Bazhou, the official road on the north bank of the Santai River was dusty, and the cavalry was marching southward, they were clustered with more than a dozen carriages, and the various flags in the team were also waving in the wind.

The Great Zhou Angel and the Prime Minister's Governor Shi Cui Da completed the mission of sending Shannan, and returned to Yecheng with Shannan's deputy envoy to Yecheng, Zheng Wanqing, the left servant of Shannan Dao, and Chi Shun, the public lieutenant of Angu County.

Cui Da sent an envoy to Shannan this time, one of the important missions was to take Yu Chi Shun to Yecheng, Prime Minister Wei Chi Hui has five sons, the eldest son and the second son are no longer alive, and the third ranked Yu Chi Shun is the oldest of the remaining three.

In late May of the second year of the elephant, the Duke of Shu and the governor of Xiangzhou, Wei Chi Yuan, raised troops against Yang in Yecheng, and the Wei Chishun family in Chang'an was placed under house arrest by Yang Jian, and then his son-in-law Yuwen Wen came to Shannan Anzhou Prefecture to meet his father.

Now that the land of the Zhou State is connected, there is no danger for Wei Chishun to go to Yecheng, and Shannan Dao Xingtai Yu Wenliang is also happy to push the boat along the river, and at the same time send Bazhou Thorn Shi and Xiyang County Gongyu Wenwen as the main envoy, and Zheng Wanqing, the left servant of Shannan Dao Xingtai, as the deputy envoy to Yecheng to meet the Son of Heaven.

In order to prevent accidents, Shannan sent the accompanying cavalry together with the angel's escort nearly a thousand horsemen, after they set off from Anlu, they should have gone all the way to the east, but turned south at the Hengzhou/Bazhou boundary of the Huangzhou Governor's Mansion, and advanced towards the Xiyang City of Bazhou Prefecture.

In a carriage sat Yu Chi Shun's wife Wang, the little female lieutenant Chi Mingyue is now looking out of the window excitedly, this time she and her parents set off to Yecheng, by the way to stay in Xiyang City, Bazhou, in order to meet her sister Yu Chi Chi Fan and the little nephew, 'by the way' to pick up her brother-in-law Yu Wenwen to go to Yecheng together.

"Auntie, you see a lot of ditches, there are paddy fields everywhere!"

"A-Niang, why are the crops in these paddy fields so neatly arranged?"

"A-Niang, that's the river embankment, right? It's a long time! ”

Wang's helpless non-stop 'mmmmmmmmmmmm

Now he is about to go to the 'brother-in-law's mansion' that Wei Chi Mingyue chatters from time to time, seeing his daughter's smiling appearance, the Wang family is also sincerely happy, and the son-in-law who came to Anlu a few days ago rushed back to Bazhou from Anlu before them, saying that he wanted to explain some affairs.

Thinking of the son-in-law who often behaves out of line, Wang and her husband are speechless, the son-in-law is very good to his daughter, but it is a little difficult to describe it in words, the son-in-law will definitely have to meet the Duke of Shu when he goes to Yecheng this time, and he doesn't know what will happen at that time.

Wang was thinking about things, and Wei Chishun was also thinking about things, he was reminded of the scenes he saw along the way, looking at the newly cultivated fields next to the official road, and recalling the glorious deeds of his son-in-law.

His son-in-law Yu Wenwen is the assassin of Bazhou, and he has made a lot of moves in less than two years after taking office, first deliberately forcing the local big households to rebel and then sweeping them all out, rectifying the state affairs vigorously and resolutely, but this is only the beginning.

First of all, the unheard of rice planting method and Quyuan plow, Wei Chishun has never served as a state official in the Jiangchu area, and he is not very clear about the specific cultivation situation of paddy fields, but he has heard feedback from all parties in Anlu that these two things are indeed beneficial to the country and the people.

Not to mention how the son-in-law came up with this thing in his head, the later development was also quite surprising: in order to so-called supplementary labor, he tossed Chen Guo in Jiangnan for more than half a year, and forcibly abolished Chen Guoyingzhou, not only moved the people across Jiangbei, but also captured an unknown number of prisoners.

