serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 361 August
The door clicked open.

Amber walked in accompanied by Jia Hu.

The room is fully furnished with huanghuali furniture. There is also a desk under the window in the west room. The paper, pen, ink and inkstone on it are obviously of high quality and are arranged neatly.

The tea sets on the table and coffee table are also made of fine fine porcelain. There is a vase with some flowers on the huanghuali shelf on the left, and there are antiques on the right shelf.

Jia Hu stood in the middle of the house and glanced up, down, left and right.

Amber stood next to him and pointed to the mahogany carved Babu bed in the room, "Why is there still a Babu bed? This is not in line with the rules of the family."

Lin Zhixiao's family came in and said to Jia Hu: "This is what Miss Lin specially ordered. The mahogany furniture in the back room is also arranged according to Miss Lin's wishes."

Jia Hu's eyes followed her hands. Beside the bed was a long carved mahogany table. On the table was a dressing box with a diamond-shaped bronze mirror. Next to it was a lamp covered in red. The gauze lamp, the key is that the lamp is still lit, shining with a shining red light!
There are matching mahogany chairs and coffee tables. There are several palace flowers piled with red yarn in vases on the coffee table.

It's like a bridal chamber.

Gee!
No wonder Lin Daiyu said early in the morning that she had prepared a surprise for her. How could this be a surprise?Almost scary!

Lin Zhixiao's family looked at Jia Hu cautiously: "If the prince doesn't like it, I will arrange for someone to change him."

Jia Hu waved his hand: "No, that's fine." After saying that, he turned around and walked out.

Lin Zhixiao's family quickly said to Amber: "As for Miss Lin, I have worked hard to serve the second master these years. I can't let you suffer the slightest injustice at this time." After saying that, he came forward and whispered: "With this In short, the girl’s position in the palace will be stable from now on.”

Amber gave her a small smile.

Lin Zhixiao's family looked at her: "I have watched you grow up as well. I would like to advise you not to imitate Aunt Zhao, and don't be arrogant because of your favor. The prince is not the second master, and Miss Lin is not the second wife."

"What are you doing? Why don't you come out yet?" Jia Hu's voice came from the yard.

Amber smiled and replied: "Ms. Lin is talking to me."

Jia Hu's voice: "What did you say for so long?"

Lin Zhixiao's family panicked: "Get out quickly!" After saying that, he gently pushed Amber.

Amber looked at her with a smile, turned around and walked out.

Lin Zhixiao's family hit him in the mouth and cursed: "You are so talkative!" After saying that, he quickly chased after him.

Jia Hu was very satisfied with the newly built courtyard. There were three rooms in the north and south, and a living room in the middle. A door in the east of the living room led to Hu Hu's bedroom. The west side was not separated from the living room, so Jia Hu could use it as a study.

The most rare thing is that a pomegranate tree was transplanted to the west of the yard. It is very lush. In the summer, there is a small table and a few bamboo chairs, so you can enjoy tea and cool down. It is very comfortable.

Jia Hu walked a few steps back and forth in the yard with his hands behind his back, then turned to Hu Hu: "How is it? Do you still like it?"

"Yeah." Amber smiled and nodded.

Jia Hu turned to Lin Zhixiao's family: "Tell Ronger that all the craftsmen will be rewarded with two taels of silver each."

From Lin Zhixiao's family: "If I get back to the prince, Miss Lin rewarded each of them three taels of silver yesterday."

Amber stood aside and looked at Jia Hu and smiled.

At this moment, a gust of wind blew by, and faint laughter could be heard.

Jia Hu looked towards the courtyard gate, and as expected, Tanchun's voice soon came from outside: "It's only the beginning of August and it's all finished. It's so beautifully done, especially the carvings, which are no worse than the Grand View Garden."

"Hey, the flower hall is great. It's a big place. There's also a heated kang by the window. The heated kang is also very big. From now on, we'll start a poetry club in the flower hall in the winter." Xiangyun's voice came again.

Xichun's voice: "Let's go in quickly and take a look at Sister Hubo's yard."

While they were joking, a group of people walked in.

As soon as they entered the door, everyone saw Jia Hu standing in the courtyard.

"Ah! Brother is back!"

Xichun was startled for a moment, then shouted and rushed over.

On this side, Jia Hu strode over to greet him with a smile.

Xichun suddenly fell into Jia Hu's arms and shed tears.

Jia Hu gently touched her head and said with a smile: "I have only lived in the military camp for more than ten days, and you still miss me like this? Is it possible that someone dares to bully you?"

Xiangyun came over and said, "Bullying her? If she doesn't bully others, she would be like Amitabha! Who in this big family dares to neglect her!"

With a "hum", Xichun raised his head and wiped away his tears, then glared at Xiangyun.

