Xi Shiyi took out the jade bracelet, needless to say that Xia Jue and Monk Tang's eyes widened, and even Pan Laosan stuck out his tongue in surprise and said: "Old Xi, you are too generous, this pair of bracelets may not be available after running all over half of Jinling, and they are worth at least one thousand taels of real gold and silver." ”

"Lao Xi is really good at making a move." Xia Qi was envious, and secretly took out such a valuable thing to reward her, but I want to see if Qin Yan wants it?

Who knew that Qin Yan, who lowered his head, didn't look at it, and didn't say a word with a cold face.

Xi Shiyi beckoned proudly: "Come, this treasure is only worthy of you, come and put it on and give it a try, the size is suitable, I bought it just for you." ”

"Lao Xi wants it." Pan Laosan, who gave a thumbs up, also had to accept it, and gave away a jade bracelet of more than 1,000 taels, which shows that Lao Xi is bound to win, and he is not so generous.

Everyone's eyes are on Qin Yan, observing her reaction, most of them will think that Qin Yan will be moved, being a girl in Xu Mansion is freehand, and after all, it is not as good as being a decent aunt wife, even if she follows Xu Run as she wishes, Xu Run is afraid that she is not as generous as Xi Shiyi.

Besides, I don't have to follow Xi Shiyi, it's just a dewy marriage, and I get rare jade bracelets and other valuable gifts, and the silver will have confidence in the future, right?

Unexpectedly, Qin Yan raised his head and said, "Master Xi rewarded the slave family and didn't dare to accept it, besides, I never wore a bracelet." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hands, meaning = thinking to prove that he did not wear a bracelet. The question is, who will believe the people present? Xi Shiyi regarded it as a trick for a woman to refuse and return the favor, reached out and grabbed her arm, dragged the person over with force, and then wanted to bring her a bracelet.

"Ahh The defenseless Qin Yan stood unsteadily, and suddenly fell into Xi Shiyi's arms.

The sky was blessed, Xi Shiyi simply hugged her, the beauty couldn't help it, and smelled the fragrance on her pretty face first. Then he was intoxicated and brought a bracelet.

When Xi Shiyi took out the second bracelet, Qin Yan, who came back to his senses, was already in tears, struggling desperately, crying and shouting: "I don't know you, now that you have changed your career, you still treat it as a play, blindly spoil me, wait for me to go back and sue Miss Sù, and then come to talk to you." ”

Seeing her crazy excitement, even Xi Shiyi was stunned. Don't dare to get an inch further.

Qin Yan covered her face and ran out crying, ran to the door, stopped suddenly, took off the bracelet hatefully, and smashed it hard.

With a crisp sound, the bracelet broke into three pieces on the carpet. This move immediately angered Xi Shiyi, and he scolded: "Little slut who doesn't know how to lift!" Lao Tzu beat you to death, do you know how much silver this bracelet is worth? ”

Pan Laosan and Monk Tang were stunned by this scene, and they snorted coldly when they saw Qin Yan who didn't know how to lift it. He dragged down an inconspicuous jade pendant from his waist with his backhand, held it up and said: "This Pei'er was given to me by the young lady, and it is a beloved thing that my master has raised for twenty years, so I will put it here first." I'll come back to you and settle accounts. ”

"Are you fucking a three-year-old?" Xi Shiyi, who was thunderous, was about to come over and beat him.

Xia Jue hurriedly persuaded him, but he couldn't hold him at all, so he simply resisted it with his head and shouted, "It's all my fault." Brother Xi, Grandpa Xi, if you want to beat me, hit me. Hit me. ”

Taking advantage of this time, Qin Yan ran out of the temple in one go, got into the car, and ordered the men to go back quickly.

In the study, Pan Laosan's scholar is a butt seller, these days and Xi Shiyi Xia Qi old monk have a leg, smiled and walked over, picked up the bracelet broken into three sections, put it on the palm of the hand, and said with a smile: "Wait for me to spend three dollars of silver to inlay it in three pieces, with three inlaid jade bracelets are also beautiful, I don't know if Master Xi is willing to reward?" ”

picked up the jade pendant again and put it in front of the angry Xi Shiyi, and the scholar laughed and said, "One thousand taels of silver, now it's worth three thousand taels." ”

The heartbroken Xi Shiyi scolded again, Pan Laosan and Tang Monk even said that it was a pity, but Xia Qi put the jade pendant in his hand with a solemn face, looked at it carefully, and said: "No matter whether what Qin Yan said is true or not, this thing has to be sent back quickly." ”

Xi Shiyi scolded: "The slut of the dog mother, she thinks that a piece of jade pendant can stop me? What if it's the third master's? I'm overdoing it, but I'm not going too far, it's just a maid. You are all witnesses, and who will come here to drink with the slut himself, who will be the one who is dissolute and resentful? ”

"Don't worry about it." Pan Laosan thinks it's not a problem, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, how can the maids of the Xu Mansion be bullied by them? Besides, if the Xu family really cares, they also have a share in it.

"Forget it, hurry up and return the jade pendant, and explain it clearly to your face, we lost our morality after drinking and lost so much money in vain, the Xu family shouldn't be too careful."

"It's okay, it's okay." Xia Jue explained: "Qin Yan will never say anything about this matter, saying it is tantamount to humiliating herself, besides, she is a foreign girl, how can Xu Fu care about her?" didn't lose her body, she just took a breath and just returned the jade pendant to her. ”

This is indeed the case, Qin Yan cried all the way back to Qiushuitang, hurriedly walked to the bedroom and took off his coat, and cried on the bed for a long time, the more he thought about it, the more he blamed himself for being faint for a while, and went to find Xia Jue, but he could only consider himself unlucky when he was humiliated.

