And these people have now become officers among the cavalry, and Lou Rui controls the entire army through them.

When they approached the city, officials had already gathered outside the city gate.

These people were also on a huge scale, with hundreds of them, occupying almost the entire city gate inside and outside.

They looked anxious, and several of the prefects were even sweating profusely.

None of them expected that the governor would arrive in such a hurry and not give them time to prepare.

"Coming! Coming!"

someone shouted.

Everyone was prepared, and several prefects even took the initiative to step forward.

But at this moment, the group of men and horses in the distance suddenly changed direction. Instead of heading towards the city gate, they headed directly to the north.

Many officials just watched this group of troops passing by their homes without even looking at themselves.

"What's going on?!"

"this"

"Send someone over to ask! Don't let the governor go the wrong way!"

Some knights hurried away from here.

After a while, the man returned here again, looked at the several eunuchs, saluted and said: "The governor said that he will go to Wuchuan first, and then come here."

The prefects looked at each other with astonishment on their faces.

Why is this???

"What a wise nephew!!"

Lou Rui jumped off the horse, laughed, walked quickly to Liu Taozi, and grabbed her hand.

Liu Taozi bowed her head and saluted, "Mr. Lou!"

"Why see outsiders? Just call me Sir as you did in the past!"

Lou Rui then looked at Wuchuan City behind him, "Wuchuan, I haven't been here for a long time, good nephew, come, take me into the city quickly!!"

Tian Zili and Cui Gang stood not far away, looking at Liu Taozi, but hesitated to speak.

Liu Taozi glanced at them, motioned for them to follow, and then led Lou Rui towards the city.

Lou Rui strode along the road, looking at Liu Taozi beside him, his eyes full of relief.

"My good nephew, I haven't seen you for a long time. When I was in Liyang, I knew that my nephew had a great future. Sure enough, now, it can be said that it has made the world look at him!"

"Hahaha, for me to be here, I feel like I have benefited from my good nephew!"

The two of them arrived at the official office all the way, and the atmosphere was very cheerful. Liu Taozi led him into the official office. Lou Rui ordered everyone to leave first, and only Liu Taozi and Liu Taozi entered the house alone.

After sitting down, Liu Taozi asked people to bring food and wine.

Lou Rui sat in the upper seat, and Liu Taozi sat next to him.

Lou Rui took a sip of the wine and marveled, "I haven't had Biansai wine for a long time, but I can't even remember the taste."

"My dear nephew, you don't have to worry about what happened when he returned to Luo. My brother will not let him leave Yecheng easily again."

"Here, with me here, no one dares to embarrass you."

Lou Rui grinned, "My nephew also knows that I am a straight person, unlike those Han ministers who are hypocritical. My nephew sent someone to tell me that there is great wealth here."

"Now can you tell me how great the wealth is?"

Lou Rui didn't waste any time. As soon as he sat down, he started asking about his plan to make a fortune.

Liu Taozi said: "I don't need to say much about local matters. Mr. Lou knows how to deal with them."

Lou Rui suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "You know, this frontier fortress is different from the Central Plains."

"All the big Han people here were killed at first, and not much was left at all. Most of them were from noble families. These people are related to me. It's not easy for me to do anything."

"Besides, they are not something that officials can cut down. In the Central Plains, several jailers can break into their houses and steal their things. But among the nobles here, which household does not have a warrior? Unless I

Leading the cavalry one by one, they went to kill each other from house to house, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to do this for a month!”

"This noble family is different from the rich people. It's not easy to deal with."

Liu Taozi said: "If you have any concerns, sir, you can leave local affairs to me."

"If the tribute is insufficient, let them share it equally. If not, I will take care of it for you."

Lou Rui's face was particularly troubled, "My dear nephew, it's not easy to handle. It's not easy to handle. If you do it to them, you will offend a lot of people. I'm not afraid of offending the Han people, but I can't offend these people."

