serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 173 Looks Like a Loyal Minister
Heringle Ruins
Numerous captured Mongols and soldiers of the Han army battalion were naked, and they were being driven to unload sand and gravel.

Behind them, a group of Han people with whips were overseeing the work.

In the distance, several archery towers were set up on the grass, on which were soldiers holding firecrackers on duty, and from time to time there were teams of cavalry patrolling back and forth.

In a humble thatched hut

Xue Pan squatted on a chair and ate melon seeds. From time to time, his eyes secretly looked at the Han people who were overseeing the work and the prisoners who were working, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

An old man came over with a tray, Xue Pan jumped off the chair, brushed off the melon seed husks on his body, and a scent came to his nostrils: "It smells so good!"

The old man grinned, and put the tray on the wooden table beside him. Inside the tray was half a roasted leg of lamb.

Smelling the aroma, Xue Pan couldn't help swallowing, stretched out his hand and tore off a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, "Okay, it tastes good." Then he ate it several times, "Old Song, you're good at cooking! "

Old Songtou was the old man who helped Xue Pan cook in the camp.

Many of the people who were rescued at the beginning took reward money and set foot on the way home, and some chose to stay. Most of these people were from Shanxi, and some of them were from the south like Lao Songtou. The aristocratic family went out to build the city, and now the children of the aristocratic family are dead or missing. They dare not go home, fearing that their family members will be implicated.

He captured more than [-] captives in the battle with Linger, and they couldn't kill them. They were wasted and wasted food, so Jia Hu decided to rebuild a city on the ruins. It was the same as Guihua City. The city was square. Xu, the city is more than two feet high.

The sand, gravel and wood are all ready-made. The Manchus attacked the stronghold of the family, and these things became ownerless. Jia Hu directly ordered people to build the city.

These civilians who remained became overseers, responsible for monitoring the work of the prisoners every day, taking care of food and housing, [-] yuan per month, and the wages were settled on the last day of the month.

Seeing old Song head staring at him blankly, Xue Pan was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "What are you doing in a daze, let's eat together. Come" said, tearing off a large piece and handing it to him.

Old Song Tou took it and ate it, and said: "When the imperial court's reward comes down, you should go back, right?"

Xue Pan shook his head.

Old Song Tou: "Why don't you go back? It's so comfortable in the capital, but here it's exposed to the wind and the sun, you can't eat well, you can't sleep well, and you suffer a lot."

Xue Pan swallowed the meat in his mouth: "I can't explain this to you. When it's time to go back, I will naturally go back. Don't worry, I will definitely take you with me."

Old Song head smiled.

Xue Pan sighed again, "It would be nice to have a pot of wine to drink at this time."

"Hey, I just saw a carriage enter the barracks, and it was filled with wine."

Old Songtou smiled and said: "You have such a good relationship with that person, you just need a pot!"

Xue Pan curled his lips: "Those wines are used for the wounded barracks to disinfect, reduce inflammation and relieve pain."

Old Song nodded, and asked again: "It's been more than ten days, why don't you send troops?"

Xue Pan raised his head: "Why do you care about this?"

Old Song Tou: "I, I"

Xue Pan: "Forget it, forget it, this matter is not a secret in the military camp. The army can't find the whereabouts of the Manchus. The most important thing is that we don't have enough cavalry. Those Mobei Mongols can't believe it!"

Old Song Tou: "It's not a solution to waste it like this. People eat horse chews every day, can the court bear it?"

Xue Pan was a little strange and looked at him.

Suddenly, there was a rush of horns in the distance.

Xue Pan stood up abruptly, this was the horn of warning, and then the warning bells sounded from several watchtowers.

Looking around for a while, Xue Pan found a large group of black spots in the direction of the Great Wall Pass, which should be people from the imperial court.

At this time, groups of cavalry galloped out of the camp, thousands of them, and headed straight for the Great Wall pass.

Sure enough, the two sides did not fight, and rushed to the camp together.

Old Song Tou: "Here comes your reward."

