As Li Gong thought, the news that Duke Xiping mainly married Liu Qi soon spread throughout the camp. Everyone was talking, including the people stranded in the camp, were talking about this matter.

Most people mentioned it in an apology tone. Liu Qi directed the soldiers to defeat the cannibals and had a high prestige in the hearts of the people; the princess was noble in status and was said to be very beautiful, and in the eyes of everyone, she was a perfect match for men and women.

Moreover, Princess Xiping originally wanted to marry the king of Dashi, but now she wants to marry Liu Qi. For some people, it seems that Liu Qi snatched his wife from the Dashi, which makes them extremely supportive.

Seeing this, Li Gong was glad that Li Bixiao finally agreed to marry Liu Qi, and she became more grateful to her.

Li Gong immediately officially announced that the two were going to get married and prepared for the wedding with great fanfare. Now, after the Great Cannibal retreated in a panic, although the soldiers were sad for their comrades' death in battle, the reason for this battle was that the Great Cannibal attacked Luzhou, rather than the Tang army attacked the Great Cannibal territory. The soldiers would not blame the government for their comrades' death in battle; on the contrary, they rekindled their strong self-confidence, the morale of the army and the people were very high, which was a good time to prepare for the wedding.

Of course, there is another reason why he was preparing for the wedding at this time, that is, Li Gong had decided to give up the fast battle. Before the banquet, he talked with Liu Qi about the next battle with the cannibals, and believed that it was mostly at the mouth of the Yili River Valley. Liu Qi proposed that there were two ways to fight, fast battle and slow battle.

The quick battle means to celebrate the victory of this battle, and after the reward is completed, the entire army will be dispatched to Gukou to fight with the Dashi soldiers; the slow battle means to celebrate the celebration means to continue to rest near the Luzhou City, and wait until the soldiers are rested and then launch an attack.

At that time, Li Gong could not make a decision and said he wanted to think about it again; but the second day after the banquet he made a decision: to take a slow battle.

After the celebration banquet, the soldiers became extremely casual. It was very difficult to get them to restore their combat state in a short period of time, and it was almost impossible to do it. Moreover, all the soldiers believed that the next battle would start in the spring next year and did not think that they would continue to fight. Launching an attack at this time would go against everyone's will.

Moreover, the soldiers really need to rest. As elite reinforcements, the troops involved in street fighting have almost changed one after another, and there is no well-organized brigade, and they urgently need to be supplemented. Moreover, soldiers who have experienced cruel street fighting have become an elite combat soldier as long as they have been trained. Stop for training instead of rushing to fight with the cannibal again.

In all aspects, Li Gong felt that he could not fight quickly and could only choose to fight slowly.

Li Gong was a little regretful about having to choose a slow battle because the time to recover Shau Yecheng would be delayed; but this also gave him plenty of time to prepare for the wedding.

The wedding preparation speed is extremely slow. After all, Li Bixiao is a royal family and has been named a princess. No matter how simplified the wedding, the six rituals cannot be omitted. The process will take at least one or two months. It is not suitable for weddings in winter, and the official wedding time is scheduled to begin next spring.

Li Bixiao was all-out ready to get married. She used to go out occasionally, but after moving back to the courtyard in the city, she never left the courtyard again. The Tang Dynasty was open and it was very common for women to go out, and others didn't care about it; except before marriage.

Folk women have to get a dowry before marriage, sewing wedding dresses, embroidered shoes, even bed sheets, pillow towels, etc. before marriage, and they have no time to go out. Although the princess doesn't need to sew it herself, she hides at home and doesn't go out like folk women.

Li Bixiao didn't have to do it by herself, but she was in Anxi and there was not even a person talking around her. Instead, she sewed it by herself. However, she was just making some small objects. She would do it when she was happy and would not do it when she was unhappy, and she was still very leisurely.

Compared to her, Liu Qi was very busy. Li Gong was like before, in charge of strategic decisions, personnel, rewards and punishments, and other matters were handed over to Liu Qi. Liu Qi thought about it, with Li Gong's approval, he handed over the reconstruction of the city's military camps and the reconstruction of the houses to Zhang Cheng. He trained his soldiers and trained the soldiers who had participated in the street fighting into elite combat as soon as possible, and the newly recruited people became qualified auxiliary soldiers as soon as possible.

It will soon be winter. It is cold in winter, and it will be dawn after the hour of the day, and it will be dark before the hour of You, so the soldiers have much less training time. However, the training is almost over, so there is no need to be busy.

Two more months have passed, and spring is coming.

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"Report to the Protector, this is the account of the expenses of last year. Please read the Protector." Liu Qi was sitting at the table thinking about the matter, but suddenly heard someone say.

"Let it go." Liu Qi said softly, then looked up at the person coming, and suddenly laughed: "So it's you. Why are you?"

"The subordinates are the chief ministers under Governor Zhang, and their responsibilities have not changed. Naturally, the subordinates are still reporting this matter to the guardian." The visitor replied.

