For three days in a row, Li Mu stayed in the Taishou Mansion to accompany Diao Chan, after all, the two were newly married Yan'er. Li Mu will not only care about the future, but leave his new wife at home. In the past three days, Li Mu and Diao Chan have become more and more harmonious.

Before the fourth day, Li Mu came to the Taishou Mansion, only to see that in the Taishou Mansion, Zhao Yun, Xu Shu and other civil and military personnel had arrived. Li Mu walked to the main seat and sat down, glanced around, and said: "As the lord of your waiting, I am deeply ashamed to sit in the hall in the next three days!" ”

Zhao Yun, Xu Shu and others shouted loudly: "It is the honor of subordinates to share worries for the Lord!" ”

Li Mu nodded, and said loudly: "Today I will announce three things, the first is the start of the new city, the second is the recruitment, and the third is to take over the Zhen family's grain transportation fleet. ”

Xu Shu groaned: "Lord, the brick and stone materials needed for the new city are basically complete. Moreover, the summer grain of Jincheng County has been planted, and the people will have more and more leisure time, and it is urgent to start construction of the new city. As for recruitment, I don't know how many people the lord wants to recruit? ”

Li Mu groaned: "As the captain of the imperial court, it is within my duty to eliminate border troubles. At present, there are only 2,300 Han troops in Jincheng County, and I plan to recruit 10,000 soldiers. This recruitment does not need to be limited to Jincheng County, the surrounding Wuwei County, Anding County, and Longxi County can all issue recruitment orders. From now on, whether it is the old army or the new army, the whole family can be exempted from the rent for one year, and if they die in battle, the pension will be paid more generously! ”

Zhao Yunlang replied: "Big brother, this method is feasible!" Since the eldest brother went to Jincheng County, he has eliminated violence and peace, widely implemented benevolent government, and sympathized with the people's feelings, and the people's will has been attached. This recruitment will come naturally! ”

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Li Mu said: "Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Xu Huang are responsible for recruiting soldiers. Xu Shu and Zhang Ji were responsible for the construction of the new city and put an end to cutting corners. Zhang Liao, Dian Wei, Xu Huang, and Zhang Cheng were responsible for the training of troops. Chen Zhi and Pei Yuanshao led 300 soldiers all the way eastward to meet the Zhen family's convoy! Without further ado, let's do it! ”

The crowd gladly agreed. Li Mu, Xu Shu, and Zhang Ji went out of Yunwu City, traveled all the way east, and came to the new city construction site in Jincheng County for about an hour and a half. Li Mu looked at the rushing water of the Yellow River under his feet, and said in his heart: The Yellow River falls into the sky and goes to the East China Sea, and thousands of miles are written into his chest.

Xu Shu and Zhang both saw that Li Mu was distracted when he looked at the Yellow River, the two glanced at each other, Xu Shu coughed lightly, and said, "Lord, but the river is sighing?" ”

Li Mu looked at Xu Shu and Zhang Ji, and said: "Yuanzhi, Derong, the road I chose, like this Yellow River that flows to the sea and never returns, can't turn back, and won't turn back!" ”

Xu Shu and Zhang Ji naturally heard Li Mu's voice, and said in unison: "Xu Shu and Zhang Ji swear to follow the lord to the death, and have no regrets in their lives!" ”

Li Mu nodded, turned around and looked at both sides of the Yellow River, and said: "The south bank of the Yellow River is flat and spacious, and the new city can be located here, which is twelve miles long from east to west and north to south, and the city is four zhang high. The north bank of the Yellow River is long and narrow, and the sub-city can be built, twelve miles from east to west, four miles from north to south, and the city is four zhang high. ”

Xu Shu said with a smile: "Lord, this method is very good, the north and south banks build cities, each other is a horn, easy to defend and difficult to attack!" Our army guards both sides of the river, controls Liangzhou in the west, and enters Guanzhong in the east, coming and going freely, like a fish in water! ”

Zhang Ji replied: "Lord, Yuan is straightforward. Once the new city is built, whether it is Jincheng County or the surrounding counties, there will be merchants who will come, and there will be no shortage of funds for the construction of the new city, and Jincheng County will also become a wealthy county. ”

Li Mu nodded and said in a deep voice: "We also want to build two pontoon bridges on both sides of the river to connect the two cities. ”

Xu Shu groaned: "Lord, the pontoon bridge is afraid of fire, and secondly, there is a lot of water upstream, and the pontoon bridge may not be able to withstand it." ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "Yuanzhi, De Jong, don't worry. We use the big ship as the bridge body, and the big ship is covered with wooden planks, and then the bridge body is wrapped with iron plates, which can prevent fire. The bridge body is bound with an iron chain, and the iron ox is tied at one end of the iron chain, and the iron ox sinks into the river, and the bridge body is naturally stable, such as walking on the ground. It can also be tied to a large ship with an iron chain, and one end of the iron chain is fixed on both sides of the river, which can also play a fixed role. ”

