"So, our deep-sea comrades will soon come here again to fight with us."

Xue San teased while adding carbon under the pot.

"Hmm."

Zheng Fan nodded, picked up the kettle next to him, and added a little more water to the white water pot.

This is a small charcoal stove hot pot, and the soup base in it is very simple.

A pinch of salt, two shallots, three slices of ginger.

The side dish is even simpler, just tender tofu and nothing else.

After the water boiled, Zheng Fan put a few pieces of tender tofu into the pot, and after boiling for a while, Zheng Fan, the blind man, and Xue San each took out a piece.

The dish is even simpler, soy sauce.

The tender tofu is dipped in a little soy sauce, and when you eat it, the taste is smooth and tender, delicious and hot.

"Hoo ......"

All three of them were puffing while eating.

The blind man took another sip of the rice wine of Yinlang County, and his expression was quite enjoyable.

"This way of eating, in winter, can be said to be quite pleasant." Xue San said with emotion.

Blind Zibei nodded and added: "Before, it was still the way for the poor to eat, because tofu was cheap. ”

But at least the demon kings in Cuiliu Castle have very good eating and drinking conditions, and occasionally come to some light and simple tastes, which can be regarded as a change of mood.

Followed by

The blind man said to Zheng Fan while putting a few pieces of tofu into it:

"Lord, what does the Lord plan to do about Zuo Jiqian?"

Zuo Jiqian had already begged to come to the door yesterday, although Zheng Fan was perfunctory, and he finally left stupidly, but after Xu Wenzu took office, this matter will definitely be over.

"Do nothing." Zheng Fan replied very sincerely.

The blind man nodded in agreement, and said, "The Lord is wise." ”

"Count the days, Xu Wenzu should enter Yinlang County today, let's go to the post station after eating, and welcome us in advance."

"Of course, the Lord is thoughtful." Blind North agreed.

In any case, Comrade Shenhai came, and before he entered Nanwangcheng to take office, he would meet in private in advance, which was a good and harmless thing.

Knowing oneself in a foreign country is a great thing in life, and it is a good story for Emeifeng and Shenhai to cooperate again on another front.

Zheng Fan can't empathize with how nervous and frightened Zuo Jiqian is, but it is predictable that after the chubby Xu Wenzu Lord Xu came here to be his top boss, Zheng Fan's life will be more comfortable.

Zheng Fan took a sip of wine and said, "Okay, then let's leave after eating." ”

In the small room, the three of them ate quite comfortably on the tender tofu hot pot, but halfway through the meal, there was a knock on the door and the sound of herbs outside:

"Master, Mr. Liang sent someone to ask, there are a lot of refugees gathered in Nanwang City, and ask us if Cuiliubao wants to accept it?"

"Refugees?" Zheng Fan put down his chopsticks and asked, "Did you say where the refugees came from?" ”

"It's from the south."

"From the south?"

The location of Cuiliu Fort is the northernmost line of Yan Kingdom, and if it comes from the south, it is obvious that it came from the Qianguo side.

Zheng Fan put down his chopsticks and said to the blind man:

"Let's go, let's take a look, and then go to the post station in advance to wait for Xu Wenzu."

…………

The team of refugees is not very large, but it is definitely not small, on both sides of the road, there are refugees, preliminary estimates, there are thousands of people.

Zheng Fan sat on horseback, and on his side, were the blind Bei and Xue San.

Xu is because the last time Zheng Fan played high, he went to Qianguo Lang once, which made the demon kings under his hands afraid, so every time Zheng Fan went out after that, he would be followed by at least two people, if the magic pill that Zheng Fan had been carrying on his body was also counted, it was the lineup of three demon kings' bodyguards.

Some of the Yan cavalry who don't know which fort is maintaining the order of the team, and at the same time leading the direction of the team.

These refugees are basically small as families and large as moving from a village to a village, and because there are many old and weak women and children, the proportion of young and strong people in them is not very high.

