When he arrived in Donglai, Tai Shici was obviously excited, he had been away from his hometown for several years, and now when he came back, he saw a dilapidated scene, which made him very sad.

When he was about to arrive in his village, Tai Shi Ci was even more afraid, afraid that he would not find his mother, and even more afraid of hearing bad news, but Ye Chen was relatively calm, because in history, until Kong Rong was the minister of Beihai, he also helped Tai Shi Ci's mother, so he was not worried that something would happen to Tai Shi Ci's mother.

Ye Chen asked the army to stay outside the village, and he and Guan Yu went in with a small team of escort battalions. Walking into the village, there are not many families here, and judging by the situation, it is quite poor, the houses are dilapidated, and many of the houses are no longer empty.

At this time, Tai Shici became more and more excited, thinking that he was almost home.

Eventually, Tai Shici stopped in front of a thatched hut, which was very dilapidated, with a leaky roof, and the sound of a shuttle came from inside, presumably someone was weaving cloth in it.

Tai Shi Ci knelt down in front of the door.

"Mother, the child is not filial, the child is back." Tai Shi Ci knelt on the ground and wept bitterly.

"Ahem, ahem." There was a coughing sound inside, followed by the sound of a lot of things falling to the ground.

"Ci'er, it's really Ci'er." An old woman walked out quickly, wearing patched clothes, already full of silver hair, and ran out excitedly.

When Tai Shi Ci saw the old woman come out, he immediately knelt down to meet her.

The old woman came to Tai Shi Ci, held his head with both hands, and cried, and Tai Shi Ci cried even more.

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back." The old woman cried for a while and then eased up, let go of Tai Shi Ci, and pulled Tai Shi Ci up.

"Ci'er, hurry up and introduce your friends and let them go to the house." After Tai Shici's mother was excited, she saw Ye Chen and Guan Yu standing aside, and hurriedly said to Tai Shici.

Without waiting for Tai Shici's introduction, Ye Chen stepped forward, knelt down, kowtowed and said, "Mother, I am the eldest brother's sworn brother, and the child has kowtowed to you."

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This is not pretentious, Tai Shici's mother is very old, and in order not to cause trouble to Tai Shici for the past few years, she has supported herself by herself, and she can cultivate a person like Tai Shici who understands righteousness, which is worthy of admiration.

Tai Shici was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Okay, okay, good boy, get up quickly." After saying that, Tai Shici's mother was going to help Ye Chen up, but Ye Chen was afraid that he was old, so he got up quickly.

"In Xia Guan Yu, he is a good friend of Tai Shici, and he has met the old lady." Guan Yu also stepped forward to salute.

Tai Shici's mother said very happily: "Come into the house and sit, Ci'er, go and pour water." ”

After Ye Chen and the others entered the house, they found that it was very simple, but neat and clean, Tai Shici went to find a few bowls, but the bowls were all notched, and they were of different sizes, it seemed that there were no extra bowls in their house.

"Big brother, don't be busy, brother, it's the first time I've come to see my mother, and I can't bring gifts when I'm marching and fighting, I'll go to my guard camp to get some jerky, and at noon, our brothers will have a good meal with my mother, but it's a pity that the third brother is not there."

Ye Chen estimated that Tai Shici's family probably didn't have much food, and he had three big men and a lot of food, so he simply ate military rations.

Tai Shi Ci also knew that his family might be really difficult, but he didn't know how his mother survived, so he nodded at Ye Chen.

Ye Chen went out and ordered the soldiers to go and get some food.

After having dinner with Tai Shici's mother, Tai Shici said: "Mother, now that the world is too chaotic and the child is not around, I really can't rest assured, I hope that my mother can go to live in Liaodong, so that the child can rest assured outside." ”

Tai Shici's mother thought for a while, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go to Liaodong, and Ci'er will make contributions outside." ”

In fact, Tai Shici's mother used to be afraid of dragging him down, but now that Tai Shici has a career, she won't drag him down if she goes, and now the world is too chaotic, and she lives a very difficult life, living by weaving cloth every day, only enough to eat herself, and sometimes she can't eat enough.

Tai Shici's mother agreed to go to Liaodong, which made Tai Shici put down a large stone in his heart, and in the future, he would go out to crisscross the battlefield, so he would not have to worry about his mother every day.

After eating, I took a brief rest, and then helped pack my things and prepared to set off, planning to let Tai Shici's mother go back with the southbound transport ship.

There was an extra mother of Tai Shi Ci on the road, so naturally he couldn't be fast, so he got a carriage, Tai Shi Ci laid a soft cushion for his mother, and then slowly walked towards Penglai County.

The Ye family's wharf in Qingzhou was built in Penglai, where several wharves have been built for large ships to dock.

