The autumn is high and cool, and the vast Guanzhong Plain is no longer barren in the past. In this hometown of Huazhou, the reclamation camps of the township soldiers under the jurisdiction of Qin Fengjing's pacification division built houses on the overgrown fields and opened up wasteland. For a long time in the past, Huazhou was a buffer zone between the Song and Jin armies, with ten rooms and nine emptiness, deserted fields, and jackals, tigers and leopards in the meantime. But now, things have changed.

Men and women walked among the humble huts, and the barracks, often with hundreds or thousands of families in one place, were rebuilt and rebuilt according to the former village addresses to reclaim the surrounding fields. Since its implementation, the results have been remarkable. It is now the slack season, and those men who were born in the Korean army, the rebel army, bandits, and homeless people gather in the wilderness outside the village to practice. Spears, knives, whistle sticks, although the equipment is simple and old, the villagers are still under the guidance of the Hu'er Army officers, shouting hard, and the sound of trumpets resounded throughout the four fields. Their families have become accustomed to this, and except for a few naughty children watching curiously from the sidelines, the adults are busy with their own business.

When the farm is not working, the women can weave some cloth and clean up the food stored at home for the winter. Those who were not included in the township soldiers brought bows and arrows, led lackeys, and went into the mountains to hunt some wild animals so that they could improve their food. In this troubled world, it is very satisfying to have such a place to settle, to have land to plant, and to live in a house.

"Sheep Baozheng? Not at home? In the village, in front of a mud-walled and grass-roofed house, three or five strong men with swords and bows shouted inside.

After a while, a man fifty miles away opened the wood door and came out, wearing a white-washed shirt with a few patches, a sheepskin coat on the outside, and a trace of white hair on his head, but he was still in good spirits. While closing the door, he asked, "What's the matter?" Aren't you practicing? ”

"Hurry up, someone is coming up, and the camp has called you to accompany you." A black-faced man said loudly.

"Upper? From the state city? "In this military reclamation camp, the camp is all Western Army officers, but the camp is only in charge of military security, and civil affairs are in charge of Baozheng. In this big camp and thousands of households, he is the supreme administrator, and his power is not small.

Another short and concise villager smiled when he heard this: "I'm afraid that the people from the state city can't alarm Baozheng, let's go, the commander from Shuai Si." ”

When Yang Baozheng heard this, he was surprised, the chief of the Shuai Division? What are you doing in our barren mountains and wilderness? After walking a few steps quickly, he suddenly turned around and said, "Ouch, it's not good, the chief of the Shuai Division is here, we have to flatter." I have to say hello to my mother-in-law and don't mix wild vegetables into the cake to make the chief laugh. ”

"What do you want? The chief of the handsome department can eat at your house? Is there that crooked cypress tree on your ancestral grave? Let's go," the men teased.

Yang Baozheng was not pleasant when he heard this, and shouted: "I said that you know some rules, don't you?" Lao Tzu is a local Baozheng, and speaking of which, I am also a local governor. Regardless of this, I'm also your elder, and you talk a little bit."

"Okay, good, Baozheng official, Baozheng grandpa, go quickly." It seems that these people are usually very familiar with each other, and a few village soldiers dragged him away with a smile.

Out of the village, to the open field where the township soldiers were training, I saw a group of soldiers from a distance. They were all wearing shiny armor, holding a spear in one hand, holding the hilt of a knife in the other, and a war horse behind them, surrounded by several commanders to observe. Seeing this situation, Bao Zheng was a little panicked, stopped, spat on the palm of his hand, wiped it on his head, and asked, "I, am I still decent?" ”

"How can there be so many things, the camp officials are already accompanied, and you are going to make up the numbers. The chief may not even look at you, so you just go over and stand quietly behind you. ”

Bao Zheng thought the same, so he trotted forward, and several soldiers stared at him, nodding his head in horror, and smiling vigorously. Then he stood silently behind him, secretly looking at the commander who came from above. The battalion officer was pointing to the array of village soldiers and saying something to the bosses.

A few people next to him, mostly dressed in civilian clothes and wrapped in brocade robes, looked quite small. But one of them, seven feet long and five, estimated to be in his thirties, wears a green brocade robe with a single flower, a leather belt rooted in his waist, a head on his head, and cowhide boots on the bottom.

