During the period from Layue to the Chinese New Year, in addition to being transferred to Beiping Mansion with two guards and 10,000 people, Zhu Yunwen also listened to the advice of Qi Tai, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and in the name of having a police officer at the border pass, he wanted to select 10,000 strong soldiers from the guards of Beiping Yanwangfu to go to Suzhou Mansion, and then send 10,000 people under the command of King Ning to the northwest to weaken the strength of the two kings.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhu Di's Hu people were ordered to command Guan Tong to enter Beijing, and in the name of supplementing the Janissaries, they also withdrew 3,000 Hu cavalry, reducing the cavalry under Beiping Province by one-third.

Because of the military household tuntian system, but Yujian is that after the spring of the next year, the only remaining 10,000 soldiers in the Yanwang Mansion are not enough to farm the land, and the military household system often has to leave three out of ten people to farm and stay in the field when training and fighting, otherwise the army will be unstable, so that the troops are further stretched, and there are generally only 300 people in the Beiping Mansion Captain.

Xu Hao is not worried about the lack of troops, Zhu Di and his generals are experts in this regard, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

Shan said that Xu Wen slipped out of the inner house, stood in the stable room and ordered the little servant to call Wang Yu to come over, Wang Yu came unwillingly for a long time, the weather in the north was dry and cold at night, so cold that Wang Yu cleared his nose, wore a dogskin ear hat, and trembling his hands were copied into the cotton sleeves.

Since the defeat of the long house, Wang Yu, who can't get the benefits, no longer wants the young master to enjoy his daughter-in-law Lamei and mother-in-law, he is a man in the end, and he regards the green hat as a great shame, and recently he is bent on taking revenge on Geng's in Xu Wen's second room, flies don't bite seamless eggs, who makes Geng's not abide by women's ways?

And Xu Wen has always liked the new and hated the old, and he has long been tired of playing with Lamei, and even Geng's is tired of looking at it now. In the more than a year that I have been a Jinyi Wei hundred, I have been wandering around the Qinhuai River all day long with the dead Xu Ji, and I don't know how many thirteen or fourteen-year-old Qing people have been ruined, and now the taste has changed to a hobby of beautiful young women.

When he entered Beijing, Xu Qingtang specially allocated a grange for his widowed sister-in-law, with more than 500 acres of good fertile land, surrounded by a large area of land under the name of the Xu family. There are rivers and ponds nearby and a continuous forest belonging to the Yanwang Mansion, and most of the fields are leased to nearby military households for farming.

There are about forty or fifty people in the village, and the long house does not have to do anything all year round, although it is not as fertile as the land in the south, but at least there is an interest of nearly two thousand taels of silver, because there is land in the north where chickens, pigs and sheep can be raised, ducks can be raised in the pond and fishing by the way, wild deer, artillery, roe deer, sable rats and other animals can be hunted in the forest, wild fruits, wild vegetables, mushrooms and herbs collected in the four seasons, etc., and the silver money obtained by selling them is not much inferior to that of the south.

As always, the Wang family left all the trivial matters to his daughter-in-law to take care of. Wang Xuanqing arranged for four or five people to live in the countryside, because the second brother Xu Jiren died, Xu Wen didn't care at first.

But a few days ago, Xu Wen was not happy, it turned out that after Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world and pardoned the relatives of the border criminals, the Wang family began to report that the government wanted to move back to the Central Plains, after Wang Bi's death, the family was divided, some people wanted to go back to the capital, some people wanted to go back to their hometown to farm, and naturally some people wanted to come to the Wang family, in short, they had their own plans.

Wang was a little reluctant to do this, but he couldn't say anything more. Wang Xuanqing was very happy, and he was busy writing to his mother and sending someone to pick it up. Xu Wen was very angry when he found out, and went to the village to check on him the next day, and warned his subordinates not to eat inside and out. When he returned, he warned his younger siblings not to give the land to outsiders.

Wang Xuanqing was angry and annoyed, but he didn't dare to contradict, he cried all night at night, and he couldn't help but ask Zhu Qiaoqiao and Mu Ningxue, and they discussed it with each other. Secretly helped the Wang family to buy real estate and land that was half sold and half given, Xu Hao didn't say anything after learning about it.

