Camp in Jangyi

Yan Wan looked curiously at his new residence in Beiying, but Yan Xing was still thinking about the layout in Jiangyi, and didn't notice that Yan Wan's eyes around him had slowly turned to him.

"Big brother, what happened in the city in the past two days?"

Yan Wan looked at Yan Xing. In the past two days, outside the house in the city where she was, the guards changed several batches one after another, although those guards of unknown origin did not enter the house, but Yan Wan was not an ignorant person, she naturally saw that she was being monitored, and Yan Xing took her back to the military camp in Jiangyi, which confirmed her guess.

"It's a small change, it's not a big deal, you don't need to worry."

Yan Xing smiled and shook his hand to reassure Yan Wan.

Yan Wan saw that her brother didn't want to talk about it, she couldn't help but feel a little gloomy in her heart, she knew that her brother had a big plan, although she intended to share her brother's worries, but at present, it seemed that she still couldn't get rid of her brother's burdensome identity.

Yan Xing was just out of love for his little sister, so he didn't want her to be involved in these things, but he didn't want to, in this matter, it made Yan Wan even more sad.

"Big brother, when did you change your weapon?"

Yan Wan knew that his brother didn't want to get involved in those things by himself, so he could only restrain his thoughts and change the topic.

She saw the ring knife that Yan Xing had carried in the past, and she didn't know when it had been replaced by a sword, so she asked.

Yan Xing used to carry ring swords, mainly because on the battle array, fighting with the head sword was more powerful and durable than the Han sword. But now that Yan Xing is already the master of an army, when he goes into battle to fight, until the battle situation is critical, Yan Xing will not go out in person, and the ring knife is rarely used.

And "swordsman, gentleman armament", as he had to deal intensively with the Pei family and other eunuchs in Hedong, Yan Xing also changed his weapons, clearly indicating his identity, and did not want to be treated as a rude soldier.

It's just that these considerations are quite difficult to explain to Yan Wan, Yan Xing has always hoped that his little sister's life can be more simple, so as to alleviate the scars left in Yan Jiawu Fort in her heart.

"It's been a while."

"Oh, I think so, my little sister hasn't seen her brother for too long."

Yan Wan's tone was light, but it made Yan Xing feel pity, Yan Xing wanted to comfort, but before the words came out, Yan Wan blinked, but he changed the topic again.

"That Lu Niangzi, but she is fine, but I don't know, where is she now?"

The lady Lu that Yan Wan said was Xiaolu, and after she came to Hedong, she took Lu as her surname. She also helped in the fight against the epidemic. Master Yan presided over many things such as Linfen Tuntian, and Xiaolu also participated in it, taking a group of homeless women's dependents and children to pick wild vegetables and mountain fruits, raise silkworms and reeling silk, and weave cloth, which was a great help for Master Yan.

Yan Xing raised his eyes in some surprise and looked at his sister-in-law's expression, and asked:

"Lu Niangzi, now in Linfen, why did you suddenly ask about her?"

"This Lu Niangzi seems to be my brother's old acquaintance."

"At the time of Sanfu, when I was defeated and fled, I took advantage of her rescue."

"Oh, there is such a thing, the little sister has never heard the eldest brother mention it."

Since the oxtail gathering was burned, Yan Xing was isolated from Yan Shi, Xiaolu and others, and these things were deeply pressed in his heart by him alone, and he never mentioned them to others again, and now that Yan Wan mentioned them, he sighed and said:

"It's all old things, why mention it."

"Why do you mention it, no wonder, when the little sister mentions the old days in Yungo, the brother is always absent-minded."

Hearing Yan Wan's words, Yan Xing couldn't help but be speechless for a while, he knew that the changes in Yunwu's Yan family had left a trauma in his little sister's heart, and after arriving in Hedong, because of the busyness of everything and the change of identity, there was also an ideological gap between the brothers and sisters, and it was difficult to return to the way they were when they were in Yunwu.

Yan Xing could only comfort Yan Wan a few words, and after thinking about it, he led to other topics.

"Wan'er, what do you think of Yang Feng?"

Yang Feng made a promise to rescue Yan Wan from the Yan family, and escorted Yan Wan to find his brother for thousands of miles, this kindness, Yan Wan naturally kept it in his heart, but in the face of Yan Xing's sudden mention, Yan Wan still frowned slightly, and asked:

"What do you mean by that, brother?"

Yan Xing looked at Yan Wan. Yang Feng is a famous ranger in Hexi, currently under his curtain, temporarily living as a guest, Yan Xing has talked to this person a few times, and knows that this person is extraordinary. Yan Xing even said frankly to Yan Xing that if Yang Feng could be left for use, it would be of great benefit to both the present and the future.

