Xu Fengnian stopped for a while in Qingliang Mountain, then took the Fengzi Battalion and rode lightly to the new city that broke ground at the beginning of this year. The people who traveled with him included Xu Beitong, who had just stepped down from Lingzhou's assassin history, and Chen Xiliang, who had never been inferior in his official rank in Liuzhou.

The woman who went into the cool with him before, the king of Beiliang, his aunt Zhao Yutai accompanied Xu Weixiong, Chen Yu and the little girl in the green robe fell in love, and also stayed in Qingliang Mountain, one big and one small, they liked to throw the copper coins of the wishing lotus on the wishing lotus of Tingchao Lake when they had nothing to do, and Jia Jiajia and Xu Ying, who became playmates in Tai'an City, also began to "part ways" when they arrived at the Beiliang Wangfu , Hehe girl likes to take the two-headed tiger Kui from the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, and then run from the front of the mountain to the back of the mountain, only occasionally when she sees the woman named Lu Chengyan, she will stop and laugh happily, but Xu Ying somehow likes to listen to Wang Chudong, who is in Liyang's literary circle, tell stories, in short, Qingliang Mountain seems to be lively all of a sudden. Especially Chen Yu, who competed for the top spot with a certain Nangong on the rouge review, her arrival was just a few glimpses of people, and she was shocked, every time she appeared to take a walk by Tingchao Lake, those Beiliang Junyan under Song Dongming and Bai Yu, if anyone with sharp eyes found out, they would soon spread ten or hundred, even if the affairs at hand were busy and heavy, they could be cheeky to find some lame excuses and excuses, and flocked to the railing of the small square outside the yawu to "enjoy the scenery" , Deputy Song Jingluo turned a blind eye to this, and never made it difficult, let alone stopped this group of simple-minded young readers.

Although it successfully thwarted the invasion of the north and the south, the construction of the unprecedented new city did not stop, and even day and night, and the construction of the outer main city wall rose from the ground at an astonishing speed that was almost within the reach of the naked eye. Therefore, many scholars who went to Liang quoted scriptures and classics, and took the three large-scale conscriptions and military campaigns in the capital of the Great Chu of the previous dynasty as an example, all of which were 30 days of "resting with the people", and would never delay the people's agricultural affairs. The Qingliang Mountain group of young and strong civil officials led by Song Dongming, the deputy governor of the Northern Liang Road, scoffed at this, which caused a controversy that soon spread throughout the Northern Liang Shilin, and then in this large-scale pen battle without gunsmoke, the new city site was always in full swing. Except for Xu Fengnian, who was only a nominal general, up to the two governors of Xincheng, Li Gongde and the Mojia giant, to the six deputy supervisors including Wang Peifang, the assassin of Liangzhou, and then to the nearly 60,000 local garrisons and hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the three states in Beiliangguan, everyone turned a deaf ear to the internal affairs of the Guan, and ignored the debate on whether the construction of the new city was a waste of money and money.

Xu Fengnian and Xu Beitong and Chen Xiliang went hand in hand, and behind them were Xu Yanbing and Yu Groom, who were talking happily.

Compared with the earliest time when he was cold, Chen Xiliang was a white-faced and handsome Jiangnan scholar, his hands were covered with calluses, and he became a thin villager like black charcoal, but his eyes were shining, calm and resolute, and he said to Xu Fengnian at this time: "As long as Qingliangshan can get the silver, Liuzhou can immediately dispatch about 40,000 young people to the new city." But the lower officials hoped that in addition to not owing them wages, the prince would also be able to recognize their copyrights. We, the people of Liuzhou, are really too bitter!"

Xu Fengnian was a little embarrassed, "Silver, ......"

Xu Beitong, who was blinded, rolled his eyes, and now he has officially served as the transfer envoy set up by Beiliang Dao without permission, and said slowly: "After winning the battle against the Beimang barbarians, in addition to the two items of military pay and pension, the military merit reward directly sent down is nearly 900,000 taels, and this is still Yan Wenluan Yuluandao, these border generals, took the lead in asking for no reward, and finally Qingliangshan sent it out with silk and these objects converted into silver, otherwise the existing treasury silver of the Beiliang Mansion has bottomed out." Lingzhou side can also squeeze out millions of real money, but the purchase of grain and grass, must be put in the first place, after all, the imperial court has not yet implemented the ban on Caoyun, we don't have too much hope, taking advantage of the two Huai Road and Jing'an Road to see the wind and rudder, finally let go, as long as Lingzhou officials have a way, they are using the public silver 'private' identity to buy grain, until the last resort, Lingzhou's money, can not be moved. ”

Chen Xiliang was neither annoyed nor angry, nor did he give up, and asked: "If I don't want to be paid, is it feasible for the people of Liuzhou to exchange one year of labor for the Liangzhou household registration officially recognized by Beiliang?"

