Red House Shoufu

Chapter 421 Don't You Say No Clothes?In the same robe as the son.

The winter night came quickly, and under the combined wind and snow, the blood on the top of the city had already solidified.

The young and strong people in the city brought over steaming meals. Gao Wanjiang washed his face casually and squeezed together with the soldiers, holding a rough ceramic bowl and eating soup and rice.

The mutton, mutton bones, and mutton haggis were boiled to a pulp, soaked in pancakes and eaten in the stomach. This group of rough guys who had been fighting the enemy on the city wall for a day recovered a little bit of energy in an instant.

"Old Liu, I heard that your wife gave birth to a fat boy? How about it, should I treat my brothers to dinner after returning to Beijing?"

Gao Wanjiang threw the empty bowl into the bamboo basket, and as soon as he wiped his mouth, he started chatting with the middle-aged soldier who was eating.

Old Liu's name was Liu Wan. He had just passed his thirties, and he was a general banner in the Imperial Army. A letter came from his family a few days ago, and his wife who was waiting at home gave birth to a fat boy with handles.With the addition of the original eldest daughter, this time I really have both sons and daughters.

Gao Wanjiang mentioned this on purpose, seeing that the morale on the top of the city was low, and if he wanted to liven up the atmosphere, it would be best to use Lao Liu's happy event to boost morale.

Sure enough, when the people around heard Gao Wanjiang talking about the big fat boy from the old Liu family, the atmosphere immediately became enthusiastic, and they all spoke in agreement.

Liu Wan's dark face showed a naive smile, he wiped the oil stains from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, scratched the back of his head and said: "Then when we return to Beijing, invite brothers to come to my house for a drink... If the prince doesn't dislike my house... Jiuzhuo, I would like to ask the Elder Master to show you the honor, when the time comes, I will just ask the Elder Master to name my kid, so that I can be honored by the Elder Master!"

"That's a good relationship. It's the first time I've been invited to name his baby. What do you think of the name Liu Goudan?"

Gao Wanjiang's joke made everyone in the city burst into laughter, and Liu Wan also scratched the back of his head and laughed foolishly with everyone.

"Liu Goudan, Goudan, what a good name, Lao Liu, how about calling it Liu Goudan? Hahahaha..."

"That's right, Goudan Goudan, it's easy to bark. Hahaha..."

"Okay, okay, I'm just teasing Lao Liu."

Gao Wanjiang smiled and said: "Last night, Lao Liu dreamed that his son would take the No. [-] exam. How can a No. [-] student be called a dog. Don't worry, Lao Liu. After returning to Beijing, I will ask my uncle to give you the exam." The baby's name must be a good name full of style and profound meaning!"

Liu Xianglian patted her thigh, smiled and said to Liu Wan: "Thank you, Shizi, Shizi's uncle is the Wenkui of our Great Chu, the one who descended to earth as Wenquxing!"

"Wow, wow, I remembered, Shi Ziye's fiancée is the princess of the Lin family! Liuyuan Lang is the younger sister of Lord Lin Hou!"

Now the atmosphere at the top of the city is even more heated. When the imperial decree was issued to the world, no one knew that there was a Wenqu star in Dachu.

Especially this group of fighters, who doesn't hope that their children will be able to roll their name outside the Donghua Gate like Lin Wenkui in the future, never change their family, and no longer live the life of licking blood like their parents.

Perhaps it was Gao Wanjiang who shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers these days and did not put on airs. At this time, this group of rough guys completely let go and continued to discuss along the topic.

One of the younger imperial guards said: "I have heard people say that my son, the fiancee Princess Lin, is the best girl in the world. She not only has the appearance of a fairy, but also has the heart of a bodhisattva. After two years The former villain brought his younger sister to escape from Liaodong and came to Beijing, and he saved his life by relying on the porridge factory set up by Princess Lin outside the city..."

