Yan Qingcheng became more and more nagging, but at least it seemed that Zhong Qing and Liu Qingyan were more like a qualified and competent wife.

In addition, she has to manage such a big family business, and almost everyone's expenses come from her, and from time to time, the husband of the loser will also take a large amount of money to subsidize the armies from all walks of life, or the victims of the four roads in the north.

Bai Chun naturally also knew that the pressure on Yan Tingcheng's shoulders was not less than that of any of them, although it was said that Qingyan was by her side to help her, but now Qingyan had even put down the little business of the Slanting Wind and Drizzle Building, and her mind was on taking care of a few children, and on weekdays, Yan Tingcheng was left to be busy alone.

After another year of construction, and the number of victims in the north was more than at the beginning of the year, the entire Yangzhou expanded more than twice in size, and the number of residents in the city also increased a lot, which made today's Yangzhou City more and more like a prosperous and wealthy city.

The bustling crowd on the streets, with the Beidi Fourth Road has been occupied by the Song Dynasty for several years, people have completely entered a state of peace and contentment, the kind of worries that were always on their faces and written in their hearts have already disappeared without a trace as the Jin people were driven north and farther.

This is a prosperous and prosperous era of peace, away from the invasion of war, but also less the threat of brutal Jin, the development of waterway and land trade, so that Yangzhou at this time completely stepped into a correct prosperous track, began to move forward rapidly.

Bai Chun looked at Yangzhou City at night from time to time through the car curtain, the brightly lit streets were crowded, and all kinds of lanterns shone on people's peaceful faces.

The oblique wind and drizzle building is still like the iconic existence of Yangzhou, the resplendor is also lively and abnormal, the wide door, dozens of luxurious carriages parked there side by side, it is enough to imagine that today's Yangzhou, the people who are not rich or expensive are gradually increasing.

Liang Xing and Bai Chun followed Wen Wan into the private room that had already been arranged in the Slanting Wind Drizzle Building, and after a while, Chongguo Gong Zhao Shichun and Qingwang Zhao Kai also got off the carriage in front of the Slanting Wind and Drizzle Building.

The various actions of the imperial court made them sweat deeply for Ye Qing, and the news that Shang Jia could no longer enter the Xia Kingdom from Guanshan was transmitted to Yangzhou from Shang Jia, whether it was Zhao Shichun or Zhao Kai, a thought flashed in his heart, Ye Qing was afraid that the general trend had gone and he would follow in the footsteps of Yue Fei back then.

Although Yue Fei died unjustly back then, no matter what, at least he died in Lin'an, with complete corpses, and Ye Qing, who was far away in Liao, did not even have such a situation, not only would he die in the rolling Guanshan of the Xia people, but I am afraid that even the corpse capital would not be complete at that time.

Receiving an invitation in the name of Ye Qing, neither Zhao Shichun nor Zhao Kai was surprised, in their opinion, receiving an invitation in the name of Ye Qing at this time may also be the last time.

Especially at the moment when he got the invitation, Zhao Shichun was in a trance, did the news of Ye Qing's death come over? Therefore, the wife of the Ye family will ask herself to help retrieve the bones in the name of their husband.

Zhao Kai sighed heavily when he took the invitation, he felt from beginning to end that Ye Qing could not escape a responsibility whether he was dead or alive, if he could be more resolute at that time, maybe he would not have given Zhao Ruyu the opportunity to secretly calculate Ye Qing.

The two stood and looked at each other in front of the slanting wind and drizzle building, and they saw a trace of heaviness in each other's eyes, whether it was Zhao Shichun or Zhao Kai, they had gained a lot of benefits from Ye Qing.

Zhao Shichun is now able to enjoy a good reputation on Huainan East Road, completely because of Ye Qing's relationship, if it weren't for Ye Qing, he would probably still be a clan forgotten by the royal family at this time, and he could only live a chaotic life in Yangzhou for the rest of his life.

And Zhao Kai also sighed, after he was sent back to Lin'an, because of Zhao Ruyu's encouragement, he wanted to come to Huainan East Road to be sent, although he is safe now, but if Ye Qing hadn't woken himself up at the beginning, he would have been a chess piece that Zhao Ruyu had been using, and he didn't know it at all, let alone knew that Zhao Ruyu was so insidious and cunning above the court, and there was no bright and upright style that a gentleman should have.

