Zhao Jiong extinguished the idea of subduing Wu Yingying in an instant, and asked again: "How is the situation in Hexi?"

Wang Yu said: "After General Dong handed over Lingzhou City to the Anxi Army, the troops under Wu Yingying's command have been scattered and eaten, and there is no hedgehog gathering in Lingzhou to threaten Guanzhong. ”

Cao Bin said: "When Wu Yingying's department left Lanzhou, the people were looted to ten rooms and nine empty, and the people sold their fields and land, and it was thanks to General Tian to open a warehouse to release grain, so that the people could be rescued from danger, otherwise, this winter, the people of Lanzhou do not know how much they will starve to death." Tian Qinzuo connived at his subordinates to occupy fertile land in Lanzhou, and many of the original households in Lanzhou were reduced to landless tenants.

Zhao Jiong said with a smile: "These rude soldiers love to make money." But he no longer pursued the matter, but instead discussed with Zhao Pu and Cao Bin carefully about the military food reserves for the Northern Expedition to Taiyuan two years later.

When Wu Yingying returned to the mansion, he told Huang Wen the news that he was going to represent the Jiujiang Yimen on behalf of the imperial court, and Huang Wen said happily: "Really? The concubine has left her hometown since she was a child and has never returned. "She was originally from Jiangxia, and since she was accepted as a palace maid in the war, she has never returned to her hometown.

Wu Yingying rarely saw her so elated, and said in his heart that this trip to the south of the Yangtze River was a crooked beauty, and said with a smile: "Since Madame is going with us, we will walk slowly, along the way, playing in the mountains and rivers, searching for strange things, and spending all day and wine." He selfishly speculated that Zhao Jiong should also hope that he would walk slower and not return to Bianliang so quickly to be an eyesore.

Before entering Bianliang, Wu Yingying either discussed military strategy with his generals during the day, or inspected the battalions to show his henchmen, or went out to work hard, and when he returned to the mansion, he always had most of the time to think carefully about the benefits and disadvantages of various decisions, and occasionally had to find some military strategies at this time, or the notes of his predecessors, or the anecdotes of the Western Regions to read at night, Huang Wen since following him, there was almost no time when the husband and wife traveled together, and now there is a chance to make up for it, Wu Yingying is also extremely happy.

After coaxing Huang Wen into a smile, Wu Yingying turned to the study, summoned Zhang Zhongyao, and told him about the situation in the court today. Zhang Zhongyao said with a smile: "Looking at today's situation, even if the official family has the intention of cutting the feudal domain in Anxi, before the war in the east is settled, they are willing to endure it, and they are helpless against the adults. Under the words, he was full of contempt for Zhao Jiong, people are so strange, when he was once full of hope for the official family of the Great Song Dynasty but was ruthlessly abandoned, the original favor and admiration all turned into contempt, and even hatred, even if it was both civil and military, Zhang Zhongyao, who was skilled in human feelings, was not exempt from vulgarity.

"Since he is an emperor and his behavior affects the world, he can't do anything happy. ”

Wu Yingying's tone sank, and he said: "It's been a few days since Han Cicada turned back to Jinling to contact the old department of Shenwei, and there are still those Jinling merchants, let them come to Jiujiang to see me once, so that they can accept their hearts." ”

When Jinling fell, Wu Yingying distributed the industrial coefficient of the Shenwei Army to the merchants who originally operated it, and in addition to collecting a small amount of silver and materials, they were converted into millions of IOUs. After the Song army occupied Jiangnan, these merchants quickly became friends with the newly arrived officials, and most of them were able to continue to run their original industries.

And after Wu Yingying contained the Qiang warriors in Dijinze to form the White Feather Army, he already knew the actions of the various tribes of the party well. He transferred Gouluo'an, who performed well in Xiazhou, back to Jiangnan, and contacted the southern businessmen who had originally been related to the Divine Guard Army as a big businessman who returned to his hometown. The ultimate goal was to establish a commercial network for Hexi in the Jiangnan prefectures to facilitate the sale of goods and the collection of supplies. After all, at present, Hexi is only occupying key areas and has not yet formed a vast and powerful domestic demand market. After the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, Jiangnan was already the eastern part of the Eurasian continent at this time, and it was also the most abundant place in the world with the most abundant products and people's power.

Ten days later, the capital of the Xiaowu army, Marquis Yu, was extremely depressed to learn that he would lead a thousand forbidden troops to be responsible for protection, and also to monitor the Anxi Jiedu to send Wu Yingying to the south of the Yangtze River to issue a golden plaque to the Yimen Wu clan. "Could it be that Gao De is making this guy bad?" Lin Zhong looked at the gentle and lovely lady Wang, and felt sorry for her in addition to love, and sent to the northwest for nearly two years, this cowardly Wang kept the festival for him in Bianliang. Every day, she and the maid do some needlework at home, and then let the maid take it to the market shop to sell some money to supplement the family, in addition, she also serves the old father and mother in the forest. During this period, Gao De invited fox friends to come to the door many times, but she scolded and retreated. It is also thanks to the fact that Wang is the only beloved daughter of Wang Fengguo, the former head of the forbidden army, and the forbidden army also has his father's robes.

"This time I went to Jiangnan on a business trip, and the lady likes things like southern silk and satin, pearl incense, etc., and brought it back for your husband. Lin Zhong raised his hands and let Wang, who was kneeling behind him, untie his hard leather belt for him, and asked in a deliberately gentle tone. The only advantage of being in the border area is that you can make a lot of extra money. Whether it was breaking the feudal department and letting go of the looting, or the reward of the officials on weekdays, the forest had all accumulated, he didn't dare to ask someone to piggyback back, only wrapped around his waist, and after returning to Bianliang with Dong Zunzhi, when he shook off the gold, silver and jade pieces scattered around his waist, Wang, who had never seen these many treasures, was stunned, and Lin Zhong was holding her hands full of needle eyes, and he was sad.

For a long time, there was silence behind him, "Lady?" Lin Zhong took his hands back, held his wife's waist, and rubbed gently, Wang couldn't hold back anymore, crawled on his broad tiger back, and wept. These days, she is too bitter, as soon as the forest walks, it is as if the sky is falling, although the second old man in the house does not say it, but in his heart he thinks that she is outside to show up to cause this disaster, she can only swallow her anger, force her face to serve her in-laws, Gaode outside the house has repeatedly sought opportunities to entangle, at the critical moment she almost forced each other to die, before escaping the wolf's kiss, these things, after returning from the forest, the docile Wang family did not mention a single thing. Who would have thought that the husband and wife would be together for less than two months, and Lin Zhong would leave Beijing for business.

Two days later, Zhang Zhongyao heard from the subordinates of the military department that the escort of Wu Yingying was the Xiaowu capital Yuhou Linzhong, and then sent a few sergeants of the Chengying Battalion who had been in Bianliang to inquire about the details of the forest.

"I can't imagine that this forest is the Song general who threw a spear with one hand in Liangzhou and broke the flag of the adult, and sent him to follow, didn't he intentionally touch the adult's mold?"

The war has passed, and Wu Yingying doesn't care too much about breaking the flag, but is quite interested in the grievances between Lin Zhong and Gao De, "I can't imagine that the story of Lin Chong in 'Water Margin' has such a similar original version in this world." Since I was called to run into it, I can't say that I have to take care of it. Thinking of this, Wu Yingying said in a deep voice: "This is also a good man in the forest, I can't see such a good man being humiliated in my life, can Captain Zhang think of any way? Teach that Gaode a lesson, so that he can no longer fight the idea of the lady in the forest?"