The little ancestor of the family

Chapter 383 Do you want to eat chocolate?

Xiao Huaian pulled back the dagger, wiped the blood off Salang's body, and walked out of the secret passage without looking back.

There is war outside.

What is different from the previous battle situation is that this time it is not a confrontation between the two sides, but an all-round crushing by the Liang army.

Whether it was Salang's personal soldiers or the rebels, they all raised their hands and surrendered in front of the Liang army.

Zhao Yun and others had already met with King Rui.

When King Rui saw them, he immediately asked, "Where is Xiao Huaian?"

"Military Advisor Xiao broke into the main tent alone before sending the signal, and we haven't seen him since then," Zhao Yun replied.

"Yes, I just looked around, but I couldn't find it. It's not nearby." Chuqi agreed.

"He should be going after Saran!"

Chuwu said, "The great barbarian leader Salang has also disappeared."

"Expand the search area and search all nearby buildings."

King Rui ordered.

"Yes!"

……

King Rui stayed in Salang's main account and looked through all the written items on the desk.

Salan has just taken over, and the things here should all be left by Sagrul.

There were more letters than King Rui had imagined, but these barbarians seemed too relaxed and put all the messy things together, including the time of sacrifice, the atlas of cattle and sheep statistics, and the ages and miniatures of the daughters of the tribal chiefs.

King Rui looked through the pages one by one and finally found what he wanted to see.

It was a secret letter.

The seal was open and there was no signature on it.

Prince Rui pulled out the letter paper and at a glance he saw that the letter was written on the Xuan paper offered by Yuhang every year.

The letter stated the time of the first grain transportation and the careful deployment along the way.

Even the ambush location and retreat route of the Kosi people had been chosen.

King Rui narrowed his eyes.

I never thought someone could sell out their own people so thoroughly.

He continued to search and soon found another letter.

Same handwriting, same stationery, but from an earlier time.

The content is to bargain with Sugru in exchange for more military support from Sugru.

When King Rui saw that the person in the letter was willing to keep raising the stakes to achieve his goal, he sneered.

"This kind of scoundrel should be hung up and carefully skinned to see what is underneath the skin."

He put away the two letters, and called his men to pack up the other things and take them back to the capital for a careful inspection.

At this time, Xiao Huaian walked in from outside.

"King Rui!"

Xiao Huaian was dusty and had a cold air about him. He spoke in an anxious tone, with a bit of excitement in his eyes.

"Have you solved Salang?"

King Rui asked, looking at his expression.

"Solved!" Xiao Huaian said quickly: "But this is not important now, I have made a major discovery!"

"What did you find?" King Rui became curious.

Is there anything more exciting than killing the chief of the Kosi tribe with your own hands?

“It’s iron ore!”

Xiao Huaian replied, "I just found iron ore in the back mountain."

"Such a thing can happen!"

King Rui couldn't sit still anymore.

Iron ore is a very rare commodity in Daliang.

The four iron mines currently discovered in Daliang are only enough to supply the people's daily needs. The imperial court must focus on the most practical weapons when making weapons. If it wants to make some complex and large weapons, it still needs layers of review.

Even some practical weapons were abandoned because they consumed too much iron and could not be promoted on a large scale.

"Where is the iron mine? Take me to see it!"

"What about things here?" Xiao Huaian looked outside.

"Zhao Yun will take care of these. Let's go check out the iron ore first."

As King Rui spoke, he walked out the door.

Xiao Huaian took King Rui all the way north and soon returned to the Temple of the Goddess.

At this time, the sky had turned pale, and the statue of the goddess outside the temple was shining with a faint silver light in the morning light.

Prince Rui sighed.

Ke Xibu has become very famous in recent years, posing a considerable threat to Daliang.

Some scholars in the court were even afraid of this alien race and advocated peace, not wanting to continue fighting with Kesi.

But who would have known that this northern border tribe that had been constantly entangled with Daliang had long been a hollow shell with a strong exterior but a weak interior.

Even though they built the Temple of the Goddess so tall and majestic, it still could not protect the ordinary people who could not even get enough food to eat.

Today, this tribe known as the wolves of the grassland has faded away, leaving only this temple of the goddess to commemorate their former glory.

Xiao Huaian brought King Rui to the Temple of the Goddess and found the entrance to the dark room according to his previous memory.

