Heavy rain fell for three days in a row.

The rain curtain hung between the sky and the earth, the water vapor rose to fill the field of vision, on the official road in the distance, hundreds of horsemen dressed in robes galloped over, turning the corner, the sound of horses' hooves and the sound of rain were intertwined, and when the muddy water was churning under the hooves, it went straight to the outline of the city in the water vapor.

Soon after, the war horse galloped from the city gate, and the soldiers saw the fluttering white wolf flag, and hurriedly waved the long soldiers to push the vendors and pedestrians who lined up into the city in the middle to push both sides, and then, the war horse galloped over with raindrops, splashing everyone. Dongfang Sheng and Li Ru, who received the news, were waiting at the gate of the government at this time, and the horse team coming from the end of the street stopped at the door.

“.…… Did you ask Stephanie and Gerald? The specific number of people, what kind of equipment the soldiers and horses use. The rain curtain formed under the eaves, crackling down, Gongsun Zhi said as he walked, came to the main hall of the meeting, the two servants hurriedly opened the door, and the figure strode in: "This battle can not be fought the best, but I am worried that these foreigners do not know how to lift, and they must always be prepared." ”

Li Ru followed closely, "Those two don't want to talk more, they must wait for the lord to ask in person." ”

The figure sat down, someone brought warm wine, and Gongsun Zhi took a big gulp and drank it, "...... Then I'll wait a while, time is running out for now, but we must let the soldiers who have just returned have time to go home and save their relatives, five days is probably enough...... In addition, I want to form another cavalry, with a number of 5,000, and I also promised to send Gongsun Du 2,000 horses when I came back from Liaodong, do you have any opinions? ”

"Why not—"

On the side seat, Sour Ru gritted his teeth and smashed a few cases, his eyes were a little red: "The big and small things in the county, the leader didn't worry about it, what do you want, Brother Wenyou and I racked our brains to get it, but two thousand horses said that they would be given away, you must know that there are not many horses left in the county, not to mention the loss of the war, and now a new cavalry is going to be formed, and the opening is five thousand...... From last year to this year, the horses were almost exhausted, and if there was another battle, the cavalry under the leader's command would have to walk on their feet. ”

"That's not how people give it!" His eyes were fixed on the other, and his tone was rather angry.

Gongsun Zhi looked at the scholar who had always had a gentle temperament, for a long time, and nodded: "I don't belong to the family, I don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, I'm at fault for this." You are my brother, and you are qualified to say this. The palm of his hand slapped on the table: "But on Gongsun Du's side, these two thousand horses must be sent, this person is mercenary, since the war in Liaodong has been stirred up, this batch of horses should be funded by him, and the province will die too quickly." ”

Dongfang Sheng coughed violently, and his face turned sickly red.

On rainy days, there was occasional thunder outside, Li Ru twisted his beard and closed his eyes and listened to it for a while, the corners of his mouth hooked a little arc, and he opened his eyes: "Lord, Confucianism has some methods." ”

"Wen You doesn't have to be polite, it's okay to speak directly." The wine was poured, and Gongsun Zhi raised his hand.

Li Ru stood up, shook his fingers in the air, and said with a smile: "The lord is talking about horses, not war horses, there are many horses, horses, young horses, and adult horses that have not been boiled are all horses, two thousand horses are not much, even if it is in the hands of Gongsun Du, he can't be angry, dozens of tribes in Wuhuan were slaughtered, and he has seen Gongsun Du in the main army, Liaodong Xianbei has always been the same as Liaodong Wuhuan, he has to fight if he doesn't fight this time." The saved war horses were left for the lord to build a new cavalry, which was probably enough. ”

"As for the Great Qin army...... he walked out of his seat, walked a few steps behind his back, and paused in his tone: "It is possible to let Xiliang Ma Teng intervene to come in, Confucianism is already a Xiliang person, and he knows that the bitter cold and barrenness over there is even more unbearable than that of Youzhou, and now there are many traders in Shanggu County, and the government has a surplus from it, so send them some money and grain at that time, and invite them to cooperate in attacking this Great Qin army." ”

Maarten?

For this person, Gongsun Zhi's first thought was his son, Jin Ma Chao, who was not familiar with the Three Kingdoms, and he would have heard of such a character, but Ma Chao was not very old at the moment.

"Lord ......" Li Ru saw his frowning and thoughtful look, and hurriedly relieved his doubts: "Ma Teng is the general of Fubo, besieging an army from the extreme west, and he probably won't postpone it. Moreover, he also found out the situation of the generals and soldiers under Ma Teng, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

"Okay! That's it. ”

Gongsun Zhi is not as quick as Li Ru in these things, and he only needs to weigh the gains and losses a little, so he made such a decision, got up and patted the other party's shoulder, turned around and pulled up the sour Ru, "I know that you have this family background in your heart, but to do big things, you have to be willing, you and I killed from the grassland together, we should understand a truth, our current and even future family wealth is not saved, but desperately snatched from other people's mouths, feed yourself, starve others, this is survival." ”

He pinched the other party's empty cuffs and was silent for a while, "You and my brother, don't be angry about this matter, I will come to the government more in the future, and it should be okay to look through the account books." ”

"And write it down, don't be perfunctory." Dongfang Sheng's somewhat blue lips moved, and then he laughed.

Seeing that he had a smile, Gongsun Zhi also smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll write it down, but I'll talk about it today, I have to go back to accompany my wife and son, you are not allowed to disturb or eat." With that, he drained the wine on the table in one gulp and walked out the door.

