Chapter Eighty-Four: The Willows of the Past

"Brother Yanshi is going, please take care."

Zhao Youju stood at the gate of the village, since he turned thirteen years old, he went out less often, and his expression outside became more and more like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, not as old and honest as before. The people in Zhuangzi may be a little surprised, but they are familiar with his Zhuanghu a few years ago, and now almost all of them have been sent to fresh water, and now some things in Zhuangzi are taken care of by Yixue teenagers, such as the nursing home, which is Qin Dashi, Long Twelve and others.

A few acres of paddy fields in Zhuangzi were also quietly sold, as if the family had begun to fall into decay and decay again.

"Aju, please go back, I will be cautious, if there is any news, I will send you a letter immediately." Shi Mo Guangyan arched his hand, glanced at Zhao Heju deeply, and then turned over and got on the horse. Ma Xing was far away, he looked back again, Zhao Heju was still standing at the door of the villa, and when he saw him turn around, he waved his hand again.

"My righteous brother is a great person, if it weren't for me, who would have known that he would have laid out an overall situation related to the world...... He lives here in seclusion, but he is familiar with the general trend of the world, and he is really a character like Wolong, and he doesn't know what kind of character is fortunate to be assisted by him. Shi Mo Guangyan thought in his heart that in the past ten days, he has lived in Yuzhang Villa, and this feeling has become deeper and deeper.

After bidding farewell to Shi Mo Guangyan, Zhao and Ju were extremely happy, and when they returned to the study, they couldn't help but flip over two hollow heels, which startled Han Yu who was following him: "Da Lang be careful!" ”

"I have been playing a child for a year, but I didn't expect it to be like a child." Zhao Youju touched his head and laughed.

Han Yu was also very happy, just for Zhao Heju's young nature, she didn't know it when she was young, but when she got older, she gradually understood that it was not a good thing to not be harsh and laugh at a young age like her own eldest man. Just a moment later, Zhao Youju's joy subsided, he sat down in his seat, took a piece of paper, and wrote the word "butterfly" on it with a brush.

He was well aware of the role of Yelu Chucai on the Hu people, and took away Yelu Chucai and other young and strong officials of the Jin State, and Temujin occupied the land of the Jin State, and there were not enough people to change the way of ruling for a while.

For a long time, the steppe robber nature of these Hu people has made them only destroy, not build, only plunder, and not appeased. Although this allowed them to come and go like the wind, it also brought them extremely negative consequences, that is, the destruction and plunder could only be achieved for a while, but it could not quickly change the weakness of the Hu people's national strength: there was no stable logistics, no reliable supplies, no mechanism to turn production into combat power, and not even enough people to serve as warriors. The Hu people can do their best and defeat the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Jin State, but in less than a year, the Jin State can pull out an army of hundreds of thousands. But the Hu people can't do it, if they fail in a robbery, they will have no supplies and they will be hungry, and if they are killed or injured in a big defeat, more than half of them will be greatly damaged and even have the worry of destroying the country.

According to the history of later generations, after Temujin summoned Yelu Chucai this year, he was persuaded by him to use the Han rule to rule the Han land, set up officials to govern the localities, and continuously sent goods, materials, weapons, armor and young men to the Hu people, so that the Hu people not only had a tactical advantage, but also completely gained a strategic advantage.

Zhao and Ju understood that he took Yelu Chucai away first, although this was a draw from the bottom of the kettle, but it could not fundamentally prevent the Hu people from learning to govern the country and take away Yelu Chucai, Temujin still has Shi Bingzhi, Shi Tianze, Shi Tianyi These Han people, as well as Yelu Ahai and Yelu Bald Flower such Chinese Khitans, when Temujin's power grows to a certain extent, without Yelu Chucai, there will be other people who will offer suggestions to pacify the north. However, if he was able to take Yelu Chucai and these people who were low-level officials into exile, Temujin adopted that strategy, and there was no man in his hands for a while, and it would inevitably take more time than the original history to stabilize his rule.

In addition, Yelu Chucai is indeed a first-class talent, he is not only proficient in Confucianism, but also good at managing money, poaching him from Temujin's hands, which makes Zhao and Ju a little excited.

"A generation of Tianjiao?" He sneered, and couldn't help but look north, this was the first time he had fought with that generation of Tianjiao who was rampant in Europe and Asia, and the enemy was bright and dark, making the other party suffer a small loss.

"Da Lang, is your head okay?"

A pair of warm and soft hands were placed on his forehead, gently massaging him, Han Yu saw his strange expression, thinking that he had a headache again.

