"How is it?" Pingling Yu saw that they were busy in the wing, so he stopped, and walked back and forth in the yard with Ji Yan in his arms, and the big black dog on the side was probably the first time to see such a small child, so he couldn't help but come over. Ji Yan was already bold, and he didn't feel terrible when he saw such a big black dog, but "giggled" and laughed non-stop.

"Sir, the morning meal is ready. Although Zhou Niangzi's deed of sale has been sent to the Ji family, she doesn't know the relationship between Pingling Yu and the Ji family, so she also followed Bai Lu to call Mr. Pingling Yu.

"What is prepared for Kai'er today?" Pingling Yu saw that Wang Ji was afraid that he would not be available for a while, so he carried Ji Kai to the middle hall, ready to use the morning food first.

"The porridge with minced meat, goat's milk, red dates, and wolfberries was boiled together with the finest japonica rice, and it had been simmering on the stove for half an hour. Mrs. Zhou replied respectfully.

As for Pingling Yu's court food, the same rice porridge is just no goat's milk, so that there is an extra plate of side dishes and a fried fish, He developed the rule of eating without saying a word in his previous life, and he was silent, but Ji Yan was young because of his young age, and he was hugged by Bai Lu, Zhou Niangzi fed him spoon by spoon, but he didn't pay much attention to eating, and raised his eyes from time to time to take a look at Pingling Yu, if he saw that Pingling Yu ignored him, he patted the two fleshy little hands hard, in short, to attract everyone's attention to him.

After they had eaten the morning food, Wang Ji had already ordered someone to take the wounded out of the water, and the bruises on his body were plastered, and he took a clean white cloth and wrapped them one by one, even in such a cold weather, he still sweated.

"Zhong Cike is ready, come and taste Zhou Niangzi's craftsmanship, does it suit your appetite?" Pingling Yu saw him coming out of the side room, so he ordered the servants to lead him to the main hall.

The post station is different from Chang'an, in order to facilitate the passage of people, they are all used Hu tables and Hu stools, Wang Ji is not the first time to see, but still feel a little uncomfortable, and look at Pingling Yu sitting firmly on the stool, naturally follow his example to sit down, he has been busy all morning hungry, at this time smelling the fragrance of food, even the last trace of restraint has been put aside.

When he filled his stomach, he saw Pingling Yu holding Ji Yan waiting for him on the side, and he couldn't help but bow his head shyly.

"This person came here in a hurry late at night, and he was lucky to meet Zhong Ci, otherwise he didn't know what the situation was. Seeing that the sky was fine, Pingling Yu smiled and said, "I don't know how his injuries are?"

"It's just that it's freezing so much that I have him take the medicine, and he will wake up at about noon. Wang Ji thought for a while and said, "Mr. is going to Jinzhou to take up a post, but I don't know that today's trip will be delayed?"

"Zhong Ci is a person who practices medicine, how can he not have compassion?" Pingling Yu smiled when he heard this, "Besides, I have already set off a few days early to go to Jinzhou, so I am worried about the things that will happen on the road, but I can't delay it." ”

"Although he is very cold, but fortunately, he is in good health, and when he wakes up, I will prescribe two more doses of medicine for him, and leave some frostbite plaster, and a few more words. Wang Ji was relieved when he heard Pingling Yu say this.

Pingling Yu looked at the missing moment again, and there was still an hour before noon, so he asked Bai Lu to take the chess pieces that were collected in the salute, and spread them out to play chess with Wang Ji.

After waiting like this for a while, Bai Lu came over and said that Ji Yan was going to sleep, but he couldn't see Pingling Yu was crying in his throat, Pingling Yu smiled bitterly and accused Wang Ji, asking him to accompany him a little less, but when he went out, he saw Yan Qi already waiting at the staircase.

"What did you find?" Pingling Yu took Yan Qi back to the room, and Bai Luden retreated, leaning over to draw a pattern on the small table by the door.

"Please also take a look. Yan Qi said and handed a one-foot-square package wrapped in silk cloth to Pingling Yu.

"What is this?" Pingling Yu took it and couldn't help frowning.

"Lang Jun doesn't know that in my Ji family study, packing bags and so on are taught by Mr., and his methods are the same. Yan Qi had worry in his eyes.

"If your inference is correct, he must be from Shuoxue Pass, and there are things that are familiar with the Ji family, but I am afraid that it is the person sent by General Ji Shan, the guard of Shuoxue Pass. "Pingling Yu's expression is becoming more and more solemn, if it is a normal military matter, the military situation will naturally be reported to Yongning City from Shuoxue Pass, and then reported to Chang'an by Yongning City, but now, the Shuoxue Pass guard will actually send someone to Chang'an alone to deliver a letter, I am afraid that the situation in Jinzhou is very different from the Chang'an military report they got before, "Is there still someone in the Xuanyi Army staying in Shuoxue Pass?"

"When we received the news of the death of the old lord, we shrank up and took the brothers back to Chang'an to meet the new lord, because although there was a station in Shuoxue Pass, the elite were not among them. Yan Qi frowned.

