When Li Xin returned to Lanzhou, it was already December of the twelfth year of the Great Cause, and the heavy snow had already covered the Great Sui River, as if all the sins of the twelfth year of the Great Cause had been covered.

However, in this place of Lanzhou Jincheng, people are smiling, Pei Shiju, Du Ruhui, Chu Suiliang, Li Jing and other Wencheng generals have come out to welcome the Jincheng ten miles to welcome Li Xin's arrival.

"Master Pei, Brother Jing, a few gentlemen, but I haven't seen you for a long time." Li Xin jumped down from Mashan, walked in front of everyone, and arched his hand at everyone.

"The Metropolitan Governor is polite." A smile bloomed on Pei Shiju's face, he looked at the several generals behind Li Xin, especially when he saw Pei Renji's father and son, his eyes showed a look of satisfaction.

"If it weren't for the boss and your gentlemen in charge of political affairs, if it weren't for Brother Jing's conquest of the territory, how could I Li Xin be so relaxed, where is the opportunity for the people of the northwest to enjoy such a paradise, Li Xin can get your help, it is my Li Xin's honor." Li Xin laughed.

"Humph!" A cold snort came, but I saw that among the crowd, there was a vermilion purple official robe that was extremely prominent, it was Xiao Yu, the uncle of the dynasty, who looked at Li Xin's proud appearance, and showed even more anger.

"Lord Xiao, why did you come to Lanzhou Jincheng when you weren't in Xihai County, could it be that the prosperity of Xihai County has surpassed that of Jincheng?" Li Xin didn't care about Xiao Yu's attitude, the Great Sui Dynasty was already like this, no matter how much Xiao Yu could endure it, could it still be impossible to change his life against the sky.

"Hmph, rebel thief." After Xiao Yu listened to Li Xin's words, his beard trembled angrily, and regardless of whether he was in front of the public, he pointed at Li Xin and scolded: "I must play the Son of Heaven and eradicate traitors like you." ”

Li Xin shook his head and said to Xiao Yu: "The world is in chaos, the emperor is far away from Yangzhou, and only two young lords are in charge. Whether it is Li Mi or the Guan Long family, everyone is gearing up, preparing to compete in the world, Lord Xiao is the talent of the country, and it is most important to not think about how to solve the matter in front of him at this time, but now he is here to accuse me Li Xin, saying that I Li Xin is a chaotic minister and thief, hum, I have 100,000 male soldiers. If there is a real rebellion, so what? I, Li Xin, accept the emperor's grace, Sui Yang does not live up to me, I do not live up to Sui Yang. Lord Xiao, the real rebel thief, you don't want to trouble him, but you come to me, you are giving up your roots! ”

"Lord Xiao, the old man remembers that you once had a gambling contract with the Governor of Dadu, what, is it because of the poverty of Xihai County. Give you ten years, and you won't be able to govern Xihai County well, so I want to let the Metropolitan Governor force you to go back to the Central Plains, so that. You don't have to fulfill the gambling contract, and no one in the world will say you? Pei Shiju suddenly said with a smile.

"Pei Shiju, your nonsense, I Xiao Yu will do what I say. Just wait! Xiao Yuqi's beard trembled, but he was extremely remorseful in his heart, he had never been to Lanzhou before. Although there are many business travelers on the business road who say that Lanzhou is prosperous, he also thinks that Li Xin himself brags about himself, thinking that Lanzhou is actually similar to Xihai County, so he made a bet with Li Xin on the way, and when he arrived in Lanzhou, he regretted it, and finally when he arrived in the West Sea, it was even more desolate, the land of the West Sea, this is the real wild land, not to say that it is for Xiao Yu for a few years, even when he is old, I am afraid it is impossible to run the land of Xihai into Lanzhou Jincheng.

"Then the old man is waiting." Pei Shiju touched his gray beard and looked at Xiao Yu with a smile and said. He is now extremely satisfied with Li Xin, and he is also very confident, the current Li Xin will definitely be able to achieve the point of being a fierce general, that is, there are fewer civil officials, but this is nothing to the Pei family, the power of the family is still very strong, and Li Xin has fewer civil officials, so he can just let the people of the Pei family replace him.

"Okay, okay, General Ben will return in a few days, everyone is colleagues, Keming, pass the order down, reward the three armies, everyone, Li Xin set up a banquet in the Dadu Governor's Mansion today, if you don't get drunk, you won't return!" Li Xin is obviously in a good mood, in this place, is his base, and he no longer has to worry about other people calculating himself.

"Exactly." Pei Shiju laughed and said to Duan Qi: "General Duan, you can enter the city." ”

"Into town." Duan Qi was also very happy, and shouted loudly to the soldiers on the left and right. Instantly, the drum sounded, earth-shattering, and one by one honor guards appeared around Li Xin, with the words "Great Sui Liang Guogong", "Shangzhu State, Zuotunwei General", "Western Regions Protector Governor" and so on, Li Xin saw clearly, although the front was playing the flag of Guogong, but it was obvious that the number of flags, drums and horns and other things was obviously not something that a prince could enjoy, and it was clearly a prince level that could only be enjoyed.

However, Li Xin did not stop it, although he is not eager to claim the title of king and emperor now, but he needs to send a signal to his generals, otherwise, these courtiers will despair of their future.

