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After lingering for another day, Zhang Shun saw that Yu Chongxiao and Zuo Guangxian had not yet completed their formation, and he considered taking the infantry on the road. This not only delayed the journey, but also wasted food and grass.

He then ordered: "After Zuo Guangxian and Yu Chongxiao have completed the establishment, they will lead the troops to patrol the Huamachi and garrison there. There must be no mistakes!"

Those two people have been dealing with trappers all year round, so why don't they know how to prevent autumn?

Now Zhang Shun ordered them to go to Huamachi to serve as a squadron, which is right.

After the two received the order, they quickly speeded up the preparation of the new camp to prevent any delay in getting down to business.

And precisely because of the incident involving Yu Chongxiao and Zuo Guangxian, Zhang Fengyi had to stay in Yulin for two more days, waiting until Yu Chongxiao and Zuo Guangxian left Yulin before making further arrangements.

On the second day, under Zhang Fengyi's reluctant gaze, Zhang Shun reluctantly said goodbye to everyone.

Then he took four thousand riders including Hong Niangzi, Wang Qiying, Ma Yingniang, Kong Wenxi, Wang Jinyi, Wukong and Wang Ding, and drove all the way along the border wall to Ningxia Town.

It was September, autumn had already begun, and the troops stationed along the border had already begun to harvest autumn grain.

Most summer crops such as wheat, barley, and buckwheat are grown along the border in northern Shaanxi, while crops such as millet, millet, black beans, peas, and corn are grown in autumn crops.

Corn is also called Yumai, Xitianmai and Fanmai in northern Shaanxi. They were introduced to northern Shaanxi as early as the Jiajing period.

"Why is there corn grown here?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but wonder when he saw it.

Judging from the memory of his previous life, corn and sweet potatoes were originally native to the Americas, but were later brought to all parts of the world after Europeans discovered the New World.

Just like the corn and sweet potatoes in Henan were introduced from Huguang in the south through Li Baihu. Compared with Henan, Shaanxi is further away from the coast. How did it grow so much corn?

"This is royal wheat. It was originally a wild crop. It is said that it was brought back by refugees who fled to Huguang. It has been cultivated for a long time. It is also called wild wheat, not corn." Wang Qiying couldn't help but corrected after hearing this.

"Tch, what is Yumai? It's corn!" Ma Yingniang retorted, "Its color is like jade and its luster is like rice, so it is called corn!"

In fact, she didn't care whether it was wheat or rice, she just couldn't stand Wang Qiying and was deliberately looking for trouble.

We are all a woman, she is big-footed and looks like a man, so why should she be favored for a few more days?

Wang Qiying was a little confused. How did I offend you?

She was about to retaliate, but Zhang Shun waved his hand and said: "Whether it's wheat or corn, they are all ordinary things. What's the point of arguing?"

Seeing that the fire was almost done, the red lady said: "This bag of grain was planted in March and harvested in August."

"The leaves can be used to feed livestock, and the straw can be chopped with a guillotine to feed cattle, or used for burning fires."

"Can I feed horses?" Zhang Shun's first reaction was to ask this when he heard that livestock could be fed.

"Horses are too delicate, you can't feed them!" Wang Qiying couldn't help but interjected when she saw the two of them walking into the alley.

"If it's autumn, it's better, and the horse will be fatter in autumn. If it's in other seasons, you need to feed not only hay, but also black beans, buckwheat, etc. to make the horse fat and strong!"

When she talked about fat and strong horses, she deliberately emphasized the sound of "horse", which made Ma Yingniang's face turn dark.

"The autumn is high and the horse is fat?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but was stunned and asked curiously, "Why is this?"

"I heard that my husband is a layman!" Wang Qiying couldn't help laughing, "In autumn, people still have to put on fat to survive the winter, not to mention livestock?"

"Therefore, farmers have a saying about the green and yellow seasons, and herdsmen also have a saying about getting fatter in the autumn and thinner in the spring."

