Zhu Cixiang took out two pieces of paper with densely written small characters on them and asked Li Yan and Lady Hong to sign and stamp on them.

What was said just now was very clear. Li Yan and the red lady looked at each other and signed and stamped it without any hesitation.

Seeing that the two signed and signed, Zhu Cixiang put one away and handed the other to Li Yan:

"Keep it. After three years, I will fulfill the contract one by one. I hope you won't make it difficult for me!"

Li Yan took the piece of paper and felt like he was being tricked. This was no contract, it was clearly a military order.

It seems that no matter whether he and the Red Lady do well or not, the Crown Prince seems to have nothing to lose, but if he does not do well, he will risk the lives of the three clans.

Now that the matter has come to this, Li Yan can no longer regret it. After thinking for a while, he asked another question:

"Your Highness, we have no official position, no money, no food, no one, and we must get your strong support in the beginning. Otherwise, how can we do things?"

Zhu Cixi smiled lightly and said:

"Since I have asked you to govern Henan, I must give you strong support. The chief envoy of Henan has been killed. In the past three years, you have temporarily acted as the chief envoy of Henan, and the red lady has temporarily acted as the commander of the capital of Henan.

Henan will definitely be attacked by rogue bandits. As the commander-in-chief of Henan, Chen Yongfu is mainly responsible for the defense of Henan. I allow you to recruit another five thousand soldiers to be responsible for the security of Henan.

Your task is very arduous. While relieving the victims, you must recruit refugees to build canals. In addition, you can build a Yellow River sluice in Kaifeng. The materials for building the sluice will be provided by this palace.

Once the sluice is built, the water from the Yellow River can be directed into the canal and the Jialu River, and the reservoir on the Huaihe River can also be pruned. If feasible, a sluice is being built in Luoyang, which will alleviate the drought in most areas of Henan.

There is a premise here. While building the sluice, the land consolidation and annexation must also be carried out, otherwise the landlords and big households will benefit. How to do it depends on your ability, and I will not interfere.

There is another thing you need to remember. Without my order, ignore anyone who interferes with your reforms, and give them severe blows when appropriate."

There were more than three million taels of silver in the last house raid. I will ask Chen Yongfu to hand it over to you. If the money is not enough, you need to solve it yourself. Sun Chuanting has done a good job in Shaanxi, so you might as well refer to it."

Zhu Cihong not only appointed Li Yan as the acting chief envoy of Henan, but also appointed Hong Niangzi as the acting capital commander.

In this way, both of them have great power, especially since they can learn from Sun Chuanting's words, which refreshed Li Yan and Hong Niangzi's spirits, and they both bowed before Zhu Cixang again.

"Thank you for your highness's kindness. We are willing to die for your highness's trust and for the people of Henan to live and work in peace and contentment. However, the bed of the Yellow River is higher than the ground in Kaifeng. You need to be careful when building the sluice. If it is not done, the people will suffer disaster!"

What Li Yan said is absolutely true. Due to the accumulation of sediment in the Kaifeng section of the Yellow River, the river bed has become more than one meter higher than the Kaifeng land. The dam is really unable to move. Once the Yellow River water flows back, Henan will be a vast ocean.

But Zhu Cihong knew that the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty had developed cement, and the Military War Bureau had also made major breakthroughs in steelmaking. Building sluices with reinforced concrete was absolutely foolproof, but Li Yan didn't understand it.

Zhu Cixi stepped forward to help the two of them up, and handed Li Yan a technical drawing for building a reinforced concrete sluice:

"The Ming Dynasty has developed building materials that are harder than stone. You only need to build them according to the drawings and don't cut corners. The Yellow River sluice will definitely not pose any problems."

Li Yan took the drawing and looked at it, but he was still confused because he had never seen this kind of sluice, let alone heard about cement and reinforced concrete.

Zhu Cixi patted Li Yan on the shoulder and said:

"After the materials are transported, we should first find a small river to build one to test the effect. Do not test directly on the Yellow River. This will be safer."