Li Ru and Dongfang Sheng smiled one after another, and the former stroked his beard and sighed lightly: "In front of outsiders, the lord is cruel and domineering, but in front of you and Gao Sheng, and even the wife of the house, there is another person, few heroes in the world can do this, Confucianism is envious of you." ”

"Actually, the chief...... He's changed a lot, haven't you ever seen how fierce and vicious the leader used to be on the grassland......"

Dongfang Sheng looked at the open door and sighed: "....... Nowadays, it has really changed a lot, and this is the real wolf king. ”

In the rain curtain, Gongsun Zhi led the guards through the rain and got on the horse to go home......

Water droplets flow through the eaves, bits and pieces of bead curtain are connected into bead curtains on the bricks and stones in the courtyard, the sky thunder rolls over the courtyard, and the sound of the rain is reflected with the exciting sound of the piano.

The little lotus step ran quickly through the corridor, when he met the maid who was blocking the way, he pushed it away, ran over quite arrogantly, stretched the rain curtain under the eaves, the little man ran to a room door before stopping, and pushed the door open with a bang, inside, a plain woman with a pattern was stroking the qin, not far from the cradle, the baby in the swaddling clothes was stretching out the white tender arm in the void to grasp, babbling childishly.

"Xianglian ......" Cai Yan pressed his fingers lightly on the strings, stopped, and turned his face slightly, "What is it that makes you anxious." ”

Whew......

The little maid gasped and pointed outside, "Thorn Shi is back." ”

"Ah......h

While Cai Yan's face was filled with joy, the footsteps outside came calmly, Xianglian looked over, screamed, was squeezed and fell outside the door, and the figure who strode into the house waved back to the small figure who was covering his buttocks: "Don't come to disturb." ”

The door slammed shut, Xianglian puffed out her cheeks and rubbed her little buttocks and walked a few steps, sneaked back quietly, walked out of the window and squatted, her face was pressed against the wall, and the sound of talking came intermittently.

In the house, Cai Yan stepped forward to remove her husband's cloak and armor one by one, put them on the shelf, and was just about to turn around, when the figure behind her hugged her from behind with her sturdy arms, the woman's heart was surging, her nose was closed, her chest rose and fell, her breathing became short, she turned around and hugged the man's body into her arms, and climbed on her flushed face and rubbed it on her thick chest.

"Husband...... Other...... Zheng'er is still in the room...... Wait for the evening......"

Gongsun Zhi picked up his light body and threw it on the bed, stretched out his hand to strip the woman naked in one go, gasped and pressed it, and put down the curtain easily.

Outside the house, the little maid who listened to the root of the wall had hot cheeks, reached out and poured the rain on her face, covered her ears and fled in a panic.

……

As the clock passed, lanterns hung up in the mansion.

The blushing woman had the strength to get down from the bed, looked at her husband who was holding the child and teasing, her eyebrows were full of joy, and she got up to dress up, "Husband should also clean up, and it will be time to eat later." ”

His fingers teased his son's pink little face, and when he heard his wife's voice, Gongsun Zhi nodded: "It's time to eat." So he called the nurse next door, carefully put Zheng'er in the other party's arms, put on a single coat, and opened the door: "Madame will go first later, and go to Gerald for her husband and ask about something." ”

"Come back in a hurry, and don't do anything ....... business first" Cai Yan glanced at the back of her husband leaving with a smile on the corner of her mouth, and gently combed the green silk.

On the other side, the rain is getting lighter, ticking and ticking from the corner of the eaves, Gongsun Zhi led a group of guards across the covered bridge and came to the side courtyard.

The side courtyard was full of warriors from the west, and when they saw Gongsun Zhi striding over, they poked their heads out of the window one by one to look, and some people prayed silently, and soon the door of the main hall opened, and the figure walked in.

Gerald was lying on the cold floor, sleeping with his eyes closed, and the next few cases were full of leftovers from the previous meal, and before he had time to clean up, when he heard footsteps, he suddenly opened his eyes, and saw the figure coming in, his rough face showed surprise, and he quickly got up, "Sister, come out quickly, Gongsun is back." ”

"Listen to my men, you have to wait for me to come back." Gongsun Zhi was not polite, his eyes looked at him coldly, he strode to the first place and sat down, pressing his palms on his knees: "...... Now I'm back and tell me about that army. ”

Footsteps sounded in the side hall, the door opened, and a tall figure with long blond hair dragged out of a long dress with red gold stripes, probably a little afraid of stepping on the skirt foot, and came over slowly, quite embarrassed, but Stephanie's temperament did not change, she sat down in the Han sitting posture, and said straightforwardly: "Gongsun, what do you want to know?" ”

"Great Qin's equipment, generals."

Gerald and Stephanie looked at each other, and then, she hesitated for a moment: "It's Freitensis of the Tenth Legion, he is the Roman expeditionary general, and he is very good at fighting...... Accustomed to the auxiliary army in front of the main army to use spear throwers, stone throwers to consume the enemy, but Gongsun ....... you have to be careful of the main army, they are wearing armor, as well as large shields and spears, which is not good for cavalry......"

The chattering female voice talked a lot in the room, and after someone outside came to remind the time, Gongsun Zhi knew that it was time to eat, and wrote down a few key points that the other party said, walked to the door and turned around, his eyes swept over them, "This matter started because of you, if you really want to go to war, you have to follow, if you accidentally die, you should forgive your sins." ”

Stephanie hurriedly got up: "The light of the Holy City will always shine on us. ”

"This is the East, and the light of your house can't shine."

Gongsun Zhi waved his hand, said a word, and walked out, at this time the rain had stopped, and when he walked on the covered bridge, he stopped and looked at the gloomy cumulus clouds in the sky for a while.

"Fight or not ......"

"Hit!" Then, the tone fell affirmatively.