After this period of development, a lot of manpower and material resources have been consumed, and now the road from the grassland to Lingzhou City has been repaired.

The three-zhang wide avenue is first tamped with earth, then paved with gravel, then paved with sand, and then tamped. Each layer is more than a foot thicker than a foot after being tamped, and the entire road is four feet above the flat ground on the side.

After the snow melted, the ground became very hard and slippery as soon as the snow was hit by the frost, and Qingyun's hooves struck the road with a crisp sound, and he couldn't let go of his speed and move forward at full speed.

After all, the road is smooth, and with the footsteps of the Qingjia war horse, even if it is unhurried, it only takes less than half an hour, and Lingzhou City is in sight.

This journey is not as bleak as in the past. Although there is some slight snow cover in the fields on both sides of the road, it still cannot cover the green ginseng and wheat seedlings. In the bitter cold, these lovely wheat seedlings stubbornly poked their heads out of the snow, showing vigor and bouncing a good harvest in the coming year.

From time to time, an old farmer walks by the edge of the field with farm tools, looking at the wheat seedlings in the field, and the vicissitudes of life bloom with an expectant smile on his face.

Li Zheng was also laughing.

Lingzhou can have the current situation, for him, it is a credit. But the credit or something, he didn't care. Being able to realize your plan is a good thing.

Walking into Lingzhou City, Li Zheng entered the Huqiang Captain's Mansion, and before he could drink a sip of water, Zhou Fei arrived in front of him.

He excitedly explained all the changes in Lingzhou during this period of time, and carefully explained it, and the look of longing for recognition was overflowing.

He was originally a steward, and he existed as a domestic slave.

And now, he is the head of a county.

It was Li Zheng who gave him this opportunity, and he longed for Li Zheng's recognition.

It's human nature.

Li Zheng naturally understood Zhou Fei's thoughts, and praised him again and again, making Zhou Fei smile and be in good spirits.

After the good thing was said, Zhou's fat face wrinkled, looking very sad.

However, it turned out that Li Zheng handed over most of the captives to Zhou Fei for distribution to build all the infrastructure in Lingzhou. This thing is done above board, and Xun You naturally will not be invisible.

According to Xun You's thoughts, he must have guessed that he had rushed back to Lingzhou from Fuping a few days ago. He has to worry about Zhou Fei every day, and he wants to see Li Zheng immediately.

Xun You's identity is extraordinary, and Li Zheng instructed him to treat him well, Zhou Fei was helpless, he could only speak well, and his dissatisfaction could only be held in his heart.

Now that Li Zheng is back, Zhou Fei immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

However, he was sleek and thoughtful, so he did not immediately inform Xun Yu of Li Zheng's return to Lingzhou, but came to see Li Zheng first and listened to Li Zheng's opinion.

When Li Zheng learned this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's not necessary, you go and invite Mr. Xun Gongda, and I'll wait here." ”

"Whoa!"

Zhou Fei retreated for only a moment, and Xun Yu arrived.

The two saluted each other, and after Xun You sat down, he said: "Captain Huqiang has gone to the grassland, Captain Li, don't you give me an explanation?!" ”

In Xun You's view, Li Zheng's approach is already dereliction of duty.

As a captain of Huqiang, he didn't care about the affairs of Liangzhou itself, which already made him very dissatisfied. Now a large number of slaves suddenly appeared in the entire Lingzhou, but Xun You, a well-informed person, had a guess in his heart.

"Hahaha!"

Li Zheng snorted, but said, "I don't know what Han Sui's movements have been since this month?" ”

Xun You's face turned grim: "Captain Li, please don't change the topic." ”

"Uh" Li Zheng touched his nose and said, "Okay, if Mr. Gongda has any questions, I know everything, and I have no end to it." ”

Xun You is also helpless.

According to his status and fame, to be honest, it is basically impossible to meet someone like Li Zheng. No matter how unruly you are, when you meet Xun You, you must be honest. Even the Son of Heaven treats him very well.

But Li Zheng opened his eyes.

When it comes to reception, Li Zheng has no flaws. But when it comes to the court's plans and the rebels' business, Li Zheng put it aside.

This end is not doing business!

"Captain Li, please." Xun Yu said: "Since this month, where has Captain Li been?" Where are most of the elite soldiers under Captain Li?! ”

"Well," Li Zheng touched his chin and said, "I've always been at home." Mr. Gongda knows that Li has an industry of his own, and he can't do without taking care of it."

"Wait." Xun You's face was already a little dark: "Then Xun asked again, where did the Hu captives all over Lingzhou County come from." ”

"Aren't you an outcast?!"

Li Zheng opened his eyes and said nonsense.

"Shut up!" Xun You couldn't hold back any longer: "Captain Li deceived me into not knowing the origin of these Hu people?" These Hu people are obviously the other subordinates of the Huns! ”

Li Zheng couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

It turned out that Xun You also knew the identities of these Hu people.

