Chapter 464: Leaving the Seclusion
Song Liyun stayed in the garrison for another day with the garrison's wife, learning how to be a housekeeper. In the evening, Zhao Tingduo came in exhausted.
After receiving the message from the carrier pigeon, he continued on his journey without stopping, not taking a single day off, and crossed hundreds of miles of Gobi Desert to pick someone up.
When she saw him, Song Liyun felt as if she had seen a giant Buddha, and was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes.
My head has been hurt by the garrison commander's wife's nagging all day, talking about women's work and needlework, and being a wife and mother. She almost asked her to write a book on women's virtues and precepts.
Zhao Tingduo hugged Song Liyun tightly as she threw herself into his arms with tears in her eyes.
He only felt so much tenderness and sweetness in his heart that he wished time would stop at this moment.
I miss Ayun every day, and Ayun is the same. After being apart for half a month, I feel like missing her has become a disease.
The two of them ignored the affection and love of others, and had already shocked the garrison's wife who came to greet them into silence. This, this... all the teachings she had given her all day were in vain!
The maids and servants around him lowered their heads in shyness, but their eyes kept glancing around.
It was Zhao Tinglei who resolved the awkward situation: "Ahem, Third Brother! Your horse ran away!"
The garrison commander's wife had already prepared a family dinner, and the atmosphere was warm.
Brothers Zhao Tingduo and Zhao Tinglei were chatting and laughing.
The garrison commander's wife also put on a smile and asked Zhao Tingduo in detail about his life. She then asked the maid to pour the carefully cooked mutton soup into his bowl and no longer mentioned any etiquette or rules.
At night, Zhao Tingduo finally enjoyed Song Liyun's service, undressing and taking a bath.
These are what the garrison's wife said a wife should do for her husband.
Now Song Liyun.
The two of them were so affectionate that Song Liyun eventually rolled into the tub, and the hot water overflowed all over the floor...
Before dawn the next day,
The garrison's wife also said that as a wife, she should get up earlier than her husband and prepare hot water for breakfast.
That's right. Ah Shi worked hard on the journey during the day and at night. I should prepare breakfast for him as a reward!
She wanted to get up, but someone didn't want to.
He had just pushed an arm away from his chest, and then a thigh was placed on his stomach, and his whole body was still held tightly.
A sleepy male voice murmured in my ear: Ayun, it’s still early, sleep a little longer!
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Xishi Pass was built in the mountains. The city wall was more than two zhang high and one zhang thick, and was made of large pieces of bluestone.
Like a gate, its majestic appearance kept the Di cavalry out of the densely populated villages of the Wu Dynasty.
This was Song Liyun's first time out of the border. Zhao Tingduo accompanied her through the wall and pointed to the vast desert in the northwest. He said, "Ayun, the road we surveyed is this way. We just need to cross the Gobi Desert, which is the most difficult part."
Zhao Tinglei once said that when Zhao Tingduo wanted to capture the Mida River Valley, he was unable to get the Zhenbei Army to come out to help because there was not only grassland in the middle of the Mida River Valley from Hecheng Xishi Pass, but also several deserts.
The yellow sand Gobi Desert is blown by the wind and rocks are everywhere, making it impossible to gallop fast, and it is impossible to hide if attacked by the enemy.
Moreover, these places lack water sources, making it difficult for large groups of people to stay for a long time.
Now Zhao Tingduo was running back and forth, trying to find a suitable water source for the camp, build a rest stop, and provide clean water and fodder for the caravans that would pass through in the future.
It is April now, and the cold wind blows hard on my face. It is not as biting as before, but still sharp.
Song Liyun was wearing a headscarf and gazing at the Gobi Desert with only her eyes exposed.
In the garrison, after several people discussed, they decided to open the mall as soon as possible.
The new city will surely be like a shining pearl, attracting tribes from all over to come and trade. In this way, the commerce in the whole city will become more developed.
Both taxation and the crackdown on smugglers from the Dilu tribe will be more concentrated.
The Mida River Valley has a special location, being located in the middle of the grassland and surrounded by many tribes.
