"Second Master" Zhang Yi walked forward, rubbed his eyes, and said! Peng poison brushed "Qin Xiaoyi's dazzle, it must be the Bodhisattva's sincerity when he sees the small day and night, so he leads the second master over!" ”

Cao Songben held back his anger, was interrupted by him, and scolded with a smile: "I want to miss a fart, my lord is not your friend, you need to worry about your kid?" ”

Zhang Yi said with a shy face: The little one is not a vernacular, since the old man got the letter a few days ago. () I heard that the second master was released, so I talked about the second master all day long. The villain also thought about the second master, and when he heard that the master wanted to make someone go to Bazhou to wait for the second master, he squeezed his head to grab an errand. The little one thought in his heart, it's cold now, whether the second master is riding a horse or riding a car, don't be freezing."

This babbling was so broken that Cao Song couldn't cry or laugh, and waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I haven't seen you for a few days, my mouth is so broken, I really convinced you,"

Zhang Yi observed his words and looks, and saw that the anger between his eyebrows and eyes disappeared. stopped doing the class in detail, and smiled and asked Wei Wenjie, who was standing next to him, to say goodbye.

Wei Wenjie knew that he was a useful person by Cao Yi's side, so he avoided refusing to accept the courtesy.

"Second master, Uncle Jie, please two of you, the master must be happy to know that your second master is coming" Zhang Yi glanced at the doorman lightly, and he was not in a hurry, and smiled to guide Cao Song and Wei Wenjie.

The doorman looked at the backs of everyone in horror, crying and mourning, only hating himself for offending people in vain, and giving himself a big ear scraper.

Cao Song was thinking about his brother and sister-in-law, and he walked all the way, and his mouth was not idle, he only asked the magistrate if he had any thorns, and the old people in the governor's palace were not smooth, and the staff and scribes who came with him were fooling around.

Zhang Yi responded one by one, but he was secretly surprised in his heart, but he didn't expect that the second master, who had always been careless, now talked about things in the yamen. When he came to the flower wall, Zhang Yicai remembered that he hadn't said hello to Cao Song yet, and said busily: The little one is confused, and he hasn't thanked the second master yet. ”

Cao Song glanced at him and said, "Ye is still wondering, how can you be sensible once, you didn't ask for a reward, you were waiting for Ye here." Although the words were disgusting, he smiled from ear to ear, took out the lock silver from his arms, and threw it into Zhang Yi's arms.

Zhang Yi smiled and thanked the reward, and led Cao Song directly over the flower wall. said to the little guy at the door: "I'm still stunned, I went to tell the master, the second master and Uncle Wei Jiajie are here"

Seeing this, Cao Song slowed down and said, "Is the eldest brother busy?" If the eldest brother is busy, it will be the same if he will see you later. ”

Zhang Yidao: "The day after tomorrow, the Governor's Mansion was promoted, and the civil and military officials who worked in shifts from all over the country in the past two days have arrived in Baoding Mansion. Now the lord is meeting in the official residence, it is Chang Deshou who patrols the road of Zhili, and he has touched two teas about it, and I don't know if I have seen it. ”

When Cao Song heard this, he hesitated a little, although his brother was the governor, he had official business, and he was not good, so he went on a rampage.

Just hesitating, two people had already come out of the main gate of the official residence, and one person in front, looking at the grade of the supplemental service, it should be the patrol road that Zhang Yifang had just mentioned; The one wearing a stone blue patch in front of him was Cao Yi.

Seeing this, Cao Song couldn't help but be stunned, thinking about the identity of this platform, and asked the elder brother to send it out in person.

Don't say it's him, even Chang Deshou doesn't know the bottom in his heart, and he doesn't understand the reason why Cao Yi is so courteous.

He got the will and was promoted to the political envoy of Jiangxi, and he came to say goodbye to Cao Yi today, and he will leave for Beijing tomorrow to see His Majesty.

