After talking about business, Lao Wang stood up and left.
Just as he was about to leave, he remembered something again, hesitated for a moment, and finally didn't ask.
Princess Xiangcheng Simimao has less and less contact with the Wang family, and the feeling of alienation is very strong. But after all, she is his younger sister-in-law, and there are still some things that she should be concerned about.
Last time, the refugee commander Li Hong wreaked havoc on Wuyang, and Princess Xiangcheng's fiefdom was messed up, causing considerable losses.
Daughter Wang Huifeng heard the news that Princess Xiangcheng planned to sacrifice more than 4,000 households in the fief to Chen Hou in exchange for asylum.
Wang Yan always feels that things are not that simple.
Considering some of the more embarrassing rumors, Wang Yan was a little worried.
It is true that it was Chu Zhong who first felt sorry for Princess Xiangcheng. When he was appointed as the governor of Yangzhou, he did not ask any questions. He took office alone and did not take the princess with him. Maybe the princess was not willing to go to Yangzhou with him, but you didn't ask. It's wrong. .
But - Sima Maoyuan is his sister-in-law after all. If she went to the emperor and asked for an edict to divorce Wang Dun, she would be embarrassed.
Wang Yan has been thinking about this for a long time.
When I saw Shao Xun today, he hesitated and didn't dare to ask. He felt a little incredible.
After careful analysis, the sigh is even greater. He needs Shao Xun, and Shao Xun needs him. The two are de facto political allies. The question is who needs the other more.
Wang Yan felt that he had already given the answer in his heart.
"It should be someone else who is trying to catch someone else's fault." Wang Yan told himself secretly.
But I still don't believe it.
There is a joke in the capital that the selection of women by Chen Hou Shaoxun is like a "nine-grade official method". The prince's concubine is the first grade, the county princess and the princess are the second grade...
There was already a concubine in his house, Princess Fan Yang, and her relationship with Queen Hui Yang was also very suspicious, so Wang Yan couldn't help but be suspicious.
At this time, he regretted letting his son Wang Xuan and daughter Wang Jingfeng go to Chen County.
"Did Mr. Jun go to Chen County years ago?" He turned around and asked.
"I'm going." Shao Xun gave an affirmative answer: "We originally made an appointment to eat red bean porridge together, but because of Situ's death, we were in a hurry to return to Beijing, so we delayed it. We will leave tomorrow."
"Meizi mentioned that the prince once invited him to eat red bean porridge, and he should have arrived in Chen County now." Well, when he said this, Lao Wang's face turned slightly red.
What kind of hell does this world really... force people to do?
"Oh? Meizi is a man of his word. I will definitely stay with him for a while." Shao Xun said with a smile.
In fact, he just said it casually at first, not a particularly formal invitation, but people took it seriously.
He is a smart man and has figured out some subtle signals.
It’s not easy! Haha!
Am I the first person to ask the old wall lamp to bow its head? In history, it was probably only when he was captured that Wang Yifu completely lowered his figure and knelt down to lick Shi Le.
At this time, he was still holding on to his arrogance and had no intention of kneeling down to lick her, probably because he still had dignity and felt that he still needed him.
Yes, we still need him now.
When Yuzhou's business becomes an iron plate, Wang Yan's value will depreciate significantly.
"Your Majesty has something to do, so I won't bother you." Wang Yan said, "You really don't want to go to Luoyang?"
"Does the Lieutenant think I should enter Luoyang?"
"If you don't bring an army into the city, you will be fine."
"I cherish my life." Shao Xun said straightforwardly.
What a joke, he has been away from Luoyang for so long, who knows if anyone in the Forbidden Army has been won over by the emperor.
He won't give others a chance.
Wang Yan smiled bitterly, Chen Hou spoke differently than before, not so cautious.
Now that things have come to this, what else is there to say? Go home and rest.
After Wang Yan left, that night, Shao Xun held a banquet in Jingu Garden and had fun with the invited Forbidden Army generals.
He seized every opportunity to connect with these Forbidden Army generals and never slacked off.
On December 13, he ordered Jin San and Wang Queer to lead the Silver Spear Army back to Liang County and Xiangcheng.
At the same time, Yu Liang was ordered to take his officials north to Henan, Xingyang, Chenliu and Hongnong to recruit new soldiers.
Due to the lack of food, we still only recruited 1,200 soldiers for two groups this time, and a few more were recruited to make up for the shortfall in battle losses.
A group of children and teenagers gathered in Xingyang were also sent to Liang County Martial Arts School to start their learning career.
Do these things every year, persevere, and are part of the strength system. Over time, you will always see results.
After issuing these orders, he looked at the empty Jingu Garden melancholy and left with his soldiers.
At the same time, the Qianfu soldiers who did not participate in the war this year also received the call-up order, each with one of their troops, to meet at Yangzhai and then go to Chenjun.
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The cold wind was blowing hard and frost was everywhere.
On both sides of Suiyang Canal, ashes and ruins have been cleared away, and new houses have been built.
The one who did this was the Auxiliary Army.
