Derge stayed in Dushikou for three days, basically found out the situation in Fengzhou, this land is too suitable for them to grow profiteers, happily took a few Khalkha merchants to naturalize, Li Yu also wrote a letter of recommendation for them, the Chamber of Commerce and the gang of people dream of the Khalkha market, they will definitely treat these guys as guests, they will definitely make a fortune.

The border of Xuanfu was very calm, the Jin army invaded the west twice, massacred and plundered the local population, and it almost became a no-man's land, Xue Xianguang and Darhan stayed in Duolunoer for a few days and then returned, reporting to Li Yu that unless a large number of immigrants were here, the army could not stand on its feet, and Li Yu received the reply from the Prime Minister's Office that Fengzhou was currently short of finances, and could only guarantee the supply of a thousand garrisons in Dushikou, and the immigrants would have to wait until after the autumn harvest to consider. Zhou Yuji doesn't care, before the battle starts, it is impossible for the Great Commander's Mansion to recruit reserves, put a few battalions here to idle, he must be prepared to withstand the attack of the Jin army alone, and buy time for the mobilization and mobilization of the battalion.

Before the winter, the Jin army may come to attack at any time, using this free time, the brothers hurried to repair the broken fort city, tidy up the equipment to defend the city, and reserve as much grain and grass and ordnance as possible, everyone is busy, Li Yu can't intervene, take Zhou Yuji to the surrounding area to explore the terrain, and by the way, hunt some game for the brothers to open meat.

"Okay, these wild foods are enough to eat a few meals, you are all handsome, and you like to run all over the mountains," Zhou Yuji said to Li Yu, who was full of interest and stretched his bow and arrows, he is now a deputy general wearing three tiger head symbols, although he often sees this little brother, but there are few opportunities for private contact, taking advantage of Li Yu's happiness, he lowered his voice and asked, "Hermes-Epitek, we will be neighbors in the future, you give me a thorough explanation, what will happen to us in the future?" Will you be king? ”

After the promulgation of the "Freedom of Movement Order", the Consulate and the Senate set their sights on Baoketu, encouraging the people of Fengzhou to move there, and those who returned the original land could double the distribution of the land, Li Yu took the lead in handing over more than 1,000 acres of his own land, and became a large landowner of Baoketu who did not on a bird. Zhou Yuji's wife Liu Naren got the news, and hurriedly pulled the man to the Prime Minister's Office to sign up for voluntary emigration to poor areas, and must put their family's land next to the land of the Grand Commander's family, and the Li family and the Zhou family will be neighbors in the future. The affairs of the Zhou family have always been Liu Naren's decision, and Zhou Yuji can only listen to his wife's words, but he still doesn't want to get farther and farther away from the side wall, he always longs to return to Guannai one day, which should be his home.

Fengzhou has indeed developed over the years, and at the same time digging the corners of the Ming Dynasty has also intensified, Zhou Yuji still has some ideas, but the Ming Dynasty disappointed him even more, Huang Degong, a fellow villager in Liaodong, wrote to say that Jingying also went south to suppress thieves, and everywhere he went was rotten, and the people had no way to live but to rise up, the so-called thieves turned out to be more and more, and he didn't know when it would be a head, but he still persuaded Zhou Yuji to enter the customs as much as possible as an official, and the military merits of the thieves were the best, he had been promoted to the deputy chief soldier, if there were no thieves, How could he, a Liaodong man with no foundation in the Guan, be able to achieve such a high official position. Zhou Yuji always felt that Huang Degong's words were wrong, but he couldn't understand what was wrong, to be honest, sometimes he didn't know where to stand, and the little brother in front of him might be able to give the answer.

"How do I know, anyway, I have land and pasture, and I won't fight in the future, I'll take my wife and children to farm and herd horses, you can be my companion, I'm too lazy to enter the customs and be king, and I have to suffocate to death in the yard all day long," Li Yu's heartless words disappointed Zhou Yuji, looking at the grassland in the distance, Li Yu smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, we are soldiers, we don't understand many things, this land and the people on the land have fed us, and if we protect them, we will be worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, and we will talk about the future in the future, Don't worry about it. ”

"You kid, it's still the same after so many years, but you're right, just be worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, and think too much to find your own guilt." Zhou Yuji patted Li Yu and laughed.

