Hearing that Qiu Hu really felt so, it was not polite and perfunctory, Lu Xu smiled even more happily, and he knew that they would definitely understand these righteous people!

Qiu Hu said: "But I shouldn't be the big boss." ”

Lu Xu: "Then where are you going, you're back......"

Qiu Hu waved his hand: "After you listen to me, I shouldn't be, first, this alliance was set up by you, and I didn't help in anything, and second, now that there are more people in the alliance, everyone is serving you, since they are all running for you, you should be the big boss and live up to everyone's trust, three......"

Qiu Hu sighed, and said in his heart: "I came to you in such a hurry, for this matter - we are leaving, and the brother who stays behind will be entrusted to you in the future!" ”

Chapter 101: Moving North

"Let's go? Where to? Lu Xu was stunned, "Didn't you just come back?" ”

Qiu Hu and Lu Qing glanced at each other, sighed, and said, "Don't hide it from you, brother, I am a petty officer in the army, I can't compare to the pioneer officer, it's a family business, now the barbarians are obedient, and the north has become our place, someone has to be stationed, and the court wants us to take our family members to the north to settle down......"

Lu Xu listened to Qiu Hu and Lu Qing's explanations blankly.

After this battle, the Daqi border expanded to the north for hundreds of miles, and the benefits were visible to the naked eye. But the difficulties are also ready-made, the population is already consumed by the war, and everyone knows the hardships of the north, and no one wants to go.

No one, how to keep it? If it can't be defended, then the northern border will still become a hidden danger sooner or later.

The court quarreled for a long time, and the final plan was to let the military households settle in the north first, and then slowly move the population over after the foundation was laid.

"It's not a bad thing, the location we settled is in the north of Shuozhou, and now it is also under the management of Shuozhou, there are few people there and there is a big place, and a household can be divided into dozens of acres of land, brother, my size is a hundred households, and I can choose a good place for everyone." Qiu Hu saw that Lu Xu's face became worse and worse the more he listened, and patted his shoulder to comfort him, "The environment over there is okay, but it is colder in winter, and it is not much worse than on the mountain." ”

Lu Xu listened to it for a long time, but he still couldn't understand what was going on.

Qiu Hu wanted to take the villagers down the mountain, but no matter how much wasteland could be opened up for them and how much land could be sold, no village or town would dare to let their entire village of mountain people set up camp and settle down next to him.

There are too many of them, and they don't know each other, they don't trust each other, and they are too threatening to others.

Not to mention far away, even in Lujia Village, Lu Xu went to Li Zheng and said that Qiu Hu and them should buy land, open up wasteland, and settle down at the edge of the village, Li Zheng, the clan, and the villagers would not agree at all.

Under the stable geographical and clan culture, they are naturally xenophobic, and this xenophobia allows them to accommodate a few families or a dozen people from outside the country, but they will never accept a single village, especially the mountain people, who are known for their rebellion.

If they wanted to go down the mountain and settle in Guanyang, they had to disperse.

If you want not to disperse, the only way in front of Qiu Hu's eyes right now is to become a military household and move north with the army.

Lu Xu didn't give up: "Do you have to go?" We are not as hard as last year, there are ten years, no, maybe seven or eight years, the Guanyang Alliance will be able to surpass the boat gang, I am confident, we can slowly let everyone move down, when the time comes, everyone will gather in a few villages near Guanyang County, buy land, build houses, settle down, and it is not separated, why do you have to go there? Even if they are nominally obedient, no one dares to guarantee that they will be safe over there! ”

If it is really good over there, will the imperial court still forcibly arrange for the garrison to take their families to Tuntiantunbian?

The second uncle didn't say it, Lu Xu could guess why he became a pioneer officer after listening to it for so long, sealed thousands of households, and resigned and retired to come back to farm-he couldn't move north with him because he harmed his family.

Lu Qing has a choice, he can do whatever he wants, start all over again, but Qiu Hu has no choice.

As long as he still wants to take the whole village down the mountain, he has no choice, and this may be his best path.

Lu Xu's eyes were full of sincerity and worry, this kind of worry, Qiu Hu had only seen in his parents and sisters. Qiu Hu smiled, satisfied.

He said that he wanted to move north to become a military household, and the people in the village understood and were puzzled, but no one hesitated, because of trust, almost all of them were willing to follow him.

He said that he wanted to move north to become a military household, and his righteous brother persuaded him not to go because he cared, and was willing to spend more than ten years with him to break a new road.

