Misty rain and heavy flowers accompany the king's return

In the late autumn of September in the southwest, the Tata army, which has been caught in an unresolved food crisis, ushered in the end of September in the autumn rain.

The boundless heavy rain has been falling for several days without any sign of stopping. This is a sign that the southwest has entered a wet winter.

Because a lot of trees on the surrounding hills have been cut down, in addition to relying on dry dung for heating, the Tata family can only collect some charcoal from before.

But people are easy to deal with, the war horses can't stand the humidity here, and some horses have the symptoms of rotten toes. In order to avoid infection, they can only be slaughtered.

"How can this continue? My Tata family is not powerless, occupying a quarter of the land, let alone a mere 80 troops will not be able to support it." Queen Mother Tata said angrily.

"There are still some wealthy merchants in the clan, and they have to pay for food." Tata Yegang also said.

"An order is issued that all Tata people must fight against the enemy, otherwise the day of our perishing will not be far away." Queen Mother Tata said.

"Yes, what the Empress Dowager said is that the land of Tuna is vast, and it is not impossible to buy food if you have money. We shouldn't be like this." Tatachen responded

"The last city is Buhuala City. You can order them to send a batch of grain." Queen Mother Tata said.

"Queen Mother, Buhuala is our employee, and the inventory has been emptied." Ta Tachen said.

"Then stealthily copy those wealthy households, after all, they are Tuna people." Queen Mother Tata said with gloomy eyes.

"Yes!" All the generals were terrified, knowing that Queen Mother Tata had always been cruel, but they were also a little helpless.

"Why did you come here at this time?" Shen Luo looked at Jian Cong.

Jian Cong looked at Shen Luo who had been fighting for several months, and thought that he would lose a lot of weight, but unexpectedly he was still refreshed, and when he saw him today, he was making tea with a tea set and looking at the memorial. His hands moved slowly, and he only picked up the pen to write a few times from time to time.

There is no sense of tension as if more than a million troops are confronting each other.

"Firstly, it was to escort food, grass and kerosene. We found black oil for kerosene. Although it is not very flammable, it is very durable. In addition, there are some things that the lord and I can't make up our minds about. Come and ask your lord."

"Can't make up your mind?" Shen Luo frowned: "It's something that neither you nor Mr. Guo can't make up for, it's definitely not something I can easily solve, what is it?"

"Yes, someone questioned the life and death of the emperor. If Prince Qi hadn't gone back for a trip, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to suppress it." Jian Cong said in embarrassment.

Shen Luobai glanced at him: "In the imperial capital, there are very few who can question this matter. When I left, I carried out a comprehensive cleansing of the remnants of various factions. Those who can ignore Mr. Guo, General Qian and Prime Minister Baili, The only one who still has a breath of strength is Yun Mo, right?"

"Yes, my lord is transparent." Jian Cong said.

"How did you deal with it?" Shen Luo asked directly.

"Let Yun Changkong write him a letter. However, Yunmo has already asked to go to Yunzhou to serve as the sheriff. On this matter, my lord and I would like to ask your opinion?" Jian Cong said.

Shen Luo glanced at him: "What does the little stone mean?"

"Your Highness, he advocates cutting weeds and roots." Jane said in a low voice. He never thought that the seemingly innocent little stone would be so decisive in this matter. If it wasn't for Guowei, Yun Mo would be dead. .

"What do you claim?" Shen Luo asked.

"Presumably the Grand Tutor has promised Yun Changkong to spare his son's life, so I suggest that it is appropriate to send him to Yunzhou."

Shen Luo withdrew her aggressive gaze: "You've let me down a bit in this matter."

Jian Cong was taken aback and looked at Shen Luo.

"I'm not hesitant because you listened to Baili Songran's intercession, but more because you knew in Tianyin Pavilion that I intend to let you succeed Yun Changkong in appearance, so you have some scruples now and don't want to lose Bad reputation!"

Jian Cong broke out in a cold sweat when he heard that, because of his careful thinking, and Baili Songran once begged him for mercy, Shen Luo guessed it extremely accurately.

"My lord, forgive me!" Jian Cong said.

Shen Luo shook his head: "I'm not angry, I just want to say something to you. Those who make big things don't care about small things. If the news of the emperor's death spreads like wildfire, what will happen to you and me? What will happen to Dafeng?"

"The world will be in chaos." Jian Cong said.

Shen Luo put down the teacup: "Take Yun Mo to Tianyin Pavilion as well, members of the Yun family, wash yourself with blood. In this world, there is no such thing as getting something for nothing."

"Yes!" Jane replied.

"How is Prince Qi?" Shen Luo asked.

