Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Imperial Court Comes

The afterglow of the battle of Xiangyang is slowly dissipating with the passage of time, in the troubled times, the people's adaptability is always the strongest, without the threat of the Mongols, the boulder that has been suppressed in the heart is gone, the entire Xiangyang and even the entire Great Song Dynasty, because of this victory, has obtained a rare respite, although Sichuan, Huainan still clash from time to time, even if the Mongols have experienced a fiasco, they are still strong, on the other hand, the defenders of the Song Dynasty, the victory of Xiangyang did not bring too much morale to the other defenders, Still beaten by the Mongol army and unable to raise his head.

Li Xuan on the third day after Huang Rong gave birth to the dragon and phoenix fetus, after officially recognizing the righteous son and daughter, he left in a hurry, busy with military affairs, not just talking, because of the victory in Xiangyang, the Mongols were unable to draw more troops to fight back for a while, making the area of Xiangyang now a rare paradise in the Great Song Dynasty, plus Li Xuan continued to reduce taxes, and promulgated several policies to benefit the people, although in a short period of time, these policies are just empty words, but for those displaced people in the war, At least there was a rush, and many Han people in the vicinity, who were oppressed by the Mongols and despaired of life, began to migrate to the area from Nanyang to Xiangyang.

Coupled with the continuous gathering of displaced people around,Just how to settle these displaced people who came over,It took Li Xuan a lot of energy,Fortunately,There is experience in the operation of the Tianlong plane and the Three Kingdoms plane and even the school plane,A set of effective plans have already been summed up,Although busy,But it is orderly,Nanyang、Xinye、Xiangyang、Chaozhou、The population of the five places in Dengzhou has almost doubled during this time,Fortunately, with the preparation time of the previous year,Li Xuan has already established his own business network in the Great Song Dynasty, With advanced business ideas, a large amount of capital has been gathered. is enough to fill this huge financial loophole, otherwise, even if those top magnates in the Great Song Dynasty take over this stall and fund it with their families, they will definitely not be able to support it in the early stage.

Nanyang. Taishou House.

With the support of Li Xuan, the former Mongolian naval army, now completely under Li Xuan's account, Li Xuan added 30,000 naval troops, and his strength was even stronger.

The surrender of Mongolia in the past, in the end. It was also forced to be cornered by Jia Yidao, and he had to do it as a last resort, although there was a loss in the big festival, but his feelings were pitiful, not to mention that Li Xuan was now at the time of employing people, Liu Quaneng was entrusted with a heavy task by Kublai Khan, and his own ability was still enough to be sure, and he first betrayed the Song Dynasty. Now he has rebelled against the Mongols, if he rebels again. The world is so big, I'm afraid there is no place for him.

At this moment, Liu Cheng is reporting the harvest of this period in front of Li Xuan's case, although the Mongolian naval army is not as well-equipped as the Great Song Dynasty naval army, but now Mongolia is rich in the world, far from being a corner of peace. The small court of the Southern Song Dynasty that lasted for a long time was comparable, and Kublai Khan spared no effort to support the construction of the naval army in order to unify the Central Plains, but now it is cheaper than Li Xuan, under the integration of Liu Quan. Li Xuan's navy in his hands now has begun to take shape, and with the help of several shipbuilders excavated from Xiangyang, even compared with the Great Song Dynasty sailors, he has the power to fight.

What surprised Li Xuan even more was that Nanyang, as Kublai Khan's logistics center, had raised a large number of war horses, which was enough for Li Xuan to establish a cavalry.

"Lord Wang, a court envoy is here, waiting outside the door for summons." Luo Feng strode in.

"But the kneeling general?" Li Xuan looked at Luo Feng's not very good-looking face, and asked with a smile, when Luo Feng's family was destroyed, although the first evil has been punished, there are still many fish that have slipped through the net, among them, this kneeling general can't get out of the way, so that Luo Feng, who has always been calm and steady, shows this expression, and there is only the other party.

"Not bad." Luo Feng nodded, and in his eyes, there was a faint flame beating.

"Pass him in." Li Xuan nodded, looked at Luo Feng and said, "Arrange for two teams of sword and axe men to come in and catch the wind for our kneeling general." ”

"No!" A cruel smile flashed on Luo Feng's face, and after a bang, he strode away.

"King Xiangyang, I haven't seen you for a few months, your days are very moist, but I don't know if you still remember your old friends?" Xia Gui came in, but he was not in a hurry to read out the holy decree, looked at Li Xuan, and said in a strange manner.

"Bold! In front of the prince, please also pay attention to etiquette! Luo Feng stared at Xia Gui coldly and said in a cold voice.

"Presumptuous, I am an angel of the court, the same as the Qincha, and the official is one level higher, what are you? also barked in front of the envoy, King Xiangyang, how did you bring this person!? I don't understand the rules at all! Xia Gui glanced at Luo Feng with slanted eyes, looked at Li Xuan dissatisfiedly and asked.

