Chapter six hundred and ninety second thinking about the news
Yunzhou has gradually become a Jin army animal husbandry base and ceramics base. More than one million sheep and more than 100,000 cattle are grazed here. In addition, the large demand for ceramic tanks for kerosene and the demand for special water storage tanks are also Yunzhou's.
The pottery industry in Yunzhou began to flourish again. Water jars, rice jars and thin-skinned pottery pots used in kerosene weapons were used in every household, making the pottery industry in Yunzhou a prosperous scene.
However, the population of Yunzhou has never increased. There are still only more than 2,000 households and 8,000 garrison troops. Yunzhou implemented military settlements and opened up thousands of hectares of fertile land, making Yunzhou self-sufficient in food.
Li Dian, the governor of Yunzhou, has discovered some unusual circumstances in the past two days. Sijie herdsmen have fled to Yunzhou one after another. First dozens of people, then one or two hundred people, and thousands of households have fled. Sijie herdsmen have fled to Yunzhou.
Of course it's a good thing to come. They can herd cattle for the army and solve the problem of manpower shortage.
But Li Xun still got some unusual news. Sijie Khan was seriously ill, and several sons fought for the throne of the Khan. Among them, the tribe of Mu Wence, the third oldest, was broken up, and Mu Wence escaped. These people who fled to Yunzhou
The herdsmen are the tribe of Muwence.
Li Xun sensed a crisis and immediately wrote a report and sent people to Taiyuan to report to Guo Song.
After entering April, the imperial examinations in Taiyuan were completely over, including the formal examinations. More than 200 people came to take the examinations. They were basically the children of representative gentry from all over the country. The Jin Palace finally admitted half of them and the other half.
I asked him to stay and continue studying at Guozixue.
Lu Lun was also admitted as the second one because of his outstanding talent. Guo Song appointed him as his scribe to join the army, and he became the third scribe to join the army in Tiance Mansion.
Lu Lun quickly adapted to the political affairs of Tiance Mansion. That morning, he presented a report written by the Yunzhou Governor to Guo Song.
"Your Highness, you have time to read this report."
Reports to be reviewed by the Tiance Mansion are sent from all directions every day. Those who join the army in the Record Office must sort out these documents in a timely manner. Which ones require Guo Song's review and which ones need to be transferred to the Prime Minister's Office. Even if they are handed over to Guo Song for review, there are still priorities.
, they must judge whether to transfer it to Guo Song immediately based on the content of the report.
Lu Lun did this better. When he saw the report sent by the Yunzhou governor, he immediately realized the importance of the report and handed it to Guo Song.
Guo Song took the report and asked: "Where is the martial arts examination, riding and shooting?"
"The initial date is April 23, there are still five days left."
"Remind me when the time comes. I also have to take the riding and archery test."
"I remember my humble duty." Lu Lun bowed and left.
Guo Song then opened Li Dian's report, his brows gradually furrowed, he put down the report, stood up and found a volume of maps from the bookshelf.
He unfolded the map on the desk. It was a relatively accurate map of the northern and southern Mobei. It was originally kept in the imperial court. After the Jingyuan Mutiny, many precious documents in the palace were looted by the rebels and lost. A big Sogdian businessman
Shi Donglai purchased a large number and gave them all to Guo Song.
This most accurate map of Mobei and Monan is one of them.
This map marks the distribution of the seven major tribes of Sijie. Muwence's tribe is located in the westernmost part of the area controlled by the Sijie tribe, bordering Uihe.
The letter said that Mu Wence was defeated and fled. Did he flee back to his headquarters or to Huihe?
Where did the herders who fled to Yunzhou come from?
Guo Song was very worried. Many details were not clearly stated in the report, and the devil often hides in the details.
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In the evening, Guo Song returned to Yuqiong Pavilion. He sat down directly in his study and continued to study the map of Mobei.
At this time, my wife Xue Tao came in with a cup of tea and asked with a smile: "Husband, you want to go to the dining hall to eat, or should I bring it over?"
"Bring it here! I'm a little tired today, so I won't go to the dining hall."
Xue Tao walked to the door and asked the maid to arrange the meal, and the maid hurried away.
"How is Minqiu?"
My concubine, Minqiu, actually got pregnant on the first day of the Lunar New Year. She had a severe reaction at three months, but it has stabilized these days.
"Don't worry! Four months later is the most stable period for pregnant women. I hired two midwives to take care of her. She has a good constitution and there will be no problems. She is learning to play the pipa during this period!"
Guo Song nodded, thought for a moment and said, "I want to go on a tour of Yunzhou and take Cheng'er and Qing'er with me."
