Cannon Fodder Collection [Comprehensive]

Feima Ranch is located in the southwest of Jingling County. Zhangshui and Hanshui, two tributaries of the Yangtze River, draw out a large area of ​​fertile plains in the shape of a triangle.

The climate here is mild, the soil is fertile, and the products are abundant. Among them, the field where the Pegasus Ranch is located has more abundant pastures, and it is surrounded by mountains on all sides, enclosing a fertile field of more than ten square miles. There are only two canyons in the east and west. The terrain wanted to form a natural barrier.

When Lin Ning led his people through the mountain road, looking down, he could see that the fields under the mountain looked like pieces of felt blankets of one size and one size, forming a beautiful pattern, which made people feel relaxed and happy.Further forward, there is a tower at the entrance and exit of the gorge. In front of the building, a tunnel with a width of three feet and a depth of five feet is dug across the mouth of the gorge. The meaning of the husband's difficulty.

Lin Ning also noticed the sentry towers and blockhouses built in various dangerous places. She raised her eyebrows slightly, but did not express any opinion on it.

Soon Lin Ning saw Shang Xiuxun's group who came to greet him, including Li Xiuning who hadn't left yet.

Kou Zhong secretly glanced at Li Xiuning.

As the host, Shang Xiuxun stepped forward to salute: "Your Highness."

"Don't be too polite."

As Lin Ning said, he got off the horse, gave Shang Xiuxun a little help, turned around and looked at the beautiful and elegant Li Xiuning: "Princess Xiuning."

Li Xiuning's attitude was calm: "His Royal Highness."

"Princess Xiuning, don't worry, this accident is due to the responsibility of negligence, besides, Li Mi and Qian Duguan conspired, even though it was because you, me, and he both share the same vision of competing in the world, Gu can't deny that there is no Gu and Li Mi in it." Because of her personal grievances, Princess Xiuning appeared in the wrong place at the wrong time." Lin Ning was not wearing court clothes, and spoke slowly, with a gentle attitude, but this did not prevent her from saying this Afterwards, the atmosphere froze, and there was a needle in the cotton in this passage.

The conspiracy of Qian Duguan and Li Mi has now come to naught.

Originally, the two of them had their own ghosts, and Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling overheard the matter of using each other, and Lin Ning also knew that Qian Duguan, a member of the Yingui sect, would not put away his little thoughts after he surrendered. .Under such circumstances, if the plot of Qian Duguan and Li Mi is not severely thwarted, it will be called hell.

Furthermore, this conspiracy is not very novel, so there is no need to mention it.

The key now is to engage in political diplomacy with Li Xiuning.

But Lin Ning obviously gave off the horse first, which made Li Xiuning feel awe-inspiring, and before she could say anything, Kou Zhong said very familiarly: "Miss Yuzhi is indeed extraordinary after she became Her Majesty, and her momentum has skyrocketed. "

Lin Ning glanced at him: "There is no way, if I am still as casual as before, my second uncle will cry for me."

Kou Zhong: "..."

Li Xiuning: "..."

Shang Xiuxun: "..."

Xu Ziling: "..."

The guards of Her Royal Highness seemed to turn a deaf ear to it, and all of them watched their noses, noses, and hearts.

Lin Ning didn't feel embarrassed at all, her eyes slipped from Kou Zhong to Shang Xiuxun, wanting to use her to entertain Li Xiuning who came from afar.

Shang Xiuxun would never say no.

It can be said that so far, the direction of this meeting has been controlled by Lin Ning. When he entered the hall where he could welcome guests, Lin Ning naturally took the seat. After all, even if Shang Xiuxun is the owner of this place, Fan Fei The horse ranch was in the territory of the Song Dynasty, so Lin Ning was the respected one, and besides, she was not the puppet emperor Yang Tong of the Sui Dynasty, but a real high-ranking and powerful person.

It's just that Lin Ning is so natural, and it's so dazzling to Li Xiuning who came from afar. It always reminds Li Xiuning that what she is doing today is not so bright, and compared with today's Song Dynasty, Li Tang behind her is still It failed to make her confident and prevent her from feeling guilty and discouraged.

Lin Ning propped his cheeks with his hands, and looked at Li Xiuning leisurely, "Speaking of which, when I entered the ranch, I saw Chongsi rice planted in the ranch, which reminded me that if I remember correctly, Li Xiuning, who belongs to Princess Xiuning, The land under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty is also planted, but?"