He was frightened, turned around, and asked Cao Po to stay, so he heard Cao Yi say, "Second brother! ”

Then I heard someone answer not far away.

Chang Deshou followed the voice and looked over. Then I saw a tall man striding forward, in his thirties, wearing a royal blue leather jacket, a scruffy beard, and a dusty face.

His heart moved, remembering that when he read the Di newspaper a few days ago, the Jiangnan officialdom had newly commissioned several civil and military officials.

It is not difficult to guess that the "Song" of Cao Song, the new Jiangning Commander-in-Chief, and the "Yi" character of the Governor of Zhili in front of him are both from the "page" department, and they are not cousins of the same ancestor, but also cousins.

At this time, Cao Mei had already introduced him: "Master Chang, this is my brother Cao Song." He will go to Jiangning to take up the post of chief soldier. Immediately, he said to Cao Song: "Second brother, this is Chang Deshou, the political envoy of Jiangxi, who is in Jiangnan, and he will be closer in the future." ”

Jiangxi is under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Liangjiang, and the Governor's Office of the Governor of Liangjiang is in Jiangning, and the two will rarely have the opportunity to meet in the future, so Cao Yi said this.

Cao Song saw that his brother introduced him to his colleagues in Jiangnan, restrained his expression, and politely greeted him.

Chang Deshou only felt flattered and hurriedly performed a humble salute. Although civil and military officials are not subordinate to each other, the general army is the second grade, and the political envoy is only the second grade.

Cao Po didn't come out to see off guests, but after seeing Cao Song and Chang Deshou, he ordered Zhang Yi to send Chang Deshou out.

After Chang Deshou left, Wei Wenjie stepped forward and gave Cao Mei a salute.

Cao Po looked at him twice, saw that he was much older, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Since you are here, you will stay here, and then go back with your uncle when you leave the class the day after tomorrow." ”

Wei Wenjie hesitated for a moment and said, "My nephew thanked Uncle Shi for his kindness, but my nephew came with Uncle Shi this time, so it is not good to act alone, and it is cheaper to live outside." ”

Cao Song thought about it, and said, "It's okay to live outside." Your uncle is half a fellow villager with me, and he also met him in his early years. I'll pay it back later

Wei Wenjie responded honestly, afraid of delaying their brother to speak, and said that he wanted to see Tianyou. I followed the little guy to find someone.

Cao Po and Cao Song brothers, then turned around and went into the house to talk.

"Didn't you say that the days of going south are these two days, why do you have to be free?" Cao Yi asked.

Cao Song said "hehe" twice, and said: "The day before yesterday, I didn't listen to my eldest brother's instructions, I didn't know the bottom of my heart, so I entrusted all the luggage to Li Wei, and took the first step" Li Wei also wanted to come over, but the official body was inconvenient, and he made a special trip to ask me to say hello to the eldest brother,

In other seasons, it would not be possible to travel 300 miles in two days, but now it is the middle of winter. There is also snow on the road.

Cao Po was moved and said with a little annoyance: "Nonsense! In such weather, how can you run a horse? Jiangning is not far from Baoding, and there will be more letters in the future. ”

Cao Songyu smiled: "Don't worry, eldest brother, my younger brother is in his thirties, and he is not a hairy boy." As early as before departure, people were given printed horseshoes, not afraid of snow slippery. ”

The brothers gathered, Cao Yi didn't want to be too disappointed, and when he saw that he was at the bottom of his heart, he stopped being wordy, but just asked about the situation before and after he became an official. I asked carefully about the scene of His Majesty's meeting.

I heard that when he handed over the errand, he gave gifts to the guards and officials, Cao Mei said: "Even if there are many places, is the silver in your hand enough?" If you talk about the money short, I and your sister-in-law will have plenty of money here. ”

"As much as possible, the harvest in Zhuangzi this year was delivered early, and the net is good to catch up. The eldest aunt treated me as a child again, for fear that I would be instigated by others outside, so she gave me 3,000 taels of silver in private, saying that if I dared to learn from others and lose the face of the Cao family, I would not recognize me as a nephew! Cao Song said with a smile.

