"In addition, we can't afford to raise so many war horses in our village, right?"

Xu Shiyang did not have as many concerns as Old Man Hu, and said openly:

"There is nothing to be taboo about this. Poor means poor, and unable to support it means unable to support it. I know that it is not good-looking or not, so I will work hard in the future and strive to be able to support it next time."

War horses are different from pack horses. They are not resistant to rough feeding and will definitely lose weight without good feed. This is a serious waste for expensive war horses. However, the population of Shiwutun, which almost doubled in an instant, can't take out so many foods to feed the horses.

Perhaps other trestlers would pay more attention to war horses and would rather starve people to raise good horses, but Xu Shiyang's views must be different.

"Young master."

This praise is much more sincere than Gongsun Sheng just now.

In the eyes of Old Man Hu, this proves that Xu Shiyang did not swell because he defeated the Tartars once, and he could still see his shortcomings.

As a small warlord in a village, this is already valuable.

Perhaps, this bold young man's future achievements will be more than just a dock?

If that were the case, as the earliest old man to follow in the village, he might be able to manage a fortress...

Old man Hu couldn't help but imagine the future.

"Since it's a gift, you can't be stingy." Xu Shiyang was too lazy to care about what Old Man Hu was thinking. He waved his hand casually and said generously: "You go and prepare, you must have it in the Grand Master and the Third Master. My brothers must also have it!"

He thought about it again and said, "This time I got 12 war horses. The men respected 2 horses each. Each of my brothers gave one, and I just kept one myself."

There are three masters in the Xu family. The eldest master Xu Mujiang is the head of the family, but the nature of the fort determines that he has very low control over the second and third houses, and is the kind of person who listens to the tune but not to the announcement.

However, since he is the head of the family, the big house now has 7 forts, so his strength is naturally the strongest among the three houses of the Xu family.

The second master is Xu Shiyang's father Xu Muhe, who controls 5 forts (including 15 towns). Xu Shiyang's own fifteen town was still the second master's property a year ago, but because of his stepmother, he left home very early. After taking the fifteen towns away, Xu Shiyang was actually an independent small force of the Xu family.

The third master Xu Muhai is the weakest (the weakest one should be Xu Shiyang, but he is a junior, and in theory he is regarded as a member of the second house), and there are only three forts under his name.

In addition to the three masters, Xu Shiyang has two older brothers and three younger brothers, but they have not yet separated, but the brothers also have a docking fort in their own hands.

According to Xu Shiyang's distribution method, each of the older generation has two war horses, and each of the same generation, including himself, is fair.

"Do you want the fifth young master to have it too?" Old Man Hu asked.

Xu Shiliu, the fifth young master of the Xu family, is the son of Xu Shiyang's second wife.

To put it in a slightly more bloody way, the two are competing for the property of the second house of the Xu family.

"Give."

Xu Shiyang did not hesitate at all.

There is nothing to hesitate about. No matter how much you fight, you are brothers. If you make a big fuss, you will only make people laugh at it.

What's more, how to divide the property of the second wife of the Xu family in the end? The woman of Er Niang didn't decide. When it was time to split up, three masters and the elders in the Xu family discussed and decided.

In this era, women have no say at all.

Old Man Hu didn't dare to say anything about the Xu family's own internal dispute. In fact, what just now was a bit redundant.

Now that it has been decided, Old Man Hu nodded and responded quickly.

"Young man will do it now."

"You can go with me then."

"Affect the order."

Old Man Hu answered very smoothly, but he was very happy.

Giving gifts to the masters and letting themselves follow him is to consolidate his position in the family.

"Go back, go and ask everyone what they are in urgent need of work, and report it to me." Xu Shiyang waved to the others attending the meeting: "I got some gold and silver this time. When the market is on, go and find out if I can buy it."

"yes!"

...

Leaving Xu Shiyang's house (the main house here is also used as a conference room in the fort), Gongsun Sheng lowered his head and thought about his thoughts while walking.

‘Old man Hu, I really haven’t fallen out of favor yet.’

This former Taoist priest was a little disappointed:

‘In this way, I won’t have many opportunities.’

In the Central Plains area, there are not only one fortress in the relatively prosperous families. For example, the Xu family, as a local wealthy family in Juzhou, has 15 villages under its command, but the core male males of the family, including Xu Shiyang, only 6 (his three younger brothers are underage, and in fact, Xu Shiyang can only be considered half a day).

Therefore, nine villages had to be arranged to be managed by people from other families.

This will not change until the new young master is born and adult.

At present, Gongsun Sheng’s biggest ambition is to get a similar position to the Fortlord in the Xu family. This requires his support to have more forts, and he has the ability to overwhelm the competitors under Xu Shiyang (now mainly Hu Lanshan).

‘I have to think of a way.’ Gongsun Sheng stroked the goatee on his chin and thought carefully: ‘I have to make others feel that I have the ability to stand alone.’

...

Jinzhou.

This was once an important line of defense for the Great Zhou Dynasty to resist foreign invasions from Liaodong. However, after the court moved south, this gate of North China became a transit station for the Liaodong Tatars to travel freely.

At this moment, outside the ruined Jinzhou City, there were chariots and horses, and the sound of people was filled with noise.

More than 15,000 Jurchen soldiers were leaving the customs and returning home from here.

On the official road in a semi-aborted state, teams of Jurchen cavalry with strict arrays were advancing northeast with pride.

On both sides of the road were countless Han people who came to pass this time. Under the pressure of the Jurchens' armorless auxiliary soldiers, they either pushed small cars or carried packages to transport the robbers' robbers' robbers' , and moved forward step by step.

At the end of the huge team, Meng'an (Qianhu) under Bojiliheshilizhining, a subordinate of the Great Jin Kingdom, was riding on a horse and looking anxiously towards the south.

At this time, several Jurchen armored soldiers came roaring on horseback. The leader of the Pu Yan (fifty households, also called Pai Zitou) shouted loudly to Hailinbao: "Master Lie Zhining sent a slave to ask, why is your army not out of seclusion yet! What is the purpose of staying here?"

Hailinbao sighed. He had been staying here for more than 3 days. Now that the army is constantly coming out of seclusion and returning home, it is naturally more conspicuous. It is normal for Heshilie Zhining to send someone to ask.

So, the Jurchen Mengan replied loudly: "Please report back to Master Lie Zhining, the slave's soldiers have not yet been assembled!"

The man glanced at him coldly: "Don't wait! Come out immediately!"

After saying that, he turned around and left, not giving Hailin Bao a chance to distinguish.

The Great Jin army was disciplined and Bo Jilie issued an order to gather and come out of seclusion 20 days ago. He has not come back yet and should be executed according to the rules, so there is no need to wait at all.

Even the person who has not come back is his Hailinbao's biological son.

Hailinbao turned around and asked his personal soldiers: "Haihuli hasn't come back yet?"

This is not the first time he asked this question, but the answers he got are the same.

"Back to the master, no."

"Before leaving, he said, where is he going?"

"Before separation, the master of Haihuli said that he was going to Juzhou to take a look."

Hailinbao repeated coldly:
Chapter completed!