Li Xiuning didn't think Lin Ning would mention this, so he was taken aback for a moment and said calmly: "We don't call it Chongsi Rice, but Your Royal Highness indeed remembers it correctly, and it is planted in my land under Li Tang's jurisdiction. It is like rice, but it is more productive than ordinary crops. Last year, there was a drought, and it saved the people from suffering from hunger."

Lin Ning smiled: "It was originally called Chongsi rice. Of course, it doesn't matter what the name of this god-given food is. As Princess Xiuning said, it can resist famine, which is its most fundamental meaning."

"When this god-given food appeared in the world, there was an endless stream of people who bought it for the meaning it contained, but now there are very few who can put it in the fields. Just for your country is one of them, so it's worth being lonely I have a higher view of your country, and at the same time, Gu also admires Princess Xiuning for running around for her country and her father and brother." Lin Ning's eyes were clear, his tone of voice was calm, and his gesture was sincere:

"Smart, strong, full of talent, courage and ambition, such qualities are rare in the world, and appearance and gender are the worst."

Li Xiuning was a little uncomfortable being praised: "His Royal Highness is overstepping."

"Humility is also a virtue," Lin Ning said as a matter of course: "My second uncle often said that I don't have this, often like a rooster with head high and chest up, wishing I could go to heaven in cowhide. But I also know that my second uncle Uncle hates that iron cannot be made into steel, he always hopes that I can be perfect, but no one is perfect."

Kou Zhong couldn't help interjecting: "Are you boasting?"

Xu Ziling agreed in his heart.

Lin Ning was not rude at all: "Not entirely, at least my admiration for Princess Xiuning is from the bottom of my heart, so it is not surprising that Princess Xiuning will befriend the owner of Xiuxun, both of whom are rare A wonderful woman."

Here comes the key!

Shang Xiuxun said cautiously: "No more than Your Highness."

The guards standing behind Li Xiuning shuddered.

Kou Zhong also stared at Lin Ning closely.

"I am always willing to be a little more tolerant to people I admire." Lin Ning seemed unaware that the atmosphere seemed to suddenly become tense, and said unhurriedly: "Besides, Princess Xiuning and I are not only for each other, but also for each other. There are no contradictions and conflicts elsewhere, so this time I would like to send Princess Xiuning to leave our country safely."

"Furthermore, if Pegasus Ranch is willing to maintain a detached attitude, although I feel a little disappointed, I will not insist on insisting that Pegasus Ranch can be used by me, but I still hope that Pegasus Ranch can play a role in other policies. Positive synergy."

How different is this from the Pegasus Ranch which was more used by the Song Dynasty?

Li Xiuning sighed in her heart, this time she seemed to be tricked by others, but Li Xiuning was not so unwilling.Not to mention anything else, Li Xiuning knew that she was not simple just because of her contact with the Song Dynasty empress in such a short period of time, and she was completely convinced.

If it weren't for the opposing positions of the two sides, they would definitely be able to become close friends.

·

Li Xiuning and a group of guards left the Pegasus Ranch very quickly.

They were not able to cross the Han River Bridge, but they were lucky enough to walk the newly built post road.

Li Xiuning's eyes flashed, Li Tang had long regarded the Song Clan as their biggest opponent, so they had explored the Song Clan a lot, they knew about this post road paved with cement, and they saw its value.

For this reason, Li Tang used their contacts and resources to try to attract cement to Li Tang. Now that they have gained something, they believe that the gap with the Song Dynasty will be further shortened in the near future.

this?

It can only be said that Lin Ning deliberately leaked the cement formula through his hands, and Li Tang was not the only one who leaked the cement formula. I believe there will be a paving boom soon.

Let's not talk about this later, but let's talk about the current matter.

Lin Ning raised his eyebrows and glanced at Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, "It's a crime to conceive Bi."

This means that the two of them hold the secret about Duke Yang's treasury, which provoked the arrest of many parties.

Kou Zhong half-jokingly said: "Doesn't Your Highness Yuzhi also know where Yang Gong's treasure house is? If you want to help us both, you might as well dig out Yang Gong's treasure house."

Lin Ning twitched the corner of his mouth: "I didn't expect to reciprocate with Princess Xiuning so soon. If I want to, I may have to wait until my army breaks into it."