"Good guy, the battalion officials usually snort and drink, and they have to shake this military reclamation camp three times with a fart, but in front of others, when they saw it, they said half a sentence, so they turned around and looked down at the commander, and they didn't dare to breathe more. I'm afraid it's from Chang'an......" Bao Zheng said secretly in his heart.

Just thinking about it, Na Xu Guanying saw him and said something to the chief. Several of the officers turned to him and turned their gazes on him, and Bao Zheng suddenly felt his heart beat faster and blood rushed to his head

"Come on, come on, sheep to keep upright." Xu Guanying shouted.

trotted forward, made a gesture, and said in a trembling voice: "The villain has seen your superiors. ”

Xu Wei glanced at him and asked, "Are you the local Baozheng?" I heard Xu Guanying say, in the past year, you have contributed a lot, and you have also made great contributions. ”

Xu Guanying interjected at this time: "This is the system of the minister." ”

When Yang Baozheng heard this, his heart was full of joy, and he didn't invite Xu Guanying to eat on weekdays, but now it really works, and he actually spoke for me in front of his boss. hurriedly replied: "Don't dare, don't dare, it's all the villain's responsibility." ”

"If you think so, it means that Bao is rightful and competent." The other head was burly, with dark skin and bright eyes, and the official praised him.

Xu Guanying hurriedly introduced: "This is Zhang Jiyi, the preparation department. ”

Yang Baozheng didn't understand what level these titles represented, anyway, as long as he knew that he was a chief, he was humble and a few words, and he was really useful in his heart.

After saying these two words, the commanders did not ask him any more questions. Xu Wei snorted, turned his head and said to the person: "Yang Yan, good job"

Hearing the word "Yang Yan", Bao Zheng was shocked again. Yang Yan Yang Dalang's name, in this land, it is well-known, not to mention the children's night cry, anyway, report this name, it is estimated that the white-fronted tigers in the mountains have to clip their tails. Tianyang Dutong actually came to us in person, but the chief who promoted Junyi actually called him by his name, and there was anyone older than Yang Dutong?

He didn't hear what the commanders said later, he just felt a buzzing in his head. Until Xu Guanying shouted: "Are you deaf?" Didn't you hear the commander tell you to lead the way and go into the camp to have a look? ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Yang Baozheng answered a few times, then led the way in front and led a group of chiefs into the village.

As soon as I entered, the mother-in-law and the children had never seen the world, and they all hugged the roadside to look, and Yang Baozheng suddenly saw a young mother-in-law holding the baby and breastfeeding. was so panicked that he danced and gestured, this little aunt really doesn't know anything, you feed the milk, run out and do something

"In your camp, there are more than 1,100 households and nearly 4,000 people, will you have enough grain to eat this year?" Xu Wei asked casually.

Yang Baozheng kept an eye on the mother-in-law, worried that she would expose Bai Huahua's milk, and replied: "Back to the chief, this year's harvest is not bad, but there are many people, and the mother-in-law and aunts have added Ding one after another, and it is definitely not enough to eat grain, so you have to mix some wild vegetables and hunt some wild animals to barely survive." As he spoke, he breathed a sigh of relief after passing the house.

Hearing him say this, Xu Guanying was a little nervous, and added: "Dashuai, this year we are going to reclaim more land, and the boss also promised to allocate more farm tools and seeds, and give more than a dozen donkeys, and next year life will be better." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Na Baozheng fell headlong and rolled back to his feet, looking terrified. Xu Guanying's face changed, and he shouted: "How dare you be formless in front of the marshal?" ”

Yang Baozheng was too frightened to speak, and when the word "handsome" came into his ears, he finally knew who the "Xianggong" was. In this place, who else can anyone who dares to be called "handsome" except the purple gold tiger Xu Jiu? In the folk, there are too many legends about the Purple Golden Tiger, and some of them are even chiseled and attached, which is extremely unreliable, but the people are convinced. In the hearts of ordinary people, Xu Wei is the guardian saint of the high side, and no one dares to imagine that one day he will appear in front of him.