Xu Beitong thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "It is naturally feasible to stay in peacetime, but now that the war has just ended, the first batch of Liuzhou Qingzhuang who entered the Liangyou border pass, only the 20,000 homeless people who participated in the defense of Xiaguang City and the battle at Hulukou have obtained official household registration, and even those homeless people outside Liangzhou Pass who have not entered the battlefield have not received this treatment. It has always been the case that there is no inequality. ”

Chen Xiliang suddenly had a wave of anger, but it was not aimed at Xu Beiji and Xu Fengnian, looking at the desert yellow sand in the distance, his lips pursed tightly.

He remembered the battle to the death in Qingcang City, at the last moment, how many Liuzhou Qingzhuang, who came one after another, broke into the battlefield by himself, and picked up the weapons of both the Beiliang Iron Cavalry and the Beimang Barbarians at will, and died in battle? !

Xu Feng asked in a young voice: "Chen Xiliang, have you ever thought that one day in the future, Liuzhou, which has less than 300,000 people, everyone is a citizen of Liuzhou, Beiliang Province, and there is no need to risk your life to fight for a version of another state?"

Chen Xiliang took a deep breath and was silent, his eyes were in a trance, as if he was looking forward to the arrival of that day.

Many times, even Yang Guangdou, the assassin of Liuzhou, laughed and said that in the entire Liuzhou, only Chen Xiliang, an outsider who has not settled for a few years, regards himself as a Liuzhou person more than the Liuzhou people.

Xu Beitong suddenly smiled and said: "Lord Wang, you don't spend a copper plate to paint this big cake, compared to the previous big hands, now you will be much more in charge." ”

Xu Fengnian laughed heartily, his hands around his chest and did not hold the reins, his body fluctuated with the horse's back, and his expression was quite complacent.

Chen Xiliang also smiled and agreed: "It's a bit of a thrifty housekeeper." ”

After Xu Fengnian laughed, he turned his head and quipped: "Xiliang, I know that you don't care if you are a big official or a small official, but this time you keep Qingcang and Liuzhou, not to mention that you have made great contributions, and you can't run away from the most unfortunate 'indispensable contributions', if you insist on not being promoted, how can you let your colleagues who should be happily promoted to be promoted to be knighted deal with themselves? You are at ease, but they will be uncomfortable." ”

Chen Xiliang shook his head and said: "From the Thorn Shi Mansion and the Dragon Elephant Army to the soldiers of the Three Towns, the prince can reward the military merits as much as he wants, don't worry about me, the officialdom of Liuzhou is not as good as Liangzhou Lingzhou, and there are not as many twists and turns as the prince imagined." ”

Xu Fengnian said seemingly casually: "Assassin Yang Guangdou knows that he won't stay in Liuzhou for too long, and I can't bear to let this old man stay outside the plug and accompany you young officials who are in the prime of the fight to sleep in the open air. Change the dynasty', the scholars of Liang are waiting to be fed, and the local officials of Beiliang in Sanzhou should also be greedy, in the future, Liuzhou will be the only place to connect the trade channels of Liyang and the Western Regions, and it is also a transit place, and now the officials of Liuzhou are not valuable, but in the future, they may be richer than Lingzhou in the south of the Yangtze River. Yang Tingshi patted his ass and left, returned to Liangzhou to be a deputy economic envoy or something, and retired for the elderly, at that time, you 'old men' in the officialdom of Liuzhou, as well as those two or three hundred thousand homeless people, the dragons have no leader, don't you worry?"

Chen Xiliang fell silent.

Xu Beitong changed the topic and gloated: "Our God of Wealth in Beiliang claims to have traveled every inch of land in Liangliu and Liangliu in just two years, and he is also the deputy supervisor of Xincheng.

Xu Fengnian's head was big for a while.