As long as the Wu Dynasty Zhenbei Army gains a foothold here, it will be like building a springboard in front of the Di tribe's royal court.
The benefits are self-evident, otherwise Zhao Tinglei and Zhao Tingduo would not have planned this so early.
But before you see the benefits, there is one most crucial thing.
silver!
After the new emperor ascended the throne, the Zhenbei Army's military pay was no longer withheld, but the weapons and armor had suffered serious losses over the past twenty years, and it would take time and a large amount of silver to replace them.
The Zhenbei Army was not rich.
Building a rest stop, even if it is all dug into a cave, with people living in it and food and munching for horses, still requires money.
With the Wuda tribe and Song Liyun's personal abilities, they could only build an empty city with walls.
The buildings inside still need to be added to gradually, and we cannot afford the expenses of a rest stop.
Zhao Tinglei has written to the court as soon as possible, requesting to increase the number of Zhenbei Army troops stationed in Yunzhou and increase military supplies to deal with the looting of the Di tribe royal court.
But with all the red tape in the court and the speed at which palace discussions keep going on, it’s hard to say when this will happen.
There is always a way, and there are many capable people in the Zhenbei Army.
The Zhao Tinglei brothers had discussed privately that they would look for minerals in the Mida River Valley.
Zhao Tinglei had people search for gold mines in Suijin Town before. The Dilu grassland was large enough and the Mida River Valley was long enough. As long as they searched carefully, they would always find one or two gold mines.
Jade and agate can also be found in the Gobi Desert, and they can be resold as military supplies.
This is good for the Zhenbei Army.
As for the troops used for protection.
The result of everyone's discussion was just as Song Liyun had expected, the Zhenbei Army could not send troops openly, but they could change their equipment.
With Mida New City as the target, each rest stop is a military station, with a small station every twenty miles and a large station every fifty miles, with a small team of ten people and a large team of fifty people.
Hundreds of miles away, that's a snake formation of several hundred men. Adding the four hundred men from the Thunder Camp, Zhao Tingduo could mobilize thousands of men...
Song Liyun's group was small, with only five carriages and a dozen people.
In addition to Zhao Tingduo and Wu Dan who rode on horseback, Yu Lao, who was responsible for finding the mine, rode in a carriage with food, water and beans for the horses.
Accompanying him were fifteen elite soldiers personally selected by Zhao Tinglei and dressed as guards.
Song Liyun's space cannot be used when there are outsiders present.
The route from Hecheng to Mida New City was decided long ago. Last year, Song Erlang and Lin Qingyuan transported building materials and left a track in the desert.
Wu Dan ran in front with a bow on his back. He changed the small bow into a big bow, which was a reward given to him by Zhao Tingduo.
Knowing that Wu Dan had killed two robbers on the road, Zhao Tingduo praised him highly and gave him his usual longbow.
It was from Song Liyun that Zhao Tingduo learned the reason for the chaos in Mida New City these days.
A few days ago, when he was at Mida New City, the chaos on the construction site had subsided, but he always felt that the atmosphere was not right, and he couldn't find the root cause.
Ask Song Erlang.
Song Erlang looked embarrassed. The people from Qingping Town who came with him were very angry but found it difficult to speak.
Although Zhao Tingduo has the blood of the Wu Dynasty, he grew up in a grassland military camp and has a straightforward personality. He is very annoyed by the tricks between people.
Zhao Tingduo knew that there was a group of people named Xia who were particularly arrogant. They started to boss the migrant workers from Qingping Town around as soon as they arrived.
Song Erlang still had a lot of protection, which caused the migrant workers to be filled with resentment.
Now I know that just because it was the Xia family who married their sister to Song Dekui, they consider themselves to be relatives of the young lady.
The migrant workers in Qingping Town were afraid that Zhao Tingduo would also recognize him as their relative, so they didn't dare to say anything.
After understanding the whole story, Zhao Tingduo was speechless and could only utter two words: "Ridiculous!"
Now that Xia Hong has died at the hands of Song Liyun, there is no need to show mercy to the group of Xia family tenants.
Those who deserve punishment will be punished, but for Song Erlang's sake, their lives will be spared.
(End of this chapter)
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