But what the emperor thought of, Taishi Xu's relatives also thought of.

They think even more.

This battle, if His Royal Highness the King of Han wins again, won't it make him more famous? In the military, the people are more popular?

And it's too much of a slap in the face!

Min Bai was resolutely not the main fighter before, because they had to fight, but now if they lose, they will beg for help, why can't they pull their faces?

And what if Min Bai takes the opportunity to demand the recovery of Daizhou's coal mining rights? It's a black gold mine, and they haven't caught enough of it, and they don't want to stop.

So even though they knew that Min Bai was the most suitable candidate, they were the first to abandon him out of consideration for their own interests.

"Recommended by the old minister, General Yan of Jiangzhou!"

Xu Taishi also has a good reason.

Ganzhou quelled the turmoil, and General Yan also made meritorious contributions.

Although it is a little smaller, the veteran is out of the horse, a top two, more calm, isn't it?

Moreover, Yu Liang, the prefect of Jiangzhou, is shrewd and capable, and Wucheng is rich, so he is responsible for ensuring the supply of grain and grass materials needed for the second transfer of troops.

Emperor Yan Cheng originally had a bad impression of Yu Liang because of Min Bai's previous complaint, but now it is indeed the time to employ people. If the capital has to transfer tens of thousands of people of grain and grass materials, it is really unaffordable.

After much thought, I agreed to this plan.

It's just that for the sake of insurance, the emperor transferred Gu Zhan's younger brother, and Gu Yan brought a thousand soldiers from Daizhou to assist General Yan in the battle.

The emperor is thinking that it will be more secure for them to be old and young, calm and sharp.

So the two holy decrees, with the wind and snow on their heads, were hurriedly sent to Jiangzhou and Daizhou.

Jiangzhou Yu Liang received it, and felt that it was a good time to make meritorious contributions, so he went to join forces with General Yan.

But when Daizhou received the holy decree, Gu Zan was uneasy, and immediately took his younger brother Gu Yan and found Shangguan Ling for advice.

This battle seems simple, and Dayan has the advantage. But in the end, it is a foreign war, and there is no one at the right time, place, and people, and it is difficult to say if it really wants to fight.

Shangguan Ling was not easy to say directly, and only gave Gu Yan a sentence, "The general is outside, and the king's order is still not subject to it." Don't be too honest. ”

Gu Zan understood three points.

This is to say that there are too many leaders, what's the matter, take care of your own life first. Don't take the plunge and let people pick on you.

But Gu Yan was young and didn't know the dangers of the world, so he couldn't understand it, "Since the emperor asked me to go, I have to obey the dispatch." And as a general, if you don't take the lead, how to lead the troops? ”

Even if he is a close brother, but there are many eyes and ears in the barracks, and he is urging him to leave, Gu Zan can't tell his younger brother in detail. can only explain to him that everything is flexible and flexible, use his brains more, and don't treat others as His Royal Highness the King of Han.

Gu Yan didn't take it to heart.

secretly thought about how to fight infighting, but when they went out, they were all Dayan's soldiers and people, and they must have the same goal, so they still laughed with white teeth.

"As long as my brother prepares me more of the mutton anointment, my brother will definitely win a big battle. Win glory for the country and fight for the Gu family! ”

Gu Zan patted him on the shoulder, his eyes were worried, and he smiled reluctantly, "I have brought you everything in stock." Brother doesn't ask you to make much merit, just ask you to return home safely. ”

"Thank you, brother! Wait for me to have good news. ”

Gu Yan stepped on the war horse, with a vigorous young smiling face, and a thousand soldiers, and went away in the wind and snow.

At this time, Shangguan Ling in the other room looked down at the hexagram and was worried.

The dragon is trapped in shallow water, and it is fierce!

However, these major military events are not well understood by ordinary people.

For example, in Huzhou, there is a queen mother village.

There is a queen mother cave in the back mountain of the village, the scenery is excellent, I heard that it is still the place where the queen mother once came and came to play. But the people here have been extremely poor for thousands of years.

Dozens of families in the village are so poor that most of them can't get enough to eat.

But it's nothing, the famous lazy man in the village, Niu Da, often hangs on his lips.

"I can't get enough to eat. What's the difference between being hungry a little more and being hungry less? It's better to save effort. ”

Although it is a crooked reason, there are quite a few people who listen to it.

Now that the autumn harvest is over, except for a very few hard-working people in the village, they still do some odd jobs, and the rest of the families are in the cat winter.

The women got together and talked about the shortcomings of the parents, the rights and wrongs of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. The men gambled a little money and drank two sips of bad wine, but they were happy.

It's just that on this day, I suddenly heard the jingle and the bells of the merchants, and the children suddenly rushed out to see the excitement.

Well, voila, don't want money. They couldn't afford it, so they went with the children.

For a while, I heard the children shouting outside, arousing the fathers and grandmothers of each family.

"There's a new merchant, and you don't need money for things!"

What?

And such a good thing?

Most of the villagers don't believe it, but they can't resist their curiosity, as well as the pull of their own children. Finally, I pulled my shoes out to see the excitement.

Sure enough, I saw a baby-faced little merchant, carrying a burden and smiling.

Outside the thick cotton jacket, there is also a festive big red jacket, on which is written a bucket of large ink characters.

The most knowledgeable seven masters in the village looked at it for a long time before they recognized the big character of the bucket, which was a "Chinese" character.

Only in the burden of this new merchant, it is not the common needle and thread, salt and sugar lamp oil. Rather—

Book!

It's not just an ordinary book, it's all a small picture album.

Looking at the villain above, the children couldn't put it down. I was also curious to identify, what was this doing, what was being done.

Babyface doesn't dislike their dirty hands either, just look at them as they look. It was only when the people in the village were almost here that he cleared his throat and spoke.

"Folks, I know that everyone is illiterate, and no one wants this book for you. But do you want any of these things? ”

Suddenly, he opened another basket, but inside was snow-white maltose, a sewing kit with needles and threads, a small salt bag wrapped in oiled paper, and a lanolin paste to wipe his hands and face, and bundles of Shuanghe stone pens.

Wow!

The villagers' eyes lit up, "These things don't cost money?" What are you going to get in exchange? ”

Babyface smiled, pointed to the album and said, "Read the book, make manure." ”

"What do you mean, tell me clearly?"

Babyface said that these small albums can be borrowed for free for two months, but something must be done about it.

It is to dig a pit in their own fields, collect manure and rotten grass and dead leaves, make fertilizer, and bury them deep under their own fields.

After two months, as long as the work is done, the new little merchant can give them a new album after acceptance, and you can also give them a small gift package for any of the above.

And now, Babyface will teach them on the spot, teaching them to learn from the ten slips in this little album.

As long as someone can slip a smooth mouth before he leaves the Queen Mother Village, he can get a maltose that both adults and children love to eat.

Ten of them have been memorized, which is ten.

Two months later, when he came to collect the book, if he could still memorize the next one, it would still be a maltose.

Of course, if you can memorize more than five songs, you can change a small gift bag, and if you memorize them all, it will be three.