In early summer, Luoyan Valley is a vibrant scene. The rice field seedlings in the valley are as lush as a green carpet. Egrets soar over the river rice fields, and the breeze chases them. The seedlings are like waves, green and lovely. The trees and wildflowers on the hillside are blooming, and birds and animals
Walking through the forest, there is a happy scene everywhere.
Not only the Luoyan Valley, but also the Luoyan River has run through the Jiming Valley, connecting several cultivated valley fields. Villages are located in the valleys, and the roads are all the same, and the sounds of chickens and dogs can be heard. In the early morning and evening, farmers pay their bills.
Hoes, singing free-spirited songs, greeting each other when meeting, everyone is gentle and polite. As the saying goes, people know etiquette based on reality. Once life is comfortable and prosperous, and people's lives are guaranteed, they will naturally not fight and quarrel over trivial matters.
, the quality has naturally improved. Moreover, there are also the behavioral regulations of the people in the mountains promulgated by Lin Jue, as well as the constraints of the security reserve team training. The strict rules are also an important factor in making Funiu Mountain a paradise where no one leaves behind on the road or closes the door at night.
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The people lived a comfortable and comfortable life because they did not know the situation outside the mountains. For Guo Kunlinjue and other generals and officials, news one after another from outside the mountains suddenly made the situation more tense.
Originally, the news that the Jurchens and the Northern Court of Liao State had joined forces to destroy the Yelu Pingshan regime in the south did not make Guo Kun, Ma Bin and others feel any nervousness. It was nothing more than an internal division in the Liao State, and the Jurchens took the opportunity to take advantage of it.
They just unite with the north and destroy the south. They fight dogs and have nothing to do with Dazhou, so they have nothing to do with Funiu Mountain.
However, Lin Jue kept telling them that things were going to be bad. The Jurchens were by no means peaceful people. They should launch an attack on Dazhou soon. Lin Jue's judgment was actually not supported by evidence. People asked Lin Jue what he thought.
Lin Jue couldn't produce any evidence for this judgment, but he insisted that everyone be prepared. He said with absolute certainty that the Jurchens would point their swords at the Zhou Dynasty. The reason why everyone believed his words was entirely because he was Lin Jue.
It's just a feeling. In countless decisions and judgments in the past, Lin Jue has almost never made a miscalculation. With the name Lin Jue, without any evidence, what he said is enough for people to take it seriously.
Of course, Lin Jue was not without evidence. When he was trapped in the Jurchen tribe, he used words to test Wanyan Aguda's intention to invade the south. Although Wanyan Aguda did not admit it, he looked embarrassed.
The embarrassment of revealing his inner thoughts. But this incident cannot be used as evidence that he will definitely invade the south. The reason that really makes Lin Jue insist is not easy for outsiders to understand, that is, Lin Jue is based on the real historical process and the parallel history in which he lives.
This is due to a similar trend in the process. Not long ago, when the alliance between the Zhou Dynasty and the Jurchens broke down, and the peace agreement between the Zhou Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom was reached, and a large amount of supplies were provided to Yelv Zongyuan to attack the Jurchens, Lin Jue once doubted this parallel world.
The history of the country has been reversed. The Jurchens cannot withstand the Liao people's attack no matter what.
In order to hold back the Liao people and maintain the balance of power among the three parties, Lin Jue even personally instigated Ma Qingshan and Han Gang to rebel, and used and helped them to capture the Xijin Mansion. However, Lin Jue's approach was only to contain the Liao people, but it failed
He did not intend to completely break the balance. Who would have thought that in fact, his containment had no effect at all. Han Desui did not even report the news of the fall of Xijin Mansion to Yelu Zongyuan. When Yelu Zongyuan knew about it, Yelu Zongyuan was defeated.
Under Liaoyang Mansion.
In Lin Jue's view, Yelu Zongyuan was killed by a city crossbow arrow in the battle of Liaoyang Mansion. It was an extremely rare and accidental event. But this incident was the key to reversing the entire situation. If we talk about one person's
If life and death can determine the outcome of the battle between the Liao Kingdom and the Jurchens, then it must be Yelu Zongyuan. But the probability of Yelu Zongyuan being killed is definitely smaller than the probability of being struck by lightning when going out on a sunny day. However, it is
At a critical moment, such an extremely unlikely event happened to a key figure, which led to the collapse of the entire Liao Kingdom.
The whole thing felt to Lin Jue as if there was indeed a pair of invisible hands that forcibly reversed the direction of history, forcibly reversing the impossible outcome of the Jurchens being able to survive under the attack of the Liao Kingdom.
Over, it was reversed to what should have happened in real history. But this twist seemed extremely stiff and crude, giving people an extremely unreal feeling. And the trend of this history that parallels real history is undoubtedly based on the Jurchens going south.
