Jinshen and his party successfully arrived at Geyi City and lived in the palace of the prison city. The people of Ge Yi City are very grateful to Jin Shen that even after ascending the throne, they have never forgotten Ge Yi Cheng's efforts and have always supported Ge Yi City's livelihood, so everyone still praises the emperor. When Jin Shen took Ge Yan to drink in the restaurant of Ge Yi City and inquire about his reputation, he found that the prison city still managed Ge Yi City well, and the rewards given by the Carnival Dynasty were also implemented to the people.

Yue Qun looked at the street and sighed a little, this Geyi City has changed a lot compared to the first time he came, and he feels that everyone's life is a little easier. Yue Qun and Jin Shen walked together, discussing what had changed in Geyi City and which had not.

And Ge Yan and Tu Man had already been scurrying in front of one stall after another, Tu Man originally bought food in front of a snack stall with Ge Yan, but when he saw an old man who couldn't carry the flour, Tu Man stepped forward to help him, and Ge Yan immediately put down the things in his hand and ran over to help. Who knew that the old man happened to be the wife of the mother-in-law of the stall they had just eaten, and the mother-in-law specially invited them to sit down to the side in order to thank them, and wanted to cook a bowl of osmanthus stuffed for them to drink.

Ge Yan and Tu Man repeatedly pushed back without success, so they had to sit down and wait for their mother-in-law to cook wine, Tu Man looked at the old man wiping his sweat and resting, and said with some distress: "Grandpa, you move these things in several more trips, if you carry them at one time, you are not only tired but also easy to hurt your waist." The old man responded with a smile, wiped his sweat and said, "A few more times, I'm afraid that the old woman won't be able to do it alone." Ge Yan looked at the busy mother-in-law and the old grandfather and felt that their relationship was really good, but there were no children to help?

Ge Yan directly expressed his doubts, and the old man shook his head and said: "We have two sons, both of whom joined the Flame Army some time ago, so they will stay in the barracks, so there are no young people in the family." But it's good, the two children will send some money back to subsidize our old couple, but I told them no, we are both old, and it is useless to ask for that money······"

The old man and the old woman mentioned that their children were full of pride, but Ge Yan and Tu Man grasped different points from their words, they looked around the street, it is not difficult to find that most of the people running businesses on the street are women and children or elderly people, this young man is indeed rare, Tu Man had to interrupt the old man's words, and asked: "Then the young and middle-aged people here have gone to serve as soldiers?" The old man thought for a while and said, "Yes, most of them went to serve as soldiers." ”

Ge Yan felt strange, why did they all run away to become soldiers, it wouldn't be persecuted, this is not a good thing, she immediately asked the old man and said, "Why did you go, it won't be forced by the prison city!" The old man seemed to have heard something terrible, and immediately shook his head and said, "Girl, don't talk nonsense. There is no compulsion on the Lord of the Prison City, it is all voluntary. It is everyone's honor to join the Flame Army, and the Empress Dowager He was the Flame Army formed in Geyi City, and those who can join the Flame Army are heroes. No, this time everyone followed the emperor to make a contribution to the Han horse. Even with Ge Yi City, he got better. ”

The old man just finished speaking, and got up to move the ingredients, Tu Man felt that it was a little bad after listening to it, young people joined the fire army because of their own enthusiasm and made contributions to the country, but what is the use of leaving this family to stay together? Although the old man said that the child would send money back, another sentence was even more moving, that is: what is the use of guarding the money!

The old woman brought the wine with a smile, Ge Yan and Tu Man immediately got up to take it, Ge Yan put the bowl down and said, "Sister Man, I think the prosperity of this Ge Yi City is fake. Tu Man had to admit Ge Yan's words, such prosperity could not last long. The young and middle-aged people of a city have basically left, and the main labor force here has gone, and even if there is more money and materials, it is useless, and it has lost the foundation of producing money and materials.

The wine is sweet and sour, the thick aroma of the wine wafts far away, and the small balls inside are very soft and glutinous. But at this time, Tu Man couldn't drink it, but Ge Yan felt curious and tasted it, she couldn't help but sigh with satisfaction, she noticed that Tu Man was not in high interest from the beginning, she put a spoon into Tu Man's hand, and Tu Man came back to his senses.

Tu Man looked at Ge Yan who was smiling in front of him, and Ge Yan said softly: "Sister Man, I know what you are thinking, but it's useless for you to worry, we have to find a way to solve it, and when we go back later, we will tell Jin Shen and Brother Yue." Ge Yan looked at Tu Man with wide eyes, waiting for Tu Man to respond.

Tu Man was amused by the cute Ge Yan in front of him, nodded and said, "Okay, let's find a solution when we go back." Ge Yan saw that Tu Man was not bothered, so he lowered his head and continued to drink. Tu Man also ate it, she also had to sigh that this thing was delicious, sweet and sour but not greasy, but a little refreshing, she looked at the energetic Geyan and said, "There is no such thing in the northwest, right?" Ge Yan nodded immediately, his mouth was full, and he gave a thumbs up, and Tu Man smiled even more happily.