"Is General Xia questioning this king?" Li Xuan got up, condescending, and looked down at Xia Gui.

"You ......" The arrogant expression on Xia Gui's face froze, and in the face of Li Xuan's cold gaze, he instinctively felt a chill, and unconsciously withdrew a step, and then thought of his identity, with a look of shame and anger on his face, he took a step forward, and raised the holy decree in his hand and said: "I am the envoy of the imperial court......"

"Got it, what will the Great Song Emperor gave you? Or what means does Jia Rudao want to use to seek the results of the war, read it and listen to it? Li Xuan waved his hand, interrupted Xia Gui's words, and said casually: "This king is very busy, and he doesn't have time to talk to General Xia. ”

"Do you want to ......" Xia Gui's heart was cold, Li Xuan's attitude was a little different from what he expected, the two words that came to his mouth were swallowed back by him raw, and the original arrogant momentum disappeared in an instant, and he looked around carefully, faintly, he seemed to hear the sound of dense footsteps outside the hall and the sound of armor colliding, and his face turned pale in an instant.

"What do I think? Go on. Li Xuan raised his eyelids, still looking careless, but the cold meaning made Xia Gui's eyes tremble, and he was a little unstable.

"Uh...... The last general is also acting on orders, and there is no disrespect at all, and where he collides, he also hopes that Wang Ye Haihan. The rugged face instantly changed to a flattering smile, not only Luo Feng, but even Liu Cheng, who was standing silently on the side, looked at each other with a thick disdain in his eyes.

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On the other side, in Xiangyang City, Jiang Tao, who came with Xia Gui, did not follow Xia Gui to Nanyang to announce the decree, he had more important things to do.

"Jiang Gongzi is afraid to be disappointed this time, now in this Xiangyang City, although Lu is named the city guard, but it is even more difficult to control the army, the generals who guarded Xiangyang in the past have now been squeezed out of the military camp one after another, and now the Xiangyang army is controlled by his descendants, my words as the city guard, hehe...... Maybe it's not as useful as Guo Jing's words. Lu Wenhuan accompanied Jiang Tao and said with a bitter smile.

"Oh? Guo Jing? Jiang Tao looked at Lu Wenhuan puzzled: "I have also heard of this person, although he is a righteous man, he does not have an official position, how can he be qualified to be involved in the army?" ”

Lu Wenhuan's eyes flashed with a cold light, and then said with a wry smile: "The prince doesn't know, that Guo Jing has a very good personal relationship with the king of Xiangyang, and even this time the king of Xiangyang can successfully grasp the power of Xiangyang, this person has made great efforts, although the king of Xiangyang is far away in Nanyang, but there is this Guo Jing in Xiangyang City, but it is as stable as Mount Tai, even if we have the will of the imperial court, I am afraid we will not be able to interfere." ”

"Oh?" glanced at Lu Wenhuan lightly, but Jiang Gongzi was noncommittal, and continued to walk on the street, admiring the prosperous scene around him.

"Mother, do you see if Xiang'er is hungry, why is she always crying?" A crisp voice like a yellow warbler attracted Jiang Tao's attention, and he looked at it with a stunned gaze.

"It's the wrong posture you're holding." Huang Rong took the swaddling clothes from Guo Fu's hands with some dissatisfaction, and said angrily.

"Who is that woman?" Licking his somewhat dry lips, the lustful look in Jiang Tao's eyes flashed, and he turned his head and looked at Lu Wenhuan.

"Oh, this is the former leader of the Beggar Gang, and also Guo Jing's wife, Huang Rong, and the girl next to her is her daughter." Lu Wenhuan looked in the direction of Huang Rong's mother and daughter, and then looked at Jiang Tao, a sneer suddenly flashed in his eyes, but his face was still the same, and he explained to Jiang Tao.

"Oh?" Jiang Tao's eyes flickered a few times, nodded, but did not speak, glanced at the direction of Huang Rong's mother and daughter a little greedily, turned around and strode away without looking back.

"Mother, isn't that Lu Chengshou? How did you go? Guo Fu found Lu Wenhuan's back, and asked Huang Rong with some doubts.

Huang Rong's cultivation is not weak, but she has been keenly aware of Jiang Tao's gaze before, and at this time, looking at the backs of the two leaving, she has some ominous feelings in her heart, and shook her head and said: "Lord Lu is probably in a bad mood, Fu'er, my mother is also tired, let's go back." ”

"Oh!"

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Nanyang, Xia Gui didn't even bring his entourage, ran out of the city, glanced at the direction of Nanyang City with palpitations, with a sense of shame and anger on his face, and finally didn't say a word, tightened the reins in his hand, and galloped away in the direction of Xiangyang. (To be continued......)