Ten days later, Wei Zhongxian was playing chess alone to pass the time, when he suddenly received a report from the scouts on the periphery, saying that there were more than 10,000 Mongols coming towards the Acropolis of Duoyan. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wei Zhongxian was stunned in mid-air when he heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, he put down the chess pieces in his hand, and got out of the yurt and climbed on the half-section of the city wall.

"Immediately stop work and stop work, use the existing city walls as a defense to prepare for battle, and scouts will probe again!"

The soldiers defending the city on the Acropolis were only militia members, and there were no regular troops, and panic suddenly spread among the crowd.

Wei Zhongxian stood on the city wall, glanced at the trembling men, women and children behind him with resentment, surrounded by a group of dead soldiers, brandished a small knife in his hand and roared: "What are you afraid of, afraid of death? You are not even afraid of me, Wei Zhongxian, and you are afraid of a group of Mongols? When the two armies meet, the brave wins, and those who want to survive hold on to the weapons in your hands, whether it is steel knives or hoes, to defend our Doyan Acropolis! ”

"Report, report, it's Lord Guan, it's Lord Guan!" The scouts galloped and shouted.

Wei Zhongxian wiped the sweat from his forehead, and he no longer had the spirit just now, and he was helped down from the city wall tremblingly.

After a while, Guan Shanyue took the lead and led thousands of Mongolian cavalry to the Acropolis of Duoyan.

Zhao Ruixue hurriedly greeted him, carefully checked Guan Shanyue up and down, and after confirming that he was not injured, she stuck out her tongue at him with confidence, knowing that it was not Qingqing and me, and stood behind him sensibly.

Guan Shanyue smiled warmly at Zhao Ruixue, turned around and raised her eyebrows at Wei Zhongxian, "Grandpa Wei, I'm scared!" Come, let me introduce to you, this warrior is the leader of the Bahrain Ministry, Telye, and now he is the Wei Commander of our Daning Du Si Tai Ningwei, and this warrior is Neqi Taiji of the Zalut Ministry, and now he is the Wei Commander of Buyeo Wei. Now they are living in the vicinity of Duoyanwei first, and then rebuilding Taining and Buyeo when the situation improves. This is the eunuch of the Daning Dusi and our God of Wealth, Wei Zhongxian and Wei Gonggong! ”

Wei Zhongxian looked at the black Mongolian cavalry in front of him, and his face was stunned, "I've seen two commanders!" ”

Ter also hurriedly returned the salute with Neqi, Wei Zhongxian's "prestige" even if they were in the grassland, they had heard of it.

Guan Shanyue looked embarrassed, and pointed to the 1,000 cavalry behind him, "These mighty cavalry are called Daning Iron Cavalry, which were specially selected for me by the two guard commanders, and they are all veterans who have experienced a hundred battles. Now under the command of Duo Yanwei, these are all soldiers of our Daning Division, what's the matter? ”

Wei Zhongxian walked in front of the group of Mongolian cavalry, craned his neck and looked at it a few times, pouted his lips and said, "People are okay, because the Mongols are a people on horseback." But the horse is really not good, I have seen the emperor's Jin Wuwei in the capital, how powerful the high-headed horse is, your horses are half as tall as the horse, and they are also small! ”

Guan Shanyue smiled evilly and patted Wei Zhongxian's shoulder, "Father-in-law Wei, I used to think so, but after getting along with these cavalrymen for a few days, I realized that this Mongolian horse is not small, it has excellent endurance and can run for several miles in a row." The tall horse you are talking about is a vase, and it looks beautiful and can't run far. To fight, it has to be this kind of horse. ”

Wei Zhongxian frowned, and pointed at Guan Shanyue with his finger, "Guan Shanyue, Guan Shanyue, you kid will wilt and damage, and you bastard boy and old man are here to show off." ”

With the addition of the Ministry of Bahrain and the Ministry of Zalut, the pace of city construction has been significantly accelerated. Guan Shanyue treated them well, and asked them for 50,000 taels of silver from Wei Zhongxian, which could be regarded as allowing them to settle down and have a place to spend the winter.

