On a summer night, the stars are brilliant.

Under the strong night wind, there are few mosquitoes.

Shao Xun pillowed his hands and lay in the cabin, very comfortable.

Le Shi held their eldest son, "Golden Knife", and sat on the dock and played.

"Golden Knife" is a nickname, and it was named after the golden knife toy that fell in love at first sight.

As the first child in the family, Golden Knife is much more loved.

Grandparents don't talk about it, it's a rush to hug, and they can't be happy.

The only thing that made them dissatisfied was probably that Nanyang actually sent a wet nurse over to take the children and deprive them of a lot of fun.

In addition, the strength of the Xi woman's family also made them slightly uncomfortable.

Being in-laws with a big family is extremely stressful for them, but they don't usually talk about it, they don't want to increase the psychological burden of their son - in fact, they don't see their son for a few days a year.

After the golden knife finished feeding, he was silly in his mother's arms for a while, and then he turned his head from time to time and stared at his father.

Arahime kept teasing him, but she couldn't quite get his attention.

In the end, she gave up, handed the golden knife into the hands of the nurse, came to the boat, and sat on Shao Xun's side.

Shao Xun stepped aside, untied the cable, and then took Lan Ji into his arms, lying side by side looking at the night sky.

The boat floated in the lake, and I didn't know where to go.

Le's Wenqing disease soon became committed, and he looked at the starry sky and asked, "Lang Jun, which one is Vega?" ”

Shao Xun tried to widen his eyes, pretending to be serious for a long time, and finally said regretfully: "I didn't see it." ”

Le Shi laughed twice and pillowed his head in his arms.

Shao Xun adjusted his posture to make Lan Ji in his arms lie more comfortably.

There is no way, the project managers of Nanyang's "Leshi Group" are working in Guangchengze, and Huang Mao must serve the eldest lady of the group.

Unconsciously, the offensive and defensive momentum was different, and Shao Xun no longer dared to stand up and pedal the bicycle.

"When is the next expedition?" Le's voice was ethereal and quiet, as if it were coming from the mountains.

"I don't know." Shao Xun stroked the woman's back and said, "The Xiongnu have attacked Hedong, and some people will think of me sooner or later." ”

Beigong Chun returned to his hometown with the Liangzhou soldiers, and when he passed through Hedong County, he taught the Huns a hard lesson, broke Liu Cong, beheaded more than 3,000 levels, and then left in style.

The Huns did not dare to act for a whole month.

It was not until it was confirmed that the Liangzhou soldiers would not come back that they gathered their troops and horses and stormed the two counties of Pingyang and Hedong.

Pingyang Taishou Song abandoned the city and fled, and Hedong Taishou Lushu died in battle.

In order to better control these two rich counties, Liu Yuan moved the capital to Puzi County.

Across the river, the Xianbei leader of the four Xianbei tribes of Guanzhong Shangjun, Lu Zhuyan, and the chieftain of the Diren surrendered to Liu Yuan.

Shangjun was once occupied by the Southern Xiongnu during the Three Kingdoms, Xia, Sui, Yin, and Lin in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and Song Dynasty as the place where the Song and Xia saws.

These four Xianbei and one Diren seem to have been specially prepared for Liu Yuan, and after unlocking a certain prestige, they can be captured without bloodshed, allowing him to smoothly extend his sphere of influence to the Hetao area west of the Yellow River.

In the face of the aggressive offensive of the Xiongnu, Taifu Sima Yue was still arguing with the Son of Heaven, and the slogan was shouted loudly, saying that he would move troops against the Xiongnu, but he dragged it out, and has not yet completed the deployment of troops, and even the formal deployment of troops has not been carried out.

"If the Huns call, if you can't stand it......" Le Shi trembled slightly when he said this, not knowing what he was afraid of.

"Come back to Nanyang with me." After a moment, she looked at Shao Xun and said with expectant eyes.

"Door-to-door as a son-in-law?" Shao Xun made a joke.

"If only you could marry me......," Le said vaguely.

