A busy month passed in the blink of an eye.
During this month, be it Lan Changhe or Xue Rengui, both of them were so busy that their feet did not touch the ground. Lan Changhe was in charge of the spring plowing while Xue Rengui was constantly transferring soldiers to the fields in the various provinces within the pass. He was busy for the entire month.
After a month, the spring plowing ended.
Only then did everything calm down.
The end of the spring plowing allowed Lan Changhe to gain a foothold in the Jingzhou region. Especially when grain was moved from Xia Xia to Jingzhou, large amounts of grain entered the market. The grain prices in Jingzhou and even Chang An started to stabilize, and the people had a chance to earn money to buy grain. As a result, the region started to recover. Especially the development of commerce, which was quickly recovering.
The entire Jingzhou, Longzhou, and Qizhou were quickly recovering.
Similarly, Longyoudao was also recovering.
In the middle of the fourth month, Ma Yuan arrived in Chang 'an first. After meeting with Du Qi in Chang' an, he reported the situation in Bolang to Du Qi and then mobilized his troops north to attack Li Ke in Youzhou. At the end of the 4th month, Su Dingfang's 4th legion arrived in Chang An. After a short rest, he also brought troops up north to attack Li Tai.
The three armies advanced together, each sending out their own troops. However, Xiao Yuanqi, who had left first, had not made any breakthroughs. After all, it was not easy to enter Bashu.
Du Qi did not care about all that. Anyways, the three armies were advancing on their own, and Du Qi did not interfere. Du Qi was mainly in Chang An, in charge of coordinating the backlines and stabilizing the situation in Longyoudao and Gyeonggi.
The weather at the end of the 4th month was good, and Du Qi was a little tired of staying in the Chang An palace. After all, being in the palace, apart from dealing with government affairs, was just copying books. After a long period of time, it was really boring.
On this day, Du Qi called Shangguan Yi over and instructed, "Shangguan Yi, since we have nothing to do, let's go out for a walk and then take a look around Jingzhou to understand the situation there. Staying in the palace for so long, I'm going to get rusty. "
Shangguan Yi smiled and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
He had been staying in the Chang 'an Imperial Palace and had nothing to do. Now that he could go out for a walk, it was great. Moreover, he could also take this opportunity to walk around and understand the local situation.
Du Qi immediately made the arrangements. This time, Du Qi would be accompanied by Shangguan Yi, Guan Zhilan, Mordor, and Liu Jian. In addition, there was also a group of soldiers secretly following from afar to ensure Du Qi's safety.
Du Qi and his entourage left the palace and headed for Chang 'an's East Market first. Although the current Chang 'an City was still bustling with people, it was much worse than the Chang' an City of the past. It would take a long time for it to return to its former glory.
On the other hand, Mr. Xia's businesses in Chang 'an had recovered in the past month.
The restaurants and tea shops were all restored.
However, the current business could not be compared to the past. After all, Chang 'an was not as prosperous as before. In particular, many high-ranking officials and nobles had left Chang 'an. These people's departure caused many people in Chang' an City to leave. Naturally, business was affected.
Previously, Lan Changhe's massacre had killed nearly twenty merchants, causing countless casualties among the grain merchants. The massacre at that time had also frightened some merchants, causing them to leave Chang 'an. Therefore, although Chang' an had returned to its former glory, it still had a long way to go. It could not be restored overnight.
Du Qi was very familiar with Chang 'an. After looking around, he lost interest. Because there was not much difference in Chang 'an City, Du Qi and his entourage went straight out of Chang' an City and walked around Chang 'an.
The weather in April was suitable for a walk.
At this time, the various places in Chang 'an were no longer as desolate and uninhabited as before. Although there were still few people, at least there were people in many villages. Many people began to come back.
Du Qi had been wandering around. He also went to the villages to take a look. Everything was thriving. The people in various places now felt that there was hope and no longer feared war. After all, everyone knew how the people in Mr. Xia's territory were treated. Therefore, the people were not opposed to submitting to Mr. Xia. They were all willing to submit to Mr. Xia.
They walked and stopped along the way, heading north of Chang 'an. When it was close to evening, the entourage found a rundown temple for the night. The temple was not big, but it was not messy. It seemed that someone often came to clean it. It was quite neat inside.
Du Qi did not care about this.
He only cared about his own business.
Du Qi, Shangguan Yi, and Guan Zhilan sat down to rest. Mordor was in charge of guarding outside, while Liu Jian went to prepare dinner. The bonfire burned and dispelled the darkness.
Du Qi and the other two sat around the bonfire, laughing and talking about what they had seen and heard today.
Shangguan Yee was a little excited. She said, "Your Majesty, we set off from Chang 'an and walked all the way north. We came to this shabby temple. Because we were in a hurry during the day and looked around, I estimated that we had walked at most ten miles."
"Although we did not walk far, in this short period of time, we can see that Chang 'an's territory is really starting to recover. Originally, many places in Chang 'an were empty, and the people were displaced. But now the people are gradually coming back, and the spring plowing has been completed. "
Shangguan Yi said, "In particular, Provincial Governor Lan introduced the method of providing relief through work. Although the people can't be rich, they can at least earn money to support their families until the autumn harvest. As long as we get through this summer, when the autumn harvest comes, all of Guanzhong and even Longyou Dao will come back to life. "
Du Qi said, "That is indeed the case. It is precisely because of this that we are temporarily staying in Chang 'an. After the autumn harvest, the grain from various places will be collected. Everything will be stable, and we can go down south to attack Li Shimin. "
The two chatted, Guan Zhilan chimed in from time to time.
Unknowingly, time passed quietly.
The sky was already dark.
At this moment, Mordor suddenly entered. He came before Du Qi and said, "Your Majesty, the sentries have sent back news. There is a carriage outside approaching the ruined temple. It is less than a hundred steps away from the ruined temple. Should we chase them away? "
Du Qi shook his head and said, "Let them in. We are traveling incognito, how can we block them outside? What's more, we're in the middle of nowhere. There's no village nearby, and there's no place for us to stay. "
Mordor acknowledged and immediately went to pass down the order.
It didn't take long for Du Qi to hear hurried footsteps coming from outside the temple's door. Du Qi looked up and saw a family of three hurriedly entering. This family of three, the middle-aged couple looked to be about thirty years old. The boy in the man's arms looked to be about five or six years old. He was pink and chubby, with a pair of bright and spirited eyes. He was very good-looking.
The middle-aged man was thin, travel-worn, and had a tired expression. As for the woman following him, although she wore ordinary clothes and the material of her clothes was very ordinary, she gave people the feeling that her identity was not ordinary. That was because her temperament was there.
This was not an ordinary person.
After the three entered, they glanced at Du Qi's seat, but did not say anything. They directly sat down in a corner.
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