The closer he got to Ten Days City, the more tense Liu Heng's heart became.

Because he knew that the Liu family must have already learned about the changes on the way, although he cleared the Liu family spy and won him a long time, so that the Liu family could no longer pursue and kill, but one thing was very certain for both parties, that is, Liu Heng would only return to Ten Days City in the end no matter what.

Since this point cannot be avoided, it means that if the Liu family makes up their minds, if they can't find Liu Heng's whereabouts, they will definitely choose to block in front of Ten Days City. Although neither side is willing to make the grudge clear, it is unlikely that such a public trouble will come to the table, but Liu Heng has to guard against it.

This road was noisy, Liu Heng let the carriage hurry and went straight into the city, and there was still no accident, which was relieved.

"I went in Liu Jiabao's car, but I didn't come back in Liu Jiabao's car, I think someone should be able to catch this signal, right?" Liu Heng thought secretly.

Because the sign of Weiwei's Mansion was shown when he entered the city, all parties in the city quickly knew the news of his return, and the first to arrive was Uncle He, who broke into the car without saying a word, staring at Liu Heng with his eyes shimmering, trying to see the result of the trip from his expression. However, Liu Heng is not Liu Heng, he has long been accustomed to being happy and angry, and without finding out, He Bo simply asked directly: "What is the negotiation?"

Liu Heng shook his head, "The talk has collapsed." ”

This made He Bo look all gone, and he turned his eyebrows high, "The talk collapsed?" What conditions did the Liu family give?"

Obviously, this result surprised Uncle He, and he suddenly thought that the conditions given by the Liu family were too harsh.

"Only seek the name, not the real power, and later gave the right to expand the army. Liu Heng said truthfully.

Uncle He's eyes widened, even he felt that the conditions were so generous, and he couldn't find anything better than this, not to mention the Liu family, why did the talks collapse in the end?

Liu Heng could guess what Uncle He was thinking, shook his head and said: "The Liu family's coercion and coercion are too much, especially the conditions are too generous, but I can't feel any sincerity, I just feel that if I seek skin with the tiger, I will refuse." ”

He Bo understood it, but he felt more and more surprised, because this was not a choice that Liu Heng would make at all, and he couldn't help but look at Liu Heng frequently.

Liu Heng didn't want to explain, and the smile on his face became more and more prominent.

"You, you?" He Bo's suspicion grew, and he didn't dare to believe it when he guessed, and his voice trembled.

Liu Heng had already gotten up and hugged him tightly, "Uncle He, I'm back, I'm back." ”

He Boxiong's body stiffened suddenly, as if he was completely stunned, but after a while, he hurriedly pushed Liu Heng away, and looked Liu Heng up and down carefully, "Impossible, impossible......! How could you be young master, who are you?"

Everyone said that Liu Heng was dead, and when He Bo thought back, he always felt that Liu Heng had all kinds of signs before leaving, and as time passed, no matter how much he didn't want to believe it, he could only admit the fact that Liu Heng was dead. However, now all of a sudden, someone appeared in the posture of a young master, and he was in a state of confusion, but where could he dare to believe it?

Liu Heng's eyes trembled slightly, and he spoke in a low voice, briefly talking about his experience of more than two years.

"Resurrection from the dead?" He Bo was still shocked when he heard it, because even if Liu Heng abbreviated it too much, this experience still sounded incredible, especially the point of "resurrection from the dead".

"In fact, even I don't know why, I should have died at the time, but then I woke up again for some reason, and appeared near Bailuo Mountain in Lingyuan. Liu Heng could only smile bitterly and said seriously: "I was recuperating in a village of the Lihe tribe for two months, because some things angered the Confucian Chen family and the Shengzeng family, and also implicated the Lihe tribe, so I designed to lure away the pursuers, and let the Lihe tribe quietly go south and take refuge in my Ten Days City." These things can be found by asking the Lebanese people, and they can prove the truth of what I say. ”

Liu Heng's experience really lacks credibility, but Liu Heng's expression and tone when he spoke did not seem to be made up, which made He Bo's mind even more confused.

To believe it or not to believe it, it's too hard to choose!

"I don't know what to say, I'm sorry, I need to be quiet. Uncle He's expression changed for a long time, and finally he shook his head with a wry smile, and couldn't help but look back at Liu Heng frequently, but he still gritted his teeth and lifted the curtain and strode away.

He needed time to find out or distinguish what was true and what was false, and before that, he didn't know what attitude to face this "young master" who didn't know what was true or false.

Seeing He Bo go away, Liu Heng couldn't help but smile bitterly and sighed. He wouldn't blame He Bo for acting like this, because even he knew how mysterious and illusory his experience was, so he didn't expect to convince He Bo immediately.

