Chapter 337 The Beginning of Spring
Since he agreed to Xu You, Zhao Guang still had a very professional ethics. He walked out of the restaurant and walked directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion with the wine jar in his arms.
After Sister Guan returned to Jincheng, she returned to her previous situation of following her aunt every day, so under normal circumstances it was always right to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find her.
At the martial arts training ground of the Prime Minister's Mansion, not only Guan Ji was there, but Huang Yueying was also standing on the sidelines, watching a person in the field humming and haha practicing martial arts.
Huang Yueying also gave some advice from time to time.
Zhao Guang took a closer look and saw who the woman in the scene was if she wasn’t the little girl from the Zhang family?
It is common for people who practice martial arts to practice Liufu in the summer and Sanjiu in the winter. Zhao Guang has seen the Guan family sister training hard day and night before.
I didn’t expect that the little girl from the Zhang family would work so hard when she started growing up.
“I’ve met my aunt, I’ve met my sister.”
Zhao Guang walked over, first greeted Huang Yueying, and then greeted Guan Ji with a flattering smile.
“I have met Madam Xun, and I have met Madam Guan.”
Wang Xun saluted honestly.
Huang Yueying nodded in agreement, then turned to look at Zhang Xingyi in the field, and said, "You two are here at this time, are you busy?"
The two of them often go in and out of the Prime Minister's Mansion now and are not considered outsiders, so Huang Yueying's tone is relatively casual.
"Back to my aunt, my nephew is here. He has something to say to my sister."
Zhao Guang replied.
Although Guan Ji didn't speak, her eyes looked over quietly with doubts in her eyes, as if she didn't understand why Zhao Guang and Wang Xun came to look for her.
“That’s right,” Zhao Guang explained, “Sister, I just met Xu Zian outside, and he wanted to ask me to bring a message to my sister.”
As soon as these words came out, even Huang Yueying couldn't help but look over.
“From the Xu family?”
Guan Ji's cold voice sounded, and her beautiful brows wrinkled slightly, "What do they want to do?"
“The Xu family would like to apologize to my sister.”
The people of the Xu family naturally mainly refer to Xu Xun.
After hearing this, Huang Yueying had a look of understanding on her face. The Xu family was about to give in. If Xu Xun's matter was not resolved, Xu Ci might not have the opportunity to participate in this grand event of annotating classics.
The expression on Guan Ji's face did not change, and she said calmly, "What's wrong with being apologetic? Then Xu Xun just made a slip of the tongue. Am I such a stingy person?"
Zhao Guang understood as soon as he heard that Sister A was not thinking of reconciliation.
Huang Yueying looked over a little surprised and a little amused.
This Sanniang would never say such duplicitous words before. I didn’t expect that even after a trip to Hanzhong, I would be able to say this without changing my expression.
“Sister, the Xu family wants to use the younger brother to make amends with the elder brother.”
Zhao Guang had known this result for a long time, and he said something else at the same time.
This time, Guan Ji's expression finally changed slightly, her eyes flashed, she nodded, and said, "I understand."
Zhao Guang finally breathed a sigh of relief secretly, understanding that his sister had agreed.
“Brother Zhao, what are you holding in your hand?”
A crisp voice came, interrupting the conversation between the two.
It turned out that Zhang Xingyi had just stopped practicing martial arts and came over. He heard the conversation between the two. He was very unconvinced and thought to himself: If the Xu family apologized to Feng Langjun, why should the second brother of the Zhao family tell his sister first? ?
Hmph, I’m still wearing the sweater that Feng Langjun carefully customized for me! Fortunately, I wrote to Hanzhong early, so I got a head start. I got two sets at once, but my sister only had one set.
Who in Jincheng doesn’t know that every year when the latest and best woolen sweaters come out in Hanzhong, I will be the first to wear them?
As soon as she thought of this, she felt the unique pride of a little daughter, so she opened her mouth to interject.
“Oh, this is wine.”
As soon as Zhao Guang heard the question from the younger sister of the Zhang family, he tightened the wine jar in his arms and replied quickly.
He couldn't afford to offend any of the three women present.
“Huh? When will the prohibition on alcohol be lifted? How could I not know?”
Zhang Xingyi asked strangely.
Zhao Guang conveyed the Xu family's words to Guan Ji, and took advantage of Guan Ji's unwillingness to talk too much, confusing the Xu family's gift of a daughter to his brother. He was relaxing in his heart, and when he heard Zhang Ji's words again, he felt that it was right. This is a good opportunity to change the subject.
"My little sister doesn't know something. Not only has the alcohol ban not been lifted, but it has become even stricter. In the past, restaurants would also sell soup and wine. Although it tastes like white water, you can still smell some alcohol. But I went to take a look today, but they didn’t even allow soup and wine to be sold.”
Huang Yueying next to her was slightly startled after hearing this.
However, Zhao Guang didn't notice his aunt. He only saw him talking, and patted the wine jar in his arms with a little pride, and said, "This wine is from the Xu family who thanked me for passing on the message to my sister. Sent to me."
When a person relaxes, his mouth becomes mean.
