At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 451
In a blink of an eye, it is the golden autumn and September, the sky is high and the clouds are far away, and the west wind is bleak.

Standing on the dilapidated city of Xikou Pass, Gao Bufan looked into the distance, but he saw the majestic Yanshan Mountain, the birds disappeared, and the low Great Wall built of rammed earth was like a gray-yellow earth snake undulating among the mountains.

Gao Bufan walked west along the Great Wall of Earth for a while and had to stop, because the dilapidated city wall was already overwhelmed. When he stepped on it, the severely weathered rammed earth would rustle down, and the people behind him The local officials of Miyun County were already terrified, and seeing Gao Bufan finally stopped, they couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

A few days ago, Gao Bufan personally led his troops to recapture Xikou, and stationed 500 people in the Yingyang Mansion Army, and arranged for a school lieutenant and two brigade commanders to be in charge. The Great Wall pass is firmly in hand.

At this time, Gao Bufan bent down, broke off a piece of rammed earth from the city wall, and kneaded it into a powder, then frowned and said to himself: "This city wall - it needs to be repaired."

Miyun County Magistrate Lu Yu quickly nodded and said in agreement: "What General Gao Lang said is very true. This city wall must be repaired."

"Not only the city wall, but also the entire city of Xikou must be rebuilt, otherwise it will be easily breached by Xi people in the future." After Gao Bufan finished speaking, he kicked lightly at the wall, and the dilapidated female wall collapsed with a bang. The main body of the Great Wall under everyone's feet also swayed violently, almost scaring all the magistrates to pee.

Gao Bufan stomped his feet twice again, frightening the officials half to death, and then said to Lu Yu: "Master Lu, look, how can this kind of city wall, this kind of closed city, resist the attack of foreign enemies? Does it need to be rebuilt? "

County Magistrate Lu's face was pale, and he nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, it needs to be rebuilt."

"Not only does it need to be rebuilt, but it also needs to be heightened and widened. At least a stone base and a blue brick exterior wall are required. Such an important pass cannot be overhauled." Gao Bufan said solemnly.

County Magistrate Lu laughed awkwardly: "Gao Lang is right, but the county's finances may not be able to afford it."

Gao Bufan nodded and said: "I will report this matter to the court and try my best to get funds. In addition, Mr. Lu can also mobilize the gentry in this county to donate. After all, it is related to the long-term stability of this county. I think everyone will support it."

Lu Yu immediately "understood it", nodded and said: "I understand, I will mobilize everyone to donate money to rebuild Xikou when I go back."

"The principle is voluntary, but you can't force the apportionment. If there is trouble, you will be the only one to ask." Gao Bufan said seriously.

"Don't dare to be an official, of course it's voluntary." Lu Yu said with a smile, but secretly complained in his heart. He thought that Gao Bufan wanted to use the excuse of repairing the Great Wall to make money, but at this moment he was a little uncertain. It seems that the Lord really wants to rebuild Xikou. According to that standard, the cost of a single Guancheng alone may not be less than 100,000 taels. Of course, if the people are forced to work, it can cost more than half.

"Let's go back to the city." After Gao Bufan finished speaking, he turned and went down the Great Wall. Lu Yu and other local officials felt relieved, followed them down the Great Wall, and rode back to Miyun City.

Let's talk about Gao Bufan entering Miyun City, he went straight to Cui Hu's residence, but as soon as he got to the door, he saw a group of people coming out to greet him, the leader was Lu Sanlang, and the other six people also knew each other. The seven surnames of You Yan, who had dinner together at the beginning, were in charge.

"I have met General Gao Lang, Lord Lu!" Lu Sanlang took the lead in saluting with a smile, and the other six surnames followed.

Gao Bufan was surprised and said: "Brother Lu and all the managers are here, why are you here? Could it be an appointment?"

Lu Sanlang smiled and said: "That's right, I heard that General Gao Lang won a great victory and defeated the Xi people. Now not only the entire Anle County, but even the people in the entire Zhuo County are rejoicing. The seven surnames of Youyan and I specially represent Zhuo The gentry from the county came to comfort the soldiers of the three armies, and it was only when they got here that they learned that General Gao Lang and Master Lu had gone to Xikou for inspection."

Guanshi Huang also interjected with a smile: "I wanted to go to Xikou to meet, but I was worried that it would affect General Gao Lang's military affairs, so I had to wait in the city. Sanlang suddenly woke up and Guanshi Cui was recuperating in the city, so everyone So we made an appointment to visit Cui Guanshi together, hehe, I didn’t expect General Gao Lang to come back shortly after I entered here.”

"Yeah, what a coincidence!" Everyone echoed.

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "Everyone is interested."

Everyone greeted Gao Bufan and entered the living room surrounded by stars and moons. Cui Hu was sitting on the chair waiting. Seeing Gao Bufan walking in, he struggled to stand up and salute. : "Brother Cui, you don't have to be polite, just be careful if the injury recurs."

