Since Chen Baxian learned from him, Gao Yan dispatched a new generation of famous generals of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Hu Lawyers' Association, to the south, leading tens of thousands of 'elite' Rui Northern Qi Northern Xinjiang Zhen troops who had defeated the Turkic invasion, and the troops were directed at Qizhou, where Wang Yong was stationed.

Since the beginning of Jiankang, Wang Ze's heart has always been hanging, and he hurried to Jiaozhou Port along the way, but Shen Sanshui innocently 'made' the sentence, "The Qi army did not come to attack!" Wang Ze was suddenly confused by Shen Sanshui's answer, and he couldn't score the southeast and northwest.

Before, Chen Ba first told himself that the Hu Lawyers Association had already led a large army south from Shuozhou in February, but Shen Sanshui actually said that Northern Qi did not come to attack Qizhou.

Does someone lie? Or was the attack of the Northern Zhou in the west too powerful, and the Northern Qi coordinated Hu Lu to the battlefield with the Northern Zhou?

Wang Ze was the first to deny the previous speculation, Chen Ba deceived himself first, it was no good, he couldn't do it! And Shen Sanshui, an honest man, couldn't lie to himself, and then Wang Ze asked Shen Sanshui again.

Shen Sanshui's 'color' on Wang Ze's question was difficult: "At the end of last month, the general did receive a military report from Qizhou, saying that a large number of Qi troops of unknown number came from Jizhou to Pingyuan County to station, but there was no movement of the Qi army behind it, and there was no news from Qizhou, nor did he receive any military reports from other places where the Qi army attacked!" ”

Hearing Shen Sanshui's answer, Wang Ze was surprised, he didn't know what the hell Northern Qi was doing, didn't he know the sentence "Binggui is fast"? Even if it is a suspicious strategy, there is no extra army available south of the river, and it is all contained by several generals of Chen Baxian.

However, Qizhou did not send another army report, thinking that the Northern Qi army did not continue to attack, otherwise it would be impossible to have no reaction, although it is not clear what happened, but Wang Ze was sure that Qizhou was still safe.

Now that Qizhou is still safe and sound, Wang Ze's heart relaxed slightly: "Captain Shen, where are my Third Uncle Zhu, Second Uncle Cheng and my mother now?" ”

Shen Sanshui bowed and said: "Since last autumn, after Zhu Santou was in good health, he began to be responsible for resettling the people in Jiaolai, east of Qingzhou. ”

Because there is a lot of flat land in Jiaolai, and the river irrigation is also abundant, the hundreds of thousands of people from the Yellow River to Jishui have all been resettled in the flat land from Jiaozhou to Qingzhou.

Then Shen Sanshui thought about it and said: "Last month, I heard that Zhu San's leaders were still resettled in Gaomi County, urging them to cultivate 'spring' wheat as soon as possible.

As for Cheng Er, he has been stationed in Jiaozhou and Nanqingzhou since last winter, and I heard that there are many bandits there now, and he should be exterminating those bandits. ”

"And is my mother still on Long Island?" Wang Ze continued to ask, at that time, in order to avoid the counterattack of the Qi army, Wang Ze's mother, Xi Wenqi, personally sat on Changdao and was responsible for all the logistics supplies of Wang Ze and Wang Yong's army, but now that Qizhou, Qingzhou, Gwangju and other places are all occupied by their own side, I think my mother should not continue to be there.

Shen Sanshui said guiltily: "This last general is not very clear, the master mother used to move around in Qizhou and other places from time to time, but now it is not too clear, but I think Mr. Kong should know!" ”

Kong Yi smiled at Wang Ze and said: "The officials know a little about the recent situation of the master's mother, the other day before yesterday, the third leader of Zhu mentioned in his letter that now the master's mother is sitting in Qingzhou and Linzi to supervise the production of salt and iron there, and now it is already the most important weapon manufacturing place for our army!" ”

Wang Ze couldn't help but admire his mother, who has been taking on the task of logistics from Long Island to now, and she has done it in an orderly manner, although it is not as good as Mrs. Xian, but it is not bad.

Just seeing that the infantry army under Shen Sanshui is now equipped with Shangshui's 'fine' steel knives, he knows that the iron mills in Linzi, Yidu and Changbai Mountain should not develop badly.

Wang Ze, who was concerned about his family, immediately ordered Cao An and Liu Wancheng to arrange for the soldiers to eat, and he was accompanied by Kong Yi and Shen Sanshui, preparing to inspect the city, and wait for the soldiers to rest for an hour before they were on the road.

Today, the port of Jiaozhou has not yet been fully built, and a large number of construction sites are still under construction, but a large number of buildings centered on the council hall in the city have been built.

Now almost every city under Wang Yong's rule has a council hall, which is also a habit that Wang Yong has developed since he started from the cottage, that is, the march and battle must be discussed with Cheng Chong, Bingchang and other military officials, and the civil affairs side even convened civilian officials to discuss, and the council hall has become the focus of construction everywhere.

A large ditch being excavated next to the council hall attracted Wang Ze's attention, this big ditch was four zhang wide and more than one zhang deep, and it seemed that it would be built with bricks and stones to make a canal.

