The hustle and bustle of the crowd gradually dispersed, and not far from the city gate, an official walked towards Wen Sicheng with a few people dressed as servants, and the man who came close to him clenched his hands into fists and said to Wen Sicheng: "Lord Taiwei, the villain is ordered to take the adult to the mansion."

"Don't worry, this official will go to the military department to report on his work first, and then go to the official department to report! Xiao Ran sent someone to follow this adult, and then ordered him to go to the official department to wait for me" Wen Sicheng responded lightly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Yes," the two replied with their fists clenched.

Not long after, Xiao Ran returned to Wen Sicheng's side and said, "General, where are we going first!"

"Go, pick two axes, let's visit someone!"

Wen Sicheng took Xiao Ran to walk in Shenglong City, and soon came to a piece of residential money, low houses, a few naughty children in the alley were playing happily, the hawkers in the distance were constantly selling, and walked to the depths of the alley, only to see a small courtyard standing quietly, in front of the dilapidated door, an old man wearing a coarse linen coat, standing straight at the door, not squinting, although it was a person, there was a dragon and a tiger. Wen Sicheng walked to the door, looked at the old man at the door, deeply moved, and said softly: "Wen Sicheng, the general of Fuyuan in the Northwest Province, ask to see the prince!" I saw the old man, glanced at Wen Sicheng, turned to face the courtyard, and said loudly: "General, someone asks to see!" A voice came from the courtyard: "Please!"

When the old man heard this, he didn't speak, but just turned to one side and got out of the way, Wen Sicheng saw this, and saluted the old man again, and then took Xiao Ran into the courtyard!

When he came to the courtyard, there was no one to see, and the old man who had just spoken did not open his mouth again, Wen Sicheng just stood quietly in the courtyard when he saw this, carefully looking at the layout of the courtyard. This is a small dwelling, the north and south directions, the east and west two like wings, the north should be the upper room, there is a small house on its side, the sound of cooking is heard in the house from time to time; there is a small square table randomly placed in the courtyard, there is a large vat in the corner, and the window edge is hung with peppers and garlic.

Xiao Ran stood in the courtyard, watching Wen Sicheng just stand quietly, not speaking, just looking at the courtyard, as if there was some story in this courtyard that could firmly attract him. In a daze, he was just about to ask, but he saw a person walking out of the kitchen, Xiao Ran was shocked and said, "Fang. . . ”

The old man came out of the kitchen, holding two dishes in his hands, and saw Wen Sicheng and the two standing in the courtyard, and said, "Stunned, go get the dishes and chopsticks!" Wen Sicheng immediately ran to the kitchen when he heard this, Xiao Ran also ran over with his own general, and after a while, on the small square table in the courtyard, four dishes and a few bowls of rice were placed, and the old man sat on the small stool next to the table, pointed to the small stool next to him and said, "Sit." Wen Sicheng saluted the old man and sat down gently, Xiao Ran naturally stood behind Wen Sicheng, and the old man pointed to the small stool on the other side and said, "Sit", Xiao Ran looked at Wen Sicheng, and saw that Wen Sicheng nodded lightly, so he also made it on the small stool. After everyone was seated, the old man picked up his chopsticks and shouted outside the courtyard: "Wash the dishes after eating!"

Before the words fell, Xiao Ran only felt a black shadow flashing, and then looked closely, only to see that the old man who was outside the door still took most of the bowl of rice into his mouth, and couldn't help nodding and exclaiming: "Master!"

Wen Sicheng picked up the dishes and chopsticks, looked at the four dishes on the table, all of them were ordinary home-cooked dishes, and the old guard who was sitting at the bottom, although he was making meals like a whirlwind, he saw that only a quarter of each dish facing him had passed, as if there was a line in the center of the plate, and he would never move a chopstick if he exceeded it. After a while, the old man finished the food in the bowl, did not speak, put the dishes and chopsticks down, and stood at the door again.

During a meal, the old man sitting on the upper hand didn't say a word, and Wen Sicheng didn't say anything, just eating the meal quietly. In the end, the four of them cleaned up the tables and chairs, and the old man sat down and looked at Wen Sicheng, Wen Sicheng looked at the old man, and Xiao Ran watched the old man and the young man staring at each other, and the scene was extremely embarrassing.

Suddenly, the old man said, "Open!" Wen Sicheng nodded and said, "Well, Xiao Ran, open it!" Xiao Ran glared and said, "What?"

I saw that the two of them turned their heads to look at Xiao Ran and shouted: "Wine !!"

Xiao Ran immediately got up and brought a jar of axes, reached out to pat the mud seal on the jar, and gave two bowls to the old and the young. The old man took the bowl and drank it all, the wine flowed down the old man's beard to the placket, and after drinking, he praised: "Good wine! I haven't tasted the taste of Northwest wine for a long time! Strong, really strong!" Wen Sicheng also drank the wine in his hand,

The old man looked at Wen Sicheng and said: "How many soldiers are there in the northwest? How many people are there? How many troops are recruited to take one? How many troops are stationed in Chen County, Yanmen, and Wutun?"

