The trees turn from green to deep, the spring rain passes, the red flowers disperse, and the spring is over in a blink of an eye. In late March, willow catkins are still flying on the Qinhuai River, but summer has indeed come. Ning Yi and Tan'er and his family boarded the boat outside Jiangning City and boarded the waterway back to the capital.

After returning to Jiangning for a month, Ning Yi and Tan'er didn't have much to do. Apart from worshiping their families who died in the incident last year, the rest was the only thing left to send gifts to Kang's mansion. They went to the door to do it immediately. However, Xiao Pei was not in Jiangning for the past few days before the marriage, so Ning Yi did not see this daughter who was about to get married during this journey.

The little princess is about to get married, that is, she is already an adult. King Kang did not neglect the guest teacher Ning Yi, who seems to be just a nominee. He came out to receive Ning Yi, accepted Qin Siyuan's calligraphy and paintings and a large number of gifts sent by the Su family. He did not say too much about Zhou Pei's whereabouts. Then Ning Yi went to visit Kang Xian and understood the specific matters.

At this time, the Wu Dynasty clan relatives had never had much freedom, only a few people, barely an exception. The royal family industry under the name of Princess Zhou Xuan of Cheng Kingdom was spread all over the world at this time, which was enough to affect the political situation to some extent. Now Zhou Xuan and Kang Xian are both old and are also the time to choose successors.

Although they have a few children, no one can match Zhou Pei when it comes to economics and digital sensitivity. Therefore, when Zhou Pei showed some interest in this area, Zhou Xuan decided to hand over some of the matter to her. During this period, Zhou Xuan decided to go to various imperial villages and brought Zhou Pei with her. As soon as she let her understand the specific matters, she came to let the managers come to recognize people. Zhou Pei was talented and interested in this matter, so Kang Xian talked about it casually to Ning Yi.

Whether it was a good thing or not, Zhou Pei found his position. On the other hand, although the little prince Zhou Junwu's gewu club was not favored, it had more or less a certain scale. In the past, he had found a group of his friends to do it casually. After Ning Yi talked to him last year, he began to search for craftsmen everywhere, starting with kites, gradually increasing the size and firmness of the kites, and choosing more ideal materials. By this year, kites that can carry items have become larger and larger. On the other hand, the work of enlarging Kongming lanterns is also underway.

Such a Gewu Club was just a small fuss at the beginning, and the Kang Prince's Mansion only turned a blind eye, but after the scale expanded, the money problem was inevitably put on the table. Zhou Junwu was a conscious person. From a few months on, he had been understanding the source of income of the royal family and trying to include some income-rich shops in his name.

The little prince expressed his intention to make money and power, and he also adhered to the right path. He did not blackmail a group of friends or wanted other royal brothers to just spend money but not to have consequences. Kangxian used this as a symbol of his progress. He talked to Zhou Yong. Zhou Yong was also quite happy. The property of the Kang Prince's Mansion is not as good as the Princess Mansion of Chengguo, but he could also make trouble. So recently, Xiao Junwu extorted several money-making shops from several housekeepers in the palace and held them in his hands, using the store income to supplement the Gewu Club, and lived his life stumbled and tightly.

After Ning Yi came back, Junwu happily showed off his achievements to him and took Ning Yi over to see it. He remembered what Ning Yi said about giving craftsmen status, and never treated the recruited craftsmen. He even treated him a little too politely. Ning Yi also gave him some opinions and opinions, so that he still had to optimize the reward and punishment mechanism, be efficient, and not be good to everyone. By the way, he taught him some experience in doing business.

As for what the final result of this Gewu Society can achieve, Ning Yi is not willing to worry about it. A hot air balloon with low safety may be possible, but even if it is himself, it is unlikely that he will build an airplane. The important thing is that Junwu will find his future survival experience in these things. Therefore, he is a little nervous about Junwu. Ning Yi has given special advice that saving is OK, but a lot of normal social interactions are still needed. Fortunately, Junwu is also from an excellent education and understands this very well. He is not harsh in dealing with other royal nobles, but his usual snacks, show and other projects have been deducted. Ning Yi looked at it and felt that this little prince was a little pitiful.

