Chapter 109 Prepare for a rainy day
?In the room, Yuchi Chifan was looking at the money and food accounts in the mansion in the candlelight. This was handed over by Yang Lihua in the side room yesterday, but because she had to take her son, she didn't have much time to watch. The wet nurse took Jilang to rest just now and finally calmed down to reconcile the accounts. w???????
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Since she became heavier and heavier, she thought she wanted to give birth and feed her, so she felt much more relaxed after handing over the money and food accounts to Yang Lihua. She thought that she would just hand over it like this, but after her mother told her to stick to the "way of being a wife" several times, she still had no choice but to grit her teeth and reconcile the accounts every month.
As a big wife, you must hold the financial power in your hands and be afraid of obedience. Your husband can't marry a young man, but he can give birth to a boy, and his status will be stable. Yuchi Chifan heard his mother nagging these words in his ears every day, but he couldn't ignore him.
I took two concubines in just over a year, and I don’t know how many "sisters" I will add in the future so I can’t help but Yuchi Chifan is not worried. Now if she is more beautiful, she will always get older. So I told my mother that she should be virtuous as a housewife and be able to "take care of her husband and children."
While he was distracted, he heard the maid outside saying "Master" and she had put the accounts down and she just got up, but she saw her husband pushing the door open. After the two hugged each other for a while, Yuwen Wen asked, "Are you reconciling the accounts? Don't hurt your eyes when the lights are dim, it's better to watch during the day."
Yuchi Chifan smiled bitterly and said that Jilang had no time to watch all day long. He had to have free time to calm down and reconcile the accounts. After the couple talked for a while, she asked worriedly: "Erlang, is the situation not good?"
The husband was going to be the governor of Bazhou at the beginning of the year. However, he had never expected that the war in Jingzhou had ended and his family suddenly asked him to take office. Yuchi Chifan was busy taking care of his son for the past few days and was a little tired and thought too much. However, when he saw Yuwen Wen coming to Bazhou, he felt a little nervous.
After hearing what the wife asked, Yuwen Wen did not show any displeasure or fool him. Yuchi Chifan is his wife and the mistress of this family, so he cannot hide major events.
"The situation is good in the short term, but it looks a little bad in the long term. My father planned for the future, so he changed his mind and asked me to take office immediately." Yuwen Wen told the truth directly that others could not say these things, but his wife must know them.
According to the original idea, he should have led his troops to stay in An 6 in case he accidentally waited until his father came back to take office in Bazhou. But now the situation has already had a long-term confrontation, so there is no end to this.
"Sanniang, the territory controlled by Anzhou cannot be used up. If the court does its part to deal with the troops on the border, our army will have to work out four points to guard against it. Over time, this family, which is not rich, will not be able to bear it."
He didn't care whether his wife could understand it or not and just continued to say this. He was a little uncomfortable when he couldn't tell others in detail. Yuchi Chifan just listened quietly without any impatient expression.
Thanks to Yang Jian and Yuchi Jiong's fight to the death, they have now occupied most of the Jingzhou General Administration and controlled Liang State, but this also led to two more burdens in Anzhou.
Jingzhou is Yuzhou in the east and Luoyang in the north. As long as there are heavy troops invading Na'anzhou in these two directions, they can only go up to Wan. Fangcheng is on the front line of the city and wait for an opportunity to fight to the decisive battle. If the opponent sends cavalry to attack and harass it, it is impossible to defend.
This direction is not like that with Tongguan locked in Guanzhong. If the enemy cavalry roared over, the Anzhou army with fewer cavalry could only guard the main strongholds and could not divide the troops to fight against each other. This was actually nothing, but considering that Jingzhou was already its own territory, it would be very problematic.
"My husband is saying that he is afraid of affecting the harvest?" Yuchi Chifan asked, and Yuwen Wen nodded and said yes. If the court seized the opportunity to send troops during the busy farming season, the main force approached Fangcheng and Shangwan and sent cavalry to harass him on a large scale, it would cause the farmers to be unable to sow or harvest.
Jingzhou has a large population. If there is no harvest, you can only transfer food from other places to make a living. Once or twice, it will be too much. This consequence has not yet appeared, but it will be too late to deal with it if something happens.
"It is better to attack than defending. Only by following the Duke of Shu to take Luoyang and conquer Yuzhou is the solution. Now Anzhou is not strong enough, and there is no defense. Yuchi Dun has lost Xingzhou's strength this time and has lost his spirit and can no longer attack Luoyang. His father decided to defend Jingzhou and carry it to Duke of Shu to work hard again."
Yuchi Jiong, Duke of Shu, was the prime minister of the "Eastern Zhou" and was also the father of Yuchi Shun and Chifan's grandfather.
"Some households in Jingzhou will migrate to Anzhou to reduce food pressure. Some villages will build forts to prevent enemy harassment..."
"In this way, a long-term confrontation is inevitable. The court can be defeated many times, but Anzhou cannot be defeated once, otherwise it will collapse." Yuwen Wen said expressionlessly, "The court controls Luoyang, and Yuzhou separates us from the Duke of Shu. If Anzhou cannot hold on, the other party will not be able to save it."