It took a few days to arrive, and it was estimated that the war horse was galloping, and it was estimated that it could be reached in two days or even less, but now there is one more mother of Tai Shici, so the speed is very slow, otherwise the old man is old, and the road conditions are too bad, he will definitely not be able to stand it.

"Young master, you are finally here." A member of the escort battalion was dressed in ordinary people's clothes, and when he saw Ye Chen and his team coming, he hurriedly came over to say hello.

This person Ye Chen knew, the earliest guard battalion, and was later assigned to the newly built naval army.

"Why are you here, why are you dressed like this?"

"Young master, we have been here for many days, and we have not seen you, there are often yellow scarves here, and our ship does not dare to dock, so I am sent to wait here, and when you come, I will notify the ship to dock."

Ye Chen nodded, because there was one more Tai Shici's mother in the team, the itinerary was much slower, and Liaodong to Penglai was actually a narrow bay, and it would be there soon.

"Okay, you go and inform the ship to dock, we need to replenish supplies."

The soldier went down as he said, while Ye Chen and the others moved towards the dock.

When Ye Chen and the others approached the dock, the boat had not yet arrived, so they could only wait, and after waiting for more than half an hour, the boat appeared, with a total of more than a dozen big ships.

Ye Chen was also a little puzzled, if it was to deliver supplies to them, a big ship would be enough, but this time it was obviously a fleet.

"Zimo, why are you here?" Ye Chen couldn't help but ask when he saw Bai Feng getting off the boat.

"Lord, everything is normal in Liaodong, the situation has stabilized, this time I came south with the fleet because the fleet found a base at sea, I came to take a look, and the second is to buy some food."

"Sea base?"

"Yes, my lord, there is an archipelago on the sea more than twenty miles away from Penglai County, so we want to build a temporary base there."

The distance between the north and south of the Bohai Strait is only more than 100 miles, and it is very convenient to go back and forth, so Ye Chen has never thought of building some bases on the sea, and now Bai Feng said that he can really build a base on the sea.

What Bai Feng said should be the Changshan Island in the later generations, the island is very large, where the Changdao County is located in the later generations, the largest island has more than 20 square kilometers, and it can indeed be used as a base, and the ships come and go to Qingzhou, it only takes about half an hour.

Originally, after the fleet discovered the island, it only built a small dock there for temporary maintenance of the boats, but after knowing that the island was large, Bai Feng decided to take a look at it himself.

"Zimo, what do you think?" Ye Chen also had some ideas in his heart, he asked Bai Feng first to see if he had any suggestions.

"The area of the island is very large, and it can be used as a base, whether it is for military or civilian purposes, it is very useful." These islands are not far from Qingzhou, and once there is a change, troops can be dispatched quickly, which is indeed a good place.

"Zimo, if this island is to be built, it will be built on a large scale, and some temporary camps will be built on it, as well as a few warehouses, maybe it will be useful in the future, whether it is military or civilian." Ye Chen used him as an advance base, and he would definitely go south to compete for hegemony in the future, which was indeed very useful.

"Yes, my lord."

"You just said that you want to go south to buy grain, is there something wrong with our grain in Liaodong?"

"Lord, there is no problem, but there is a lot of pressure, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, a large number of refugees have appeared in the entire Youzhou, these refugees know that our Ye family will take care of it, so the refugees in the entire Youzhou are flocking to Liaodong, fortunately, we started to store food a few years ago, otherwise it is really not enough."

It turns out that the Ye family is famous in Liaodong, and even the entire Youzhou, those refugees have no way to live, the first thing that comes to mind is the Ye family, the Ye family has been recruiting displaced people in the past few years, and when they get there, they will have food to eat and can live.

As a result, a large number of refugees from all over Youzhou once again poured into Liaodong, but this time the Ye family had experience, and they were not in a hurry, so they arranged it in an orderly manner.

Now the Ye family can already produce a large amount of food on their own, but the pressure of such a large number of refugees is still very high, so this time Bai Feng led the fleet south, and he still wanted to buy more food.

"Okay, Liaodong will be handed over to you, I will soon move to other places, and I will leave when the supply is finished."

"Don't worry, my lord, there will be no problems in Liaodong, in addition to bringing the necessary supplies this time, I also brought more than a thousand war horses, which can be replaced, and the guard battalion also brought hundreds of people, and they can be replaced if necessary."

"Well, Zimo thought very thoughtfully, the horses were indeed injured a lot in the battle, so replace them, the guard battalion also has many injuries, let the injured return to Liaodong, I want to fill the eight thousand guard battalion."

Next, Ye Chen chatted with Bai Feng about Liaodong, Tai Shici went to explain and settle his mother, and Guan Yu went to arrange the supply of the guard battalion.

Two hours later, the escort battalion was fully equipped.