The Jin army withdrew and returned home in mid-August, and the soldiers recruited by the guards of Fengzhou were also disbanded and returned to their hometowns, and the battalion soldiers returned to Manhan Mountain to restore the original structure, and Fengzhou was calm again. This year's drought, grain production decreased by more than two percent, fortunately yam eggs are planted more, the harvest is better than last year, the Great Commander's Mansion wanted to repair the water conservancy after the autumn harvest, this war was also delayed, into September, the weather gradually turned cooler, every household began to prepare for winter,.

Li Yu got up early in the morning, pretended to follow the Buddhist scriptures with the Lama for a while, then ate a few bites of food, said to the little lama, someone came to him, and quietly slipped out of the Silver Buddha Temple with two guards, Mo Rige and Gao Heizi, and there was a sloppy guy waiting for him at the door.

"Elm, our cotton is freezing to death again." Ortai's stupid son Dorji saw Li Yu and cried with a handful of snot and tears.

"Go out into the field." Li Yu pulled Daoerji and left, I don't know how many times this kind of thing has happened, he has long been accustomed to it - planting cotton outside the customs is whimsical, most people think so, only a fool like Dorji is desperate to do it, afraid of other people's jokes, so he hides in Baita Village to plant, where there happens to be a piece of Li Yu's land.

In the fields of Baita Village, a large group of villagers are looking at the corpse of cotton, and their mouths are still chattering. The people from the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department came to check, and only after saying a few words about the cold spring and frost outside the Guanxi are not suitable for planting cotton, they quarreled with the villagers, and the common people insisted that the great commander from their village was right no matter what he did, and the old man Dabu also blamed the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department for not having the ability to make the general worry, and he didn't stop arguing until Li Yu arrived.

"Forget it, I won't plant cotton in the future, anyway, I will die as much as I plant." Li Yu hung his head and admitted defeat, and the villagers quietly breathed a sigh of relief, only the fool Dorji grinned and cried again.

"Yuzi, the villagers know that you are doing good deeds, and they all blame us for being too cold here, but don't worry, Shen Dashan has opened a woolen mill on the land of the original iron factory, and has already started spinning and weaving, and it won't be long before we can wear new clothes." The old man Dabu was relieved, and Li Yuleng thought of Shen Shoulian for a while, how did this guy become a good person of Shen Dashan?

"Yuzi, it's hard to go back to the village and have a meal at home, your sister-in-law is preparing." Su and his eldest brother came from the village - as soon as Li Yu showed up, he went to arrange meals, and also instructed the village squadron leader to set up a guard.

"Okay, I still want to eat the buckwheat gnocchi made by Su and his sister-in-law," Li Yu happily agreed, looked at Su and the two boys and girls behind him, and said with a smile, "This is Qiqige and the pillar, the pillar has grown taller, and Qiqige has become more beautiful." ”

"Uncle Yuzi, I want to be a battalion soldier, you said you wanted me to find you." The pillar shouted as he held his chest out, and Kikige tugged at him.

"As long as you can!" Dabu patted the head of the pillar and said to Li Yu with a smile, "Yuzi, this baby is sixteen years old, and he wants to be a battalion soldier, you can take him in, there are no people from Baita Village in the Fengzhou army!" ”

"You must be at least eighteen years old to be a battalion soldier, so let's go to the martial arts camp first." Li Yu thought for a while and replied, then stared at the pillar and Qiqige with a smile, the two children blushed and ran away holding hands, and Mo Zhige chased after them and gave them a pair of bows and arrows and sabers.

The group talked and laughed and walked towards the village, Li Yu quietly asked Su He, are Qiqige and Zhuzi married? Su He shook his head vigorously and told Li Yu that in the past, Mongolian girls could marry at the age of ten, and now many customs are changing after living together for a long time, and the Ministry of Missions issued a call to encourage girls to marry after they reach the age of fifteen, and also talked about the harm of premature marriage, Baita Village is the hometown of the commander, of course, we must actively respond to the call, Qiqige will only be fifteen next year, don't worry, anyway, the two children are together every day, sooner or later is the same thing.

Su and his sister-in-law cooked a meal at home, Li Yu and the old priest in the village were let on the kang of the earth, Uncle Dabu also took out the big fat boy born to Su and his sister-in-law last year, Li Yu praised the old Dabu for his blessings, and added a grandson, the house was full of laughter, a few bowls of steaming buckwheat gnocchi were quickly served on the table, several people chatted while eating, and the fool Dorji couldn't interject, so he squatted outside the door with a big bowl and ate.

"Is there enough food for the winter?" Li Yu asked in a low voice.

