The mother and son talked for a long time, but they even forgot to eat dinner, and when their stomachs rumbled and they came to their senses, it was already dark, and Concubine Xuan hurriedly recruited someone to Zhang Luo for dinner, but Duan Zhong asked at the dinner table: "Queen Mother, where is my father now?" ”

Concubine Xuan said: "Your Majesty, he is no longer in the palace, since your brother captured the entire Southern Liang, this Dali has expanded its territory and reached an unprecedented peak, and our Dali naturally can't go down in such a corner of peace, your father is presiding over the overall situation in Changsha Mansion at the moment, and is not in Dali City!" ”

Duan Chongyan nodded when he heard this, if it continues to develop according to this momentum, this Dali will naturally not be able to continue to stay in this cool corner, if you want to govern such a large country, you must move the country to the center, this village has built such a large territory, but there are not so many good ministers to govern, naturally we need to be in person with Emperor Zhengkang, this Central Plains region has Emperor Zhengkang, the people naturally do not dare to rebel easily, it should be able to stabilize the rule quickly.

And at meal time, Duan Zhong asked a lot of information from Concubine Xuan's mouth, his mother Concubine Xuan Niangniang is the princess of Daliang Kingdom, at this moment Nanliang was destroyed by Dali, and his heart was naturally very gloomy, and because of this relationship, this Concubine Xuan's mother was also snubbed in the palace, and she had nothing to do in the palace every day, and could only rely on needlework to live.

During the banquet, Concubine Xuan's mother mentioned that Duan Zhuang led the troops to fight in the limelight recently, and she was the hero and model of the entire Dali, and Emperor Zhengkang was old, and the abdication was already something that could be seen, and there was no doubt that Duan Zhuang was expected by the people and the people, for Concubine Xuan's words, Duan Zhong knew, because in this way, this Zhuang was naturally going to be made the prince, and Duan Chong lost the qualification to ascend the throne. is also gloomy about his son's loss of hope, and Duan Chong is naturally clear about his mother's good intentions, but Duan Chong has never had the idea of beating this emperor, but he disappointed Concubine Xuan, and Duan Chong didn't care about these.

So talking to Concubine Xuan at the dinner table, and walking around the palace with her mother at night, gossiping, and spending a day very leisurely, when it was late, Concubine Xuan Niangniang should go to sleep and rest, Duan Chong said at the gate of Concubine Xuan's palace: "Queen Mother, I will rush to my brother tomorrow, and I will say goodbye to my mother tonight!" ”

Concubine Xuan was stunned at first when she heard this, but she sighed helplessly, as if she had expected it: "I know that with your child's temperament, you can't stay in the palace, go ahead!" If you go now, will you be able to catch your brother's wedding? ”

Duan Chong sighed and said goodbye to his mother, but he went out of the palace directly, and did not stay in the palace of Dali, and only when he left Dali City did Duan Chong turn his head and take a look at the city where he had been living since he was born, but he turned his head and rushed towards the east.

Duan Chong's speed on foot now has exceeded that of fast horses, and there will not be much consumption, this is the benefit of grandmaster-level masters, but replenish energy anytime and anywhere, there is no need to deliberately meditate and practice, and it only took one day, Duan Chong has already left Dali, and came to the land of the original Nanliang, to be exact, this is already the territory of Dali, along the way, Duan Chong did not see too many refugees, nor did he see any uprisings, rebels, it seems that after Dali took over the territory of Nanliang, It is very stable in governance, ensuring the lives of the people, this is the foundation of the country, as long as the people are fed and drunk, who will care who you are the emperor and what is the surname of the world?

When passing through Changsha Mansion, Duan Chong hesitated slightly for a while, but he did not enter the city. Although Duan Chong knew that his Laozi and Dali's Zhengkang Emperor were in this Changsha Mansion, Duan Chong still chose ...... No, I don't know why? Duan Zhong felt that the distance between himself and his Lao Tzu was already ...... Farther and farther away, Duan Chong felt that he didn't seem to be the prince of an emperor, but the pawn of this emperor, in order to give Dali a reason to send troops, this is that Emperor Kang can keep suppressing the news that he is still alive, and even his wife and children don't know, this kind of behavior is too cruel for Duan Chong, so Duan Chong didn't want to see his own Laozi, so he directly bypassed Changsha Mansion and continued to travel east.

