serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 297 Before departure 2
By the time Jia Hu walked out of the palace, it was already the beginning of time.

Jia Hu dragged his two tired legs to the door of the carriage, just about to lift his legs to get on the carriage, but he couldn't lift it for a while.

Lin San on the side saw this and rushed forward to help Jia Hu.

Jia Hu waved his hand and boarded the carriage with the help of the carriage door.

Lying down on the soft couch, Jia Hu took a deep breath and stared at the top of the carriage.

Before dawn, he was called into the palace by the emperor, and stood in the upper study room for more than an hour, and then a group of people stood around the map in the side hall of Wenyuan Pavilion for more than an hour, before they had time to eat, they drank all morning full of water.

The news was sent back by the secret agent of the chief inspector who followed the messenger to Uliasutai.

They separated before entering the city, and never saw each other again. It was not until the third day that the spies saw the heads of the messengers and guards hanging at the gate of the city that they knew that they had been killed by the Raksha people.

The spy also said in the letter that the person in power in Ulyasutai now is not Nicholas, the governor of Eastern Siberia, but his deputy Ivanov, the Rakshasa commander who almost died at the hands of the Yongwei Battalion. .

Nicholas, the governor of Eastern Siberia, is leading the bandit army to attack the Manchu strongholds in Heilongjiang.

This battle is not easy to fight. Due to the weather, it must be decided quickly. Around August, Uliasutai will start to cool down, and it will snow heavily in late September and early October.

The Raksha people are used to living in the ice and snow, and the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion can't adapt to this extremely cold weather. One mistake will cause a large-scale non-combat loss of personnel.

Just now in the side hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, a general military strategy has been decided. First, take Uliasu Terrace, and then unite with the Mongolian tribes in Monan to attack the Raksha bandit army that invaded Heilongjiang, and wipe them out in the white mountains and black waters.

As for hitting Moscow, heh, Moscow is not a small border town now.

Even though I have only less than 10 troops at full strength, not to mention whether the soldiers can persist to Moscow, such a long distance to supply supplies is a big problem, especially ammunition.

If you want to destroy the Raksha Kingdom, you must dispatch all the elite frontier troops, just wait a minute!

Win this battle first, and then get the title of county king promised by the emperor.

As the carriage shook gently, Jia Hu's eyelids drooped involuntarily.

The motorcade drove slowly towards Ningrong Street.

The Grand View Garden on the other side was busy, and Mother Jia and others arrived at Zhuijin Pavilion by boat, where Wang Xifeng had already arranged the table neatly with people, and Mother Jia brought Jia Baoyu, Xing Xiuyan and Xue Baoqin to a table; The table is accompanied by Mrs. Wang and Tanchun; Mrs. You is also here, accompanied by Mrs. Xing and Youshi; Yingchun, Xichun, Xiangyun and Baochai are at the table; Li Wan, Wang Xifeng and Qin Keqing are full-time waiters.

There was still an empty table above.

There, Xue Baoqin said some witty remark, which made Jia's mother laugh heartily, Xing Xiuyan also smiled with her mouth covered, and Baoyu danced happily, completely forgetting the beating before.

Baochai watched carefully for a while, but she couldn't see Lin Daiyu, so she asked Xichun, "Where is your sister Lin? Why don't you come here?"

Xichun shook her head: "I don't know, I guess I'm busy."

Xiangyun smiled and said: "It's not surprising, Sister Lin is the busiest in the whole family, not only managing the affairs of the Ningguo Mansion, but also managing the business of the Chamber of Commerce, by the way, the account of the Grand View Garden must be sent to Sister Lin for review in the end. All right. As Sister Feng said, the family's financial power is in Sister Lin's hands."

Saying this, he looked at Baochai and smiled.

Baochai smiled.

Yingchun smiled and said: "I just heard that the second elder brother is not at home, I think I will wait for the second elder brother to come with me."

As they spoke, the maids came in with food boxes in their hands, and immediately served the food and wine, and the little actors also performed operas on the water pavilion.

