The banquet was very sumptuous, with all the main dishes including chicken, duck, fish and meat.

If these dishes were placed in the capital city of Daqian, which is rich in other supplies, they might not be that important compared to the exquisite and fresh delicacies from land and sea there.

But in this border town where supplies are scarce, this table is already the highest configuration, and everyone is happy to eat together.

After the meal, everyone chatted for a while.

Gao Tai and General Gao, father and son, went to strengthen their relationship.

General Chen went to check the 500 guards they brought with them and left.

Seeing that An Xin and his fellow brothers had something to say, Chi Lan, who was somewhat curious about the border town, pestered Zheng Xiaoling, who was familiar with him, to sneak out and take a look at the border while digesting his food.

An Xin, Jiang Xuan, Yuchi Yi, Leng Xiangbai, and Jiang Zhou were the only ones left in the hall, drinking tea. No one spoke for a while.

At dusk in the border town, the sun gradually sets.

Jiang Zhou: "I heard that the people who used to live and farm outside the city knew that the land outside was completely owned by us Daqian after you conquered the other side's Cangbei City.

They gradually went there to grow food again, is that true?"

"Yes, it's true," Yuchi Yi was also happy to talk about this.

“The government does not collect taxes on the grain grown there. The people only need to give 20% of the grain to our army as rations, and the rest will be theirs.

This way they increased their harvest a lot, and the army protected them from being harassed by the Beiming people during this period, and the people were very happy about this."

Leng Xiangbai and Jiang Zhou looked at their senior brother Yuchi Yi, who was full of sharpness, with relaxed expressions, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

The north can only harvest one crop of grain a year. In a place with such a low harvest, the idea that the people could pay less grain tax was proposed by their mountain chief in the court.

The head of the mountain and his followers had gone out to gain experience for several years and had seen the sufferings of the people, as well as the new emperor and his fellow apprentices who were standing in the court.

Exclude those officials who have long forgotten that the rice they eat is grown by the hard work of the people.

In order to resist their strong opposition, the sharp-tongued Jiang Zhou almost got into a fight with those high-sounding ministers in court. Under the suppression of his own minister, Xiao Shanzhang, the auxiliary minister, the people in the north, whose harvests were not high, paid less taxes every year.

Jiang Xuan saw that An Xin didn't know what he remembered, and frowned slightly, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." An Xin shook his head, then looked at Yuchi Yi and asked calmly, "In a while, it will be almost time for the annual autumn harvest."

Yuchi Yi didn't understand what his teacher meant, but he still replied: "Well, teacher, you are right, it will be soon."

An Xin's expression calmed down for a moment, and then he said, "Come with me, let's go to the study."

Yuchi Yi was stunned.

Among the three people who became his disciples, Gao Tai was a simpleton, while Chen Qibao was smart and quick-witted.

Yuchi Yi, the former little bully of the capital, was a bit of a nobody, but he was broad-minded and wise, and he also had the strategies he learned from An Xin.

Especially after the experience at the border in the past few years, with the assistance of the generals secretly left here by his father, General Yuchi, Yuchi Yi has become more stable, powerful and domineering, and has gradually acquired the same general style as his father.

When he heard that An Xin was going to the study, he knew that his teacher might want to discuss something important with him, and he suggested changing places because he was afraid that there might be eavesdroppers.

An Xin stood up and prepared to follow Yuchi Yi to the study in the general's mansion, but saw that Jiang Xuan, Leng Xiang, Bai Jiangzhou and the other two did not move.

She felt that it was inconvenient to say some things in the hall with so many people coming and going in the front corridor, but she didn't need to be on guard against them either.

"What are you thinking about?" An Xin: "Follow me!"

Jiang Zhou, who originally thought that An Xin had something to talk to only with Yuchi Yi and didn't want to pay attention to them, was still sulking with a pout and disdain, but when he heard this, he grinned happily and followed them happily.

Leng Xiangbai and Jiang Xuan had no expression on their faces, but they were still very happy that An Xin trusted them and took them to the study to discuss things. They silently raised the corners of their lips.

An Xin walked into the study of the general's mansion and saw a wall of bookshelves filled with books. He raised his eyebrows.

"I didn't do it," Yuchi Yi said, "These were left by the former Lieutenant General Ma, a rough man who read the Four Books and Five Classics but pretended to be a scholar."

Yuchi Yi immediately corrected his attitude.

Because they knew that they would become military generals and did not need to take the imperial examination to become officials.

Teacher An Xin taught students according to their aptitude and did not waste time teaching them knowledge that would give them a headache.

If he said now that he collected these things and put them on the bookshelf to read, it would be like sticking a green onion in a pig's nose and he would be just pretending.

An Xin certainly knew what kind of students he accepted.

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She is not sure whether other people like to read books to gain knowledge.

As for these two ruffians, Yuchi Yi and Gao Tai, if they had not been born into wealthy families, they probably wouldn't even want to learn to read, let alone read books.

An Xin didn't dwell on this matter any more. She continued with what she had just said in the hall and said to Yuchi Yi, "After we leave, you continue to order people to patrol the border outside the city and keep an eye on the movements of the Beiming guards."

"If the situation looks bad, protect the people and abandon the crops that are about to mature. Quickly retreat to the city and be careful of unexpected accidents."

Yuchi Yi frowned slightly between his brows, and the light in his eyes became no longer soft. In an instant, he changed from a good student to a general defending the city.

"Teacher, can you elaborate on this..."

An Xin thought of the gun that attacked and killed Emperor Sheng An, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "I am worried that some people are too ambitious and have obtained something that can make their ambitions even bigger.

They will first take the countries bordering their land and do something to scare them."

Yuchi Yi thought about their previous conversation, in which his teacher was specifically asked by the new emperor Si Han of Bei Ming who was about to ascend the throne to attend that crappy coronation ceremony, and suddenly understood An Xin's concerns.

"Teacher, you mean..."

An Xin nodded. She was indeed worried.

After all, those are hot weapons, the swords of this era, and unmatched weapons of destruction on the battlefield.

An Xin actually wants to kill Xiao Wenrou, the time-traveling heroine who brings instability to this world.

However, whether it was her subordinates who secretly attempted to assassinate Xiao Wenrou in order to protect her students who remained in the capital, or she herself who did it, they were all stopped and repelled by an invisible force.

An Xin pursed her lips. She didn't want to have this helpless feeling of not being able to kill the enemy.

But when she asked her Ergou system about this invisible power, it was hesitant and did not explain it clearly.