In addition to a bumper harvest this year, cement manufacturing plants are also operating very well in major cities of the Song Dynasty.

Take Gyeonggi Road for example, five cement roads have already been paved.

All five routes started from Tokyo and led to the surrounding prefectures and counties, making trade routes more convenient.

The population migration in Tokyo is also progressing very smoothly, and this is the third year in which it has been going on.

Under the management of the Seijido (political council), 300,000 people have settled in Tokyo's new urban area.

The pressure on the Council of State Affairs has increased significantly.

Xu Churen and Tang Ke have been living a lively life lately, especially Tang Ke, who cooks hot pot at home every day and eats it with his mouth full of oil.

However, on this day, one of the people they hated most returned to Tokyo.

Liu Yanzong, dressed in a long blue robe, rode a fine horse with his thick black hair neatly tied up, and leisurely entered the city of Tokyo.

Upon returning to Tokyo from Xingqing Prefecture, Liu Yanzong felt as if he had returned to paradise!

Although there are some pretty girls in Xingqing Prefecture, they are far inferior to the girls in Dongjing City!

The girls in Tokyo are always spotless, have beautiful smiles, lovely voices, and are quite alluring.

Thinking of Xiaohong and Cuilan, sigh...

Liu Yanzong's face remained expressionless, but his mind had already wandered off.

"My lord, I have already found out that the price of grain in the capital city has recently dropped to two strings of cash and one shi."

Zhang Fu, Liu Yanzong's confidant, scurried over and whispered something in Liu Yanzong's ear.

"Two strings of cash and one shi (a unit of dry measure), Xu Churen does have some skill; he really managed to bring down the grain price!" Liu Yanzong frowned, somewhat displeased. "Anything else?"

"The price of cloth has fallen! Even the price of vegetables at restaurants has dropped!"

Seeing Zhang Fu laughing so happily, Liu Yanzong really wanted to slap him.

The drop in prices is thanks to the State Affairs Department. If the State Affairs Department were doing well, the Censorate would have nothing to do.

To continuously achieve merit, one must constantly cause trouble for the Council of State.

This is Liu Yanzong's value, and he is very clear about it. If he doesn't make Xu Churen furious every now and then, the emperor will cause trouble for him, Liu Yanzong.

It has been a year since he and Zong Ze went to Taiyuan Prefecture to quell the rebellion last year, and he was then transferred by the emperor to join Wang Bing in attacking the Dangxiang from Hedong Road.

In the past year, he had not angered Xu Churen, so now that he was back, he naturally wanted to get back on track as soon as possible.

Just like those executives who return to work after a vacation, the best way to go back is to give the boss a big surprise on the first day.

Prices have all gone down, so how about we arrest a few corrupt officials and have some fun with them?

No, if we arrest too many corrupt officials, even the emperor will have a problem with them.

After all, many things still need to be done by the officials.

At present, there is peace and tranquility, and the emperor himself is unwilling to wage another major war.

Liu Yanzong understood Zhao Huan's meaning perfectly: it was not the time to take action against corrupt officials.

Seeing Zhang Fu grinning foolishly to the side, Liu Yanzong asked, "Do you have some good news to tell me?"

"Master Liu, I have good news for you."

"Spit it out!"

Something happened in the new urban area today.

Liu Yanzong stared coldly at Zhang Fu, looking at him as if to say, "If you don't hurry up and fart, I'll kill you!"

"A restaurant owner named Xie Kunjing killed the youngest son of the official!"

"You're wasting my time by bringing up such a trivial matter!"

"Husband, Xie Kunjing was enraged when Shangguan Lin raised the shop rent without permission, which is why he drew his knife and stabbed him to death in the street!"

Liu Yanzong seemed to have keenly grasped something.

"Zhang Fu, have you investigated thoroughly? Prices in Tokyo have been falling recently?"

"The rate of decline has slowed to its lowest point, and prices in some areas have already started to rise, doubling every day!"

Liu Yanzong was overjoyed: "Oh, Xu Churen, do you think that by expanding Tokyo City and increasing the supply of grain to Tokyo City, prices will go down?"

The imperial court's practice of selling land at high prices and exercising moderate control over commercial regulations has begun to rebound.

Soon, prices in Tokyo will skyrocket!

Soon, there will be more people like Xie Kunjing committing crimes!

When a person is driven to the brink of despair, they may not even want to live anymore. They have no choice but to take the person they hate down with them.

"Zhang Fu, go and compile a list of housing prices in Tokyo and give it to me before dinner tonight."

"Don't worry, my lord, I'll go and get it sorted out right now!"

Upon returning to Tokyo, Liu Yanzong first went home, took a very long bath, and then spent a considerable amount of time playing some interesting adult games with his concubines.

It wasn't until evening that Zhang Fu came running over excitedly and handed Liu Yanzong a report.

So, this Imperial Censor Liu changed into his official robes and went to the palace to meet the Emperor.

After reading Liu Yanzong's report on the newly appointed officials in the Northwest and the policies for governing the ethnic minorities in the Northwest, Zhao Huan temporarily accepted his advice.

First, the Tangut nobles continued to rule, and then troops were transferred from the Longyou Protectorate to be stationed in the northwest.

In the Northwest War Zone, a three-way power structure was formed, consisting of the Han army, the barbarian army, and the Xia army.

The Han army was the most powerful, dominating all the rules.

The strength of the barbarian army must be comparable to that of the Xia army.

Under such circumstances, the barbarian army would inevitably oppose the Xia army in order to demonstrate its loyalty to the Song Dynasty.

And what about Xia Jun?

As defeated and surrendered soldiers, they would also oppose the barbarian troops in order to show their loyalty to the Song Dynasty.

Thus, the conflict shifted to the conflict between the two sides, with the Han army acting as the arbiter.

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