The snow is everywhere, and the north wind is howling.

The inner walls inside the water pavilion are burning with smokeless animal charcoal, warm currents, and the wind and snow outside the curtains are like two worlds.

Liu Zhiying looked at Chen Shou and smiled and said, "Mr. Marquis, my subordinates agree with Zhang Zhengyuan's view, defended Taiyuan, and had a long confrontation. The people fled one after another and came to our city. As one went up and down, the Jiang family defeated themselves without attacking it."

"When we count on this to break through the Jiang family, wouldn't we have to wait until the year of the Monkey and the month of the Horse, and it would not be too late to take action after we resolved the Huai Army. At that time, Jiang Chucai was at the end of his strength and would be able to easily recover the entire Hedong territory." Huang Zhen smiled and said.

Chen Shou shook his head in his heart. They thought things were too simple. Hebule returned to the grassland and handled the unrest caused by Li Xin. He could even send some people to continue to occupy Hedong when dealing with it.

Yuan Xiannian, who had just returned from Hangzhou, was about to stand up several times, but was robbed of the words. Finally, he took advantage of Huang Zhen's tea and stood up and said, "Marty, when the chaotic situation is constantly being affected, the opportunity must not be lost, and now is the weakest time for Jiang Chucai. The Mongols have just withdrawn their troops, and everyone of his subordinates is in danger. Besides, our troops and horses will take over the power of Taiyuan, and they will be in full swing. Otherwise, my subordinates will be afraid of long nights and dreams."

He is from Baibo Valley in Hedong, so he naturally wants to deal with Jiang Chucai as soon as possible, otherwise it would be like a knife hanging over their heads.

Chen Shou rubbed his eye sockets and looked at his excited subordinates, as if Hedong was within reach.

"If the Huai Army has not moved, you must not throw all your troops into Hedong. If the Huai Army takes the opportunity to go north, it will cause me to be attacked from both sides." His words confirmed Zhang Zhengyuan's view and he had to confront Jiang Chucai in Hedong.

Once this situation occurs, we must be ready to continue to make a comeback at any time and we must also prevent the Huai Army and the Jiang family from colluding with each other. However, it seems that the two sides may not necessarily shake Chen Shou's army.

"What does the Marquis mean to take Lianghuai first?" Liu Zhiying asked in surprise.

The two Huaihe Rivers are rich, the city is high and the pool is deep, and the power is clear, so it is not easy to defeat.

Chen Shou waved his hand and said, "It's not Lianghuai, I want to take down Hejian first."

"Hejian?"

Then everyone suddenly remembered that there was another Hejian Mansion occupied by a group of thieves for a long time.

The broken White Lotus Sect in various places, the people who rose up, the bandits and strong beams... gathered in Hejian Mansion, and was a real mixture of fish and dragons.

"As for Lianghuai... I won't fight for now, but I have a move that makes him feel even more uncomfortable than the army's pressure."

Huang Zhen stretched his neck and asked, "Can you come out?"

"The salt drying farms are opened in Dengzhou Prefecture, Taishan Prefecture and Qingzhou Prefecture in Shandong Province, and the price of salt north of the Yangtze River is minimized!"

Chen Shou did not rely on salt tax or tea tax, but Lianghuai relied on this to make a living. Even if he earned less, he would have to make the Huai Army bankrupt.

If it were the former court officials, they would definitely oppose it strongly because they were all linked to this.

Salt, iron, tea and sugar are the big head of national taxes, the money tree and treasure pot for officials and gentry.

But the group of people faded out of the court with Wei Yunse's tragic death, allowing Chen Shou to let go of his hands and feet, and there were many shackles. The methods used by his opponents were afraid to use and even dared not think about them.

Since Chen Shou made the decision, the rules in the water pavilion will not be discussed again. If someone has different opinions, he can come to Chen Shou again in private.

They bowed and retreated as if they were going to court.

Chen Shou lay down behind, his eyes closed, and his mind was filled with Zhang Zhengyuan's letters.

It’s not that I don’t want to save the entire Hedong, but that I’m not strong enough now. If I force myself to stand up for the people, the consequences may be that I will perish.

