Liu Ruyan's general Xingyuan was temporarily moved to the top of a small hill, and among the lush trees, a newly abandoned farmhouse yard had been cleaned up by her own soldiers.

The house is rammed earth for the wall, but the top is covered with thatch, now the thatch on the roof has been replaced with new ones, the broken doors and windows have been repaired, the house was originally full of potholes, now all are covered with wooden planks, and then covered with a layer of carpet from overseas, the adobe wall is inlaid with verdant bamboo, the original dilapidated house, in an instant, it will be changed, a rich atmosphere, forcing people to come.

The owner of the house must have only left this year, as evidenced by the green vegetables that still grow tenaciously among the weeds on the slopes in front of the courtyard.

Several strong armed women around Liu Ruyan were originally from authentic rural women, where could they see this? As soon as it was empty, he immediately diligently pulled out the weeds and sorted out these small vegetable gardens.

Liu Ruyan naturally won't do these things.

When he was at home, Li Ze made a few small plots of land to grow some new vegetables. For example, if he has just brought back something new from overseas, he always has to experiment with it himself.

Hoeing, planting, and fertilizing, Li Ze always does it himself.

And Liu Ruyan can only be a spectator, and she doesn't know these things at all. There is nothing else to do except shout and cheer for her husband, and then hand him water and wipe his sweat. If you really want her to do it, it will be far more destructive than constructive.

And now, Liu Ruyan, who is in her spare time, is playing the true character of a foodie.

Holding a cup-like thing rolled up with two paulownia leaves rolled up at the top, a soldier pulled a branch full of small thorns in front of her, which was overgrown with thorns that were either red or black. Liu Ruyan was smiling happily picking off the black thorns and putting them into the paulownia leaf rolls in his hand, and from time to time he would throw a few into his mouth.

It is a wild mulberry-like fruit that tastes more delicious than a mulberry, and of course, it is more difficult to pick, because the plant that produces it is covered with tiny spikes. If you're not careful, you'll prick someone's hand with a few blood spots.

The soldiers originally wanted to complete the previous work for Liu Ruyan, but she only needed to complete the last link, which was to eat. However, Liu Ruyan really wanted to experience the pain and happiness of being taken by his brother Liu Chenglin to pick this kind of thorn when he was a child, and then being pricked with blood on both hands, and insisted on completing it from beginning to end.

But obviously, she would never realize it.

Because the hands and feet of the pro-soldiers were very fast, when one of the pro-soldiers pulled down a thorn strip, several other people immediately rushed up, three times five divided by two, and these people had already given the spikes on the branches to the petals There was not much left. The technique is extremely fast, even if it is because the movement is too fast and the hand is pierced, I don't care.

Therefore, when Liu Ruyan was picking the ripe fruit, there were not many spikes left, so naturally she couldn't pierce her palm.

The paulownia leaf rolls were quickly filled, and Liu Ruyan held a box full of thorns and walked back contentedly. The pro-soldiers left a few people behind and hastily fenced a fence outside the thorn tree.

There are a lot of soldiers on the mountain, don't let some uninteresting people pick up this thing, and when the general wants to eat it again, if he doesn't have to eat, he will inevitably be disappointed. In such a circle, the people who come naturally know that they can't move casually.

When they returned to the hut, Shi Yangmi, the marching commander, and Gong Yunda, the marching horse, were already waiting.

Filling a plate full of thorns in the paulownia leaf rolls, Liu Ruyan asked the two to share her achievements together.

Regarding Liu Ruyan's childlike appearance by chance, the two old and serious ministers picked up one and tasted it, and then began to get to the point.

Liu Ruyan agreed to Yang Mi's plan, but his rear camp was obviously not enough, so a large number of farmers in charge of Gong Yunda also joined the ranks.

"The small number of people left around Ezhou have been relocated by us." Yang Mi said.

"The three tributaries are now starting to take shape and are starting to store water." Gong Yunda continued: "We have also broken several openings in the river embankment, and it only takes a few more days for the water level to rise before the water overflows the embankment, and the strong water flow will make these openings bigger and bigger, and finally achieve the effect we need." ”

"After this incident, is it easy to fix?" Liu Ruyan asked.

Yang Mi and Gong Yunda glanced at each other, and Yang Mi said: "It can be, but it will inevitably take a lot of effort and money, and the damage caused by the flood will be quite large." ”

Seeing Liu Ruyan's hesitation, Yang Mi continued: "But compared to the loss of a large number of our soldiers' lives, Xia Guan feels that it is still worth it." ”

One sentence made Liu Ruyan firm again. Li Ze's philosophy has always been that he would rather eat the loss of money than the loss of others. Over the years, he has tried his best to arm his soldiers even with their teeth, in order to protect the lives of these soldiers on the battlefield to a greater extent, and in order to achieve this goal, at the beginning, almost seventy or eighty percent of the financial revenue was used to fill the bottomless pit of the army.