"I'm not leaving." Shao Xun looked at the sky and said: "This time I ran to Nanyang, next time I ran to Xiangyang, followed by Ben Jiangxia, when is it a head?" ”

Le Shi raised his face from his arms and said, "When the concubine was in Yecheng, she saw Liu Yuan and Liu Cong's father and son. ”

"Smack!" Shao Xun patted her buttocks and said, "How can a husband steal his life through this? ”

After speaking, he may feel that this is not appropriate, and said in a joking tone: "If you catch this father and son in the future, you will definitely order them to come to meet the princess of Chengdu." ”

Leshi pinched him lightly, but his face was also a little hot, and he quietly buried it in the crook of the man's arm.

In the cool night breeze, the boat had drifted to the middle of the lake.

The starry sky is reflected in the lake, which is beautiful.

The croaking of frogs on the shore of the lake faded away, and the sound of fish leaping into the water was occasionally heard.

The quiet night, the calm before the storm, is so beautiful.

"In the future, I will reserve millions of military rations, 100,000 horses, train 50,000 elite soldiers, and sweep ...... in Guangchengze," the high-quality man was only halfway through his speech, and Shao Xun suddenly found that the woman in his arms had fallen asleep.

He adjusted his posture to make the woman sleep more comfortably, and then silently planned the construction of Guangchengze.

******

At the end of July, Shao Xun met with a group of guests from Hebei at Zhilan Courtyard.

The person at the head is named Cui Gong, and others call him "Cui Gong", and I heard that it is Lu Zhi's old acquaintance.

Cui Gong looked gloomy and stared at Shao Xun for a long time before finally saying, "I'm afraid that the prince doesn't know that the old man has been in the Shile army, right?" ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Shao Xun laughed and said: "Last year, it was a pity that he finally met with Cui Gongyuan. What about the people of Shileqi? ”

"If you are ambitious and know the hardships of the people, you may still be a little immature at the moment, and you will be in great trouble for the prince in the future." Cui Gong said.

"That is to say, at the moment Shile is not as good as me." Shao Xun said.

"Shile has tens of thousands of horsemen, but the prince is not as good." Cui Gong said unceremoniously.

"Shi Le said that all the hus come to vote, and there are indeed many cavalry." Shao Xun nodded in acknowledgement.

"Shile's soldiers are not as well equipped as the generals." Cui Gong said again: "It's good to enjoy the shade with your back against the big tree, and the general has Luoyang and Xuchang arsenals to supply equipment, and Shi Le is far from it." However, the old man went around Yiyang, Liangxian, and Luyang, but he didn't see how many craftsmen there were, so why? ”

"To tell you the truth, I have gone on several expeditions and captured a lot of craftsmen, a total of five or six hundred people are still there, and now they are settled in Ruyang."

"Ruyang?" Cui Gong was stunned.

"On the Jersey Rim."

"I see." Cui Gong nodded, and then asked, "How many of these hundreds of craftsmen can make ironware?" ”

"Less than half." Shao Xun said.

In fact, blacksmiths are also a strategic resource.

Among the blacksmiths, those who are good at making weapons are important strategic resources.

Shao Xun captured nearly 600 craftsmen, mainly from Jisang and Wang Mi, and a small number were recruited by himself.

Among these people, the proportion of blacksmiths is very high, which is related to the fact that the Wandering People's Army focuses on recruiting such talents.

But their ability to make weapons is uneven, and they are far less sophisticated than those craftsmen in Luoyang.

Shao Xun placed them in the newly established Ruyang Defense in the west of Guangcheng Jersey - this defense has placed 300 government soldiers, but only more than 200 are currently in place, and in the future, together with the Nanshan Defense, they will undertake the defense of the upper reaches of Rushui.

The main task of these blacksmiths at this stage is to make agricultural tools, and then sell them to the government soldiers.

At other times, they also took on the task of repairing military equipment to make up for the wear and tear of training.

In addition to the blacksmiths, there were about 300 carpenters, carpenters, lacquer makers, leather craftsmen, and other miscellaneous craftsmen.

Overall, Shao Xun actually has a lot of craftsman resources in his hands, but compared to his ambitious plan, it is still far from enough, even if these craftsmen are already taking apprentices.

