The summer is getting hotter and hotter, and after a big war, Chengdu Prefecture calmed down again.

In the study of the Shu Prince's Mansion, Cao Hua closed the secret report and breathed a light tone. The Northwest Imperial Guard went to Jianzhou, more than 80 miles away, to discuss countermeasures to attack Chengdu, and could not think of a way to find out a short time depending on the situation.

After the great victory on May 18, the Shu army took advantage of the situation. Fang Qifo brought 10,000 troops to capture Hanzhou in the north, and Xie Yijun married Meizhou in the south. News of the retreat of the northwest imperial guards spread. The officials of the two states fled when they heard the news, not to mention the counties between the prefectures and cities. Wherever the Shu army went, officials along the way either ran or surrendered, and there were very few resistances.

After taking down Meizhou and Hanzhou, a line of defense was formed. In the west, Yingzhou and Qiongzhou were isolated from the rear of the Shu army, resulting in no support. Before they could hit the prefect, they took the officials to detour to Tongchuan Prefecture. At this point, the five western Shu prefectures fell directly and fell into his hands.

All of this took less than half a month. Before the Northwest Imperial Army regrouped and attacked again, the original wing army did not dare to defend, so they could only retreat step by step and build a defensive line with Jianzhou as the center to prevent him from continuing to advance eastward.

The rapid expansion of territory brought about a lot of problems. There were only 30,000 miscellaneous soldiers, which was not enough to divide them into dozens of counties in the five prefectures and counties.

For this reason, he called Liu Yu, the Chengdu Prefecture Observer, and after a serious exchange, he allowed the original 20,000 wing troops to be transferred into the Shu army. At the same time, he began to set up recruitment stations to recruit a large number of troops.

With a big victory as a backbone, recruiting troops was quite smooth. After two months of negotiation, the wealthy families in Shu began to lend aid to the money, and at the same time purchased grain, copper and iron from various places, and transported them to Chengdu Prefecture by ships. Of course, these all come at a cost. The various exchanges of interests in the winding paths were so complicated that a think tank needed to carefully consider it.

After sorting out the mountains of paper piled up on the desk, Cao Hua rubbed his forehead, got up and walked to the table next to him.

Jingliu looked at the booklet in her hand, biting the pen in the corner of her mouth, and was fully focused. He didn't even notice that he walked behind him. From time to time, he raised his hand to write a few strokes on the rice paper.

"Stay for a while, don't sit for too long."

Cao Hua raised his hand and rubbed her breasts to relieve fatigue.

Jingliu looked up blankly, and after a moment of stuttering, her face turned slightly red, and she slapped his arm: "Tu - I don't have time to pay attention to you... I'll go find your little foxes..." She continued to look at the account book.

Cao Hua rubbed for a while, and saw that Jingliu was unmoved and did not interrupt anymore. He turned to the window and breathed a deep breath.

In the garden, Yingying and Yanyan were sitting in the stone pavilion. In the middle, he built a stroller with his own hands. Yutang swayed around with a rattle. However, the baby who was only a dozen days old was obviously unable to interact. He just looked at it with his big black eyes open.

The little kid's name is "Cao An", which is named after the knowledgeable and talented Jingliu. It is meant to be "Wu'an Tianxia". Well... It seems that there is nothing particularly sophisticated. Asked why Jingliu is not called "Cao Wu". Jingliu is very serious and said that the eldest son should inherit the family business. The word "An" means better, and the word "Wu" is too murderous and unsuitable for being the eldest son. She also said that when she has a son and daughter in the future, she is called "Cao Zhuo". It comes from the "Zhao Zhuo Qihua" of the Book of Songs. It seems that Jingliu is still a bit biased and wants to leave her favorite name for her child.

He had no legitimate son in his heart, and did not pay attention to the distinction between the illegitimate sons and the side houses. However, Jingliu and Luoer both cared about these things, and he couldn't persuade them, so they thought about these things themselves.

In the stone pavilion, Zhu Qufei always wanted to hug the little kid, while Zhao Fei wanted to hug her but didn't dare to hug her, and looked at her from the side with dignified sacred village.

The age of the two is, how old should they be if they are normal women? They are obviously a little envious, but they are not good at their stomachs and don’t move. There is no way to do so, so they can only be envious.

Su Xiangning and Li Shishi were also sitting in the pavilion, singing lullaby in a gentle voice, trying to coax the little kid who cried at any time to fall asleep. Jing Xue performed various tricks, trying to make the kid laugh and chatter, but instead scaring the kid to cry. Then Madam Cui ran over and carried the kid to the bedroom, and asked Luo'er, who was in confinement, to feed her.

