When the New Year comes, the whole Jincheng becomes very lively, the population has also surged a lot, the traders come and go, the stream is endless, and a lot of shops are opened, so that the locals of Jincheng have never seen so many shops, so rich in daily necessities, it has become the most prosperous city in the northwest.

The New Year is coming, and every house is full of lights and festive atmosphere.

Xue Zhiqing has been in and out of the Young Marshal's Mansion these days, and has been in and out of Xiao Yiyi and Ning Muhe, and from their mouths, she has a new understanding of Luo Zhaoyun, his life, his growth, and his tenderness, which makes the image of Ruyi Langjun in Xue Zhiqing's heart more enriched.

It can be said that Xue Zhiqing is not young, she used to be above the top and would not be impressed by ordinary men, but now she wants to enter and leave the young marshal's mansion intentionally or unintentionally and enjoy the living atmosphere here.

Sometimes when I meet with Luo Zhaoyun, I will also chat freely, from governing the country to life, and we have a very happy conversation, and we have a sense of comfort.

The personal relationship between the two is also closer, and sometimes, Luo Zhaoyun feels that they talk about each other's topics more deeply, and even occasionally say a little meat joke, which makes the talented woman shy for a while.

Luo Zhaoyun's heart is like a mirror, knowing that this is the state of falling in love, once she proposes, she may agree.

However, for the time being, he doesn't want to win the talented girl too early, like swallowing dates. Moreover, he is currently only a prince of the country, and he is still limited by the quota of one wife and two equal wives, so he cannot give Xue Zhiqing a title, if he waits for himself to be the king, then he will no longer be restricted, and he can be named a concubine, and the number of places will be greatly increased.

Chinese New Year's Eve.

Luo Zhaoyun and the three daughters kept the New Year together, sitting in the room, the charcoal stove was incense, warm as spring, and the lights were bright.

"Childe, another year has passed." Ning Muhe was a little emotional, because she and Luo Zhaoyun depended on each other when they were children, and it was very difficult, fifteen years have passed in a flash, and the identities of the two have been very different from those years.

Luo Zhaoyun looked at a crescent moon, hanging high in the night sky, and sighed lightly: "Yes, the two of us also watched the moon like this back then. ”

The two grew up together, and there were many topics in the past, and only one question instantly evoked that memory.

"I've heard about it before, but I didn't expect you to suffer so much when you were a teenager." Xue Zhiqing sighed softly, and a touch of tenderness surged in her heart.

Ning Muhe selectively mentioned to her second daughter that she and her son had been bullied by Mrs. Meng, and in the end, the Meng family exhausted their organs and finally reaped the consequences, which made Xue Zhiqing full of pity for Luo Cheng's youth, and a man with a story is often more attractive to a woman who loves him.

Luo Zhaoyun smiled slightly, disapproving, it was all over, the suffering in front of him was not what he ate, but the real concubine Luo Cheng, after crossing, his fate changed.

Xiao Yiyi and Xue Zhiqing accompanied them, their eyes full of tenderness, silently enjoying the warm feeling of home.

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The New Year's Festival is good, when the Lantern Festival passes, the Taishou and the county commanders began to return to various places to go to work, and some talented people were directly left, and it is important to send people back with the holy decree, promote the second-in-command county Cheng Fuzheng, and maintain the operation of the local yamen as usual.

Luo Zhaoyun sent Hou Junji back to the border of Jincheng and continued to garrison, ready to attack the adjacent Huichuan and Longxi counties at any time to encircle and suppress Western Qin.

Li Jing was sent to Xihai County to sit in the town, because Xihai County is adjacent to the Hexi Corridor, restricting the forces of Tuyuhun and Tubo, and is in the middle of the Western Regions, the Hexi Corridor and Tubo, which is the hub, Li Jing is sitting here, and it is a deterrent to Dunhuang, Zhangye, Tubo, and the Western Regions.

Xihai County is regarded as the foundation of the northwest rear, before Luo Zhaoyun's eastward expedition, he sent Li Jing back to guard it, which is conducive to stabilizing the situation in the Hexi Corridor, and it is not easy to repeat accidents, and he has absolute trust in his loyalty and quality.

The eldest grandson Wuji stayed in Jincheng to deal with government affairs and established a temporary Xuanzheng Yuan to be responsible for the overall planning of civil affairs and economic affairs in the northwest counties.

The Xuanzheng Yuan and the Privy Council, one governing the government and the other governing the army, complement each other and are the two core departments of the Young Marshal's Office.

Most of the rest of the strategists and generals are temporarily staying in Jincheng, and it is important to make a talent reserve for the march into Longyou and Jingzhao, and every time a county is conquered, it is necessary to leave a talented person to take care of it, stabilize the local situation, and advance eastward step by step.

After the beginning of spring, the conscription of the eleven counties began, and then after selection, there were constantly elite new troops sent over, and they converged in several large camps outside Jincheng.

The Northwest Army had already reached 150,000, and now it is constantly recruited, and some small tribes have also joined the army, and soon expanded to 250,000 troops, and they are all strong men.

The Northwest Army sharpened its knives, and the horse farm added more than a dozen places, and those strong men of a few tribes enlisted in the army, all brought their own war horses, and their riding skills were excellent, and their archery skills were also proficient, forming a 30,000-strong Hu cavalry team, which was definitely the main force in the charge.

Qu Tutong still served as a general, responsible for commanding 50,000 soldiers and horses, and was reused without any neglect, which made the old general grateful and felt that he had given him enough face.

In the past two months, what he has seen and heard in Jincheng has seen the development of the northwest, the benefits of the new policy, and the advantages of the Northwest Army's weapons and equipment, grain and grass economy, and he thinks that if he continues to reserve it like this, Luo Cheng will really have the strength to seize the world in the future.

With the passage of time, Qu Tutong has a deep contact with Luo Cheng, and he admires this young man, sometimes he is contradictory, if Luo Cheng really becomes king in the future, and he follows him as soon as possible, can he become the founder of the country and go down in history?

The old general is not exempt from vulgarity, and he will still have his abacus in his heart, nothing more than fame and fortune, sheltering the family and so on.

In the end, the knot in Qu Tutong's heart gradually loosened, thinking that if Luo Cheng's actions were really as he promised, it would be considered benevolent and righteous to raise troops after His Majesty returned to the west, and at that time, it would be logical for him to follow him to fight the country.