Along the way, Ge Qiuyan never found an opportunity to create a great hero with her husband in the bloody land.
Although she is not particular about it, Yunzheng is more particular about it. In order to give birth to a heroic son, King Zhao Wuling and his queen succeeded in creating a human being on the bloody ground after the war. However, their son ended up imprisoning me in the Sand Dune Palace and starving to death.
, with this kind of lesson learned from the past, no matter how pink and lovely Ge Qiuyan was, he decided to be as calm as water.
Sitting in the carriage reading documents, Ge Qiuyan lay on her lap and made a meowing sound, which made people upset. He slapped her on the butt and the cat-like sound disappeared. Ge Qiuyan
He kicked his legs twice, rolled up the thin blanket and went to face the wall alone.
There are always endless documents and endless battle reports. The soldiers of Hejian Mansion and Zhending Mansion have been reduced to bloody gourds. The Liao army swept over like a tide, and retreated like a tide.
The embankments built in the Song Dynasty were still relatively stable, but some places had been damaged by the impact.
The Bazhou where the Xin'an Army is stationed has been broken through by the Liao people. Langcheng Walled, Tianjia Village, and Dangcheng Walled have been lost. Now all the Xin'an Army has retreated to Yantou Village, relying on the desperate support of the swamp. The general of the Xin'an Army, He Lang, has already
He sent a death letter to the emperor of the Song Dynasty, preparing to live or die with Yantou Village, and hoped that the court would be prepared for the fall of Yantou Village as soon as possible.
Once Bazhou is lost, the next one in trouble will be Xiongzhou. Once Xiongzhou is also breached, a big hole will be torn open in the Song Dynasty's defense line in Hejian Prefecture. The back of Xiongzhou will be undefendable, and the Liao people's
The cavalry will move south in large numbers, and it will be too difficult to stop them.
Whether it is Yun Zheng or Di Qing, their view is to defend the enemy from outside the country. If possible, it is best to burn the war on the enemy's land. The Song Dynasty now uses Wang Anshi's variant of the Green Crops Law and the relatively mild farmland water conservancy law.
Under the constraints of the army, the fields gradually became more alive. At this time, the cavalry of the Liao people came in and caused harm. If the people's enthusiasm for production was destroyed by the military disaster, it would be hard to gather this enthusiasm again.
thing.
Yun Zheng put down the documents in his hand and murmured to himself: "In the final analysis, the war came too hastily, too hastily, the pressure on Di Qing was too heavy, the Liao Kingdom, which is attacking with all its strength, should not be underestimated, now I think
It's a little early to plan on Yan Yun.
The power of the Kong family has not yet spread in Yanyun, and people like Guo Hengchuan are everywhere in Yanyun. It is still impossible for the army to enter Yanyun and have a response."
The Yun family's carriage may be the most comfortable carriage of this era. The wheels are covered with a thick layer of isinglass. There is a large hole inside the isinglass. The outside of the hole is covered with dense ramie silk threads, and the outermost part is wrapped in it.
Isinglass is added, and some springs are added under the carriage to reduce bumps.
This kind of carriage can barely compete with the frame carts with rubber wheels in later generations. This is a comparison between frame carts without fully inflated wheels.
But compared to the wooden-wheeled carriages of the Song Dynasty, it was simply heaven. It took less than a cup of tea to sit on the Di Qing family's carriage, and Yun Zheng felt that all the bones in his body had fallen apart. If the carriage was walking on the bluestone road,
The upper and lower rows of teeth will make a rattling sound, and every word will have a vibrato.
Looking at the Zhujia River under the setting sun, Yunzheng was filled with emotions. The surface of the river was sparkling, and fish jumped out of the water from time to time. There were mountains, water, and plains. This should have been a land of plenty, but because of the war,
The Zhujiahe area is also like a ghost.
The crop fields that are about to mature should be crowded with people at this time. At this time, there are only some gray-haired old people working in the fields, and no young adults, women or children can be seen.
Yun Zheng ordered the car to stop, got off the carriage, walked straight to the crop field on the side of the road, picked off an ear of wheat, rubbed it in his hands, blew off the husk, threw it into his mouth and ate it, fresh wheat.
It's very fragrant, and it will taste even more fragrant if you roast it over a fire.
He helped the old man who was kneeling on the ground and dared not lift his head up, sat down on the field ridge and asked: "Old man, the wheat has turned yellow, and it will be harvested in three or two days. You can't do it alone at this time.
Yes, call all your family members. The war in Pianguan Pass is over. Our army will return to Yanmen Pass. No more troops will come. Don’t worry about harvesting. If the summer harvest is ruined, you will be hungry next year.
Nothing in the world is as important as filling your stomach."
The old man carefully said with a smile: "Master Jun is joking, where does this old man come from? He is a lonely old man."
Yun Zheng seemed not to have heard the old man's sophistry and continued to say with a smile: "Our Song army killed more than 50,000 Liao people in Pianguan Pass, and they will kill many more Liao people when they return to Yanmen Pass. If they kill too many people, this land
It will be free, and the Zhujiahe area will no longer be a border pass. The border pass of the Song Dynasty will be pushed to the Xijing area of the Liao Kingdom. This area will become an inland. There will be no military disasters in the future, and it will soon become prosperous, and the imperial court will also send officials here.
Governance and military law will not be able to control you.
Dad, good times are coming, don’t be afraid anymore.”