"Brother Zhou, let's race horses and see who goes back to Dushikou first." Li Yu was having a good time, and galloped away with his legs between his legs, and a large group of guards lifted their prey and shouted and followed behind.

Zhou Yuji smiled and shook his head, this kid is almost thirty years old, and he hasn't learned to be steady at all, but there is always a kind of free and easy happiness with him, this feeling is so good, and he chased after him with a pat on the horse.

When he returned to Dushikou, it was already dark, and Xinghe Wei and Hui Dengxiang had just arrived with more than 100 truckloads of grain, grass and ordnance.

"Chaotianxing, what are you yelling about?" Li Yu quietly went over and picked up this guy from behind.

"Oh, Great Commander, don't break my waist, I just told them not to be greedy, it's not easy for the villagers to take out some food!" Hui Dengxiang smiled and broke free from Li Yu and handed over a letter, "This is a letter from the Grand Commander's Mansion, take a look." ”

The content of the letter from the Great Commander's Mansion is very simple, that is, Li Yu is returned, everyone is busy, and he can't always be out and about, Li Yu laughed for a while after reading the letter, and looked at the artillery and guns on the car.

"A total of twenty leather cannons, fifty guns of one or two heavy irons, a hundred rifles, and five hundred hand-thrown thunders." Chen Shishi, the director of Xinghe Iron Works, suddenly came out and said to Li Yu with a smile, "They are all new shipments from our Iron Works, and I personally supervised the production, and the fire guns are not worse than those of Xuande Iron Works, and it is enough to fight the gold army." ”

"Judge Chen, I heard that Xinghe Iron Works sold a lot of weapons to Jin Jun, have they been delivered? If the Jin army uses it to fight us, see how I clean you up. Zhou Yuji said with a straight face - Chen Shishi was elected as the councillor of the Senate by the Guanshan Shouyu Thousand Households because of his good craftsmanship and kindness.

"What's the matter, the weapons we sold to Jin Guo are not the tattered ones that the battalion soldiers and guards don't want, I bought firecrackers and armor from your deputy Zhou Xietong," Chen Shishi immediately shouted, and then said to everyone very proudly, "We just collected the tattered and renovated and sold it, I dare to say that the leather cannon in the hand of the Jin Army will be blown up after twenty times, which can compare to the new guy I made, but you still have to be careful, our craftsmen are good, and the refurbished tatters are not bad, and the Jin Jun is not a fool, and he will settle the account." , so be it, I'll accompany you when the war starts, maybe I can get a military merit. ”

"You are doing businessless this time, and you have made a lot of money, no wonder people say that you are not a traitor." Ren Shouzhong said sourly.

"Okay, this is what I agreed, I can't blame Xinghe Iron Works, if you don't sell the old guys, where will the new guys in your hands come from?" Li Yu hurriedly interrupted, and then waved his hand to call everyone to eat.

Everyone is an old acquaintance, talking and laughing while walking, Chen Shishi squeezed in front of Li Yu and asked: "Great Commander, I haven't read a book, my brain is a little stupid, when the council is in session, Lord Yunrong said that we are citizens, and the villagers all asked me what I mean by citizens, isn't it good for us to be ordinary people." ”

This question is a bit complicated, Li Yu scratched his head and thought for a while before answering: "The common people, just listen to the words of the government, of course it is good to meet a good official, but if you meet a bastard official, you will have bad luck, citizens, that is, there is a council that can discuss political decisions, elect officials, and you can be your own master, and let him get out of the way when he encounters a bastard official, Brother Chen, do you want to be a citizen or a common man?" ”

"There are not many good people who are officials, so I'd better be a citizen." Chen Shishi replied casually, suddenly felt that something was wrong, and immediately changed his words and said, "Our officials in Fengzhou are different, all of them are good officials!" ”

"Lao Chen, a treat!" Hui Dengxiang and everyone twisted Chen Shishi together.

In the middle of June, Li Yu returned to naturalization, and the first thing he did was to pull Liu Zhilun together to complain to Yang Sichang, in fact, this year's situation is much better than last year, after the weather is warm, it rains a few times, and the spring ploughing is rare and smooth, with more than 20,000 hectares of land reclaimed and sown, as long as there is no big battle, life can still go on.

Three days after the letter was sent, several Yanghe officials arrived at naturalization, and Li Jianji accompanied them to see Li Yu, the leader of these people was a senator, who was said to have followed Yang Sichang in Yongping, and he brought Yang Sichang's reply.