Cui Hu's heart warmed up, and he smiled and said: "Then I will be rude, everyone, please do it yourself."

Everyone sat down as guest and host, and Gao Bufan asked with concern: "How is Brother Cui's leg injury?"

Cui Hu said relaxedly: "It's much better, and it should recover after a few more months."

The county magistrate Lu took the opportunity to say: "I still have a piece of aged Panax notoginseng in my house, which is most useful for promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and promoting muscle growth. I will send it to Brother Cui later."

Cui Hu hurriedly cupped his hands to express his thanks, and asked casually, "I heard that Master Lu and Gao Lang are going to visit Xikou today?"

Lu Yu nodded and said: "Xiaguan and General Gao Lang have indeed just returned from Xikou. The Great Wall around Xikou has been in disrepair for a long time, and the Guancheng has also been severely damaged by Xi people. It can no longer effectively resist foreign enemies. It must be repaired and strengthened. Mr. Gao It is already planned to ask the imperial court for funds to renovate."

Cui Hu shook his head and said: "Forgive me for speaking bluntly, I'm afraid it's very difficult, and it's hard to quench my thirst near the water."

Lu Yu smiled wryly and said, "That's not true. I plan to mobilize the gentry in this county to raise a batch of charitable funds. I have to rebuild the city of Xikou Pass first."

Cui Hu said solemnly: "Since this is the case, then I will donate a thousand taels of gold on behalf of the Qinghe Cui family."

As soon as this remark came out, Lu Yu couldn't help taking a deep breath, and at the same time, he stood up and cupped his hands overjoyed, "Guard Cui is high-minded, and Cui Guan is generous. I am here to thank you on behalf of the people of Anle County." After speaking, he bowed deeply. .

Cui Hu waved his hands and smiled, "Your Majesty Lu, you are being polite. Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of a country. This is what I, Qinghe Cui, should do!"

Lu Sanlang smiled lightly and said: "In this case, I will also donate a thousand taels of gold on behalf of Fan Yang Lu's family. In addition, Fan Yang Lu's family will donate [-] war horses to Yingyang Mansion in Zhuo County to help the soldiers of the mansion eliminate Xi thief, Xi Thieves come and go like the wind, and the government army will suffer a lot if they don't have enough horses."

As soon as Lu Sanlang's words came out, even Cui Hu was slightly shocked, and he cupped his hands and said: "Brother Lu's great writing, I admire it!"

County magistrate Lu was even more shocked, five hundred war horses, worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, plus 1000 taels of gold, tsk tsk, the Cui and Lu families really deserved to be invincibly rich and century-old Chinese!
"Brother Lu is righteous, brother Lu is generous!" Lu Yu bowed deeply again. At this moment, the magistrate of Lu Da County is also a little short of words. Sure enough, poverty will limit people's imagination.

Gao Bufan was also shocked by Lu Sanlang's great gift, he stood up and bowed solemnly: "I will thank brother Lu on behalf of the soldiers of the three armies."

Lu Sanlang returned the gift and said with great emotion: "General Gao Lang is too polite. General Gao Lang and the soldiers of the three armies fought bloody battles to protect the peace of millions of people in Youyan. In comparison, a few hundred horses are nothing!"

The rest of the six surnames of Youyan also nodded in agreement, and only listened to Guanshi Huang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "My Huang family is not as bold as Fan Yang's Lu family, so I have to donate 3000 taels of silver to repair Xikouguan City, and then donate to Yingyang Mansion for damage. Give fifty war horses."

"The Zhu clan also donated 3000 taels and fifty war horses!"

"The Jin family donated 5000 taels and [-] war horses!"

"The Wu clan donated 3000 taels and fifty war horses!"

"The Zhao clan donated 4000 taels and fifty war horses!"

"The Mugao clan donated 3000 taels and [-] war horses!"

County magistrate Lu was so happy that he almost fainted in an instant. The Youyan Seventh Clan’s donation alone exceeded 30,000 taels of silver, plus the Qinghe Cui Clan’s 1000 taels of gold. The county gentry donated some, which should be more than enough.

At this moment, Gao Bufan finally realized what it means to win the world. The energy of these noble families is really frightening. They want money, people, and things. They are so awesome.

Now, not only do they have the money to repair the Great Wall of Xikou, Yingyang Mansion can also form a light cavalry of 2000 people, plus the original and captured war horses of Yingyang Mansion, it is no problem to gather a light cavalry of [-] people down.

That is to say, the current Yingyang Mansion Army has a strength of [-] troops and nearly [-] horses. In just over two months, its strength has increased by more than ten times.

It's exactly: good winds take advantage of the frequency to send me to the blue sky!
　A little stuck, the next update will be later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)