"There is definitely not enough food, but there are still many yam eggs, and there is also some food in the righteous warehouse of the hundred households, and you can survive until the beginning of spring if you eat it tightly." Su He replied, Dabu is old, and there are still things to do in the council, and the people in the village have elected Su He to succeed the hundred households - Fengzhou is a bit like a big village composed of countless villages, and each village still retains the original autonomous customs, and the burden of the hundred households is not easy for Su He, who is honest.

"Yuzi, don't worry about us all the time, people who are used to being poor can always come up with a way, and after surviving the winter, our young and strong people can go hunting and fishing, and life can be passed." Dabb smiled and relieved.

"Shen Dashan opened a woolen factory, our women and children can also work, they can earn a lot of money, and if they have money, they will have something to eat, and they will not starve to death!" The old priest also said, Li Yu bowed his head and continued to eat - after working for so many years, the villagers are still so poor, they can only keep the starvation from dying, and they feel uncomfortable, the old priest saw that Li Yu's face was not good, and added, "Great Commander, we are good enough here, I am from SX, the people in the pass have almost no way to survive the disaster, this year's drought is heavier than in previous years, there are many people who come to us here to join relatives and friends over the side wall, and I won't tell you that our village has taken in a lot, and they would rather not be naturalized as black households than dare to return to their hometown." ”

Su He nodded and told Li Yu that there were indeed fifty or sixty escapees from the village in the village, and most of them were related to the people in the village, and the hundred households were embarrassed to drive people away, and they couldn't afford to feed them, but fortunately, the woolen mill lacked labor, and these men, women, and children barely had something to eat, and Boss Shen did a great deed and became a great good person in people's mouths. Su He hoped that he would not drive away from the deserters, that was to send them to a dead end, what else could Li Yu say, this situation happened everywhere, and he could only close his eyes.

Everyone was chatting, Yang Dazhi and Gu Keli came - the former governor of the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Urden, was transferred to the commander of Dongshengwei, Yang Dazhi took over, and Gu Keli, the official of the Naturalization Mansion, accompanied him to the woolen mill to discuss the purchase of wool with Shen Shoulian, and heard that the general had arrived in Baita Village, so they came together. Shen Shoulian also followed, this guy must be far away from the poor bare's house in Guannei, but there are too many poor people in Fengzhou, and there is nowhere to hide if he wants to, not to mention that there is an example of Li Jianji, and he Shen Dashan also has some thoughts of being a Shen official, so he has to cover his nose and deal with the poor barehead. Dabu called a meal for the three of them, accompanied them for a while, knowing that they must have something to say to Li Yu, beckoned Shangsu and the old priest to go out quietly.

"Lao Shen, you did a good job and solved the problem of dressing in Fengzhou, I want to give you a big credit." Li Yu put down the sea bowl, touched his stomach and said.

"How can it be so easy, Great Commander, I have asked you for help, can our Fengzhou Army change all their military uniforms into woolen cloth?" Shen Shoulian immediately threw down the bowl and begged.

Yang Dazhi added: "Commander, I went to Lao Shen's factory to see, hundreds of brand-new Songjiang looms, indeed invested a lot of money, the woven cloth is very bright and better than coarse cloth, but the price is much more expensive than cotton cloth, take it out and no one will buy it, we think that if we want to reduce the price, we must sell large, cloth is too important to us Fengzhou, we should help Lao Shen." ”

"Fengzhou's annual taxes are beyond its means, and the military expenditure is only 150,000 or 60,000 yuan, and I have to raise money everywhere when I start a war, how can I help? You go to Li Xiangli. Li Yu was very unhappy, Sun Tingyao desperately encouraged the Ordnance Department to order Hongyi cannons, and Li Jianji lured the Military Affairs Praise Painting Office to update the equipment, Shen Shoulian was not far behind, and he set his eyes on the clothes of the Fengzhou army, how could Fengzhou's pitiful military expenses withstand it.

"Li Xiangli said that he didn't care about military affairs, let me come to you, but I invested my blood for our Fengzhou, why put all the risks on me?" Shen Shoulian was a little angry, relying on Wu Langha as a backer behind him, and he spoke presumptuously, "This is only the first step, the Great Commander will conquer Khalkha, Western Mongolia and Jin in the future, they have sheep, and they are also short of cloth, just to help me provide wool and cloth to sell." ”

"Do you still want me to help you conquer the Ming Kingdom?" Li Yu sneered.

"Of course you can't miss the Ming Kingdom, what kind of market is that, the Great Commander thinks that Fengzhou will survive if he doesn't fight the Ming Kingdom?" Shen Shoulian replied nonchalantly.

