Joy of Life: I am a Han Dynasty succubus, and I rebel from the beginning

Chapter 46: Stabilize Qianlong Bay and receive the title of Lord

Later, a letter from the eldest prince made Liu Hong realize it.

The war between the two countries, which lasted for several months, was basically over.

After all, this was just a test by Qing Kingdom on Northern Qi. It was obvious that a lean camel was bigger than a horse in Northern Qi.

The Kingdom of Qing could not swallow Northern Qi at all.

They had no choice but to withdraw their troops reluctantly and accept Northern Qi's proposal for peace talks.

If we don’t negotiate, there will really be no one left to harvest the crops in Qing State.

None of the officials in the court thought about food, but Lin Ruofu, who was known as a treacherous prime minister, spoke up for them.

This prime minister is really unlucky.

Not only did he lose his son, who was used to provoke a war between the two countries, but he also had to request a cessation of the war in order to celebrate the country's autumn harvest.

The eldest prince led an army of 100,000 and basically engaged the Northern Qi generals head-on.

The tactics are upright and there is no pretense at all.

The Northern Qi generals suffered a setback and had no choice but to return to Nanling County City in disgrace, defending their cities and clearing the countryside like cowards.

The humiliation of the Xiliang camp's defeat in the Qinling Road was finally washed away by the joint efforts of Liu Hong and the eldest prince.

The eldest prince also stationed his troops outside Qianlong City.
The Chechens, who were eager to get some money and divide up the spoils of Qianlong City, were met with failure and had to flee in disgrace.

He exchanged millions of taels of gold, silver and jewelry for hundreds of thousands of taels of grain and tea.

I don’t know whether I made a loss or a profit.

After all, the Western Hu had no channels to obtain these things, and the Northern Qi Dynasty cracked down on smuggling by the Hu people more severely, and imposed the death penalty on anyone who smuggled.

The first emperor of Northern Qi, Zhan Qingfeng, was once a general of Northern Wei. When he was young, he suffered losses at the hands of the Hu people and discovered that it was smuggling by his own merchants.

The first law promulgated by the emperor was that anyone who smuggled an iron nail to the Hu people would be sentenced to death.

"Liu Hong, you have made a great contribution this time! The Xiliang camp was able to suppress Nanling so much that it couldn't even raise its head. It was all because of you that you contained the Hu army."

In the restaurant of Qianlong City, Li Chengru took a big sip of wine and couldn't help praising Liu Hong.

"You should be able to lead an army of 50,000 people on your own and be named a marquis!"

Liu Hong smiled bitterly, shook his head and said nothing.

He has many spies in Kyoto, and especially after his status rose, many forces showed goodwill to him.

Apart from the Qin family, Qin Linglu was thrown into jail by Liu Hong after all.

And there is also Shi Chanli, Ergouzi who returned to Kyoto to deliver the message.

I almost guessed Liu Hong's ending.

Li Chengru noticed that Liu Hong looked a little strange. He slapped the table and put down his wine bowl, looking a little unbelievable.

"You are a great hero of the Left Wing Army, but you don't even get this little reward. Who would be willing to fight to the death for merit in the future?"

"I am a hero, but I was born a pirate, and I am too young, only 26 years old."

Liu Hong really didn't care about the arrangements made for him by the adults in Kyoto.

Even a little secretly delighted.

Now is the time for Liu Hong to make a fortune quietly and keep a low profile as much as possible.

As long as he has the army and Qianlong Bay in his hands, what else does Liu Hong care about?
Li Chengru was indignant.

"I will report this to my father and ask for justice for you."

"Don't do that! Your Highness, you are a prince. You know the consequences of a prince chatting too much with a general."

Liu Hong rubbed his head and felt a headache.

Do you really doubt that the eldest prince is Emperor Qing's biological son? How can you be so brainless?

Perhaps there is a possibility that Chen Pingping did not cut it cleanly before, and it grew out again later.

Li Chengru became depressed.

This prince is really too frivolous.

Not only did he have no right to inherit the throne, but he also had to avoid things that many other princes had to avoid.

"I will probably be transferred back to Kyoto. You, the eldest prince, should stay in Qianlong Town for a while, and then my confidant Moss will be the next."