"Sit down and talk, there is no one else, so there is no need to be polite." Liu Qi ordered, and when he saw the visitor sit down, he spoke his name "Zhao Ping", and then smiled and said, "There are so many people who are called you. There happened to be one of the rebels' troops with the same name as you. Moreover, I heard that you still recognize that person?"

"I do recognize it." Zhao Ping said: "He was originally a military officer from the Suiye Town. I met him when I went to Suiye Town to work. At that time, I thought he was a good person and very capable, but I didn't expect that he would rebel against the Tang Dynasty and serve the great cannibals."

"After everyone was familiar with his rebellion and became a general of the traitor army, people who knew me often used him to make fun of me, and I was so annoyed." Zhao Ping hated others to compare him with a traitor, but he had no choice.

"I won't know anymore. According to the detailed reward, the man named Dashi, called Oud, which means 'repay' in Dashi dialect. Haha, it's really interesting to get this name."

Liu Qi laughed twice and continued, "I want to instruct the entire army to call him Zhao Oude in the future. In this way, no one will use him to joke with you."

"Thank you, Protector." Zhao Ping said hurriedly. Although people who are familiar with him will still joke with this traitor, at least people who are not familiar with him are used to Zhao Oude's name and will not do this again.

"Thank you very much, we are old acquaintances. This is not a business, so why both of you always thank you? Before the Battle of Luzhou broke out, we were chatting, you were not so serious."

"Who made you promoted to deputy escort?" Zhao Ping had just observed for a long time, and saw that Liu Qi was still treating him like an old acquaintance. He also relaxed and said with a smile: "How dare I be arrogant in front of the escort?"

"I don't even protect the capital. I am the capital. I am the capital. I am the other things." Liu Qi said with a smile and started chatting with him.

After chatting, in order to prevent Zhao Ping from having to go there, Liu Qi picked up the accounts on the table and looked at them; anyway, he was thinking about something that he couldn't think of for a while.

"Have you eaten so much food last year?" Liu Qi looked for a while, and suddenly pointed to a number on the account.

"Last year, because they fought with the Great Food Kingdom for more than half a year, they not only recruited tens of thousands of people to serve as soldiers, but also trained other people. Once the Great Food people broke the city of Luzhou and went south to the four towns including Kucha, they could be organized as auxiliary soldiers and eat the food of the government during training.

Because of the invasion of the great cannibals, the people in the entire Governor's Office were incumbent, except for those who were plundered by the great cannibals, almost all the people in the Governor's Office were supported by the government, so the food was consumed naturally. Please read the detailed accounts." Zhao Ping said. When talking about the serious matters, he also changed his official title to Liu Qi.

"This consumes too much food." Liu Qi looked at the detailed accounts and made a brief estimate. He felt that the difference was almost the same. He couldn't help but say: "If you continue to eat like this, you will have to eat up all the food in stock before the end of this year."

Not only did the food consumed a lot, because last year, Luzhou was unable to grow grain, Kucha and other places also transferred youth training for the people during the busy farming season, which also affected agricultural production. The grain collected by the government has greatly reduced, and the grain in Anxi is decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

"You write down and order Kucha and other places to stop training the young and strong people.

Local farmers in Luzhou should also resume planting as soon as possible. Note that no matter who owns the fields, those who plant seeds on the ground this year can own all the fields, and the landlords are not allowed to collect land rent in any name." He also ordered the clerk.

The clerk agreed, wrote it quickly and handed it to Liu Qi. Liu Qi stuffed it into his sleeve and asked him when he talked to Li Gong later.

"This method is good." Zhao Ping praised: "It can make the people willing to farm, and the fields will not be abandoned due to disputes. However, it may attract many people's opposition."

"I can only follow the power in a hurry." Liu Qi said. At the critical moment, I can't take much attention. Moreover, this practice has precedents in all dynasties and is not very shocking.

"Zhao Ping, many of the people you said are against, and they won't refer to your tribe members, right? I heard that many lands near Luzhou City belong to your Zhao family." He looked at Zhao Ping again and said.

"Don't worry, my Zhao clan understands the truth and will not object, nor will he oppose it." Zhao Ping said immediately. The patriarch of his family is smart and will not oppose it at this time.

"It would be better if there were no members of your tribe. If someone opposed it or even forced to collect rent from the farmer, the government would definitely take care of it, and it would be mostly controlled by you or the officials of the household. If there were members of the Zhao clan, you would not only be embarrassed, but also violate filial piety if you bump into the elders." Liu Qi said half-jokingly and half-warningly.

"Don't worry, there will be no one." Zhao Ping promised again, and thought to himself: 'When you go back, you must tell the clan leader, and warn all clan members to never object to this order.'

"I see that this account is fine and can be closed." After reading the account, Liu Qi commented on it, stamped his own deputy captain's seal and handed it back to Zhao Ping.

"Yes." Zhao Ping agreed and turned around and wanted to leave.

But he was stopped by Liu Qi. "Zhao Ping, in a few days, it will be the day of my marriage. I wish you to come as a friend."

"I must come, as a friend."
Chapter completed!