The weather in November is already cold, and at this time, on the wharf outside the city of Chongqing, there is a mighty river breeze, a painting of "the wind is sluggish and the water is cold". After a long hug, Ouyang Xuan let go of Yang Yan, put on a windbreaker for her, and lightly told her to take care of her body on the way to Banzhou. Yang Bangxian, who was standing next to him, blushed. In the past year in western Sichuan, although he has become much more mature and stable, he is a half-grown man who does not know the affairs of men and women, and he feels embarrassed after all when he sees his sister and brother-in-law's children. Not only did he feel shy, but the guards and entourage who were standing around also turned their backs to look out at the fields in the distance. In fact, in the eyes of everyone in the Thunderbolt Army, Ouyang Xuan's informality seemed to be down-to-earth and generous, and Lu Dezhi even encouraged him in public, thinking that Brother Xuan had taken the lead.

In Ruud's view, population growth is extremely important for the development of the Perak military. In addition to the traditional idea of having more children and more blessings, it is also because industry and agriculture are in urgent need of a large number of people. Attracted by preferential policies, there was a period of explosive population growth under the rule of the Perak Army, which not only attracted a large number of displaced people, but also attracted many Yibo and Qiang people to settle down, and even people from eastern and northern Sichuan. The western Sichuan Plain has fertile land and a mild climate, and more importantly, there is no Mongolian butcher's knife and the oppression of corrupt officials, so the vast number of people naturally flock to it. It's just that the Mongolian army and other local government offices and Tusi leaders of the Yibo tribe, who are willing to let the oppression targets drain, have stepped up their efforts to stop the fugitives. Therefore, during this period of time, the number of people who came to the Thunderbolt Army was not as good as before, and this Rudezhi became anxious again.

In desperation, Lu Dezhi had to take a long-term view and adopt a policy of encouraging childbirth. In addition to introducing a series of measures to promote population growth, he also began to widely publicize the concept of "more children and more blessings" from the ideological level, and even asked the top brass of the Perak Army to take the lead in having more children. Ouyang Xuan has been married for nearly a year, Yang Yan's stomach still has not moved, which makes him very angry, and frequently promotes the population policy in front of Ouyang Xuan, suggesting that he, as the leader of the Thunderbolt Army, should take the lead in demonstrating, but although Ouyang Xuan understands his intentions, he laughs it off. Lu Dezhi had no choice but to let Cao Ergou's wife, Qian Yanmei, do Yang Yan's ideological work. In Lu Dezhi's opinion, Qian Yanmei already has a son and a daughter, and she is Yang Yan's best friend, which is naturally suitable.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Rude's physical condition deteriorated, and he was already sick in bed. Ouyang Xuan and the top brass of the Thunderbolt Army often took time to visit him. When Ouyang Xuan visited his illness once, Lu Dezhi just took his hand and didn't speak. Ouyang Xuan also took his skinny hand, and saw his sallow face with a sad face, knowing that he had something to say, so he asked what was the matter. Lu Dezhi first asked his son Lu Wen'an, who was standing on the side, to go out to avoid it, and then he was silent for a long time before he sighed and said: "People will die after all, and the only thing I can't worry about is the cause of the Thunderbolt Army." Since ancient times, the emperor's family affairs are also state affairs, although Brother Xuan, although you are not the emperor, you are also the master of the Thunderbolt army, and the death of the army and civilians is all dependent on you. It's just that the moon has a cloudy eye and a lack of eyes, and people have good and bad luck, if you miss once, it will be a big disaster for the Thunderbolt army. After the hearts of the people are separated, they will fall apart, and the people of western Sichuan will suffer from slaughter....."

Ouyang Xuan was less than thirty years old and in good health, and talking about his life and death at this time of prime of life was really unpleasant for others to say. But when it came out of Rude's mouth, Ouyang Xuan was greatly moved. Ouyang Xuan has no relatives in this world, and Lu Dezhi is a father and a teacher to him. thought that when he fled into Liuliba in a panic with the grain collection team, it was Rude's power that took them in despite public opinion; For Ouyang Xuan's shocking measures at the beginning of his business, he also unconditionally supported; Ouyang Xuan couldn't help but burst into tears when he thought of the development of the Perak Army's science, technology, education, and medical undertakings, and created a stable rear ..... for the soldiers at the front. The so-called "when a person is about to die, his words are also good", Lu Dezhi ostensibly reminded Ouyang Xuan to leave an heir to unite people's hearts, but in essence, he was considering the long-term and stable development of the Thunderbolt Army.