Just because he went to Cizhuangzi, Xu Wen found fresh prey. This is not a big night, I have to go out of the city, Wang Yu is reluctant to complain about his suffering, and he has a stomachache and a broken foot.

Xu Wen angrily threw him back, looking at the two adults around him with the two little ones who didn't leave their heads, thinking about the past and hugging each other, and couldn't help but feel sad secretly.

After coming out, Xu Ji first went to Changshi Ge Cheng's house, and told the other party that King Yan was not seriously ill or maybe he was pretending to be sick, Ge Cheng nodded and said: "The prince wants to order me to go to the capital, you hurry up and continue to listen to the truth." ”

Xu Ji hurriedly said: "Don't forget to mention my name, my lord, Bixia knows it." Ah yes, I still have forty taels of treasure money here, so let's make it tangled on the road. ”

Ge Cheng accepted it with a smile, sent Xu Wen out of the door, and sneered: "Stupid, this official is your uncle Xu Huizu's person, how can he say good things for you?" ”

Drove more than 40 miles overnight and came to Xujia Grange, Xu Wen asked his subordinates to eat and rest, and he walked around the backyard alone with his hands behind his back.

The person in charge of the village is Wang Xuanqing's henchman Wang Ji and his wife Xun, who is twenty-seven years old this year and has a bit of a good look, and it is rumored that he and Xu Ji have had several dewy marriages, and the young master came to meet him in a hurry.

Xu Wen handed over a hosta first, and then asked with a smile: "I saw a few beauties last time I came, where did they go?" ”

The Xun clan took it and put it directly on his head, smiled knowingly, and said with a smile: "It turns out that you are here for this, come with the slave family." ”

At that moment, the two of them went to a row of courtyards near the northeast, where the smoke rose and the women were busy making breakfast, and the Ming family explained: "Except for our two families, the other houses are rented to three military families, you can see for yourself." ”

"How can a military family rent our house to live in?"

Xu Wen asked casually, he found at a glance that the young woman who was thinking about the day was not outstanding in terms of posture and other aspects, she was a mountain beauty in her early twenties, her complexion was a little dark, her face was flushed, her eyes were stinging, she was wearing a wide-sleeved gown sewn with green cloth, wearing an aqua blue bichia, wearing a red gauze skirt with hidden head and knee pants, her figure was not tall or short, and her bee waist and round buttocks were enchanting.

The Xun family didn't understand why Xu Wen fell in love with this daughter-in-law in the mountains, what haode did the village aunt have? pursed his lips disdainfully and said: "There are many reasons, some people think that the family is deserted, some young couples and brothers and sisters-in-law moved out in a quarrel, and some have not yet allocated land when they first arrived." ”

"I see." Xu Wen stared at the beauty intently, and praised: "Although it is less precious than peonies, less fragrant than plum blossoms, less clear than begonias, less clean than lotus flowers, less chaste and elegant than chrysanthemums, not famous, but it can be regarded as a delicate mountain flower." ”

The Tsushi suddenly said, "There is such a thing? No wonder it is said that house flowers do not have the fragrance of wild flowers. But young master, you are dead, his man is a well-known local reckless man with the nickname Li Huzi, and he has a short temper. When killing a pig, a person held down a large fat pig of several hundred catties, and released the pig's blood with a knife, and the daughter-in-law was very babyy. ”

The mountain girl also seemed to notice that someone was looking at her, frowned and glanced at this side, and hid in the house with some displeasure.

Xu Wen reluctantly retracted his gaze and said regretfully: "A flower is inserted in cow dung, it's a pity." ”

The Tsushi laughed and said, "What do you think of those two?" This is our daughter-in-law, and she will be coaxed to take some benefits. How are you going to thank the slave family? ”

As soon as Xu Wen's spirit lifted his spirits, he saw two women with different looks in the stove room, one in his twenties and one in his early thirties, both of whom were very charming and delicate. ”

"Really?" The Tsung family smiled with satisfaction, "Catch Ming'er, you bring a few pieces of silk, and I'll find them to cut new clothes together." Illustrious! ”

Xu Wen was overjoyed and said: "After the matter is completed, I will reward you with ten taels of gold." ”

Not to mention that Xu Wen began to mess around in the manor, Xu Hao in the city soon received the news that he and Ge Cheng were connected.

