When Zhang Zongheng received the report from the General Military Mansion, his fellow villager Song Tongyin was sitting in his study, Zhang Zongheng said to Song Tongyin with a smile: "Brother Xianzheng, this Li Hanmin you said is not honest and honest at all, he actually reached out to me for money, and if he didn't give money, he would stay in Victory Fort and not leave, where did he learn this method?" ”

"He was also forced to be in a hurry, thirty or forty thousand people were blocked between the Barbarian Mountain and Matou Mountain, if you want to live, you can't care about your face, Shi Lin, I have said everything that should be said, how to deal with it depends on what you mean," Song Tongyin also replied with a smile, he took a sip of tea and said, "Actually, this person is very easy to get along with, eat soft and not hard, if you are good to him, he will be grateful to you, and he has indeed made a great contribution to the change of Datong, without his desperate blow to the insertion, the insertion of the Han did not exit the pass so quickly, and it is reasonable to ask for money and food." ”

Zhang Zongheng pondered for a moment and said: "It's nothing to give some money and food, I'm afraid that raising tigers will cause trouble!" ”

Song Tongyin snorted and laughed: "Shi Lin, how many things can you give them?" They are used to being poor, and they are satisfied with a little money and food to survive, do you need to worry about raising tigers? ”

Zhang Zongheng also smiled: "Okay, just give them some rations, and then allow them to trade in the horse market, but since that Li Hanmin has hung up the guerrilla rank, it is not appropriate to stay in the superintendent, it is better to assign this group of soldiers to my Datong Town for dispatch, and Brother Xianzheng will not object, right?" ”

"This is easy to do, the governor is no longer powerless, as long as nothing happens, he will be satisfied, he will not object, I am the deputy envoy of Datong Town, and naturally I will also face you Zhang Shilin, and these people will be at your disposal."

"That's very good, tomorrow I will send the prefect of Datong to Fort Victory, that Ma Shiying is very capable." Zhang Zongheng came to be interested, talked about the victory fort, and pulled Song Tongyin to talk about the rectification of Datong border affairs, and asked Song Tongyin, a veteran of the border town, to help him refer to the details: "Brother Xianzheng, since I arrived, I have carefully studied the war strategy, the more I think about it, the more I feel that I can only use firearms to deal with the Han Dynasty, I can't fight because the soldiers are weak, and I can only rely on the side wall to win with firearms, those Hongyi cannons in western Liaoning are very useful, but the guns on the side wall of Datong Town are too old to be used anymore, I brought some money from Beijing this time, in addition to reissuing part of the arrears, there are still some left, It can be used to build a large number of firearms to fill the side walls, can Brother Xianzheng help me? ”

Song Tongyin nodded again and again and praised: "For example, Sun Ge Lao built a car camp in western Liaoning." ”

Both of them smiled, sat together and discussed with great interest how to build firearms, but after discussing for a while, they felt a little discouraged, Zhang Zongheng's money was still too little, and he couldn't afford to imitate the expensive Hongyi cannon, even a thousand catties of Franc machines couldn't make many doors, although the new bird guns were not bad, but the imperial court only allowed them to be made in the military war bureau of the Beijing Division, and the craftsmen of Datong couldn't do it.

Song Tongyin said helplessly: "I can only make some three-eyed guns, that thing can also scare people if it is used well, and add more gunpowder and cannons, and there will be money to be made, so our artillery will be used." ”

"Then make more three-eyed guns, and I'll report to the court again, and ask the emperor to give us some birds." Zhang Zongheng is still a little unwilling.

Three days later, the matter of Fort of Victory was resolved, Ma Shiying was indeed very capable, and personally came forward to bargain with Li Yu, Li Yu and Bi Lige did not have as much as the old horse's heart, and was dazzled by the old horse, and promised to withdraw from Fort Sheng, only to get two thousand stone of grain and two hundred taels of silver in the treasury of Datong Mansion - Ma Shiying only agreed to pay Li Yu himself and more than 100 people in his name as a month's military salary, but Ma Shiying assured that although the grain he gave Li Yu was old rice, it was definitely not rotten rice, and people would definitely not have diarrhea if they ate it. He also said that as long as he Ma Shiying was in Datong, he would never treat Li Guerrilla badly.

