"Be myself?" When Zhang Ning heard this, he suddenly froze and muttered to himself, and his eyes couldn't help but be a little polished all of a sudden.

She was deeply touched by this sentence.

For many years, she herself has forgotten what kind of person she is.

She raised her head, her beautiful eyes flashed with tears, looked at Mu Jing's firm face, bit her lip, and said softly: "I was born in a turbulent era, my father taught me since I was a child, no matter what I do, everything is just for a better life, I'm afraid I can't remember what I was like!" ”

"Don't remember!"

The corners of Mu Jing's mouth slightly outlined a smile, the smile was so natural, he gently held Zhang Ning's hand, and said: "What is thinking in your heart, then do it, don't be afraid of the eyes outside, don't avoid the talk of the world, your future husband, although he can't say anything yet, he can also hold up a piece of the sky for you!" ”

Zhang Ning was a little silent, but his tears couldn't help but drip down.

This feeling, she felt very warm, warm like never before.

Once upon a time, she could be like a little girl, splashing and rolling, but since her father died, she has been wandering around, the four seas are home, and with the Mujing conquest of the Quartet, there is no peace of mind, as if it is rootless and drifting, floating wherever it goes, even if it is.

Now, someone is finally willing to hold up a piece of the sky for her, and suddenly, the ice-like protective shield she has built for many years is gone, revealing a soft smile: "I'm happy, really, no matter what I do, I'm happy!" ”

It was Mu Jing's turn to be a little speechless.

This woman is more emotional than intellectual.

He has always worked hard to create a good environment for the people around him.

When Makiyama died, his heart was filled with grief and indignation.

The kind of person who wants to protect his relatives, but in the end he can't do anything, and he has no choice but to accept this cruel result, which is as if countless flames are burning his heart, and he has a feeling of pain all the time.

Now the only ones who can be regarded as relatives are Cai Yan and Zhang Ning, and Cai Yong can only be regarded as half.

He hopes that Cai Yan and Zhang Ning can do what they like.

Even if this world is not very friendly to women, he still hopes that neither Cai Yan nor Zhang Ning will be restrained by the times and can live a life of oneself.

"Don't pay attention to other people's eyes, do whatever you like, be my Mujing's wife, you just need to be your truest self, you can do it!" Mu Jing said in a deep voice.

"This is who I am!"

Zhang Ningyang raised the embroidery in his hand, and his voice suddenly became as gentle as water, and said: "I haven't read much since I was a child, and I don't have the same as Sister Zhaoji, I have learned unparalleled, and I have my own splendid country, in fact, since I was a child, I wanted to be a simple girl, and those ordinary girls, learn female commandments, learn tea art, learn embroidery, learn knitting female workers, but this is the world negative me, my father has said since I was a child, people first want to learn to survive, I don't want to be his burden, so I chose to practice martial arts, But in fact, I don't like martial arts, and I don't like the cold battlefield! ”

Mu Jing raised his head, looked at Zhang Ning's bright eyes, after so many years, it turned out that he still didn't know her well enough, thinking that she had a good talent for martial arts and the courage to command troops, so he thought that she didn't like some cumbersome things.

In fact, Zhang Ning is different from Cai Yan, Cai Yan is round on the outside and square on the inside, and has been bound by rules since she was a child, but she seems to have a wild beast roaring in her heart, she hopes that she can be a woman who is not attached to a man like a man.

But Zhang Ning, she has experienced a different story since she was a child, the toss of the troubled times, the death of her father in battle, the life that she can't control, and the survival like a drift, which makes her sensitive heart beat all the time.

She can't trust others, but she longs for someone to rely on, to be ordinary, to have a husband to rely on.

At this moment, Mu Jing's heart ached.

That year, she wanted to treat herself as an object she could rely on, but she changed overnight, and when she was going to marry Cai Yan, what a blow it was to her.

"I Mujing swears by my ancestors and ancestors of my Mu clan, in this life, you will not leave, I will not give up, life will be the same road, death will be the same cave, I will never abandon you for any reason, if there is a disobedience......"

His mouth was gagged, and he couldn't say the rest of the words.

"Don't say it!"

Zhang Ning will be domineering like a dragon Zhang Ning, she covered Mu Jing's mouth vigorously, and said in a low voice: "Don't say it!" ”

Her sensitive heart is even more afraid of this world for survival, too many times, people are for the survival of many people, and finally she can't help it, if one day, Mu Jing sacrifices herself again for the sake of the overall situation, she is not willing, and he will be punished for this.