Xu Beitong said casually: "It's okay, the saying that the bell must be tied to the bell is unreasonable, so I went to the palace on my own initiative...... Lord Wang, the palace of your future father-in-law, looking for him Wang Linquan had a good drink, resentment, there must be, their Wang family said that they went into the cold earlier than the Lu family, and in the first half of their lives, they were saddlers and horses to be pawns for the general, and in the second half of their lives, they accumulated such a large family business in Qingzhou, and as soon as the Xu family beckoned, the entire Wang family entered Beiliang with boxes and truckloads of gold and silver, and the Wang family did not ask Qingliangshan for official hats, and second, they did not open the back door with Qingliangshan, and they did the hardest business？”

Xu Fengnian sighed softly, it should be like this if it is reasonable.

Xu Beitong continued to laugh and said: "After Wang Linquan drank too much, he also said that he leaked his mouth, even if the girl in early winter did not have the life of the princess, but as long as the woman surnamed Lu was also the side princess, both of them were side princesses with no distinction between high and low, and they were not wronged in early winter." What is going on now? What does Wang Linquan mean by his words, the unsuccessful guys of the Lu family, from Lu Dongjiang, who is arrogant and arrogant, to the children of the Lu family, how many of them are good things who sincerely consider the situation of the Xu family? Isn't it just that they read more books, and as a result, their tails are cocked to the sky one by one, and they can't wait to occupy the Beiliang officialdom one by one before they stop, so that they are worthy of their noble status, a bunch of things that don't know the height of the sky!"

Seeing Xu Fengnian turn his head to look over, Xu Beitong grinned and said: "The last few sentences are naturally what I said, even if Wang Linquan poured hundreds of catties of green ant wine, he would definitely not dare to reveal his heart like this." ”

Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "I know that because of Caoyun, you also have a grudge against me, but it's almost enough, I really won't be angry when I am a muddy bodhisattva?"

Xu Beitong snorted coldly: "I will say the ugly things in front of me, Qi Yang Long is Qi Yang Long, the court is the court of the court, since Zhang Julu's death, an irreparable crack has appeared in the temple, and the situation of being suitable for the monarch and the minister is gone forever." I don't know what kind of atmosphere the small court in the capital was like at that time, and I don't know if Qi Yanglong, the first assistant of this dynasty, and Huan Wen, the second assistant, raised any objections at that time, but since Wen Ma had already left Beijing to take up his post, when the time comes, Cao Yun bumped into each other, and the emperor is far away, so what is the difficulty of finding a way to deal with the household department of the imperial court? Huan Wen is in the province of Menxia, and he is not a scholar in the Ministry of Officials!"

Xu Fengnian covered his heart and pretended to be in pain, "Oh, in Tai'an City, the internal injuries are extremely serious, my heart hurts, and my head hurts, no, I have to go back to the carriage and lie down." ”

The dignified Northwest Domain King and the Great Master of the Martial Arts Review, slipped away.

The corners of Chen Xiliang's mouth were full of smiles.

Xu Beiji turned his head and sneered loudly: "If you have the ability, lie all the way to the new city outside the gate!"

After Xu Fengnian ran away, he was speechless for a while, Xu Beitong glanced at Chen Xiliang, who was riding a horse like a walker, and laughed at himself: "I'm not as good as you when it comes to riding a horse, and my inner thighs are burning at this moment." ”

Chen Xiliang said with a smile: "Liuzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and the two post roads leading from Liangzhou Liangzhou to Qingcang City have just started, so they have to ride fast horses for everything, and they are not used to it at first, except for back pain, lying on the bed and finally falling asleep, just like a drunken person spinning around, obviously lying down, but still like ups and downs on horseback, it is very sinful." It's just that it's different now, even if there is nothing outside the city, but instead of riding a horse for dozens of miles a day, I feel that something is wrong. ”

