Lu Ning has seen Zhe Saihua's uncle Zhi Deyuan, and this time, it is the first time he has seen Zhe Saihua's father, Zhi Deyuan.

Zhe De was willing to stay in Xinzhou to lead the army, and Zhe De led his two sons to Jinyang to meet Qi Tianzi.

However, Zhe Deyan should never have expected to see Qi Tianzi on the official road outside Jinyang City and on the bank of Fenshui.

Although he is close to the age of sixteen, he is burly, his voice is like a bell, he is dressed in a three-grade civil official attire, without a piece of armor, he leads his two sons to kowtow, "The minister Zhede is kowtowing, Your Majesty Sheng'an, the emperor's concubine Niang Jin'an!" ”

His eldest son, Zhi Yuxun, was twenty-five or sixteen years old, and his martial spirit was like a sharp sword out of the sheath, and he was skillful at the sight of this young man.

The second son folded Yuqing, but he was twenty years old behind his brother, six or seven years old, followed behind his father and brother, and bowed down with a glance.

Lu Ning looked at this little child, as if this little child had grown up and was quite a great character. When he carried the banner of the Zhejia Army, both the party and the Khitan were in a state of expansion, but under the repeated attacks of the party and the Khitan, he won several great victories, so that Fuzhou has been flying the banner of the Central Plains.

"Get up, today's meeting outside the city is just a matter of homely talk." Lu Ning walked up, smiled and helped up Zhede Wall, and said, "You and my son-in-law, I am not formal today." ”

Zhe De got up slowly, and looked at his daughter hesitantly, although he heard his younger brother Deyuan say that this Qi Tianzi acted unexpectedly, but after all, his younger brother has not seen Qi Tianzi for several years, and the Qi Tianzi that his younger brother saw back then was only His Royal Highness the King of Qi, but now, Qi Tianzi has already sat on the land of Baizhou, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Mo Nan, where can he still use the Qi King of the year to balance?

I want to insist on kneeling and kowtowing a few heads, but Qi Tianzi has a lot of strength, helps him up, and breaks free from the hands of the Son of Heaven? Although it was for kowtowing, it was too rude, so I went to see my daughter's expression.

Then, Zhe Deyan shook his head helplessly, daughter, where would she give herself any signal?

Speaking of which, when her daughter was provincial, she rarely mentioned Qi Tianzi, she abided by the etiquette of the monarch and ministers, and would not ask her daughter about Qi Tianzi's preferences in her own territory.

Lu Ning had already come to Zhe Yuxun at this time, and saw that his scabbard was empty, and the quiver behind his back was also empty, obviously, it was the weapon that was taken down early and handed over to the entourage, and the retinue of the Zhe family father and son, thirty or forty horses, stopped hundreds of steps away.

Lu Ning looked at Zhen Yuxun and smiled, stretched out his hand, "The sword is coming!" ”

Busy with the red guard, he walked quickly and knelt down on one knee, and presented a broad-bladed long sword, but this is not the kind of decoration that the civil and military generals hang on their waists, I am afraid that they have to hold it with both hands to wield it, the sword body is wide and thick, faintly black and red, I don't know how many people's blood has been drunk.

"I used this sword in Huazhou, and I wanted to give it to my Yue Weng, but my Yue Weng is very old, but I hope that he will live in the future, and don't go to battle again! Shilong, this sword will be given to you, Fuzhou barrier, for me to guard for generations to come! ”

Listening to Lu Ning talk about "Huazhou", Zhe De and Zhe Yuxun are all in the same heart, the vicious war of the founding of this dynasty is almost all the Son of Heaven himself, and the Holy Son of Heaven has broken the city several times, the most recent one is to take this Jinyang City, which shook the Northern Regions.

And the battle of Huazhou, is the Holy Son of Heaven personally conquest, defeated the main force of the Qin King Zhao Kuangyin, and sounded the Holy Son of Heaven Ping Qindi, Sichuan Shu, Southern Han Dynasty Zhudi unified the world of a battle, heard the battle of Huazhou, in the arrowstone, the Holy Son of Heaven lifted a three-foot sword, killed dozens of generals of the Qin army, captured countless flags, among them, the soul of the Holy Son of Heaven under the sword, there is the famous Qin general Pan Mei.