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After messing around in the small courtyard for a while, pointing out someone's embroidery works, and by the way, when I saw that the little beauty was shy, I casually ate some tofu, and then I was driven out by Zhang Ning, who was red-faced.

The date of the wedding has been set, and before the end of the year, in November, there is still more than a month left before now.

But the more this is the case, the more shy Zhang Ning becomes, usually eating some tofu, it is harmless, and now if he says a few words of meat, he will be kicked out, not to mention that he wants to spend the night in the West Chamber.

was kicked out, Mu Jing boasted that he still had a family, and he was not afraid, so he ran to find his daughter-in-law, this old husband and wife, it is not too much to keep it warm, but Cai Yan's nose is too sensitive.

He inadvertently dyed a little rouge gouache on Zhang Ning's body, which didn't directly knock over the vinegar jar, and then he was kicked out.

This woman is generous and decent when she speaks, but she is stingy by nature.

Mu Jing prides himself on being a good man in this era, but in the end he had to capsize and could only sleep in the library.

The next day, he went to order it with a panda eye.

"Didn't my lord sleep well last night?" As Zhaoming Pavilion left and right, Huo Yu and Zhuge Xuan were very concerned about Mu Jing's body, and when they saw his weak appearance, they asked with concern: "Do you want to ask the doctor to take a look!" ”

"No!"

Mu Jing waved his hand, he was a little embarrassed to say that he was simply dissatisfied with his desires, and then he was kicked out of the inner courtyard and couldn't sleep all night.

"Is there anything important today?"

Mu Jing pinched the bridge of his nose and asked.

Huo Yu and Zhuge Xuan, as clerks beside him, are equivalent to the status of secretaries, arranging his itinerary, arranging the people to meet, and arranging everything properly.

"Dong Cao wants to report on the assessment of the officials in the counties of Ba County!" Huo Yu flipped through the scroll.

"In addition, Xi Cao also wants to discuss the matter of taxation with the lord, hoping to count the taxes that can be collected at present!" Zhuge Xuan also spoke.

"Also, the six doors have been established, and now they are recruiting to arrest quickly, but the position of the head of the six doors, Master Liu and Bing Cao disagree, although Bing Cao is also controlled by the South Study, but it is already subordinate to the Beiwutang Gate, and now Xi Sima has discussed it with Master Liu, the position of the head of the six doors still needs to be discussed with the lord again!"

The two of them spoke one after another, and as soon as they spoke, it was endless, as the lord, it was impossible for Mu Jing to have free time, as long as he had a little time, he would be entangled in all kinds of things.

"If it's not something very important, give me a push!"

Mu Jing opened his mouth, and he said in a deep voice: "Inform Beiwutang that I want to go north to Yufu and inspect Jingping Water Division!" ”

The water division is the top priority, although Gan Ning is capable, but his prestige in the pastoral system is too great, this water division is built by Zhang Liao, and the generals are blessed to Zhang Liao, but they are not very respectful to Gan Ning, who surrendered to this thief, but was suddenly promoted to a high position.

These few months have passed, and he is still a little worried about what has happened to the water master.

"The lord wants to leave Jiangzhou?" Huo Yu frowned: "At this time, it's not suitable!" ”

"It's only been a few days!"

Mu Jing said softly: "It can be regarded as avoiding the limelight, this Hu Kongming runs fast, if I don't dodge again, I will become the target of his old man Cai!" ”

Cai Yong has worked hard to develop the state pastor in the past few days, but he has no heart, he has dug the state pastor too cleanly, he has no available people, no available money, and even the soldiers and horses can't move, and he has a reputation that can't bring the situation.

So he came to the Minghou Mansion several times to complain about the autumn wind, this old guy looks pedantic, but he is also a person who has lost face, and he is really unkind to be a person who can mix in the political field, and he is a little entangled by him and can't stand it.

"Then I'll arrange it!"

Zhuge Xuan nodded.

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In the afternoon, Mu Jing left Jiangzhou City, went north, first went to Baidi Mountain, Baidi City has now become a huge military town, Jingping First Army, Modao Battalion, Black Armor Battalion, Chongshan Battalion, Flying Bird Battalion, one by one military camps are continuous, and the battle flag is flying.