"Come to your sister in the future." Ning Yi patted his shoulder and said.

Jun Wu nodded naturally: "Well, sure."

In addition to the walking around after returning home, Ning Yi usually only gave lectures at Yushan Academy and no longer ran. At this time, Jiangning was completely a breath of singing and dancing. Without the fanaticism of Bianliang, it always contained the elegance of Jiangnan. The Qinhuai River was lit every night, and people were born in great ways to celebrate the prosperity of the country and the people and the success of the Northern Expedition. Some people came to look for Ning Yi to attend the meeting, but Ning Yi refused one by one.

Of course, sometimes the time comes, and it is not just these people who come to the door. As the richest man in Jiangning, Puyang Yi, the Puyang family, has visited the door several times, and sometimes one or two people will also bring one or two people. The Puyang family has some official relationships and the salt and tea business also accounts for part of it. Although it may not be famous in Bianliang, it is probably the family that can be involved in the accounts not long ago. He came to find Ning Yi and Su Tan'er, so he naturally did not provide detailed descriptions here.

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It was already May of that year when the royal girl named Zhou Pei returned to Jiangning.

When the girl learned that the teacher had returned and left Jiang Ningxuan, she went to the warehouse to read the gifts from the Su family one by one, and then she did not show any strange thoughts. The auspicious day for marriage was at the beginning of this year, and everything was proceeding step by step.

Not many people know about the little girl's heart's charm, including her younger brother Jun Wu, who was close to her, who never knew the small relationship she had in her youth. The girl finally decided to bury everything. She privately talked to Junma Qu Zonghui on the eve of the wedding. No one knew what she had specifically talked about. Only know that after this time, the wedding was held as scheduled. The two equally outstanding became a respectful and enviable young couple.

The stars change day by day. In the tide of time, the fate of one or two people cannot be the focus of attention. In the summer of this year, drought and flood disasters occur frequently. The Yellow River and Huai River flood, and heavy rains are caused. Some places in the south are in a state of heat and the rice grains are not harvested.

At the same time, the situation of the Northern Expedition is still developing and changing.

In the past six months, although the Wu Dynasty has been singing and dancing to celebrate the success of the Northern Expedition, the poets and writers are excited. The author praised this prosperous era that was hard to see for hundreds of years. However, north of Yanmen Pass, the situation is beginning to become tense, and this tension comes from several aspects.

When the Wu Dynasty and the Jin people agreed to join forces to attack Liao, the Wu Dynasty would divide the originally lost ten prefectures of Yanyun. Now that Yanjing has overcome them, the ten prefectures of Yanyun have changed hands. The negotiations on the return of the ten prefectures have become quite difficult since last year.

For the Wu Dynasty officials who participated in the negotiations, the Jin people at this time were no longer the humble uprising group. They forgot that the martial artists had always restrained the Liao people and became arrogant due to a series of victories. For the Jin people, the slowness of the Wu Dynasty in the Northern Expedition, including their success, had gradually changed from confusion to contempt. Although the core part of the Jin people, such as Wanyan Xiyin and others, still respected the Wu Dynasty's heritage, most people began to stop taking the court in the south seriously.

Of course, the number of Jurchens was not large. After quickly swallowing most of the Liao Kingdom, they had slowed down slightly and began to enjoy the investment at hand - there was no need for them to fight the Wu Dynasty. However, when the Wu Dynasty came to ask for the ten prefectures of Yanyun, they could not give it to him.

Such delays made most of the officials who supported the Northern Expedition in Wuchao Court began to worry. At the end of last year, Tong Guan and others decided to buy back Yanjing and Zhuo, Yi, Tan, Shun, Jing, Ji and other states on the condition of increasing millions of yuan. At this time, the court's flattery and rewards were still coming, but the subsequent negotiations were already deadlocked.

