Unconsciously, the time came to Hongwu for three years.

The plan of the year lies in the spring, and the Western Xia returned to the Song Dynasty for almost a year, according to the established plan, the Western Xia went to the country and changed its name to Ningxia, as the seventeenth province of the Great Song Dynasty.

However, Ningxia at this time was different from later generations, and its territory included Ningxia, Gansu, northeastern Qinghai, western NMG and northern Shaanxi, covering an area of about 20,000 li.

This is also the largest province in the Great Song Dynasty so far, and Du Gao, as the first political envoy of Ningxia, is still located in Zhongxing Mansion.

However, since Ningxia is already a province, it is inevitable that there will be something wrong with the name of "Zhongxing", referring to Murong Yan's original princess title, Guo Mo renamed Zhongxing Mansion "Yinchuan", which was called out hundreds of years in advance.

As the governor of the Western Military Region, the Meng Communist Party transferred 90,000 of the 100,000 "Dunwu Army" into Ningxia, leaving only 10,000 horses in Taiyuan City.

Within Ningxia, Yumen Pass and Shazhou in the west, 40,000 "Dunwu Army" were hoarded, plus 10,000 heavy cavalry of Wanyan Chen monk.

The city of Pingzhou, near Mongolia in the far north, was also stationed with 30,000 "Dunwu troops", and the remaining 20,000 horses were stationed around the provincial capital Yinchuan.

When Ningxia first returned to the Great Song Dynasty, and the newborn Guo Shiyue was still young, Guo Mo stayed in Yinchuan temporarily, and together with Du Gao, he formulated many policies and measures to attract merchants from all over the world and encourage production and life.

Guo Mo's second apprentice, Wu Nantian, has not kept him since he broke through to the first-class realm last time.

After all, in the era of the Great Song Dynasty, Wu Nantian and Zhang Ting were not too young, and their marriage was delayed for several years because of Guo Mo.

Guo Mo couldn't leave for the time being, so he asked Wu Nantian to go back to get married first.

For this reason, Guo Mo also deliberately issued an edict to transfer the fifth senior brother Wu Mianfeng back from Chengdu to the central capital to preside over the daily affairs of the "Imperial City Division".

In the past four or five years, Wu Mianfeng has been staying in the southwest area, spreading the tentacles of the "Imperial City Division" to Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guangxi.

In the future, the status of Zhongdu will become more and more important, and Guo Mo also needs a person he can trust to sit in Zhongdu for him and control the intelligence system in the northern part of the Great Song Dynasty.

Nowadays, the intelligence system in Guo Mo's hands is divided into two branches, one is the "Imperial City Division" focusing on the interior of the Great Song Dynasty, and the fourth master Nan Xiren and the fifth senior brother Wu Mianfeng are in charge of the north and south.

The other is "Listening to the Wind", which focuses on the collection of information and intelligence from the surrounding countries of the Great Song Dynasty, and is under the full control of the fourth senior brother Lu Chengfeng.

The marriage of the second apprentice Wu Nantian was decided two years ago, but unfortunately now that he is about to get married, Guo Mo has no time to attend, so he asked his eldest brother Guo Jing to preside over it in Zhongdu.

And asked Guo Jing to personally choose a set of five-entry mansions in the prosperous area of the central capital, which can be regarded as a gift to the fifth senior brother Wu Mianfeng for so many years, and it is also a congratulatory gift from Guo Mo to this couple.

In the past two years, Murong Yan has lived the most fulfilling two years, not only with Guo Mo by her side day and night, but also with a child of her own, seeing her son grow up day by day, that is the greatest happiness and satisfaction.

"Brother Mo, let's go to Bianliang City, shall we? After so many years, I also miss the eldest sister and the second sister a little, and besides, we have been married for so long, and I haven't given the emperor a gift. ”

In the past year, there have been several "riots" in Ningxia, especially in Yinchuan City, and some of the remnants of the Western Xia Kingdom, under the instigation of well-intentioned people, have done things that they will regret for the rest of their lives.

However, such a small fight had no impact on Guo Mo at all, but gave "Jinyi" a chance to show his skills.

For these people, Guo Mo did not kill them, and of course he did not completely let them go.

Just like the more than 20,000 Western Liao troops captured last year, it was all free labor.