A lieutenant of the imperial army sitting next to him also interjected: "Princess Lin is indeed a bodhisattva. The villain was born in a nursing home. In the past few years, sometimes he will go back with some coarse grain and coarse cloth to see. The mother said that the princess will be there every year. Send a lot of food, meat, eggs and cloth. Shizi, let me tell you something, if you treat the princess badly in the future, you may not be able to stay in the capital..."

The Imperial Guards of Great Chu are generally sons of good families, but there are also many people who were raised by the imperial court themselves.For example, in the nursing homes in the capital, these people knew from the beginning of their memory that the rice in their bowls was given by the court, and the clothes they wore were also issued by the court.

Although life must be relatively poor, most of them know that they were indeed raised by the imperial court.After this group of people went to the Imperial Army, they were often the most loyal to the imperial court.

For example, at this time, after the captain finished speaking, there were at least eight or nine people nodding their heads. Several of Gao Wanjiang's soldiers suppressed their laughter and watched the joke of their young master.

"How dare I treat her badly. You haven't seen my brother-in-law. As soon as the imperial decree of marriage was issued, he warned me in front of my father and king. If I dare to treat his sister badly, he will come to the door." Break my dog ​​legs! Everyone has to believe me, marry Princess Lin and go home, of course you have to hold it in your hand, right?"

"Of course I believe in Shi Ziye, but I believe in Princess Lin even more! Do you think so?"

"Yes, we believe in Shi Ziye, but we believe in Princess Lin even more!"

Hahahaha...

The laughter on the top of the city was blown by the cold wind, and spread to the tents of the pirate army in the south of the city.

Hui Jinzhong, who was writing a letter at his desk, was surprised for a moment, then mockingly looked at the stars in the north, and continued to write with his head down.

……

When Gao Wanjiang tried his best to stick to Jiaozhou County, the capital finally received the latest Shandong battle report.

The emperor urgently recruited Lin Shu into the palace. Of course, all the academicians in the cabinet, the generals of the five armies, and the Zhongshun Wang Gao Yongheng had already sat in the Palace of Qinzheng.

After Xia Shouzhong finished reading the request letter from Jiaozhou and Gao Wanjin's secret letter, Wei Qinghe took the lead in expressing his views.

"Your Majesty, since Prince Yizhong has arrived at the front office of Xiahe Village, let's wait a little longer. Perhaps because of the heavy snow, the son and Prince Yizhong haven't met yet. It doesn't matter if you transfer troops from the capital, or other guards. Regardless of whether it is soldiers, they are not as fast as Prince Yizhong."

As the head of the military generals, the British Duke Zhang Yue nodded after looking at the signs on the map: "Wei Ge is right. The heavy snow in the north has lasted for several days, and it is snow-covered from Gyeonggi to Henan and Shandong. Jingying It’s too late even if we urgently dispatch troops and horses. Instead, we must quickly find a way to send food, grass and things to keep out the cold!”

As the saying goes, before soldiers and horses move food and grass, Gao Wanjiang clearly mentioned in his letter that the food in Shandong had been taken away by the grain merchants in the south of the Yangtze River before the White Lotus Sect attacked Jiaozhou City. Now the grain and grass in Jiaozhou City, It was still borrowed from Lu Wangfu.

In the letter, Gao Wanjiang already stated clearly that the food in the city can only last for about [-] days.This request letter was sent six days ago, that is to say, the capital had to find a way to deliver the grain and grass to Jiaozhou County before the fifteenth day, and the most important point was to break through the blockade of the pirates.

"There is no shortage of money and food in the Ministry of Households, but how can they be delivered? Now it is frozen for thousands of miles, and the canals are frozen..."

Wen Tongxuan's face was full of bitterness. He used to cry and worry about the money, but now he is worried about how to send the money...

At this moment, Lin Shu cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Ge, and my lords, leave the matter of food and grass to my ministers!"

"Huh? Lin Qing, this is not the time to joke around!"

