Chapter 121: Repairing the Plank Road Openly
Changji Nima looked at Zhao Yulin with great envy and said, "My brother-in-law asked me to lead the troops. I want to ride on the battlefield with a musket."
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that it was not impossible, but the Shenwei Army's fighting method had completely changed. If he really wanted to lead the troops into battle, he would be responsible for the lives of hundreds of brothers. He agreed with Yangjin's opinion that the elder brother could go out for a walk, learn something, and come back to do anything, and he could even take over his father's job in the future.
He felt that Yangjin's consideration was good. If this family did not learn or make progress, and still used the old methods to govern Baoning, what difference would it make whether or not to establish a state?
"That's right." Tuva gave the order, asking Changjinima to be obedient and go to Hanzhong to learn the good things there and come back to develop Baoning Prefecture.
Seeing that everything had been agreed upon, Yangjin invited people to sit down and drink.
Zhao Yulin asked Li Sanqiang to hand over the silver and bring his wine vessels. Tuva was overjoyed to see the crystal clear high-grade glass cups, and asked them to put them on the table, and called for her son-in-law to sit down quickly. The maid brought the grain-rich wine to serve everyone.
The whole family drank happily.
When he woke up, Zhao Yulin felt something soft on his chest. Seeing that it was Yangjin who was sleeping with him, he immediately panicked and tried to sneak out as quietly as possible. When he finally moved out with difficulty, he heard Yangjin chuckle.
Zhao Yulin complained, "You're pretending too much. Are you trying to punish the good guy?"
Yang Jin was furious, and said with two black grape eyes puffed up: "You still have the nerve to say that you are a good person? How hypocritical. You did that to the girl last night."
"Ah." Zhao Yulin screamed, and felt a chill down there. It was obvious that he was not wearing anything. He jumped onto the bed with a yell, and quickly pulled the quilt over him.
Yangjin laughed out loud, stretched out her hand and patted his cheek, saying, "Handsome guy, it's fun, I was kidding you. I drank too much last night, so the maid took my clothes away to wash."
"What, really nothing happened?" I was frightened for nothing, what a loss. Zhao Yulin muttered to himself, turned his back and ignored her.
Tubo doesn't eat breakfast. He slept in and Yangjin took him to eat steaming hot beef . There was no pepper, only a little salt. As he ate the chewy beef, he imagined the scene of traveling on the Hongyuan grassland in the future.
In the morning, the sun, full of vitality, shines on the earth, and the bright butter flowers are golden. Now it is deep winter, and after a heavy snowfall, the grassland is covered with silver, which is another scene.
Yangjin noticed that he was distracted and asked him what he was thinking about.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that he had to go back to Hanzhong as there were a lot of things to do there.
The girl stretched out her little head with her hands and said that she was in such a hurry to go back because her father was going to preside over the wedding ceremony for them.
He poked Yangjin's head and said, "How old are you ? Are you in such a hurry to become a woman? It's bad for your health. Let's talk about it in a few years. You have to think carefully. I already have more than one wife."
The girl flicked her finger on his forehead and said, "You've got the advantage, but you're still ungrateful. Now that we're sleeping together, I have no choice but to marry you. I accept it."
Zhao Yulin didn't care whether she was a concubine or not, he picked up a beautiful piece of meat and stuffed it into her little mouth.
The sun was high in the sky. Although the surroundings were covered with snow, the places where the sun shone were warm. Zhao Yulin took Yangjin for a walk along the river and told her that there was another time traveler in Yibin.
Yangjin said she knew him, his name was Zhu Congwen, and he was a soldier guarding the border in the Himalayas. He was a little surprised and asked who told her?
The girl said of course it was Fenghuang. She went to Fenghuang to borrow soldiers, but Fenghuang refused, saying that the Shenwei Army had discipline. She only gave her ten guards. The two women chatted for an entire night, and Fenghuang told her everything about Yibin.
Yangjin stood on a big rock and kissed him, saying that although his life was a bit hard, he was extremely lucky. Now that he had met her, he would surely have a peaceful life.
Zhao Yulin took the little girl down and went back hand in hand. Sanqiang told him that Captain Gao was coming back. He asked them to prepare to go back to Hanzhong.
In the evening, Zhao Yulin convened a meeting. His father-in-law Tuwa Pencuo was the first to express his intention to give up the right to occupy land, forests and grasslands. Everything in his family belonged to the state.
Zhao Yulin felt that this father-in-law was capable and had a high level of ideological awareness, so he immediately welcomed him and thanked him for being a role model for the Tibetan king. He said that his family's ancestral business could still be preserved, and it would be a historical relic and monument that needed to be well protected, so he asked Yangjin to make arrangements.
The girl nodded immediately. She said that all the houses in Baoning Prefecture are on the mountain, most of which are hundreds of years old. Their first priority is to make good use of this ancient building complex and maintain and protect it. In the future, when the financial situation is good, they will build new houses down the mountain and make this place a historical relic for future generations to admire and visit.
Gao Jin reported: The remaining hostile forces in the surrounding areas have been basically eliminated. A small number of enemies have escaped into the deep mountains and dense forests and still need to be cleared out, but Baoning Prefecture does not need so many troops.
Zhao Yulin nodded, looked at Li Yunqing and said, "Leave 2,000 cavalrymen and 5,000 infantrymen behind, and take the rest, Lao Gao, away. Is that okay?"
Li Yunqing immediately stood up and saluted, and replied, "I guarantee to complete the task."
Zhao Yulin was very satisfied with Li Yunqing's current state and waved for him to sit down. He said that he would hand over Baoningzhou to Yunqing, and that his women and relatives must be protected.
Everyone present laughed, and Li Yunqing once again expressed his determination to do his best.
