"It's right, it's too good!" Li Dan slapped his thigh, and the two looked at each other and smiled in the car.

For Fan County, he was worried that after he left Yu Gan, his shares would be gone, and his interests would no longer be tied to Yu Gan, if there was a relationship between his righteous daughter and son-in-law, then who would dare to move?

For Xu Ying, if she can recognize Fan Xianzun, a descendant of Fan Zhongyan, as her father-in-law, she will have a backer of the eunuch, not only can she marry into the Li family, but also the two "righteous daughters of the county king" will not dare to be too funny.

For Li Dan, if he can marry a family like the Fan family, and there is also a third-grade *** in the dynasty, then the future can also avoid many risks and waves. The question is, does the Xu family agree?

When he rushed to the Xu Mansion to tell the three brothers of the Xu family, the three of them had no opinion in unison.

The benefits that Xu Ying could bring to the Xu Mansion by having such a father-in-law were obvious (it is said that Fan Xianling was about to become the prefect of Dengzhou Mansion because of his outstanding political achievements), and it also made the whole family relieved that the status of the two families was equal, after all, it was not unusual for the children of official eunuchs and the daughters of merchants to marry.

Li Dan considered that although this Fan Jinhu (Fan County Lingming) was occasionally greedy, he was generally virtuous. During his tenure, he was considerate of the people's feelings, took care of the development of various industries, and provided soil for the rapid expansion of Li Danqing's shirts.

In the case of the division of the Li Mansion, he handled it smoothly and guaranteed Li Dan's request as promised; When Li Dan was in trouble many times and was about to touch the law, he gave the necessary tolerance. Therefore, Li Dan has a good impression of this person, and he has no objection to Xu Ying recognizing him as his father-in-law.

Xu Zhen went in personally and asked her daughter, Xu Ying agreed, and everyone was happy.

So it was agreed to invite Mr. Fan to come over on the auspicious day on the third day, and Xu Ying came out to meet his father-in-law and serve tea, Mr. Fan presented her with a pair of jasper inlaid fish as a gift, and Xu Ying presented a pair of otter skin knee pads as a return gift.

In the end, Master Fan of Xufu stayed to eat wine, and gave him fifty taels of congratulations to invite him to "smile".

After completing this process, Xu Ying officially became Master Fan's "righteous daughter".

On the same day, Li Dan escorted his aunt to Baima's new home, and Han An, as the man's representative, came to the door and agreed with the Xu family that the day after tomorrow would be an auspicious day to welcome the family, and Li Dan's marriage was decided.

Because Master Fan and Han An both thought that this matter had already been decided, and it was best not to delay it any longer, Li Dan had no choice but to obey everyone's wishes.

He sent Aunt Qian to a new home, and Xiao Qian was very happy when he saw that the house was new and the place was spacious, so he put his mind on arranging a new house with Su Siniang.

Li Dan then hurried to Anren and summoned Zhao Jingzi, Master Ba, Zhu Qing and Gao Hanzi to discuss the division of troops and the reduction of troops. At first, Zhao Jingzi was very reluctant, but later Master Ba persuaded him to think in Li Dan's position, and he let go of his attachment.

"It's just a pity," he smacked his lips, "If there are nearly 10,000 soldiers in hand, if the officers and soldiers don't go out, I dare to say that our green shirt team can toss the Lou bandits!"

"Understood, understood," Master Ba smiled bitterly, "But after all, we are not officers and soldiers, but team training, and this big drama has to be sung by others, right?"

"Master Ba is right!" Li Dan also said, "After all, we are auxiliary, not an official force. Protecting localities is what regimental training should do, and suppressing bandits is the duty of the officers and soldiers.

So my opinion is to decide which troops to go to each province first, and then consider how many people to keep in the Tsing Yi team. Then the rest of the people can go into the factories to work, or go to the counties of Raozhou to manage the inspection department and the township squadron.

In addition, I plan to establish two organizations in Baima: the Guardian Martial Arts School and the Patrol Division Xiangyong Training Brigade, and absorb about 1,000 backbones in their name, so that they can provide a steady stream of soldiers for the Tsing Yi team while training."

"The size of the teaching team can also be appropriately expanded." Zhu Qing said.

"Well, in addition, Yu Gan's garrison is now understaffed, and the southwest city is already under construction, so I suggest that some people can go back to Yu Gan to be under the command of Yang Dayi's garrison." Master Ba proposed.

"Isn't it very difficult to digest so many people this way?" Zhu Qing said.