Gao Wanjiang's soldiers and horses, together with the [-] troops brought by Gao Wanjin, and the tens of thousands of people in Jiaozhou County, the food needed is not a small amount.

After the emperor reminded him, Lin Shu said confidently: "That... the prince wrote a letter to the minister before, talking about the fact that the grain merchants in the south of the Yangtze River emptied Shandong's grain. At that time, the minister felt a little strange, Just a little plan..."

Speaking of this, Gao Yongheng also reacted.Lin Shu wanted a lot of money from the palace, and was planning to make a big deal in the south of the Yangtze River. It seems that food is also one of the goals of Lin Shu's plan this time.

Sure enough, following Lin Shu's narration, everyone in the Hall of Qinzheng was startled by Lin Shu's big plan.

After hearing the whole plan, Wen Tongxuan asked with some puzzlement: "Marquis Lin, would those grain merchants in the south of the Yangtze River really stock up on grain? Merchants are after profit, and Marquis Lin set the price of grain so high, what if What if they don't buy it?"

Lin Shu chuckled: "Lord Wen, they will definitely buy it. The White Lotus Sect in Shandong, the pirates who besieged Jiaozhou, and the tens of thousands of pirates cruising in the East China Sea are still waiting for food. As long as She took away the first batch of food they raised as planned, and they must try their best to raise food and seek skins from tigers, they dare not starve those tigers!"

There is no shortage of grain in the south of the Yangtze River, but after Lin Shu asked Xue Pan and Lin Lu to arrive in the south of the Yangtze River, the first thing to do was to take out all the silver in their savings and use the fastest time to collect and buy all the grain in the south of the Yangtze River.

In addition, after Jia Amnesty arrived in Jinling, he only had to lead the Songjiang navy as planned to rob the first batch of food sent to the pirates by profiteers in the south of the Yangtze River.At that time, even if there are sporadic grains in the market, it will be necessary to support the consumption of 10,000+ soldiers and horses. It is impossible to afford the sporadic grains alone.

When the pirates find out that the food that should have been delivered has not arrived, at this time they will definitely use knives to force those profiteers to raise food.

After all, after floating at sea for so many years, these people are not so kind-hearted as to work for others in vain!
Wen Tongxuan continued to ask: "Then what about the grain stored in these people's warehouses? They are not ordinary people, who is not filled with grain in the granary."

"Master Wen, the younger generation has already prepared a large amount of cash. These people are now frightened. After the chaos in Shandong, they are ready to run away. Whoever runs away will bring inconvenience in transportation and is of little value. Food, of course, is more convenient and reliable in gold and silver."

Lin Shu bowed and saluted the emperor: "Your Majesty, the Embroidered Clothes Guards should have already played a secret concert. At this time, all the food from Jiangnan should have entered the shops of Zhongshun Prince's Mansion, Xue's House, Jia's House, and the minister's house."

"indeed so!"

The emperor suddenly said: "It turned out that it was Lin Qing's method. I was wondering why the price of grain in the south of the Yangtze River nearly doubled. So it was Ai Qing's plan!"

Lin Shu continued to explain to everyone with a smile: "Three days ago, I received a letter from the pardoner. Prince Yizhong took the Songjiang navy to help Shandong on the surface, but actually set off on the Wang family's sea boat. On the same day, Songjiang The navy lurked in the sea outside Chongming Island, and took advantage of the foggy sky to wipe out the fleet of these profiteers delivering food to the pirates. They intercepted countless grains and grass, and no news came out. Next, these profiteers are afraid It is going to buy food from the minister at several times the price!"

Wen Tongxuan said happily, "Did the intercepted food be sent to Shandong?"

Lin Shu nodded: "However, as Master Wen thought, the Songjiang navy is not suitable for the road, and the Xue family's fleet has already set off for Shandong!"

