Sitting on six counties, the forces of the Northern Wilderness are famous in Beiliang. In just one year, he has become a first-class force in Beiliang except for the Sword Sect.

Next, when it was time to reward meritorious deeds, the high-level leaders of the Northern Wilderness gathered together. The territory is bigger, the reputation is louder, and there should still be pomp and circumstance.

The celebration banquet is not about everyone pushing cups around a table, but about not having a small table. Eat your own and drink your own.

Compared with the real royal family, there will definitely be no singing and dancing juggling in the Northern Wilderness. Eight tables for seven people, divided on either side of the lobby. At the front of the middle, there is food and wine, but there is no one.

Su Yun, Shang Wu, Li Ru, Tang Jin, Guanxinghe, Fang Zicheng and Bai He and others were separated. There is no distinction between high and low, and everyone is treated equally.

Fang Zicheng and Tang Jin are slightly younger, and their seniority is not as good as the others. Those who know how to be polite sit at the end on their own, willingly rather than forced by the situation.

Su Yun got straight to the point and said: "Now the Northern Wilderness forces are sitting on the Northern Wilderness County, Huangnan County, Wangye County, Kaixuan County, Hue County, and Guosi County. It is centered on the Northern Wilderness and surrounded by five other counties. Form a formation that can support each other and advance and retreat at the same time. I suggest that external expansion be suspended for the first time, and that the newly captured five counties be stabilized first. It's rare for the county town to hit people's hearts, and we need everyone to continue to work hard. “

No one raised any objections, and Su Yun continued: "Everyone is working for the Northern Wilderness, regardless of relatives and distances. If you have an opinion, feel free to put it forward, and if you have a good suggestion, you can say it as much as you like. ”

Everyone was silent for a moment, and Shang Wu broke the deadlock and said: "The military needs to be expanded, and the Huangtoulang Army still maintains the original structure and recruitment procedures, and the number of personnel remains at about 50,000. If you can win the entire Beiliang, you are considering expanding to a maximum of 300,000. ”

"There are no more elites in the elite, and the Huangtou Lang Army is the elite of the Northern Wilderness. Each county can recruit troops and horses to garrison and summarize them into the Northern Wilderness Army. Relative to the selection requirements, there is no need to be as harsh as the Huangtou Langjun. As for the number of people, it can be determined according to the size of each county. ”

The so-called art industry has a specialty, Su Yun sits in the central government as a whole, and the suggestions put forward naturally cannot be found flawed. Shang Wu mixed up with the military, and his advice was also just right.

Su Yun added: "That's true, since the six cities and counties have been obtained, what do you think about the county guards of each county?"

"You are best at this, you can make your own decisions. Shang Wu said casually.

Others mean the same thing, and Su Yun has always been responsible for official scheduling. At this time, naturally no one came to rob it, and it was not suitable to rob it.

Su Yun said slowly: "The shortage of personnel is the biggest difficulty at the moment, which is why I decided to temporarily slow down my expansion. At present, I will work hard for everyone, Li Ru is in charge of the pot heir county. Fang Zicheng was in charge of Hue County, and Tang Jin was in charge of Kaixuan County. Shang Wu is in charge of Wangye County, Guanxinghe is in charge of Huangnan County, and I continue to be in charge of Beihuang County. “

Su Yun stood up and hugged his fists at everyone and said: "Now there is a shortage of talents in the Northern Wilderness, so please catch all military and government affairs together." But please keep in mind that all of you here are the veterans of the Northern Wilderness forces, and you are by no means the end of the small county guard. When taking charge of each county, always pay attention to the cultivation of successors. Get out as soon as possible, so as not to give in. ”

Seeing that Tang Jin wanted to speak and stopped, Su Yun said with relief: "If the nephew has something to say, we are not outsiders and there is no need to be polite." ”

Tang Jin got up and clenched his fists: "I'm sorry uncles, the younger generation wants to go to the Dragon Abyss to sharpen the blade." Therefore, it is impossible to stay in the Northern Wilderness for a long time. “

"Hahaha, that's a good thing and should be supported. Shang Wu laughed and said heartily.

Others also echoed it, all out of sincerity, without the hypocrisy and grievances on the temple. The more this is the case, the more reluctant Tang Jin is to leave.