Xue San deliberately rode over to inquire about the situation, and came back to report:

"Lord, it is indeed from Qianguo, they originally went to Nanwangcheng, but they were re-led and assigned halfway, those cavalry are the people of Ji Retreat Fort, it is said that Zuo Jiqian ordered him to retreat from Fort, and he retreated to Forts to accept all the refugees of Qianguo."

"It's really a Qianguo person." Zheng Fan said with emotion.

This is because Qianguo has always given people the impression that it is cowardly and cowardly.

Although it is not good militarily, it has considerable advantages in terms of economy and culture.

Therefore, the people of Qianguo would actually smuggle across the border to Yan Kingdom, which really made Zheng Fan a little unexpected.

The blind man Bei noticed Zheng Fan's surprise and said:

"Lord, this is also normal, Qianguo is rich, but because of the incident of the first generation of Zhenbei Hou a hundred years ago, Qianguo has not seriously managed the three northern counties, plus there are many soldiers in the three northern counties, and the burden of labor is large, after being oppressed fiercely, for these ordinary people, it is not as easy to live as the Yan Kingdom in the north."

There are many gate valves on the side of Yan Kingdom, but these family gate valves are really not so unbearable for the fields under their control, at least, the main family will also find a way to let their families survive as much as possible, and at the same time, under the premise of their own conditions, they will also release some economic and even political benefits to share with them.

Because these farmers are actually the family's own "people", their users and political influence, including their own "private soldiers", in fact, the most fundamental source is the population of the farmers on their own land.

This is a bit similar to the kind of "public things are not wasted" in later generations, but their own things have to be cherished.

For the bureaucrats of the imperial court, the people under the rule of the imperial court are actually similar to the property of the government, but once they become their own households, they become their own private property, and their attitudes are definitely different.

In addition, in recent years, Yan has relied on the cheapness of the Silk Road and developed commerce and trade, and Yan is not like the Qianguo State that cannot really extract commercial taxes, and therefore, the Yan Imperial Court has not very high control over the local area, and secondly, it has obtained a real financial supplement from the commercial tax, which has caused the survival pressure of ordinary people under the rule of Yan State, which is indeed much smaller than the other three countries.

This is also Zheng Fan's first impression of the spiritual outlook of the nearby households when he came to Cuiliubao on the first day.

"I just don't know how the officials and literati of Qianguo will feel when they know about this."

"Lord, in fact, this can also be understood, things like culture are a bit too far away for the people at the bottom, they don't know what the big truth is, but they know how to vote with their feet.

The Song Dynasty also has a similar record, where the people in the Song Dynasty voluntarily abandoned their Song identity and fled to the Liao State to become the subjects of the Liao State. ”

"Yan is not Liao." Zheng Fan reminded.

"Yes, the Lord said so."

"Zuo Jiqian led these refugees to his Ji Retreat Fort for resettlement, probably because he wanted to behave as much as possible before Xu Wenzu took office."

The appearance of these refugees is a kind of merit in itself, proving that the mandate of heaven and the hearts of the people are not working, and Xu Wenzu has not yet taken office, which is equivalent to a wave of political achievements that have taken the initiative to come to the door.

But this is also thousands of mouths, and he has to eat every day, so Zuo Jiqian, who has the financial support of the Zuo family behind his back, dares to lead these refugees to his Ji Retreat Fort, and he comes to raise them.

It is equivalent to the Zuo family spending money to raise a political achievement for the new commander-in-chief Xu Wenzu, and Zuo Jiqian probably hopes that Xu Wenzu can look at this matter and take Zuo Jiqian's previous mistakes in the military defeat in Qianguo lightly.

"These people, don't we, right?" Zheng Fan looked at the blind north.

The blind man shook his head and said, "If all of them are young and strong, it's not that we can't accept it, but there are still so many old and weak women and children, let's not compete with him for the opportunity to perform." ”

"Yes, after all, there are enough chicken thighs in the chicken leg fort where he moved to the left."

In fact, if you really want to count the financial resources, Cuiliu Fort, which has the support of the six princes behind it, is really not afraid to retreat from the fort.

