"Thank you, General, for coming here in person, and sending him to the royal palace's personal army. Old man, I knew that there might be such a day." A fifty-year-old man in the yard wiped his tears, "Now I just want to know whether he was brave on the battlefield?"

"Brave, very brave. When attacking Shiguan, he was the first group of soldiers to climb up the city wall." Qin Shan said.

The old man nodded, looked at his two sons who were still crying, and said to Qin Shan: "General, don't worry, I can hold on to the old man. If someone else's son can die, my son can also die. Speaking of which, if it weren't for Your Highness, our whole family would have probably died at the hands of the Zhang family. Now he can die in the battlefield, which can be regarded as fulfilling his wish."

When the Zhang family was rampant in Yancheng, his family was valued and asked by the Zhang family for a painting.

After refusing, his whole family was sent to prison and slandered them for stealing the calligraphy and paintings of the Zhang family.

It was after the King of Yan took charge of Yan County and ordered the officials to rehabilitate them again.

They were able to go home.

So when the royal family recruited soldiers, his eldest son went and said he wanted to repay the King of Yan.

Qin Shan was moved, "Uncle is really a person who understands the righteousness."

The old man said: "Although I am just an ordinary citizen, I also have a scale in my heart. Whoever treats us well or badly treats us? His Highness Yan wants to fight, it must be for the four counties, and after all, it is for every citizen of the four counties."

After pausing, he pointed to his two sons and said, "If there is still a shortage of soldiers in the army, the general can take my two sons away at any time."

Qin Shan looked at two 14 or 15 years old boys.

When he met his gaze, the boy showed a firm look.

Qin Shan was moved, which was why he stayed in Beisi County wholeheartedly.

In other places in Dasong, no one was willing to send his son to the battlefield.

Of course, the generous military pay of the royal family is a temptation.

But after communicating with many soldiers, he knew that more people were not coming for military pay.

"Okay, okay." Qin Shan's hands trembled slightly, "But they are still young, so they will spend a few more years with their uncle."

After saying that, he ordered the soldiers to hand over the silver to the old man.

Then he clasped his fists heavily at the old man, "Uncle, please accept it. Your Highness also said that this must be given to every soldier who fell. The soldiers will live up to him, and he will not let every soldier down, and they cannot let their craftsmen be embarrassed."

Upon hearing this, the old man took the silver from Qin Shan tremblingly.

At this moment, he finally couldn't help sobbing in a low voice.

Qin Shan's expression was moved, and he was afraid that he would cry if he couldn't help it.

He clasped his fists heavily at the old man and led the soldiers away.

The palace.

There was a candlelight in the study, and Zhao Xu was still drawing mineral maps of the four counties.

As night falls, Yancheng becomes very quiet.

In the fine breeze, a faint crying sound came.

The pen in Zhao Xu stopped.

There were more than one crying like this, and he knew that the families of the fallen soldiers were crying.

When he was in Beidaying, Chang Wei talked to him.

He asked the generals to personally pay mercy to the soldiers under his command, instead of giving the money to the soldiers' relatives casually.

As for the farther away, a special general must be appointed to be responsible for the matter.

"Oh." Zhao Xu sighed softly, and left the desk and came to the entrance of the study room, looking at the stars in the sky.

With no trace of pollution, the ancient sky was as clear as if it had been washed.

The Milky Way in the sky is like a flashing jade belt lying across the dome.

However, when fighting against an army like Xiliang, which was still in the cold weapon era, so many soldiers were sacrificed by the royal family.

If Beidi really equipped artillery, under the iron cavalry and artillery, his soldiers would suffer more casualties.

And this is something he doesn't want to see.

After all, I don’t have endless sources of troops.

Maintaining an army of 150,000 people is already the limit of the four counties.

Even if Zhao Heng agreed to expand his army, he would not be able to expand.

The reason is very simple, the number of young and strong people in the population is a certain number.

In the Battle of Changping between Qin and Zhao in contemporary times, Bai Qi killed more than 400,000 Zhao troops.

Since then, Zhao State fell into recession and was no longer able to confront Qin State.

These 450,000 are all young and strong in Zhao State.

After the youth and strong man disappeared, the state of Zhao was left with only orphans and widows.

Agricultural production and handicrafts have been seriously affected and have never recovered.

It was natural for Qin to destroy Zhao.

It can be seen that youth and strong is an extremely valuable resource and must not be easily consumed.

But Beidi is constantly moving.

He was worried that a war that was much crueler than in Jinzhou might not be avoided.

Although Zhao Heng will not sit idly by then, he will send imperial guards to help him.

But he really couldn't trust these master soldiers.

The only thing I can believe is myself.

So prepare for the future.

While fully loading flintlock rifles, he decided to improve the artillery and its ammunition to maintain the advanced advantages of his artillery.

Thinking of this, he had several plans in his mind.

Next, he will do it one by one.

After all, the four counties are now safe and safe, and he has enough time to teach and promote the technological progress of the four counties.

After thinking for a while, he returned to the study.

In the next few days, he drew mineral drawings and several process flow diagrams to prepare for delivery.

On the fourth day, he was about to go to school to attend classes.

Feng'er informed Ma Yuan that he had arrived at the gate of the royal palace, and Mo Kuan was also here with Ma Yuan.

"Ma Yuan meets His Highness."

"Mo Kuan meets His Highness."

In the reception hall, Ma Yuan and Mo Kuan salute Zhao Xu.

"No gift." Zhao Xu signaled the two of them to sit down.

When the two set off for Yancheng, the people from the Fourth Courtyard in the capital quickly sent the news.

He knew about this two days in advance.

Ma Yuan has been to Yancheng and Zhao Xu has seen him.

At this time, his attention was on Mo Kuan.

Mo Di has two sons, one is Mo Kuan and the other is Mo Yu.

However, compared to Mo Yu, Mo Kuan seemed to be more like his father, and his words and actions were similar.

In comparison, Mo Yu was more happy.

"Your Highness, I'm so upset today."

The two sat down one by one, and Ma Yuan bowed to Zhao Xu.

Mo Kuan looked at Zhao Xu, and the admiration in his eyes could not be concealed.

The last time he met Zhao Xu was two years ago, when Zhao Xu accompanied Concubine Mi, who was still Concubine Mi at that time, on an outing.

Zhao Xu's face was completely different from his agile expression at that time.

But I didn’t expect that it only took more than a year for the King of Yan to go to Yanzhou.

This prince, who was regarded as a joke by everyone in the capital at that time, did so many amazing things.

Even his father praised him very much.

His younger brother is even a general under his command.

"Censor Ma, no, Ma Zhou Mu's words are a bit disgusting. Half a year ago, Ma Zhou Mu still fought against the Yuan family with me, and it can be considered as experiencing life and death together. Speaking of which, I have always wanted to meet Ma Zhou Mu again." Zhao Xu said with a smile.

Ma Yuan and Mo Kuan are about to go to Jinzhou and are just staying here for the time being.

At present, he still has many interests in Jinzhou.

It is necessary to maintain a harmonious relationship with the two.
To be continued...