More than one hundred to more than five thousand, and even against the elite Ye family army and Dingbei army, the Hu people suddenly changed from executioners who cut melons and vegetables to those who cut melons and vegetables that were cut by Ye Anlan and the others at will.

The battle began suddenly and ended quickly. In addition to spending some time to appease the people, Ye Anlan and his team also had no delays at all.

"These dog thieves are coming over mountains and ridges to harass the people!" Although this is not the first time Bai Ruiwen has experienced such a thing, he is still very despised the vulgar fighting methods of the Hu people against innocent civilians.

Ye Anlan had no intention of despising these Hu people. In war, of course everyone had to do strange tricks and defeat the enemy at all costs.

The Hu people sent the most elite group of people to sneak into the northern border to burn, kill and loot, and the materials obtained were second. The most important thing was that their move could greatly affect the strength and hearts of the Dingbei Army.

The party on the "protection" position has more things to be cared for than the party on the "aggression" position, which is inevitable.

The Dingbei Army now has such a protector position. In order to protect the ordinary people living in the northern border, even though they knew the intention of crossing mountains and ridges across passes, they had to distribute some of their troops, and constantly inspect and take strict precautions in several states in the northern border every day.

"Don't be angry, they won't be rampant for long." Ye Anlan rode on the horse, following the team and began to figure out how to solve the problem of Hu people crossing mountains and ridges into the northern border.

She asked Bai Ruiwen, "How many places are there on both sides of Juyong Pass that Hu people with good skills can cross at will?"

Bai Ruiwen opened his mouth and said, "Three places."

Ye Anlan frowned, "Then why don't you block these three places? Is it because of insufficient troops or is it that the terrain is not allowed?"

Bai Ruiwen didn't hide it from her, "The terrain is not allowed. The old Marquis and the Marquis have always wanted to build two passes in them, and even thought about renovating and expanding Juyong Pass, but because there were not enough civilians, craftsmen, and money, they were unable to do this."

When Bai Qingzhi's father, Old Marquis Bai, was guarding the northern border, Juyong Pass was once broken by the Hu people from both wings of the pass. At that time, he realized that if he wanted to stop the Hu people from attacking again, the soldiers of the Dingbei Army would have to sacrifice more.

At that time, he wrote a memorial to the court, asking the court to allocate craftsmen, civil servants to renovate and expand Juyongguan.

However, for the royal family members and dignitaries who are used to being arrogant, the lives of ordinary soldiers of the Dingbei Army are not worth mentioning at all.

The blood and sacrifices of countless great men came to their mouths, but they only said with confidence, "Where is no one who can die in war? Why should we be a soldier if we are afraid of death?"

Those knowledgeable people who helped mediate were even convicted and demoted for being too annoying.

At this point, no one in the court dared to help the soldiers of Dingbei Army make suggestions.

Later, Juyongguan was once again attacked by the Hu people at Bai Qingzhi's hands. Bai Qingzhi could no longer bear it, so he sent a memorial to the court again, asking the court to adopt the advice of his father, Marquis Bai.

His memorial notes in detail why Juyongguan needs renovation and expansion, and states how many soldiers would be killed in the Dingbei Army if it is renovated and expanded. But in the end, this memorial only brought a lot of commendations and a tribute to the Dingbei Army.

The tribute was to commemorate the dead soldiers, and the imperial edict was rewarded by the living people for their merits. However, the renovation and expansion of Juyongguan proposed by Bai Qingzhi were directly ignored by the court.

It would be fine if the court had no money, but in the same year, the royal family built a new palace and held a grand and luxurious banquet for the Empress, who had just married into the palace as a successor, and was favored by the old emperor.

The capital thousands of miles away is full of flowers and cooking oil. It is a very prosperous and luxurious scene. It seems that Juyong Pass, which has been forgotten by the people in the pass, is empty and lonely, full of holes, and the soldiers guarding the pass have been paying their lives to defend their country.

How could the soldiers of Dingbei Army not feel sad when compared with such completely different worlds?

But even though they were heartbroken, they still used their lives and blood to firmly guard the northern defense line, including Juyong Pass. They neither made up their bodies nor tried every means to leave here.

After listening to Bai Ruiwen briefly talk about how important the court and the royal family are, Ye Anlan couldn't help but complain, "They deserve to be unable to sit firmly in this country."

She told Bai Ruiwen: "The civil servants and craftsmen are indeed a problem. For money, wood, stone, etc. can be selected nearby. The food and craftsmen are only needed. Is it wages for the civil servants and craftsmen?"

Bai Ruiwen nodded, "The court only needs to manage the food of the people and does not need to pay additional wages. The wages of craftsmen are also very limited. In addition, the money for purchasing and transporting some materials is enough to calculate 300,000 taels."

Ye Anlan asked: "300,000 taels should only be enough to renovate and expand Juyongguan, right?"

Bai Ruiwen nodded, "If you want to build two passes northward, you will need another 300,000."

Ye Anlan hissed, she robbed money... Cough cough, she robbed the rich and helped the poor for so many years, and the private money she saved was only more than 200,000 yuan in total.

Even if she took out the ancient books, calligraphy, paintings, jewelry and jade that were piled up by her in the warehouse, she could not make up a total of 600,000 taels of snowflakes_(:з」∠)_

ε=(′ο｀*))) Alas, you can’t help spending so much money!

Taking a deep breath and trying hard to suppress the heartache of years of hard work, Ye Hamster Lan said to Bai Ruiwen: "I can get it out with 300,000 taels. When the spring and summer are handed over next year, I will have someone send 300,000 taels to the Marquis."

As for the remaining 300,000, she doesn't care, she has no money╭(╯^╰)╮

Bai Ruiwen was shocked. He never expected that Ye Anlan would have to support another 300,000 taels of money in the northern border for renovation and expansion of Juyongguan.

But he still had to remind Ye Anlan, "Thank you for your generous donation to the public. However, as I said just now, the biggest difficulty in renovating and expanding Juyongguan is not money, but manpower."

Ye Anlan nodded slightly, "I know. But I think the Marquis can solve this problem by himself."
Chapter completed!