Xu Shu and Zhang Ji pondered for a while, and said in unison: "The lord is really a god and a man!" That's a great way to do it! ”

Zhang Ji muttered: "My lord, according to the current manpower and material resources, the new city can be completed in October at the latest, and the buildings in the new city will not be completed until next year." ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "De Jong doesn't have to worry, after the summer grain is harvested, whether it is Jincheng County or the surrounding counties, more people will come to work." The construction period is within the range of manpower, which can be stepped up! ”

Zhang Ji and Xu Shu listened to it and felt reasonable. Li Mu stayed until the time of You, and then said goodbye to Xu Shu and Zhang Ji and returned to Yunwu City. When Li Mu came to Taishou Mansion, he saw Diao Chan and Dongmei standing at the gate. Li Mu walked up to Diao Chan in a few strides, held Diao Chan in his arms, and said with a gentle expression: "Cicada, it's cold at night, why don't you wait for me in the house?" ”

Diao Chan said with tears in her eyes: "The concubine saw that her husband had not returned for a long time, and she was worried about her husband's ......"

Li Mu listened to Diao Chan's voice a little different, only to see Diao Chan's pale face and light sweat on his forehead, Li Mu hurriedly asked, "Cicada, where are you uncomfortable?" Why is your face so bad. ”

Diao Chan stopped talking several times, but finally did not speak. Dongmei snorted: "My lord, for lunch and dinner, Mrs. didn't use it much, and the maid wanted to invite Langzhong, but Mrs. didn't allow it." Please forgive me."

As soon as Dongmei's words fell, Li Mu shouted in a deep voice: "Why didn't you send someone to report to me earlier?" ”

Dongmei "pounced" on her knees and begged for mercy. Diao Chan pulled Li Mu's arm and said softly: "Husband, it's not about Dongmei, it's the concubine who won't let her invite Langzhong." Diao Chan didn't wait for Li Mu to reply, turned around and helped Dongmei up, Dongmei trembled and sobbed on the side.

Diao Chan knew that Li Mu was worried about himself, otherwise he would not lose his temper for no reason, Diao Chan hesitated, leaned into Li Mu's ear, and said softly: "Just ...... It's the kind of thing that happens every month at my daughter's house......"

Li Mu immediately came back to his senses, looked at Dongmei and said, "Cut the ginger into slices, five or six red dates, five or six peppercorns, and fry them into a bowl of soup over low heat." Just go! ”

Dongmei agreed, turned around and ran to the kitchen. Li Mu picked up Diao Chan and strode towards the back hall, Diao Chan twisted his body and said anxiously: "Husband, let the concubine come down, there are filthy things on the concubine's body, how can you let the husband be contaminated?" The concubine walked on her own. ”

Li Mu just didn't hear it, carried Diao Chan to the back hall, and gently lay down on the bed. Li Mu said with a smile: "Cicada, this kind of thing in my daughter's family is no more common, how can I talk about filth?" In the future, our family doesn't have to worry about this, remember? ”

Diao Chan looked at Li Mu, two lines of tears slipped from the corners of his eyes, and he choked up: "How can a concubine be so virtuous that she can make her husband love like this?" ”

Li Mu gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Diao Chan's eyes, and said with a gentle expression: "Being able to marry Cicada and Mi'er as wives in this life is a blessing that I have cultivated in my tenth life, and I should cherish it even more!" ”

Diao Chan said softly: "The concubine and Sister Mi'er have the same temper, and they will get along well in the future and serve a good husband." By the way, husband, why hasn't Mi'er's sister come to Jincheng County yet? ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "Cicada, it's really my virtuous helper. I've already sent someone to pick up Mi'er, maybe Mi'er is already on her way here. ”

Diao Chan said softly: "Sister Mi'er is from a big family, and she is so far away, don't let Sister Mi'er be wronged." ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "Cicada and Mi'er both left their hometowns and came with me, I won't let you be wronged." ”

Just when Li Mu wiped the sweat on Diao Chan's forehead, Dongmei came with ginger soup, Li Mu took the ginger soup and let Dongmei go down to rest. Li Mu held Diao Chan in his arms and fed the ginger soup to Diao Chan spoonful by spoonful.

Diao Chan leaned on Li Mu's arms and said softly: "Husband, doesn't it hurt after drinking ginger soup?" ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "Sleep well tonight, it shouldn't hurt tomorrow." Cicada, there will be no outsiders in the future, you still call me Amu, okay? ”

Diao Chan nodded, with a cunning expression, and called sweetly: "Ah Mu ......"

Li Muzhi felt that his bones were about to be crispy, so he lowered his head and kissed Diao Chan fiercely......