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He subconsciously stood up, wanting to go outside to walk in the open space and stretch his brain. Suddenly, Niu Niu came in. The little girl in the new cloth shoes is especially fond of walking. She smiled sweetly and handed Xu Xingxia a piece of crisp candy, and said happily: "Brother, this is what I bought for you, you can eat a piece." ”

Xu Xingxia took the halva candy, tasted it, and said with a smile: "You went to buy it yourself?" ”

Niuniu sat on Xu Xingxia's lap and said with a sweet smile: "My mother gave me ten yuan, and I bought ten yuan." I took a piece myself. I gave one to Uncle Guangliang, one to my aunt, one to Cousin Da Chun, one to Cousin Xiaochun, one to Cousin Chunlan, one to Cousin Qiulan, one to my mother, and one to my little brother. I took a piece to my father, and my father said he didn't want it, and said he would give it to you. Brother, I miscalculated, I should have bought eleven yuan, but the money given by my mother was not enough. ”

Xu Xingxia said with a smile: "Okay, my father won't eat it, but my brother will eat it." After a while, my brother will give you a few pennies, and when Daddy wants to eat it, you will buy it for him to eat. ”

Niu Niu said happily: "That's the best." ”

Xu Xingxia took out dozens of copper coins that she had just found and stuffed them into her pocket. It turned out that every pocket of Niuniu's clothes was torn, and she couldn't fit anything at all. In fact, Niu Niu's clothes are all black and black, all patches. When Mother Wang came back just now, she was still holding two pieces of cloth, probably to make clothes for Niuniu, but she didn't have time yet. This set of black and old clothes, Niuniu can only continue to wear it temporarily.

"Alas......" Xu Xingxia sighed silently in his heart, fortunately he had crossed over, otherwise, this poor little girl, I am afraid that in this life, she may not be able to wear new clothes. He put the copper coin back into his soil pit, pressed it under the straw mat, and said with a smile: "Brother put it here, Niuniu will come and get it whenever she wants." ”

Niuniu seemed to feel something, her smile slowly disappeared, her eyes were a little yellow, and she asked in a low voice, "Brother, are you going back to Dunli?" ”

Xu Xingxia nodded, smiled and said, "Yes, my brother will go back to Dunli tomorrow." My brother is going to kill all those Tartars. Kill them all like the red deer. After that, no one will disturb our lives anymore. We are free to plow the fields. ”

Niuniu said happily: "Brother, will you shoot the Tartar with one arrow?" ”

Xu Xingxia nodded and said, "Of course." As soon as the Tartars appear, I will kill them with an arrow. ”

Niuniu clapped her little hands and said, "Okay, my brother is going to kill the Tartars!" Brother, Niu Niu believes in you, you must be able to kill many, many Tartars! ”

Xu Xingxia nodded, looked outside, shook the crisp candy in his hand again, and said with a smile: "Okay, the crisp candy that Niuniu gave to my brother, my brother has already eaten it." Now, you go outside and watch the dumplings being made. If you go late, you might run out of dumplings. ”

Niu Niu jumped off his lap and bounced off.

Xu Xingxia slowly retracted his gaze, and the focus of his vision slowly fell on the crisp candy in his hand. His mind began to get confused again. If Houjin Tartar comes, or the eunuchs come, or Li Zicheng comes, can this cute little girl still eat halva candy? Xu Xingxia shook his head gently.

The answer, no. Unless he is willing to bend his knees to the enemy, is willing to be a Han annihilation, and is willing to live humiliation. Otherwise, you will inevitably suffer from poisoning. Since the answer is no, there is only one way out, that is, he, Xu Xingxia, must have enough strength to protect himself. Whether Nurhachi is coming, or Wei Zhongxian is coming, or Li Zicheng is coming, he has the strength to protect himself. If he can't even protect himself, how can he protect his relatives?

Captive......

Grow your strength......

The princes of the side with heavy armies......

For a while, Xu Xingxia's mind was full of such thoughts over and over again.

In his previous life, Xu Xingxia had never carefully studied how to become a prince. However, as a person who came four hundred years later, Xu Xingxia still knows all aspects of knowledge and some basic common sense every day. When Xu Xingxia calmed down and thought carefully, he slowly summed up some key points.

If you want to become a prince of one side, the most basic requirement is to divide one side. Well, to be precise, it is like the Tang Dynasty's temperance envoys, not only to master military power, but also to master financial power and personnel power. Only by taking these rights into your own hands can you wrestle with others.

The chief military officers of the Ming Dynasty were not high in position and rank, but there were never a few people who could resist the central government, and the most fundamental reason was that these chief military officers did not have financial power and personnel power. If the imperial court was dissatisfied with these chief military officers, it only needed to send Jinyi Guards, or even civilian officials, to take them down.

