At present, the county has a total of 5,000 troops.

That's right, when Chen Mo was still there, the strength of the county was 5,000 (Shenyongwei + Shenwuwei + reserves. ）

Chen Mo sent troops to take away two thousand, that is, there were three thousand people left.

During Chen Mo's absence, it expanded by two thousand one after another.

In fact, the expansion of 2,000 people was still passively expanded, and more than 200 people were the remnants of the Qingzhou Army brought by Li Yunzhang from Gaozhou, and then about 400 Qingzhou troops joined one after another.

In the back, because Qingting County was divided into Chen Mo, due to the need for defense, Geng Songfu ordered the recruitment of 1,200 people.

Of these 5,000 people, 2,000 were Divine Guards, 1,000 Divine Warriors, and 2,000 Reserves.

Among them, the Qingzhou Army, which joined one after another, was filled with Shen Yongwei.

Li Yunzhang was a seventh-rank martial artist, so Geng Songfu put him in charge of the reserves, and transferred Wei Qing from Shen Yongwei to serve as Li Yunzhang's deputy together with Gao Ming.

Back in Yamen, after listening to Geng Songfu talk about the incident in the army, Chen Mo raised his eyebrows, 5,000 people, plus the 10,000 people in Quanyang County, if he wanted to do it later, it would be no problem to gather an army of 20,000.

What satisfied Chen Mo the most was the autumn harvest last month, when the grain harvest in the county reached 800,000 stones, and 100,000 stones of grain were collected as reserves.

And the arsenal in the city has recruited a large number of talents, and after a period of study, it can independently produce crossbows and bed crossbows, but the yield is not too high.

One hundred and fifty pairs of Mingguang armor have been made, and now all of them are equipped by the Divine Guard.

Moreover, the large amount of copper coins that Chen Mo transported back from Tianshui Town can just expand the arsenal, so that the output can also be increased.

There is good news, and of course there is bad news.

Affected by the war, the trade route they established with the Jiangnan Shenghuang Chamber of Commerce has been broken.

And from Lu Yuan's mouth, Chen Mo learned something that he didn't know yet, the Tianshi army had crossed the river, occupied Fengzhou, and sent a large army to attack Huaizhou, resulting in the defeat of King Qin's army for the first time.

It was also for this reason that the trade route through Gangnam was cut off.

There is also the cold weather, and many people have frozen to death in Pingting and Qingting counties.

The two counties are in short supply of cotton, cloth, and firewood.

It must be known that the more than 8,000 winter clothes sent by Geng Songfu to Quanyang County were not cotton clothes.

The winter clothes worn by most ordinary people are made of paper such as 楫 and rattan paper, which is also called "paper fur".

This kind of paper fur is soft and thick, but it is still much worse to use it to withstand the cold.

As for the warm clothes made of cotton clothes, fox furs, animal skins, etc., only the rich and noble can afford to wear them.

After listening to what Geng Songfu said, Chen Mo lightly tapped his fingers on the table, thought about it, and immediately had an idea in his heart.

There is coal on Daze Mountain, and you can dig coal to make honeycomb coal.

The technical content of honeycomb coal is not high, and many ordinary people will do it before Chen Mo crosses.

The only thing that is a little technical is the iron tool used to punch holes in honeycomb coal.

Thinking of this, Chen Mo immediately took action.

If honeycomb coal is manufactured, it will not only allow the people of the two counties to survive the harsh winter, but also make a small fortune.

……

And when Chen Mo was busy.

In the wing room in the backyard of the county government.

Xia Zhining had just finished bathing, changed into a plain jacket and skirt, her hair was wet, like a hibiscus out of water, she was sitting in front of the dresser wiping the water stains on her hair, and said, "I haven't thought about taking a good bath like this for a long time." ”

Xia Zhiqing could see her sister's beautiful face through the bronze mirror, stepped forward, put her hands on her sister's shoulders, gently pressed and pinched, and said with a gentle gaze: "Zhining, when you were in the army, did he bully you?" ”

Xia Zhining paused, her eyes showed a little shame, she didn't bully, she bullied her to death, but she was embarrassed to tell her sister about this.

She shouted: "He dares, this time in the army, I... But I helped him a lot, and taught the Glaive Array to his troops, how dare he bully me. ”

"That's good." Xia Zhiqing breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked about the battle ahead.

Although Xia Zhining was not away during this time, she went out and walked around a lot, but she really didn't know anything about the war ahead.

She asked Geng Songfu, who only said that everything was fine and told her not to worry.

"The terrain of Yuzhou is too complicated, there are mountains everywhere, and there are many gourd mouths."

Speaking of this, Xia Zhining seemed to have opened the chatterbox, turned around directly, and talked eloquently, from the combination of terrain and marching, from how to use the art of war in the war book.

"The arrogant soldiers recorded in the book of war will be defeated, and it is really not just to say, Yuan Youchun's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are too arrogant, and they were lured by Liang Song step by step to go deeper, and finally in Shiling County, they were heavily damaged by the ambush soldiers laid by Liang Song, if it weren't for Chen Mo, the whole army would be annihilated."

