Honglou Fudaizhi has professionally planted grass for many years

Tom and Daiyu chatted with Madam Xing again.After taking away Tom's instrument, the smile on Mrs. Xing's face became more sincere, and she talked for a while before letting the two of them go.

They turned around and went to Mrs. Wang's place for another walk. Sure enough, Jia Zheng was not there, and Mrs. Wang just gave some duplicity of instructions, and then took them back to Rongqing Hall to have dinner with Mrs. Jia.

In the evening, the two of them leaned on both ends of the beauty's couch in their pajamas. It was already late, but the snow had not stopped.

"Seeing uncle today, it seems that he is not a mortal." Tom drank hot tea.

Daiyu didn't speak, but looked at him suspiciously.

Tom smiled: "In just a few words, my uncle told me about the past ten years. Sure enough, no one in this world should be underestimated. Whoever can turn the tide of the battle."

"What did you say?" Daiyu asked.

"The Secretary of the Ministry of Industry has changed, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials will soon have to change. I don't know who to change next." Tom said.

Daiyu gave him a sideways glance: "Everyone knows something, what do you want to say?"

Tom shook his head with a smile, and lowered his voice: "Prince Li was favored at a young age, he went to court early, and loved strange and obscene skills in his early years, so the first time he went to the Ministry of Industry was the Ministry of Industry. It is the official department that entered."

Daiyu pulled the veil and thought of something, but she just couldn't believe that that playful uncle Zang Zhuo could hide for so many years.

Before she could say anything, Ming Yan hurried in from outside, still feeling cold.Nanny Guo frowned and was about to scold, Mingyan spoke first: "Girl, sir, Heng Qi is outside, saying that Housekeeper Lin sent a servant here."

It is already a curfew, and it must be important to send a servant at this time.

Tom wrapped himself in a big cloak and hurried out.

Daiyu sat back on the couch and told Zhicui, "Go and see what's going on? Did something happen to my father?"

The waiting time passed slowly.

Tom came back before a cup of tea, but Daiyu felt that the whole night was going to pass: "What's the matter? Is it Daddy?"

"No." Tom took a sip of hot tea, paused for a moment before saying, "It's the frontier."

"Frontier? The Rongdi really came to invade? The food and grass sent by the imperial court must have arrived early, and the military equipment has also passed. Although it was a bit hasty, it was prepared in advance, and it must have been defended." The food equipment was transported there, so Daiyu didn't worry about it, she was quite confident.

Tom shook his head silently, and after thinking for a while, he said: "The imperial court strictly guarded Qinzhong and Tongzhou before, and thought it was safe, but this time Rongdi did not attack these two places." Tom took a deep breath: "They go to Yang Shanmu."

Yangshanmu is a place name, and it is on the same line as Tongzhou in Qinzhong, both of which are borders, but Yangshanmu is different from the other two places in that it has natural dangers, or it should not be called natural dangers.Yangshan Mu was named after the mountain next to it. This mountain is called Yangshan, and it stretches for hundreds of miles.

To the north of Yangshan Mountain is the endless grassland of Yimapingchuan, and to the south of Yangshan Mountain is Yangshan Mu, which is a basin terrain.

It is of course possible to bypass Yangshan and enter Yangshanmu, but the reason why Yangshanmu does not send heavy guards is because apart from the precipitousness of Yangshan in the north, the east and west sides of Yangshan are too high and unattainable.Moreover, at the foot of Yangshan Mountain, there is still the Weishui River, which flows around the city along the foot of the mountain.

So either climb the mountain and fall to your death at any time.Either go around Qin Zhong, of course, you have to take Qin Zhong down first.If it was all over, Rong Di, who was estimated to be more than half dead or injured, would have to let the men on the grassland with their horses board the boat and force them to cross the Weishui River.When they really got over, Daxi estimated that it would be enough to send a hundred or eighty boys directly up to kidnap people.

Therefore, Daxi sent heavy troops to Qinzhong, Tongzhou, and any important town on the border with Rongdi, but he did not send anyone to Yangshanmu. As usual, Yangshanmu only left a group of regular troops and did not increase any garrisons. go in.

Who knew that this time, everything was guarded, but it was the most reassuring place that had a big mess.

