Wang Junkuo couldn't guess what Zhao Ziming was worried about specifically. But Wang Junkuo had already decided that Li Xu was not the right person to realize his dream. "The general's heart is not dark enough, and he is not decisive enough. That peach and plum chapter will not be his response."
If I want to reach his level, I have to find another way out..." He looked around and made plans for his future. Wang Junkuo did not believe in the folk song that the surname Li could replace the surname Yang as the master of the country.
Doubt. Like most heroes in troubled times, he had no ambition to become an emperor, but he also refused to be an unknown passerby.
If Li Xu was not who the ballad meant, Wang Junkuo could only choose to leave. He didn't care what his former companions would think. He firmly believed that if one day he became famous, all his companions would regret not making the same choice as him.
"A real man has a clear grudge!" He shook his head and threw away the chaotic thoughts. "Before I leave, I will definitely do a few important things for him. Even if I don't miss the kindness of taking him in, I still have to take care of the face of my wife's family.
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The wife in Wang Junkuo's heart naturally refers to Qi'er. Like many Boling Army generals, he admires this legendary woman who once traveled thousands of miles to find her husband. Although so far, Li Xu has not made it clear that Qi'er will become
His wife. But everyone privately thought that this was just a sloppy fight between the general and the court. Otherwise, in the past year and a half, so many big names in Hebei have sent matchmakers to propose marriage, but how come General Li has never received a reply?
With extraordinary intelligence, unparalleled appearance, and a prominent family background. Is there any woman more suitable for General Li than Zhen'er? Zhao Ziming, Wang Junkuo and others all felt that Zhen'er was a good companion for General Li. They were even more impressed.
However, this lady who was born in the right Li family has a very long-term perspective. Half a month ago, she had just woken up from the grief of her adoptive father Zhang Xutuo's death in battle, and immediately started preparing food, grass and baggage for the Boling Army.
It seemed that Li Xu's staff could not dissuade him from changing his mind of going south to avenge General Zhang. They also predicted that his husband would leave directly after the war in Hejian County and would not return to Boling to do anything else.
delay.
Therefore, Zhao Ziming and Lu Qin led the Boling Army infantry as soon as they left, and the grain and fodder collected from Xianyu, Tangxian and other places were immediately sent to Li Xu's camp. This not only greatly advanced Boling's
The time when Jingqi set off also made Li Xu, the coach, feel proud to have such a considerate wife.
But what surprised Li Xu was that Erya actually came to his military camp with the baggage team. She called it a gift for her mother-in-law, but after putting down her clothes and letters from home, she stayed in the army and refused to accompany him.
The baggage team left. "I'm going to fight. Wouldn't it be a violation of military discipline to take you with me?" Li Xu made a serious face and scolded Erya in a low voice in the inner tent. Shi Erya's eyes widened in surprise.
He smiled and asked: "Back then, when Zhen'er accompanied you to suppress the bandits in Wuhui Ridge, didn't you need to take military discipline into consideration? Or was there no military discipline in Lang Jun's eyes at that time?"
In the verbal disputes with any woman in the family, Li Xu never had the upper hand. Unknowingly, he blushed and explained with a hint of guilt: "Last time was different from this time.
Last time it was in front of my own house, there was no risk. This time..."
"No matter how big the risk is this time, I will follow you!" Before Li Xu could finish his words, Shi Erya had already put away his smile. He raised his head, looked Li Xu in the eyes and responded, "Don't worry, this is Qi'er and
My two sisters have discussed this. Before coming, my mother-in-law also told me to take good care of you, lest you accidentally fall into the trap of evil people again!"
"Mom and Zhen'er also agree to your coming?" After hearing Erya's words, Li Xu's already low arrogance suddenly dropped a lot. In his memory, Zhen'er and Erya were polite to each other on the surface.
They are polite, but they don't regard each other as sisters in their hearts. Normally, the two women have their own scheming and fighting with each other without angering their husbands. Now they are united for a rare time, and they actually involve A Niang.
Together they formed an offensive and defensive alliance.
"Mom doesn't trust you! Zhen'er is afraid that after you go south, someone will take advantage of the six counties again! Those aristocratic families are too cunning, and I'm afraid I won't be their opponent if I stay, so she is willing to give me a chance this time.
Let me stay with you for a while longer!" Erya sighed softly and said.
Sharing a husband with other women is not a happy thing. Although she has forced herself not to fight, not to be jealous, not to ask for extravagant things, but Qier is too strong. Regardless of appearance, family background, and person, she is a hundred times better than herself. It turns out that in Taiyuan
Even though the Li family refused to admit the marriage, she could barely compete with Zhen'er. Now that the Li family in Taiyuan has closed the door with great fanfare, she is alone, and the only thing she can rely on is her husband's fairness.
Thinking of this, Shi Lan couldn't help but stretched out her arms and put her arms around her husband's waist, which was almost impossible to hug. He couldn't say a word, but the tearful eyes on Li Xu's chest were dim.
