Chapter 923 Chapter 923, Oil
Xiao Yeyang hosted a banquet for Zhu Jianzhong and Pang Guang, and introduced Yan Wenxiu, Xue Yi and You Kai to them at the table.
Zhu Jianzhong and Pang Guang expressed their warm welcome to Xue Yi and You Kai for taking up the posts in their own garrison.
Seeing this, Xue Yi and You Kai both breathed a sigh of relief.
To put it bluntly, they came to take up their posts in the garrison to help their eldest brother-in-law better control the garrison, with a strong surveillance purpose. They were really afraid that the two commanders would be unhappy.
If the highest officials of the garrison are dissatisfied with them, they will have no good consequences.
But now it seems that the two commanders are indeed smart people and did not go against my brother-in-law.
Of course, this is because my brother-in-law has a noble status and is a member of the royal family. If it were someone else, he probably wouldn't receive such treatment.
This time when they came to Xiliang, Xue Yi and You Kai were fully prepared and brought a lot of people with them. After Xiao Yeyang, Zhu Jianzhong and Pang Guang discussed the positions to be assigned to them, they went to the garrison with the two commanders to report the next day.
Before leaving, Xiao Yeyang gave each of them a carrier pigeon and told them that if there was any emergency, they could send a message by carrier pigeon. This made the two feel more at ease.
After Xue Yi and You Kai left, Xiao Yeyang prepared to personally accompany Yan Wenxiu to Xintunwei, and by the way inspect the construction of the military towns of Jianzhouwei and Xintunwei.
Before leaving, Xiao Yeyang worriedly warned Daohua, "I'm afraid it will take me about a month to go out this time. You must be careful at home."
Daohua nodded: "Don't worry, Master is watching over me, I won't run around or move around. But you have to help out more with Big Brother."
Xiao Yeyang hummed, "I've arranged two secret guards to protect him. Xintun Guard also has an office of Jinling Guard, and with the guards he brought with him, his safety shouldn't be a problem."
As he spoke, he lowered his head and leaned on Daohua's belly, "I wonder if the little one in your belly will be reluctant to let me go when he knows I'm leaving?"
After hearing this, Daohua was speechless and amused: "The child is so young, and you are already thinking about these things."
Xiao Yeyang looked up: "Didn't you say that the child has his own consciousness? I have been talking to him every day these days, he should remember me. If I am gone and he can't hear my voice, he will miss me."
Daohua smiled and didn't argue with him: "Then you should come back early."
Xiao Yeyang sat up and hugged Daohua: "By October, all twelve military towns will be built. Once the defense system is established, I won't have to patrol everywhere so frequently, and I can spend more time with you and the children."
Daohua was a little worried: "Winter is about to come. Will there be any unusual movements in Western Liao this year?"
Xiao Yeyang: "Don't worry, in addition to the sentries, I have also deployed some people to Western Liao. If there is any movement in Western Liao, I will receive the news in advance."
Daohua nodded, and then she and Xiao Yeyang talked about children.
Not long after Xiao Yeyang took Yan Wenxiu away from Ganzhou City, Prince Ping's Mansion, Yan's Mansion, and the things that Guo Ruomei sent to Daohua also arrived.
Daohua looked at the stuff that filled more than twenty carriages, and with a smile, asked Guyu to put it into the warehouse, and then asked Lixia to send the four midwives to the yard to rest.
There were four midwives, two from the Wang Mansion, one each from the Yan Mansion and Guo Ruomei. All four were good at delivering babies and were very experienced in taking care of newborns.
These people came with the Li family's caravan, and Li Chenzhi personally delivered the people and things to the Xiao Mansion.
Daohua expressed her gratitude to Li Chenzhi: "Third cousin, this is the milk cake I just made, try it."
Li Chenzhi didn't hesitate and finished a piece before saying, "The cake shop you opened is too popular. Sometimes I can't even buy what I want to eat."
The main reason is that cousin Yi Yi’s cakes are not expensive, so even ordinary people can afford them. If they were sold like those pastry shops in the capital, most people would be kept out.
Daohua smiled and said, "Third cousin, if you want to eat it, just send someone to the mansion to tell us. Why bother buying it from the store?"
Li Chenzhi smiled and did not respond. This kind of thing was okay once or twice, but if it happened too often, it would become a bit out of control. The Li family had already received a lot of care from the Xiao family, so how could they trouble their cousin again?
Seeing that he didn't respond, Daohua didn't say anything more, but changed the subject: "I heard from Yan Shouhou that some other caravans seemed to have come to Xiliang recently."
