Chapter 144: Giving Wives to Men in North County

If the barbarians in the north move to Beijun directly to the place where the people of Daxia gather, it is likely to cause conflicts between the barbarians and the people of Daxia.

But if there is no communication between the two sides, it is unlikely that the barbarians will completely become Daxia.

So Lu Chen gave a compromise plan, setting up some counties in Beijun specifically for the barbarians to live in. Of course, every household must be registered and strictly controlled, but as long as they are allowed, they can also enter the city where the people of Daxia live.

The most important point is that the relatives of the barbarian captives can visit the barbarian captives directly, which makes the barbarian women who have just moved to Beijun very happy.

However, some people are happy, and some people are worried. Those barbarian women whose men have died can't see their men even if they go to the camp of the barbarian captives.

And there are a lot of such women. The barbarians are not monogamous, but polygamous. Two hundred thousand men died at once. Although there are some from the Beixian King Tribe, there are also more than 100,000 men. It is conceivable how many widows are left in the Tianlang King Tribe.

It is not a good thing for Beijun to have so many barbarian widows all of a sudden.

In the morning, after Lu Chen got up, he simply ate something and went to the study.

In the past few days, he has been running to Yelu Nanyan almost every day. Although he is very happy, Lu Chen did not stay there because of Yelu Nanyan's gentle place. As a vassal king, he did what he should do every day.

Now the study in the outer courtyard is his office. Basically, after getting up in the morning, he will go to the study to deal with various political affairs.

When Lu Chen first came to Beijun, he didn't feel busy, but suddenly Beijun's things became a lot. Lu Chen stayed in the study from morning to night every day, and most of the time he even ate in the study.

This also made Lu Chen realize that there were too few people working under him, or more accurately, too few civil servants.

Although Beijun had its own set of administrative teams, the previous Beijun did not need reform at all. Most of the time, it was a laissez-faire policy. The officials in Beijun basically did not work, just waiting for the court to pay food and wages.

Now he wants to reform the entire Beijun. The first problem he faces is the lack of officials. The second is that most officials have no enthusiasm for work, and many of his tasks cannot be completed in the first time.

At this time, Lu Chen looked at the information about the officials on the table and frowned.

All crows are black. Although Beijun is relatively poor, those officials still have places where they can make money.

Not only are they corrupt, but they also don’t work. Such officials are no different from those wine bags.

They must be cleaned up.

At this time, a maid’s voice came from outside the study.

"Prince, Lord Li and Lord Mo are here."

Lu Chen said lightly: "Let them all come in."

After Lu Chen finished speaking, the door of the study slowly opened, and then Li Rui and more than 20 people entered the study.

The study seemed a little crowded at this time.

Usually, the princes have their own places for meetings, but after Lu Chen came to Beijun, he basically didn’t deal with political affairs at the beginning. He stayed in the Beiwang Mansion all day, so the meeting hall was not built.

Li Rui initially thought that the King of the North would not care about anything anyway, and it would cost a lot of money to build a hall for the King of the North. Therefore, adhering to the idea of ​​saving as much as possible, he simply didn't bother to build a hall for the King of the North.

However, Li Rui has now discovered that the King of the North is not indifferent to things at all, but it's not the time yet. The King of the North will definitely make a big move next. His previous perfunctory attitude will definitely not work, otherwise he will be removed from the position of county governor by the King of the North sooner or later.

After entering the study, everyone immediately saluted Lu Chen and said, "Greetings, Your Highness, may Your Highness live a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years!!!"

Lu Chen nodded slightly, and then said, "If you have anything to say, tell us one by one."

Unlike the court in the capital, Lu Chen's "small court" is still relatively orderly now. If there is something to say, it will not be as noisy as flies.

At this time, Li Rui stepped forward and said, "My Lord, now that the affairs of Beijun are gradually increasing, the study room of Beiwang Mansion is no longer suitable as a place to discuss political affairs. It is time to repair the discussion hall."

In Daxia, the princes who were given fiefs have great power. In addition to the nominal land belonging to Daxia, they have almost all power.

The fiefdom where the princes are located is also called the fiefdom. Each prince has his own administrative team and his own discussion hall.