"It seems that the prince knows what he knows, so the old man won't say much." Cui Gong let go of this section and mentioned another thing: "Yiyang Zhuwu Fort, only Yunzhongwu has dozens of acres of mulberry forest, but the years are extremely short. There are hundreds of acres in Yushanwu, and it is only a few years. The three places of Jingu Garden add up to about 100 acres, but there are fewer mulberry forests for more than ten years. I heard that the prince trained his troops and used the bow very seriously, why didn't he let the people plant mulberry trees? One can produce more silk silk, and the other can make bow tips, such a major event, but not pay attention to it. Tsk......"

Of course, it is not necessary to use mulberry wood for the bow tip.

But considering the sericulture industry, this is also a cash crop that can combine farming and warfare, which is very important.

Moreover, mulberry wood is also a very good material for chariots. The broken wood in the process of making cars is also suitable for making horse whips, knife handles, and wooden sticks, and the utilization rate is very high.

"The fort was newly built, and the manor was repeatedly devastated by war, so much so." Shao Xun explained first, and then said: "What Cui Gong said is very reasonable. However, everything is complicated, and I have never started to ......"

"That's it." Cui Gong said: "Lu Zidao has considered this section for the prince. Qinghe every household raises silkworms and weaves cloth, and Qinghe silk is also sold in the north, which is famous in the counties. Lu Zidao urged two times in three days, it was very annoying, the old man took over the post of Lu Yangxiang, and he had already brought a number of people who were good at this way to come here, and the prince only needed to allocate the land and recruit the homeless. ”

"The affairs of Luyang County are entrusted to Cui Gongyi." Shao Xun bowed solemnly and said.

Cui Gong accepted this salute calmly, and said with a smile: "You have to be brave and good at fighting, if the war is unfavorable, such as the counties of Hebei, everything will be closed." ”

"How is the battle in Hebei?" Shao Xun asked.

"This year's Shile Kou Changshan was defeated by Wang Jun." Cui Gong said: "In my opinion, it's just a small test of Shi Le's knife. After some time, he will inevitably re-enter Hebei. and Yu Zhenye, with no soldiers and no money, can't stop Shi Le and Shi Chao. Wang Jun has relied on Xianbei to fight for many years, and his Youzhou soldiers are not good at training. Now the Huns are attacking, and they are in a hurry, opening up the treasury, raising soldiers, and training soldiers and horses, but they don't know if they have time. If you really want to talk about it, this matter is inseparable from the prince. ”

This year, Shile Kou Changshan was indeed defeated by Wang Jun independently.

But as Cui Gong said, the focus of the Xiongnu was on the two counties of Hedong and Pingyang, and Shile was only a partial division.

If a large number of troops and horses are gathered to attack Changshan next year, what will Wang Jun do?

This pot, Shao Xun has to carry it firmly on his body, and he can't shake it off.

"Can Wang Jun still summon Duan Xianbei?" He laughed and asked.

Cui Gong thought for a while and said, "You can still shout." Duan Wu Bechen is his son-in-law after all, so it's not good to be too face-saving. However, the old man heard that after Wang Jun defeated Shi Le, he sent a group of soldiers and horses to the east, which seemed to help Duan Xianbei to defend against the enemy. ”

"It's really not good, he also has a son-in-law of Wuhuan, Su Shuyan, who must be able to invite him to help in the war." Cui Gong teased again.

Shao Xun smiled.

Wang Jun used his daughter as a tool, one married to the leader of Xianbei, and the other married to the leader of Wuhuan, leading Yidi as an arm to help, and he was majestic in Hebei.

After defeating Sima Ying before, the Wuhuan people joined the war, and I don't know if it has anything to do with his son-in-law Su Shuyan.

Think about the early years of the Dynasty, the Youzhou Turquoise Governor (armored cavalry) also recruited Youzhou Han'er into Luoyang as a soldier.

It's only been a few decades, and the source of soldiers in Youzhou is not good? I don't know what Wang Jun thinks.

However, if Wang Jun can't stand up, Hebei is indeed very troublesome.

Shao Xun absolutely did not believe that Sima Yue could handle the situation in Hebei.

I didn't expect to besiege and kill the Xianbei cavalry in Chang'an, but in the end I assisted Shi Le, which is really outrageous.

It's better to do your own thing first, and counting on others is unreliable after all.