The woman was faintly disappointed, but she didn't say anything else, just said, "So busy," the maid served tea, and the woman personally handed it to An Dehai, An Dehai silently drank a few sips, and then put it down, he raised his head and looked at the woman looking at himself gently, fanning himself, "You have been out for a walk these days?" ”

The woman shook her head, "I don't go out very much, but occasionally I send maids to Qianmen Street to buy some things, or I go to the temple to make incense myself, I don't like to be lively." ”

"If you're bored at home alone, it's good to go out and walk around and see the scenery."

"My brother and daughter-in-law occasionally come to talk to me, but they are not lonely," the woman smiled, "and besides, the old lady also meets often, and it is very lively." ”

An Dehai nodded, looked at the woman, and stood up, "I'll go to the garden first, is the money enough?" ”

"It's enough," the woman put on An Dehai's boots, "the master has given a lot of money, and he can't use much at home, it's enough." From time to time, people say that they want to pay filial piety to the master, but I don't dare to ask for it, so I push it out of the door. ”

"Well done," An Dehai said indifferently, "I am an errand boy in the palace, in charge of the factory of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there is no shortage of silver, so I can't be planted because of these trivial things." If you have any problems, just send someone into the garden and tell me. An Dehai looked at the woman, slightly dazed, but then returned to normal and walked out......

Gui Xiang rode a horse and followed the emperor's cart, very comfortable, Zai Cheng on the side was also very happy, the early morning summer breeze was still slightly cool, blowing on the face was very fresh, "This day is really comfortable, Gui Xiang, don't you say?" ”

"Little prince. It's morning," Gui Xiang said with a smile, "When the sun comes out, you'll feel better." ”

"Let's take care of the present, and take care of the present," Zai Cheng shook his head. "It's good to be comfortable for a moment, and there are so many things there, go to Kulun, the mountains are high and the rivers are far away, if you don't have the heart of pleasure, it's really bitter. If it's hot, I'll just hide in the car. ”

"You're cheerful," Gui Xiang said with a smile as he pulled the reins of his horse, "Look at Lord Wang." Gui Xiang pointed to Wang Qingqi, who was riding a horse on the other side of the emperor's cart, "He's much more serious." ”

"Fake serious," Zai Cheng raised his head and looked at Wang Qingqi, who was wearing court clothes and riding solemnly on a horse, disdainfully, "I take care of it outside, and when there is no one, I play more crazy than anyone, so it is inconsistent." It's like my heart. ”

Gui Xiang laughed, and a eunuch took the paperwork into the emperor's cart. After a while, Chen Shengwen poked his head out of the emperor's car, "Long live the three of you." ”

The three attendants hurriedly dismounted and entered the emperor's carriage in turn, which also looked like a Western, but compared to ordinary carriages. It was more than twice as large, and there were four horses pulling the cart, and three men entered the carriage, and there was a throne on it, and the emperor sat on the throne. Chen Shengwen sat on the side and waited, the three of them did not salute, they sat down directly, the emperor was not angry, and handed the fold to Zai Cheng, "This is a military report from the north, you can take a look." ”

"Your Majesty," Zai Cheng was about to take the fold, Wang Qingqi pressed Zai Cheng's hand, and warned the emperor and said, "The military newspaper is not a minister who can't watch it, we are just a servant of the Hongde Palace, and Shen Zhongtang is behind, why don't you invite him to discuss?" Shen Zhongtang attaches great importance to the rules, he knows that he will cause trouble in the future, but it is not beautiful. If he is here, we will listen, and then the counselor or two, and it will be all right. ”

"I'm the king of the county, and my grade is much higher than his Shen stingy ghost, so I can't look there," Zai Cheng said complainingly, looking at the emperor and then at Wang Qingqi.

"That's true," Emperor Tongzhi nodded, "Did Chen Shengwen hear that?" Invite Shen Guifen in. ”

"Huh."

"By the way, then call Qinghai and Jiang Zhongyuan in."

These three are subordinate ministers, in addition to the military attachés are not counted for the time being, the three of them came in to salute, and the emperor waved his hand, "It's small here, so you don't need to be polite, sit down." Shen Zhongtang, this is the report that Rong Lu brought it, you can take a look, a few of you will take a look. ”

Shen Guifen took the excerpt, read it carefully, and then handed it down, Jiang Zhongyuan handed it to Zai Cheng, Zai Cheng looked at it casually, and handed it to Gui Xiang, and Gui Xiang handed it to Wang Qingqi, at this time Shen Guifen also had an idea, "Rong Lu has already arrived in Kulun, his idea is not to support the siege of Ulan-Ude first, but to attack Sol Mountain first, which seems to be bolder." ”

The map was ready, a large table was placed in the carriage, and the map was placed on it, and the emperor looked at the map carefully, "Jiang Zhongyuan, you are the secretary of the military department, you can talk about it first." ”

"Sol Mountain is four hundred miles south of the Beihai, it is a mountain peak that leans on the tributary of the Selenga River, there are grasslands near this place, only here is quite precipitous, Sol Mountain is in the south of the Beihai, and it echoes with Ulan-Ude, each other is horns, Saul Mountain is not kept, Ulan-Ude is indeed difficult to go down," Jiang Zhongyuan said, he had led troops in Anhui and knew about military affairs, "However, Suor Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, quite chicken, if you delay a lot of time here, it is better to send a team to defend here, and the army will go north first." ”

"Then what do you mean, do you attack two important towns first, then which city should be attacked first, is it Ulan-Ude in the east, or Erkou City in the west?" The Emperor asked.

"Rong Lu made it clear in his excerpt that if you pull out Sol Mountain, then you will first capture Erkou City, which is larger than Ulan-Ude, and a large city means that there are not enough defensive forces, and there are many loopholes that can be found."

The emperor nodded and asked Shen Guifen, "What do you mean, Zhongtang?" ”

"The army is already outside, everything is based on stability, steady and steady, only if you take into account that the autumn wind is coming, it is also an excellent way to attack quickly, but in the opinion of Weichen, if Sol Mountain can not go down quickly, then do not consider the city of Erkou in the west, first concentrate forces to take Ulan-Ude, sweep the south of the Ulan River, so that there is capital to bargain with Russia, if it can be separated by the North Sea, we account for half of it is also excellent, and the rest can be slowly plotted." Shen Guifen continued, "Weichen suggested that the various departments of Mo Nan should provide the grain and grass of the army, and go out with the army, and exchange it for the pastures near the Beihai Sea in the future. Then let the household department prepare arms and guns, and in addition to the things that Rong Lu requested, the craftsmen assigned by the household department, and the workers recruited, they were already north of Kulun in a few days. (To be continued.) )