Before Lu Chen didn't care about things, it didn't matter whether there was a place to discuss political affairs, but now it's different.

As the number of their administrative team increases and there are more and more things, they can't still squeeze into such a small study room when discussing political affairs in the future.

Now there are only more than 20 people in the study room, and there is no room for them. If the Beiwang's staff or officials increase, they will have to stand in the yard to discuss political affairs.

This is definitely not possible.

After hearing what Li Rui said, Lu Chen said calmly: "Okay, let Lord Li do this."

Li Rui immediately bowed and said: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Then Li Rui returned to his seat.

Lu Chen continued at this time: "By the way, the Council Hall will eventually be built next to the Northern Prince's Palace, not too far away. "

Li Rui said: "Your Highness, don't worry. When we first built the Northern Palace, we reserved the location of the Government Hall next to the Northern Palace."

Hearing this, Lu Chen didn't ask why Li Rui didn't build the political hall in the first place. Most likely, Li Rui and other North County officials thought they had no need for the political hall, so they simply didn't even have a place to discuss political affairs. Build it for yourself.

Lu Chen didn't want to dwell on these issues. He continued to ask, "What else does the others have to do."

Mu Changtian took a step forward at this time and said: "Your Majesty, there are not many howitzers now. The soldiers in the artillery battalion have nothing to do most of the time, and they can't even conduct training. I think the artillery battalion should be abolished. From now on, howitzers will be assigned to the general army.”

The howitzers only had a thousand shells. After the battle with the barbarians in the Wanning Valley, the shells had basically been used up.

Mu Jingwu, who is in charge of the artillery battalion, doesn't know if Lu Chen still has any artillery shells. They don't even dare to use live ammunition for training now, for fear that they will be gone once the shooting is over.

Mu Jingwu's idea was that if there were no more artillery shells, it would be a waste to continue to maintain an artillery battalion of 10,000 people. It would be better to distribute these soldiers to other barracks, so he asked Mu Changtian to mention it to Lu Chen Let’s see what Lu Chen thinks about the artillery battalion.

After hearing Mu Changtian's words, Lu Chen thought for a moment.

This is indeed a problem.

They do not have the ability to manufacture howitzers now. Although the howitzer reward given by the system helped him survive the crisis in Bei County, after the shells are fired, if the system does not have subsequent shell rewards, then these howitzers will basically just sit and eat ashes. .

Lu Chen frowned slightly when he thought of this.

Only then did he remember that his women had not conceived children for him for a long time.

Their own system is a system of many children and many blessings. Only when they are pregnant or give birth to children can they receive richer rewards.

In fact, he was not idle during this period. He worked hard almost every night.

Of course, the main reason why Mu Zixuan and Da Zhou and Xiao Zhou did not get pregnant so quickly was because they had just given birth to a child. Therefore, Lu Chen had some control. He deliberately prevented the three of them from getting pregnant, fearing that their bodies would suffer. damage.

Although his rejuvenation hand can help them recover from their injuries, who knows if giving birth to a child will result in the loss of something that cannot be recovered, so Lu Chen still has some restraint in this regard.

But Wang Qingci is different from Bai Qingqing and recently Yelu Nanyan. He takes special care of the three of them. For example, Yelu Nanyan. Since Yelu Nanyan came to the palace, Lu Chen even spent a lot of money every day. Several hours were on her body.

The expression on Lu Chen's face kept changing. He thought for a long time and felt that this was not going to work. Wang Qingci, Bai Qingqing, and Yelu Nanyan were all warriors. The first problem was that warriors were not so easy to get pregnant, and One problem is that warriors can use their skills to expel impurities from the body.

It can be said that if the three of them don't want to have their own children, there is no way he can force them to conceive their own children.

Then will he have to focus on his princess and Da Zhou Xiao Zhou again?

Seeing that Lu Chen didn't speak, Mu Changtian continued: "Your Majesty, if you still have howitzer shells, the artillery battalion does not need to be dismantled, but I don't think we can let them sit idle like this every day."

Mu Changtian thought to himself that King Bei probably didn't take out the howitzer shells on purpose. After all, this terrifying weapon was too destructive. What would happen if it was aimed at Bei Wang's palace? Needless to say about the consequences.

