Jinghong Tower

When He Ran heard about these things, she was drinking. The wine was brought with her when she left the capital. There was not much left, so she had to save it.

Although she has Zhang brothers and sisters who are good at making wine, she needs food to make wine, so He Ran is reluctant to part with it.

Now there is no shortage of food in the village. Both people and animals can be fed and clothed. But in the future, she will need a lot of food. She will need to feed people, many, many people.

Although that was all in the future, He Ran knew that she needed to prepare for a rainy day. Judging from the chaos outside, the time when she would need a lot of food was not far away.

In addition to food, there is also money.

He Ran sighed and said to Xiaoli: "Go ahead and recruit troops. The first batch of three thousand people will be worth ten taels of silver each, regardless of gender. Also, there is no need to notify Jin."

The Jin Dynasty was the place that suffered the most from the war.

The first batch of 3,000 people may not seem to be many, but based on the current situation, it is already a lot. Because He Ran does not have a general who can lead troops, these 3,000 people must also rely on the 500 people she currently has. People, the old brings the new.

Her generals are all old. Her top priority now is to cultivate new blood, who can lead troops, fight, and be absolutely loyal to her.

He Ran drank the glass of wine lovingly and licked her lips with unfinished content.

Xiao Ba flew over at this moment, shouting: "He's been arrested, he's been arrested, he's caught a pretty boy, he's a pretty boy he knows. He's a pretty boy, he has no good intentions."

He Ran frowned: "Which pretty boy was caught?"

Xiaoba shouted: "The pretty boy from Beijing, the pretty boy from Beijing!"

He Ran couldn't think of any pretty boy in the capital who could be said to have bad intentions by Xiao Ba.

She only remembered that Xiaoba and Heimei had a fight, but Heimei was not a pretty girl either.

However, He Ran was in Maple Ridge at this time, and the captured pretty boy was in Hejia Village. Xiao Ba flew fast, but the one who delivered the letter was not as fast as him.

When it was time for dinner, He Ran finally knew who the pretty boy was.

Lu Zhen!

"Hey, why are Lu Zhen here? Li Jinxiu sent him here? Is something wrong?"

The first thing He Ran thought of was Li Jinxiu. Li Jinxiu always valued Lu Zhen and Lu Chang, especially since Lu Zhen was the heir apparent. If something very important had not happened, Li Jinxiu would not have sent him here.

Liu Xia was speechless: "Mrs. Li is fine. Prince Lu sneaked out from home. Now the Marquis of Wu'an has announced that he fell from a horse and was injured and is recovering at home."

He Ran was speechless. She had met Lu Zhen. Lu Zhen found out that the black girl was the leader of the Beggar Clan. For this reason, He Ran admired this junior very much.

"Lu Zhen doesn't look so unreliable." He Ran sighed.

Liu Xia smiled and said, "Prince Lu wants to see you."

He Ran nodded: "See you, of course I will. The child has come all the way, of course I want to see him."

The corners of Liu Xia's mouth twitched, child? That child seems to be older than you.

The next day, He Ran left Maple Ridge and returned to the village. In fact, every time she came to Maple Ridge now, she would come today and leave tomorrow. She would not stay for a month like she did at the beginning. She had to let go, otherwise the flag officials They will be at a loss.

He Ran was surprised when she saw Lu Zhen.

The last time I saw Lu Zhen, he was still a noble young master, and even his hair was exquisite.

But now, even after a night's rest, Lu Zhen's face still showed fatigue, and the clothes on his body were no longer new, and some places were frayed.

This child was obviously traveling for the first time, and he didn't have an entourage with him. He didn't know how to take care of himself. He Ran asked with concern: "You came out alone? No entourage?"

Lu Zhen nodded and didn't hide anything: "I ran away from home. I was worried that there would be too much noise when I left the city and it would be inconvenient because there were so many people, so I didn't take them with me."

"Is your grandmother okay?" This was what He Ran was most concerned about.

"Grandma is very good." Lu Zhen sometimes even suspected that his grandmother was in better health than him.

He Ran felt relieved and asked: "So, what happened to you when you came here this time?"

"Something's wrong!" Lu Zhen said.

"What's the matter?" He Ran asked.

"I'll join you." Lu Zhen said.

He Ran

"Do you know what I'm doing here?"

"For military training, Qingcang Mountain is where troops are stationed and trained. I have grown up listening to the stories of Qingcang Mountain since I was a child."

In fact, Lu Zhen grew up listening to the stories of He Jinghong, but for some reason, when the words came to his lips, he replaced He Jinghong with Qingcang Mountain.

Lu Zhen himself didn't know why he did this. Maybe he felt that his grandmother respected He Ran too much, or maybe he didn't want to admit that He Jinghong was a contemporary of his grandmother.

"Aren't you afraid that the court will find out if you leave Beijing privately?" He Ran asked.

If Lu Zhen said that his family would cover him up, He Ran would immediately knock him out and have him sent back to the capital.

Fortunately, Lu Zhen didn't say that. He said: "Since the death of the late emperor, the court has been in turmoil. The emperor is in charge but seems not to be in charge. The elders are in power but seem to have no power. After the King of Jin raised his army, There was chaos in the court. In their eyes, I was just a little dude with no power and no position. There were too many more important things in the court than me leaving Beijing. Where did I go? As long as my family didn’t admit it. , they won’t delve into it.”

Okay, I still have some brains, not a complete mommy's baby, no, grandma's baby.

"In that case, let's talk about what you can do." He Ran sat upright. At this time, she was the boss of He Da.

Lu Zhen has always sat upright. This is a habit developed by his grandmother among his siblings since childhood.

"My martial arts skills are not weak. I have studied literature and martial arts with famous teachers since I was a child. I have also read many military books and practiced in the military camp for a year. If my father had not been recalled to the capital by the emperor, I would have gone to the border this year. "

"Have you ever led troops?" He Ran asked.

Lu Zhen's cheeks were slightly red: "Having led a family member, does this count as leading a soldier?"

"Forget it." He Ran said.

Of course, forget it. Li Jinxiu's public army has 500 people. This does not include the killers she trained in private. Now He Ran only has 500 people under his command.

"Then I have led soldiers." The blush on Lu Zhen's face deepened. She didn't want to continue asking. If she asked him again, she would tell him about leading soldiers to fight in groups.

Fortunately, He Ran did not continue to ask, but said: "Then you stay, do you still remember the military books you have learned? Just write down as many as you remember. You can just memorize them silently these days."

Lu Zhen was happy and sad at the same time.

He was happy that he could stay, but sad that he had to study silently if he stayed.

It was absolutely true that he had worked hard to read the art of war, and he dared not not learn it, otherwise his grandmother would break his legs, but it was quite difficult to get him to say every word in silence.