On the first day when Yang Zhen returned to Songshan City, he briefly met with the generals who came to welcome him, and then made a general distribution, and the entire Songshan City became busy immediately.

Yang Zhen originally wanted to wait until the generals of various ministries were busy with the distribution of supplies into the city, then he would call the generals of various ministries to have a good meeting. He would inform everyone about the situation of going west to the outer border, and at the same time, he would also listen to the generals of various ministries about the situation in Songshan City, such as

Talk about the progress of repairing the barbican city, the progress of the ironworks, the ammunition factory, etc.

However, I did not expect that the distribution of materials into the city was too complicated. From morning to noon, and then to evening, there were still many things that had not been counted and registered and were stranded outside the city.

Therefore, the meeting at the General Military Mansion that day came to nothing.

In addition, after Yang Zhen returned to the General Military Mansion, he did not have time to do anything more. He only asked Ma Keqing to select a batch of goods from the intercepted gold and silver jewelry and daily necessities.

The parcel was packed and given to Qiu Biyong, one of the assistants in the Coordinating Camp Affairs Office, and asked to pass it on to his sister, Qiu Bihan, the eldest daughter of the Qiu family.

First of all, doing this is equivalent to telling the eldest lady of the enemy family in person at the first time that he has returned successfully.

Secondly, Yang Zhen did this to take the opportunity to show that he has always been thinking about the eldest daughter of the enemy family.

It turns out that Yang Zhen has the characteristics of a straight man. He never takes the initiative to make women happy, and even less often makes love to each other or talks sweetly.

But today Yang Zhen is a human being after all. Although he has to do the things he wants to do, he cannot leave behind the things he should do.

Now, in western Liaoning, his family's power seems to be very weak, but his marriage to the Qiu family can make up for this to a certain extent, and it has become more important to him.

In addition, he really likes the beautiful and smart Miss Qiu, and hopes that she can become his good wife as soon as possible.

Nowadays, the huge inner courtyard of the General Military Mansion has always been empty. Every time Yang Zhen comes back, it is deserted. It really needs a good housekeeper as soon as possible to help take care of it.

On the day he returned to Songshan City, after Yang Zhen arranged these two necessary things, half a day was spent. He was extremely tired and sleepy, so he returned to his room and fell asleep, sleeping all the way through.

When night falls.

After waking up, Ma Keqing came over and reported a long list of people who came to see Yang Zhen while he was catching up on his sleep. Yang Zhen heard that Qiu Biyong and Li Ji were among them, so he immediately asked where Qiu Biyong and Li Ji were.

"While the Lord was catching up on his sleep, Qiu Biyong asked to see him. Hearing that the Lord was catching up on his sleep, he put down his things and left. The people in the Assistant Camp Affairs Office were all busy today! As for Li Ji, he was on duty at the Assistant Camp Affairs Office today, and the Lord wanted to see him.

, I’ll tell him to come see you now!”

Li Ji came to see him for what purpose. He knew very well and was not in a hurry at the moment. He waved his hand to stop Ma Keqing and only asked what Qiu Biyong had sent.

At this time, Ma Keqing said again: "Qiu Biyong said that when the Lord wakes up, he will ask me to tell you that his sister, Miss Qiu, has made some new clothes and undershirts for the Lord. I heard that the Lord is back.

I asked him to send it quickly so that I can have a replacement!

"Furthermore, he also said that from now on, if a person has clothes to change and wash, he will be asked to take care of them and send them to their door across the street, and the eldest lady of the enemy family will help with the washing!"

"Oh, that's good. In that case, you can go there later and send me the dirty clothes I've worn all the way!"

When Yang Zhen heard what Ma Keqing relayed, he thought of the beautiful woman in the courtyard across the street, and felt warm in his heart.

In this era, women from wealthy families did not actually have much to do at home before they got married. Apart from reading and literacy, they could also do some handicrafts such as female handicrafts.

Therefore, Yang Zhen was not afraid that this matter would tire her out. On the contrary, Yang Zhen's doing so could strengthen her mind and at the same time improve her current status in the Qiu family.

In general, when Yang Zhenchu ​​returned to Songshan, he had this sweet interaction with Miss Qiu, which suddenly made him feel like he was home.

Songshan City is home, a feeling he has never had before.

That night, all the people and generals in Songshan City were busy bringing supplies into the city and had no time to disturb Yang Zhen. After Yang Zhen took a shower and changed clothes, he felt refreshed and asked Ma Keqing to send Li Ji to see him.

Li Ji, the former police chief of Fengrun County Government, now serves as an errand for the Statistics Office of the Assistant Battalion Affairs Office of Songshan General Military Mansion. In fact, he plays the role of Yang Zhen's secret eyes and ears in Songshan City.

When Li Ji met Yang Zhen, he naturally knew what to report. After saluting, he immediately handed over a thick account book and said to Yang Zhen:

"While your Excellency was away from Songshan, I followed your instructions and went to each battalion in the name of the Statistical Office to make statistics on the barracks, soldiers and horses, money, food, equipment, etc. Everything went well! What is recorded in the account books is the statistical income obtained by I!