Xue Pan's eyes lit up, Jia Hu recommended Wu Sanguan, the sixth rank, Captain Zhaoxin.Only receive salary, no job.

Finally not in vain!
After returning to Beijing, I donated an errand to the household department.

Daying
Inside the big tent of the Chinese army

Jia Hu was sitting in front of the short table in the middle, looking down at the cabinet documents that had just been delivered.

Eunuch Zhao sat on the left side without saying a word.

There was silence in the big tent.

Eunuch Zhao's eyes slowly shifted to Jia Hu: "Commander, when will we start recruiting good young men?"

Jia Hu closed the official document: "The official document from the cabinet has just arrived, so we have to discuss it."

Eunuch Zhao: "But the Manchus are mobilizing troops. According to the miscellaneous family, they can first recruit elite soldiers from the infantry battalion to supplement the cavalry battalion, so as to form combat power as soon as possible. The newly recruited young and strong are training slowly, and they will be added to the cavalry battalion later. .”

After a pause, "Even if the Manchus will make a comeback in a while, the daily consumption is really too great, so we can't spend it like this."

Jia Hu smiled: "Supervisor Zhao deserves to be an old man by Your Majesty's side, well, let's do as the supervisor wants."

Eunuch Zhao was taken aback for a moment, then stood up and bowed deeply to Jia Hu.

Jia Hu was also taken aback, and then said: "The supervising army must not be like this in the future. If this spreads to the capital, it will be a big trouble."

Eunuch Zhao raised his head, with a chrysanthemum-like smile on his face, "The miscellaneous family is overwhelmed by the marshal's devotion and loyalty. If anyone impeaches the marshal because of this, the miscellaneous family will spit on him for the marshal."

Jia Hu smiled: "As long as someone doesn't say 'the eagle watches the wolf', I will be Amitabha!"

Eunuch Zhao smiled awkwardly.

At this time, a report from the soldiers came from outside the big tent: "Marshal, the king of the cabinet is old."

Jia Hu and Eunuch Zhao looked at each other, the official document from the cabinet only said that someone from the court would come, but Wang Hetang did not expect to come in person, and he came so fast, suppressing the surprise in his heart, he got up and walked out together with Eunuch Zhao.

Outside the big tent, Wang Hetang, who was dressed in plain clothes, secretly looked at the forty soldiers carrying swords and the sergeants who were patrolling the big tent. He was a minister of the Ministry of War, so he could naturally see that these were not ordinary elites.

Jia Hu and Eunuch Zhao greeted them, Jia Hu knelt down on one knee, and Eunuch Zhao knelt down on both knees: "Your servant, Jia Hu, my slaves respectfully invite Sheng An!"

Wang Hetang said solemnly: "Saint Gong'an!" After finishing speaking, he stepped forward to help Jia Hu up, and said to Eunuch Zhao: "Supervisor Zhao, please get up quickly."

Jia Hu embraced Wang Hetang with both hands and said, "Old Wang Ge, do you have a purpose?"

Wang Hetang smiled: "There is no purpose. I just came to see the Mongols in Mobei, and to send the appointment documents to Jia Butang."

Only then did Jia Hu show a smile: "Please come to the tent to rest, Mr. Wangge, I will clean up the dust for Mr. Wange at night!" Said and gave up.

Wang Hetang: "Then bother." After finishing speaking, he followed Jia Hu to the big tent.

The rain that had been raining for several days suddenly stopped, and the sky was clear, and the hot sun was scorching the earth.

Daming Palace

Inside the palace

The old concubine fell down on the couch, counting the rosary beads with her eyes slightly closed, and she was silently reciting Buddhist scriptures.

On the low table in front of him, there was a stick of Tibetan incense floating with green smoke.

A small brocade box with the lid opened was placed there, and inside the brocade box was the private letter that Zhen Fu wrote to Yang Yansheng.

Suddenly, the old concubine opened her eyes suddenly, and slammed the rosary in her hand on the ground!
(End of this chapter)