Lin Jue laughed and said: "Master Zhang is joking, everything you see was created by our soldiers and civilians in Luoyan Valley. Before we came to this valley, it was just a desolate valley. Have you seen the green willow embankment in the north?
?It was built by me and thousands of soldiers and civilians in the cold wind and snow of the twelfth lunar month, digging mud, laying wooden piles, mining rocks, and ramming earth. With that dam, this through-hole was opened.
The Luoyan River in the valley dug irrigation ditches around it and reclaimed these acres. Everything here is the crystallization of the hard work of everyone in Luoyan Valley. It took several years to achieve the scene you see now.
"
Zhang Hanqiu clicked his tongue and stared, speechless.
While walking in the middle of the river embankment avenue, a sudden roar like thunder rang out out of thin air. The egrets in the rice fields and ditches were startled and flew away. Zhang Hanqiu was startled, looked at the sky and said: "It's a bright sun, why is it thundering?"
Already?"
Lin Jue hurriedly explained: "Mr. Zhang, that's where our Luoyan Valley Military Factory on the west hillside is testing firearms. Look, there's smoke over there. Don't worry, it only happens occasionally."
Zhang Hanqiu stared blankly at the thick smoke coming out of the trees in the Western Mountains, smacking his lips and saying, "What kind of firearm is this? It's like thunder."
Lin Jue smiled but did not answer. As he walked further, he suddenly heard loud singing, and a large group of soldiers and horses were coming down from the slopes of Xishan Mountain. They lined up and walked between the rice fields. There were probably thousands of them in the darkness. They were all talking.
Singing a rough and majestic song.
Zhang Hanqiu asked again: "Those are your Luoyan Army? So many people? They all look lively and vigorous."
Lin Jue nodded and said with a smile: "Exactly, this is just a small part. They are doing extreme physical training of climbing mountains. It looks like they have climbed over seven or eight mountains and come back. Well, they came back one earlier than yesterday.
A lot of time and good results.”
"That's a lot for a small part? How many soldiers and horses do you have here?" Zhang Hanqiu asked, staring at the figures of those soldiers and horses.
Lin Jue hesitated for a moment, but finally did not think too much and replied: "My Luoyan Army has a formal establishment of 50,000 people, but the actual number is about 58,000, because I also included logistics, civilian scouts, army craftsmen, and craftsmen among the soldiers.
In addition, there are more than 20,000 reserve troops. Oh, the reserve troops are the same as the regiment training in my place in Dazhou, just with different names. If it is a war, the total number of combatants can reach about 80,000 people."
"It's amazing, it's amazing, it's become a trend, it's really become a trend. No wonder the emperor personally led hundreds of thousands of troops to encircle you last year, and you defeated them completely. It turns out you have so many soldiers and horses." Zhang Hanqiu praised.
Lin Jue waved his hand and said: "When Guo Xu encircled and suppressed us last autumn, we only had more than 30,000 people at full strength. It is not the same as now. If Guo Xu wants to make trouble now, I am afraid he will have to lead all the forbidden troops to come.
Already."
Zhang Hanqiu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I'm afraid he won't look for trouble anymore, and he has no time to do so now."
Lin Jue's expression changed, and he heard something in Zhang Hanqiu's words. Just as he was about to inquire, Zhang Hanqiu smiled and asked, "What kind of music are these people singing? Why have I never heard it before? It doesn't seem like it belongs to me, Da Zhou."
temperament."
Lin Jue laughed and said: "This is the military song of our Luoyan Army. Since it is a military song, it is naturally majestic and majestic. We cannot use the melodious sounds of those lyrics."
While talking, he turned his head to a group of soldiers and horses.
After crossing the small bridge, the soldiers saw Lin Jue and immediately stopped to salute and shouted: "Hello, Lord Lin, hello, Lord Lin."
Lin Jue waved his hand and said: "Hello brothers, go and follow your orders. There is no need to stay."
All the soldiers obeyed the order in unison, and the team passed by Lin Jue and others. More than a dozen groups of soldiers and horses passed by Lin Jue and others. All of them were in neat armor, strong and strong. Although the mountain climbing training was extremely hard,
The soldiers' faces were all covered with sweat, and they were all tanned by the sun, but their military appearance was neat and full of energy. When they saw Lin Jue, they all stood up and saluted, showing great respect for Lin Jue.
Zhang Hanqiu looked on in admiration. When all the soldiers and horses passed by and filed away, he was about to express his admiration when he suddenly heard singing from behind again. This time, the singing was gentle and the melody was gentle.
Get up. Zhang Hanqiu listened carefully and heard clearly the lyrics they sang.
"The water of Luoyan River is clear and sweet, and the wind blows the fragrance of rice flowers on both sides. My family lives on the bank. I am used to hearing the gurgling sound of the water and seeing the sunset and smoke... Good mountains, good water, a good place, all the roads are wide, friends come here
With good wine, if the enemy comes, what will greet them is...destruction..."
Zhang Hanqiu was speechless as he listened to the lyrics. For some reason, he felt moved and at peace in his heart.
In the evening, Zhang Hanqiu and his family had settled down, and Zhang Hanqiu also asked to see Lin Jue after bathing and changing clothes. Lin Jue had been waiting for him, so he took him to the back of the mansion, along the wooden trestle to the beach dozens of steps away from the shore.
Among the waterside pavilions in the reservoir.
The sun sets, and the water surface is shimmering. The lake water is clear, reflecting the shadows of mountains and clouds, which is beautiful. A large lotus on the shore has also grown in size. This is the lotus root that Fang Huanqiu proposed to plant this spring. Because Fang Huanqiu hopes that this place will have the feel of Hangzhou.
