The sunset was like blood, dyeing the distant sky red.

As the thoroughfare of the six provinces, Yunyang Fucheng plays the role of a central hub, connecting many trade routes of the six provinces, so the business is extremely prosperous.

The main wharf of Yunyang Mansion is located on the Han River in the southern city, so the most prosperous place for business is the southern city of Yunyang Prefecture.

In the south of Yunyang Fucheng, there are almost all kinds of merchants from all over the Ming Dynasty, and there are basically all the commercial goods that you can imagine.

There are a large number of liquor stores, inns, and shops in the southern city, and there are almost no residential houses.

The curfew time is approaching, but at this time, there are still many pedestrians and merchants wandering in the streets and alleys of the southern city of Yunyang Prefecture.

The war affected the trade routes of Yunyang Prefecture, but it only affected the trade routes on land, and the trade routes on the water were relatively smooth, so there were still a large number of merchants in the city of Yunyang Prefecture.

Chen Wang stood in front of the window of the restaurant, looking at the streets and alleys downstairs.

The gates of the southern city are about to close, many shops and restaurants are ready to close, and the streets are full of passers-by who need to rush back to their respective markets before curfew.

The gate of Fang City can be easily closed and difficult to open, in this extraordinary season, if you stay outside and are caught by the soldiers patrolling the city, if you don't have much background, even if you don't die, you have to take off a layer of skin.

The pattern of ancient Chinese cities has not changed for many years, and they are all composed of small squares or cities, and Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty has a total of more than 100 square cities.

These markets are relatively independent, with streets and alleys separated from each other.

To this day, the city is still laid out in this way, which is more manageable.

Of course, not everything remains the same as it was thousands of years ago, and there are subtle changes in many places.

There were also many people walking in the direction of the city gate, and there were many pedestrians gathered at the city gate in the south city, all of whom were going out of the city to return home.

Although the city of Yunyang is large, it cannot accommodate all the people, and the people who live in the city can actually be regarded as more or less middle-class or well-off families, and most of the poor people are not qualified to live in the city, and many of them live in the houses outside the city.

On the outskirts of the castle, there are often a large number of houses built around the castle.

Chen Wang has been to Xi'an, Hanzhong, and Jingshi, and he has been to many big cities.

But when they went, they were all dead because of the effects of the war.

Although the Jingshi was prosperous, Chen Wang was not able to see one or two when he entered the city, and after entering the palace several times to meet Chongzhen, he was not able to stay, and was soon ordered to return to the military camp outside the city.

For many years, Chen Wang spent most of his time in the army, immersed in military affairs all day long, and rarely had time to rest.

The mountain rain is coming, the wind is full of buildings, the building is about to fall, and the time is pressing, and there is not much time left to breathe.

Along the way, Chen Wang has always been walking on thin ice, with no eyes for swords and guns, and the battle situation is changing rapidly.

Being in the midst of the intertwining forces of all sides, the slightest carelessness will break through the shallow ice, and you will fall into the abyss, and end up with no bones left.

Even now, he has reached the apex of ordinary military ministers, become the chief soldier of a town, and hang the seal to worship the general, but it is still not enough, and it is still not enough to change the direction of the torrent of history.

Chen Wang raised his head and stared at the sunset that was slowly sinking in the distance.

The hustle and bustle of the crowd is dissipating over time, and the bustle in front of us will eventually become a thing of the past, and without his intervention, all of this would be gone.

Chen Wang raised his eyes and looked around, many pavilions in various parts of the city have been lit with stars, and several restaurants around have been lit with lamps and candles, and the sound of drinking and seeking pleasure and staggering is endless.

The sound of silk and bamboo, as well as the beautiful and soft sound of singing, came from afar.

"The smoke cage is cold and the moon is long and sandy, and the night is close to the restaurant in Qinhuai. The merchant girl doesn't know the hatred of the country, and she still sings the backyard flowers across the river. ”

The prosperity around and the dancing and music made Chen Wang feel that the desolation and dilapidation he saw on the road were all like illusions.

The comparison between the two made Chen Wang even have a trace of unreal feeling.

"This restaurant is not the first name in this Yunyang Mansion City, but it is also first-class, the younger brother originally booked the first name of the restaurant Wanwei Pavilion for Chen Shuai to pick up the wind and wash the dust, but I heard that Chen Shuai lives in Liaodong, so he specially changed to this Changle House."

Kang Ruiwu held the wine glass, stood a little beside Chen Wang, and asked respectfully.

"This chef who lives in Chang Leju is originally from Liaodong, and he can cook some northern dishes, I don't know if it can be considered to be Chen Shuai's taste."

