The weather is getting colder and colder, and there are few pedestrians on the official road outside Linyuan City.

After the recovery, Jiang Ge and Jiang Shoujun took their guards to inspect everywhere, and the resettlement of the displaced people was basically proper, houses and fields were distributed, and all winter materials were delivered door-to-door.

Jiang Ge stood on the city wall overlooking the entire Linyuan City, the original group of displaced people under the governance of his father has basically been solved, Wuling is sparsely populated but mountainous, according to Jiang Shoujun, the entire Wuling County accepted more than 200,000 displaced people in this year, and they were placed at the junction of the mountains and plains of each county. With the construction of new houses, the distribution of basic farmland, and the fact that we live by the mountains, we can basically live in peace.

It's just that except for a small number of young and strong displaced people who stayed in Wuling, some expanded their armaments, some worked as craftsmen, and the rest were basically old and weak women, and most of the men who stayed behind were also disabled. This winter is very important, and if you can survive it, it will be much better after the beginning of spring.

The ability to solve such a large number of displaced people so quickly is thanks to the Hong family, the Zhuo family, and the Lin family who moved from the family. The craftsmanship of the Hong family and the Lin family has played a vital role in this period of resettlement of displaced people, and it has been busy day and night for more than half a year to let everyone live in sheltered houses before the cold winter comes.

The Zhuo family's generations of medicine and medicine practice have also very well controlled the epidemic caused by the gathering of the homeless, and the three families of nearly 30,000 people are running around for the homeless people every day, and the law and order presided over by Jiang Shoujun is very stable. In this troubled era, the land of Wuling is more joyful and less sad and tragic.

On the other hand, compared with those young people who left their wives, children, and widows to join the exile army, Wuling County is like a paradise. Although the Hengyang Zhaoling Tomb close to Wuling was occupied by the Wandering Army, and there were few incidents of spying on Wuling, I don't know how many families of the Wandering Army settled down in Wuling, and people with a little conscience were grateful for the tolerance and dedication of the entire Wuling.

The Jiang family spared no effort to help the displaced people in Jingzhou, and it was also quite popular with the people, whether it was the local situation in Wuling, or most of the people in the control of the displaced army, they admired the actions of the Jiang family in Wuling in their hearts.

On the contrary, it was the behavior of the homeless Shuai Wang San and his son Wang Qian that made people scoff, and because of this pair of confused father and son, Du Tao understood that the strength and heritage of Wuling County were extraordinary. If you want to swallow the fat of Wuling, these unclothed stragglers under your own command, even if you go to 100,000, you will still be killed, and you will lose your armor, and it will be a one-sided massacre.

Fortunately, the Wuling Jiang family took into account the overall situation, did not kill Wang Qian to vent their anger, and accepted Wang San's ransom and let him go. Therefore, Wang San couldn't raise his head in the exile army, and was scolded by Du Tao fiercely, and it was taken back to Changsha, and Hengyang County was led by Shi Peiying. Wuling has given away a lot of materials, and he has already made his attitude clear, and he has Shi Peiying as a buffer in the play. Therefore, the border of Hengyang, which Wuling is close to, is now calm and stable.

Later, the Zhaoling County captured by the Liumin Army was also controlled by Du Rui, the younger brother of the Du Tao clan, so Wuling and the Liumin Army are now very subtle, not invading each other, but also defending each other, and the checkpoints at each intersection are tightly fortified, and it is not easy to pass.

Jiang Ge tightened his cuffs and asked: "Since we can't get along with the Wandering Army now, we can take precautions, as for Wuling, we don't have the strength and energy to take care of it." But why are the officials and the army so laissez-faire and let them sit big? Now the Jingzhou Liumin Army has become a trend, most of the chassis has been occupied, and I heard that Guangzhou is even more rampant, which is even more chaotic than Jingzhou. Aren't the people above afraid that the two Huai in their hands will also be gradually eroded? ”

Jiang Shoujun learned from Jiang Ge and looked at the stable and prosperous street scene in the city with his cuffs caged: "In fact, whether it is the Liumin Army or Guangzhou Baiyue in our Wuling view, they are just shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and in the eyes of those scholars in the two Huai, they are even more mud-legged, and the new dynasty doesn't care, because the bandits can effectively eat away at the strength of the two Huai scholars, making them tired of coping, so as to reduce the pressure in the government." ”

Jiang Ge said with some resentment: "The whole country is already like this, the vast land in Jiangbei has been divided, the Han people do not exist in ten, and the Jiangnan side is not working hard to restore the people's livelihood and national strength as soon as possible....... Repeat. ”

