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Chapter 244

Daming, Chongzhen 12th year, April [-]th, the sky was clear and the sun shone on the northern border of Daming.

Outside Xuanfu Town Chengnanguan, the two imperial wives of Zhang's family and Zhang Lifang, the daughter of Zhang's family, are seeing Zhang Cheng off, along with He Shihui and Lin Fangping.

"Mother, auntie, this kid is called Zhang Chengfang, and he is our newly adopted adopted son. Since Cheng'er is not in the town, he will take Cheng'er's place and perform filial piety at the knees of the elders."

After Zhang Cheng finished speaking, he called Zhang Chengfang and said, "Come on, Chengfang, kneel down and kowtow to grandma and second grandma. Oh, yes, and this is your aunt."

Zhang Chengfang knelt down to kowtow to Zhang Yangshi and Zhang Hanshi in a regular manner, and shouted: "Chengfang greets grandma and second grandma."

"Cheng Fang greets my aunt..."

When Zhang Chengfang knelt down to greet Zhang Lifang, Zhang Lifang jumped up: "Oh my god, when did you have such a big son..."

Zhang Cheng smiled, and a brain collapse hit his younger sister on the head, and said, "It's so much nonsense, it's not good to have a big nephew to play with you."

"Hahaha……"

Zhang Cheng smiled brightly, and ignored his younger sister Zhang Lifang's nonsense, beckoned to He Shihui and Lin Fangping, and said: "I will leave the town to you two, Fangping, you have to train those dolls with all your heart, I will be of great use in the future."

Li Fangping replied in a deep voice: "Don't worry, General, Fangping will definitely do his best."

"Well, after the general settles down on the North Road, he will invite you and those dolls there, before that, you must calm down and practice hard.

He Shihui, I will not be in the town, so you should pay more attention to all aspects. In case of emergency, you can go to Yang Shuai for advice, and you should pay more attention to the properties of Diao Dacheng. "Zhang Cheng explained in a deep voice.

Seeing that everything was as ordered, he walked up to his mother and aunt again, knelt down and knelt down and said, "Mother, aunt, you two need to take care of yourself, Cheng'er is gone."

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Zhang Cheng and Chen Zhong led thirty guards and galloped along the official road.

The green willows on both sides of the official road are shaded, and the sunlight shines on the official road through the branches and leaves.

There are more people on the road than in winter, and they are all in small groups, walking together under the shade of willows beside the official road.

Occasionally, there were dozens or hundreds of caravans, and he drove slowly in carts of varying numbers, and there were even knights riding back and forth shouting.

Zhang Cheng led all the knights in the middle of the official road and galloped in. Except for the occasional large caravans blocking the road and making it inconvenient to gallop, the journey went smoothly.

"General, after passing the Jiming Station in front, it is the security guard area, let's take a break?" Chen Zhongce asked immediately.

Zhang Cheng also slowed down the speed of the horse, and said in a deep voice: "Pass the Jiming Station, go directly to Labayu to rest, and take a look at Liu Quan and the others."

"General, I will send two cavalry to inform in advance, so that Liu Quan and the others can make preparations." Chen Zhong said.

"No, I was going to make a surprise attack on him!"

After Zhang Cheng finished speaking, he rode his horse and rushed out, leaving behind him the sound of wild laughter.

"Hahaha……"

Chen Zhong also laughed. He waved his hand and shouted, "Follow!"

He laughed and chased after him.

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After passing the security guard city, we are getting closer and closer to Labayu. The traffic on the official road here is obviously not as much as the west side of the security guard city.

The sparse passers-by, seeing Zhang Cheng galloping on horseback and others, all hid on both sides of the official road, leaving the middle of the official road from a distance.

They are all poor people and small businessmen, they are struggling to survive, and they don't want to cause trouble to their upper body. In these days, thirty or forty riders dressed as big men are a force that cannot be underestimated.

A group of people gradually came to the outside of Laba Valley, and from a distance, they could see a group of farmers looking like farmers going back and forth in the field trails. The fields were golden, with clumps of green in between.

"General, it's not bad. The harvest here is even better than that at Xinzhuang Castle." Chen Zhongce was on the horse, looking at the farmland in front of him, a little excited.

Zhang Cheng also looked at the golden yellow under the hill with satisfaction, and said: "This side is about two months earlier than Xinzhuangbao, and the winter wheat has been planted. Look at the fields that have been opened later. It's really good to rush to plant spring wheat!"

Suddenly, Chen Zhong shouted: "General, look."

Zhang Cheng looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a cloud of smoke and dust rolling towards him in the distance.

Chen Zhong waved his hand and said: "Separate, be on guard, Liu Jinhai protects the general!"

Zhang Cheng looked at the direction where the team of knights came, and it was more than 500 steps west of the south gate of Labayu. He said coldly: "Don't be nervous, there are at most ten riders, Chen Zhong, send a team to meet them, and have a look." Is it Liu Quan's troops?"

Chen Zhong received the order and shouted: "Li Changsheng, your team will go up to see the situation."

A strong man answered the order loudly, and led ten riders to gallop down the hill to meet the cavalry team rushing to the west.

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"General, you are here, and you don't need to send a letter to your subordinates first, so you should be prepared for your humble position."

On the watchtower to the west of Labayu, Liu Quan said a little aggrieved.

"Why, I want to report my whereabouts to you kid?"

Zhang Cheng stared and said, while Liu Quan smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"This... the general is really unfair to his lowly position. We dare not... but, should we call Sun Dashan and Zhao Shihu over to listen to the general's orders."

Liu Quan said timidly.

Zhang Cheng wasn't teasing him anymore, he said in a deep voice, "Send the knight to ask the two of them to come over and have dinner together tonight."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the farmland outside the valley again, and asked, "Liu Quan, this field has been opened a lot, how about this year's harvest?"

Liu Quan took a step forward and introduced: "General, most of the [-] mu of land originally opened up are abandoned old fields. After clearing out, they are all rush-planted winter wheat.

There are still about [-] acres of newly opened fields that are just ripening, and they only had time to rush to plant some spring wheat. The harvest is hard to say. The old field estimates that the yield is more than one stone per mu, so there should be some.

The [-] shi of wheat can still be harvested here. In addition, according to the general's order, we also collected the two abandoned small castles outside the valley. This year, we will repair the houses and village walls, and level the fields.

Now the two forts have leveled out nearly [-] mu, and there is a shortage of manpower, and no new wasteland has been reclaimed. In autumn, we will harvest the wheat here, and we can rush to plant millet.

The old fields on the two bunkers can also be planted with millet, and besides the cost of Labayu, there will definitely be some surplus. For this reason, we built three more granaries in the valley, and we are going to store these grains. "

(End of this chapter)