In the letter, Yang Sichang praised the soldiers of Guihua Town, who were particularly able to endure hardships, dedication, and war, and firmly believed that they would be able to defeat the vicious Jianyi, and also suggested that Kaipingwei should be rebuilt and the border of Xuanfu should be firmly controlled in his hands, so that the Xuanda front line would be solid. But Yang Sichang refused to aid Guihua Town, because it was more necessary to reorganize the border armies of Datong and Xuanfu towns, and the rout of the Datong border army was done by him Li Yu, so it stands to reason that he should be asked to lose money, however, the whole army needs a large number of ordnance and horses, if you are interested, this business can be done for Guihua Town, to ensure that the transaction is fair, the price is based on quality, and it will never be overwhelming. Yang Sichang also revealed that he was very interested in Fengzhou Daxing Industry and Commerce, and had the intention to ask the imperial court to open mines and set up factories to settle displaced people and increase financial endowments.

Li Yu was surprised after reading the letter, the Ming Dynasty implemented the policy of planting the people in the soil, degraded the merchants to lowly status, and strictly forbade the people to leave their homes to do business, and the miners who gathered in the mountains and wilderness were regarded as chaotic people, and imposed strict restrictions on mining and even business, but the governor did the opposite, which is not like the Ming officials. The officials of the Prime Minister's Office were very excited, after the implementation of the horse money system in Fengzhou, the enthusiasm of the herdsmen to raise horses was high, the number of war horses increased greatly, and even the infantry could be spread to the horses, the Ming army wanted to just stuff the inferior horses to them, not to mention the ordnance, Dongsheng, Baoketu, Xuande, Xinghe four major iron factories all adopted coking coal iron smelting, water wheel rolling and flowing water method, the iron quality is good, the output is high, and the business of the Jin Kingdom is done, the business of the Ming Kingdom is even more to do, and the ordnance business is more profitable than selling illicit salt.

"Please tell the Governor, we have taken over this business, everyone is an official and soldier of the imperial court, it is appropriate to help each other, we have everything here, horses, camels, mules and donkeys, guns, armor, bows and arrows, knives and spears are cheaper than you build them yourself, and there is no problem in inspecting naturalized industry and commerce, the Prime Minister's Office will send someone to accompany you, and you can see whatever you want." Li Jianji had already made up his mind to get the deal in hand, completely forgetting that the Fengzhou army had beaten the Ming army only last year.

"You can also rest assured that the Governor did business with the Hara people outside the border when he was the governor of Shanyong, and collected 10,000 horses every year. The senator, who had also been in the business arena, patted his chest and assured loudly.

Li Jianji finalized the business, and then remembered that Li Yu was next to him, and asked with a lot of leeway: "Great Commander, do you have any opinions?" ”

"You've made money, how much money are you going to pay for the guards and immigrants outside the Xuanfu?" Li Yu asked angrily.

"Send a batch of ordnance first, and then talk about the rest later." Li Jianji smiled and accompanied Yang and the officials away.

"As soon as the reservists enter the barracks, they will be paid, no matter how much they earn, they can't withstand the cost of the army, and the people can't move without food in their hands, so let's wait," Li Fugui shook his head, thought for a while and said, "The reconstruction of Kaipingwei should be considered early, I want to promote Cai Ruxun to the naturalized prefect, Gu Keli to be promoted to the commander of Xuandewei, Hui Dengxiang to be promoted to the commander of Xinghewei, Buyantu to be the commander of Kaipingwei, and at the same time to assist in the affairs of the eastern Xingtai, that is, Gu Keli has a little less qualifications." ”

"We have to use talents, qualifications are not a big problem, you go and discuss with the office, I don't have any opinion," Li Yu waved his hand, and then slammed his fist on the table, "When will Jin Jun come?" It's so bad that I'm always waiting for them. ”

Li Yu didn't wait for the news of the Jin army, but Chang Shu, the trade ambassador of the Jin State, made trouble with him twice in three days, accusing Fengzhou of wantonly grabbing the territory of the Jin State, deliberately provoking a war, and forcing Li Yu to immediately withdraw from the border of Xuanfu.

"There's nothing to say, since you are determined to fight, then I'll go back to Shengjing, don't stop me if you don't kill me." Chang Shu pointed at Li Yu and scolded him and was about to leave.