When Chen Wang turned his head, he had already returned to normal, and the solemnity and depth in his eyes had already dissipated invisibly.

"Commander Kang has a heart, this meal is really comfortable, and there is really no such blessing in the past."

Chen Wang smiled, raised the wine glass in his hand and took a sip gently.

In the army, Chen Wang's food was better than that of ordinary soldiers, but it was not much better, but the amount of meat and vegetables was more, and he could only eat dry food many times when it was urgent.

Unlike some battalion generals, when they lead their soldiers in battle, they also bring a few cooks to be responsible for cooking for them.

Although there are such conditions, it is still too extravagant after all, and it is better to have these silver dollars than to fight a few more guns and armor.

Chen Wang sat down again, and the dishes that had been placed on the table had been removed, leaving only some delicate cold dishes and wine.

In the afternoon, he asked Wang Aoyong for the map of the Yunyang Mansion, Wang Aoyong hesitated, but in the end he did not deliver the map.

On the map owned by Yunyang Mansion, all the information recorded in the Yunyang Mansion is related to key information, and the matter is very important, so Wang Aoyong will naturally not deliver it easily.

Wang Aoyong made such a choice, and Chen Wang was not surprised.

Yunyang is located in the land of four wars, at the junction of four provinces, extending in all directions.

If it can occupy Yunyang, it can easily radiate the four provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Huguang and Henan.

With the help of waterways, a large number of soldiers and food and grass can be quickly put into the preset battlefield.

The importance of the map can be seen.

Wang Aoyong still holds the map firmly in his hands now, and there is only one reason, that is, the pressure brought to him by the rogues in the palace has not reached the point where it is unbearable, and he thinks that the situation is still under control.

The way to deal with it is naturally very simple, Chen Wang had already thought that Wang Aoyong was likely to reject his proposal when he came, so he had already made arrangements when he came.

Calculate the time, and it should be almost time to burst out.

This is also the reason why Chen Wang agreed to Kang Ruiwu's request and stayed in the city.

The sound of pushing the door came from his side, interrupting Chen Wang's thoughts.

Chen Wang turned his head to follow the prestige, and it was the little guy in the restaurant who entered the room.

After confessing his sin, the little man who came in lit the lamp in the pavilion with a fire candle, and the whole pavilion became bright in an instant.

The sound of light footsteps outside the pavilion came, and the first thing that caught Chen Wang's eyes was a woman with a beautiful face.

The woman had thin eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a white complexion, a little pink on her face, a beaded hairpin on her head, a vertical collar and sky blue sleeves, the length of the dress was over the knee, and she was wearing a goose yellow horse-faced skirt on her lower body, and walked into the pavilion with a pipa in her arms.

The makeup on the face of a woman who followed closely behind was thicker, and her appearance was quite outstanding, with red lips and almond eyes, and two gilt beaded hairpins on her head were quite eye-catching.

Wearing a vertical collar dance dress, wearing brocade shoulders, wearing a long skirt tied around the top, and a ribbon around the waist, hanging down the sides of the body.

Chen Wang's eyebrows raised slightly, and Kang Ruiwu approached a little at the right time and said.

"I saw that Chen Shuai was just leaning against the window and listening to the music outside, so I specially invited him to perform a performance or two."

Chen Wang leaned back, leaned back in his chair, and did not refuse Kang Ruiwu's proposal.

Yunyang Wei has a vast jurisdiction, and his powers are quite heavy, and Kang Ruiwu is the head snake in the city of Yunyang Mansion, and there are not many things that will use Kang Ruiwu in the future.

Kang Ruiwu saw Chen Wang's expression, and smiled even more at the moment, and at the same time glanced at the two people who entered the pavilion and said with a smile.

"These two are the new Qing people in the Splendid Building, they are both innocent people, and they are very good at dancing and music."

Under Kang Ruiwu's signal, the sound of singing and dancing slowly sounded between the attics.

Chen Wang sat on the chair and quietly watched the dance music in front of him, Hu Zhili sat on Chen Wang's left side, his eyes were only on the two women at the first moment, and then moved elsewhere.

His body was still in a tense state, and the Yanling knife at his waist hung on the armrest of the seat, which he could grasp with a light scoop.

This is a habit that Hu Zhili has cultivated over the years, no matter where he is, the weapon must be in a place where he can get it immediately.

The sound of the pipa is slow and then urgent, which is exactly what is described in "Pipa Xing".

The big strings are noisy like a torrential rain, and the small strings are like whispers. Noisy and miscellaneous, big beads and small beads fall on the jade plate......

In fact, like Hu Zhili, Chen Wang's mind was not focused on the dance music in front of him.

