A ball of fire swayed in the dense woods, fortunately, Yuan Chonghuan kicked two potatoes when he was digging potatoes in the afternoon, hooked out of the hot fire with a branch, and before it cooled down, it was already quickly grabbed by Chiyohime, the little hand turned left upside down, right upside down, and then he was impatient to tear open the potato skin, gobbling it up.

Looking at her like this, I don't know how long I've been hungry!

Hiding the flames, looking out vigilantly, and turning around coldly, this girl choked on eating, patted her trembling little chest and rolled her eyes, so that Lao Yuan couldn't help it, so he quickly took off the bamboo tube he was digging and carrying, handed it to her, and rushed down suddenly, Chiyoji finally rubbed her chest comfortably.

"What the hell is going on?"

His brows tightened to the extreme, and Lao Yuan asked with a headache.

Then he nibbled on the baked potato, slurred in his small mouth, and Chiyohime muttered angrily.

"I'll just say that the stinky robber didn't have a good heart! They brought us into the city to marry me! Or marry an old man from the Kuroda family! The old man is in his sixties! ”

"Fortunately, Kunimatsumaru has a little conscience and took me out in the name of Tian Hunting, he pretended to fall his foot, and I escaped while I was in trouble!"

"Sir, you are a great Confucian, well-informed, you took me to escape from the Dongjiang River, to Liaodong, to the Central Plains, okay? I, I don't want to marry casually!"

His eyes were shining, the potatoes were put down, and Chiyohime looked at him with great pity.

The most difficult to accept the grace of beauty! How could Lao Yuan not see the affection in her eyes, but he immediately put aside Chiyohime's eyes.

Mao Jue's plan, he didn't know, there was a huge gap in the identities of the two people, and no matter how you looked at it, it didn't seem like there was a possibility of being together again.

And even if he knew Mao Jue's real marriage plan, he wouldn't agree to it, who is he Yuan Chonghuan? The former Liaodong Governor is also! The person who once gained the full trust of the emperor and was supported by the entire Ming Dynasty is not only a huge halo, but also a huge responsibility!

When he was first assigned to Dongjiang, Yuan Chonghuan was still full of resentment, unwillingness, and cynicism, and he could still do the injustice of playing tobacco all over the ground, but after a long time, the quiet life gradually calmed down the resentment in his heart.

The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear! Looking at what Dongjiang Mao Jue did, Yuan Chonghuan also began to reflect on his five-year plan to level Liaodong, compared to where he failed? But the more he thought about it, the more fear began to rise in his heart.

Can a seemingly flawless plan really be implemented? Natural disasters and man-made disasters, can the Ming Dynasty, who is rampant and widespread, support the huge expenses of his Liao Division? In fact, he himself knows that it is a huge cowhide, but Liao is like a huge bottomless pit, endlessly absorbing the nutrients of the Ming Empire.

Unwilling to be gradually replaced by self-blame, if his plan continues, maybe the first to be dragged down is the Ming Dynasty.

In this case, could he, Yuan Chonghuan, marry the princess of the Toyotomi family for the sake of fame and wealth, to satisfy his own fame and fortune?

However, if people are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless? has lived together for three years, and even watched Chiyo Ji grow from a little girl to a big girl, the relationship between the two is not only Chiyoji's hazy and ambiguous feeling, but also Yuan Chonghuan looks at her, more like a father looks at his daughter, although he doesn't dare to look at her eyes, but he really doesn't want to face her lost eyes, he hesitated for a minute or two, and Yuan Chonghuan finally raised his head with difficulty.

"That's it! I'll go talk to Mao Jue, he should still be able to listen to my words, I, let him not marry you to any Kuroda family. ”

Obviously disappointed, her lips were biting into her mouth, and she stared at him blankly for a few seconds, and then Chiyohime finally nodded.

"Listen to sir!"

Although the ending was not what the two people wanted, and the matter was solved, both of them were relieved, but the potatoes in the fire were still fragrant, but Chiyohime was in no mood to eat it anymore.

The flames were shaking, time seemed to have become contradictory, short and long, no one spoke, sat blankly at the fire, I don't know, watching the night get darker and darker, Lao Yuan finally opened his mouth with difficulty.

"It's not early, don't spend the night in the mountains, let's go down the mountain!"

"Let's go."

The ashes covered the fire, the darkness annihilated the red face, today are tired all day, the two people stood up with each other's support, spread the ashes on their bodies, and walked out tiredly, but just walked down the hill, the two couldn't help but be stunned, under the hill, a row of torches will illuminate the ravine below as bright as day, under the torches, Luo Zhige's face is like an iron plate squid, annoyed to look at the two people who show their heads.

"Mr. Yuan, Miss Toyotomi, have you hidden enough? Can I go back with Luo? ”

"I'm sorry, Lord Luo, Yuan is willing to go back with you, please take Yuan to meet General Mao, Yuan has something to advise."

