Soon after Xiao Jiu brought back Li Li's family from Yuzhou, Li Luoyao also successfully gave birth to a daughter for Xiao Jiu.

When a baby's cry sounded from the delivery room, Xiao Jiu's nervous heart instantly collapsed, and he couldn't wait to rush into the room.

Looking at Xiao Jiu's sweaty appearance, his father-in-law Li Li and his eldest brother Li Yi, who were accompanying him, knew that Li Luoyao had not seen the wrong person.

A nervous posture like Xiao Jiu can't be faked, but he really loves Li Luoyao from the bottom of his heart.

Before Xiao Jiu and the others rushed into the delivery room, the midwife in charge of delivering the baby appeared at the door, "Congratulations to Lord Xiao, you are a daughter." ”

Xiao Jiu didn't care if it was a boy or a girl, he just flashed sideways and walked into the house quickly past the midwife.

In the room, his two mothers-in-law were gathered around the bed, and the eldest mother-in-law was also holding a baby in her arms.

And Li Luoyao, who Xiao Jiu was most concerned about, was lying on the bed at this time, her face was pale, and she smiled at Xiao Jiu.

"Luo Yao."

Xiao Jiu asked his wife worriedly, and the other party just nodded in response.

Then Li Li and his son entered the room, took the newborn baby, held it in his arms and shook it gently, and always had a lingering smile on his face.

When Xiao Jiu reacted and saw his father-in-law gently teasing his granddaughter, he suddenly realized that he was a father.

Since Xiao Jiu crossed into this world, only Li Luoyao has lit a bright light in his dim life.

Now that he has a daughter, he doesn't have to be alone anymore.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jiu's eyes flashed vaguely, but because of the authority on weekdays, he didn't shed tears in the end.

"What's the name for him?"

Li Li's voice interrupted Xiao Jiu's thoughts.

Seeing that his father-in-law was asking for his opinion, Xiao Jiu, who originally wanted Li Li to name him, suddenly swallowed the words he was about to blurt out.

"Let's let Luo Yao pick it up."

Li Luoyao saw Xiao Jiu looking at her, and just wanted to shake her head and refuse, but Xiao Jiu held her palm.

"You are my wife, and you are in charge of the family."

Listening to Xiao Jiu's words, the smile on Li Luoyao's face was even worse, with a kind of peaceful gentleness.

For Xiao Jiu to ask Li Luoyao to name his newly born daughter, Li Li's father and son were also a little surprised, and after a little thought, they couldn't help but have some admiration.

In this feudal era, most women were vassals of men, especially for upper-class people like Xiao Jiu.

Now Xiao Jiu is risking a big taboo to let Li Luoyao name her daughter, which shows her doting.

And Li Luoyao didn't refuse anymore, and after thinking for a while, she said slowly, "It's better to call Xiao Xun'er." ”

"Remember the first time we met? The hare hill is covered with lavender, and the mountains are very beautiful. ”

Seeing Li Luoyao in front of him falling into memory, Xiao Jiu immediately nodded, "Okay, it's called Xiao Xun'er, this name is good." ”

Seeing that Xiao Jiu and Li Luoyao were talking happily, each with a smile overflowing to words, Li Li also smiled with great relief.

It's just that the infant Xiao Xun'er child is still crying in Li Yi's arms.

"Don't talk about it, the child is crying all the time."

Looking at Li Yi's helpless face, Mrs. Li Lier, who had been with her all the time, quickly picked up the baby.

Xiao Jiu also reacted at this time, and wanted to hug his daughter but was pushed away by the second mother-in-law, "Go, I think of my granddaughter at this time, go with your wife." ”

Listening to the second mother-in-law's jokes, Xiao Jiu scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, but Li Li and the others on the side were amused by Xiao Jiu, who was full of embarrassment.

No one would have thought that Lord Xiao Jiuxiao, the governor of Yuzhou who is full of words on weekdays, would also have such a cute side.

If they were looked at by Xiao Jiu's subordinates, but would they think that Xiao Jiu was possessed by some ghost, was this still the cold-faced Yama in their hearts?

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Yuzhou, the city lord's mansion.

Although Gu Chong was still living in the City Lord's Mansion at this time, as time went by, he could clearly feel that his prestige was not as good as before.

Just the day before yesterday, many of the rebel troops who had originally gone to Kyoto began to return to Yuzhou one after another, but most of them were small forces.

None of the strongest rebel armies, Huadong, and several other rebel armies, numbering more than 5,000 men, returned, and all remained in Kyoto.

And Zhao Qinghe, who had previously provided grain and grass for the attack on the Kyoto coalition army, as well as a number of squires, wealthy families and families also received feedback.

Now that Kyoto has been breached, Bactria has been nominally destroyed, and the original landlord forces in Kannai have also been reshuffled.

For example, those old officials and families in Kyoto were purged by the rebels, and their land became ownerless.

For example, in the rebel army, such as Huadong, these rebel generals were given land, but it was impossible to distribute it to their soldiers to cultivate, so they could only choose to cooperate with the family.

Although the relationship between the two is nominally subordinate, they complement each other and are indispensable.

These families who supported the rebel army acquired a large amount of land in the Guannai, and their own heritage also improved, and they became the target of various ambitious forces.