Talking about this kind of thing, Xia Zhining was very excited, held Xia Zhiqing's hand, and said:

"Sister, let me tell you, don't look at Chen Mo as a bastard, but he still has his own set of leading soldiers to fight, and he also has a unique leadership, especially when he speaks, he is very serious, and he has a kind of heroic temperament as mentioned in the book.

If it weren't for him, the Heavenly Master Army would have suffered a particularly miserable defeat in the entire Yuzhou battlefield."

Looking at the small expression on her sister's face when she talked about Chen Mo, Xia Zhiqing suddenly caught a hint of something wrong and said:

"Zhi Ning, didn't you hate him before, why do you respect him now?"

"And you seem to be looking a lot better lately?"

Xia Zhiqing remembered that when Zhining left, her complexion was not very good.

"Is there any?" Xia Zhining knew that she was too involved in what she said, so she quickly reined in and immediately explained: "The matter. One yard to one yard, there are some things I do hate him, but I can't ignore his talents. ”

Wrong.

It's so wrong.

If Xia Zhiqing only caught a trace of something wrong just now, now she has captured a thick sense of wrongness.

When my sister hated him before, she didn't think about his talent or anything, she just hated it.

And I won't say a good word about him.

Now that he has returned from the army, his attitude towards him seems to have changed as if he had changed a person.

"Is the war over?" Xia Zhiqing said.

Hearing this, Xia Zhining's face froze, and she fell silent, remembering that on the eve of the army, she had discussed with her sister and would leave when the war was over.

But now, he and the bastard have expressed their hearts to each other, and agreed to let him take his sister into the room, and he doesn't want to leave.

But she couldn't say this to her sister in person.

After thinking about it, Xia Zhining said: "Not yet, although the Heavenly Division Army has been defeated, but Liang Song can be well prepared, it is unrealistic to want to go south from Yuzhou, and if you take the waterway, the main force of the Heavenly Division Army is still fighting with the Fengzhou Water Division, blocking the waterway to the south, so in a short time, I am afraid that I will not be able to leave."

"Hmm." Xia Zhiqing nodded: "Safety is no trivial matter. ”

In fact, she also has a little weakness in her heart.

Although she didn't want to admit it, her life in the county during this time made her attached to it.

The two women fell silent for a moment.

Xia Zhining turned around, opened the drawer under the dresser, picked up the pearl necklace from it, and soon let out a soft sigh.

Xia Zhiqing, who was weak-hearted, hurriedly asked, "Zhining, what's wrong?" ”

"I feel that the color of this pearl has become a lot lighter, and the luster is not as bright as before." Xia Zhining muttered.

Xia Zhiqing is even more empty-hearted, she understands jewelry, pearl necklaces are worn for a long time, pearls will lose their original luster, and when she wears them, she often caresses the pearls on it, can the color not be light.

"Didn't fade. Ah, I may have not seen each other for a long time, but now I suddenly see it, and there is a difference. Xia Zhiqing said.

Fortunately, Xia Zhining didn't think much about it.

Seeing that she was confused, Xia Zhiqing breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the pearl necklace that was left around her sister's neck again, Xia Zhiqing, who has always been indisputable or grabbed, suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

"This chain was supposed to be its own."

……

Chen Mo drew a lot of drawings, and picked out the one that he was most satisfied with and thought was the most in line with the "briquette pounding" in his memory, and taught it to the blacksmith to let him type it.

Although some details cannot be drawn on the drawings, and can only be said by Chen Mo's mouth, this technique is not difficult, and he believes that with the wisdom of the working people, it should be able to drum it up.

After Chen Mo finished drawing the drawings and went to inspect the factories in the city, he learned that Xiaolu and his sister-in-law lived together, so he returned to the village with Zhang He.

On the way, when he learned that Zhang He had taken a concubine, Chen Mo smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Yes." ”

He understood that Zhang He's ability to accept the daughter of the Wang family was because of his own reasons, but he also showed his prestige and influence from the side, and they were rising.

And when people outside see that Zhang He can accept the daughter of the Wang family as a concubine because of him, will they also think about taking refuge in themselves.

As his first subordinate, now that he is back, of course he has to go to Zhang He's house to have a look.

He also saw the daughter of the Wang family, who looked delicate, mainly because of her good skin, in the end, she was a woman of the scholar clan, and her skin was much better than that of rural women.

After a few warm words, Chen Mo returned to his home.

As for the news that he had returned to the cottage, when he went to Zhang He's house, it reached Han Anniang's ears.

When he arrived at the door, Han Anniang, Yi Shiyan, and Song Min had been waiting for a long time.

"How cold are you standing outside?"

As soon as the words came out, Yi Shiyan threw herself into Chen Mo's arms and hugged him tightly: "Husband, the concubine misses you so much." ”

Han Anniang, who was following next to her, saw that Xiaolu pounced directly, and her cheeks turned a little red.

"Uncle, I'm back." Han Anniang stepped forward, patted the snowflakes on Chen Mo's shoulders and head virtuously, and then took the Tang knife and burden from Chen Mo's hand.

Chen Mo took the opportunity to say: "The burden is a gift for you. ”

"Brother Mo." Song Min screamed sweetly.

Chen Mo let go of the fawn and rubbed it on Song Min's head: "Min'er has grown taller again." ”

(End of chapter)