Along the way, Geyan brought Tu Man a lot of happiness. Although these places are not as prosperous as Kyoto, they make Tu Man experience a completely different kind of fun. Tu Man felt that he had more smiles in the past two months than he had in the past 18 years.

Jin Shen and Yue Qun walked to Geyan and the others, and they also asked for two bowls of wine. Ge Yan couldn't wait to reflect the scarcity of men in Ge Yicheng with Jin Shen, Tu Man also echoed and explained some of the current situation in Ge Yi City, Jin Shen also looked around, and found that this was indeed the case, he drank the last sip of wine, put down the bowl and said, "Well, let's go back and talk!" ”

Yue Qun nodded, left the money, and everyone got up and went back to the prison city mansion. The lack of strong men in a city reduces its own productivity, which is naturally not conducive to the future development of Geyi City. However, Ge Yan and Tu Man's understanding just now was not comprehensive enough, and the one who knew this place best was still the Lord of the Prison City, so Yue Qun found the Lord of the Prison City.

In the past few days, Jinshen has hardly looked for Jiancheng here, and the Jiancheng Lord wanted to accompany Jinshen at first, but Jinshen refused. At this time, Jin Shen suddenly sent someone to find the Lord of the Prison City, and the Prison City couldn't help but have some doubts, but he was not afraid, because he knew very well that he was managing Ge Yi City very carefully, and the situation in Ge Yi City had been developing in a good direction.

When the Lord of the Prison City arrived, he saluted and said, "Meet the Emperor!" Jin Shen raised his hand and said, "Get up, let me ask you one thing, is there a shortage of men in Ge Yi City now?" "Lord Jiancheng didn't expect the emperor to ask this question, why did an emperor suddenly pay attention to the number of men? However, he immediately replied, "Indeed, most of the men have joined the Flame Army. It was the same more than ten years ago, when everyone went to join the Flame Army. ”

Jin Shen pondered for a moment and said: "This is why, everyone is willing to participate in the Agni Army, in fact, the Agni Army back then was also regarded as a heavy loss. Aren't you chilling? Jiancheng did not agree with the emperor's statement, he said with some pride: "Geyi City has always been a hero city, and everyone is proud to be able to participate in the Flame Army. Empress Dowager He's Fire Army was famous, and joining the army was to contribute to the country, and everyone was proud of it, so everyone also went forward to succeed her. As for the matter of cold hearts, it is the emperor of the cold heart Mu Xi, not the cold fire army. ”

Ge Yan and Tu Man both sighed that it is worthy of Ge Yi City, which occupies half of the Flame Army, but this heart is good, but the development of Ge Yi City is lagging behind after all, which is why it has become more and more difficult to live after Ge Yi City has lacked subsidies from the imperial court for so many years.

Cautious is very grateful to Ge Yicheng for everything he has paid for his mother and himself, and Ge Yicheng's backwardness over the years is also due to the fact that his mother did not deal with it well back then, so I feel that I am more responsible for making Ge Yicheng develop better at this moment.

Although Ge Yan was moved by the heroic enthusiasm of Ge Yi City, the development in front of her was also imminent, so after the Lord Jian Cheng left, she asked Yue Qun: "Brother Yue, can the army let those young adults of Ge Yi City come back?" Yue Qun said with some embarrassment: "It's unlikely, although the country is peaceful now, but we can't let all the young and middle-aged people in Geyi City come back, we must always maintain the number of troops in one country." ”

Jin Shen whispered: "I didn't ask you to let them go, now the Jianian Dynasty is quite stable, what about our disarmament?" Yue Qun still refused to back down, he said firmly: "Your Majesty, you have just ascended the throne and taken disarmament measures, which will make neighboring countries ready to move, so I don't agree to disarmament!" Everyone sighed softly after hearing this, Yue Qun's insistence was not unreasonable, as a general, he had to consider a country's military strength. Now the strength of a country's army represents the strength of a country.

"And what about us recruiting from elsewhere? Replace the people of Goyi City with them. Tu Man, who was sitting on the side, tentatively said what he thought. Jin Shen was very interested in what Tu Man said, and motioned for Tu Man to continue, Tu Man cleared his throat and said: "What I mean is that we can ask each region to ask how many people to join the army every year, so that there will be no situation where the young and middle-aged people in Geyi City occupy most of the army personnel." ”

Yue Qun felt that this could be alleviated, but there must be an appropriate number of people in each region, otherwise there would be too many people asking to join, and a situation similar to that of Ge Yi City would occur in other regions. Jin Shen probably understood what everyone meant, and he agreed with the solution proposed by Tu Man. However, Yue Qun may be more tired in the future, after all, he has to train soldiers.

In the evening, Jin Shen summed up with Yue Qun, customized a detailed plan, and sent someone to send the documents back to the imperial court, so that the prime minister could start to sort out some materials and start to implement such a plan, so that Ge Yicheng could let some young people who were old return to the city and reduce some of the burden on the family.

