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Night had already fallen. On the hillside, in the courtyard consisting of half-cave dwelling and half-house, dinner was still being prepared, but the atmosphere in the various rooms was already lively.

The master of the house, returning from outside the mountains, was currently being a nuisance to his family in the kitchen—not that it was the first time. In this era that valued the saying "a gentleman keeps away from the kitchen," a great rebel already famous throughout the land (anyway, a person who does great things), occasionally running into the kitchen to offer suggestions on cooking, and even wanting to fry an egg himself, was really an annoying thing for the family and the cook.

Ning Yi was frying eggs. In the courtyard outside, there were various chattering sounds. Returning all the way from outside the mountain, inevitably a bunch of people came to visit. For example, Chen Fan, Du Sha, and Fang Shuchang, were all here to freeload. Before killing Zhou Zhe, Zhuji's main business was running restaurants, and Ning Yi was quite particular about food—he wasn't like Cai Jing and other wealthy people, who would kill a hundred chickens for one dish, only stir-frying the tongues. He just didn't like the generally below-standard eating habits of this era.

So when Ning Yi was in the capital, he scoured for a lot of cooks. Chen Fan and others had been working hard in Jiangnan earlier, and hadn't joined Ning Yi yet, so they hadn't been able to enjoy these benefits, and only after several twists and turns did they discover such perks. Although they had entered the mountain at this time, not many cooks had followed, and most of them had to be responsible for the communal meals, but there was always one left in Ning Yi's house. The cook in the Ning family at the moment was called Tang Shulie, whose main job was actually a green forest outlaw, highly skilled in martial arts, and one of Chen Tuozi's people. However, he was also quite proficient in cooking, and over time, Ning Yi nagged him into becoming a butler and cook.

Tang Shulie only liked cooking, considering it a minor skill. He initially worked as a bodyguard for Ning Yi like Chen Tuozi and others, and later experienced the Xia Village battle. In his spare time from martial arts practice, he asked the Zhuji head chef for a few recipes, only for leisure. Now that he had really become a chef, he felt like a pearl cast before swine on weekdays. Chen Tuozi and others advised him to let everyone take over this kind of thing, which would also be convenient for protecting Mr. Ning. Their private thoughts were hard to say. But at this time, Ning Yi even ran into his territory to fry eggs, and as the chef, his face was quite unhappy.

Chen Fan, Du Sha, and others watched at the door, stirring up trouble: "Put in a few more eggs, a few more eggs, there are so many people, so little, how is that enough to eat, Ning boss, it's so late, you only know how to make trouble."

"Making what trouble, the taste of the communal dish will change, you guys came uninvited and still have opinions, don't eat what I cook!"

"Of course we won't eat it! Old Tang, fry me the same thing... Look at Old Tang's face..."

"Brother Tang, Brother Tang, let me tell you, you know, I, Chen Fan, am not a troublemaker, I don't know what your temper is like, but if it were me, I definitely couldn't stand it!"

"Master... you should still go out..."

"What are you talking about! Old Tang, who is your boss, who gives you food, don't you know not to bully the weak and fear the strong, that Chen Fan, you ask him to go out for a one-on-one fight, I bet you win!" Ning Yi waved the spatula and joked with a smile. The people inside and outside the room also laughed. Tang Shulie looked helpless. Chen Fan curled his lip and sneered at the door: "I won't fight Old Tang."

Fang Shuchang, who was watching the fun at the door, came over and put his arm around his shoulder: "What one-on-one? What one-on-one? When has our Chen Fan ever been afraid of a one-on-one fight. Xiao Fan, I'm not a troublemaker, I don't know what your temper is like, but if it were me, I definitely couldn't stand it..."

"Stand what? A great man can bend and stretch, if I fight Old Tang one-on-one, will I still have food to eat..."

Everyone had been together for a few months, and at this time, the kitchen area was lively with voices. There were also many people coming and going in the courtyard and surrounding rooms. There were several leaders of the Badao (霸刀) Camp, several relatives of the Su family such as Su Wending, Zhu Biao, Chen Tuozi, He Zhicheng and Liu Chengzong who came to see Ning Yi, and some disciples from Hangzhou such as Zhuo Xiaofeng who came to join in the fun. Su Tan'er, with Xiaochan, Juan'er and other family members, was responsible for setting up tables, chairs, and tableware. Four-year-old Ning Xi was running around in the crowd, taking a bowl of water from the kitchen to give to her younger brother.