Crazy man - Li Yu ignored him, Gu Keli spoke at this time: "The Great Commander, the lower officials have the courage to say bluntly, whether to fight the Ming Kingdom or not is not up to us, but to be determined by God, Fengzhou and SX are short of grain, and must buy grain from SDHN to make up for the shortage, this year there is a great drought north of the Yellow River, and there is a food shortage in various places, and the local government has restricted the export of grain, and it is becoming more and more expensive and difficult to buy grain, if the drought continues, we will have to run out of food sooner or later, what should the Great Commander do at that time?" Yam eggs alone can't solve the problem. ”

Yang Dazhi whispered: "Commander, yam eggs are a good thing, but the yield is not easy to determine, and lesions may occur at any time, not a few decades, or even a hundred years of cultivation can not become a climate, I plant yam eggs are always scared, never dare to plant the same variety in large areas, but separate species, in recent years, some villages have also had a reduction in production, extinction or disease, fortunately in the east is not bright in the west, in general, it is still increasing, but who dares to say that there will be no major events in the future?" That will starve people to death, SX is also growing our yam eggs, and it is okay to use them for emergency hunger, and I never dare to rely on them as staple food. ”

"In this way, we will have to go south sooner or later, Lao Shen, I heard that 'Suhu is ripe, the world is full', just go to your hometown." Li Yu said with a wry smile.

"That's the old yellow calendar, Suzhou, Huzhou since ancient times rich land, mu yield more than two stones, four stones is not surprising, but since the founding of the Ming Dynasty has always been heavy taxes, growing grain can not be drawn, now there are many cotton growers, you go and have no food, all parts of the south of the Yangtze River also rely on grain from other places," Shen Shoulian looked at Li Yu with a bitter face, and smiled proudly, "I recommend you a place - Huguang, where the climate is pleasant, the land is fertile, there are many rivers and lakes, and the land is vast and sparsely populated, just set up a nest, dare to go?" ”

Li Yu shook his head in disbelief: "Such a good place will be sparsely populated, you lied to me, right?" ”

"You don't understand this, the Ming Dynasty implements the policy of planting people in the soil, those who have no official status and fame must lead the way to go out, and the countrymen may not have the opportunity to go out in their lifetime, how many people know Huguang? I'm waiting for you to go. Shen Shoulian said with a smile, and Gu Keli, who had done a small business in his hometown, also nodded yes.

"What you said today made me unconscious, I'm going back to sleep." Li Yu scratched his head and got off the kang, said hello to Lao Dabu, and left dizzily.

Li Yu did not sleep, Meng Ke and Jida were waiting for him at the Silver Buddha Temple - Liu Xingzuo sent a letter, and the new governor of Xuanda, Yang Sichang, accompanied by the new Datong commander-in-chief Wang Pu, went to Yanghe, and asked Li Yu to meet him by name. Li Yu chuckled in his heart, the debtor came, and it seemed that he had to withdraw from the army.

The imperial court's edict had arrived for several days to naturalize, and the governor of Xuanda, together with the governors and general soldiers of the three towns in Guannai, were all dismissed from their posts and convicted, and Li Yu was promoted to the crown prince and young protector, and the seal of the general of Zhengdong was hung, and he was ordered to withdraw from the border wall immediately. However, Li Yu felt that the imperial court had not yet admitted his mistake to him, and refused to leave on the side wall, and the important fortress of Yanghe and the side wall was still controlled by the Fengzhou army.

There was a battalion of cavalry of Fei Yangwu stationed in Yanghe City, and the more than 2,000 Ming troops defending the city were also accomplices. Although Liu Xingzuo controlled Yanghe, but squeezed in a Xuanda governor, he also understood that he couldn't stay any longer, and the first thing he said when he saw Li Yu was "Prepare to retire", Li Yu nodded with a wry smile, and walked towards the governor's mansion.

"Li Yuzi, you are in the limelight this time, you will be promoted in the fourth town of Xuanda, everyone else has to get out, don't cheat my brother in the future!" A handsome and mighty officer walked out the door to say hello.

"What if you trap you, you dare to hit me?" Li Yu walked up with a smile. hugged the officer, "Brother Wang Pu, I read the Tang newspaper of the imperial court, I really didn't expect you to come to Datong as a chief soldier." ”

"Jingshi can't get along, so I have to be a neighbor with you," Wang Pu took Li Yu's hand and explained as he walked inside, "It's not the incident of Michidu at the end of last year, the Wenchen who ate idle meals in Jingshi made rumors about me, saying that Ni Pet and I accepted bribes, and privately crossed the Yellow River to the south of the thieves, and went to ******, there are more than 100,000 thieves, and there are only 3,000 soldiers in our Beijing camp who can fight, Cao Wenzhao, Deng Xi, Zuo Liangyu, they are hiding far away, I still have a fart, it would be good to be able to keep the Beijing camp, I went to Datong to avoid the limelight, Brother, you need to take care of it. ”

"Oh yes! We Yulin people are our own people wherever we go, and we still need to say that we can take care of them. Li Yu replied in Yulin dialect.