In the remaining states, the Jurchens were too lazy to give it to them. Even the Jurchens now have a saying: you can't beat the Liao people, so they paid tribute to them later. Now we might as well set up a fight on the border. If we win, you will add more annual monies. If you can win, how about winning the annual monies?

In order to maintain the victory, Tong Guan and others had raised more than 50 million yuan of property and began to gradually buy the city from the Jurchens. At the same time, they announced to the south: "This is what we have won." On the one hand, it was the "winning" of Tong Guan and others, and on the other hand, it was the Jurchens' backfire. Emperor Zhou Zhe began to issue orders in the capital, and he said unhappily that he should be "tougher" against the Jurchens. This made people who work in the north feel embarrassed.

But the real difficulty was not the senior officials Tong Guan, who still had money, or they could continue to buy it. Now Guo Yaoshi and others stationed in the north have really had friction with the Jurchens. The reason for the friction was the agreement before the state delivery.

In order to take back the credit first, the agreement signed by Tong Guan and others with the Jin people agreed not only the million-dollar monies that the Wu Dynasty wanted to give to the Jin people. In addition, Tong Guan promised that while delivering the state, the Jin people could plunder all the wealthy and wealthy officials in the state. It didn't matter whether there was anyone in the place where the delivery was made. As long as the place was received, the credit would be achieved.

The Jurchens lacked people, but their remaining energy was limited. They began to sweep the officials, gentry and wealthy families in this area. They first had money and then some strong men were caught. On the other hand, before entering Beijing to receive rewards, Guo Yaoshi had already realized the importance of his troops. The delivery process was sobering, and he instructed his subordinates to start plundering civilians to serve in the army. So in the next few months, what happened on the vague border line between Wu, Jin and Liao became a true portrayal of the proverb "If you die, you will not die, but Yanmen Pass."

The Jin people started to slaughter the rich, and the soldiers who always won the army were mostly poor. In a sense, it was also considered that Guo Yaoshi deliberately did it to avoid friction. But no matter what, when the two sides started to contact, there would be friction. The Jin people provoked several times - they would not really fight with the Wu Dynasty at this time - Guo Yaoshi was also endured several times, and the negotiations were still in progress. The Wu Dynasty officials kept negotiating about the return of the ten states, and the Jurchens were too lazy to deal with it. When the Jurchens became annoyed by the friction, the officials led by Wang An had to negotiate, adjust and apologize. As for the people, the families were destroyed everywhere, and the people were already in vain.

Many people in the south knew about this situation, including Qin Siyuan and Ning Yi. In the end, the attitude of the Secret Investigation Department was also very simple: to fully support Guo Yaoshi. When Guo Yaoshi asked Wu Chao for money, weapons, and logistics, the Prime Minister's Office provided full support. Guo Yaoshi's continuous arrest of Ding Kuojun gave some people who entered the army some way to survive.

On the side of the official side, Wang An and others were also depressed. Wu Chao had always been an officer to control military officers, but when he arrived here, not only did everything depend on Guo Yaoshi's expression, but he had to compensate the Jin people for compensation. A "parents" like him also seemed extremely embarrassed in the chaotic overall situation.

As officials who could be sent here, they did not have the slightest moral integrity or ability. As parents in the country, they naturally wanted to protect the country and the people. But under the rule, they were already full of resentment, but they did not even have the ability to reach out to care. Guo Yaoshi's ever-winning army was also a factor that caused them trouble. In Wang An's eyes, Guo Yaoshi was arbitrary and domineering, and he was inhumane to capture the strong men. He searched for money and supplies everywhere and gave it to various officials. Although he had to accept it, it also deepened his disgust towards Guo Yaoshi: making friends with villains to drive people out!

All this may be attributed to: he has no way to control Guo Yaoshi, the current celebrity, and he has to pay a smile. As an official, he originally went north to make achievements, but now... he is so boring to be an official!

