There is Room For the Poor Daughter

Along the border between Xiliang and Xiliao, there are twelve tall and heavy military towns, and teams of cavalry patrol back and forth, giving the people of Xiliang a great sense of security.

Taking back the Dan River and building a military town, with these two things, Xiao Yeyang was able to stand firmly in Xiliang, not only that, but also gained a high reputation in the hearts of the people.

At the Ganzhou Guard Station, Master Wang was both happy and sighed in his heart as he dealt with the news reported by the military town patrol team.

The happy thing is that every military town has its defense and drills in accordance with the established military regulations. Without the previous passive defense, it began to have morale and blood.

The lament is that the generals and soldiers are so obedient because of their belief in Xiao Yeyang.

Xiao Yeyang just took over the frontier army, not to mention others, even him, he also felt that he was taking advantage of his identity, but now, he and everyone have seen that Xiao Yeyang is based on his own ability.

Seeing Master Wang's happy face, the guard couldn't help but ask, "Master, why are you so happy?"

Master Wang smiled without saying a word. How could he be unhappy when there are people who are the mainstay of the Xiliang frontier army?

The Twelve Army Towns are operating in a unified manner and supporting each other. The Xiliang Frontier Army is finally not as scattered as before.

Xiao House.

After the military town was running on the right track, Xiao Yeyang stayed in the mansion to accompany Daohua except for occasionally going out to watch the training of the soldiers.

"I see that your belly is getting bigger. It must be that our children have grown up a lot."

Xiao Yeyang stared at Dao Hua's stomach.

Daohua pinched the flesh on her waist sadly: "Long flesh, Mammy Li said, she won't show her pregnancy in four months."

After saying that, he looked at Xiao Yeyang.

"After giving birth, I'm going to get fat, you won't dislike me, will you?"

Xiao Yeyang smiled and handed the bird's nest porridge to Daohua: "You have to gain weight, I like your fleshy look."

Dao Lai gave him a sideways glance while drinking porridge, so she wouldn't believe what he said.

Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua with a smile, seeing that her face had become a little rounder, and she had the charming and naive look she had when she was a child, she couldn't help but stretched out her hand and pinched her soft cheeks, when Daohua stared at her, He quickly retracted his hand.

"I'm fine today, let's make a second picture for you."

Daohua hurriedly put down the porridge bowl, nodded and said, "Okay, okay, just paint it as I am now, and I will be able to see what I look like when I am pregnant more often in the future."

Seeing that Daohua was so interested, Xiao Yeyang smiled and asked Defu to prepare paper, brushes and paints.

Inside the house, the charcoal basin was burning, dispelling the cold wind outside the house. Xiao Yeyang stood behind the desk, constantly sketching with a paintbrush in his hand, raising his eyes to look at the rice flowers from time to time.

After sitting for a while, Daohua couldn't sit still, so she couldn't help standing up and walking. Seeing that Xiao Yeyang had no objection, she simply picked up the scissors and trimmed the flowers in the vase.

The two looked at each other from time to time, and the atmosphere in the room was peaceful and beautiful.

"It's really long and round."

When the painting was finished, Daohua couldn't wait to take it over and look at it: "My face is round, and my body is round." After saying that, she looked at Xiao Yeyang, "Next month, you will continue to paint for me, and I will take my pregnant Changes are preserved."

Xiao Yeyang responded with a smile: "That's a good idea."

At this moment, Defu's slightly anxious voice sounded outside the door: "Master, it's not good, the Western Liao cavalry raided Xintunwei Xinzhong Town."

Xiao Yeyang's face froze: "I'll go out and have a look, you put the painting away."

Daohua nodded, and quickly brought the crane cloak to put it on him: "Be careful."

Seeing the worry in Daohua's eyes, Xiao Yeyang hugged him in his arms: "Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

Seeing Xiao Yeyang striding away, Daohua didn't want to look at the painting anymore, so he ordered Gu Yu to put away the painting and stood in front of the window watching the snowflakes fluttering in the yard.