The two walked towards the agreed private room together, when the door of the private room opened, and greeted the two of them with a gentle smile, Zhao Shichun and Zhao Kai were standing at the door and were stunned on the spot, they originally thought that it would be Yan Chengcheng waiting here, but they didn't expect that what turned around at this moment was Bai Chun, who had been in Lin'an, but didn't know when he would return to Yangzhou.

"Mrs. Ye......?" Zhao Shichun was the first to react, and after Bai Chun saluted, he hurriedly returned the salute.

Zhao Kai next to him also hurriedly returned the salute, and then after Wen Wan let the guy go down, there were five people left in the private room, Bai Chun, Zhao Kai, Zhao Shichun, Liang Xing and Wen Wan, Wen Wan poured tea for the three people present, and Liang Xing had been sitting quietly on a chair not far behind Bai Chun, as if it didn't exist.

"When did Mrs. Ye return to Yangzhou, if you know, Mrs. Huaguo and Mrs. Xin'an County should take over the dust for Mrs. Ye." Zhao Kai doesn't know much about Bai Chun himself, but he also knows that among Ye Qing's wives of all sizes, Bai Chun is the best.

"Thank you King Qing, the concubine can't afford the invitation of Mrs. Huaguo and Mrs. Xin'an County, if King Qing and Mrs. Chongguo don't dislike it, when there is a chance in the future, the concubine can be the east, please Mrs. Huaguo and Mrs. Xin'an County to play together for a day." Bai Chun doesn't like to laugh in the first place, he has always given people a feeling of coldness and indifference, but now even in the face of King Qing and Chongguo Gong, the smile on his cheeks only appeared when he first saw him, and then it became indifferent now.

The two of them also knew each other, so the invitation in the name of Ye Qing did not let the two of them ask Bai Chun why they were invited in the name of Ye Qing, which also made the atmosphere start to look a little awkward as soon as they met.

In the end, it was King Qing who took the lead in asking: "Mrs. Ye invited us here to discuss matters in the name of her husband, but I don't know ....... ”

King Qing was halfway through speaking, then turned his head to look at Zhao Shichun, after all, in their eyes now, whether it is Bai Chun or Yan Chengcheng, he is already like an orphan and a widow.

"The concubine knows that it is indeed inappropriate to invite King Qing and Chongguo Gong here in the name of her husband, but it is ......." Bai Chun looked at King Qing and Chongguo Gong, and said directly: "But this is what the concubine husband means, I hope that King Qing and Chongguo Gong can go to Jingzhaofu Road, and the concubine's husband is sincerely inviting King Qing and Chongguo Gong to discuss some things." ”

After Bai Chun finished speaking, he saw the expected scene, Zhao Shichun and King Qing opened their mouths slightly, a little incredulous, they came here today, it turned out to be Ye Qing's meaning, and Ye Qing also invited them to Jingzhaofu Road!

In just one sentence, there is too much information contained in it, which makes King Qing and Chongguo a little difficult to digest for a while, and they don't even have time to think about the problems exposed in one sentence after another.

"Leaf ...... Mrs. Ye is saying...... This is what Ye Qing means? Zhao Shichun asked in a dry voice.

Ye Qing ...... Not dead? Zhao Kai also asked with a little stammer, and the expressions on the faces of the two gradually became a little excited at this time.

Ye Qing is not dead, so isn't it proof...... I don't have to hide in the palace every day to regret it?

So can I stop worrying about my two girls and shouting every day to play with the two boys of the Ye family?

All the problems were left behind by King Qing and Chongguo Gong at this moment, and they only thought in their hearts that if Ye Qing was still alive, then the fact that he was close to Ye Qing would not be considered a royal taboo.

"Yes, that's exactly what the concubine and husband meant, Ye Qing...... Not dead. When he said the word "not dead", Bai Chun still involuntarily increased his tone to express his dissatisfaction with King Qing's unconcealed mouth.

"Mrs. Ye misunderstood, this king didn't mean that......." King Qing heard Bai Chun's accentuated tone, so he hurriedly explained.

And Zhao Shichun next to him came back to his senses at this moment, showed a thoughtful expression, looked at Bai Chun, Liang Xing and Wen Wan, and then analyzed cautiously: "Mrs. Ye said that this is what Ye Qing meant, so it will be explained...... Ye Qing's current crisis has been solved, and let's go to Jingzhaofu Road, is Ye Qing already on Jingzhaofu Road, or is it ...... Does he need our help to get back to Jingzhaofu Road? Or perhaps...... What else is Mrs. Ye hiding from us? ”

Zhao Kai listened to Zhao Shichun's analysis, and instantly calmed down, these days, although it is a secret in the Song Dynasty, but this kind of public secret that most people know, or tacitly knows, can it still be regarded as a secret?