Xiang Yun was slightly startled: "Why didn't you wait for Second Brother and Sister Lin?"

When Wang Xifeng heard this, she came over with a smile: "Your elder sister Lin doesn't speak, so who dares to have a banquet? Unless she doesn't want to stay in Jia's house anymore." Everyone laughed.

"elder brother!"

Xichun stood up suddenly, and waved her hands vigorously in the direction of the bamboo bridge.

Everyone looked around and saw Jia Hu walking towards this side, leading Lin Daiyu.

All the people present, except Jia Mu, You Lao Niang and other elders, stood up to greet them.

Jia Hu smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Sit down, sit down." He waved to Xichun again.

Xichun happily ran over: "Brother, why are you here?"

Jia Hu smiled and nodded at her: "Why don't you see me and wait for me?"

Xichun blushed and said, "It's fine to have sister Lin waiting for you."

Just as he was talking, Baoyu greeted him and said, "Second brother."

Jia Hu smiled and said, "No need to be polite."

Just two steps away, Xing Xiuyan and Xue Baoqin walked over and gave a little blessing, "Second brother."

Jia Hu smiled and nodded, then turned his attention to Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu: "The gifts were sent to their respective rooms early in the morning."

Jia Hu patted her hand with a smile, went straight to Mother Jia, bowed her hands and said, "Old lady."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "Let's go see the old relatives and concubine first."

Jia Hu: "Yes." As he spoke, he walked over to greet Mrs. You, Aunt Xue and others, and then took Lin Daiyu and Xichun to sit down in front of the empty banquet.

At this time, Jia Mu picked up the wine glass: "Everyone, please." She drank it all in one gulp.

Everyone raised their glasses and drank together.

Jia Hu put the cup in his hand, picked up a piece of eggplant with his chopsticks, and said while eating, "The emperor is really stingy, not to mention ginseng soup, lotus seed soup, etc., he didn't even prepare a bowl of white rice porridge."

Lin Daiyu: "Then don't drink. Let's eat first." She said and gave Jia Hu a piece of meat with chopsticks.

Xichun nodded in agreement, and also gave Jia Hu a piece of meat.

"Well. You eat too."

Jia Hu ate deliciously. He ate several chopsticks in a row and drank another glass of wine. He felt much more comfortable.

Lin Daiyu and Xichun saw that he was eating well and started eating too.

All three of them sat there to eat, ignoring everyone.

Seeing it in her eyes, Jia's mother couldn't say anything, and she couldn't say nothing. After a while, she said to Baoyu, "Go and toast your second brother."

"Hey."

After hearing this, Jia Baoyu came over with a wine glass, and Xiren followed quickly with a pot of wine.

"Baoyu is here to toast you." Lin Daiyu pushed Jia Hu quietly.

Holding the wine glass, Baoyu said, "I wish my second brother good health and good health!"

Only then did Jia Hu put down his chopsticks, "Oh, well, you're in good health too." Picking up the wine glass, he drank it in one gulp.

Baoyu hurriedly took the wine jug from Xiren's hand, filled it with wine for Jia Hu, and then filled it for herself.

Before he could speak, Jia Hu stood up, raised his wine glass, and said loudly: "With Baoyu and my two sisters' longevity wine, I would like to propose a toast to everyone, please!"

After hearing this, everyone except Jia Mu stood up and raised their glasses.

After drinking it in one gulp, Jia Hu glanced around, and then said, "I'm about to go to war."

Everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at Jia Hu together.

Lin Daiyu was also surprised, and stretched out her hand to pull Rajahu.

Jia Hu patted her little hand, and said to Mother Jia: "This war has long been planned by the military, and the imperial court has also made preparations. It is expected to go home before the snow falls."

After hearing this, Jia Mu felt relieved, and asked Jia Hu, "When will the camp be pulled out?"

Jia Hu: "It will take another three or two days."

Jia Mu nodded and raised her glass: "I don't ask you to make any great achievements, I just hope you come back safely." After speaking, she drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

Jia Hu drank the wine with her, then squeezed Lin Daiyu's hand tightly.

(End of this chapter)