"Run for me, ten laps of the school field, I can't finish the run, and I don't have anything to eat at night!"

"There has never been a coward on the battlefield, the military order is like a mountain, whether it is tired and unable to lift the strength, or fainting from hunger, as long as the war drums are still beating, then you can only move forward, forward, and move forward again!"

"Thorn, receive, stab, receive, triple stab, receive!"

"The bow should be held steadily, the pace should be solid, in such a posture, maintain it for an hour, who can't support it, train for another day!"

“……”

Entering the White Emperor City, you can hear the sound of shouting, there are countless schools here, and you can see the men of the shepherd army who are sweating, and their blood is boiling.

"Good!"

Mu Jing was very satisfied to see this scene.

"It's good!"

Xi Zhicai looked a little bitter: "But every day I train, my grain depot has been emptied a lot, which is simply more than the consumption on the battlefield!" ”

Ordinary soldiers, training every ten days, the consumption on weekdays is not large.

But every day of training, nutrition must keep up, the most basic and basic, food must be maintained in sufficient quantity.

Yizhou is not poor, even if he conquered Jingzhou before, the foundation left by Liu Yan is still relatively thick, enough for Yizhou to support for a period of time, Mu Jing can be regarded as a smooth takeover, and it did not affect too many waves, so he has a lot of capital.

But no matter how thick the capital is, it can't withstand his toss like this.

"Born in troubled times, with strong military support, it is the right way!" Mu Jing said softly: "Why can't we be poor for you, we have to support you if we are frugal!" ”

"In fact, there is no need to waste so much, although the daily training is effective, it can cost too much, and the combat effectiveness has indeed grown, but it may not have crossed too much, I calculated the account, raising these more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, I am afraid it is already more expensive than raising hundreds of thousands of troops!"

Xi Zhicai said in a low voice.

"No!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "The accounts are not calculated like this, make the best use of things, my Yizhou is just a hundred wastes to be rebuilt, the reduction of troops is for more manpower to be put into production, and soldiers, you must do a good job of the duties of a soldier, a battlefield veteran, comparable to three new soldiers, you compare it like this, the combat effectiveness of the pastoral army is not very high, but from the collective point of view, it is different, any of the princes of the party, can not do it like us, all for professional soldiers, collective combat effectiveness, we will be a lot higher than them!" ”

"You always have a reason to make me speechless!" Xi Zhicai smiled bitterly.

"That's because I stand for justice!"

Mu Jing was proud.

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After just staying in the White Emperor Mountain Mujing for a day, after a brief inspection, Xi Zhicai and Huang Zhong did a good job, the combat effectiveness of the entire White Emperor City Military Town is constantly improving, and it will not take long to climb to the peak of combat effectiveness.

On the second day, Mu Jing and Xi Zhicai, Huang Zhong, under the protection of a fighting ship, went up the river.

The boat traveled for two days before it arrived.

Yufu County is the border city of Yizhou, along the Yangtze River, it is the territory of Jingzhou, the pastoral scenery in Yizhou dry wind and water, Liu Biao in Jingzhou is also bold, began to sort out the place, adjust the troops, from Jingzhou City has been along the river to arrange no less than tens of thousands of troops, ready to prevent the Yizhou army from entering again.

"The Jingping Water Division under the command of Beiwutang, the Zhonglang General Gan Ning, and the generals and officials of the Jingping Water Division, meet the lord!"

Gan Ning was waiting at the pier.

In the past few months, he seems to have lost a lot of impetuousness, replaced by a calm bearing, which shows that he has grown up rapidly in the army.

"No need to be polite!"

Mu Jing stepped off the fighting ship, his eyes swept over, looking at the distance, the warships moored, and more than 10,000 sailors were waiting in formation, at least from the surface, it looked like it was presentable, and he felt quite a little in his heart: "Xingba, it seems that you have trained the sailor well!" ”

"The last general will not dare to live up to the lord's hopes for the last general, and will wait for the lord's inspection at any time!"

Gan Ning's mood was excited.

Death for a confidant.

Mu Jing knew him, and with him, he trusted him almost unreservedly, this kind of trust is very rare, and it is something that a water coward who has been crisscrossing the country for many years expects but cannot get.

Although he Gan Ning is in Ba County, he has a slight name, but he is only a thief's name, and not too many people are willing to trust him, but Mu Jing is willing, which is enough.