Of course, a small Dumi tribe can't satisfy Liu Ziqiu's appetite, and he doesn't think that the attack on the Dumi tribe will confuse the military spirit of Dujishi, he must continue to rush and kill on the grassland, only by turning the entire grassland upside down, until it threatens the Turkic tent, will it cause Dujishi's panic.

It is said that the guards of the Turkic tent are the fiercest warriors selected from the tribes of the steppe, and the battle with the guards will be the most terrible. However, Liu Ziqiu already knew that the Turkic people were not engaged in grazing, and all the cattle, sheep, horses, and forage they needed were supplied by other tribes. In Liu Ziqiu's words, these people are a bunch of parasites who don't work hard.

To deal with parasites, Liu Ziqiu also has his own way, that is, to eliminate their host first. Liu Ziqiu first swept away the surrounding tribes, eating their cattle and sheep, and consuming their forage, making it difficult for them to maintain their own lives, and naturally there was no spare strength to feed the Turkic tents. Of course, the Turkic Tent people, including the Turkic khans, were so pampered that they did not care if the other tribes could continue to provide for them, but only kept asking for cattle, sheep, horses, and forage from other tribes. Over time, it will inevitably arouse the disgust of other tribes, and the Turkic tooth tent will be discredited. Without the support of other tribes, the Turkic Tent is a castle in the air, and no matter how powerful the guards are, it will not help.

Liu Ziqiu led the army to leave the tribe and continued to move forward. I walked for another three days, sparing several small tribes along the way. It was the same three days, and this time, no one complained, including the young people of those small tribes. They believe that as long as they follow Liu Ziqiu closely, they will be able to have a "good rìzi".

At noon on this day, Mu Duoli looked at the undulating mountains not far away, and suddenly hesitated. Liu Ziqiu noticed her abnormality and asked, "Is there danger ahead?" ”

Mu Duoli shook her head and said, "Master, the slave begs you for something. ”

Liu Ziqiu smiled: "You are my woman, we are a family, what do you want or not." ”

Mu Duoli listened to the words that could touch a woman's heart, but there was no smile on her face, she pointed to the front and said, "There is a camp of a big tribe there. ”

It should be a joy to find the camp of the big tribe, which was originally the purpose of their entry into the Mobei grassland. But seeing Mu Duoli's reaction, Liu Ziqiu nodded thoughtfully and said, "Mu Duoli, there is your tribe. ”

"It's my father's tribe." Mu Duoli sighed and said again, "Master, the slave begs you for one thing, no matter what, spare my father's life." ”

"Oh, and that's your father's tribe?" Liu Ziqiu suddenly laughed and said, "Your father is my father-in-law, since it is your father's tribe, how can I meet them in battle." So, I'll go with you to the tribe. ”

Mu Duoli was shocked: "Master, this is too dangerous, you can't do it!" ”

Wen Hao, Jiao Liyan and others also dissuaded one after another: "The body of the lord's daughter, how can he personally take risks, he can't go!" ”

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "If Liu's father-in-law knows current affairs, he won't embarrass Liu." You can rest assured, although there are thousands of troops, Liu can come and go freely, so why be afraid! ”

……

Just when Liu Ziqiu took Mu Duoli and dozens of his own soldiers to the Asid Mullin tribe, Li Jing, Wei Zheng, and Hua Yun also gathered in Changshan Village.

Today's Changshan Village, both financially and manpowered, is not comparable to the past, and the area has expanded three times compared with the past, and has completely exceeded the scale of a market town. The newly established steelmaking yard outside the village has produced a large number of qualified iron, and the brand-new knives created according to the drawings sent by Liu Ziqiu are dazzling.

Although Liu Ziqiu handed over Changshan Village to Wei Zheng when he left, whenever there was a major event, Wei Zheng would still come to Changshan Village to ask Gao Xiuer for instructions. Today, he had a major plan to implement, so he invited Li Jing and Hua Yun to Changshan Village. Since knowing that Liu Ziqiu was safe and sound, Gao Xiu'er was much more cheerful, and when she saw everyone coming in, she said with a smile: "Mr. Wei, Brother Li, Brother Hua." The Chinese New Year is coming soon, do you want to find a way to send some New Year's goods to Ziqiu? ”

In Gao Xiuer's heart, the West is a bitter cold place, and although Liu Ziqiu is the general manager of Hexi Province, he is afraid that life is still hard.

