After adjusting and promoting his official positions, Ao Lie put another expansion of the army on the agenda. After every major war, it is necessary to replenish the fresh blood of the army in a timely manner, so as to ensure that the combat effectiveness of the Yan army will not be lost. In the past, limited by population and money and food, the huge five northern states only supported less than 300,000 soldiers, but now Ao Lie got Jizhou, and copied a huge amount of wealth in the hands of a large number of scholars in Jizhou, with money and food in his hands, and the population is very sufficient, breaking the shackles of the five northern states all along, so that Ao Lie can expand the army as he wants.

In this army expansion, Ao Lie proposed a scope and made it clear that the specific number of troops to be expanded was about 500,000. These 500,000 soldiers will be composed of young and strong people of all ethnic groups, of which the Han people will account for three-fifths, and other ethnic minorities will account for two-fifths, and the age of conscription will be 18 to 26 years old. Ao Lie also made a plan for these 500,000 recruits, who will receive three months of training from Xu Rong, Gao Shun and others in batches, and then send them to various places. The 150,000 of them will be incorporated into the regular army to make up for the losses in the Battle of Jizhou. At the same time, Ao Lie asked the commanders of the four elite troops to choose people freely in the original regular army, and make up for the establishment of 20,000 people in each elite army.

In addition to the 150,000 recruits who were incorporated into the regular army, the other recruits will be divided into 90,000 in Jizhou, 80,000 in Bingzhou, and 60,000 in Guangzhou, Mingzhou, and Tongzhou. It was used to strengthen the conventional military strength of the six northern states. In this way, the number of troops in Youzhou will reach 350,000. Among them, there are 80,000 elites and 60,000 sailors. 210,000 regular and county soldiers; Jizhou, presided over by Zhuge Liang, will also increase the number of troops to 350,000; Guo Huai's garrison of 180,000 generals; Gwangju under Cui Yan, Mingju under Tian Yu, and Tongju under Lu Su will all meet the standard of 100,000 garrisons. According to this calculation, there will be an army of 1.18 million in the territory of Yan, an increase of nearly four times compared with more than 300,000 before the Battle of Jizhou.

After setting the tone for conscription and army expansion, Ao Lie didn't have time to catch his breath, and the troops escorting supplies from Jizhou returned to Yanjing. In the Battle of Jizhou. The Yan army seized a large amount of money and grain, most of which had been directly transported to the three prefectures of Guang, Ming and Tong, for the construction of these three new states and to speed up the economic development of these three states. Even so, a large amount of materials remained, and Zhuge Liang transferred some of them to the treasury of Jizhou, and the rest were sent to Yanjing. The part that Ao Lie valued most about this batch of baggage was the destroyed weapons and armor. Although these things have been turned into scrap metal, Ao Lie firmly believes that Wang Hun and Ma Jun, two skillful hands, will definitely turn waste into treasure and temper more and more sophisticated equipment for the soldiers. Notice. In the Han Dynasty, iron tools were very precious, and a large number of broken equipment were seized. It's enough to leave Ao Lie with a lot of money.

While handing over this batch of damaged equipment to Wang Hun and Ma Jun, Ao Lie also increased the allocation for the general prisoner. For more research and development by these two skilled craftsmen. At the same time, Ao Lie had them suspend the manufacture of sophisticated weapons and instead began forging conventional weapon armor and farming tools for the benefit of the people. After all, the immediate task at the moment is to solve the problem of the equipment of the 500,000 new army and the development of the three new states, and relying only on the booty captured from Yuan Shao's hands is far from being able to solve all the problems. And through the battle of Xinhe, Ao Lie profoundly realized that the cross-era weapon of the Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flower is too powerful, if it is manufactured in large quantities and popularized in the army, it will inevitably lead to changes in the times, so that the era of firearms will come in advance, Ao Lie is not sure whether the impact on future generations is good or bad, in order not to affect the normal development of future generations, Ao Lie decided to limit the number of Heavenly Maiden scattered flowers, not to let it be popularized in the army, which is also one of the reasons why Ao Lie ordered a moratorium on the manufacture of sophisticated weapons.