"Everything is fine. The prince is in Jiangnan. King Qi also went to take care of him. He and my husband stayed in Huzhou alone for a month, taking turns to take care of Lord Qingchen."

Shen Luo listened and nodded gratefully: "Thank you very much."

Jian Cong breathed a sigh of relief, as expected, Taifu Shen had a relaxed expression only when he talked about Long Qingchen, otherwise, that face, even if it was a smile, would be an iceberg under the sun.

Now that Jian Cong is here, he will help with the Southwest affairs.

On the one hand, the imperial court is also preparing to make a decision on the affairs of Lord Yasukuni.

Jing Guogong was martyred for the country, and because of the death of Emperor Qianyuan, the new appointment has been delayed.

This matter was suppressed, and no one dared to say it.

Shen Luo mentioned this matter, but Jian Cong thought of another thing: "My lord, Song Ran dare not mention one thing."

"Song Ran, what's wrong with him?" Shen Luo asked.

"He and the elder brother of Ouyang's family fell in love and wanted to get married, but he was afraid that it would be a national funeral, which is not good!" Jian Cong said.

Shen Luo was taken aback for a moment: "He fell in love with Ouyang's younger brother?"

"Yes, it was the two who met their eyes. For this matter, Song Ran was beaten?" Jian Cong said.

"Beating, his father?"

"No, it's the elder brother of Ouyang's family."

"Ah!" Nie Xingfeng opened his mouth wide. Today, his group of assassins rested, so they drank tea here.

"This brother from Ouyang's family is very powerful. Songran went to their house as a guest and played in the garden when he felt bored. Ouyang went to prepare food. You also know that Songran is delicious, and he went to Ouyang's own other place." I didn't expect his younger brother to be there, and when he saw the ghostly Song Ran, he started arguing, and then he gave Song Ran a good beating."

"Which brother did it?" Nie Xingfeng asked.

"Yes, it's amazing." Jian Cong said, "However, if Song Ran is beaten, he must not marry."

"One thing is one thing!" Shen Luo laughed happily: "Tell him, getting married is just, don't wait until the real national funeral later, then he will be in trouble, even if we can't go back, he will be happy when he is happy." good."

"Yes, then we will handle the matter of Lord Yasukuni together." Jian Cong said.

"Yeah!" Shen Luo nodded: "It's just a matter of joy!"

Shen Luo is leisurely here, but the Tata army is walking on thin ice.

Empress Dowager Tata pondered over and over again whether she should go back to the capital to inquire about her crimes, but she was persuaded to do so.

They were worried that the king would change. Once Queen Mother Tata had something to do, the Tata family would not even have a supporter.

"Ha!" The Tata soldiers who came to make an appointment again looked at the increasingly high-rise camps in front of them, and couldn't help but feel a little overshadowed.

"Why haven't the follow-up siege equipment come yet?" Tata Ye often asked.

"So what if it's coming, the problem is the lack of food and grass now, and the siege equipment is coming, and advancing is also a troublesome thing, now the Queen Mother is trying her best to raise materials from the clan, and the materials can be used before attacking." Tata Chen answer.

"Thinking of my Tata family, the army is all out, and I didn't expect to come across such a hard idea." Tataye Chang said after drinking the wine in his bowl.

"It's all Alba's fault. If he hadn't insisted that we attack from the southwest, if our 80 cavalry were to attack the northwest, what would the Dafeng people do to stop them?" Ta Tachen scolded.

The cold winter of November arrived as scheduled.

The two sides spent time in such a confrontation.

Sure enough, Baili Songran got married this month. It is said that the bride didn't cry, but he cried so hard that he sent a letter to Shen Luo.

"He is not good to me, Ah Luo, hurry up and come back to support me." Shen Luo looked at the content, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "This is so loose, I am afraid that the good days in the future are coming to an end."

Most of the gloomy and cold November was spent in the letter written by Baili Songran at [-]:[-], but the disturbance at the front was also slowed down by the heavy rain.

"How about these siege equipment?" Shen Luo asked Jian Cong.

Jian Cong looked at the tall siege equipment: "This is a trebuchet, not a trebuchet!"

"Oh? Cathay Pacific smacked its tongue: "It turns out that we have been mistaken all along! "

"The trebuchet is pulled by a human noose to throw heavy objects, and the distance is limited. Because of the limited elasticity, the range that can be used is also limited. For example, the trebuchet in our country is about [-] steps at most." Jane Cong explained: "And this one This kind of trebuchet is powerful, see the bottom of this heavy object, you can quickly pull the parabolic pole behind it by falling quickly, the speed and weight are very powerful, it is estimated that it can reach more than five hundred steps, but?"