Yangshanmu has never been invaded by Rongdi for so many years due to natural dangers, and it can be regarded as the most prosperous town on the border.Na Rong Di came like a ghost, after two days of burning, killing and looting, the whole Yangshan Mu was empty, and it was only when they disappeared without a trace that the nearest cross county to Yangshan Mu got the news.

After investigation, Daxi didn't even know where Rongdi entered Yangshanmu.

What angered the sage and the old sage the most was that Yang Shanmu's granary was burned.

Yangshan Mu belongs to Quzhou. Although Quzhou is not big, it is considered a relatively small state in the territory of Daxi, but it cannot support other people's grain production.The annual grain output of the entire Quzhou can account for nearly two layers of the country's total, and it can even exceed two layers in better years.

As for Yangshanmu, it is an independent basin in Quzhou. Coupled with the inherent advantages of the natural environment, the grain production has never come down, accounting for more than half of Quzhou's grain production.And because its terrain is not easy to transport, its grain is stored there and shipped out every six months.

This time, the grain and grass accumulated in half a year plus the already rich Yangshan Mu, it was so cheap for Rong Di.Not to mention a sage who is used to being poor, even an old sage who has never been poor is holding his chest and hurting for a long time when he heard the news.

"Even if there is an internal response, how did they live in Yangshan and Weishui?" Daiyu was shocked.

Tom didn't speak after hearing this. It is estimated that officials across the country are thinking about this issue tonight.

"There was a severe drought last year, and this year there was a flood in the Jiaohe generation. Now Yangshan Mu is lost. The court has no money, and this year's taxation can only focus on Yangzhou's salt and grain. Brother, can father stand it?" The crisis, the imperial court is already unstable, and now internal and external are anxious, Daiyu has to worry about Lin Ruhai's situation in Yangzhou: "Brother, you go back."

Tom held Daiyu's hand in silence, and Daiyu leaned in his arms, thinking of his mother who had died prematurely, his father whose life and death were uncertain, himself who was still wandering, and his brother who had not yet grown up. He said: "Brother, go back. The taxes that can be paid in this day are almost paid, but the court is short of money, and food can't be produced out of thin air no matter what, and the only thing that can be squeezed out is salt. Besides, the wind and rain in Yangzhou have not stopped, my father is in crisis, and I am thousands of miles away, there is no way to comfort my father, only brother, you go back, first, you can comfort your father, and second, you can be your father's arm."

Tom stroked Daiyu's cheek with his finger, and hooked the broken hair around her ear to the back of her forehead: "You don't have to worry so much. This is not a political crisis, and if you are not careful, it will shake the foundation of the country. This kind of crisis At the time of life and death, the old saint will not take his time with the saint again. No matter it is the saint or whoever, anyone who dares to stir up wind and rain in Yangzhou to drag the old saint back at this time must prepare a coffin for himself. The old saint People are old, but no one should forget the means he has been in power for more than 40 years."

Daiyu sounded reasonable, but it was so easy to let go of her heart. Tom stroked the soft hair on top of her head: "Father is not as dangerous as you think, you don't have to worry."

That being said, there is nothing less to worry about.Originally it was intended to stay here for ten days, but in just seven or eight days, Tom bid farewell to Jia Mu.

Mother Jia still liked such a beautiful and handsome child, but she insisted on leaving after all kinds of ways to keep Tom, and Daiyu lobbied for them to let them go.

People in Jia's house didn't know the reason why Tom left in such a hurry, but Jia's mother could at least know a thing or two. It was nothing more than the boundary of Yangzhou, which must be unstable due to internal and external troubles.

The reason why Jia Mu kept Tom was not only because the child was really pleasing, but also because of her Yu'er.

Her poor granddaughter has lost her mother, and now her father is standing on the edge of the cliff, who may fall down at any time.If Tom can be kept, he is an insignificant child, and with the prestige of the Duke's Mansion, he can keep the lives of the two brothers and sisters. For a long time, it can be regarded as leaving a brother for her Yu'er, so that she will not be killed. Alone in the world.

But if people want to leave, who can keep them?Since the two brothers and sisters are determined to go their own way, there is nothing left for the old woman to keep. She can only make more plans for the future of her granddaughter.

Tom went back to Yangzhou by water, and the speed was much faster under the smooth wind.But in a day or two, we will leave the affected area of ​​Jiaohe River, which is exactly the Jiaohe River that flooded this year.