With these things in mind, they continued their journey to the northwest

Soaring Nation ······

Si Kouxi's belly has been six months old, but her belly is obviously larger than that of ordinary six-month pregnant women. The people around her were very worried, and Yan Shu had to check Si Kouxi's body every few days.

Lan Qiong agreed to be with him because Yan Shu agreed, so he spent more time in the Regent's Mansion. He was also very worried about Si Kouxi's big belly, and when Yan Shu was examining Si Kouxi, he would also ask about the situation. Yan Shu packed her things, looked at Si Kouxi's stomach and said, "Princess, I think you are very likely to be pregnant with two children, you have to be more careful." ”

When you hear it, there may be two children. Lan Qiong was very happy, he felt that he had two nephews, which was really exciting; But Lan Jing was a little distressed, he would rather Si Kouxi was only pregnant with one child, he was completely aware of the inconveniences in her life, some things were difficult for her to complete alone, and she needed the help of others. Therefore, he always hurried back after the morning court, and whenever a minister wanted to keep him to discuss things, he wanted to beat people.

Si Kouxi felt very amazing, she didn't expect that there would be two lives in her belly, and she was looking forward to the arrival of these two children. She often pulls Lan Jing up at night to discuss what gender the child will be, and she hopes it will be a boy and a girl. The boy is the elder brother and the girl is the younger sister, and if so, she can imagine the happiness of the family.

Lan Jing is also said by Si Kouxi every time, full of expectations for the arrival of two little lives in the future. He also shared this joy with Si Kou's family, and Si Kouqing told his mother the good news when he went home, and when Shu Qian heard it, the cup in his hand smashed directly on the ground.

Si Kouqing asked someone to clean up the debris, walked to his mother's side and helped her sit down, and said with some concern: "Mother, what's wrong with you?" Shu Qian waved his hand in a trance and said, "I'm fine, it's just that my hand is slipping." Oh, didn't you say that Xi'er might have been pregnant with two children? Then prepare, I'm going to Dabei Temple to ask for blessings for Xiaoxi. After saying that, he stood up and asked the waiter to prepare the things.

The Si Kou brothers both felt strange, their mother didn't believe much in these things before, but it was probably about to hug their grandson, and they were a little worried, and it was normal to be nervous.

The next day, Si Kouchen followed his mother to the Great Compassion Temple, and the other grandfathers of the Si Kou family felt a little helpless when they came back from the morning court. Why did his mother run so fast, Si Kouzhan also complained, he wanted to go with Shu Qian, and by the way, visit Master Sibei, who he hadn't seen for a long time.

Si Kouqing later prepared to go to the Regent's Mansion to see his sister, and Si Kouzhan simply went to the barracks. The Jianian Dynasty issued a new policy for the army, and the emperor felt that there was merit and planned to study it according to the national conditions, but this required Si Kouzhan, the general, to do a good job of preliminary investigation, so Si Kouzhan went to the military camp to be busy.

Si Kouxi was very welcoming to the arrival of the second brother, and Lan Jing had not returned from the palace yet, so she asked Yan Jia to help her go to the courtyard to sit with her brother. Si Kouqing felt frightened when she saw Si Kouxi, she always felt that her belly was a little bigger, and she really didn't understand how Si Kouxi's two thin legs could support her bulky upper body.

Si Kouxi happily asked his brother how he had time to come and see him, and if the family was okay. Si Kouqing said in a loud voice, okay, she doesn't need to worry about Si Kouxi, just let her take care of herself. Si Kouxi asked, "Why don't you bring Xiao Chen over?" Si Kouqing looked like he didn't mention it, and complained: "Mother took Xiao Chen to the Great Compassion Temple early in the morning, and she didn't wait for me and my father!" Si Kouxi felt strange, why did he go to the Great Compassion Temple.

Si Kouqing pointed to her stomach and said, "Of course, it's for the sake of the two little ancestors in your belly!" Mother went to pray for a blessing. Xi'er stroked her stomach and said, "Second brother, you don't have to have two children, maybe it's just one child, and you're too big." Si Kouqing shook his head and said with certainty: "It must be two, and you don't look at your belly." When my mother heard this, she was stunned and smashed a cup! ”

Si Kouqing felt that it was nothing for his mother to smash the cup, but he was careless, but Si Kouxi didn't think so. It was strange for the mother to be pregnant since she was pregnant, especially when she heard that she had two children and went to pray for blessings the next day.

She pulled Si Kouqing's sleeve, Si Kouqing leaned over with a blank face, and Xi'er whispered in Si Kouqing's ear: "Second brother, do you say that there is a strange illness in our family, is it that I can't conceive a child, my mother has been strange since I was pregnant." ”

Before Xi'er finished speaking, she was softly scolded by Si Kouqing: "Don't talk nonsense, you see how healthy the four of us are, the child in your belly must be healthy too!" Don't think about it, come and eat fruit. Xi'er pursed her lips and didn't continue.

In fact, it's no wonder that Si Kouqing didn't notice it, after all, it was Xi'er who stayed with her mother for a longer time, and Si Kouqing was usually busy with court affairs, so he didn't pay much attention to these.