Changsun Shunde was a sensible person. He nodded and said, "I understand, but I should not stay on the boat for too long, otherwise it would be difficult for me to do everyone's work."

Liu Rengui said: "It will take only a few days to go. When His Highness King Qi arrives in Dengzhou, you will be able to go to Jeju Island soon. During this period, we will give priority to your logistics support."

Changsun Shunde said, "Okay, let me handle this matter." After that, he called his confidants and generals over to explain for a while. Then he came over and said, "The matter has been agreed, and I won't get off the boat, so as to prevent any accidents."

Liu Rengui pointed to the officers and soldiers on the dock and said, "To prevent them from staying here in case, please forgive me for Duke Xue."

Changsun Shunde thought this was good, and this would prevent someone from secretly going ashore to cause trouble.

Not long after, King Li You of Qi finally arrived in Dengzhou City.

Dengzhou City.

Dengzhou is under Henan Road and has eight counties including Penglai, Lingtong and Gaoyuan. Although Dengzhou City is the location of Dengzhou Governor's Mansion, like most border cities, its economic development is backward, the city is old and depressed, and the number of residents in the city is less than 10,000.

His Highness King Qi is coming, and the main officials of the Dengzhou Governor's Office and the officials of the subordinate counties are worried. According to convention, when the superiors come, everyone will give gifts to express their feelings. Especially when His Highness King Qi is also the governor of Dengzhou and the governor of Dengzhou this time, he is their immediate superior, so it is even more important to gain his favor.

But Dengzhou is a poor place and cannot produce anything decent. If other officials from the court come, they can still deal with it. However, His Highness King Qi is the prince of the court, and he has never seen anything before? How to give gifts has made everyone worry. Everyone discussed it and decided to give money directly, so they should buy whatever they like.

On that day, the governor of Deng Yaodong, who followed Li You to Chang'an to accuse the pirates, came back. He was sent by Li You to stand in front of the front. Everyone felt that they had a backbone when they saw him. After all, he had already contacted His Highness King Qi and had already understood His Highness King Qi. So they told him the result of everyone's discussion.

Wang Huairen, Sima of Dengzhou, said: "Mr. Yao, we don't know what His Highness King Qi likes, so we raised him 10,000 yuan in money. I wonder if he can appreciate this little money. Everyone also wants to raise more, but you also know the situation in Dengzhou. I am poor and can't take it out."

Yao Dong smiled and said, "20,000 guan, too much. A bowl of noodles is enough." Noodles are a local specialty snack.

"Ah? What does it mean?" Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what he meant.

Yao Dong smiled and said, "I went to Chang'an this time, and I was really open-minded. His Highness King Qi is an amazing person. He is the richest man in our Tang Dynasty, and he doesn't know where to put it. Not to mention ten thousand guan, even ten thousand guan will not be seen.

Let me tell you this. When I was fighting Tuyuhun, I took out 1.5 million guan and 00,000 guan of grain alone. The income I have increased to the court over the years is more than tens of millions of guan."

"Ah, this is too rich." Everyone was surprised.

Yao Dong told everyone about Li You's situation that he learned in Chang'an. He said happily: "Your Highness of the King of Qi is not only the God of Wealth, but also a word in the court. Your Majesty trusts him very much and has the imperial gold medal in his hand. Dear lords, we are blessed. If you don't say anything else, just do what he said (the honorific title of people with high status in Dengzhou area) and get into his eyes, and wait for promotion and wealth."

Everyone was extremely excited and hoped that His Highness King Qi would arrive quickly.

Sima Wang Huairen was still a little confused. He asked, "Your Highness King Qi is here, so we have to express our feelings no matter what, right? Since it is not appropriate to give money, what do you think you should give?"

Yao Dong smiled and said, "Our governor, has a hobby - eating. There is no other thing in Dengzhou, at least one is better than Chang'an, that is, there is seafood. County Magistrate Li, I will leave this matter to you Penglai County. You must prepare a lot of seafood. Oh, I forgot to tell you that Your Highness, King Qi, not only does he taste delicious, but he also likes to share it with everyone, so the amount of seafood must be sufficient."

"It's that simple?" Everyone was a little disbelief.

Yao Dong smiled and said, "It's that simple. Your Highness, King of Qi, brings the chef himself, so there is no need to worry that the meal we make is not as good as his taste."

On this day, Li You, Cheng Yaojin and others came to Dengzhou City and were greeted by generals from various departments of the Eastern Expedition Army and the main officials of the Penglai Governor's Office who arrived first.

After the reception banquet began, after drinking three coroners, the chief secretary Yao Dong said: "Dear sirs, His Highness, this time, His Highness of the King of Qi came to Dengzhou. Oh, no, it was a great joy to host Dengzhou. When he was in Chang'an, he said that Dengzhou would develop the economy of Dengzhou and improve our living standards here. Please allow me to announce it here."

He announced two things. The first thing was that the Eastern Expedition Army began to be formed until the end of the Eastern Expedition, the Dengzhou area was in a wartime state. All officials from officials to yamen runners increased their monthly salary by 50%. At the same time, they all allocated funds to provide relief to the people who were invaded by pirates and repaired the government government offices.

"Wow wow wow wow", when he heard the salary increase, there was a warm applause.

The second thing is to establish a large cement factory, large gold mines and other industries in the Dengzhou area.

Speaking of this, everyone couldn't help but talk. The Penglai County Magistrate said, "Sir, the cement factory is OK, but do we have this gold mine in Dengzhou?"

Yao Dong said, "Mr. Li, you asked. Tell you, there is a large gold mine in your Penglai County." The gold mine in Penglai County has a large reserve, and the annual output in later generations reached 160,000 taels.

Yao Dong said: "His Highness of Qi brought craftsmen from the Mining Department of the imperial court, and the annual output can reach more than 8,000 taels."

"This is great." Penglai County Magistrate said excitedly. You should know that Penglai County has a large population and a small land. With this large gold mine, a large number of people can be placed. Moreover, according to regulations, local governments can retain some of the proceeds from the gold mine, and life in the county will be much better.

Then, Yao Dong talked about the measures he instilled in Dengzhou's economy when Li You was in Chang'an.

The officials in Dengzhou were all excited. Dengzhou Sima Wang Huairen said on behalf of everyone: "Please rest assured Your Highness, King Qi, I will definitely support the Eastern Expedition Army with all my strength."

The generals of the Eastern Expedition Army present were a little jealous and looked forward to His Royal Highness King Qi's surprise to them.
Chapter completed!