Fenghou

Chapter 339
Before dawn, the passenger ship passed Deqing County and entered the Guantang River. Lin'an was a few miles away.

Chen Qing got up early and came to the main cabin, only to find that Li Gang was already sitting in front of the window of the main cabin.

"Xuanfu envoy, you're here so early."

Li Gang picked up the teacup and smiled slightly: "As you get older, you won't be able to sleep at the fifth watch, but Chen Dutong is so excited today?"

Chen Qing sat down opposite Li Gang, and said with a smile, "I'm not excited, the main reason is that I shoulder too many expectations from the soldiers, and I feel a little uneasy."

"Chen Dutong is referring to the matter of returning to the northwest?"

Chen Qing nodded.

Li Gang pondered for a while and said: "The court's principle has always been that one side guards one side of the land. Since your soldiers are all passers-by from Shaanxi, they probably won't stay in Dongting Lake for a long time, unless their families are brought here, and you serve as Yuezhou Township. The mission of Fushi is also very clear, which is to exterminate the water thief Yang Yao. Now that the mission is completed, the imperial court will not allow you to stay in Yuezhou for a long time, after all, Yuezhou does not need to station so many troops."

"Xuanfu envoy, I have always had a question, why the Jin Kingdom has lost hundreds of thousands of troops in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and still refuses to give up Sichuan and Shaanxi. If Wanyan Wushu leads the army to attack Jingxiang, the situation of this battle may be completely different. , what does Jin Guo think?"

Li Gang smiled slightly and said: "Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, why did the Qin Kingdom destroy the six kingdoms and unify the world? From the Han Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties to Shatuo, those who were able to unify the world all raised their troops from Sichuan and Shaanxi. Why is this? Jin Guo may have seen it too. In this regard, if they want to unify the world, they must first seize Sichuan and Shaanxi, and then sweep across from Sichuan and Shaanxi to the east. It can refer to the hearts of the people, the general trend of the world, or the terrain."

Chen Qing was thoughtful, "So during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang occupied Bashu and took Guanzhong in order to connect Sichuan and Shaanxi into one, forming a tendency to dive into the Central Plains?"

"That's right! With the wealth of Bashu providing financial resources, using Guanlong's cavalry as combat power, and using the Hexi Corridor to provide war horses, why worry about the world not being broken?"

"Then why can't Da Song see this?"

"Do you think the court can't see it? During the Five Dynasties, Yelu Deguang broke through Bianliang and destroyed the Later Jin Dynasty. After the founding of the Song Dynasty, the court always wanted to rely on Sichuan and Shaanxi, but the Liao people also knew the importance of Sichuan and Shaanxi to the Song Dynasty, so Liao The country supported Li Yuanhao to establish Xixia in order to contain the Song Dynasty's strategy for Sichuan and Shaanxi. It can be said that Liao's strategy was very successful. My Great Song has been weak for a hundred years, and it is inseparable from Xixia's containment."

Li Gang hasn't had such an in-depth conversation with anyone for a long time, and he spoke with great interest for a while. He filled Chen Qing with a cup of tea and continued: "The reason why the imperial court attaches great importance to Sichuan and Shaanxi is not because they want taxes from Bashu, but the key is not to let the Kingdom of Jin occupy In Sichuan and Shaanxi, once the Kingdom of Jin occupies Bashu and builds a large number of warships in the middle of Shu, ten years later, thousands of warships will flow down the river, that will be the time when the Great Song Dynasty perishes. Every minister in the imperial court knows this clearly .”

"I heard that this time Wanyan Wushu and his generals all brought their families south, and they want to settle down in Bashu."

Li Gang nodded, "The Kingdom of Jin is not aiming to plunder Bashu this time, but to manage Bashu. The Kingdom of Jin is bound to win Bashu. It can be seen from Wanyan Wushu's attack on Hanzhong that it is different from before. Every step of the way, Don't be in a hurry, if the court doesn't see this this time, Sichuan and Shaanxi will be in danger."

"But Zhu Shengfei is sitting in Sichuan and Shaanxi!" Chen Qing couldn't help sighing.

Li Gang was also silent, and he couldn't figure it out, the officials knew that Zhu Shengfei was not a minister of the land, why they kept refusing to change course?
At noon, the boat arrived in Lin'an, and Zheng Ping also returned to Lin'an. Yang Liuer gave birth to a son for him, which made him ecstatic, and he wanted to return to Lin'an with Chen Qing no matter what.

