"Hahaha! Lord Wang, you have taken a closer look, which of the Luzhou civil and military forces here is not ruddy-complexion, white and fat. It's okay for me to wait for the generals, you look at Pei Gong, the old man was originally a thin scholar, and now his stomach is quite outside! After Zhai Rang finished speaking, he laughed to himself, and everyone laughed wildly after hearing it, and they all looked at Pei Shiju's stomach.

"Huh! Your Royal Highness, do you know, now everyone in Luzhou is not like before, every family has meat to eat almost every day, every day is like the New Year, how not to get fat? This is something that counties outside Hedong dare not imagine. As far as Wei Chen knows, there are countless kinds of meat, live fish, white noodles, eggs, potatoes and other foods that are allocated to the Luzhou military camp every day, and the sergeants are even more sturdy and strong, far superior to the army of the state capitals of our Great Sui. Pei Shiju said with a smile. Yang Er also nodded with a smile when he heard this, and he was also very happy in his heart. I thought, this is my brother's strength, what I need to fight in the world is soldiers who can eat and drink.

"Lord Wang, let me introduce you to these three generals. These three are the deputy generals of the general, this grown fierce man is my infantry army general Dadao Luo Song, this person is full of guts, it is best to rush and kill the infantry army in front of the battle; These two people are the deputy general of my Ma Army, and this is Ding Yanping, who is a two-gun enemy with ten thousand enemies, and he immediately became superb; This is General Hou Junji, nicknamed the little white ape, don't look at his small stature, a spear in the enemy formation to take the head of the general, as if probing a bag. These two men worked together with Ben to restrain the horse army. After introducing the three generals, the three generals got up and bowed to Yang Er.

Hearing Luo Song's name, Yang Er still had a straight face, because the name of the Sui Dynasty characters he was familiar with couldn't resonate, but the two people introduced by Zhai Rang next made Yang Er shocked, these two guns Ding Yanping and the little white ape Hou Junji were too famous among the great Sui generals. That Ding Yanping is an undefeated master of the battle against Lily with his imperial uncle's backer Wang Yang Lin, and Hou Junji is the general under Li Shimin, but he is a real handsome talent, the founding father of the Tang Dynasty who went to Lingxiao Pavilion! Why did this person surrender to his command at a young age, is this because of the "little butterfly" flapping its wings?

Yang Er was stunned on the spot when he heard the names of the three people, and his eyes looked straight at the three of them speechless. The dust behind him noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly poked Yang Er's back lightly with his fingers, Yang Er relieved himself, regained his calmness, and said: "Don't blame the generals, this king has long heard of the names and surnames of the three generals, and he also knows that the three generals are superb in martial arts, and it is not appropriate to give the post of deputy general." Now the king of this king seals the double gun general Ding Yanping as the general of Yiwei, the big knife Luo Song as the general of Mingwei, and the little white ape Hou Junji as the captain of the light car, all of which are from the four generals of the government. Generals Ding and Hou can lead 20,000 horse troops each, and General Luo Song can lead 20,000 infantry troops. Yang Er calmly said the appointment of these three people. The three of them knew that they were no longer Zhai Rang's lieutenant generals, but the main generals who led an army alone, and they were overjoyed in their hearts, and hurriedly went out to thank them: "Thank you for the reward from His Royal Highness Chitose, we should serve the power of dogs and horses." ”

Yang Er saw that his words had already come to this, so he simply reappointed his subordinates one by one. In short, each of these appointments will be promoted to the first level. Yuwen Chengdu was named the general and governor of the army from Erpin Town; Li Jingfeng was named the general of the Sanpin Zuo Qianniuwei and the governor of the left; The newcomer Wu Yunzhao was named the general of the Sanpin Right Qianniu Wei and the right governor; Zhai Rang was named the loyal general of the fourth grade, Xiong Kuohai was named the general of the prince of the Jin Dynasty from the fourth grade, and all the generals of Taihang under Xiong Kuohai were awarded the post of captain of the five ranks. Lai Hu'er was named General Longwei from the third grade; Jin Jia and Tong Huan were named the generals of the four products and about Qianniuwei. All the generals were overjoyed.

That night, the study of King Jin Xinggong in Hedong County.

Several headlights are hanging, illuminating the room as if it were daytime. A single lantern was set up on the desk, illuminating a map on the desk, and among Yang Er, Pei Yun, Zheng Fengchi and Zheng Xu stood around the desk.

"Pei Gong, Zheng Gong, the road from Luzhou to Pinglu County still needs to be built secretly, and the road traffic situation is still a secret in my Hedong for the time being, and it can only be used for business now. However, the construction needs to be built according to the standard of four horses in parallel. Now although Wang Shichong of Luoyang in Zhongzhou is ostensibly my Great Sui courtier, he has long occupied Luoyang and has become a force, although he has not been crowned king, but has become a vassal king's territory. My uncle's backer is the king's 50,000 Sui army, guarding Tongguan is to prevent him from becoming a big king! Yang Er looked at the location of Luoyang, Tongguan and his own Hedong County on the map and said slowly.

