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Chapter 73

Three days after the court discussion, Lu Tianfeng's letter arrived at Kaifeng Prefecture, which detailed the motivation and result of entering Huizhou. As expected, he only wanted to harass Huizhou and lure the main force of the enemy to take advantage of the situation and seize Huizhou.

The book describes the various security strategies adopted for Huizhou after entering Huizhou, as well as the population, military power and warehousing of Huizhou.

Lu Qi actually said 70% of the food, but the financial resources he obtained were only half, even half, which made Emperor Zhou Long very happy. The ministers had no objection, because Huizhou's gains did not require the Zhou court to provide them with supplies. It can even be said that it could save Zhou 30,000 military strength a year of supplies.

The day after Lu Tianfeng wrote the letter, King Ji left Kaifeng Prefecture and went to Huizhou under the escort of one thousand imperial guards. Before that, King Cao had already escorted Jiangnan by one thousand imperial guards.

In Huizhou, Lu Qi received an urgent order from the Zhou court, which gave him the order to govern Huizhou, which meant to temporarily manage Huizhou, and asked him to reorganize his subordinate military forces into an imperial guards, which were divided into horse army and infantry. The horse army was 2,000, and the infantry was 5,000, and the capital was marching. He was appointed as the commander of the capital, and all the generals and officials were appointed by him based on military merits and abilities.

Lu Qi was a little surprised to see the trust of the Zhou emperor, but he also understood that it was a kind of gentle method of the Zhou emperor. The Zhou emperor's decree also showed his importance to Huizhou. The decree also gave Lu Qi a restraint of the imperial guards with 30,000 support, and the matter of King Ji as the Xuanfu envoy. Lu Qi did not have much resistance to King Ji's arrival in Huizhou. The young prince gave him a good impression, so he certainly did not want an important official to make trouble for him.

The 30,000 imperial guards who supported were already stationed in the northeast of Huining County. The leader was a military general in his forties, named Li Haiming, who was the deputy commander of the capital. The 30,000 imperial guards were all infantrymen, divided into six armies, and each army was led by the Du Yuhou.

Lu Qi, Li Haiming and the six leading Du Yuhou met before, but the etiquette officials met. Lu Qi could only suggest 30,000 reinforcements were stationed in the northeast of Huining County. He had no power to order the order, but now he was able to order the order.

Lu Qi received an urgent order of 800 miles, and the generals of 30,000 reinforcements also received the imperial edict. After receiving the order, he hurriedly came to pay homage to Lu Qi and officially admitted that Lu Qi was a Shangguan. After the social event, the generals went back, but then they had a big accident. Lu Qi actually sent someone to send money to reward the army, and all the soldiers were rewarded with two stalemates. For the hard subsidy for coming to Huizhou, although it was not in accordance with the rules, the generals leading the army had to accept it. If they refused, how could they lead the troops?

After giving the reward, Lu Qi's military order came later, ordering 20,000 imperial guards to depart from Haiyuan County to be responsible for defending the Qingshui River. The Qingshui River originated from Liupan Mountain and flowed northward from Liupan Mountain into the Yellow River. It is a major tributary of the Yellow River. Qingshui River can block the Xia army in Lingzhou from attacking Huizhou. Before Lu Qi, he had timely increased his troops to defend the Qingshui River.

Lu Qi ordered another 10,000 imperial guards and 10,000 new imperial guards to set out to the southwest to defend the defense line east of Huining Pass. The Xia army in Lanzhou and Hehuang would likely attack Huizhou. However, Lu Qi knew that because he entered Huizhou, even if the Xia army in Lanzhou attacked Huizhou, it would be delayed for a while because the orders of the Xia court of Xia needed to be conveyed by detour from Liangzhou.

The ability to control 30,000 reinforcements made Lu Qi breathe a sigh of relief. With 80,000 troops, he was confident of resisting the counterattack of Xia State and even had the remaining strength to march into Lanzhou. However, Lu Qi didn't think about it anymore. He needed to establish prestige in the Huizhou area, a prestige that could make the hearts of the people in the northwest a miracle.

The training army returned to the city government office. As soon as they entered the hall, they saw Xiaodie and two beautiful concubines from other races. The two beautiful concubines from other races immediately came up and took off Lu Qi's armor. Agulan took the armor and hugged Ayana with a smile, stretched her neck and kissed her hair. Ayana struggled away with shame.

Lu Qi liked these two foreign beauties very much and knew that they were Uighurs, their hometown was Yizhou, and the two beauties were from the Uighur royal family and belonged to the descendants of the nobles. The ancestors of the Uighurs were mainly Turks.