"Okay, then I'll immediately gather the staff officers to draw up a plan and report back to your lord tomorrow morning." Zhao

Keiko was finally convinced. In fact, he was most worried that so many fighters who could fight would disperse in a hurry, which might bring security problems to the local area.

Early the next morning, Zhao Jingzi came to Li Dan with two dark circles under his eyes and discussed for two hours before leaving. As soon as he left, Li Dan immediately took the two altars of "Jade Qingliu" that Jia Mingjiu brought to him last night and set off for Dongxiang.

Jia Mingjiu had just been appointed by him as the director of Yangbufeng Distillery, and he was also the head cabinet of the Shangtuan brewing industry. In the future, the products under his hands will not only be wine, but also moromi grains, vinegar, soy sauce and sake lees to make pig feed.

The brewing products are the most worry-free to sell, especially after the masters and workers of some wineries in Jinxian fled due to the war, the scale of Yangbu Winery has doubled, and the output has also increased significantly.

However, the factory area of Yangbu is on the mountain, and the temperature and humidity are suitable for producing jade and clear streams, but it is not suitable for distilled spirits such as Fengyu and Fengquan that need an open space.

Therefore, Li Dan decided to transfer Qin Jiuhu back to him as a deputy, responsible for opening a new distillery in Gubu.

At the same time, he reorganized and reopened the winery in Jinxian Lidu, appointed an alcoholist recommended by Jia Mingjiu to be in charge there, and selected some people from the laid-off personnel to set up a special factory for the research and development of new liquor and related equipment.

Li Dan was staggering in the carriage, half-asleep, constantly thinking about the affairs of those troops and factories, and he didn't have the heart to look at the scenery outside.

It wasn't until Lu Jiu came to the falling car window and shouted inside, "Sir, there are still five miles to go, let's go to Dongxiang County!"

"Got it!" Li Dan agreed, looked out, and saw a group of prisoners lining up to finish work and prepare to go back for dinner, the setting sun was reflected on their shoulders, and these people's expressions looked very relaxed.

These captives, who did not have serious blood debts or evil deeds, fell into the hands of Governor Zhao with a total of nearly 30,000 people. Li Dan knew that 6,000 of them were building official roads from Anren to Fuzhou and Linchuan, and it was the Meigang District team that supervised the construction.

But what should they do with them after they finish building the road, will they all be sent to the mine to be mine slaves?

Zhao Chongbi learned a lesson and ordered to transfer 5,000 captives to complete the city wall of Dongxiang.

The city wall does not seem to have been completely finished at this time, and some people are carrying their burdens to go up, and the small banners of the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate say that the designated work has not been completed during the day, or that the acceptance is not satisfactory and is being redone.

"It's not difficult for us to call it a day, but if you steal a girl and play tricks, then you can be guilty!" The little flag said through gritted teeth.

Li Dan looked at the dark position on the side of the city gate, it was already dark, but he knew that there were several human heads hanging there. He was not present at the battle, but later heard that several rebel generals had been killed.

However, Yang Xing was never found. This is the most talented young general of the rebel army who has been friends with him for a long time. I wanted to find an opportunity to compete and compete with him on the battlefield, but who would have thought that after the Dongxiang Assault War, he seemed to have evaporated, and he actually disappeared without a trace.

Zhao Chongbi had long been accustomed to Li Dan coming and going like the wind, and when he heard that he had arrived, he hurriedly greeted him, pulled him into the house affectionately, called his subordinates to add charcoal and raise his salary, and then said:

"Yesterday, Yu Gan came to say that Fan County Ling recognized the eldest lady of the Xu family as a righteous daughter, I wondered if you would come after the wedding, but I didn't expect it to be here today!"

"Business first, how dare Dan abolish the public for personal reasons?"

Zhao Chongbi laughed: "Okay, I'll use you more now, and when you become the groom, the three newlyweds will use it!"

Li Dan's face was red, and he muttered and replied, "My lord, it's two, not three."

"Huh? Didn't you say that the king of the county sent two righteous daughters to you ......?"

"Returning to my lordship, I can't marry until I'm fourteen years old. The child has not yet reached the age of several miles, and the minister does not dare to transgress the law."

"You, you!" Zhao Chongbi pointed at him angrily and funny: "It's just two months away. Besides, if you don't talk about it, how many outsiders know?"

"Don't say that, my lord, if you worship the heavens and the earth, and the ghosts and gods know it, what is an ignorant person?" Li Dan replied very seriously.

