Empire's Summoning Generals System

Chapter 138 New Year's Banquet
Yanzhou, Dongyu City, Liu Mansion.

January [-]st, New Year.Inside Liu's mansion, the lights and festoons were filled with joy. The joy of the New Year completely dilutes the oppression of several wars. Many people's tense nerves are also relaxed today. The same is true for Liu De. The pensions for the dead and disabled soldiers have already All have been decentralized, and the reconstruction of old houses in the west of the city is also proceeding in an orderly manner, and [-] to [-]% of them have been roughly completed.

A few days ago, Huo Jun came to report that he wanted to organize the people to carry out a major repair on the Dongyu city wall after the New Year, to make the city wall taller and thicker, and to replace the city gate.

With a swipe of Liu De's pen, isn't there still a lot of slaves and criminals in Dongyu City?All these people were directly transferred to Huo Jun for his driving, which is called reform through labor.

He also ordered Chen Shuo and Mi Zhu to allocate enough money and food. For Dongyu City, the defense of the city wall must not be sloppy or careless.

Outside Liu's residence, Shen Feng directed his servants to hang red lanterns beside the gate, Xi'er directed the chef in the kitchen to prepare gourmet delicacies, Xu Hu also brought the tiger guards to help Qian's carry some ingredients and drinks, only Dian Wei Standing outside the study with a eucalyptus in hand, drooling while looking at the passing wine.

In the study room, Liu De was writing vigorously. On the above were some questions about Dongyu's war horse written by Gongsun Qi. Liu De held the arms purchased from the system: [Xuanjia Army], 3500 Xuanjia troops need at least With 7000 war horses and more than half of the lost White Horse Yi Cong, a large number of war horses needed to be replenished, so Liu De held a military meeting to discuss with the generals about forming cavalry and domesticating war horses.

Gongsun Qi's article pointed out that if Dongyu City wants to cultivate its own horses, it must have its own horse breeding land, that is, fertile pastures and grasslands. Dongyu does not have these conditions, only the Hu people have them. About 70 miles to 100 miles away, there is a fertile pasture, which was previously occupied by a small tribe under Donghu. That small tribe has Donghu as its support and is not afraid of Dongyu at all, and even if Dongyu seizes the pasture, it is impossible I can keep it, so I didn't consider taking the pasture as my own.

But now, Donghu is in the quagmire of war, and I am afraid that Dongyu City will not be able to take care of Dongyu City in two or three years, so it is the best time to take that pasture. Two to three years is enough to raise a batch of war horses. At that time, It is not so easy for Donghu to take back the pasture.

Liu De looked at this scroll of bamboo slips and felt that the power was so powerful. This is actually a bet. If the bet wins, then Dongyu will have his own horse farm. A large number of cavalry is no longer just a dream. In such a spectacular scene, Liu De felt his blood boiling.

Breeding war horses requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and these manpower and material resources are enough to form several infantry armies. If a large number of war horses are not cultivated within two years, then everything Dongyu has paid, whether it is money or manpower, will be wiped out. If the water is lost, Dongyu City's combat power will drop significantly. Two years later, it is unknown what kind of powerful enemy it will face. If it loses the bet, Dongyu's situation will be in crisis.

After thinking about it for several days, Liu De decided to let go of his courage and just one word:

"Dry!"

The so-called seeking wealth and wealth, there is not much time left for yourself, how can you do it if you don’t take a gamble?
Stamped his seal of General Yang Wei, asked Dian Wei outside the door to send someone to the county government, and ordered Gongsun Qi to lead troops to seize the pasture as soon as the New Year passed, and planned to go deep into the grassland to seize horse breeds, and began to breed belonging to Dong Yu's own war horse.

"Second Uncle, Second Uncle, go out with me to play! It's so lively outside!" Little Butterfly ran to Liu De's study, her crisp voice was as melodious as a lark.

Liu De put down the brush, picked up Little Butterfly, and said with a smile, "Your brothers Guan Ping and Dianman will come over later, why don't you wait for them to play together again?"

Little Butterfly's eyes lit up, and she giggled and said, "Yes! They'll come over later, then I'll wait for them, and then go out to play together!" Saying this, she jumped off Liu De and ran out of the study .

Liu De looked at the figure of Little Butterfly quite relievedly, stood up, and stretched a lot, he was a little tired after sitting for too long.

