After taking down Youzhou, the army rested for three days. For three days, Yang Yuanqing was extremely busy, so he calmed the morale of the army, met with officials, and counted the materials. He formally appointed Hou Mo Chenyi as the general manager of Youzhou, and also appointed Yang Jiachen as the deputy general manager.

Although Yang Yuanqing has decided that Hou Mo Chenyi will be the chief supervisor of Youzhou, he did not just hand over the Youzhou army to him. There is still a lot of things to do, mainly to ensure the loyalty of the army. According to the principle of separation of soldiers and generals, the Youzhou army will be transferred to Hedong, and the Hedong army will be stationed in Youzhou, and the total force will be reduced to 20,000.

Youzhou City is just the name of the military. Its administrative name is Jixian. It is the largest city in Hebei region. It is similar to Taiyuan City. It has a circumference of more than 30 miles. The city walls are tall and wide. The permanent population is less than 200,000. However, due to the war disasters every year, a large number of people from Zhuo County flock to Youzhou City, making the actual residents in the city exceed 400,000. The city is very crowded. In addition, the arable land is deserted, and a large number of people rely on government relief porridge to make a living.

Like Taiyuan City, there is also an Inner Cang City in Youzhou City, located in the northeast corner of the city, covering an area of ​​hundreds of acres and consisting of fifty large warehouses. In order to attack Goryeo, Yang Guang stored a large amount of military supplies in Zhuo County. The last half of them fell into Luo Yi's hands. He transferred all these supplies into the Warehouse City.

Accompanied by Lu Zhao, the new chief of Zhuo County, Yang Yuanqing went to Cangcheng to inspect. Lu Zhao was Lu Chu's third brother. After Lu Chu was killed by Wang Shichong in Luoyang, the Lu family of Fanyang was headed by Lu Chu's second brother Lu Yu, who was Lu Zhao's brother. He also had a brother Lu Ce. Now Taiyuan serves as the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple in the Sui Dynasty.

Lu Zhao is about forty years old this year, with a thin face and a bright and bright eyes. He is an extremely smart and capable official. He served as Sima of Zhuo County as early as the sixth year of Daye. In the ninth year of Daye, Daye was promoted to Chief Secretary. A few months ago, because Lu Ce led his clan to Taiyuan to participate in the imperial examination, and Lu Ce also became an official in the Sui Dynasty, this incident angered Luo Yi. After dismissed Lu Zhao, Yang Yuanqing occupied Youzhou City, he reappointed Lu Zhao as Chief Secretary of Zhuo County.

When Yang Yuanqing was the general manager of Youzhou, he often dealt with Lu Zhao. They were very familiar with each other and had a good relationship. Lu Zhao took Yang Yuanqing into the gate of Cangcheng, with a central axis street on the front. Dozens of large warehouses were distributed on both sides. These large warehouses were built by Luo Yi, and Yang Yuanqing had never seen them, but he discovered an interesting phenomenon. The warehouses on the left are all spires, while the warehouses on the right are flat, but I don’t know what the difference is?

Lu Zhao smiled and introduced to him: "Your Highness. I was in charge of the construction of this warehouse city. The left half is the grain warehouse, and the right half is the military capital warehouse, so their appearance can be distinguished."

Yang Yuanqing nodded. This is better designed than Jinyang Palace Cang City. The warehouses in Jinyang Palace Cang City are all the same, and the materials and grain are mixed. However, he found that there is no canal in the warehouse, so transportation is inconvenient.

"Why didn't a canal be dug in Cangcheng?"

Lu Zhao sighed and said, "I was originally considering that there was a canal. It was not troublesome to build a canal directly to Yongji Canal, but General Manager Luo refused. He said that the canal would become a defensive loophole in Youzhou City."

"Build one!"

Yang Yuanqing said: "Build a canal to facilitate material transportation. In the future, Taiyuan's materials can eventually be transported to Youzhou City by water."

"Since your highness has given instructions, I will arrange manpower as soon as possible. Your Highness asks you!"

They walked into the first granary. The warehouse space was huge, and the warehouse was ventilated and dry. Bags of grain were neatly placed. Based on their intuition, Yang Yuanqing felt that there were at least 30,000 stones of grain in the first warehouse. He saw a sack with words written in red paint on the words Daye Six Years. He was stunned and asked, "Are these grains all the grains of Daye Six Years?"

"No! No! How can Daye's grain last for six years be stored for so long? These are all grains from Daye's ten years. They were transported from Luokou Cang during the Third Battle of Goryeo. The bag says Daye's six years, but it is not. However, these grains have been stored for three years, and many of them are moldy and worm-related, and must be disposed of as soon as possible."

Yang Yuanqing walked around the warehouse and asked him again: "I have read the report of Wen Taishou, saying that there are more than 300,000 stones of grain stored in Youzhou. Is there really so much?"

Lu Zhao nodded with a smile, "To be precise, there are still 345,000 stones, which originally had more than 600,000 stones, but nearly half of them have been consumed in the past two years."

"How much silk cloth is there?"

"There are still a lot of silk cloth, about 700,000 pieces."

Yang Yuanqing thought for a moment and said, "All residents in Zhuojun city can give each household a piece of cloth, five dou of grain and one dou of salt as my gift for meeting. In addition, spring plowing is coming soon, and the government should hurry up and arrange spring plowing. It is probably too late to promote equal fields. You can measure the fields while spring plowing. The court will send people to help you. If there is insufficient staff, just ask the army to help. In short, the spring plowing cannot be delayed."

"I understand, and today I will be preparing to discuss this matter with Prefect Wen."

They walked out of the warehouse, and Lu Zhao pointed to a warehouse opposite and said, "Biyi will take Your Highness to see the military warehouse!"

