If you don't want to bypass Taishan and return to the Lishui River Valley by Chongyi and Qingjiang, you can only climb over the Taishan Mountain, where the apes and birds are sorrowful. Xu Ruyu looked at the women and children among the 600 civilians, and if he wanted to forcibly climb over the deep and steep mountains of Taishan, the road would definitely be badly damaged, not to mention the eastern foothills of Taishan near Fuzhou, where there were many Liukou cottages, and there were many unknown dangers hidden in Taishan.

"From here to climb the mountain, there is no mountain road to avoid the Liukou cottage, the young and middle-aged can barely keep up with the pace of the Qingjiang cavalry battalion, and those women and children can only sit in the mountain and wait for death." Gu Mingshan has lived in Taishan for decades, knows Taishan very well, and knows that if he climbs the mountain from here, the women and children among the civilians are destined to be abandoned.

At this time, the number of refugees increased to 626, and only so many people were able to escape the massacre in Huangnipo, of which the majority were young and strong, and there were still 2 or 300 women, children, old and weak. Xu Ruyu organized more than 300 young men into a military force to strengthen the management of the refugees. The people of Fuzhou have all received the favor of Xu Ruyu, although they dare not openly and openly make enemies of Puji and accept refugees, but they will give assistance secretly. Xu Ruyu led the crowd to the north for the fourth day, not only 300 young men equipped with blades, but also obtained 20 precious war horses instead of foot power.

Xu Ru smiled foolishly: "The commander of the Puji army in Fuzhou is Zhao Weixu, and he can't let me flee everywhere because he can't let me flee around." There are as many as 46 villages in Fuzhou, and we are marching in Fuzhou, and Zhao Weixu will send all the 10,000 Puji troops, and he may not be able to capture half of our shadow. ”

Gu Mingshan saw that Xu Ru was foolish and didn't take the enemies from all walks of life who were blocking and chasing in his eyes, and his mood was also a lot easier. But apart from taking a detour to Taishan or climbing over Taishan, he couldn't think of any other way out, and it was possible that Xu Ruyu didn't want to return to the Lishui River Valley at all. Gu Mingshan was startled by the thought that suddenly popped up in his heart, and then thought about it: In the past six months, Xu Ruyu has spared no effort to fund various villages in Qingjiang Mansion, and the villages in Fuzhou have benefited a lot, and their strength has been strengthened to a certain extent. No matter in which aspect, Xu Ruyu has a great influence on the villages in Fuzhou, just look at the assistance given by the villages along the way in the past few days. Although the assistance that each family could give was insignificant, they all took this opportunity to show Xu Ruyu an attitude. Fuzhou is about to be controlled by the Puji bandits, and all the villages in Fuzhou undoubtedly pin their hopes on Xu Ruyu, and Xu Ruyu's stay in Fuzhou at this time is of great significance.

Thinking of this, Gu Mingshan's doubts disappeared, and he asked in a low voice, "Does Xu Ye want to stay in Fuzhou?" ”

"In the past three days, we have traveled all the way north, if we suddenly disappear from here, what do you think Zhao Weixu will think?"

"He will immediately send people into the mountains to search, and when we are sure that we have not moved to Taishan and re-set our sights in Fuzhou, we have already done what we want to do." Gu Mingshan smiled knowingly and slowly said what Xu Ruyu thought in his heart.

Mei Yingxue thought that it was Xu Ru who was suspicious and suspicious all the way north in the past few days, and said: "When you said that you were going to send a team of people to Fuzhou, you didn't plan to return to the Lishui River Valley, but I hate you for pretending to be in a posture these days, making me worry for so long in vain." ”

Xu Ru smiled apologetically and said: "At the beginning, I really wanted to send another team of people to Fuzhou for activities, but seeing the attitude of various villages in Fuzhou made me change my mind temporarily. As long as we can temporarily get out of the sight of the Puji bandits, we can disperse the refugees into various villages, without fear that they will drag us down. In this way, the Qingjiang Cavalry Battalion can travel lightly in Fuzhou. ”

On July 16, Xu Ruyu led the crowd to cross Yunxi and disappeared on the northern slope of Yuzhan Ridge.

On 20 July, Qingliu led a group of soldiers of the Qingjiang Cavalry Battalion to cross Taishan and return to the Lishui River Valley with Xu Ruyu's warrant.

Xu Boying returned to Hekou Benzhai with Wei Yan, Zhang Xu and others from Gaotang Fort early in the morning. In the southeast of Hekou Benzhai, more than 10,000 servants are building the city wall and surrounding more than 20 courtyards. The city wall will be built, and a new city will appear on the south bank of Lishui.

