The Central Plains was raining heavily and unexpectedly, and the roads entering Beijing in various places became extremely muddy.

Landslides occur frequently on the mountain, and tourists trapped on the road will be killed or injured.

Everyone hid at home to shelter from the rain, but there were often carriages passing by on the official roads, because there were complete drainage systems on both sides of the road paved with bluestone, which drained the rainwater in the city into the Bian River.

In the suburbs of Kaifeng Prefecture, in the white stone forest, Zhao Cai looked at the heavy rain and felt extremely comfortable.

He likes rainy days, and likes rainy days more. Although it is not as magnificent as in the palace of Baishilin, he can feel the moisture of the rainy rain more closely.

"Your Majesty, the people from the Royal Kitchen have been circulating the message that today's lunch will probably be delayed. The heavy rain is over the ground, and the firewood can't be lit."

Zhao Cai laughed and said with interest, "Take me to see!"

Zhao Cai is moody and often furious. The eunuch who came to pass the message was very scared, but he didn't expect that His Majesty was so happy today. He was grateful to open the umbrella to take him to the imperial kitchen of the Baishilin Palace.

In the kitchen, several palace servants who were responsible for cooking stood up when they saw the emperor coming in.

"You guys keep going!" Zhao Cai ordered the little beast he was hunting to peel off, set up a fire and roast it for food.

It was rare that the emperor was in a good mood. Everyone accompanied him to roast it happily. Before the meat was finished, the news had already reached the water pavilion.

Chen Shou was reading the Hedong war report, but he didn't raise his head when he heard this. He said to Jin Yuwei who came to report the news: "There is no need to report the trivial matters in the White Stone Forest in the future."

"yes..."

It doesn't matter whether the little emperor can be literary or martial, or irritable or kind.

It was the same for Chen Shou. Instead of making him angry in the palace, it would be better to make him happy to go wherever he wanted, as long as he didn't leave Kaifeng Mansion.

When I started my own business, I relied on the imperial power, but I immediately removed the grind and killed an emperor and a prince through the golden elixir, completely overturning the foundation of the imperial power of the Great Qi.

Now that we rule the capital, the land in the heart of the Central Plains relies on the hearts of the people at the bottom and the soldiers in our hands.

While thinking about it, Tao'er came in and bent down and said, "Master, Kaifeng Prefecture Prime Minister is asking for a visit."

"Liu Xu? What are he here to do?" Chen Shou nodded, Tao'er went out, and soon led a civil servant in.

Liu Xu clasped his fists and said, "I have met Zhongyong Hou."

"What's the matter?"

"Since the Zhongyong Hou implemented the policy of ensuring the people, recuperating with the people, measuring the land, and reducing taxes, people from all over the country have been rushing to the capital. Although many prefectures and counties have set up checkpoints to block it, it is still difficult to change the people's back to the capital and flock to the capital. This is all due to the kindness of the Marquis. However, heavy rain has been raging recently, and many pedestrians are trapped in the mountain roads and even washed away by rivers."

"My subordinates dared to ask the marquis to send troops and escort the people along the way."

Chen Shou frowned slightly, saying that he had neglected that traveling at this time was a risky thing. In addition to avoiding strong men and bandits, it also depends on God's expression.

"I was negligent. Take this and go to the imperial guard camp and transfer people." Chen Shou reached out and handed over his fish talisman. Liu Xu hurried forward to catch it.

"The marquis is kind and kind, which is a blessing for the people, and his subordinates will leave."

Chen Shou smiled and said, "It is rare that the Liu Fu Yin thought carefully, and it is commendable."

"The Marquis praised him, and this is all his subordinates' duties."

Liu Xu was in a good mood. The officials of these people knew best to please. Chen Shou's series of measures made everyone think that he was a person who loved the people. Therefore, there were many more officials who loved the people overnight in the court who loved the people as much as their children.

Chen Shou knew very well that many people wanted to cater to themselves, but the results were always good, and he would not be stupid enough to pursue who is sincere and who is false.

Nowadays, there are separatist tyrants everywhere. In order to develop, they often choose to squeeze places, and rarely have their own.

Under high pressure, the two sides have obvious contrasts, and large-scale population mobility will naturally occur.

What flocks to the capital is the manpower you can use. Since this trend is achieved, your early efforts will not be in vain.

It also shows that the practice of reducing taxes and measuring land is feasible, and what is being competed in troubled times is manpower and material resources.

The Kaifeng Prefecture's group of scholars and officials headed by Wei Yunse and the imperial guards headed by Cao Wu, occupied 90% of the fertile land for a hundred years.

During the coups, these people were cleaned up, and the fields under their names became Chen Shou's greatest wealth.

These land can even feed one hundred thousand people, but are divided up by just a few hundred households.

After Chen Shou measured the land, he sold the fertile land at a price lower than the market price, and even signed a contract with the court, paying some money in advance, and paying back the rest slowly, and using grain to pay off the debt.

Chen Shou used this method to quickly cash out the land in his hands, which facilitated his transactions with the Southern Tang Dynasty, and also lit a bright light for countless people.

Unlike the past when farming for the boss, you also have to pay the grain, but if you pay some, it means that some land is yours forever and can be passed on to your descendants and is the ancestral property of your family.

This policy has such a fatal temptation. Not to mention the local tyrants set up levels, even at the gates of hell, some people will have to fight to the death.

When Chen Shou wanted to sell the land at home, he just said something, which made Chen Geng and his wife's faces change drastically. The land produced by their ancestral families was so tempting to the people at this time.

