When his words fell, Bao Tong knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and the rest of the officials also knelt on the ground to ask for orders, this scene made Lin Xiu stiffen for a while, and he seemed a little at a loss.

At night, Bao Tong left with the official errand, but the camp that had regained its calm could not sleep peacefully with the nightfall, and from a distance, Lin Xiu was sitting alone by the bonfire, and under the firelight, his vicissitudes of life had already appeared on the face... It even highlights the folds of thought.

"Alas... The world is unpredictable..."Unconsciously, Lin Xiu sighed to himself, thinking about Bao Tong's words, Lin Xiu couldn't help shaking his head, and then thought of the bad practices in Zhongdu: "Bao Tong, you are also the head of the small county town of Beiping County, how come you don't have a trace of officialdom, compared to Chen Dingshuo, the capital of the government, secretly exchanging his private power, and the Dongchang Prefecture government fake thieves to collect money and peel off the skin, you, the poor of Beiping County, are simply in the stomach of a turtle, and you actually ask me for food. ’

For a moment, Lin Xiu didn't know whether to laugh at them for being stupid and not using power, or whether to be jealous of Chen Dingshuo's hateful behavior of officials. At this time, Zhao Yuan came to sit down beside him after patrolling the night, and Liu Pan, who was waiting behind Lin Xiu, wanted to make a sound, but was shaken by Zhao Yuan.

"Captain Zhao, the general has been sitting for two hours..."Liu Pan whispered, Zhao Yuan nodded: "You go to rest, I'll talk to him!" ”

After Liu Pan left, Zhao Yuan picked up a few dry firewood and threw them into the fire, and the fluffy firewood stack splashed with star ash and fire, reflecting Lin Xiu's stiff face.

"Brother Yuan, what you said before has become true, the battle in Northern Xinjiang seems to be victorious, raising the prestige of the Great Summer, but in fact it has sent the people into the road of life and death, to be honest, if it weren't for what Bao Xianling said himself, I really can't believe that Northern Xinjiang has withered to this situation..."

"So what?"

Zhao Yuan retorted, returned his sigh to Lin Xiu, he fiddled with the bonfire, and said: "Ah Xiu, no matter how bad the situation is, there will be a day of recovery, not to mention... You're back, don't you notice in your heart that these honest officials are looking forward to you from the bottom of their hearts... According to me... After the early spring, the cold breath is swept away, the fields are back to life, and in the middle of summer, when the sun bakes through the body and bones of our northerners, and stimulates our blood, everything will be fine! ”

When Lin Xiu heard this, he smiled sadly for a while: "Brother Yuan, what you said is light!" The four cities in northern Xinjiang, there are 28 counties and counties that are registered, and hundreds of small towns and counties that are not registered, although the people are not as good as the south of the central capital, but there are nearly a million people, and a Beiping county close to the boundary of the central capital has become like this, I really can't imagine where we will become? ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yuan's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he provoked and said: "Oh....The champion of the county examination in the twenty-eight counties of the four cities is actually cowardly, who will believe it?" ”

"Brother Yuan, don't lift me up!"

"Lift? No, I will never exalt you, I just rely on my heart to speak, and lead the camp to kill the Northern Barbarian Golden Family, in addition to you Lin Zhongyi, looking at the entire Great Xia, is there a second person? Didn't you expect to do such a feat? Why do you doubt it now? ”

"It's... This... It's not the same! Lin Xiu's thoughts were confused for a while, and he wanted to argue, but he had no words, and in the end he could only say: "I'm just a Bei'an general with a false position, to put it far, it's just a seed planted by the handsome master in Northern Xinjiang, just adhering to his will to protect the border of Northern Xinjiang, as for what it can grow into?" I don't even know that there is a famine in the territory of Licheng right now, and we are rushing back again, I really don't know what to do? ”

"It doesn't matter what it becomes, as long as we live, everything will be fine! As long as you dare to do it, the brothers will support you, the vast northern frontier, thousands of miles of land, if such a loose realm can't support your dragon horse, then you will disappoint us too much! ”

Zhao Yuan got up and stretched: "Northern Xinjiang is our home and the place where our ancestors lived, so no matter how hard it is, we must make it better... Otherwise, we will be ashamed of our bloodline! ”

"It's not just about being ashamed of your own blood!" With a cold interjection, Zhao Yuan turned around and saw Huang Qi coming.

Huang Qi sat down closely: "Lin Xiu, you are a closed-door military disciple personally accepted by Qin Yi, a Bei'an general canonized by His Majesty, just now you said that this is just a false name, but why don't you want to think about it, why did you get this false name?" Why didn't I, Zhao Yuan, Li Hu, Lin Sheng, and Lin Huaiping get it? How much of a hidden meaning does it have, these local county officials don't know, they only know that you are a general, respectful to you, flattering you, so it doesn't just make you act and use your power to do what you want? Besides, if you can't even settle down in Northern Xinjiang, how can you bear the title of Bei'an General? How to walk your righteous path with the word 'Zhong Yi'? Even if your original dream of being a small official can only be realized if the northern Xinjiang is stable, I am right! ”

In the center of the word, Lin Xiu was calm, looking at the pure and unmixed eyes of the two, Lin Xiu found the direction in the confusion, and after a while, he got up and said: "Thank you two brothers, I understand, tomorrow, you will continue to lead the team north, and I will make a detour to Licheng and borrow some grain and grass!" ”、

"How sure are you?"

Looking at Lin Xiu's sudden turn of faith, Zhao Yuan asked with a smile, Lin Xiu thought for a while, and then said with a full sense of anger: "Bei'an, who is in awe, will speak, and you must be 100% sure of what to do!" In this regard, after the silence of the three of them was instantaneous, their hearts warmed!

Li Cheng. The first rays of the morning sun shone on the scale poles in the city, and the guards opened the gates, and the pawns and merchants who were in a hurry to sell their goods poured into the city like locusts.

The county guard of Licheng County, the county guard Chen Ke convened the military and political dignitaries of Licheng early in the morning to discuss the early spring sowing and the reform of the barley tax and animal husbandry tax issued by the central capital.

If you look at the situation in previous years, these official systems do not need to be considered at all, and they can be implemented directly, but this year is extraordinary, first the northern barbarians went south, and the northern Xinjiang was like a broken house, and then the central capital and government were temporarily suspended, and the world was full of romance.

"My lord, the Northern Barbarians have fought a war, and the five thousand light cavalry in Licheng have been exhausted, although the Northern Barbarians are retreating, but the people and thieves are everywhere, in order to protect the safety of Li City, this commander suggests that the adults draw grain and grass equipment, and temporarily allocate silver to sign the young and strong men, and form a light cavalry battalion to protect the stability!"

On the right-hand side, Zhang Qi's father, Zhang Ji, the commander-in-chief of the Licheng marching battalion and the captain of the light cavalry battalion, spoke out, Chen Ke was already anxious about the decentralization of the barley tax system, and when he heard Zhang Ji's words, Chen Ke immediately frowned.