In the cold wind, Xiao Heng's expression was a little surprised: "Humans from Xixia? How could Xixia people appear here?"

Qin Jian was silent for a while: "I heard that it was related to the Mongolian people going south."

Xiao Heng was not surprised to hear this news. After all, the Western Xia in history was also destroyed by the grassland overlord. Although the Jin, Western Xia and even the Southern Song Dynasty occasionally read it for a long time, it was only a matter of time before the Mongol Yuan destroyed the Western Xia.

But despite this, Xiao Heng asked: "Hasn't Xixia always paid tribute to the Mongolian Yuan?"

Qin Jian looked at Xiao Heng with a serious look: "Maybe it's not enough to just pay tribute."

Xiao Heng was also silent after hearing this.

No matter why the Mongol Yuan has not moved south for a long time, at least it seems that the history of the rolling forward will make up for this bug.

After a while, Xiao Heng spoke: "Does the people of Xixia obey the rules?"

"As far as it stands, it's pretty honest." Qin Jian said softly.

"Look at this point." Xiao Heng repeated Qin Jian's words.

"Currently." Qin Jian nodded, "If the pressure on the Mongol Yuan side was a little more, the Xixia people would probably not be so honest."

"Rebellion in place?" Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows.

"Maybe."

As the sky gradually got late, the cold wind outside became sharper, making people's cheeks hurt.

Xiao Heng rubbed his face: "Is there any new information on Mengyuan?"

"No..." Qin Jian shook his head.

"I have some new situations here... It is said that someone met the Persians and Rakshasa in the Mongolian Army."

Qin Jian looked at Xiao Heng strangely, but did not express his opinion.

Seeing that he was not sure, Xiao Heng explained: "Persia is already far away from us, but the Rakshasa Kingdom is even further away from us... In other words, the territory of the Mongol Empire is likely to be much larger than you imagine."

"And not just territory, materials, population and even technology... the Mongolian Yuan Empire may have made up for all shortcomings," Xiao Heng explained.

Although it is not known whether the Mongol Empire unified Europe, even based on the current known situation, the food, steel, population and even technology in the Middle East will inevitably make up for the shortcomings of the Mongol Empire, so that they no longer have to rely on iron and food imported from the Dajin and the Southern Song Dynasty.

Qin Jian sighed deeply when he heard this: "The more you understand, the more you feel that the Mongol Yuan is too strong..."

"Yes." Xiao Heng nodded.

"You say... is it possible for me, the Song Dynasty to block the Mongol Yuan north of the Yangtze River? It's like blocking the Jin people?" Qin Jian looked at Xiao Heng with some excuses.

"Impossible." Xiao Heng shook his head, "The Yangtze River is just a larger river... It's not considered a natural barrier."

"But……"

What was going to be said by Lord Qin, Xiao Heng interrupted: "As long as you have enough ability, there will be natural disasters everywhere. If you don't even have the will to fight, then even the Yangtze River will be just a small river."

In fact, the reason why the Jin people did not continue to move south was definitely not because they were blocked, but because of another reason - population.

When Wanyan Aguda raised an army to fight against Liao, there were only about 2,500 people. Until Aguda captured Ningjiangzhou, his troops were only 3,700 people...

It was with less than 4,000 people that Wanyan Aguda defeated 100,000 Liao troops twice, and this was how he used it to build a country and unite people's hearts... After the founding of the country, Wanyan Aguda's troops were only 10,000.

The saying "The Jurchens are not satisfied with ten thousand, and they are invincible" also comes from this period.

However, until the Great Liao Kingdom was destroyed and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, the Jin people absorbed almost all the Jurchens and Bohai people with similar bloodlines, but such a small population was still difficult to rule the huge Northern Song Dynasty...

...In fact, it was not until decades later that the Jin people completely controlled the land of the Northern Song Dynasty. So simply based on strength, the Jin people who first founded the country had the strength to destroy the Song Dynasty.

Hundreds of years later, the Jurchens easily crossed the river and destroyed the Southern Ming Dynasty. Later, in the late Republic of China, the sentence "Millions of heroic troops crossed the river" is enough to explain how the "natural chasm" that Chang Kaishen defended was leveled.

Therefore, the reason why the natural chassis is called a natural chassis is that on the one hand, of course there are factors such as terrain, but more importantly, people are still people.

"With our current ability, a new army of 3,000 people is already at its limit and cannot defend the Yangtze River at all. And the army of the Song Dynasty...haha."

Speaking of this, Xiao Heng smiled and then continued: "So even if it is Sichuan Prefecture, whether it can be defended depends on how the new army is trained."

"Xinjun..." When Qin Jian mentioned this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, "...They were all good guys!"

Xiao Heng was not surprised by Lord Qin's praise.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, 3 million Sichuan troops came out, holding the worst weapons and fighting the toughest battles, and had to support Chang Kai's materials and military pay for many years... Under such harsh conditions, the Sichuan army still made great achievements, so it is easy to imagine how good the quality of Sichuan soldiers is.

However, Xiao Heng was concerned about another issue.

"Where is the cultural course? Have you insisted on organizing the study?" Xiao Heng asked.

"Learn, learn every day... Your Zhang Sheng organizes soldiers to read and count every night." Qin Jian replied.

Military education is a very concerned issue that Xiao Heng is very concerned about, so whenever the school’s textbooks are updated, Xiao Heng will send a copy to Sichuan.