Seeing Erya's drooped neck trembling slightly, Li Xu felt soft in his heart. He knew that he was not a very qualified husband. In most cases, he could never keep a bowl of water level. But Erya
But he endured it all, just like when Qijun accepted his desire for women, he accepted this unfair fate.
Gently patting the other party's back, Xuzi said kindly: "If you really want to follow, you can change into military uniforms when you break camp tomorrow. But if you are tired on the road, don't cry or wipe your tears. This trip will take many turns.
Yuli……..”
"Who doesn't know how to ride a horse?" After hearing Li Xusong's words, Erya, with tears still hanging on her eyelashes, suddenly raised her head and retorted while wiping her face with her hands, "I remember when I was a girl, I used to ride on a horse for several days in a row.
Even though I didn't sleep, I didn't feel so tired that I fell off the saddle..."
Halfway through her words, her expression darkened again. Before she met Li Xu, she naturally mingled with her father and brother among the rebels. Later, her father and brother both died indirectly at the hands of Zhang Xutuo, a Sui general who came to suppress the bandits.
But she herself now wants to go south with her husband to demand justice from those who killed Zhang Xutuo!
If the Wagang army killed Zhang Xutuo and the owl's head was a demonstration, then the revenge of the green forest heroes who died in Zhang Xutuo's hands must be avenged. Who should avenge them? Is it someone who is the leader?
It was only natural for Zhang Xutuo to kill the rebels, but the rebels could only stretch their necks and wait for Mr. Zhang Xutuo to chop them down, couldn't they make any resistance?
Between husband and wife, some thoughts can never be hidden from each other's intuition. From the changes in the expression on his face, Li Xu understood what Erya was thinking of again. On this point, they could never reach a consensus. No matter what the relationship between them was.
No matter how they tolerate each other in other matters, their attitude towards the rebels is like a gulf that separates their hearts.
When they woke up the next morning, both husband and wife saw bloodshot eyes in each other's eyes. They both deliberately stopped discussing the topic of revenge and diverted their attention with something familiar to each other.
"After being away for such a long time, I wonder how our fields in Qi County are being taken care of?" Li Xu guessed with a smile while watching Erya help him arrange the silk ribbons.
"The steward is a kind man and wants to repay you for taking me in. Ever since you went westward according to the order, you have managed everything at home and in the fields in an orderly manner. The world has been in chaos these past few years, so I didn't dare to let him buy any more.
Before leaving, I just ordered him to use part of last year's surplus to build a walled manor near the 100 acres of land." Erya answered while working. Her hands and feet were extremely nimble,
In just a moment, Li Xuzhou was tidied up and down. The order of his answers was not affected at all. In just a few sentences, he gave a clear introduction to the family's properties and subordinates in Qi County.
Although with the remaining power of the county soldiers, no bandit has dared to attack Qijun in the past two years. However, the local people are still unwilling to expand the size of their own land without scruples like in peacetime. Some small households have collected
After collecting food and leaving their own families with food for one or two years, the others immediately tried their best to exchange for silver beans, copper ingots, etc. that could maintain their value and did not take up space, and buried them somewhere unknown to outsiders. And they had like
The middle-class households with the size of the land under Li Xu's name moved their families and property into the city, and built various forts next to their own fields. On the one hand, they accommodated the tenants and slaves to live there, and on the other hand, they also prevented people from getting married.
Bandits came to spy.
Erya is not as good at government affairs as Zhe'er, but she has worked hard on managing the trivial matters at home. When Li Xu followed Zhang Xutuo to Wagang to suppress bandits, she took care of Qijun's home. And she was there
Luo Shixin sent people to escort him to Boling, and he also made plans for Li Xu's home in Qijun for several years.
"Thanks to you all these years!" Xuzi touched Erya's hair and praised with emotion. Although the amount of property Pan Zhanyang sent from beyond the Great Wall was quite large, it took more than a year to build a station in the six counties of Hebei.
To keep a firm footing, the gold, silver, pearls and jade sent out in Li Xu's name can also be measured in dou. Zhen'er is good at analyzing opportunities and traps in officialdom, but has no idea about money. Li Xu's parents are no longer as energetic as they used to be.
Without Erya's support alone, the Li family would never have been able to maintain such a huge expenditure without reaching out to the public treasury, and it would have been impossible for Qier to handle the relationship between the Li family and several wealthy families in the court with ease.
"Seeing that your official position is getting bigger and bigger, I can't keep being a drag. That way, before Zhen'er speaks, I will have to hide far away!" Erya smiled slightly, and his eyes instantly turned into one.
To Yue Ya. "You go to the central army to command generals first. I will tidy up the place and then follow as your personal soldier. I also know a little bit about archery and horses, so I don't need you to be distracted at ordinary times!" (To be continued!)
