To Rule in a Turbulent World

Li Zhifeng naturally followed his will and said, "Go, you choose a place."

You Miao think about it, go to Yangzhou City?Jiangcheng Mansion?Forget it, as soon as I go out later, I can't help but want to spend money when I enter the market. I don't have much money. There are so many people to support, and 20 taels of silver still have to eat for several months.

"Forget it." You Miao said in a dull tone, "Zhao Chao doesn't know how he is doing."

Zhao Chao has not heard from him since he went to Koryo to fight in the early spring. He learned from the farmers who came to join You Miao that the situation in the north is becoming more and more unstable year by year, and even the most basic life cannot be guaranteed. In some time, perhaps more people will flee to the south of the Yangtze River with their families.

There is nothing to do during the day and I can't sleep at night. You Miao is quite envious of those who do physical work, eat a lot and sleep soundly, and now summer has no appetite.

Li Zhifeng said: "I'll teach you archery."

You Miao was looking for something to do, so she readily agreed, and called a group of boys to stand at [-]:[-], lined up, and learn archery from Li Zhifeng in front of the target.

Li Zhifeng's arrow technique is simply piercing Yang with a hundred steps. His skills are amazing. Forehand shooting, backhand shooting, running shooting, and even riding on a horse. Every time he can shoot without missing a arrow, You Miao has been studying in the morning since this day. In the afternoon, I practice riding and archery with Li Zhifeng.

Days passed, and the rapeseed flowers in the villa were fully grown. You Miao personally designed a bamboo tube oil mill, and the cans of rapeseed oil were piled up. Qiao Jue took them to Yangzhou, Liuzhou and Suzhou. A trip, down to a net profit of 330 five taels of silver.And the honey is still piled up in the cellar.You Miao went to pay a small change, and the remaining profit was added to Qiao Jue's 150 cents. With [-] taels of silver in his pocket, he immediately gained confidence.After the rapeseed was harvested, the land was still fertile, so You Miao listened to some old farmers and overturned hundreds of acres of rapeseed fields and planted them with peanuts.

However, this money is still too much to spend. We need to build granaries, buy mills, and threshing sieves, and we have to feed thousands of people until the harvest day in August.

You Miao refrained from playing, and studied and studied martial arts in a regular manner. He learned a little bit when he was in the capital, but now he studies in the villa every day, and he barely reads in.In the early summer, the entire south of the Yangtze River became hot, but fortunately, Shen Garden was near the river with river breeze, and the garden was full of centuries-old trees, which made it a great summer resort.When the weather was too hot, You Miao moved to the bamboo forest to sit and read.

Zhao Chao sent another letter, this was the only one in four months, with only a few lines on it, telling You Miao that he was fighting in Korea, and the battle was more difficult than he imagined.

You Miao saw that a certain place had lost hundreds of people, a certain place was defeated, a certain place had a great victory, etc., but she didn't quite understand the meaning, so she called Li Zhifeng and asked him one by one.

"Mount Huyanmar is the dividing line between the Goryeo people and the original wolf people." Li Zhifeng said, and roughly drew a topographic map on the paper, and You Miao said, "Are you Quanrong people still there?"

Li Zhifeng said: "When I was in the clan, I heard that there was a branch that often wandered around Huyanma'er Mountain, and it gradually grew stronger in these years."

You Miao nodded. After all, Zhao Chao went to fight and had something to do with the Quanrong people, so he handed the letter to him and said, "Here, take a look?"

After reading the letter, Li Zhifeng was silent for a long time.

You Miao said, "They will win, right?"

Li Zhifeng didn't answer, got up to the edge of the bamboo forest, beckoned You Miao to come over, drew two mountains and a river on the ground with bamboo branches, and said: "They fell in the Huyanmaer Mountain. After they came out, there was a large wetland. Come on, the wetlands will turn into swamps, and marching will be difficult."

You Miao bowed and looked at it seriously, and Li Zhifeng said: "The environment Zhao Chao encountered was actually very dangerous, but he didn't mention it clearly in the letter. Once the supply line is stretched, it is best for the whole army to be able to speed up when autumn comes." The battle should be decided quickly, otherwise if it drags into winter, the entire army will be there."

You Miao murmured: "So dangerous?"

Li Zhifeng threw the bamboo branch, and said casually: "The King of Korea is 73 years old this year, let's see if he decides to conquer himself."

You Miao looked up at Li Zhifeng and asked, "What will happen if you conscript yourself?"

Li Zhifeng looked at You Miao seriously, and replied: "Zhao Chao will be defeated if he conquers himself. The current dynasty has taken Koryo's combat power lightly. Although Koryo is only a small country, their king once fought against the Wusun tribe 42 years ago, winning seven battles and seven victories." , and finally drove the Wusun people out of their territory. Otherwise, with the fighting power of the Quanrong tribe, why have they been in a stalemate with the Koreans for so long?"

You Miao nodded and was thinking about how to reply to Zhao Chao's letter, but he knew little about the art of war, let alone deduce the fighting method based on Zhao Chao's few words. What should Zhao Chao do to win?"

"To win, you must not procrastinate." Li Zhifeng was washing teacups aside, while You Miao leaned over the desk and looked sideways at him.

Li Zhifeng pondered for a long time, and finally said: "The longer the delay, the greater the variables. If the battle line is stretched too long, it is easy for the Koreans and Dog Rong people to take advantage of it and rob food and grass. When winter comes, people will freeze to death. If he delays his military salary, he will be defeated."

You Miao said, "What if you were Zhao Chao?"

Li Zhifeng: "If it was me, I would unite with the Inu Rong and march into Korea. An enemy's enemy is a friend."

"Yeah." You Miao said, "Anyway, Tianqi Dynasty just wants Koryo to surrender and not make trouble at the border."

Li Zhifeng was noncommittal, and finally said: "The leader of the Quanrong Dongshan tribe is named Sha Yeduo, and he is very filial to his mother. His mother is the only woman who follows the Quanrong tribe, and she is also very scheming. If Zhao Chao can get through this Guan, recognize her as a godmother, maybe you can relieve the plight of your Han army."

You Miao said: "How could he recognize someone else as a godmother?"

Li Zhifeng said: "The rules of the Quan Rong people and the Han people are different, because they are not with their mothers after birth, so men will let their sons recognize something as their mother, some recognize mountains and rivers as mothers, and some recognize snow wolves as mothers." , take a lottery that is not easy to die."

You Miao wrote these words of Li Zhifeng into the letter, and wrote back to Zhao Chao on the battlefield thousands of miles away.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, so hot that You Miao doesn't want to go out, only in the evening to look at the fields. In June, the tenants were already cultivating the seedlings of late rice. You Miao went to inspect once, and was a little worried about the harvest of early rice. The old farmer Tell him that the field is good, the weather has been good in the first half of the year, and the harvest is not bad.

Based on what was said in the book, You Miao took a careful look at the ears of rice, and it was different from the previously expected three hundred catties a season and nine hundred catties a year, but the yield of more than one hundred catties per mu should not be a problem. Even if you can't make much money, you should Enough to eat.He took a trip to Yangzhou Mansion in early June. Scholars were saying that this year's rural examination was moved forward to June, so You Miao had to pack up his books and read for a few days before preparing to take the rural examination.