Liu Ruyan's general's headquarters was temporarily moved to the top of a small hill. Among the lush trees, a abandoned farmhouse yard was cleaned up by her personal soldiers.

The house is made of rammed earth as the wall, but the top is covered with thatch. Now all the thatch on the roof has been replaced with new ones, and the damaged doors and windows have been renovated. The house was originally filled with potholes, but now it is covered with wooden boards and a layer of carpet from overseas is covered with verdant bamboo on it. The adobe wall is inlaid with verdant bamboo. The original broken house is changed in an instant, and a sense of wealth and honor are forcing people to come.

The owner of the house must have left this year, which can be seen from the green vegetables that are still growing tenaciously among the weeds on the slopes in front of the courtyard.

The strong armed women around Liu Ruyan were originally from authentic rural women, so where could they see this? As soon as they were free, they immediately diligently pulled out the weeds and sorted out these small pieces of vegetable gardens.

Liu Ruyan naturally won’t know these things.

When he was at home, Li Ze made a few small pieces of land to grow some new vegetables. For example, he always had to experiment with the new things he had just brought back from overseas.

Li Ze always experiences the hoeing of the fields, planting and fertilizing them.

But Liu Ruyan can only be a spectator, and she can't do anything about these things. Apart from cheering for her husband, then handing her water and wiping her sweat, she can't do anything else. If she really wants to do it, the destructiveness is far greater than the constructiveness.

And now, Liu Ruyan is playing the true nature of a foodie in her spare time.

Holding two tung leaves rolled up, a cup-like thing rolled up, a soldier pulled a branch full of small thorns in front of her. The thorns were covered with red or black. Liu Ruyan was smiling and picking the thorns that turned black, putting them into the tung leaves in her hand, and throwing them into the tung leaves rolls in her hand from time to time.

This is a wild wild fruit similar to mulberries. It tastes more delicious than mulberries. Of course, it is more difficult to pick because the plants that produce these thorns are full of tiny thorns. If you are not careful, you will make a few bloody spots in your hands.

The personal soldiers originally wanted to complete the previous work for Liu Ruyan, but she only needed to complete the last part, which was to eat. However, Liu Ruyan wanted to experience the pain and happiness of being picked by her brother Liu Chenglin when she was a child, and then she was pricked to make her hands bloody, and insisted on completing it from beginning to end.

But obviously, she could not understand it.

Because the soldiers were very fast, when one soldier pulled down a piece of stinging strip, several other people immediately rushed up, and they had already left the spikes on the branches with little left. The technique was extremely fast, and even if the hand was pierced because of its movements too fast, they didn't care.

So when Liu Ruyan picked the ripe fruit, there were only a few spikes left, so naturally she could not pierce her palm.

The tung leaf rolls were quickly filled with them. Liu Ruyan held a box of thorns and walked back with satisfaction. The soldiers left a few people, and surrounded a railing outside the thorns.

There are many soldiers on the mountain, so don’t let some uninterested pick up all this thing. When the general wants to come and eat again, if there is no need to eat, it will be disappointed. With such a circumference, the person who comes will naturally know that he can’t move casually.

When they returned to the hut, the marching chief Yang Mi and the marching Sima Gong Yunda were already waiting.

Put the thorns in the tung leaf rolls in a plate, and Liu Ruyan asked the two to share her achievements together.

Regarding Liu Ruyan's accidental appearance of a child, the two well-established ministers picked up one and tasted it for a while, and then began to get to the point.

Liu Ruyan agreed to Yang Mi's plan, but his back camp was obviously not enough, so a large number of farmers under Gong Yunda's responsibility also joined the ranks.

"There are few remaining people around Ezhou, and we have moved away." Yang Mi said.

"The three tributaries have now begun to take shape and are starting to store water." Gong Yunda continued: "We have also broken several openings of the river embankment. Only after the water level rises for a few days, the water can spread out of the embankment. The strong water flow will rush these openings bigger and bigger, and finally achieve the effect we need."

"Will this be easy to fix after this?" Liu Ruyan asked.

Yang Mi and Gong Yunda looked at each other, and Yang Mi said: "It's OK, but it will inevitably take a lot of effort and money. After all, the damage caused by flooding the market is quite large."

Seeing Liu Ruyan hesitating, Yang Mi continued: "But compared to the loss of the lives of our soldiers, the officials think it's worth it."