Kong Yi introduced: "Although the port of Jiaozhou is wide and deep, there is no river nearby, although there are some streams on the mountain that can be temporarily supplied, but when the city is built and the population increases, the water source will be far from enough." In order to ensure the drinking water needs of the port in the future, such an aqueduct was dug to prepare to divert water from the Lai River. ”

The Lai River mentioned by Kong Yi is actually a tributary of the Lai River, and through such a diversion of water, and many streams on Laoshan Mountain have also been transformed by Kong Yi and flow into the diversion canal, at least three or four hundred thousand people can be guaranteed to drink water.

Wang Ze rode around Jiaozhou Port, and then quickly used a simple meal, and then led Cao An, Liu Wancheng, and Gao Shi to set off.

The more than 2,000 soldiers are mainly soldiers of the Blue Wolf Battalion who are good at walking, and as for the heavy armor and giant swords of the soldiers of the Iron Armored Battalion in Liu Wancheng, they are all placed on dozens of ox carts borrowed from Kong Yi, which is also very relaxed and comfortable.

Of course, because Cheng Xueying and Zhu Qingqing are 'girl' children, they ride in a carriage alone, and the carriage looks unpretentious, but the base of the carriage is equipped with a good mild steel axle, which is many times more comfortable than the carriages used by the magnates of various countries.

Originally, Wang Ze considered that the land route would be a lot bumpy, and wanted the two 'women' to follow Gu Bin's sailors, but where did Cheng Xueying and Zhu Qingqing agree, and in the end, it was Kong Yi who contributed such a new carriage to make Wang Ze agree to the two of them to follow him.

If it weren't for Zhu Rui's 'pumping' of horses near Jiaozhou Port, Wang Ze would still want to borrow a batch of horses from Kong Yi, so as to speed up the march.

Originally, Wang Yong's side was not short of horses and livestock, but now because Zhu Rui has arranged for hundreds of thousands of people to move to the Jiaolai area to reclaim the famine, there is a relatively large shortage of large livestock.

There are still very few people near Jiaozhou Port, Wang Ze and his entourage did not far from the mouth of the Laihe River to see a large number of people who are working hard to reclaim, and from here to the Weihe River, they began to see a large area of wasteland being reclaimed.

In the past, Wang Ze's Quyuan plough is now very useful, and now the Quyuan plough is more 'refined', all of which are steel-edged and cast iron Quyuan plows, plus a large number of cattle, horses and livestock, these people reclaim wasteland much easier than before.

Hurried all the way, he didn't even have time to go to Jiaozhou County to take a look at Uncle Zhu, and when he was about to reach Weihe on the third day, he suddenly heard someone shouting on the side of the road: "But Da Lang is back?" ”

Unexpectedly, there were acquaintances on the way, Wang Ze turned his head to follow the sound, and several people stood out from under a grass pavilion on the side of the road, all dressed as scribes, and the person headed by them turned out to be Zhu Rui and Zhu Sanshu.

This time, Zhu Rui was waving at Wang Ze and the others with a smile on his face.

When he saw his relatives Wang Ze, he was also very happy, he thought that he would not be able to see Uncle Zhu if he didn't go to Jiaozhou, but he didn't expect to meet him unexpectedly halfway.

Throwing the reins in his hand on the horse's back, Wang Ze jumped off the horse, and before he could stand firmly, he felt that there was a figure floating around him like the wind and hitting Zhu Rui's chest, Wang Ze fixed his eyes and saw that it was Zhu Qingqing who was happy and intimate with his father.

Zhu Rui caressed the head of this 'girl' with a smile on his face, Zhu Qingqing went to Jeju Island with Wang Ze at ten o'clock in the early autumn of last year, and didn't come back until the twilight of this year's 'spring', probably because he hadn't seen this baby 'girl' for nearly ten months.

After taking a closer look, now the 'girl' has a fair complexion, a ruddy complexion, and is obviously nearly half a head taller than last year, and has begun to become a big child.

"Third uncle! Third uncle, why are you here, didn't you say that you are in Jiaozhou? Wang Ze and Cheng Xueying, who was excited, grabbed Zhu Rui's hand.

Zhu Rui was also full of emotion, originally he had been arranging for the people to settle and reclaim land near Jiaozhou for more than a month, and the day before yesterday he began to prepare to check on the upper reaches of Gwangju and the Lai River, and took a few staff members all the way to stop and go.

Today, the sky was clear and the sun was very sunny, so I rested for a while in the thatched pavilion on the side of the road, and just sat for about a quarter of an hour when I saw an army passing by, and the person who led the horse looked a little like Wang Ze.

Because he hadn't seen Wang Ze for nearly a year, he had grown a lot taller, and Zhu Rui was a little unsure whether it was Wang Ze or not, so he just shouted loudly to test it, but he didn't expect that Wang Ze was back.

What makes Zhu Rui happiest is that Zhu Qingqing also came back with Wang Ze, although Zhu Bofu is still playing hide and seek with the Japanese people in Qinjin and can't come back, but now this 'girl' who has not been seen for a long time is back, which also makes Zhu Rui very happy.