Attacking the Zhou Dynasty would eventually lead to the destruction of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Lin Jue did not want to believe such a result, but he had to believe it.
Because Lin Jue knew the true historical trend, he firmly told everyone that he believed that the Jurchens would definitely launch an attack on the Great Zhou Dynasty. As for the reason, of course he could not tell everyone, and there was no need to tell everyone. As time went by,
, the news of the gradual expansion of the Jurchens' military strength was also found out, and it was used as a small evidence from the details.
The weather is getting hotter day by day, and everyone's clothes are becoming lighter and more fancy. For the girls of the Lin family, apart from the regret that their husbands are busy at home every day and can't accompany them, their lives are pleasant and comfortable.
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After the new year, there were several happy events in the family. The first one was that Gao Muqing gave birth to a son in March, adding another new member to the Lin family. Everyone sincerely congratulated Gao Muqing. Everyone knew about her life experience.
The daughter of a bandit, she has followed Lin Jue wholeheartedly to this day. She is willing to endure the scruples and work hard alone in Funiu Mountain, so that today everyone has the protection of Luoyan Valley in Funiu Mountain. This alone is enough to make everyone
Everyone expressed their admiration and gratitude. Although everything was carried out under the guidance of her husband in advance, without Gao Muqing's silent dedication and persistence, there would be no such comfortable years in the mountains today. Everyone agrees on this.
Now Gao Muqing finally gave birth to a son for Lin Jue, and her status was completely stabilized. Since giving birth to this son, Gao Muqing herself has become lazy, and she no longer interferes in the affairs of the village. For her
She said that the role of mother has been the great fulfillment of her life. She has
She couldn't ask God to give her more.
The second happy thing is that Lu Wu also received the good news of pregnancy at the beginning of the year. Lu Wu has been following Lin Jue for so many years, desperately hoping to conceive a child, but watching other people getting pregnant and giving birth one by one, she herself
But there was no movement at all, and the disappointment in her heart could be imagined. Just when she was desperate, thinking that there must be something wrong with her body, she suddenly became pregnant. Green
Wu Huanhuan was so happy that from the first day she learned she was pregnant, she stopped letting Lin Jue touch her. She was less than two months pregnant and couldn't even see her belly. She walked as if she was pregnant.
She looked ordinary. Lin Jue laughed at her twice, but was also moved by Green Dance. These days, most women are vassals of men. Marrying a good husband and having children is a complete life. He should not laugh at her, but respect her.
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There is also a happy event for Lin Hu. Lin Hu is already nineteen and is already an adult. Lin Youde and his wife have been urging Lin Hu to get married and are eager to have a grandson. Lin Jue asked Lu Wu and the others to keep it in mind.
Green Dance Huanqiu and the others also looked for several farm girls with upright looks and simple temperaments in the mountains for Lin Hu to choose. However, Lin Hu looked down on him and refused to agree. Lin Jue had to come forward to find Lin Hu.
When asked, Lin Hu first said some truth, saying that there is no rush to get married, and it is more important to do things first. Lin Jue scolded him and told him that getting married and establishing a career were not in conflict. There was going to be a war. What if he died on the battlefield?
How could he not leave any heirs? That would also be unfilial to his parents.
Lin Hu hesitated and revealed the truth. It turned out that he was not holding on to some great ambition of "why should the Xiongnu be destroyed?", but just because he had someone in his heart. The one he was interested in was actually Zhang who came to Funiu Mountain.
Han Qiu is the youngest daughter of Mr. Zhang's family. Lin Jue has also seen that little girl. She has a delicate appearance with thin eyebrows and narrow eyes, which makes people love her. I didn't expect that Xiaohu would actually fall in love with her.
After learning about this, all the wives and concubines were surprised. The little princess felt that this matter could not be done. Her reason was that although Zhang Hanqiu defected to the Luoyan Army, he was from a scholarly family and came from an official family. Although Xiaohu was also considered a descendant of the Lin family
, but he has not read many books, and he is afraid that Zhang Hanqiu will not like him. If Lin Jue goes to propose marriage, Zhang Hanqiu will be in trouble, as if he is forcing him.
Lin Jue did not have such worries. Lin Hu is now also a deputy general of Luoyan Army Ma Jun. Recently, Lin Jue deliberately did not take him with him because he did not want him to rely on himself. If he wanted to gain a foothold, he had to work hard on his own.
Everyone. Therefore, Lin Jue initially asked him to practice with Shen Tan. In several battles, Lin Hu performed well. In addition, he was more or less a member of Lin Jue and a member of the Lin family, so he was promoted a little faster.
After a while, Shen Tan has been promoted to the deputy general of the Ma Army. Lin Jue does not want to be pretentious and stop these things. Lin Jue does not want to be the kind of person who is strict with his family and relatives with a straight face, and let his family
Following the unlucky person. He would not agree with Fang Dunru's approach at all.