"Hmph, do you want to see my general? Calling you Mr. Yuan is to promote you, don't forget your identity, a prisoner! Come on, take away!"

Mao Jue came to invite him in person, and he returned in a fit of anger, Luo Zhige, as the local director, he didn't know if he could be hated by the general! Also took Yuan Chonghuan to see Mao Jue? Looking for excitement! Full of anger, Luo Zhige waved his hand to let people take Yuan Chonghuan down and escort him back.

Who knew that at this time, Chiyoji was slammed in front of Lao Yuan.

"If you want to see that stinky robber, you have to go with Mr. Yuan!"

"Toyotomi girl, don't make trouble, the general on the side of Tieshan is already angry......"

"Either you carry a corpse back and see how his surname Mao marries!"

I really didn't expect this little girl to be so strong, a hairpin was directly compared to the neck, and the pointed head was even pierced into the point, even Yuan Chonghuan was startled, and wanted to reach out to block it, but was dodged by Chiyohime.

Luo Zhige was almost choked to death, the green tendons on his head jumped, his fingers trembled and pointed at her, he didn't hold back a word for a long time, he held back for a few seconds, he threw off his sleeves suddenly, and sadly drilled into the team, followed by the first few black-clothed knights behind the team for a long time, and then he walked back helplessly.

"Come on, lead two horses!"

Hearing that Luo Zhige finally compromised, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief again, but this time Luo Zhige was not polite, the four personal soldiers carried them down the hill, stuffed them into sacks and stuffed them into the horses, and a group of cavalry caught them and ran towards the Iron Mountain overnight.

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Taking advantage of the convenience of Dongjiang Avenue, before dawn, the cavalry arrived at Tieshan, at this time it was just early in the morning, but outside the city of Tieshan was already busy, shouting the trumpet, the soldiers and horses of the brigade held a few catties of firearms, carrying more than 20 catties of salutes, fully armed and shouting the trumpet, striding meteors and running morning exercises, and the team of four people pulled out a few miles long.

The avenue that the merchants usually occupied now belonged to the legion completely, and the new guns of the ships pulled out of the artillery workshop of Mount Garau were transported to the city in rows, with no head in front and no tail in the back, and the reserve camp next to it, the reservists gathered from the camp guard gave their guns one after another, and the cold and shining bayonets were also gathered into the woods.

With such a large-scale transfer of troops, the replacement of old artillery with new artillery, and the replacement of armaments, in about a month, it will enter the most critical winner and loser in the history of the entire late Ming Dynasty, and Chongzhen for seven years! Mao Jue also went all out, and put all the treasures on this war.

It was still the black-clothed knight who took out the pass specially approved by the Dongjiang headquarters, and the cavalry entered the city, and at this time, the city was also full of armor and military uniforms, and a large number of heralds and bees entered and exited from one place like bees, and they were so busy.

Not to mention, since he was escorted to Tieshan, it has been three years, Yuan Chonghuan is here for the second time, so that he is really called a son of heaven and a courtier, the city walls have been rebuilt, and the low and dilapidated wooden buildings in the city have almost been demolished, and they have been replaced by one- and two-story brick and cement houses, and by the east of the city, a very Japanese castle tower taste, but it is a little smaller, completely made of masonry and cement, and a five-story fortress-like building came into his eyes.

The busy and energetic army, even when Yuan Chonghuan presided over Liaodong, it was rare, often in arrears, wearing shabby equipment and armor, and listlessness every day almost became a norm for the Ming army, when he first arrived at the gate of the huge five-story building Tieshan Governor's Mansion, it happened that the sound of hurried and dense footsteps came suddenly, and the Iron Mountain general Wen Meng, who had seen it once or twice, was all open, and he roared loudly while running in front of him.

"The general has an order, let those rabbit cubs see it! Give it your all, run forward!"

"Drink!"

The team of almost four sentinels shouted suddenly, running forward, what amazed Yuan Chonghuan was that there were so many people, the footsteps were all the same, and there was not even a trace of chaos in the formation during the run, and even he couldn't help but pull the reins of the horse and slow down, turning his head to look sideways.

Coincidentally, Luo Zhige also turned his head and looked at it with envy, until the Wen Meng troops had disappeared, and he woke up in a trance, and shouted in front of him with some annoyance.

"It's not certain that the general won't see you! Rub what! Hurry up!"

It also happened that the entrance of the mansion was empty with the departure of this group of troops, and the group hurriedly entered the busy governor's mansion like a beehive.

"Chiyo-san, are you back?"

Just didn't walk for long, put his hair on his head, and Kunimatsumaru wearing Yuan clothes suddenly came out of the garden on the side, and then, in the corridor, more than a dozen maids dressed in kimonos rushed out, dragged Chiyohime off the horse, and pulled her and Kunimatsumaru to the courtyard on the right side of the mansion and hurriedly walked a few times, while being dragged, Chiyohime turned around, and looked at Yuan Chonghuan until he was dragged around the corner and disappeared completely.

