When Zhu Yunwen returned to Duanben Palace, it was already close to Hai, and after eating something a little, Zhu Yunwen came to the study, spread out the blank paper, and began to practice calligraphy. This is his new habit, when he is depressed, he will choose to practice calligraphy to calm his mood. Today's writing is Li Bai's "Difficult to Travel", to be written, "There will be a time to ride the wind and waves, and hang on the clouds and sail to the sea." At that time, Zhu Yunwen felt that the blocks in his chest had gone some, so he took a blank piece of paper and wrote the names of several people on it, namely Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, and Qi Tai.

Zhu Yunwen stared at it for a long time, and finally crossed out Fang Xiaoru, put a big question mark behind Huang Zicheng, looked at it for a while, and threw the paper into the brazier......

The next day, there was a small wave of the climax of banning new textile machines in the court, but fortunately, Zhu Yunwen had been prepared and arranged enough manpower to refute it, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry and the Institute of Engineering took turns to come forward and debate with the people in the matter and the Yushitai. The two sides quoted scriptures and classics, and the debate was very happy, and Zhu Yunwen left all the twists and turns that were presented.

At the same time, he ordered the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, Jinyiwei, and Ying Tianfu to quickly solve the case and investigate the foreign population in Jingshili. Yin Songyi of Tianfu came forward to summon all the workshop owners who had adopted the new textile machine, and asked them to strengthen patrols and prepare gongs. In addition, the Soldiers and Horses Command Division of the Five Cities has strengthened the inspection work of the new-style workshop, and will knock on the door of the workshop to ensure that there is no problem before leaving.

The rumors in the market did not make much waves, thanks to Zhu Yunwen's on-site commitment and the continuous implementation of follow-up relief measures, the victims' families were compensated, the owners of the burned workshops received loans, and production resumed quickly, and the temporarily unemployed weavers saw hope, so no one followed the rumors. Another point is Zhu Yunwen's suggestion, hire some old ladies to squat in sensitive areas all day long to observe, if there are strangers coming, they will go up to ask, if there is a problem, they will ring the gong to warn. Therefore, near the workshop, strangers are afraid to come, and the natural security is much better. Song Yi appreciated this method very much, and even intended to promote it.

Bai Fangrui's "Fanghua Women's Workshop" has also changed its guns, and this time is different from the past. Ma Hui, the princess of the princess, contacted the ladies and ladies in Beijing to participate together, assisted Bai Fangrui in dealing with kindergartens, nursing homes and other matters, and also brought funds to invest in shares, further expand the scale, introduce more looms, and recruit more weaver girls. Ma Hui and Bai Fangrui got along more and more harmoniously, at Ma Hui's insistence, the two were commensurate with sisters, Bai Fangrui was already at this time, so she went, just devoted herself to the expansion and management of the workshop. With the increase of shareholders, more and more women came and went, and perfume, jewelry, and jewelry shops slowly appeared near the workshop.

Daqingshan, Baidaoling.

"In the Qin period, the bright moon and the Han period, the Long March has not been returned. But to make the dragon city fly will not teach Humadu Yin Mountain. This is really a choke point, I am going to build a barrier again, the old man is really excited. The old general Song Sheng stood on the Baidao Ridge, looking at the dense camp tents on the Baidao under the ridge, as well as the craftsmen who were building the customs, and said with great emotion.

"Hee-hee, Father, I'm here again, Father seems to be a little sentimental in the past few days!" A young general flashed out on the path behind Song Sheng, this was Song Sheng's eldest son, Song Xuan.

Song Sheng looked back at his son and said with a smile: "You rabbit cub, you dare to tease your father, is it itchy?" ”

Song Xuan hurriedly raised his hand in submission: "Father, don't dare, in fact, my son is a little emotional, this time His Royal Highness put a knife on the chest of the Mongolian, no wonder the Mongolians are desperate." ”

"Desperate?" Song Sheng squinted at his son and said, "Do you think your encounter was desperate?" ”

Song Xuan paused for a moment and said: "That time is not counted, our 10,000 cavalry against the opponent's 10,000 cavalry, it was easy to defeat the other party and occupy the white road crossing, but the other party did not fight to the death, only suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and withdrew." ”

"Yes, the Mongols are weak now, our army has 30,000 cavalry, plus 70,000 infantry, although it is not enough to penetrate deep into Mobei, but it is still easy to fight a decisive battle near Daqingshan and repel the Mongols."

