The scribe raised his head, glanced at Yang Guang with a little hesitation, and suddenly stared at Yang Guang's back and stopped talking. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yang Guang saw that the scribe's eyes were a little strange, and turned his head to look, but saw An Ruoxi and Jiang Tuozi who had come behind him at some point.

It turned out that An Ruoxi and Jiang Tuozi were trying to graft a wood peony onto the common moon flower branches in the north in the small courtyard, and when they heard Yang Guang's voice outside the courtyard gate, they took the initiative to welcome them outside the courtyard gate.

"It's okay, you just say it." Because Wang Shao's letter had been opened, Yang Guang knew that the content talked about in it was not classified official business, and An Ruoxi and Jiang Tuozi were both old people in his own mansion, so he did not shy away from the two and instructed the scribe.

"Yes. Wang Servant shot a letter saying that he rushed to Zhao, Ding, and Youzhu Prefectures to contact the family and persuade the source of soldiers, and everywhere he went, most of the local wealthy families closed their doors and dismissed the tenant slaves under the pretext, and prevaricated and prevaricated under the pretext of insufficient personnel, and the progress was quite slow. For this reason, in the letter, he asked the prince for a period of grace to allow him to return later and resume his life. The scribe said in a timid voice.

Yang Guang listened, frowned, sent the scribe away, and walked into the small courtyard where he lived with An Ruoxi and Jiang Tuozi, and saw two pots of flowers and trees that had just been grafted in the courtyard, and turned his head to Jiang Tuozi who was following behind him and asked, "Jiang Tuozi, what are you and Ruoxi doing?" ”

"Lord Wang, when I was in Chang'an before, Miss An saw that the old man transplanted the Qionghua that grew in Guangling to Chang'an, so today the old man tried to graft the wood peony in Chang'an City and the moon growing in the north to the same flower plant, to see if he could cultivate a new kind of flowers and plants, so as to make the prince smile."

"Hmm." Yang Guang had just learned that Wang Shao had rushed to Zhuzhou to persuade the soldiers to come up quite unsmoothly, and he was a little absent-minded about Jiang Tuozi's answer, so he responded and walked to the upper room.

An Ruoxi also heard the scribe relay the content of Wang Shao's letter at the gate of the small courtyard just now, and saw that Yang Guang was in a bad mood, so he gave Jiang Tuozi and Zhang Xutuo a look, and followed Yang Guang into the upper room.

An Ruoxi was able to enter the room, first made a bowl of hot tea for Yang Guang and brought it to him, and asked Yang Guangdao with a pleasant face: "I heard that the prince said that he was going to convene a meeting of the generals of the hussar camp to rebuild the hussar camp today, I thought that the meeting was going to be after the morning, why did the prince come back so early?" The dinner has not been prepared yet, and if the prince wants to eat, I will go and prepare it. ”

"Li Guangda advocated replenishing the lack of posts in the battalion from the government army on the spot, and is now discussing the new phalanx formation with the generals in the battalion in the council hall. Yang Guang took a sip of hot tea, and replied casually with a still somewhat confused gaze.

"Oh." An Ruoxi saw that Yang Guang was still worried about the unwillingness of the wealthy families in the northern states and counties to join the imperial court, so he turned around and moved the charcoal basin burning in the room to Yang Guang's side, picked up the tongs to pull out the charcoal fire in the basin, and deliberately teased Yang Guang happily, "Since the prince went out early this morning, Jiang Tuozi and I have been busy for a long time, and it is easy to graft two wood peony plants to the common moon flower branches in Bingzhou, and in the spring of next year, the prince can watch the blooming wood peony in this small courtyard." ”

Yang Guang had not paid attention to the grafting of flowers and plants because of his heart, and at this time he heard An Ruoxi talk about it, and couldn't help but think of the past when the Turkic prince dyed dry for the sand bowl and asked for the wood peony planted in the flower garden in his house, and blurted out: "I don't know if this wood peony can withstand the cold of the north, can it survive until the spring of next year?" ”

"If I let it endure the wind and frost outside the door, it will be difficult for me to think. But if there is a skilled flower craftsman like Jiang Tuozi who cares for it and grafts it skillfully, over time, maybe something unexpected will happen. An Ruoxi saw that Yang Guang's face softened, so he took the opportunity to comfort him.

"I hope so." Yang Guang breathed a sigh of relief, looked at An Ruoxi, and said with emotion, "Ruoxi, before leaving Beijing this time, I heard Jiang Tuozi say that the customs of the people in the old Qi places such as Kanto and Hebei are different from those in Guanzhong, just like the flowers and plants that grow in the two places. ”

An Ruoxi rolled her eyes, walked to Yang Guang's side, and used a pair of slim hands to wrap Yang Guang's shoulders around, and responded with a smile: "What the prince said is very true, melting people's hearts is actually far more difficult than grafting flowers and plants, if you want to get immediate results in the short term, you have to make some drastic materials." ”

When Yang Guang heard this, his heart moved, he took An Ruoxi's hand and asked: "Tell me, what kind of fierce material do you need to persuade the wealthy families in the states of Hebei Province to change their minds and be willing to contribute to serve the imperial court and jointly resist foreign troubles?" ”

"Before going out of the town and merging with the prince, although the servant girl had never come to the north, but I had heard that Yan Zhao was a generous and heroic man, and the people were known for their hussar courage and bravery. In doing so, firstly, they can show the sincerity of the prince to recruit talents and talents to the people of the prefectures under the rule of Hebei Province, and secondly, it is enough to use this move to make the local wealthy families believe that the imperial court treats them no different from the people in the homeland of the Kanto region, and thirdly, hundreds of strong men with extraordinary skills can be selected to join the hussar battalion and improve the combat power of the hussar battalion. I don't know what the prince thinks? ”

When Yang Guang heard this, he was first surprised, then happy, and then looked at An Ruoxi in confusion, and muttered: "The method you said is good, but the hussar battalion is in charge of the king's guard......

An Ruoxi smiled, interrupted Yang Guang's words, and persuaded: "Haven't you heard of the saying that there is a difference between inside and outside? I suggested that the prince select warriors from the local folk to join the hussar camp, in fact, it was probably to eliminate the estrangement between the wealthy families of Hebei Zhuzhou and the imperial court, and to show them that the imperial court was willing to abandon their past suspicions with them and work together to protect the outside world. As for the important task of guarding the prince during his departure from the town, he naturally had to rely on the more than 100 soldiers brought from Chang'an. ”

Yes, as An Ruoxi suggested, expanding the scope of recruiting hussar battalion sergeants from the local government army to the people in the whole territory under the rule of Hebei Province can indeed be called a fierce medicine to gather people's hearts. Even if Ding Zhuang, who came to enlist, was not selected into the hussar battalion, he could not be conscripted into the army, which greatly alleviated the problem of insufficient soldiers. Yang Guang thought of this, his eyes lit up, and before An Ruoxi woke up, he had already stood up, raised his legs and walked towards the door.