The light infantry, who were originally in the forefront, gradually accelerated their pace and gradually distanced themselves from the heavy infantry. Looking at the soldiers who slowly disappeared in their eyes, Mulige felt heavy in his heart.

Although the front line is gradually tightening, I have to put aside my unhappiness and inspect the merchant workshops and agricultural departments in my territory according to the plan that had been formulated.

Walking on the streets of Qingyang, the rain and snow weather a few days ago had passed, and the sun finally shone again on the land of Qingyang. Sweeping the haze of the previous few days, merchants of all sizes all put out the best goods to attract people passing by; small vendors wander around and shout, vigorously selling their products; the big girls and wives who were trapped at home for several days also invited each other to go out to visit the market. The streets and alleys of Qingyang were crowded and bustling, and there was a vibrant look everywhere, and the people lived and worked in peace.

Seeing all this in front of me, almost all the worries slipped away from my mind, and my fatigue that had not been asleep all night was swept away, and my dry mind calmed down. Isn’t the purpose of my endless struggle for it to see all this in front of me? My heart cannot calm down for a long time.

Seeing me staring at the bustling cityscape in a daze, Xiao Tang, who was following me, coughed gently before pulling me back to reality from my thoughts.

"Sir, your schedule is very tight, let's hurry up." Xiao Tang said quickly when he saw that I came to my senses.

"Okay, what are the arrangements today?"

"In the morning, you will inspect the newly built iron smelting furnace and Dacheng Ironware Workshop in Dacheng Iron House, and give a speech at the Qingyang Chamber of Commerce. You will have lunch with the merchant representative at noon. There will be more activities in the afternoon. You will first go to the newly built Heyun Wharf construction site in the south of the city to inspect the work, and then go to the east of the city to inspect the training report of the reserve troops. Then you will go to the west of the city to attend the inauguration ceremony of our largest hospital in Qingyang. Finally, you will have dinner with Luo Jinping, a businessman from Wuhu County who is preparing to invest in the construction of a large wood processing factory in Jinzhou. This is the whole schedule." Xiao Tang briefly stated the arrangement of the day.

"Hey, I said Xiao Tang, can you arrange some boring inspections for me less? I think I have to find a clerk, otherwise, I will ask you to arrange a job for me, and I want to exhaust me to death. In the inspection of Tiefang, Tiewarefang and the dock construction site, it is obviously Su Minshun's job, and meeting merchants, it is his job. As for the completion of the hospital, it is your business, and it is your business, and it is all pushed to me. Are you my superior or I your superior?" I complained.

"Sir, that's completely different. You are the lord of a city and are now promoted to the high position of Jiedu. If you can attend these activities, it will greatly encourage people from all walks of life. This influence cannot be replaced by others. Also, adults should not regard these affairs as mere trivial matters, which is exactly what a landlord should pay attention to. It is indeed very important for the army to expand its territory, but without strong economic and financial strength and sufficient logistical support, I think it would be a dream for the army to win a battle." Without military personnel present, Xiao Tang's words seemed much more presumptuous.

I seemed to be considering this issue, and Xiao Tang paused for a moment and did not speak out. Actually, I had no intention of despising these matters, but I just wanted to steal a little free time for my own control, but I didn't expect that Xiao Tang would take the opportunity to teach me a lesson.

"Of course, there are some activities that you can do if you have a wife, but now you have many confidants, but you have not had a formal marriage, so you can't replace you, so you have to work hard." Xiao Tang calmly brought the problem back.

Since I officially served as the governor of Qingyang City, Xiao Tang and some other subordinates have made it clear or secret to me that they should prepare for marriage. After all, as the lord of a city, I have never heard of unmarried couples, but I have refused. Although I like several of my current girlfriends, I prefer a free and easy life like this. There are so many beauties in the world. I haven't enjoyed enough, how can I be trapped by the shackles of marriage? Moreover, my age is not very big, and An Qier and Yingying also agree with my ideas.

But as my subordinate, Xiao Tang and others hope that I can get married as soon as possible, so that I can give the imperial court a steady and mature image. As for my other ideas, they think it is not a problem at all. After getting married, I can still ask Huahua to marry a concubine and a maid. Which person with status in the upper class of the empire is not a group of wives, concubines, and a bunch of mistresses. The more women you have, the higher your status, and the more successful your career is.

