Xiao Yeyang came back in the afternoon of the fifth day when Daohua and his party arrived in Ganzhou City.

Daohua was wearing a fox fur and sitting on the kang near the window, reading the county annals of Ganzhou Wei. There is no glass here in Xiliang, and the windows are all made of oiled paper. This makes the room very dark even during the day.

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In the whole house, only the window side has the best light.

Therefore, even if there is a cold wind through the cracks in the window, Daohua can only sit here.

Daohua was looking at it seriously when suddenly a pair of strong arms stretched out from behind and hugged her tightly.

Smelling the familiar scent, Daohua put down her book, turned around and hugged the person: "Xiao Yeyang, you are back." There was undisguised joy in her eyes.

Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua with a smile and rubbed his face and neck: "Miss me?"

Just as he was about to make love to relieve his lovesickness, Daohua pushed him away with a look of disgust: "You haven't shaved your beard in a long time, it hurts my face."

Xiao Yeyang saw the red marks on Daohua's face and stretched out his hand to rub her: "I am in a hurry to patrol the Ganzhou Guard's defense area, so I don't have time to clean up."

Daohua held down his hand, put her nose to him and sniffed him, and then the disgust on her face became stronger. She quickly called Guyu and Lixia and asked them to prepare hot water.

"You need to take a good wash."

Xiao Yeyang hugged Daohua and refused to let go: "Then you have to help me."

Daohua glanced at him angrily: "Have you met Master?"

Xiao Yeyang shook his head: "The old man followed Doctor Ge out."

Daohua nodded, and seeing Guyu and Lixia fetching hot water, she quickly got off the kang: "You go into the clean room first, and I'll get you some clothes."

Xiao Yeyang smiled and walked into the clean room.

Two-quarters of an hour later, Xiao Yeyang lay relaxed on the kang after bathing, with his head resting on Daohua's lap, while Daohua was concentrating on shaving Xiao Yeyang.

Looking at Xiao Yeyang's frostbitten face, Daohua felt very distressed. After shaving, she found the wound ointment and applied it carefully on him.

"I will make you a mask later. Remember to wear it when you go out in the future."

Xiao Yeyang nodded with a smile: "Okay."

After wiping her face, Daohua looked at Xiao Yeyang's body and applied medicine to some bruised and abraded areas.

The charcoal fire was burning brightly in the room, and there was a warm kang beneath him. His nose was filled with the fragrance of his wife. Xiao Yeyang, who was completely relaxed, slowly closed his eyes.

When Daohua finished applying the medicine, he found that Xiao Yeyang had fallen into a deep sleep.

For more than a month after entering Xiliang, I have been running around every day. Even though Xiao Yeyang has been practicing martial arts all year round, his body is still a little overwhelmed.

Seeing Xiao Yeyang sleeping with his brows furrowed, Daohua showed pity on his face and stretched out his hand to smooth it for him.

At dinner, Daohua saw Xiao Yeyang sleeping deeply, so she went to Gu Jian's courtyard alone without calling him.

"Master, Xiao Yeyang came back this afternoon. He was not injured and is fine. Don't worry."

Gu Jian nodded: "He must be exhausted during this period. Let him have a good rest. By the way, make more medicinal meals to replenish his body."

Daohua smiled and responded: "I will."

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Xiao Yeyang slept until noon the next day before waking up. As soon as he woke up, he heard Daohua outside asking for longevity.

"Didn't you allocate a batch of grain to give porridge a few days ago? Why did it run out so quickly?"

De Shou replied with a grimace: "I don't know why, but more and more refugees are gathering outside the city these days. The food that could last for half a month is gone in a few days."

Daohua frowned: "There are so many people, no one will cause trouble, right?"

De Shou shook his head: "No, everyone is trying to survive by giving out porridge, and they don't dare to cause trouble at this time."

At this time, Xiao Yeyang walked out.

Daohua quickly stood up and walked over: "Are you awake?"

Xiao Yeyang nodded, pulled Daohua to sit down, and looked at Deshou: "What's going on with the refugees?"

De Shou quickly talked about the sharp increase in the number of refugees in the past two days.