Yang Yuanqing looked at the sky and it was almost noon. He shook his head and smiled, "I plan to go to Peking County today. It will be too late if I don't leave. I will inspect the warehouse when I come back, and your Lu family. I originally planned to visit these two days. There are too many things. Wait until I come back! I will have a good talk with your head."

Lu Zhao gave a deep bow, "The Lu family's door is open to Your Highness at any time!"

Yang Yuanqing turned over and walked towards the gate. After walking for more than a dozen steps, he stopped the war horse again and sighed: "One of the conditions that Wang Shichong and I have reached was to let Lu Chu come to Taiyuan, but I didn't expect... Actually, I was going to use Lu Chu as the sixth prime minister, which is really regrettable!"

After saying that, he took a deep look at Lu Zhao and urged his horse to run towards the gate.

Lu Zhao stared at Yang Yuanqing's departure in a daze, but he was experiencing the profound meaning of Yang Yuanqing's words in his heart.

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Among the five surnames and seven hopes in the world, the Fanyang Lu family is listed. It is one of the three famous families in Hebei, and is on par with the Boling Cui family and the Qinghe Cui family. The reputation of the Lu family is mainly because their disciples and children are spread all over Hebei counties. Even the bandit Lu Mingyue is actually a child of the Lu family, but the Lu family does not recognize it.

In the central court, Prime Minister Lu Chu was undoubtedly the most dazzling figure of the Lu family. He was also the head of the Lu family. His murder in Luoyang undoubtedly brought a heavy blow to the Lu family.

Like Wenxi Pei's family, the Lu family in Fanyang was not in Youzhou City, but in Lujia Village, east of Youzhou City, moved to Youzhou City to avoid war. More than 300 Lu family children and nearly 600 wives and daughters live in a huge house covering an area of ​​80 acres. The relationship between each house is close and the hierarchy is also very strict. Each house is selected for an elder in each of the seven houses of the Lu family to form a family club. All the family affairs are decided by the family club.

But in fact, the main power of the Lu family is in the hands of the four brothers in the Changfang. The head of the family, Lu Chu, the second brother Lu Yu, the third brother Lu Zhao, and the fourth brother Lu Ce, among these four brothers, Lu Chu was the prime minister in Beijing, and the specific family affairs were under Lu Yu. Lu Zhao was a local bureaucrat and Lu Ce was in charge of the family's financial power. However, since the establishment of the New Sui Dynasty, the fate of the Lu family has gradually changed. First, Lu Ce was named Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, and two children of the Lu family passed the imperial examination and became officials in Hedong.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Chu was killed in Luoyang, and then Yang Yuanqing launched the Hebei Battle. The series of changes made the Lu family difficult to adapt. But after all, it was one of the seven hopes in the world. The Lu family did not panic, but faced the huge changes in front of them with a calm attitude.

At noon, a carriage was parked in front of Lu's mansion located in the south of the city. Lu Zhao got out of the carriage and hurried towards the inner mansion.

At present, the new head of the Lu family is Lu Yu, and also the younger brother of Lu Chu. Although he is not the elder of the family and has a low seniority, he always holds the power of the Lu family. Since the elder brother died, he naturally becomes the head of the Lu family.

Lu Yu is less than fifty years old, with a slightly short and fat figure and a little dark skin. He always likes to squint his eyes. Although his appearance is not very good, it does not hinder his prestige in the family. He served as the prefect of Liang County. In the ninth year of Daye, he was dismissed for suspected support for Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and he never took office again. Dou Jiande once wanted to ask him to become a prime minister, but he declined it.

Yang Yuanqing has been stationed in Youzhou City for three days, and there are endless famous gentry visiting, but Lu Yu has not moved his troops. He is not in a hurry. He knows that Yang Yuanqing will come to visit him sooner or later. This is his confidence and the nobleness of the Lu family.

Lu Yu was sitting in the room reading a book, and hurried footsteps came from outside the door, "Second brother, can you come in?" It was the voice of his brother Lu Zhao.

"Come in!"

Lu Yu put down the book. He knew that his brother was very busy these two days and had to be busy until very late every day before he could come back. Today he came back at noon. His footsteps were so hurrying and his voice was a little excited. Something must have happened. Intuition told Lu Yu that it should be related to Yang Yuanqing.

The door opened, and Lu Zhao walked in quickly, bowed and bowed, "Second brother, I have something to say."

"Sit down!"

Lu Yu asked his brother to sit down, picked up the teapot beside him, poured him a cup of hot tea, squinted his eyes and said, "Don't be anxious, just say it slowly."

Lu Zhao picked up the teacup and said, "I accompanied His Highness to the warehouse to inspect this morning. He said something to me, which I think is a hint."

"What did he say?" Lu Yu asked slowly.

"He said he had planned to let his elder brother enter Taiyuan as the sixth prime minister. He had already reached an exchange agreement with Wang Shichong, but he still couldn't save his elder brother. He was very sorry."

"Well! Do you think there is any hint here?" Lu Yu smiled and continued to ask without saying a word.

"Don't the second brother think the sixth prime minister has a profound meaning? Why did he tell me specifically? If it was just because the eldest brother was the prime minister in Luoyang, he would not mention this matter again. Since he mentioned this matter in Youzhou, it means that it was because of the Lu family that wanted the eldest brother to be the sixth prime minister. He did not refer to the eldest brother, but to the Lu family."

Lu Yu was silent. Of course he understood that Yang Yuanqing's words were indeed a hint. Judging from Yang Yuanqing's prime minister structure, he cared about the family forces very much. Pei, Cui, Du, and Wang were all famous gentry. Is Yang Yuanqing really planning to let the Lu family be the sixth prime minister?

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Chapter completed!