Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 326 Two Sons and One Daughter

Zhang Sui watched Li Ru leave and clicked his tongue twice.

There was no record of Yuan Shang attacking Xuzhou in history.

Now they have appeared, and Yuan Shang led an army of 20,000, but only brought back 2,000.

Yuan Shao must have been extremely disappointed with Yuan Shang.

It’s hard to say whether he will take a fancy to this third son again in the future.

I wonder how Liu would react when he heard the news?
She recognized Yuan Shang as her son.

Now that Yuan Shang has suffered a crushing defeat, she, as a "mother", is also sad.

Thinking of what Liu had said in her room before: "If something happens to your father-in-law——"

Zhang Sui began to feel inexplicably excited.

The current situation is increasingly out of control.

Opportunities and challenges coexist.

He was a little nervous.

If things go wrong, he might end up sinking along with Yuan Shao.

Well done, maybe -

It seems that we need to gather everyone together and intensify our training.

Besides--

Zhang Sui made a decision that perhaps he should get out both the stirrups and the horseshoes.

If we do it now, it’s still not too late.

The most critical problem is that the number of their own cavalry is not large, only one thousand.

Thinking of this, Zhang Sui immediately went to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and drew the stirrups and horseshoes.

Seeing Zhang Sui so busy after returning, Cai Wenji asked nervously, "Is he going to the battle?"

Zhang Sui raised his head and glanced at Cai Wenji. Seeing her nervous look, he smiled and said, "No."

"Although I have something to do, I won't be leaving for a while."

"I also want to see some of my children born."

"As a first-time father, even if it rains knives from the sky, I will still watch my children being born."

Cai Wenji and her wife both breathed a sigh of relief after hearing what Zhang Sui said.

Early the next morning, Zhang Sui comforted several women and asked doctors to check their physical conditions. After confirming that they were all fine, he rode out and found Xu Rong, the current deputy commander of the cavalry. He showed him the pictures of the double stirrups and horseshoes and asked for his opinion.

Xu Rong was quite shocked.

He hadn't even thought about this question.

He immediately asked a few people to call a blacksmith to make a few pairs according to Zhang Sui's drawings.

Afterwards, Zhang Sui asked Xu Rong to notify generals Qian Zhao, Zhao Yun, Huang Han, Zhen Hao, Zhang Sheng, Wang Hao and others, and asked them to come to Zhang Sui's residence in five days to discuss important matters.

This was the first time that Zhang Sui had urgently summoned generals since he brought everyone to Zhongshan County.

Xu Rong did not dare to delay and immediately sent cavalry to various places to notify them.

Zhang Sui then found Li Ru to discuss strengthening the training of troops and recruiting soldiers.

In the end, both of them agreed that the soldiers' leave should be canceled, and the number of shifts of soldiers working in the fields should be reduced to the original three shifts: one shift for rest, one shift for training, and one shift for working in the fields.

It was changed to a two-shift system: one shift for training and the other for farming.

At the same time, the work point system was used to recruit strong soldiers throughout Zhongshan County.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the vast majority of soldiers were not volunteers, and even the problem of food and clothing could not be solved.

Not to mention weapons.

Zhang Sui and Li Ru decided to recruit soldiers this time and calculated their remuneration based on the standard for farm work.

Moreover, once selected, the soldier will be immediately awarded 100 work points.

In Zhongshan County, a strong man now only earns three work points for a day's work.

One work point can be exchanged for a bowl of soup or two bowls of porridge, and several different kinds of cloth.

After formulating these strategies, Zhang Sui asked Li Ru to write them down. He wanted to show them to the General Staff to make sure that there would not be much opposition from the General Staff.

After that, he also had to seek the opinions of Qian Zhao, Zhao Yun and others. After Li Ru wrote these down, Zhang Sui convened the staff to hold a meeting tomorrow.

As soon as all the members of the General Staff arrived, Zhang Sui informed them of the defeat in Xuzhou and the possibility that Zhongshan County would be involved in the war.

After half a day of discussion, the staff also agreed with these opinions.

The reason why he sought the opinions of the General Staff this time was that Zhang Sui wanted to make it clear to the aristocratic families and officials in Zhongshan County that he, Zhang Sui, was a person who was willing to listen to opinions.

There is another reason.

That is, the people in the General Staff are all the family heads of various aristocratic families in Zhongshan County.

They approved the idea of ​​recruiting soldiers, so naturally they had to express their opinion.

At least some food and fodder should be provided.

After the meeting of the General Staff ended, Zhang Sui helped his wife back.

What no one expected was that the lady was about to give birth on the way!
Fortunately, there were already doctors and midwives waiting at home.

The birth of the child went unexpectedly smoothly.

In just half an hour, the lady gave birth to a boy.

Zhang Sui named the boy Zhang Yu.

Yu means house.

The only request Zhang Sui gave to his eldest illegitimate son was: If you can't even clean your own house, how can you clean up the world?
I hope that my eldest son out of wedlock will be down-to-earth when he grows up and not be too aggressive.

Zhang Sui was immersed in the happiness of the birth of his eldest son Zhang Yu, and had not yet come to his senses when, the next day, Cai Wenji also gave birth to a son.

Compared with his wife, Cai Wenji took a full two hours to give birth.

Zhang Sui and a group of people stood outside the door, listening to Cai Wenji's wailing, and were extremely worried.

Zhang Sui thought he did not believe in ghosts and gods.

But at this moment, I couldn't help but burn incense and pray in front of the ancestral tablets.

Fortunately, the birth was safe.

Zhang Sui did not name the child Cai Wenji, but asked Cai Wenji to name him, as a fulfillment of the previous agreement.

Cai Wenji named her first child Qi, whose full name is Cai Qi.

Qi means to emulate the virtuous.

Cai Wenji's father Cai Yong always hoped to have a son who could be as outstanding as his eldest daughter Cai Wenji.

Now, Cai Wenji named her first son Cai Qi, fulfilling the wish of her father Cai Yong before his death.

Cai Wenji looked at Cai Qi in the cradle. Although she was so tired that she could not even open her eyes, she still hugged Zhang Sui's neck, put her face against Zhang Sui's, and thanked Zhang Sui for his help over and over again.

On the third day after Cai Wenji gave birth to Cai Qi, Zhang Sui discussed with Xu Rong, Qian Zhao, Zhao Yun, Zhen Hao, Huang Han, Zhang Sheng, Wang Hao and others about strengthening training, making double stirrups, forging horseshoes, and recruiting soldiers.

The three thousand newly recruited strong soldiers were led by Zhao Yun.

Qian Zhao was originally Zhang Sui's deputy, but his position was downgraded to the commander of 8,000 Black Mountain troops.

On the fifth day of July, Hongyu also gave birth to her first child.

It's a daughter.

Zhang Sui named his daughter Zhang Si, which means missing someone.

Not long after traveling through time, Hongyu was promised to Zhang Sui by the lady.

However, the two had been spending less time together than together before.

The two have been together for nearly a year.

Zhang Sui gave his daughter this name, which also meant that he did not despise Hongyu for being a maid and that he had always liked her.

On July 20th, the maid of the Zhen family who had slept with Fang Agou also gave birth to a daughter.

Zhang Sui asked Zhen Hao, Huang Han and other comrades who had fought with Fang Agou to give the girl a name: Fang Ying.

Ying means full.

Everyone hopes that Fang Agou's daughter can enjoy a lifetime of happiness on his behalf.

Zhang then adopted Fang Ying as his adopted daughter.

(End of this chapter)