With his status as the deputy general of the Luoyan Army, plus his connections with the Lin family, and the fact that Lin Hu has been with him since he was a child, is he not worthy of Zhang Hanqiu's daughter? Lin Jue doesn't think so. What he is worried about is Lin Hu and Zhang.
Does the daughter have similar tastes and suitable personality? He likes her, but she may not like him. If the girl and Lin Hu have nothing in common, then the marriage is done, and I'm afraid it won't be happy.
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So Lin Juetao asked Lin Hu about his story, and then he found out that there was a story about a hero saving a beauty between Lin Hu and the daughter of the Zhang family. Last winter, the daughter of the Zhang family ran to enjoy the snow in the Western Mountains, and ended up getting lost in the woods. Zhang
Han Qiu asked Shen Tan to send someone to help search, and Shen Tan handed over the job to Lin Hu. Lin Hu led his people to search the mountain, and found the Zhang girl who was half-frozen to death in the middle of the night. In desperation, Lin Hu
So he took off his own clothes and wrapped the girl to keep her warm. The girl was saved, but Lin Hu fell ill from the cold. When he returned to the camp, he couldn't get sick. After learning about it, the girl insisted on going to Lin Hu's home to serve him personally.
, who took good care of her by making medicine and delivering porridge every day. During the period when Lin Hu was ill for more than ten days, this girl and Lin Hu kept flirting with each other day and night. Although the two of them did not break the window paper, they still looked at each other.
But they all knew that they had each other in their hearts. Because of this, Lin Hu refused to agree to other marriages.
Lin Jue laughed loudly after learning about this. It turned out that there was such a thing about a hero saving a beauty. Lin Hu was indeed ill last winter, but Lin Jue didn't care. He only asked Lu Wu to ask about the situation and said that he had suffered.
It's just the wind and cold. Lin Jue has no time to ask about the specific matter. After all, he has too many things to do, and he rarely cares about all the trivial things. Although he can imagine that there is such a hidden story here.
Since they are in love, there is nothing to say. Lin Jue immediately prepared a generous gift and went to Zhang Hanqiu's house with the little princess and Lu Wu to propose marriage to Lin Hu. The reason why Lin Jue brought the little princess and Lu Wu with him
I went there just to give Zhang Hanqiu some face, and at the same time to tell Zhang Hanqiu that Lin Hu's identity was no ordinary person. He was someone that both he and the princess valued, and he was the one Princess Green Dance called her younger brother.
Zhang Hanqiu did not show any reluctance. Even if he did, it was not visible at all on the surface. He readily agreed to the marriage. This marriage was actually of great benefit to him. He relied on Lin Jue's old friends and colleagues to defect to him.
Although he was entrusted with important tasks in Funiu Mountain, he had no foundation or origin after all. Once he let his youngest daughter marry Lin Hu next to Lin Jue, he would have a marriage-like relationship with Lin Jue, and he would immediately
Therefore, his status became much more stable. In fact, Zhang Hanqiu secretly thought that marrying his youngest daughter to Lin Jue as his concubine would be the best outcome. But after seeing the appearance of the daughters of the Lin family, Zhang Hanqiu died.
Although his little daughter is pretty and lovely, compared with the women around Lin Jue, she is as ordinary as weeds on the roadside. So this result may be the best result at the moment.
The weather was already quite hot in June. That afternoon, Huanqiu grabbed Lin Jue who was about to go out and asked him to follow her to Luoyan Lake.
Take a walk among the lotus flowers. Lin Jue hesitated and nodded. He originally wanted to go to the arsenal this afternoon to discuss the production of explosive shells for General Shenwei with several masters from the gunpowder workshop and Mr. Zhou from the blacksmith workshop.
This matter has been discussed many times, and there is no special clue. Lin Jue is very anxious about this matter. But Huanqiu invites him, how can Lin Jue refuse.
Lin Jue asked Sun Dayong to send someone to inform the master craftsmen at the arsenal that he would discuss it later. Then he let Fang Huanqiu, who was wearing a long skirt, hold his arms, and they walked through the small gate of the back garden to the lakeside trestle.
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After more than a year of growth, the area of lotus leaves in Luoyan Lake has become very large. The lotus leaves spread very quickly. They were originally only in a corner of the lake shore, but now they have occupied a large part of the water surface. But there is no need to worry about the lotus leaves.
The leaves will spread across the entire lake, because lotus roots cannot grow in deep water, and the depth of a few feet is already the limit. The water in the center of the lake is several feet deep, and lotus leaves cannot stand out.
This is actually one of Lin Jue's favorite places to come, because facing the green lotus leaves and the open lake, one's mind will be much more open and the mood will be much better. It is also very quiet here, and it is located near the mansion.