"After careful inspection of the information previously reported by each battalion to the Assistant Camp Affairs Office, it is generally the same. It is just that the humble work was done in more detail! All facts worthy of statistics, no matter how big or small, are recorded in the book! Your Excellency, please take a look!"

Yang Zhen took the thick account book-like thing, opened it, and looked at it at a glance, but he saw that the things Li Ji counted were more like a roster.

Only the location of the station, the number of men and horses, the number of generals and assistants, where they were from, the number of barracks, the number of ships, and the amount of equipment are indeed much more detailed than the overall situation reported by the previous ministries to the Associate Camp Affairs Office.

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What satisfied Yang Zhen the most was Li Ji's statistics on the specialties of the generals, commanders, commanders, and senior soldiers of each department. They were marked at the back of the roster of generals and soldiers. After a quick glance, they were really diverse.

For example, those who can write, farm, and work, and others, such as coachmen, horsemen, butchers, cooks, cobblers, blacksmiths, stonemasons, coopers, etc., all kinds of expertise are available, and even

It covers horse riding, archery, cannon firing, and firing muskets, and is recorded one by one.

Yang Zhen read these records by light with great interest. When he got to the last few pages, he saw lines of names of people with circles next to them, but there was no indication of identity, expertise, or origin.

, so he asked:

"These people are-"

When Li Ji saw the question, he immediately returned to the light, bowed and replied: "These are the down-lines selected from each battalion by the humble post in accordance with the instructions of the adults. They are responsible for statistics of the actual situation of each battalion. They also come from the humble post here."

I received the first batch of subsidies allocated by the Camp Office!"

"These people——, do they know what they are going to do in the future?"

"Some of them are already aware of the situation. The circled ones are aware of it. The more are not aware of it. Those who are not aware of it just think it is official business. However, the humble post is also inspecting and observing. If it is not suitable, the humble post will also

I won’t let him know!”

Yang Zhen thought for a while, nodded, then closed the account book and roster, and asked: "Besides these, are there any unusual situations inside and outside Songshan City during this period?"

When Li Ji heard Yang Zhen's question, he immediately bowed and replied: "I was about to tell you! After your Excellency left Songshan, our troops left behind at the west gate, south gate, and east gate of Songshan City began to build additional bastions and barbicans. During this period, Jinzhou,

Xingshan's spies and sentry riders have not stopped coming to monitor the situation.

"However, according to my understanding, neither the sentinel riders in Jinzhou nor the sentry riders in Xingshan have direct contact with Deputy General Xia, Counselor Lu, and President Jin Qian!

"However, Vice General Xia and General Lu did not send anyone to contact us, nor did they send anyone to drive them away. On the contrary, President Jin Qian sent a team of people to drive away the sentries coming from the direction of Xingshan.

defense line!"

After Li Ji finished speaking, he looked at Yang Zhen's expression, and then continued: "During the period, the Marshal's Mansion in Jinzhou City sent people to call General Zhang and Deputy Xia to visit them once. After they came back, it was said that they were attacked in Jinzhou City.

Marshal Zu’s reprimand! I heard——”

"Okay, I already know the cause and effect of this matter, no need to say more! Apart from this, are there any other abnormal situations?"

In fact, Yang Zhen already knew the outline of many things from Xia Shu, Yu Liangtai, Zhang Degui and others. The reason why he listened to Li Ji's report again was just to have another source of information, which could not only confirm each other, but also avoid some issues being missed.

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However, Yang Zhen is already very clear about his relationship with the Jinzhou Army, or he is much clearer than the people in Songshan City now, and he also has his own plans for how to deal with it and how to plan for it next.

Li Ji originally wanted to say more about this issue involving the relationship with Jinzhou soldiers and Xingshan soldiers, but when he saw that Yang Zhen had already said that he knew, he was stunned for a moment, and then said quickly:

"Since your Excellency already knows, I won't say more about Beizhi! Apart from that, there are no other abnormalities. The day after your Excellency set off, General Zhang Shen led Beizhi and others to Qiu's Courtyard across the street.

I have made a betrothal gift for you! The other ministries are progressing smoothly in building the Wengcheng. Everyone is worried about the Tatars raising troops to retaliate, so they don’t dare to delay for a day!"

When Li Ji said this, he saw Yang Zhen nodding in approval, and then changed the topic and said: "However, I have heard some rumors in the past few days. I wonder if I should report it to you?"

"Oh, rumors, what rumors? Tell me and listen!"

"This rumor is related to your Excellency, and it started to appear gradually after Vice General Xia and General Zhang came back from Jinzhou City after being reprimanded. However, this rumor is actually a good thing!"

Having said this, Li Ji raised his head and glanced at Yang Zhen, then lowered his head and said: "There are rumors that the imperial court will soon reward you for your contribution to the attack behind enemy lines last time. It is also said that the imperial envoy who was rewarded by the imperial court is already coming to us outside the customs."
Chapter completed!