"It's not just Uncle He, people in the past who knew the news of my resurrection from the dead, I guess it will be like this. ”

Especially Niu Da and others, they watched him die with their own eyes, and buried him with their own hands, how could they easily believe that people can be resurrected after death?

If he heard this kind of thing, he wouldn't believe it either, but it was true.

This situation can only be healed by time, and there is nothing else to do.

It was rare for Uncle He to be suspicious, Liu Heng took the opportunity to find out the truth, first, he was unwilling to hide Uncle He, and second, in the current situation, he really needed help.

When the carriage came to Weiwei's mansion, his own subordinates paid for Liu Heng's carriage and horses, and the coachman who pulled the carriage refused again and again, and only after Liu Heng spoke did he accept it in fear, constantly thanked, and left in a hurry.

"Don't go to the house, go to the school field. ”

Liu Heng did not delay, and directly asked his subordinates to find the chariot, and hurried to the school field after getting on the chariot. Although less than ten days have passed, the army is the foundation of his life now, and now he has fallen out with the Liu family, how can he not worry?

Once something happens to the military, it's a big problem!

He rushed to the school grounds, but saw that the large field was very empty, and the original vast number of thousands of soldiers did not know where to go, and only a few hundred people were left busy here.

"I've seen General Weiwei in my humble position!"

It should have been the news that Liu Heng had returned and hurried over, Zheng Zhilong and a group of generals also rushed to the door to greet him, and they all saluted.

"What about the soldiers?" Liu Heng squinted at Zheng Zhilong and asked directly.

Zheng Zhilong didn't seem to feel Liu Heng's coldness, and said respectfully when he heard this: "General Qiyu, the soldiers have gone to camp outside the city again, and there is a chief leading the way of discipline to teach. As for the school grounds, I thought about freeing up the space to deal with the expansion of the army. ”

Liu Heng was stunned, glanced at him deeply, his expression eased up, and said with a smile: "Zheng Weiwei is really thoughtful, but I owe it to me." ”

The general praised it and made him fearful. Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong hurriedly said humbly, "The general considers major matters, and these trivial matters naturally have to be served by our subordinates." ”

He clearly meant what he said, as if he had heard about what he was going to Liu's house for. Liu Heng stepped off the chariot, didn't say much after thinking about it, and instead asked, "To what extent are you preparing for the expansion of the army?"

"As the lowly party just said, after the expansion of the army, the soldiers will be promoted, and those who were originally generals are fine, but more are ordinary soldiers who have never been military attachés. They will all be leaders in the future, and although their official positions are small, they are the cornerstone of the army and are very important. Therefore, he did not dare to be sloppy, and he had already ordered all the commanders and regimental deputies to go and teach them simple ways of discipline. This matter was carried out for six days, after all, it was not a difficult matter, and the soldiers themselves were also attentive, so it can be said that the initial results were achieved. Zheng Zhilong, as always, put on a very correct posture, and while following Liu Heng into the school field, he told in detail, "Because the general wants to expand the number of soldiers ten times at a time, the stall is too large, and it seems stretched thin to rely on the military Chinese officers alone to deal with it, so he made his own claim and asked Qu County Ling for help, Qu County Ling did not refuse, and directly sent hundreds of civil servants, although there is no great talent, but the auxiliary army Chinese officer is still used well." ”

"Not bad, not bad. Liu Heng was surprised when he heard this, not only Zheng Zhilong's attitude, but also because Zheng Zhilong could do things so well, "So, what's missing?"

"General, what is lacking is that the soldiers still have little experience, and the civilian officials still need to run in, but these are trivial matters. Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "The overall situation has been decided, and there is no need to worry about the source of the soldiers, there are a lot of homeless people waiting for news outside." In fact, now, just wait for the general to come back and give an order, and the military order will start immediately. ”

Liu Heng couldn't help but pause, and looked at Zheng Zhilong again.

The worst thing is that everyone must know, and what is really bad is the official military order of the imperial court or the military department. Liu Heng had been guarding against Zheng Zhilong for this reason to shirk in every possible way, but Zheng Zhilong was not only very positive, but even if Liu Heng hinted, he never mentioned the lack of permission from the military department or the imperial court, which made Liu Heng more and more unable to figure out what he was thinking.

It's not bad, it's too good!

Which side of the hell are you?

Liu Heng knows very well that Zheng Zhilong must have a backer behind him. He originally thought that the most suspicious person was the Liu family, but now that he had a falling out with the Liu family, he was still worried that Zheng Zhilong was going to make some trouble, but Zheng Zhilong still couldn't cause it, so Liu Heng's understanding of Zheng Zhilong's details became a fog again.