Guo Mo asked the wounded soldiers of the Meng Communist generals to be separated, about 1,000 people, to form a production and construction corps similar to that of later generations.

However, these soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty who recovered from their injuries were mainly responsible for management and supervision, and it was those who were captured and sentenced who really worked.

The matter is also very simple, that is, to build roads and plant trees in Ningxia.

Population is an issue that must be taken seriously in this era, especially in the vast and sparsely populated Ningxia, where Guo Mo abolished the death penalty in principle.

It is just that the length and intensity of the forced labor vary according to the severity of the sentence.

There are more than 20,000 people, and if they can become a stable labor and production army, they can also contribute to the prosperity of Ningxia.

"Okay, when the spring planting in Ningxia is over, I'll take you and Shi'er back, I heard that Mr. Xue's health has not been a little good recently......

Xue Ji, the secretary of the ministry, can be regarded as the first important minister of the Great Song Dynasty now, and Guo Mo can feel at ease, to a large extent, it is this Xue Shangshu who can support him in the center.

At that time, the four elders of the Yanwang Mansion, the former Cheng Weijing in the imperial history, had passed away last winter, so the emperor Zhao Kuo also deliberately boycotted the dynasty for three days to show his favor.

Guo Mo couldn't go back, but he also set up a mourning hall in the palace of King Hao, so that a group of civil and military personnel in Ningxia came to worship.

Cheng Jue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has the toughest body and bones among the four, he has been staying in the central capital city for the past two years, and Zhao Jianda, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is building a new palace according to the sketches provided by Guo Mo.

And Zhao Rushu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, can be said to have the easiest life, almost all the affairs of the Criminal Department are taken care of by the young and powerful Song Ci, but Zhao Rushu's main energy is spent in the "cabinet".

"Your Majesty, Meng Dutong is out asking to see—"

At this moment, a "brocade" came in to tell him, Guo Mo raised his eyes and took a look, this person he still knew, he was the youngest of the "brocade", named Luo Qi, a native of Luoyang.

Although he is the youngest, he is already twenty-six years old this year, and he is one of the few people who read in the "brocade clothes".

"It's Luo Qi, I heard Commander Lu say, your kid has also broken through to the third-rate realm? However, you are a little different from others, you are naturally thin and small, and you are suitable for cultivating the art of light weight, so you can take this exercise. ”

This is a set of light skills of the ancient tomb school, created by Lin Chaoying, a generation of grandmasters, and the martial arts style is elegant, smart and fast.

However, the book in Guo Mo's hand now is his deleted version, and of course he has added some of his own things, which is more suitable for small groups to fight against enemies side by side.

"After you practice, select the right person from the 'brocade clothes' and pass it on, I estimate that three or four people will work together to make it more powerful against the enemy."

"Mr. Xie—"

But when they get along in private, or when it comes to teaching skills, the people of "Jinyi" still maintain the original tradition, calling Guo Mo "teacher".

"Your Majesty, you summoned Weichen back, what is the matter?"

Because Ningxia is vast and sparsely populated, and many places are not suitable for growing crops, Guo Mo simply opened two horse farms, one near the Hetao and the other near Qinghai Lake.

This matter is also the responsibility of the Meng Communist Party, and the people used in the horse farm are either veterans or wounded soldiers who have retired from the army, or local herdsmen who have been recruited.

It is said that it is a horse farm, and its practical pasture is more appropriate to describe it, in addition to war horses, it also feeds a lot of cattle and sheep.

Air-dried meat and various dairy products were also Guo Mo's idea for Du Gao, which was used for trade and exchange with the hinterland of the Central Plains and even the south, which could not only bring a steady stream of benefits to Ningxia, but also highlight Ningxia's own regional characteristics.

"Puyu, this is the latest and most complete map of the whole of Western Liao, which is marked with the locations of important cities, mountains and rivers and many terrains and landforms in Western Liao."

"Lu Shangde's kid is an officer's material, and he has been working diligently in the past two years, if he can win Xiliao in the future, that kid can be regarded as a first contribution."

Guo Mo unfolded the three rolls of silk cloth on the eucalyptus table, and beckoned Meng Gong to come forward to watch.