The two men bent down and entered, lighting the fire sticks in their hands.

King Rui immediately noticed that on the walls of this passage, black fluorescent lights flashed from time to time.

“It’s iron ore!”

King Rui spotted a bright spot and moved closer to take a look.

The gray-brown granular stones are densely distributed in the rocks and continue to disperse to both sides, occupying nearly half of the area of ​​the excavated wall.

“There’s a lot of iron ore here!”

King Rui was somewhat happy.

"But it looks like the barbarians haven't discovered the existence of these iron ores."

"The weapons of the barbarians were all stolen or bought from us. In addition, someone has been providing them with weapons for free in the past two years. I believe they have no intention of making weapons of their own."

Xiao Huaian said.

“The more I see it now, the more I feel that the barbarians have achieved what they have today entirely through brute force.

If our Daliang is really overwhelmed by these simple-minded barbarians, it can only be said that Daliang has collapsed from within. "

"Fortunately, it hasn't come to that point yet!"

King Rui sighed.

The two walked around the secret room and found another exit leading to a mountain.

I think the original purpose of Sagru building this secret passage was to have a way to escape safely if he encountered danger one day.

It’s a pity that these people were short-sighted and only thought about the escape route, without noticing the huge treasure hidden in the mountains.

If they knew about these iron mines and could make good use of them, the situation would definitely be different now.

The two returned along the same route, closed the secret passage, and exited the Goddess Temple again.

"Prince Rui, can we not talk about this iron mine until we return to the capital?"

Xiao Huaian suddenly spoke.

King Rui glanced at him and asked, "Why, are you afraid that someone with ulterior motives will take advantage of you?"

"You have to be on guard against others. I'm not confident enough in Daliang to tell him everything."

King Rui lowered his head and thought for a moment, then replied, "Since you were the first to discover the iron ore, you have the final say on this matter.

From now on, I will pretend I don’t know about this.”

"Thank you, King Rui!"

Xiao Huaian bowed in thanks.

……

A month later.

The Kosi tribe completely disintegrated.

The vast and sparsely populated northern border was incorporated into the territory of Daliang and became the northernmost county of Daliang, named Beidi County.

Beidi County is centrally managed with the county marquis as its head and Xueyue City as its center.

At the same time, the leader of the Tushu tribe was chosen as the leader of all the northern border tribes and was granted the title of Anbei Hou. He was directly managed by Beidi County Marquis and went to Xueyue City to report the situation of the various tribes in the northern border to the County Marquis once every half a month.

The whole country of Daliang celebrated.

The people of Xueyue City finally smiled with relief.

Another month later, the snow on the roadside began to melt slowly, and the sound of gurgling water could be heard from the gullies between the mountains.

The spring when all things revive and become full of vitality has finally come to this land again.

King Rui began to take stock of his men and horses, preparing to return to the capital to receive his orders.

Zhao Yun held King Rui's hand and was reluctant to let go.

"What? Marquis Zhao can't bear to part with me?" Prince Rui shook off his hand with some disgust.

Zhao Yun felt very aggrieved when he was called Marquis of Zhao.

"My Lord, please stop teasing me. You know very well that I don't like being a county marquis. I would rather be a deputy general and follow you in battles."

King Rui understood Zhao Yun and knew that what he said was true.

But for this position, only Zhao Yun is the most suitable.

“You like fighting, but I don’t, and neither do the people.

Do you think you are staying here to sit back and enjoy yourself? Since ancient times, it has always been easy to conquer a country, but difficult to keep it!

The conditions in the northern border are harsh and the people have a hard time. Although I have selfish motives, I can only feel at ease if you stay here."

Zhao Yun lowered his head and said, "It is my honor to be trusted by King Rui."

Then, he raised his head and said with a determined look: "I will definitely defend this city and Beidi County for our Daliang, so that the people here will never have to suffer from war again."

King Rui patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are already an adult. Now that you are the Marquis of Beijun, you can't be without someone to take care of you. You should start a family soon!"

"The Northern Frontier is so vast, and I have to travel to every place. I don't have the time!"

Zhao Yun lowered his head embarrassedly.

"Besides, this is my first time as a county marquis, and I don't have the energy to take care of my family. If I marry a bastard, I won't be able to live anymore!"

