Husband has a sweetheart

On New Year's Eve, Zhang Yuqing set up several banquet tables in Dusi Mansion, and every table was full.

There was a blizzard outside, and the house was bustling with activity.

Even Ms. Du, who has always been afraid to see people, showed a smile on her face, and she blushed a little more shyly.

Zhang Yuqing couldn't help but sigh in her heart. When she and Lu Wei came to Baochuan, there were only a few people who could fully trust them. Who would have thought that the team had grown so much!
The situation in the world is getting more and more chaotic, and she can already foresee that when the news of Mr. Lin defecting to them spreads in the beginning of spring, more and more people will come to defect to them.

After drinking a few rounds of wine, Mr. Lin took the lead and pulled Lu Wei, saying that he wanted to recruit soldiers and buy horses, and he would do it in the spring. He must have his own private soldiers to prepare for troubled times.

"Many, how long will it be messy?" Fang Mo blushed and asked with his tongue out.

Mr. Lin raised a finger, "Five years at most." He added another finger, "Three years at least."

Fang Mo laughed like a fool, "You are second to none."

Lu Wei pushed Fang Mo's dog's head away, and said, "It's easy to recruit soldiers, but it's a bit difficult to buy horses."

Daxia is full of plains and mountains. There is no large grassland for grazing. It is not easy to raise horses. Moreover, the Hu people control excellent horse breeds and strictly restrict the horse trade with Daxia.

It is not easy to buy a horse, and it is even more expensive to raise a horse.How much money is it burning?If it weren't for Zhang Yuqing's business to provide money and food continuously, Lu Wei would have gone to the street to beg for food.

Lu Wei dare not say that he is the richest general among the many generals, but he is not bad. Even so, it has taken a lot of effort for him to equip each of the first-class soldiers with a horse and train them into elite cavalry son.

Du Jingyi smiled and said, "If your lord wants to buy it, I'll go outside the pass in spring to try out the way."

"I'm sorry!" Lu Wei cupped his hands.

Although everyone drank, they all knew in their hearts that no matter how expensive a horse was, they had to buy and maintain it.These days, cavalry has an overwhelming advantage over infantry, and it is absolutely impossible to live without it.

Compared with the generals in the Daxia territory, they were on the border, and they had to resist the invasion of the Hu people externally, and they had to guard against the rebellion of the princes, warlords and the people internally, and the pressure was even greater.

Liu Quan said: "This year is very cold, the wind and snow are heavier than in previous years, and the barbarian side may not have a good time. I am afraid that many animals and people will freeze to death this winter!"

The Hu people suffered a disaster and had been hungry all winter, so they naturally wanted to recover their losses from Daxia in the spring. I am afraid that the Hu people would make big moves in the beginning of spring.

Thinking of this, the atmosphere on the wine table fell silent.

It has not been easy for them to go all the way to today, but the future will be even more difficult.

Zhang Yuqing raised her glass and said with a smile: "Everyone, whether buying horses or recruiting troops, it will be after the beginning of spring. Today is the day when there is wine and today is drunk. Today is just a celebration to bid farewell to the old year!"

"Yes, if you have wine today, you will be drunk today! What Madam said is great!" Kou Leguo applauded vigorously, raised his glass and drank it down.

Lu Wei snorted coldly in his heart, one by one would sell off to my wife!

The people of Baochuan have never had such a happy and happy Spring Festival. After Zhang Yuqing came, all the taxes raised by the previous capital were cancelled, and many preferential policies were set up, such as children who are sick, free of medical expenses, and children under the age of 16 and those under the age of 60. The above-mentioned elderly people do not collect taxes. If they encounter construction projects and other projects, they only need to go to work. Not only will they be full of three meals, but they will also be paid wages!
In the past, Baochuan was deserted during Chinese New Year, and the snow stopped on the day of Lantern Festival. Many people spontaneously organized the traditional lantern festival many years ago.

Lu Wei accompanied Zhang Yuqing to watch a circle of lanterns.

They are all made by the common people themselves. Although they are not as complicated and luxurious as the lanterns in the capital, they are very interesting.