Wei Zhongxian had long been ready to settle down outside the Saiwai, and he coerced and lured almost all walks of life to bring in technical talents. With the technical guidance of these talents, the coal mines and iron mines have been ready to be put into operation in more than half a month, and the workers who produce have also been selected.

Guan Shanyue also thought that the big tiled house in the northeast of the city that started construction at the beginning was the yamen, and after it was built, he knew that it was a new iron factory designed and built by Wei Zhongxian specially dug up from the Zunhua Iron Smelting Plant.

In the first few days, Guan Shanyue trained with Daning Tieqi for a few days, and felt that he was still panicked, so he gave up.

Guan Shanyue, who was bored, is now playing chess with Wei Zhongxian to pass the time, but both of them are stinky chess baskets and love to regret chess. After a short period of getting along, he felt that Wei Zhongxian, who had left the whirlpool of power by deceit, was just an ordinary person. Love to lose his temper and complain, leaving the dark environment, people don't have those bad intentions that hurt people, just like changing a person, it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

When he was okay at night, this Wei Zhongxian was fortunate to stand behind the table and tell the story of "Water Margin" to those people, and now the people don't feel scared at all when they see him, and even a group of his fans among the people. Although he can't tell the whole story, it has become one of the most popular pastimes in the Acropolis.

On this day, the construction of the Doyan Acropolis is progressing smoothly, most of it has been completed, and Guan Shanyue is playing chess with Wei Zhongxian.

These two people are half a catty and eight taels, but Wei Liangqing gave Guan Shanyue a thief's stinky attention to his uncle Wei Zhongxian.

Guan Shanyue was responsible for attracting Wei Zhongxian's attention, and Wei Liangqing was responsible for stealing his uncle's chess pieces, and the two worked together seamlessly, winning three games in a row in a short time.

Wei Zhongxian looked at the chessboard with a puzzled expression, he didn't know why Guan Shanyue, the stinky chess basket, had improved his chess strength so quickly overnight, and he was simply powerless to fight back if he was killed. What puzzled him even more was that Guan Shanyue's chess pieces were playing more and more, and he often couldn't figure out when his rook and horse cannon were eaten by the opponent.

After losing a few games in a row, although Wei Zhongxian didn't see anything wrong, he still felt that something was wrong. He threw the chess pieces on the chessboard and scolded angrily: "You little bastard must be some kind of troublemaker, usually you win half of each, today I should win a few games even if I have poor luck, how can I keep losing." ”

Guan Shanyue would suffer this loss, and replied with grinned teeth: "You old bastard, on weekdays, I just let you go." Why, now that I'm majestic, you can't stop it! ”

The two had long been acquainted with each other, scolding each other and not paying attention to it at all.

Wei Zhongxian seemed to remember something important, and his expression was straight, "Brother Guan, have you noticed that the imperial court has not heard from you for more than half a month, and even the landless peasants who come in a steady stream on weekdays have become less and less in the past half a month, I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't say it." ”

Guan Shanyue nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, I also feel that something is wrong." The 20,000 stone of grain promised by the imperial court to us was only 10,000 stone, and the remaining 10,000 stone has not been shipped to us until now. I also found out about this problem, but I was afraid that you wouldn't be worried and didn't tell you. Now that Brother Wei knows everything, then I'll talk about my thoughts. First, the imperial court has completely abandoned us. Second, Houjin or Lin Dan Khan cut off their way of coming. Three, there are both cases. ”

Wei Zhongxian frowned and slapped the table, "Hey, if it's really the same as you said, then wouldn't we have to eat here and wait for death?" ”