His younger brother—Xiaochan's child—Ning Ji, who was one year and four months old, was walking slowly under the eaves on the other side, saying "Daddy! Daddy!" in his mouth, wobbling like a penguin. When he was about to fall, Xigua (西瓜), who was watching him with a straight face, would reach out and grab him. Ning Ji shook his head, saw who it was clearly, then opened his mouth to reveal his milk teeth: "Hehe, Auntie Gua (瓜)!"

"My name is Liu Dabiao." Xigua picked him up and corrected him earnestly, "Come on, say Auntie Dabiao."

"Xi—Gua!"

"I'm not playing with you." She put the child back where he was and sat back under the eaves, continuing to keep a straight face. Ning Ji wobbled towards her, continuing to open his mouth and laugh innocently. Xiaochan walked past from not far away, saw Xigua's helplessness, and covered her mouth to laugh, not intending to interfere.

Yunzhu was already pregnant, and her belly had just started to show, but wearing thicker clothes, it couldn't be seen. Jin'er accompanied her in the room, arranging the bowls and chopsticks. Their circle didn't really mix with Chen Fan and his rebel group for the time being, but they had their own things to do. Since going north, Yunzhu had mainly been responsible for sorting and managing some of the books transported from the capital. Her musical attainments were the highest, but she had dabbled in and delved into almost all of the qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Perhaps she was even better than Ning Yi in terms of the orthodox understanding of some ancient books and classics.

Therefore, after arriving at Qingmu (青木) Fortress, and later at Xiao Cang River, what she did, in addition to slowly filing the books, was to spend half an hour to an hour every afternoon teaching the orthodox Four Books and Five Classics.

In order to stabilize morale, there were quite a few meetings being held in the entire Xiao Cang River team at this time. The lower levels mainly explained the problems of the Wu Dynasty and the situation afterward, increasing the sense of urgency. The upper levels were often led by Ning Yi, who talked about the importance of efficiency, management skills, and the skills of arranging various things to the people involved in administration. To the people in the army, he mostly explained to stabilize morale, analyzed various principles, and also participated in some methods similar to MLM and evangelism, such as instigating people and caring for people. But these were basically short-term courses based on "use," similar to modern short-term management courses and lectures by successful people.

There were not many people who were truly involved in knowledge learning and had the need for advancement in this area. When Ning Yi was in Hangzhou, he had talked about some formal Confucian knowledge with the children of the "Yongle Youth League" and "Zhengqi Society," done some enlightenment, and also used various metaphors and modern teaching methods to enable them to quickly understand some principles. Later, these people went to Miao territory, and their knowledge acquisition mostly came from self-study. This time, going north, some children showed interest in orthodox knowledge and "reason," so Ning Yi assigned them to Yunzhu to explain some of the words in regular books.

Although Yunzhu did not have too broad views and vision in this area, her explanation of knowledge was extremely orthodox. In the eyes of Zhuo Xiaofeng and others, such a gentle and weak mistress could have such profound knowledge, almost like a great Confucian scholar, and they respected her even more. During this period, some children of Zhuji's core figures also joined in one after another. Although the team was not large, Yunzhu's life became fulfilling.

A group of people talked and laughed. Ning Yi stirred up a dish slightly, and then gave up the stove, not hindering Tang Shulie's work. He spoke with Du Sha, Chen Fan, and others about things in the courtyard on one side. The topic naturally couldn't be separated from this time's breaching of Bianliang, or the many situations they encountered when they went out. Before long, Qin Shaoqian, wearing an eye patch and military uniform, also came. The men sat down in a room, occupying two large tables. The women and children went to the room on the other side. Although Xigua could be considered one of the leaders, she also accompanied Su Tan'er and sat down in the room on the other side, occasionally teasing the little Ning Ji, who had only started speaking recently. Before long, she made Ning Ji cry. She held him with a cold face and coaxed him apologetically.

Seating, greetings, serving dishes. When Qin Shaoqian asked about the situation of this time leaving the mountain, Ning Yi shook his head slightly.

Xiao Cang River was facing no small problems.

Of course, no matter who it was, killing an emperor and raising troops to rebel, the problems encountered wouldn't be small...

