Because Xu Hao returned home safely, the tense and depressing atmosphere of the Xu family for several days was relaxed, and everyone had more smiles on their faces, as if this short period of tranquility would last forever.

And Xu Hao knows that the war has just begun, and the most difficult time has not yet come, and maybe his side will be defeated and destroyed, of course, there is no need to say it to his family.

Only after experiencing the baptism of life and death on the battlefield can he learn to cherish the moment in front of him, even if history will not change, Xu Hao does not think that he will be very lucky, maybe he will die one day, so he began to sow the great cause of sowing seeds, wanting to leave future generations for himself.

In the pavilion, Zhiqing took a big feather fan and gently fanned it on the two grandmothers, Zhu Qiaoqiao put down the cold and delicious sour plum soup, and said: "Call Xiangling Xiangxuan to follow me in the future, know the root and know the bottom and are not afraid of scandalous things to spread." ”

Mu Ningxue said: "It's not appropriate, a few days ago, someone came to their house, saying that they were going to take the sisters home to prepare for marriage, I asked Hao'er last night, and he didn't plan to leave anyone behind." ”

"Do you listen to him?" Zhu Qiaoqiao laughed and said: "You don't know what's going on, the parents are famous for their greed for money and black hearts, and when they were in Jinling, they didn't know how many families they promised their daughters, and they were just worried about collecting the bride price but reckless about the consequences, if it weren't for the strength of our family, with my secret help, I don't know how much trouble it would be?" Later, the two girls heard that their relatives and neighbors complained, and their reputations were ruined by their parents, and they cried for many days and didn't want to go home, otherwise I wouldn't have opened my mouth to ask for you. ”

Mu Ningxue said in surprise: "I didn't know there was such a thing." ”

Zhu Qiaoqiao said: "Their family is a relative of the Li Qiu family, and the family is in a foreign village, so it is naturally inconvenient for the Li family to say it when they are embarrassed, I promised to help keep it a secret, and there is no need to tell you about such a trivial matter." ”

Mu Ningxue nodded lightly, looking at the twin sisters laughing and playing in the distance. The heart says that he is innocent and loves to talk and laugh on weekdays, but who knows that there is such a big depression hidden in his heart.

Zhu Qiaoqiao said again: "Hao'er didn't say anything to them, whether he accepted it or not, anyway, if you have a home, you just follow me, I am lacking a caring person like Zhiqing." ”

Mu Ningxue was just about to speak, when she saw Hongye and Luzhu coming over with thrushes and other maids, holding a few green silk umbrellas, walking in with a smile, and Zhiyun hurriedly greeted her.

Luzhu pointed to the front of the courtyard and asked, "Why don't you take a few bamboos that are in the way?" Wouldn't it be easy to get in and out? ”

Zhiyun said with a smile: "The young master and his wife all say that it looks good obliquely, and they don't move." ”

Momiji pulled the green bamboo and sat down in the pavilion. took out a Xiangfei bamboo fan from her sleeve, and while fanning the wind, she shouted that it was hot, and Mu Ningxue ordered someone to carry the iceberg over.

Zhu Qiaoqiao picked up a grape that was placed on ice, stuffed it into Hongye's mouth, and said, "Are you afraid of the heat and still come out for a walk?" Really. ”

Momiji smiled and said: "My brother is back, we waited for a long time and didn't see him, we were going to look for him after noon, and because the weather was hot, we rested for a while." Wait until it's cool to come.,I went to Qianshoutang to see the new girl.,Who knows that now it's Pingxi.,It's still so hot.。 ”

Zhu Qiaoqiao said strangely: "Where did the new girl come from?" ”

Luzhu said: "It was bought by the eldest lady in the south. Of the twenty little girls, my grandmother picked ten, and the others were returned to my wife. ”

Mu Ningxue frowned and said: "There is no shortage of people at home, and from south to north, it separates people's flesh and blood." How can you bear it? ”

Zhu Qiaoqiao sneered: "It must be a good thing for their eldest brother Zhang Luo, send twenty people to our side, and he may leave forty people on his side." Within half a year, it was all wasted. ”

It happened that Wang Xuanqing came over with the maid and the maid, and when he saw this, he hurriedly said: "I came here for this matter, and I just learned that my wife went to Suzhou and Hangzhou to buy girls a few months ago, and there were twenty of them in total. These days, there are suddenly more than a dozen rooms in the eldest brother's house, and I heard that they are all family members who have escaped and been abandoned by officials, so I said to my wife that there are a lot of women who have been used, so why not add another twenty? The wife thought about it and sent them all over. ”

The red leaves and green bamboos are not out of the pavilion, and they both got up and took the maid to play with Xu Hao.

"Hao'er hasn't even brought half a woman home for so many days, he is so good to pull around, no matter what the identity of the incense stinks, it is cold."

Zhu Qiaoqiao, who finished speaking in one breath, looked disdainful and said disdainfully: "That's because the wife is afraid that her baby son will be tired to death on the woman's belly, and she is afraid of being scolded by the old lady, so she has to send someone over, will the old lady still leave all the girls behind?" It's a good calculation. ”

Mu Ningxue said with a solemn face: "Abandoned official eunuchs? How dare the eldest brother bring it home? ”

Wang Xuanqing said: "In the past, there were people with similar identities in my family, who were rewarded by the Holy Heaven. ”

Mu Ningxue sighed: "Hao'er hasn't even been rewarded by anyone, how can the eldest brother reward more than a dozen people?" ”

Zhu Qiaoqiao suddenly said: "Dare to love is his own evil, hum!" Leave this matter to either of you, and leave it to me. ”

Later, someone from Qianshoutang said: "The old lady instructed, the maids in our house are enough, the two wives of the Xiao family each make two, our wife calls two, and the remaining two are used by the two grandmothers." When I said hello next night, I changed my name in the flower viewing pavilion, and then picked someone to go back. ”

At this moment, Xu Hao is fiddling with a delicately made short fire pistol, which can be described as the world's first flintlock pistol.