They used all their energy to dig trenches and build camps during the war, and it took only ten days to build more than a thousand wooden houses.
The people in the farmland were also mobilized to dredge the damaged ditches, repair the damaged houses, and prepare for next year's spring plowing.
Yang Jian stood by the ditch with his hands behind his back, looking at the snow-covered wilderness.
Fortunately, there was grain from the Guangling Cao "borrowed" by Chen Hou, otherwise next spring would be really difficult.
The four counties of Yangxia, Chen, Wuping, and Ku have already accepted nearly 40,000 families, with a population of about 110,000. In order to resettle them, a huge amount of money and food was spent.
But these are real manpower that can be mobilized. Once they can produce money and food, the impact they will produce will be beyond everyone's imagination.
Seeds are already available, there is a shortage of farm equipment, and there is a serious shortage of cattle, but these difficulties are not insurmountable.
After sowing millet next spring, as long as there are no major disasters and the harvest goes smoothly in the fall, this group of refugees will be able to gain a foothold.
"How magnificent! Marquis Chen is so courageous in gathering the refugees." Wang Xuan looked at the residential area where the teams and camps were neatly distributed, and praised: "I heard that a group of people have been resettled in Nanton?"
Yang Jian nodded and said: "There are more than six thousand families, most of whom are Li Hong, Hou Tuo, and Pang Shi who captured people and brought their families with them. They are distributed in the four counties, with a total of 20,000 people."
Nanton is a small county with only four counties. The new governor is Wei Jun, who was the former captain of the branch of Chang'an Du Branch. He later defected to Yang Bao and was summoned by Chen Hou to question him. After he was satisfied, he recommended him as the governor of Nanton.
This county is located in the southwest of Chen County and the southeast of Yingchuan. There is Dacang City left over from the Cao Wei Dynasty. At that time, the Wei army went south and often ate in Nanton. It was said that there was enough rations to feed 100,000 people for 40 days - today
Empty.
Yang Jian has somewhat figured out that the focus of Chen Hou's management should be in the western part of Yuzhou, namely the six counties of Chen, Nandun, Runan, Yingchuan, Xiangcheng and Xincai. Among them, Xiangcheng has been controlled quite well, and Chen and Nandun have been controlled quite well.
The second county followed closely behind.
After the reorganization of these three counties is completed, Runan will be the next one, because Chen Hou has just ordered the establishment of Langling field army.
Langling (today's Queshannan) is a county under the Runan State. After the death of Duke He of Langling County, Marquis Chen took it away and now it will be handed over to the army, just like the army in Luyang, Yingyang and other places.
It plays the role of monitoring the place.
The first batch of Langling's field army only had 300 people, drawn from Luyang's field army. They were on the road this morning and were led by a team leader named Pen Ling.
Chen County will probably also set up a field army in the Ninh Binh City area, but it should not be officially established until the harvest is completed next autumn.
The garrison army was regarded as auxiliary troops by Chen Hou, but his demands were too high.
In Yang Jian's opinion, the strength of the field army was no different from that of Zhuangke, a tribe of a wealthy family. It might be worse than Shi Le's army, but it should not be worse than Wang Mi.
These armies can be mobilized at any time, capable of defending cities, transporting food, and can even undertake offensive tasks on flank battlefields.
Unknowingly, Chen Hou already had tens of thousands of troops and was a serious prince.
Wang Xuan nodded secretly after hearing this, thinking that it was worth bringing that silly girl over here.
It's just that this matter - well, it's a little embarrassing.
My father had always told me not to publicize it and to keep a low profile. So he left his eldest sister in the library, under the care of his family soldiers and servants.
However, the eldest sister is someone who can't sit still. Yesterday she actually walked through the snow to look for plum blossoms, which exposed the veins on Wang Xuan's forehead and almost sent her back directly.
She seems to understand a little bit, but also a little bit not, which makes people have a headache.
"The Huns won't come next year, right?" Wang Xuan suddenly thought of a question and asked.
"Maybe he will come." Yang Jian also had a headache when he mentioned this.
Construction is rewarding.
Yang Jian was basically responsible for the resettlement work of the refugees in Chen County. Seeing that the situation was getting better little by little, he felt quite relieved. If it was destroyed by the bandit soldiers, he really couldn't accept it.
Looking at Yang Jian's expression, Wang Xuan understood.
It’s really not easy in the land of four battles.
At present, there is only a threat from the north. If Yangzhou and Jingzhou come from the south, they may not be able to withstand it.
It depends on Chen Hou’s ability.
If you want to gain a foothold in the land of the Fourth War, you must survive the past few years. Even if it is embarrassing and dangerous, as long as you survive it, it will be easy to gain momentum with Henan's endowment.
"Marquis Chen is here." Yang Jian said as he looked at the thousands of cavalrymen galloping in the distance.
Wang Xuan took a look, quietly adjusted his robe, smiled and stared into the distance.
Qian Yu dismounted dozens of steps away.
Shao Xun walked over from a distance and said: "Yanggong, Meizi asked me to search hard. Come on, follow me to eat red bean porridge."
Chapter completed!