NCCnovel Chapter 155 Midnight Assassin.
Chapter 155 Midnight Assassin.
"I'm serious, so stop joking."
Ye Kun hugged Yu Lian and said, "There are so many beauties in the world, I can't love them all. So, it's enough to just settle for the best."
"I don't care. Anyway, I will take Yuhe back tomorrow and take good care of her."
"It's better to take you back. Your body is getting worse day by day. I'll let Yuhe take care of you. I'll rest assured."
The two chatted a lot, and when their feelings were deep, they naturally had a kind of affectionate love, which needs no elaboration.
The next day, Ye Kun accompanied Chunhua to visit her parents' home in Huangjia Village.
Most of the villages in Dading Kingdom are inhabited by clans.
There are also several hundred Huang family members here, just enough to form a village of one hundred households.
Chunhua’s parents are both gone, but she still has relatives.
Ye Kun also made the same arrangement, using marriage as an opportunity to get close to others, and assigned some young people to train with him, while he comforted the others with kind words and provided financial support.
Huangjia Village and Chengjia Bay are located in the south and north, seven or eight miles apart.
Further west is a mountain pass facing the Jialing River. The terrain is dangerous and it is the only way to go.
Across the Jialing River is the territory of Yizhou. Ye Kun set up a pass here, left 300 soldiers to garrison, and asked Chengjiawan and Huangjiacun to participate in the defense.
Therefore, by taking in Chunhua and Yulian and gaining strong support from the Cheng and Huang families, Ye Kun did not suffer any loss at all.
After staying in Fuling County for five days and accompanying Yulian and Chunhua for five days to lay a solid foundation among the masses, Ye Kun led everyone back to Dongba City.
Yulian took her whole family back home.
Chunhua also brought two cousins, her childhood playmates.
In Dongba City, Qin Chou and his wife arrived.
Because Qin Chou is now in charge of agriculture in the entire territory, he must come to Dongba City to work.
Ye Kun hosted a banquet to entertain Qin Chou and his wife, as well as Qin Erwu and his wife.
A delicate slave is accompanying me.
After three rounds of drinking, Qin Erwu reported:
"Brother, there is another bandit group in Dongba County, with about a thousand people hiding in the southernmost Yufeng Mountain. The bandit leader Shao Zhong is also a remnant of Huang Tiandao. The terrain in the mountain is dangerous and there are many caves, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Wu Xuan led his troops to surround Yufeng Mountain, but he couldn't take it down. He wants your thunder bomb."
Ye Kun knew that Yufeng Mountain was difficult to fight, so he shook his head and said:
"Even if we have thunder bombs, we may not be able to shoot them down. Let Wu Xuan continue to besiege them and wear them out. Shao Zhong has been surrounded and cannot escape, so there is no need to waste thunder bombs."
Qin Erwu nodded and said, "All the troops have been counted. There are about 5,000 vagrants and bandits who have been recruited this time. The surrendered soldiers from Dongba County were taken away by Shangguan Jifu. In addition to the navy, we still have 4,000 infantry and 1,200 war horses. Including Pingye County, we now have 25,000 troops and more than 4,000 cavalry."
"There are too many soldiers and horses."
"Ah, big brother, you still complain about having too many soldiers?" Qin Erwu was surprised: "Now that our territory is large, isn't it better to have more soldiers?"
"There are so many soldiers, so no one is farming."
Ye Kun smiled and said, "In the future, we will integrate farming and warfare. All the old and weak soldiers will be sent to farm. As for the standing army, only 3,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry will be enough. Next, we must vigorously develop production and store food and grass."
Shangguan Jifu now has nearly 30,000 troops under his command, and with Ye Kun's troops, it is already very powerful.
Even if we go to war with Jingzhou or Yizhou, we can still give it a try.
But at present, Ye Kun is pretending to be timid and keeping a low profile in order to stabilize the basic situation and resume production.
Of the four great princes of Bashu, Liu Dongliang was destroyed, and Ye Kun was trying his best to please the other three families and had already sent them many porcelains and jewels.
The purpose is to buy time and start production.
Qin Erwu was reluctant to cut down the army, and frowned, "What should we do if Yizhou has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses and comes to attack us?"
"I'm talking about the integration of farming and fighting. Veterans farm in peacetime and fight in wartime."
