Chapter 291: Thirty-Mile Farewell

Once Liu Zheng issued an order, he stopped worrying about them.

Because the matters on his hands were truly too numerous. He and Xie Tianyao could be considered to have reached a tacit understanding. He did not know how much longer Xie Tianyao could live, but by the looks of it, it would be at most another year.

In one year's time, he had to develop this Liangzhou and provide a model for the entire world!

Because only then would Xie Tianyao have a reason to propose a Territorial Exchange!

Governing the entirety of Liangzhou was different from governing a mere Yinzhou. One must know that Liangzhou was the size of thirty Yinzhous, with all sorts of forces, intricate and complex, with roots intertwined.

Since he wanted to emphasize the Centralization of Power.

Then Liu Zheng's first step was to emphasize using Liangzhou as the center to construct a Cabinet to oversee all matters of Liangzhou. Of course, he also understood that forming a Cabinet would cause a great shock to those local officials.

The government offices of the major provinces of the Longyan Dynasty mostly still imitated the Six Ministries system of the Longyan Dynasty. Thus, the suppression of the Six Ministries by the formation of the Cabinet also had to be considered.

Establishing a Cabinet was a matter of settling it once and for all.

Just like during the time of Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty; Zhu Di was undoubtedly a monarch who wanted to hold absolute power, yet due to constant campaigning abroad, his repeated personal expeditions made it impossible for him to truly oversee state affairs in a meaningful sense. It was at this time that an institution to assist the emperor emerged as the times required: the Cabinet.

This time, the siege of Cheshi and Liu Zheng's inability to attend to it actually sounded an alarm for him.

Liangzhou was too large, and his sphere of influence was slowly expanding; he could not possibly attend to every detail—he would be exhausted to death, and he did not possess the art of cloning.

Every institution had to be made healthy and running at high speed.

The next day.

Liu Zheng intended to make sweeping changes, but upon waking up, he realized he was already in Yinzhou.

And so.

A headache-inducing problem arose.

After all this time, his sense of belonging to Yinzhou was actually greater than to Liangzhou. However, Liangzhou was undoubtedly the most suitable city for a capital. This meant that his family would still have to move to Liangzhou in the future.

"Sir, will you really not follow Zheng to Liangzhou?"

Liu Zheng's family had been packing their belongings for several days.

He was very reluctant to part with Qingyang Shuo and wanted him to follow him to Liangzhou, but who would have thought Qingyang Shuo would be so stubborn? Looking at Yintan City in the distance, which was bustling with activity, he laughed heartily: "Young Master, Shuo enjoys quiet and dislikes noise. Yintan City is most suitable for me. Young Master, please leave without worry; if there is anything, send a message by carrier pigeon, and Shuo will certainly do his utmost!"

Liu Zheng was still reluctant; he had grown accustomed to having Qingyang Shuo by his side, which allowed him to use his brain much less.

Qingyang Shuo looked deeply at Liu Zheng: "Young Master's way of doing things has already become much steadier, and you can handle any matter with ease. Shuo only worries that Young Master is too conservative and cautious—hahahaha—too old-fashioned, which makes it easy to miss opportunities. Young Master must keep this in mind!"

"Young Master, please go with peace of mind; Yintan City shall be left to Shuo!"

No matter what, Qingyang Shuo would not leave, but he shoved his daughter, Hu Xi'er, to Liu Zheng. Hu Xi'er was naturally crying again; this girl had never left Qingyang Shuo since she was small and almost fainted from crying.

That day.

Liu Zheng's family of three, along with servants, maids, and over a dozen horse carriages of belongings, planned to set off at dusk.

However.

It was unknown who leaked the news, but the entire populace of Yinzhou, upon learning of this, came one after another to see them off. The scene was, for a time, very sensational. The three hundred thousand plus people of Yinzhou City were teary-eyed, wailing all along the way. These simple folk held the free-range chickens, eggs, and all sorts of local goods from their homes, wanting to stuff them into the carriages for the Prefect Liu.