First of all, Cuiliu Fort has been completed in operation, although there are still some small details that need to be repaired and improved, and it can be repaired after the thaw in spring, and it has the ability to absorb the population. At the same time, Zheng Fan knew that in the warehouse of his fortress, there were not only some additional armor and equipment, but also a very rich grain reserve.

The six princes are really atmospheric, either they don't make a move, or if they make a move, they will definitely milk you to the bottom.

Even the blind man Bei said that the people from the trading house over there sent a message and asked why he didn't expand his troops here, which was obviously a sign from the side of the six princes.

A fortress that is responsible for garrisoning, the imperial court is generally only responsible for the military salary of 500 people, but if you have the ability, you can raise 800 people, 1,000 people, generally speaking, the imperial court will also turn a blind eye to this, and this is the current atmosphere of Yan Kingdom.

At the same time, the main attention and main contradiction of the imperial court is still on those gate valves, which are very common to rule tens of thousands of fields, and if you want, it is common to casually pull out tens of thousands of private soldiers.

It's just that Zheng Fan has always wanted to take the elite route, and it really doesn't make much sense for you to gather a lot of miscellaneous soldiers here.

It's better to wait for Emperor Yan to open the door valve before expanding, the people in the gate valve are of high quality, and they are even more meritorious after being exiled and distributed, maybe they can still receive glowing cubs in the future, isn't it much more useful than relying on these peasant soldiers to make up the numbers?

"Actually, the subordinates feel that there is a little abnormal, in previous years, there were people on the side of Qianguo who fled to Yan to beg for a living, but this year, because the lord went there before the winter to stimulate Qianguo, it stands to reason that the border army of Qianguo is unbearable, and there is no problem in the nest, and there are many flints on the border, and small groups of smuggling are okay, and all of a sudden these thousands of people are smuggled over together, and there may be a secret trick of the Qianguo people."

Secret tricks, that is, spies, and there may be quite a few of them.

"Let's not talk about the quality of the border army in Qianguo, but the silver-armored guards over there, at least give me the impression that they are not bad, and they also allocate wives."

"Huh." The blind man Bei also smiled, "Actually, his subordinates feel that Zuo Jiqian should also know that there must be a time bomb in this, but now he is full in one breath and then speaks, and he doesn't care if he will have diarrhea in the future." ”

"Okay, don't look at it, let's go to the post station and wait for Xu Chubby."

met with Comrade Shenhai in advance, Zheng Fan still decided not to make too much fanfare, so he also brought the blind man Bei and Xue San to go, without bringing soldiers and horses.

The three of them rode their horses and marched from afternoon to dusk, and then arrived at the post station on the outskirts of Yincheng.

Nanwangcheng is the well-deserved largest city in Yinlang County, but Yincheng is the capital of Yinlang County, but like some provincial cities in later generations, it has no sense of existence.

Yan Guo's post station receives officials who are on duty and is responsible for the messenger to prepare horses and entertain, but it is not that it does not do business with the outside world, from Beifeng County to Cuiliubao on the way, Zheng Fan has also lived in many post stations, and I feel that most of the post stations are similar to the comprehensive hotels of later generations, and the officials do not have to pay.

Because it was not a tolerance, and he deliberately wanted to cover up his relationship with Xu Wenzu, Zheng Fan chose to "pay for himself", considering that he would have to talk for a lot more time after meeting Xu Wenzu, so Zheng Fan simply asked for two rooms.

When ordering wine and food, Xue San was in charge of going up to talk and ask the guest from Beifeng County which room he was in.

Because Xu Wenzu's physical characteristics are too obvious, it is easy to talk about it, and the news I got is that Xu Wenzu and his party have chartered a first-class hospital.

Well, as the newly appointed chief soldier of Nanwang City, this card is still there.

It's just that when Zheng Fan went to the first-class courtyard to explain his intention to the pro-soldiers at the gate there, the pro-soldiers replied that Xu Wenzu went out to visit friends in the afternoon and would probably not come back until the night.

As for who the friends he visited were, where they lived, and the guards who stayed here were not clear.