All the way forward, unconsciously arrived at Yang Baozheng's home, Xu Guanying said one more sentence: "This is Baozheng's home." ”

Xu Wei stopped, I have seen this ordinary family, but I don't know how Baozheng's family is doing? As soon as he thought of this, he said to Baozheng: "Go to your house and sit? ”

secretly complained in his heart, but he didn't dare to say a word, so he could only invite a squad leader to enter. Most of the houses in this camp were newly built, and due to the constraints, they could only ram earth walls and build grass roofs, because they did not have the time to burn tiles. And there are so many people, you can't build houses according to the population. This Baozheng family, with parents and two elders, and daughters-in-law and grandchildren below, the whole family of seven people is crammed into two rooms, the first of which is inhabited by the two elders. In the outer room, there was a straw curtain, half of which was lived by his wife and half of his son and daughter-in-law, and it was too crowded.

As soon as Xu Wei and his party entered, they found that there was not even a place to stay, only a few rotten things had almost occupied the land, and it was estimated that the family had to stand to eat.

Helplessly, he withdrew again, and Xu Wei also stepped on the chicken manure, which made Guan Yingbaozheng very nervous. In just two rooms, even the kitchen was gone, and a simple stove was built under the eaves for cooking, and at this time an iron pot was sitting on the stove, steaming, but the cooker did not know where to go. It turned out that Baozheng's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were so frightened that they went into the house and hid when they saw a large crowd of people pouring in. At this time, he shrank inside, and the atmosphere did not dare to breathe.

Baozheng was covered with beads of sweat, at a loss, and when he didn't know how to deal with himself, he found that Yang Dutong actually opened the lid of the wooden pot, and a piece of rice was steamed, steaming seven or eight buns, green. Xu Wei leaned over and looked left and right, what kind of thing is this?

"I'll eat one." Yang Yan was hungry, so he reached out and picked up one.

Xu Wei immediately took it and kept changing his hands: "What did you eat?" I'll eat half of it. "Anyway, I broke half a bun, and the wild vegetable stalks in the middle were still connected, I really don't know how many sides there are.

"Handsome, you can't eat, you can't eat" Yang Baozheng said with a bitter face.

Xu Wei glanced at him: "You can eat, why can't I eat?" Before he could finish speaking, he took a bite. How do you describe the taste? First of all, you can barely taste the mellow aroma of flour, and a full mouth is like eating grass. Aren't ordinary farmers going to collect that dry feed to feed pigs? This thing is like the taste of boiling dry feed in water.

Xu Wei is the one who leads the troops, where does the one who leads the soldiers not endure hardships? But even in the most difficult times of the army, he never ate this. Finally swallowed it, he handed the remaining half of the piece to Yang Yan's hands, and he didn't pretend, and said honestly: "This thing can be swallowed, but it is definitely not okay to eat this often, you have a hard time." ”

"Let the big handsome see and smile, there are many people in the family, so it can only be like this." Bao Zheng smiled bitterly.

"No, if you have more people, you should have more land, and if you have more land, you will have more food, how can you ......" Yang Yan asked as he swallowed.

Bao Zheng only sighed, he couldn't say it, Xu Guanying saw this, and pleaded for him: "Dutong, that's the case." He is the only one in this camp to keep upright, and he is busy with everything, and he has to deal with anyone who has something. His son is sick and can't do heavy work, inside and out, he depends on his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, although there is a lot of land, but ......"

Bao Zheng waved his hand again and again: "Camp officials, don't say, don't say, it's not easy for anyone." ”

Xu Wei nodded silently, and suddenly said, "What is your name?" ”

"The villain has no big name, and he has six lines in the family, and he is called the sheep six." Bao Zheng replied.

Xu Wei listened, didn't ask any more, and said loudly: "Okay, see here today, what should you be busy with." Now that we have recaptured the land, the fields have been reclaimed, the houses are a little simpler, they can always shelter from the wind and rain, and everyone works together, and there is always hope for the future. Yousi will do their best to help you, just rest assured. ”

Everyone was submissive, and even claimed that it was, and the camp saw that the commander was leaving, and he stayed diligently. Xu Wei knew that they didn't have enough food, and his own group, even the guards, had dozens of them, and it cost a lot to eat a meal. What's the use of giving money? Immediately left the military camp and went to Huazhou City.