"Someone has to go, our ancestors fled into the mountains to escape the war, and now it's time to come out." He patted Lu Xu on the shoulder, "Over the years, I have asked myself countless times, whether it is right to go down the mountain, whether it is worth it, and now I think it is worth it, and the most worthwhile thing is to meet you at the bottom of the mountain." Lu Xu, no matter if you can see you again in the future, no matter how far away, I, Qiu Hu, will treat you as a brother! ”

Qiu Hu is still going to set off after all.

Time is tight, and they will set off on the sixth day of the new year, so they can go home for the New Year, or because Longxing is close to Shuozhou, and when they bring people back, they can let soldiers from farther back to their hometowns and bring their families.

Qiu Hu reported the names of the people he left behind to Lu Xu, explaining the situation of each family one by one, Lu Xu listened, all because he had already settled down in Guanyang, or he had just married someone under the mountain, or the elderly in the family were really incapacitated.

Some families have no one to join the army, and they could not have gotten to follow him.

Lu Xu was both envious and sour, and solemnly promised that Qiu Hu would definitely take care of the people who stayed, and sighed with some frustration: "I originally thought that I was already very powerful, Brother Tiger, I am not as good as you." ”

In other words, if he has no interests hanging in front of him as a turnip, how many people will be willing to go with him because of trust?

The contact is not too long and not too short, Qiu Hu can see that Lu Xu has some naïve character, Lu Xu envies him, he also envies Lu Xu, Qiu Hu comforted, "Don't underestimate yourself, they are willing to follow me, we used to have a hard time, they have no other way, they can only follow me, this is not called ability, the real ability is that others obviously have many ways to go, but they are willing to follow you, you have such a ability, when you are so big as me, you must be better than me." ”

Sending Qiu Hu and Tan Shi away, Lu Xu looked at their backs carefully sliding towards Guanyang under the ice, and his heart was full of taste.

Now that I am farewell, the mountains and rivers are far away, and I don't know when I will see you again next time.

Lu Xu stood by the river with a puffed face for a while, and went to find Yan Junqi with a depressed expression.

Yan Junqi listened quietly.

"Brother Tiger has returned the share I left for him, and the Guanyang Alliance will have to rely on myself in the future......" Lu Xu held his elbow on his cheek, not at all happy that he wanted to get a large sum of money again, and his voice was lonely and sad, "Actually, I didn't want to get involved with them too much at first......

There are many people with great power, and many people are easy to do, at first others were weak, Lu Xu thought that he was a little clever at that time to use the Qiu brothers, and even after Qiu Hu left, he didn't want to be completely involved, he just wanted to open his small shop.

"It's just that I got used to getting along with ...... later"

Before I knew it, I already regarded them as friends.

"I have already agreed to settle in the military household, so I can't go back on it......

"Hmm."

"I knew ......"

As he spoke, Lu Xu lowered his head, his eyes sour.

Qiu Hu said a bunch of reasons, but there was one thing he didn't tell Lu Xu - he had promised to stay in the army before returning to his hometown, even if others didn't follow him, he would take his family to move north.

"You said that if the Guanyang Alliance can be established sooner, we will be able to make money sooner, and Brother Hu knows that he can also lead everyone to live in peace and stability when he comes back, will he not have to stay as a soldier......

Yan Junqi was silent for a while, slowly leaned over, and grabbed Lu Xu's hand, "Disobeying military orders is a capital crime, but Brother Qiu Hu's choice to stay in the army may not have been after some consideration." You see, his personality and ability are actually more suitable for being a soldier than doing business. ”

Lu Xu blinked.

Yan Junqi continued: "Brother Xu, don't attribute anything to the reason why you didn't do a good job......

When the Guanyang Alliance first came up, not everyone in the county was optimistic, especially when people began to come back from the battlefield one after another, and there were many people waiting to see Qiu Hu and Lu Xu's jokes.

That's a big deal, a big battle, one mountain can't tolerate two tigers, Qiu Hu, the nominal big boss, is coming back, will Lu Xu, the second boss with real power, really be happy?

When Lu Xutuo inquired about Qiu Hu's whereabouts, some people laughed at him behind his back.

But Yan Junqi knew that Lu Xu really wanted Qiu Hu to come back safely, and he really wanted to run the Guanyang Alliance with Qiu Hu, he had a naïve admiration for Qiu Hu, and from the beginning, he left Qiu Hu more money than him.

