The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 87

Zhao Tong looked at Lu Junyi and said, "Senior Brother Lu, does he have any heirs?"

Hearing this, Lu Junyi shook the hand holding the wine glass slightly, and said, "I don't have any heirs yet."

Zhao Tong said "Oh", and lightly glanced at the slightly unnatural expression on Lu Junyi's face, and said with a smile: "Senior brother is leaving tomorrow, I will send someone to escort him, and senior brother can just take care of the housework with peace of mind. in a hurry."

Lu Junyi said: "My lord, please don't worry, there is no need for an escort. Although Junyi is reckless, he is not afraid of those green forest thieves. After Junyi settles down at home, he will immediately go to Beijing to serve the lord."

Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, senior brother's words are so polite, but I don't know what to do. I will go to Xihe in a few days, and I may not return a year ago. If I go back to Beijing, I should write to senior brother."

Lu Junyi said: "It is inconvenient for Junyi to inquire about the important military affairs of your lord, but if it is useful, Junyi can rush there ahead of time."

Zhao Tang laughed loudly when he heard the words, raised his glass and said, "Brother, drink up from this cup."

After drinking a glass, Zhao Tang smiled, casually glanced at Yan Qing who was standing behind Lu Junyi, and slowly put down the wine glass in his hand...

The next day, Zhao Tun entered the palace, and in the next few days went back and forth between the Privy Council and the Ministry of Households, and began to prepare for the trip to Xihe.

As for the household department, the money they wanted was not much, only 5 taels. It still depends on the face of King Qi.

How many horses can 5 taels of silver buy?At this time, the price of horses ranged from ordinary horses to war horses, ranging from a dozen to hundreds of horses. There were dozens of horses for rough horses, and dozens to hundreds of horses for war horses.

The copper coins of this dynasty are not the kind that are worth a thousand dollars. About 770 coins are considered as a coin. As for the conversion of silver, it is probably that one tael of silver can be exchanged for a coin at the beginning. By now, one tael of silver can be exchanged for two coins. .

If you buy war horses with 5 taels of silver, you really can’t buy many horses. This is the result of military expenditures falling again and again over the past century. In Tanyuan, military expenditures of 3000 million yuan are not available for about one-third now. As for the quota for war horses , is pitifully low, which is another reason why Emperor Daojun agreed to raise horses for Zhao Tun.

It took a few more days to settle the matter of Suiyulou and the military affairs in the army. Zhao Tang called Jian Suyi and Qi Hongyu into the mansion. When he was away, the affairs of the mansion were handed over to the two. Really, there is Huang Gu in Suiyulou, and there are two people in the mansion, Jian and Qi, and the three parties take care of each other.

In the afternoon, Zhao Tong came to the small building in the backyard. The young lady was busy doing something. Zhao Tang was not polite this time, and sat down directly on the stone pier beside the flower garden. The tea is drunk."

The young lady wiped the sweat from her forehead and asked, "The prince's injury has healed?"

Zhao Tong nodded and said: "That's good, but I'm going to go out tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back before the end of the year, so come and have a look, if Zhenniang needs anything, you might as well just tell me."

After hearing the words, Xiaoniang felt a little panicked for some reason: "The prince is not at the house, how can I be here?"

Zhao Tong shook his head and said, "I called Jian Suyi and Qi Hongyu over here. You can talk to each other when you have nothing to do. These two are women. I will introduce you to each other later."

The little girl hesitated and lowered her head: "It's still not good."

Zhao Tong sighed softly: "Aren't the guards escorting you out to go shopping? You also looked at the old house. Who are the people sneaking around? There were even people who lived in the courtyard secretly, it was at the house of Teacher Zhang. There are also people watching, so how can you rest assured."

The young lady was silent, looking down at the tip of her small embroidered shoes, always a little cramped, Zhao Teng shook his head and said: "My house is simple, no more than those princes' mansions, not to mention less people, and there are no messy fights about right and wrong, pure mind and self-discipline Yes, when you have something to do, you can tell the two of them, and I will continue to explain, regardless of the New Year, Coach Zhang can always come and go, when you like the excitement, just arrange it."