After chatting with Zhu Rui for a long time, Wang Ze couldn't help but ask Zhu Rui: "Third uncle, do you know what is going on with my father in Qizhou?" Didn't you say that the Hu Lawyers Association went south? ”

As soon as he said this, Zhu Rui also scratched his head a little, and he didn't know what was going on, the actions of the Northern Qi army were really a little abnormal, not at all like the style of the famous generals of the Hu Lawyers Association.

"I don't know what's going on with this, it's not enough that Northern Qi hasn't continued to attack until now, and it's safe for the eldest brother to come." Zhu Rui also couldn't figure out what was going on.

Although Third Uncle Zhu also said that Qizhou was very safe, Wang Ze still decided to arrive as soon as possible, and he said to Zhu Rui: "Third Uncle, I have to rush to Qizhou as soon as possible, do you want to go with us?" ”

Zhu Rui glanced at the 'girl' with some reluctance, and said to Wang Ze: "Forget it, now that the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of people in Weihe and Laishui is related to the stability of the Sanqi land in the future, I won't go with you!" It's just Xue Ying, your father is stationed there in Nanqingzhou now, and your mother and sister Xue Yan are also there, don't you want to go and have a look? ”

Cheng Xueying held back for a long time and said: "As soon as I go, he will definitely recommend to me which guy under his command is very good, and if I go on a blind date, I won't go!" ”

Zhu Qingqing hadn't seen his father for more than half a year and wanted to act with Zhu Rui, but Zhu Rui said to Zhu Qingqing: "Qingqing, you haven't seen your aunt and father for almost a year, go to Qingzhou with Dalang to see your aunt, she also misses you very much!" ”

In the end, Zhu Qingqing still set off with Wang Ze, looking at the carriage where Cheng Xueying and Zhu Qingqing were leaving, Zhu Rui said to himself: "Xueying, this child is not too young, it's time to get married!" ”

Saying goodbye to Zhu Rui can be regarded as making up for the regret in Wang Ze's heart, but Second Uncle Cheng is too far away and has no chance to go.

This time, the colorful wild 'flowers' on the roadside and the picturesque pastoral songs no longer attracted Wang Ze's attention, and his heart had already flown to Qingzhou and Qizhou.

Traveling all the way, Wang Ze and the others were fine, but Cheng Xueying and Zhu Qingqing had a bumpy journey, but fortunately, Yang Shui was already in sight a day later.

Speaking of which, Yangshui is also one of the three most important rivers on the peninsula, and the runoff of the river is also abundant at this time, irrigating millions of acres of fertile land on both sides.

Both sides of the road are planted with winter wheat, which has been freshly irrigated, and the wheat grows three feet tall in the wet fields, and you can smell the rich aroma of green wheat on the road.

Because it was not yet the time when the river was swollen in summer and autumn, most of the wide Yangshui River 'bed' was dry, and there was a newly built wooden bridge in the remaining part, and many common people were lining up to cross the river one by one under the maintenance of a group of soldiers guarding the bridge.

Because after Wang Ze went to Jeju Island last year, most of the newly recruited soldiers here did not know Wang Ze, and when they saw Wang Ze and his entourage of thousands of people, the faces of the soldiers guarding the bridge changed, and then the leading chief put away his weapons and came to Wang Ze with courage.

"I don't know which battalion it's a brother, but I hope to report it!" Shi Chang finally had the courage to ask, and was glared back by Liu Wancheng again.

Wang Ze stopped Liu Wancheng with a smile, and said to Nashi Chang: "This brother is invited, I am a reinforcement from Jeju and want to go to Qizhou!" ”

Unexpectedly, Nashi's long face changed drastically, and he made a gesture backwards, so in the stunned eyes of Wang Ze, Cao An, Xiao Jing, Liu Wancheng and thousands of soldiers, he saw several soldiers guarding the bridge quickly throwing a few torches on top of a haystack, and then a thick smoke rose into the sky.

In Wang Ze's suspicious and puzzled gaze, Na Shi Chang made an unyielding expression, as if he was a member of the old movie that Wang Ze watched when he was a child, and he was about to be brave and righteous. That's even more perfect.

Liu Wancheng strode forward and walked in front of Shi Chang, who was seven feet tall and was a little small in front of Liu Wancheng, who was close to nine feet tall.

Liu Wancheng knocked on Nashichang's shoulder with some suspicion and said, "Boy, what are you doing when you hear that we are from Jeju and let people light fires?" ”

The chief who had been stared back by Liu Wancheng's gaze before, but this time he raised his head without fear and said, "Hmph! I knew you were 'spies', but you didn't know it, but we had reinforcements! ”

Before the chief's words fell, Liu Wancheng saw a large area of dust flying in the distance on the other side of the river, and he and Cao An and the others were all battle-hardened generals, and they could see at a glance that it was a large force of cavalry approaching.

Seeing this scene, Wang Ze's heart jerked, could it be that there was a mutiny in Qizhou and Qingzhou?