Jiang Shoujun made a silent gesture and said: "It's good that the young master understands, don't preach it to the outside world, this is the trend of the times, we can only do our best to let the displaced people not starve to death in the wilderness." We are worthy of our conscience, worthy of the education inherited from our ancestors and ancestors, and we can do good deeds and accumulate virtues and do what we can. What is the general trend of the world, we can't worry about it. ”

The two people who had been chatting for a long time in the city felt that the cold wind was getting stronger and was about to go down to the city to return home, when suddenly a sound of horses' hooves came from the official road in the distance, Jiang Ge looked at it, and saw three horsemen galloping, led by a black fur, and the two behind him were wearing leather armor and thick velvet cloaks. There are many big and small families in the city, and Jiang Ge basically doesn't know him, so naturally he is not interested in knowing who it is. Together with Jiang Shoujun, he successively went down the city wall, got on the carriage and went home.

It's just that the carriage didn't take two steps Jiang Ge heard a familiar voice shouting his name at the city gate, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while, Jiang Ge didn't make many children, and he was also puzzled in his heart, so he stopped the coachman and walked out of the carriage, watching the young man who was trembling and running to his young son, Jiang Ge couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, and walked up with a laugh and took off the mink cloak on his body and wrapped it, took the cold hand of the person who came and quickly got into the carriage, and told the coachman to go home quickly.

In the back house of Jiang's mansion, in Jiang Ge's wing, two large pots of red charcoal fire were placed in the room

In the middle, two Taishi chairs with bear skins are placed on the left and right sides. The main seat is Jiang Ge's own special chaise longitude, and the two huge gray bear skins are fixed on the chair and look extremely soft and warm.

At this time, Tao Fan sucked the snot and lay on the chaise longue covered with a fur quilt sewn into double-sided, and his body was still swinging, but after drinking ginger tea, he was much more comfortable. Tao Fan's two generals were also taken to the guest room by Jiang Shoujun to entertain them.

Jiang Ge sat aside and looked at Tao Fan, who was slowly rocking the recliner, and smiled: "Jiugongzi, this Yaxing, I really admire my brother, I came all the way to ride a fast horse, don't you run to take refuge in some trouble, hahaha." ”

Tao Fan felt a lot more comfortable in his body, and his limbs were no longer stiff, but the burning sensation under his crotch was more obvious after the warmth, but fortunately, Jiang Ge's recliner was cleverly made, and it was comfortable and warm to lie in.

Tao Fan sneezed and wiped his nose with the silk scarf that had washed his face just now, and said in a buzzing voice: "When you leave Wuchang City, you don't feel cold, you are not happy, after you arrive in Shayang, you want to change to a carriage while watching the scenery while hurrying, but by chance I heard a few people's conversations in the restaurant, involving your Jiang family and Wuling, and I felt that the matter was very important, so I rushed to report to you non-stop." Brother Jiang, buddy, I'm not angry, but it's more urgent than the eight hundred miles of urgency, you have to treat me well, this recliner is very good, comfortable, enjoy, ah~"

Jiang Ge listened to Tao Fan and laughed nonsense: "Okay, okay, I'll give you exactly the same one when I go back." There is really no shortage of fine wood and fur in Wuling, and I will instruct the craftsmen to make them in a hurry. The storage is more comfortable and atmospheric than this one. ”

Tao Fan hummed and said in a restrained tone: "Dude is not joking with you, I really met three people in the restaurant in Shayang City, I just saw a boy in a golden robe, and I also heard a middle-aged man who was called Brother Yuwen by the prince in a golden robe, and a man surnamed Yang, who is good at using guns, seems to have been in the military camp." ”

Jiang Ge's heart tightened when he heard this, isn't this the person behind the scenes of Sleepy Dragon Village, the golden-robed boy and the gun-wielding man fled, and the mysterious boss blocked the help of the three of Kui Shi outside the city, causing himself to almost fall into the path of the gray-robed Taoist.

Jiang Ge thought that this could make Tao Fan meet, and it was really fate, and he also heard the surnames of the two, so Tao Fan hurried to report the news, and his people were enough to make friends, although he looked a little silly and naïve, but he was kind-hearted.

Jiang Ge told the previous few days in detail, Tao Fan, who was nesting in the recliner, listened attentively, sat up wrapped in fur, heard the high-five at the climax, and clenched the fur when he heard the danger.