This kind of killing weapon must be in the hands of King Bei.

Lu Chen said: "General Mu, put the artillery battalion aside for now. Does anyone else have anything else to do?"

Seeing that Lu Chen had already said this, Mu Changtian didn't say anything more.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After the words fell, Mu Changtian retreated to his seat.

At this time, Qin Yushan stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the barbarians from the Sirius King tribe have entered Beijun. According to your plan, General Xiao will arrange them in the six counties of Beijun. However, General Xiao asked his subordinates a question. , he asked his subordinates to tell you."

"The barbarians lost hundreds of thousands of men in one fell swoop. Now there are many widows in the Sirius King's tribe. If each widow builds a house, then it will be necessary to build twice as many houses as originally estimated."

"Secondly, after these barbarian women entered Beijun, they were not very familiar with life in Daxia and did not know how to farm. It was difficult for them to survive."

"General Xiao hopes that the prince can find a way to solve the problem of these barbarian widows."

Upon hearing this question, Lu Chen immediately said: "I have been thinking about how to solve this problem recently. It just so happens that you are all here today. Let's discuss it and see if we can come up with a good solution."

As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, Li Rui, an old man, said immediately: "My lord, the people in Beijun are poor. Some single men have never been able to find wives. Barbarian women are hardworking and hardworking. I think those single men will like them very much."

"It is better to distribute those barbarian widows to the single men in Daxia. This will not only solve the problem of poor people in Bei County not being able to find wives, but also solve the problem of barbarian widows not being able to survive."

As soon as Li Rui finished speaking, Mu Xingping said, "Lord Li, your idea is good, but the hatred of the people of Daxia against the barbarians has been around for a long time. Are the people of Daxia really willing to marry those widows of the barbarians?"

Hearing this, Li Rui smiled and said, "Captain Mo, you are a full man who does not know the hunger of the hungry. Those bachelors have been single for a long time, and they can see that a cow is pretty, so why would they care whether their wives are barbarian women?"

"Besides, there is no difference between barbarian women and Daxia women in appearance, so why don't they marry them?"

Mu Xingping didn't know how to refute Li Rui's words, so he simply didn't say anything.

At this time, Lu Chen said, "Lord Li's method is good, and this king also has this idea. I wonder if the rest of you have any other ideas?"

Speaking of this, Lu Chen glanced at the other people in the study, and no one spoke again.

Lu Chen was speechless.

There were more than 20 people in the study room, and only Li Rui and two of his men were considered civil officials, and the rest were all military officers.

He couldn't use military officers to govern Beijun, could he?

Lu Chen then said, "Since no one has other opinions, let's decide on this matter."

"By the way, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people of Beijun to marry barbarian widows, I have decided to take Yelu Nanyan and Xiao Wenyao as my concubines in a few days."

Hearing this, Mu Changtian said with some concern, "Your Majesty, if you marry a barbarian woman as a concubine, it is very likely to cause dissatisfaction in the court."

After all, Mu Changtian has been an official in the capital for decades and is very familiar with the situation in the court. Once Lu Chen really does this, a bunch of ministers will definitely impeach Lu Chen.

Those ministers in the capital will definitely say that the King of the North is a prince after all, but he actually took a barbarian woman as a concubine, and one of them is a widow, which is a loss of face for the royal family.

Hearing what Mu Changtian said, Lu Chen smiled faintly, and then said: "The court will definitely be dissatisfied with what the king did in Beijun, but in the next few months, they will not care about what the king did in Beijun."

Mu Changtian reacted instantly. Emperor Xia was going to take action against the noble families. The ministers in the court had some relationship with the noble families. Daxia was about to be in chaos, and the officials in the capital would definitely not care too much about what the King of the North did in Beijun.

Lu Chen said: "Okay, this matter is settled, let's talk about the next thing."

Speaking of this, Lu Chen glanced at everyone again, and his eyes finally fell on Wen Renlie and Xuanyuan Chen.

"General Xuanyuan, I don't know if you have told Dayu City what I said to you last time. Are the people of Dayu City willing to move to Beijun?"