Between the various mountain ranges, there are some valleys that are relatively low-lying and flat, such as Huilonggou, where the soldiers were hidden before the Qing people.

But in some valleys, there are more miasma, and even the seedlings are reluctant to stay.

At this time, it is the end of June (lunar calendar), and the mountains of Guizhou should not be too hot, but the deeper you go into the valley, the more humid and hot you feel. And there are so many mosquitoes that it is scary, and Song Linger has been bitten out of red bumps on her face and hands.

Wang Yuan and the others only dared to walk halfway up the mountain, and they had to cut the thorns with a knife in order to open a feasible passage, and they would probably have to walk for more than a month at such a speed.

It's approaching evening.

They carved out an open space, cut bamboo to build a hut, and built a roof with thatch to cope with the rain that might come at night. Then make a simple fence to guard against wild beasts, cut grass and vines to smoke smoke, and smoke snakes, insects, rats and ants as much as possible.

This is a must-do preparation every day for walking in the mountains of Guizhou in summer.

Thunder and rain may occur at any time, wild beasts may be encountered at any time, and mosquitoes can annoy people to death.

When the shack was finished, it was getting dark. Li Ying was so tired that he lay down directly, with grass in his mouth and sighed: "I heard that the Central Plains is full of flat land, and you can gallop on horseback for a few days and nights, I really want to see it." The terrain of Guizhou is really too tormenting. ”

Wang Yuan stood on the mountainside, looked at the valley below, and said with a smile: "If I were the leader of the Song clan, I would gather tens of thousands of people to clean up and reclaim these valleys. Even at the cost of more than a thousand dead and wounded, the valley must be turned into fertile land. You see the mountain springs gathering down, the streams flowing all year round, there is no shortage of water at all, and they are all good places to grow food! ”

Song Ling'er scratched her red bumps and wondered: "Is it really possible to reclaim fertile land?" ”

"It only takes one generation of hard work to manage these valleys, and these valleys will be fertile land!" Wang Yuan said with great certainty.

Song Ling'er was quite happy, and then lost again: "It's a pity that I'm not a man, and I can't inherit the position of toast, otherwise I will definitely use the method you said." ”

Uncle Friday took off his boots and rubbed his feet, the smell was stinking, and he said with a smile: "Wang Erlang, if the imperial court lets you be the political envoy of Guizhou, maybe it can really make a big change in Guizhou." You have an idea, and you have the courage to take responsibility, and you will definitely be able to enter the court and become a big official in the future. ”

"I'll just say casually," Wang Yuan sat down cross-legged, and also took off his shoes and rubbed his feet, "According to the rules of being an official in a different place, it is impossible for me to return to Guizhou to be an official in any province I am a political envoy." ”

"It's better not to come back," Li Ying said with a smile, "It's too aggrieved to be an official in Guizhou, and there is not much silver to be earned." ”

Song Ling'er didn't know when she had taken off her shoes, and suddenly cried with a sad face: "I said why my feet hurt, and I got out of a lot of blisters." ”

Wang Yuan drew his knife and burned it on the smoky bonfire, estimating that it had been sterilized at high temperatures, so he held Song Ling'er's ankle and said, "Don't move, I'll help you pick it out." ”

"Oh." Song Ling'er sat obediently in place, and although Wang Yuan only held her feet, she felt that her whole body was hot.

"Phew!"

One of the spies suddenly whistled, and the others burst into laughter.

Song Ling'er blushed, picked up the whip and said, "What are you laughing at?" Don't laugh! ”

"Hahahaha!"

The crowd laughed even louder.

Song Ling'er didn't know anything like these mischievous, so she turned her back to them directly, and peeked at Wang Yuan out of the corner of her eye.

After Wang Yuan broke all the blisters, he took out the herbs picked along the way, put them in his mouth and chewed them for a while, all of which were applied to the soles of Song Ling'er's feet. Tear off the strip of cloth to help her bandage it, pat the instep of her foot and say, "Okay, rest for the night, you should be able to walk tomorrow morning." ”

"Thank you." Song Ling'er withdrew her feet, her heart was sweet.

After laughing for a while, several men got up to feed the horses and donkeys, and fortunately they waited for the beasts to drink.

There is also a need to fetch water, try to find a mountain spring if you can find it, and if you can't find it, you can use the flowing stream. The pond water in the depression must not be drunk, and it is 100% tricked, and there may be some bacteria and parasites in it.

Uncle Friday and another officer and soldier spontaneously wrapped themselves in blankets to stand guard, mainly to guard against wild beasts and seedlings in the mountains.

Wang Yuan took out the blanket from the package and threw it to Song Ling'er, and asked, "Are you going back to the city or going to Longgang Mountain?" ”

"What about you?" Song Linger asked rhetorically.

"Let's go to Longgang Mountain first." Wang Yuan said.

Song Ling'er smiled: "Then I'll go with you." ”

Li Ying suddenly said: "I'll go back to the city with Uncle Friday." By the way, Wang Erlang, what plan do you have to get Song Xuanwei to be exempted from the death penalty? ”

"yes, what the hell do you do?" Song Ling'er followed and asked.