At this point, Zhao Yun chuckled, "But if I can marry someone like Miss Lu, I'm willing to give all my wealth as a dowry."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Yun was hit on the head.

Prince Rui looked at him sternly, "I still underestimated you. You actually dared to have evil thoughts about Miss Lu!"

"I didn't! I wouldn't dare!" Zhao Yun waved his hands in panic, "Prince Rui, please don't harm me. If Military Advisor Xiao hears this, I won't be able to save my head!"

After saying this, he felt like he seemed a bit cowardly, so he explained, "Miss Lu is of high moral character and has the appearance of a fairy. I really don't mean to blaspheme her at all.

I was just thinking, how could there be such a good woman in the world? If my future wife can be one tenth as good as Miss Lu, I will burn incense to express my gratitude. "

"You kid!"

Prince Rui suddenly became a little worried.

His adopted sister's style of doing things was straightforward and generous, which was very different from that of ordinary women. Coupled with her own abilities, she was shrouded in mystery. Where in the world could he find another woman like her?

Even if it is one tenth of it, it would probably be difficult to find.

If Zhao Yun were to measure things by such standards, it would be difficult for him to marry someone he liked in his lifetime.

"For some things, you still have to believe in fate. Some fates cannot be forced. It's better for you to keep a normal mind."

As an elder and superior, King Rui could only say this much. The rest was up to Zhao Yun to figure out for himself.

Zhao Yun nodded, but did not understand the meaning of King Rui's words.

“By the way, Miss Lu said yesterday that she would give me some seeds suitable for growing crops here.

Your Majesty, would you like to accompany me to get it?"

Seeing that he might be embarrassed by what he said, King Rui nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go with you to take a look."

Ye Xinran still lives in Fan Qingzhou's yard.

Recently, Fan Qingzhou has been fascinated by Ye Xinran's cooking skills.

He had originally refused to follow Xiao Huaian back to the capital, but now, for the sake of chocolate and potato chips, he had obeyed Ye Xinran's words.

"I say, my disciple's wife, you said yesterday that you would give me a piece of that black thing today, but you haven't given it to me yet?"

When Prince Rui and Zhao Yun arrived, they saw Fan Qingzhou following Ye Xinran and asking for candy.

Ye Xinran said seriously: "I told you yesterday that you must take medicine after eating candy, why did you secretly throw away the medicine again?"

"I didn't lose it?"

Fan Qingzhou looked innocent.

Ye Xinran spread out her hands, revealing a few white pills.

"So what is this? I found it behind the water tank this morning."

Fan Qingzhou scratched his head until he could no longer deny it, then he scratched his head and said, "Apprentice's wife, is this really medicine?

I'm an old man, don't lie to me, I have never seen medicine that looks like this.

This medicine is very bitter. The one I took yesterday got stuck in my throat. I took a whole piece and couldn’t even push it down!"

"That's because you didn't drink enough water!"

Ye Xinran felt a little helpless.

Then a steady voice behind him said, "Master Fan, don't underestimate this medicine. I've taken it before, and it's much more useful than those black soups."

Ye Xinran and Fan Qingzhou turned around and saw Prince Rui and Zhao Yun coming over.

"King Rui!"

Ye Xinran and Fan Qingzhou bowed together. King Rui waved his hand and asked, "What happened to Mr. Fan? What medicine did you take?"

Ye Xinran poured a glass of water for Fan Qingzhou, watched him swallow the medicine, and then replied: "Master has been deficient in blood and qi in recent years, so he needs to take care of his body first.

What I give him now is just medicine to replenish qi and blood.

I didn’t expect that he was so delicate.”

Fan Qingzhou, who was once a powerful figure in the martial arts world, was called a spoiled child by a kid, and in front of King Rui. Even if he was thick-skinned, he couldn't hold it in and quickly retorted: "I'm not spoiled. When did I become spoiled?

I just don’t recognize this thing, so I should be a little wary.”

"Are you wary of me? Are you wary of me?" Ye Xinran tilted her head to look at him.

"Then I can't just take out anything to honor my master from now on. I'm afraid my master will be worried."

"no no!"

Fan Qingzhou got a little anxious when he heard this, "It's not that I don't believe you, I just hate bitter things.

I feel bad eating bitter things. "

"Do you still want to eat chocolate?" Ye Xinran asked.

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