"Good. ”

Zheng Zhilong didn't have a seizure himself, and Liu Heng couldn't find a reason to target him, his eyes flashed for a while, and finally said in a deep voice: "Since everything is ready, let's start." ”

He stared at Zheng Zhilong again, Zheng Zhilong lowered his head and clenched his fists when he heard this, "Humble and orderly!"

After saying that, Zheng Zhilong said to the accompanying generals: "Respect the general's order, the expansion of the army will be started immediately!"

"Yes!"

Countless generals shouted in unison, and quickly dispersed with either apprehension, secret joy or excitement, and soon the entire school field was busy, and countless civil officials and clerks hurriedly packed up and left the school in groups.

Really didn't hide your back hand?

When he tried to this point, he didn't see Zheng Zhilong make a move, so Liu Heng could only give up and hide his suspicion again.

"General, since this matter has been opened, I feel the need to ventilate to the Quxian Order. Zheng Zhilong suggested.

Liu Heng nodded, "That's natural, you can arrange it." ”

Zheng Zhilong respectfully responded, and then said: "Accommodating 90,000 recruits, most of them may not have any cultivation, which exercises should be chosen for them to cultivate, and please ask the general to show them." ”

"Referring to the six caves and eighteen villages, it is still "Baicao Entering the Daogong". Liu Heng had already prepared, and said without thinking.

Zheng Zhilong asked the accompanying civil officials to write it down, and asked for instructions: "The training of 90,000 recruits requires more than nine times the original materials. ”

This is indeed a big problem that makes Liu Heng feel a headache, he is not good at these, the population under his rule was not large before, this is a small problem, and now he has suddenly expanded the ten thousand Yuwei of ten thousand people to one hundred thousand soldiers, this small problem has quickly become prominent, and it has become a big mountain that everyone has to face.

According to the simplest calculation, ten people raise one soldier, and now after more than two years of recuperation, the Ten Days City has gathered nearly 60,000 people, but it needs to support 10,000 soldiers, in fact, it is not enough. The reason why there have been no problems in the past two years is that on the one hand, Wan Yu Wei is the army named by the military department, and there is the imperial court to support it, and on the other hand, it has to be said that Qu Cifang has a good way of governing the land, and it is all because of his painstaking solitude to ensure that the city of ten days is in order.

But then it was different.

Liu Heng's plan to expand the army has not yet applied to the military department and the imperial court, and if it is not recognized by the military department and the imperial court, it is impossible to get military supplies from the imperial court, and the cost of these 90,000 soldiers has nowhere to go, so he can only think of other ways. If this problem is not solved well, either the massive cost of food, housing and cultivation of 90,000 soldiers will turn into a whirlpool, swallowing up the Ten Days City with it, and then disintegrating together, or Liu Heng can only be forced to give up the unrealistic plan of expanding the army and find another way.

Liu Heng couldn't think of any good way, so he simply said: "Let's think about this matter, whoever has any good suggestions can put it forward, and I will also ask the court and the military department for instructions as soon as possible, and it can always be solved." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone understood that Liu Heng was tantamount to using a procrastination trick, which inevitably cast a shadow on everyone.

"General, this matter ......"

A general couldn't help but speak, but was suddenly interrupted by Zheng Zhilong, "General, there was a suggestion from the Quxian Commander's side to talk about the Tun army. ”

Tun Army?

Liu Hengmo rubbed his chin and raised his eyebrows.

The tun army is the meaning of holding a blade as a soldier and a hoe as a farmer, and it is rare to be single-minded, which means that it is difficult to build the strong army that Liu Heng wants. But on the other hand, it is a way to solve the current difficulties, and it is indeed worth considering.

But this idea came from Qu Cifang's mouth, and Zheng Zhilong conveyed it on his behalf, whether there was ulterior motives in this is another question that Liu Heng has to weigh.

He was groaning, and several groups of people gradually appeared at the gate of the school field, and Zheng Zhilong reminded him, interrupting Liu Heng's thoughts.

"General, there's business coming to your door. ”

Listening to Zheng Zhilong's meaningful words, Liu Heng glanced at him and looked towards the gate of the school.

"When I heard that the general was returning, I waited in the general's mansion for a long time, but I didn't expect the general to pass through the door and not enter, so I could only chase it here. A middle-aged man dressed as a businessman greeted him with a smile, "I didn't expect to want to meet the general, and there will be such twists and turns." ”

On the other side, someone said with the same smile: "The general works so hard for state affairs, which really makes me admire!"