Chapter 33: The Mind of the Grass

Listening to Liqiu's words, looking at Yaoshan City, which was still barely self-sufficient, Xu Yuan couldn't help but feel a burst of admiration for Ren Qiu in his heart, in this era when everyone was corrupt, he used his own efforts to keep the people of Yaoshan from being displaced as disaster victims, and now the Great Zhou Kingdom is poor and weak, and what he needs is such a person! He bowed his head and said to the little Liqiu: "Your father is a hero, when he mutinied, if it wasn't for your father to stabilize the army's morale in time, I'm afraid Da Zhou would have died a long time ago, when I was in the military camp, I was fortunate to see your father's bravery, but he was framed by traitors, and he would have become what he is now." Liqiu shook his head, his eyes were full of spring outside the city, "I can't imagine what my father looks like as a general, my father was demoted as soon as I was born, and my uncle said that it was me who killed my father." ”

How can you believe what the fat-headed and big-eared king said? Xu Yuan poked his head: "Can you believe your uncle's words?" Don't you know that he is a man who does not see long? Don't listen to him, your father, it's all thanks to your little lucky star that you can get out of the way, you are a lucky star. Xiao Liqiu smiled sweetly: "Brother Yuan, I like to talk to you, unlike my father, who always asks me about books." Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "You like me so much, or you will recognize me as a godfather." The child just shook his head and continued to look at the scenery, Xu Yuan had to secretly eat this secret loss.

Turning to the sky will be dark, the cold wind gusts, Liqiu is wearing thin, shivering a little in Xu Yuan's arms, Xu Yuan felt his change, so he took off his coat and put it on him, and when he arrived at the house, he saw that Zhaoqian and Ren Qiu had already sat down, and the guests and hosts were happy, and they were full of joy. During the banquet, Zhao Qian once again mentioned that he wanted Ren Qiu to accompany him to rebel, but Ren Qiu still smiled and resigned, only talking about drinking, and never talking about rebelling with him. At this time, the vine grass couldn't stand it anymore, she pinched Ren Qiu, and his face was ugly for a while, "What are you still hesitating about?" Wouldn't there be a way to survive without rebellion? Ren Qiu looked at his wife in surprise, "What do you know, I'm not confused when I'm young, I'm not old enough to be able to fight and kill in front of the battle, am I a person who hesitates for personal life and death?" ”

The banquet instantly became a little embarrassed, Xu Yuan didn't know whether to praise Mrs. Ren for being decisive or saying that she was reckless at this time, this matter was put on the bright side, in fact, everyone couldn't get off the stage, and then looked at Zhao Qian, he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, he looked at Ren Qiu with a smile, as if waiting for him to say something, but he didn't say, "Actually, Brother Ren is also worried about his wife at home, where will he let your sister-in-law fight with him?" "Mancao tilted his head to look at Ren Qiu, he just looked away, didn't admit it or deny it." I, Wang Mancao, have been married to you for more than ten years, and I never thought that one day I would become a burden to you, since you think that you can't concentrate on your career with me, then I will carry Liqiu today to report to the king of Hades first, and then come down to find us when you are famous! ”

After saying this, he drew a knife to kill himself, Ren Qiu was frightened and hurriedly snatched the knife: "What are you doing, we have been married for more than ten years, I never thought of leaving you, and now you want to abandon me... You put down, put down the dagger, I promise you whatever you say. There were tears in Mancao's eyes: "I know that you have been sullen since you degraded yourself and came to this county, and my useless brother also came to you to seek an official position, and your relationship has stiffened after you rejected him, I know!" If you are not happy here, then you should go to your battlefield, why waste your ambitions here, you have been with me for ten years, I don't want you to be like this for the rest of your life. Any Qiu Jian stepped forward and grabbed the knife, and the husband and wife hugged their heads and cried.

After a while, the two of them dried up their bitter tears for so many years, and Ren Qiu stood up: "Lord Wang, I am willing to saddle the horse before and after the horse, go out for the prince, cleanse the world, and return you a peaceful and prosperous world." Zhao Qian got up: "I've been waiting for the general's words." After that, the three of them came to the study together, and Zhao Qian asked the two: "Two generals, now that Neiqiu and Yaoshan have become my city, where are we going to attack next?" Ren Qiu asked, "How many soldiers and horses do we have?" Xu Yuan replied: "With the addition of 2,000 in Yaoshan City, we only have 7,000 men and horses, including 2,000 infantry, 1,000 artillery battalions, and 4,000 cavalry. Ren Qiu shook his head and moved his hand away from the map: "This bit of soldiers and horses, I'm afraid that even if you capture the city, you can't defend it." ”

The candle shadow flickered, and the shadow reflecting the emaciated young man was also elongated: "The general means that it is not appropriate for us to expand now. Ren Qiu nodded: "Since the heart of the prince is to annex the world now, then he can't rush for quick success, although there are many disasters in the world, but the number of qi is not exhausted, there are not no people who can fight well, since they want to fight, then they can't lose a game." Zhao Qian nodded: "What you said makes sense, so let's do it, give me one night, I want to look at the account books and population books in your county, you two go to rest first, it's not early, tomorrow, come to the room to find me, let's continue to talk about what to do next." ”

Early in the morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Xu Yuan crawled out of the quilt and saw that Liqiu was already practicing martial arts, so he went over to see him. I saw that this kid was sharp in every move, but it was like a good material for practicing martial arts, so he asked out loud: "Why did you get up so early to practice?" Liqiu looked back at him, and his mouth pouted: "Dad said, hard work is only when I am a teenager, I have to get up every day to practice, unlike Brother Yuan, who sleeps until this time." Xu Yuan saw that this sharp-toothed man dared to say that he was lazy, so he gritted his teeth and threatened him: "Believe it or not, I will give your father a few military books, I bet with you, he will definitely let you endorse it!" When Liqiu heard this, he turned his head angrily and continued to practice.

When I arrived in the house, I saw Zhao Qian lying on the desk sleeping and hadn't woken up yet, Ren Qiu had already arrived, Xu Yuan poked him with his elbow: "Liqiu is very hardworking, and he can see that he is a good seedling for martial arts." Ren Qiu's eyes stopped at Liqiu in the courtyard: "He was frail and sick when he was a child, and he almost didn't survive several illnesses, and later taught him to practice martial arts." I can see that he has put a lot of effort into it, and I hope that he can make a difference, and not live in a small town and live a mediocre life. As he spoke, Zhao Qian on the case moved and woke up. He looked at the two people in front of him sleepily: "You are all here, then I will say it directly." ”

The ledger in front of him flipped, and Zhao Qian was also saying: "I see that although there have been natural disasters in the past few years, no one has starved to death in Yaoshan City, and the degree of disaster in the county is relatively small, so there is still surplus grain in the warehouse, and there are 5,000 strong men in the county, and 2,000 recruits can be recruited, and 2,000 soldiers can also be recruited in Neiqiu, which is 11,000 people, general, you say, how many people can take Longping?" Ren Qiu said: "Longping here, convenient transportation, is a big granary of Zhili, if you want to take this place, you need at least 20,000 horses." Zhao Qian frowned: "Where can I find 20,000 people?" ”