In terms of administrative institutions, Ao Lie also made some minor adjustments, upgrading the government office to the government affairs office, and upgrading the military government office to the military aircraft department, which is the most conspicuous position on the east and west sides of the Yanwang Mansion, and is still in charge of Dong He and Chen Gong respectively. The original functions and powers of the two places remain unchanged, and at the same time, Ao Lie gives them greater powers and responsibilities, and the transfer of grain, grass, soldiers and horses in the six northern states, as long as it reaches a certain number, must be approved by these two places, so as to truly achieve the separation of military and political affairs, and eliminate the possibility of the emergence of powerful ministers in the future. With Ao Lie's reward for the ministers, most of the original incumbents in these two offices have been promoted to take charge of more important affairs, so Ao Lie asked Jia Xu and others to nominate twenty-four people with outstanding character and outstanding talents among the officials under his rule to supplement the two offices to assist Dong He and Chen Gong in handling daily affairs.

After spending half a month busy, Ao Lie finally explained all the work at hand, and the rest was the affairs of the officials under his command, and Ao Lie could be the shopkeeper for a period of time. In the first time he was free, Ao Lie came to the backyard of Fuzhong and accompanied Mrs. Ao all day with filial piety. With the change of years, a trace of Huafa has climbed up Mrs. Ao's sideburns, although Mrs. Ao's appearance is still there, but Ao Lie clearly sees that his mother is old, which makes Ao Lie's heart a little sour, since he joined the army at the age of eight, he has less and less time to accompany his parents, and his strength is growing rapidly at the same time, but his parents are quietly aging, thinking of this, Ao Lie's heart is very sad, and he can't help but shed two lines of tears.

Stretching out a plain hand to wipe away the tears on Ao Lie's face, Mrs. Ao said softly: "Silly child, my mother knows that you have a lot of important things to do, and my mother will not blame you." It's not good to cry and cry, where is there still a little bit of the majesty of King Yan, not to mention that you are going to be a father. ”

What the? Be a dad? Ao Lie stopped crying blankly and looked at his mother in surprise. "What's that look on your face? Yan'er has been pregnant for more than three months, and you don't know what to do as a husband. Mrs. Ao said with a little reproach. As the king of Yan, Ao Lie has to deal with a lot of government affairs every day, and if he can't take care of his mother, Mrs. Ao will not blame him. But he didn't even know that his wife was pregnant, which was too unusual. Mrs. Ao is a person from the past, but also a mother. Knowing all the inconveniences and discomforts of being pregnant, I couldn't help but feel upset for Cai Yan.

The surprise slowly turned into a surprise, the corners of Ao Lie's mouth gradually grinned to the root of his ears, the huge surprise made him break free from his sadness, just when he was about to laugh proudly, a big hand quietly came to the back of Ao Lie's head, and slapped it on the back of Ao Lie's head lightly and heavily, Liu Yu's old voice sounded behind Ao Lie: "Little rabbit cub, don't think that you can be lawless when you become the king of Yan." You can ignore your parents, wives and children, and remember to me that you will always be my son, and I will always be your father! ”

Because he was too surprised, Ao Lie didn't even notice Liu Yu's approach, and he didn't act like a super-first-class military general with a peerless experience, but even if he noticed it, he wouldn't dodge Liu Yu's slap, just as Liu Yu said just now. No matter how high Ao Lie's status is, he will always be Liu Yu's son, this is unchangeable, Lao Tzu beats his son. That's a matter of course.

Turning around like a kitten, Ao Lie looked at Liu Yu and said, "Father......" Liu Yu waved his hand to interrupt Ao Lie's greeting. Pointing to Cai Yan's cross-courtyard, he said, "Okay, you are not needed here." Hurry up and get out of here with Yan'er, hurry up. ”

Ao Lie agreed. Then he rushed out of his parents' room at a speed of 100 meters and ran towards Cai Yan's room. Looking at Ao Lie's back, Liu Yu and Mrs. Ao looked at each other and smiled, with a satisfied look on their faces.

