free travel."
"We are a typical free travel. The itinerary is decided on an ad hoc basis. Once we arrive at a place, we will live there, and if we are tired of living, we will change to another place.
Gu Jiu nodded repeatedly.
This time they went out for fun, it was a large-scale free tour.
After the new year, it is another year of reincarnation.
Brother Xu finally returned safely.
Darker, taller, the body is getting stronger and stronger.
Speaking of body, Liu Zhao has lost a lot of weight since he came to the overseas camp, perhaps because of sweating too much.
Coupled with swimming every day, the figure can catch up with the prime of life.
He was very nervous, patted his chest, "In the past two years, I obviously feel that my body has improved a lot. The pain caused by old injuries can be completely ignored."
Gu Jiu smiled.
Liu Zhao's improvement in health is the biggest gain from travel.
The second is the rapid growth of Brother Xu.
After experiencing the baptism of war, Brother Xuan was obviously calmer.
Half-year-old, already has the stability and wisdom of an adult.
I enjoyed everything I eat and drink.
They decided to leave for the next part of the journey.
Take the sea boat to Lingnan.
Gu Jiu easily bought a little property.
After that, head north and then turn northwest.
After leaving the northwest for several decades, Gu Jiu once again set foot on this land, and his heart was filled with arrogance.
She told Liu Zhao, "The thing I regret most is that I never met Luhou. It is a pity that a generation of heroes has never met."
"That old thing, old and cunning, and dead for so many years, why do you miss him."
Liu Zhao was not happy.
Gu Jiu laughed, "My palace and Luhou have been friends with each other for a long time, and they are sympathetic to each other. I wonder if there are portraits of Luhou in the prime of life in Anxi Palace."
"If there is a portrait in Anxi Palace, it is also a portrait of him in his old age."
Gu Jiu said, "Old Luhou, my palace has no interest."
Liu Zhao laughed, and his mood turned clear.
"You have seen Pei Meng, and you basically know what Luhou looks like. Their father and son have similar facial features, which are basically carved out of the same mold."
After all, Gu Jiu still did not see the portrait of Luhou when he was in his prime.
The northwest is where she started.
The aquaculture and textile industries here are prosperous.
Cashmere products and wool products are sold at home and abroad, bringing a steady stream of income to local people.
There are also horse farms here, and private horse farms are gradually prospering.
As a large number of people responded to the imperial court's call, of course, they were also looking for an official position and went to the prairie to develop business. The northwestern part of the country has more frequent exchanges with the prairie.
A concrete road deep into the hinterland of the prairie is under construction.
The roads that have been opened to traffic, the traffic to and fro, are all in exchange for materials.
Gu Jiu wanted to see how his plan for the prairie was going.
So the group left the northwest, followed the cement road and entered the prairie.
Enclosure is the king, and the seven-rank official body appointed by the court officials is quite attractive to many people.
Along the way, I encountered several large-scale pastures, all run by children from the marginalized family.
They even met several clan members in the hinterland of the prairie.
Several clan families recognized the Supreme Emperor and Empress Dowager at a glance, and they screamed with excitement.
Kill cattle and sheep and entertain them.
Liu Zhao was very curious, "When did you come to the prairie?"
"Return to the Supreme Emperor, I waited to come here six years ago."
"I went to the prairie six years ago, can I still circle such a good pasture?"
Damn it.
"Don't dare to deceive the Emperor, we bought this ranch from the Zhou family in Chuzhou."
"Why does the Zhou Clan of Chuzhou sell pastures?"
"The Zhou family in Chuzhou are all southerners and they are not adapted to the climate and life on the grasslands. Their family, ranching is purely a layman. The surrounding ranches are making money, and their ranches have been losing money for several years. So they decided to sell them. In Beijing, it happened by chance that we learned that the Zhou family had sold the ranch, and we immediately signed an agreement with them and successfully won the ranch."
"Take this ranch and spend a lot of money."
"The two farms were mortgaged before we took this ranch."
"Courageous! How is business now?"
"The Shaofu directly approached us to buy cattle, sheep and horses, and the business was pretty good. In addition, selling cashmere and wool every year is also a huge income."
"Empress Mother, build a city on the grassland!"