Xu Boying walked to the thin and dark Gu Mingchen and said, "The brick and earth structure of the city wall was set by Ru Yu before he left, so you don't have to sigh here." ”

Gu Mingchen shook his head and said: "The master has built a city for people all his life, and this time he is the most happy, and naturally hopes that the first city built for Xu Ye can dominate the southeast. ”

Xu Boying laughed and said: "The south bank of Lishui and Xuancheng are facing each other, which is not the focus of defense, and building a Xiongcheng is a waste of manpower and material resources." Now the construction of Lishui City is just for the convenience of setting up a county here in the future, if it is not for the consideration of the situation in Neiyue and Jing counties in recent years, there is really no need to build a city in the land of Shangfu. ”

"This is also the most scarce labor on the south bank, everything is the beginning, and it is the time to ask for people. Fifteen towns and fairs have been initially formed on the south bank of Lishui, and more than 100 villages and communities have been formed, and there are 200,000 mu of military tuns along the Lishui coast, excluding the people's fields. Building roads, building bridges, and building houses and societies all require a large number of manpower, and now that the farming is a little slow, there is time to allocate manpower to build the city, but I have just seen Si Nong Zheng Zhang Ji with a sad and strange look in the past, and I think there is something else to worry about. If I draw labor from the villagers again, he will have to turn against me. Gu Mingchen said this with a sad face, seeing Xu Boying's eyes looking away, knowing that this statement of suffering was useless, he grinned to show his dissatisfaction.

Now the city wall only uses bricks and stones to build the foundation to a zhang height, the real city wall main body adopts the same construction method as this village, rammed with lime and raw soil, and the labor materials are much more economical than stone bricks, but that has to wait until the winter when there is no rain. At that time, it was a time of slack and a large number of people could be recruited. However, compared to the shortage of laborers, the shortage of other manpower is also quite serious. Everything is beginning to flourish on the south bank of Lishui, and Xu Boying, the general leader of government affairs, knows the hardships best.

At the beginning of June, the three prefectures of Qinghe, Jiangjin and Nanyang in Yongning County and Fen County jointly used troops against the remnants of Zhang Dong who occupied the two cities of Susong and Qianshan, and won a great victory outside Qianshan City, forcing the 20,000 remnants of troops led by Zhang Zun and Zhang Xuyang out of Yongning County. As the source of the Shangnan Trade Road, Yongyang Mansion secretly appointed Xu Tingyi as the business supervisor and Ding Zheng as the business envoy, representing Xu Ruyu and the other families to jointly operate the business road. Xu Boying had to send a large number of people to infiltrate various parts of Yongning for this purpose.

The Qingyan Army arrived on the south bank of Lishui less than half a year, and there was a shortage of manpower, although Yanwutang had cultivated a number of qualified military positions, but there was still a shortage of civilian personnel, and there were almost no people who knew how to learn about government affairs. In addition to the proposed Lishui City, which needs corresponding functions and civil servants, the completed market town also needs to dispatch officials to be responsible for taxes, public security, township education, household registration and many other matters.

Xu Ruyu wanted to change the pattern of the clan's power in the local area, and the separation of military and government, and the establishment of a sound bureaucratic system as an auxiliary strategy for county policy was imperative. From the beginning of the establishment of the Qingyan Army, Xu Ruyu has tried this aspect. Under the post of general affairs officer of the Qingyan Army, there were six subordinate officials: election officials, household taxes, agricultural officials, industrial officials, criminal officers, and trade officers. Now the agricultural is served by Zhang Ji, the worker is served by Gu Mingchen, the uncle and grandson Fangwu are also the criminals, and Xu Boying is also the election official, household tax, and trade affairs. Xu Boying wears three positions, and he knows that he is most knowledgeable and lacks manpower.

Thinking of this, Xu Boying said: "It is difficult for Ru Yu to return to Lishui in the near future, there has been a shortage of people in charge of this village for a long time, and everything is under control. ”

"What does Xu Ye's letter say?"

"You don't mention it in your letter, but let the three deacons take charge of the whole situation. We can all decide the specific affairs, but if it is a matter related to the overall situation, how can the three of us get over it? The conditions for the establishment of a dock, an armorer battalion, and a mine on the south bank are all ripe, but there is an urgent shortage of manpower and the Yongyang Mansion needs to be called, so we should not come forward for these things. ”

Gu Mingchen thought for a moment and said: "Mrs. is in charge of the overall situation temporarily, and no one will obstruct it, but I don't know what Mrs. herself means?" ”

Xu Boying sighed softly: "At the beginning of Ru Yu's establishment of the Qingyan Army, he deliberately let Miss Jiang fade out of everyone's sight, thinking that he didn't want her to interfere in government affairs. Miss Jiang was afraid that she would think the same way in her heart, and her uncle and grandson went to talk to Miss Jiang, and they would know in the afternoon. ”……

Jiang Youli caressed Xu Ruyu's letter and read it carefully from beginning to end, for fear that something would be missed.