Xue Tao smiled and said: "You'd better take your precious daughter with you. She works behind closed doors all day long, and the things she draws sometimes make people laugh or cry. There are grasslands on the snow peaks. She said that summer is grassland, and winter is snow peaks.
"
"Okay! I'll take her with me."
"If it's convenient, you can take Youlan with you! Let her take care of Xiaowei."
Xue Tao is still a little worried about his daughter. She has to take care of Min Qiu and cannot leave. After thinking about it, Dugu Youlan is more reliable."
"Go and ask her. If she is willing to go, then go together."
Xue Tao pouted, "Of course she wants to go, she wants to be with you all day long."
Guo Song heard the jealousy in his wife's tone, hugged her and said with a smile: "Actually, I hope you go with me and let Youlan take care of Minqiu. The relationship between the two of them will be better."
Xue Tao felt tenderness in her heart. She also wanted to go to the grassland with her husband, not to mention bringing her own children with her.
She thought for a moment and said, "I'll discuss it with Youlan and let her choose. If she wants to go with you, then I'll go next time."
At this time, the food was delivered, and Guo Song smiled and said, "I'll eat first, and you can go and discuss it."
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Two days later, Guo Song took his family to Yunzhou. In the end, it was Xue Tao who followed him to Yunzhou. Dugu Youlan was quite smart. The eldest sister came to discuss with him. She must want to go, but she was embarrassed. Usually
The eldest sister treated her well, so of course she helped Xue Tao at this time.
Xue Tao was sitting in the carriage with a pair of children. Xue Qing was a little older than them. He just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to learn to ride a horse. Guo Song arranged for a private soldier to follow Xue Qing.
The team went all the way north, and it was the late spring season in Taiyuan. But the further north they went, the more spring they became, with colorful and vibrant colors everywhere.
Guo Song followed his wife and children on horseback in their carriage. The whole family was talking and laughing, and there was no lack of boredom on the road.
At night, the team set up tents, lit bonfires, and slaughtered sheep and barbecued meat. The soldiers drank and ate meat to their heart's content, making it extremely lively.
After dinner, their sons Guo Jincheng and Xue Qing went back to their tents to practice calligraphy, while their daughter Guo Weiwei continued to draw the beautiful scenery during the day.
Guo Song asked several personal female guards to keep an eye on the child, while he took his wife to a wilderness, where they sat side by side on a big rock and looked at the stars in the sky.
In the blink of an eye, they have been married for almost nine years, and their children have grown up. Sometimes when I think of their past, it seems like it happened yesterday.
Xue Tao rested his head on her husband's shoulder, while Guo Song put his arms around his wife's shoulders, and they looked at the stars in silence together.
"Husband, you always tell me about past lives. Do you really think there are past lives?"
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "When each of us faces death, he will drink a bowl of Meng Po soup on the Naihe Bridge. After drinking it, he will forget everything in this life. But occasionally someone will cheat and refuse to drink it. When he is reincarnated,
, he will remember everything from his previous life.”
"My husband is also a cheater?" Xue Tao turned his head and asked with a smile.
Guo Song gently kissed his wife's beautiful face and said with a smile: "I am in a different situation. Drinking one bowl of Meng Po soup is not enough. It takes two bowls to forget, so I still remember some."
Guo Song stared at the stars in the sky and said, "My previous life was hidden in this boundless starry sky. One of the bright stars was my hometown in my previous life."
"Do you still remember your husband's wife in his previous life?"
Guo Song shook his head, "I can't remember, but I only remember Xiaowei. She was my daughter in my previous life."
Xue Tao asked in surprise: "Is what your husband said true?"
Guo Song laughed, "So what if it's true, what if it's fake? She is my precious daughter."
He stood up, pulled his wife and said with a smile: "Let's go back to the main tent and see if we can give Xiaowei another sister."
Xue Tao smiled and punched her husband on the shoulder, and the two held hands and walked towards the tent.
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Five days later, the team entered the border of Yunzhou. Guo Weiwei suddenly pointed to a large mountain in the distance and asked: "Dad, what kind of mountain is this?"
"That's Wuzhou Mountain. Once you see Wuzhou Mountain, Yunzhong County is about to arrive."
"Ah! It's like a huge screen."
Guo Weiwei was very amazed and said quickly: "I want to draw it."
She quickly took the drawing board and sketched it with charcoal. This sketching method was taught to her daughter by Guo Song. She also used charcoal to make charcoal pencils. In this way, some beautiful scenery can be easily drawn at any time, which solved the problem of not having a camera.
Inconvenient, in fact, military scouts have long used this method to draw maps.
After walking for more than ten miles, the outline of a county town appeared in front of us, and Yunzhong County was finally arrived.
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[There is something going on at Lao Gao’s house today. I really don’t have time to write a chapter at noon. There are only two updates today. I’m sorry! 】