After Zhao Guang said this, he was fine, but he was happy in his heart, so he added one more sentence, "I don't know who did the immoral thing. Do you think this soup and wine can be considered wine? Nowadays, the big man is not short of food, even You can’t even smell the alcohol…”
Before he finished speaking, Huang Yueying scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about! The big man has only lived a good life for a few days, and you dare to say that the big man is not short of food? Do you still want to let the wine brewing go? Today let's let him If you make soup wine, who knows if you will be able to make real wine tomorrow?”
A loud shout scared Zhao Guang to the point where his tongue was almost tied. He subconsciously shrank his neck and looked at Huang Yueying. He saw his aunt's face was tense and she was staring at him coldly.
“Yes, yes, my nephew is wrong.”
Zhao Guang, who has had a psychological shadow on Huang Yueying since he was a child, began to admit his mistake before he could figure out where he made his aunt angry.
“Since the prohibition on alcohol has been issued, it is natural that it must be strictly enforced!”
Huang Yueying said sternly, "There is no opening at all, so it is right not to sell this soup and wine."
No one noticed that a smile flashed in the eyes of Guan Ji, who always showed her coolness to others, because she remembered what her aunt said to the prime minister with her hands on her hips when she brought the woolen cloth over a few days ago.
No one would have thought that the ban on soup and wine in this restaurant first originated from a quarrel between the prime minister and his aunt.
It's just that what she didn't know was that Huang Yueying actually had more on her mind.
It seems that spring will begin soon. Once spring begins, news of the Southern Expedition will spread. Food will probably be tight again by then. What Alang is doing is just to prepare for a rainy day.
“I’m so fond of drinking at a young age. I don’t know where I learned the bad habit.”
Huang Yueying continued to reprimand Zhao Guang, "Are there many examples of drinking and causing trouble? Give me the wine!"
"ah?!"
Zhao Guang was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, I didn’t do anything wrong. Why is aunt so angry?
Now...you have to hand over the wine?
If I had known earlier, I might as well have just drank it in the restaurant!
When Zhang Xingyi heard his aunt say this, he immediately remembered that his elder lost his life because of drinking. His eyes turned red and he felt sympathy in his heart.
At that moment, he walked over quickly and wanted to **** the wine jar from Zhao Guang's arms.
Zhao Guang subconsciously wanted to hug the wine jar tightly, but when he saw Huang Yueying glaring at him, and saw the Zhang family's little girl looking like she would not give up if she couldn't get it, he felt guilty and had to let go angrily. open.
Watching Zhang Xingyi put the wine jar on the table with a "dong" sound, Zhao Guang felt a pain in his heart.
“Look at you like this!”
"Look at Siniang, it's such a cold day, and you still know that you have to come here to practice martial arts. As an elder brother, are you ashamed? From today on, you will practice martial arts for me. Sanniang, prepare yourself for the end. Give this incompetent guy some pointers!"
“Yes, aunt.”
Guan Ji’s plain voice sounded.
But when Zhao Guang heard this voice, he trembled all over and looked at his sister like a weak chicken, his eyes full of pleading, but it was a pity that Guan Ji ignored her.
"Uncle...aunt Rong," Zhao Guang burst out with a strong desire to survive at the moment of death, "Before my nephew left Hanzhong, his elder brother gave his nephew a military book and asked him to study it carefully after returning to Jincheng. "
"My nephew is afraid that he will fail his brother's expectations. These days, he is studying military books hard. It's not that he doesn't want to make progress."
"A military book?" Huang Yueying looked at Zhao Guang suspiciously, "Can I still have a military book for you?"
"It's true. Not only did I give a copy to my nephew, but I also gave a copy to Zishi. He said that the two books complement each other. I didn't believe it, so my aunt just asked Zishi."
Zhao Guang said quickly.
Seeing Huang Yueying's eyes fall on him, Wang Xun said quickly, "Hui Madam, it is indeed the case. My brother also said that you can try to train troops with the troops I have in hand."
Wang Xun’s credibility is obviously stronger than that of Zhao Guang, and Huang Yueying is convinced.
But after hearing what Wang Xun said, Huang Yueying suddenly felt like she was thinking that the boy must have guessed Alang's intention to march south. Otherwise, why would he let the two of them try to train troops?
“That’s fine.”
Huang Yueying nodded.
Zhao Guang felt happy, thinking that he had escaped this time after all.
“But since I’m here today, I’d better go out and practice some practice to avoid getting rusty.”
Huang Yueying added lightly.
Zhao Guang’s face turned green on the spot.
In January of the third year of Jianxing, at the first imperial meeting, Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, stated that the rebellion in the south of the country had not been quelled for a long time, so he should send a large army south to quell the rebellion to show the power of the Han Dynasty.
As soon as this proposal came out, the Han Dynasty was in an uproar.
Some people have raised objections, saying that South China is a barren land, and large-scale military expeditions are a waste of people and money, and should not be abandoned.
The Prime Minister reprimanded him in court, and said that the literary affairs of the Han Dynasty were about to flourish, and it was necessary to use military strategies to aid it. Moreover, Zagotel's new uniform was a sign that the Han Dynasty was regaining its majesty.
