Li Xu drank three drinks today. In the morning, he had a meal with the imperial envoy Tan Shu, at noon, and in the evening, he had a meal with Li Qinchen Yixiu and others.

Others probably couldn't stand it after drinking three meals a day, either vomiting heavily or sleeping heavily, but Li Xu basically didn't feel anything except that his stomach felt a little swelling.

Chef Chen Hansheng's skills are pretty good, especially when he made the barbecue with his own hands and a little chili powder given by Li Xu, which made a group of girls who didn't dare to eat spicy food last while sucking and shouting that it was delicious.

When the night banquet ended, the girls were a little drunk, but Li Xu was still clear-minded and his thinking was extremely clear.

I was speechless all night, and there was no bloody scene of a girl who had drunk too much and walked into the wrong room and went to the wrong bed.

Even the young secretary Erin drank, her face turned red and she got into the quilt early and dreamed with a smile on her face.

I don’t know what dream I had. When I woke up the next morning, I saw Li Xu’s eyes flashing and his face turned red.

After waking up the next day, Li Xu washed up, combed his hair and changed his clothes under the service of Little Ailin, told everyone that he wanted to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and rushed to the yamen to ask for leave from Liu Jian.

When Liu Jian heard that he was going to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors, he agreed generously, saying that this was the right thing to do and gave him three days off.

Li Xu didn't bring too many people, but only brought Zhang Long's cavalry first song to accompany him.

The two hundred cavalrymen in the first song are all his direct descendants, so they are not worried about leaking secrets.

Speaking of which, the Malan Mountain Base is actually less than 100 miles away from Sanshui County. The group left the city in the morning and galloped quickly. It arrived at around 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Since entering the Malan Mountain base ten miles, Li Xu has discovered several outposts, almost every other mile.

These outposts were not built directly next to the road, but were built in relatively hidden locations.

If Li Xu hadn't been careful to observe, and as soon as he entered this area, the small map on the system panel would illuminate the surrounding areas, it was because he shared his vision with these outposts.

However, no one is stationed in these outposts, because they are system buildings, they come with a warning function.

Of course, you cannot automatically attack passing enemies like in the game.

The official road under your feet has also been cleaned and leveled, becoming more spacious and flat, suitable for the passage of large groups of people and vehicles.

The closer you get to the Malan Mountain base, the more spacious and empty the surrounding environment is.

Li Xu observed carefully and found that the originally tall and dense trees around him had basically been cut down, leaving only some low shrubs and weeds.

When he arrived two miles away from the main gate of Malan Mountain Base, Tan Lun, wearing a green scholar's robe, was already waiting for the greeting with his people.

Seeing Li Xu, Tan Lun quickly walked up to him and bowed, "Tan Lun met his lord, but he hasn't seen him for many days. His lord's style is even better than his past."

Li Xu jumped off the horse, threw the whip in his hand to the guard behind him, strode forward and helped Tan Lun up and looked at it, and sighed, "Zi Li doesn't need to be too polite. I've been much more haggard during this period, thank you for your hard work."

Tan Lun shook his head and said that it was all his own business, and it was not hard to say.

The two of them were not outsiders and did not say much to greet each other. Li Xu pointed to the bare scene around him and asked, "Are all the trees here cut down by Zili?"

Tan Lun nodded and said, "If someone finds where the village is and wants to be detrimental to us, those trees will not only provide convenience for them to hide their tracks, but may also be cut down by thieves to build siege equipment."

Li Xu nodded and said, "Zi Li is more careful in thinking. If you cut down, you will cut down. When the situation stabilizes in the future, you will make up for more trees."

Tan Lun nodded and took the order.

The two walked into the village, Li Xu was ahead, and Tan Lun was half a step behind.

While walking, Li Xu looked at Zhuangzi's current appearance and found that the wall of Zhuangzi was taller and thicker than before he left. There were even mercers on it. There were even soldiers standing guarding on the wall and inspecting the wall.

The trench outside the fence was wider and deeper than before, and even a river was introduced, with a suspension bridge on it.

Connecting to the suspension bridge is a majestic gate, which is about the same size as the city gate of Sanshui County.

Above the gate is a city tower, about two stories high.

Seeing these, Li Xu was quite surprised.

This is not a village, it is simply a small castle, with a moat in the city walls.

Not far from both sides of the gate are two huge camps. The flags are waving and the camp tents are scattered. The atmosphere is very strict, but there is almost no noise, exuding the unique solemn aura of the military camp.

A large area of ​​walls covering an active and wide area has been formed near the two camps, and the roof of the building inside the walls is vaguely visible.

It was the location of military buildings such as arsenals and stables.

These buildings are distributed around with Zhuangzi as the core, protecting Zhuangzi.

There are also flat roads paved with mixed gravel and loess between them.

Patrol soldiers wearing strong and holding sharp-stricken soldiers walked from time to time on the road. When they saw Li Xu and Tan Lun, they stopped saluting and continued patrolling.

Tan Lun introduced that these patrol soldiers were militias selected from peasants, and regular troops were all trained or rested in the battalions, and they would not be dispatched easily without military orders.

Li Xu nodded, feeling a little satisfied.

It is these militiamen, if they don’t say it themselves, anyone will think they are well-trained soldiers.

At least it is much stronger than the county soldiers he has seen.

Looking all the way, Li Xu found that since Tan Lun took care of Zhuangzi, the planning and construction of the entire Zhuangzi have become more efficient, more reasonable, and the defense intensity has been much stronger than before.

This made him sigh that Tan Lun is worthy of being a famous minister who is as famous as Qi Jiguang, who is "he can govern the army, and he can govern the people."

Professional things still have to be done by professionals, and I am a half-baked puppet army fan, so I can't compare to it.

Two hundred cavalrymen were led to the barracks for rest, while Li Xu and Tan Lun returned to the village.

The changes inside the village are not as obvious as those outside, but there are also many changes, that is, gravel roads are paved between buildings, so it is not afraid of mud and difficult to walk on rainy days.

Fences were built between the fields and vegetable fields in the distance, with branches and thorns among them, among which farmers were bent over to work.

The corral on the other side has also been expanded a lot, and a tall fence is made of wood, where cattle and sheep are walking or resting comfortably.

There were several dogs running back and forth next to the corral, barking from time to time, as if warning the cattle and sheep to be honest.

At this moment, the fields were already green from afar, with a lively and pleasant scene, and Li Xu was deeply moved.

An old cow, who was unattached and had no nose ring, walked slowly over, and took a few steps and occasionally lowered his head and chewed the grass exposed in the cracks of the stones on the side of the road.

Li Xu looked at the slow and comfortable old ox, and his eyes suddenly became gentle.

"Old Huang!"

Hearing Li Xu's scream, the old ox who was lowering his head to gnaw on the grass looked up.

A pair of bull eyes looked at Li Xu and walked over. The bull head leaned against his chest and rubbed it twice, and mooed twice.

Maybe it's said, you're back, boy.

Li Xu touched the old yellow cow's body, which had become fat and bloated, and smiled and said, "Old Huang, look at you being so fat. If you don't work, you can only kill and eat meat during the New Year."

The old yellow cow didn't know if he understood it, so he mooed again, gently pushed Li Xu with his head, and walked away slowly.

Tan Lun saw this scene and sighed: "Everything has spirituality. This old ox has a deep blessing when he meets his lord."

Li Xu nodded and smiled, "This guy can definitely be called the winner of the bulls. If he is younger, he can consider matching the heifer as his wife."

The two of them laughed.

The old ox who had not walked away also took the opportunity to moo.
Chapter completed!