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Chapter 1199 Bitter Winter Day (thirteen)

After finishing recording the trivial things that need to be recorded, Hou Yuanyong came to pick up Yu Hezhong, and then the teacher asked Xiaoling to bring in some food.She took a piece of cake and continued to think about the news that Yu Hezhong had just stated. She raised her head and saw that Xiaoling hesitated to speak before she said, "What's wrong?"

"I think... the teacher girl is really worried about her husband..."

Xiaoling smiled, but these words were somewhat contrary to her heart. The teacher ate the cake, and then laughed: "Xiaoling, your opinion of Mr. is actually not good?"

"I just think...it's so late, the teacher should rest earlier..."

She is the life secretary by Shishi's side. She usually understands and follows up on all kinds of trivial matters. After knowing Yu Hezhong's usual character, she certainly doesn't agree with him very much, especially when Shishi is very fond of him recently. This round of arrangement can be said to be dedicated, but in reality, it will naturally take a lot of effort and time, so naturally it is somewhat incomprehensible.

The teacher thought about it behind the desk, and after a while, he spoke: "Mr. Ning's side... often talks about revolution."

"Um……"

"The word "revolution" means to innovate one's own life and to innovate the lives of others. How can we innovate the lives of others? Xiaoling." The teacher held a brush in his hand and smiled: "We run a school in the countryside, I wrote stories, and some people learned something and were inspired, so of course we are very happy. I think these people... are positive, motivated, and think they are worthwhile. We liked it when we read it, but Mr. Ning... he told me once Since then, he said, Master, look at this world, there are some people who are born with good character, or when we know him, he becomes motivated and becomes the person we like, but there are more people , no matter in the city or in the countryside, they are lazy and disgusting. Sometimes even if you put good things in front of them, they won't take them. I don't understand...then what about these people?"

The teacher paused: "The previous Huaxia Army... united some people who were enlightened first. As a comrade, I will also start enlightening those who are easily enlightened through such means. Back then in Bianliang, for those who were still enlightened, Those who are not awakened, Mr. Ning said that they will die... But sooner or later, the Huaxia Army will be killed, and all the people will come to us. Xiaoling, what about those who have shortcomings? Tell them stories, they don't understand, what should we do with those who cheat, or are just lazy and selfish? What should we do about this, mainly, what should we do? Sooner or later, we have to think about it. want……"

She raised her head a little, thought about it, and smiled slightly: "I remember... At that time, I mainly protested with him, why can't our story be written more elegantly, he said it can be more elegant, but it is more vulgar It should be, because we will face these people in the future. They are criminals and we can deal with him or even kill him. If he is just not motivated, or is lazy and stupid, should we consider using various methods? This kind of method, for example, the story is more beautiful, the truth is broken up and broken, even if you think it is not so beautiful, it may be useful to others..."

"...Brother Yu is a very ordinary scholar. He was taken care of by me when he was in his teens or twenties. The township also made him forget himself. Compared with many people in the Huaxia Army, he looks a little hideous. But looking at it from another direction, he has at least read books and literate, understands some truths, is not courageous, but has some Admonishment, he can listen to it, even if he has power and power, at most he spends money on people, not bullying them... For such a person, can there be some way to make him... a little better?"

"...Of course, because Big Brother Yu is a friend by my side, I thought of some such measures just for him, and also used people from the Huaxia Army. It's a bit selfish. It's not easy to say whether it should be or not. It's like the monks I saw when I was a child. They save the world, and they also save a person. It is a joy to save someone...Xiao Ling, for example, if you have such a friend who hates you, when you can help him, Will you help?"

"Uh..." Xiaoling struggled for a moment, "I just... think that the teacher can help more people by paying attention to her body, and... I didn't think about it so much..."

The teacher laughed, and after a while, when Xiaoling was about to turn around, she asked, "Xiaoling, have you heard about Li Rulai's rumors about General Li?"

"General Li...what rumors?"

"...The rumors about him sending women everywhere."

"This..." Xiaoling thought for a while, "No, I just heard... Although he is a subordinate general, he has a lot to do with it. There are rumors that this side wants his military power as a reward. Maybe he once The wealth of the field has allowed him to open a lot of factories. But sending women... This is something others know and don't tell me..."

"Understood." The teacher nodded.