Su Yun said empathetically: "Don't get in the way, I have already started to cultivate talents in all aspects." I can go back and choose one person in the Northern Wilderness County, and the cousin should be among the Five Realms as soon as possible, which will be of greater help to the Northern Wilderness. ”

"With your speed, you will definitely be able to catch up with Xingzhen. Trouble the nephew to say a little, after the task is completed, remember to bring the general, Ji Leng and them back. Four or five years have passed, and it is time for these little guys to grow up, and it is time for them to hold up a piece of the world. It just so happens that the Northern Wilderness needs talents, and it can give them enough space to show their strengths. “

Tang Jin clenched his fists: "You must bring the words." ”

Shang Wu muttered to himself, "These little rabbit cubs, it's time to come back." One by one, those who have no conscience do not know to come back. I wasted a year sending dozens of letters, and when they returned, they were collected one by one. “

Li Ru exposed the old bottom in a timely manner, and said with a smile: "I look at you, if they come back, if you don't beat them up one by one, invite me to drink wine for a year." ”

"Phew, it's your business that I'm beating the kids. Shang Wu retorted angrily.

Li Ru smiled, slowly reined in and said: "There will be a shortage of money and food in the early stage, so you can save a little yourself." But it can't be saved on the military, and what should be spent must be spent. It can't be asked for by the common people, just won Chengjun, tax reduction and exemption is the most effective way to buy people's hearts. Do not kill chickens and take eggs for the sake of temporary gain. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Ru stood up and said: "Everyone can rest assured, it only takes one year, and I can leave a surplus in finance." You don't have to tiptoe, you have an idea to implement it. ”

Guanxinghe patted his belly and said, "Since you are all done, I will also talk about it." Wangye County, which was guarded by the Shang Governor, was the only dynasty in the northernmost part of Longxingzhou. Although the Northern Xinjiang Dynasty is not as strong as Dalu, it is also a dynasty. ”

"Northern Xinjiang is good at riding and shooting, and he has always been eyeing Beiliang. Because the Northern Xinjiang Dynasty likes to slaughter cities, the Sword Sect has always blocked the Northern Xinjiang from going south. I am afraid that taking advantage of the opportunity of the change of ownership of Wangye County this time, the northern frontier will find another opportunity to go south. ”

Su Yun nodded and reconsidered: "What Xinghe said is right, the enemies facing the Northern Wilderness now include other forces in the Northern Liang, the Great Lu Dynasty in the south, and the Northern Xinjiang Dynasty in the north. The situation is not optimistic, and we still need to walk on thin ice carefully. ”

"The galaxy is better at marching battles, I don't know what your opinion is?"

Stargazing River was not polite, and said eloquently: "First of all, it is still necessary to point at Beiliang with a strong sword." ”

"The Great Lu Dynasty has the Great Sui to contain it, and it does not dare to make a big move against Beiliang. For the time being, a small amount of military defense is sufficient, and there will be no large-scale battles without taking the initiative to attack. ”

"Wangye County must maintain at least 30,000 Huangtoulang troops garrisoned, and the entire Huangtoulang army will change defenses in a cycle. Strictly guard against the death and attack appropriately, and the attack is not to break through the northern frontier, but to use the northern cavalry as a whetstone. There are cavalry in northern Xinjiang all the year round, and I believe that the combat power of the Huangtoulang army will be on a higher level. ”

"Leave the spare strength and continue to annex Beiliang, the tactics are still the same, long-distance and close-range attack. ”

"Okay, well, use the Northern Frontier cavalry as a whetstone, I like it. Shang Wu clapped his hands in approval and said in a deep voice: "The Huangtou Lang Army must dare to fight, dare to kill, and dare to die!"

The words of the six people decided the trend of Beiliang and affected the trend of Longxingzhou.

But he said that Xingzhen and others passed through a village. Find a home for a night stay. Passing by the door of a farmhouse courtyard, I saw an old woman standing on the door and looking into the distance.

Xing Zhen stepped forward and hugged his fists: "Dare to ask the old man ......" Before the words "can I have a place to spend the night" and other words were not spoken, the old woman grabbed Xingzhen's arm.

The old woman's speed is not fast, and the punishment can be easily dodged. It's just that the old man needs to hold the door when he stands, stretching out his trembling and wrinkled palms, which is even more difficult. Xing Zhen didn't dare to dodge, for fear of dodging the old man.

If you have old arms and legs, if you fall down because of a mistake. I'm afraid that for the rest of the day, I can only lie in bed. Therefore, Xing Zhen let the old woman grasp and hold the old man's arm.