Xu Hao secretly scolded Xu Wen for being confused, went to see Zhu Di overnight, and said: "In order not to startle the snake." Let Ge Cheng still enter Beijing, and he will have at least two months to prepare. As for my eldest brother, don't pay attention to him, he will serve his uncle after he starts the army. ”

Zhu Di, who received the news as soon as possible, said with murderous intent: "Sure enough, Ge Cheng is a spy of the court, and this king will kill him with his own hands in the future." Well! When he returns, the king will go to the capital. Worship his father and personally lead Zhu Yunwen, who became the emperor, to see what he has changed. ”

Xu Hao was stunned and said: "The gentleman is not in danger, uncle, is it a little inappropriate for you to do this?" With Zhu Yunwen's temperament, he would never dare to do it. But if you are not afraid of 10,000 in everything, you are afraid of what happens! ”

Zhu Di said confidently: "Who dares to kill this king today?" ”

Xu Hao frowned and said: "It's still inappropriate, you are the honor and disgrace of hundreds of thousands of people in Beiping, how can you easily get into danger?" Shizi and Gao Xi are not in the capital now, knowing that the tiger will return to the mountains and leave trouble, Mei Yin, Xu Hui, Zu Qitai and others definitely don't want to let you back, once the fief is ordered to move to the south after house arrest, what should I do then? ”

"Needless to say." Zhu Di said unhappily: "This king's mind has been decided, and this matter cannot be changed." ”

Xu Hao opened his mouth wide and shook his head incredulously, and when he came out, he hurriedly went to Daqingshou Temple, and saw Monk Daoyan in a simple and clean meditation room.

Monk Daoyan invited Xu Hao to sit on the ground, and said with a wry smile: "This matter is not for no reason, last month when the prince was not there, His Royal Highness invited Liu Bowen's second son, Liu Jing, who was ordered by the imperial court to be an envoy to the north, passed through His Royal Highness Beiping and invited him to talk and play chess. ”

Xu Hao understood, who is Liu Jing? That is Liu Bowen's second son, a famous man who was very liked by the first emperor, and one of the four famous Mr. Zhedong in Southern Shilin.

It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang admired Liu Jing's talent very much and intended to give him Liu Bowen's title, but Liu Jing immediately refused, and this good story quickly spread all over the world.

Liu Jing and other ministers who want to be famous disdain Zhu Di and choose to be loyal to Emperor Jianwen, can Zhu Di not be stimulated? Look at the people around Zhu Yunwen, all the great Confucian talents who are famous all over the world, and the people around Zhu Di who are taking a look at it, say that some of them are also strange people, to put it bluntly, they are a group of charlatans, monks and scholars, divination, beggars, strong men, and of course, military generals and Xu Hao, the problem is that the military generals and nobles Zhu Yunwen grabbed a lot of them.

No wonder Zhu Di hated Fang Xiaoru Qi Tai and other ministers so much, to put it bluntly, he was deeply jealous, thinking that he was the first heir to the throne after the death of the first emperor, and he couldn't get the support of scholars, and Xu Hao felt that he had to be angry and half dead.

Xu Hao said categorically: "I can't let my uncle be willful, my second grandfather needs to come forward to persuade him in this matter." ”

Monk Daoyan muttered: "According to the poor monk's view, King Yan's trip must be dangerous, the advantage is that it will be delayed for about two months, and when His Royal Highness returns to Beiping, he still has to find a way to continue to delay, and he must wait until July to raise the best army, when the autumn harvest is about to begin, and after occupying the surroundings of Beiping, he can harvest grain and grass in order to conquer the world." ”

Xu Hao frowned and said: "Speaking of grain and grass, I urgently need a large number of warships and merchant ships, and I want to arrange the sailors and shipbuilders belonging to the Yanwang Mansion to a corner of Liaodong as soon as possible, but unfortunately it is too late to build new ships." ”

Monk Daoyan said: "Could it be that Gongzi wants to do business with the Korean Wa Kingdom in exchange for food? ”

Xu Hao nodded and said: "Yes, if you buy something, you can buy it, and if you don't buy it, you can grab it, although it is far away from water and can't quench your thirst, maybe the food you brought back is not enough to solve the problem, but I need to train the soldiers for the next day." (To be continued......)