After Xiaoling went out, Shishi sat there and thought for a while.Li Rulai sent women to the army, which touched Ning Yi's bottom line, but as Xiaoling said, even if someone knew about this, they would not easily publicize it with the female soldiers, so does Ning Yi know about this matter? , he had already put Li Rulai on the blacklist, so whether he wanted to ask about this matter, or whether to mention it after verification, was something that needed to be considered.

In theory, under the premise of Ning Yi's vigilance, he should know this matter.But if not, how do you check it yourself, if you want to ask, who to ask, and if someone in the espionage system that you inquire about has also received the benefits of Li Rulai, then what should you do.Have to be vigilant.

It would be great if she could set up her own house... Thinking about it later, this idea arose in her heart. The brothel has always been a gathering place for all kinds of information. When she was in the capital back then, all kinds of news, big and small, would fall into place sooner or later. in her hands.But now, thinking of Ning Yi's possible attitude when she proposed this idea to Ning Yi, she couldn't help but laugh.

After thinking about it for a while, I went to bed and rested.

When she woke up the next day, there was a little snow in the courtyard outside. She performed a set of dance moves outside to exercise, and then returned to the study. After sorting out her thoughts, she sat at the desk and wrote a letter to Ning Yi.

When you go to work, take it to the secretariat and ask the secretariat to hand over the "sealed" wax seal.

It was the early morning of December seventeenth.

The secretariat packed up all kinds of important information and letters collected yesterday, and left Chengdu with a fast horse. When they arrived at around [-]:[-] this afternoon, they joined the Ning Yi motorcade who was on the way.At this time, Ning Yi's team was taking a break at a barracks of the Huaxia Fifth Army on the north side of the plain. At the same time, Ning Yi met with He Zhicheng, the commander of the Fifth Army of the Huaxia Army, who happened to be here. In response to Dai Mengwei's "big move" and Huaxia The current situation of the army needs to be discussed carefully.

At the second moment of Shen's time, the light of the sky has subsided a little. The two of them did not bring too many guards. They were fishing by a small river outside the barracks. The surrounding land and mountains were covered with thin snow.

As the commander of the Fifth Army, He Zhicheng is thin and thin. In addition to taking care of the army, his only hobby is fishing occasionally. He is calm, meticulous and patient in his work. Some people even joked that it was because he liked fishing that Ning Yi let him go. He was in charge of the Fifth Army military affairs.

After about noon, Ning Yi mentioned something about fishing, and was dragged by He Zhicheng to the river, and then he told him a lot of fishing rules, when it was cold in winter, the best time to come out was noon. The hook should be placed deep, the bait should be live bait as much as possible, and the taste should be strong.Ning Yi pays attention to efficiency, and actually doesn't like fishing. He likes to use nets, or simply fry fish, but the words have already been said, so he has to sit with the other party for two hours.

We talked about military affairs in the middle.

After the victory of the Southwest War, at this stage, the two main forces of the Huaxia Army are both belligerent, and it is not a problem to carry out a new round of propaganda and cooperate with the land reform.but……

"...Recently, I'm thinking about letting the troops go to Chengdu and Zizhou less. The idea is still brewing, and I originally planned to talk about it when we meet during the New Year."

"what happened?"

"Drunk money fans, something has happened." He Zhicheng said, "Originally in the Wu Dynasty, it was nothing, you know, the work of being a soldier and hanging his head on his trousers belt, but if the team is scattered, he is a soldier. If you want to find fun, even sometimes, you won't be able to hold back your soldiers after winning battles on the battlefield. There are people who burn, kill, loot, and bully women... In the years after you led everyone to kill Zhou Zhe, you gave them the ability to discipline and train them. Enlightenment, the army has a different look, this is my favorite thing..."

"Say something but."

"But in the past year and a half, something has changed. In the past, it was all bitter, and the area was poor. From Xiaocanghe to Liangshan, the hardships were over, and the discipline was good, but recently Chengdu and Zizhou have been very lively. Compared with the previous Bianliang, some soldiers went there and talked about it with relish. Speaking of delicious and fun things like this, I didn’t want to come back. In fact, if you just spend your own money, even if you find a woman , eat, drink, prostitute, gamble, that's okay, as soldiers, you want to have some fun in life. But many times, some people are willing to know them and entertain them..."

"..." Ning Yi listened quietly.