The old woman choked and even twitched her shoulders, but not a single tear flowed from her cloudy eyes. It's not that the old woman is pretending to cry, but the tears are dry.

"Son, you're finally back. I have been waiting for my mother to come back day and night, and every morning after getting up, the first thing I do is stand at the door and look at it from afar. This look, I see until it gets dark, and this look, I forget 1,203 days and nights. Son, why are you so hateful, leave your mother alone?"

Xing Zhen was stunned and didn't know how to answer on the spot, and Pu Gongling and the puppy cub were also very cooperative and didn't make a sound.

The old woman suddenly remembered something, and wiped her face without tears. Pulling hard Xing Zhen said: "Why are you still standing outside when you get home, let's go and go into the house quickly." ”

Xing Zhen couldn't break free from the old man's palm, fearing that he would be strained. Therefore, I followed the old woman and walked into the courtyard slowly.

The old woman kept saying: "My son likes to eat fish, but because my mother is old, she can't go down to the river to catch fish, and she doesn't have the money to buy fish." The neighbors were pitiful for their mothers, and they didn't want to eat the fish they sent. Wash it, sprinkle it with salt, dry it into dried fish, and wait for it to come back and eat. After a while, I will make salted fish cakes for my mother. ”

"There is not only salted fish, but also bacon and dried beans, and I will make a bacon fried dried beans. ”

"Don't be too much, there are also dried chicken, dried mushrooms, you can make small chicken mushrooms. There are also duck jerky and goose jerky, which are all sent by the villagers during the New Year's Festival. My mother can't eat much by herself, and the rest is dried and eaten later. ”

The old woman was worried that her "son" would not believe it, so she turned a corner and pulled Xingzhen to the side storage room. The moment the door was opened, Xing Zhen, Dan Gongling, and the puppy showed shocked faces at the same time.

The whole room was full of dazzling colors, hanging all kinds of dried meat and vegetables. There was a whole pig, meat strips and pieces of meat, etc., no less than twenty pieces if you counted them carefully. The whole one-foot-long carp is full of thirteen. There are a lot of others, unlike the old woman who said that the family has no money.

Xing Zhen stretched out his hand and shook it twice in front of the old woman, but the other party did not react. The teenagers knew that although their eyes were open, they could not see the world around them.

Surprisingly, the old woman accurately pointed to all the jerky and so on.

"That pig is the only one left in the family when you left. Ask the people in the village to help slaughter it, and the internal organs such as heart and liver are counted as payment. The rest of the whole pig was salted by me and then made into bacon, and I waited left and right until I came back, and I never moved here. ”

"That piece of back elbow meat is the pig killed by the old Wang's family next door. It is said that the children are at home, they are helping them write couplets, letters, etc., and they don't get paid for it. Now that my son is not at home, I can't forget my roots, my old woman has no children to take care of, and the big guy should come to help take care of one or two. “

"The biggest one is the rooster, which was sent by the old Zhang family in the back street during the Mid-Autumn Festival. “

The old woman poured beans into the bamboo tube and counted the origin of each piece of meat, and even a bunch of walnuts hanging in the corner, which looked like a dozen. The old man can not only accurately point out the location, but also remember the year and day when someone sent it.

After getting tired of it, he patiently advised: "Son, this is a human favor that must be remembered, and it must be returned." Whether you are a big official or a beggar, favors will not change with your status and be worthless. For my mother, I don't ask you to repay ten times and a hundred times, and I don't need you to deliberately repay. ”

"You have to take these favors to heart and give them when they need help. As for daily life, you should walk around like you should walk, and you don't need to deliberately avoid it. ”

The old man closed the door of the storage room and dragged Xing Zhen to the house where he lived. The mouth has not stopped: "You have to keep in mind what your mother said, and when your mother is old, I can't remind you." It's up to you to remember it, and you must not forget it. ”

"Sit down, don't move, I'll go get you some water to drink." Although my mother's eyes are not good, I remember that there is a pit at home. When I come back from afar, I just rest. ”

Xing Zhenmu Ne always felt that something was wrong, and the moment the old man turned around, he suddenly realized. He grabbed the old man's arm and asked, "Listen to the people you are talking about, and the meat and vegetables sent by the neighbors are all hung in the storage room." Don't you always have a bite to eat?"