"Jiehai just left, only to realize that there is something else to say to you. The 200-mile mountain road is rugged, and there are many thieves in the process, and if I write it down now, I don't know when it will be presented to you......"

"Wei Yan's lungs are damaged, and his surname is fine, although this matter will be mentioned in the military newspaper, I still want to talk to you. Wei Yan has been in the mountain for nearly half a year, his surname is much quieter, and he is no longer a rough man, and he wants to come to the mountains to give him a lot of encouragement. I want him to be the commander of the Qingjiang Cavalry Battalion, but he has violated military rules in the past, and I am afraid that others will have other opinions......"

"Actually, I've made up my mind, and I can't help but ask your opinion. Sometimes when I meditate in the quiet of the night, it is like having a conversation with you, and my thoughts are very clear. I may stay in the northeast of Fuzhou until autumn and winter, three or four hundred miles away from you, and I may be able to find time to go back to Lishui to see you......"

"I saw your letter today, I really want to see the scene of rice flower heading on the south bank of Lishui with you, don't turn the Feiquan Waterfall into a private garden, you and Bo Ying said, all the scenic spots in the governance are set up for public welfare, not for private monopoly. My father once said: It is better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, you think so too......"

"The relationship with the North Shore is more delicate, Bo Ying was originally a member of the Xiangfan Society, and it may be more difficult for him to be in the middle, if others have a slight meaning, you might as well support him......"

"Passing through Yunxi in the afternoon, I saw a stream stone of similar size to the ink fountain as white as jade, the sun reflected in the stream, shining on it, crystal clear, but unfortunately I couldn't see the jade lines, otherwise I would wake up with a smile in my dream at night. Alas, the people of Lishui must be as worried about money as I am......"

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Flyy small characters are written in more than a dozen silk books, Youli looked at the different shades of handwriting, knowing that he was remembered with his surname, and the letter described what he saw and felt along the way, telling it to make people feel immersive.

Yu Li Ruxue's skin flushed, remembering that Ru Yu had been away from Lishui for nearly two months, during which time he had sent someone to deliver the warrant four times, each time he would bring her several private letters, and a letter would be written several times, obviously he missed himself from time to time in the mountains and forests, as if he was worried about him all the time.

Outside the window, listening to the laughter of Xue and Jue'er approaching from afar, Youli poked his head out and watched their pretty faces turn red from the sun, and he didn't know where he had just gone.

The cicadas chirped more and more, listening to Xue and Jue'er walking in the shade of the trees, when they saw Youli coming out, they hurriedly called: "Sister Youli, Yongyang Mei's family sent two chiffon horses with the boat, do you think you can accept it?" ”

Youli said lightly: "This is the intention of Yongyang everyone, and it is inconvenient to go back." Jue'er, you send one to Miss Shao and Miss Xu, and you can divide the other one, remember to cut a skirt for Zhang Xu's wife. It is rare to see a girl from Arlan wearing women's clothes, otherwise she would have been left with one. ”

Hearing Xue hear her say this, her interest faded, and she sighed: "Sister Youli doesn't want it, we don't want it, and if you want it, you won't be able to wear it." ”

Youli opened the door and welcomed them into the house, and said with a smile: "Ru Yu has always been a green shirt and plain robe, how can I pretend to be beautiful, you don't want to be so wronged by yourself, but it is too time-consuming to be a female worker yourself, and I don't want you to learn embroidery." Now everyone dress plainly, and when everything is ready, there will be a clothing shop in Lishui, so you two can go inside and choose what you like. ”

"There have been clothing shops for a long time, and two new ones were opened at the beginning of the month. Now there are not only clothing shops on the south bank, but also goldware shops, silverware shops, and incense powder shops, and the day before yesterday a jade shop opened, Xu Boying and his uncle and uncle went to fill the façade for others, I heard that it is the Mei family's industry, and the things are complete, which is more magnificent than the jade shop in Hankou City. Listening to Xue said with interest.

