Yanzhou, Dongyucheng, Liufu.

January 1st, New Year's Day. The joy of the New Year has completely diluted the depression of several wars, and many people's tense nerves have also relaxed today, and the same is true for Liu De, the pensions for the dead and disabled soldiers have all been decentralized, and the renovation of old houses in the west of the city has also been carried out in an orderly manner, and 780 percent has been roughly completed.

A few days ago, Huo Jun came to report that he wanted to organize the people to carry out a major repair of the Dongyu city wall after the New Year, make the city wall taller and thicker, and replace the city gate from the new.

Liu De flicked his pen, aren't there still many slaves and criminals in Dongyu City? directly transferred all these people to Huo Jun for him to drive, and he called it a labor reform.

And instructed Chen Shuo and Mi Zhu to allocate enough money and food, for Dongyu City, the defense of the city wall must not be sloppy in the slightest, careless.

Outside Liu's mansion, Shen Feng commanded his subordinates to hang the red lantern next to the gate, Xi'er commanded the chef to make delicious food in the kitchen, Xu Hu also took Huwei to help Qian carry some ingredients and wine, only Dian Wei held a halberd and watched the passing wine outside the study and kept his saliva.

In the study, Liu De is working hard to write a book, on which is Gongsun Qi wrote a number of questions about Dongyu war horses, Liu De has the types of troops purchased from the system: [Xuanjia Army], 3500 Xuanjia Army needs at least 7000 war horses, as well as more than half of the white horse Yicong, and a large number of war horses need to be supplemented, so Liu De held a military meeting with the generals to discuss the formation of cavalry and domestication of war horses.

Gongsun Qi's article pointed out that if you want Dongyu City to cultivate war horses by itself, you must have your own horse breeding land, that is, fertile pastures and grasslands, Dongyu does not have these conditions, only the Hu people have, Dongyu City is about 70 to 100 miles south There is a fertile pasture, which was occupied by a small tribe under Donghu in the past, and the small tribe has Donghu as a support, and is not afraid of Dongyu at all, and Dongyu cannot hold it even if he takes the pasture, so he does not consider taking the pasture as his own.

And now, Donghu is stuck in the quagmire of war, I am afraid that two or three years will not be able to take care of Dongyu City, so it is the best time to take the pasture at this time, two to three years is enough to raise a batch of war horses, and at that time, Donghu is trying to take the pasture back, it is not so easy.

Liu De looked at this bamboo slip, feeling like a thousand pounds, this is actually a bet, if the bet wins, then Dongyu has his own horse farm, a large number of cavalry is not a dream, thinking about the spectacular scene when thousands of war horses charged, Liu De felt a trace of blood boiling.

Cultivating war horses requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and these manpower and material resources are enough to form several more infantry armies, if a large number of war horses are not cultivated within two years, then everything Dongyu has paid, whether it is money or manpower will be wasted, Dongyu City's combat power will drop significantly, two years later, I don't know what kind of strong enemy will be faced, if the bet is lost, Dongyu's situation will be in crisis.

Liu De thought about it for a few days, but decided to let go of his courage is just one word:

"!"

The so-called wealth and danger are sought, and there is not much time left for yourself, so how can you do it without gambling...

Stamp his own general seal, ask the Dian Wei outside the door to send it to the county government, and order Gongsun Qi to lead the troops to take the pasture over as soon as the New Year passes, and plan to go deep into the grassland to seize the horse breed, and begin to breed Dongyu's own war horses.

"Second uncle, second uncle, go out with me! It's lively outside! The little butterfly ran to Liu De's study, and her crisp voice was as melodious as a lark.

Liu De put down the brush, picked up the little butterfly, and said with a smile: "After a while, your brother Guan Ping and Brother Dianman will come over, don't you wait for them to play together?" ”

The little butterfly's big eyes lit up and she giggled, "That's right! They'll come over in a moment, then I'll wait for them, and then hang out together! As he spoke, he jumped off Liu De and ran out of the study in a hurry.

Liu De looked at the figure of the little butterfly with satisfaction, stood up, stretched a big lazy waist, and was a little tired after sitting for too long.

