Without three disciples, Chen Kan's life was boring most of the time.

After all, the military camp was managed by Zhou Shi and Fang Xu, and he couldn't interfere in Beijing's government affairs.

The planning of Liaodong, Nanyang, and even the Western Regions is being carried out in an orderly manner.

In addition to accompanying Chang Ning every day, Chen Kan quietly waited for news from Jiangnan.

The matchmaker has been away with Wu Di for several days, and at this moment, it is estimated that it should have passed Dongchang and entered the Huainan territory.

I don't know if the principals of the so-called Jiangnan Feng family, Shaoxing Zhao family, Yuhang Zhou family, and Jiangning Su family have washed and dried their necks and waited to be slaughtered.

It's a hazy rainy day.

Chen Kan likes this kind of weather very much, because he can walk on the bank of the Jinshui River with an oil-paper umbrella, and in such weather, even if he is in the north, it also makes people feel like they are in the south of the Yangtze River.

Chen Kan led Chang Ning and walked slowly on the sidewalk by the river.

Chang Ning's belly is only five months old, but it is already very pregnant, and it looks about the same as others for six or seven months.

This made Chen Kan a little worried, Chang Ning's body bones were thin and weak, what if the child was too big to give birth at that time.

So now, as long as Chen Kan has time, he will pull Changning to exercise.

It can't be said to be a movement, it's just a slow walk.

Holding Chang Ning along the Jinshui River for a while, Chang Ning suddenly paused, looked at Chen Kan pitifully and said, "Husband, I'm tired!" ”

Chen Kan was a little soft-hearted, but when he saw Chang Ning's upright stomach, he still comforted him gently: "Let's go for a while." ”

Chang Ning pouted and was reluctant to move, so Chen Kan could only harden his heart and forcibly pull her away.

The two walked another distance, and Chang Ning simply lost his temper.

"If you don't go, you will walk every day, and this belly will not be small."

Looking at Chang Ning's pouting mouth, Chen Kan said helplessly: "It's because you're too lazy, if your husband doesn't pull you away every day, you can lie down for a day, and it's strange if you don't have a big belly." ”

Chang Ning pursed his lips and asked, "Husband, I can't be pregnant with twin sons, right?" ”

Chen Kan shook his head: "The doctor said it, it's a child." ”

Chang Ning has all kinds of reasons for being lazy now, and this is not the first time she has asked this kind of question.

"Alright, let's go back!"

Chen Kan held Chang Ning in one hand and an umbrella in the other, turned around and walked along the river towards the Hou Mansion.

Halfway through, Zhang Dong hurriedly ran towards Chen Kan: "Hou Ye, Hou Ye, there are guests in the house!" ”

"Guests?"

Chen Kan was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Where are the guests?" ”

"I said I came from the grassland, but I heard the accent is a Han person!"

"Han people from the grassland?"

Chen Kan's face turned strange, he didn't know the Han people on the grassland.

However, since you have found the Hou Mansion, it doesn't hurt to see it.

"Let him wait first, Benhou will be there soon!"

Chen Kan gave Zhang Dong an order, and then carefully supported Chang Ning and walked slowly towards home.

Back at home, Chen Kan first sent Chang Ning back to the backyard, and then came to the auditorium.

It's just that as soon as he walked into the auditorium, the whole person was stunned.

"Xu Su?"

Chen Kan shouted with some uncertainty.

The man sitting in the hall suddenly greeted him with a look of surprise: "Master Hou! ”

"Xu Su, is it really you?"

Hearing Xu Su's voice, Chen Kan finally determined that the person in front of him was Xu Su, but after not seeing him for half a year, Chen Kan couldn't recognize him anymore.

When he summoned Xu Su on the edge of Liaoshui last year, Xu Su still had a money rat tail, and he was dressed as a Jurchen.

But at this moment, he was dressed as a Mongolian wearing a leather jacket, two plateau red on his face, and two braids.

It's no wonder that Chen Kan can't recognize him now.

"Xu Su, you didn't cooperate with Chen Qia in Liaodong to attack the peninsula, how did you become like this?"

Chen Kan came to the main seat and sat down, his eyes full of inquiry and curiosity.

Xu Su arched his hand and smiled: "Hou Ye doesn't know, Xia Guan is now the envoy of Wuliang Ha Sanwei, and this time I came to see Hou Ye for the matter of Liaodong." ”

Chen Kan asked curiously, "How did you become the messenger of the Wuliang Ha Sanwei again?" ”

Chen Kan is really confused now, in the letter that Chen Qia sent him a few months ago, he also said that Xu Su had been willing to take a back seat and become his adviser, why did he have a relationship with Wuliang Ha Sanwei now?

Xu Su took a sip of the teacup, and then explained: "This matter is a long story, and the lower officials will make a long story short." ”

"Hmm!"

Chen Kan snorted, and quietly waited for Xu Su's next words.

Xu Su pondered for a moment, as if he was organizing the wording.

After a while, Xu Su said lightly: "Master Hou, there is no one in Liaodong now. ”

Chen Kan nodded, there was no one in Liaodong, he already knew about it, otherwise he would not have founded a newspaper.

His original intention in creating the newspaper was to promote Liaodong and prepare for future immigration.

However, if you want to immigrate, you have to wait for the peninsula and the Wa kingdom to be completely conquered by the Jurchens.

Therefore, the content of Liaodong has not appeared in the newspaper for the time being.