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "According to the requirements of the lord, we have all prepared, mainly some silk and medicinal herbs, which are urgently needed in the west. However, I have come here today because I have something important to discuss with my wife. The lord said in the letter, let me stay in Jiangnan with peace of mind, and Jiangnan will one day become a rich place. We discussed it and wanted to make a big deal in Jiangnan and echo the north and south with the lord! ”

Gao Xiu'er shook her head and said, "The slave family doesn't understand the military and political affairs, you just have to look at it." Just act cautiously and don't get involved in Changshan Village. Also, Xiao Dapeng has been gone for more than two months, have you heard from him? ”

Wei Zheng frowned and said: "This thing is very strange, Changshan Carriage and Horse Travel often receive orders from him, but I don't see him show up." Just in case, Wei has already let the bolt temporarily take over the Changshan Carriage and Horse Company. I still have to tell my wife about this matter that I am discussing. I'm going to take over Yuhang City! ”

Although Gao Xiu'er is a woman, her knowledge is not inferior to that of men, but her thinking is still stuck in the ancient precept that women cannot interfere in politics. Listening to Wei Zheng's words, Gao Xiu'er frowned and said, "It's okay to take over Yuhang City, but it can only be done quietly, and it can't be said after the matter is completed." ”

Now that the world is in chaos, the Taishou in various places change frequently, as long as it is silent, no one will pay attention to who replaced the small Yuhang Taishou. Of course, the current Yuhang Taishou is Yang Xuangan's person, and having him in Yuhang is very helpful to the Yang family's operation of the Changshan Salt Farm. Moreover, Dong Chao also took the opportunity of Liu Ziqiu's unblocking of trade routes to support a batch of money and grain in Chang'an. If Yang Xuangan gets the news, he will definitely be furious. However, the Chinese New Year is approaching, and the salt works have been suspended because the river has frozen and the water transport to the north has also been suspended. At this time, if you take Yuhang, as long as you don't deliberately make a noise, the news will not be uploaded to Chang'an immediately.

Wei Zheng smiled: "It's still Mrs. who is thoughtful." ”

In fact, Wei Zheng also thought of this, but Gao Xiu'er was able to make such a judgment so quickly, which still made him quite admired.

Li Jing arched his hand and said: "Brother and sister, the second brother asked me to form a naval army and cavalry. I have already handed over this matter to Han Shige, and more than a dozen large warships have been quietly built, and it is estimated that next year Chūn will be able to launch the water. It's just that the cavalry lacks war horses, and it is difficult to solve it for a while. ”

In fact, Liu Ziqiu has a war horse in his hand, but he can't transport it to Jiangnan.

Gao Xiu'er thought for a while and said, "The problem of war horses can only be solved slowly, but training must not be relaxed. There are no horses that can be replaced by wooden horses, and soldiers can also be trained to get on and off their horses, shè arrows, and chop movements on horses. ”

This method is certainly much less effective, but it is really helpless.

Hua Yun also stepped forward and said, "Sister-in-law, the Mo Sword Formation is really powerful, and it can completely compete with the cavalry." It's just that the full set of armor and knives is too heavy, and so far only five hundred soldiers have been selected who can withstand the full set of equipment. Look, is it possible to make the armor thinner? ”

The Modao Army was specially designed by Liu Ziqiu to deal with the cavalry, and the armor was designed to be thick and heavy in order to effectively resist the powerful impact of the cavalry, which Liu Ziqiu told Gao Xiu'er. But southerners are generally too small to withstand such heavy equipment. After thinking about it, Gao Xiu'er still said: "Whether these soldiers will go to the battlefield to face the powerful cavalry in the future, they will rather lack than abuse." If there are no people in the Yuhang area, they will go to other places to recruit, which is really not possible, and those people who have fled from the north can also consider it. ”

These questions, of course, can be thought out clearly with the wisdom of Li Jing and Wei Zheng. They specially came to report to Gao Xiu'er, just to show an attitude that they were absolutely loyal to Liu Ziqiu and Gao Xiu'er. In such troubled times, if you have money, food and soldiers, you can be a grass king. Now, Liu Ziqiu has handed over all the money, food, soldiers and horses to a few of them, and they have a feeling of walking on thin ice.

Listening to Gao Xiu'er's assignment in an orderly manner, the three of them arched their hands together and said, "I'll do it later." ”

"Wait." Gao Xiu'er waved her hand and stopped everyone, "What is the reaction of the Xie family recently?" ”

Hua Yun said hatefully: "These big families look down on people, and they suddenly cut off the supply of money and food when we were in the most difficult time, but now I heard that the second brother has become a big deal, and I have the cheekiness to come to contact." If you want me to say, ignore them! When the second brother became the emperor, he copied their whole family and exiled them all to Lingnan! ”

Wei Zheng laughed and said, "General Hua's words are wrong! Enemies are easy to resolve and difficult to knot, not to mention that the Xie family has also helped us. If it weren't for the Xie family's help at the beginning, how could Changshan Village have today's weather. Wei thought that he might as well take the opportunity of the Chūn Festival to prepare some mountain goods to send over and restore contact with the Xie family. ”

Hearing the idea of sending mountain goods, Gao Xiu'er suddenly moved in her heart and said, "Mr. Wei, when Ziqiu came back from Xie's house and took back a Geng post from Xie's house, have you ever heard of it?" ”

Li Jing and Hua Yun both came to Changshan Village after Liu Ziqiu's expedition to the west, so naturally they both shook their heads again and again, and Wei Zheng was also at a loss.

Gao Xiu'er turned her head sideways and said a few words to Vanilla. Vanilla turned and went into the back room, and after a while she came out with a bag of tips. Gao Xiu'er took out a piece of red paper from her bag and said, "The birthday characters on this should be a young girl, probably a young lady of the Xie family." The New Year is approaching, so it's better to do this together. ”