The moon, a tense atmosphere swept over this background.

Since the Yanjing was defeated, the Liao Kingdom had been in a state of perseverance. Emperor Tianzuo was exiled, and the pillars of the Liao Kingdom such as Yelu Dashi were either scattered or fled westward. In the first month, just when Guo Yaoshi came to Beijing to receive rewards, the King of the North Court, Xiao Gan, established himself as the emperor and gathered the Liao Kingdom's tribes to establish the Daxi Kingdom. Xiao Gan, a man with great talent and strategy, resisted the Jin people several times in front of the formation, and could defeat the Jin people. Not to mention fighting the warriors, Guo Yaoshi was originally controlled by him when he first established the resentful army. He also killed him in time in the battle of Yanjing. Guo Yaoshi and others almost died at his hands, which had a shadow on him. By the month, due to shortage of food, Xiao Gan finally attacked the Wu Chao again and sent troops to Lulongling. Soon after, he broke through Jingzhou like a destruction and came straight towards him.

The atmosphere is solemn.

At this time, the Wu Dynasty, although in the name of the Northern Expedition, there may not be many troops that could be fought, especially in front of generals like Xiao Gan who could fight against the Jurchens. At this time, the ever-winning army had expanded to 50,000, but it was still in training. The country soldiers under his command, that is, militias that could be mobilized, were known as 300,000. Under the urging of all parties, in that month, Zhang Linghui, who was a general of the ever-winning army with Guo Yaoshi, and Liu Shunren, was dispatched to fight Xiao Gan.

Then, Xiao Gan broke Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren in Shimen Town, and in a blink of an eye, captured Jizhou.

This is the real war and the war is dangerous. At this time, the general Tong Guan had already returned to Beijing to receive rewards and scolded Wang An and Guo Yaoshi several times. At the same time, they contacted the Jin people and began to lobby for the other party to defeat Xiao Gan, and handed Xiao Gan to Wu Chao. This transaction content once became a laughing stock within the Jin people.

In July, autumn has arrived, and the endless heat of summer seems to have not yet faded. In the capital, many officials are busy with disasters in the north and south. In such a gap, many people will still involuntarily look to the north when chatting, including Qin Siyuan, Ning Yi, Yao Zunian and others. The same is true.

At the same time, in the ten prefectures of Yanyun, a place called Yaopu, the army under Guo Yaoshi finally drove here, and his front army began to confront Xiao Gan.

Yaoshi Guo rode on the horse and looked at the red flag that belonged to Xiao Gan from afar. His expression had become silent and firm. What he remembered was his mood when he first saw Xiao Gan more than two years ago.

The formation of the resentful army was actually seven years ago. At that time, Gao Yongchang, the Bohai Kingdom, rebelled, and the Liao people were unfavorable to attack and were defeated by the Jurchens who supported Gao Yongchang. Therefore, Emperor Tianzuo sent Yan King Yelu Chun to recruit hungry people from Liaodong to join the army, and called it "resentful army".

At that time, the Liaodong people joined the army just to fight for food, but at this time the Liao Kingdom was already declining and treated this army very poorly. In the end, the "resent army" did not win many battles, but instead rebelled repeatedly. Two years ago, the then leader of the resentment army, Dong Xiaochou and others, rose up because of the unfavorable war. Yelu Yuji, Xiao Gan and others came to suppress the rebellion. Guo Yaoshi knew that the resentment army was definitely not the opponent of the other party, so he killed Dong Xiaochou and others and accepted the invitation. That was the first time he saw Xiao Gan.

There was a private rumor that Yelu Yujiu discussed with Xiao Gan in order to solve the rebellion problem of the resentful army and decided to kill all the resentful army this time, once and for all. However, Xiao Gan was open-minded and believed that "there may be loyal and righteous people to be threatened for a while. How could they kill them all?" Xiao Gan said to save Guo Yaoshi and others' lives. When the incident came out, everyone was grateful to Xiao Gan. When Guo Yaoshi first saw Xiao Gan, he felt the grace and nobleness on the other party. It was the aura of a true superior, and the heroic spirit that was not afraid of challenges and looked down on all sides.