They had not forgotten.

Who brought prosperity to this barren land, who let them eat their fill, who let them have surplus grain, who gave them dignity, and who made Yinzhou a world-renowned land of wealth.

"Young Master..."

"Remember to come back and visit!"

"Young Master, Yinzhou will always be your home!"

"Prefect Liu! Remember to come home!"

To tell the truth.

Throughout this journey, Liu Zheng kept himself locked in the horse carriage, not daring to open the window to look, and naturally not daring to wave goodbye.

He remembered the first time he came to Yinzhou, the two of them on that dirt mound, with no one there to meet them, and that toothless old man sitting there watching them make a fool of themselves.

He remembered the early days of the Yinzhou Prefecture, when he and his father enjoyed the company of the people, sleeping on the ground.

Now, two years later, this barren land was thriving.

This day.

Almost all the people of Yinzhou put down their work to come and see them off.

They followed the Liu Family's carriages for thirty miles.

Liu Zheng finally could not help but sniffle.

Was this sense of accomplishment not the realization of one's life value?

One carrier pigeon message after another began to be transmitted between the various Post Houses of the Longyan Dynasty.

At this time.

The President of the Jinghua Branch of the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce received the letter and immediately summoned the members of the Chamber of Commerce.

"The Chief Manager has ordered: prepare supplies and rush to aid Cheshi!"

"President, what about the silver?"

The President said coldly: "Pay with Yinzhou Coin!"

The crowd was overjoyed and had no more questions; nowadays, the Yinzhou Coin was hard currency. This time, as it followed the Liu father and son to take the entire Liangzhou, it surged once again.

"Go!"

"Hurry and prepare!"

Shu, Yizhou.

"Prepare supplies and rush to aid Cheshi!"

"Yes!"

Hanzhong, Jingzhou, Luzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, Ruzhou...

Supplies from all over the country were rapidly converging.

At this time, the various logistics channels of the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce began to demonstrate their immense utility. Land transport, water transport, Water Transport, and camel caravans were all put to use.

Loulan.

Xiang Chenglin was in the place closest to Cheshi. With the help of Empress Dowager Reguli, he had gathered the first batch of grain and fodder early on.

"Remember, no matter what, this batch of grain and fodder must be delivered to Cheshi for me! It is of the utmost urgency!"

"We are the first transport team, we must do this beautifully!"

"Let those old friends from Longyan see the combat effectiveness of our Loulan branch!"

He looked at the burly men of the transport team and roared.

"Yes!"

Du Biao.

He also departed from Yintan City at the first opportunity.

The Feudatory Kings and various factions across the entire world were actually watching the reaction from Liangzhou at this moment.

Will you send troops, or will you not send troops?

If troops are sent, Liangzhou is in the wrong.

If troops are not sent, Cheshi will suffer.

Many people were exclaiming in surprise that the Third Prince had used the lives of one thousand people to put this immensely popular Prefect Liu in a dilemma.

Many people were gloating, waiting for this Prefect Liu to bow his head to Zheng Yuxing; once he bowed his head, it would be harder than ever for him to fully control the Liangzhou Army.

If he cannot even control military power, what is there to fear?

Who would have thought.

Although Cheshi was in a wretched state, Liu Zheng still did not send troops. He was still on the road back to Liangzhou, inside his Horse Carriage, preparing his documents one by one; at the same time, he had already ordered the local officials of the thirty prefectures and counties of Liangzhou to rush to Liangzhou for a meeting to discuss matters of institutional reform.

At the same time, he informed Cheshi that Liangzhou would not send a single soldier or officer to slaughter their own brothers.

Consequently.

These Feudatory Kings could no longer understand.

Does he not want Cheshi anymore?

Is the Grand Canal not being built anymore?

Has Prefect Liu conceded?

However.

Just a few days later.

These people who were waiting to see a joke could no longer laugh.