Liu De instructed the generals a few days ago that all the family members brought in the New Year were in Liu's mansion, which happened to be lively and lively, and they could also get closer to everyone, otherwise, only he and his sister-in-law, Xi'er, and Little Butterfly were in the family for the New Year, which was really a little lonely.

......

"Madame, have you brought your gifts?" Guan Yu said to Hu Shi.

"Don't worry! All set! ”

Hu stepped forward to help Guan Yu tidy up his clothes, looked at Guan Yu with gentle eyes, and said with a smile.

"Father, Mother! It's time for us to go! Guan Ping barged in from outside the house, startling both husband and wife.

"Okay, let's go!" Hu touched Guan Ping's little head, and after a while, the three of them left the mansion and headed towards Liu's mansion.

The last light in the sky was also engulfed by darkness, and the night was getting darker, but the inside of Liu's mansion was brightly lit, and rows of candles were lit, as bright as day.

Rows of small cases are placed on the left and right, the pretty maids bring in dishes and wine, and the generals who come in also greet each other, and they are happy, and their wives and children are also sitting together to discuss the recent interesting things, and there is also laughter, Guan Ping and a few children follow the little butterfly, the eldest sister, to run around in the hall, and the laughter spreads throughout the hall, and they don't feel tired at all.

And at this time, Liu De walked into the hall, everyone saw Liu De come in, and hurriedly bowed and saluted, Liu De wore a white regular clothes, and said to everyone with a smile: "Today's New Year, don't be formal!" ”

Liu De sat on the main seat, Qian Shi, as the housewife (the woman in charge, not just the hostess), sat on Liu De's right hand, Liu Jia sat next to his mother, and Xi'er waited on the side.

The rest of the generals also took their wives and children to sit in the corresponding positions according to their status:

On the right side, from the beginning, the first is [Chen Shuo] with Chen Qi and Chen Ying (although Chen Qi's status has arrived, he has not separated as Chen Shuo's grandson, so he should still sit with Chen Shuo).

The second is [Jian Yong], alone. Jian Yong has a concubine, but the concubine is not qualified to come to the banquet, and all the wives who come are full-time wives.

The third is [Xu Shu], his wife Yao, and his son Xu Shizhao, 7 years old.

Behind are Tan Zheng, Mi Zhu, Xu Hai, Zhao Yong, Feng Xiuqing, Jia Lulong and others. Mi Zhu, Jia Lulong, Xu Hai, and Zhao Yong all brought their wives and sat aside.

Mi Zhu's son Mi Wei, 6 years old. Jia Qinxin, the daughter of Jia Lulong, is 3 years old. Tan Zheng and Feng Xiuqing have no children.

Xu Hai and Zhao Yong did not bring their children because their heirs had grown up and separated.

The first place from the beginning on the left side is [Zhang Tianlang]. His wife Qu and eldest son Zhang Weiguo are 10 years old. The second son, Zhang Anguo, is 10 years old.

The second place is [Liu Gui]. His wife Qi and son Liu Zhe are 7 years old.

The third place is [Yannan]. His wife Feng and his daughter Yan Fenghuang are 4 years old.

The fourth is [Gongsun Qi]. His wife Wei and his son Gongsun Zhong are 8 years old. His daughter-in-law, Sun Yanran, is 5 years old.

The fifth is [Guan Yu], his wife Hu, and his son Guan Ping, 5 years old.

followed by [Zhang Fei], his wife Xiahou. Childless.

Zhang Hong and Liu Pi were alone.

Zheng Fu, Jiang Lin, Zhou Daoguo, Huo Jun, Dian Wei, and Xu Hu all have wives, Zheng Fu's son Zheng Xing, 6 years old. Jiang Lin's son, Jiang Haifeng, is 14 years old. Zhou Ran, the daughter of Zhou Daodao, is 7 years old. Huo Jun's son Huo Yi is 1 year old. Dian Wei's son Dian turned 4 years old. Xu Hu's son, Xu Yong, is 11 years old.

Shan Hongwei has no wife and nephew, Shan Peng, 1 year old.

Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, Gong Du, and Yao Jun are all alone.