If she is killed, she will not talk nonsense to people, Xia Jue knows that it is to find Xu Run, once everyone who preaches it is known, does she still have a face? Therefore, Qin Yan almost wanted to kill himself in anger, covering his head and crying for half a night.

On the grassland, General Aseti asked, "Hezhuo, when will you raise an army to attack Shule?" ”

Dager muttered, "The brothers haven't recovered yet, and I still want to recruit some more warriors." ”

"Don't hesitate." Aseti said: "We have always recruited men and horses while fighting, I am worried that someone will secretly report the news, and before the troops are raised, the Ming army outflanks and sneaks in the middle of the night, isn't it going to be annihilated?" ”

Dagel frowned, and listened to Essetti continue: "Alas! Now that most of the hearts of the people in the Western Regions have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, people are determined, so I am worried. ”

"Then what's the fight?" Dager pointed to the northwest zone on the map, "It's better to migrate to the past to recuperate for three or five years, conquer the small tribes in the vicinity, and gradually sit on the big side, where the Ming army can't reach me." ”

"It's no longer the Mongols' world." Ai Saiti shook his head, "Yamato Zhuo, we can compete with the Ming army with the tired tactics, it is too late for the two thousand Ming army to defend the city, and the entire grassland and desert are our territory, and we have made a name for ourselves." Don't worry about all the tribes not coming to defect, when the time comes, look for an opportunity to attack the city air defense weak town, cut off the back road, according to the convention, the Ming army will definitely retreat to Yanmen Pass, and He Zhuo will become a big hero on the entire grassland! ”

Dagel said happily: "The general is indeed resourceful, and the king of Shaharu has praised the general many times in front of me, saying that as long as you come, you will definitely succeed." I hope that the general will help me, and I will repay it when I succeed in the future. ”

"You're so polite." General Essetti smiled and said, "Serve Hezhuo." In the next ten thousand deaths! ”

Jinling, Xufu.

In the study, Zhang Fu said to Xu Hao: "These Tartars on the grassland are like weeds, they can't be killed and killed, why do you agree to Shaharu Dagar coming back?" And he sent Essetti to do the internal response, but he didn't immediately encircle and suppress it? Aren't you worried that he will get stronger and stronger and become a confidant? ”

"Brother-in-law, listen to me." Xu Hao looked at the secret letter in his hand, "The population of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions is multiplying. I, the Han people, the military and the people, everyone wants to come back, and the proportion of the population is already very different, so I want Dager to go east and west, and take the opportunity to reduce the number of men. He's going to get bigger and stronger. But after all, he started with too few soldiers, and he couldn't become a climate in a short time, in addition to reducing the number of people, he could also arouse the public indignation of the people of all ethnic groups. I realized that peace is not easy to come by. ”

Zhang Fu sighed and sat down, and said, "I'm afraid of repeating the mistakes of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and in the final analysis, I want the Han people to gain a foothold in the Western Regions." How difficult is it? Twenty years later, they will be forced to abandon it. ”

"Not really." Xu Hao looked very optimistic and said with a smile: "Today is different from the past, we already have the prototype of industrialization. If God is kind and the Han people are rewarded for their hard work, the great enemy of the north for thousands of years will definitely not be troubled, because in the face of thermal weapons, the nomads do not have the foundation of industrial science at all, but the overseas countries that are not feared today will become strong enemies in the future, such as the Japanese state. ”

"I don't understand." Zhang Fu picked up the teacup, "But I believe in your foresight. ”

"I don't have any vision." Xu Hao showed a wry smile, "To be honest, I really want to take advantage of the current strong national strength to conquer the land that can be conquered, and the opportunity must not be lost and never come again." But I don't have the ability to influence the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and I'm also worried about the fate of raising troops for many years, in the final analysis, it is the selfishness of the family that has the upper hand, and I want my children and grandchildren to be prosperous and rich. Alas! In the future, future generations will definitely scold our generation for not wanting to forge ahead, and it is clear that we can achieve unprecedented hegemony. ”

"." Zhang Fu said with a smile.

"That's." Xu Hao also smiled, it's easy to talk about the army on paper, you really have to know it in practice, war is not a game, and thousands of troops and horses immediately roared away with an order, without considering all aspects of factors, at most pay attention to morale and food and grass.

Historically, Zhu Zhanji gave up Jiaozhi and was criticized by later generations, and the same is true for Zhu Zhanji who stopped going to the West, which can be said to have given up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. That's right, but in fact, if you are not in your position and do not seek your own politics, which country can withstand years of two-front or even three-line and four-front battles? The pressure on the Tatars and the Warats was so great that individuals would choose to abandon Annam and concentrate on defending against the north.

This is how the trouble of the Japanese came about, the Manchu Qing Dynasty took advantage of the situation to rise, and the Ming Dynasty had successfully withstood the Mongol army, but unfortunately people are not as good as heaven.

So what energy did the Ming Dynasty have to deal with the repeated riots of Annam? At the time, it was not as good as chicken ribs.

The official dispatch of ships to the sea was stopped, and in fact the private trade continued, but the Middle East and the South Seas in Central Asia were also in turmoil, and the Ottoman Empire blocked the trade routes, forcing the Europeans to find routes to the East.

In short, the general environment is a series of chain reactions, the Ming Dynasty can not be alone, coupled with the climate, the government is corrupt, the morale of the army is low, and finally Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on the coal mountain. There is no need to elaborate on why the Manchu Qing dynasty in its place made future generations resentful.

Industrialization is the only way to become a strong country, and there is nothing else. Xu Hao, who had experienced the cruelty of war, did not want to let the lives of the Han people be wasted, and he did not have the ability to kill the Quartet.

Zhang Fu saw Xu Hao and suddenly said: "Our greatest victory is not that we never lose, but that after every defeat, we can stand up." (To be continued......) R1292