With the tools and standards of modern fitters, as well as precautions such as quenching, and the craftsmanship of hundreds of top craftsmen, it is not surprising to manufacture muskets, as long as sufficient time and strong support from all aspects are given, the future can harvest surprises and designate more, and the Han people are not lost to any nationality at all when it comes to skills.

Historically, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the flintlock pistol has come out, but it did not have time to equip the troops and the imperial court did not pay attention to it, and failed to change the fate of the Ming Dynasty to the demise.

Even if it is still ruled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which has mastered muskets and artillery, it is also the incompetence of the Han people themselves, and the war in the era of firearms must fight for comprehensive national strength, and it is no longer the rules of the game in the era of cold weapons.

Hearing the movement outside, Xu Hao gently pushed away the musk moon lying between his legs, and hurriedly put on his pants.

"Vixen." Qingwen, who was standing at the door, pursed her lips and scolded in a low voice. Musk Yue grinned disapprerovitously, got up and made a gesture to kiss Qingwen, but the bluffing Qingwen laughed and scolded and died of disgust, and ran away with her feet.

Xu Hao waited for the visitors to come in contentedly, enjoying the endless pleasures of the desolate life, and when Hongye took the little hand of the green bamboo into the house, he immediately gave the precious short gun to his sister for self-defense.

After teaching for more than an hour and explaining all the precautions clearly, Xu Hao filled the tested gunpowder dose and stuffed the lead bullet into the barrel with a deerskin wrap. Poke it down with an iron bar, then raise it and hook the trigger on a small tree in the distance, the flint hits and splashes sparks, bang! Green smoke rises.

"Wow!" The autumn leaves were amazed and looked closely at the traces embedded deep in the trunk of the tree.

Xu Hao said with trouble: "It would be nice if it could be improved into a revolver, and it would be convenient for you to use it." ”

After sending off his sister, who was happy and loved muskets, Xu Hao felt that it was much more meaningful to make inventions than to fight, and he had no interest in civil war. Just because they kill and kill, they all kill their own people.

When I went to Qianshoutang for dinner in the evening, I saw ten little girls who had just grown their heads timidly standing in front of the south window, Xu Hao asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Yuelan said: "It was bought by the eldest lady in the south. ”

"Oh!"

Xu Hao didn't say anything more at the moment, and his parents ruthlessly sold their daughter to a rich man as a slave. It is far better to stay at home than to send it back, and when one day you have nothing to do, you can anonymously write a copy of the Declaration of Human Rights and throw it in the library that you have built, and leave it to future generations to use as a guide to the revolution.

While having tea in the flower hall next door. Zhu Qiaoqiao said intentionally or unintentionally: "Your eldest brother still left ten girls, and there are more than a dozen female prisoners in the house who were sacrificed during the war, and in the blink of an eye, there are groups of wives and concubines." I can't guarantee that there will be 180 wives in the future, and you will be too shabby in comparison. ”

Xu Hao got up without saying a word, walked to the old lady's side, and asked Wang, "Are the ten girls kept for the eldest brother to make a room?" ”

Wang smiled: "I left him four, and I am going to send two of you brothers." ”

Xu Hao said coldly: "Leave it all to your son, as long as he has a life to use, I am not rare." After saying that, he walked away.

The old lady frowned and asked, "What's going on?" What's wrong with Hao'er? ”

Zhu Qiaoqiao sneered: "You always ask your wife to make it clear, there are more than a dozen in the house, and I am still thinking about stuffing people into the house, our family will be lively in the future, and there are so many sisters under me that this house is not enough." ”

The old lady said in surprise: "Raised more than a dozen? When was this? ”

Wang hurriedly explained: "In the past few days, the people who have been caught in the war have been combed, and I don't have much to say. ”

The old lady was shocked: "Bring everyone quickly, oops!" Your mother and son are so confused, I'm so angry. ”

"What's wrong? Aren't they just a few female captives? Wang was at a loss.

The old lady said angrily: "What year, are you still in the early years when the war was in chaos?" All the people caught during the war have to be sent to the government first, how can the generals take it for themselves? Now it's okay, your son has ruined everyone's reputation, isn't this just forcible rape? ”

Not to mention that the Xu family was in a mess because of this, Xu Hao went to Yanwang's Mansion after he came out, he really didn't expect Xu Wen to be so bold and confused, and secretly snatched one or two women, it's really a shame that he dared to blatantly grab a dozen of them, you should be a homeless rebellion? King Yan wants to conquer the world and become the emperor, not to be a soil overlord in order to divide one side, and the law of the Ming Dynasty will be used under the rule.

At the moment, no one pays attention to it, Xu Wen is unscrupulously robbing people, it can be seen that it is not an individual act in the army, sooner or later someone will come out to expose this evil act, this is Beiping Mansion, Zhu Di's base camp, if he can tolerate it, then it will be hell.

As soon as he entered the study, before Xu Hao asked, he heard Yao Guangxiao say in a low voice: "Hurry up and ask Brother Ling to take the initiative to hand over the people and confess to the yamen. (To be continued......)