There was no way, Zheng Fan and the three of them could only hastily eat the dinner prepared by the post station, and then rest and wait in their respective rooms first.

Xue San gave some silver to the little officials in the post station, and asked him to report when he saw Xu Wenzu come back.

This doesn't have to worry about being suspected, because every day people who want to "bump into" dignitaries in the post station, but some of them are obviously commonplace.

Blind Zibei and Xue San lived in the same room, and Zheng Fan lived next door to them alone.

Fortunately, Director Zheng is also a small "soil emperor" in Cuiliubao, and no one will keep track of the director's attendance, so there is no problem in staying outside for a day and not going back.

Lying on the bed, Zheng Fan made a bow posture with both hands, and experienced it over and over again.

This month, with Ah Ming accompanying him to practice archery, Zheng Fan felt that he had made great progress, but he still couldn't grasp the square inch well when it came to the release of qi and blood.

Jiupin martial artists, in the eyes of ordinary people, can be regarded as masters, and in the army, they can also mix the position of the leader of small soldiers, but Zheng Fan knows that it is sometimes really difficult to rely on this cultivation to save his life.

On his own trip to Qianguo, there was more than one martial artist killed in the battle array.

Zheng Fan felt that at least the level of cultivation of Shatuo Que Shi was enough to ensure his safety, in fact, if Sha Tuo Que Shi was not bent on death, it would have been really difficult to hang up.

Lying on the bed over and over again, "having an arrow in your heart is better than no arrow in your hand", the time, before you know it, is late at night.

Zheng Fan was a little worried that Xu Wenzu wouldn't stay with his friends tonight and not return to the post station, right?

Or maybe the friend was actually a widow who used to be a good friend?

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

At the door, there was a soft knock.

Zheng Fan thought it was Xue San or the blind man at first, got up and got out of bed, and opened the door.

After opening it, I found that standing at the door was a short and fat woman who thought she was in her forties, and the woman's face was smeared with a thick layer of fat powder, greasy and greasy.

"My lord, do you need someone to accompany you at night?"

Therefore, the service of hotel rooms in later generations has actually existed for a long time in ancient times, right?

Zheng Fan stretched out his hand and pointed at the woman,

Road:

"You're coming?"

"Ouch, look at what you said, of course it's not a concubine, there are a lot of little ladies under the concubine, the pretty horses of the Jin Kingdom, the skinny horses of Xiahang, the noble horses of the Chu Kingdom, the fierce horses of our Yandi, the concubines can all have them under their hands, my lord, you can tell the concubine body which one you want to choose, and later, the girl will come up and make sure you are satisfied."

The girls of the Jin Kingdom are pretty and have a good figure, and the thin horses in Xiahang are already extremely famous, even the Qianhuang has accepted the three sisters of the Yang family in Xiahang in one go, and there are many nobles in the Chu State who have been inherited for hundreds of years, because of the internal dumping, there are often noble girls who come out, as for whether they are really noble girls, no one knows, but at least people will pretend to be like a noble girl to serve you, the fierce horse of Yandi is as the name suggests.

To be honest, there is one of the world's most outstanding mommy Siniang at home, Zheng Fan really has no interest in playing wild food outside, even if he really wants to fight, how can the little red whisk girls trained by Siniang be worse than those outside?

again

There are two of his own subordinates living next door, and there is a blind man who can play "live broadcast" for you even if it is separated by a wall, how can Zheng Fan find service here?

"The official is tired, no need."

"Then the concubine will be disturbed."

Fat Mommy said hello to Zheng Fan very knowingly, turned to leave, and soon, there was a knock on the door next door.

Followed by

Xue San's voice came,

I only heard Xue San shouting excitedly:

"I want it, I want it all, just one of the same!"

"Master, you wait, the girls will be here soon."

After saying that, the fat mommy went downstairs, probably calling the girl.

Zheng Fan walked out of the door and stood in the corridor on the second floor, Xue San also walked out at this time, and when he saw Zheng Fan, he showed shame on his face.

"Have fun, let the blind come to my room."