Kou Zhong sighed: "His Royal Highness Yuzhi said that you know where Yang Gong's treasure house is, you really didn't lie to me and Xiaoling."

Lin Ning shrugged: "So what do you two think next?"

Kou Zhong said nothing rightly: "It's not a problem to keep Li Mi thinking about it like this, I plan to meet him."

Lin Ning let out a "huh" and said, "I'm happy to see it succeed."

Kou Zhong intentionally made a terrified expression: "Does His Highness Yuzhi want to sit back and enjoy the success?"

Lin Ning took it for granted, "I didn't think about praying mantises catching cicadas, and the oriole is behind. You should be thankful."

Kou Zhong: "..."

Kou Zhong said blankly: "I thought His Highness Yuzhi was a rooster."

Lin Ning waved his hand: "I originally wanted to say that I stood out from the crowd, but after thinking about it, it was not appropriate, so I changed it. Besides, if I am really a rooster, what's the matter with you and Xu Ziling? So far there is still a rule not to intermarry with Hu people, but it is not a hindrance if the side concubine is Hu people."

Kou Zhong: "...Princess Xiuning already has a fiancé."

Lin Ning disagreed: "Then take it by force. Don't look at me like that. I said this with a premise."

Kou Zhong slowed down: "Cough, is there someone to send you some noodles from Your Highness Yuzhi?"

Lin Ning said in a casual and normal tone, "You mean the male kind?"

Kou Zhong was taken aback: "Is there anyone else who gave you a girl?"

Lin Ning elongated his voice: "That's not true, but considering that I am now a concubine, there are some famous families who want to send their talented daughters to me as female officials. The kind of girl you mentioned, how many It was for my elder brother, but he still couldn't forget his love for your mother, Fu Junmao, so it didn't work. Speaking of this, I heard that Fu Junmao's younger sister, Fu Junyu, came to the Central Plains."

Kou Zhong hesitated, Fang nodded.

Lin Ning didn't say anything.

Kou Zhong wanted to say something, but he moved his lips and still didn't say anything related to Fu Junyu, "Speaking of which, Lao Ba has praised you a lot, and he has praised you more than once."

Lin Ning glanced at him: "He will go further in martial arts."

Kou Zhong curled his lips: "Lao Ba is not so focused, he came here this time because he was hired by someone to kill Qian Duguan. By the way, what are you going to do with Qian Duguan? He was the lord of Xiangyang, or Han Master of the Water faction, if you don't have a very convincing reason, it will easily create the impression that you are killing the donkey."

"He hasn't even worked on me before," Lin Ning corrected, "I said he is from the Yingui sect."

Kou Zhong: "Oh oh oh."

Kou Zhong asked again: "Is he?"

Lin Ning said slowly, "I can't tell you about this."

Kou Zhong: "..."

"Okay, I've told you enough," Lin Ning stood up, "Next time you and Xu Ziling overhear some big secret, don't forget to tell me again."

Kou Zhong didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "We haven't overheard often—"

The more he spoke, the lower his voice was, obviously he had no confidence.

And Lin Ning said that she didn't want to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, but in fact, she was not so accurate. Besides, Li Mi was so lingering, she couldn't come to a nest this time, and it was impossible to just let him and Qian alone Lose a group of dead soldiers, so forget it.What's more, there is Zhai Jiao on Lin Ning's side, naturally Lin Ning will not save her for nothing, she is also thinking of "searching" for the generals and troops under Li Mi's account.

There are many talents in Wagangzhai, such as Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji, Wei Zheng, Qin Qiong, Pei Renji and so on.

Lin Ning returned to Xiangyang to govern, while Kou Zhong planned to meet Li Mi in Wagangzhai.It's just that he and Xu Ziling are "Tang monk flesh", no matter how bad they are, they still have Tang monk flesh. Not only Qian Duguan and Li Mi covet it, but even the "King of Jialou Luo" Zhu Can who is coveted by Lin Ning is the same.

So when Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling appeared near Jingling, Zhu Can secretly followed them.When Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling went north to Nanyang, Zhu Can sent people to attack them secretly, but they failed the first time.

If it fails once, there will be two more times.

This time it was Zhu Can's daughter "poisonous spider" Zhu Mei, and another unknown person.Zhu Mei could make Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling fight back together, but the unknown person was very mysterious and powerful, which made Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling feel very difficult. Thanks to the help of "Yue Dao" Yang Zhen, the three of them joined forces Only then escaped smoothly.