The Uighurs are a ethnic group formed by the mixed ethnic groups in the Western Regions. They are widely distributed and have their own regimes according to their regions. The Uighurs in Guazhou and Shazhou were destroyed by the Xia Kingdom, while the Uighurs in Ayana and Agulan were the Uighurs in Yizhou (now Xinjiang). However, the Uighurs in Ayana and Agulan were defeated by other Uighurs, became captives, and were then sold to the East.

Lu Qi walked to the main seat and sat a few times with Xiaodie. Agulan brought the tea tray and said shyly: "Master, drink tea."

Lu Qi smiled and nodded, and took the initiative to reach out to get the tea bowl. He came back every day. After Aguran served tea, he walked to Xiaodie's place and stood there. Ayana also went over to stand.

"Xiaodie, I will go to pick up King Ji tomorrow. You will prepare the privately hidden golden beads and send them to Kaifeng Mansion tomorrow." Lu Qi said peacefully after drinking a sip of tea.

"Why should I send the privately hidden gold beads to Kaifeng Mansion? Those gold jewelry can be worth at least three million yuan. Don't you want to give it to Emperor Zhou, right?" Xiaodie said in surprise.

Lu Qi smiled and shook his head, saying, "I am planning the world. The purpose of wealth can only be used for the sake of planning. When the golden pearl was sent to Kaifeng Prefecture, I will not offer it to the Emperor of Zhou, but will make a stance of seeking wealth."

Xiaodie nodded and said softly: "Qilang wants to use his huge wealth to make a greedy man and act like a person who will not be respectful."

Lu Qi nodded and said, "The three million chunks of wealth were sent to Kaifeng Prefecture. If the Kaifeng Prefecture knows, there will be a lot of jealousy. The more I hate me, the more it means that I just want to take root in Kaifeng Prefecture."

Xiaodie nodded and said, "I will prepare it."

Lu Qi hesitated and said, "There is another thing. I want Ayana to go to Kaifeng Mansion, go to see the princess of Zhou on my behalf, and give me some gifts."

Xiaodie frowned slightly and said softly: "Qilang asked Ayana to meet Princess Zhou. Isn't that angry about Princess Zhou? Moreover, Ayana can't communicate with people in Chinese."

"Ayana and Agulan were sold to me by Wang Yansheng. This matter involves Zhao Kuangyi. I cannot let Emperor Zhou think that it was given to me by Wang Yansheng." Lu Qi said. If Emperor Zhou felt that he would collude with Zhao Kuangyi, he might change from support to abandonment.

"I think that if I ask Ayana to meet Princess Zhou, it seems that Qilang is intentional." Xiaodie pointed out that something was wrong.

After hearing this, Lu Qi thought to himself, Xiaodie said again: "In fact, the most suitable person for the person rumored by Qilang is Miss Fourteen."

Lu Qi was stunned and nodded clearly. The fourteenth lady of Shi Zhongfei's fiancée was originally staying in Yinzhou and Zhe Xiangyue, but he didn't want to come to Huizhou to see Shi Zhongfei again. It is said that she should go back to Kaifeng Prefecture, so she came to ask Shi Zhongfei if there was anything to tell her. This long detour to see him shows that the fourteenth lady was concerned about Shi Zhongfei. Now Shi Zhongfei has been promoted by Lu Qi to Du Yuhou and become the commander of the 5,000 troops.

"Xiaodie, tell me about it with Miss Fourteen." Lu Qi said.

"It's better for Qilu to say it myself. That fourteenth lady is straightforward and not good at making fake things. If the slave tells her, it will be a bad thing." Xiaodie retorted wisely.

Lu Qi nodded. Miss Fourteen was outspoken, but it was easy to win the trust of others. Without further ado, he asked him to call Shi Zhongfei outside the city and went to see Miss Fourteen with Shi Zhongfei.

The next morning, Lu Qi brought two thousand cavalrymen and left Huining County in the name of patrol. He met two cars and Shi Zhongfei ten miles outside the city. Naturally, there were fourteen Misses and a huge fortune worth more than three million yuan.

Yesterday, while talking to Miss Fourteen, Lu Qi asked Miss Fourteen to give gifts to Princess Zhou, and handed the box in the car to Yang Hong. He wrote a letter to Yang Hong. Miss Fourteen naturally agreed and even took the initiative to tell the elders that Lu Qi and Zhe Xiangyue's marriage would tell the elders truthfully, letting the elders know that it was Zhe Xiangyue who liked Lu Tianfeng that made a marriage.

Lu Qi was very satisfied with Miss Fourteen. In front of Shi Zhongfei, he said that Shi Zhongfei had a reward money and asked Miss Fourteen to take it back, so he could add a dowry. Miss Fourteen accepted it shyly, but Shi Zhongfei was inexplicably heard it. As a result, after Lu Qi left, someone brought a box. When he opened it, he found that it was ten thousand taels of gold.
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