Zheng Fan himself has four mothers, although he has not been able to get on the base, but the mood of playing needlework is also wonderful, so he can't eat enough but let his subordinates be hungry all the time.

Xue San shook his head and walked from the door to Zheng Fan, because the floor on the second floor was a little old, so there was a "squeak" sound on the floor of the corridor when he came.

"Lord, do you hear me?" Xue San asked in a low voice.

Zheng Fan suddenly understood.

"It's such a short and small person, the floor has to make a noise when you walk here, and the fat mommy just now didn't move at all when she walked over."

"It seems that someone sneaked in and wanted to be unfavorable to Xu Wenzu."

Then he can be regarded as Xu Wenzu's savior, and he has caught up with himself.

But it's ridiculous to think about it, when he was outside the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, Zheng Fan wanted to kill Xu Fatpang, and for this reason, he also dispatched the barbarian royal court Zuogu Liwang,

As a result, Xu Fatpang coincidentally got off the carriage at that time to pull the arrow,

It's literally luck.

But now, Xu Fatpang wants to be his top boss, and he who originally wanted to kill him now wants to protect him.

At this time, the little official with a lantern downstairs came out, shook the lantern at Zheng Fan, who was standing in the corridor above, and then left.

This is to tell Zheng Fan that Xu Wenzu has returned, because he lives in the courtyard, so he does not go through the gate of the post station.

At this time, the blind man Bei also came out of the room and looked at Zheng Fan.

"Lord, hurry up and remind Xu Wenzu and let him be prepared."

Zheng Fan nodded and went downstairs alone, as for Xue San and Blind Zibei, they didn't go with Zheng Fan, they should be responsible for the reception of the periphery.

The pro-soldiers at the gate of the first-class courtyard have been replaced, and it should be that the pro-soldiers who accompanied Xu Wenzu to visit friends during the day have just changed their guards.

can go out with Xu Wenzu to visit friends during the day and be responsible for safety, it must be a pro-soldier among the pro-soldiers, and these two pro-soldiers actually recognize Zheng Fan, seeing Zheng Fan actually appear here, the two were stunned at first, and then immediately showed a look of vigilance, and even put their hands on the hilt of the knife,

"Captain Zheng, is that you?"

A pro-soldier asked.

"It's Zheng, I'm tired of telling Ming Zhenggong, Zheng is visiting."

If it was someone else, who wanted to vote for the ranking, wanted to mix up the relationship and wanted to leave, the pro-soldiers might have stopped Xu Wenzu when he came back and was tired, but seeing that it was Zheng Fan, this was the opponent of his own adult's angry teeth, but they didn't dare to slack off, and one of the pro-soldiers immediately went in to pass the ceremony.

"Let him in, quick, let him in."

Xu Wenzu's voice came from inside, and he was also walking quickly towards the door.

The soldiers at the door no longer blocked him, Zheng Fan walked in and saw a huge mountain of meat pressing towards him.

Xu Wenzu lost a lot of weight on the way back from the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei, but now it seems that he has completely made up for it, and it is better than before.

This is Yinlang County, not Beifeng County, and the nearby areas are guarded by his trusted soldiers, so Xu Wenzu is very open, and he walked over with a smile to greet Zheng Fan.

Zheng Fan didn't have the time to confide in Xu Wenzu about the joy of meeting comrades again,

directly lowered his voice and said quickly:

"My lord, be careful, this post house has been mixed with assassins who want to assassinate your lord, and you will come to inform your lord as soon as you get the news."

"Ahh

"Ahh

At this moment,

Two screams came from the outer wall of the courtyard, apparently Xu Wenzu's own soldiers were shot.

To Zheng Fan's surprise, he originally thought that the assassin would poison and sneak in, or rely on door-to-door service to get close to Xu Wenzu.

But I really didn't expect it,

The assassin actually came to the door with a big grin.

meantime

Outside there was another loud shout:

"Yan Dog Zheng Fan, blood debt and blood repayment, take your life to !!"

"............" Xu Wenzu.

"............" Zheng Fan.