Ao Lie ran while thinking back to the scene of his entanglement with Cai Yan, and after the last moment, he determined that he must have sown the seeds of life into Cai Yan's body on the night before he set out for Yuan Shao, and calculated the time, no more, no less, just three months. Recalling that night, under the service of his three wives, he enjoyed the blessings of all people, and the fragrant scene made Ao Lie can't help but feel his heart swaying for a while.

Pushing open Cai Yan's door, Ao Lie saw Cai Yan sitting on the edge of the bed with a smile that was about to become a mother, and the little woman was full of happiness. Zhen Mi and Sun Shangxiang accompanied her on the left and right, and Sun Shangxiang's jade hand was also gently placed on Cai Yan's lower abdomen, as if she wanted to feel the rhythm of the little life in Cai Yan's abdomen. At this moment, Ao Lie suddenly felt a happy burden, which gently fell on his shoulders, and it was also at this moment that Ao Lie's understanding of father's love became much deeper, and he began to understand why Liu Yu was extremely strict with his two brothers.

"Yan'er, Mi'er, Shangxiang, so-and-so is back." After seeing the three beautiful wives, Ao Lie had already thought of a thousand words, but he couldn't say a word, and only said the simplest, most simple but most touching words for the three daughters. For the three daughters, they are all proud daughters of the sky, their outstanding appearance and their respective illustrious family backgrounds, so that they have been regarded as pearls in the palm of their hands since they were young, everyone holds them and follows them, but they don't care about these, what they care about is that their husbands who are away from the expedition can return safely.

With the support of Zhen Mi and Sun Shangxiang, Cai Yan slowly got up, and then the three girls looked at Ao Lie with the same affectionate eyes. Among the three daughters, Cai Yan has always been the leader, not only because Cai Yan is older, not only because Cai Yan is Ao Lie's first wife, but more importantly, Cai Yan's talent and self-cultivation, as well as his modest and obedient temperament, have convinced the other two daughters. Therefore, after seeing Ao Lie, the first person to speak was Cai Yan, who was a little shy and a little satisfied, and lightly opened her lips and said, "Husband, it feels so good to see you return triumphantly." ”

Ao Lie hurriedly took two steps forward, gently supported Cai Yan's shoulders, as if he was holding a rare treasure, and said in a loud voice: "Don't get up, sit down quickly, be careful of hurting the baby." Ao Lie's words amused the three girls in front of him at the same time, Zhen Mi said jokingly: "Husband, you don't have common sense, Sister Yan'er is only three months pregnant, and her body has not changed significantly, how can she hurt the baby?" ”

When Ao Lie heard this, he was embarrassed to notice that Cai Yan's lower abdomen was only slightly bulging, if it weren't for Ao Lie's every inch of Cai Yan's jade body, which was already familiar with her chest, he really couldn't see any changes in her. When it comes to leading troops to fight and strategizing, there are only one person in the world who can surpass Ao Lie; But when it comes to things related to pregnancy, Ao Lie is an out-and-out layman, and he has six out of seven - none of them!

Looking at Ao Lie's embarrassed look, Sun Shangxiang sneered and teased Ao Lie: "Mr. Yuanhua said, pregnant women do more exercise, it is good for the baby, you are a big man, you don't understand anything, what are you nervous about?" From Sun Shangxiang's tone, Ao Lie could hear that the pain caused to her by Sun Jian's death had become a thing of the past, and Sun Shangxiang had come out of the shadow of losing her father and regained the demeanor of a female overlord, which was something Ao Lie was happy to see.

Moved a chair, Ao Lie sat opposite Cai Yan's bed, and told the three wives about some things after parting, of course, Ao Lie would never tell those dangerous things, but specially picked some good things to tell them. Amused the three girls from time to time to hide their laughter, bursts of silver bell-like laughter, mixed with Ao Lie's masculine laughter, from Cai Yan's boudoir to the outside of the room, anyone who hears such laughter will feel heartfelt comfort...... (To be continued......)