Zhuang Yi asked Sha Gu and Nerigo to lead the troops back to the military camp in the city by themselves, and took 50 personal guards including Bian Wu back to the soldiers and horses on the northeast side of the crossroads in the city. This is the original Yingzhou Governor's Mansion, and the later Pinglu Jiedu envoy stationed in the festival hall, built tall and magnificent, spectacular atmosphere.

Only the pedestal is five feet higher than the flat ground, and there is a stone lion carved from white marble on the left and right under the steps in front of the door, which looks extraordinary. But after a long period of weather, the gray-brown surface is crawling with withered mosses and is full of decay.

Zhuang Yi walked up the stairs and walked up the tower, and walked into the door of the Liejiyi, in the wide vestibule courtyard, Duan Zhongzhong was directing the soldiers to repair the palace and clean up the official rooms to facilitate the resumption of work. The whole government has the main hall, the west hall, the stable, the hall, the battle, the military warehouse and other warehouses, as well as more than 200 official houses, most of which are now vacant and dilapidated to be repaired.

Seeing Zhuang Yi coming back, Duan Zhongzhong trotted up to meet him, and said with a smile: "The Pinglu Jiedu Mansion back then is now dilapidated, it's okay...... The back house is a big quadrangle, it is still intact, the lady has moved in, and it has not been completely cleaned up, since you are back, presumably Yanjun and Juluo have been captured, and the situation is not optimistic, right? ”

"Hey...... It's all the same, one word to describe, broken...... Another word to describe it, decay...... Can you count your belongings? In the future, we will have to spend a lot of money to invest. ”

"It's good! Get down to business! I'll take you to the north of the city to see the warehouse, the harvest is not bad! Speaking of harvest, Duan Zhongzhong suddenly smiled crookedly, and his old face was like a blooming trumpet flower.

"Haha...... That's a good idea! We finally have the starting capital, what are the things, you talk about it first......" Zhuang Yi was suddenly interested, and couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"There are more than 3,000 mules and horses, more than 5,000 cattle and sheep, more than 10,000 pieces of leather that have been made of salt, more than 3,000 pieces of silk and cloth, some gold and silver jewels, worth 50,000 or 60,000 yuan, and more than a dozen boxes of copper coins, but now they are not worth anything, and they cannot buy anything. Finally, there are more than 1,000 sets of armor from Youzhou, more than 1,000 pairs of bows and arrows, and some spears and swords and shields, but it is still far from enough to equip three or four thousand soldiers. And equip those mocking soldiers, and they will take them away. Duan Zhongzhong smiled slyly.

"What to take away, they are my soldiers from now on, I have no intention of returning them at all......" Zhuang Yi said this, suddenly came to his senses, and turned his head to look at Duan Zhongzhong, this old guy was showing an expression that was really like this, the two glanced at each other, and laughed at the same time.

"But the families of these soldiers have not moved here, and I am afraid that there will be deserters after a long time!" Duan Zhongzhong frowned.

"Hey, hey! As long as Ailan comes, the morale of the army will be stabilized, and then we will quickly manage the internal affairs, and it will be more promising to stay here, will they still run? Speaking of which...... I have to send someone to Xi Wang's tooth tent to deliver a letter and set the date for welcoming my relatives! ”

"You only remember now, I already sent Shi Dazhong to the tooth tent yesterday! The population here is too small, I sorted out and looked at the household register, there are less than 5,000 households, and the number of people is 40,000. In addition, there is a shortage of copywriters, and those two young people are not bad, but they can only be deputies at present, and you have to find a way to solve this. ”

"Zu Xiangrong and Yuan Jingsi? They are the disciples of Mr. Limin, and they have no experience in politics, so you can just teach them more. There are also students from all cottages and wolf mountains, I remember that there are more than 20! Well...... We have to start the school as soon as possible and resume teaching so that we have our own talent available. Zhuang Yi said.

"Those students have let you be an officer, how can there be any students...... It's going to be winter soon, and you have to hurry up and sow winter wheat quickly, which is really a headache! Duan Zhongzhong smiled bitterly.

"Take your time...... Let's try to be stable this year, and it will be good next year! I thought, this camp is not small, in two days we will walk around, understand the local situation, and then make a long-term overall planning layout. Zhuang Yi said with great ambition.

As the two were talking, they suddenly saw Duan Renzhen with a few scholars and craftsmen turning out of the street, and when they saw Zhuang Yi and Duan Zhongzhong, they immediately came over to salute.

"Military envoys! The blacksmith asked me to help him set up the blacksmith's shop first, but the houses in the city were too dilapidated to fit properly. Duan Renzhen said.

"Just find a bigger house, for now it's just a repair of this ordnance, no need to look around." Zhuang Yi made a decision, turned his head and saw Fu Tieshou standing aside, and couldn't help laughing: "Fu Tieshou!" You can settle down the family first, and then do the rest slowly, and when it stabilizes, I will hand over all the work and manufacturing to you, do you have confidence? ”

"Is what the envoy said true? Iron work thinks it's okay, carpentry can also do some, all kinds of skills? Then I don't dare say yes. Fu Tieshou smiled and said.

At this time, he suddenly saw Shi Dazhong galloping from the other side of the long street, and when he saw Zhuang Yi and the others when he got closer, he quickly threw off his horse and stepped forward with an eager face: "Military envoy!" Oh no! ”

Zhuang Yi was a little displeased when he saw him riding his horse on this narrow street, so he asked, "What's the matter...... What's up? ”

"Today, Metu and Ila are defending the city, and Pu Nu and I are stationed in the military camp outside the city, but yesterday Mr. Duan said that we want to take our troops around the outskirts of the city to spy on the surrounding situation. I didn't have anything to do today, Pu Nu only took a hundred people out on patrol, and found a large manor in the west of the city, he went to check, and the result was a fight with the people who guarded the manor, and suffered a big loss, and was almost captured, so I rushed to save him. ”

"Hah! And such a thing, it's strange! Zhuang Yi was surprised, so he ordered a group of scholars and craftsmen to go by themselves, beckoned Duan Zhongzhong and Bian Wu and other personal guards to accompany him, and the group rode straight out of the city. Zhuang Yi thought of something, and asked Shi Dazhong to go back to the camp and bring a battalion of soldiers with him.

After walking for more than ten miles, turn into a small road, after a while, sure enough, I saw a blue-gray high-walled compound standing in the field, at the head of the main gate of the front yard, there was actually a small building, and there were also corner towers and arrow towers at the corners, and there were many people on the top of the wall, and it was obvious that there were many people defending. There was a commotion outside the manor, hundreds of Xi soldiers were shouting and cursing outside the manor, and Pu Nu was sitting on the ground in frustration, and his own soldiers were cleaning and bandaging the wounds on his calves.

Zhuang Yi stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Military envoys! There is something strange about this manor, and when we went to inspect it, they dared to shoot arrows, and there were more than a hundred armored soldiers in it, and the swords, guns and equipment were also excellent, but they did not look like good people. Punu replied.