Chapter 1177 Training a Successor

After Yun Zheng played with Yun Cang for a while, Yun Cang became much closer to him.

Although the little guy was made extremely embarrassed by Yun Zheng, his innocent laughter never stopped for a moment.

Not until Yun Cang was sweating did Yun Zheng grab the little guy who still wanted to play and asked someone to get him some hot water to drink.

After the father and son rested for a while, it was time for them to set off.

Yun Cang didn't want to ride in the carriage, so Miaoyin asked him to ride a horse with her, and also allowed Yun Zheng to chat with Ye Zi and Shen Luoyan in the carriage.

She spent the most time with Yun Zheng, so she also had to leave some time for other sisters.

It was much warmer in the carriage than outside. Yun Zheng took off his cloak and enjoyed the wonderful feeling of being hugged by two people.

Without so many people watching them, the two girls were not so shy anymore. They leaned on Yun Zheng, one on the left and one on the right, enjoying the long-lost warmth.

"By the way, is everything going well over at Suqu?"

Yunzheng asked with a smile.

"pretty good."

Ye Zi pursed her lips lightly, "Your fourth brother doesn't scheme against others, but just governs the area peacefully. He is actually quite amazing."

"Oh?"

Yun Zheng became interested, "What do you mean?"

Ye Zi smiled and told Yun Zheng in detail what Yun Ting had done in Suqu.

Yun Ting put a lot of effort into managing Suqu.

Yun Ting took advantage of Suqu's rich medicinal resources and made medicinal materials the pillar industry of Suqu. He encouraged the people of Suqu to go into the mountains to collect medicinal materials, and established an official market in Suqu specifically for trading medicinal materials.

In addition, Yun Ting also took advantage of the rich forest resources in Suqu to build an official charcoal-making workshop in Suqu and hired the people of Suqu to work in the workshop.

In this way, these people can also have an income during the winter.

And those deforested forests can be used for reclaiming wasteland after the land thaws the following year. Instead of growing crops, they can be used to plant medicinal herbs and Shuobei Clematis.

Now, there is a great demand for Shuobei Clematis in Shuobei.

The value of that thing also went up accordingly.

In this way, after a few years or even longer, Suqu may become the largest medicinal material producing area in Daqian.

Yun Ting also organized the hunters of Suqu and had them form teams to go hunting in the mountains. On the one hand, this helped drive away the wild beasts in the mountains and ensure the safety of the herbalists and woodcutters, and on the other hand, they could also obtain some precious furs.

In addition to these, Yun Ting also vigorously rectified the administration of officials, encouraged the people to report corrupt officials and rewarded them.

After Yun Ting's measures, Suqu's tax revenue increased significantly this year, especially commercial taxes.

To be honest, Ye Zi used to think that those princes were really not that good.

But after seeing what Yun Ting was doing seriously, I realized that I had preconceived ideas.

These princes have received the best education since childhood and have been tempered by the intrigues of the court. Perhaps they are not talented in governing the country, but they are definitely more than capable of governing a county.

After hearing what Ye Zi said, Yun Zheng couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, "They have been learning the six arts of a gentleman since they were young. Even if they are not very good, they are much better than ordinary people."

Shen Luoyan nodded in agreement, and said with a smile: "However, he is quite positive about your raising an army."

"So what do you mean?"

Yun Zheng became curious.

Shen Luoyan smiled sweetly, "Didn't you want to purge the emperor's entourage before? After the news reached Shuobei, the fourth brother personally went to Shuofang and asked us what we needed him to do. He also wanted to go to Fuzhou to help you..."

Ye Zi chuckled and took over the conversation, "He also told us his purpose. He didn't want to seize power or anything like that. He just wanted to see the third brother being beaten to his knees and begging for mercy."

"..."

Yun Zheng laughed in silence, "He has a deep hatred towards the third brother!"

Shen Luoyan smiled sweetly, "How could he not have a deep hatred towards the Third Brother?"