"Poof", the giant sword in Lu Ning's hand, inserted in front of Zhi Yuxun, into the ground, all said that the heavy sword has no edge, this giant sword is also cold, dark and blood-red, as if drinking too much blood, it is difficult to wash it at all.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Fold Yuxun fell to the ground, and he didn't dare to look directly at the giant sword in front of him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty loves your children, and the ministers are afraid, guarding the border for Your Majesty, and it is also the duty of the ministers, but the ministers are old, and they come to Jinyang this time to start Your Majesty, and they want to guard the border for generations such as the ministers, and send down grace, and allow the ministers to move inward, go to Bianjing, and live a stable life!" As he spoke, Zhe De also knelt down and bowed to the ground.

Lu Ning smiled, his old father-in-law is really a person who knows how to advance and retreat, with the current thriving situation of the Qi country, sooner or later he will not be able to tolerate the hereditary family rule model of the border army for generations, and he will move inward as soon as possible, which is much more secure than the Son of Heaven will try to reduce the power of the army in the future.

Thinking about it, Lu Ning smiled and said, "This matter will be discussed when I return from the Northern Expedition." ”

If you can defeat the Khitan and take the Youyun Land, or even go further to seize some Khitan prefectures, it is inevitable that the Zhe family will move inward, of course, even if the Zhe family moves inward, it also needs a buffer period, and in a short period of time, Fuzhou still needs to send the Zhe family to send their children out to guard the town.

If the Northern Expedition fails and the army is broken, then it cannot be moved lightly.

"Yes, I obey!" He bowed again.

Lu Ning walked up to Zhi Yuqing, touched the little child's child's head, and said with a smile: "Grow up quickly, and attack Hulu for your brother-in-law in the future!" ”

Stunned, Zhi Yuqing's excited little face immediately turned red, and he nodded vigorously, his eyes full of look and expectation.

Thinking that he is a child, and there is an extremely brave eldest brother in front of him, how much attention can he be paid in the family? Now, but by His Majesty the Son of Heaven, who is highly respected by his father and brother, he is careful and excited, and he is even more childish, and said loudly: "Brother-in-law of the Holy Son of Heaven! I made a note of it! I'll give my brother-in-law a good kowtow! "Lying on the ground and kowtowing, this means that it is sincere now.

Lu Ningwan'er, who was blowing his beard and glaring at his eyes, was a little relieved, but he still reprimanded: "The inferior child is rude!" ”

At this time, in the direction of Jinyang City, a fast horse galloped over, dismounted from a distance, and a female guard took the messenger's hand to play the book, came quickly, and presented it to Lu Ning with both hands.

It's an urgent report from Dengzhou.

Lu Jiang, the head of the Northern Zhulu Water Division, reported that Hu Shang Nasser, who violated the sea ban and wanted to secretly transport illicit salt to Liaobei, was seized by the water division, and Lu Jiang ordered his entire clan to be arrested, and then reported to the Holy Son of Heaven and asked how to deal with it.

The Northern Water Division, mainly the Chaohu Water Division, because from Dengzhou to Suzhou (Lushun) in the Liao Kingdom, is only more than 100 miles, yes, many large river boats can be used, plus the sea ships that are gradually incorporated into the Water Division, the North Water Division is mainly based on large ships, there are hundreds of warships, and the sailors are selected from the elite of each Naval Division, and the soldiers are more than 20,000 people.

This is also the prototype of the first navy of this dynasty conceived by Lu Ning.

However, the rivers and lakes should also be permanent, because in today's world, large lakes and rivers are prone to water bandits if they do not have a deterrent security force.

Of course, like the state soldiers, the river and water armies are also organized into military households, half farmers (fishermen) and half soldiers, and they do not need additional support at all, but are a source of finance.

