Chapter 782： Meet

Luo Zhan stood in front of Qi Haoran with a smile and bowed his hands, "Luo has seen King Rongjun."

Qi Haoran raised his eyebrows against the bear to look at him, "Luo Dian Luo Zhan?"

Luo Zhan bowed humbly, "It's someone Luo, the lord, who has set a seat in the restaurant opposite, I wonder if you can sit down with your face." He glanced at Xiao Xiong and smiled, "Xiao Shizi strolled around for a long time. Are you thirsty?"

Qi Haoran took the son around his neck into his arms and asked him, "Would you like to drink some water?"

Bear asks, "Drink the juice."

"Where can I find juice for you in the winter?" Qi Haoran said, "I'll ask someone to buy you soy milk, soy milk and water, choose the same."

Bear shouted: "Soy milk!"

Qi Haoran took Xiaoxiong and Luo Zhan into the restaurant. Qi Haoran remembered that there was a Xu Zhi behind him, and turned around and waved at him, "Xu Zhizhou has been following him for a day. Come and rest."

Seeing that Qi Haoran hadn't forgotten the main purpose of their coming out today, Xu Zhi wiped the sweat on his forehead happily and followed up, he had already vaguely guessed that the prince was doing this to invite Luo Zhan to take the bait himself. Instead of them looking for someone.

Luo Zhan took them into a relatively large box, and when he opened the window, he could see where they were standing just now, and the acrobatic performance below was clear at a glance.

The little bear shouted excitedly, moved the stool over and stood up, laying down at the window and looking down.

Qi Haoran held onto his body and waited for his excitement to wear off before he brought him back. At this time, there were a lot of delicious food on the table. After walking around for a long time, Qi Haoran was a little hungry. Not in a hurry to eat, just put some easy-to-keep food for the little bear, then raised his head and said to Xu Zhi: "Didn't Xu Zhizhou chase after Xiao Wang for a day to ask where did the grain skewers come from?" Qi Haoran ordered Luo Zhan. Chin, said: "It was the second son of Luo who asked someone to send it."

Xu Zhi was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Luo Zhan with bright eyes, "Second Young Master, it turns out that you brought the grain skewers. I don't know where you got them from, but is there any extra?"

Luo Zhan frowned and looked at Qi Haoran from the corner of his eyes, seeing that he was lowering his head to feed the little prince, and seeing that Xu Zhi was looking at him nervously, he smiled slightly and said, "That rice seed is planted by our Luodian, and this year is a good year. , My father saw that the grain skewers were full and grainy, so he specially asked people to choose a particularly good bunch to send to the lord, which means a good harvest."

Xu Zhi's eyes lit up and he asked, "Does Luodian plant a lot of these kinds of rice, and what is the yield per mu? Has it been planted for a few years, has there been a plague of insects or other diseases?"

Xu Zhi's questions came one after another, and they all got to the point. Luo Zhan knew that they had come prepared, and his heart that had been hanging all of a sudden calmed down.

As long as Prince Rong is tempted, he will still have a chance to negotiate. Luo Zhan heaved a sigh of relief and answered Xu Zhi's question with a smile. For some things he couldn't say, he just passed by. After all, he is not a farmer. Not knowing is understandable.

This kind of rice has been planted in Luodian for two years, but it was sown in a small area. According to Luo Zhan, this kind of rice was planted by tenants by chance, and now it is only expanded on the original production area, because mu It produced more rice than ordinary rice, so it attracted the attention of the landlord. Such a layer-by-layer report was last month when they got their hands on it. Because the yield per mu of this kind of rice is really impressive, the patriarch of the Luo family asked Luo Zhan to do so. I sent it to Qi Haoran, hoping to do my best for Da Qi and the emperor.

Luo Zhan’s statement, let alone Qi Haoran, even Xu Zhi didn’t believe it, and Xu Zhi couldn’t help but feel disappointed when he couldn’t ask for more information.

Qi Haoran took over Luo Zhan's words and said, "The patriarch of the Luo clan is loyal to the court, and the emperor must be very pleased to know that."

Luo Zhan took advantage of the situation to kneel on the ground and said, "My lord, Luodian is the territory of Daqi, and I, Luo Clan, are also citizens of Daqi. There are more than 600 people in my Luo Clan. Once the emperor sends him, he will die."

Qi Haoran squinted his eyes, held his hand and said, "The emperor knows your loyalty, Second Young Master Luo quickly get up and speak."

Luo Zhan's mind changed, but he had already made up his mind. When he looked up again, he looked at Qi Haoran with tears in his eyes, "Today Luo is bold and begged the emperor and the lord to be the master of the Luo clan."

Qi Haoran held his hand unchanged and said with a smile, "If you have something to say, let's talk about it."

After the most important sentence was spoken, Luo Zhan felt relieved, and sat up on the chair with kindness.

Qi Haoran asked curiously: "Isn't Luodian your Luo family autonomous? Xiao Wang remembers that even the chieftains are from your Luo family. Is it possible that there are still people in Luodian who can bully you?"

Luo Zhan smiled wryly and said, "Your Highness doesn't know, Luo Palace and Xixia are bordering, and the two are at peace with each other. It's all because Luo Palace is mostly high mountains and dense forests, and the land is barren, and Xixia people are reluctant to come to Luo Palace even if they are playing grass and valleys. , but since you drove the Xixia soldiers out of Qiannan two years ago, the Xixia people have crossed the border to harass Luodian from time to time.

"There are only more than 100 people in the Tusi Yamen of Luodian, because there is only such a small road from Xixia to Luodian, so there has never been a garrison. In the past two years, Xixia people have become more and more excessive, and they have penetrated from the border villages to within 20 miles. The township, let it continue to develop, Luo Dian is only afraid..."

Luo Zhan looked at Qi Haoran, gritted his teeth and said, "I also ask the lord to pity the 5,000 people in Luodian County and send troops to guard Luodian."

Qi Haoran was stunned. He didn't expect Luo Zhan to propose such a condition. In other words, such a thing should be proposed by the chieftain to the court. Why should he come to himself?

Qi Haoran asked the question, Luo Zhan said with a flushed face: "There is no consensus within Luodian on this matter..."

Some people proposed to garrison the imperial court, but the garrison is so easy to garrison, and the money for the construction of the Guards should be paid. Most of this money is spread on the people of Luodian, and the garrison should also be placed, whether it is the local people who are responsible for garrisoning as in the early days of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The army's salaries and rations are still distributed to the garrison's army fields as they are now, and they are self-sufficient, which is a big burden for the people of Luodian.

For the former, the tax on them will be much heavier, for the latter, they have not much land, and if they distribute it, they will be even poorer.

So some people suggested recruiting local youths for defense, but even if the imperial court doesn’t care about recruiting troops, they won’t train soldiers if they recruit people.

The Buyi people are brave, but because they are comfortable and have no wars all the year round, fighting is like fighting in groups. How could they be comparable to well-trained Xixia soldiers?

In the past two years, all the people they recruited died at the border. Luo Zhan's father just couldn't see this kind of consumption, so his son took a heavy gift to ask Qi Haoran, hoping to bypass the chieftain and directly ask Qi Haoran to send them a team. Go garrison.

Luo Zhan has always been the second son of the highest in Luodian, and he is the smartest and most intelligent. Even his eldest brother is second only to him, so he was very confident when he came, and they also found out that Rongjun Wangfu was right. The matter of Nongsang is particularly important. He has such an important rice seed in his hand, and he has a higher chance of negotiating.