From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, Chen Guo's army was defeated in successive battles, and Wei Chishun naturally did not look down on the combat effectiveness of the Southern Dynasty army, but his son-in-law's 'bullying' of the Southern Army was also an eye-opener: he defeated the other party with the water battle that the Southern Army was best at, and then relied on the power of the Navy to play the effect of large-scale cavalry raids.

Four years ago, when the two families agreed to get married, Wei Chishun knew that his future son-in-law Yu Wenwen was a rich and noble man, and the flying eagle lackey was of course skillful but had never led the army to fight, but after his daughter married in the next year, the son-in-law's performance was unpredictable.

Single-handedly doing business and raising nearly 5,000 soldiers, this alone is impressive, not only the military salary is enough but also there is meat, in order to let the soldiers eat meat and even open a pig farm, Wei Chishun feels that his son-in-law's thinking is very different from others.

After his son-in-law took office, he made a big water conservancy to reclaim wasteland, and he grabbed prisoners if he didn't have enough labor, and he opened up the situation within a year.

Skilled in military affairs, civil affairs are not left behind, Wei Chishun is more and more unable to see through the actual ability of his son-in-law, riding a horse past the stone bridge on the Santai River, looking at the completed embankment on both sides of the Santai River, and looking at the continuous farmland on both banks, as well as the neat rows of green seedlings in the field, Wei Chishun is a little distracted.

"County lord, please see, the place where the smoke rises in the distance to the east is the iron-smelting workshop of the Bazhou Ordnance Supervisor." Shi Shi, the governor of Huangzhou, who accompanied him, said that Wei Chishun looked to the east, but saw smoke rising from the south bank of the Santai River in the distance.

"Putting an iron-smelting workshop by the river is a drain of water?" Cui Da on the side asked, he was born in the Boling Cui family, and the knowledge of the children of the family is naturally wider than that of ordinary people, and the iron-making furnace uses water to drain the air, and he has also seen it from time to time in the north.

"Angels are very knowledgeable, it is to use water to drain the wind, not only that, but also built at the water's edge to use water transportation, one is to facilitate the transportation of charcoal, and the other is to facilitate the transportation of iron sand."

"Iron sand? Where does this iron sand come from? Cui Da was a little surprised, he probably knew that iron ore was needed for iron smelting, but this was all smashed iron ore and not enough to make iron sand.

"This iron sand is taken from the sand of the river." Wei Chishun replied that he had asked his son-in-law about this matter, and his son-in-law also answered truthfully.

"Isn't the selection of river sand a magnet?" Cui Dalu's knowledge is indeed wide, "Gathering sand into a tower, who can come up with such a method?" ”

"It's the Yuwen envoy of Bazhou." Shi Shi, the governor of Huangzhou, said with a smile.

"The county prince really has a good son-in-law." Cui Da praised, a small compliment to Yu Chi Shun, this is the 'elde' son of Prime Minister Yu Chi, after returning to Yecheng, he will be of great use, he naturally wants to get close in advance.

Wei Chishun smiled and shook his head, his son-in-law wants to make a difference in Bazhou, but there is no iron mine in Bazhou, so he came up with a way to select iron from river sand, although the output cannot be compared with the serious iron ore, but at least it can make up for part of the demand.

"It won't be another method from the Western Regions merchants" He sighed helplessly in his heart, his son-in-law did business, and he didn't know how much money he made by selling glass mirrors, although he always claimed to be a method from the Western Regions merchants, but Wei Chishun felt that the method was not good because the son-in-law came up with it himself.

The son-in-law is so good, of course Wei Chishun, who is the father-in-law, is happy, but after thinking about it, he is more and more worried......

Xiyang City, the backyard of the Xiyang County Mansion, Yu Chi Chi Fan was talking with his mother Wang with red eyes, his parents and sister passed through Xiyang this time, and the family was reunited, but thinking of his parents, he didn't know when he could meet, Yu Chi Chi Fan was already in tears.

"It's all mothers, how can we cry and cry, we can naturally communicate with each other when we arrive in Yecheng, there is nothing to worry about." Wang said with a smile, the little grandson was babbling and dancing in her arms, while the little female lieutenant Chi Mingyue was sitting on the side uneasily.