The difference is only that Hu Zhili cares about the safety of his surroundings and thinks about the affairs of the Judge Advocate General's Office.

Chen Wang, on the other hand, was thinking about the affairs of the army.

He commanded the army himself, and he could clearly feel the situation and the changes in the atmosphere in the army.

During long campaigns and marches, the morale of the army will inevitably suffer.

Long periods of uprooting, long periods of exhaustion and fatigue, long periods of unfreedom, these are the reasons for the decline in the morale of the army.

Therefore, Chen Wang has always tried his best to eliminate unfavorable factors to improve the morale of the troops under his command, but most of the measures have extremely limited effect.

When the army was first established, Chen Wang held a grievance meeting in the army.

Since then, all conscriptions and grievance meetings have become the norm.

It is precisely because of the grievance meeting that the relationship between the soldiers of the Hanzhong Army is so close.

The convening of the grievance meeting gradually brought them together, and the same miserable experience made them begin to unite.

The Judge Advocate General's lecture taught them that they should fight in the face of injustice, and that they should raise their weapons instead of bowing their heads and knees.

Only with a sword in his hand can he defeat the jackal and not be bullied.

In the Hanyin period, the triumphant song sung and the preaching of the Judge Advocate General's Office began to slowly change the atmosphere in the army.

The triumphant song that was played gave many people in the army the idea of defending the country and relieving the people for the first time.

Then the outbreak of the Wuyin Change, they were warmly welcomed everywhere they went.

After the siege of Jinan was lifted, many people in Jinan City went out of the city to send each other, and the real food pot pulp was sent to welcome the king, and the farthest even sent them out of nearly 20 miles.

In the city of Beijing, they entered the city all the way from Yongding Gate through Zhengyang Gate, and the people of Yingjing all shouted to them along the way.

At that moment, no one regarded them as Qiu Ba, as a murderer, and everyone regarded them as heroes and heroes.

Every day, there is an endless stream of people who come and go to the barracks to deliver food and food, and bow their heads and thank you.

The military heart of the Hanzhong Army was also truly cast at that moment.

At that moment, the Hanzhong army, which followed Chen Wang to the north, completely completed its transformation.

They were essentially separated from the rest of the old armies, and the nation-state consciousness began to grow in their minds.

They will influence the subsequent recruits who join the Hanzhong Army, and over time, they will completely change the atmosphere of the entire army.

But the impact of this was very slow, after all, there were too few veterans who had returned after following Chen Wang to the north, and there were even more recruits and soldiers who did not participate in King Qin.

For Chen Wang, what is lacking now is time.

The dance music in front of him gave Chen Wang a new idea.

Many times, people always lose sight of Mount Tai because of a blind eye.

Because of dance and music, Chen Wang finally sounded what is lacking in the army today.

When he went to Chunhua, he entered the military camp of the Liao cavalry, and those Liao cavalry were scattered, some ate and drank, some gambled and played cards, some recruited prostitutes into the camp, and some wrestled with each other.

But after Chen Wang led the troops, all these things were forbidden by him.

Chen Wang realized that there was a serious lack of entertainment activities in the army under his command.

The sergeants are basically faced with boring training every day, and although the preaching of the military judges has a certain effect, the effect is limited.

If it weren't for the full military salary, enough food, and successive victories, Chen Wang's strict requirements would have reached the level of enough to provoke a mutiny.

If the preaching can be combined with dance, music, and drama, it can not only solve the entertainment needs of the sergeants, but also strengthen the role of the preaching.

It might be possible to set up a Department of Publicity and Publicity under the Judge Advocate Advocate General's Office to take charge of the relevant matters.

Perhaps more breaks in the military should be set aside to introduce some competitive sports into the military, such as wrestling.

Chen Wang's eyes were cold, his mind was empty, and he only felt a burst of enlightenment.

After figuring out the tricks, many problems are solved.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps also happened to come from outside the pavilion, and a dull knock on the door interrupted the sound of dancing music in the pavilion.

Chen Wang's eyes condensed slightly, and he turned his head to look out of the door, Hu Zhili had already held the Yanling knife hanging on the armrest of the seat at this time.

"Who?"

Kang Ruiwu's eyes widened, and he half stood up and asked angrily, he was here to entertain Chen Wang, but after greeting him in advance, there were still people who dared to disturb without opening his eyes.

Kang Ruiwu's heart was on fire, today this restaurant has been taken over by him, and his family is guarding downstairs, how can he let people come up.

But the voice that sounded outside the pavilion suppressed all the anger in Kang Ruiwu's heart in an instant.

"On the order of Fuzhi, General Chen is specially invited to go to the Inspectorate to discuss important military matters......