Even Uncle Friday's officers and soldiers quietly pricked up their ears.

Wang Yuan didn't keep it mysterious: "Didn't An Guirong pretend to be sick?" Well, let's release the news that the Miao rebellion was supported by the An family. As long as the news spreads widely enough, it will be difficult for An Guirong to send troops in order to prove his innocence. If he doesn't send troops, he will sit on the rumors, and if he sends troops, it shows that his heart is weak, and it is still a rumor. ”

"Wonderful," Li Ying clapped his hands and praised, "The yellow mud fell into the crotch of his pants, it's not but is." Moreover, from the governor to the guard, and even the Song family, they will definitely help spread the news, and in two or three days, everyone will be able to make a fuss, so as to force An Guirong to send troops quickly! ”

Song Ling'er was puzzled: "What does this have to do with my abba from death?" ”

Wang Yuan explained with a smile: "After the rebels are pacified, you can take the initiative to write to the court, saying that you deserve to die for your crimes, but the rebels were provoked by the An family." Then he offered a horse to the imperial court, took the initiative to take out half of the territory, and asked the imperial court to change the land and return to the stream. The court has face and stairs, and it will definitely be able to exempt your Abba from the death penalty. ”

"That's good." Song Ling'er was happy.

Wang Yuan said again: "If the officials of the imperial court and Guizhou are not stupid, they will definitely do everything possible to protect the Song family, so as to prevent the An family from becoming dominant." When the time comes, Guizhou officials will jointly write a letter, and the imperial court will go down the slope, and the Song family will be able to retain at least two-thirds of the territory. ”

Song Ling'er was even more joyful, and said with a smile: "After the thieves withdraw from the siege, I will tell Abba's plan." He'll like it and have a good impression of you, maybe ......."

Maybe I will recruit you as a son-in-law - Song Linger was embarrassed to say this.

Wang Yuan's strategy took all aspects into account.

First, save Song Ran's dog life and keep most of the Song family's territory.

Second, crack down on Ann's. Regardless of whether An Guirong supports the rebels or not, the court bigwigs and the Han officials in Guizhou will confirm this charge for him.

Third, change the land and return it to the stream. The territory of the Song family and the An family around Guizhou City was divided into Chengfanfu by taking the opportunity, and the Chengfanfu was changed to Guiyang Mansion, and the surrounding areas of Guiyang were included in the jurisdiction of the imperial court. Even, it can take the opportunity to upgrade the Pingyue Military and Civilian Department to the Pingyue Military and Civilian Government, so that the actual control scope of the Guizhou Political Department extends to the border with Huguang.

Fourth, the Wang family took the opportunity to make profits. At the same time, he curry favor with the Han officials and the Song family, and give Wang Meng a Zazuo toast to be a pawn.

The only concern is that An Guirong may be forced to rebel.

Therefore, the governor of Guizhou must reach an agreement with the imperial court in advance to quickly deal with these things before the troops from other provinces are withdrawn!

However, with An Guirong's character, he will definitely not rebel. Because he is too old and calculating, a person thinks too much, it is inevitable to look forward and backward, and there are countless tricks but he does not dare to fight for his life.

Most of these goods will buy off the eunuchs, bribe Liu Jin with a lot of money, and disrupt the situation through the power of eunuchs.

Anyway, Wang Yuan is just making suggestions, and he is not capable of mixing in the battle between the cabinet and the eunuchs, and whether he can succeed or not depends on the will of heaven - Wang Yuan knows that Liu Jin will fall, but he doesn't know when he will fall, and his historical knowledge is too lacking.

Li Ying sat there, the more he thought about it, the more wonderful it became, and in addition to being amazed, he even wanted to split Wang Yuan's head to study the brain structure.

Although Uncle Friday couldn't fully comprehend the mystery of this plan, he also understood that An Guirong was going to be pitted. He thought to himself: "Scholars are just bad in their stomachs, and the methods they come up with are more ruthless than the other, and they are simply murderous without blood." This Wang Erlang must not be provoked in the future, otherwise he will not know how he died. ”

Song Ling'er was in a good mood, wrapped in a blanket and rolled to Wang Yuan's side, leaning against him and laughing to relieve boredom: "Hey, can you sing mountain songs?" ”

"No, it won't." Wang Yuan said.

Song Ling'er said with a smile: "I'll teach you a song, the Zhong family often sings it on June 6." ”

June 6 is the new year of the Zhong family, and it is also a harvest festival and a Valentine's Day.

Wang Yuan was also tired, closed his eyes and took a nap and said, "Sing." ”

Song Ling'er was used to holding knives and arrows, and sang various out-of-tunes of mountain songs: "Come to brew rice wine in June, brew it for my elder brother to drink." Brother, brother, it doesn't matter which slope you run to. As long as Ah Mei has a heart, you have to drink it if you don't want to......"

"Huhuhu......"

Wang Yuan spent the whole day chopping thorns and opening up the road, and at this moment the mountain song turned into a lullaby, and he fell asleep without hearing two sentences.