Yingchun said with a smile: "We Xichun are so good, we can't bully others, let alone act like a young lady." Everyone who spoke laughed.Xichun blushed and buried her head in Jia Hu's arms again.

Jia Hu smiled: "Silly girl, there is nothing to be ashamed of. You should go back to your second sister. If you don't act like a young lady at this time, is it possible that you will do it after you get married?"

Everyone laughed even more.

Xichun was ashamed, and punched Jia Hu with an angry smile: "Do you say this like an elder brother? I hate it!"

Tanchun looked around, walked over and said to Jia Hu, "When did the second brother come back? Did everything go well?"

Jia Hu: "I returned home at midnight yesterday. Everything went well."

Tanchun smiled: "That's good."

Jia Hu also smiled.

In the war with the Rakshasa people, the Yongwei camp suffered heavy losses. Jia Hu recruited [-] young men from good families from the surrounding areas, most of whom were victims of the disaster in northern Shandong who were unwilling to move to Liaodong.

When the new soldiers entered the camp, Jia Hu stayed in the military camp as usual and personally supervised their training every day.

After several expansions, the total strength of the Yongwei Battalion now exceeds 5. Among them, [-] main cavalry are stationed with Liu Kun in Liaodong, [-] main cavalry are stationed with Li Si in Uliasutai, and [-] are in the camp outside the city. People, including these thirteen thousand recruits, greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the Yongwei Battalion.

The biggest loss was in the firearms battalion. All 700 men under Jia Chang's command were killed in the battle. The losses in the old battalion were also not small. Coupled with the losses of several other firearms battalions, the huge losses kept Jia Hu from closing his eyes all night.

After reorganization, the Yongwei Battalion rarely had two firearms battalions composed entirely of recruits.

The operation of firearms is easy to train, but the difficult part is the skills of close combat and the indomitable momentum.

Nowadays, Jia Hu has a star-studded army of generals. There are seventeen lieutenants, and there are countless guerrilla generals and guerrilla generals. This also results in many lieutenants having no military power. Most of the generals can only continue to be guerrilla generals with the title of general. Errands, and guerrilla generals are promoted from the position of Chief Qian, and they can only continue to be their original errands, layer by layer, everyone stays put, and a circle of rewards is handed down. I found that except for my military position and salary, nothing else had changed.

What's even more amazing is that except for the new recruits, there are no major soldiers in other battalions. The smallest one is also the flag general. If placed in other armies, he can directly command three teams of 36 people.

This made Jia Hu both proud and embarrassed. During these days in the military camp, he talked to many generals, asked them what they thought, and saw if they were willing to serve in the local military headquarters or patrol camp.

As a result, none of these dead brains were willing. In order to stay in the Yongwei camp, they would rather be big soldiers.

They even said such words, what else could Jia Hu do but shut up.

The titles and rewards also came down, Xie Qiongjin was awarded the first-class Duke of Dingguo, Liu Kun, Wang Dalei and Yang Dayong were awarded the first-class uncle, and Zhang Cheng, Li Si and others were also awarded the first-class son.

Because of these two large-scale rewards, another evil wind blew up in the court, an evil wind targeting Jia Hu.

To sum up, Jia Hu now poses a threat to the imperial power.

"Brother." Xichun pulled Jia Hu's lapel.

Jia Hu came back to his senses and said, "Yeah." He smiled at Xichun and said to everyone, "Where are you coming from?"

Xiangyun quickly replied: "We just went to take a look at the newly built flower hall. The space there is very big. We have decided to start a poetry club there this winter."

"This is what you said, don't drag us along." Baoqin spoke.

Xiangyun didn't care, and continued: "We also went to the yard at the back for a stroll. Although it is not as luxurious and gorgeous as the Grand View Garden, it is still exquisite. Let's go to Sister Hubo's house to have a look." After that, he went straight to the house. Ran in.

"I'll go too." Xichun quickly followed in.

In addition to Xue Baochai, sisters Yingchun, Tanchun, Xing Xiuyan, Xue Baoqin and Li Wen and Li Qi all followed.

Seeing them all entering the house, Xue Baochai walked over with a round fan twirled on her fingertips, gave Jia Hu a slight blessing, and said crisply: "Second brother."

"Why are you wearing this? Are you sick?"

Because there were so many people there, Jia Hu realized that Xue Baochai was actually wearing a thick jacket.

Xue Baochai's face turned red: "I haven't been feeling well these past two days. I'm afraid of the cold."

Jia Hu was startled for a moment, then smiled: "I understand."

Hearing this, Xue Baochai hurriedly lowered his head.

"Just tell me what you're missing, don't be polite."

Jia Hu kept staring at her as he spoke.

Xue Baochai is fatter than Lin Daiyu. Her arms under her gauze shirt are a bit thicker, and she has obviously gained weight again. Her buttocks, well, her buttocks are big and easy to give birth to.

(End of this chapter)