As autumn went to winter, Shen Hexi changed into cotton clothes and wandered around other courtyards and greenhouses almost all day long. As for his palace, he didn't go back for some days.Not for anything else, the winter in Dunliang City is too cold, he really can't bear it, always braving the knife-like wind, shuttling between the palace and other courtyards.

When he came back from the greenhouse, Yurong helped him put on new clothes. In the greenhouse, the soil was moved and sometimes watered. He was afraid that his clothes would be dirty, so he specially made several sets of work clothes. Every time he went to the greenhouse Put on work clothes and take them off when you come out.

All of Shen Hexi's clothes were stitched by Liu Qinghe. Liu Qinglei came to Dunliang City this time and Liu Qinghe made him clothes for the next three years according to his age. In the next few years, he didn't need to buy any more clothes.

Wearing the clothes made by his mother, Shen Hexi feels that he has never left her, and sometimes he can even smell his mother's smell on the clothes.With so many clothes, I don't know how long she has prepared them.His younger sister was just born, and her body is probably still very weak. In order to sew clothes for him, she probably spent countless nights regardless of her health before making them for him.

It was cold, and he had clothes sent by his mother, but Li Baihan was not as lucky as him.His mother is far away in the Snow Country, so she might not be able to take care of him.There are many embroiderers who are good at needlework in the palace. Shen Hexi pulled out several bolts of material from the warehouse and made some winter clothes for Li Baihan.

Li Baihan didn't realize that Shen Hexi was there to help him take care of every detail, food and clothing, and even the carriage he usually took when he went out was arranged in advance by him.Shen Hexi tried her best to arrange everything for him like a little daughter-in-law.

Li Baihan didn't have any worries, he just focused on mundane affairs, and there was always a pile of letters from various places every day. Shen Hexi didn't know what he was busy with, and vaguely felt that it should be related to his return to Yong'an City in the future.He has always known that Li Baihan is the emperor. If he becomes the emperor, it is almost impossible for the two of them to be together.The examples of his uncle and the emperor are here.

But he is not Liu Qinglei, and Li Baihan is not Li Jiayou. They still need to work hard on their own way. Shen Hexi pondered, how about suppressing those opposing voices by force in the future?Whoever dares to stop him from being with Li Baihan will kill him, but after thinking about it, this method is not appropriate, only everyone in Aoki spits on him, and he is also finished.

Simply this question is still far away from him, and it is not too late for him to think about it in more than ten years.The top priority is that he must build up his fiefdom, so that he will not be shorter than the emperor Li Bohan in the future.

When the first snow fell in early winter, Li Baihan's weapons and the Cimai bought by Shen Hexi arrived one after another.Shen Hexi happened to build a house next to his palace to store these things under the banner of food distribution.Li Baihan brought a lot of weapons this time, and he didn't want to let them rust away.Simply recruit some soldiers on the spot to form a city defense army.

The so-called city defense army, on the surface, guards Dunliang City, but their configuration is no weaker than any other army.In this regard, Shen Hexi is very willing to spend money.

Since his uncle came, all the antiques and jewels brought in from King Anshun were taken out in batches and replaced with real gold and silver.Liujiabao's business is not limited to Qingmu Country, there are also Liujiabao's branches in other countries.Shen Hexi would not arouse any suspicion if these things were shipped out and sold.

The property of Anshun Wang's family helped Shen Hexi arm an army. Before the mountain was closed, he threw all the people to Shen Fang and asked him to take him to the mountains and forests to practice. What he needed was a well-equipped tiger and wolf army. It’s not scary if there are fewer people, but everyone can be alone when they are pulled out.

It is unknown how many of the first batch of recruited soldiers will remain in the end.The indicator Shen Hexi gave to Shen Fang was that out of 100 people, a maximum of five people would be kept, and if there was no suitable one, none of them could be kept.

Who is Shen Fang? He is the capable general beside Shen Yunping. It is really a shame to give him to Shen Hexi as the head of the bodyguard.I think he was also a hero galloping on the battlefield back then, but he was injured later and did not stay on the battlefield. However, even if Shen Fang was injured, it was more than enough to help Shen Hexi train soldiers.

There are many young people in his city defense army who came from exile. Most of them are slaves. It is quite troublesome for Shen Hexi to recruit them. Just changing their nationality is enough for him to have a headache. There are too many people. , It was a bit unreasonable for him to change their nationality one by one.Later he thought of a way, only those who passed Shen Fang's test could be freed from slavery.I'm sorry if you can't make it through, and you will still have to build roads next year.

This move of his made Shen Fang a lot easier, and no one was lazy when practicing.This is no longer a slave after entering the military, and it is even better than civilians. The whole family does not have to pay taxes, and the monthly money is also more. .If they die or are injured or disabled on the battlefield, the palace will also give a large sum of money as consolation money. The palace will arrange jobs for disabled soldiers after they retire, and the prince who is unable to work will also pay for them.

Such a good treatment is undoubtedly a huge attraction, and all recruited soldiers want to stay as the city defense army.