"It's okay, you don't have to...... Let's see what time it is. ”

Zhao Heju closed his eyes, and Han Yu turned his head sideways to look: "It's a quarter past nine." ”

Because of Zhao and Ju's habits, now the quarter hour is twelve hours, he took a breath, and let out a long breath, the initial excitement passed, and his mood returned to calm.

"I'll squint for a while, call me at half past nine, I still have to do some ...... today" He said as he fell asleep, his voice was faint, Han Yu stared at his calm face because he had fallen asleep, and felt extremely warm in his heart. She only hopes that this moment will never pass, and her own husband will always be like this, just sleep in her arms like a baby.

However, fifteen minutes was just a short moment, and when the quarter of an hour reached nine and two o'clock, Han Yu sighed softly, and Zhao Youju in her arms immediately realized that she raised her head and asked, "Is it time?" ”

"Why don't you take a break for a while, there is something, and there are righteous young people who are used by Da Lang, why do you need to do everything yourself?" Han Yu couldn't help but persuade: "Da Lang's body is important!" ”

"It's okay, sleeping eight hours a day is already a luxury." Zhao Youju moved his neck: "I will wash my face with a basin of water, and then I will go to the laboratory. ”

Now there are still more than 130 people in the fifth and sixth phases of Yixue in Yuzhang Villa, of which the morning of the sixth phase has to follow Mr. to learn literacy, and the fifth phase has completed the literacy class, more than two years, their less literacy is more than 2,000, and even 6,000, and they can write records and letters fluently. Therefore, Zhao and Ju changed their morning literacy class into an experimental class to teach them some simple chemistry and physics knowledge. The righteous young people who graduated before but still stayed in Zhuangzi, as long as they were not assigned to their duties, would also come to observe.

Yuzhang Villa is full of righteous teenagers, so in the content of Zhao and Ju's lectures, there can already be some shocking content, such as the earth is spherical, gravitational force and so on, and sometimes do some chemical and physical experiments.

If the first three phases of Yixue teenagers, Zhao and Ju are biased towards cultivating their management talents, then the last three phases are biased towards physical and chemical technology. For these teenagers who have developed study habits, Zhao and Ju have opened a completely different door.

"One year to go...... One year to go. Zhao Heju looked at a pair of eager eyes, and thought silently in his heart.

The fifth phase of the teenagers will be sent to Tamsui by April this year, and the sixth phase will also be sent by April next year, and since then, Yuzhang Villa ...... It's going to be cold.

After settling down, Zhao and Ju began to lecture, and when he saw Ou Bama sitting among the children, he smiled slightly. The glassware that Ohama and his son spent nearly half a year building in Liuqiu brought him more than just wealth.

In the East China Sea, the Dingyuan is facing the wind and waves, and the sails are like clouds. Dozens of seagulls flew around the ship's mast and chirped cheerfully.

Yang Miaozhen stood at the bow of the boat, this was her second time begging, she took a deep breath, the air on the sea smelled of salt, but she liked it very much, it was a wide and boundless and free taste.

About fifty zhang behind the left of the Dingyuan, Yelu Chucai stood on the deck of the "Zhangyu", and also took a deep breath. He had already heard the sailors on board say that he would soon be able to reach the destination of his trip, Tamsui.

When these sailors talked about freshwater, their expressions were extremely proud, just like when the people of Jin Guozhong talked about Zhongdu, they had a condescending taste. Yelu Chucai knocked on the side, and got a lot of news from their mouths, but the more he listened, the more confused his mind became.

I heard them say that Tamsui is just a stronghold on the hanging island on Liuqiu Island, and Liuqiu Yelu Chucai knows that Wu Guoweiwen once visited during the Three Kingdoms period, and was driven away by the epidemic, so it must be a wild and barren land. Some sailors say that Tamsui was built seven years ago, while others say that it was three years ago, and no matter how long it is, this hanging island has not been based on Tamsui for a long time.

But in the mouths of the sailors, this is a city that Quanzhou and Qingyuan Mansion can't compare.

He was very curious, so when the boat approached the fresh water, Yelu Chucai climbed on the bow of the ship to watch. Because of Meng Xisheng's explanation, Lin Xi was quite polite to Yelu Chucai, as long as he didn't do anything bad, there was still freedom to stand at the bow of the boat.

The distance on the sea could not be determined, Yelu Chucai only saw the distance between the sea and the sky, there seemed to be a white shadow, as the "Zhangyu" approached, the white shadow became bigger and bigger, longer and longer, and gradually the whole picture could be seen.