A maid at the door wanted to speak and stopped, a small head flashed next to her and then shrank back, Yu Chi Mingyue also wanted to say something when she saw this but didn't say it, Yu Chi Chi wiped her tears when she saw this, and said to the door: "Is it Eying?" Come on in. ”

As soon as the words fell, Yuwen Eying answered and walked in, first saying "mother" to Yu Chi Chifan, then saluting to the Wang family, and finally glancing at Yu Chi Mingyue.

Seeing his sister looking at him with anticipation, Wei Chi Chi said helplessly, "Go, don't run around", and the two girls, one big and one small, couldn't wait to walk out hand in hand.

"Eying" Wang was thoughtful, Wei Chi Chi saw that his mother seemed to be thinking about something, and hurriedly spoke to divert his attention, Yuwen Eying's identity is not ordinary, although her mother may not think of it, but she still has to pay attention.

"A-Niang, this time my daughter prepared a lot of gifts and took them to Yecheng together, even with my grandfather and two uncles and cousins."

"In addition, there are five glass mirrors, and you won't have to worry about reselling them in Yecheng, if you accidentally break them on the road, the pieces can be put away, and they can also be sold."

"Silly daughter, your grandfather will make arrangements when he arrives in Yecheng." Wang said with relief that her daughter has always been filial, and she was quite reluctant in her heart, "Don't forget your husband, he has to bring gifts to Yecheng." ”

"My daughter knows, it's just, it's just," Wei Chi Chifan said that he couldn't cry anymore, "It's just this farewell, and I don't know when I'll see the second elder."

"The days are still very long, and there are many opportunities, so I must remind my husband that I really have to be cautious when I get to Yecheng......

In the corner of the backyard, Yuwen Eying was discussing with her 'best friend' sister Yu Chi Mingyue, and there were a dazzling array of snacks in front of them, all of which were carefully prepared by Yuwen Eying's back kitchen.

Since the day before yesterday, she knew that Sister Mingyue was going to come to the house as a guest, Yuwen Eying didn't sleep well all night, and her close friend who hadn't seen her for a long time was coming, of course she had to do her best to be a landlord, so she tossed for two days and made a lot of preparations.

"Sister Mingyue, this cake is delicious, you can taste it"

"And this glutinous rice cake and this cheong noodle"

"This is an egg tart, which Aya made for me."

"There is also fungus silk, which is a fungus grown in the house, and it can't be eaten anywhere else!"

The two talked while eating, Yuwen Eying excitedly talked about interesting things in Bazhou, and Yu Chi Mingyue also talked about what she saw and heard in Anlu, more than a year ago, the two families were next door in Anlu, so it was very good for the two to play together every day.

"Sister Mingyue, this is what I asked Aya to prepare, called glazed grapes, exactly the same as the real thing!" Yuwen Eying opened a box, and inside was a bunch of lifelike glass grapes, green leaves, and black and purple grape grains, which at first glance almost looked fake.

"Is this what my brother-in-law did?" Yu Chi Mingyue asked, she carefully picked up the box and looked at the glazed grapes in amazement.

"It was made by the workshop in Ayejan's house." Yuwen Eying said ostentatiously, "My mother is amazing, draw graphics for the craftsmen to follow, and last year she also made a glass screen, called a hundred birds and a phoenix or something." ”

Seeing Yu Chi Mingyue looking at the gifts she had carefully prepared, Yuwen Eying was also full of joy, and she asked, "Sister Mingyue, if you go to Yecheng, will you still come to see Eying?" ”

"I don't know, A-Niang said that Yecheng is far away from here." Yu Chi Mingyue was a little melancholy, she didn't know when she would be able to get together with Sister Eying again, as well as her sister, her little nephew, and her brother-in-law.

She is more than twelve years old, and if she follows the occasional example, she can even get married, but at that time she didn't know where she would marry, and after marrying into her husband's family, she was afraid that it would be difficult to even see her parents.

"I just don't know where I'm going to get married" Yu Chi Mingyue muttered to herself, she was distracted for a while, and she actually said everything in her heart, she already knew some things in a daze.

"Sister Mingyue, you're getting married?!!" Yuwen Eying was so excited that her voice was a lot louder, and her shouting made Yu Chi Mingyue's face flush, and she didn't care so much and hurriedly explained, but the more she explained, the more chaotic it became.

"Sister Mingyue, don't be afraid, if Brother-in-law Mingyue bullies you, I'll let Aya teach him a lesson!!" (To be continued.) )