In order to be easy to carry and to be able to outline the topography of Western Liao more clearly, Lu Shangde drew the entire Western Liao Kingdom on three rolls of silk cloth.

After being unfolded separately, they are spliced together in turn, and it is a complete map of the whole of Western Liao.

"Your Majesty, do you want to ......?"

Meng Gongzai carefully looked at this map of the Western Liao Kingdom, and he found that this Western Liao Kingdom is very big.

The way of drawing maps in the Great Song Army was as early as when the "Dunwu Army" was first established, and Guo Mo made unified requirements.

Direction, up and down, south, left west, right east, but there is no way to tell everyone about the latitude and longitude.

Markers use fixed symbols to represent specific things, such as mountains, rivers, roads, cities, etc.

In fact, the map production of China was quite mature in the Song Dynasty.

As early as the Western Jin Dynasty, Pei Xiu put forward the "Six Bodies of Cartography" on the basis of summarizing the cartographic experience of his predecessors, which was the earliest cartographic theory in China.

It correctly clarified the relationship between map scale, orientation and distance, and had a profound impact on the map-making technology after the Western Jin Dynasty.

The famous maps of ancient cartographers such as Jia Tan in the Tang Dynasty and Shen Kuo in the Song Dynasty, as well as Zhu Siben in the Yuan Dynasty and Luo Hongxian in the Ming Dynasty, all inherited the principle of the Six Bodies of Cartography.

"Puyu, the 'Dunwu Army' has also taken a break for more than half a year, right? Now that I have this map of the whole of Western Liao, I will give you the official seal of the 'General of the Western Expedition'. ”

"The 40,000 'Dunwu Army' and the 10,000 heavy cavalry of General Wanyan gathered in the western part of Ningxia are all the strength I can give you, and I will be able to take the Western Liao Kingdom completely within two years, is there a problem?"

Guo Mo didn't have any temptation, and directly said his demands.

"Your Majesty, in less than two years, the end will definitely make the Western Liao Kingdom the territory of my Great Song Dynasty-"

If it is the duty of a soldier to defend the homeland and the country, then expanding the territory is the dream of every enthusiastic soldier.

"Okay, as for how to fight, you and General Wanyan will discuss it, but the time to send troops will be slowed down a little, and I will also prepare two deputy generals for you, and it is estimated that it will take two or three days to come over."

The two lieutenants Guo Mo said were naturally his two apprentices, Zhang Shijie and Hu Yande.

The two little brothers wrote to Guo Mo more than once, wanting to go to the west to serve, mainly because they had been in Hebei for three or four years, but there was no movement at all.

On the contrary, it was the Western Xia that Guo Mo was waiting for, and he fought the Mongols and the Western Liao, which made Zhang Shijie and Hu Yande, who saw the military report, envious to death.

Especially Zhang Shijie, who is only twenty-two years old this year, but he is already a veteran with seven or eight years of military experience, and he is even more keenly aware that the master's arrangement in Western Xia is clearly intended to go west.

Since last winter, he has been asking for letters every other month, and Guo Mo is a little funny when he looks at the poor words.

Forget it, these two apprentices haven't seen each other for several years, so let's invite them to meet them.

In addition, Guo Mo's war against the Western Liao Kingdom is imperative and ambitious, so he will not feel that the Western Liao Kingdom can resist it.

In the first battle last year, the king of Western Liao, Qu Qu led an army of 50,000 people, and less than 10,000 people fled back, so it is estimated that there will be 20,000 or 30,000 horses left in the entire Western Liao Kingdom.

Guo Mo clearly remembered that in real history, Temujin ordered Jebe to lead 20,000 Mongolian iron cavalry to destroy the Western Liao Kingdom, and he didn't believe that his 50,000 army would still be defeated?

Since the two apprentices want to go to the battlefield, and it is such a battle to destroy the country, Guo Mo, as a master, of course, can't avoid the existence of some selfishness.

Three days later, Zhang Shijie and Hu Yande rushed to Yinchuan City and Hao Palace.

"Master, I miss you—"

"The disciple has seen the master—"

As soon as they entered the door, Zhang Shijie and Hu Yande knelt down, Zhang Shijie's eyes were red, and Hu Yande was even more tearful.

"Okay, how old are they? People who are already married, are they embarrassed to cry and wipe their tears? I've seen your third master first—"

Guo Mo was also a little moved, these two apprentices, he really didn't worry about it much.

