Chu Lian shook his head, and most of the time it was difficult for supplies to be transported into Liangzhou in the cold winter, which made the situation in Liangzhou City a vicious cycle.
If it weren't for this, the court and the central government would not have known that the northern border would be so urgently attacked by the Tuhun soldiers in winter.
It was bad luck for supplies to come in in the cold winter, and now the reinforcements were blocked at the Yueqin Mountains, no wonder the Tuhun people would choose this time to attack the border of Liangzhou City.
Although Chu Lian was in a hurry, there was nothing good to do right now.
Money is useless in the northern border at this time, and the most urgent task is probably to solve the transportation problem.
Tang Yan sent Chu Lian to Anton's courtyard, and then led them back to his residence.
The Zhizhou of Liangzhou City was dismissed at the beginning of the year, and then the responsibility of the Zhizhou fell to General Qian. There were few people in Liangzhou City, and most of them were garrisons, so General Qian ordered the marching secretary of the frontier army Mr. Wu acts as the deputy governor of the prefecture.
Now the frontier troops are all stationed in the barracks outside the city, and Master Wu will naturally follow the frontier army at the very moment. The original prefecture's "Hefu" has been vacant for several months.
General Qian probably knows what the city walls of Liangzhou City are like, because every year the task of repairing the city walls falls on the northern frontier army.
The city wall can't resist foreign enemies at all. In fact, the real border between the Dawu Dynasty and Tuhun is a river. The river is called the "Sula River". The Sula River is the lifeblood of the entire northern grassland. The frontier guards this natural moat.
Once the Tuhun people cross the Sula River, Liangzhou is equivalent to opening the gate for them, and the grassland behind will be flat.
At that time, the Tuhun soldiers may directly go straight to Tianjinggang, the land of fish and rice in the hinterland of the Wu Dynasty.
This shows how important it is to hold the Sula River.
Chu Lian was supported by Wen Lan to sit on the kang, which had been heated up by the servants of the mansion, and it was very warm sitting on it at this moment, and the steward Qin standing in front of him was reporting to Chu Lian the news he had inquired about in detail. .
After hearing this, Chu Lian felt a little rejoiced. Fortunately, they had brought enough supplies during their journey. She even brought a lot of utensils that were commonly used in Jing'anbo's residence. The group of them didn't have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation for a while.
After all, she has obeyed the Queen Mother's order, and the documents for the order are still here with Chu Lian, and the supplies are also here. Although there are not many, it is better than nothing. It seems that she has to find a chance to go to the frontier barracks.
This matter should be confirmed after looking for Tang Yan in the past two days.
The northern border is bitterly cold. Although the He Mansion is already considered the best mansion in Liangzhou City, once you leave the kang bed, you still have to freeze people severely. Even guards with strong martial arts like Li Xing and Li Yue brothers and sisters are wrapped up with them. It's like two balls, not to mention Chu Lian.
Chu Lian's foot injury will take another two days, and now he can walk slowly. Early in the morning, Chu Lian sent someone to find Tang Yan.
People in the Great Wu Dynasty paid attention to appearance, especially the ethos of Shengjing City. Although Tang Yan was from Shandong, he had long been assimilated by this ethos after staying in Shengjing for many years.
When he woke up early this morning, he found that he had grown a layer of blue stubble, so he asked the young man who was serving him to find a razor and clean his face carefully. The guards around him also took advantage of this to shave together.
The next time I went out, I felt refreshed and clean, and my mood improved.
This time when he came to the Northern Territory, because of the urgency, Chu Lian only brought Wenqing Wenlan and two kung fu maids to serve him. Even including the female guard Li Yue, even Chu Lian had only four girls in the whole team. The rest of the servants, whether sweeping, cooking, laundry, are all men.
There are only two gatekeepers in Hefu, and they are still two old wounded soldiers.
Now the whole house is almost full of men.
Chu Lian got up early in the morning, Tang Yan came very early, seeing that Wen Qing had just brought in the Chaoshi food, he unceremoniously asked Wen Qing to serve him another serving, after all Chu Lian was a woman, and came here every day to eat Sorry, Tang Yan deliberately took this opportunity to have breakfast.
Sitting at the table, Chu Lian couldn't see such foodie thoughts.
She didn't expose it, and nodded towards Wenqing.
As soon as she looked up, she saw Tang Yan who was very energetic today, she was slightly surprised, and then a look of appreciation flashed in her eyes.
Tang Yan is twenty-five or six years old this year. If he is compared with He Sanlang and Jin Wang, he is naturally incomparable, but if he is taken alone, he can be regarded as a good-looking man.
In particular, his nose bridge is straight, and his eyebrows are as thick as ink. Today, he should have deliberately cleansed his face, making people feel clean and elegant, and a little more pleasing to the eye.
Who doesn't like beautiful things, Chu Lian glanced at Tang Yan with pure admiration, and from the corner of his eye, he naturally saw a few guards of Jin Palace standing not far behind Tang Yan.
