In the afternoon of early spring, the sun was shining warmly on them. The Chen and Cai families in Anyi County had already begun to make preparations for their wedding. The clear music of the piano seemed to carry a bit of joy and uneasiness.

Accompanied by Zang Hong, Chen's mother met Cai Yong. She showed enough respect for this great scholar of the time that her son could marry Cai Yong's daughter. This was something that Chen's mother would never have thought of a few years ago.

The only thing that made her a little awkward was that Cai Yan had remarried after all. Although in this era, this was not an unacceptable thing, not to mention Cai Yan's background, which made people forget these small flaws.

"In this way, Madam can be considered a queen of the officialdom." The marriage has basically been decided, but the date will have to wait until Chen Mo comes back. Cai Yong is not surprised about Chen Mo's background. Chen Mo's knowledge can be attributed to his talent, but

Some disciplines are habits cultivated since childhood, which are difficult for ordinary children to develop.

"This is a matter for our ancestors." Mother Chen shook her head.

"Gong Bojie, when he comes to Anyi this time, why not stay in Anyi? I heard Bo Dao say that he wants to open an academy in Anyi. If Duke Bojie can stay in Anyi, it can be regarded as a village established in Anyi.

Beautiful things in the world." Zang Hong knew that Chen's mother didn't want to talk about this, so he took the topic with a smile.

"The imperial court is currently busy with many things. Your Majesty is young, Dong Zhuo..." Cai Yong shook his head and sighed: "I will naturally come after the imperial court is settled."

Zang Hong nodded and said no more. Just like Zang Hong himself couldn't abandon Zhang Chao because of Chen Mo, Cai Yong also had his own moral principles, which he couldn't force others to do.

Regarding the marriage, the three of them had already discussed the matter, and then they talked about the local customs, and the atmosphere was relatively relaxed. When it was almost evening, the two of them declined Cai Yong's invitation and got up to return to the Chen Mansion.

Although the war was less than a hundred miles away, for most people living in Hedong, it was difficult for most people to feel the atmosphere of war.

Spring plowing has arrived, and it is a busy season for both the people who migrated from Luoyang and those who originally lived in Hedong. The new manure promoted by Chen Mo last year was successful. This year, it will be promoted to the entire Anyi.

I am very much looking forward to this year, which means that as long as there are no natural disasters this year, there will be a good harvest.

Chen Mo has already left a copy of the method for making manure in Man Chong. This year, the county government will help make it in each county, instead of centralized production like last year. However, the method and proportions are still kept strictly confidential. Chen Mo naturally hopes that

Everyone in the world can have enough food and clothing, but in the current era when the feudal lords are divided, giving out this method voluntarily is tantamount to siding with the enemy.

Chen Mo also knows that as time goes by, these things will be leaked sooner or later, but before that, it is better to keep this secret as much as possible. It will be better if it can be later.

The sun had set when they returned to the mansion. Yun Si and Juan'er obediently served Chen Mo's mother to eat and wash. As Chen Mo's concubine, Yun Si knew very well that from now on in this home, not only should he be respectful to the coming wife, but also to Chen Mo's mother.

That deserves more respect.

Mother Chen didn't deliberately embarrass Yun Si, but she didn't really treat her as a daughter-in-law, especially after following Chen Mo for two years, but there was no movement in her stomach, which made Mother Chen somewhat disappointed. Other than that, it was fine.

satisfy.

…

Compared with the leisure in Anyi, Chen Mo's place is naturally not as leisurely as Anyi. Although the soldiers and horses of Yang County did not attack, Xiangling and Pingyang have been separated from the control of the Han Dynasty for a long time, so the clan system shall prevail.

It is because the imperial laws have not been respected for a long time. Now that the imperial laws are re-introduced, the contradictions and conflicts and the constraints on the patriarchal clan are enough to cause headaches.

Fortunately for Chen Mo, what he wanted to do was handed over to the right person. Although it was complicated, he could always sort it out bit by bit. However, as the executors, Cui Geng and Zhong Yun were very busy these days.

, I never thought that managing a county would be so strenuous. You must know that when they captured Hedong, they were not managing just one or two counties, and they were not as tired as they are now.

In fact, the problems in Xiangling and Pingyang exist to some extent in the counties in Hedong, but they are not as serious as here. This time Chen Mo obviously wants to completely clean up the two counties, so the intensity is a bit fierce, but in the city

It was nothing important. What really mattered was the time between villages outside the city. During these days, the two of them mostly stayed outside the city and traveled between villages. In order to avoid trouble, each of them also brought a song to accompany them.

Conflicts abound between clans and ordinary people, as well as between migrating people and these clans. Just these things make one's head swollen, not to mention the need to raise food and grass without missing out on farming and the allocation of manpower.

Women even had to be sent to carry grain and grass or to work in the fields.

"Lord, it's done!" Dian Wei came to Chen Mo with a tired look on his face and put down the thousand-character essay he had written. He looked more tired than fighting a tough battle.

"It took you fifteen days to write the Thousand-Character Essay ten times?" Chen Mo looked at Dian Wei's expression as if he was awake, a little annoyed and funny, especially that word... Chen Mo felt that he couldn't even write it with his feet.