When Moss heard Liu Hong say that he was his confidant, he was flattered and his eyes welled up with tears.

He didn't expect that he had such a high status in Liu Hong's eyes, and he felt the urge to die for his friend.

Li Chengru looked at the Hu Qing mixed-race man with some surprise.

"What do you need me to do?"

"No, you don't need to do anything! Your Highness, believe me, in a few years all the people in Qianlong Bay will be able to have enough food." Liu Hong looked at Li Chengru sincerely.

Saying this is already extremely disrespectful.

It seems that Qianlong Bay has become Liu Hong's fiefdom.

Li Chengru didn't think much about it and agreed readily, so it can be said that this person is truly an outlier among the princes.

Really stupid!

Liu Hong breathed a sigh of relief, and the table gradually became lively.

The reason why we are so confident is to ensure that all the people have enough food to eat.

It is of course unrealistic to farm, but Liu Hong’s goal is to build Qianlong Bay into a commercial capital comparable to Dongyi City.

Leave enough food for the people to farm and continue to provide food subsidies when necessary.

Later, the surplus population settled in the cities and made a living by working in handicraft workshops.

However, all this is inseparable from Ye Qingmei’s three major warehouses in Jiangnan.

I don't even know if there is such a thing as a wool spinning machine.

If so, Liu Hong would immediately join the eldest princess' camp and get it for free for a while.

If not, then we can only support Fan Xian to be in charge of the inner treasury, and Liu Hong to research it himself.
Qianlong Bay gradually calmed down.

With a wave of his hand, Liu Hong cut the people's land tax and head tax by more than half.

He received great gratitude from the people of Qianlong Bay.

This can’t be blamed on Liu Hong being too generous.

What the hell is the Northern Qi? Sima is so evil! In ancient times, one-fifth of the tax was already a heavy tax, but the Northern Qi only paid one-third.

The Southern Qing Dynasty did not do what the Northern Qi Dynasty did.

After all, on the surface, the common people can keep two-thirds of the tax, but in reality, the state and county governments add more taxes, and the local officials have to take action.

If the people could keep one-tenth of their grain and silver, it would be considered merciful on the part of the government.

Even during the reign of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, which was known as a truly prosperous era, taxes were reduced to one in thirty.

But Liu Hong believed that there were still many people who did not have enough food to eat, but at most they would not starve to death and could just survive.

After all, this is how it was in the feudal era.

The two countries stopped fighting, and the messenger from Qing State crossed the left tent and came to Qianlong Bay to announce its will.

Unexpectedly, the reward was unusually generous.

The eldest prince's expression looked much better, but he still pouted.

"I heard that Qianlong Bay is rich in water and grass, so I conferred the title of Peibo, the third-class earl, on Liu Hong, the hero of this battle.

Liu Hong was officially appointed as the deputy general of the Xiliang camp to assist Li Chengru in managing the army.

Liu Hong was transferred to the position of Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, in charge of many military logistics matters.

The young eunuch took the imperial edict and read out a lot of it.

In fact, to sum it up, Liu Hong was named Pei Bo, and Qianlong Bay was tacitly acknowledged to be Liu Hong's sphere of influence.

Then he held the empty title of deputy general of the Xiliang camp and went to Kyoto to serve as the right vice minister of the Ministry of War.

Liu Hong guessed the first two.

But Liu Hong was so surprised about the position of Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War.

This is a very popular and lucrative position! It is said that the Qin family has put a lot of effort into this third-rank position.

Unexpectedly, in order to suppress the Qin family's influence in the military, Emperor Qing directly threw this hot potato to Liu Hong.

He was determined to let Liu Hong and the Qin family fight to the death.

"Thank you, father-in-law!"

The old rules apply, even if you are a third-rank official.

Liu Hong remained calm and stuffed dozens of taels of silver notes into the young eunuch.

The young eunuch had never received such a bribe from an adult before, and he felt so happy that his soul almost flew away.

My favorable impression of Liu Hong increased dramatically.

The Earl had as many as 350 personal guards, and Moss helped select them without Liu Hong saying anything.

They are all experienced men, and they can even kill an eighth-rank master together. As for the ninth-rank, I don't know, I haven't tried...

(End of this chapter)