Yang Jian's attempt to attack Anzhou territory was not the only direction in the northeast of Jingzhou. It was very convenient for him to send troops from the Xinzhou General Administration in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to attack Liang State. If Jingzhou could not stand it and Liang State was taken down by the court, the situation would be irreversible.
If the situation reverses the situation, the prefecture and county officials and generals who were respectful to Yuwen Liang and his son in the past were still very loyal. Yuwen Liang thought of this and could only let his two sons grow up quickly and have a solid territory and a reliable army.
"So my father asked me to come to Bazhou immediately, first, to gain a foothold, train troops, garrison grain and prepare for war as soon as possible, and just in case." Yuwen Wen paused after saying that, and he looked into his wife's eyes and said, "If the building is about to collapse, my father asked me to take my family south to Chen State to leave the last trace of incense!"
Hearing his husband's last words, Yuchi Chifan covered his mouth with a frightened hand and couldn't speak. She didn't expect the situation to deteriorate to this point: Is it necessary to prepare for the Nandu this time?
"Sanniang, don't panic, this matter is just a precaution. Besides, who will die? "Yuwen Wen held her hand and said, "Chang'an, I will take you back!"
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In another yard, Yang Lihua was sitting in the room reading the letter. The letter from Chang'an was handed over to her today, and the letter was her mother Dugu Jialuo.
The letter was handed to her husband Yuwen Wen personally. Yang Lihua actually didn't care whether her husband had read the content in advance, but she was still a little moved when she felt that the envelope was intact and not opened.
She also used letters when she was in the palace when she was communicating with her mother. The mother and daughter had agreed to mark the envelope by marking it. The letters were opened by marking it. The mother also marked the letters but were intact, so it was confirmed that Yuwen Wen had not opened them.
She read the content of the letter over and over again for a day. Her mother's familiar handwriting aroused her longing several times and could hardly control her longing. She finally felt relieved when she learned that her parents and younger brothers and sisters were in Chang'an. This was the first time she had contacted her family with her for more than a year after leaving Chang'an.
In the letter, my mother asked her and Xiao Eying with concern how she and her life were. Maybe because she was worried that people would see the content of the letter, so the words were very peaceful and there was no content that scolded the thief for his evil deeds.
But this is limited to written content. In a few secret words in the text, there is a fierce statement saying that we should find a way to save her and Xiao Eying from the fire pit and severely punish the thief to vent her mother and daughter.
"If my mother knew that I had given birth to a son for him, I wouldn't know what she would think..." Yang Lihua murmured to herself, and she sighed when she was full of joy before.
When he heard the maid outside the door say "Mr. Yang Lihua, who was about to put away the letter, smiled and gave up. Yuwen Wen walked in and saw her sitting on the couch with the letter paper, and asked him if this cheap son-in-law was scolded.
"Mother doesn't know I'm already...mother is a mother again." Yang Lihua smiled helplessly. She took the letter to Yuwen Wen to show her, but the other party gently placed it on the table: "I believe in you for my husband, and I can reply to you anyway. Anyway, the two people in Chang'an must have poked their husbands with needles every day."
"Father, how could my mother do this..." Yang Lihua was so amused and crying when she heard this. Her husband was speechless and laughed. It made people laugh. Yuwen Wen held the beauty in his arms for a moment and asked, "I have never been able to accompany you in my business these days."
"Is it because of the situation?" Yang Lihua asked. She had been in the palace for many years and was very sensitive to some details. Seeing her husband hurrying to take office and then eager to handle the handover, check the accounts, and rectify the state soldiers, she couldn't help but worry.
Her father Yang Jian was also an outgoing minister and general manager. Although he was still young at that time, he heard his mother talk too much, so he probably knew that there was no need to be so anxious during the handover. Thinking of the current situation, Yang Lihua couldn't help but worry.
"Prepare for the future and prepare early, Lihua doesn't need to worry." Yuwen Wen didn't say much. Yang Lihua is now stuck between her husband and father and she will sigh for a few days as long as there is a slight movement. He doesn't want the other party to think too much.
After talking for a while, Yuwen Wen couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He kissed the other person's forehead and said, "You, Xiao Eying now treats Aunt Xiao as a mother all day long, so she spends more time with her when she has time."
Yang Lihua said helplessly that she had to be busy with the account and care about Brother Que, so she had no choice but to be crazy with Yuwen Eying. She could only wait until she was busy after this period of time to recover and make up for it. Thanks to Anu's help, she would be so exhausted.
"I have thought about how to write the reply? Don't I can't write a word if I'm so sad that I can't write a word for a few days. The people of Duke Pei are still waiting for An 6. I don't have that much money and food to support the two messengers all day long." Yuwen Wen said jokingly.
Just now, he wanted to stay at his wife Yuchi Chifan for the night and asked the servants to inform the two side rooms to report safety. Unexpectedly, he was "driven" out by the other party. He went to Xiao Jiuniang's place first, but Xiao Eying stayed on the couch and refused to get up and had no choice but to turn here.
Chapter completed!