Wen Sicheng got up and said with a straight face: "General, there are 120,000 troops stationed in the 13 counties of the five prefectures in the Northwest Province! For many years, the Northwest has been bitterly cold and barren, with 50,000 households and 300,000 people under its jurisdiction! 20,000 troops have been stationed in Chen County, and 20,000 troops have been stationed in Wutun! The last general has led the main force of the Fuyuan Army with 50,000 troops and horse assistants Yanmen!"

The old general saw that Wen Sicheng answered fluently, and asked again: "What about recruitment?"

Wen Sicheng paused and said to the old man: "General, the northwest has suffered from border troubles for a long time, and the barbarians are here all the year round, so the last general has implemented a military cantonment system in the northwest! Of the 120,000 horses stationed in the northwest, 3,000 are taken by the last general from Beijing, and the rest will be recruited in the northwest at that time, and the recruits will take one out of five! The only son in the family will not be taken, and those who are under the age of 14 will not be taken! Those who marry wives and have no children will not be taken!"

The old general seemed to be relieved when he heard this, and he stroked the long hair on his chest and said: "Not bad, not bad! Although the military cantonment system has been abolished since the founding of our dynasty, the northwest is vast, surrounded by enemies on three sides, and the five major barbarian tribes all have brave warriors.

When Wen Sicheng heard this, he immediately arched his hand and said, "The general has praised it!"

"Hmph!" Suddenly, the old general snorted coldly, "Approve, approve, I approve you? You rashly entered Beijing, where are the people in the northwest? You have been in business for several years before consolidating the northwest frontier, and now you have returned to Shenglong, and you have become the Marquis of Lingxiao, the Taiwei Master, hum, General Wen, you are really majestic! That's how Zhuo Haoran taught you?"

Faced with a series of questions from the old general, Wen Sicheng couldn't help but lower his head, and after a long time, Wen Sicheng slowly raised his head and said to the old general: "General, the last general knows that this move is inappropriate! But the general doesn't know anything! If I don't return this time, Tan Yu will definitely deduct my hat of disrespect for the will, and then send troops to fight! At that time, the war was together, and the Northwest Army suffered from the enemy! What's more, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were also my Dayan men, and the two fought each other, and the dead and wounded were all our Han sons and daughters, how could you let the last general bear it? Besides, I am in love with the county lord, she is in prison, if Sicheng is ignored, Sicheng really can't do it! If the general wants to be punished, Sicheng is willing to accept it! I can ask the general not to insult General Zhuo!"

For a long time, Wen Sicheng knelt so much, the old general just looked at him quietly, and suddenly laughed loudly: "Emphasis on love and righteousness! Not bad! Zhuo Haoran is like this, but he can laugh at Jiuquan!" Before he finished speaking, the old general's face became gloomy again, and then said: "You rush into Beijing, can you be sure of the northwest?"

When Wen Sicheng heard this, he said: "The last general has no doubts about the soldiers under his command! It's just that as soon as the matter in Beijing is over, he will send Xiao Ran back! In this way, the northwest can be safe!"

When the old general heard this, he slowly shook his head and said, "Qin Yu will never let the people around you go back to the northwest again! The Fuyuan army has 120,000 soldiers! There are more people who are greedy!"

Xiao Ran pursed his lips when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "What's the use of being greedy! The military discipline of the Fuyuan Army is strict! Not everyone can command!"

The old general glanced up at Xiao Ran and said, "The military discipline is strict! Okay! The people sent by the imperial court, they don't listen! Want to rebel?" The old general said Xiao Ran speechless! Wen Sicheng also nodded silently, the northwest is far away, and he has been harassed by foreigners all the year round, but he has been in the northwest for a few years, and the life of the people has slowly stabilized.

Although the old general is sitting in the capital, Tan Chen Ji does not dare to make trouble in the four families, but the old general is already in his old age, once he dies, the capital will definitely be disrupted! Thinking of this, Wen Sicheng also lost his attention!

Seeing that Wen Sicheng was just silent, the old general had already guessed what he was thinking, so he said: "You don't have to worry too much, you are blind to the position of a lieutenant! General Fuyuan in the northwest should also be assigned by you! Just in this position, the heads of the four families will definitely fight for the head of the bloody blood! You must have your own persistence! You must also ensure the support of the queen mother! Today, the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River is still unsettled, the remnants of the Yanyu Building have not been cleared, and the five barbarian tribes in the northwest have become more and more powerful in recent years! But these great families are still fighting for their own interests! Think about the people of the world, what a bitterness! Sicheng! You have to remember that the people are the second most important thing in your society! If one day, if you really have to do it as a last resort, you have to think about the people of the world!"

Wen Sicheng was taken aback when he heard this, and looked up at the old general, who was speechless for a long time! The old general got up and picked up the dishes and chopsticks on the table and walked towards the kitchen, and said as he walked: "You go back to the capital and go and do your business! You have to keep my words in mind! One day I am here, this day will not fall! But you must prepare early!"