However, Yang Feng is not only a person with both wisdom and courage, but also has many unruly people under him, and it is not easy to make his generation die to serve Yan Xing. For this reason, Yan Xing suggested that it was better to match Yan Wanxu to Yang Feng, so that the best of both worlds could also achieve a good story.

Yan Xing is now running Hedong, and he has a lot of military officials from Hedong such as Xu Huang, Cao Yuan, and Wei Xuan, but for the sake of the future plan and the balance of internal forces, Yan Xing also plans to reuse a talented cool person like Yang Feng, so Yan Xing's suggestion, Yan Xing was also quite moved when he heard it.

It's just that I don't know what Yan Wan's mind is, and Yan Xing doesn't want to force it, so today, when I accidentally talked about related things, Yan Xing suddenly had a whim and asked Yan Wan's opinion, after all, Yan Wan is also past the age of Jilu, and it's time to find a good match for her.

"Yang Jun is a person who is both wise and brave, and has great grace in my family, I don't know if Wan'er has ever wished, if it is-"

"Brother, a man marries at thirty, a woman marries at twenty, the ancient courtesy, Wan'er doesn't want to get married for the time being."

Hearing the reason Yan Wan used to prevaricate himself, Yan Xing was silent.

It is true that "a man marries at thirty and a woman at twenty" is an ancient rite, but since the late Spring and Autumn Period, far-sighted and wise men have begun to notice that population is one of the most important criteria for measuring national strength, and all countries regard population growth as a basic national policy. Gou Jian, who was lying on his salary and tasting courage, Han Fei, who was a master of legalism, etc., and even in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty when he was recuperating, the measures to promote early marriage among the people by government decree were also paid special attention.

The same is true in this dynasty, men are generally fifteen or sixteen years old, men are generally fourteen years old, and they generally talk about marriage.

But now, Yan Wan was unwilling, and there was no point in talking about it anymore, so Yan Xing also put away the topic for the time being, and talked with Yan Wan for a while before getting up and leaving.

Leaving Yan Wan's new residence, Yan Xing quickly found Yan Xing in a hurry.

"Brother, how are you talking to Wan'er?"

Yan Xing shook his head and said:

"Wan'er doesn't like it in her heart, don't mention this matter again for the time being."

Hearing Yan Xing's determined tone, Yan Xing felt a sigh in his heart, it seemed that he had done something bad this time, not only did he not redeem his merits, but it also seemed to cause Yan Wan's dissatisfaction, but Yan Xing didn't let him mention it again, and he didn't want to ask, so he only hid this matter in his heart.

"The matter here in Jiangyi, although it will not be so that people will leave the government, but I have to guard against it, I plan to transfer Gongming's battalion back to Jiangyi, he also served in the Hedong County Government, but he can have a relationship with the current head of Shoujiangyi, in addition, in Jiangyi City, those few families are still delusional, and you want to leave and right the source of the Hao family, you also have to find an opportunity to knock it off, so that these people can settle down."

"No."

What Yan Xing instructed, Yan Xing hurriedly agreed. Yan Xing saw that Yan Xing seemed to have something to say, so he immediately asked:

"What else do you want to talk about?"

Yan Xing hurriedly nodded and said:

"Tomorrow, the Pei family will send someone to say that their convoy will arrive in Jiangyi tomorrow, but I don't know if the captain wants to stay and see them."

Since the Pei family promised to help Yan Xing pacify Bai Bo, they naturally would not break their promise, in the past few months, their convoy has also sent a lot of food and medicinal materials urgently needed by Yan Xing's army, this kindness, everyone has remembered it, and the matter of Tuntian in the back will inevitably trouble the Pei family.

Yan Xing thought of the deep meaning revealed by the Pei family, and his heart was also cold, and he immediately nodded.

"Well, I'll see them tomorrow."

···

"Captain, is that place where the new tuntian of Jiangyi is located?"

On the hillside, Pei Wan was dressed as a small servant, pointed to a newly opened tuntian, and asked curiously.

Yan Xing looked at the busy figures of the displaced people who had been forcibly resettled in the field in the distance, nodded, and said:

"Although this field is newly cultivated, after planting a season of beans, a lot of soil fertility has been restored, and this year we can plant wheat."

Pei Juan nodded while listening, obviously a little surprised by Yan Xing, the captain who led the troops in battle, and his familiarity with farming, he looked at the ditch where the tuntian was located, and saw that in the ditch, there were many muddy figures working, and from a distance, they looked like mud figures.

"Are there displaced people over there?"

"No, those are the White Wave Thieves who were captured by several prisoners of war."

Yan Xing looked at the Bai Bo captives who had undertaken the heaviest and most difficult work of clearing fields and clearing canals, and said lightly.

