I'm a marquis in Datang

When Xue Rengui heard this, he immediately stood up.

He's fine anyway, and he can make some meritorious deeds by sweeping up Dushan.

Du Qi nodded and said, "Go!"

"The last will obey!"

Xue Rengui retreated happily, and quickly left with the army, heading towards Dushan.Although the soldiers under his command stayed up all night, for the soldiers in the army, it was an opportunity to sweep Dushan, and Xue Rengui also said that the soldiers who made meritorious deeds this time will be rewarded.

All the people were overjoyed, and headed to Dushan with high morale.

Chapter 661

First courtesy and then pawn

The war was over, Xiao Yuanqi and Ma Yuan were responsible for the reorganization, and Du Qi went straight back to his residence to rest.

After all, I stayed up all night last night.

The spirit is a little bad.

When Du Qi woke up, it was already afternoon.As soon as he woke up, Liu Jian came to wait for Du Qi to wash up, and then brought him food.After Du Xing finished his meal, he returned to his study to deal with government affairs.

In the evening, Liu Zhengxi came.

Liu Zhengxi reported: "His Royal Highness, Xue Rengui, who was going to Dushan, sent a sentry to report the news first, saying that he has arrived in Dushan and is counting the supplies. The specific situation can only be sent back after the inventory is completed. Now there is only one person going ahead. message back."

Du Qi nodded and said: "Now that Dushan has been captured, all the bandits in Suzhou have been wiped out. Next, we will attack Shazhou and Guazhou."

"That's what it means."

Liu Zhengxi nodded.

"Boom! Boom!"

The knock on the door sounded again outside the study, and the attendant reported: "Your Highness, Yu Deshui is asking to see you."

"Please!"

Du Qi gave an order.

The attendant went to deliver the order, and after a while, Yu Deshui came to the study.After seeing Du Qi, he bowed to Du Qi and said, "Your Highness!"

Today's Yu Deshui has been involved in affairs on a large scale, and because he is in charge of the No. [-] Building in the World, he also takes intelligence into account.Yu Deshui is also an extremely core member under Du Qi's command.

Du Qi nodded and said, "What's the matter?"

Yu Deshui said: "Reporting to Your Highness, there is the latest news. The newly appointed Governor of Shazhou, Wei Shuyu, and Governor of Guazhou, Su Dingfang, are about to arrive in Jiuquan County. They are about to arrive, do you want to prepare in advance to welcome them?"

Earlier, Li Shimin had written back to Du Qi, informing Du Qi that the candidates for the governor of Suzhou would be arranged by Du Qi, but the candidates for the governor of Shazhou and Guazhou were appointed by the imperial court.

Du Qi actually had no objection to this arrangement. Suzhou, Shazhou and Guazhou were originally the areas that Li Shimin wanted to control.The territory that Du Qi wants to seize is in the north of Guazhou, and that is the area that belongs to him.

Du Qi nodded and said: "You go and arrange it. When they arrive, the king will greet them in person."

"Yes!"

Yu Deshui responded immediately.

For Yu Deshui, this is not a difficult task.

After Yu Deshui turned and retreated, Liu Zhengxi said: "Your Highness, coal mining is proceeding in an orderly manner. However, large quantities of coal have been mined, and some of them will be sent to the cement factory for use, and the other part will be used for weapons." Forging."

"But it's not enough to consume."

"There are also large quantities of coal stones, which are useless. They are all piled up and piled up into mountains, causing a huge backlog. With so many coal stones mined, His Highness' intention must be to sell them after the weather gets cold. "

"Actually, too much coal has been hoarded. There is too much coal, and too much money is wasted. Therefore, we believe that whether to suspend coal mining will wait until the weather is cold in the second half of the year."

Liu Zhengxi said: "After all, mining coal will consume money continuously. This is completely a bottomless pit of investing money, and too much money will be invested in it."

Liu Zhengxi didn't think coal mining was very useful.

Because too much money is invested.

Du Qi smiled and said: "Mr. Liu, coal is an extremely critical strategic material, and it must be mined continuously. In the future, whether it is cooking with fire, or smelting iron, or other things that can be used for fire, all of them will need to be mined." You can use coal stones. Such coal stones must be left behind. I will make a separate explanation on the use of coal stones. Because Jiuquan is not our foothold right now, so I have not carried out reforms. After establishing a foothold in the west, we will discuss it later.”

After hearing this, Liu Zhengxi stopped talking, he believed in Du Qi's arrangement.From early tea, to restaurants, to cement factories, down jackets, etc., are all arranged by Du Qi.

The emergence of newspapers was also proposed by Du Qi.

It can be said that Du Qi has countless fantastic ideas and feasible operations here.

Liu Zhengxi got up to say goodbye, then turned around and left.

Du Qi was reading in the study alone. Not long after the afternoon application time, news came back that Xue Rengui had returned.In this campaign, Xue Rengui attacked Dushan and obtained [-] shi of grain, which is a lot of supplies.In addition, there are some money, weapons and armor, and some cattle, sheep and other livestock, and nothing else.

It is also good to have seized these materials.

If you have money and food, you can supply yourself.

After the battle was over, Xiao Yuanqi counted the names of the soldiers who died in the battle, and sent all the lists and compensation methods to Du Qi, and Du Qi approved them one by one.

Du Qi also arranged for the rewards for the soldiers.

Xiao Yuanqi naturally followed Du Qi's arrangement and arranged them one by one.

Those who should be rewarded in the army will be rewarded.

Those who deserve pensions shall receive all pensions.

After this incident, the morale of the soldiers in the army was extremely high for a while.After all, in this battle, the soldiers in the army got a lot of money and gained a lot.

With money and with Du Qibeier's face, the soldiers are naturally happy.

When it was almost dark, Yu Deshui came to the study and reported: "Your Highness, Wei Shuyu and Su Dingfang have already arrived at the gate of the city and are heading towards the palace."

"Come on, meet me at the door."

Du Qi stood up and gave instructions.

For Du Qi, Wei Shuyu was his relative anyway, and besides, he had gone north with Li Jing to fight against the Turks, and he also had some friendship with Su Dingfang, so he made a special trip to greet him at the door.

Du Qi dressed in formal clothes and came to the door.Now the house lanterns are lit,

The palace is brightly lit.After waiting for a short time, the team of Wei Shuyu and Su Dingfang had arrived.

The two traveled on horseback.