"How much do you know about the Shuoxue Pass garrison?" Pingling Yu opened the thick wooden box that was placed on the side, and it was full of maps that he had recorded according to the records of his grandfather Fusu in the "Local Chronicles of the Eastern Qin" and the systematic deduction, which was much clearer than other maps of this era, and when he took out the Jinzhou map and spread it out on the desk, Yan Qi's eyes suddenly widened.

"The total garrison of Shuoxueguan is 8,000, including 3,000 Jijia troops and 5,000 Jinju garrisons. Yan Qi recalled the previous situation about Shuoxue Pass and said.

"I remember that Shuoxue Pass is a dangerous pass, built between the Fengwolf Mountain Range and the Juxu Mountain Range, and there has always been a saying that 'one man is the pass and ten thousand people are not open', but is this?" Pingling Yu stretched out his finger and nodded a little on the map east of Jinzhou, "The Northern Wei Dynasty is divided into four roads to the south, and I estimate that the number of people on each of them is about 20,000 to 30,000 people, that is, they occupy a favorable location, and the two sides are glued together at most, at this time, if either side has the side forces to intervene in it, the battle situation will be turned over immediately." ”

What Lang Jun said is true. "Yan Qi's head, although Jinzhou and the Northern Wei Dynasty have not been at war for five or six years, but the successive Jinzhou governors of the Ji family are all wary of the wolf ambitions of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and do not dare to let go easily, it is the Xuanyi Army has never reduced their vigilance against the Northern Wei Dynasty, they suppress horse thieves on the border every year, in addition to sharpening themselves and guarding the Ji family caravan, more is to explore the movements of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

And before Pingling Yu rescued Ji Rin, who was still the eldest prince at that time, they naturally would not take it lightly, and they had to understand it, he knew that the other party had never been to Jinzhou, and he had no way to understand the Northern Wei Dynasty, but he didn't know that it was like a few treasures!

Originally, a few days ago, they had doubts about the lord handing over the phoenix pattern order to the Pingling Imperial Palace, but the Xuanyi Army was originally the sharpest knife in the hands of the head of the Ji family, and it was replaced by a knife bearer, and they categorically did not question the reason, but they did not expect that the other party did not interfere without authorization, but instead clicked a few words, and the extremely smooth organization that was already running became more and more efficient, at that time, they also felt that the other party also had two brushes, and they were convinced in their hearts, but it was really to this day that Yan Qi understood that they still underestimated this gentleman.

"In addition to the garrison, how many households are there in Shuoxue Pass?" Pingling Yu pondered for a moment and asked, "What I know is the number of household registrations twenty years ago, but Shuoxue Pass has been peaceful in recent years, presumably the number of people has naturally increased, but there are 30,000 people?"

As Lang Jun said, there are more than 33,800 people, a total of more than 6,000 households. At this moment, no matter what Pingling Yu said, Yan Qi would no longer be surprised, he used to read and only listen to his peers talking nonsense, and there are naturally people who are born to know it, but now it seems that Mr. Pingling is not much worse than him.

"I remember that Shuoxue Pass borders the Northern Wei Dynasty, and about four months of December a year are covered by heavy snow, because when the checkpoint was first established, there were no local people, but all of them were military households in Tuntian. Later, after some prisoners were assigned one after another, there were displaced people who came here due to natural disasters, and these people were the composition of the people of Shuoxueguan. Pingling Yu blinked his eyes and thought for a moment and said, "These people have been staying in Shuoxue Pass all the year round, if you say how much attachment you have to my Great Qin, it is unknown, but it is true that they often have enmity with the Northern Wei Dynasty in the border pass, at least for a while, I am not worried about their rebellion, but if the war drags on for a long time, I am afraid that something will happen." ”

"Why is that?" Yan Qi was stunned for a moment.

"After these prisoners, or exiles, they don't have a great attachment to the Eastern Qin Bunsheng, let alone loyalty to the Eastern Qin royal family, after all, they have been hurt from it, where is it so easy to recover?" You think, you were originally a life of fine clothes and food, but because of the crime was degraded to Shuoxue Pass, no matter how it is not as good as the previous life of the splendid pile, and people always easily forgive their own mistakes, and hold a grudge against the mistakes of others, they will not think that they made a mistake first, and they will be exiled, they will only think that it is the saint who is sorry for them, and their family property has been confiscated, and there are men who died for it, but the saint is unwilling to forgive them, but exiles them, and lives in the fingers of others every day, and those who mention it are all after the offender, the glory of the family is low to the dust, if someone is tempted by clever words at this time, maybe with money, maybe with fame and fortune, do you think they will be tempted?"

"What about the outcasts?" Bai Lu couldn't help but ask.

"How many people in the upper echelons think that the people are easy to fool, don't they hear that the people who died in Qin are Chen Sheng and Wu Guangshi, not the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, and they rebelled and even shouted 'The prince and the prince will have a kind of Xiangning'? It can be seen that the people are also assertive. Pingling Yu was not unhappy when he saw her interjecting, but replied seriously, "Besides, why do the displaced people occur? Most of them are not in good time, plus the officials are not clear, they have already suffered disasters, but Chang'an's response is not fast enough, if there are no more disaster relief officials are not dedicated, life and death, do you still expect the other party to have a good impression of the imperial court?"