"Good, good, whatever you want!" Zhao Chongbi was helpless: "Anyway,

Nominally, you are also related to the Zhao family, and the emperor will only value you more, so you have to do it yourself!"

As he spoke, he turned around and went to the bookcase to get a document and handed it over: "Look, what Kuaima sent today is the emperor's reply to my secret."

Li Dan received it in his hand, and was shocked when he heard that it was the emperor's handwriting.

Hurriedly got up and put the pieces of paper respectfully on the coffee table, dressed up and bowed deeply, then held it with both hands and read it carefully, turned around and put it back on the bookcase after reading, and then turned around and sat down.

"My lord, does the emperor mean to attack without waiting for the end of winter?" He asked Zhao Chongbi.

"yes." Zhao Chongbi frowned: "The towns that have just been recovered are not yet stable, and the remnants of the bandits have not been exterminated, but Your Majesty can't wait.

Your trip to Shangrao has done an excellent job, not only achieving our previous goal of collecting as much food as possible and sending stragglers to Shangrao, but also far beyond what we imagined.

However, the emperor's concern is also reasonable, after all, there are tens of thousands of people in the city, and the consumption is also huge. If we can't defeat the enemy as soon as possible, I'm afraid that Shangrao will still face danger."

He got up and took a map, pointed at it and said softly: "At present, although Dexing and other Raozhou cities have been strengthened by the support of the guest army, they are only self-preservation, and they are unable to launch an offensive from the northern front, and they cannot take care of all the key points, which is a weak point.

Although the Zhejiang army from the east surrounded Yushan, its progress was slow and inactive. The officers and troops in northern Fujian in the south are now blocked by heavy snow, and the roads are blocked and they cannot advance. Hum! After talking about it for a long time, we have to rely on ourselves in this battle!"

"Then, ...... Shi Shuai?"

"He has his problems." Zhao Chongbi smiled bitterly: "The Jinghu soldiers don't want to go too deep into Jiangxi, they only care about blocking the road where the bandits go west.

In fact, they want Yang He to die in Jiangxi, and the people of Jiangxi will kill him, and it is best for them not to do anything, not to shed blood, and then take some credit and benefits and go home properly."

"So now Yang He is still alive." Li Dan also understood: "However, after all, he has been beaten and scarred, and it should not be difficult to clear it further."

"I heard that there are more than 3,000 people around him." Zhao Chongbi clasped his arms: "There are tens of thousands of Jiangxi officials and troops around. But the problem is that everyone is stunned when they look at the mountain, and with the coming of winter, Shi Shuai has no choice but to adopt a blockade strategy.

If these tens of thousands of people go in and suffer losses again, then there will be no way to take Lou Zishi!"

"Understand, then the adults can only rely on the existing officers and troops in their hands to fight against Lou Zishi." Li Dan said.

"Well, Lou Zishi and Yintuo, this big pile is not easy to swallow!"

"Maybe...... It's not that bad." Li Dan said suddenly.

"How?"

"When we came, we made a plan in Anren," Li Dan said with a smile, "Didn't your lord ask last time if we could divide into several battalions to go out to defend the provinces and assist them in establishing regimental training?

It just so happens that we have several leaders from different provinces, and they can take the headquarters back, and it would be nice for the locals to be familiar with things. What do you think?"

"That's very good, I don't know what you're going to do?"

"The humble position recommended Zhou Qin as the training envoy of the Fuzhou regiment, Tanzhong Xuan as the training envoy of the Jianchang regiment, and Xiao Wanhe as the training envoy of the Ji'an regiment.

Then he recommended Liang Mingshan and Yu Meiguang to serve as deputy envoys of the Raozhou regiment respectively, each with a thousand-person brigade to guard Wannian and Anren, with Song Xiaoqiao as the training envoy of the Yu cadre regiment, and ordered him to take the naval army of the department to garrison Baima as the two of them.

The main force of 2,600 people trained in the Raozhou regiment and went south to fight with the adults."

Zhao Chongbi was moved when he heard this: "You want to hand over so many teams to me? Are there only 2,600 left? Isn't that too little?"

"There are not many soldiers." Li Dan replied with a smile, and then said, "When the place is quiet, we can go south with all our hearts. It is not difficult to come to Guixi, Geyang, and Xing'an, and the key is only in Guangxin and Lead Mountain.

When I came back, I had already reported to the adults that the general Ge Yang was not strong-willed, and he had the intention of accepting Zhao'an.

This is a humble matter

It has been secretly arranged, if you can recruit an army and wave your troops into Geyang, Guixi will lose fear, and the strength of the 500 defenders of Xing'an will be very weak and difficult to attack. That's why I say that these three cities are not difficult.

