Halfway through the unitary hour.
As night falls, the lights gradually burn.
Xu Yixing came to an empty table and sat down.
Then he looked at the shopkeeper busy next to the boiler with a smile.
He shouted loudly: "Staff, three bowls of mutton in a basin, a plate of spicy food, a pot of wine, and six biscuits."
The shopkeeper who was busy next to the boiler heard this and said loudly without looking back: "Sir, please take a seat first. You'll be ready soon."
The words are over.
Without raising his head, the shopkeeper loudly ordered again: "Old Li Tou, six biscuits."
After hearing this, Lao Li Tou calmly opened the cover and took out six steaming cakes from the cake basket.
Then he limped towards the dinner table.
As he walked, he asked, "Which guest wants six pieces of biscuits?"
Xu Yi looked at the limping figure in the darkness, chuckled and waved: "This way, this way."
"Which...which way?" Old Li Tou suddenly stopped on the spot after hearing this, and asked again with a confused expression.
"This way, this way." Xu Yi waved his hands again after hearing this.
At the same time, the smile on his lips grew stronger.
"Come...come..."
When Old Li Tou heard this, the look of confusion on his face instantly disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by a look of deep disbelief.
After more than ten breaths.
Old Li Tou calmed down for a moment, then walked towards the dining table where Xu Yi and Yang Xian'an were sitting with a rather staggering step.
After seeing clearly the appearance of the two people sitting in the dimly lit place.
Lao Litou's eyes instantly turned red, his palms became unsteady, and six steaming pancakes almost fell to the ground.
"The grass people... the grass people pay their respects to Jing... Yan..."
When Lao Litou saw this, he came to his senses immediately and hurriedly stabilized the bamboo basket in his hand, and then he was about to kneel down and salute.
But he didn't wait for the rest of his words to come out, or for his knees to fall to the ground.
Xu Yi walked to his side with lightning speed and held his arms with both hands.
"Li Shixin, Li Dadu Mu, long time no see."
Xu Yi looked at Old Li Tou in front of him who was about to kneel down and bow with a smile and chuckled.
"Your Majesty...how...how do you know, Your Highness?"
Li Shixin was stunned for a few breaths after hearing this, and then murmured a question.
"Taste, and here."
Xu Yi smiled, then reached out and tapped his heart.
Just like a scholar always has the fragrance of paper and ink.
The chef always smells like onions and garlic.
People who have been with the military all year round, even if they have never been in battle.
But their bodies will be more or less contaminated with the unique smell of the military.
And the longer one stays in the military, the harder it is to eliminate this smell.
It seems to be deeply ingrained in my bones.
Xu Yi still remembers the scene when he first met Li Shixin.
At that time, Li Shixin never had any verbal communication with him.
However, his posture standing next to the boiler in a street filled with the atmosphere of the market is like a beacon in the darkness, and people always turn their eyes towards it unconsciously.
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In Xu Yi's head.
Just as Xu Yi guessed, Li Shixin really came from the military.
And it comes from Zhao Qing's direct army.
It's just that he is neither a general who leads the troops in battle nor a soldier who rushes to the front.
It is the horse administration that manages the war horses, and it is the chief pastor of the horse herding department.
It remains to be determined that Li Shixin appears to be a friend rather than an enemy.
Xu Yi put the matter aside for the time being.
At that time, he was in a critical period of disaster relief.
I can't be distracted by such trivial matters.
later.
Xu Yi was granted the title of King Yan.
People were also sent to look for Li Shixin.
But it's a pity.
At that time, Li Shixin had already left Chang'an City and his whereabouts are unknown.
...
...
In the east of Juyang City, at the bustling street Shuipen Mutton Stall.
Li Shixin was stunned for a few breaths after hearing this.
After counting the interest.
Li Shixin regained consciousness for a moment, then raised his head to look at Xu Yi, who was smiling.
"Sure enough...there is nothing in this world that can be hidden from His Highness King Yan."
Li Shixin sighed with red eyes.
"After being crowned king, Gu Zeng ordered people to go find Li Dumu."
"But it's a pity that Li Dumu had already left the capital by that time, and his whereabouts are unknown."
"I never thought that you and I would meet again here today."
Xu Yi chuckled, then took the cake from Li Shixin's hand and pulled him to sit down at the square table.
"It's nature that plays tricks on people."
Li Shixin sat next to Xu Yi and sighed with regret on his face.
"After learning that His Highness King Yan granted the title of King Yan."
"The common people thought that while they could still move, they wanted to see if they could be of some help to His Highness, Prince Yan."
"So Dangjie packed up all his belongings and left Chang'an City early with his old partner of more than ten years."
"I wanted to travel all over Yan before His Highness King Yan arrived."
"But I am still getting old after all, and my body and bones are not as strong as before."