His heart became a little heavier, and it was not until her figure disappeared that Yuan Chonghuan turned around again, staring at the huge brick building in front of him with heavy eyes.

When they arrived at the courtyard on the second floor, Luo Zhige was not qualified to continue walking, and he and the knights of the White Horse Guard could only reluctantly turn around here and return to the station, while the six black-clothed knights in fine armor who had been hiding at the end of the team pushed Yuan Chonghuan to dismount and enter this huge building that was more like a beehive.

The Iron Mountain Governor's Mansion is also busy, and the fat Su Changmei is like a queen bee, running from office to office with a ledger, and he can vaguely hear him shouting how many stones of military rations and how many boxes of canned food are immediately transferred from a certain warehouse, staggered from these busy logistics personnel, and bypassed the staff on the second floor Those freshmen who came out of the Dongjiang Academy and yelled at the map were quieter when they reached the third floor or above.

But when he walked down the stairs to the fifth floor, Lao Yuan's eyes were a little unable to take their eyes off for a while.

Although glass is one of the specialties of the Dongjiang River, but now, it is also considered a luxury, if a family has a room with a small piece of glass embedded in the wooden frame of the kind of mosaic glass, it is a very worthy of showing off, but the fifth layer of the smallest layer is good, all of them are a whole piece of slightly reddish large glass, from here, the iron mountain radius of several miles completely into view.

Looking down from here, more than seventy meters, the giant beast like the iron righteous galleon is crammed into the spacious port, this war beast, come to the iron righteousness for so long, Yuan Chonghuan is also unprecedented, can't help it, he just lay on the window, down to look down, five floors more than ten meters high, the people below are small like ants, this giant ship seems to have turned into an ant nest, those just looked huge naval guns at this time as small as matchsticks, were moved up and down, no wonder since ancient times the powerful are all willing to live in high places, Looking down here, there is indeed a tall feeling of seeing the mountains at a glance.

Everything feels too fresh for even Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong.

Just when he was distracted, a crisp footsteps suddenly came from behind, interrupting his contemplation, and when he turned around, Adriana, who had seen several times, walked out of the big room wearing high heels and tapping, holding a thick stack of documents, and looked at Yuan Chonghuan very coldly.

"Mr. Yuan, the general is very busy now, I will only give you three minutes!"

More than three minutes long, Yuan Chonghuan has no idea, this year, the Ming Dynasty is still a few moments, but Mao Jue promised to see him, this is still understandable, at this time, there is no more like a hermit, hurriedly nodded, followed Adeleena, he hurriedly walked into the big room.

It's even more spectacular here than outside, it's hard to imagine, the backward craftsmanship of this era, how did Mao Jue make a whole huge glass wall, looking from here, most of the Iron Mountain and the opposite Phi Island can be faintly seen, this nominally belongs to Mao Wenlong, but now it is this young man who is giving orders here.

"Tell those guys in the Shandong Army that it's okay to give them the old guns that the fleet has eliminated, but Lao Tzu doesn't have the capacity to transport these rags to the Wa Kingdom, and tell them that they can either carry it across the sea by themselves, or throw it here, and get it when they come back! If you dare to stab again, let Wen Meng "have a good talk" with them!", go down! ”

A few messengers didn't even talk nonsense, turned around and left, followed Adelena to put the documents on the table, Mao Jue didn't see him coming, and rummaged through them as if no one was around. When he saw Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan didn't feel the tension, but now his palms are sweating slightly.

But he is worthy of being a supervisor, and he doesn't care that Mao Jue didn't pay attention to him, with a rigid face, he went directly to the front of the table, knocked on the table and said hurriedly.

"General Mao, you are going to marry Chiyohime to the head of the Kuroda family!"

"In Yuan's opinion, this is definitely a wrong step! Now the Toyotomi family is left with Kunimatsumaru and Chiyohime, no matter how important the Kuroda family is, once Chiyohime is married, it is equivalent to giving them righteousness and excuses, and the Kuroda family is a Japanese people, and the general is a Ming person, with the convenience of this marriage, the Kuroda family is better involved in the affairs of the Toyotomi family, and there is a danger of overheading the Dongjiang River!"

"According to Yuan, if the general wants to achieve the greatest benefits! You have to marry Chiyohime yourself! The last time I mentioned that it was never advisable to be the stepfather of Kunimatsumaru! In the world, there is only the father to the son, and there is no son to the father!"

A lot of big truths, like when he was in the Yuan family's cottage in Shangshou Village, Yuan Chonghuan talked eloquently again, who knew that Mao Jue, who obeyed him twice in a row, was extremely cold this time, until the hourglass quicksand that Adriana buckled on the table was about to run out, he raised his head coldly and asked indifferently.

"Who are you?"

(End of chapter)