Chapter 140

During his supervision of the country, Wei Xikang had read countless memorials, so he would naturally choose the key points to read.

He treated those words like looting granaries and abusing the people as if he hadn't seen them, only sighing that Big Boss Jiang still acted so quickly. It had only been a few days since they parted, and he had already taken down a city.

Originally, the actions of the Governor of Guangwu Jun and the Governor of Linchuan Jun made Wei Xikang have a grudge, but now it seemed that this was a happy report.

After all, compared to these two, Wei Xikang was more willing to believe Jiang Jinshi.

Wei Xikang handed the urgent report to the Prince of Zhenbei, thinking in his heart that if the Governor of Guangwu Jun was replaced by Big Boss Jiang, perhaps the people could live a better life.

It was just that he didn't know if Big Boss Jiang had the ability to manage a Jun well. After all, Yangguangzhai had at most a thousand people, while the entire Jun was more than a hundred times that, and there was no comparability between the two.

Sighing, he temporarily discarded this idea and let Big Boss Jiang play freely! Anyway, it was just a few cities. After the other party developed further, he would arrange for spies to go and see.

If the other party really let the people in the city live the life of Yangguangzhai, then it would not be too late to consider giving the position of governor to the other party.

The Prince of Zhenbei took the urgent report to check, and hearing the Crown Prince sigh, he immediately bowed and said: "Minister will immediately write a letter back to the Governor of Guangwu Jun, and must defeat the mountain bandits in the shortest time to return the people of Jiangcheng to stability."

"Writing a letter is fine, but you can't write it like this!" Wei Xikang remembered the promise he made to Jiang Jinshi, so how could he let the Prince of Zhenbei ruin things.

Hearing this, the Prince of Zhenbei was puzzled. If the reply letter wasn't written like this, how else could it be written?

"Minister is dull, I don't know the Crown Prince's intention."

Wei Xikang thought for a while and said: "You just write, now the war is tense, it is not suitable for internal chaos, first take the overall situation as the priority!"

Hearing these words, the Prince of Zhenbei was completely confused. The Governor of Guangwu Jun requested to lead Jun soldiers to go, not to ask for support from the Zhenbei Army, so it had no impact on the front-line war!

"This... is this right?" After hesitating for a long time, the Prince of Zhenbei even suspected that he was old and heard it wrong, so he had to confirm it again.

"Right! Just write it like this, Uncle Wang, believe me!" Wei Xikang nodded heavily, and the firmness in his eyes made the Prince of Zhenbei see it clearly.

Hearing the title 'Uncle Wang', the Prince of Zhenbei's thoughts were immediately pulled back more than ten years ago.

At that time, Wei Xikang had not yet been established as the Crown Prince, and he was very small and very lovable.

The Emperor entertained all officials, and Wei Xikang was too young at the time and mistakenly called the Prince of Zhenbei Uncle Wang, which caused everyone to roar with laughter.

Because the Prince of Xiliang was Wei Xikang's Uncle Wang, and he was a king of a different surname, so he could not bear such a title.

This was also because Wei Xikang was young, otherwise he would definitely be impeached by those civil officials, saying that as a prince, he did not know etiquette.

In the following years, he never heard Wei Xikang call him like this again. Now the Prince of Zhenbei didn't think the other party had called the wrong person like he did when he was young.

"Good! Minister will write the letter now!" The Prince of Zhenbei bowed and saluted, then immediately turned and returned to the camp, his pace was just a bit lighter.

Both of them tacitly didn't mention the right or wrong of that 'Uncle Wang', but both understood each other's thoughts.

Wei Xikang looked at the soldiers who were laughing happily while transporting grain, thinking silently in his heart.

He had now also changed into armor and ate and lived with the soldiers, allowing morale to return to its peak for a while.

But how long could such time last?

If the grain transported by the five Juns was about the same, it would be enough to support for a period of time when added together, but it would not be enough to last through this winter.

After entering autumn, the weather would gradually turn cool. When the temperature dropped completely, that would be when the Xiongnu's attack was at its craziest.

Because if they didn't fight for their lives, they would die!

It was the correct strategy to fight a protracted war with the Xiongnu mainly by defending the city, but the current grain and grass were not enough to support it, so Wei Xikang had to make a choice.

Taking advantage of the high morale of the Zhenbei Army and the temporary supply of grain and grass, Wei Xikang's idea of taking the initiative to attack began to become stronger and stronger.

After all...

He was not willing to live in Northern Xinjiang forever, and this world still had to rely on him to protect it.

Defeating the Xiongnu with the Zhenbei Army as the cornerstone, gathering the power of Northern Xinjiang to point the sword at the capital to regain the throne, then defeating Xiliang to take back the fief, and finally completely settling the Jiangnan scholar-gentry.

No matter which one of these things was taken out alone, it was almost impossible to complete, but he knew deeply that if he wanted to revitalize the majesty of Da Qian, he couldn't miss a single step of the road he should take.

After understanding everything, Wei Xikang's eyes became more and more firm.

Since that was the case, let's take the first step!

Start with the Xiongnu!

Early the next morning, Jiang Jinshi left Jiangcheng on horseback and headed toward Licheng.

This time he only brought Yan Wu and left Xiao Hu to Li Xinyue.

The situation in Licheng was still better than the previous Jiangcheng, and the only thing that was no different was that the number of refugees was not small.

Xiao Chunqiu was very surprised by Jiang Jinshi's sudden visit.

"Big Boss Jiang, why do you have time to come to me?"

You must know that the affairs of the neighboring Jiangcheng could not be hidden from Xiao Chunqiu. After all, many people who came out of Jiangcheng chose to come to Licheng to live.

According to Xiao Chunqiu's thoughts, Jiang Jinshi should be very busy right now!

Jiang Jinshi said with a smile: "I came to chat with you specially and also to learn from you. Managing a city can be considered a troublesome thing."

Xiao Chunqiu agreed with this very much, "If it were casual, it would be fine, but if you really want to make it good, it really takes a lot of effort."

Xiao Chunqiu didn't know about others, but as for himself, he once wanted to be a good official. After all, scholars who had just entered officialdom were inevitably influenced by sage books and were full of ambition.

It was just that he was different from Feng Chunsheng. Feng Chunsheng was the kind of model who wouldn't turn back even if he hit the south wall. He changed his thinking after hitting a wall once and gathered wealth for the comfortable life of himself and his brother.

Afterward, Jiang Jinshi talked freely with Xiao Chunqiu about the general development of Jiangcheng. During this period, Jiang Jinshi did most of the talking, and Xiao Chunqiu asked about some details from time to time.

The more Xiao Chunqiu listened, the more surprised he became. He didn't expect that Jiang Jinshi also had unique insights into managing a city and was willing to use the income of Shixian Mountain on the people.

Jiang Jinshi couldn't explain the source of the large amount of grain, so he used Shixian Mountain as an excuse, which was also the most reasonable explanation.

Xiao Chunqiu sighed: "Big Boss Jiang, I'm afraid I don't have any good suggestions for you. In my opinion, what you have done has already surpassed countless officials of Da Qian."

Jiang Jinshi nodded, and then said casually: "Then... if this method is used in Licheng, what does County Magistrate Xiao think?"

Xiao Chunqiu looked up in astonishment, seeing that Jiang Jinshi was still in that playful and irreverent manner, and finally understood why Jiang Jinshi came today.

For a moment, Xiao Chunqiu thought a lot. He was a smart person, and he understood many things at once, but there was only one point he had to confirm with Jiang Jinshi in person.

"I don't know if this method is used in Licheng, this salt selling matter..."