Shaoyao sent Huahua to the study and went back to work on her medicine.
Hua Zhi looked at the bookshelf that was full and the other half empty, "I need to make another one. Twelve carts of books alone can't fit on this bookshelf."
"As soon as I heard you say that, I asked someone to do it."
"The study is a little small, and it would be a bit crowded if we put another bookshelf in it."
Hua Yizheng also looked at this study room, which was hastily decorated but much more elaborate than the room they lived in. "I plan to let the little one squeeze in a little more and clear out the room next to it and connect it up."
"Will they still be able to squeeze in?" When she was free at home these few days, she asked Shaoyao to push her to see it. The youngest child was already sharing one room with three others. The room was not big to begin with, and if one more person went in, there would probably be no room left to step.
"This year has not been in vain. This is no problem for them."
Hua Zhi didn't say anything more. She just wanted to be a junior in front of her grandfather. There was no need for her to show off her little abilities. What she wanted to say was something else. "Grandfather, please tell everyone not to talk about Zeng Han behind his back. Even though he's a child, he's not completely ignorant."
Hua Yizheng frowned slightly, "What did someone say?"
"I haven't asked, but I can imagine it." If someone hadn't said something, Zeng Han wouldn't have said that. "I can understand everyone's rejection of Zeng Han, but you shouldn't think that he will become the second Zeng Xian just because he has a father who was driven crazy. He is only four years old now and is still adapting and learning the rules of this world. In this process, he will give back what he has learned when he grows up. If he really becomes a bad person when he grows up, I will be responsible for it in the Hua family. A child who lives a happy and stable life is soft-hearted and won't go to that point."
"You're right. I'll remind them." Hua Yizheng looked at his granddaughter. "Raise her personally?"
"It should be. This kid... is too smart. I hope he can use his intelligence in the right place." The damage that a high-IQ bad guy can cause is too great. Hua Zhi shook her head and listened to the noise outside and said, "It should be Wu Yong who is here. You talk to him and I'll listen in."
"I'd rather see you talk to him."
Hua Zhi smiled, "I dare not show off my cleverness in front of you."
Hua Yizheng nodded at her, stood up and walked to the door, saluted Wu Yong who came in, and said, "Greetings, General Wu."
Wu Yong hurriedly supported him and said, "I feel ashamed to accept this gift from you, old man."
“Rituals cannot be abolished.”
Hua Zhi also leaned forward in her wheelchair, but Wu Yong jumped away. She was the prince's darling, and he even wanted to salute her!
Shaoyao was a little upset because she had waited for the person to come but couldn't play. She snorted twice and walked out. Wu Yong heard the noise and turned back. Seeing that she had already crossed the threshold, he hurriedly chased after her and said, "Let's continue playing after we finish talking here?"
Shaoyao was a little happier now, "Okay, I'll wait for you."
After taking two steps, she remembered something and rushed back. She looked Wu Yong up and down several times, then waved her fist at him and said, "Stay away from Huahua."
Wu Yong opened his eyes. He was so desperate that he dared to have any thoughts about Hua Zhi. He might as well play with the ugly girl!
Wait, why does this feel a little wrong
Hua Zhi watched the interaction between the two and became more certain of her guess. She coughed lightly to interrupt Wu Yong who was obviously thinking about something, "General Wu, please take a seat."
Wu Yong glanced at Shaoyao, who was jumping away, and walked back to sit down at the top. "I wonder what the young lady wants to talk to me about?"
"It wasn't me, it was my grandfather."
Wu Yong looked at her meaningfully and turned his gaze to Hua Yizheng.
Hua Yizheng took out something and handed it to him, "The Hua family wants to make a deal with General Wu."
Wu Yong took it and found a piece of silk folded in a square. He opened it and sat up straight after just one look. This turned out to be a city defense map that was different from the one he knew.
"The Wu family has been confronting the outsiders at Yinshan Pass for many years. But, excuse me, the city defense layout has not changed much over the years. To be frank, the defense deployment of Yinshan Pass has probably been figured out by the other side. If the outsiders had not been in turmoil over the years, Yinshan Pass might not have been stable for so many years."
Hua Yizheng took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and continued, "As far as I know, the tribes outside the pass have completed unification in April this year. In just a few months from April to now, the number of border disturbances has increased compared to the whole of last year. Moreover, this year is a disaster year. No one knows when such a test will turn into a real invasion. General Wu, do you think Yinshan Pass can withstand it by then?"
Wu Yong's brows were filled with coldness. At this moment, he was the Yinshan Pass Guard Wu Yong. "What the old man said is all right, but there is one thing I want to refute. The Wu family has not done nothing over the years. In fact, it is the Wu family's credit that the grassland tribe has been in chaos for so many years. The spies that the Wu family has carefully trained have a loss of more than 20 people every year. Let alone the city defense."
Wu Yong snorted coldly, "How can my Wu family rely on the deployment that everyone knows to guard Yinshan Pass?"
Hua Yizheng was not surprised, and nodded, "I noticed that Yinshan Pass has two sets of troops, the light and the dark. I wonder if General Wu can tell me how the real deployment of Yinshan Pass compares to this one?"
Wu Yong looked at the blueprint in silence for a moment, "The old man is a smart one."
"The Hua family is powerless and will not be able to defeat the enemy in a single blow on the battlefield. But if we ask them to come up with an idea, I'm afraid their brains will work much faster than the generals." Hua Yizheng smiled, "If the Hua family mobilizes the entire clan to cooperate with General Wu in guarding Yinshan Pass, will General Wu be willing to cooperate?"
Wu Yong suddenly turned to look at Hua Zhi, "Is this what he meant?"
Hua Zhi knew who he was referring to. She neither admitted nor denied it. "If the Hua family can't be of any use, I don't think General Wu will use them. If the Hua family can really help the general, why not cooperate with them?"
This is the truth, but Wu Yong feels that there must be some personal feelings involved. If he is not mistaken, the Hua family regards this as a starting point for their revival. That's right, instead of living in a muddle, it is better to set a goal and achieve it. It will only benefit him.
"I wonder what the old man is going to do?"
"Let the Hua family enter the military camp, and the general can make the rules for how to enter." Hua Yi was taking a look at the silk. It was the result of their combined efforts in a whole night. The eldest son used the nine numbers to deduce, the illegitimate son came up with a framework, and he used the clues that the youngest son saw when he often went in and out of the garrison to work backwards and deduce a little from the hidden copy. They, father and son, then used that copy to check for deficiencies and fill in the gaps, and finally they came up with a copy that would worthy of Wu Yong's attention.
"If you want to stop at arm's length talk, you have to know what's going on in the military. All tactics need to be practiced in actual combat. And Zhi'er's sand table, don't you think it's a waste to just treat it as a game?"
It's more than a waste. Wu Yong almost rushed to the camp after he left yesterday. Only a real confrontation can maximize the effect of this sand table and truly train the general's ability to lead troops.
The Daqing Dynasty had not had a major war for many years, and what it lacked was good and experienced generals.
Wu Yong stood up, "As you wish."
Hua Zhi and her grandfather looked at each other and agreed.