The two walked into the study of the Governor's Palace, the new Governor Xuanda was lying on the bookcase to review the official documents, without raising his head and waving his hand to let Wang Pu out, and then continued to bury his head in the office, Li Yu stood for a long time and couldn't help it, coughed a few times, but still didn't respond, so he simply pulled a stool and sat down.

"You are Li Yu, the naturalized general soldier, some people say that you are Ma Fang of my dynasty, and some people say that you are the worship of my dynasty, this official is a little confused, who are you?" Yang Sichang raised his head and stared at him for a while, and suddenly roared angrily, "You are so bold, stand up, listen to the official tell me what you have done, privately and privately, chase and kill officials and soldiers, remove the border wall, loot the official treasury, extort the officer, steal the border fort and important town, what did you not do?" Two hundred years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, you are the leader of the rebellion, and it is not too much to kill a hundred times, this official asks you, the court ordered you to withdraw from the side wall immediately, why do you resist so far? ”

"My lord, there will be grievances in the end, and my people can't die in vain......"

"Shut up, you have looted and extorted countless money from the official offices in Datong, and the Xuanda Governor and the general soldiers of the three towns have also been swept away because of you, isn't this enough? Do you want the emperor to bow his head to you and admit his mistakes? You are very capable of fighting, and you can beat hundreds of millions of people and millions of officers and soldiers in the Ming Dynasty? You have figured it out, if there is a rebellion, you will take the head of the official item, if you don't want to rebel, immediately take your people out of the side wall, and don't delay for a moment! ”

Li Yu's face flushed, and he held back for a long time before he hung his head and said, "The last general doesn't want to rebel, and the naturalized army immediately withdraws from the side wall." ”

Yang Sichang's face softened slightly, stared at Li Yu and said: "Li Hanmin, this official has known you for a long time, Jiayan was once the governor of the three sides, when you entered Yansui to suppress thieves, he happened to be in office, and he had a good impression of you. ”

Li Yu bowed his head and was silent, saluted and turned around to leave, Yang Sichang stopped him: "Wait, the soldiers who died in the Yanghe War, no matter Huayi, they are all good men of my Ming Dynasty, you go back and make arrangements, and the official will go out of the border wall to pay tribute to these loyal martyrs." ”

In the middle of September, the Barbarian Mountain Tomb, a military flag fluttering in the wind, under the banner of the Fengzhou Army battalions neatly lined up, Li Yu, Liu Zhilun led the Fengzhou officials to stand in the forefront, in front of them is a dozen pieces of loyal martyrs standing side by side, engraved with the name of each Fengzhou martyr.

Yang Sichang read aloud in front of the monument of the martyrs excitedly, sometimes passionate and sometimes sad, and the tone and frustration made people cry - "...... Those who defeat strong enemies are naturalized, Huayi is one, and they share the same hatred; The rise of war, the mountains and rivers are dizzy, the bloody frontier is scattered, and the people are far away; The country is in mourning, crying and looking at the side wall, but the soul is forever, the thousand autumns are showing, woohoo, heaven and earth are sad, mourning my heroic soul", Yang Sichang read the end of the face and wept, Fengzhou officials and soldiers were all moved.

"Salute to the fallen brothers!" Zhao Ji shouted loudly, the sound of the horn and cannon sounded rhythmically, the flag officers of each battalion strode forward and stood in a column, the military flags in their hands fell forward at the same time, and the soldiers took off their red tasseled felt hats with their left hands, pressed their chests with their right hands, and sang in unison:

"When Fengzhou Fengtian carried,

Resolutely rise from the green grassland

Rise, rise, rise

Rise from the green steppes

This is the love of God

The favor and favor of the earth

The gods of Guardian Heavens sang in unison

Let's fight, Toyoshu

Toyosu conquered the world

The people of Toyosu will never, never, never be slaves

Thou art the most holy of all nations

It is your mission not to be enslaved, not to be noble or lowly

Mission, mission, mission

Divine mission

Prosperity is with you

Freedom and equality go with you

Fear and jealousy are the feelings of foreigners

Let's fight, Toyoshu

Toyosu conquered the world

The people of Toyosu will never, never, never be slaves

Thou shalt rise majestic

Foreign offense only makes it more frightening

Fear, fear, fear

Make them even more afraid

Storm Thunder Heaven and Earth wept

Our people stand like oaks

The foundation is strong and loyal to you

Let's fight, Toyoshu

Toyosu conquered the world

The people of Toyosu will never, never, never be slaves. ”