As the day of going to Yizhou was getting closer and closer, Ao Lie's secret recruitment of 70,000 soldiers from the three northern prefectures had already arrived in Yanjing and quickly entered the tense preparations before the war. At the same time, Ao Lie conducted an inspection of the entire army for the last time, mobilizing the 150,000 troops and left-behind soldiers who were about to go to the war, so that nearly one million soldiers from the Northern Han Dynasty maintained high fighting spirit.

Afterwards, Ao Lie went to the General Prison and checked the armor, weapons and other military supplies recently made. Ao Lie was delighted to find that under the guidance of Wang Hun and Ma Jun, the skills of thousands of craftsmen in the Prison were getting more and more advanced. The various military supplies they made were like handicrafts, not only extremely practical, but also had high ornamental value. Large-scale destructive weapons such as red-clothed crossbows were already in place, and were lined up in a row with ferocious sharpness, just waiting for the eve of the war to transport them. The only thing that was lacking was that the celestial girl scattered flowers had not been made according to the quantity specified by Ao Lie. Five hundred large celestial girl scattered flowers had been made, and about two thousand small ones had not met the standard. In this regard, Wang Hun patted his chest and promised that he would complete all the required materials before the army set off.

Ao Lie understood Wang Hun's mood very well. It was already very hard for them to be able to drive out so many war materials day and night, so Ao Lie did not forcefully stipulate that they must complete the task. However, for Wang Hun and others, this is their battlefield. As Yan State or the soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty, they must complete the established tasks on the battlefield. Although their identities are craftsmen and have not been included in the battle sequence, they will still do their best to complete their tasks like every soldier. This is the mission brought to them by the country and the responsibility of their giving back to the country.

After making preparations before the war, Ao Lie temporarily put down everything and came to the backyard of the Yanwang Mansion to enjoy a short time of happiness with his family. Because the newly built palace had not been completed, Ao Lie temporarily lived in the Yanwang Mansion. In order to save costs and not waste, the newly built palace did not re-select the site, but expanded it on the old palace. As one of the capitals of the Han Dynasty, Yanjing must build a palace for the emperor according to regulations so that when the emperor takes office, there will be a temporary residence when the emperor takes office. Now, Ao Lie is the Regent. Looking at the military and political affairs of the country, although he has not ascended the throne, there is no big difference between the Regent and the Emperor in the eyes of everyone in the Northern Han Dynasty. It is just a nuance of nominal differences. Therefore, under the advice of the civil and military ministers, Ao Lie had to expand the palace as his future residence.

When he arrived at the backyard of the Yanwang Mansion, Ao Lie saw Xiao Liu Kun who was learning to speak at first. Now Xiao Liu Kun is almost two years old, and it was the first time he started to speak in his life. He was curious about everything. Whenever he saw something new, he always asked the people beside him loudly, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he could speak. However, after all, Xiao Liu Kun was not very straightforward. Many times, he was talking, but the listeners couldn't understand what he was saying. He was often anxious and scratching with his hands, wanting to express his meaning clearly. He was already a white-colored man, and in a anxious expression, he looked even more cute, which made people who listened to him laugh and didn't want to listen to what he said again.

At this moment, Ao Lie saw this situation. Little Liu Kun pointed to a pot of potted plants and tried to understand what the name of this potted plant was, but his three mothers burst into laughter like silver bells. Seeing this warm scene, Ao Lie felt satisfied for no reason. He could use his own strength to make his family live a happy life of carefree life in this troubled times and stay away from the pain of war. Then, all his efforts are worth it. Ao Lie believes that this is also the wish of all the civil and military officials in the Northern Han country. It is under such a common wish that everyone came together and worked tirelessly for the ultimate goal. At the same time, this is also the reason why all the people of the Northern Han are proud of being a member of the Northern Han.

Ao Lie walked slowly over, picked up Liu Kun, and said gently, "This is called a dragon cypress, which is one of the more precious potted trees, and it is not visible outside." While Liu Kun is growing up, Ao Lie is also increasing. Now Ao Lie has finally realized the extremely strict education method of his father Liu Yu, because every father hopes to be successful and sees that his son can achieve success far beyond his father one day, so Liu Yu asks Ao Lie to do the best in everything. Although Ao Lie will not use the strictest method of teaching his son as hard as his father, this does not affect Ao Lie's hope that Liu Kun can achieve something in the future, even more vigorously than the achievements he has achieved.