Rather, it is necessary to grasp the timing of the attack. The contradiction between the Lou family and Yintuo will break out sooner or later, and the lowly official has already sent a reconnaissance to find out the news of Guangxin, once the two of them eat the dog in this city, it will be the best!

We waited for the two of us to attack when they were exhausted, and we took the northern road, so 2,600 men were enough! Your Excellency led the army to the south bank, Lead Mountain and Guangfeng, as long as one of them was taken, Lou Zishi would not be able to gain a foothold in Shangrao, and the army's morale would be shaken!"

"Of course, if the officials and troops of Zhejiang and Fujian can cooperate at this time, I am afraid the effect will be better." Li Dan added, "Otherwise, it is difficult to guarantee that the remnants of the enemy will turn back and flee into the territory of the two provinces, and there will be trouble again!"

Zhao Chongbi stared at him for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "You little ghost, you must be an old man who has practiced for many years in his previous life!"

"Your Excellency may have guessed correctly!" The two laughed.

General Zhaoyi's Mansion is located in the east gate of Yugan, which is not very large, but there is a brick carved building at the door that is very eye-catching.

A round-faced, scribe-clad man was holding a square scarf in one hand and looking up at the carving on the door. Zhao Xuan walked behind him and followed his gaze to look up. "What do you see?" He asked, puzzled.

"Look at the carving." The Confucian scholar pointed with the fan in his hand: "Look at the deer, the plum blossom, carved very vividly. It's amazing how much effort the craftsmen put into it!"

"Hey, that's true, I don't even notice how I go in and out of here every day." Zhao Xuan looked at the "Fulu Longevity Picture" and couldn't help but applaud.

"If you want to talk about this, I'm afraid there is no second family with such a door. Back then, our older generation really worked hard to leave such exquisite work!"

The Confucian scholar looked at him and said, "Fei Ye, Fei Ye, this brick carving is much older, and it should be a relic of the Southern Song Dynasty in terms of style. If you want to sell antiques at such a door, it is worth more than 100,000 yuan!"

After speaking, he looked at Zhao Xuan, who was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, and asked, "Does this little Yanei live here?"

"Ah, yes! Don't you know me?" Zhao Xuan wanted to straighten his chest, but unexpectedly raised his big belly higher.

"Forgive me."

"I am the third prince of the General's Mansion, Zhao Xuan!"

"Yo, it turned out to be the third son, disrespectful, disrespectful." Confucian hurriedly apologized: "I came all the way down, and I didn't know when I first arrived in Guixian, so don't blame me!"

"Oh, out of town. There's something wrong with the weird accent." Zhao Xuan looked up and down: "Hey, now in wartime, the inventory is so strict, how did you enter the city?" Could it be a thief and a girl?" As soon as he raised his voice, the servants and helpers who followed him immediately surrounded the Confucian student.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!" Confucian hurriedly waved his hand: "The student is from a human background, how can it be a woman?" After speaking, he took out a card from his bosom and handed it over with both hands.

Zhao Xuan took it and looked at it, his eyes widened suddenly, and the Confucian student made a silent gesture, smiled and whispered, "The student came from afar, I don't know if the general can be in the mansion?" Or do you want to trouble the third prince to help me go in and take a look?"

"Sir, please go to the teahouse for a while, I'll go in and see Daddy, and I'll come back." After speaking, Zhao Xuan ordered someone to invite Confucian students into the teahouse where the guests were received in the gatehouse, and he ran inside quickly.

After a while, the master of the house came to the teahouse in person and bowed his hand to Confucianism, "But Wang Jishan? The student Gong Chao was ordered by the general to ask the gentleman to move to the study to talk."

"Mr. Lao Gong will lead the way."

The two of them went one after the other, and they didn't talk on the road, and they came to a treasure bottle door, where a small servant was waiting. When he saw that someone was coming, he arched his hand and said, "Sir, please come with me." Look at the book

So he invited him in, bypassed the fish pond and the main house, and entered another quiet courtyard from the side, the ground was covered with white clean sand, and the three rooms on the east wall were facing the flower pond and stalagmites, and Zhao Jintang stood at the door.

"Student Wang Qi, I've seen the general." Wang Jishan stepped forward and saluted.

"Ji Shanyuan came to work hard. Please come inside and speak." Zhao Jintang let the guests into the house, sat down and served tea, and was just the little guy who served him from beginning to end

He then exited the room and closed the door, leaving only the two of them inside.