Of course, this decision, which seemed crazy at the time, also brought Li Ze a rich reward. The well-armed army was invincible and invincible on the battlefield, and gradually made a reputation that made the enemy fearful, but it earned more money for Li Ze to come back.

Now, as the financial plate is getting bigger and bigger, although the army's military expenditure is still rising, the proportion of the whole plate is getting smaller and smaller.

It's great to destroy it first, and then rebuild it! It's just money spent, but if you lose your life, you can't get it back, and the cultivation of a good man will take at least sixteen or seven years!

"In this matter, we must find more experienced people to take the helm, or don't do it, once you do it, you will succeed with one blow, if you don't touch the ground in the end, it will be embarrassing." Liu Ruyan advised: "Li Xiang once said that professional things should be done by professional people, such things as damming and storing water and digging embankments are not something that anyone can do casually, in this regard, you have all arranged it, right?" ”

"The general is relieved. These things have been arranged a long time ago. Gong Yunda said. The land of Huainan is covered with a dense water network, and the talents who are proficient in water conservancy are really a lot of them.

"In that case, let's do it." Liu Ruyan waved his hand and said, "If someone is questioned afterwards, I will bear it." ”

Yang Mi and Gong Yunda didn't say much, and they all bowed their hands and said goodbye.

After this incident, it will definitely be condemned by the world. But this pot is really only carried by Liu Ruyan, and the two of them, no matter who they are, can't afford to carry it.

But they also knew that Liu Ruyan wouldn't care.

Because once Chang'an is taken, Li Ze is self-reliant, and it has almost become everyone's consensus, so when it comes to waiting, Liu Ruyan will be a sure queen, how can the queen still become a leading general? When the time comes, it will naturally be stepped down, so it doesn't matter if this pot is carried by the trend.

Liu Ruyan sent the two out, but saw a horse galloping on the mountain road. When he got close, he saw that it was Liu Shaoye, the head of the internal guard.

"General Liu, what's wrong?" Liu Ruyan looked at Liu Shaoye, who was covered in mud, and asked in surprise.

"General. Under the leadership of Xiang Zhen, the Lingnan Army suddenly sent troops from Jiangxi to Eyue, and had already occupied Daye and other places, and immediately clashed with Qian Biao's troops. Liu Shaoye's face was solemn and authentic. Qian Biao's main force was not there, after the clash between the two armies, Qian suffered a lot of casualties, and the rest was released after disarming the real prisoners, Qian Biao was furious, and was already mobilizing troops and horses, preparing to counterattack. Come to think of it, at this time, the paperwork that Qian Biao gave you is already on the way. ”

"How can such a thing happen?" Liu Ruyan was first shocked, and then refuted and angry: "What do Lingnan people want to do? Rebellion? ”

"General, Xiang Zhen is on this trip, and there are many 20,000 people in his entourage." Liu Shaoye said.

Yang Mi and Gong Yunda were also stunned, and only after a while did they say: "General Liu, the dispatch of 20,000 people is such a big event, why didn't you find any news in advance?" ”

Liu Shaoye bowed and said: "Changshi, we are derelict in our duties, earlier we put all our energy on the military on the Eyue side, and the Jiangnan side has always been peaceful, and in any case, they are also our allies, so we didn't notice their movements." ”

"They want to pick the fruit?" Gong Yunda shook his head and said, "But this fruit is still green." Or do they want to grab land? ”

Liu Ruyan was silent, Liu Shaoye was right about one thing, that is, the Lingnan Army is still a friendly army in any aspect, and their move must have a deep meaning. It's just that she can't think of what she wants to do for a while.

"General Liu, first pass the order to Qian Biao, let him rest quiet and don't use his troops in vain. However, the necessary troop build-up and surveillance must be carried out. ”

"Yes, General!" Liu Shaoye said.

"Arrange for your subordinates to quickly launch an investigation into this matter and see what the other party's intentions are?"

"Obey, I'll do it right away!" Liu Shaoye turned over and got on his horse and galloped down the mountain.

"Yang Changshi, in your name, I will send a letter to Xiang Zhen and order him to stop the march immediately, otherwise, I will be rude to them." Liu Ruyan's voice turned cold, and said: "Eyue is the area in charge of the Right Qianniuwei, when will it be their turn for the Lingnan Army to show off their might!" ”

"Yes."

"Gong Sima, convene the generals of all armies and go up the mountain to discuss matters." Willow like flue.

"Yes. General, what was discussed earlier? ”

"What needs to be done is still to be done."

"Understood."