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Since Ning Yi and others committed regicide half a year ago, the primary problem they encountered was not the external pursuit—although in the Golden Luan Hall, Cai Jing and others used the cry of "His Majesty was assassinated and died," breaking Ning Yi's delaying tactics. However, afterward, the Luliang (吕梁) cavalry once charged into the palace city and engaged in a round of fighting with the palace guards. Then, according to the previous plan, they carried out several rounds of artillery fire on the rescue and pacification soldiers in the city. In the environment of Bianliang City, the Yumu cannon artillery fire once frightened the defending soldiers.

After that, several thousand Wu Rui (武瑞) Camp soldiers who had been defected by Qin Shaoqian entered the city. After the great chaos, they even confronted the imperial guards in the city for two days and two nights.

At this time, the emperor died, and a group of ministers were headless. Ning Yi and others took the lead in looting several important places in the city, such as the Hanlin Academy, the imperial palace library, the Ministry of War armory, the fire weapons department, the Ministry of Revenue warehouse, the Ministry of Works warehouse... They robbed a large number of books, gunpowder, seeds, and medicinal materials. At that time, Tong Guan, the commander of the army, had been killed by Ning Yi. Although Cai Jing was shrewd and experienced a lot of storms, able to make decisions, his actions of directing the imperial guards to shoot arrows in the palace in order to save his life gave Ning Yi a handle.

Ning Yi not only widely publicized the scandal of redeeming the Six Prefectures of Yanyun (燕云) and the dark secrets of various families in the city, but also arranged for people to shout the truth of the regicide eighty times a day in the city. Cai Jing had disciples all over the world, and he also knew that this was the most important moment. If it was just Tong Guan's death, he could also act expediently, unite power to confront Ning Yi, but Ning Yi's actions disrupted the legitimacy of his commanding the army, so that all parties could not help but hesitate and wait and see. Ning Yi and others packed these things up leisurely and set off with horse-drawn carts.

After leaving the capital, the team did not go fast, and along the way, troops chased after them. Ning Yi had 6,500 Wu Rui Camp soldiers, 1,800 Luliang Mountain cavalry, and 2,000 Badao Camp warriors, totaling just over 10,000. The ones chasing after them were often formations of 40,000 or 50,000. Some generals realized the role of heavy cavalry and had already equipped the few cavalry under their command with armor, but these were meaningless.

Ning Yi and others scattered the large army chasing after them twice in a row. They did not kill the soldiers, but scattered them. Only the leaders of these two troops were hunted down by the Luliang cavalry. Wu Hui (武辉) Army Commander He Ping and his bodyguards were chased by Han Jing to the Yellow River bank, captured, and beheaded. After that, the troops chasing after them were just putting in the effort without contributing.

The army that had successively defeated the Yuan (怨) Army, could confront the Jurchens, and had made a big fuss in Bianliang City and killed the emperor, was at the peak of its combat power. But this peak had a hysterical aura. The truly huge problem lay in the ideology and future of this army. Not many people dared to consider this matter. Once they considered it, they would inevitably fall into confusion. If this situation was maintained, the army would collapse in less than half a year.

Ning Yi's core response was one sentence: "Within one year, the capital and the area north of the Yellow River will fall. Within three years, all areas north of the Yangtze River will fall. This is the general trend of the Jurchens. The Wu Dynasty court is powerless to turn the tide. At that time, the world will be overturned, and we must save as many of the possible descendants of the Chinese nation as possible..."

In order to infiltrate this sentence into every part of the army, Ning Yi also did a lot of things at that time. In addition to having people all the way publicize the black materials of the Wu Dynasty aristocratic families and various states and regions, shaking people's hearts and letting them kill each other, the real brainwashing was carried out in the army. Top-down meetings instilled these things piece by piece into people's minds. When these things penetrated, the following conclusions and predictions truly had a basis.

The prediction about the fate of the Wu Dynasty defined the short-term and medium-term goals, defined the program and correctness of action, and also hinted that once the court fell, we would only face enemies. In this way, the Wu Rui Camp's morale was temporarily stabilized in such a conclusion. If this assertion did not occur within one year, it is estimated that the soldiers' psychology could only hold on until that time. However, the Jin soldiers eventually went south again.

It was a bit ironic that the morale of an army relied on the victory of its greatest enemy, but in any case, the fact was so. The southward advance of the Jin people made this team's "rebellion" initially gain a foothold. Therefore, when the news of the fall of Bianliang City came, there was such a large increase in morale in the valley, because the correctness of one's own side had increased again, and everyone's belief in Ning Yi would undoubtedly increase greatly.