Than this number.

Dian Wei nodded gloomily. God knows what he has experienced in the past fifteen days. He has made up his mind to control his mouth in the future and try to speak as little or as little as possible. Others can't do anything to him, but Chen Mo has a way to torture him.

, making his life worse than death.

"You are much older than me. Logically speaking, I shouldn't be the one to preach." Chen Mo read these bamboo slips seriously and said, "But since you joined the army and are now a general, you can't not even recognize the words.

Bar?"

"My lord, I'll just stay with you as a guard. As long as you don't let me read and write, Dian Wei has nothing else to ask for." Dian Wei looked sad, his face full of flesh, but he looked a little aggrieved at this moment.

.

"You!" Chen Mo was helpless and looked at the thousand-character text on the desk and said: "Well, if you can recognize these words, you can understand most things, and you are considered literate. Go back and prepare, follow me to Yang

Let’s take a look at the county.”

"Want to fight?" Dian Wei's eyes lit up.

"I can't say for sure." Chen Mo shook his head and said: "There has been some chaos in Yang County recently, but I'm not sure whether they will be beaten. Let's go to meet up with Gao Shun. It's best to capture Yang County without any blood. In this way, only the remaining

It will be easier to deal with Xia Yong'an, let's go and meet Gao Shun."

Chen Mo didn't really want to fight. People would die in a war. This was his own territory. It would be best if he didn't fight.

"Here, I'm going to recruit people right now!" Dian Wei was instantly refreshed. Compared to studying and literacy, the battlefield was more suitable for him.

Hopeless!

Chen Mo shook his head helplessly, took off the Chengyuan Sword from the wall and hung it on his waist. Chen Mo didn't know much about the current situation in Yang County. Yang Feng now imitated the township defense he had done in Hedong, which now gave Chen Mo a headache.

, it is difficult for scouts to infiltrate. It seems that Yang Feng is also a talent. It is a pity that the two allies Hu Cai and Li Le are holding him back. Otherwise, if Xiangling and Pingyang did the same thing at the beginning, Chen Mo would really

I dare not say that I can conquer the Second City so easily.

The teacher was right, there are many talented people in this world, and there are such people among the Baibo thieves, which somewhat made Chen Mo put away some of his pride.

Taking Dian Wei and two soldiers with him, Chen Mo left Xiangling in the afternoon and went all the way up the Fen River to Wubao built by Gao Shun.

This Wubao was built by the country gentry before. However, after Chen Mo captured Xiangling, most of those who followed Hu Cai left. Gao Shun used the Wubao as the foundation and after some repairs and reinforcements, it is now regarded as one of the most powerful buildings between Xiangling and Yangxian.

barriers between.

"In these days, people will be sent out every day to spy. Those in the countryside will immediately arrest strangers when they see them. It is difficult for our army's scouts to sneak into." In the Wubao, Gao Shun detailed the situation in the past few days to Chen Mo.

After reading it once, he frowned and said: "It's hard to find out what the current situation in Yang County is. On the contrary, many scouts have been killed."

"Then let's test it out and send someone to order the clan in the countryside to return our soldiers with a letter of arrows. If the other party raises smoke, we will block the country road and lead our troops to set up an ambush along the way to intercept and kill the thieves and reinforce the army." Chen Mo

We already have countermeasures on how to break the joint defense of this village. There are not many cavalry among the Baibo thieves, and their mobility is not as good as that of the original. They can use this to set up an ambush. Just look at Yang Feng's reaction, and you can roughly know

What is the situation in Yang County?

"The general also has this intention." Gao Shun said with a smile, this kind of siege and reinforcement strategy was often used by the barbarians, so it was appropriate to use it at this time.

There is no need for Chen Mo to do the next thing in person. Gao Shun has already understood the terrain in this area. After choosing the place for the ambush, Chen Mo asked Dian Wei to run to the villages to ask for people. If they don't give them, they will fight. The defense of the villages

Naturally, it cannot be compared with a city.

Dian Wei yelled and cursed, and ordered people to shoot arrows. The heroes in the village did not dare to leave the camp, so they lit up the smoke and attracted a patrol of thousands of people nearby. Then they were ambushed by Gao Shun. They were defeated and the remaining soldiers fled back.

After arriving at Yang County and repelling three groups of Baibo thieves who came for reinforcements, Gao Shun just called Dian Wei to withdraw.

"Lord, they have reinforcements. Is there no civil strife?" Dian Wei handed the token to Chen Mo and asked.

"The three troops should be the ones patrolling around." Chen Mo shook his head, looked at Gao Shun and said, "What do you think, General Gao?"

"There are at least 30,000 soldiers and horses in Yang County. Apart from these three thousand-man troops, there are no reinforcements today. I am afraid that as my lord said, there has been a gap among the Yang and Feng trio!" Gao

Shun thought and said: "It's just that if our army sends troops at this time, the three of them will definitely join forces. I think it's better to wait and see for the time being."

Chen Mo nodded and said: "But it won't take a few days. In these days, you can only send a small number of troops to harass the villages and make their patrolling troops exhausted. The two hundred Xiongnu soldiers I brought this time are just for use."

"The last general takes command!"
Chapter completed!