"In autumn, the cattle and horses have fattened up and become stronger after being raised in summer and autumn, just in time for herding horses to go south. But in spring, the livestock are all thin, and they are most afraid of being 'hunted' by me."

When Zhang Shun heard Wang Qiying's words, he immediately became vigilant and loudly ordered: "Send orders to Wang Jinyi and Wang Ding to spread out the scouts thirty miles away. Don't choose a division of cavalry to put on armor, and rotate them every half a day."

The current Zhang Shun is no longer the same Zhang Shun as before. He also knows that sometimes the intelligence provided to him by his generals is wrong due to problems with the source of information.

According to Lu Xiangsheng's words, during the autumn harvest and winter when the Yellow River freezes, Taolu will invade in large numbers.

He judged this time to be October, but Zhang Shun now felt that it would not be a bad idea to invade in August or September.

Upon hearing this, Wang Ding, the commander-in-chief of the Yulin Battalion, arranged for his soldiers and scouts to act in accordance with the order, and at the same time came to suggest: "The baggage vehicles can be arranged on the left and right to guard against raids by the captives and cavalry, which may cause chaos."

"Okay!" Zhang Shun nodded, couldn't help but look at Wang Ding in surprise, and thought to himself: No wonder my father-in-law Wang Shiqin sent this person to follow him. Sure enough, he has two brushes.

It's just that this slowed down the marching speed. After three or five days, not a single bandit was seen.

The disciples of the Yulin camp couldn't help but complain, and complained privately: "This guy who licked King Shun's buttocks only cares about doing it, and doesn't care about our life or death!"

As a result, Wang Ding heard it and couldn't help but cursed: "You don't know whether to live or die. If a bandit appears and disturbs King Shun, it would be a shame for you to die. Aren't you afraid of damaging your family?"

As soon as everyone heard Wang Ding's words, they didn't even dare to talk back.

The reputation of Yulin Jiangmen was earned through the bloody battles of their ancestors.

Although they are now following King Shun, in addition to acting as "protons", they also have a "gilding" component.

But if you want to plate gold, you must at least be "copper and iron." If it is stubborn stone or grass, there is nowhere to plate gold.

Before almost everyone left the family, the patriarch of the family once told him something: "Fight to the death or die in battle, don't put the family in a dilemma!"

What's the meaning?

I just want to tell you that if you have the ability to "fight to the death" to build meritorious deeds, that's great, but if you really don't have the ability, just fight to the death.

Don't make it so that the family has to take action and apologize to King Shun, which makes everyone look bad.

Another day passed like this, and everyone who had experienced the wind and sand all the way was already covered in dust.

Even beauties like Red Lady and Ma Yingniang look gray and have no sense of beauty.

"There is a flower horse pond ahead. Let's work harder. We can make some repairs when we get there!" Wang Ding couldn't help but cheered.

The so-called Huamachi was originally the Huamachi Thousand Household Residence. Later, in order to prevent the invading bandits, it was promoted to the actual guard of Ningxia.

Among them, there are the Salt Division of Xiaoyanchi and Huamachi, as well as the stations of the right-hand general guarding the Ningxia East Road, rectifying the Ningxia Hedong Bingliang Road, and rectifying the Yulin West Road and serving as the deputy envoy of the Salt Law Farm.

At first, the Hedong Bingliang Road was killed by the rebels. Later, the deputy envoy to Yulin Tuntian abandoned his official position and fled. Only the former staff general defected to the rebels.

The Huamachi City is three feet and five feet high, with a circumference of seven miles and three points. The pool is one foot deep and two feet wide. It has two gates in the northeast.

Not only is the city high and the pond deep, but there are also more than a thousand people stationed there, making it very suitable for Zhang Shun and his party to rest.

Just as everyone was looking forward to a wonderful night, unexpectedly, scouts rushed over and warned loudly: "The enemy is attacking, and we will trap the invaders!"