Liu De ordered the generals a few days ago to spend the New Year with all his family members in Liu's mansion. It happened to be lively and lively, and he could get closer to everyone. Otherwise, there would only be him, his sister-in-law, Xi'er, and Little Butterfly at home. It's really a bit deserted during Chinese New Year.

"Ma'am, have you brought the gift?" Guan Yu asked Hu.

"Don't worry! Everything is ready!"

Mrs. Hu stepped forward to help Guan Yu straighten his clothes, looked at Guan Yu with gentle eyes, and said with a smile.

"Father, mother! It's time for us to go!" Guan Ping broke in from outside the house, startling the couple.

"Okay, okay, let's go!" Mrs. Hu touched Guan Ping's little head, and after a while, the three of them left the mansion and headed towards Liu's mansion.

The last ray of light in the sky was also swallowed by the darkness, and the night was getting darker, but the inside of the Liu Mansion was brightly lit, with rows of candles lit, as bright as day.

Rows of small tables were placed on the left and right, and pretty maids brought in plates of dishes and fine wines. The generals who came in also greeted each other, having a good time, and their wives and children sat together to discuss recent interesting events. There was also a lot of laughter, Guan Ping and the children followed Little Butterfly, the eldest sister, to run around in the hall, and the laughter spread throughout the hall without feeling tired at all.

But at this time, Liu De walked into the main hall, and when everyone saw Liu De coming in, they quickly bowed and saluted. Liu De was wearing a white uniform, and said to everyone with a smile: "Today is Chinese New Year, don't be formal!"

Liu De sat on the main seat, Qian Shi, as the mistress (the woman in charge, does not only refer to the hostess), sat on Liu De's right hand, Liu Jia sat next to her mother, and Xi'er waited on her.

The rest of the generals also took their wives and children to sit in corresponding positions according to their status:
The first person on the right from the beginning is [Chen Shuo] with Chen Qi and Chen Ying (although Chen Qi has reached his status, as Chen Shuo's grandson, he has no family separation, so he should still sit with Chen Shuo).

The second person is [Jian Yong], alone.Jian Yong has a concubine, but the concubine is not eligible to come to the banquet, all those who come are regular wives.

The third is [Xu Shu], his wife Yao Shi, and his son Xu Shizhao, who is 7 years old.

Behind them are Tan Zheng, Mi Zhu, Xu Hai, Zhao Yong, Feng Xiuqing, Jia Lulong and others.Mi Zhu, Jia Lulong, Xu Hai, and Zhao Yong all had wives, and they sat aside.

Mi Zhu's son, Mi Wei, is 6 years old.Jia Qinxin, the daughter of Jia Lulong, is 3 years old.Tan Zheng and Feng Xiuqing had no children.

Xu Hai and Zhao Yong did not bring their children here because their heirs had grown up and separated.

The first one from the left is [Zhang Tianlang].His wife, Qu Shi, and his eldest son, Zhang Weiguo, are 10 years old.The second son, Zhang Anguo, is 10 years old.

The second place is [Liu Gui].His wife, Qi Shi, and his son, Liu Zhe, are 7 years old.

The third place is 【Yannan】.His wife, Feng Shi, and his daughter, Yan Fenghuang, are 4 years old.

The fourth place is [Gongsunqi].His wife, Wei, and his son, Gongsun Zhong, are 8 years old.His daughter, Gongsun Yanran, is 5 years old.

The fifth place is [Guan Yu], his wife Hu Shi, and his son Guan Ping, 5 years old.

Later, [Zhang Fei], his wife Xiahou.childless.

Zhang Hong and Liu Pi were alone.

Zheng Fu, Jiang Lin, Zhou Daguo, Huo Jun, Dian Wei, and Xu Hu all have regular wives. Zheng Fu's son, Zheng Xing, is 6 years old.Jiang Haifeng, the son of Jiang Lin, is 14 years old.Zhou Ran, daughter of Zhou Daguo, is 7 years old.Huo Yi, the son of Huo Jun, is 1 year old.Dian Wei's son Dian turned 4 years old.Xu Yong, the son of Xu Hu, is 11 years old.

Shan Hongwei has no wife, and has a nephew, Shan Peng, who is 1 year old.

Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, Gong Du, and Yao Jun were all alone.

(End of this chapter)