But I still don’t want to get married so early, which makes me feel premature. Of course, this feeling is not worthy of being told by outsiders.

"It's great, Xiao Tang, let's not argue about this issue. You are for the knife board and I am for the fish. You can only slaughter the fish. Lead the way forward!" I don't want to argue with Xiao Tang and the others about this issue. Although they are also for my own good, I have my own ideas. On this issue, I don't want to be influenced by anyone. I bent down and got into the sedan chair, leaving only the ridiculous Xiao Tang and Su Minshun and his party. I only heard Su Minshun murmuring to himself: "Hmph, is there such fish in the world?"

It was another busy day, but I was actually very satisfied with such a life. When I walked by the red iron training furnace in the iron smelting workshop and watched the batches of pig iron and iron produced, when I was patrolling the warehouses full of weapons, tools and farm tools in the iron workshop, when I strolled by the increasingly formed river dock, thinking that the merchant ships upstream and downstream could transport goods from all over the river in the near future, when I saw that the people who were suffering from illness after the completion of the hospital could receive professional treatment, my heart would always feel inexplicably excited. This is my city, and the people living here are my people. I have the right and obligation to make them live a richer and happier life, so that they can live a loyalty and expectation of this people.

"Sir Shanzhu, the valley about five miles ahead is Xifengkou. The reconnaissance personnel have sent back the news and found no abnormalities." After hearing the news from the report personnel, Shanzhu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After a continuous 12-hour marching, even the Shanyue tribe, whose physical fitness is far superior to that of ordinary soldiers, began to feel tired, not to mention that it is possible that they will face a fierce battle soon.

"Okay, send the order to occupy Xifengkou immediately and prepare for battle immediately. Desha, after occupying Xifengkou, you arrange a brigade to guard the situation, and a brigade will immediately start to build fortifications, and the other three brigades will hurry up and rest on the spot." Desha is a big man with a back and a bear-back, and he is the corps leader of this light infantry corps.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

Five miles away, with the army's great strides, arrived soon.

Standing in front of the camp, Shanzhu took a breath of air conditioning, "This is Xifengkou, are you wrong?" After receiving the affirmative answer from the guide next to him, Shanzhu felt that the situation was a bit serious.

This Xifengkou is not a mountain pass with a dangerous terrain. To be precise, it can only be regarded as a slightly gentle slope between two small hills with slightly higher terrain, but the terrain on both sides is much higher and quite steep. A road just passes through the slightly concave place, which is where the army of Shanzhu is preparing to defend. Fortunately, except for the gap of hundreds of meters at this recess, the other hundreds of miles are lush and primitive forests, which is also the only support Liang Chongxin made to intercept here, otherwise this plan would not have been successful.

Although he was disappointed, Shanzhu still issued the order and ordered the troops to prepare for the preliminary fortifications. The reconnaissance troops had already spread out. After everything was arranged, before he could take a breath, a soldier rolled and crawled into the camp. Shanzhu had not had time to take off, and the soldiers' words had already made him give up and get angry: "Sir, we found a large number of enemy troops moving quickly in our direction two miles ahead!"

Under the command of Shanzhu, the soldiers who had just lie down and were ready to rest were forced to get up and enter the combat position in a row, preparing to face the upcoming bloody battle.

Looking at the hill not far ahead, Dubuk, who was riding on the horse, took a sip of strong wine to relieve the cold, and complained to Yan Tong, the deputy general next to him: "I don't know what medicine my brother took. It was cold this time, so we came here thousands of miles away to save the life of the bastard Shen Tuhua. Why? Shen Tuhua is not a fairy beauty, and he has no relatives and no reason to do anything to us. He has repeatedly asked us to trouble us, but now he wants us to work hard."

Yan Tong next to him was much more calm, "The Grand Marshal probably followed the opinions of the mysterious person who came from somewhere. His lips were dead and his teeth were cold, and he said it was reasonable, but I can't understand why the Grand Marshal listened to him?"
Chapter completed!