Cao Yi had said these words to him before he left Beijing, and now he won't say more, only from Cheng Wenyi, he heard about the private disadvantages of Zongzhen, and said a few words to Cao Song.

I heard that in the general town of Zhili, there is a shortage of more than 30% of the soldiers of the Eight Banners. The green camp lacked more than two and a half members, Cao Song's eyes widened, and he said, "Why are these shortages?" I heard that civil officials eat fire and military attaches drink soldiers' blood, "I didn't expect it to be serious in this place?" ”

Cao Po said: "There are more than these personal disadvantages, a good man should not be a soldier." The Eight Banners are military households, and they are drawn as soldiers. There are still insufficient troops; The Green Battalion is recruited, except for the people who can't survive, who is willing to enlist? Even if there are seven and a half percent left, the old and weak account for two or three percent, but they are just making up the number. can really be regarded as a soldier, there are five good achievements. ”

Cao Song listened to it and wondered: "The court scatters a lot of silver every year, is it to raise soldiers, or to raise corrupt officials and soldiers?" The Green Camp is weak like this. Why hasn't the imperial court reacted yet? Then he thought of his brother's errand and said, "By the way, the eldest brother's errand is training the soldiers," is the local green camp going to make a big move?" ”

In the end, his eyes were shining, and his face was full of excitement: "In this way, can I also play in Jiangning?" ”

Cao Po waved his hand and said, "No." There are eight banners of forbidden brigades in Zhili, and the number of green battalions is far weaker than that of the eight banners. Even if the green camp is moved. It will not affect local stability; Gangnam is different. Although there are eight banners stationed, it is still the green battalion soldiers who can deter local stability, and they cannot act rashly without the emperor's order. ”

Cao Song heard this, and said indignantly: "Then if the younger brother goes down, he can only be in the same league with those black-hearted guys?" ”

"Slowly, don't fight for the day." Cao Yi thought about it for a while and said.

"Please teach me more!" Cao Song saw that the eldest brother did not say anything to death, and said with some hope.

"Go down the net, don't easily tear your face with others, save yourself from offending people, and stumbling on you; When it is stable, he will think of increasing the number of personnel and controlling the number of shortages in the green camp to less than one and a half. Others, leave it at that. If the emperor allows you to make a secret decree, then you will do everything according to your will. Cao Yi said.

Cao Song braved the severe cold of Sanjiu and galloped over, just to ask the eldest brother to take the idea. Now listening to Cao Mei's instructions and remembering them carefully, I feel that I have the backbone.

After talking about the officialdom and saying a few more homely words, Cao Song felt weak, and insisted on going to see Chu Yu first, and then went to the guest room and asked for a hot bath.

Cao Po was a little worried, afraid that he would catch a cold and cold, so he told Chu Yu and made people boil ginger soup. Send it to Cao Song.

When Cao Song took a bath and drank ginger soup, Tianyi had already come.

The uncle and nephew saw it, Tianyou circled around the uncle, stomped his feet and said: "I knew that the second uncle was released, and the nephew should rely on the second uncle's side." ”

When Cao Song saw him, he was so amused that he said, "The General Military Mansion does not have the grandeur of the Governor's Palace, what is there to regret?" ”

"What's the use of grandeur? The daily entertainment, in addition to receiving and giving gifts, is a thick official document that I don't know the so-called, and my nephew is a target, so I can't leave the house at all. Seeing that the old man was busy from morning to night, his mother also entertained this, and the nephew looked distressed. Tianyi remembered the life of this month, and said with a bitter face: "It's better to be in the barracks, everything is easier!" ”

Seeing him complaining, Lu Song patted his forehead and said, "Since you know that you feel sorry for your parents, you should learn to do things as soon as possible, share more for your father, and still want to avoid it, where did you do this?" Tianyou immediately stopped, and said: "I didn't want to dodge, I just saw the second uncle and muttered a few words."