Last year, when Wu Nantian went to Zhongdu to get married, Guo Jing was the master of the wedding banquet and married the daughter of Liu Kezhuang, the political envoy of Hebei, to Zhang Shijie.

The two just got married at the beginning of this year, and the newlywed Yan'er has only been two months, and Zhang Shijie hurried to Ningxia.

"I've seen the third master—"

The two respectfully greeted Murong Yan again.

"Get up, you all know, you are coming, your master has not been able to sleep well for days. Shijie, at the beginning of the year, I couldn't catch up with your master for your wedding, and this thing can be regarded as a congratulatory gift for you. ”

Murong Yan waved her hand, and a "brocade clothes" came from the side, holding a tray in her hand, and there was a thing on the tray, covered with a collar of red cloth.

Murong Yan stood up, lifted the red cloth, and revealed a belly underneath, looking coldly, like a monkey armor that was once very famous in Western Xia.

Monkey armor actually uses cold deformation technology to improve the hardness and toughness of the metal, and by leaving a "monkey" to measure the degree of processing, it is a simple and effective but very clever armor making technology.

Its technical requirements are not high, but it requires huge manpower and material resources, in addition, cold forging has high requirements for the fatigue resistance of metal, and not pig iron everywhere can be suited.

"Shijie, this 'Golden Monkey Armor' can be regarded as the top treasure of the Western Xia royal family back then, and it is also an ornament for me here, so I will give it to you for self-defense."

"Golden monkey armor?"

Zhang Shijie was stunned when he heard this, the monkey armor is already precious, this is still a golden monkey armor?

"Haha, Shijie, count your kid blessed, according to legend, the emperor of the Dajin Kingdom once used 50,000 taels of gold to buy this armor, and the emperors of Western Xia were unwilling, and today it is really cheap for you."

Guo Mo saw that his apprentice was still stunned, and hurriedly interjected beside him.

"This ...... Master, master, this gift is too valuable, and the disciple deserves it. ”

Zhang Shijie said "deserve it" in his mouth, but he was very honest in his hand, hurriedly took it, and gave Murong Yan a deep salute.

"That...... Senior brother, you see that you are the commander, the person who sits firmly in the military tent, such a good armor stomach should be worn by me, a person who is charging into battle, right? ”

Hu Yande, who was on the side, leaned into Zhang Shijie's ear and said "softly".

It's a pity that the "soft voice" he thinks he has, I'm afraid that the guards outside the Hao Palace can hear it.

"Haha, the third brother, the little brother wants to cut his love, but it's a pity that such a small 'golden monkey armor' is not worthy of your burly body——"

Hu Yande, who is already twenty years old, has completely grown into a tall person, a tall person, a man with a back, and in the yardstick of later generations, Hu Yande is more than two meters tall.

Every time he went out to fight, the guards had to prepare several war horses for him and replace them in turn, otherwise the war horses would die of exhaustion before the battle was halfway through.

When the three of them met, they only stayed in the palace of King Hao for two days, and Guo Mo let them go with Meng Gongxi.

Zhang Shijie and the others withdrew from Hebei, and the 5,000 "Tiger Army" led by them were naturally rebuilt, temporarily stationed in the central capital, guarding several palaces that have been built so far.

The matter of the Western Expedition, Guo Mo was carte blanche entrusted to the Meng Gong, and there was a Fuzuo with Monk Wanyan Chen on the side, plus his two apprentices, Guo Mo was relieved of 10,000 hearts.

Just as he was about to leave for Bianliang City, "Guangningzi" Hao Datong and Li Zhichang walked into the Hao Palace together.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are here to say goodbye to you, there is something in Chongyang Palace in Zhongnan Mountain, and Weichen and Zhichang need to go back."

Looking at Hao Datong's expression, Guo Mo couldn't guess whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

"Daoist Hao, but has something happened to the Quanzhen Sect?"

The Quanzhen Sect has a special significance to Guo Mo, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is half a disciple of the Quanzhen Sect.

First of all, when he was a child, he learned the "Quanxin Heart Method" and "Jin Yangong" from "Danyangzi" Ma Yu, and later accepted the legacy of Wang Chongyang, the "Zhongshentong", and obtained the "Guiyuan Sword Technique" in the secret cave of Zhongnan Mountain, breaking through to the innate realm in one fell swoop.