Ye Kun was confident: "If Yizhou attacks, we can wait for them to tire themselves out. I am still confident that I can hold on to our base. What I am most worried about now is that our food and grass reserves are insufficient."
War requires food and supplies. Without food and supplies, even gods cannot win.
Ye Kun is now working hard to develop production in preparation for the upcoming war.
Qin Chou asked: "How many people and fields are there in Dongba County?"
"These days, the people who hid in the mountains have all come down. The total population in the territory is about 100,000, and it is estimated that it will increase later. There are at least one million acres of farmland, which is enough for farming. At present, there is no need to reclaim the wasteland, but only to tidy up the existing farmland."
"We need a lot of oxen, horses, plows and other farm tools. Lord Ye, if you want me to be responsible for farming, you have to prepare the oxen, horses, plows and farm tools." Qin Chou was a little worried.
"There will be."
Ye Kun has already done a simple calculation and is confident: "There are many open spaces now. We can prepare them in advance and add water to make fertilizer. When transplanting rice, we can simply prepare them again. Before the wheat harvest, we can plant some early-maturing crops. The cattle and horses can stagger their time and meet the farming requirements."
Everyone drank and talked about work.
The work was almost finished, Ye Kun looked at Jiao Nu and said with a smile:
"Village chief, and Erwu... We are all not outsiders, so I will speak frankly. Jiaonu is careful and has learned skills in the military camp hospital. I want her to follow me in the future. That is... to keep her by my side. Tonight, I will ask you what you think."
Jiao Nu was standing aside, blushing.
But with a smile on his face, he exuded happiness.
Huaihua smiled and said, "Master Ye, we are waiting for you to say this. We are relieved that Jiaonu is following you, and she will be happy too."
Qin Chou smiled awkwardly: "I have no objection, I think so too. We are from the same village, and Lord Ye has watched Jiao Nu grow up, so he won't let her starve to death."
Qin Erwu said nothing.
Ye Kun raised his glass: "Erwu, you can also say something. We are sworn brothers, this..."
"I have an opinion!"
Qin Erwu put down his wine glass and squinted at Ye Kun: "Jiao Nu follows you, I have no objection, but you have to call me Second Uncle from now on."
Jiao Nu laughed, but quickly held it back.
Ye Kun nodded: "No problem, Erwu, we are sworn brothers, I call you Second Uncle, and you also call yourself Second Uncle."
Everyone laughed.
Qin Erwu clasped his fists and said with a smile: "I was just joking, but I have something serious to say. Jiao Nu can marry Big Brother, but she cannot be a maid. She must be a lady, just like Miss Yuejuan."
Qin Chou and Huaihua both looked at Ye Kun eagerly.
There is a huge difference in status between a lady and a maid.
Ye Kun smiled and said, "That's no problem. One year later, I will give Jiao Nu the status of a lady."
Qin Erwu asked: "Why one year later?"
"You'll know when the time comes, don't ask."
Ye Kun raised his glass.
One year later, Ye Kun should be able to take over Yizhou.
At that time, he was the governor of Yizhou and appointed several more wives, giving Jiao Nu one of them.
Qin Chou drank a few more cups and said goodbye to Qin Erwu.
Huaihua came a step later and gave Jiaonu some instructions, probably something like a guide for newlyweds.
After the guests left, Ye Kun brought his slave to a small courtyard and said with a smile:
"Madam Qin, this will be your residence from now on. I will assign a few maids to serve you. If you have time, you can teach them a few words."
Jiao Nu threw herself into Ye Kun's arms and cried with joy:
"Brother Kun, I have finally waited for this day. From now on, I can be with you openly and honestly, and I won't be afraid of colorful butterflies laughing at me anymore."
Ye Kun had drunk some wine, so he was inevitably passionate: "Come with me, my dear slave, and take a look at the bed here. Is it suitable?"
"You won't know until you try it."
Jiao Nu was very enthusiastic and responded positively.
Spring nights are beautiful.
Ye Kun hugged his slave and slept soundly.
In the middle of the night, there was a lot of noise outside.
Ye Kun woke up with a start. Just as he was about to ask, the guard on duty outside the door called out, "Master Ye, there are thieves entering the yard, setting fire and killing people. Please put on your armor, just in case."
Oh shit, there’s an assassin?
Ye Kun was horrified. He quickly put on his clothes and rushed out with his sword in hand.