"Your Highness's intention is to conceal the intention of my Hedong army to cross the river to attack Luoyang directly, and when the situation changes, you can rush to Luoyang City and occupy the land of Zhongzhou in one fell swoop?" Pei Yun is worthy of being a talent who can lead the army, and with his military sensitivity, he directly pointed out Yang Er's final thoughts.

"It is exactly like this, the east of the river is small, and the king's power to the north is subject to the Tang Duke of Jinyang, and the king also expects the Tang Duke Li Yuan to defend the king against the Turks, so the strategy of attacking the north is not feasible for the time being; To the east can hit Jizhou, but the elite soldiers of the secret store of Taihang Mountain have not yet been trained, at least after 3 years, our Jin army can go out of Taihang to attack Hebei; It is even more impossible to go west, only to wait to attack Luoyang, and then use Luoyang as a base to defeat Nanchen. Luoyang is like a springboard. The hundreds of thousands of troops of my Great Sui can only confront Nanchen across the river now, and they dare not go further, just because Luoyang is behind them! If there is a change in Luoyang, I will cross the river to attack Chen's army and will become a lone army, and it will definitely be defeated. But now the time has not come, and this king has no choice but to prepare secretly with this Wang Shichong for the time being. Zheng Gong, what is the progress of the construction of the Zhongtiao Mountain Secret Road to Pinglu County? ”

"Oh, back to Your Highness, in the past few months, the line survey has been completed under the guidance of Li Chun, a total of 5 node post stations have been completed, the military intelligence department has been stationed in a special person, and the road connecting the post station can be passed by two horses in parallel. At present, it is only for the use of my Zheng family caravan and is not open to the public. The outside world doesn't know the roads here. If you want to have a post road with four horses in parallel, you only need to widen each section of the road in the month before the war. The construction of bridges everywhere is in accordance with the instructions of Li Chun's craftsman, and the stones are taken nearby, and 8 horses can pass in parallel. Zheng Xu replied before his father, because he was in charge of this work by a close retainer he instructed, so he was very familiar with the construction of this road.

"Hmmm! Thoughtful, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, it is enough to maintain two horses in parallel, and there is no need to broaden it first. Inform the Military Intelligence Department to set up a stronghold in Sanmenxia Town, Shaanzhou, on the other side of the river, and send 100 household officials to check strangers at any time, so as to prevent the Luoyang Wangjun from entering the country. Pei Yun nodded in response.

"Your Highness, are you considering sending a group of men and horses to garrison Sanmenxia Town or setting up a card to garrison the official road from Tongguan to Luoyang?" Pei Yun looked at the map and muttered and proposed.

"For the time being, there is no need, if you send military horses to Henan, it will definitely arouse Wang Shichong's vigilance, so as to fortify my Hebei Jin army, which is not conducive to this king." Yang Er looked at Pei Yun and whispered, then turned around and walked back and forth in the room, he has something that is still unclear now, Tong Pass is at the throat of entering the Guanzhong, that Yang Su's son Yang Xuangan led all the Jiangnan knights through Tong Pass to enter the Beijing Division, but he didn't alarm his uncle Yang Lin? That is to say, there are other roads from Jingshi to Jiangnan, avoiding Tongguan. Thinking of this, Yang Er buried his head in the map again, and after a while, he said to Zheng Xu in the mouth of the map: "Zheng Xu, this king has a secret order for you, you order to go down, go to the Zheng family caravan on the front line of Nanyang and Xiangfan, be sure to explore the routes everywhere, and draw a map to return." In addition, the routes and topography of the routes out of the Western Regions, Tuyuhun, Turkic, etc., and the locations of each tribe should also be drawn up, and the garrisons everywhere should also be marked. Can this be done? ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, Your Highness will explain His Highness's intentions, I have agents from the Military Intelligence Department in my caravan, and it is very convenient to have the assistance of the Military Intelligence Department in this matter." Zheng Xu hurriedly replied.

"Gong Zheng, this king has promised to expand the army and reserve troops in Taihang Mountain, and send 50,000 military horses, and there is Lao Zheng Gong bothering about this matter, thinking that the Turkic steppe is vast, there are many tribes, and it is about to enter winter, and it will inevitably be exchanged for winter materials, so you can take this opportunity to exchange for good horses." Yang Er said to Zheng Fengchi, the head of the Zheng family who had not yet spoken.

"Your Highness, rest assured, Xiaguan has already arranged for many caravans to enter the Turkic territory, looking for tribes to obtain good horses, and will definitely buy no less than 50,000 military horses to enter our east of the river before the first snow falls on the grassland." Zheng Fengchi's purchase of military horses has never been delayed, foreign trade is mainly based on the exchange of military horses, it is estimated that there will be more than a month before the grassland will be snowed, the grassland is covered with snow, and the horses will not be able to get out of the grassland at that time.