……

The fact that Gao Wanjiang, the son of Prince Zhongshun, was besieged in Jiaozhou by tens of thousands of pirates soon spread as the battle report arrived in Beijing.Of course, what spread along with it was also Gao Wanjiang's heroic ambition that he couldn't bear to abandon the people in the face of a strong enemy, and vowed to live and die with Jiaozhou City.

After hearing this, Daiyu cheered up after being silent for a long time, and went to Zhongshun Palace by car that day.

When Lin Shu returned home, after learning about Daiyu's situation from Wang Yuan, he was both distressed and relieved.

"Yu'er has grown up, she is worthy of being the daughter of my Lin family, the daughter of Liehou Lin's family, she should be so!"

The news about Gao Wanjiang has spread widely in the capital, and Princess Cui and the princess Gao Yunwan naturally know about the situation in Jiaozhou.

There were already various speculations in the market, and nearly half of the people felt that although Gao Wanjiang lived up to his heroic spirit, it would be difficult for him to return safely under the siege of tens of thousands of troops.

The Lin family's carriage moved slowly through the snow on the road, and arrived at Prince Zhongshun's mansion before noon.

This was the first time she and Gao Wanjiang came to the house after they were formally engaged. In the past, Gao Yunwan would go to the Lin's house to play with her.

When Menzi saw Daiyu getting out of the carriage with the help of the maid, he didn't react for a while.

When Daiyu was welcomed into the back hall of the palace, the red-eyed Princess Cui pulled Daiyu to her and warmed Daiyu with her own hands: "You silly girl, what are you doing out in such a cold day?"

"I've heard about the son..."

There was no worry on Daiyu's face, but a determined expression: "Don't worry, my mother, brother has already made arrangements, and it is estimated that the reinforcements from the south of the Yangtze River have arrived..."

At this time, the curtain of the back hall was lifted, and Zhongshun Wang Gaoyong, who was dressed in a python robe and jade belt, strode in with joy on his face: "Madam Lin is right. Everyone counted it in, not only did they come to hide the old warehouse, but also sang a plan to draw their salary from the bottom of the pot. Jin'er's army arrived at the coast of Shandong seven days ago, and it is estimated that they have already contacted Jiang'er!"

……

Boom boom boom...

The walls of Jiaozhou City are riddled with holes, and only [-] of the [-] officers and soldiers survived.

The group of people in the Jiangnan camp fled to the death, and now accompanying Gao Wanjiang to defend Jiaozhou City, there are only less than a thousand soldiers of the Imperial Army, eight or nine hundred Jiangnan soldiers, and Jiaozhou city guards.

Gao Wanjiang could no longer hold the long sword tightly, so he had to tear off a piece of cloth and tie it to his hand.

Liu Xianglian was even more miserable. Four or five arrows were pulled out from all over her body, her arm was slashed, and her face was also cut.The originally handsome Liu Erye looked like a killing god crawling out of hell, and he was staring coldly at the enemy commander Hui Jinzhong not far from the city.

Gao Wanjiang untied the long sword tied in his hand, straightened the blood-stained robe, and straightened the golden crown.

He looked around and nodded to the soldiers around him.Everyone understood Gao Wanjiang's meaning, and finally came the moment of the final battle. His Royal Highness is planning to live and die with his brothers.

The people on the top of the city said take care to the brothers around them one after another, and slapped the breastplate on their bodies with their swords.

The sound of Jin Ge resounded through the sky, and even the young and strong who assisted in defending the city couldn't help but wiped away tears.The chilling spirit aroused the determination of the soldiers to fight to the death, and at the same time angered the enemies outside the city.

As soon as the sound of the artillery fell, the enemy rushed towards Jiaozhou City shouting to massacre the city, grab money, food, and women.

Gao Wanjiang tied the long sword to his hand again, and roared: "Is there no clothes? I have the same robe as my son. Master Wang Yuxing, repair my spear..."

　Thanks for the rewards all the way!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)