Chi Lechuan Autonomous Region, Green Banner Prefecture, Wanyan Tribe.

Heavy snow covered the grassland, and the cattle and sheep had already been put into the pen.

In such a world of ice and snow, the herdsmen have nothing to do except feeding grass to their cattle and sheep.

But this winter, the people of the Wanyan tribe are quite busy.

The tribe had an excellent harvest this year. Although it was said that Yu Chao had stolen the formula of the Muyang Salt Field and had also refined white salt, which led to a sharp decrease in the number of merchants reselling white salt in Xinzhou City, the price of cattle and sheep had doubled!

This spring, the tribe bred a large number of cattle and sheep. Just a few days ago, those adult cattle and sheep were driven to Xinzhou City and sold for a good price.

This good price made the tribal leader Wanyan Honglie smile for three whole days!

Too much silver, too many banknotes. This was the biggest harvest the tribe had ever had in its hundreds of years of existence.

So the girls in the tribe all bought good clothes this year, and many girls even bought rouge, powder and expensive perfume.

Many young men in the tribe got married this year, and many women from other tribes married here. The Wanyan tribe ushered in a population boom.

With the rapid increase in population, it became difficult to live in the yurts.

Following the advice of coach Peng Yuyan, the Wanyan tribe decided to build houses and settle down.

Next spring, after the ice and snow melt, the men will go out to graze, and the women will stay in the settlement to raise children or wait to have children.

Taking advantage of the winter when there is nothing to do, the men, women, and children of the Wanyan tribe are busy building houses.

The planning and design of this house was done by Coach Peng himself, and now the neat rows of houses are basically completed, with only the finishing work left.

"Before the New Year, everyone will be able to move into their new houses." In Wanyan Honglie's yurt, Peng Yuyan was very happy to see the increasingly prosperous tribe.

Wanyan Honglie handed Peng Yuyan a cup of milk tea and said, "All of this depends on your wisdom... Coach Peng, I have a humble request."

"Please speak, Chief."

"You are a man of great ability. I believe that the Wanyan tribe will prosper even more if it is handed over to you."

Peng Yuyan was startled and quickly said, "Chief, my last name is not Wanyan."

"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what your last name is, or even what the tribe is called. What matters is the people in the tribe, and that they can live happily and contentedly. That's what matters!"

Peng Yuyan was stunned, then heard the old patriarch say, "It's the same as the Chi Le Chuan Autonomous Region. It doesn't matter who becomes the emperor. What matters is that the people of this land can live a better life."

"Now the people of this land live better than ever before, so I'm afraid many have forgotten the Desolate Nation. In your Yu language, this is called forgetting your roots, but I think it's simple. Isn't the purpose of life to have a smile on your face every day?"

"Anyway, seeing how happy the people in the tribe are, I think the emperor is great, and the Chi Le Chuan Autonomous Region is better than the Desolate Country. So, since you have great abilities, you should be the one leading the tribe. I'm old, and I don't have that much experience. The people in the tribe all support you, so don't worry about anything, unless... unless you don't want to stay in the tribe, in which case, I won't force you."

This matter happened too suddenly. Peng Yuyan wanted to spend the rest of her life in the tribe. After leaving the southern border army, she was unwilling to return to the Yu Dynasty.

Her daughter Yu Ruoxing was only fourteen years old, but she fell in love with the commander named Wang Xiaozhuang... Wang Xiaozhuang was born in Linjiangxia Village, and his family was a tenant of Fu Xiaoguan.

She did not despise Wang Xiaozhuang's identity. Although the boy was rude, he was a man of character. He did not have any twists and turns in his mind and was a real soldier.

Her attitude towards this is to wait for another two or three years, until Ruoxing is two or three years older, and then see if she will have any other ideas.

A few days ago, Wang Xiaozhuang came again, this time bringing a letter from Fu Xiaoguan.

In addition to memories of the past, this letter also mentioned her two sons - this kid Fu Xiaoguan was actually planning to take advantage of her two sons!

She understood that if her two sons followed Fu Xiaoguan, they would definitely have a bright future. The two sons cheered after hearing this. Fu Xiaoguan was actually their idol!

But they have the blood of the Yu family flowing in their veins, and the relationship between the Wu Dynasty and the Yu Dynasty today can neither be said to be bad nor good.

She had no say in this matter, so she also wrote a letter to her husband Yu Chunqiu.

There is heavy snow on the grassland. I guess it will take until next spring to receive a reply.

"Chief, let me think about this matter again."

Wanyan Honglie laughed. It was good that Coach Peng could think about it carefully. If she thought it through and really stayed, the tribe would become better and bigger.

When Peng Yuyan returned to her yurt, she saw the brothers Yu Dingshan and Yu Dinghe.

"Mom, my brother and I have learned a lot of martial arts, and we also learned a lot of military tactics from you. Although herding sheep here is also quite good, but... every time I see Brother Xiaozhuang talking about a military life, my heart is filled with longing."

The two brothers looked up at Peng Yuyan, their eyes full of anticipation. "Can you let us join the army too? Starting as soldiers, we can earn two generals for Mom, okay?"

Peng Yuyan sat down and asked, "Do you want to be a soldier in the Wu Dynasty or the Yu Dynasty?"

Yu Dingshan said excitedly: "Of course we will serve as soldiers in the Wu Dynasty. We will also become the mighty Divine Sword Army!"

"What if the Wu Dynasty wants to go to war with the Yu Dynasty?"

Yu Dingshan was stunned for a moment. The Wu Dynasty and the Yu Dynasty were at war... Outside the Qishan Corridor was his father's southern border army. How could they attack his father?

Isn’t this a crime of high treason?

Peng Yuyan looked at her two sons and said, "Just stay here for now and wait a little longer."

What are you waiting for?

Peng Yuyan didn't tell them.

The two brothers left the yurt dejectedly, thinking...that Fu Xiaoguan is my cousin's brother-in-law, and my cousin is Fu Xiaoguan's brother-in-law, so I should also call Fu Xiaoguan brother-in-law, so why can't they get along well?

Wouldn’t it be better for us to attack the Yi country?

Pick on the weak and squeeze the weak. Poor Yi State, because of Yan Hanyu's heavy taxes, there were many internal conflicts in the country.

These internal conflicts were eventually suppressed by Feng Xianchu with thundering means, and Yan Hanyu finally got a moment of peace.

A few days ago, I finally got some good news - Fu Xiaoguan will go to sea in February next year. I'm afraid he will be away for another half a year.

When Fu Xiaoguan leaves Guanyun City, he will take away 100,000 naval and 50,000 marines, so the huge Wu Dynasty will only have four army corps left.

Among them, the First Army was stationed in the remote Chi Lechuan Autonomous Region, the Fourth Army had not yet been formed, and the only ones capable of fighting were the Second Army under He Sandao and the Third Army under Chen Po.

Yan Hanyu frowned in thought and said to the eunuch beside him: "Announce the Prime Minister of Bian and the General!"