Li Zhang concurrently serves as the battalion commander of the musket battalion, although he is not in charge of things at all, and all the drills in the battalion are responsible for Huyan Shouxin, but nominally the musket battalion is still in charge of him, but this time the musket battalion went to the frontier, and he didn't plan to go, first, he was too young, and he didn't know how to fight, and he couldn't help much, of course, the most important thing is that Li Zhang was an ordinary person, and he also had a natural fear of the battlefield, after all, who would really not be afraid of death?

However, what Li Zhang never expected was that Liu E's original words were to let all the people in the musket battalion go to the frontier, wouldn't this even include him? Even at first, he felt that Liu E was joking.

"Why, don't you want to go?" Liu E glanced at Li Zhang with slanted eyes at this time and said, this sentence also completely shattered Li Zhang's only remaining hope, it seems that Liu E really wants to send him to the frontier.

"This ......" I saw Li Zhang hesitate for a moment, and then said with a bitter face, "Aunt Qi, it's not that I don't want to go, but I don't seem to be able to help if I go, but it may become a drag on Huyan and their trustworthiness, so ......"

Before Li Zhang's words were finished, he saw Liu E interrupt him and said: "The palace is not so confused as to let you go to the battlefield, but the musket is very important, I don't worry about letting Huyan Shouxin take people forward, you can go with you this time, but you don't have to go to the battlefield, it just so happens that Cao Wei is also over there, you will join the army under him, and be in charge of the logistics of the musket battalion!" ”

Hearing that Liu E had even arranged his official position, Li Zhang immediately showed an aggrieved expression and muttered: "I'm still a child......

"What kind of child, you are already fourteen years old this year, and you are fifteen years old, it is said that you are already an adult, this time you will go to Huanqing Road to experience it, and you will be able to become a tool in the future!" Before Li Zhang finished speaking, Liu E interrupted him again.

Li Zhang was also shocked again when he heard this, and calculated the time at the moment, and found that it was really like Liu E said, he would be fifteen years old in one more birthday, according to the point of view of the era of the Great Song Dynasty, he is indeed an adult, of course, even if he is an adult, it is too rare to go to the border army to join the army at such a young age.

"Time flies!" Li Zhang couldn't help but sigh at the moment, he was still a child when he crossed, so he deliberately disguised himself as a child psychologically, but he didn't expect that two or three years would pass in a blink of an eye, and he would soon have the identity of an adult.

"Yes, time flies so fast, you and Zhen'er are growing up day by day, and I am getting older day by day, and you brothers will need to protect this country in the future!" Liu E also said with some emotion at this time, and when she said this, she couldn't help but reach out and touch the fine lines at the corners of her eyes.

At this time, Li Zhang also suddenly found that when he first met Liu E, although the other party was over fifty years old, because of his natural beauty and proper maintenance, the whole person looked like a beautiful woman in her thirties, but in just two or three years, Liu E experienced the pain of losing her husband, and she had to work hard for national and family affairs, and the whole person seemed to have become much older all of a sudden, not only with a lot of fine lines on her face, but also with a lot of gray hair on her sideburns.

"Big lady, I ......"

Li Zhang originally wanted to say something, but Liu E interrupted him again at this time: "This matter is so decided, you go back and prepare, and go to Huanqing Road with the army in a few days, but you don't have to worry, as long as you can confirm that the musket has a significant effect on the battlefield, you can come back, after all, Bengong and Zhen'er can't do without you." ”

When it came to this, Li Zhang couldn't agree or not, so he had no choice but to nod and agree, anyway, he went to Huanqing Road to do a civilian job, and he didn't need to go to the battlefield at all, the reason why Huanqing Road is called Huanqing Road is because its center is Gyeongju, and you may be able to see Jinshan when you get there.

In addition, Gyeongju is next to the territory of the Dangxiang people, in fact, the biggest border trouble in the northwest is in addition to the Tubo people, there are only the Dangxiang people, and compared with the declining Tubo, the power of the Dangxiang people is getting bigger and bigger, which is also what Li Zhang has been most worried about, this time to Gyeongju, he can also observe the situation of the Dangxiang people up close, and maybe even see Li Yuanhao, because it is said that when Li Yuanhao was young, he liked to go to the border market set up by the Great Song Dynasty.

Seeing Li Zhang's promise, Liu E suddenly sighed, and then beckoned Li Zhang to come to him, and then took out a jade talisman from his arms and put it on him: "This is the peace talisman that I asked Zhang Tianshi of Longhu Mountain to make with his own hands, although you go to Huanqing Road this time to be a civilian, but after all, it is still too chaotic over there, you must also be careful to protect yourself, don't get into danger!" ”

When Liu E said the above words, her face was also full of love, and now she is no longer the Empress Dowager Liu, who holds great power, but an ordinary elder to the younger generation.

Li Zhang was also quite moved when he heard this, and immediately stroked the jade talisman with body temperature on his neck, and saluted Liu E again: "Xie Niangniang cares, I will pay attention!" ”

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Liu E immediately patted him on the shoulder, looking at Li Zhang's eyes with a somewhat complicated look, after Zhao Heng died, Liu E had almost no relatives in this world, Liu Mei was her brother-in-law, Zhao Zhen's son was also fake, and Li Zhang's nephew was of course also fake, but compared to others, Li Zhang was more loved by her, and this love even surpassed Zhao Zhen to some extent, because she sometimes had to guard against Zhao Zhen's seizure of power, but Li Zhang did not have this worry.

"Let's go, the man is ambitious in all directions, only if he has been on the battlefield, can he understand the difficulty of protecting his family and defending the country, and the Great Song Dynasty will also need talents like you in the future!" Liu E finally waved her hand and said again, although she was very reluctant in her heart, she couldn't keep Li Zhang by her side all the time, a man can only really grow up after experience.

"Yes!" Li Zhang immediately agreed, and then was just about to leave the hall, but at this time, he suddenly thought that he had another thing to do when he came to see Liu E, so he immediately stopped and said, "Auntie, I have one more thing I want to report!" ”

"What's the matter?" Liu E also sat down behind the bookcase at this time, but her expression became a little tired.

"The musket workshop is now only supplying muskets to the musket battalion, and there is already a shortage of iron, so I have prepared some things for this and specially come to present them to the imperial court!" Li Zhang said and took out a sorted document from his arms, and then respectfully presented it to Liu E.