Now, the Quanzhen Sect is in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty again, and there are more disciples in the sect who have come out to do things for the Great Song Dynasty, if it is really something that happened to the Quanzhen Sect, it is impossible for Guo Mo to ignore it in public and private.

"It's hard to say a word about this, and I haven't gone back for several years, and I can't say it for a while. Your Majesty, this is a letter from the senior brother of the master, please take a look-"

Saying that, "Guangningzi" Hao Datong handed the letter written by the current head of the sect to Guo Mo.

Since the other party can take it out, it proves that there is nothing to carry Guo Mo behind his back, and Guo Mo has no hypocrisy, and directly unfolds the letter.

It was Qiu Chuji's own handwriting, and the letter informed three things.

The first is that two years ago, Wan Yankang followed the old urchin Zhou Botong and returned to Chongyang Palace in Zhongnan Mountain.

accompanied by Wan Yankang's concubine Bai Su, and Wan Yankang's two younger daughters.

Considering the many inconveniences on the mountain, Wan Yankang first bought a house in a town more than ten miles away from Chongyang Palace in Zhongnan Mountain.

The house is not big, and the courtyard with two entrances is enough for the three of Bai Su's mother and son to live.

Worried that the three of them would not be adaptable, the old urchin Zhou Botong returned to Chongyang Palace first, while Wan Yankang lived in the purchased mansion first.

Through the local security chief, he found a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl as a maid, and hired a local couple of two people.

are in their early fifties, the people in the mountains are diligent in their hands and feet, and their physical and mental heads are very good, but they have been married for many years and have no children, and only these old couples live in the family.

I heard that the main family was from Chongyang Palace, and the family scroll was arranged in this town, so the old couple happily agreed.

Eat and live, and have a month or two of silver every month, where can I find such a good thing?

What's more, when they saw Bai Su's mother and daughter, they knew that this family should not be an ordinary family, and they had even more respect.

After arranging one concubine and two daughters, Wan Yankang only went to Zhongnanshan.

Although he had studied art under Qiu Chuji's door for many years, he had always been in the Zhao Wangfu in Zhongdu, and he had never been to Zhongnan Mountain.

In the bloody war between China and the capital many years ago, the master and apprentice turned against each other, although they did not become enemies, they had not been in contact for many years.

At this time, Wan Yankang's state of mind was very suitable for cultivating in a place like Zhongnan Mountain, and remembering the various teachings given to him by Qiu Chuji when he was a child, Wan Yankang's determination to worship under the Quanzhen Sect again became even firmer.

However, Wan Yankang also understood that the things of the year stood on their different positions, although it can be said that it was excusable, but he also understood that he made the master sad, and even lost face in the rivers and lakes.

Before, he intended to let the old urchin return to Chongyang Palace first, just to leave time for both parties, so that Qiu Chuji and the Quanzhen Sect would have a consideration of re-accepting themselves.

Sure enough, under Zhou Botong's best efforts, Wan Yankang became Qiu Chuji's disciple again, and according to the order of entry, Wan Yankang was still Qiu Chuji's top disciple.

However, since he wanted to officially become a disciple of the Quanzhen Sect, Qiu Chuji still proposed in public that he wanted Wan Yankang to change his surname to "Yang" and restore his identity as a Han Chinese, but Wan Yankang politely refused.

However, he didn't bite the surname of "Wanyan" and insisted on it, so he simply tied his hair and became a Taoist priest, calling himself "Mudaoren", which can be regarded as a compromise method.

This matter, as early as when he promised the old naughty boy to come to Zhongnan Mountain, Wan Yankang had thought about it carefully.

Yang Tiexin is his biological father, this is a fact that cannot be changed, but he himself grew up in the Zhao Wangfu in Zhongdu until he was eighteen years old, even after his own life experience was in the daylight, Wanyan Honglie still regarded him as his own.

Wan Yan Honglie was even more on the verge of death, and he still wanted to hand over his title and soldiers and horses to his Wan Yan Kang.

No matter what evil things Wanyan Honglie did back then, at least in Wanyankang's heart, this is a father who is wholeheartedly good to himself, and this alone is enough.