The premise is that it is a red line that military households and fields are not allowed to be annexed, and in addition, all kinds of supervision systems and measures are in place, so that military fields cannot become a tool for state generals and naval generals to collect money, and ordinary military training cannot be wasted.

The expedition to the north of the water division was recruited by the Chaohu water division to make Lu Jiang in charge.

The Song and the Khitans fought, and each army and horse had its own commander, and they all needed to march and defend according to the formation of the Bianjing Emperor.

However, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and if something happens, the commanders of all walks of life must urgently report to the Beijing division and wait for the next order.

In such a battle, unless the Son of Heaven personally went to the front line to command all the troops and horses, otherwise, where would there be cooperation between the various commanders?

Mo said Lu Ning, in all dynasties, such a system of commanding the army to fight with the enemy country is also extremely rare.

Lu Ning will not be like this.

Therefore, for example, the two army horses on the Hebei front, the Hedong Army and the Hebei Army, Gao Huaide, the commander of the Hedong Army, and Lu Xing, the commander of the Hebei Army, only put forward their strategic intentions to take Luanshui and reject several Han states in Henan.

Moreover, the Hebei battlefield also clarified the command system in which Lu Xing was the principal and Gao Huaide was the deputy.

The same is true of Lu Jiang, the head of the water division, and several water divisions of the Northern Expedition are under his command.

At the same time, after conquering Taiyuan, yesterday, Lu Ning had also sent an order to Dengzhou, ordering Lu Jiang to harass Khitan Suzhou.

The edict was not urgent, and when it reached Lu Jiang's hands, it should have been just when the Qi army soldiers left Yanmen Pass.

However, the sea ban that is only being implemented now should also make the Khitans extremely uncomfortable.

Because in recent years, under the instructions of Lu Ning and the deliberate operation of the East China Sea Baixing, the Khitan people's livelihood has gradually relied on goods from the Central Plains.

After Lu Ning seized the Khitan horses, the sea trade between Qi and the Khitan was almost cut off, and later, the Khitan began to open trade to the Hu merchants to a limited extent, and the Hu merchants bribed the Khitan nobles, and the trade between the two sides became more and more frequent.

In the past two years, Khitan East City has not only traded with the Hu people, but even opened up the trade with Qi merchants.

The goods imported from the Central Plains to the Khitan are all-encompassing, from luxury jewelry to needles and threads, and the goods in the Central Plains are both cheap and of good quality.

In the past two or three years, Hu merchants even trafficked a large amount of salt from the Central Plains to sell, the price of salt in the Central Plains was low, and the bitter taste was greatly reduced, and gradually, Qi salt flooded the Khitan market. Yelu made a lot of money from it, and the sleeping king ignored the government and listened to the words of this cousin, and made many salt households in Youzhou and the coast as serfs in the military state, so that the barn was abundant, and everyone was happy for a while.

At least, in a short period of time, the Khitan land will be greatly short of salt, normal people live well, how much can find a substitute, just wait for the recovery of the salt industry, but the front-line soldiers, if there is a lack of enough salt supplement, then the combat effectiveness will immediately drop a lot.

Although the Khitans also had some ships, they were insignificant in front of the Qi army sailors.

However, Hu merchants made heavy profits, and sure enough, there were really Hu merchants who ignored the sea ban and sent salt to Khitan Suzhou.

Come to think of it, this Hu merchant Nasser is the previous salt storage, this dynasty also has strict control over salt, but a few years ago in order to dominate the Khitan salt market, this is to provide salt to Hu Shang, after the ban on the sea, Hu Shang from the official salt industry has not been able to get salt, since no salt merchant dares to provide so much private salt to Hu Shang, however, the origin of salt, naturally has to be strictly investigated, if it is a large number of salt merchants to provide private salt, it is a shocking case, this is not a good thing.

Hopefully, it's the old inventory of Hushang Nasser.

Lu Ning shook his head, saw that the father and son were still waiting for his orders, and smiled: "Go back to the city." ”