After planning for many days, when the school was on vacation in mid-March, Han Yan led the sturdy hunters of Badger Village to hunt in the mountains and forests north of Badger Village that he had seen in advance.

Because this nameless mountain forest is far away from the border between Warat and the Great Zhou, although the Warat people often intrude on the borderlands, they have not dared to go deep into this place. So along the way, just as Han Yan said, half of the Waluo figure has never been seen.

For the sake of safety, the hunters of the badger village and the surrounding cottages rarely come and go here to hunt, so the wild beasts in the mountains and forests are infested from time to time, they can be seen everywhere, they are very easy to find, and there are very many of them.

The ones who came were all good archers from the badger village, and since they entered the mountains and forests, almost no arrow missed.

Therefore, after only half a day's effort, everyone returned with a full load, talking and laughing all the way, very happy and excited.

When I returned to the village, I had to talk to everyone who had been looking forward to it for a long time, and that there were many wild beasts in the mountains and forests, and how easy it was to hunt.

Those who had been hesitant at first, when they heard these words and saw the prey piled up into a small mountain, couldn't help but be moved, and they wanted to hunt for themselves.

With the great victory on the first day and the return with a full load, when Han Yan led the crowd to hunt in the mountains and forests north of Badger Village on the second day, basically no one hesitated, hesitated, and obeyed the crowd.

There was even a proposal to march further north to catch more prey, but Han Yan vetoed it.

"There are a lot of wild beasts in the mountains and forests here, enough for everyone to set up a hunting place for more than a month, and there is no need to venture further north at this time." Han Yan smiled and dissuaded everyone, "What we want is to hunt a lot, so that the family can be rich and worry-free, and we don't want to occupy the mountains and become kings, and we don't have to be limited to the size of the territory." ”

The most important thing is that he has not surveyed the places further north in advance, and he cannot ensure absolute safety, so how can he rashly lead everyone there?

Han Yan was right, everyone didn't refute it, and some people even followed his words and joked: "When Mr. Han is going to occupy the mountain and claim the king, I will definitely follow you to the death, and follow you to expand the territory and conquer the Quartet!" ”

Everyone laughed out loud, and you were talking about it very lively.

Han Yan was silent with a smile on the side, but he was thinking in his heart that although he didn't want to occupy the mountain and be the king, he wanted to give Xiao Wangzhi the mountain of Dazhou. I hope that when the time comes, these people will still remember their jokes today, join the army, expel the Tartars, and protect the peace of the Great Zhou border.

After going back and forth a few times, after everyone was familiar with the topography of the mountains and forests here, Han Yan no longer led the team, and everyone moved freely.

He took Shu Yu with him and rode around the mountains and forests on horseback, surveying the terrain and drawing a map of the terrain here.

Shu Yu did not hide his identity as a traverser, and after thinking about how to explain it to Han Yan, he told him all the modern methods he knew about surveying the terrain.

Although Han Yan was amazed, he never doubted it, and always thought that Shu Yu was talented and intelligent, and his endowment was abnormal.

By the time March had passed, the people in the village had already turned around the northern hills near Badger Mountain, and the results were fruitful, and the income of each household had increased a lot compared with the previous year.

Han Yanhe has also used the drawing method of modern topographic maps to depict the whole picture of the nearby mountains in detail and imprint them in his mind.

The fruitful results gave everyone great encouragement and confidence, and without Han Yan's suggestion, some people took the initiative to ride horses into the mountains and forests further north to hunt.

Han Yan had already taken the first step to survey the surrounding hills, confirming that there was no danger, so he did not stop everyone.

Seeing that although everyone was eager to increase their income, they consciously wandered around the northern part of Badger Mountain every time they hunted, and did not rashly sneak into the mountains and forests further north at the junction with Warat, Han Yan secretly admired.

How many people can remain calm and calm and rational in the face of the huge benefits at their fingertips?

Seeing this, Han Yan no longer worried about everyone, and took the time to concentrate on dealing with the newly established communication between the capital and Liaodong Mansion.

At the end of February, Wang Yaozu inspected all the way to the capital, and he didn't have time to rest, so he simply freshened up, and then went straight to Gujing Lane with the letter entrusted by Han Yan.

All the way to the Yuji Teahouse, Wang Yaozu went in to reveal his identity to the shopkeeper Yu, and handed over Han Yan's letter.

Shopkeeper Yu had already been instructed by Zhuang Xian, and when he saw the style of the envelope and fire paint, he knew that the letter was written to Zhuang Xian, so he first stabilized Wang Yaozu and instructed Xiao Er to entertain carefully, and he took the letter and hurried out of the shop, all the way out of Gujing Lane, and went straight to the Hanlin Academy.

At this time, Zhuang Xian should be on duty in the Hanlin Academy.

Wang Yaozu saw it through the window, and he became more and more sure that Han Yan and Yu had the guidance of a master behind him, and he became more and more confident in this business.

Then he sat down to drink tea with peace of mind, and waited for the shopkeeper Yu to come back from the master's idea, and then discuss the matter of cooperation.

Shopkeeper Yu went all the way to the Hanlin Academy, reported his name and surname, covered the letter in his arms, and paced back and forth anxiously at the gate.

Xie Zhiyi got off the sedan chair and saw an elderly person pacing back and forth restlessly at the gate of the Hanlin Academy, looking anxious, so he kindly stepped forward and asked, "This old man, but what's the difficulty?" ”

Shopkeeper Yu was thinking about his thoughts, and when he was greeted so violently, he was suddenly startled and took a step back.

When he saw clearly that the person who came was wearing an official uniform and his grade was not low, he was suddenly even more nervous, and bowed down in fear: "Xiaomin has seen ...... adults."

was only halfway through the worship, and the person was helped up by Xie Zhiyi himself.

"Don't be afraid, old man." Xie Zhiyi smiled kindly, and said warmly, "What's the difficulty, just tell the official, the official ......."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a surprised greeting at the door: "Lord Xie! ”

When Xie Zhiyi heard the sound and looked over, he saw Zhuang Xian standing at the gate with a surprised face, his eyes wandering over him and his father-in-law.

Xie Zhiyi got up and calmly explained what had just happened.

Zhuang Xian smiled and praised: "Lord Xie really loves the people like a son. ”

Xie Zhiyi laughed and said, "Senior Brother Zhuang is really naughty. ”

Shopkeeper Yu listened to the greetings between the two, covered the letter in his arms, and sweated in a hurry.

The "prince" is still waiting for him to reply in the Yuji Teahouse, but now is obviously not the time to speak......

When he was churning and tangling, he heard Zhuang Xian yelling at him impatiently: "Isn't it just a few meals of tea?" Will the official still fail to repay the debt? You actually chased you into the yamen......"

As he spoke, the person had already walked to Shopkeeper Yu irritably, turned his back to Xie Zhiyi, and quietly stretched out his hand.