"Uh" Li Zheng was a little embarrassed: "I still can't hide it from Mr. Gongda." Anyway, I won't hide it in the future. Yes, as Mr. Gongda expected, in the middle of this month, Li led his elite soldiers to give the Huns north of the hilly area in the north of Lingzhou to a pot. ”

"You're so daring!"

Xun You pointed at Li Zheng's nose and reprimanded: "Do you know what the consequences of provoking the Huns again with the current situation in Liangzhou are?!" ”

"I know that." Li Zheng smiled and said: "The Xiongnu are powerful, if the Xiongnu send a cavalry from the north, I will naturally be attacked on both sides here, which is not conducive to the imperial court's plan." ”

"Why do you do this when you know it's not good for the imperial court!?"

"What, isn't there an imminent civil strife within the Huns, I know they don't have the energy to pay attention to me here for the time being." Li Zheng said with a smile.

"What?!"

When Xun You heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then hurriedly said: "The Huns are about to have civil strife!?" How do you know?! ”

Li Zheng couldn't help but be stunned, the two of them stared at each other, and after a while, Li Zheng said: "I fought with the Xiongnu Xubu clan on the northern grassland, captured a prisoner, and got the news from the captive's mouth."

"Subo?!"

Xun You's eyes widened.

He had always thought earlier that Li Zheng only beat Beiluo, but he didn't expect that he had fought with the Huns and captured the Huns, and it was still the Su Bu clan!

"You, you" Xun Yu was speechless for a while.

He patted his forehead: "You are the most daring person I have ever met, there is no one!" ”

"Prizes, prizes!"

Xun Yu choked and couldn't speak for a long time.

After a long time, he sighed and said, "Okay, it's useless to fight and regret it." Since the Huns are in civil strife, as you expected, there will be no time to pay attention to this place in a short time. It seems that you also got what you wanted, so isn't it time to focus on dealing with the Han Sui rebels? ”

"Obey the orders of the Lord!"

Xun You was angry again.

Then, Li Zheng asked people to serve wine and food, and said to Xun You: "Mr. Gongda, I came from the pasture, the water and rice have not entered, I am really hungry, do you want to eat together?!" ”

"It's better to be respectful than to obey."

"Ugh"

After the next person served the meal, the two of them were full of food and drink, and Xun You was finally happy.

said: "Xun thinks he is well-informed, but he has never seen a person like Captain Li. To put it in my heart, Captain Li's boldness is nothing, but Xun feels that Captain Li is very mysterious! ”

"Oh?"

"When I saw Captain Li's Qingjia war horse earlier, although I was surprised, there were not many of them after all. Maybe it was because I happened to encounter such a war horse in the old mountains and forests, and I was picked up by Captain Li. ”

"But what about the so-called mountain wolf ride that came to Fuping some time ago? A hundred rides, that's a lot! ”

"Linked to the sophisticated equipment of the soldiers under Captain Li, Xun was also confused."

"Among the Han border army, there are not many elite troops equipped with iron armor, and as far as Xun knows, the quality of the armor of the heavy armored infantry of the Han border army is far inferior to the equipment of the heavy armored soldiers under Captain Li! Unless the armor of some generals can catch up. But you must know that the armor of the generals is mostly carefully crafted by well-known masters, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. But Captain Li can use it to equip low-level infantry in batches, which makes me puzzled! ”

"And the vests, the mounts are armoured, and only a few hard-armed heavy cavalry are possible. But under the command of Captain Li, all of them were dressed in armor, regardless of whether they were light or heavy. And the armor is so good that you can tell at a glance that it is not ordinary! ”

"And weapons, I can't imagine it."

"Mounts, armor, blades, as well as the so-called ginseng mai, red jade birds, echinoderm pigs, and even the giant beasts I saw the day before yesterday, this qiē qiē, the huge imperial court, I'm afraid I can't take it out, where did you come from?!"

"And these Hu captives all over Lingzhou, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands! There are only a few thousand men under your command, and you are so bold that you dare to control them at will, aren't you afraid that these Hu captives will rebel? Xun doesn't believe it, you Captain Li didn't think of this! ”

"Sometimes Xun will be in a trance, thinking that you, Captain Li, did you fall from the sky?"

Listening to Xun You's words, Li Zheng was amazed again and again.

This thoughtful man kept everything he saw in his heart. Li Zheng's details, as long as he didn't deliberately hide it, he almost found out.

Li Zheng's mind turned sharply, squinting slightly, for a long time, but seeing a hint of firmness in his expression, he suddenly said: "Is Mr. Gongda very curious, I really want to know why these are?!" ”

"That's nature."

Xun You replied firmly, his aggressive expression gradually retracted, and a smile appeared on his warm face.

"Well, I can satisfy Mr. Gongda's curiosity today." Li Zheng raised his head, looked directly at Xun You, and said, "But I have the conditions." ”

"Oh?"

"Mr. Gongda wants to know the reason, yes, then ask Mr. Gongda to serve me as the master!"

"What?!"

Xun You's eyebrows furrowed, and his clear eyes became sharp.