"As you command!"

Some people may ask, why does Zhu Cixiang trust Li Yan so much?

As a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, Li Yan could follow Li Zicheng to fight against the landlords and distribute land to the people. Why not follow the crown prince? He could even do it more thoroughly than Sun Chuanting.

Of course, in history, if Sun Chuanting could get the strong support of Emperor Chongzhen like Zhu Cixiang, Sun Chuanting would have done better. Unfortunately, Chongzhen still could not withstand the strong pressure of the gentleman class.

After Zhu Cixiang arranged everything, he found that the red lady had been looking at him eagerly, as if he was hesitant to speak. Zhu Cixiang knew that the girl's wish was unfulfilled, so he deliberately teased her and said:

"Red Lady, do you have something to say?"

A blush suddenly flew up on the pretty face of the red lady. After some hesitation, she finally gritted her teeth and said:

"Your Highness, you seem to have forgotten something?"

Zhu Cixi chuckled and said:

"Oh, what's the matter? I don't remember what you said!"

The red lady lightly stamped her foot and said shyly:

"Your Highness... Your Highness, didn't you say that you would ask Li Yan to marry me?"

The red lady immediately lowered her head after saying this, and kept rubbing her dress with her beautiful hands.

Zhu Cixi didn't expect that a carefree female bandit could be shy. He couldn't help laughing, and then looked at Li Yan.

"Li Yan, did you hear what the red lady said?"

Li Yan's face was also a little feverish. Hearing the Crown Prince's question, he hurriedly raised his hands and said:

"Everything is subject to His Highness's arrangements!"

Zhu Cixi nodded:

"Okay, you will officially get married tonight. How about I be your witness?"

"ah……"

Although the red lady really wanted to get married to Li Yan, Zhu Cixiang suddenly announced that they would get married tonight, which still made them both confused for a moment, but when they realized it, they were full of surprises.

Just kidding, having the crown prince as a witness was something Li Yan and Lady Hong could never dream of doing. The two were so moved that they gave Zhu Cihong a great gift again:

"Thank you, Your Highness, as long as you say a word, Madam Li Yanhong will fight for you even to the death in the sea of ​​​​knife and fire!"

Zhu Cihong helped the two of them up and said:

"Hurry up, I am very pressed for time, so I can only wrong you. This is my gift to you!"

Zhu Cixiang said as he took out a pair of jade pendants and gave them to Lady Hong and Li Yan.

"Thank you, Your Highness..."

Both of them didn't know how to express their gratitude, so they could only keep it silently in their hearts. They would use practical actions to repay the crown prince's love.

That night, under the auspices of the Crown Prince, the Matchmaker finally got her wish and went to the bridal chamber with Li Yan.

Although not many guests attended, there were the Imperial Envoy and the Crown Prince, and Mrs. Li Yanhong felt that it was enough...

The unhappy couple had no holiday as newlyweds, so they were summoned to the county government office by Zhu Cixiang the next day.

When the two arrived, Zhu Cixi apologized and said:

"I'm sorry, both of you, but I can't give you wedding leave due to busy business. I hope you can understand!"

Li Yan hurriedly bowed and saluted:

"Your Highness, the people are suffering. How can Mrs. Li Yanhong base her happiness on the suffering of the people? If your Highness has anything to do, just ask her, and my husband and I will do our best!"

The red lady gently gave Zhu Cihong a blessing:

"Your Highness, if you have anything to say, just say it and we'll get started!"

Zhu Cixi nodded and said:

I have to rush back to Kaifeng today and return to the capital tomorrow morning. There is one thing I have to do before I leave. There are not enough county government officials. How many people do the Red Lady have under her command?"

The red lady hurriedly said:

"Reporting to Your Highness, there are more than thirty brothers who entered the city today, and there are still about a hundred people on the mountain. Do you want to send them all away?" I like the Ming Dynasty. In the prosperous era, from the time when the prince supervised the country, please collect it: (https://www.myxls.net) Ming Dynasty,
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