Luo Er is slim and her breasts have become much bigger because of pregnancy. A few days ago, she secretly put on the "Lotus Hidden Carp" that she had been thinking about for a long time from Zhao Fei and tried it. She was secretly happy. He found out that he quickly made an indifferent expression, and then he shook it for half an hour.

Although Luo'er is a little magnificent than before, her thin body is not easy to feed the child, so she still hired a big-skinned and round-waisted wet nurse.

Originally, Luo'er wanted to take the job of a wet nurse. After all, the girls in the back house were all jealous of Yijun's breasts. She was also very skilled in martial arts, so the children she fed must be strong.

Is it the result?... He really dragged Yijun into the house and discussed it seriously.

Yijun was very confused at the time. How could she breastfeed the child when she was not married?

It can be seen that Luo'er was very enthusiastic and thought there was a secret palace technique, so he drove him out and asked Luo'er to try it.

Luo'er was very serious about following the techniques taught by the nanny, making Xie Daxia blush with his face and his ears red. He even pinched the left side red and didn't respond. He muttered in confusion, "My husband said it's OK..."

Yijun closed her shirt and came out with a sword, chasing him from the Shu Palace to Wangjiang Tower, and then he pressed it down again, pinching the right side red. Yijun was so angry that she took her troops to Meizhou, and she didn't pay any attention to him anymore.

When I walked out of the room, it was still early and I had to take care of me everywhere in Chengdu. It was obviously impossible to have a wine pool and a meat forest with my ladies. After visiting Luoer in the room, I came to the outside house.

The outer house of the Shu King's Mansion has become a small court. Old man Lu, Li Bairen, Tang Wen, Wang Cheng, and the original Chengdu officials stay here every day to analyze the situation in various places. After various policies are decided, they will be sent to the study. He and Luoer and Jingliu will review it and send it to the office.

Originally, Yu Hou became a general, and he was a good player in the world who could command wars and join the army, while the lone wolf entered the original gap of the Black Feather Guard. With the rapid expansion of his troops, the middle and lower-level generals began to be stretched again and had begun to draw leaders from the Black Feather Guard to fill the gap.

The growth of a force is by no means something that a person can do. He just plays a role in grasping the general direction. He still has to delegate power to his subordinates and arrange it by those who are good at these professions.

After chatting with many generals for a while, he took Han'er to the Shenjia Arsenal back to the Helang to see how the progress was.

Although the streets were a little depressed, there were no chaotic scenes during the war. Shops, restaurants, teahouses, etc. were all open, which means that the imperial court blocked the waterway, and there were fewer materials transported from other places.

Recruitment notices posted on the street can be seen everywhere, a small table was placed at the intersection of the street, and the army and the poor people who came forward to inquire about the various preferential treatments for joining the army. Those who signed up were carried by the Shu army to the camp, and distributed armor and weapons to start practicing.

The families of all families who were in contact also took water or land, bypassing the imperial seal and transporting food, copper and iron to Chengdu Prefecture continuously. Everything was in order, which made people feel a little relieved.

I rode a horse to Huihelang area. Huihelang's arsenal had been built. The thirty mature workers brought by Diankuisi were divided into twenty people to guide the 100 old craftsmen to cast artillery, and the heavy work was naturally handed over to Lifu. The jewelers were skilled in craftsmen and their craftsmanship was indeed true, and their strength was generally not great. In addition, the people who carried and burned the fire had nearly a thousand workers in the arsenal covering an area of ​​100 acres. In order to prevent the casting method from leaking, the Eagle Claw Room had to keep a close eye on it and stationed the Black Feather Guard nearby, which almost became the center of the Shu Army. Some merchants with good sunshine opened a stall across the street for these rich and craftsmen to have fun.

For technicians, the wages he paid were very exaggerated, and his monthly salary was higher than those of generals such as Li Bairen, and he did not feel sorry for money at all. The status of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, craftsmen were relatively low, and the imperial craftsmen in the court did not have much monthly money. This was also the reason why craftsmen were willing to take their family and sacrificed their lives to develop firearms for him.

As soon as he walked to Huihelang area, Cao Hua saw a pair of brothers and sisters with huge sizes standing in front of a small building, blushing and arguing:

"......Is it okay for you to get into your head? Is the craftsmen still have the strength to work here?..."

"......This is better than selling hairpins. The workshop is full of men. Who do you sell to?"

"...Cao Hua's craftsmen are all rich. They have wives and daughters at home. When they go back every day, they can buy a few items..."

"...... Most of them are from jewelers, so they will come to buy it here?"
Chapter completed!