The guards were wearing black flying fish suits and gray mouse skin cloaks. They were all tall and burly, and because they had practiced martial arts all year round, their bodies were strong and powerful. In addition, they were as clean as Tang Yan, which immediately made people's eyes shine. a feeling of.
Isn't there a saying that a woman's makeup is a respect for others, and it is also a kind of respect for these people to dress neatly and cleanly. Chu Lian suddenly felt that the habit of Shengjing City in the Great Wu Dynasty was quite good.
She praised without hesitation, "Master Tang really shines today."
Who doesn't like to be praised by others, even Tang Yan is not exempt from it. Along the way, Tang Yan has gotten along very well with Chu Lian, and understands that her words mean nothing other than a simple compliment. .
He was also in a good mood. It was his first time to take a shower this morning. It was always refreshing to wash off the fine dust, and getting compliments made him feel even better.
Just as Tang Yan was about to speak, there was a cold snort from the door, and then a deep and cold voice rang out in the room like ice slag, "Lian'er really knows how to talk."
As soon as the voice fell, Chu Lian looked towards the door in astonishment, only to see He Changdi standing alone behind the thick felt curtain, followed by Wen Lan who was at a loss what to do.
His face was almost half covered by the big black beard, and he couldn't tell what his face was like, but his long and narrow eyes seemed to be rippling with huge waves. fly.
Chu Lian frowned and looked at him, never expecting him to appear at this time.
I saw a few snowflakes gathered on He Sanlang's shoulders, his bundled hair was a little messy, there were many wears and dirts on the rigid armor, and a pair of thick-soled military boots were covered with mud and unmelted falling snow. The appearance of Tang Yan and his party formed a sharp contrast with the clean and tidy appearance.
If I hadn't seen his iconic beard just now, I wouldn't have recognized that this was my male master.
Chu Lian got up and walked slowly towards He Sanlang's direction, "Why are you here at this hour?"
It was obviously an ordinary question, but He Sanlang felt that Chu Lian's words contained disgust. Hearing this, his face darkened even more.
He raised the corner of his mouth, "Why, Lian'er doesn't welcome you as your husband?"
Chu Lian tilted her head and stared at He Changdi carefully. She could feel that there was obvious displeasure in He Sanlang's words. What kind of nerves did this guy have? If she remembers correctly, the two of them haven't seen each other for the past few days Let alone make him angry, right
Wasn't it fine when you left last time
But Chu Lian has completely adapted to He Sanlang's moody attitude, this time she didn't even change her mood, when she heard what he said, she just smiled lightly and didn't answer.
At this time, Tang Yan also stood up, walked to He Changdi and saluted him.
Although He Sanlang and Tang Yan had no grievances at all, and they were just nodding acquaintances, at this moment, He Changdi felt an inexplicable discomfort in his heart when he saw Tang Yan, who had a neat face and well-dressed clothes.
Tang Yan didn't have much contact with He Changdi, and they only had a few times in the Jin Palace.
He generously told He Sanlang the purpose of finding Chu Lian today.
He Changdi took a light breath to adjust his emotions, then nodded, and sat down at the table by himself. When he just sat down, he gritted his teeth hard to hold back the pain in his buttocks.
Chu Lian didn't care too much. The last time she overheard Mo Chenggui's words, she had been absent-minded for the past few days. Now that she saw He Sanlang, all her eyes on Tang Yan and the guards of Prince Jin's residence were taken by him. After being attracted, she wanted to ask if He Sanlang had been punished by military law, but Tang Yan was still there, so she couldn't speak, so she sat down with He Changdi.
At this time, Wen Qing came in with Chao Shi, unexpectedly the Third Young Master also came back.
After she saluted, she put the food on the table. Today she ate fried spring rolls and shredded chicken porridge with shiitake mushrooms.
Tang Yan's eyes lit up when he saw the food, and he picked up his chopsticks, "Mr. Xiang, Master He San, then I'll do it first."
After finishing speaking, he started to gobble it up.
Chu Lian picked up her own spoon, lowered her head and just took a sip of the porridge, and was about to ask He Changdi if he had breakfast, but the next second, he snatched the spoon from his hand.
Then Chu Lian saw this guy dug a spoonful of porridge into the bowl in front of him with his own spoon, and stuffed it into his mouth.
Chu Lian was stunned, this He Sanlang, this is her court food, he is too out of touch!
Chu Lian stared wide-eyed and forgot to speak, all he could see was He Changdi's devouring action, which was even faster than Tang Yan's. Watching the two eating in front of him made people seriously doubt their status as nobles in the capital.
It was still Wenqing who responded quickly, "Third Grandma, wait a minute, this servant will get you another bowl."
Chu Lian curled her lips and could only nod her head.
It's just that when Chu Lian eats porridge again, the spring rolls on the table in front of him have been wiped out...
He Sanlang counted silently in his heart. He ate one more than Tang Yan. Thinking of this result, he felt better. He put down the bowl and chopsticks and looked at Tang Yan.
Tang Yan also felt He Changdi's rejection of him, and he ate the delicious food. It's useless for him to stay here, so he just left, "Master He San, please discuss with Xiang Jun first. If there is a decision, just send someone to inform me." .”