On the way back to the mountains.

Ning Da Niu and Ning Miao of Ding Pozi's family happily looked at the cloth on these carts.

"Or the eldest lady has the ability to get so much cloth, so we don't have to worry about it in winter."

"yes, it's getting colder, and these cloths are just in time."

While discussing, several people thought about how much cloth they could change for their own jobs to make clothes, and they were full of expectations for the future.

Wang Xiujuan didn't listen to their discussion, the figure of Chang Yuan leaving in a hurry flashed in her mind, she knew how much Wang Hanting respected her, if it wasn't for that kind of urgent matter, she believed that the other party would definitely come to see her.

A lot of speculation flashed in her heart, could it be the imperial court? Or is there something wrong in the north?

Wang Xiujuan knew that Chang Yuan had two provinces in the north, but there were not only two provinces in the north, although the imperial court had lost control over there, but there were other bandits there besides Chang Yuan, just saying that Chang Yuan was one of the more powerful forces.

Whether it is the imperial court or the north, if Chang Yuan is in trouble, they will be more or less affected, and it is impossible for procurement to be as convenient as it is now.

The other thieves are not as reasonable as Chang Yuan, and the court officials are even more greedy, otherwise they would not have caused the current situation of chaos.

Along the way, Wang Xiujuan was a little worried and returned to the mountain, and she immediately found Ning Changrong and told him about it.

Ning Changrong pondered for a moment after listening, he touched his chin, "Chang Yuan's power is too great, and he also conquered Taizhou Mansion, although it is separated by a river, he is indeed the closest anti-thief force to the imperial court, but it will be winter soon, the imperial court should not send troops in winter, right?" ”

Ning Changrong paused for a moment, and then said: "But if something happens in the north, it will be winter now, they should start hoarding grain, how can they suddenly start a war?" Do you want to grab it before the weather is completely cold? ”

……

Fu Linjun had just put the child to sleep, and when he went outside, he found that Chang Yuan had not come back yet.

She asked the people around her, "Hasn't the general come back yet?" ”

Na Xiao Si bent down and said, "Madam, the general has not returned yet." ”

Fu Linjun waited until midnight, and Chang Yuan had just returned, with some cold air on his body.

Chang Yuan looked at the lady who had not yet slept, took off the armor on his body, and slowly walked in front of Fu Linjun, "Why hasn't Mrs. gone to bed yet?" He glanced at his son, who was sleeping beside him, and deliberately slowed down.

Fu Linjun's face was full of worry, "How can I sleep when you leave in such a hurry?" Is something wrong? ”

Chang Yuan often discusses with Fu Linjun about something, and after the other party asked, he gently walked to the side of the bed and sat down, "It's true that something happened." ”

Fu Linjun's face was shocked, and Chang Yuan continued:

"The north received news that Qin Guangquan and Zhu Zhanping were ready to join forces to attack Huaixi Mansion."

Fu Linjun's face was puzzled, "Haven't the two of them been fighting?" When will we be able to join forces? ”

Qin Guangquan and Zhu Zhanping, one is a swaggering charlatan, and the other is a businessman's family, since the incident, the two have been fighting, and they don't like each other.

"Now that most of the north has been destroyed by those people, there are displaced people everywhere, and now it is winter again, and the whole north is all barren except for the land under my rule to grow grain, and the two of them naturally want to join forces to grab food."

"As for the grudge between the two of them, no matter how big it is, it can't compare to the matter of life and death."

After Chang Yuan finished speaking, Fu Linjun quickly understood.

There is no good place in the whole north, and after being occupied by these large and small forces, it is even more chaotic than under the rule of the imperial court.

Now that the imperial court has completely withdrawn from the north, they have naturally become the sweets in the eyes of these people.

Fu Linjun stabilized his mind, "What does Husband have to worry about?" Our army is already equipped with crossbows, and the soldiers are also practicing day and night, can those thieves who only know how to burn, kill, loot, and spend all day long, still be able to beat us? ”

Before the imperial court soldiers and horses were evacuated, these people were indeed thieves who were expelled everywhere, and Chang Yuan at that time was already a coward who was able to resist the imperial court's soldiers and horses!

There is a huge disparity in power between the two.

"The emperor was dizzy and completely gave up the north, which also facilitated our development, but without the constraints of the imperial court's military horses, there are advantages and disadvantages, if the imperial court army is there, everyone is rebellious, and it can be twisted into a force, without this imperial army, everyone has become the enemy of the other party."

"What I'm most worried about at the moment is not that Qin Guangquan and Zhu Zhanping join forces, just like Madam said, let's practice every day, these thieves are not our opponents at all, but the problem is that there are still imperial soldiers and horses in the south eyeing us."

"If there is a fight in the north, the imperial court may take the opportunity to attack the Taizhou Mansion. At that time, we will be able to open two fronts and suffer from the enemy on our backs. ”

Hearing this, Fu Linjun finally understood Chang Yuan's worries.

What he feared was that the imperial court might take the opportunity to attack them.

And now they have just taken Taixi County not long ago, not only can they not give them any help, but they also have to subsidize a lot of food.

Originally, Chang Yuan thought that there were also some noble families in this Taixi County, and they could more or less have some food to subsidize the army, and it was possible for others to have no food to eat, but these clans, if it was a famine, they would definitely not lack food and drink.

But I didn't expect Hu Dadao to be so capable, this family is a cunning rabbit, I don't know how much food is hidden, and all of them have been tortured out by him, including all kinds of gold, silver and jade.

It was precisely because they couldn't stand his brutal bullying that those small clans who had been in the limelight for hundreds of years had the heart to burn jade, and burned all the grain with a fire, and of course they themselves were all cut by Hu Dadao as military food.

Fu Linjun said in a deep voice: "It's very risky to open the two lines, can we try to talk to Qin Guangquan?" ”

"I have already discussed this idea with them in the army today, but how to talk about it still has to be discussed, the purpose of their attack is probably for food, if it can't meet their ideas, it will definitely not be able to talk about it."

Chang Yuan frowned, to be honest, if he didn't have his hands free now, it wouldn't take long to clean up these two people.

"That's going to be difficult." Fu Linjun sighed deeply.

If it weren't for the fact that things were more complicated, Chang Yuan would not have come back from the daytime until late at night.

"It's getting late, don't worry about it anymore, madam, let's think about it tomorrow." Chang Yuan comforted Fu Linjun when he saw his sad appearance.

On the second day, Chang Yuan went out early and returned late, and there was some rumor in the entire Taixi County.

(End of chapter)