Lu Dezhi's words made Ouyang Xuan wake up suddenly. Before, he had always thought that "the Tartars are not extinguished, how can they be home", and he didn't want to have children to involve his energy, but now the Thunderbolt army has occupied most of western Sichuan, and his family affairs have been related to the fate of millions of people. At that moment, with tears in his eyes, he promised Lu Dezhi to have a child as soon as possible. Although Ouyang Xuan and Yang Yan were very affectionate, they were both busy with affairs, and it was common for them not to see each other for a few days, but Ouyang Xuan still quickly fulfilled his promise to Lu Dezhi. At the end of October, Yang Yan had nausea, acidophilia and other pregnancy symptoms. It is said that Ouyang Xuan and Yang Yan are both young and energetic, which is the golden age of childbirth. Yang Yan was not pregnant before, which was caused by Ouyang Xuan's deliberate contraception.

Although it is not advisable to go far away during pregnancy, the current situation makes Yang Yan have to return to Banzhou with Yang Bangxian. Yang Bangxian's return to Banzhou was due to the expiration of the one-year contract, and Yang Wen also wrote many letters to urge. Yang Yan returned to Banzhou, on the one hand, Yang Wen missed her baby daughter very much, and on the other hand, she had to deal with several urgent matters of Nanyang Company. With the endorsement of the powerful Thunderbolt Army and Banzhou Yang, Nanyang Company's business expansion in Miaojiang is very rapid, and it has established trading posts in various major tribes, and opened up important trade routes to Dali and Guangnan West Road and Tanzhou, and has also obtained extremely rich profits, which are used to expand business. It's just that Nanyang Company has encountered two troublesome problems at the moment, one is the copper trade problem in Dongchuan County, Dali Kingdom, and the other is that Zhu Zhuozi, the general manager of the Thunderbolt Army in Banzhou, died in a mountain disaster, and it was this accident that made Yang Yan have to return to Banzhou.

Also on this trip to Banzhou were Wang Youfu, Du Daquan and other entourages. Wang Youfu is the veteran of the Perak Army, and he is one of the five captains of the grain collection team, along with Cao Ergou and Huang Dagen. After the development of the Perak Army, most of the original members of the grain collection squad were in various important positions in the military, government, industry and commerce. Before the expansion, Wang Youfu was a battalion commander of the Lequan'an Water Brigade, and according to the convention, he should become a brigade commander after the expansion. It's just that the promotion of positions within the Perak Army is not based on seniority, but on military merits. As a comrade-in-arms who started a business together, Ouyang Xuan knew Wang Youfu very well, and he was loyal and honest in his work, but he was not suitable for leading troops to fight independently. So after thinking about it again, he asked him to go to Banzhou to replace the dead Zhu Pickzi.

Du Daquan was also an early member of the Perak Army, the son of Du Fu, the head of Hengyuan Village, and one of the few scholars in the early days of the Perak Army, and was appointed as the director of the research institute. Although he received careful guidance from Ouyang Xuan, the tasks of the current research institute are becoming heavier and heavier, and the research topics are becoming more and more difficult, so he is no longer suitable for the position of dean, so he took the initiative to apply for resignation. This time, he was appointed as Wang Youfu's deputy, focusing on Miaojiang's science and technology, culture and education. In fact, from the appointment of the two, it can be seen that Ouyang Xuan's governance strategy in Miao Jiang is that the military and government affairs mainly rely on the Yang family, and the Thunderbolt Army will focus on economy, commerce, culture and education, and incorporate it into the system of the Thunderbolt Army in a subtle way. In fact, Miao Jiangshan is poor and the people are fierce, and if you blindly use force, the cost will be too high and the result will be half the effort.