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Chapter 534 Born in trouble
A line of chariots and horses moved very fast.

When you leave Niujin Road, you will see a wide open view before you. After walking eastward along the Han River for half a day, you will see where the Bao River flows into the river. On both sides of the Bao River, there are farmers weeding and fertilizing the fields.

Han Qi'an couldn't move his eyes for a long time.

Gradually, the magnificent outline of Hanzhong City appeared before the eyes, and the Song flag was flying on the tower.

To the south of the city, laborers are building a bridge.

This was clearly a major construction project. The men yelled together and lifted huge wooden beams to the river bank. Occasionally, the sound of explosions could be heard from the mountains in the distance, which was taking stones.

Han Qi'an knew at a glance that Li Xia wanted to build a chain bridge first, and then build a bridge with stone pillars.

"Ah Lang is working too hard." He couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

His aides hadn't arrived yet, but as far as he saw along the way, he had already started working on farming, building bridges and roads.

Li Zhaocheng sighed and drove his horse to the ferry.

In fact, there was already a temporarily usable pontoon bridge on the Han River, but they brought too much cargo, and it was troublesome to move it there.

"Boatman... may I ask if a carriage can cross the river?"

"Mr. Jun Lang is from the southeast, right? The accent is very smooth! The carriage has to wait for a big boat to arrive tomorrow, and it's late today."

"Okay, please let the boatman cross the river with the cargo..."

Li Zhaocheng took out the money as he spoke, and when he looked back, he saw that Han Qi'an, Jiang Fan, Gao Nianfeng and others had driven their horses over.

He thought for a while, rode his horse to the side of the carriage, and asked, "Aunt Yan, we are going to cross the river, are you coming down?"

Yan Yunyun turned her head and took a look, seeing that her person was already carrying the salt bag, she first said "don't get the salt wet" in a stern tone.

Afterwards, she responded to Li Zhaocheng: "I'll settle the accounts after the goods pass first."

After all, he lowered his head and ignored Li Zhaocheng.

The boatman over there was also shocked to see Gao Nianfeng with more than [-] troops behind him.

Han Qi'an stepped forward and said: "Don't worry about the boatman, just make a few more trips. By the way, when the bridge is built, what will you do to make a living?"

"Hey, the government has said that after the bridge is repaired, the little old man will be called to work in the Navy, and life will not be easier than before. Look at the appearance of the gentleman, I am afraid that he is not a high-ranking official, right? The little old man has offended."

Han Qi'an waved his hands and said, "It's not a real official... I wonder if the Hanzhong trade route is still smooth?"

"In the past, the Mongols were also merchants, and the goods from the north were delivered for many miles. Now that Hanzhong was taken back by the Song Dynasty... the imperial court, the trade roads have stopped. I heard that they will continue to trade with Hubei and Jiangnan, but Xiao Think about it, old man, the people in the south are used to living in peace, so how could they come to Hanzhong, a place full of wars and horses? Sir, don’t you think so?”

"The day will be fine, it will be fine." Han Qi'an said.

"Of course it's good. I told my husband that the little old man had a few acres of Susukida, and he was encircled by people. Now this Marshal Li has returned. The family is planted with no future. The little old man will put another Du. I just don’t know how long this day will last..."

The meaning of the boatman's words, I have some expectations for the current ruler of Hanzhong, but I still don't fully trust...

He said this while crossing the river, and after crossing the river, Han Qi'an left Jiang Fan and Gao Nianfeng continued to carry the goods, while he led Li Zhaocheng straight to the commander's mansion.

Entering the city from the south through the Jiangmen Gate, he showed the token and was led by his own soldiers.

The main city street of Hanzhong City is called "Tianhan Street". Today, there are still many shops that have not been opened, and the population is not prosperous.

When the Mongols retreated, they took away a large number of Han troops, and most of the people on the streets were old and weak.

From time to time, soldiers can be seen patrolling. Obviously, the security of the newly recovered city is not reassuring.

Only the Caotang Temple in the south of the city still looks magnificent, while other places are dilapidated.

All the way to the city, to the East Street, a turn, is the ancient Hantai, today's Shuai Mansion.

The gate of Shuaifu opened to the north, or because Liu Bang was unwilling to be the king of Han and wanted to map Qinguan to the north, so he built a high platform here.

The government offices built later followed this pattern.

At this time, the government office had not been renovated, but was cleaned very cleanly. There were two rows of Boren female soldiers standing in front of the door, with a murderous look.

Han Qi'an entered the door, looked at the Han Terrace on the right, and felt empty all the way in.

"Marshal, Mr. Yining and Mr. Zhanghua are here."

Before the words finished, Li Xia greeted him personally.

"Aron."

Han Qi'an and Li Xia had the closest friendship, so he hurried forward and looked at the jade-faced man in an official robe who was so young that he was not used to it.

"Ah Lang should grow a beard."

As soon as they met, Han Qi'an's first sentence made a useful suggestion.

