The craftsmen all entered the city, Yang Yuanqing ordered the soldiers to take them to the barracks to live temporarily, and several soldiers brought the Zhang brothers and more than a dozen craftsmen to meet Yang Yuanqing.

Everyone knelt down and kowtowed, "See His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" ”

"Get up, all of you!"

Everyone got up, they all stood aside tremblingly, their expressions were very nervous, most of them had encountered the biggest official in their lives was only the county order, and the Zhang brothers told them that the general in front of them was actually the emperor of the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Yuanqing could feel everyone's nervousness, so he smiled at everyone and asked, "Are everyone from Donglai County?" ”

One of the oldest old men said with a smile: "We have people from Donglai County, Gaomi County, and Beihai County, but they are all seaside shipbuilders. ”

Yang Yuanqing saw that the old man's voice was old and his head was gray, so he asked him curiously, "Old man, how old are you?" ”

"Grandpa Wang is sixty years old." Someone next to him answered for him.

The old man's face was a little nervous, he was afraid that Yang Yuanqing would not want him to work, and hurriedly said: "Although I am sixty years old, I have built a ship for forty years, and I built the ship that came to General Hu'er to attack Goryeo, whether a ship is built well or not, I will know at a glance, Your Highness, I am useful!" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly and said: "Old man, you don't have to worry, I really need an experienced old shipwright like you, you work hard and give full play to your talents, I will pay you double your salary." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" The old man was overjoyed.

Yang Yuanqing asked the Zhang brothers again, "Have you recruited a total of 800 households?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, there are more than 1,200 households in total, about 400 households sail across the sea by themselves, and the rest of the boats can only go to the shipyard by land, we were troubled by Dou Jiande's soldiers when we crossed Qi County, and we almost couldn't cross the Yellow River."

Yang Yuanqing suddenly became interested, 800 artisan households, more than 2,000 people, how did they pass through Dou Jiande's territory? Such an important artisan resource. Could it be that Dou Jiande just watched them cross the river and go north?

"What's the situation in Qingzhou? So many of you went north together, and you weren't detained by Dou Jiande's army? ”

The two brothers glanced at each other, and Zhang Long explained: "Qi County, Donglai County, and Beihai County are all in chaos, and no one cares about us. However, when we met an army in Qi County, they treated us as refugees, wanted to loot money, and arrested the women among us, and a female general happened to come, and under her stern reprimand, the army let us go. ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced back at Luo Shixin. Luo Shixin's expression became a little unnatural, Yang Yuanqing smiled, and asked Zhang Long again, "What kind of female general is it, do you know her name?" ”

Zhang Long didn't expect the dignified King of Chu to be interested in the female general of the enemy army, so he opened his mouth and didn't know how to answer, and Zhang Hu next to him said: "It's a very young female general." Make a long knife, the skin is slightly dark, and the eyes are very bright. It seems like.... Listen to other generals call her mother. ”

"Is it a lineman?"

"That's right! It's the line girl. ”

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "You guys go down and rest first!" Next year I'll have someone take you to the shipyard, and hopefully restore those ships for me as soon as possible. ”

Everyone left, Yang Yuanqing stood up, joked with Luo Shixin and said, "Do you have any thoughts about going to Qi County?" ”

Luo Shixin's lips were stretched into a straight line, and he said for a while: "I don't understand what the chief manager is talking about?" ”

"You know very well what I'm talking about."

Yang Yuanqing smiled and patted him on the shoulder, turned around and left, Luo Shixin looked at Yang Yuanqing walking away, he bit his lip tightly. But those bright eyes appeared in my mind, why was she Dou Jiande's niece?

Luo Shi had thousands of ambitions in his confidence, but these eyes made him heroic and short-breathed, and he couldn't help but sigh lowly...... Yang Yuanqing returned to the military office, and happened to meet Yang Xuan, who had just returned from Wei County, at the door, although Yang Xuanxuan was Yang Yuanqing's uncle. But in front of business, he is Yang Yuanqing's subordinate.

Yang Xuanyu hurriedly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and bowed, "See the chief manager!" ”

"When did the third uncle come back?"

"I just came back, and I want to talk to the chief manager about the matter of Wei County."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Let's go into the house and talk!" ”

The two entered Yang Yuanqing's temporary official room, Yang Yuanqing took off his coat and handed it to Pei Qingsong, and instructed him: "Let the boy fry a pot of good tea for Yang Taishou and use my tea leaves." ”

Pei Qingsong nodded and went out, the two sat down, Yang Yuanqing smiled: "Say it!" What is the situation in Wei County? ”

"It can only be said that seventy percent is completed, Yang Shanhui is willing to surrender, and more than 7,000 troops are handed over to General Qin, according to the instructions of the governor, Yang Shanhui will temporarily serve as the Taishou of Wei County."

"That's pretty good!"

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "Then what is the shortfall of thirty percent?" ”

Yang Xuanxuan sighed and said: "It's Yao Junsu, he refuses to surrender, he has already resigned and left, I heard that he went to Jiangdu, and after worshipping Yang Guang, he returned to seclusion and no longer held any official position in the imperial court." ”

Yang Yuanqing's smile disappeared, and he nodded silently, any dynasty has such a backbone person, loyal to his beliefs, his master Zhang Xutuo is such a loyal person, he would rather die than betray, he can only be in awe of Yao Junsu's choice.