The second thing also happened after Yan Kang went to Zhongnan Mountain.

The old naughty boy has been with Yan Kang for a long time, and he actually likes him very much, and he has repeatedly given birth to the idea of accepting apprentices.

It's a pity that he is Qiu Chuji's apprentice, which is a fact that is not easy to change.

Therefore, the old urchin had a whim, and instead of his long-gone senior brother, he was in charge, and "passed" Qiu Chuji to his own disciple, so that Wan Yankang directly became his own disciple and grandson.

It's just that the old naughty boy will be so nonsense, but unfortunately, no matter how depressed Qiu Chuji is, he can't resist the old naughty boy, and besides, the senior brother Ma Yu actually supports the old naughty boy's nonsense?

It is even said that the master has a spirit in the sky, and it will also fulfill the uncle's apologetic heart.

The third thing is the reason why Hao Datong and Li Zhichang must return to Nanshan.

It is scheduled for the first day of June this year, and the Quanzhen Sect will hold a succession ceremony for the new head of the sect in the Chongyang Palace of Zhongnan Mountain.

In fact, Qiu Chuji has not been a teacher for a few years, but his age is not young.

Before, after the "Zhongshentong" Wang Chongyang went, the entire Quanzhen Sect was supported by the "Quanzhen Seven Sons", and none of the three generations of disciples at that time could come out to take the lead.

Now, except for the "Pure and Scattered People" Sun Buer, the other six of the "Quanzhen Seven Sons" are already masters of the first-class realm.

If at this time, the "Quanzhen Seven Sons" once again put on the Tiangang Beidou Array, I am afraid that ordinary top masters may hate it.

Among the three generations of disciples, Zhen Zhibing and Zhao Zhijing have reached the first-class realm, and although Li Zhichang is still a second-rate realm, his combat power is comparable to that of a first-class realm.

Wan Yankang, who returned to the master's door, or should be called "Mudao people" in the future, is a good hand in the first-class realm.

At the end of last year's competition, Zhen Zhibing and Zhao Zhijing teamed up, but they failed to go through 80 rounds under the Mudao people.

Because this was a competition within his own door, it was inconvenient for the Mu Dao people to use the "Xuanming Divine Palm", but instead used the "Empty Ming Fist" that the old naughty boy had just taught for two months, otherwise the two of them might lose faster.

And the new head of the Quanzhen Sect who is about to take office is the current Mudao people, the former Wanyankang.

After reading the contents of the letter, even Guo Mo was a little dumbfounded, how could such a thing happen?

Guo Mo shook his head and smiled bitterly, it seems that everything is completely out of the "original" track, maybe Wanyan Kang can have the fate of Mudao people, which can be regarded as an alternative compensation.

"Daoist Hao, since it is a major event in your sect, it is not easy for me to stop you, when I see the two Dao Chiefs Ma and Qiu, I will bow down to you more."

"On the first day of the sixth month, although I can't be present, there will be congratulatory gifts delivered, and if you want to come back after the two of you have something to do, the 'Imperial City Division' and 'Jinyi' are welcome at any time."

At the beginning, when the three Quanzhen Sect went down the mountain with Guo Mo, they said that they would come out to experience and seek a breakthrough in martial arts cultivation.

Sure enough, Hao Datong took the lead in breaking through to the first-class realm, and although Li Zhichang has not been able to break through, his combat power has also been greatly improved.

The current Li Zhichang, if he fights with himself when he first came down the mountain, it will not be a problem to be able to play at least three or five back then.

It's a pity that Cui Zhifang was left on the mountain by Wang Chuyi, and "Yuyangzi" wants to retreat and cultivate, and the young disciples under the door must always have someone to supervise him.

......

When he came, he rode more than 200 horses, and when he returned to Bianliang, he became a convoy.

Guo Shi, who had just turned one year old, was naturally held by his mother Murong Yan and sat in the carriage, and the carriages behind him were filled with local specialties and gifts brought from Ningxia.

Just imagine, Guo Mo now has a lot of wives and children, and casually giving each person a few gifts is enough to fit a few big cars.

What's more, there is a large car among them, which was specially selected for Xiao Guo Xiang.

Guo Mo, I miss my daughter a little......