The father and son said that a month ago, Ping'an and Song Xuan led 10,000 cavalry as the vanguard, arrived near Baidao, and encountered the Mongol cavalry. Ping'an observed for a while and ordered Song Xuan to assault, and the Mongols were not ambiguous, hedging with Song Xuan, but their armor, war knives, bows and arrows were worse, although the number was twice that of Song Xuan, but Song Xuan was killed by Song Xuan and retreated. Ping'an pressed the whole army at the right time, and the Mongols retreated from Baidao when they saw that the situation was not good, and chased to the mouth of Baidao Valley, because they were afraid of an ambush, Ping'an did not enter Baidao to chase.

After the large group arrived, Xu Huizu ordered the night not to reconnoiter along the white road, but found that he had been out of Wuchuan and had not seen the Mongols. After Xu Huizu and Song Sheng discussed, Song Sheng and Song Xuan were ordered to guard Baidao and build a fortress on the basis of Baidao City in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was tentatively named "Baidao City"; Ming Ping'an led 10,000 cavalry to be responsible for the vigilance around Suiyuan City, and Xu Huizu sat in Suiyuan and began to build the city.

Song Xuan made a grimace, stuck out his tongue, walked to his father's side, and said, "Of course, my father has experienced a hundred battles, has been in Liangzhou, and has guarded Kaiping, so of course he knows the Mongols well." ”

Song Sheng smiled and said: "This father is also worthy of it, Xuan'er, this time to build Suiyuan City, I heard that the court is arguing very much, you are by His Royal Highness's side, do you know these things?" ”

Song Xuan didn't answer, but said, "What does my father think about the construction of the city?" ”

Song Sheng thought for a while and said in a low voice: "Actually, my father feels that His Highness is a little anxious, and he can wait for him to ascend the throne before doing this, once the city construction fails, it will greatly hit His Highness's prestige, and some gains outweigh the losses." ”

"This, Your Highness means that these two years are the period of weakness of Mongolia, the golden family in the east has the name of orthodoxy, and the Varat in the west is strong, if they complete the integration, it will be more difficult to build the city."

"Your Highness still knows about these things?" Song Sheng was a little surprised.

"Yes, Your Highness knows a lot about Mongolia and the Western Regions, and has put a lot of thought into it."

Song Sheng was silent for a while, retreated from the servant, and then said in a low voice: "Xuan'er, since you are the commander of His Highness's escort army, if you have the opportunity, remind Your Highness, don't pay too much attention to external enemies, or pay attention to internal worries." ”

Song Xuan smiled: "Internal worries? What does the father mean? ”

"Smack", Song Sheng's big hand slapped on Song Xuan's helmet: "Boy, you're still sloppy with your father, don't you understand what I mean?" ”

Song Xuan screamed, covered his head and said, "Father, you can't talk well, you ......" As soon as he said this, he found that Song Sheng's hand was raised again, and he quickly raised his hand and said, "Dad, don't dare, don't dare." ”

"Actually, I don't know what His Highness is planning, since I started to read to His Highness, I feel that His Highness has something hidden in his heart, but His Highness is not thin on me, as long as His Highness gives an order, I will go to the soup and go to the fire."

Song Sheng stared at his son for a while, sighed, and said, "Forget it, don't talk about this, I'm a little worried about building the city for my father this time." ”

"Why?"

"My father is in Liangzhou, and I have some understanding of the situation outside Jiayu Pass, Daming did not garrison troops in Yumen Pass and Yangguan like the Han Dynasty, but only set up Guanxi Seven Guards there. The confession of the Mongol captives worried my father. ”

"Well, father, is that Ugqi very powerful?"

"Very powerful, he is hunting near Bosten Lake more than a thousand miles outside Jiayu Pass, most of my war horses in Liangzhou come from the tribe of Ugqi, he is the big leader of the four wars of Wara, and his headquarters cavalry is more than 50,000, if it is fully recruited, I am afraid it will be more than that."

"Isn't the four parts of Warat more powerful than the previous Genghis Khan?" Song Xuan exclaimed.

"Hehe, this can't be counted like this, he is far worse than Genghis Khan, by the way, do you know why Genghis Khan is so powerful? There are more tribes to unify the grassland, why can his descendants enter the Central Plains? ”

"This," Song Xuan thought for a while and said, "It should be that the Central Plains was very weak at that time." ”

"This is only one aspect, you are also a person who leads troops, and my father asked you, what are the elements of a strong army?"