He said that those who stayed behind must be brothers who can adapt to the environment here. Yangjin will mobilize serfs to join the Shenwei Army. The infantry will be organized into 15,000 and the cavalry will be 5,000 first. It will be okay to use the military equipment, right?
Li Yunqing simply said: No problem.
Zhao Yulin asked him to take a longer-term view, stabilize Baoning Prefecture, and then take over Zheduo Mountain and build Dajianlu into a second provincial capital.
Everyone was delighted, and Li Yunqing was even more excited. He stood up again and expressed to him that he would definitely lead the Partridge Mountain Column to complete the mission.
Zhao Yulin had almost finished explaining everything and asked everyone if they had anything else to say. They were welcome to speak freely.
Some people have pointed out that the mountain roads are too difficult to travel on, there are no bridges in many places, and one has to wade across glaciers to walk on them. They hope that this will be changed.
Yangjin spoke immediately, saying that from now on her family would take the lead in paying the money and the army would also have to contribute. Everyone would work together to build the road so that the carriage could run smoothly to Chengdu.
Zhao Yulin knew that this was a huge problem, not only now, but even in the future hundreds of years later, with so many road-building machines, building roads would still be a huge problem.
He said that to get rich one must first build roads, so let's do that first. Build the wooden bridges here if possible, and he will ask Yibin to try to build an iron cable bridge, so that at least the road can be opened.
After Zhao Yulin made all the arrangements, he left Gao Jin behind to give him instructions, asking him to continue training the cavalry on the grassland, raise more flags, and move secretly to Tianshui.
Gao Jin understood immediately, and saluted him in surprise, thanking his brother for giving him the opportunity to fight in the battlefield.
Zhao Yulin laughed and said, "We are fighting to the death. We are all brothers. Why are there so many polite words?"
At night, Yangjin pulled Zhao Yulin into the room, pushed him down on the bed, and jumped on him. He groaned but didn't dare to complain.
After a long time, he finally said, "Let it go." Pressing on her would just be fake. There would be plenty of time for her to do whatever she wants in the future.
The little girl felt embarrassed and lay on his chest and said she just wanted to sleep for a while.
Zhao Yulin said slowly that protecting Ningzhou was the beginning, and there would be many difficulties in the future, so we should be mentally prepared. The situation of each tribe was complicated, and a guard of ten people was obviously too few, so we should select some loyal and brave serfs to serve as guards.
Yangjin hummed against him in response, and while Zhao Yulin was still talking, he could hear a slight snoring sound.
The next day, he left Baoning Prefecture, and Yangjin accompanied him for many steps. Zhao Yulin asked them to stop, and called Li Sanqiang over to say that his sister-in-law needed protection, and the guard team would be expanded to 30 people. He wanted him to stay and be the captain to protect Yangjin.
Sanqiang hesitated for a moment, then immediately took off the 800 million staff from his body and handed it to the captain of the guard. After giving instructions, he stood in the guard of Yangjin, shouted the command three times, and saluted to send the commander off.
Zhao Yulin returned the greeting and rode on the snow. Ten days later, he arrived in Wenzhou. A favorable wind brought him intelligence that the Mongol-Jin coalition was attacking Caizhou and the Jin Dynasty was about to be destroyed. The chief steward of Lu sent him a letter urging him to return quickly.
Zhao Yulin did not dare to delay and urged his horse forward, and met Miao Gui and Lao Lu in Tongqing Prefecture.
Lao Lu immediately pulled him into the secret room and handed him a small note: Don’t move, what are you waiting for?
Lao Lu said that it was given to him by a shoe repairman in Nanzheng , and held up four fingers, saying that the third young master knew about it.
Zhao Yulin leaned back in his chair, pinched his nose and thought for a while, then asked for paper and pen, and wrote three words: "After the Jin Dynasty is destroyed." He asked Lao Lu to find a way to send it out.
Lu Youpeng told him that Wang Gui, who was stationed in Pingliang, had shown some signs of flexibility and said he would consider surrendering, but he had made a request. He brought 10,000 men with him to become the commander-in-chief.
Zhao Yulin was angry. Damn it, they were all panicking like dogs that had lost their homes, yet they still made such a request. He said that he would not confirm or deny it first, and told him that the generals of the Shenwei Army were promoted based on their merits. He advised him to recognize the situation.
After Lao Lu left, he discussed with Miao Gui that the New Year was just a few days away and the demise of the Jin Dynasty was imminent, so he planned to launch the Guanzhong Campaign in mid-January next year.
Miao Gui was in charge of the Western Group's attack on Fengxiang Prefecture from Tianshui, Cao Youwen led troops to attack Baoji to attract the enemy's attention, and he personally led troops to attack Tongguan through Ziwu Valley. After the victory, Guanzhong belonged to the Song Dynasty.
Miao Gui told him that Li Yunqing had gone to Baoning Prefecture and there were no people in the reserve team, so he suggested that Wu Jie be sent to conduct training and the team be upgraded to the Eighth Column and sent to the battlefield.
Zhao Yulin agreed. Wu Jie was young and capable of fighting, but his promotion was a little too fast. He asked him to take charge of the 8th Column as a deputy and then become a regular employee after passing the probationary period.
Miao Gui agreed, and Li Yunqing took away a part of the troops. The newly formed 8th Column was a bit incomplete, so it was a good opportunity to train them.
Zhao Yulin arranged for the Western Group to rush to Qingyeyuan. Lao Cao said that he had been looking forward to his return. The situation in Baoning Prefecture had been reported to the Lin'an court. What should we do now?
The Jin Dynasty was about to perish, and Lao Cao was also ready to take action. The two of them had agreed earlier that they should seize the opportunity to take advantage of him, and now it was a critical moment.
This decision is actually difficult to make.
