my wife is mulan

Hua Mulan frowned, "Brother Junsheng, can you speak clearly, why can't I understand?"

Zhao Junsheng put down the pottery bowl, and said to Hua Mulan solemnly: "Now that Tuobapi has taken away a large number of courtiers and generals, they will definitely set up a new dynasty when they arrive in Hebei to fight against the court in Pingcheng. With the support of the generals and the prefects, they are busy grabbing territory! If the magistrate of Liang County has defected to Tuoba Pi, and Tuoba Pi knows that your family is in Liang County, and threatens you with the safety of Uncle Hua and the others, what do you do?"

Hua Mulan finally realized the seriousness of the matter. The appearance of the two imperial courts affected not just a small number of people, but many people.

"Also, the Southern Dynasty had the intention of sending troops to attack Henan two years ago. It was only because Tuoba Tao returned to the army too quickly that the Southern Dynasty emperor Liu Yilong had to terminate the plan for the Northern Expedition. Now that Tuoba Tao died, the two emperors Fighting for the orthodoxy of the Great Wei, and civil strife in the Great Wei, isn't this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Southern Dynasties? Once the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Expeditions, Liangjun and Suiyang must bear the brunt!"

Hua Mulan's face changed completely, "The Southern Dynasty wants to conquer the North? Yes, yes, it is very possible. Liu Yilong is not a fuel-efficient lamp. I have to take over Grandpa, Grandpa, Mother and the younger brother immediately! Just do this is there time?"

"Don't worry!" Zhao Junsheng comforted: "It should be too late. Even if the Southern Dynasty wants to go to the Northern Expedition, they will avoid winter. The earliest will be the spring of next year. Tomorrow I will send a hundred cavalry to let Li Bao lead the team, and you will send Huakui and Huahai to accompany you. I also need to write a letter to let them go back as soon as possible!"

"Okay, I'll write now!"

Early the next morning, when Li Bao, Hua Hai, and Hua Kui were preparing to set off with a hundred cavalry, Zhao Junsheng told them: "Go directly south to Taiyuan to Hedong, and after crossing the Yellow River, go to Hulao to Xingyang, and then go to Suiyang. Return along the original road, don't change the route easily!"

"Yes, General!" Li Bao and the others agreed, and quickly left with a hundred cavalry.

Within a few days, the city wall was built quickly, and Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan began to divide the work.

Hua Mulan organized and urged the peasants and slaves to build houses outside the south city wall according to the plan, and these houses were built for the slaves and the soldiers who took care of them.

Zhao Junsheng was in charge of taking some peasants and slaves to repair the moat, and extended the moat to the east and west sides to open up the rivers on the east and west sides of Wuchuan Town. After the two rivers were opened up, the river water would be brought in. Fortunately, the diversion canal is neither wide nor deep. Zhao Junsheng is confident that he can get through it before the heavy snow falls and divert the river water into the moat.

There is a systematic drainage project in the city leading to the moat to prevent heavy rain from causing waterlogging in the city, and residents use well water for water.

The houses where the slaves live are all built with the wood left over from the construction of the city wall. The carpenters saw the wood into boards, and the craftsmen direct the slaves and peasants to nail the boards into the walls. Finally, the boards are also used for sealing the roof and laying thatch for windshield. rain.

Such a wooden house can accommodate ten people. It is not difficult to build a wooden house, but it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to saw the wood into planks.

There are still some people in the city who are building houses. Except for the government offices that use stone to build walls, other houses in the city use earth bricks.

How to get adobe?Under the command of the craftsmen, the peasants and slaves mixed the soil with water in a certain proportion to form a slightly dry soft mud, then poured the soft mud into molds and pressed them tightly, and when the molds were removed, the adobe bricks were formed. After a few days of exposure to the sun, adobe bricks can be used to build walls.

When the first heavy snow fell, all the houses inside and outside the city had been built. The slaves lived in the houses outside the city, and the peasants lived in the houses inside the city. Except for the soldiers and horses guarding the slaves, all the other troops lived in. the barracks.

Stables, cowsheds, sheep pens, fodder warehouses, grain and grass warehouses, armor forging factories, town guards' mansions and other official offices are all available.

The planning pattern in the city has been finalized, and the houses that have not been built will continue to be started only when the weather is fine.

In November, Liang Ji, who was far away in Suiyang, sold the leather factory after receiving a letter sent back by Zhao Junsheng, and rushed to Wuchuan Town with his family.

"I have seen the young master, young lady!"

In the town guard's mansion, Liang Ji's family greeted Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan.

"Okay, I didn't expect you to come so fast, don't be polite!" Zhao Junsheng raised his hand with a smile, walked over to look at Liang Ji's son Liang Yi, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for two years, you boy has grown taller!" Quite a few, and they have grown up and become stronger, and they are all grown-ups, are they married?"

Liang Yi was a little embarrassed, "Not yet, young master!"

"It's all right, don't ask about this or that, it will make the little guy feel uncomfortable! Jingxin, you take Liang Shu and Aunt Liang and their family to find Pei Jin, and ask him to allocate a house to Liang Shushu's family. settle down!"

