The carriages and horses grunted over the dead branches and fallen leaves, and galloped quickly in the mountains and forests at the junction of Sichuan and Shu.

"Cui Taishou, this matter is very important, and it is important to let Xu Taishou agree. Let's salute first and then soldier, if Xu Taishou resists stubbornly, I'm afraid that I can't take into account Cui Taishou's personal relationship with Xu Taishou, and I have to detain people for the time being. I'm here to say sorry to you, it's a matter of urgency, and I can't wait any longer. ”

This time when he went to Shucheng, Luo Lingzhi did not let Feng Xun accompany him, but asked Cui Taishou to come with him.

The mountains are full of dead trees, only the pines and cypresses are still green, standing in the cold wind. There are many mountain roads in Shudi, even the city wall is built on the rolling mountain, and the dark gray city wall looks like a dragon entrenched on the plain, overlooking the earth.

"Chuancheng Cui Taishou visited Shucheng Xu Taishou."

The guards on horseback in front immediately rushed forward and saw that the city gate was closed, and immediately held up the token of the Sichuan City Taishou Mansion to show the soldiers guarding the city gate above.

In the early winter, the temperature in Shucheng on this mountain is already close to sub-zero, and people who are cold are shivering. The soldiers guarding the city wall were wearing thin cotton clothes sewn with pudding, and when they heard movement under the city wall, they were very surprised and looked down.

Seeing that below was a young guard dressed neatly dressed in a navy cotton jacket covered with strong armor, and the complexion on his face was just a man who did not worry about food and clothing, which was very good.

I heard that there was a Luo lady in Chuancheng, and the life of the people in Sichuan City was more fairy. The soldier rubbed his hands and stared at the guard, and then looked back at the approaching convoy, hundreds of uniformly dressed guards escorting the delicate carriage in the middle, and behind it was the carriage with goods in sight, and could not help but stand up straight.

"You pass the token through the opening under the city gate, and I'll have someone go and tell the Taishou."

The soldiers guarding the city gate did not open the door easily, their Shu city will close the city gate after the autumn harvest, and even the people will not go out easily, they are all nested in the city to avoid the harsh winter, and the people of the hunting team will have cotton clothes and cotton clothes, which will be led by the people organized by the Taishou Mansion to hunt or cut wood in the mountains.

In short, the gates were mostly closed.

First, in order to reduce the number of guards, after all, the warm clothing is limited, and it is really impossible to take out so many cotton clothes and cotton clothes for all the soldiers to wear, so they can only minimize the number of guards at the city gate.

Anyway, no one will come to Shucheng in this cold winter, and the Sichuan City connects Luoshui terrain is quite flat, Shucheng is relatively close to Sichuan City, the rest of the places are lofty mountains, except for the route from Sichuan City, other people have to come through the steep mountains.

The second reason is because Xu Taishou knows that Shu is a barren place trapped in the mountains, with no money, no food and no materials, and people are trained by him to be as fierce as bandits, and no one will want to come here to find it uncomfortable. If it weren't for the connection with Sichuan City, it would be even more isolated and completely forgotten.

Therefore, there are still people coming to Shucheng in such a big winter, and the dozen or so soldiers guarding the city gate are all staring at the people under the city wall and the clothes on those people.

That look made the guards from Chuancheng furious.

It always felt as if the soldiers on the city wall were eager to pounce down and pull off their clothes.

"Cui Xun, why do you have time to come and see me, an old boy!"

After Xu Taishou received the token that the soldiers sent to the Taishou Mansion quickly, he rode his horse and galloped to the city gate without saying a word, and the guards who followed behind him were all thrown away by him.

When he climbed the city wall and saw Cui Taishou coming out of the carriage, Xu Taishou's loud voice immediately deafened half the sky.

"Quick! Open the gates! ”

Seeing that it was really Cui Taishou himself, Xu Taishou was so excited that his dark face was red, and the whole person was happy, and anyone could see the happy look.

was called by name and surname, Cui Taishou was not angry, but greeted Xu Taishou with a smile, "It's not just me who came to see you today, there is also a nobleman!" ”

Saying that, Cui Taishou personally lifted the curtain and said with a smile: "Luo Niangzi, Xu Taishou is here." ”

Luo Lingzhi got out of the carriage and looked around.

Seeing that Xu Taishou was alone, and there were only a few guards behind him, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: It's not a nobleman, but I saw that this year's cold winter came earlier than in previous years, and I heard Cui Taishou say that this Shucheng is even colder than Sichuan City, thinking that after all, it is a neighbor, I am worried that Xu Taishou will have difficulties and it is difficult to open his mouth so he came in person. ”

"I've seen Mrs. Luo."

Xu Taishou looked at Luo Lingzhi, who was more and more majestic, and knew in his heart that this was not an ordinary person, and it was impossible for him to send benefits to Shucheng for no reason. But because this Luo Niangzi saved 400,000 people in Sichuan City, and still let Cui Taishou manage the matter of Sichuan City, he thought highly of the Luo Niangzi in front of him.

He is capable and tolerant.

No matter what the purpose of this Luo lady's visit is today, she is also his honored guest.

"Cui Taishou is right, Luo Niangzi is not a nobleman, Luo Niangzi does not have to be modest." Xu Taishou was born as a military general, and he was heroic, because of the special reasons of Shucheng, there were also many female soldiers, so he did not think that women should stay at home to teach their husbands and children like other scribes, and they would not look down on Luo Lingzhi because he was a woman.

And when Xie Yi rebuilt the river connecting Shucheng, Xu Taishou also came to see, and asked the people in the city to come over to help, although he was a military general before, but he also stayed in Shucheng for four years, so he naturally knew that water conservancy was very important.

A few days ago, the river was completed, and the little boy named Xie Yi, who was very thin and thin, took him to see the wasteland through which the river flowed, and told him that he could organize people to reclaim the wasteland now, and he could cultivate it after fertilizing in the spring, and revealed to him that Luo Niangzi had a precious grain seed with a yield of nearly 1,000 catties per mu......

Xu Taishou is still a little trembling, in fact, Luo Lingzhi doesn't come to him, and he will also go to Sichuan City to visit in the spring of next year.

That kind of grain Xu Taishou couldn't be moved.

"I haven't thanked Luo Niangzi for letting Xie Yi help to clear the river connecting Shucheng and Chuancheng, I heard Xie Yi say that these rivers pass through the places, but our Shucheng can reclaim hundreds of acres of fertile land. You must know that Shu has always been barren, and the land that could grow grain before was less than 100 acres, and the people lived a really difficult life. ”

Xu Taishou said this sincerely, and he bowed to Luo Lingzhi very seriously: "After the river is opened, hundreds of acres of fertile land can feed more people in Shucheng, and the women in the city no longer have to worry about the remaining children being unable to feed and drowning alive when the child is born!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the people in Shucheng were all sad.

How can they bear to drown their children with their own hands, they really can't feed themselves!

Xu Taishou is such a mighty man, but his voice is choked at the moment, "Luo Niangzi's move is to save the future of our Shucheng, and I, Xu Zhan, thank Luo Niangzi for his great kindness!" ”

As he spoke, he knelt down.

Behind him were the Shucheng people who knelt on the ground together.