"Don't worry, sir. Out of kindness, I'm still here. There are border soldiers here, and they don't dare not pay."

Lou Rui waved his hand, "Let's not talk about this, you should talk about how rich you were that day."

Liu Taozi then said: "There are three great fortunes at the moment."

Lou Rui's eyes lit up, "My dear nephew, please tell me."

"The first wealth is this farmland."

"There are more than 200,000 civilians in the border town. If we can properly resettle them, distribute them farmland, farm tools, and lend them cattle and seeds, the annual output will be not a small amount."

"The grain they paid was enough for them to survive and was given to the soldiers for what they needed, and the rest belongs to you."

"Can the frontier land produce so much?"

"Even when the civilians here start to farm, the temple still has to distribute food. There are so many refugees in various places now. As long as we can resettle more people privately, the temple knows that there are 200,000 villagers here. In fact, it will

It can be three hundred thousand or four hundred thousand."

Lou Rui took a sharp breath of air, "How can there be so many farmers??"

"In the past few years, the temples have collected corvee services from all over the place, and many people have escaped. There are also frontier soldiers and nobles who have harmed places. There are countless refugees inside and outside the border fortress. In addition, there are people outside the fortress who can be captured and farmed."

Lou Rui clapped his hands suddenly, "Okay! Done!"

"Where's the second piece of great wealth?"

"fighting."

"The Prime Minister will be coming soon. Duke Lou knows this. This place is bordered by the Puppet Zhou, Turks, Xi people, etc., and the border troops are strong. These people are not opponents. No matter how big or small the war is, Duke Lou, as the general, will never

Suffer a loss."

Lou Rui pondered for a moment, "Well, this one is a little worse, but I can still get some. Let's talk about the third one."

"trading."

"The Xi people set up a market outside the Great Wall and made a lot of money by communicating with the three countries. If we can control each road or send our own caravans, the benefits cannot be underestimated."

"Wouldn't this help the enemy?"

"Tea, silk, and porcelain. In exchange for military pay to subsidize the border soldiers, how can it be considered as subsidizing the enemy?"

"Hahaha, what my nephew said makes sense! It makes sense!"

Lou Rui sat there, his eyes shining, he said nothing, as if he was calculating the gains and losses.

Liu Taozi didn't bother him, just sat quietly aside, waiting for him to think about it.

After being silent for a long time, Lou Rui suddenly raised his head and said, "My dear nephew, let's start with the first thing."

"When I was traveling, the Prime Minister gave me instructions to pay attention to this matter of money and food. Now that I'm here, I can't live up to the Prime Minister's high expectations!"

"You quickly organize the people from all over the country and let them all go to farm. Just report 200,000 people to the temple first. Then I will send officials to help you. It will be too late for this year's farming, but it will be done for next year.

Get ready, this reclamation will take four to five years, I will figure out a way to cultivate the land, you can help me organize the people first, tell me what is missing, and tell me anything that is hindering you!"

"Don't think about anything, just organize the people!"

"In addition, the training of this army must not be left behind. Before the arrival of the Prime Minister, it must not be neglected at all!"

Lou Rui stood up and said, "I have to go back to the county town, nephew. I will leave everything to you."

"Then I will go back?"

Liu Taozi stood up and said, "I'll see you off."

The two walked out. Lou Rui looked at Liu Taozi several times, but hesitated to speak.

"My dear nephew, I heard that Luo's family had many treasures back then?"

Liu Taozi nodded, "There are quite a few."

"What kind of treasures are there?"

"I distributed money, food, etc. to the soldiers. As for calligraphy, painting, jewelry, etc., I don't see whether they are good or bad."

"Therefore, when your Excellency arrived, I sent someone to deliver it to Your Majesty's official residence, so that Your Excellency can view it by yourself."

Lou Rui suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Liu Taozi in front of him, he was so excited that he couldn't speak.

He hit Liu Taozi's chest hard several times.

"Just say you know the best! You can achieve great things!"
To be continued...