These families are no longer fat pigs in captivity by the imperial court as before, and have become fragrant dumplings that have been robbed by others.

At the same time as the reshuffle of the northern family, Xiao Jiu of Yangcheng County got an unexpected letter.

The person who sent the letter was from Yuzhou, and his identity was a guard beside Gu Chong, the high priest of the Divine Fire Sect, and the letter was from Gu Chong's hand.

In the county guard's mansion, Xiao Jiu, Li Yi, Zhou Jin and other officials of Yangcheng County looked at the thin man standing in the hall.

Xiao Jiu quickly finished reading the letter with an expressionless face, staring at the man in front of him without saying a word, and the atmosphere at the scene was a little too quiet.

After a long time, Xiao Jiu sighed and said slowly, "How can I trust you, you must know that we were enemies not long ago. ”

Facing Xiao Jiu's questioning, the thin man seemed to have already thought of his words, and took a step forward and bowed to Xiao Jiu.

"The current situation is chaotic, Great Xia has become a thing of the past, today's world is no longer what it used to be, although General Xiao has a county, but there is still an enemy, that is Qingzhou."

"And in my Yuzhou, Elder Gu runs the Divine Fire Sect from the people, and he seems to be such a person who has made a life for the people, I don't know what Lord Xiao is still worried about?"

Listening to the words of the person in front of him, Xiao Jiu pulled his lips and smiled slightly.

Although he had long guessed that the rebel army in Yuzhou would inevitably have a gap after making peace with the local family, it was still a little too fast.

A religious organization like the Yuzhou Shenhuo Sect, which is based on the poor people, will inevitably deviate from its original intention once it is in the same stream as the wealthy families.

The stubborn disease of the feudal dynasty has never been the strict taxation of the imperial court, but the moths that lie on the people and suck the blood.

If Xiao Jiu's prediction is good, in the current Yuzhou rebel army, the armed groups with soldiers will inevitably try their best to gain the support of the local landlords if they want to strengthen themselves.

And Gu Chong, as a religious leader like the Shenhuo Sect, must bring in foreign aid if he wants to balance this group of reckless people under his hands.

But at present, although Qingzhou is strong and strong, if it is introduced into Yuzhou, it will inevitably be a situation where the two tigers will compete.

However, he is a small county guard of Yangcheng, which does not have too much land and soldiers, and is independent of all forces.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jiu already knew that most of this letter was true, but Xiao Jiu didn't want to form an alliance with the other party so easily.

At this time, it was not Xiao Jiu who should be anxious, but Gu Chong in Yuzhou City.

Now the larger rebel armies in Yuzhou can no longer be trusted, and those thousands of troops are useless, and if they want to ensure their authority, they can only start from Jizhou and their own Yangcheng County.

Although the powerful leaders of the rebel army were stationed in Zhili with their henchmen, they would always come back one day.

Because Jizhou was attacked by the rebel army before, it is very unlikely that he will reach an alliance with Gu Chong now, and only Xiao Jiu is the best candidate.

Looking at Xiao Jiu's pretended hesitant posture, the thin man gritted his teeth and said the conditions that Gu Chong had promised.

"General Xiao, my master will not form an alliance with you in vain, so he will naturally show sincerity."

"If Lord Xiao can respond to the order of the state capital when necessary, the fishing county can be ceded to you, and then you will no longer be just the county guard of Yangcheng."

Listening to the thin man's words, Xiao Jiu knew that this was a bargaining chip that Gu Chong had promised before the envoy set off.

For the fishing county, Xiao Jiu has always been bound to win, but now the Lingshui County under his hands has just gone through the war, and he really can't spare his hands to take the fishing county.

Now that Gu Chong has taken out the fishing county to win him over, it just so happens that he can also borrow the slope to get off the donkey to avoid confronting the premature sword soldiers of the Yuzhou rebel army.

You must know that Xiao Jiuke in Wanpingkou in Yujun still made a lot of effort to build a port, although the rebel army in Yujun can respond at any time in Yangcheng if they want to send troops to conscript, but after all, it takes a certain amount of time.

If you connect Yangcheng and Yujun in your hands, it will not be one plus one equals two.

Thinking that in the future, he would not have to be controlled by others, and always be on guard against the enemy destroying his harbor, Xiao Jiu smiled slightly, and agreed to this matter.

There are also no unacceptable conditions for the covenant mentioned in Gu Chong's letters.

It was only a verbal agreement that if there was a rebellion in Yuzhou, Xiao Jiu would need to bring in reinforcements, and the usual cannons, gunpowder and other materials would also be purchased from Xiao Jiu.

And the initiative is almost all in Xiao Jiu's hands, and when the rebel army is in chaos, whether Yangcheng County will send troops is not all up to Xiao Jiu's idea?

This kind of loose alliance seems to have taken advantage of Xiao Jiu, but it is not.

According to Gu Chong's thoughts, a barren fishing county not only can't provide much help to himself, but once a war breaks out, he needs to send troops to prevent the enemy from attacking.

At this time, Xiao Jiu had already built a military port in Wanpingkou, which showed that Xiao Jiu was bound to win this coastal land, and instead of making enemies with Xiao Jiu because of a dispensable piece of land, it was better to push the boat down the river to send personal favors.