But his heart did not feel surrendered. Some were fear and insignificance.

In the eyes of these people, the resentful army is not considered human. At that time, the other party recruited their own group of hungry people as soldiers, and with the idea of ​​giving up a life, they originally just wanted a life. However, after joining the army, everyone was not doing well. In fact, how many ideas can people who are about to starve to death have? If they were not always deducted military pay and rations, their status in the army was worse than that of dogs. How many people who were about to starve to death were really born rebellious and wanted to rebel?

He understood Dong Xiaochou and others' helplessness. He also knew that he had the helplessness of killing Dong Xiaochou and others with his own hands. When they knelt in front of Xiao Gan and others as heroes, when Xiao Gan and others praised their merits, he still felt fear.

The one above was tigers, and they were not even dogs, and perhaps they could only be considered cockroaches. The other party could easily talk about whether they wanted to kill all tens of thousands of people. They could also easily leave their lives for tens of thousands of people to express their kindness. When others felt lucky, they only felt scared when they saw Xiao Gan's graceful figure.

The tiger stretched out its claws, fiddled with the cockroach in front of it lazily, yawned, and let it go.

After several times, he only felt scared when he saw Xiao Gan.

This idea was not strong enough. Knowing that the Jin people and the martial people joined forces to attack Liao, Xiao Gan and others had already begun to distrust the army in the non-Liao people system, because of the rebellious history of the rebellion of the rebellious army. That time, Xiao Gan, who had let the rebellious army go once, was indeed going to attack him and others. Only Guo Yaoshi was the most agile. He suddenly reacted and encouraged everyone to surrender to the Wu Chao first. Later it was proved that this decision was indeed correct.

That day, Guo Yaoshi suddenly discovered that he could not be a cockroach or a dog, but could be an individual.

He then planned the battle to capture Yanjing. However, the Wu Dynasty colleagues were too stupid. Xiao Gan returned and crushed him like a nightmare. He had thought of fighting hard on the battlefield. However, the rapid defeat of the Wu Dynasty army disrupted his thoughts. In the end, there was no chance to fight to the death. He could only escape in a panic under the control of a very few brothers.

Apart from his swearing in the camp, he did not complain to the military. He could only continue to expand the army and arrest the troops, and accumulate strength. He used his position to plunder a lot of money. On the one hand, he settled his brothers, and on the other hand, he gave gifts to the officials of the Wu Dynasty everywhere, because the officials of the Wu Dynasty liked this.

If everyone likes it, he can ask for support such as food, grass, weapons, and so on, which can make everyone turn a blind eye to his arrest. He also knows that some dissatisfied officials have handed him a deal to the court, and he will send more money to the other party. After the expansion of the ever-winning army, some brothers have begun to become arrogant. In the friction with the Jin people, he first came forward and pressed everyone's dissatisfaction: "If you have no victory, you don't count anything, just endure it all!"

This time Xiao Gan went south, he also secretly endured for a long time and was under pressure from all parties. First, he asked Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren and others to test the quality of the other party, and then quietly waited for the opportunity until this time...

Clouds flow and the sky is bright. In this summer sunshine, the fiery red flag looks like the blazing flames condensed by the Great Liao Empire. Under that banner, there is that mountain-like hero, who is now pressing towards this side on the battlefield where tens of thousands of people confront each other.

Guo Yaoshi rode quietly on the horse, looking at the other side like a rock. Only the horse under him seemed to feel uneasy and moved slightly. He reached out and patted his neck, and said something silently, but the expression on his face was just more cold and calm.

The murderous aura has spread.

In the Yellow River in the south, every spring, carp climbs Longmen Mountain against the current, and the sky fire burns its tail and turns into a dragon.
Chapter completed!