The civil official group of the Ming Dynasty was too powerful. Their control over the army is also very tight. The methods of co-opting and suppressing various generals are even more sophisticated. In addition, the supply system of the army is in the hands of civilian officials and in the hands of military officials in various localities. It is very difficult for a military general to get up and make a difficulty. If you don't have enough weapons and equipment, and you don't have enough food, what do you rely on to get up and make trouble?

It seems that in Ningxia Town, Li Guozhen, the chief military officer, is a military attache of the first grade, and in terms of rank, he is much higher than the governor Li Maohui. Li Maohui is just the governor of the second grade. However, Li Maohui's part-time job is Ningxia military equipment. The army rations and salaries of the entire Ningxia town were in his hands. No matter how great Li Guozhen's ability is, he must rely on Li Maohui's breath to survive. Otherwise, he will not be able to maintain the stability of the army.

Xu Xingxia carefully assumed that if Li Guozhen wanted to rebel, well, to be precise, it was not a rebellion, or he didn't listen to the words of the imperial court, and if he wanted to become the king of grass, the first thing to do was to get rid of Li Maohui and take the food and salary of the army in Ningxia Town in his own hands. Then, we will find a way to clean up all the dissidents in the army.

With one hand in charge of Ningxia's finances and the other hand in Ningxia's army, the imperial court has no choice. Unless the army is sent to suppress it. Will the imperial court send troops to suppress it? That's for sure. The imperial court would not tolerate the existence of such a kingdom of reading. Wei Zhongxian will not easily tolerate others challenging his authority.

Ten years later, the Shaanxi rebel army led by Li Zicheng and others has still been encircled and suppressed by so many officials and soldiers, let alone ten years ago? Before the rise of the Houjin Tartars, the power of the Ming court was still relatively strong. Thinking about it, Xu Xingxia couldn't help but shake his head. If you want to divide one side, it's also very difficult!

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After being busy for an hour, the dumplings in large pots were finally served. According to Xu Xingxia, it doesn't matter if anything else matters, that is, the meat must be enough. Therefore, when making dumplings, try to put meat filling into the dumplings as much as possible. Each dumpling is a standard thin skin with a lot of filling, and a thick meat filling makes the dumplings round.

The Xu family didn't have a table by themselves, and the two big and small chuns worked as porters again, and moved a table of eight immortals from the Liu family. The table of eight immortals was missing a leg, and Da Chun used a dry wood to top it. The Liu family's dishes, chopsticks and pans were moved over early in the morning. There were not enough stools, and the two families were not enough together, so they had to stand.

Of course, as a welfare, Dongzi and Niuniu can sit on the stage. The injured Xu Fuqing can also be. Cousin Chunlan, who is pregnant, can also do it. Two benches, just enough to seat four people. As for the others, they had no choice but to eat standing for the time being. It's a joy though. In the past, even if it was the Chinese New Year, I didn't have the opportunity to eat with an open belly like this.

Dongzi and Niuniu are both eating dumplings in big gulps, and they feel that they are unprecedentedly fragrant. Others, including Xu Xingxia, are no exception. It was the first time for Xu Xingxia to feel that the dumplings were so delicious, and a bowl of dumplings seemed to have no feeling at all. After eating two bowls in a row, I finally felt a little full. At this time, the most delicious Tsubaki has already eaten five bowls.

My aunt was a little embarrassed, quietly knocked on Da Chun's head, and whispered, "You baby, what's the matter?" It's so delicious! ”

Xu Xingxia took his aunt's hand away and said with a smile: "Auntie, don't mind." Cousin Tsubaki is just when he is growing his body, of course he has to eat a little more. As I said, you can eat as much as you can today. ”

Wang also hurriedly said: "Third sister, you are really, in your own family, you also said so." Tsubaki, don't take it to heart, eat as much as you can. There are a lot of people who haven't been put in the pot in the back. If it's not enough, let's cover it again. It's all ready-made dough and minced meat. ”

My aunt couldn't help but have a little red circles in her eyes, and she didn't know what was touched, so she sighed and said bitterly: "Eldest sister, you say, when will you be able to find someone to talk to about this big chun's marriage?" When will I find my daughter-in-law? ”

Wang smiled and said, "Didn't you find the third aunt and are talking?" Just wait for the news. How can it be done all at once? According to me, your family's big chun is not as old as my family's Xia Zi, and my family's Xia Zi has not started to show up, but you are in a hurry. ”

My aunt said with a little emotion and envy: "Your family's Xia Zi is promising, this daughter-in-law is allowed to marry a good one in the future." Beautiful, rich, and physical. Eldest sister, you will wait to enjoy the happiness slowly in the future. ”

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