Although a unanimous agreement was reached, it will take a lot of time for the official establishment of Wuwei Bank, and all money banks need to take inventory, and even use this period of time to quickly eat and wipe some things that are not quite on the table, in short, there is still a lot of trouble to deal with. According to Xia He's estimate, it will probably be at the end of the year that the money village will be truly established.

However, when things have come to this point, there are fewer things that need Li Ze and Xia He's personal attention, and both of them have too many things to be busy with.

In fact, the whole of Wuwei is very busy.

Some are busy rectifying armaments, some are busy arranging fields and inventory, some are busy rectifying the rule of officials, and more people are naturally busy with their own small lives.

In the midst of all the busyness, the autumn harvest season has finally arrived.

Everyone put down what they had at hand and threw themselves into this harvest season. Even Li Ze walked to the field, picked up the sickle, and in the cheers of the crowd, he swung the knife to cut the first bunch of ripe crops.

This year, the wind and rain in the north are smooth, not only in the eleventh town of Wuwei, but also on the side of Lulong, and it is also the season of a bumper harvest. The bumper harvest is naturally delightful, but people who are different from the happiness of ordinary people, whether it is Lu Long or the high-level of Wuwei, are in the joy with a little worry, because after the autumn harvest, the two sides will naturally have a big collision on the military level.

The two sides have tried each other many times in Yingzhou, but they have both lost and won, and no one has taken too much advantage. The bloody facts confirmed that both sides were very strong, and when the two tigers met, one would be injured, and no one wanted to be the one who lost.

While the people were cheering for the harvest, the Wuwei Jiedu Embassy and the army on the border line had already begun to prepare for war tightly.

After Li Ze symbolically cut a small piece of crops, he returned to the Jiedu Embassy, and messengers from Yingzhou, Dingzhou, Yizhou and other places were shuttling non-stop, bringing all kinds of information.

Zhang Hui drove all the students in Wuwei Academy out to help the people harvest in the autumn, and he also went to the Jiedu Embassy when he was idle, and began to perform his duties as the secretary in charge.

"Li Cunzhong from Yanmen Pass sent someone to deliver the letter." Zhang Hui took out an envelope from a pile of case files, took out the letter from inside, and handed it to Li Ze.

"How?" Li Ze did not read the letter, but asked Zhang Hui directly.

"The tone is very respectful, and he said that since you have the title of the chief of the northland march, then he will naturally act on the orders of the chief administrator, but at the same time, he sighed in the letter, saying that he is stationed in Yanmen Pass, and often fights with the Lulong people, and his command is seriously damaged, the military budget is insufficient, and the ordnance is insufficient, etc." Zhang Hui spread his hands and said: "In short, what he means is that he will definitely carry out your orders, but with his current strength and ability, he is more than enough and not enough, and it is a blessing in misfortune to be able to hold Yanmen Pass." By the way, in the letter, he also asked the marshal for your military salary. ”

Li Ze laughed angrily, "What about the others?" ”

Han Qi, who was stationed in Taiyuan, replied to the letter, the content was similar to Li Cunzhong, but his excuse was that the Heavenly Soldier Army, the Xinzhou Army, and the Caulan Army were unstable and had frequent changes, and he seemed to be in collusion with Lu Long and Zhang Zhongwu, so he had to cheer up to deal with these people, and he couldn't help what you proposed. But although he can't follow Jieshuai to attack Lulong, he is also very hard to stabilize Hedong for Jieshuai. ”

"The others, don't you say anything?" Li Ze has nothing more to say.

"Nope." Zhang Hui shook his head and said: "Gao Xiangsheng said that these few people will retreat when they hear the difficulties, but they have not wronged them, Gao Biao also knows that they are unstable factors, and he also taught them a lesson before he died, so that they now have to shrink at home and lick their wounds, and there is no trouble." ”

Although Gao Xiangsheng didn't say it explicitly, I also understood that this was probably Gao Biao's strategy. He handed over Hedong to Li Cunzhong and Han Qi, and it was clear that he wanted these two to preserve their strength and sit back and watch me fight with Lu Long. ”

"But I have to say that this trick is extremely clever." Zhang replied: "The Hedong Army and the Lu Long Army have been fighting for many years, and even if the Jieshuai fights with Lu Long, and the Jieshuai wins a complete victory, it is impossible to pursue them for anything, but to reward them for their achievements over the years." At that time, even if the position of the commander of the Northland march is confirmed, and the Hedong family is truly under the command of the commander, it will become a powerful force to be reckoned with, which is probably what Gao Yu needs. ”

"That's true!" After some analysis by Zhang Hui, Li Ze also understood: "In the final analysis, Gao Yu didn't really worry about me, so he left this trick to check and balance me in the future, it seems that this old guy is still quite confident that I will defeat Zhang Zhongwu!" ”

"I'm also confident!" Zhang Hui laughed.