One sentence made Liu Ruyan firm. Li Ze's philosophy was to rather suffer money than suffer people's losses. Over the years, he has tried his best to arm his soldiers even his teeth, in order to protect the lives of these soldiers to a greater extent on the battlefield. In order to achieve this goal, at the beginning, almost 70% to 80% of the fiscal revenue were used to fill the bottomless pit of the army.

Of course, this decision that seemed crazy at the time also brought generous rewards to Li Ze. The well-armed army fought on the battlefield and was invincible. It gradually achieved a reputation that made the enemy scared, but earned more money for Li Ze back.

Now, as the financial plate becomes larger and larger, although the military expenditure of the army is still increasing steadily, the proportion of the entire plate is getting smaller and smaller.

It’s great to destroy first, and then rebuild it! It’s just money, but if you lose your life, you can never find it again. It will take at least sixteen or seventeen years to cultivate a hero!

"For this matter, you must find more experienced people to take charge, or you don't do it. Once you do it, you will succeed. If you end up without touching the ground or falling down, it will be embarrassing." Liu Ruyan reminded: "Li Xiang once said that professional things can be done by professionals. Such things like building dams and storing water, digging and breaking dams are not something that anyone can do casually. In this regard, have you all arranged it?"

"Don't worry, General. These things have been arranged long ago." Gong Yunda said. In the Huainan area, there are dense water networks, and talents who are proficient in water conservancy are really caught by a large number of people.

"Since that's the case, then go and do it." Liu Ruyan waved her hand and said, "If anyone questioned her later, I will take it with all my strength."

Yang Mi and Gong Yunda didn't say much, and bowed to each other.

After this incident, it will definitely be condemned by the world. But only Liu Ruyan will take the blame. No one can bear it.

But they also knew that Liu Ruyan would not care.

Because once Li Ze takes over Chang'an, it has become a consensus among everyone. Then when he goes forward, Liu Ruyan will be the foregone conclusion. How can the queen become a general? He will naturally step down, so it doesn't matter if the blame takes the situation.

Liu Ruyan sent the two out, but saw a horse galloping on the mountain road. When he approached nearby, he saw Liu Shaoye, the leader of the inner guard.

"General Liu, what happened?" Liu Ruyan looked at Liu Shaoye, covered in mud, and asked in surprise.

"General. Under the leadership of Xiang Zhen, the Lingnan Army suddenly sent troops from Jiangxi E Yue, and had occupied Daye and other places. It immediately had a conflict with Qian Biao's troops." Liu Shaoye said with a serious expression. "Qian Biao's main force was not there. After the conflict between the two armies, Qian Biao suffered a lot of casualties. The remaining troops were captured and soldiered by Xiang Zhen and released them. Qian Biao was furious and was already mobilizing troops and preparing to fight back. I think the documents given to you by Qian Biao at this time were already on the way."

"What happened?" Liu Ruyan was startled, then furious: "What do the people in Lingnan want to do? Do they rebel?"

"General, Xiang Zhen has a number of 20,000 troops accompanying him." Liu Shaoye said.

Yang Mi and Gong Yunda were also shocked and said for a while: "General Liu, 20,000 people were dispatched to such a big deal, why didn't you find any information in advance?"

Liu Shaoye bowed and said, "Chief, we have neglected our duties. We have previously devoted all our energy to the military of Eyue, and Jiangnan has been at peace. No matter what, they are our friendly forces, so we did not notice their movements."

"Do they want to pick fruits?" Gong Yunda shook his head and said, "But this fruit is still green. Or are they want to grab territory?"

Liu Ruyan pondered without saying a word. Liu Shaoye had one thing right, that is, the Lingnan Army is still a friendly army in any aspect, and their move must have profound meaning. But she couldn't think of what she wanted to do for a moment.

"General Liu, first pass the order to Qian Biao, so that he will not be irritated and not act rashly. But the necessary military assembly and surveillance must be done."

"Yes, General!" Liu Shaoye said.

"Arranging your subordinates to investigate the matter quickly and see where the other party's intentions are?"

"As for orders, I'll do it right away!" Liu Shaoye rolled over and rushed down the mountain.

"Shi Yang, in your name, I will send a document to Xiang Zhen and order him to stop advancing immediately, otherwise I will be rude to them." Liu Ruyan's voice became cold, and she said, "Eyue is the area under the charge of the Right Qianniu Guard. When will it be their turn to show off his power!"

"yes."

"Sima Gong, summon the generals of the army to go up the mountain to discuss matters." Liu Ruyan said.

"Yes. General, what was discussed before?"

“What should be done is still to be done.”
Chapter completed!