Yun Ting was forced to this point by the third brother.

It's also because he has no military power now. If the military power were given to him, he would have probably returned to the imperial city long ago.

"By the way, what has Zhang Xu been busy with recently?"

At this time, Yun Zheng asked about Zhang Xu's recent situation again.

After Meng Ruowang was escorted here, he asked Zhang Xu and Mingyue to return to Shuofang first.

Zhang Xu is actually quite busy now. As the end of the year is approaching, it’s time for Zhang Xu to take a break.

Ye Zi: "He is recovering from his injuries."

"Recuperate?"

Yun Zheng's face changed, "Zhang Xu was injured? Who did it?"

"Don't get excited."

Ye Zi stopped Yun Zheng and explained, "He accidentally hurt himself..."

Didn’t Zhang Xu go to the Institute of Technology and stay there for a while before?

He found inspiration at the Institute of Technology, and after returning to Shuofang, he began to tinker with the steam power that Yun Zheng mentioned.

They didn't understand exactly what Zhang Xu did. They only knew that Zhang Xu was boiling water and accidentally caused the pottery containing the water to explode. Zhang Xu was unable to dodge and was scalded by the boiling water.

Fortunately, people were wearing thick clothes in this winter, and Zhang Xu's injury was not serious. He has been recuperating these days and is now much better.

After finding out about Zhang Xu's situation, Yun Zheng couldn't help but laugh and cry.

Fortunately, the birdman is okay.

Otherwise, later history books would have recorded that he dedicated himself to science.

I have to go back and take a look at this birdman, to see how badly he's injured and what inspiration he's gotten.

Afterwards, they chatted casually about the latest developments in Shuobei and Northwest Protectorate.

During the chat, Yun Zheng also learned from them that Yu Shizhong had returned to the Military Academy half a month ago, but Yu Shizhong did not bring Zhuoma to the Military Academy, but settled Zhuoma in Shuofang.

Seeing that Zhuoma was all alone, Shen Luoyan and Ye Zi took her to the palace as a guest temporarily.

Upon learning about Yu Shizhong, Yun Zheng couldn't help but nod secretly.

Yu Shizhong was still very sensible, and Shen Luoyan and Ye Zi also handled the situation well.

As night fell, they finally arrived at the military academy.

Upon learning that Yun Zheng and his group were coming, everyone at the Military Academy ran out to greet them.

Yun Zheng got off the carriage and saw Yu Shizhong at a glance.

"See Your Highness!"

Yu Shizhong led everyone in saluting.

"No gifts, no gifts!"

Yun Zheng looked at everyone with a smile, and then his eyes fell on Yu Shizhong, "How do you feel about leading the troops out for a walk?"

"I was just about to talk to Your Highness about this!" Yu Shizhong smiled, "If Your Highness is not in a hurry to rest, why don't we go to the combat training room to talk?"

"it is good!"

Yun Zheng nodded, and instructed Shen Luoyan and the others, "Leave Cang'er to me, you go and rest first!"

Shen Luoyan chuckled, "Forget it, I'll take Cang'er with you guys! You guys need to talk about business, I'll follow you to prevent this kid from making a fuss."

She knew that Yun Zheng was intentionally letting Yun Cang learn about marching and fighting.

"Alright!"

Yun Zheng smiled, asked Ye Zi and Miaoyin to rest first, and then followed Yu Shizhong and the others straight to the combat training room.

As soon as he entered the combat training room, Yun Zheng saw a huge map on the wall of the combat training room.

"Is this a map of the Mongols, Zhenhe tribes, and the Le Dynasty?"

Yun Zheng stared at the huge map in front of him with burning eyes.

"Yes!"

Yu Shizhong replied, "This is just a rough map. The maps of the Mongols and Zhenhe are slightly more detailed, but the map of the Le Dynasty is just a rough outline. I have already ordered people to sneak into the Le Dynasty with a large sum of money, and try to bribe the high-ranking officials of the Le Dynasty and obtain more detailed maps from them..."