And on this eastbound road, the west of Changsha Mansion is Duanzhuang in the past half a year to lay the territory, public security is naturally not as good as the land west of Changsha Mansion that has been governed for two years, the refugees are obviously much more than the original, but still within the acceptable range, and along the way in the city, the Dali army while accepting the exiled young and middle-aged men to enlist, while distributing food to the refugees, has won a lot of goodwill of the people, and for those wanton gangsters, it is merciless killing, bound to do the grass and eradication, Therefore, there will be no large number of chaotic troops at all, which is very in line with Duan Zhuang's style, and in fact, this has been the last half a year, Duan Zhuang has carried out Huairou and iron blood to the end, you are obedient, naturally nothing happens, but if you are disobedient, then you can only die, and it turns out that this kind of technique is the most effective.

Duan Chong spent six days, and finally rushed to Jiangnan, at this moment, Duan Zhuang was in Nanjing City to show his wedding, Duan Chong did not plan to go to Duan Zhuang first, but first returned to the valley of the snowy night Phoenix, for Duan Chong's return, the people in this valley expressed great joy, but not too much surprise, because Duan Chong's news Zongzi has been responsible for transmitting, so Su'er and others are not worried about Duan Chong's safety, so after greatly expressing their parting feelings, Duan Zhong finally settled down in the valley, made out with his wife, and hugged his son Xiao Duan Xuan.

And when Duan Chong was holding Xiao Duan Xuan, Duan Chong found that Su Er and Liao Jiajia's eyes were full of ...... Vinegar, Duan Zhong suddenly realized in his heart that this human-making project should be ...... continued, and after making out with his family, Duan Zhong knew that he had a lot of things to do, first met Cui Rixing and Tie Dan, these two people are two workaholics, since they returned to the valley half a year ago, they have been working hard to build cannons and explosives, and Tie Dan continued to carry forward his talent as an inventor and reformer, and actually improved the composition of gunpowder, which increased the power of the bomb by more than three percent, and the safety has also been greatly improved.

After hearing the report of Cui Rixing and Tie Dan, Duan Zhong couldn't help but sigh, which world is full of talents! If you put the iron egg in the world above you, maybe it would be another Newton or Einstein, but Duan Chong confirmed his conjecture from Cui Rixing's mouth, Duan Zhuang really obtained the method of making this cannon from Cui Rixing in his own name, which is also an inevitable thing, Duan Chong just wanted to confirm it.

And this snowy night phoenix valley is also going on a virtuous circle, under the careful research and development of Tie Dan and Cui Rixing, each "poison dagger" is well-equipped, and the body is equipped with a condensed version of the "bomb", shaped like a black bead, only the size of a thumb, although the power is only three percent of an ordinary bomb, but it is enough to kill a four-stage martial arts master, and this black bead is good in small size, can be carried in large quantities, and the "poison dagger" in this valley has as many as 3,000 people, each person is equipped with ten "black beads" What a terrifying power, and there are as many as three hundred cannons in the valley. Although it can't be compared with the cannons under Duan Zhuang, these cannons have been modified and are more powerful, which is already the limit of Cui Rixing and Tie Dan in the past six months.

Seeing that everything was working well in the valley, Duan Chong also became relieved, and at this moment, Ji Wuchang, who was in Jiangnan, also integrated the shopping malls in Jiangnan with the help of Duan Zhuang, as if he already had the situation of the second Wei Zhigao Wei Master, and a lot of silver in his hands continued to flow in, ensuring the continuous expansion of the entire valley, and now the silver on Duan Chong's body can really be said to be rich and rival the country.

And Duan Zhong is more concerned about what has happened in the past six months, and Jiang Mingchen is 1510 told Duan Chong completely, it turns out that after this Zhuang captured Nanliang, he was not in a hurry to go north, but first consolidated the rule of the government's large territory, in just half a year, the number of troops has expanded rapidly, in this half a year, Dali has transferred 20,000 soldiers and horses, and although the territory of Nanliang has withered after years of war, Duan Zhuang dug out nearly 80,000 horses, Duan Zhuang's method of recruiting soldiers is very simple: you should not be a soldier, inappropriate, kill, be not a soldier, be.

In this way, Dali's 40,000 military horses plus the 80,000 military horses conscripted, there are 140,000 troops, plus the cannons and gunpowder that are constantly manufactured, if it really goes north, within a month, it will definitely be able to bulldoze the entire Northern Liang, and the most important thing in the south of the Yangtze River is grain and silver, when the Southern Liang went north, only took away the silver in the treasury, but the grain could not be taken away, so all became the supply of the army, and it was not a problem to support the 140,000 army for three years, and in this half a year, Duan Zhuang used a combination of iron and blood to consolidate his rule.

In this way, it seems that everything is ready, only to go north, and at this time, the North Liang is to send the South Liang Princess Izumo over, to be friendly, and Duan Zhuang actually agreed, it is said that this Zhuang was not willing at first, but it was agreed under the strong request of Emperor Kang, and at this moment in the city of Nanjing, a grand wedding is being prepared, Princess Izumo went to Nanjing City a month ago,