The newly built Dadu Governor's Mansion is in Xue Ju's mansion, this mansion is much larger than the original Dadu Governor's Mansion, and the decoration is also extremely luxurious, of course, this configuration is also against the rules of the imperial court, Li Xin's escort cavalry stopped in front of the mansion, he just quietly looked at the mansion in front of him, and finally said softly: "Lanzhou is not very rich for the time being, and the money should be used on the blade, and in the future, such gorgeous palaces and mansions are still not needed, we should put this money in important places." For example, grain, grass, and weapons. ”

"The Metropolitan Governor is thoughtful, and his subordinates are in mind." After Pei Shiju and others listened, not only did they not have any displeasure in their hearts, but they were even more happy, he was afraid that Li Xin would be young and famous, so he would forget his own nature and like luxury.

The newly built Dadu Governor's Mansion is set up according to the appearance of the palace, but it is not called Yin'an Palace, but called Helan Hall, Helan Hall is equipped with a throne, after the throne is a jade carving, describing the geographical mountains and rivers, the copper furnace on both sides of the throne, the crane and so on, the green smoke curls, there are dozens of brocade benches on Helan Hall, Pei Shiju and others are arranged on both sides, sitting on one side, or according to age, or according to official position, etc., after sitting, there is actually a small court on the hall.

Li Xin sat on the throne, looked at Pei Shiju and the others below, and sighed again and again in his heart, although it was not a dragon chair, it made him feel like he was sitting on the world, no wonder the world wanted that chair.

"Here, serve the wine." Li Xin glanced at everyone, was extremely satisfied, and said loudly: "Today, we are gathered together, not for anything else, just because of the northwest of the Great Sui, for the Liangzhou that we have worked so hard to manage." Ladies and gentlemen, please. ”

"Respectfully, Grand Governor." Everyone raised the wine glasses in front of them and said loudly.

"Singing and dancing." Li Xin waved his hand again.

In an instant, cheerful music and beautiful dancing sounded on Helan Hall, and Li Xin and the others were all smiling, it seemed that Liangzhou would have greater development in the future.

And thousands of miles away in Taiyuan Left-behind Mansion, Li Yuan is full of spirits, his face is full of smiles, he is qualified enough to enjoy the time in front of him, years of suffering finally made him sit on the side, Taiyuan is an important town in the north of the Great Sui, there is plenty of grain and grass, money and grain equipment are piled up in the granary, as an important town to defend the Turks, in order to be called to stay behind. Li Yuan didn't remember when he was enjoying such a day, maybe he was enjoying such a day when he was adopted by Yang Jian.

It's just that I'm afraid Yang Jian wouldn't have thought that the little guy he adopted back then was now thinking about how to seize the country from the hands of the Great Sui and establish his own dynasty. Bingzhou is in his own control, although it is nominally, it also makes Li Yuan very happy, and what is even happier is that he has exterminated bandits from all walks of life, expanded his strength, recruited heroes everywhere, and made friends, and the Li family can be said to have reached the peak of strength.

"Father." A heroic young man walked in outside, it was his proud son Li Shimin.

"Erlang, come, sit." Li Yuan happily beckoned Li Shimin and said, "How is the training of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry?" Can I fight? ”

"Father looks down on the child, and the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry is not a problem even against the Turks." Li Shimin said proudly. Most of his Xuanjia iron cavalry were selected from horse bandits, and he was extremely brave and good at fighting, and then coupled with the private soldiers trained by the Li family for so many years, Li Shimin was extremely satisfied with both quantity and quality.

"It is not enough to deal with the Turks alone, we still have many enemies in the future." Li Yuan shook his head and said.

"Father is talking about Li Xin?" Li Shimin's eyes showed a hint of annoyance, and said: "The news from the auxiliary machine says that Li Xin has returned to Lanzhou, and before leaving Daxing, he had met with the crown princess Wei and Wei Xuan. ”

"Oh!" A strange light flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, he glanced at Li Shimin, and soon disappeared without a trace, and said in a low voice: "What agreement does Erlang think Li Xin and Wei Xuan have reached?" He was also extremely angry with Li Xin in his heart, not only robbed the eldest grandson Wujian not to say, he asked Yu Wenshi to go to Pei Shiju as a matchmaker, Pei Shiju refused not to say anything, and turned around and matched Pei Fu Xu with Li Xin as a small one, obviously looking down on the Li family, which made him even more annoyed.

"Li Xin is ambitious, how can he be willing to be the knife in Wei Xuan's hands, not to mention that the two themselves have a grudge, and they are just using each other at the moment, but this is not good news for us!" Li Shimin said in a low voice: "If we raise troops, the other party will definitely raise troops, they have 100,000 soldiers and horses, all of them are elite, I am afraid we are not opponents." Although Li Shimin hates Li Xin very much, he has to admit that the gap in strength between the two sides is still very large.

"What does Jiro mean?" Li Yuan nodded and asked again.

"First, use the internal strength of the Guan Long family to contain Li Xin, at least let Li Xinshi become unknown, then they are anti-thieves." Li Shimin thought for a moment and said: "Second, it is to ask the Turks to attack their Liangzhou, Lanzhou and other places, Li Xin has a good name, once he is attacked by the Turks under his rule, he will definitely be dominated by the Turks." As long as we enter the customs first, we will occupy the righteousness. (To be continued......)