"If there are not enough horses, give more sheep and oxen. Cattle and sheep are also scarce for the military and civilians in the hinterland of our Taihang Mountains. Yang Er added. Thinking that 50,000 horses could be obtained in a month, it was a great pressure for Zheng Fengchi, not to mention that it was very likely that he would encounter Turkic soldiers in the Sui realm, and once the caravan went out encountered chaotic soldiers, his life would not be guaranteed. So I wanted to relieve Zheng Fengchi's pressure, but there were not enough horses, so I could use cattle and sheep.

"Your Highness, this official will ensure that 50,000 horses are a lot, and at the same time, he will also exchange more Turkic cattle and sheep to come back. For decades, my Zheng family has not been in the northern grasslands dozens of times a year, and with the banner of my Zheng family's caravan, even the Turkic Khan has to give some face. Otherwise, my Zheng family will cut off the raw materials, especially salt and wine, so that he only has the fishy mare's milk wine to drink. After Zheng Fengchi finished speaking proudly, everyone including Yang Er laughed.

Yang Er laughed and thought, this old man is really strong, the business in the north has been monopolized by him like this, and no one dares to offend him. If the Turkic Shabalu Khan wants to strengthen himself, he really can't do without these iron tools, grain, salt and liquor in Lao Zhengtou's hands.

The crowd dispersed, and it was getting late. Yang Er went back to his dormitory, and the three of them, guided by the dim lantern light of the maid, walked in the tortuous corridor, and came to the dormitory that had already been guarded by guards, and the rooms of Zhong Jian and Chuchen were on both sides. After Zhong Jian and Tong Huan, the leader of the guards on duty, muttered a few words, they went back to the side room to rest, only Chuchen did not go back to her room, but followed Yang Er into the big room in the middle. Several maids had already lit a few lights in the room and walked out of the room one after another, leaving only one close-fitting maid ready to serve Yang Er and take off his coat. Chuchen gave this maid a dead look, and the maid retreated and walked out of the room, leaving only Yang Er and Chuchen in the room.

"Sister, it's getting late, you don't need to be accompanied here for my brother, you can go and rest by yourself." Yang Er turned around and whispered to Chuchen, he felt a little strange, at this time, Chuchen should have gone to the room to rest like Zhong Jian, and he didn't know why he followed in.

"Brother Shi, there is something unknown about my little sister, I have been holding it in my heart for a long time today, I don't vomit or be unhappy, I want to ask Brother Shi." Izumi whispered displeasure.

"Oh, my sister doesn't know what's going on, just tell my brother, if my brother knows, he will solve his sister's doubts." Yang Er took off his coat as he spoke, threw it on the hanger on the side, and sat straight at the head of the bed, waiting for his sister's question.

"When Brother Shi talked about saltpeter today, why did he say that he would not sell it to my Taoist, and the little sister did not know, so I hope that my brother will give me advice?" Chuchen's face was gloomy, and he glared at Yang Er and asked. Although the candlelight was dim, Yang Er could still feel the dissatisfaction in Izuchen's words.

"Huh! What should I do, it was for this? My sister doesn't know that Taoism walks the rivers and lakes, and the Taoist doctor is a family, and most of them save people's lives by refining the so-called golden pill or elixir. And these pills add saltpeter as a must, but you Taoists don't know, this saltpeter is used less as a medicine, and more is poisoned, and the symptoms show that it is chronic poisoning, it is not easy to detect for a while, but taking too much pills, over time, the accumulation of medicinal properties, will inevitably poison and die, irreversible. Therefore, the brother does not sell saltpeter and wandering Taoist priests, it is just that he does not want to see more tragedies happen, and he has no other intentions. Yang Er looked at Chuchen and slowly explained to him, he wanted to directly give an example of Qin Shihuang's method of eating Xu Fu's pill to seek longevity, but in this way, he was afraid of leading to more topics about Chuchen, so he explained it simply.

"Brother Shi is not my Taoist family, how can he know the method of family alchemy? It is unreasonable to say that the golden pill is poisonous! Izumi responded fiercely, obviously not accepting Yang Er's explanation. Taoist alchemy is a way to purify the soul and improve Taoism in the eyes of Taoists. How is it possible to make a chronic poison?

"Oh, out of the dust girl, my brother is a little tired today, and I don't want to argue about this matter. When he returns to Beijing in the future, you will know from the time you go to inquire about Doctor Sun. Besides, for my brother to not sell it to Taoist monks here, doesn't he know to go to the pharmacies in the city to ask for it? Why should you be troubled by this? With that, Yang Er lowered his head and was about to take off his boots. He didn't want to explain the matter, and he couldn't say it clearly, so he said that to send out the dust.

"Okay, when the little sister returns to Beijing, she will ask her uncle." Chuchen also saw Yang Er's tiredness at this time, and it was inconvenient to stay here too much, so he turned around and left lightly after speaking.

It seems that this little girl's Taoism is limited, and she has not yet reached the realm of refining pills. These ancients didn't understand science, and it was really troublesome. Yang Er said secretly in his heart.