Since a few days ago, the streets of the capital have been much more lively.

It was Chinese New Year's Eve, and the doors of the rich had been replaced with red lanterns, and even the doors of ordinary people were also pasted with newly cut door stickers.

The sound of firecrackers was heard from time to time in the alley, and 1644 was finally coming to an end.

When Liu Hongjian and his party arrived at the door of the house, it was just dark.

The two big stone lions of the Hou Mansion are tied with big red colored heads on their chests, and the two subordinates in front of the door are waiting and standing, seeing the master come back, one leads the horse, and the other goes in to report.

As soon as he entered the door, Liu Delong walked out of the outer courtyard wrapped in a brocade robe, followed by Niu Danian, who was still followed by Niu Danian, who was wearing a big stick and mallet.

"My son is back?"

"Yes, Dad, tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, the child plans to invite some relatives and friends, and bother Dad to give Zhang Luo!" Liu Hong gradually stepped forward and said with a smile.

Although this is a trivial matter, he can send someone to instruct Sister Hong in the kitchen.

But Liu Delong has been busy all his life, and he feels tired when he is free.

Before, in addition to going to the yamen to sit on duty, when I came back, I could also play chess with the housekeeper Niu Danian, but Niu Danian's chess was so bad that it was no longer interesting to abuse the past.

Liu Delong is the grandfather of the Hou Mansion again, except for Liu Hongji, no one dares to yell at him, this day is really boring.

Liu Hongjian was also speechless, knowing that his father was panicking, so he simply explained to his father what was going on, so that the old man felt that he was not a dispensable person.

After tossing for a day, it was only when he arrived in the inner courtyard that Liu Hongjian really felt a little tired.

Sun Xiuxiu sat on the edge of the bed with her stomach and made clothes for the child in her belly, although there was no shortage of silver at home, Sun Xiuxiu insisted on doing it herself.

Liu Hong gradually lay on the bed on all fours, enjoying the gentle massage of Yang Xue's little hands.

"Husband Liaodong has been gone for half a year, and he shouldn't be going far next year!" Sun Xiuxiu put down the work in her hand and said softly.

Although she understands the principle of serving the court, as a woman, no one doesn't want her husband to be by her side every day.

In addition, there is already a small life in her womb, and Sun Xiuxiu is also very worried that on the day the child is born, her husband will not be around.

"Well, don't go out, it's been a while now, Master Ben hasn't gone anywhere, just the two little ladies who accompany me at home!" Liu Hong gradually took advantage of the unpreparedness of the two, hugged the two of them into his arms one left and one right, and stretched out his mouth to want to incense one

"Master, it's not dinner yet! Messing around again! Yang Xue and Sun Xiuxiu both dodged.

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The three of them chatted in the house for a long time, until Xiaolan came to call and said that the banquet was ready, and Liu Hong gradually tidied up his clothes and went out.

In the middle hall of the Hou Mansion, the candlelight is bright, and several charcoal basins make the room particularly warm.

As soon as Liu Hong gradually entered the middle hall, Yan Yingyuan and the others got up to congratulate him, and they all brought congratulatory gifts.

Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, Feng Dunhou, Chang Yu, Zu Qiuqing, Jin Yiwei and Liang Yang, and even Niu Da Bang also have a place.

These people are all robes who have followed him around for a year, needless to say, the three of Lao Yan are all a few years old like Chang Yu, and they are all a few years old, and they are doing things safely, if there is no four of them in charge of logistics and conquest for a year.

He is stunned, not to mention Shanxi, even Liaodong may not be able to take it.

Several people were sitting at the banquet, waiting for Liu Hongji's instructions.

Liu Hong gradually got up and picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for everyone.

"Sit down!" The four of them were gradually similar in age to Liu Hong, and they were a little uncomfortable for a while and wanted to get up, so don't Liu Hong gradually press.

"This year, you have followed me and run around, and you have worked hard!

Fortunately, we are lucky, and Daming's luck is also good, helping the emperor pacify the northern border, thanks to the grace of heaven, you are the same as this candidate, you already have a knighthood. ”

After a year of fighting, except for Niu Dabang, the rest of them were all knighted by barons, and Zu Qiuqing and Chang Yu were named viscounts for their merits.

Liu Hong gradually poured a circle of wine, and finally poured himself the same and sat back down.

"But this is not enough, the Ming Dynasty has accumulated disadvantages for a long time, and there are messes everywhere, and the emperor has a lot of trust in this candidate and has high hopes for me, and you still need to work together with me next year.

For the sake of Daming, and for your future, this glass of wine is a tribute to you! Dry! ”

After Liu Hong finished speaking, he raised his glass and drank it all, and the rest of the people were also very happy.

"Being able to fight on the battlefield is my Chang Yu's ideal, and Hou Ye hopes to take care of it more tomorrow!" Chang Yu poured himself another glass, picked up the wine and drank it clean.

He was originally a hereditary Jinyi Wei Qianhu, but at the beginning of the year, he also made a painful decision to give up the position that others would envy, and resolutely joined the Banzai Mountain Thousand Households.

Now that he has been fighting for almost a year, he is already a viscount, and he has made the right bet.

"Thanks to Hou Ye's dislike, give me and the other four a place to stand, a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, but with Hou Ye's words, if the four of us frown, they will not be a man!"

Zu Qiuqing, Wang Lang, Xingshan, and Yue Chengze got up and swore an oath.

"I'm strong...... Listen to the master! I'm done! Niu Zhuang originally wanted to express his heartfelt feelings like the others, but when he stood up, his mind turned into a mess.

"Hahahaha......" everyone laughed.

Yan Yingyuan and the three of them didn't say a word after drinking, and Liu Hong gradually felt that the three of them were a little strange today.

He took out the silver tickets he had prepared from his waist, each of which was three thousand taels, and distributed them to several people.

"Master Hou, what are you doing?" Everyone was surprised.

"It's nothing, send some silver, take it all, whoever inks will be punished for drinking!" Liu Hong said undoubtedly.

Although they all had salaries from the imperial court, the salaries of the Ming Dynasty were outrageously low, and Liu Hongjian explicitly forbade them to be greedy for ink, although he himself did not lack the emperor's wool.

But when you eat meat, you must let your brother who follows you drink soup, for he has never been a stingy man.

If it weren't for the future plan, he wouldn't have gone to Chongzhen wool, money, enough to spend, how much is enough?

When he arrived in Liangyang, Liu Hongjian added 100,000 taels in addition to a silver ticket of 3,000 taels.

Jinyiwei has 10,000 brothers, and he will rely on these people to form an intelligence network in the coming year, and Liang Yang has been busy and hard working this year, which they deserve.

Everyone is not a twisted person, and they all took this 'blatant' 'bribe' from left and right.

Fortunately, there were no outsiders in the house, otherwise it would be another trouble if those imperial historians knew.

"My lord, there is something to say about my humble position!" Yan Yingyuan has always wanted to speak and stopped, and it is only now that he has made up his mind.

"Lao Yan, how many times have Ben Hou told you, they are all from their own family, what is not lowly or not, what is there to say!" Liu Hong gradually took a chopstick dish into his mouth and muttered.

"The three of us have been thinking about it for a long time, and we want to follow General Huang Degong to Liaodong to guard the border!"

Yan Yingyuan and the three of them stood up and bowed their heads.

PS: It's a bit miserable, it seems that instant noodles were bought for nothing! I really want to eat this bite of food, and I'm really working hard to write this story well.