According to what I said above, Bai Chongan set off from Ulzhou City this time, and set off tomorrow at noon, Ulzhou is not far from Peach Blossom Castle, more than ten miles, and it can be reached in less than half a day. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

So after Zheng Zhong received the news, he hurriedly came to Xiao Yi to discuss, and Xiao Yi didn't react to this after hearing it, but Zheng Zhong was anxious.

He is not like Xiao Yi, at this time, the people come up to inspect once, it is a big deal, if Liu Yiming heard about the integrity to come to inspect when he was in charge, then the quasi-security is the whole castle is full of trouble, just to welcome Bai Chong'an.

Of course, they do this mostly because of the flattering factor, but Xiao is also a pragmatic person, and generally spends his energy on the construction and development of Tunpu.

Of course, the integrity lord came to condolence and inspect, and even if Xiao Yi didn't care about it as a defender, he had to show a look of concern, at least he still had to do his work on the surface.

But there have been a lot of affairs recently, and there are more things to do in the autumn, inside and outside the fort is the general mobilization of the military and the people, and all places are either building the new type of waterwheel proposed by Qi Haoguang, or they are busy in the fields, Xiao Yi even has the idea of letting the sergeant return home to help.

This kind of reception of Shangguan is naturally the safest to be handled by civil officials, Zheng Zhong has been an official here for a long time, and he knows a lot about this kind of way, and Xiao also has to rely on him in this regard.

At this time, Zheng Zhongzheng was honestly standing beside Xiao Yi, his identity changed quickly, since that quelling the chaos, he felt that Xiao Yi was definitely not comparable to Liu Yiming, and he would definitely not be a defense in the future.

He just talks less and does more, and he has been diligent for a long time.

He said: "My lord, Lord Ethics is coming to Peach Blossom Castle, do we have to prepare well?" ”

Xiao Yi didn't raise his head, still looking at the paperwork in his hand, and said: "Well, it's to be well received, but the construction of Tuntian is important, and now that there is a need for silver and manpower everywhere in the fort, there is no need to make a big show." ”

Zheng Zhong was a little hesitant when he heard this: "This, my lord, I heard that the Lord of Ethics attaches great importance to political achievements..."

Xiao Yi didn't seem to hear that, he pondered for a long time, and he said to himself: "But Lord Ethics's coming here also shows that he values my Yong'an Fort, Lord Zheng, the reception will be handled by you and Dong Zhenfu, and it will be handled properly." ”

Zheng Zhong was very happy when he heard it, Xiao Yi actually handed over such an important matter of receiving Shangguan to himself, which shows Xiao Yi's importance to himself.

Although Xiao Yi didn't look at him from beginning to end, Zheng Zhong was still very grateful and excited, and his eyes, which had always been indifferent, were shining at this time.

He said happily: "Xiaguan will go to Dong Zhenfu to discuss together." ”

After Zheng Zhong left, Xiao Yi put down the official document in his hand that had already been read by him more than a dozen times.

Thinking carefully in his heart, Bai Chong'an came here, it seems that the magistrate of Chunxian County, who is his good news, has already reported it, and other places should also know the value of this gold ingot, and thinking of the day when Nazhi County saw the gold ingot in his hand, his eyes lit up, and Xiao also felt very funny.

What kind of reward the court can give itself this time, Xiao Yi is looking forward to it.

Today is the 20th, fortunately, until now there is no drought in the Taohuabao, thanks to their full support, the crops of every household are very gratifying.

In the half month of his departure, the territory of Peach Blossom Fort was also full of vigorous construction activities, and Shi Lu took his instructions to lead the soldiers and civilians in the fort to work together every day, and thousands of people worked together.

Originally, it cost dozens of taels of silver to build a deep well of bricks and stones, and the time was quite long, at least a month to be built.

The soldiers and civilians of Taohuabao usually do it together, usually more than ten or twenty people do it together, and hundreds of deep wells have been drilled in the territory in half a month.

In recent days, it is still the same, everyone is working together to build a watermill before the autumn sowing begins, which is a major event related to the harvest, and then the watermills are built at a rapid pace, which is really fast.

However, the money and food consumed by this development momentum were also huge, and the construction of waterwheels, deep wells, piers, etc., could not only make the craftsmen busy, and Xiao also mobilized almost all the labor in the territory.

Some raw materials such as sand and wood could be transported or cut down by the common people, and each construction mobilized a large number of men and women to assist the artisans, and Xiao was also responsible for their daily food supply, and every few days they also had to make meat.

These thousands of people have eaten and drunk a lot, counting the half month since they left, plus the expenses so far, Xiao Yi has spent hundreds of stones and rice grains.

According to Shi Lu, fortunately, Yong'an Fort and Changning Town mobilized rice and grain support in the half month he left, which was able to withstand the speed of consumption.

However, if Xiao Yi captured so much in the first battle this time, I am afraid that the strength of the three forts will not be able to last for a month, not to mention the other poor forts.

There is another thing, Shi Lu once said that in the rice shop in the state city, the female shopkeeper Lifang once donated hundreds of stone of rice grain to Peach Blossom Fort for free, which really surprised Xiao Yi.

Lifang's rice shop has been there herself, it was there that she invited back Zhongyang, who was buying rice, the rice shop is not big in the state city, a few hundred stones should be within your reach, it seems that you have to find a time to go to the state city to thank Lixiu.

Xiao Yi also asked Shi Lu at that time, and as soon as Shi Lu smiled and told him, Xiao Yi understood, no wonder.

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It was late July, and the weather was getting cooler, and you could clearly feel the cold wind blowing on the road.

On 11 July, a group of people and horses marched out of the south gate of Ulju, and the most eye-catching thing was the huge 'white' flag, and behind the flag were some honor guards, holding more than a dozen uneven small flags.

Among them, there were also more than thirty armor-clad family guards, and under the cold wind, they all clenched their hands tightly, and their expressions were already a little tired.

At the back of these family honor guards are the three people riding on horses, and in the middle is Bai Chong'an, the integrity officer, riding on a strong war horse, on the left is Li Erniu, the official of Tuntian, and on the right is Xu Feng, the official of his family, all riding a strong horse.

Wang Zhan, the governor of Zhizhou, did not come during this inspection, but sent Zheng Wenju, the same knowledge of the six products, and ordered Zhou Youcheng to take a few small officials to accompany him, and the contempt was already obvious, and Bai Chongan had nothing to say.

And those civil officials who came together were far away from the military attaché, as if the military attache was wearing feces and urine on his body, and everyone could see that he looked disgusted.

Entering the realm of Peach Blossom Castle, Bai Chongan let go of his unhappiness and glanced at the person who was guarding, that person turned out to be a fine armor and bright helmet, and his body looked straight at him, even if he saw that he still didn't squint, he sighed in his heart.

He looked around carefully.

Then a deep voice sounded: "This Xiao is not bad, this official has heard about Xiao Yi's movement in Peach Blossom Fort in the state city, and it is clearing wasteland, Juntian and digging wells, this time the aid and suppression have made great contributions, and sure enough, as soon as they enter the boundary, they will see the excitement and difference." ”

Li Erniu beside him smiled when he heard this: "This Xiao Yi is indeed full of energy, Yong'an Fort was established by his hand, I heard that there were only three dilapidated tile houses at the beginning, but now it has always been the first place in the political performance evaluation of the entire Datong, and the candidates for the tun officials of Yong'an Fort are always competing for the head of the blood, and he is indeed a talent." ”

Bai Chongan nodded, looking around with interest, and the next half of the people all looked surprised, even those civil officials were a little surprised, but they still looked disdainful on their faces. (To be continued.) )