As soon as he left the camp, Xu Wei instructed: "Zhang Qing, you can write it down for me." It is really not easy for these battalions to maintain integrity, the affairs are complicated, and they have to take care of both public and private affairs. From now on, all those who are in the military reclamation camps in Qinfengjingzhao and those who are concurrently in public service will eat public food and be rationed in full. In addition, this order was also sent to all commanders and departments for compliance. ”

Zhang Qingru wrote it down and sighed: "With a word from Xianggong, how many people can have a full meal." ”

"Also, one of the grain obtained by the army camps shall be retained and one handed over. However, the situation is different from place to place, and the standards should also be different, and it cannot be one size fits all. After going back, the Shuai Si organized relevant personnel to investigate the situation, and those who should be levied less should be levied less, and those who should be exempted from food should be exempted from food. Xu Wei looked solemn, although the social order in the recovered areas of Shaanxi has been restored, there is still a long way to go before the return to the war. However, there is land, there are people, there is hope, Qinchuan, Shaanxi 800 miles, the country of abundance, one day, will continue to be brilliant. Xu Wei is responsible for this.

In September, after Xu Wei inspected Jingzhaofu, Yaozhou, and Huazhou, he returned to Chang'an after visiting the old battlefield of the "Battle of Huazhou" and the place where Ma Tai died. On the whole, social order and production in the recovered areas were steadily restored, and although there were many enemies in the same state, they did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pond and enter Huazhou. This is really exciting, Qin Fengshuai, who is sitting in Jingzhao, has made great contributions to controlling Yang Yan and has been explicitly commended.

In fact, Xu Wei's inspection of the place this time was not only to observe the people's situation and peek at the enemy's situation, but also to have another important matter. This incident is not only related to the situation in Shaanxi as a whole, but also related to his personal planning and arrangement.

Chang'an, the former pseudo-Han Shaanxi Xuanfu Division, is actually the former Shaanxi Xuanfu Division.

Xu Wei and Zhang Qing sat in the flower hall and ate tea, and there were no adjutants on the left and right, only the two of them seemed very casual. Xu Wei leaned back in his chair, his eyes closed, and a teacup in his hand. Zhang Qing sat on the chair, leaned forward, staring at the surface. The two of them are childhood friends, although this Xu Wei is virtual now, but the two have been going all the way, and it has been ten years. Zhang Qing has always been inconspicuous and undewy in Xu Wei's shogunate. However, he has always held an important position, and that is "in charge of the time". In other words, all the secrets in Xu Weijun are in his hands. Li Guan's fine works, secret agents, and assassins were all under his direct leadership.

After a long time, Zhang Qingdao: "I think now is the right time." In the first battle of Fengxiang, Yang Da directly commanded and won the victory, which was indispensable. Moreover, he has enough seniority in the army, he is a veteran general of the army, and his prestige is also high. The problem is only that the top. ”

Xu Wei opened his eyes, took a sip of tea, smacked his lips and said: "It's easy to do above, Hangzhou is adding the word 'disposal' to the Xuanfu Division, and Xu Xuanxiang has the right to cut it." He has already approved the idea I proposed, as for the candidate, is there any more suitable person than Yang Yan? ”

Zhang Qing thought for a while, and said, "Wu Jue." ”

When Wu Jue joined the Jingsui camp, he was only a team general, and his qualifications were worse than Yang Yan. But this person has outstanding talents, has made great achievements, belongs to Xu Wei's right-hand man, and has outstanding prestige in the army, and is indeed a strong competitor.

Xu Wei waved his hand: "Wu Jinqing is calm and strategic, there are many places where I want to rely on him, and I can't do without him." I've also talked to him, and besides, he's already been made to the Department of Formation as a staff officer, so could it be that he should be demoted? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Qing swept away his doubts and nodded: "Then it's no problem." At this point, he caught a glimpse of Yang Yan coming in, so he gave Xu Wei a look.

"Brother Jiu, black face, I asked people to find a place, let's eat and drink," Yang Yan yelled as soon as he came in.

"What black face? You are also in control of all sizes, why don't you have a little system? Zhang Qing feigned anger.

Yang Yan glanced at him: "Who doesn't have a sense of decency?" Aren't you black-faced? Let's go. After speaking, he found that Xu Wei and Zhang Qing were both full of seriousness, and their hearts moved, and they asked, "Dashuai, is there something?" ”

Xu Wei pointed to a chair: "You sit down." ”

As soon as he saw Brother Jiu's attitude, Yang Yan knew that there was not only something wrong, but also not small, so he sat down with a straight face and did not squint. When Xu Wei saw him, he suddenly remembered the fight in the gambling hall in Xiajin County. At that time, Yang Yan jumped up and down, and he was really a stunned person who was stumbling down and causing trouble everywhere, and in ten years, he turned a hooligan into a senior general of the Western Army.

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