Ye Qing is not dead, what does that mean? Does it mean that the encirclement and suppression of the Xia people and the Jin people have failed? Of course, it may also mean that Ye Qing has surrendered.

"Then I wonder if Mrs. Ye can tell me in detail about the current situation over there?" Zhao Kai was asking, but his legs and stomach were trembling, and even his whole heart was pounding, making him feel like he was about to lose his breath.

Jingzhaofu Road, what kind of place is that, it was the place occupied by the Jin people before, together with the Beidi Fourth Road, now there is not even a royal clan member who has the courage to dare to set foot on that land, after all, the misery after the capture of the two saints, and the humiliation of the clansmen have already spread among the people, and it is also deeply seared into the soul of their clan, every time I think of it, I will have a chilling feeling.

Now let them set foot on that land full of humiliation and fear, unprepared, whether it is King Qing or Chongguo Gong, they all began to retreat a little in their hearts, and they were very reluctant to step into the northern territory before Ye Qing's side was clear.

"What do King Qing and Chongguo want to know?" Bai Chun's hesitation about Zhao Kai and Zhao Shichun had actually been expected before.

After all, the Northland was a nightmare existence for the royal clan, and now if they wanted to set foot on that land, the first thing they thought of was naturally the brutality and humiliation that the Jin people had treated the royal family back then.

"Where is Ye Qing now, why did you let us go to Jingzhaofu Road?" Zhao Shichun asked first.

"Does Chongguo know that two days ago, many businessmen in Yangzhou began to be active again? Today, it is said that many merchants have embarked on the trade route to the north again, and their destination is still the Xia Kingdom. Bai Chun said unhurriedly.

"Yes, I've heard of some, but not many businessmen dare to venture forward, and most of the businessmen who set off early this morning are businessmen from the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, and they started to go north with a large number of goods that are different from the previous amounts, but this doesn't mean anything." Zhao Shichun frowned and said, at this time, what he was more afraid of was whether Bai Chun would use him and King Qing as a means to exchange Ye Qing with the Xia people.

"You might as well say it bluntly, Mrs. Ye, whether it is Zhao or King Qing, within our ability, on the premise of not leaving Yangzhou, anything, as long as Mrs. Ye proposes it, we will guarantee that we will help you in Ye Qing's face without saying a word, but if it is ......." Zhao Shichun frowned and said solemnly.

It is true that he has a good personal relationship with Ye Qing, but it does not mean that this friendship will be so good that he can exchange his life for Ye Qing's sake.

Bai Chun still maintained her indifferent expression, but frowned slightly, and then said calmly: "Ten days ago, the Guanshan Mountain was broken, and the husband of the concubine was the first to invite King Qing and Chongguo to go to Jingzhaofu Road after breaking through the Red Deer Pass. Now the husband of the concubine is already on Jingzhaofu Road, and the reason why he does not come back is because Guanshan is now in the hands of my Great Song Dynasty, and what he urgently needs to do now is to rebuild and strengthen the two passes of Guanshan Qinjiayuan and Guanlong, a total of eleven passes. What is in the hands of Chongguo Gong, there must be no need to say more about the concubine, today's Yangzhou city wall outside the city is basically indestructible because of the cement in Chongguogong's hands. As for King Qing, the concubine is really not clear, why do you want to ask you to come over. And the concubine will also follow King Qing and Chongguo Gong to Jingzhaofu Road. ”

Bai Chun's words were very resolute, there was no room for concession, and there was no room for Zhao Shichun and Zhao Kai to shirk.

The cement in Zhao Shichun's hand was not so much something he made up himself, but that Ye Qing gave him a big gift for nothing at the beginning, regardless of any remuneration, which made him now, in the entire Huainan East Road, and even in the entire Southern Song Dynasty, a rich man no less than the Yan family.

Of course, Ye Qing wanted to strengthen the eleven checkpoints on the entire Guan Mountain, and even he had already begun to look at the map, and then pondered how to restore Chang'an City, where the current Jingzhao Mansion is located, to the prosperous scene of the Han and Tang dynasties in the past without giving up Yangzhou.

Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, how dreamy, powerful, and desirable a city, Chang'an at that time was far from being comparable to today's Chang'an, and if you want to recover all the northern land, if you want to make the entire northern land quiet, there are not a few heavy cities and rich towns, it is completely impossible to support the next Northern Expedition.

It's easy to lose, as long as Song Ting pats his ass and gives up resisting and leaving irresponsibly, it's enough, but now he wants to sail against the current and recover all the lost ground, but it's not as easy as when the Jin people went south.

Ye Qing was not worried about whether King Qing and Chongguo Gong were willing to come, because he believed that even if he was unwilling, even if the umbrella was kidnapped, he would kidnap them, after all, the umbrella was not optimistic about Zhao Ruyu, but made himself in a deep predicament, and it would inevitably spur them to work harder at all times, until everything that happened now, after a period of backwardness, I am afraid that the umbrella can really breathe a sigh of relief.

Of course, Ye Qing would never have thought that Bai Chun, the loser, had been living in self-blame, so he would be desperate to accompany Zhao Shichun, Zhao Kai and others to Jingzhao Mansion together.

Ye Qing took the secret letter handed over by Mo Xiaobao, and when he saw the news that Bai Chun was also coming, he first smiled, and then glared at the beads of his eyes, hiding the sullenness in his heart, and scolded angrily: "It's just nonsense, who gave her the order to let her come?" Where is it now? Don't hurry up and pick someone up! ”

"My lord, can you read it first? It has only been a few days since we set off, and although the five roads in the Northland are now under our jurisdiction, after all, the road is far away, so you should be patient for a few more days...... I'm sorry sir, I was wrong ....... Mo Xiaobao hugged his head and ran out, while Liu Keshi looked at Mo Xiaobao who was smoky for some reason, and then walked in in confusion.

"How's it going?" Ye Qing asked.

"My lord, it's almost, the casualties of my various armies have been counted, but if it is according to the pension you gave, we will not attack the three roads of Hetao next...... Liu Keshi spread his hands and said.

"Why?" Ye Qing turned his head and asked.

"There's no money, it's all pension, what else to fight with, it's even more expensive to fight." Liu Keshi said helplessly with a sad face.

He thought that after Ye Qing sent him to Jingzhaofu Road, his dispatch would be very arduous, but what he didn't expect was that his current dispatch would be so arduous that he had no way at all.

"There's no money......." Ye Qing touched the chin that had just finished shaving his beard this morning, and thought for a while: "Count the captives of the Xia people, one person counts as two people, and then the price doubles, I personally talked to the hot Gongji, I have eaten so much money from us over the years, just take this opportunity to let him spit it out for me!" By the way, let Li Heng be in Guguan, and if he has nothing to do in the past few days, he will go to the summer realm to wander around, and if he can go near Lanzhou City, he will also go around. ”

"My lord, are you planning to rob or are you going to talk?" Liu Keshi's jaw almost dropped.

"Talking while grabbing, we have a hard time without money, and we can't let the Xia people who killed so many of our brothers be better, right?" Ye Qing laughed, when Yu Yunwen asked him what to do with the hot Gongji, he had already thought about how to take revenge on the hot Gongji more ruthlessly.

"Okay, the lower official will arrange it. Lord Yu Yunwen is still waiting for you over there, the envoys of the Jin people are here, and they will negotiate and compensate, in short, to apologize for joining forces with the Xia people. Liu Keshi shrugged his shoulders, but his expression was very proud.

Once upon a time, the Jin people were able to take the initiative to make peace with the Song people, and it was still that kind of ...... Just like when the Song envoys went to the Jin Kingdom, their attitude was so humble that they were about to wag their tails and beg for mercy.

"Jin Ren is a weasel to give New Year's greetings to chickens, he didn't have a good heart, Wan Yan Jing actually played with me, and he was a little tender." Ye Qing smiled, and then explained: "Are you willing to listen to the affairs of the soldiers?" In short, Wan Yan Jing's move is to take advantage of the fact that we have just taken Guanshan, let us relax our vigilance and be careless, and then let him take advantage of it. But no matter which side he wants to take, he will not succeed, if Lao Liutou, Zhao Qi'er, and Po Li San have rested enough, it is time for them to swagger back to Jinan Mansion, and then see what kind of reaction Yan Jing has. ”

Ye Qing finally laughed, he really wanted to see if Wan Yan Jing would think that he was confusing him, or that he intended to give up the three roads of the Hetao and cross the Yellow River north from the east instead!