"That's good." Xiao Heng nodded, "I'll take away a group of people when I come here... I will take away about 300 people first."

"Will it be too much to take so many people away?" Qin Jian was a little worried.

"There should be no problem. On the one hand, these people are training in rotation, and on the other hand, they are also to enrich the navy." When facing Lord Qin, Xiao Heng naturally would not hide it, so he briefly explained his plan to build a ship.

At present, the waterway retreat plan requires at least three to four transport ships. Although the number of members required after using mechanical power assistance has been greatly reduced, each transport ship must have at least about 60 people to start moving. Considering that the transport ship also requires a certain amount of self-defense ability, it is more appropriate to have about one hundred people.

For a serious warship like the Sea King, it takes more than 200 gunners alone to fully exert its power! In addition to sailors and logistics personnel... this warship has a gap of about 300 people!

Xiao Heng took away this group of people first and considered rotation training, and secondly, he wanted to select some people from them as sailors.

"Sailing Army?" Qin Jian was slightly stunned, "Sailing Army should go to find fishermen, right? Or can Guanlin recruit sailors?"

"Fishers are just good at water. They need to retrain discipline and obedience, which is not easier than teaching swimming." Xiao Heng shook his head, "and the soldiers we trained on a large scale are innocent, so I feel more at ease when I choose them."

"Okay." Lord Qin nodded.

After talking about the main business, the two suddenly became silent... They had no common language except for work.

The cold wind outside is getting stronger and stronger, but the cold wind also makes people's thinking clearer.

"Apart from these things..." Xiao Heng's expression suddenly became hesitant, "...I want to give Youxuan a real wedding."

“…”

Qin Jian looked at Xiao Heng, and a strange feeling suddenly appeared in his heart, as if a little sour, a little relieved, and a little messy and difficult-to-distinguish emotions mixed together, making him unable to tell clearly.

"I……"

When Xiao Heng stopped mocking him on this matter and no longer showed resistance and dissatisfaction, Qin Jian suddenly felt a little confused about how to deal with it.

"No, you don't need to say anything." Xiao Heng shook his head, "It's natural to do this or a mistake... In short, I should have come out."

Speaking of this, Xiao Heng sighed deeply, turned his head and looked at the distance.

"What was past is ultimately the past. People always have to look forward, right?"

Hearing Xiao Heng's words, Qin Jian showed a hint of relief... He had been worried about this, but now he finally got rid of his worries.

He was not clear about Xiao Heng's past, but he also learned a little about Xiao Heng's knot in his letters to his daughter.

Although the process was tortuous, at least for him and for Qin Youxuan, the result was good.

"I'm relieved if you think so." Qin Jian smiled with relief.

Xiao Heng turned around expressionlessly and suddenly stepped on him while Qin Jian was not paying attention.

"Hiss...ah!" Qin Jian jumped with his feet grinning, looking at Xiao Heng with a frightened and angry.

"Well, I feel much more happy now...Master-in-law." Xiao Heng bowed respectfully.

"Hiss...Son-in-law, you are really my good son-in-law!" Lord Qin glared at Xiao Heng with a grin.

...

A few minutes ago, in the restaurant.

When the two protagonists of this welcome banquet left the banquet, although the entire restaurant was still lively, most people focused on the corridor outside.

"I said, the relationship between this father-in-law and son-in-law... is a bit strange. Do you think so? Mr. Lin?" A fat man with a bald head leaned over and asked.

"It's really strange..." Mr. Lin looked confused.

This young master Lin is the eldest son and grandson of the Lin family in Kuizhou, and he is also famous. The Lin family in Kuizhou is the largest family near Kuizhou City. Not only does it own a large area of ​​land, it also runs various businesses from winemaking to pawn shops.

The restaurant where they are located is also owned by the Lin family.

However, the Lin family is only in Kuizhou City, but it is far from the Sichuan prefect, Qin Jian... In fact, from the moment Qin Jian arrived in Sichuan, the Lin family kept trying to get in touch with this big man.

Unfortunately, after Qin Jian entered Sichuan, he kept huddling in Yizhou Prefecture to train the new army. Even if the Lin family wanted to curry favor with him, they could not find a way.

Since the past few days, Lord Qin, who has been keeping a close visit, suddenly came to Kuizhou City. Now, let alone the Lin family, even many big families in other prefectures have sent people here... Not to mention that they have a good relationship, they are good to be familiar with each other.

Mr. Lin is not only the eldest son and grandson of the Lin family, but also a famous and cultural person, so the task of entertaining Lord Qin naturally fell on him.

At first, Mr. Lin thought this was just a trivial matter - it was just a gift of silver! How could anyone who is an official doesn’t love silver?

However, when he came into contact with Qin Jian, he realized for the first time that giving away money was such a difficult thing.

Lord Qin basically didn't get into the market, and his attitude towards these wealthy families was also ambiguous... This made many wealthy families in Sichuan and Sichuan feel a little uneasy.

Yes, just not collecting money makes these people feel uneasy - what is more terrifying than an official who doesn't even want money?

However, today, it gave wealthy people from all over the country an opportunity to observe Qin Jian...

Mr. Lin looked at the corridor outside the restaurant and saw Lord Qin's son-in-law leaning against the railing, looking very leisurely. However, Lord Qin himself stood opposite his son-in-law, asking and answering questions with his son-in-law...
To be continued...