Li Xia waved his hand and said with a smile, "I'm not used to it."

He glanced at Li Zhaocheng again, nodded, and said, "Let's talk in the hall, there are still many documents waiting for the two of you to deal with."

Han Qi'an followed Li Xia into the meeting hall, looked away, and moved from the desk to the ground.

"This... newly recovered land, how come there are so many files?"

"People trust." Li Xia said loudly, and seemed to have a sense of accomplishment.

Han Qi'an had no choice but to salute Han Chengxu at this time.

"Father."

"It's good if you come, you can relieve A Lang's worries..."

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Li Xia already has Jiang Fan who is in charge of intelligence, but now Li Xia has planned to separate the intelligence, Lin Zi is in charge of external military affairs, and Jiang Fan is in charge of internal public opinion.

And supervise each other to prevent spies from bullying the people with power, such as Jiang Fan doing dirty things for Li Xia in case there is a possibility of seeking personal gain...

This is not distrust, as Han Chengxu said "prevention before it happens", otherwise it will be too late to regret if this happens.

Restraining people with the system, rather than relying entirely on the self-consciousness of the people, will last for a long time.

Now Lin Zi is in charge of inquiring about the military situation in various places, and has sentry horses collecting information on Mongolia every day. When Han Qi'an arrives, he is reporting to Li Xia.

"Go on."

"Yes."

Lin Zi hurriedly took out a few letters of information and handed them over.

After reading it, Li Xia murmured, "This means... Baiyin really lost his way and was completely wiped out? The information is correct?"

"Commander, that's exactly the case." Lin Zi scratched his head and said, "I also feel that this matter is outrageous. I asked it several times. This Mongolian army really lost its way. It was ambushed several times on its way north from Old Cang Pass. , did not withdraw to Dali, and was finally wiped out in Hengshan."

Li Xia has fought for three years, and he has never seen such a Mongolian army.

"What does Mr. Han think of it?"

"It's just a few strange things." Han Chengxu said: "But push this matter, maybe you can get a glimpse of the center..."

Halfway through the conversation, he glanced at Li Zhaocheng.

When there are too many people, it will be inconvenient to discuss matters.

Li Xia raised her hand and said, "But it's okay to say."

Only then did Han Chengxu continue: "Brother Meng's death and Kublai Khan's retreat, the Great Song Dynasty has won a great victory so far. In addition to the complete annihilation of more than ten thousand Mongolian troops, the imperial court may think that... the Mongolian people are not mediocre, and they are full of ambition."

"In Lin'an City, I'm afraid there is already a lot of flattery?"

"Born in sorrow, died in peace." Han Chengxu shook his head and sighed, "Alang is too young to be able to hold the position of commander-in-chief, all thanks to the two great achievements in Diaoyu City and Hanzhong, plus the crisis situation in Ezhou and the help from the court."

Li Xia said: "When the soldiers are in danger and the battle is fierce, the government needs people who can fight to suppress Shu. Now that Baiyin's Mongolian army is so unbearable, I feel that I won these few battles by luck."

Han Chengxu had something else to say, but because Li Zhaocheng was there, he didn't say anything, he just pointed his eyes at Li Xia.

It means that when the officials find out that there will be no more sons, then the position of Li Xia, the loyal enemy of the king, will not be important.

It is bound to affect the position of Shu Shuai.

There is still time, but plan ahead.

Although Li Xia had ordered everyone to evacuate the mountain city, it did not happen overnight.

……

It was obviously not the first time they had considered this issue, and Li Xia didn't even need to think about it, and asked Linzi again: "How is the Mongolian war on the north side of the Shu Road?"

"The message hasn't come back yet."

Li Xia nodded, explained a few words about Mongolia's situation to Han Qi'an, and finally said: "Because I sent a letter, Alan Da'er escaped quickly. The last time I got the news, he had joined the army in Hunduhai Ganzhou."

Han Qi'an understood this, and trusted Li Zhaocheng even more, so he asked directly, "Respect yourself?"

"Ah."

"It's hard." Han Qi'an said: "One, the Mongols are busy fighting for the throne, so they shouldn't look south. Two, the imperial court will surely send a large number of officials. If they lie about the military situation, they will be found out."

After all, he added another sentence.

"The position of commander-in-chief of Shu is important, and bandits and bandits who make small troubles can't change the attitude of the court."

Li Xia pondered for a moment, and said, "Then play for real."

Li Zhaocheng was taken aback.

He has been frightened by them.

He just entered the Hanzhong City Commander's Mansion, but all he talked about was...

I saw Li Xia took a few steps and said, "Since the Mongolian people don't call, we will send a small force to attack them from time to time. Force them to give me Chen Bing outside the Shu Road."

Everyone was stunned.

"When the officials sent by the imperial court arrive, they should also be taken out of the Shu Road to experience the military power of the Mongols. Training soldiers and generals, this is what those scholars from Lin'an should learn when they come to Hanzhong... Born in Worry and die in peace."

(End of this chapter)