"Now in this situation, I really hope that Gao Biao will continue to live, if he lives, at least both of us can do our best to jointly send troops, then this battle will be much easier, now, Hedong waits and sees, but Wuwei is going to go all out, and the victory or defeat is only between the two." Li Ze was a little annoyed.

"There are no ifs!" Zhang replied: "If Gao Yu can live, he is naturally unwilling to die, when he knows that he will not live long, with his character, he will inevitably make some arrangements that he thinks are most beneficial to the imperial court." At this point, we cannot blame him. ”

Li Ze thought for a moment, and suddenly sneered: "Hedong is not monolithic, the Tianbing Army, the Kelan Army, and the Xinzhou Army suffered a big loss this time, and they may not be willing to be locked up by Han Qi and Li Cunzhong one after the other, they just haven't turned a corner for a while, and I will send someone over to explain the relationship with them again." ”

"It's just hard to get them to send troops."

"It's not impossible." Li Zedao: "How do you know if you don't try, send a person who can speak well to lobby a family, as long as one family thinks it is profitable, and uses my order as an excuse to lead his troops out of Daizhou to attack Lu Longjun, even if it is just for show." ”

Zhang Hui said with a smile: "When you defeat the Lu Long Army, you can reward this family, and in the final battle with the Lu Long people, Li Cunzhong or Han Qi, because they did not participate, they would have no credit, and at that time, the Jieshuai would clearly and justifiably raise a force in Hedong to fight against these two." ”

"Han Qi and Li Cunzhong will inevitably be together, no matter who this family is, it is naturally not an opponent, so if you want to compete with these two, you can only continue to rely on me." Li Zedao.

"It's a really good idea." Zhang Hui said with a smile: "I have a disciple in the academy, but he really has a three-inch tongue, so I will send him to give it a try this time." ”

"What about the rest of the world?" Li Ze then asked.

"It's the autumn harvest season, and it's still very stable everywhere." Zhang replied: "That is, Zhaoyi is a little fierce." Xue Wei seemed to be a little impatient, Xue Ping placed the four thousand Shence troops in Nangong County, which borders Zhaoyi, as if he gave him some illusion of this uncle, mistakenly thinking that his nephew was supporting him. ”

"This Xue Wei is really a little confused." Li Ze is really a little annoyed, Zhaoyi Jiedu is his channel to communicate with Chang'an, once there is chaos here, his communication with Chang'an will be interrupted again, not to mention anything else, when Chang'an is really in chaos, it will be a problem for his mother and wife to withdraw. "I will ask Xue Ping to send someone back to persuade his uncle not to make trouble, but it is difficult to say whether it will work or not."

"If Zhaoyi is chaotic, Wei Bo will inevitably take advantage of the void." Zhang replied: "It seems that Wei Bo is not moving much now, but it is this kind of calm that makes people inscrutable, Tian Chengsi is a powerful person, he must be an important person who colluded with Zhaoyi Town, but I really can't see which one." ”

"I can't control Weibo for the time being." Li Ze touched his chin and said: "Li Hao came to report, and also said that Hou Xiyi of Pinglu was angry about the defeat at our hands a few years ago, and he would probably take advantage of the fire to rob us when we were fighting with Lu Long. ”

"It's really a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers!" Zhang Hui said with a smile: "Anyway, Hou Xiyi is also a town, he only has 3,000 people under him, so he dares to come forward to provoke, and it really starts to fight, and we will be weak at that time." ”

"So I reprimanded him fiercely, and sent someone to Pinglu to lobby, first stabilize Pinglu." Li Zedao: "In fact, the key to the matter is to fight with Lu Long, as long as we win a decisive battle, all these problems will not be a problem." ”

"Dingzhou, Yizhou!" Zhang replied.

Li Ze nodded silently: "Don't look at Deng Jingwen's fierce trouble in Yingzhou, but the real decisive battle will definitely be in Dingzhou and Yizhou." Next, our elite will continue to march to Dingzhou Yizhou, and I will also go. ”

"The marshal wants to command it personally?"

Li Ze shook his head: "Commanding such a large-scale battle, I am far inferior to Cao Xin, I go, just to stabilize the morale of the army and improve morale, when I fight, I will stand there and be a mascot." ”

When Li Ze said this, Zhang Hui couldn't help laughing. Li Ze particularly appreciates this point, that is, he is self-aware, like in the military, he will never be strong, whoever is strong will be on the top.

"If you can break through Youzhou in one battle, then the big thing will be decided!" Li Ze turned to look at the map on the wall, "As long as Zhang Zhongwu doesn't have Youzhou, even if he still has other vast areas of Lulong, it won't be a problem. ”