"Yes, General!" Jing Xin agreed.

Zhao Junsheng said to Liang Ji: "Uncle Liang, your family should go and settle down first, and you will come back tomorrow morning, and I will leave things to you to do!"

"Okay, young master!"

After Wuchuan City was built, Zhao Junsheng issued a notice to open a market in Wuchuan City, allowing shepherds and merchants of all ethnic groups to come to do business, and also announced the purchase of wool and various leather materials.

After the news spread, many nearby herdsmen brought wool and raw hides and sold them to Zhao Junsheng.

Soon, many herdsmen from far away places in the Monan region drove their carts to sell fur and wool after receiving the news.

Some merchants in Senai also sent people to Wuchuan City to rent shops to do business after receiving the news.

In order to meet the needs of the residents in the city, Zhao Junsheng organized a caravan to purchase a large amount of daily necessities and grain from the customs and sell them to merchants and herdsmen.

Here, copper coins, gold, silk, and cloth can all be used as money, and bartering is extremely popular here.

Under the arrangement of Zhao Junsheng, Pei Jin organized four caravans belonging to Wuchuan Town to transport the goods and grain in the pass to Wuchuan Town. Garment factories were built, and the workers in these factories were all filled by slaves.

The produced wool blankets, clothes made of wool, cooked leather, finished leather clothes, etc. were all transported to Senai by several caravans in Wuchuan Town for sale.

Not long after the spring of the following year, Huahu's family came to Wuchuan Town under the escort of Li Bao and others.

Within a few days, Zhao Junsheng heard that Huahu was looking for him, so he put down his official duties and came to Huafu.

"Uncle, I heard that you are looking for me?"

Hua Hu didn't beat around the bush, and said directly: "Junsheng, your marriage with Mulan has been dragged on for several years, and it can't be dragged on any longer. We still want to hug our grandson while we two old guys are still healthy. When do you think we got married with Mulan?"

When it came time to talk about marriage, Zhao Junsheng felt a little embarrassed, "That... Uncle, Mulan and I are still young, so don't worry about it?"

When Hua Hu heard this, she said with a displeased face, "Not in a hurry? If you are not in a hurry, I am in a hurry!"

Chapter 431 Is this a token of love?

Zhao Junsheng scratched his ears and cheeks, and said, "Then...have you asked Mulan?"

"Ask her? She is a girl, what does she do? Ask her, she is too embarrassed! I decide this matter, and the two will get married later!"

"Two months later? Isn't that too soon? There are too many things to do after the beginning of spring, and you are too busy. Even if you arrange a wedding banquet, no one will come to eat the wedding wine!"

Huahu thinks so too. After spring, everyone is busy with farming. They have to graze, fertilize, water, and cut wool. After a while, the wheat will have to be harvested. If they really have time, they have to wait until the slack time after autumn. .

"You're right about what you said, so let's do it, set the wedding on the first snowfall after the autumn harvest this year, and don't change it!" Hua Hu said firmly.

Zhao Junsheng clasped his fists and agreed: "Okay, then listen to uncle!"

The construction in the city is still going on, the scale of the market has already been issued, the shops and houses in the market are still under construction, and the houses in the horse market and the animal trading market are newly built every day. The merchants rented it out.

Zhao Junsheng patrolled around the construction site, and led some people on horseback to gallop towards the river dozens of miles away from the city.

An hour later, Zhao Junsheng reined in his horse and stopped by the river. He rode his horse and observed along the river for a while, and saw the shepherds grazing by the river.

Zhao Junsheng said while riding a horse: "We have too many animals. We can't raise too many animals on both sides of the river. The grass here will be eaten up in a short time. We have to find a way!"

Pei Jin said: "General, then we can only expand the grazing area and drive the animals further north for grazing!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded, pointed to the riverbank and said, "Look at the riverbanks on both sides of the river. I think reeds can be planted here. After a few years of planting, a large area of ​​reeds will grow. The river beach is full of reeds, and when the season comes, the reeds will be harvested and cut off to feed the livestock! Pei Jin, you are responsible for this matter, find someone to plant reeds on the banks of several rivers in our jurisdiction!"

The terrain within a mile or two on both sides of the river is low, the land is moist and fertile, and reeds can be planted. Once the reeds grow in pieces, the reeds harvested every year can support millions of animals. There is no need to drive the animals away. Going farther to grazing destroys soil and water vegetation.

In order to protect the water, soil and vegetation here and prevent desertification of the land, Zhao Junsheng strictly stipulates that the grazing location must be changed every once in a while.

The families of the generals were taken over one after another to increase the population of Wuchuan City. The people inside and outside the Great Wall also gradually migrated to Wuchuan City on their own initiative. The population of Wuchuan Town exceeded [-] in the summer.

In order to provide more garrisons, Zhao Junsheng had to order craftsmen and slave construction teams to build houses against the scorching heat, and at the same time posted notices that residents could purchase the ownership of these houses from the tutelary government.