Xu Beitong looked indifferent and said softly: " Went to the capital, that guy seems to have untied a lot of knots, he used to never paint cakes for people, most of them do have some confidence in the next Liang war, in this case, we might as well think about things in a better direction, such as Liuzhou, where you are located, as the fourth state that has been divided into the territory of Beiliang Road, the better the world, the more Liuzhou's status in Beiliang will inevitably rise, and it is impossible to say that the vast Western Regions will open up the fifth and sixth states in the future, as the bridge between Beiliang and Liyang to connect the Western Regions, Liuzhou is a nailed fragrant bait, in terms of the military, there is Xu Longxiang's Dragon Elephant Army, it is estimated that even if it is an old Liangzhou border army, it is not too embarrassed to run to grab territory, but those seats in the Liuzhou Thorn Mansion are hard to say. Not to mention it from afar, let's just say that Lingzhou, which I just left, regardless of prestige or merit, it stands to reason that Huangyan Huang Beijia, who can take advantage of the situation to step up to a higher level, doesn't he become the new assassin of Lingzhou? From now on, especially when the war is not so tense in the future, that guy will only have more things to worry about, not less. Chen Xiliang, you have finally opened up the situation in Liuzhou, whether you are for your own future or for the situation in Liuzhou, it is time to move your seat forward, the county official is not as good as the current management, let you be the deputy economic envoy, it is not as effective as being a low-grade assassin in Liuzhou. ”

Probably infected by Xu Beitong's openness and honesty, Chen Xiliang also said bluntly: "I understand the reason, in fact, when I came to Qingliangshan this time, I also thought a lot on the road, as long as the war ends, Liuzhou will not only be able to sit on an equal footing with the other three states in Beiliang Road, but may even be the top priority in the minds of the Liyang Imperial Court." ”

Xu Beitong nodded and said in a deep voice: "Yes! Once Beimang retreats and no longer dares to raise troops on the northwest border, then the imperial court may have to send a civil official to Liuzhou to help Liyang sit on the border, so it is not that Yang Shenxing is so peaceful and self-serving as the deputy envoy of Jiedu. This move seems absurd, but there are precedents to follow, and Xu Gong, the squire of the military department, patrolled the border and Liao, not to mention, so many knots made the Jingluo envoy scatter from Tai'an City, which one is a fuel-efficient lamp? Wang Xionggui, Lu Baijie, Yuan Yu, Han Lin, Wen Taiyi, and Ma Zhongxian, if they don't care about the position of the enemy or the enemy, they are actually not mediocre people. ”

Chen Xiliang frowned and said: "I'm afraid that when the time comes, the imperial court will let the Guozi Jian Zuo sacrifice wine Yao Baifeng go to Liuzhou, Yao sacrifice wine is the Beiliang people's clan, even if he is in the temple, he has always been close to Beiliang, this science master has entered the mainstream state, whether it is the palace or the officialdom, I am happy to see it." ”

Xu Beitong quickly answered: "Yes, just like Zhang Julu is in Liyang, he may not be willing to think about everything for the Zhao family, Yao and Biyan'er have a similar temperament, and when they return to Beiliang, it is inevitable that most of them will have to think about the court." ”

Chen Xiliang smiled bitterly: "It seems that I should fight for the position of not driving in Liuzhou." ”

Xu Beitong squinted his eyes and said: "Take precautions, I think it's best to take the history of the assassin into your pocket, presumably the imperial court doesn't have the cheekiness to let Yao Baifeng go back to Beiliang to be a state, right?"

Chen Xiliang smiled, "It's just right to be a strategic envoy." ”

Xu Beizhi pouted and said: "Being a strategic envoy on Qingliang Mountain? Haven't you been eaten by Song Dongming and a few of them to the bone? Not to mention that if you don't go to Liuzhou, how many Liyang officials dare to follow Yao Baifeng to Beiliang Wangfu to become officials? Don't you have to touch your neck every morning when you get up, and you are glad that your head is still on your shoulder?"

Chen Xiliang couldn't help laughing, nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Someone behind them suddenly shouted: "Tangerine, Xiliang, I suddenly feel better, why don't you take the car, and I will be a groom for you two?"

The white horse near the carriage smiled heartily.

Xu Beitong turned his head to look at his peers around him and asked, "What do you say?"

Chen Xiliang said seriously: "Yes." ”

Both riders turn their heads at the same time.

Xu Fengnian, the king of Beiliang, who was sitting in the driver's position, watched these two Beiliang strategists come slowly.

He suddenly raised his eyes into the distance.

There was a scribe who listened to the tide pavilion, and there was no grave after his death, and the ashes were scattered outside the Beiliang Pass.

Great Jiangnan, Great Jiangbei.

South Mountain South, North Liang North.

There is Jiangnan in the south, three thousand miles.

There are tombstones in Beiliang, 300,000.