Chen Shou only used this imaginative move to expand the foundation that would take several years or even longer to accumulate to the maximum, and his dominance over the people under his rule was no less than that in places like Xiliang and Liaodong.

It is impossible for opponents to learn, because their basic foundation is their own territory. If they learn from Chen Shou rashly, they will offend all the gentry under their rule.

The land annexation in the capital under Chen Shou ruled was too powerful and it had reached a terrifying level. Because of this, he eliminated the imperial guards and Wei Yunse, ate the fat man in one bite, and swallowed countless land.

But other places, such as Lianghuai, do not have such a huge corrupt state, and the land is relatively evenly distributed to the local gentry.

Only with the support of these people can they rule the local area. If they rashly move their interests, they will destroy their basic foundation.

The gentry could overthrow them at any time and re-elect a proxy.

With a long sigh, Chen Shou closed his scroll and closed his eyes, and a map of Hedong appeared in his mind.

There were several battlefields on it, and countless people condensed into square formations. The situation in Hedong was briefly passed in his mind.

Not optimistic!

Li Xin invested heavily in Yingzhou Prefecture, and the Datong area was as solid as a rock, but he seemed to be a little careless about Hedong.

After all, Jiang Chucai was a local snake in Hedong. With his cooperation, and with more than 100,000 elite Mongolian soldiers, Bai Bogu could only wince his head and refuse to defend.

He achieved some results in the early stage and vomited them all. Only then did Jiang Chu take back all the lost land, but he also embezzled a lot of Baibo Valley territory.

The Hedong tyrants who once surrendered to Li Xin all rebelled and vividly interpreted what a fence-bearing man is.

Chen Shou opened his eyes and looked at the Hedong map hanging on the wall behind him.

"Li Xin, what are you thinking?"

Chen Shou rolled up the map, walked downstairs, and went to the second floor to open his hands and said, "Change me in clothes."

Liu'er, who was kneading pumpkin seeds on Jindun, quickly got up, clapped her hands and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Summer Palace."

Liu'er found a plain robe for him to put on, and tidy up his clothes. Chen Shou brought the map to the outer courtyard.

After getting on the carriage, he only said he was going to the summer palace. Zhang He smiled and said, "The roads on the mountain are muddy now, so I haven't been to the summer palace for a while."

He woke Chen Shou up in one sentence, hurried back to the mansion and came to Su Qiongzhiyuan.

Su Qiongzhi was taking Lu'er to listen to music. When she saw him in, she smiled and said, "Why are you here?"

Chen Shou ignored her, went into the room and looked for it for a while, took two Zhanqing green beads, and a string of agate necklaces, then wiped his head and left.

Su Qiongzhi stood up, opened her hands to stop him, and said angrily: "What kind of world is this? Mingqiang?"

Chen Shou touched her face and smiled and said, "Xiaozhier will admire your master, I'm useful."

Su Qiongzhi's beautiful eyes turned and asked, "What are the benefits?"

Chen Shou whispered in her ear: "I'll sleep in your room tonight."

Su Qiongzhi spat, her eyes drooped, and three green onion-like jade fingers stretched out, and she blushed and said, "At least three days."

Chen Shou kissed her in the face, ran out, and waved back, "One word is certain!"

Su Qiongzhi turned around and wanted to continue listening to the song. Lu'er, who was beside her, suddenly said with a smile: "Madam, I miss you, I will sleep with you tonight."

Su Qiongzhi thought about it and couldn't handle it at all. With this little girl here, she might be able to keep him for three days, otherwise that kid would definitely be owed.

She reached out and lit Lu'er's forehead, and smiled and said, "Then you have to perform well."

Lu'er held her arm affectionately and continued to watch the show.

Chen Shou got on the carriage, took out a bead, handed it to Zhang He, and said, "I will come out of Feng'er later, and you will return it to me."

Zhang He nodded with a smile. Chen Shou got on the carriage. There was still some water accumulation on the street, and the wheels were walking a little slow in the water.

After we arrived at the summer palace, it was indeed full of soil, and a team of guards were cleaning the road.

I couldn't come up a few days ago, but fortunately there was a warehouse in the summer palace, and the food stored was enough for these guards to live for a year or two.

Chen Shou lifted the curtain, watched the carriage slowly move forward, and said impatiently: "Let's go up and forget about it."

The guards along the way stopped and stood, Chen Shou waved, "You keep going, don't worry about me."

After climbing for half an hour, I finally went to the summer palace. Chen Shou's shoes were wet, his trousers were covered in mud, and he was so tired that he was sweating.

When he entered Li Lingfeng's room, opened the curtain and went in, Zhiqin exclaimed: "God, isn't this climbing up?"

After saying that, he quickly bent down, removed Chen Shou's shoes and socks, and brought a pair of clean wooden clogs.

Li Lingfeng also came up and was about to complain a few times, but when she saw Chen Shou's embarrassing look, she felt warm in her heart. She stepped forward and took off her robes and smiled and said, "The road is so difficult, don't come up."

Chen Shou pinched her face and smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and I feel uneasy. Today, Zhang He said he couldn't get up, so I just said I'll get up as well. What's going on? Isn't this coming up?"

Li Lingfeng smiled very happily, but said, "Who knows if it's true?"

Chen Shou leaped and hugged her waist. Li Lingfeng's beautiful face turned red as if it was burning. Her beautiful eyes looked at him watery. Before Chen Shou could speak, she took the initiative to present her cherry lips.
To be continued...