"I know this, Your Highness said that the army is well-trained, reasonably established, and prohibited."

Song Sheng couldn't help but let out a "huh" and said, "Your Highness, you are really a genius of Tianzhong, and you have such an opinion without leaving home. Many literati find these opinions clichéd, but they do not know the method of strengthening the army, and they have not changed from ancient times to the present. ”

"Xuan'er, looking down from here, your cavalry's tents are much neater than other barracks, and your soldiers are more disciplined."

"Well, this is a strict requirement of His Highness, and His Highness has asked us to make all possible situations into regulations, and then according to these regulations, we will train soldiers and stay and camp. For example, in order to avoid a sneak attack, the soldiers on the periphery are not disarmed, and they can line up to fight at the time of a stick of incense; The soldiers inside also have the corresponding regulations and go into battle quickly. ”

"Well, this is the method of strengthening the army, the tribes on the steppe are actually very easy to deal with, most of them are family and tribe units, except for a small number of the Great Khan's guards, they are just some herdsmen. It's okay for this kind of army to win battles, but if it loses, it will be defeated. But Genghis Khan broke the boundaries of tribes and families, and used trusted generals to serve as commanders of thousands and ten thousand commanders, so that the Mongol army became a whole, disciplined and well-trained, so that it was invincible and invincible. However, now the Mongols have re-tribalized, and although they are numerous, their combat effectiveness is not the same. So since the Cool Country...... After Lan Yu wiped out the Great Khan's army of the Northern Yuan, the Northern Yuan collapsed. ”

"Far away, the nomadic area of the Warat Department of Ugqi stretched from the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains to Lake Baikal, which was the Beihai of the Han Dynasty, where Huo Qubing once annihilated the Xiongnu's Zuoxian Wang. Ugqi has been staying in the West Sea for a long time, I don't know why this time I got nervous to equip Eastern Mongolia and harass us to build a city, this is where I am worried, there may be something that we don't know about. On that day, you repelled the Asutes, it is said that they migrated from the far west, you see that their eyes and appearance are different from the Mongols, and my father remembers that they used to be the guards of Yuan Wuzong, and it stands to reason that they should have been wiped out in the fishing sea, but I don't know why they were able to gather more than 10,000 cavalry. ”

"In this way, no wonder my son thinks that they are well-trained and skilled in tactics, if it weren't for the equipment, I'm afraid more people would die on our side."

Song Sheng said with a smile: "The Mongols are not so easy to deal with, you have to have the courage to fight bloodily. ”

Song Xuan straightened his chest, pounded the breastplate with his right hand, and said loudly: "My Ming boy does not lack the courage to fight to the end. ”

Song Sheng smiled, patted his son's shoulder gently, and said, "You must be careful when you go into battle, there are no eyes for knives and guns." ”

"Well," Song Xuan thought for a while and said, "Father, I don't understand. ”

"Don't understand what?"

"Why did His Highness let Wei Guogong be the general of the expedition to the north, you are only a deputy general, in terms of military merit and ability, you are much stronger than Wei Guogong, he just has a good father, why is the position above you?"

When Song Sheng heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Child, you will still give your father a grievance, then, for your father, why did Your Highness do this?" ”

"This," Song Xuan raised his helmet with his hand and said, "I didn't figure it out, I just felt that His Royal Highness was too kind to Duke Wei." ”

"Well, my father asks you, if you are not the son of Song Sheng, the Marquis of Xining, can you become the commander of His Royal Highness's guards at this age?"

"This," Song Xuan said, dejectedly, "Impossible." ”

"So, don't think that Wei Guogong took advantage of his father, King Zhongshan." Song Sheng said earnestly: "You are like this too." In addition, Wei Guogong does have the potential of a famous general, not arrogant or impatient, and calm, which may be the reason why His Royal Highness reuses him, but more importantly, His Royal Highness wants to cultivate his own team, and now that you are a close confidant of His Highness, then your father can only escort Wei Guogong. ”

"So," Song Xuan couldn't accept it, and said, "Father has been dragged down by me." ”

"That's not the case," Song Sheng turned around, looked at Bai Dao, and said, "If there is no you, the father may not have the opportunity to stand here, and His Highness will reuse you as a father." But His Royal Highness is still young, and he is destined to be a father just a transition, and in the end, it depends on you young people, if nothing else, your title and merits will surpass me, so there is no dissatisfaction with my father, and he will wholeheartedly assist Wei Guogong to ensure the success of Suiyuan's construction of the city. ”