The latter retreated in shame.
Your Majesty followed the advice of the Prime Minister and ordered the world to choose a day for the southern expedition.
Hanzhong Nanxiang.
After the beginning of spring, the weather is still cold, but I can already feel the slightly warm breath in the air.
“Brother, brother, the message of the Southern Expedition has come down!”
Feng Yongzheng stood on the ground and watched the servants planting vegetables under the leadership of the second mother of the Xu family.
At this time, Li Qiu's shouts could be heard in the distance. He was holding an official document in his hand and running quickly regardless of his manners, followed by Huang Chong.
“Oh, is it finally here?”
Feng Yong took the document from Li Qiu's hand and took a look at it. He could understand the words, but he still didn't understand the meaning of the classical Chinese text on it. He pretended to hum twice and returned the official document to Li Qiu.
“Has the date for the Southern Expedition been set?”
“Not yet, I just said that all counties should fully cooperate with the Southern Expedition.”
As soon as Li Qiu finished speaking, he heard Li Yi's voice again, "Brother, brother, official documents are here from Jincheng."
Looking up, he saw Li Yi holding an official document in his hand, just like Li Qiu the previous time, coming in a hurry, followed by the same person, it was Yang Wanwan.
“Still the front and rear feet.”
Feng Yong smiled and refused to accept Li Yi's official document. It was difficult to read anyway, so he might as well ask Li Yi to tell him.
“What does it say?”
“The prime minister is preparing to march south personally,” Li Yi breathed out, with horror in his eyes and a little awe at the same time.
He recalled what his brother had said at the beginning. It turned out that it was not a slip of the tongue, but that he had guessed at that time that the prime minister was going to lead the troops south personally.
“Also, the prime minister has given an order to ask my brother to return to Jincheng on a certain day.”
"Got it." Feng Yong nodded, turned around, looked at the ground, and shouted, "What are you looking at? Continue planting vegetables. The two of you, the second mother of the Xu family, and the boy of the Li family, come here."
"This vegetable field provides textile workshops and pastures, so we can't be careless. Last year, we almost couldn't provide enough space for just one workshop. This year, there is an extra pasture. If there is another problem, I will blame you. ask."
Feng Yong said something and gave Li Tong a stern look.
If it weren't for the fact that those slaves were easy to fool, as long as they were not allowed to starve, everything would be fine. Last year, something went wrong without even knowing it.
The reason was very simple. Whether the boy from the Li family didn't understand the field or didn't care about it, the vegetables he grew couldn't be supplied in time. Feng Yong finally had to increase the supply of food and suppress the matter for the time being. .
Later, there was a settlement in Qiuhou, which directly cut off the woolen cloth for the sixth room of the Li family for two months.
Because of this incident, Li Mu carried Li Tong to Feng Yong and slapped Li Tong more than a dozen times in front of him, turning him into a pig's head.
If Feng Yong hadn't spoken, Li Mu would have slapped Li Tong and fainted on the spot.
This woman is really ruthless.
Later, a message came from the sixth room of the Li family, saying that they wanted Li Tong to return to Jincheng to receive the family law.
When Li Tong heard this, his face turned ashen on the spot.
Although he is the legitimate son, the sixth brother of the Li family is begging for Feng Yong now. Compared with a family, the legitimate son is far from enough. As long as Feng Yong is cruel enough and gives the slightest hint, the family will beat him to death. That's also possible.
Fortunately, Li Mu was his compatriot sister, and she begged Feng Yong, and Li Tong escaped the disaster.
That is to say, after that incident, Li Tong lost the courage to compete with Feng Yong.
At this time, after hearing Feng Yong's words, he trembled slightly and lowered his head.
“I’m talking to you, do you hear me?”
Feng Yong refused to let him go.
"heard it."
Li Tong bit his lip and drew blood, but he could only respond in a low voice.
“Second wife of the Xu family, if he doesn’t understand, teach him. If he has something wrong, just tell Manager Li and she will take care of it.”
Feng Yong looked at Xu Erniang again, "I've given you the opportunity. I hope you will be as good at the land as the Xu family said."
The second mother-in-law of the Xu family was blessed, "I understand."
Although she could see that she was a little afraid of Feng Yong, there was no panic on her face, and she seemed to be confident.
Feng Yong nodded with satisfaction and said to Yang Wanwan, "Wei Ran, go and inform Huo Jianling and tell him to go to the meeting hall and say that I have something to discuss."
Since the dividend was paid out in October, Huo Yi finally understood that even if he farmed the land for another ten years, he would probably not be able to compare with the output of the workshop and pasture in one year.
So he took advantage of the opportunity of moving the ranch from Nanzheng to Nanxiang and moved the supervisors over. He couldn't manage the workshop, but he couldn't lose the ranch.
He was looking after the pasture when he was in Nanzheng. If he didn't follow him at this time, wouldn't he have given up the pasture? With such a big credit, if you give in at your request, what else would you be but a fool?
Whoever wants to give His Majesty the credit of planting 80,000 acres of land can do it. Anyway, he has to focus on the pastures and workshops first.
(End of this chapter)