"Senior brother, you must not leave, if you leave, the people I sent to Shengjing will be in big trouble, please stay for a while, read and write letters as you please." Li Yu hugged Chang Shu.

"Let me go, count me unlucky as a hostage for you, and stay away from me in the future." Chang Shu broke away from Li Yu and left in a huff.

Fan Erxi, who was sent to Shengjing as a trade ambassador, finally sent a letter, and Tiancong Khan did the same thing to him and Li Yu to Changshu, except that he couldn't leave, and he didn't care about anything else. There is no important news in Fan Erxi's letter, and it is estimated that he will not be able to inquire about it, but will send back a basket of gossip - Wu Keshan of Horqin sent his widowed sister to Shengjing in August last year, Jin Guohan liked this little widow at a glance, the two lived sweetly, the other concubines were left out in the cold, there was the Great Khan as an example, and the other Baylors also had eyebrows with several wives of Chahar Khan, and it was said that they had already hooked up in secret, and the most scheming Dou Tumen was bent on Khan, and he also provoked Khan to avoid her, Fan Erxi was very puzzled, Why do the people of Jin like widows so much?

The gossip of the Jin State became the laughing stock of the Fengzhou officials after dinner, Li Huai was afraid that someone would make another mistake, so he talked to his brother once, which made Li Yu very faceless, and he couldn't wait to arrest Fan Erxi and beat him - he also had a widow in his family, and there was another widow who was squeezing into his house, and the people of Fengzhou were very open to this, and the Chahar people were also enthusiastic to set up a gambling game, betting on when the great commander would marry their dead Khan's Hatun.

How many wives does Sibeile have, why is it that he still has an endless marriage to the family, and he doesn't feel upset - Li Yu doesn't understand a little, but he understands one thing, Sibeile will never let him go for a woman.

On the August side, on the Butong River, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in the night, and the fortress was getting closer and closer, "Military newspaper, military newspaper, 100,000 urgent!" Several horsemen with torches gasped and shouted, and the sentries on the fort spotted each other by the light of the fire, each with a triangular black eagle flag behind them, which was his own scout.

When Buyantu, Asari, and Zhang Yichuan arrived, Xue Xianguang, the garrison of Xinghe, was reporting the military situation to Liu Xingzuo - the iron cavalry of the Jin army suddenly appeared near Duolunuoer and was rushing westward, and the two patrol cavalry of the deputy garrison of Xinghewei Dehun An and the deputy garrison of Chahar had already started to obstruct it.

"The Jin army has about 10,000 cavalry, and Dehun An found the big silk with yellow, white, red, and red flags, which should be Haoge, Dolgon, Sakhalian, and Yuetuo, and it is not clear whether there are reinforcements behind, they also carry artillery and ladders, but the Jin army has always been weak in attacking fortifications, do they want to capture Dushikou?"

"They are finally here, it is better to fight late than early, and immediately report to naturalization," Liu Xingzuo rubbed his hands excitedly and said softly to Xue Xianguang, "The Jin Kingdom and we have dealings with each other, and the general deployment outside the Xuanfu border can't hide them, Dushikou is the only fulcrum there, and it is controlled in our hands, they don't dare to go deep west, even if they regain the edge of Xuanfu, they can't gain a foothold, and they have to fight Dushikou if they bite the head." ”

"Do you want me to take someone to Dushikou for reinforcements?" Xue Xianguang asked.

"Don't use it for the time being, Lao Zhou has been preparing for two months, and he wants to grab military merit, but he is not happy when you go, and he ordered Dehun An and Lie Li to attract the Jin army to Dushikou, and immediately retreat to join the main forces of my Xinghewei and Chahar."

"I'll go to the Chahars, although they retreated in advance, they still look good, let me explain first, this time they dare to come nonsense, I will kill people." Buyantu interjected, Kaipingwei currently has a territory and no population, and he, the commander, is panicking.

"What about me?" Zhang Yichuan hurriedly asked, the scale and level of guarding the Thousand Households are higher than those of ordinary Thousand Households, and the Thousand Households can manage civil and military affairs.

"Kill, now is the battle, you must not be soft, tell Tuba them, there is no second time," Liu Xingzuo waved his hand decisively and gave a loud order, "Xinghewei and Chahar garrisons immediately assembled, follow me to kill to Dushikou, Xue Xianguang stayed in the fortress, Zhang Yichuan, you lead the infantry to fight." ”