However, even if the initial foundation was so ironically laid down, for Ning Yi and other high-level officials, the problems were just beginning to be solved. The first huge problem faced in the middle was that Qingmu Fortress was about to lose its geographical advantage.

Before deciding to kill Zhou Zhe, Ning Yi had planned and operated Qingmu Fortress for two years. As a commercial giant in his profession, he was too familiar with understanding and coordinating supply and demand. Although Qingmu Fortress was engaged in smuggling, under Ning Yi's operation, the care for the merchants coming and going, their advantages and disadvantages, and the things they could obtain and need, would be actively analyzed and advised in the mountains. In this year, not only doing business with people, but also teaching people how to do it, and actively coordinating the supply and demand between the Wu and Jin regions, was a huge convenience for merchants, and the profits were of course huge.

Two years was not a long time. The first year could only be said to be the starting point. However, the Secret Intelligence Division mastered a large amount of data, and through disaster relief, Zhuji also united many merchants. These merchants, the regular ones partnered with Zhuji, and where there were irregular ones, Ning Yi would send people from Luliang Mountain to find the other party. In the second year, when the Jin people went south and broke through Yanmen Pass, and border trade stopped, Qingmu Fortress had already expanded dramatically.

If Ning Yi had not rebelled, and the Jin people had not advanced south again, in the winter of Jinghan (景翰) Fourteenth year, Qingmu Fortress would probably have taken a large chunk of meat from the border trade income of Yanmen Pass, and then forced the army to officially turn against them.

There was no such worry now. However, the Jin people advanced south, seized the area north of the Yellow River, and broke through Bianliang. Once they began to formally digest this area, north-south business would no longer be smuggling, and Qingmu Fortress would be completely hollowed out by the Yanmen Pass channel.

In more than a year, Qingmu Fortress had scoured and concentrated a large amount of resources, but even if it was amazing, there was a limit. The two thousand cavalry that came out of Luliang Mountain, nearly two hundred iron armored heavy cavalry, were the core of these resources. Secondly, Qingmu Fortress also stockpiled a large amount of grain—this could not be considered premeditated, but the environment of Luliang Mountain was not good after all, and everyone had been hungry before. Once they were well-off, the first choice was to stockpile grain.

Since Qingmu Fortress developed, it had taken in the mountain people, refugees, and deserters from the north and south nearby. It had a scale of more than 20,000 people at the moment. Adding another 10,000 people would not be a big deal for about a year. However, the afterglow had already begun to appear.

Ordinary soldiers certainly didn't know. But it was also because of these considerations that Ning Yi chose to move the new base westward, relying on Qingmu Fortress to gain a firm foothold first and infiltrate the territory of the Western Army—this area had a brave folk customs, but the sense of belonging to the court was not very strong. Moreover, Zhong Shidao and Qin Siyuan had cherished each other before. Ning Yi and others believed that the other party might give Qin Shaoqian a small amount of face and not drive them to extinction—at least before the Western Army could drive them to extinction, they might not do so easily.

In these two or three months, Ning Yi used all the storytellers that came with him under Zhuji to go to several prefectures and counties in the Western Army's territory, posing as survivors to tell the story of the court's regicide, the truth about the Six Prefectures of Yanyun, etc., and also promoted the heroic sacrifice of Zhong Shizhong in the middle. During this period, the Western Army did not carry out fierce obstruction. It was because of the brave folk customs that sometimes people felt that the storyteller was speaking ill of the court and would beat him up and drive him away. But there were also many people who were filled with righteous indignation at the weakness of the court because of their worship of Zhong Shizhong.

On the other hand, Ning Yi had already begun to build a preliminary commercial network nearby. He had a lot of merchant information on hand. The ones that had a relationship with Zhuji originally, and the ones that didn't, certainly didn't dare to have any involvement with Ning Yi now—but that didn't matter. As long as there was ** and demand, he could always play some tricks in the middle.

As long as this piece of land of the Western Army could give him about a year, with his business ability, he might be able to connect a network of interests connecting various parties in the northwest where the forces of Tubo (吐蕃), Xixia (西夏), and Jin met. He could even extend his tentacles along Tubo into Dali (大理)...

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