After these two visits, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling became bloody instead, and they definitely couldn't just owe Yang Zhen a favor like this, especially after knowing how brutal the Jialou Luo army was.

Instead, they both stayed on.

Lin Ning soon found out about this, and she wasn't so surprised that wherever Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling went, there was gunpowder everywhere.

After pondering, let "Silverbeard" Song Lu take people to support him.

Lin Ning suspected that the unknown person was "Fat Jia" Anlong.Anlong was originally a member of the Demon Sect, and was always headed by the "evil king" Shi Zhixuan. However, as Lin Ning and the Song clan grew stronger in the south of the Yangtze River, and at the same time adopted a soft policy towards Bashu, Anlong's business was greatly affected.

What made him even more unbearable was that Shi Zhixuan actually created a kung fu technique that specifically overcomes his unique mental technique "Heavenly Heart Lotus Ring", and taught it to his apprentice Hou Xibai.

There was a rift between the two, and they had reached the point where they turned against each other.

An Long naturally wanted to find another way, and had to save his life from Shi Zhixuan.Zhu Mei and him hit it off so much, so it was logical for the two of them to join forces to capture Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.

If it's really An Long, then it's really hard to underestimate.

But Lin Ning is familiar with this matter, so key methods can be used at critical moments.

Or with Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling around, there is no need for key means at all, and the aura of the protagonists of both of them can restrain the enemy or even kill him.

Of course, you still have to make sure nothing goes wrong.

Lin Ning waited for news while dealing with political affairs.

Coordinating household registration is one of them;

The water conservancy of Taihu Lake is the second one. The terrain of the Taihu Lake Basin is flat, the land is fertile, and there are hundreds of streams and twists and turns.If the water conservancy is to be built, the mouth of the river will be opened to the north of Kunshan and Changshu to guide the lake water into the river and sea, and gates will be installed to regulate the water volume.The low fields by the lake are built with high polders to keep out the wind and waves, so that the high and low fields can be irrigated as much as possible. After that, the crops will be harvested twice a year and will become a new granary.

Cement transport to the north is the third.

Along with the northward transportation of cement, there is also an economic network covering the north.

Lin Ning attaches great importance to this, and hopes that the road built by the predecessors will benefit her as a descendant.Furthermore, she is still trying to compete with the Turks economically. Rong Fengxiang, a wealthy businessman of the Yingui faction, offered help, although he was very reluctant.

At the same time, Li Xiuning returned to Chang'an.

Chang'an Guo was already repairing the cement post road, the cement road in the city was wide and flat, the carriage was very stable when walking on it, and Li Xiuning's mood also calmed down.

Entered the palace to meet Li Yuan.

Li Shimin is also there, Li Shimin has just passed the weak crown year, and because he was defeated by Xue Ju just before, it is the time when he is in high spirits.Even if he failed to be crowned prince, he did not reveal it on the surface, but he intended to open Tiance Mansion.Now seeing Li Xiuning who has the best relationship with him, he smiled at her caringly, and Li Xiuning's little tiredness was also dispelled.

It's just that Li Yuan was still a little dissatisfied with returning without success this time.

As for Li Xiuning's impression of Mrs. Lin, although Li Yuan would not be dismissive, but in the end it was because the Song Dynasty not only did not respect the eldest son system, but also made a daughter a prince, so he looked down on him from the bottom of his heart, or it may be subconscious Contradictory, after all, it is impossible for Li Yuan not to know which one is better, his eldest son or his second son, he just can't jump out of that framework.

Li Yuan is still very clear that the Song Dynasty is now in full swing, so he is still very afraid.

I don't know what Li Yuan was thinking, but he suddenly said, "Neither Song Shidao nor Song Yuzhi ever got married, right?"

Li Shimin and Li Xiuning looked at each other, waiting for Li Yuan to continue without opening his mouth.

Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin, "It's a pity that my son got married early, otherwise with my son's temperament and wisdom, it would be more than enough to win over a girl." Li Shimin married his wife Changsun four years ago. .

Li Xiuning: "..."

Li Shimin: "..."

This idea is very bad, even if you think about it, it was said, and you didn't hear it at all, even if you save others by yourself, you shouldn't save people like this.