Xiao Yeyang frowned: "When I first came here, there were only five or six thousand refugees outside the city. In less than a month, the number increased to tens of thousands... It seems that some people don't want me to have an easy time.

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Daohua looked surprised: "You mean someone is driving the refugees to Ganzhou City? Who? Why are they doing this? We just arrived and we didn't offend anyone?"

Xiao Yeyang sneered: "We haven't offended anyone, but our arrival may break the situation in Xiliang. For some people, it just blocks their way."

Even though Xiliang is bitter, cold and barren, in the eyes of some people, this is their sphere of influence and does not tolerate interference from outsiders, let alone change.

Because the imperial court neglected to manage Xiliang, the rulers here may have had the illusion that this land was already theirs.

Daohua frowned: "Then if we can't bring out food to appease the refugees outside the city..."

Xiao Yeyang took over: "Once something happens to the refugees, someone will definitely tell the court and use this to drive me out of Xiliang."

Daohua listened, pondered for a moment, and looked at Deshou: "Follow Guyu and go get another batch of food. You must appease the refugees living outside the city and don't allow them to cause trouble."

De Shou glanced at Xiao Yeyang and saw that he had no objection, so he followed Gu Yu and retreated.

Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua: "There shouldn't be much left of the supplies we brought, right?"

Daohua nodded, and then asked Lixia to bring over the warehouse list and handed it to Xiao Yeyang for him to read.

"Don't be too anxious. I have already sent a letter to Qin Xiaoliu, but the capital is too far from Xiliang. It will probably take around February for the food to arrive."

"With the number of refugees outside the city now, we simply won't be able to survive until that time. But as long as we survive this period, we will definitely have a sufficient supply of food in the future."

As he spoke, he paused.

"The refugees outside the city are not our family's problem. Should the officials and merchants in the city also do something?"

Xiao Yeyang shook his head: "Xiliang is no better than other places, and Ganzhou Guard is the poorest guard. Even officials and merchants don't have much food left at home. If they give them food, they will be killed.

Their fate is the same."

By the time there is no commotion outside the city, they may stop working.

Daohua asked again: "What about the guard station? Aren't all the military households usually working in the fields? There must be food in the guard station, right?"

Xiao Yeyang shook his head again: "Military households will turn over grain, but the grain output here is too low. Ganzhou Guard is closest to Xiliao, and usually has to maintain a border army stationed here."
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"The reason why the previous commander died was because he owed the border army's food and salary. He was called over by the border army general and was accidentally shot by the Xiliao people."

Daohua was a little tongue-tied: "Didn't you say that the previous commander was killed while on patrol?"

Xiao Yeyang smiled sarcastically: "That's just to make it sound nice. The people in Xiliang are living so hard. In addition to the geographical climate and the people of Xiliao, it is also largely related to the incompetence of the officials here.

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Daohua looked at Xiao Yeyang: "Now that you have taken over the Ganzhou Guard, doesn't that mean you also have to support the border troops stationed here?"

Xiao Yeyang nodded with a headache.

If the border army hadn't been concerned about his identity this time, and if he had led his men to annihilate a group of Xiliao cavalry, the border army would have come to Ganzhou City to cause trouble.

Seeing that Xiao Yeyang's brows were knotted again, Daohua sat over and smoothed it out for him: "This is not a big deal. If you are short of anything else, I may not be able to help. But when it comes to food, how can I, a big food owner, be short of it?"

.Leave the food matter to me."

Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua with a smile: "Didn't you say that the food will not arrive until February?"

Daohua smiled and said: "The capital is far away, so there is nothing we can do, but we can find a place closer to borrow or buy food."

Xiao Yeyang didn't want to hurt Daohua, so he didn't tell her that she might not be able to buy food at all in Xiliang.

Almost all of the Nine Guards of Xiliang are members of the Commander-in-Chief, and the person who most wants him to leave Xiliang may be Commander-in-Chief Wei Hongcai.

However, humans have weaknesses, and not all commanders can bribe them.

Thinking of the news from Jinling Guard, Xiao Yeyang decided to go out tomorrow to meet the most disliked Commander Lan Wuwei.
Chapter completed!