I wish you all a happy new year, good luck, good health and all the best.

In the conference room of Jingbian Fort, a large pot of charcoal fire was brilliant, very red, and the room was baked warm.

Liu Renyu, Li Jiye, Yang Desheng, Zhang Tieniu, He Ergou, Liu Renjie, Ma Wenshan, Ma Tianjun and other military generals of Jingbian Fort, as well as Zhao Datie, the chief engineer of the Liujiabao construction project, gathered around the brazier and were holding a meeting.

"General, I don't know how much you have captured and captured on this expedition to the grassland, but there are soldiers who have been killed, and is there any income in the treasury?"

At the beginning of the meeting, Ma Tianjun, the chief housekeeper of Jingbian Fort, asked Liu Renyu what he had gained.

"Tianjun, you are still so careful, that's it, this is also your duty, I will tell you. In this battle, our army killed 428 soldiers in the north captive, only a dozen soldiers of our army were wounded, no one was killed, 420 cattle were captured, 15,600 sheep, and 2,430 horses were captured. Liu Renyu said with a smile on his face.

When the generals who went out with Liu Renyu this time heard this number, they all had a light on their faces and were quite proud. Li Jiye was originally worried that Liu Renyu would be embarrassed if he made meritorious contributions to other generals, and other people's official positions were above him, but later he was relieved when he heard Liu Renyu say that he would replace these heads with silver taels.

"Congratulations to the general for such a great victory, and the students wish the general every step of the way." Ma Tianjun congratulated repeatedly.

"Tongxi, Tongxi, Tianjun, you did well in the township examination this year, and now that you have achieved the fame of lifting people, the next step, you can participate in the examination." Liu Renyu also congratulated Ma Tianjundao.

"The general told the students before, and the students also agreed to the general, so the students will naturally go to take the examination." Ma Tianjun replied.

"Very good, Tianjun, I hope you will be able to take the Jinshi exam when you take the exam. Well, by the way, I Jingbian Fort is in urgent need of ploughing cattle, and spring ploughing is imminent, so I order you to quickly distribute the ploughing cattle to the people, so that they can properly settle the ploughing cattle, you must make it clear to them, the ploughing cattle are lent to them, and they are from our government, so that they must not treat the ploughing cattle harshly, otherwise we will have our own strict punishment and strict laws to serve them. Liu Renyu advised.

"Yes, General, the student wrote it down. Dare to ask the general, what should be done with so many sheep? ”

"There are more than 15,000 sheep, we can't raise so many here, and I am determined to divide five thousand lambs and stronger sheep to graze with us, and these sheep can be distributed among the people, and let those people be herdsmen, and the sheep we give them will be counted as what we have lent to them, and when the sheep they raise give birth to lambs, and the number of sheep has increased, they will return to us the sheep they borrowed from us."

"Yes, General, what should we do with the remaining 10,000 sheep?" Ma Tianjun asked again.

"Kill them all, drown them with salt, dry them, make them into dried meat and store them first, and then I will have them useful."

"Yes, General. By the way, dare to ask the general, how much gold and silver goods did you seize on this expedition? Please also hand it over to the government treasury. ”

"Damn, you really don't leak, I didn't say you remember, just tell you, this Mongolian is too poor and sour, I broke four villages, and only found 6,000 taels of silver, and the rest of the treasures are not very much, and they are also placed in the north fort of Zhenbei, and I will send someone to transport them here to you."

"Thank you, General." Marven Shan claimed to be grateful.

"Well, it's about to be the New Year, how is the construction progress of the project in Liujiabao? Please also ask Daddy Zhao to talk about it. ”

"Hey, hey, this Liu ....., General Liu, our Liujiabao, it is slow to repair, not that the cement is slow, but that the steel bar is not enough, so I let those people who are idle and have nothing to do to help, together to make steel bars, this more than a month, we have not done anything else, is in the whole steel bar, now the steel bar has been made, only need to tie them up, and then pour cement on the line." Zhao Datie said happily.

"Then according to you, when will the city wall of our Liujiabao be completed?" Liu Renyu also asked with a happy eyebrow.

"General, by the end of January at the latest, the city wall of our Liujiabao will be completed." Zhao Datie said confidently.

"Okay, Daddy Zhao, the progress of this project is actually not slow, now it looks like the New Year is coming, and the people who are working at the Liujiabao construction site have been busy for so long, let them rest for 6 days during the New Year, let them take a breath." Liu Renyu smiled.

"Hey, okay, my old Zhao Tou thanked the general on behalf of those people." Zhao Datie replied.

"Tianjun, when our sheep are killed, we will select 600 of them and cook 100 of them every day, and give them to the people to eat, so that they can have a good New Year." Liu Renyu commanded to Ma Tianjun.

"Yes, General, the student wrote it down. The general is dedicated to the people, and the king of heaven is very impressed, so please accept the worship of the king. After Ma Tianjun said this, he got up and left his seat and bowed.

"Why do you think you're doing this, why are you doing it so formally?" Liu Renyu said helplessly, so he quickly got up and left his seat, bowed down, and bowed down, which was regarded as a return gift.

After the two men had finished saluting each other, they took their seats.

"Tianjun, I went to the grassland to fight this time, and I also brought back more than 460 Han compatriots who were captured by the Mongols and naturalized Mongols. These people have to register their household registration, make identity plates, and when those naturalized Mongolians register them, remember to give them Chinese names, dress them in Hanfu, and teach them to learn Chinese, and in the future, they will no longer be Mongolians, but our Han Chinese. You've made a note of it. Liu Renyu asked solemnly.

"The student made a note of it."

"Very good." Liu Renyu nodded first, responded, and then continued: "Everyone, I still have something to explain to you today, I plan to replace all the Beiyu heads we have won this time with silver taels, and I don't need them to describe the merits, I don't know if you have any objections?" ”

Objection!? Even if there is a general, they dare not say it.

Everyone responded in unison: "We have no objection." ”

"Thank you for your understanding, after the New Year, we will expand the army again, the expansion of the army needs money and food, and now we are still repairing Liujiabao, and the money and food are a little tight, so we can only exchange these heads for silver taels as military funds. Gentlemen, you must remember that the foundation of our life is the army, so the army must be built well. Only when the army is built can we make more military achievements. ”

"General, the inferior rank understands." The generals responded to each other.

"Very good. After saying this, there is one more thing, I want to tell you, let's start from the 29th of the lunar month to the sixth day of the first lunar month, and you can rest as much as possible. During the holidays, you are not allowed to give me gifts, let alone give gifts to each other. ”

"General, even if you don't want to give New Year's money, Ergou's son is so old, we haven't visited it yet, can you give a New Year's money?" Li Jiye asked innocently.

"New Year's money!?" Liu Renyu pondered for a while, and then replied: "You can give the New Year's money, but the amount can't be too large, it can only mean something, you can write it down." ”

"I'll make a note of it." Everyone responded in unison.

"Okay, I wish you all a happy new year." Liu Renyu arched his hand.