As soon as Geng Xingshuang entered the house, he took a closer look at Zhu Yan's face.

"What's wrong? Something on my face? Or is the face fat not smoothed today? ”

Geng Xingshuang shook his head, "No, you gave me such a formal post, can't I observe your emotions?" ”

Zhu Yan said: "I'm really not in a good mood, my father and my eldest brother have gone to the battlefield, I'm worried about them, my little nephew is only more than two months old, and I can't bear it when my eldest brother leaves." ”

"The eldest prince also went?" Geng Xingshuang only knew that the prince of Zhenguo was appointed as a general, and he didn't know that the eldest prince Zhu also went on the expedition together.

"Well, my eldest brother took the initiative to ask for it." Zhu Yan said, "When I came back to clean up yesterday, my mother scolded him, but my grandfather and father both supported the eldest brother, and my grandfather said that the military generals would go out to fight, protect the family and defend the country, and resist the enemy thousands of miles away. ”

"Sixth Brother Yang also left this morning." Geng Xingshuang said.

Everyone understands the truth, but when relatives go to war, there are always endless worries.

"Are you reluctant?" Zhu Yan asked, this question was too straightforward, and after asking, she stared at Geng Xingshuang's face.

Geng Xingshuang didn't feel shy, and nodded generously, "It's a little reluctant, but I can see from his letter that he wants to go himself, I think Uncle Yang and Aunt Feng Wei should also be reluctant, but they won't stop it, and they can't stop it, even so, they are defending the enemy in the north, and we are in Ningdu City, so let's wait for the good news!" ”

Geng Xingshuang's words were not only for Zhu Yan, but also for herself, Yang Tianmo was not in Ningdu City, how should she have lived before, she was depressed all morning, and it was time to cheer up.

Zhu Yan saw her serious appearance, and wanted to make a joke, but seeing her serious look, she was really reluctant to think about it, so she comforted others and comforted herself with these words, so she also said with a straight face: "Sister Shuang, I came to you today for a serious matter." ”

"What?"

"Although the army was assembled quickly, from an outsider's point of view, it seemed that the news came too suddenly, but in fact, the imperial court had long known that the Yaomu army seemed to have the intention of attacking Daning on a large scale, and Daning and Yaomu had been in friction from time to time over the years, and there was a history of great war a few years ago, so although this matter worried the emperor and the adults, he did not feel the need to use Ningdu's troops."

Geng Xingshuang was a little puzzled, I don't know why Zhu Yan suddenly said this to her, Zhu Yan should have learned it from her father and brother, although they had also discussed this kind of court affairs before, but they all passed by, and they had never been like today, and they also made a post to invite her to come.

Thinking like this, Geng Xingshuang sat up straight and listened carefully.

"But now that Ningdu troops have been used, what do you say?"

Without waiting for Geng Xingshuang to answer, Zhu Yan said: "Because it was originally planned to let the two city guards in the west send more than half of the men and horses to support the north, but the governor of the west sent an urgent report, saying that the horses in the west are rampant, not only robbing and killing the people and pedestrians and passengers in the villages and towns outside the city, but also attacking the city at night, for this reason, the Fengcheng and Xiaocheng guards not only need to strengthen their vigilance, but also need to go deep into the bandits' dens to suppress bandits, in order to ensure the lives and property of the people in the two places of Windy City and Xiaocheng and the passing merchants, the troops of the two city guards in the west cannot be mobilized for the time being."

As for the so-called temporary transfer, there is no clear statement as to when it will be transferred.

"The world is so big, it is not the king's land, the emperor loves the people of the north, and he also can't let the people of the west face the threat of ringing horses...... In case of. ”

In case Zhu Yan didn't want to say this, Geng Xingshuang already understood.

If the soldiers and horses of Ningdu are still defeated, the soldiers and horses of Pingcheng Lucheng and other places are the fastest support, which is also regarded as leaving a hole card and defense line.

Therefore, Emperor Shengning directly dispatched Ningdu soldiers and horses to the north, but did not move the troops of the guards north of Ningdu on Pingcheng Road.

"But then there's a problem."

Zhu Yan said: "The grain and grass are still there, the military department has already prepared, but it is just cotton clothes...... After all, Ningdu City is not colder than the Northland, and the weather is still good now, but wait for another month or two, the cold of the Northland, with the cold cotton clothes of the soldiers of Ningdu City in the past, I am afraid that it will not be able to resist the cold, I heard my father say that the Ministry of War has stepped up the purchase or sewing of cotton clothes, but the quantity is far from enough, so I think we can produce a part of the store, we didn't purchase a batch of cotton cotton cloth before? ”

"Naturally." Geng Xingshuang said briskly.

"I originally wanted to do something for the Zhenyao Army, but I didn't know what to do, and now I have something to do."

Geng Xingshuang originally thought that it was donated, but in the end, when it came to the details, he found that it was not a free donation, and it should be sold to the Ministry of War at the lowest price.

"The quantity is quite large, and our store is a drop in the bucket, so we have to find other garment shops together, the time is urgent, and the cotton and cotton cloth are not enough, so we have to buy it urgently."

This kind of unprofitable business, other families may not be willing to do it, but there are Xin Concubine Niangniang, Min Concubine Niangniang, Yao Concubine Niangniang, five princesses, and six princesses in the palace, and there are three princesses, four princes, Shanning County Lord, and the eldest lady of Zhenguo Mansion outside the palace to run for this matter, wanting to make up two cotton clothes for the soldiers on the front line before the cold winter comes.

For this reason, the three princesses specially held a banquet and sang a play, called "The Story of Yunshan", which sang the story of Baicang City in the Story of Yunshan.

"Sixth sister, it's a book written by Sixth Brother Yang!"

As soon as he heard the name of the play, Geng Xingchen immediately leaned into Geng Xingshuang's ear and whispered.

"Probably the same name." Geng Xingshuang wasn't sure at first.

But when the little student on the stage started singing the first sentence, Geng Xingshuang knew that it was the "Yunshan Ji" written by Yang Tianmo.

In the Tale of Yunshan, there is a description of Yuncang City, one of which is that the protagonist and a group of people are very uncomfortable because they have never been to such a cold place, and some people in the team even froze their legs and feet in the end, and need to amputate one foot in order to survive.

This is just the background of the story, and the subsequent storyline has both chivalrous courage and strange dangers and twists and turns, and the storyline is interlocking and unstoppable.

After the whole scene, in addition to the sound of gongs and drums and babbling singing on the stage, there was almost no noise in the whole scene, Geng Xingyu and Zhu Yan, who had watched Yunshan Ji, wanted to discuss this plot with Geng Xingshuang several times, and commented on the singing from the script to the stage, where the singing was in place, and where the inner emotions of the protagonist at that time were not expressed, and they were embarrassed to speak by this quiet atmosphere.

In less than an hour, the story is not over, but the play is over.

"Gone?"

"That's it!"

"Why is it gone?"

Geng Xingshuang heard that some people were puzzled, some people were surprised, and some people got up directly and prepared to ask the third princess.

At this time, the third princess walked to the middle of the stage.