"But what happened?" Shen Luo asked.

"This is also a rope-pull type, why not use a winch type?" Jian Cong asked. He studied civil engineering design and is more sensitive to these.

"Do you know how to improve?" Cathay asked.

"I know, I know, I'm afraid our blacksmiths don't have such great craftsmanship." Jian Cong said.

"Blacksmith?" Shen Luo was taken aback, "Can you draw blueprints?"

"Of course it will!" Jane has been drawing engineering drawings for several years.

"You draw the blueprint, and the blacksmith will give it to me!" Shen Luo said.

"Okay!" Jane nodded.

"Brother Tie, I'll leave this to you. It's iron, it has to be hard enough." Shen Luo gave the blueprint to Brother Tie three days later.

"What is this, winch?" Brother Tie looked at his tongue and said, "You are really a master at squeezing out everything you can, making the best use of everything!"

"The improvement of the trebuchet depends on you." Shen Luo said.

"Okay, I'll deliver the goods tomorrow, and someone will send you iron. I want good iron that has been forged several times."

"Okay!" Shen Luo nodded.

"Taking advantage of the heavy rain, you should attack decisively, otherwise you will still be attacked by the opponent's fire. You have forgotten the scene of the fire burning in the southwest a while ago. Half of the land and plains have been seen. What do you all do? Thinking about it, I feel that our Tata tribe has met a ruthless character." Said the old Tata Yang who came to deliver food.

"How much food did you bring?" The Empress Dowager Tata lazily came over from the last residence in the county government office, exuding a crimson aura all over her body. The attendants around him followed behind with red faces. The Empress Dowager Tata had a male attendant. It's no secret.

It's just that I came over just halfway through the work, and the Queen Mother was somewhat unhappy.

Tata Yang glanced at him: "The top ten families of the Tata family have donated one-fifth of their livestock and property."

"That's all?" Queen Mother Tata looked at him disdainfully: "At least half of it should be donated."

"Tata Bing, don't go too far, the Tata family has sacrificed a lot for you." Tata Yang called the Queen Mother Tata's name dissatisfied.

"Presumptuous, am I doing it for myself?" Queen Mother Tata retorted.

"At least in the future, you will be the king, not someone else." Tata Yang also retorted.

"Hmph!" Queen Mother Tata left in a huff.

"Clan elder calm down, clan elder calm down!" said Ta Tachen, the peacemaker.

"It's okay to calm down and be angry. This year's annual production is not good, and it is too dry. It is estimated that there will be heavy snow this winter. You can judge for yourself!" After finishing speaking, Tata Yang also left.

For the rest of you, look at me and I will look at you.

"The grain and grass are here, let's see what to do?" Tata Chen said: "If it wasn't for the continuous rain this year, it would probably be snowing. We don't know the climate in the southwest, but if we continue to consume it now, even the fuel for the winter It's enough."

"How about sending someone to collect charcoal from the mountain?" Tata Yegang said, he is the most cautious character among these people.

"We are collecting. Fortunately, there is a lot of wood in the southwest, and there is a lot of charcoal left by the burned wood. However, it has been raining for days, and many of them cannot be used directly!" Tatachen said.

"If you really can't, let's start fighting. Our siege equipment has also arrived. Slowly push over and destroy their forward camp first. At least hit their city before the year!" Tata Yegang said .

"You just hit the city a few years ago, what do you think?" Tata Yechang was taken aback.

"What do you think?" Tata Yegang looked at him: "You have seen the defense on the opposite side. In addition to solid walls and clearing the fields, they have also built camps and fortresses stretching for [-] miles. It is almost ready to regard the southwest as our quagmire."

"This is not a solution, don't be angry, let's see what else can be done?" Tatachen persuaded.

"I don't think it's enough for us to gather food like this now. Let Ye Chang take 20 troops back and forcefully buy food in various cities along the front of the royal capital. In addition, we need fodder and fuel. It is said to be bought, but it is not cheap to sell. Don't leave, under the banner of the Queen Mother, don't leave until you buy enough, which will cause headaches for local officials." Tata Yegang said.

"This is something that offends people!" Tataye often looked at his cousin and said, "If you do this, you will cause public outrage!"

"Anyway, the elders brought a lot of property, you only need to buy one-third more, and we will be able to deal with it, right?" Tata Yegang said.

"What about the front line?" Ta Tachen asked.

"I move forward steadily, eat him a little every day, won't I just push it?" Tata Yegang said.

"Let's make it like this, get ready, and make a name for yourself before the year." Ta Tachen said.