Zhang Zongheng was still satisfied with this result, and sent Li Yu away with a bunch of Chen rice and two hundred taels of silver, this Li guerrilla is still relatively honest and kind, and he still has to make good use of this guy in the future.

When Li Yu returned to Manhan Mountain, it was the time to harvest the crops, this year's drought and rain were less, everyone made a lot of efforts, and the crop harvest was only eighty percent of that of a normal year, and it was calculated that there were about six buckets of grain per acre, but everyone was also very happy, Li Fugui's big pot of rice made people feel excited, but they were not hungry, and everyone was counting on the grain to be harvested to eat a few more full meals.

Li Fugui and Ortai mobilized everyone to work in the field, the fields were full of busy people, this was the first time everyone harvested their own grain after going to the Barbarian Mountain, not only the Bansheng people who planted the land were energetic, but the Mongolians who herded horses and sheep also rushed to help with great interest, Wulan also organized women to boil water and cook for the people working in the fields, Wu Langha would never give up the opportunity to show off to Ulan, and personally commanded Chaolu and a group of people to help in the war, but Chaolu They have never done farm work, they can only be called around stupidly, Namur did not spare even the children, and instructed the teachings of the thousands of households and the scribes of the hundred households to take the children to the field to experience labor, and at the same time to work, they also kept reciting "On the day of hoeing, sweat drops and soil." Who knows that Chinese food is hard work. Verses.

When the farm is busy, Li Fugui is the boss of the Barbarian Mountain, and Li Yu also has to stand aside, just like now, everyone is busy in a mess, and Li Fugui can sit in the pergola built by the field, drinking water, while giving orders to everyone, his lame Mongolian wife still has to wait beside him, everyone thinks that Mr. Li is too capable, he can grow more than 5,000 acres of crops in this broken place, and there are yam eggs and corn on the slopes and between the ridges - Li Fugui has repeatedly justified his potatoes, But everyone is still used to calling this thing a yam egg, maize is even more bizarre, Bansheng people actually called corn, these things are really good, do not pick the ground and drought tolerance, the yield is also high, yam eggs can have 300 catties per acre, corn also has a yield of 100 catties per mu, no one is picky about whether it is delicious or not, it is good to have a stutter in this year.

Li Yu came back and immediately went to work in the field, Li Fugui and Ortai dragged him to the pergola, saying that there was something to discuss with him, Li Yu was a little unhappy, the villagers were working, I couldn't be idle, if there is anything you can discuss and do by yourself, Li Fugui and Ortai immediately said, that's not good, the affairs of the Barbarian Mountain have to be decided by you, don't want to avoid it.

Li Fugui pointed to the crops and said: "Yuzi, don't look at the lively now, we all know in our hearts that the crops in this field can't feed us at all, we still need a large piece of land, to be honest, even if we are lucky to survive this winter, we will definitely starve to death in the spring next year, I also have a way, we have saltwater and Haizi here, I originally planned to boil salt and sell it to Guannai, but the output is too small, we can't have much left after using it ourselves, Bi Lige went to Victory Fort to do business this time, and only made up more than 200 catties for him, This bit of salt is even despised by the smugglers, Yuzi, you have to find a way to find land. ”

Li Yu set his eyes on Ortai, Ortai shook his head and said: "Don't look at me, I can't come up with a way, we have a small place here, we can't raise too many livestock, now 4,000 horses and 5,000 cattle, sheep and livestock have occupied the pasture, you have to consider the new pasture now, we still lack craftsmen, our livestock in addition to changing seeds, farm tools and cloth for life, even iron pots, scissors, iron needles have to be replaced, like this, no matter how many cattle and sheep we have to change food to eat." ”

Li Yu sat down without saying a word, and after a while he spoke: "I know what you guys say, but where can I find land and pasture?" ”

"Rob!" Li Fugui and Ortai replied in unison, Li Fugui and Ortai glanced at each other and said: "We don't have land or pasture, but what the Chahar people have is that Yunrong has negotiated good things with us, if they don't agree, we will rob them." ”

Ortai also said: "There are also the West Sentinel people, they are few and the places are large, many places are empty, the land and pasture are ruined in their hands, and the thousands of acres of land here will be harvested in a few days. Ortai was also forced to be in a hurry, and now he didn't care whether the people of the Western Sentinel were Tumuts or not.