After boasting to each other, Jiang Ge asked: "Why are you running to Linyuan if you have nothing to do, the New Year is approaching, it's not good to stay in Wuchang to be your ninth son, why do you want to come to me?" ”

Tao Fan complained: "It's not that I am locked up in the barracks by my father every day, eating a big pot of rice all day long, and a bird fades out of my mouth, and I don't go out to spread the wild, and I feel uncomfortable." It happened that an angel came to the court, saying that Zhou Yi drank a lot of wine every day and didn't care about anything, so he called back to Jinling. Because his father was meritorious in suppressing bandits, he was promoted to the commander of Jingzhou. The younger brother took advantage of his father's time to entertain the angels, and came with the general, and he will be happy with you for a few days. ”

Listening to Tao Fanyi's words, Jiang Ge began to quickly calculate the stakes of this news in his heart. It can be said that the rise of the displaced people in Jingzhou was caused by the chief official assassin Shi Zhouyi. The people's livelihood in a state is under the control of the assassin history, but this old master is addicted to yellow soup, drunk and dreaming every day and ignores political affairs. If it weren't for Lord Taishou Tao Kan leading the troops to repel Du Tao, I am afraid that this Jingzhou would have been occupied by the exile army. If this Lord Assassin had been more diligent at the beginning, cooperated with the defenders and all forces to settle the sudden displaced people, did a good job in relief and settlement, maintained law and order, and actively arrested the displaced army that took advantage of the chaos to revolt, the entire Jingzhou would not have been in chaos like it is now.

Now that Zhou Yi has been transferred, Tao Kan has been promoted to the assassin and is in charge of the affairs of a state, which is a great thing. Although he only has a few connections with General Tao, looking at his past achievements, and the people's livelihood in the region under his jurisdiction, and the military camps under his rule, he can be called a great talent in terms of armament and people's livelihood. Looking at Tao Kan's complaints, you can see that his father is not only strict in governing the army, but also in governing the family. Moreover, Jiang Shanyi commented on Tao Kan, who was born in Buyi, and repeatedly worshipped thieves and thieves all the way, relying on his excellent military management ability and judgment of the general trend. does not have the powerful mentality of the eunuch clan who regards the people of Li as slaves, but is sympathetic to the people's feelings and cares about the people's livelihood. The seized booty was never privately embezzled, and was used for military and civilian construction. It can be described as the parent official of the people and the pillar of the country of the imperial court.

Jiang Geda felt happy in his heart, and hugged his fists to congratulate: "This is a great event, Brother Tao's family history has reached a higher level, and the future can be expected." The people of Jingzhou are like dry fields meeting nectar. I hope that Lord Lingzun will exterminate the bandits as soon as possible and return Jingzhou to the peace of the country. ”

Tao Kan hugged his fist and said: "Thank you Brother Jiang, the younger brother has no right to interfere in my father's affairs, but Brother Jiang Jiyan's younger brother is also very useful, hahaha, with my father and my brothers, Jingzhou will live a peaceful life sooner or later." ”

Just when Jiang Ge and Tao Fan were chatting with each other, there was a rumbling sound of iron hooves on the official road outside the east gate of Linyuan City, as if a large group of war horses were galloping over, and the city gate defenders who did not know the situation quickly closed the city gate, and the archers looked at the galloping hundred horsemen with arrows and arrows.

Seeing that the city gate was closed, Tao Xia motioned to the horse team to slow down and went to the city gate alone

The commander who came out of the Wuchang camp said loudly: "Tao Xia, the commander of the Wuchang Navy camp, was ordered to come and tell the head of the Jiang family about something important, please report it." ”

The captain of the garrison on the city wall quickly sent someone to Jiang's mansion to report, but there was still no sign of opening the city gate, but instead ordered the defenders around him to wait.

Tao Xia didn't have any dissatisfaction, but the wind was really a little cold, and his limbs were stiff even more when he was wearing iron armor, so it would be nice if he had a sip of strong wine at this time. The hundred horsemen behind Tao Xia waited in a quiet formation, no one exchanged heads, and there were no superfluous movements and sounds except for the horses under their crotch panting. From this, it can be clearly seen that Tao Kan's strict management of the army is not an exaggeration.

As soon as Jiang Shan received the news and learned that it was Tao Kan's third son who came in person, he knew that the matter was very important, so he hastily put on his fur and rode on his horse towards the city gate.

Tao Xia was riding on a horse and was bored counting how many archers were aimed at him when the city gate quickly opened, and a rich man wearing a gray fur riding a horse rushed towards Tao Xia, and just came out of the city gate and said very politely: "Why don't you send someone to notify you in advance when your nephew visits, it's such a cold day, I've been waiting here for a long time, and the guards are also responsible for it, don't blame the virtuous nephew, the old man will punish himself with three cups later, hurry up, go back to the house with the old man, and see if the child is frozen." Don't worry about your guards, they've already arranged for someone to entertain them. Walk around, the house is warm. ”

Jiang Shanyi's gentle face was not pretentious at all, which made Tao Xia uncomfortable for a while. I have never felt such intimate hush and warmth from my elders, and my father has always kept a straight face since their brother was a child, and he lived in fear all day long, for fear of being punished for making mistakes. Like the one in front of him, his kind eyebrows and eyes are so caring, his words are warm, and his thick palm holding him is even warmer.