"It wasn't until five days ago that I was able to walk through the entire Yan region."
"I wanted to wait until after the New Year to go to the palace to make trouble."
"Unexpectedly, fate has arrived, and I can meet His Highness today."
Li Shixin looked up at Xu Yi, who was sitting next to him, and murmured softly.
"It's been a lot of hard work, Du Mu Li, over the past six months."
Xu Yi's face straightened, and he bowed his hands towards Li Shixin.
"Your Highness is serious."
Upon seeing this, Li Shixin quickly turned sideways to avoid Xu Yi's salute.
"Li Dumu deserves this tribute. I hope Li Dumu will not refuse again."
Xu Yi said with an extremely serious expression.
"Li Shixin, the former chief inspector of the Muma Division under the command of General Zhao Qing, pays homage to the prince."
After hearing this, Li Shixin no longer evaded, so he stood up and faced Xu Yi, clasping his fists deeply and saluting.
"Li Dumu doesn't need to be polite, please take your seat quickly."
When Xu Yi heard this, most of the serious look on his face disappeared instantly, and was replaced by a deep smile.
"Follow the order."
Li Shixin stood up and smiled tacitly at each other, then sat down next to Xu Yi again.
“May I ask how many horses your prince has now?”….
Li Shixin's face straightened after he sat down, and he asked in a low voice.
"Counting today..."
Xu Yi's face turned straight when he heard this, and he was about to answer truthfully.
The shopkeeper walked quickly with a tray holding three bowls of mutton in a basin, a plate of spicy food, and a jug of wine.
"Sir, the three bowls of mutton in the basin, the plate of spicy food, and the jug of wine that you requested are all available. Please use them slowly."
The shopkeeper walked to the square table where Xu Yi and the others were sitting, and shouted loudly while holding the table.
The words are over.
After the store owner puts the items on the plate,
.
When Fang was about to stand up and leave, his face suddenly paused.
"Old Man Li?"
The shopkeeper blinked and then looked at Li Shixin, who was sitting next to Xu Yi, with confusion.
"Why don't you meet the prince soon?"
Li Shixin tugged on his old friend's cloth and reminded him in a low voice.
'Wang...wangye? ,
The store owner was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then quickly turned to look at Xu Yi, who was sitting in the main seat.
"The grass people...the grass people are old and dim...the grass people...the grass people pay their respects..."
After opening his eyes and seeing Xu Yi's face clearly, the store owner looked visibly panicked.
"No need to be polite, just business as usual."
Before the store owner could say anything else, Xu Yi immediately waved his hands slightly.
"Yes Yes......"
Hearing this, the shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief as if he had been granted amnesty, and then left the square table where Xu Yi and the others were sitting with a slightly conceited step.
"If you count the 20,000 war horses that arrived today."
"Now the king's camp has a total of 57,912 horses."
"In addition, there are more than 4,000 war horses being transported from the Western Regions."
"When we arrive in Yandi in March, the king's camp will have 60,000 war horses."
After the store owner returned to the boiler again, Xu Yi turned his head slightly and looked at Li Shixin again and answered.
'Sixty thousand war horses, 20,000 new horses have arrived... more than 4,000 horses are coming...,
Li Shixin frowned when he heard this and murmured in a low voice.
It seems that after counting the more than 4,000 war horses brought from the Western Regions, the total number of war horses should be more than 62,000.
But in fact, the journey from the Western Regions is extremely long. It is already very difficult for 70% of the more than 4,000 war horses to reach Yandi alive.
And whether we can quickly adapt to the soil and water of Yan after arriving in Yan is another big problem.
Maybe it's because of the acclimatization.
It may be due to various reasons such as lack of manpower.
Among the war horses purchased from outside Yan land in the past.
Most of them take a long, long time.
Only then can simple battle formation training be carried out.
And this is where Xu Yi has always had a headache.
After more than ten breaths.
Li Shixin frowned and looked up at Xu Yi.
"May I ask, Your Majesty, where did the 20,000 war horses we arrived today come from?"
Li Shixin lowered his voice and asked with an extremely serious expression.
"Ten thousand horses each from Dai and Liao."
Xu Yi answered truthfully.
In terms of familiarity with war horses and experience in raising war horses on a large scale.
I'm afraid even ten Ma Zhengguan would be hard-pressed to compare with one Li Shixin.
Because of this, Xu Yi would never hide anything Li Shixin asked.
"May I ask, Your Majesty, how much land there is for horse breeding in Wang Daying now?"
"What is the size of each horse breeding land, how many horse herders, herdsmen, and veterinarians are there?"….
Li Shixin paused for a moment, then asked softly again.
"There is a large horse breeding farm in the upper valley, with 8,000 war horses, 100 horse herders, 400 herdsmen, and 40 veterinarians."
