"Hmmm! This Longan Town is good! Xue Yongli said while gently waving the whip in his hand.

Regarding how to deal with the new private iron mine, the bigwigs left behind in the Runing camp had disagreements. The military attache headed by Xue Yongli strongly advocated: since the private iron mine has been obtained, there is no reason to go back.

This is also related to Xue Yongli's experience. In the end, Xue Yongli has been a slave in the Yangwu Marquis Mansion for several generations. For the Haonu of the Hou Mansion, unless you meet someone you can't afford to provoke, otherwise, as long as you fancy something, mine is mine, yours is still mine, and there is no reason to give up what you have robbed.

However, the literati staff led by Deng Qifan felt that this matter should be steady. Because this time it was the government-run Nanyang Iron Mine that was robbed. And it was the mine supervisor sent by the inner court who robbed it. Although this private mining area is very beneficial to the income growth of the Runing Camp if it is acquired, it is worthless compared to the future of Wu Shigong, the garrison lord.

Because only Deng Qifan still knows the inside story, and knows that Wu Shigong's expedition this time is because he offended the first assistant Zhou Yanru, so no matter whether he wins or loses, he may lose the official position of the garrison of Runing Mansion. And in order not to shake the morale of the army, this secret was only known to Deng Qifan, and even Xue Yongli didn't tell him.

At that time, when Wu Shigong and Deng Qifan discussed countermeasures, they had a plan to use the relationship between Wu Shigong and Gonggong Qin to open up the inner court, so that the first assistant Zhou Yanru could sell face and take back his life. And now he has to take the initiative to offend the inner court, isn't this a way to cut off Wu Shigong?

But Deng Qifan couldn't tell Xue Yongli about this inside story, so the opinions between the two could not be unified.

It was still Deng Qifan who was flexible, and he proposed to Xue Yongli: "Since you have already occupied it, let's occupy it first." Anyway, we just have a 'drag' word, and we can dig more iron ore with more manpower. ”

"Also go and tell Commander He, pretend to be crazy and stupid and don't know if he will always ask three questions. Let him put everything on the magistrate of Ye County, anyway, he is messing around, and he can drag on for a day. ”

"It's best to be able to delay until the adults come back. No matter how you say it. It's still an adult's face. If you really can't drag it on. You also have to get enough benefits before leaving, and you can't go home empty-handed! ”

In fact, Deng Qifan's brain turned very fast. He thought about using this return of iron ore as a weight, and asked the inner court to help make the first assistant Zhou Yanru no longer touch Wu Shigong.

And Xue Yongli heard that Deng Qifan promised to temporarily occupy the iron ore, and he was unwilling to go toe-for-tat with Deng Qifan, so he relented and agreed. But in Xue Yongli's heart, like He Fei, he wanted to create a fait accompli. First cut and then play to occupy this iron mine forever.

So, when Deng Qifan returned to Runing Mansion, Xue Yongli did not go with him, and he wanted to stay here for a few more days in the name of inspecting the Nanyang camp. And these days, He Fei, the officers of the Nanyang battalion, accompanied Xue Yongli to look around the terrain.

Today, I happened to check the vicinity of Longyan Town. Here there is a length of about ten miles. A small cashew-shaped plain about three or four miles wide. At the two ends of the small plain, one is Longyan Town, and the other is the Green Ridge Pass in the distance. However, the Green Ridge Pass is already out of the scope of Ye County, so the Nanyang Battalion cannot be stationed there.

And as long as you control Longyan Town, you will be able to block the way to the new iron mine. Although this road is not the main road leading to the county seat of Yexian County, Longyan Town is not particularly prosperous. But for the Nanyang Battalion, their main responsibility is to keep and control those iron mines, and the safety of Ye County is already the secondary task of the Nanyang Battalion.

And Wu Shigong's original iron ore. It is also because of the fact that Luojia Town and Yexian County are horns of each other. If you don't lose that line of defense, you can basically stop the enemy from attacking.

Therefore. Xue Yongli said: "Hefei, build a new stockade here that can garrison thousands of soldiers. Your Nanyang battalion has also transferred 500 people to guard here, so you must be foolproof. ”

"Master Li, where is the money for building the stockade?" He Fei asked. Because the injury on He Fei's face was not completely healed, what he said was a little slurred.

"I'll find a way for you to squeeze some out of the rest of the military budget for you. But you also have to let them have some blood outside the hill, and in any case, this new iron mine also has their share. Also, the big camp in Luojia Town will be built here first. and the money allocated to you for the construction of the camp in Luojia Town, you will all use it here. With this village, in fact, the camp in Luojia Town is not very important. ”

"Master Li, in addition to the Qiu Yuan, they also promised to give us a hundred horses in the Nanyang camp, you see......" Zug interjected on the side.

Xue Yongli understood what Zug meant as soon as he heard it. He replied cheerfully, "Give you a hundred horse boys." But be careful, don't practice to the death, wait for their bodies to grow. ”

"Xie Liye!" Zug immediately smiled.

"Na Liye, the artillery guarding the village will also allocate a few to us." Hefei is climbing up the pole.

"No problem! The four three-pounder guns that have just been built this time will be allocated to you. But you have to start faster, and if someone else robs you, then I don't care! But you don't have to be afraid, let Xiao Chu's daughter-in-law be coquettish in front of Yang Goudan. Xue Yongli was in a good mood, and he joked when he spoke.

"Thank you!" He Fei smiled happily with a pig's head, "It's still the light of the Li Ye cat (eye) like a torch, and I discovered this place in Longyan Town!" ”

Xue Yongli was stunned for a moment about He Fei's sycophancy, and then immediately understood that what He Fei said was the idiom that his eyes are like torches, so Xue Yongli scolded with a smile while daxiao: "You He Fei, it's okay if you don't study, but why do you go back more and more after reading!" I can't even speak! ”

The officers and guards around were laughing.

Waiting for the laughter to slow down a little, Shumo on the side asked: "Li Ye, it's getting late this day, and they are also ready to enter filial piety to Li Ye." You see? ”

At that time, Xue Yongli's shot was also measured. Shumo turned out to be Wu Shigong's personal clerk, and Zuge had a Yang Goudan who was his father-in-law, so Xue Yongli was still merciful to them. Only He Fei, the orthodox leader of the Nanyang battalion, was the most seriously injured.

"Okay, let's go have fun together." After solving the problem, Xue Yongli was in a happy mood, so he agreed to their invitation. And when they learned that they were able to attend the banquet, the officers and guards cheered with joy.

At this time, Shumo glanced at He Fei, who was also grinning and smirking, and then said sarcastically: "The person who has a cat face and two cat lights in the cat's eyes doesn't need to go!" "Shumo, who was beaten, still remembers He Fei's revenge!

Haha-! (To be continued......)