Yan Junqi stared at Lu Xu with a little red, flashing watery eyes, full of jealousy towards Qiu Hu.

Lu Xu has a naïve personality, it is stupid to say that it is ugly, maybe one day, he will have a dispute with Qiu Hu because of the way he does things, but he will definitely not make trouble because of interests.

If he wants to make money, Lu Xu will only think about how to expand his business, instead of competing with his friends.

Look, now that Qiu Hu is going to the army again, he even thinks that it is because he made money too late that Qiu Hu has to go down the road of falling into the army.

Yan Junqi calmly laid out the facts with him: "Think about it, he and Lu Hui went to the battlefield together, Lu Hui didn't even touch the knife, and the people came back, but Brother Qiu Hu was transferred to the main army with his military exploits, and he participated in the decisive battle and was promoted to 100 households." Promotion in the army depends on their birth and military merits, and they not only survived, but also made military merits in decisive battles. ”

Lu Xu slowly calmed down and nodded, "You're right." ”

Yan Junqi comforted: "Everyone has their own strengths, you don't like to study, I'm not good at cooking, with Brother Qiu's temperament, it's not a good thing to stay in the army." Now that the war is over, there will be no more wars for a while, although the north is not as stable as Longxing, but it is not an opportunity, even if he can't go further, with the foundation of a hundred households, it will not be difficult to have a stability. ”

Lu Xu stared at Yan Junqi in a daze, his eyes were straight, and blurted out: "Junqi, you are so amazing!" ”

Yan Jun took a brush from the pen holder, dipped it in ink and drew a brief map on the white paper.

Daqi is not allowed to have a map, even if it is an official, it is not necessary for his position, and he is not allowed to hide the map, Yan Junqi can only learn the simple drawing method commonly used by Lu Xu according to the direction and distance seen in the book, and roughly draw a picture: "Guanyang, Longxing Prefecture, through Wenqiu, Chongning County, from Chongqing to the north, through Shuozhou, to Yonggu County, over Qianjiaoling, more than 100 miles north...... Over here. ”

Lu Xu leaned in front of the table to look at the circles and zigzag lines drawn by Yan Junqi.

"That's it, about that." Yan Junqi put down his pen.

Drawing on the paper, Lu Xu felt that it was actually not that far away.

Shuozhou is north of them, and the place where Qiu Hu and they are going is north of Shuozhou, which belongs to Yonggu County, Shuozhou......

Yonggu County ......

Lu Xu took the simple map and smiled, "Can you give me this?" ”

Yan Junqi nodded.

Lu Xu looked at it again and again, and praised it without hesitation, "Jun Qi, you are so amazing!" That's amazing! ”

Lu Xu looked at it for a while, folded it into his arms, and had a new thought, "When I go to Guanyang on the sixth day of the new year, I will see them off, and I don't know if the ice on the river is strong enough." I don't know how long it will take to get there, what is missing over there, I have to ask the second uncle......"

Lu Xu's spirit came back, and he thought about it again, and ran out in a hurry.

Yan Junqi couldn't help but smile when he saw that he was sad and happy.

This is the Lu Xu he is familiar with......

Chapter 102: Image

After chatting with the second uncle, Lu Xu gradually had a concept of the northern border.

The climate, the property, and the environment were all worse than he had imagined.

Lu Xu originally wanted to bring them more money, but now it sounds like there is a shortage of materials there, and if you have money, you may not be able to buy things.

They can buy bedding, clothes, and food that they must have used, and they may not be able to carry them smoothly when they are so far away.

Lu Xu was entangled.

"If only there was trade."

Lu Qing smiled, "Right now, the battle has just ended, the situation is unknown, no businessman dares to rush over, and it will slowly get better in the future." ”

Lu Xu sighed, "But it's not winter yet, how cold it is over there, Brother Hu, they are not all young and strong, old and young, dragging their families with ......."

He was unimaginable.

Lu Xu came home from his second uncle, and many thoughts came to his mind along the way.

Due to the location and climate restrictions, the northern territory does not produce much food, and if you want to be full, you must either learn from the barbarians to graze herd, or cultivate more farmland.

But those take time and are riskier than in Guanyang.

A heavy snowfall and a cold wave may make them lose their crops and their cattle and sheep die.

Qiu Hu and his family are mountain people, and they are not as experienced in farming as the households in the villages under the mountain, and the seeds brought from Guanyang may not be able to adapt to that side.

In the first two or three years, everything was experimental, and their ability to take risks was too poor due to their unfounded past.