At the banquet during the day, everyone was very happy, especially Wu Rui took the initiative to cooperate with the Xiang family, which implied that Xiang Liang and Wu Rui had already intended to take refuge in himself, but Wu Rui was not stupid, his refuge must also have his own little Jiujiu, but at today's banquet, he has not proposed it yet.

Of course, there is no free lunch in the world, Xiang Liang knows this very well, so he did not mention this matter too much at the banquet, just wait for these few days, and then meet with Wu Rui, and then deepen the discussion of this matter.

Thinking of this, Xiang Liang put away his messy thoughts and looked at the documents on the table, these documents were all sent this morning, a whole large stack, and these documents must be sent out tomorrow morning.

Every day, Xiang Liang repeats these complicated official duties, which seems to have become a habit.

Thinking of these, Xiang Liang couldn't help but sigh lightly, for the sake of the Chu country, for the future of the Xiang family, for his father's oath that 'although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu', Xiang Liang picked up a document, the document is a handwritten letter from the magistrate of Huiji, Xiang Liang immediately lifted his spirit and looked at it carefully for a moment.

The contents of the document, exactly the same as the one he sent him not long ago, were all about the issue of armament reserves.

It can be said that in the past two years, Jiangdong has greatly improved its armament reserves, and the food problem has also been alleviated, nearly seventy percent of the soldiers have been replaced with new cloth armor, and the officers are all wearing leather armor, and some senior generals have already received their own armor, which is incomparable with the Jiangbei Army and the Qin Army of Lushan County, but in the same way, some bad problems have gradually been exposed, and these problems have forced Xiang Liang to face.

On the other hand, Zhangjun is vast and sparsely populated, adjacent to the river, and Huiji is connected to the sea, so that Huiji and Yanjun are not suitable as logistics towns, and once they cross the river to the north, the problem of transportation has become the biggest problem for the Jiangdong army.

These problems are worrying Xiang Liang, but the history of the magistrate of Huiji County has been on the book again and again, hoping that Xiang Liang will discuss this matter as soon as possible and solve the current dilemma.

"yes, it's time to think about it." Xiang Liang thought of this and said to himself, at this time, Xiang Sheng's voice sounded at the door: "Liang Gong, can I come in?" ”

"Come in." Xiang Liang's voice was slightly tired, he put down the paperwork in his hand, and the door opened at this time, Xiang Sheng walked in quickly, came to Xiang Liang, and said in a deep voice: "Liang Gong, Xiang Zhuang has been invited, waiting at the door." ”

Xiang Liang nodded, Xiang Sheng turned around and left, not long after, Xiang Zhuang walked in quickly, and the door was quickly closed after Xiang Zhuang entered, Xiang Zhuang had come to Xiang Liang at this time, and bowed: "My nephew has seen my uncle." ”

Xiang Liang smiled and nodded: "You just came back, you must be very tired, I brought you here at this time, you won't blame me, right?" ”

Xiang Zhuang immediately shook his hand and smiled: "Uncle is serious, how can my nephew blame my uncle." ”

Stopped, Xiang Zhuang's eyes wandered on Xiang Liang's body, after a few months, Xiang Liang has aged a lot, especially the wrinkles on his face, which have become more and more obvious, thinking of this, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but sigh lightly, Xiang Liang seemed to see Xiang Zhuang's inner thoughts, he shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Every day is these heavy official duties, and I haven't gone out for a long time." ”

After speaking, Xiang Liang got up and stretched his waist, looked at the door, and said with a smile: "This is the county guard's mansion, no one will spy on us, you might as well go out for a walk." ”

"My nephew listens to me." Xiang Zhuang said with a smile.

In the south courtyard of the county guard's mansion, there is a pond here, in the middle of the pond, a pavilion has been built, at this time, fifty guards have blocked the vicinity of the pavilion, patrolling back and forth, and Xiang Liang and Xiang Zhuang have slowly walked through the long corridor at this time, and came to the pavilion, a guard put two soft seats, and the two sat opposite each other.

"I can see during the day, you seem to have something to say?" Xiang Liang looked at Xiang Zhuang and couldn't help laughing.

Xiang Zhuang was seen through by Xiang Liang, and couldn't help but smile: "It's just some immature ideas, I'm going to discuss it with my uncle." ”

Seeing Xiang Zhuang so polite, Xiang Liang couldn't help laughing: "You and my uncle and nephew, what can't you say?" ”

Stopped, Xiang Liang waved his hand to Xiang Sheng on the side: "You all retreat, I'll talk to Zhuang'er alone." ”

Xiang Sheng sang a promise, and slowly retreated with the guards, at this time, in the pavilion, only Xiang Liang and Xiang Zhuang were left, the two looked at each other for a moment, Xiang Zhuang sighed: "Uncle, I think that we are mining iron ore from Yi County, but we have to cross the river along the way, transport it to Jiangchenghe Port, and transfer it to Huiji, the road is vast, the road is far away, and the labor is heavy, and some have to not try." ”

Speaking of this, Xiang Zhuang paused his words, he stared at Xiang Liang quietly, at this time, Xiang Liang was also bowing his head and pondering, although Xiang Zhuang did not say everything, but Xiang Liang had vaguely guessed that Xiang Zhuang's thoughts must also be a matter of logistics reserves, and it seemed to be the same as what he was worried about.