"In August of this year, Niu Chengshu led a team to Chengdu to do business. A few of his men went to a kiln and almost got into a fight with someone from his brother's army. Niu Chengshu was conscious, and he punished everyone and immediately took them out of Chengdu. , and keep up with the report above, cancel any vacations within one year, and are not allowed to go there again... I have carefully investigated, I am afraid that similar things are not two together, sometimes one or two soldiers in the city drinking flower wine and getting drunk I'm brave, but I didn't make too much trouble, but sooner or later I'm going to get a big slap in the face when someone treats a guest... For this matter, I can only strengthen my discipline at the moment. Big city, but people are on holiday, it's impossible to really restrict them..."

"Who are the guests? Is there a record?"

"There are some records, there are all kinds of them. Those who want to dredge the relationship, and those who want to burn a cold stove to improve the relationship, were in the Wu Dynasty in the past, which is not surprising. But people are only entertaining, and now there are not many crimes, and they can't get people Ah, and it's just because it's rare in the past ten years, and suddenly there is, I don't know if it's normal or abnormal."

Ning Yi nodded and was silent for a long time before he sighed complicatedly, as if talking to himself: "Developing capital...will affect the army..."

"I said, it was not a big deal in Bianliang before, but you have trained the army so well, and I suddenly felt a little reluctant. Such soldiers are rare... It can't be said that if you can fight for the soldiers, you can't make the city better. Prosperity, it must be prosperous, but... we have to think of some ways, I will strengthen discipline here, you can see what else can be done, in fact, I can find out a few typical cases of crime, I have done it, and I will not Big……"

"It will slowly get bigger."

"Otherwise call it out sooner."

"...The land reform has to be completed, the manpower has to be adjusted, the army has to be expanded, and it will take a year or two. It's such a big place outside, given it to you, how to deal with it, even if you add Chen Fan, Zhu Biao, and Liu Chengzong, we can also I just took a breath, it’s all a matter of taking up space. Look at a land reformer, people who can use them are stretched thin, they have to be able to hatch eggs…”

"Okay, I know too. Let me continue to maintain the army here..."

"Strengthen discipline, I'll find a way to add some food to you, how about a few more art troupes?"

"The little girl is beautiful, a bunch of animals fight every day, a bunch of lace..."

"Pursing love is better than taking money to go out to play, get married and take care of yourself, and, if you fight, you can find excuses to punish them, run cross-country and engage in zipper training, it's good, okay, add some people..."

"I still have the power to expand the art troupe, what are you worried about..."

"Isn't this for you to give advice, Mr. He."

Chatting about trivialities and trivialities until the sky was getting dark, Ning Yi just took a few big fish from He Zhicheng's fish basket and carried them back together.After returning to the barracks where he lived, he opened up all kinds of information and requests from Chengdu before dinner, and made a reply.Along with these things, there were two relatively important letters, and he opened the one from the teacher first.

The information on this letter is relatively soft, except for an implicit love poem at the beginning saying that she misses him, the middle roughly explains the changes in the new stage of public opinion confrontation in Chengdu, as well as some of her selfish handling of Hezhong, the end of the letter Ban, made a retelling of the question about Li Rulai that Hezhong explained.

Since it was not clear whether Ning Yi knew the inside story, the teacher decided to hand over the investigation of this matter to Ning Yi after deliberation, because if Ning Yi knew about it, there was no need to mention this matter. The impact will be huge.

She finally mentioned the idea of ​​whether the intelligence system of the Huaxia Army should operate several brothels in Chengdu, Zizhou and others.

After reading the details of Li Rulai's affairs, Ning Yi sat there and was silent for a long time. After seeing the suggestion of the brothel, he couldn't help but smile, but his face was still cold.

His fingers tapped lightly on the table, and the room was as quiet as ice. After a while, Ning Yi put the letter away and opened another.

This is from Jindi, Lou Shuwan's biography.

This irascible woman had nothing good to say, but most of the conversations were about business. Ning Yi opened the letter and saw that the other party went straight in and began to talk about the problem of the Northwest.

Since the Jurchen went south, the entire Central Plains has been in chaos. By the fourth time the Jinren withdraw their troops, many places have been beaten to shreds and cannot be collected.