Youli was slightly stunned, covered his lips lightly, and said, "Oh, Uncle Sun mentioned this to me, so you took me to see it." ”

Jue'er knew that she was just talking, turned around and looked out the window, and said, "Sister Youli, listen to Liang Bao, they intend to let you temporarily take the overall situation of Lishui in the afternoon when discussing politics, is this the same thing that Uncle Sun is looking for you?" ”

Youli nodded and said: "Ru Yu is not in Lishui, many things cannot be adjudicated, I am just temporarily taking his place, and the letter you Yu gave me also has this meaning, I will not push it back, but I want the two of you to do my internal history." ”

Ting Xue said: "Then Ami and Gu Heizi have to listen to me?" ”

"Heh, when Ru Yu left, there was a division of labor between the military and the government, and the general affairs officer was under the six Cao commanders-in-chief Lishui, and the military defense was in charge of Meng Yi, Liang Bao, Ming Xi and others. I am only temporarily taking his place, how can I interfere with the military and politics? If you can find something useful, I may consider supporting you, but if you are just making trouble, why don't you wander around as you do now? ”

Listening to Xue Xiao's sad face and depressed appearance, she looked particularly pretty, Zhi Yu thought for a while, and said: "The inner court has three princes and nine secretaries in charge of the affairs of the inner court, how can the six Caos under the general affairs officer be comprehensive......

Seeing that she was talking about the Three Princes and Nine Princes, Yu Li interrupted her and said: "The Three Princes and Nine Princes of the Inner Court are hereditary, and the real power is controlled by the tycoons of various families, how can we be the same in Lishui." Do not discuss official matters lightly, lest you fall into the truth and mislead others. ”

Listening to Xue Xiang's tongue secretly spitting, she gently patted her red lips to show her vigilance, and then said with a smile: "Sister Youli is full of wealth, but she let Ah Yu bundle and hide, I really wronged you." Ziyang Yalan can go out to fight as a general, why can't we be an official? Sister Jue'er, we must do better than them, so as not to let them underestimate us? ”

Youli led them into the inner room, pointed to the books piled up with several cases, picked out a silk book, and said with a chuckle: "Although the number of daughters entering the office is rare, it has been endless since ancient times, and this is the "Biography of the Female Officials" written by the literati of the old dynasty, which tells the legend of the daughter's entry into the office. After a pause, he continued: "Tingxue has followed Mr. Yi to learn government affairs since she was a child, and she is naturally handy in serving as an internal history, but Jue'er still needs to strengthen her study, so as not to make jokes later." ”

On July 22, Xu Ruyu's absent Qingyan Army Military Council, with Xu Ruyu's acquiescence, decided to set up the post of chief historian outside the three major deacons, and set up two internal historians, which were appointed by Jiang Youli, Yi Tingxue, and Jiang Jue'er. Changshi and the three major deacons formed a new decision-making system outside of Xu Ruyu.

According to Xu Ruyu's second instruction, the functions of the three major deacons of the Qingyan Army and the long history have changed slightly, Meng is also in charge of military defense, serving as the chief chair of Yanwutang, and there are Su Guard Battalion, Qingjiang Light Armor Infantry Battalion, Qingjiang Water Battalion, Qingjiang Water Battalion Guard, Qingjiang Cavalry Battalion, Teaching Cavalry Battalion and other armies, Xu Boying replaced his uncle and grandson Fangwu as the general affairs officer, and there were six Caos, including election officials, household taxes, agricultural officials, industrial officials, division of punishment, and commerce.

Xu Boying originally suggested that the post of chief historian be set up in addition to the three major deacons, but it was convenient for Jiang Youli to temporarily lead the overall situation on behalf of Xu Ruyu. I don't want Xu Ruyu to fix the position of Changshi in the subsequent warrant, and stipulate that the order comes from Changshi.

The adjustment of the functions of the three major deacons was modeled after the old system of the Three Princes, but the hereditary Shilu was abolished, but the long history was set as a permanent system, and a system of policy orders from the long history was formed, which was undoubtedly a restriction on Xu Ruyu's own power, and Xu Boying thought about it for a long time. Xu Ruyu never talked to him about such an official position, probably because of the idea that arose after he left Lishui.

The Qingjiang Water Battalion has 16 100 warships, 28 large-wing ships, 32 Mengchong ships, 48 small fighting ships, nearly 100 sentinel boats, and 3,000 combatants. Following Xu Ruyu's warrant, the Qingjiang Water Battalion and the Qingjiang Water Battalion Protector were merged into the first and second battalions of the Qingjiang Water Battalion, which were led by Wei Yu and Mi Yusheng. The forward and center of the camp are fully staffed, reaching 1,000 people, led by Ming Xi, and the command rank. The light armor infantry battalion was renamed the Qingjiang light armor infantry battalion, and the first battalion was fully staffed with three fronts, with a total of 1,500 people. The original 500 soldiers of the light armor infantry battalion and 150 soldiers of the teaching cavalry battalion, as well as 50 high-level students of the Yanwutang, a total of 700 people formed the Fuzhou light armor infantry battalion.

Xu Ruyu will not be willing to let the Puji forces pour into Fuzhou and do nothing, but when the lone army enters Fuzhou, how can the supply be guaranteed?

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