But Xiang Liang didn't reveal his inner thoughts, he only stared at Xiang Zhuang quietly, and said in surprise: "Zhuang'er might as well talk about it in detail." ”

Xiang Zhuang saw that Xiang Liang was interested in this matter, and he was overjoyed, and said: "Since my uncle asked, my nephew will not hide it, if there is something wrong with what he said, please ask my uncle Haihan." ”

Xiang Liang smiled and shook his hand, Xiang Zhuang continued: "I think that we can build a craftsman shop near Yi County as a supply station at the forefront of our army, and moreover, Yi County is bordered by the Yangtze River in the south and Dabie Mountain in the north, which can effectively defend against enemy sneak attacks, and we can also build a war dock in Shaxian County to export weapons to Huiji or Zhangjun at any time." ”

Speaking of this, Xiang Zhuang quietly glanced at Xiang Liang, and seeing that he was still listening carefully, Xiang Zhuang continued: "The most important point is that once we cross the river to the north and participate in the Central Plains war, Hengshan County can become our most effective and reliable logistics supply base. ”

Xiang Zhuang's last words, completely moved Xiang Liang, this is also Xiang Liang has been distressed by things, long journey, transportation of iron ore, after all, is not a long-term solution, moreover, the road is far away, Huiji County is also difficult to achieve large-scale mining, especially transportation, supplies need to cross the river to the other side, in order to embark on the road to the north, in this way, it will be a great challenge to transportation, and the time will be extended, however, Xiang Zhuang's proposal just now, but invisibly, broke the dilemma, let Xiang Liang see hope. ”

After a short thought, Xiang Liang nodded slightly: "This proposal is very good, I promise you." ”

Xiang Zhuang was overjoyed when he saw Xiang Liang's promise, and he immediately gave his hand and said: "Don't hide it from my uncle, I have asked Kong Ji to start preparing to build a craftsman shop in Yi County, and in the early stage, I am going to put a part of the craftsman shop into operation, and in the later stage, I will expand the scale of the craftsman shop to achieve large-scale production of ironware." ”

When Xiang Liang heard about the large-scale production of ironware, he also had a glimmer of hope in his heart, but recalling that day, Huayu had said that Xuanzi had not yet been able to mass-produce the formula for ironware, Xiang Liang's heart was like falling into an ice cave, and he couldn't help sighing: "Zhuang'er's idea is good, but Xuanzi's side, I'm afraid there is no better technology for large-scale production." ”

Seeing that his uncle was worried about this matter, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but smile and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I have a way to get Xuanzi to come up with the formula." ”

The nephew was full of confidence, Xiang Liang didn't say more, and after a moment of silence, Xiang Liang said again: "What do you think of Wu Rui?" ”

"Uncle, that's what I'm here for." Xiang Zhuang said with a smile.

After a pause, Xiang Zhuang continued: "Wu Rui's strength at this time can completely dominate Lushan County, recruit troops and horses in Lushan County, expand his power, and then march eastward, along Yixian County, although my Xiang family is strong and strong, it may not be the opponent of the Poyang army." ”

Speaking of this, Xiang Zhuang looked at Xiang Liang's expression, Xiang Liang was still silent, Xiang Zhuang really couldn't see Xiang Liang's attitude towards this matter, so he had to continue: "But Wu Rui didn't choose to go east, but listened to his nephew's advice and cooperated with the Xiang family, in fact, it was to merge with us and recover Dachu together." ”

Speaking of this, Xiang Zhuang smiled slightly embarrassedly: "In order to stabilize Wu Rui, I promised my uncle that as long as Wu Rui takes Lushan County, we can continue to appoint him to guard Lushan and serve as the county guard. ”

Xiang Zhuang got up, Xiang Liang also woke up from his contemplation at this time, Xiang Zhuang's words, word by word were engraved in Xiang Liang's heart, he was already determined at this time, and he could talk to Wu Rui about the merger.

At this time, Xiang Liang found that his nephew Xiang Zhuang was still standing in front of him, and he couldn't help laughing: "I don't blame you, you sit down." ”

Xiang Zhuang sat down, at this time, Xiang Liang looked at the north, the stars in the north were extremely bright, and his thoughts also drifted to the north stars to Yi County, and floated to the iron ore in Yi County, he unconsciously got up, walked two steps in the pavilion, came to the railing, and looked at the sky.

About a cup of tea, Xiang Liang's slightly old voice sounded: "I'm going to let you go back to Yi County again, garrison 30,000 soldiers, are you willing to go?" ”

Xiang Zhuang didn't expect that his uncle would suddenly increase his troops in Yi County, he got up and came to Xiang Liang's side with questions, and just wanted to speak, but Xiang Liang waved his hand and smiled: "On other days, if I lead the army to the north, Yi County will be my northernmost military town, playing a pivotal role." ”

Stopped, Xiang Liang let out a long sigh, and said: "Moreover, Zhou Wen's army was defeated, Wu Guangjiu could not attack Xingyang, and Zhang Chu's army spent tens of millions of dollars, but he could not enter Guanzhong, from this point of view, Zhang Chu's regime is powerless, their power has come to an end, it is time for our Xiang family to go north." ”

Seeing that his uncle had the idea of going north, Xiang Zhuang felt a trace of excitement in his heart, and the day when the Xiang family went north was finally coming.

At this time, Xiang Zhuang gave up his hand and asked Xiang Liang for his life: "Uncle, my nephew feels that only controlling Yi County will not play the biggest role in our Xiang family's northward movement. ”

After a short thought, Xiang Liang looked at Xiang Zhuang and nodded slightly: "The affairs of Hengshan County can be decided by you." ”