"Yuanqing, there is one more thing I want to talk to you about."

"What's the matter?"

Yang Yuanqing saw that the third uncle had changed his name to himself, and he suddenly became a relative, so he vaguely guessed that the third uncle was going to talk to him about family affairs, and he must have had some idea when he met Yang Shanhui.

Yang Xuanfei didn't know what to say, he muttered and said: "It's about Yang Shanhui, he is honest, has an outstanding official reputation, has a reputation in Hebei, and his influence in the counties of Hebei is no less than those famous families, can you think about it...... What to consider? ”

Yang Yuanqing vaguely guessed what the third uncle meant, but he asked Yang Xuanxuan to say it directly.

"You should know what I mean." Yang Xuanxuan sighed.

"What the third uncle means is that he hopes to consider Yang Shanhui to enter the phase, right?" Yang Yuanqing looked into his eyes and said.

Yang Xuanxuan nodded silently, admitting that Yang Yuanqing guessed his thoughts.

"After all, the Hongnong Yang family is also a famous family in the world, and it is your family, and it is the foundation of your absolute own power to support you, you should entrust it to reuse, otherwise the words of the people in the world will be unfavorable to you."

"You'll say I'm too cold, right?" Yang Yuanqing smiled and said in a self-deprecating tone.

Yang Xuanyu didn't say anything, he did hear complaints in the family. In November last year, a member of the Hongnong Yang clan went to Lingwu County to find him, and about the imperial examination, the Hongnong Yang clan also sent three disciples to take the exam. As a result, Sun Shan became famous, causing great dissatisfaction in the family.

Yang Xuanyu also knew that the imperial examination needed to be fair, and Yang Yuanqing could not be accused of being unfair to the family in this matter, but he also believed that Yang Yuanqing should care about the Yang family in some circumstances, such as the reuse of Yang Shanhui, which could not only alleviate the family's dissatisfaction. It can also make people all over the world understand that Yang Yuanqing was born in the Hongnong Yang family.

Yang Yuanqing paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, he stopped and asked Yang Xuanxian, "Why doesn't the third uncle think about himself?" Wouldn't it be better to let the third uncle into the picture? ”

Yang Xuanyu was taken aback, and hurriedly shook his head, "I'm inappropriate, I know it in my heart." Back then, your grandfather also said that I was a young learner, and at most I was too guarded. You let me be the prime minister, firstly, my ability cannot bear it, and secondly, it will also be mistaken for the country, this time I was transferred to Hejian County Taishou, I am under a lot of pressure, this is a big county, and it is Dou Jiande's lair, the situation is very complicated, I don't know if I can deal with it? ”

"Third Uncle is too humble, you have done a good job in Lingwu County. The reputation of the subordinates and the people is very good, and it is more than enough to deal with Hanoi County. ”

Yang Yuanqing also understood what the third uncle meant, he was not considering from his own interests, but from the interests of the family, Yang Shanhui was a more important branch of the Hongnong Yang family, so that Yang Shanhui would enter the phase. It is more beneficial to Hongnong Yang.

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Let me think about this matter again, the new Xiangguo will usually be determined before April, and there is still time, but I want to ask the third uncle to go to Luoyang and worship my grandfather's mausoleum on my behalf." ”

"I will definitely go when it is clear...... Yang Xuanxuan was gone, Yang Yuanqing stood in front of the window and pondered for a long time, he was thinking about Hongnong Yang, although he had been avoiding this question, but sooner or later he would face it.

He actually inherited the inheritance of the Sui Dynasty in an ambiguous identity, on the one hand, everyone knew that he was from the Hongnong Yang family, but on the other hand, everyone felt that he was appointed by the first emperor and did not exclud his inheritance of the Sui dynasty.

This is like the origins of Yang Sui and Li Tang, although Yang Jian and Li Yuan both claimed to be the Guannei Shi clan, the Hongnong Yang clan and the Longxi Li clan, but in fact everyone understood that their ancestors were Huhua Han people in Wuchuan Military Town.

This is an ambiguous attitude, everyone knows the truth, but they don't want to make the truth clear, and the same is true for him Yang Yuanqing, if he really goes to Hongnong County to worship, or publicly admits that he is Hongnong Yang, and has nothing to do with Yang Sui, this will disappoint many people and greatly reduce his support.

Some things are better not to be broken, keep a kind of hazy and ambiguous, and give everyone a hope.

At this moment, Yang Yuanqing decided that he must not publicly admit that he is the Hongnong Yang family, at least not now...... At this time, Luo Shixin's voice appeared at the door, "Chief, are you looking for me?" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Come in!" ”

Luo Shixin walked in, he didn't know what the manager was looking for him? He didn't want the manager to mention the matter of Dou Xianniang again, he had already decided to drive this woman away from his heart.

Yang Yuanqing walked to the wall, brushed the floor and pulled the curtain on the wall, there was a map of Hebei counties hanging on the wall, all the counties have been planted with small red flags, only Liaodong is still blank.

Luo Shixin suddenly understood, "The manager asked me to go to Gao Kaidao?" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "You are very smart, but the task I gave you is to attack but not overcome." ”

Luo Shixin hesitated, "I don't understand the humble position. ”

Yang Yuanqing squinted his eyes and smiled: "It's to force Gao Kaidao into a corner, but don't kill him, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Luo Shixin stared at the map of Liaodong, and he suddenly blurted out, "I understand my humble position......