Li Chenzhi nodded. "Our family and the Sun family's frequent visits to Xiliang will definitely attract other people's attention. Some bold people who want to expand their market will follow us."
Daohua: "This is a good thing. The more businesses come, the better it will be for Xiliang's development. The better Xiliang is, the more money businesses can make."
Li Chenzhi showed his agreement. Although with more businessmen, the profits earned by the Li family might be divided up, he was not a person who would stick to his old ways.
Between a poor Xiliang and a prosperous Xiliang, he would definitely choose the latter.
Daohua saw that Li Chenzhi had no unusual expression and a smile flashed across her eyes. She thought her third cousin was a sensible man.
Time moved to October. After making arrangements with Yan Wenxiu, Xiao Yeyang came to the newly built Xinxi Town in Xintunwei.
At this moment, Xiao Yeyang was standing on the city wall, quietly watching a group of cavalry rush into the grass and kill the sentinels sent by Western Liao to gather information.
In the past, the Western Liao people would directly enter the country to rob the people's property, and by the time the border troops arrived, the people had already run away.
Now that the military town has been built, we can detect the Western Liao people in time and intercept and kill them as soon as they show up.
At this moment, the border troops and garrisons truly discovered the benefits of military towns.
In previous years, the Western Liao people would have started looting as early as October, but this year, they didn't even set foot in Xiliang.
Not only does it protect the people living on the border, but their lives are also guaranteed to a certain extent.
For this, everyone sincerely admires Xiao Yeyang.
The construction and operation of the twelve military towns would cost a lot of money. If Xiao Yeyang had not come, it would have been impossible to build them.
By mid-October, the four garrisons and twelve military towns bordering Western Liao were all built.
With these twelve defensive military towns, the border defense strength of Xiliang has been significantly improved, which not only protects the lives and property of the people of Xiliang, but also increases the enthusiasm of merchants to enter Xiliang to do business.
Ganzhou City.
After Daohua was three months pregnant, she could no longer sit still and felt bored staying in the backyard, so she made an appointment with He Fangyi and Liu Xiaoman to go to the teahouse to listen to storytelling.
"Yuan Yao has been gone for over two months. I wonder if they will come here to celebrate the New Year this year? Grandma and Mother are both thinking about them."
When the storyteller changed the scene, Liu Xiaoman started talking about family matters.
Daohua: "I'm afraid I won't be celebrating the New Year here this year."
He Fangyi nodded in agreement. "It's mainly because we have a child. I only dared to bring my daughter here after the temperature rose. It's too cold here in the winter, and if we don't take good care of her on the road, the child will easily get sick."
Daohua continued, "And there are Sun Changze's parents. They will definitely be reluctant to see their grandson leave, so we have to give them some time to recover."
After listening to their analysis, Liu Xiaoman sighed, "It seems that grandma and mother will be disappointed."
After that, the three of them listened to a few more shows and left in the afternoon.
Daohua went to the pharmacy to pick up Gu Jian, so she separated from He Fangyi and Liu Xiaoman.
When they arrived at the pharmacy, Daohua saw Gu Jian still seeing patients, so she went to the backyard to wait.
"Madam, you are here!"
Wang Lifu now works as an apprentice in a pharmacy. When he saw Daohua coming, he immediately trotted over to greet her.
However, as soon as Wang Lifu approached, Daohua felt nauseous and couldn't help vomiting.
"lady!"
Mei Lan and Mei Ju were shocked. Daohua had never had such a big reaction since she became pregnant.
Wang Lifu was also frightened and stood aside, not daring to get any closer.
Daohua vomited for a long time before she stopped. She looked at Wang Lifu, who was standing far away, and asked, "Why do you smell so much like oil?"
Wang Lifu looked innocent: "I don't have any oil on me!"
Mei Lan Mei Ju circled around Wang Lifu and didn't smell any oil.
Daohua said with certainty: "It's the smell of oil, I'm not mistaken." As she said that, she looked at Wang Lifu carefully, and finally saw a black stain on the upper of his shoe.
"You still say no, isn't that just oil stains on your shoes?"
Wang Lifu looked down at the shoe and said, "Oh!" "I remember now. A few days ago, I went back to the village to visit my mother. On my way back to the city, I took a shortcut. This stain must have been left by stepping in the water from the Black Water Ditch."
Daohua: "Blackwater ditch?"
Wang Lifu nodded. "The black ditch smells terrible and is sticky."
Daohua's expression changed. Could this be oil?
(End of this chapter)
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