In addition to adopting crop rotation to restore soil fertility as soon as possible, speeding up the construction of water conservancy and irrigation projects is also an important task that has been carried out in Jiangyi and Linfen. After many wars and turmoil in the northeastern border of Henan, the channel has long been in disrepair or completely abandoned.

The implementation of large-scale tuntian, not only to restore the old channels, but also to build more and more perfect ditches, these huge and heavy projects, finally fell on those Baibo troops who were captured by Yan Xing's army.

With so many water conservancy projects, it is indispensable to work the people, especially on the basis of the fact that the two places are in ruins waiting to be rebuilt, and it can be said that it is extremely painful for the Baibo prisoners who bear hard labor.

In almost every section of the excavation of the channel, there will be a group of white wave captives who are tired to death on the construction site, and behind the restoration of the livelihood of the people in the two places, the blood and tears hidden in the shadows make people shudder to think about it.

Although Pei Juan didn't know the general situation, he could also see a little clue, perhaps because he felt that this topic was too heavy, he scratched his cheek and asked instead:

"These are white wave thieves, if you don't see it with your own eyes, it's hard to believe that the white wave thieves who used to be evil in the past will one day bury their heads in this field and ditch work."

The Bai Bo army was raging in Hedong and did a lot of evil things, Pei Juan was born in a scholar's family, and what he often heard in his ears was how the Bai Bo thieves were so murderous, and it was not surprising to be surprised.

Yan Xing looked at him and said:

"Before they became thieves, these people were originally farmers who cultivated the fields, hunters who hunted in the mountains and forests, or fishermen, but because of this world, they gradually became bandits and bandits who gathered in the mountains and forests."

"Of course, once they have tasted the way of this world, when they pick up the sword soldiers, they will have a better life than when they picked up the farm tools, and it is extremely difficult for them to put down the sword soldiers and return to the fields. If it weren't for the fact that they destroyed their courage to resist in one fell swoop and let them know the fear of picking up swords, how could these people stay in the field honestly at this moment? ”

"This is thanks to the captain's ability to fight well, since the captain galloped to the aid of Hedong, he has defeated Bai Bo many times, making the thieves flee north in a hurry, and dare not have the heart to look south, which can be described as a general's talent!"

"Where can I be called a general, in today's world, there are many famous generals, old people, such as Dong Taishi, Huangfu Zhongcheng, young and strong, such as Sun Wentai, as for Yan, it is just a mediocre talent, where can I be called a general."

Pei Juan listened to Yan Xing's words, and quickly rolled his eyes, just now Yan Xing's words, he keenly captured a point, that is, the young lieutenant in front of him, although he praised Dong Zhuo, Huangfu Song, and Sun Jian as famous generals in the world, but did not use the praise of the talents of generals, it seems that in his opinion, these people are not really the talents of generals.

"What does the captain think can be called a general?"

Pei Juan looked at Yan Xing, and Yan Xing also secretly praised Pei Juan's agile thinking with a slightly immature face.

"If you talk about the talent of generals, in fact, in the land of Hedong, there are outstanding people, and there is no shortage of talents of generals, such as Pingyang, Hedong, and Wei Qing, the general of the former Han Dynasty, can be described as the talent of generals!"

"Oh."

Hearing Yan Xingsheng praise the places and talents in Hedong, Pei Xuan, who is from Hedong, was naturally proud in his heart, but he said with a smile:

"Speaking of the generals in Pingyang, Hedong, I also said that the captain wants to recommend Huo Hucai first, but I don't want the captain to be the general of Yiwei."

Huo Qubing joined the army as a prostitute Yao Lieutenant, and at the age of seventeen, he won the first battle and killed thousands. After that, it was even more unstoppable, four attacks on the Huns, four battles were all victorious, surrendered to the west of the river, sealed the wolf Juxu, drank Ma Hanhai, beheaded 160,000 prisoners and surrendered, compared with military merits, it can be said to be the crown.

In addition, he is good at riding and shooting, flexible in the use of soldiers, pays attention to strategy, does not stick to ancient methods, is brave and decisive, is good at long-distance running, and dies young.

In Pei Xuan's opinion, Yan Xing is young and is in the position of school captain, and looking at his method of using soldiers, he also has the same thing as Huo Hucai, and more importantly, as a young school captain, in terms of senses, he is more likely to prefer Huo Quai, but he didn't expect that Yan Xing was the first to recommend Wei Qing.

Yan Xing smiled, he could imagine that at Pei Xuan's age, Huo Quai, a genius of the heavens, would undoubtedly attract him more, but the real way of being a general could not be compared with the simple number of prisoners.

He exhaled softly and said his opinion.