Li Yu snorted, sneered and asked: "If you don't have land or pasture, you will rob the Chahar people and the West Sentinels, so if there are no craftsmen, do you also want me to go to the Ming Kingdom to rob them?" ”

Li Fugui replied without hesitation: "If Mingguo is too sloppy, why can't we rob him?" What a pity it is for those skilled craftsmen to be in the hands of these wreckers. ”

Li Yu ignored them, turned his head and walked out of the pergola, leaving Li Fugui and Ortai, the two robbers and instigators, looking at each other, Ortai asked in a low voice: "Lao Li, did the two of us scare Yuzi by saying this?" Maybe we'll teach him badly. ”

"Afraid of what? If you want to live well on the grassland, you have to learn to rob, we are reminding him, don't think that you can live a stable life by collecting some food, I sometimes just hate him for being a good person, this child has to be beaten all the time. ”

Ortai nodded repeatedly, and the two couldn't help but hug their stomachs and laugh.

The thousands of acres of land in the Barbarian Mountain were harvested in a few days, and Li Fugui was busy planting some beans, yam eggs and other miscellaneous grains, wanting to try his luck with God to see if he could grab some more food before the snow came back, Li Yu had nothing to do for the time being, and read a book in a thatched house - he didn't dare to go back to the sleeping tent, the sleeping tent of Wulan and Wu Langha sandwiched him left and right, as long as he met with one, the other would definitely come over, Li Yu was afraid and avoided them, but Li Yu seemed to be able to read only in this case.

Li Yu has an important harvest in Fort Victory, that is, all the books in the study of the General's Mansion were emptied, and when Li Huai left, he specially told him that the dead ghost Xing Wanmin left a lot of good books, such as the famous Ming general Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "The Actual Record of Military Training" are worth reading, Li Yu returned to the Barbarian Mountain, and found this newly repaired house as a study, and when he was okay at night, he could read and rest here, and by the way, he avoided the two difficult women.

The dead ghost Xing Wanmin is not very good, but he has collected a lot of messy books, many books Li Yu has never heard of, such as the one in front of him, Li Yu turned it over and turned it red, this Ximen Qingzhen is shameless, there is a wife at home and he has to go out to mess around, what is so good about Pan Jinlian, Li Bei'er and Pang Chunmei, the three water-based Yanghua women, actually fascinated him like this, I have to take a closer look.

Li Yu was looking at the book intently, and suddenly there was a noise outside the door, and then the door was pushed open, Li Yu looked up and saw that Wu Langha broke in, followed by Chaolu, Meng Ke and Jida seemed to be unable to persuade them, and they were also squeezed into the room.

"Good! I said why can't I see you all the time, it turns out that you are hiding here, you tell me, why can Jeddah enter the pro-guard camp, but Chaolu can't? Wu Langha shouted when she entered the door, she pointed to Chaolu, who was standing with her head bowed and said, "People eat a lot of food in Chaolu, and they eat your big pot of rice every day to make people hungry and thin, he wants to enter your personal guard camp to have a well-fed errand, what's wrong with this?" That guy in Ortai is pushing three and four things, you have to explain it today, the people of Ulan can enter the guard camp, why can't my people, what is the ability of Chaolu is not as good as Jeddah? ”

"I know, I'll go talk to Ortai, you guys go quickly." Li Yu was hurriedly collecting the books and waving them vigorously to get them out.

"No, you have to make it clear to me now, hey, what book are you reading, there are pictures in it, let me see it too." Wu Langha's eyes were sharp, and at a glance, he saw that Li Yu sneakily collected a few unusual books, and rushed over to grab them, of course Li Yu didn't give them to her, and the two twisted together.

Meng Ke and Gilda glanced at each other, the two quietly pulled Chaolu out, Jedda closed the door casually, Meng Ke took out a small bag of tobacco and threw it to Chaolu, the two lit a cigarette, called over to Gilda, and the three of them chatted quietly in the courtyard.

Meng Ke and Chaolu looked up and didn't look down, the little thing that fought in the past has long been forgotten, the two get along well, Meng Ke said to Chaolu, it's no problem to enter the guard battalion as a sentry commander with your ability, but the personnel deployment of the Barbarian Mountain is all under Ortai's decision, this person is a little stubborn, it's okay, after a few battles, it's easy to deal with people, this is not a big deal, Jeddah also nodded vigorously and said that Chaolu's ability is above him, and the guard battalion needs someone like Chaolu who can fight.