"Two small horse farms, with a total of 4,000 horses, 40 horse herders, 200 herdsmen, and 20 veterinarians."
"There are two medium-sized horse breeding farms in Yuyang, with a total of 8,000 horses, 100 horse herders, 400 herdsmen, and 40 veterinarians."
"A small horse breeding farm with 2,000 war horses, 20 horse herders, 100 herdsmen, and 10 veterinarians."
"The remaining war horses are kept in the king's camp for the soldiers' daily training."
"This kind of war horse will be replaced every other month."
Xu Yi replied in a low voice with an extremely serious look.
The words are over.
Li Shixin immediately locked up
He frowned, lost in thought.
After a while.
Li Shixin looked up at Xu Yi again and asked with a solemn expression: "Can you trust the general, Your Majesty?"
"If I don't believe in Li Dumu, how can I answer every question without hesitation?"
Xu Yi chuckled lightly when he heard this, then his expression returned to a serious look again, and he asked in a deep voice.
"At the end of his journey through the Yan region, he stayed in Nuqicheng for more than a month."
"Nowadays, the abundance of water and grass deep in Nuqi City is not inferior to the first-class pastures in the Western Regions and Mobei."
"And now there are a lot of herbs growing in Nuqi City, which are of first-class benefit to people and horses."
"If this place is used as a horse breeding ground, the war horses raised will be extremely strong and not susceptible to plague."
Li Shixin paused slightly when he heard this, and then slowly spoke with a sigh on his face.
'Nv Qicheng? ,
Xu Yi frowned slightly when he heard this.
Qicheng is located in the northernmost part of Shanggu County.
It is backed by the Yanshan Mountains and only more than a hundred miles away from the Yan Great Wall.
It is about five hundred miles away from Juyang City, the county seat.
This city has been one of the three major cities in Shanggu County since ancient times.
It is second only to Juyang City, the county seat, and Juyong City, which is backed by Juyongguan.
Unfortunately.
Nuqi City is a majestic city that has stood in the Yan region for hundreds of years.
In the end, it was completely destroyed in the war more than fifty years ago.
Since then, Nuqicheng has been completely reduced to ruins, remaining in Shanggu County.
Some of the previous governors of Shanggu County wanted to make Nuqicheng, one of the three major cities in Shanggu County, stand tall on the land of Shanggu County again.
But first of all, the cost of rebuilding a city is too great.
Secondly, Nvqicheng is too close to the Great Wall of Yan. Once the Huns step through the northern section of the Great Wall of Yan again, Nvqicheng will once again fall into an embarrassing situation without a buffer.
Thirdly, even if a certain county governor overcomes all difficulties and makes Nuqi City reappear on the land of Shanggu County, there will be no extra people in Yandi to fill Nuqi City.
This is due to various reasons.
Therefore.
More than fifty years have passed.
Nowadays, the periphery of Nuqi City has long been covered with various weeds, and the internal ruins are even more desolate.
If the female Qicheng is really as Li Shixin said.
If Xu Yi really wanted to treat Nv Qicheng as a king's land to nourish horses.
Then it is bound to pay a huge price.
The first thing to bear the brunt was to rebuild a majestic city from the ruins of Nuqi City.
If there is no great city to separate them.
Once the Huns crossed the northern section of the Yan Great Wall again.
That would be equivalent to handing over tens of thousands of war horses to others.
Thinking about this.
Xu Yi sat down to calm down, and then slowly raised his head to look at Li Shixin, who was sitting upright next to him.
"In Li Dumu's opinion, how many war horses can the female Qicheng raise?"
Xu Yi looked deeply into Li Shixin's eyes and asked in a deep voice.
"Go back to your lord."
"In my opinion, if there is no strong city to protect it, Nuqicheng can raise at most 50,000 war horses."
"If there are any more, it will be extremely difficult to evacuate quickly if something unexpected happens."
"But if there is a strong city to protect it, thousands of soldiers to guard it, and a large number of city defense equipment."
"Then Nu Qicheng can raise at least 150,000 war horses, and at most 200,000 war horses."
"If there are more, it may be impossible to keep the war horse strong."
Li Shixin didn't hesitate at all when he heard this and answered directly.
'It can raise at least 150,000 war horses, and at least 200,000 war horses. ,
Xu Yi lowered his eyelids upon hearing this and murmured in his heart.
After more than a hundred breaths.
Xu Yi slowly raised his eyelids and said with an extremely serious expression: "I will definitely consider this matter seriously and will inform you as soon as possible.
Li Dumu. "
Li Shixin knew that this matter was by no means a trivial matter, and no one could make a decision in a short time.
This has nothing to do with trust.
Li Shixin calmed down for a moment, then bowed his hands and said, "General, I will obey your order."
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