Xu Su continued: "Lord Chen Qia instilled in the Jurchens in Liaodong the benefits of going to the peninsula and the Wa Kingdom.

Now there are no Jurchens who are willing to stay in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, so Liaodong is now empty.

However, when Lord Chen was worried that he was marching into the peninsula with the Jurchens and the Wa Kingdom, the Wuliang Ha Sanwei on the northwest frontier took the opportunity to go to Liaodong to herd horses.

In the case of asking for help from the Shanhaiguan guards to no avail, Lord Chen had no choice but to let the lower officials go to the grassland first to drag the Wuliang Ha Sanwei.

Subsequently, Xia Guan became the envoy of the three guards of Wuliangha. ”

"I see."

Chen Kan's face showed a sudden expression.

Then he asked: "So you came back this time to ask Your Majesty for the land of Liaodong for the three guards of Wuliang Ha?" ”

"Yes, Master Hou's eyes are like torches."

Xu Su smiled bitterly a few times, and then asked: "No, as soon as I arrived in Beijing, I came to Hou Ye for advice, otherwise our efforts are likely to make a wedding dress for Wuliang Ha Sanwei." ”

Chen Kan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, things haven't been bad to this extent!" ”

Xu Su stared at Chen Kan, his eyes full of expectation.

Chen Kan comforted Xu Su and fell into deep thought.

Wuliang Ha Sanwei, Chen Kan only thought about how to get Liaodong into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, but he forgot about them.

However, Wuliang Ha Sanwei dared to send someone to ask Daming for the land of Liaodong.

Could it be that Azashri and Tabin Timur already had the ambition to break away from the Ming Dynasty and stand on their own?

After pondering for a moment, Chen Kan patted Xu Su's shoulder with a smile and said with a smile: "Since you have returned to Daming, then accompany your family well, and the Hou of Wuliang Ha Sanwei will find a way to solve it, and it will not let your efforts go in vain." ”

Xu Su nodded, he knew that it would definitely be no problem to come to Chen Kan when he encountered something.

Chen Kan pondered for a moment and asked, "Wuliang Ha Sanwei wants to ask for Liaodong, is it a joint decision of Wuliang Ha Sanwei, or is it just one of them who wants it?" ”

Xu Su was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "The main thing is Fuyuwei, their territory borders Liaodong, and although Duoyanwei and Tainingwei also have this idea, they are not resolute. ”

"Okay, Ben Hou knows!"

Chen Kan responded, and then said with a light smile: "Let's go home and see my wife and children first, the affairs of Liaodong have their own plans!" ”

"Yes, then the lower official will leave first!"

Hearing the meaning of sending off the guest in Chen Kan's words, Xu Su hurriedly got up and saluted.

Then he exited the door.

As soon as Xu Su left, Chen Kan's face sank.

He really didn't expect Duoyan Sanwei to jump out and want a piece of the pie at a critical time.

In the past, Chen Kan felt that Duoyan Sanwei was quite respectful to the Ming Dynasty, and he did not have the idea of colluding with the Tatar Warat on the steppe, so he never paid much attention to this group of Mongols.

Now it seems that a tartar is a tartar, and the hearts of those who are not of my race will be different.

Liaodong had just been vacated, and they were impatient to ask Zhu Di to give Liaodong to them.

Do they still think that Zhu Di is Zhu Di when he first ascended the throne?

After pondering for a long time, Chen Kan came to the study and sent a book to Nanjing.

In the end, Zhu Di needs to make a decision.

However, Zhu Di's current mentality is difficult to evaluate.

In case Zhu Di's brain twitched, or suddenly remembered the good past of this group of little brothers, and sent Liaodong out with a wave of his hand, then Chen Kan had no place to cry.

Therefore, it is not appropriate to completely put hope on Zhu Di.

We must think of a way to let the Wuliang Ha Sanwei dispel their coveting of the land of Liaodong.

There are three ways to dispel the covetousness of the Wuliang Ha Sanwei to Liaodong, one is to directly destroy the Wuliang Ha Sanwei.

In this way, not only Liaodong can return to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty, but the Daning area, which was given to Wuliang Ha Sanwei by Zhu Di, can also return to the Ming Dynasty.

However, after all these years of recuperation, there are more than 100,000 people in armor, and the population is more than 300,000 households.

If you want to directly cancel the Wuliang Ha Sanwei, with Chen Kan's current ability, it is not that it is impossible.

But the method will inevitably hurt the peace of nature.

The second is to put the three guards of Uryanha in trouble, for example, to try another plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf and lure the Tartar over.

But this method does not seem to be very practical in the steppe, because the steppe occupied by the Tatars is much larger than that of the Uliangha Sanwei.

In addition, Arutai has already fought with Mahamu to defeat both, and he may not have the confidence to dare to attack on both sides.

Even if his brain is iron, now if he wants to make a move on Wuliangha Sanwei, it will be difficult not to pay a certain price.

Chen Kan didn't want to pay this price.

Then only the last one remains, and the idea is to make the Uliangha Sanwei civil strife.

After a while, Chen Kan had an idea in his heart.

Since it is the place where Fu Yuwei wants Liaodong the most, the attitude of the other two guards is not resolute, so there is something to make a fuss about.

For example, using Liaodong as bait to lure Tai Ning Wei and Duo Yan Wei to attack Fu Yuwei.

Why can Fu Yuwei monopolize Liaodong, while Tainingwei and Duoyanwei can only continue to stay on the grassland that is more bitter and cold than the land of Liaodong?

But how to do it has to be carefully considered.