Guan Shanyue pondered for a moment, "I think Houjin is the most likely to make trouble from it, since Huang Taiji came to power, their sphere of influence has become larger and larger, which shows that Huang Taiji is not a simple master." I heard that Ter also said that many small Mongolian tribes are now close to Lin Dan Khan, but they are very close to Houjin, and if Houjin cuts off our back road, as long as we say a word, these small tribes will rush to do this. Seeing that winter is coming, this food is enough for us to eat for a year, most of the people come with rations, we may be able to last longer, but we can't sit back and eat, we have to find a way. ”

Wei Zhongxian stroked his chin without a beard and nodded, "What you said makes sense, but our current strength is a little difficult to protect ourselves, what can we do?" ”

Guan Shanyue knew that what Wei Zhongxian said was all reality, saying something nice could not solve the problem, and he could not deceive the enemy if he could deceive himself.

Guan Shanyue rubbed her temples with a headache, and did not answer the central question, but raised her head and asked: "Liangqing, I asked you to ask someone to send a letter to Cao County in Yulinbao, and ask him to send me a few truckloads of sweet potatoes, rice and potatoes, it has been so long, how is this going?" ”

Wei Liangqing, a former ********, was completely a son, patted his chest and said with a big grin: "Uncle Guan explained something, how dare I be lazy, when the post guard came to deliver things, uncle, you went out to practice equestrianism, and I collected it on my behalf." However, I have put all these things in the cellar according to your orders, and you don't say that you will be seeds next year! ”

Guan Shanyue rolled her eyes helplessly, and said with a sad face: "You kid has finally done a serious job. However, Liangqing, you are so much older than me, can you leave me alone and call me uncle. I'll talk to your uncle about brothers, can we talk about ourselves, if you feel that you are messing up your ranks, you still call me Master Guan. ”

Wei Liangqing looked unimpressed, and flicked his sleeves, "By the way, uncle, the post man who came from Yulinbao to deliver things also specially instructed, there was half a cart of rice in the car that had not taken off the husk, and it was specially given to you by Xu Heguang, who had been doing it for more than eight years, so that you must be in the middle next year, and said that that person had the opportunity to come and see the growth, did you say that he was idle, haha!" ”

When Guan Shanyue heard Xu Heguang, her heart suddenly chuckled, it generally takes eight years to study a new variety, which coincides with the time Wei Liangqing said, Xu Guangqi should study agriculture in Fangshan at this time, could it be that this Xu in his mouth is just the Xu Guangqi who wrote the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration"?

Thinking of this, he didn't care whether it was funny or not, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he stood up from the stool excitedly, "Liangqing, do you think about whether the post guard said Xu Guangqi?" ”

Wei Liangqing saw that Guan Shanyue was suddenly so serious and tried to think about it, and slapped his thigh, "Yes, it's the uncle you said about this Xu Guangqi, the post guard told me this name at the time, what's the matter, do you know this weird uncle?" ”

Wei Zhongxian's nose was crooked when he heard this, "Liangqing, Liangqing, it's a shame that you have been in the capital for so many years, why are you such a waste of dim sum, you don't even know about Xu Guangqi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites." He was a famous agronomist, astronomer, mathematician, and hydraulicist, and you would be sorry for me. ”

Guan Shanyue waved her hand disappreciatively, "Okay, Brother Wei, it's okay to say a few words." Now that Liangqing can do things for us, take your time. Liangqing, you have to show me that half a cart of rice, if you let people eat it, I will let those Mongolian Khans beat your ass. Now you go and find me two people to go to the cellar and guard it for me, you don't like farming, and you will be in charge of this in the future. ”

Speaking of farming, Wei Liangqing was full of energy, and his chest was beating against the mountain, "Uncle, you just put a hundred hearts, and I won't run away from this matter." More than 1,000 acres of wheat I also let people get up, you don't see how good the 100 acres of cabbage and 100 acres of radishes outside grow, you can eat vegetables but it's all my credit. ”

Wei Zhongxian felt extremely embarrassed, he wanted to train him to be an official but was willing to farm, he waved his hand at the door of the yurt with a sad face, "Liangqing, you go quickly!" I discussed with Brother Guan how to deal with Houjin! ”