Little Liu Kun smiled happily in Ao Lie's arms, then pointed to the pot of dragon cypress and said something squeakingly. Ao Lie smiled knowingly and patiently answered his son's question: "Because, this kind of potted plant is relatively precious and ordinary people cannot afford it, and the growth of dragon cypress is extremely difficult. If it weren't for your careful care of Aunt Shuang'er, it wouldn't have grown so big."

Ao Lie's words attracted the attention of Cai Yan and other three women. Sun Shangxiang, who was the most uneasy, asked, "Can you understand what Xiao Kun'er is talking about?"

Ao Lie turned to look at Sun Shangxiang, nodded with a smile, "Maybe this is the connection between father and son, I can feel the thoughts in his heart." Little Liu Kun also turned to look at Sun Shangxiang, then smiled wickedly, and put it on Ao Lie's heart like a demonstration, as if he was telling his three mothers with actions: I am just kissing my father!

Xiao Liu Kun's actions made the three girls laugh again. Zhen Mi said while laughing: "Looking at this little thing, this is so heartless. The three of us sisters are with him every day, but they are not as intimate as his father who has never seen him once in half a year."

Amid the laughter of the three girls, Little Liu Kun raised his head, and the little face was obviously a puzzled look. He continued to ask Ao Lie in an vague tone. Cai Yan asked curiously: "Husband, what are Xiao Kun'er asking?"

The smile on Ao Lie's face gradually disappeared, and he sighed in a low voice, saying to Cai Yan's three girls: "He is asking why families outside can't afford to raise such dragon cypress. How should you answer him?" As Ao Lie said, the three girls also fell silent, and no one knew how to answer Liu Kun's question. There are classes in this world. Some people were born in noble families, while others were born in poor families. Even if they worked hard for a lifetime, they would probably not be as precious as those newly born children of wealthy families. This is caused by the nature of society and cannot be changed by Ao Lie alone.

After a while of silence, Ao Lie slowly spoke, "Son, you are still young, and you don't understand many things. In this world, not everyone is as lucky as you. Born in a noble family, many people outside are worried about their daily meals. They are busy all day long, just to fill their own and their family's stomachs. Where can I have extra money to plant precious potted plants such as dragon cypress? Therefore, those who are capable must do more things for the outsiders, so that they can also be able to plant dragon cypress as soon as possible. Are you right?"

Listening to Ao Lie's simple teaching, Xiao Liukun widened his eyes, which seemed to be comprehensible. This question was indeed difficult for Xiao Liukun, who was less than two years old. However, Xiao Liukun still patted his chest with his little hand and said a few words to Ao Lie loudly.

Ao Lie smiled again and said to his three wives: "Xiao Kun'er said that when he grows up, he will help everyone grow dragon cypress. It is enough to be relieved that my son has such ambition." Sun Shangxiang said: "That's right, dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes. Can your regent's child still be worse? The key is that Xiao Kun'er has three best mothers in the world. We will teach him that when he grows up, he will definitely be even better than you in the future and become a great hero! Two or three levels above you!"

Hearing Sun Shangxiang putting gold on his face, Cai Yan couldn't help but cover the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and laughed softly; while Zhen Mi immediately jumped a distance, with an expression on her face that I didn't know her. Sun Shangxiang turned around and looked around, and the expression of the female overlord was revealed: "Hey! I said what you are, is this lady wrong?" Although Sun Shangxiang is already married, she has always been accustomed to calling herself as a lady.

Seeing the three beautiful wives joking intimately, Ao Lie's face showed a sweet smile from the bottom of his head...

After three days, Ao Lie stayed in the backyard and shared this rare family joy with his parents, elder brother Liu He, three wives and little Liu Kun. The three old men, Ao, Wang Ao Zu and Tong Yuan, often came to join in the fun. For these three old men, the fun of living together for four generations is endless. They hope that they can enjoy more of this fun in the few days in the future, so that their lives will be free of regrets...
Chapter completed!