The little girl raised her head, her beautiful eyes cut water and said: "I..."

Zhao Tang looked at her, and saw her eyebrows were picturesque, quiet and smooth, her eyes were clear and distinct, like pearls and jade, and there was a soft light on the pupils, and she couldn't help but look a little weird, he had never looked at it so carefully before. Young lady, the more I look at it now, the more confused I become.

When the young lady saw him look at him like this, her cheeks flushed immediately, she turned her face away and said nothing.

Zhao Tong collected himself, and just said: "It's good to live in peace for the time being, time passes quickly, so it's not a burden."

When the young lady heard the words, she frowned quietly, her face showed a touch of sadness, as if she wanted to say something, but she hesitated to say something, and she couldn't say it in the end.

Zhao Tong stood up and said, "I'm leaving now. Don't take care of yourself. I heard from Coach Zhang that there is a young man in your Zhang family who has been treated at his grandfather's house in Langzhou, Chengdu Prefecture because of a strange disease. , Now that the years have passed, the illness should be cured, right? Take it when you have time..."

He walked while talking without looking back, the young lady looked at his back, her face hesitated and struggled, and finally she lowered her head slightly, standing in the breeze, a strand of hair flew lightly, and her slender figure quietly stood in the setting sun.

Another day later, Zhao Tun set off.

Lu Junyi returned to Beijing's Daming Mansion at this time, and Yue Fei also returned to Xiangzhou. He only brought Hong Qi, Xu Ning, Yang Zhi, and Shi Jin with him.

Zhao Tuo was short of people, but there were too few generals who could command the army, and as for the scribes who planned the internal affairs, there was not a single one.

One thousand cavalry led by Xu Ning, one thousand infantry led by Yang Zhi, and more than a thousand logistics personnel supervised by Shi Jin. Hong Qi brought three to four hundred strong men in dirty clothes. These people all went to Xihe voluntarily. Unlike the Forbidden Army who went back to Tokyo, these people went to Xihe to take root. If possible, they would marry wives and have children there from then on, and reproduce for generations.

In addition to these, there are also some civil servants, all of whom are going to serve as the Protectorate of Longyou. The future of these people is uncertain, they may return to Beijing, they may be transferred to other places, or they may not be able to get out of Xihe Road from now on.

Zhao Tong's family is in charge of the hundred youth group, he gave these hundred people a name, of course they can't be called Iron Blood Youth Group, bah, that's unlucky.

He named this hundred people the Scarlet Pioneer Group. None of these hundred youths came from the Imperial Army family, and they were not even natives of Tokyo.

Horseshoe went south and looked north, seeing the Tokyo city gradually blurred and small, disappearing beyond the smoke and dust of the long grass pavilion and ancient road, a faint smile appeared on Zhao Tun's face.

At the bottom of the small red sandalwood box in his mansion are three sheets of paper, which were written after he wrote his first frontier poem when he was five years old. Now, the two papers on Yelu Dashi and Xizhou Hehuang are drawn out and put on the box. , there is only one left now...

More than half a month later, the team had entered the territory of Xihe Road, and it was already autumn, and the eyes were full of desolation.

The scenery of Xihe Road cannot be compared with that of Gyeonggi, but the thick and quietness is unmatched by other Luzhous.

At this time, Xihe Road was governed in Xizhou, while Longyou Duhufu was governed in Xining Prefecture, which was Qingtang City, which was still further west of Xizhou.

Zhao Tong and his party stopped and rested in Xizhou for seven days. Manchu officials went out of the city to see them off. Under the eyes of respect or disapproval, they continued westward, passed Huangzhou, and went straight to Xining Prefecture.

On this day, it was already at the edge of the Huangshui River, Zhao Tun stopped the team, and immediately rolled the Huanghe River, only to see the blue sky and the wide water, which seemed endless at a glance, which made people feel open and happy.

Hehuang Longyou, here I come.

(End of this chapter)