Someone knocked lightly twice on the open door.

He retracted his train of thought and turned his head to look.

It's Jiang Jun.

He glanced at his old subordinate and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Jiang Jian arched his hand at the door, entered the house and said, "As soon as I came, I saw your door open, and I knew that you were back." "He has been in Yanzhou for more than half a year, and he has also done things in the Admiral's Mansion for a few months, but the documents of this West Malaysia Zhijun Village have not changed at all, and he is still the same, with a black face, the hem of the silk shirt is tucked in the belt, and the sleeves are pulled high, revealing two thin arms with dry muscles and bones, and a brush on his ears, which looks like the account of a rich man in the countryside. Since Huo Shiqi was seconded to Wei Mu Mansion as the transfer envoy of Ge Ping's warehouse, he actually took the mission left by Huo Shiqi and became Shang Cheng's "confidential secretary", so although he was tired, his spirit was quite good, and his black face was always red and shining. He asked, "When did you come back?" ”

Shang Cheng said: "Yesterday evening. ”

"Why don't you take more rest at home?" Jiang Jian said with a little blame. Seeing that Shang Cheng was silent, he put a few documents on the table and said, "It just so happens that you have to go to the Yamen to expand the new warehouse of Geping one by one, and you still need to build roads, and you need to add a few sums of money." This time, the money and food were much more, and the Wei Mu Mansion did not dare to approve it immediately, so it turned the official document over. "He knows Shang Cheng's temperament, so he doesn't say any greetings, and talks directly about business." Huo Gong's submission said that the construction of new roads would take a long time and take a lot of money, so it would be better to use Yanshui to transport grain and military materials directly along the river from Yanzhou......

Shang Cheng was a little surprised. The establishment of Ge Ping Dacang is the planning and arrangement he made, and he personally took people to survey the terrain and geography, and noticed that there were several shoals in the Yanshui River that could not be navigated, and he regretted it for a long time.

Jiang Yan didn't notice Shang Cheng's face and continued: "...... Or Huo Gong is insightful! If he hadn't come up with the idea of shipping things by ship, who would have thought of such a convenient thing? In the past, it took three or five days for dozens of manual thirty or forty pack horses, but now it can be done in one day, how much waste of travel has been saved? It's probably not that no one can think of this one, it's just that the beaches on Yanshui block the boat route. It is also Huo Gong's way, Ge Ping's camp provides money and grain, and the counties along the way send labor, and hire people to dig the beach cofferdam to raise the water level, which happens to kill two birds with one stone. As he spoke, he glanced at Shang Cheng with admiration. Sailing on the Yanshui is also Shang Cheng's achievement. If he hadn't ordered the river to be built and water conservancy, Huo Shiqi would have had an idea, and Yanshui would still not be able to walk the boat. Knowing that Shang Cheng didn't like to listen to these flattering words, he smiled again, "It's not good to give money too much......

Shang Cheng looked at him as if he was staring at him meaningfully, and immediately lowered his head with flickering eyes, and he already understood in his heart that Jiang Yan was giving him a hint and reminder. He didn't look at the official document carefully, but took a pen and signed the title page, "Agreed." Business. Please ask the pastoral government to allocate money and food immediately. "Upright regular script characters, meticulous in one stroke. He handed the official document to Jiang Tuo, and said with a smile: "Old Jiang has a heart." Ge Ping's treasury is very important, and I specially told Huo Gong to build it quickly and repair it well, and Huo Gong's plan to be lenient in terms of money and grain is also in the question. ”

Jiang Yan said embarrassedly: "I knew that I was a villain in vain......"

Shang Cheng shook his head and said, "That's not what I said. You have a good personal relationship with Huo Gong, and you can still say such things to me, which shows your public heart. I still know Huo Gong well. He has made a big mistake in the matter of money and food, so there is absolutely no mistake in this regard. But Huo Shiqi went behind his back to talk about people's favors and help cover up, and he also knew about it. But he didn't want to pursue these sesame mung bean things.

Jiang Yan smiled dryly and said, "I'm not afraid that Huo Gong will do something. Rather......" He tensed his lips, as if even thinking, and paused for a moment before speaking in a deep voice, "I came to the Admiralty's Mansion in April, and I don't know a lot of things, but I've just heard about them. The commander worked hard for half a year, and finally got to today's situation. If Huo Gong was not caught by someone with a heart and didn't come to target the commander, he was afraid of ......" He couldn't say any more.

He spoke incoherently, but Shang Cheng heard it clearly. Jiang Yan was worried about this for a long time! He shook his head with both gratitude and amusement......

Jiang Jun left with the paperwork he had signed. He walked to a corner of the table and poured himself a cup of herbal tea, stood in front of the map with the cup, and returned to the interrupted train of thought.

In fact, in the conversations between him and Zhang Shao, he still had two very important points that he did not put forward about the failure of the Northern Expedition. One is in the military. The long-term active defensive strategy adopted by the Turks can be seen from the series of military passes set up by the Great Zhao on several passages in the Yanbei area and the accumulation of heavy troops at critical points, which caused one of a series of consequences. He thinks that it is the long-term defensive posture that makes people's minds fixed and rigid, and when they need to take the initiative and take risks, they always seem hesitant, hesitant and forward-looking, and as a result, they miss opportunities. In defense, conservatism is undoubtedly the right thing to do, but in offense, the lack of adventurous spirit becomes a constraint on turning equilibrium into superiority and superiority into victory. On the other hand, as far as this era is concerned, Da Zhao is also rich, which can be seen from the continuous supply of various materials from the Central Plains, such as grain, cloth, military funds, money and materials...... He sometimes can't imagine what kind of era this is, and how can a country be so rich? The pride brought by affluence and the humiliation caused by the incessant bullying of the northern steppe peoples gave birth to an impetuous mood of revenge. This is especially evident among intellectuals like Lu Ji and Di Xu, where the difference is only in radicalism or moderation; And even Di Xu, who advocates "slowly drawing", still can't wait to "eat its flesh day and sleep its skin at night".

He could understand this strong feeling, and he was eager to "drink the blood of the Huns" immediately. But he couldn't do that. The shadow of last year's defeat still hangs over the people's heads, and even though he has boosted some morale by fighting bandits and curing the bandits, there is still pessimism and war-weariness among the guards. In the imperial court, the Slow Advance faction had already gained the upper hand, and several times strictly ordered the guards to "nourish the Li people, train the soldiers, be careful to guard the land, and not to provoke the border lightly".

However, even in such a situation, the imperial court asked the border guard garrison to strengthen the defense, and on the other hand, it continued to send supplies to Yanshan.

This is obviously a bit of a contradiction.

He believes that this not only shows that the Slow Progression faction has not fully grasped the situation in the imperial court, but also shows that "fighting" has become an irrepressible cry. It seems that fighting a battle with the Turks and fighting a big battle is the consensus from Yanshan to Shangjing, from ordinary people to intellectuals.

In fact, this is the preparation of public opinion for war.

With the moral high ground, the support of public opinion, and the material preparations, how can we fight one by one now?

With his head bowed, he walked around the room in circles, pondering military issues carefully.