The place is a restricted area, and ordinary people and soldiers are not allowed to enter. This is the place where Lin Jue often comes to think about things.
Although the weather is a bit hot, once you reach the fields of lotus leaves on the shore of the lake, you will naturally feel a cool breeze. It is a good place to enjoy the coolness and relieve the heat.
"Junior sister, why did you ask me to come here?" Lin Jue took Fang Huanqiu's little hand and asked with a smile.
Fang Huanqiu smiled coquettishly. Although she had been married to Lin Jue for many days, she was still as charming and naive as a young girl.
"What? Why can't you let your husband come with me to play if you have nothing to do? Do you still remember the last time you played with us? I'm afraid you have forgotten it. It's been a long time." Fang Huanqiu said.
Lin Jue raised his head and thought about it. It seemed that it had indeed been a long time. He couldn't help but feel guilty and said with a smile: "Yes, you also know that now I..."
"I know, I know you have big things on your mind and work hard every day. We all know it. But it doesn't have to be like this every day. Look at you, you are dark and thin. I don't know, you thought we didn't give you delicious food at home.
"But I don't know that you have worked too hard. I specially brought you here to have a rest today, can't you?" Fang Huanqiu said with a smile.
Lin Jue smiled bitterly and said: "Of course. How dare I disobey Junior Sister's words? I don't want to be like this. Junior Sister should know that I was very good at enjoying life before. But now that time is very tight, I always want to make more preparations.
That will give you more confidence. If you don’t feel a sense of crisis now, you will panic later.”
Fang Huanqiu nodded and said: "I understand, but it's always okay to take a break."
Lin Jue nodded and said, "Of course."
Fang Huanqiu nodded happily, pointed to a wooden platform exposed among the lotus leaves in front and said to Lin Jue: "Brother, look there. I asked my guards to help build a platform in the lotus leaves. I want to make an octagonal pavilion in the middle, as a
What do you think of our cool place in summer?"
Lin Jue didn't notice the wooden platform under the lotus leaves at first. Hearing this, he took a closer look and found that there was indeed a square platform a few feet above the water. So he smiled and said, "This is a good idea. Let's take a rest in the middle.
It must be very comfortable. It will be even more comfortable at night, with the lake breeze blowing and the sky full of stars. It must be a wonderful night."
Fang Huanqiu said happily: "Then you agree? That's great. Let's go and have a look. Give me some advice. I don't want to build an ordinary pavilion. I think my senior brother is knowledgeable about the past and has good taste, so he needs to give me some advice."
I didn’t want to build an ordinary, tacky pavilion.”
Lin Jue burst into laughter, but she expressed his interest, so the two rowed into the lotus leaf pond and boarded the large platform several feet in diameter. The two discussed and designed at the same time. Fang Huanqiu took the
Holding a pen and paper, he wrote and drew on the paper. Lin Jue actually put aside some complicated matters in his mind and used his brains to design. Finally, he decided to use the platform as a base to build a double-story boat-style pavilion on the water.
.Only need to reinforce the foundation of the platform to take shape. Fang Huanqiu wrote and drew according to Lin Jue's description, and sketched on a piece of paper a scene of a building and a ship among lotus flowers. What he found was exactly the scene he liked.
, so I was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly to express my love.
Lin Jue saw that Fang Huanqiu liked it, and felt happy in his heart. He stood on the platform and looked at the dense lotus leaves in all directions, and saw that many lotus buds had grown out. The lotus flowers in the south were already in full bloom in June, but the climate in the mountains
It may lag a bit, but within a few days, it will be a glorious scene of colorful lotus flowers. I can’t help but look forward to the scene at that time.
Fang Huanqiu muttered and perfected the plan for the building that Lin Jue mentioned, squatting on the ground and adding and subtracting circles on the paper with a brush. Suddenly, she heard Lin Jue yell.
"Oh, why am I so stupid? Why am I insisting on making cannonballs? It's completely unnecessary. Since that kind of cannonball is difficult to make with the current level of technology, why not make something simpler? Ah.
Haha, that is also a sharp weapon."
"Senior brother, what's wrong with you?" Fang Huanqiu shouted in surprise.
Lin Juexi said: "Junior sister, I have to leave, you stay here. I can't accompany you anymore."
As Lin Jue spoke, he jumped on the boat and unmoored the boat and left. Fang Huanqiu stamped his feet and shouted, "Senior brother, you agreed to accompany me."
"Next time, I will accompany you well next time. You design the boat properly, and I will give you some advice later. But now, I have to leave. I will ask the maid to come and borrow your boat later."
Lin Jue smiled.
Fang Huanqiu was still waiting to say anything more, but Lin Jue had already rowed quickly to the trestle, tied the cable to the cable pile, jumped ashore and strode away quickly. Fang Huanqiu was stunned for a long time with his mouth bulging, and finally sighed and shook his head, lowering his head.