After several years of fighting in the Xiaocang River, the Northwest was almost slaughtered by the Jurchens. After the Jurchens left, the Zhejia and other surrendered warlords were left to guard them. The grassland people who conquered Xixia entered the Central Plains from there. Later, taking advantage of the emptiness behind the Jurchen, they went north from Yanmen Pass to the Jinjing, plundered and returned to the grasslands.

When the Nianhan army went south for the fourth time, it did not let go of the Jintian Tiger Kings who were fighting for it. Lou Shuwan even burned the Wasion to the ground. Up to now, the north of the Yellow River is still sparsely populated, and many places cannot take care of it.

The northwest is the gateway to the Central Plains.

After several massacres, there were almost no roosters in that area. Only a few horse bandits who licked blood and a very small number of refugees still survived. It is said that the living environment is harsh, and many places have a completely lawless purgatory atmosphere.

After receiving technical assistance from the Huaxia Army, Lou Shuwan was looking for a home for a while. She set her sights on the grassland people in the northwest and even further away. When she dispatched personnel in this direction to investigate the nearby ecology, she had realized that Huge problem here.

If the prairie people moved eastward from here, the original Hengshan line of defense would be in danger.Of course, whether the grassland people are so vicious and vicious, and whether they are enemies or not, is still in doubt. They may fight against the Jin Kingdom, or they may be planning for Tibet, and they may even become comrades-in-arms. Can pose a threat to Jin, just like Zou Xu can kill the Yellow River, even if he kills, Lou Shuwan is not afraid.

But in any case, despite the lack of manpower, Lou Shuwan is still thinking ahead of time to regain the northwest, establish the Hengshan line of defense, and start operations early.

Of course, her proposal is quite clever. In the letter, she talked about the glorious years of the Huaxia Army fighting in the northwest, saying that this place is now an unowned land, but the Huaxia Army still has a grand prestige , should Ning Yi consider transferring Liu Chengzong's department from Liangshan back to this unowned land in the northwest, and by the way, cooperate with Lou Shuwan and Wang Juyun's staff to jointly develop and jointly manage this fertile land.

The recent year has been the best year in Jindi. Even if she talks about major events in the letter, she can clearly feel the relaxation of Lou Shuwan's emotions. She did not regard the gang of horse bandits in Xixia as real enemies. From the past communication and exchanges, Ning Yi can feel that she is actually coveting the army in Liangshan.

Jurchen went south for the fourth time, shortly after Tian Shi was assassinated, Zhu Biao and others led more than 1 Huaxia Army troops to fight the Jurchen West Route Army, until Wang Shanyue was trapped in the Daming Mansion. More than 1 people went to the rescue, only to be dispersed, but then the remnant soldiers gathered again, in the past two or three years, relying on the autumn wind that hit Jin, they had a hard time, but Lou Shuwan was willing to show his kindness, and lent food The transaction, so why not drooling at Zhu Biao, Liu Chengzong and others.

When the Jurchen East Route Army returned to the north, she almost had a fight with Liangshan again, and she even hinted secretly, or else all these people would come to Jin to take refuge - this woman actually wanted to use all kinds of sugar-coated cannonballs to collect this. Support the Huaxia Army.

After taking a breath, Lou Shuwan wanted to expand to the northwest and reorganize the Hengshan line of defense. Perhaps it was an idle move, but it was also a provocation or a test of the southwest. If Zhu Biao, Liu Chengzong and others really came, she would be even more You can take advantage of the cooperation to dig people nearby - but for Ning Yi, from this letter, he felt other things that need to be taken more seriously.

--Mongolia.

Lou Shuwan despised them. Although she saw the key to the northwest for the first time out of her keenness as a statesman, she was not afraid of the people from the grasslands, and even if the people from the grasslands came to compete with her for Hengshan, She subconsciously believed that it was not a cause for concern for the three parties to join forces.

So what are the prairie people doing?If Lou Shuwan has vaguely felt this...

Ning Yi folded the letter and placed the two letters on the table.

Wonderful feeling.

The most important information on this day actually came from a letter from two women.

It's not even easy to tell which letter is written, which is more important.

He watched quietly and thought about it for a while, until He Zhicheng came in from outside and told him to go over to eat fish, then he put away the letter and got up to go out.

The end of the year is approaching.

Lou Shuwan said.

He has to make an early decision.

　This chapter was meant to be called "Letters from Two Women"

　
(End of this chapter)