Tao Xia was moved and wanted to cry, and he didn't know how to enter the Jiang family's mansion, but under the hospitality of Jiang Shanyi and the servants, he lost his armor again, changed his warm and comfortable fur, and unconsciously drank some spicy and sweet ginger soup.

"Third brother, why are you here?"

Tao Xia, who was surprised by Tao Fan's words, shook his head, turned his head and saw that it was his ninth brother, beside him was Jiang Ge, who had competed a few months ago, and then looked at the kind-looking head of the Jiang family sitting on the main seat. Rubbing his eyes, he was sure that he might have been hallucinating from hunger and cold, and he was a little confused. When I went down to the house, I drank ginger soup and warmed my body a lot, and my spirit was much clearer.

Tao Xia said a little embarrassed: "Father knew that you only brought two generals and ran away, so he slapped the table and asked me to arrest you back." I brought someone to chase you, who knew that your kid ran so fast, he couldn't catch up. ”

Tao Fan said anxiously when he heard this: "Third brother, don't, it's hard to run out, it's such a cold day, you have to get up so early to practice, and eat a big pot of rice." I'm only so old, third brother, can you bear it? Just let me stay here for a few more days, and then I'll go back for the New Year. My father won't blame me, will he? ”

Some Mu Ne's Tao Xia is more straightforward, and there is no way to take this ninth brother, so he just advised: "Just rest in Linyuan for a few days, you have to go back with me before the heavy snow closes the mountain." ”

Tao Fan said happily in his heart: "Come on, thank you third brother." You and your uncle are busy first, Jiang Ge and I are in the wing room of the Hou Mansion, remember to come to me when you are done. ”

Jiang Ge greeted Tao Xia with a fist and was pulled back to the back house by Tao Fan, Tao Fan muttered in a low voice: "Brother Jiang, it seems that my plan has come to naught, and I will have to follow him back for three days at most as soon as the third brother comes." The three of them are good but upright, no, they are very upright, they can't say three days, not even one more second. Hey~"

Jiang Ge said with some envy: "You have so many brothers, I am quite envious, I have been alone since I was a child, how can you be so interesting, you are the most comfortable, the above eight brothers and sisters, in this life, you can live a peaceful and stable life just by lying down." ”

.......

In the reception room, Tao Xia, who had already recovered, took out the sealed bamboo pipe and handed it to Jiang Shanyi, and said: "Assassin Shi Zhou Yi returned to the dynasty, my father was promoted to Assassin Shi, my uncle was friendly with my father, and he was in charge of Wuling. The other fathers did not explain, but only said that the uncle would hand over the reply to the little nephew after reading the letter. ”

Jiang Shanyi knew it in his heart, opened the seal and took out the letter to read it carefully, and Tao Kan said three things in the letter: "First, after being promoted to assassin history, he will definitely receive an order to suppress bandits at the beginning of spring. Second, the current saint is extremely annoyed by Wuling's ambiguous attitude, the Wang family is also eyeing Wuling, and other forces are also looking at it, and the main contradictions of the imperial court can be divided into Wuling's body. Third, the Bai family in Jinling was also watched by many parties, and Tao Kan asked if it was related to the Jiang family. ”

In the end, Tao Kan said earnestly: "As a landlord, Kan is very grateful to the Jiang family and Wuling for the resettlement of the displaced people, and also understands the Jiang family's current choice of self-preservation, but the shore of the land is not the king's land, and Wuling should also say something at this time, at least no one can find fault with the righteousness." Moreover, the next task of suppressing bandits also needs Wuling's response, and it is good to be a show. ”

After reading the letter, Jiang Shanyi threw the letterhead into the brazier in front of Tao Kan and burned it to ashes. He frowned lightly and said: "The virtuous nephew has been resting in Linyuan for a few days, and what Ling Zun said is a big matter, let me discuss it with the clan, and then I will also write a secret letter and hand it over to the virtuous nephew to bring back." You are all young people, the dog and the ninth prince fell in love, you have more contact, and the domestic servants will take you over. Just treat Jiang Mansion as your own home, don't be restrained. ”

The servant took Tao Xia to the back house, Jiang Shanyi ordered to inform the other three heads of the family to discuss the matter, bowed forward, stretched out his hand and put his hand above the charcoal fire, looking at the letter that had been turned into ashes, Jiang Shanyi fell into deep thought.