The benefits of occupying Kaifeng Prefecture in the capital are obvious, and the disadvantages are obvious. Everyone in the world wants to be Chen Shou, and everyone wants to kill Chen Shou.

Who wouldn't want to bring troops into Kaifeng Prefecture? Even Wu Meng, who was far away in Liaodong, sent people to Bianliang several times and said bluntly that he wanted to see Zhao Cai.

In a few years, it was not impossible for them to convene the eighteen princes to attack themselves with the so-called blood edict of Zhao Cai.

The reason why the old incidents of the Eighteen Princes attacked Dong Zhuo did not happen is because his power was stronger than Dong Zhuo at that time.

In addition to intrigue, all the princes had to be wary of the ubiquitous White Lotus Sect, for fear that they would be occupied by the White Lotus Sect as soon as they left their nest.

Chen Shou was lying on the chair, thinking about it all at once, suddenly smelled a faint fragrance, and a smiling face appeared in front of him when he opened his eyes.

"What are you thinking? I've been in for so long, but you haven't noticed it." Li Lingyue shook his hand in front of him.

Just now, Li Lingyue lifted the curtain and came in, but Chen Shou didn't notice it. She became so embarrassed that she tiptoed over, preparing to scare him, but she didn't expect that Chen Shou still didn't realize it when she came over.

"Yue'er, why are you here?"

Li Lingyue smiled and said, "I'm here to congratulate you, you're a father again. I was listening to the opera just now, but the third brother suddenly had a stomachache. Tao'er said you were discussing major affairs in the court, so we didn't come in to call you."

"Has Xinjing been born?" Chen Shou was excited and asked, "Are adults and children okay?"

Li Lingyue smiled and said, "I knew you asked this first. They also bet with me, saying that you would ask if you were a man or a woman first, hehe, or should I know you best?"

"Of course." Chen Shou held her hand and smiled: "It seems that the mother and son are safe."

"Haha, you guessed wrong again, it's the mother and daughter who are safe."

"There is a little daughter." Chen Shou's eyes flashed with tenderness. He stood up, held Li Lingyue's hand, and smiled as he walked: "Let's go and have a look."

Stepping on the thin snow all over the ground, Chen Shou and Li Lingyue held hands, crossed the long corridor, and came to the yard of the Yuan sisters.

Yuan Xinzhu and Yuan Xinyue, the sisters of the same compatriots, have always lived in the same courtyard when they came to the Chen Mansion, and each had their own rooms. On weekdays, except for the personal maids, the other servants were all used together. Their parents' family was the Yuan family in Baibogu, which was a noble family. There was also a clan uncle Yuan Xiannian who served as a high-ranking official in the court and often sent people to send gifts and money, so they were very wealthy among the concubines in the Chen Mansion. Tang Wanying often expressed her envy to Yuan Xinzhu.

When I opened the curtain and went in, the room was filled with high-foot furniture that was rare in Daqi. There were narcissus basin bottles on the table, plum branches were inserted, and several high-quality ornaments of Lantian jade, which were elegant and showed a wealth of not short of money.

There were a group of concubines in front of the bed, and the maids were sent out. A small bamboo bed next to it was covered with a thick blanket, and a pink baby was sleeping soundly. The baby born in his heart could not be seen between his eyebrows and eyes.

When Yuan Xinzhu saw Chen Shou coming in, she was most excited and didn't know what to say. She stuck her throat and walked up to him, took his hand, went to Xiaozhu's bed, pointed at the baby and said, "Look, look!"

Chen Shou smiled, pinched her fat baby face, turned to see Yuan Xinyue on the couch, who was pale and smiled gently at him, gentle and gentle.

"Thank you for your hard work." Chen Shou said softly.

"This is all the duty of a lowly concubine. Master, he is a girl."

"As long as you are safe, I will be happy whether you are a child or a daughter."

Li Lingyue smiled and said, "Give me a name quickly."

"When this girl came, Xiaoxue fell from the sky, so she called Chen Xiaoxue."

"Is Xiaoxue? This snow really falls in the morning, and Xueer is also born in the morning." Hong'er said with a slight interest: "Master is so talented."
Chapter completed!