It is a stone tower with a tree on the top of the mountain, similar to the lighthouse on the hanging island, and it is thought that it also serves as a lighthouse. However, this stone tower is much taller than the lighthouse on the hanging island, and I don't know what kind of paint it has been painted white, and it is quite bright in the sun. Closer, Yelu Chucai saw that this tower was nine stories high, and if it was placed on land, it could be regarded as a tall tower.

Under the tower, there is a town, protected by a city wall about two feet high, the city wall stretches out for two weeks, up and down according to the terrain, Yelu Chucai found that the city wall has not yet been fully completed, and does not have the power of protection.

Within the city walls, there are rows of houses, none of these houses are wooden structures, at least Yelu Chucai did not see the common wooden structure houses of the Jin Kingdom and the Great Song Dynasty.

From the city gate, a white-ribbon road extends to the wharf, this road is obviously paved with the "cement" that Meng Xisheng said, the width of the road should be more than four zhang, and there are trees planted on both sides, although they are still only young trees, and they have just passed the New Year's Pass, but these trees are lush and swaying in the wind. On both sides of the road are vast fertile fields, mainly paddy fields, but also dry land, where farmers are ploughing the land. Because it was not yet the farming season, there were not many farmers in Yelu Chucai.

"Freshwater!" Yelu Chucai's heart was both surprised and happy, and there was some trepidation. He originally thought it was a wild place overseas, but he found that it was a rich place, and he was now convinced that he was sent to freshwater, and it would definitely not be used to work as a miner.

After the ship docked, they were greeted by a group of young men in strong clothes, all of them had the same color of standard weapons in their hands, their eyes were firm and their lips were closed, no one turned their heads to ears, and no one looked around, they stood in front of Yelu Chucai, but their eyes did not seem to see him.

Yelu Chucai was surprised to find that all of them had short hair, like shaved monks.

Among them, the person who obviously looks like a leader is Li Ye. He also had a shaved head, wore leather boots, and wore a wide belt around his waist, and stared at Yelu Chucai with a cold gaze.

The leather boots they wore were all designed by Zhao Youju, even including the logo on their shoulders. This is a completely modern professional army, although they only hold cold weapons, but the discipline and action are all completed in strict accordance with the drill guidelines compiled by Zhao and Ju.

Naturally, they still only have the appearance of a professional army, although most of these people have followed the Red Jacket Army to the battlefield, but they are not a soldier, they are nothing more than a group of entangled homeless, to put it more ugly, a group of stupid thieves.

But in them, Yelu Chucai still noticed a trace of strangeness, which was different from the armies of the Jin State and the Song State, and different from the warriors of the Hu people, this was a force that he didn't know at all.

"Salute!"

Li Ye gave the order, and all the guards suddenly raised their spears in their hands and shouted in unison: "Salute!" ”

Although it is only fifty people, fifty people show the momentum of hundreds or thousands of people. Those young officials and scholars of the Jin Kingdom who were reluctant to be sent couldn't help but hold their breath at this moment.

There is no doubt that this is a well-disciplined force. Yelu Chucai's mouth was a little astringent, there were such people on such an island, he didn't know what Shi Mo Guangyan's righteous brother, the mysterious master, wanted to do.

"Li Hanfan, well done." Yang Miaozhen was also startled by this roar at first, but immediately laughed. Just like Meng Xisheng's words, when Li Ye was eighteen years old, Zhao and Ju not only sent him a letter, but also came to pick up the word for him, "Han Fan", taken from the meaning of the Han family's fence, Li Ye studied with Zhao and Ju for four years, although he was not very good at studying, but he also knew that his own words were placed on high hopes.

"Four ladies!" Regardless of whether he has a good impression of Yang Miaozhen in his heart, but this time Yang Miaozhen came to Tamsui instead of Zhao and Ju, so he can't lose his etiquette on top of etiquette. After giving another salute, Li Ye smiled and said, "Fourth lady, you still know many of these people in the escort team." ”

"That's nature!" Yang Miaozhen has seen them one by one, and most of the fifty-person escort team she knows: "Shan Chao, Du Jiu, Gao Dameng, He Xiaoshan, Zhuang Ke......"

She called out the names of these people one by one, and everyone who was called by him looked a little excited, but the discipline of the escort team was extremely strict, and no one wanted to be imprisoned in the dungeon by Li Ye because he couldn't control it for a while, so everyone looked at her and saluted her, but no one spoke.

Li Ye looked at this scene, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"Li Hanfan, you did a really good job, if I hadn't seen Dashi and Twelve them in Zhuangzi, I would have almost been bluffed by you." Yang Miaozhen looked at him with a smile and couldn't help suppressing it.

"They follow Da Lang, naturally they are different, I just learned some skin from Da Lang."