Chen Qing had no choice but to let Yang Yuanqing and Yang Zaixing guard Baling together, and Zheng Ping was able to go home and talk about marriage.

Another one who came back together was Lu Wei. Lu Wei is currently the Cang Cao in Chen Qing's army and is in charge of the military supplies. He also asked for leave to go home and marry his fiancée Li Mei.

"Dutong, come back this time, let's arrange the marriage together!" Zheng Ping said, looking at the Yuhang gate in the distance.

Chen Qing smiled faintly, "I'm not in a hurry, what are you in a hurry for?"

"Dutong, you can't say that. Everyone follows you loyally, and entrusts the family's glory and wealth to you. You have a family, and everyone is safe. Otherwise, if you are killed by the court, no one will succeed you." If the imperial court sends a new capital, we will all be purged."

Chen Qing looked to both sides, and lowered his voice to Zheng Ping, "That's all for now, don't talk nonsense in Lin'an, it puts me in danger!"

"Don't worry! I will only rot in my stomach, and I won't say a word."

When the boat docked, Li Gang smiled at Chen Qing: "I live in Huguang Jinzuoyuan, it's very spacious there, do you want to go together?"

"Thank you Xuanfu envoy, Beizhi has a small house in Lin'an, and I have a place to live temporarily."

"Forget it, come to me another day, let's have a drink together."

"Humble job will definitely come!"

Li Gang left with more than a dozen entourages, this time Chen Qing only brought twenty soldiers, still led by the commander of the soldiers, Yan Jun,
Chen Qing and Zheng Ping also broke up, and he went to his house with his own soldiers.

Chen Qing's mansion was handed over to Lu Xiu, and Lu Xiu invited an old couple to guard it, and she would come to see it from time to time, and bring a few maids to clean it.

Chen Qing knocked on the door, and the person who opened the door for him was a white-haired old man. He looked at Chen Qing and the soldiers behind him, and asked in surprise, "Who are you looking for?"

Chen Qing smiled and said, "I'm not looking for anyone, this is my mansion."

The old man hesitated and asked, "You are General Chen?"

"Exactly!"

The old man quickly opened the door, "Sorry, I didn't know that General Chen was coming back today, and Miss Lu didn't tell me."

Chen Qing walked into the gate and asked with a smile, "Does Miss Lu come here often?"

"I come here often, I just came here the day before yesterday, with a pair of young ladies."

The pair of young ladies were naturally sisters Yu Ying and Yu Lian. They returned to Lin'an with Lu Xiu and did not stay in Yuezhou. The main reason was that Chen Qing had to stay in the barracks and couldn't take care of them.

Chen Qing nodded, turned his head and said to Yan Jun, "You guys should stay in the East Courtyard! Take care of yourself, take care of dinner by yourself, and take a good rest for two days."

All the soldiers had lived here before, they were familiar with the way, they didn't need Chen Qing's arrangement, they went to the east courtyard by themselves.

Chen Qing also went to the back house, the landscape in the yard changed, the apricot tree in the distance had lost its leaves, a few autumn chrysanthemums in the corner were in full bloom, and a branch of wintersweet was also full of small golden flowers, filling the yard. With a faint fragrance.

Chen Qing opened the door and walked into the room. The room was basically the same as when he left, but Chen Qing still noticed some subtle changes, such as the bedding was freshly washed, clean and fresh, and the vase on the table was also dirty. Inserted a blooming wintersweet.

Looking at the vase on the table, Chen Qing felt a kind of warmth in his heart, which he had never felt before.

At this moment, there was a sound of running footsteps outside, "Master, you are back!" This was Yu Ying's voice.

Chen Qing walked out of the room quickly, and saw two young ladies appearing at the gate of the courtyard, his face was full of joy, and the two pairs of bright eyes were shining with brilliance.

Chen Qing stretched out his hand, and the two little ladies cheered, and threw themselves into his arms, one left and one right, Chen Qing was also very happy in his heart, and couldn't help but kiss each other heavily on the two bright red cheeks.

When he looked up, he found that Lu Xiu was looking at him with a smile that was not a smile. Chen Qing blushed, because he lost his composure just now.

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[There was something at home yesterday, only two chapters were coded, and one chapter is gone at noon today, and it will be updated normally at night, please forgive me! 】

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