Chao Lu nodded and admitted that he was late, and he hadn't helped Barbarian Mountain fight any battles, so he was really anxious to enter the Qinwei camp, but he was a little hungry because he was a little hungry because he ate the amount of food of the two of others, and he always ate the big pot of rice in Barbarian Mountain. Meng Ke and Jida all laughed, the control of food in the Barbarian Mountain is indeed too tight, except for the officials of the Great Tent of Humbatulu and the Thousand Households, only the battalion soldiers of the pro-guard battalion and the craftsmen of the craftsman battalion can ensure that they are full, and everyone else has limited the rations, and people like Chaolu can only enjoy the treatment of young and strong, and they can eat enough when fighting, and they are only better than the old and weak women and children in normal times, and they will definitely starve if they have a large amount of food.

"Why is the light in the house going out, it seems that the sound is also a little wrong, I'll go and see." While the three of them were talking, Jeddah suddenly looked up at the room and muttered, Meng Ke and Chaolu grabbed him, and the two listened carefully to the movement in the house for a while, and immediately dragged Jeddah away away.

"Nothing, understand? You can't tell your princess about this, you can't hold back and look for a big decision, and you can't go now. Monk threatened Jeddah with a grim expression, and Chaolu nodded to the side.

Li Fugui was suddenly woken up in the middle of the night, Ortai came to the door, he hurriedly got dressed and went out, Ortai saw him without saying a word, pulled him to his official room, after closing the door, Ortai cried and said: "Nianfeng, something happened, something happened!" ”

Li Fugui was startled, and Ortai finished telling him about Wu Langha's seduction of Li Yu that Jida reported to him, and beat his chest and said: "I was wrong, I forgot that Humbatulu is also a human, I thought it would be fine, but I still let the Chahar woman take advantage of the situation, this time it's troublesome, Nianfeng, you must help me." ”

"How big of a deal am I, isn't it just the little of men and women, you and I are in our forties, what do you care about all this idle business? Okay, I got it. Li Fugui turned his head and left.

"Is this a trifle? Yuzi and the woman both went to bed, what should Princess Ulan do? What happens to that woman when she gives birth? Can the Tumuts tolerate the Chahar bloodline? Ortai stopped Li Fugui.

"So what, didn't you send someone to ask for the Lama Urji? As soon as the old lama came, we will handle the marriage between Yuzi and Ulan, and the woman will not be done with her name. Seeing Ortai's sad face, Li Fugui comforted, "I have already inquired with the Chahar people, that woman has been married to Gui Yingcha for more than ten years and has not had children, but Gui Yingcha and his concubines have given birth to five or six children, now you can rest assured, this woman will not have children when she is young, and now she is in her thirties, can she still have children?" ”

Ortai thought for a while, and suddenly shouted again: "Nonsense, can that stupid guy Guiyingcha be with our Humbatu Rubi?" Our Humbaturu has the ability to have children, and now it's going to be bad, when Altan Khan and the Western Mongols were fighting, he accepted the Oirat princess Zhongjin as a hatun, and that Oirat woman ruined our Tumut River, and now there is a princess of Chahar who is fighting with us, this woman will also destroy us! ”

Li Fugui ignored him, and Ortai continued to shout hysterically: "It's all my fault for being confused, I know the stakes better than all of you, but I didn't look at the Chahar woman, it was I who hurt Tumut, Tengger will definitely punish me......"

Li Fugui looked at Ortai coldly, suddenly he felt the ground shake, and then the house shook, and the thatched house that had been built not long ago made a creaking sound, Ortai was excited: "Look, Tengger is really angry, it's all my fault......"

"There was an earthquake! Come on! Li Fugui let out a scream, dragged Ortai and rushed out of the door, the two of them arrived in the courtyard, there was a noisy exclamation in the camp, people fled from their respective houses and tents in rags, standing in the open space and shouting in panic, Ortai was still talking to himself: "Tengger is really angry, it's all my fault, I thought it wouldn't happen, but I still let the Chahar woman take advantage of the weakness to enter the ......"