Time flies, and Shen Hexi's greenhouse is already thriving. He picked all the ripe tomatoes, kept some for seeds, and dried some for his mother to send over.These tomatoes are rich in nutrition. It is also good to eat some in winter and supplement vitamins.Now that his father has gone to Beicheng, she is the only woman in the mansion who doesn't know if he can do it.Shen Hexi was a little worried that his mother would not be able to handle it alone.After all, she is still too young.

It's a pity that the far water can't solve the near fire, and the mother and son will have to wait for a month to communicate with each other, let alone him to help her.Shen Hexi sighed, when will his little Hei and Da Hei grow up, it's okay for them to hang around in the surrounding mountains and forests now, if they are asked to send letters to Yong'an City thousands of miles away, it may take next year.

"What is Xi'er thinking?" Liu Qinglei also lived in his other courtyard with Shen Hexi, and Prince Rui had the cheek to see Liu Qinglei coming, and brought Jing Fan along with him.All of a sudden, the quiet courtyard became lively.

"Uncle, Xi'er misses her mother." Shen Hexi put down his brush, walked over the small table on the heating kang, and leaned over to Liu Qinglei who was reading a book opposite him.

When facing Liu Qinglei, Shen Hexi mostly showed his innocent and lively side. His uncle likes him very much. Whenever he gets close to him, he is very happy.

"Xi'er misses your mother." Liu Qinglei put down the book in his hand, hugged Shen Hexi, and continued, "When Xi'er grows up, I'll go back and see if your mother is okay."

"We still have to wait until we grow up, it will take a long time." Shen Hexi pouted and acted cutely, "Why don't uncle bring my mother to Dunliang City, so that Xi'er can live with her mother and uncle.

"Uncle would like to, but your mother won't come." Speaking of his stubborn sister, Liu Qinglei really hated his toothache.What's so good about Shen Yunping, let her follow him so desperately. When he went to Beicheng, she guarded the empty house for him. Now the back house is more stable, but none of those wives and concubines is easy to marry. She now Another child was born, and she was tired of all the things in the back house.If she followed Xi'er to Dunliang City back then, even if she was pregnant and walked slowly, she wouldn't be living such a tiring life as she is now.

"Xi'er still misses his little sister, Xi'er has never seen her before." Shen Hexi really thought about it, he really wanted to see his sister, and he didn't know if she looked like him.

"Uncle only saw her once. She looks like your mother when she was young. When you grow up, you will love your little sister dearly."

"Yes." Shen Hexi grinned, and he will definitely hurt his sister very, very much in the future.

"Then before Xi'er goes to see her sister, shouldn't she practice her brush calligraphy well? Look at your handwriting, even if it's a crab crawling over, it's probably better than yours." Liu Qinglei hugged Shen Hexi in one hand, He picked up the words he wrote with one hand and looked at them carefully.

"The brush is so soft, it's not easy to use at all." Shen Hexi muttered.Since his uncle came, his wonderful life as a prince has come to an end.On weekdays, he not only has to listen to Linghu Zheng's lessons, but also practice calligraphy every day, and even his favorite martial arts time is taught by his uncle.

Liu Qinglei is more rigorous than Li Baihan. At first Shen Hexi wanted to be lazy, but after he was punished for copying scriptures twice, he became obedient and was very honest every day, following the schedule Liu Qinglei made for him.

"Xi'er, you need to work harder. Look at Bai Han's handwriting. How he practiced it. You will also practice it in the future."

"No way, Brother Han used to practice calligraphy for at least an hour a day, so I don't want it." Taking advantage of his young age, Shen Hexi began to play rogue.Writing calligraphy for two hours a day might as well kill him.

The two were sitting on the heated kang chatting, when suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Yan Nu said outside the door, "My lord, the fourth prince was attacked outside the city and was seriously injured. He is now recovering in the palace."

"What, brother Han is injured." Shen Hexi, who was still in Liu Qinglei's arms just now pretending to be a good baby, stood up when he heard Li Baihan was injured, and asked loudly.

"Yes, the Fourth Prince met an ambush outside the city, and the guards he brought with him fought to the death to escort him back." Yu Rong had already opened the outside door, and Yan Nu Fengchen walked in.

"Hurry up and bring me my clothes." Shen Hexi jumped off the heating kang, while instructing Yu Rong to help him dress, while inquiring about Li Baihan's news.

"Where is the injury, is it serious?"

"One sword was wounded on the back, and the other was wounded on the right arm. The wound on the arm was more severe, and the bleeding could not be stopped." Yan Nu said eagerly.

"Who did it?" Liu Qinglei was much calmer than Shen Hexi, he got up and put on his cloak, hugged Shen Hexi and went out.

"Before the trial, those sneak attackers committed suicide." Yan Nu was very respectful to his master Liu Qinglei. When he spoke, his tall body was slightly lowered, and he didn't dare to look at him.He kept his head down when he was talking, not daring to look at his master. This habit is completely the shadow left by Liu Qinglei's stick education when he was a child.

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