Moreover, there are lotus flowers and lotus leaves in the small pond behind the mountain of Songshan Academy, his former residence in Hangzhou. It was there that Lin Jue composed a poem "Love of the Lotus" and was included in the door wall by Fang Dunru. Fang Huanqiu himself knew that it was that day
After that, I slowly fell in love with this talented, warm and handsome senior brother.
Now, this large area of lotus has spread into the climate. It is the midsummer season, and among the fields of lotus leaves, there are also lotus flowers in full bloom. The lotus flowers in the clear water are a beautiful sight.
Zhang Hanqiu sat in the pavilion and looked at the beautiful scenery on the lake in front of him. He felt relaxed and happy. He not only praised loudly: "What a wonderful place. Such beautiful scenery can only be found in the sky. I have been to Hangzhou. The West Lake is extremely beautiful, but the crowds are like
Zhi was quite noisy. There were grasshopper boats and red boats everywhere, and there was too much fireworks and red dust. But here, the scenery is no worse than the West Lake, but there is no fireworks at all, just like a peerless fairy."
Lin Jue laughed and said: "It seems that Mr. Zhang likes it here very much. It is very quiet here, and the people here are also happy to be quiet. There is noisy everywhere outside. Although it is lively and brilliant, not everyone likes it. In short, everyone has his own
The benefits."
Zhang Hanqiu said: "It's good here. It's better here than outside. Is there a place where people can stay quietly outside? It seems that I came to you at the right time. Mr. Lin, I, Zhang Hanqiu, come here to bring my whole family."
Xiaolai came to seek refuge with you."
Lin Jue had already mentioned this when he heard the soldiers report, and it was Zhang Hanqiu himself who let the soldiers know. However, Lin Jue found it a little strange. Although Zhang Hanqiu was different from other people in the court, he was quite arrogant.
.When Fang Dunru Yan Zhengsheng was impeached by Wu Chunlai and others because of his three deficiencies, the regulations
When people in the company were making false accusations, Zhang Hanqiu didn't even say a word to make false accusations. In the end, he was thrown into prison and was almost killed by Wu Chunlai and others. Lin Jue admired and was grateful to him precisely because of this incident.
So he was rescued later. But based on Lin Jue's understanding of him, Zhang Hanqiu had always followed the idea of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. The last time they met, he was a little bit shy about going out of the capital and raising the flag in Funiu Mountain. How could he
Maybe he will come to seek refuge with him? I'm afraid there are some articles here. Lin Jue will not express his position until he understands the whole story. At this time, who knows what Zhang Hanqiu's purpose is here.
"Master Zhang, what happened in the court? How did you bring your family to Funiu Mountain?" Lin Jue asked in a deep voice.
"Hey!" Zhang Hanqiu let out a long sigh. This sigh seemed to come from his heart, and he sighed out a lot of sullen breath. If this sullen breath was tangible, I am afraid it would fall to the ground with a thud and hit someone.
instep.
"Master Lin, I am afraid that my great Zhou Dynasty is really going to end." Zhang Hanqiu frowned and said, "Master Lin should know about the failure of the imperial court's Northern Expedition."
Lin Jue nodded slightly and said, "I have heard a little bit."
Zhang Hanqiu said: "The 300,000 troops are all selected elite horse and infantry. We mobilized the whole country to launch a desperate Northern Expedition, but it failed like this. There are only less than 70,000 remnants left of the 300,000 troops."
Defeated, all the grain, grass, materials and siege equipment were captured by the Liao people. To put it crudely, I really lost all my pants now."
Lin Jue nodded and said, "It's indeed miserable."
Zhang Hanqiu said: "Originally, they wanted to unite with the Jurchens to march north, and there was a lot of opposition in the court. But some people didn't listen. Now the situation is like this, which suddenly puts me, the Great Zhou Dynasty, in a dangerous situation."
Lin Jue said calmly: "That's true. After this defeat, the Liao people will definitely take revenge."
Zhang Hanqiu said: "Yes, don't the Liao people want revenge? After the defeat, there was panic in the whole court. The Liao people Chen Bing Zhuozhou looked like they were going south to invade. Who wouldn't panic? But with the size of Zhou Dynasty, I
, If they really fight to the death, the Liao people will not be able to escape. But some people are afraid. The emperor immediately sent people to negotiate a peace, and the peace agreement was reached not long ago. The content of the peace agreement was simply too humiliating. I replaced the minister of rites and ministers after the year
I was able to participate in the discussion of the content of the peace agreement. The content was really harsh and humiliating."
Lin Jue said: "What is it?"
Zhang Hanqiu recounted the content of the peace agreement and said in a deep voice: "Listen, what kind of face does such an agreement bring to my country? The compensation of so much silver and the increase in annual coins are completely hollowing out my country.
The foundation of Zhou Dynasty. Ten million taels of silver is like a lion's mouth. With three million annual coins per year, the taxes of many state governments in Zhou Dynasty can completely fill this hole. And the most humiliating thing, my Zhou Dynasty is dignified.
The Kingdom of Heaven will actually become the nephew of the barbarian country in the future. How can this peace agreement be finalized? Lu Zhongtian ordered people to come back with such an agreement. The emperor actually thought that the agreement was good and said in the court
It's like 'leaving green hills without worrying about having firewood', as long as the land is not cut off, it's a good agreement. It's simply embarrassing. The courtiers are also spineless, they don't dare to say a word, they are all submissive. I and several other officials argued
We fought hard, but were almost kicked out. No one in the civil and military dynasties had the guts to refuse, and no one dared to propose a strategy to regroup. It is really sad."