Xiliang is located in the frontier, and the frontier is also a place where wars are frequent. Before coming here, she was ready to face wars, but now that it is coming, she can't help but worry.

"Girl, my uncle is highly skilled in martial arts, and everything will be fine." Gu Yu didn't want Daohua to worry, so he couldn't help comforting her.

Daohua nodded and was silent for a while, before Li Xia brought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Due to the promotion of high-yielding grain varieties, although the food in the guardhouse is not rich this year, it can barely satisfy the frontier troops and military households, so she did not let Qin Xiaoliu continue to send food here.

Now that Xiliao suddenly started a war, she couldn't help Xiao Yeyang, she could only bring in a lot of food to ensure sufficient military food.

This time Daohua not only asked Qin Xiaoliu to transport the grains collected by her and Xiao Yeyang's farmhouse to Xiliang, but also asked him to buy a batch of money from outside.

In Twelfth Army Town, nearly 300,000 frontier troops were stationed. Daohua prepared the army's rations for two years at one time, and asked Qin Xiaoliu to send it to Xiliang in batches.

"In two years, Xiao Yeyang will definitely be able to deal with the Xiliao people."

He took the note to the dark guard and sent it back to the capital with a carrier pigeon. Daohua called Cao Chuan again and asked him about the situation of the ranch.

"How many cattle and sheep are there in the pasture today?"

Cao Chuan: "Madam, since Danhe took it back, the pasture has grown vigorously, and there are now more than 50,000 cattle and sheep."

Daohua thought about it, and she was not sure whether the war between Xiliao and Daxia was about to break out, but just in case, it was better to raise more cattle and sheep. After all, soldiers also had to eat meat.

Even if she raises too many, she is not afraid. With the Li family and Sun family caravans around, she is not worried about the sales of cattle and horses.

"Next year, we will raise more cattle and sheep, and we will also raise more camels."

After Cao Chuan left, Yan Shouhou was called over again.

Daohua said to him directly: "You go to the Li's and Sun's houses, and tell them to let them deliver more salt."

The salt here in Xiliang is all shipped from other places. There has been a shortage of salt here for a long time. Once there is a war, the army may also be short of salt.

After these things were instructed, Daohua lay on the reclining chair to rest.

Xiao Yeyang came back at the end of November.

Seeing his unshaven beard and red blood in his eyes, Daohua was very distressed and took over the toiletries to help him clean up.

Knowing that Daohua was worried about Yan Wenxiu in Xintunwei, Xiao Yeyang said, "Big brother is fine, this time the Western Liao raided, just wanted to test the defense capabilities of the military town, and did not break the defense and cross the border."

Daohua nodded and took the chicken soup from Gu Yu: "Drink some soup to warm your stomach first."

Xiao Yeyang gulped and drank after a few sips: "The frontier army is used to being passive. Even though they have been actively training this year, in the face of the sudden attack of tens of thousands of cavalry from the Western Liaoning Province, their morale has collapsed, and many people have been killed and injured this time."

Daohua hurriedly asked, "Is the Xiliao people wanting to break out into a war?"

Xiao Yeyang shook his head: "This time it should be just a test. I want to see the defense and response capabilities of the military town. Obviously, the military town has done too badly in this regard, and has no ability to coordinate and cooperate in the war."

"Fortunately, I kept people in each military town, and quickly passed the news of the raid, and the support troops arrived in time, otherwise the casualties would be even greater this time."

"I thought it would be easy for a while, but seeing what the frontier army looks like, this year, I have been inspected and drilled in various military towns."

"Xiliao won't give me time to train the border troops. This time it's a test, and the next time may be a real war."

Daohua looked puzzled: "Isn't it because Xiliao has not developed well in these years, how dare they suddenly fight against Daxia?"

Xiao Yeyang squinted his eyes: "There is something wrong with this. When they took back Danhe last year, Yelu Kangda retreated without saying anything. It can be seen that Xiliao was unable to fight against Daxia at that time."

"It's only been a year now, how dare you raid Junzhen?"