The old man opened his cloudy eyes and couldn't help asking: "Is what you said true?"
Yun Zheng laughed and said, "Of course it's true."
After saying that, he stood up and left, grabbed a handful of wheat ears and said to the old man with a smile: "How about exchanging a piece of big cake for a handful of wheat ears?"
The monkey smiled and took out a big cake one inch thick and one foot square from the horse bag and put it in the old man's hand. Seeing that the handsome man was eating the wheat ears deliciously, he took out another big cake and jumped into the wheat field to pick up the plump wheat.
Sui pinched a large handful and held it in her arms, following Yun Zheng back to the team.
The old man held two big cakes and opened his mouth several times to ask the military master's name, but he still didn't dare. Looking at the big cakes in his arms and the green hills not far away, he felt that what the military master said should be
Believe me, my son and wife should be able to come back to harvest wheat. If I wait any longer, the wheat might fall into the ground...
The army camped at the Zhujia River at night. A layer of mat was spread on the beach by the Yunzheng'ai River. They lay on it with their hands behind their heads and stared at the stars in the sky without blinking. The Milky Way was as bright as a strip.
The belt studded with precious stones stretched from the end of the sky to the top of his head. He could not find Altair and Vega because there were too many stars.
Yun Zheng's favorite scenery is the stars in the sky, because only stars have the same experience as him. The starlight he sees now is the energy light cluster produced by the explosion of stars many years ago. It is clearly right in front of him.
The appearance of the stars is an afterimage of the past.
The smell of roasting wheat ears came over. Ge Qiuyan, Su Shi and Monkey were sitting around a small fire, chatting quietly while roasting wheat ears. Su Shi's mouth was dark, and so was the monkey.
, only Ge Qiuyan is more elegant, because she does not eat roasted wheat ears, and holds a pack of apricots that are not yet fully ripe and chews them.
"Why does the commander always like to look at the stars?" The monkey asked Su Shi after eating a lot of wheat and looking up at the sky.
Su Shi smiled and said: "The benevolent are happy in the mountains, the wise are happy in the water, and the people who have both benevolence and wisdom are happy in the stars. This is a state..."
Su Shi started drooling as he spoke, not because he was greedy, but because the Ge Qiu smoke chewing green apricots next to him made too much noise, and his saliva simply refused to obey his orders. Just now, out of curiosity, he also ate some.
There was only one green apricot, and even now I don’t dare to bite hard things with my teeth. I don’t know how my wife managed to eat that pile of green apricots.
"Madam, you said Xiao Chong is not pregnant?" The monkey endured for a long time and finally asked the question.
Ge Qiuyan glanced at the monkey and said disdainfully: "Han Niu's child should be born by now. You have harmed the little insect in vain. Anyway, the little insect's belly is still flat when I go out."
The monkey sighed and said: "I thought well when I went out. When I got home, I married Xiao Chong. My wife bought a small courtyard for me and Xiao Chong next to the Imperial College. I went to see it. The apartment with two entrances is not as good as
Our house is grand, but it also has a rare good courtyard. I heard that it used to be the home of an Imperial Academy tutor, and it was sold after it was moved out.
The family has finally settled down, but the child is nowhere to be seen..."
Ge Qiuyan smiled and scolded: "The child depends on whether God will give it to you or whether you want it? Our family's family tradition has been completely ruined by the stupid cow. If you have another private partner, Madam, maybe
He would be so angry that he would hang himself. Do you think Xiao Chong looks good with a big belly before he gets married?
You are fighting for your life outside, and you have an official position. The government does not recognize the children you gave birth to before you got married. It’s not like you don’t know how strict the government’s eldest son and legitimate grandson system is.
In order for Han Niu's child to become Han Niu's eldest son and grandson, Madam did not know how many times she went to the Ministry of War's official affairs department and gave countless favors. Coupled with the Marquis's kindness, she reluctantly returned to the family.
I filled in Han Niu's wedding date and said that the young lady from the Zhao family was the real wife that Han Niu married before he went to war. Because of this, Madam was often laughed at by those ladies. Don't make trouble for Madam. Go back.
After that, I marry Xiao Chong and have a child in a serious manner, and everything that comes naturally must be thrown into twists and turns."
When Su Shi heard Ge Qiuyan talking about Miss Zhao, he knew something was wrong, so he was about to stand up and run away, but Ge Qiuyan pulled him to sit on the sand, and then heard Ge Qiuyan spit out a sentence
A heart-wrenching sentence.
"Where is the gifted Su going? Zhao Yingchun has already expressed his intention. The princess has sent over the shoes and clothes made by her own hands. Why don't you just say a few words to go back?"
Don't talk to me about military regulations, and don't tell me that the military express delivery can't help you deliver letters home. Idiots like stupid cows know how to write "I'm fine" on a big piece of paper in big, crooked letters.
Let someone send it back. You, a great talent, can't you write a love poem and send it back? You have written so much to the girls in the brothel, but why can't you write a single word in front of your real wife? Your conscience is tortured.
If you eat it, you won't be able to learn from your master. I still keep the poems he wrote to me."
While Ge Qiuyan was talking, she patted her tall chest proudly. Unknown to others, Yun Zheng knew very well that she had a beautiful purse hanging on her chest, which she never took off except when taking a shower.
Yun Zheng turned over and growled in a low voice: "Will you let people take a good look at the stars?" (To be continued)