There are actually many people who put a fairy on the lantern, or paste it with paper, or make it with silk cloth. They all say that this is the Qilin empress, which brings auspiciousness to Baochuan.

"I don't look like you!" Lu Wei pointed to a paper figurine and said.

The paper figurine was very rough, with two thick black eyebrows and two lumps of rouge on its face.

Zhang Yuqing smiled slightly, but didn't take it seriously.

After the first month, the frozen river began to show signs of thawing, and the wind was no longer as biting as winter. Everything will soon usher in a thriving spring.

Du Jingyi quietly left Baochuan City before the new year was over, and returned to Baochuan a month later, saying that he had contacted a wealthy Hu merchant through his former Hu friends and would come to talk to them about horse trading.

A few days later, Du Jingyi sent someone to report to Zhang Yuqing, saying that Hu Renhao's businessman had come, but he refused to talk to him, the big shopkeeper, and wanted to talk to the boss in person.

"Let's talk!" Zhang Yuqing put down her pen, got up and prepared to change clothes and go out.

The visitor said in embarrassment: "The man heard that the owner is a woman, and he was very dissatisfied. He said that there is nothing to talk about with a woman. Let us change a man!"

"Who do they want to change?" Zhang Yuqing smiled, "Master Lu?"

The visitor nodded, "They may think that Mr. Lu is the boss behind the scenes, and we just found a woman to lie to them."

Zhang Yuqing lowered her eyes and turned her mind a few times, "Do they really have horses? How many horses are there? Is it a good horse?"

The person who came said: "The shopkeeper went to see it in person. There are tens of thousands of fine horses in just one horse farm, and they are all fat and strong. There are several horse farms like this."

"I'm going to see him!" Zhang Yuqing said decisively.

Even if they brag, there is only the racecourse that Du Jingyi can see, she has to buy all the horses from that racecourse first.She has saltworks and iron mines, money is no problem.

When Du Jingyi led the three barbarians to the teahouse, the tea in front of Zhang Yuqing had been changed three times.

Sitting in front of the window on the second floor, she heard someone downstairs shouting in a half-baked Daxia dialect, "Our young master doesn't talk to women!"

"Call your adults to come talk to our young master!"

Du Jingyi's voice sounded with a smile, "The three are here to do business, as long as the business is completed, why do you care who you talk to? You are here, let's go!"

Immediately afterwards, the sound of going upstairs came, and after the door opened, a gust of cold wind blew in.

Zhang Yuqing played with the teacup in her hand, then turned to look at the door.

The leader of the three barbarians was a young man with green eyes and curly hair hanging down to his shoulders.

The moment he saw Zhang Yuqing, the leading Young Master Hu was stunned.

He originally thought that the person waiting upstairs was an elderly woman, but he didn't expect it to be a soft and beautiful young woman, who looked younger than him. The bright red cloak was trimmed with a circle of white rabbit fur, which made her beautiful face even more beautiful. She has delicate and beautiful hair, with black silk hanging down the back softly, sliding like satin as she turns her head, holding a white porcelain teacup in her white and delicate hand like jade.

Zhang Yuqing put down the teacup and made a soft sound. She got up and tightened the cloak around her body, and casually glanced at the three barbarians, as if she didn't take them seriously.

"Master." Du Jingyi cupped his hands and greeted.

Zhang Yuqing said lightly: "I hate others being late the most. Since you don't have the sincerity to do business, forget it and leave!"

The three barbarians and Du Jingyi watched her without looking back, and went straight out the door without giving them a second glance.

It wasn't until Zhang Yuqing went downstairs gracefully, and her delicate side face disappeared at the corner of the stairs, that the young master Hu who was in the lead came back to his senses.

Du Jingyi forced a smile on her face, and said, "I've urged you to hurry up, but you've been lingeringly disliking our boss for being a woman, and you've been wasting time for so long... Our boss has such a big business, isn't he short-tempered?"

When the boss made such a fuss, he didn't tell him first.

"Then the business is over?" A Hu man with a bushy beard behind the young Hu man shouted, "Your boss doesn't want to buy horses anymore?"

Du Jingyi smiled and said, "Of course I'll buy it, but the grassland is so big, it's not just your family that has horses, is it?"

It is true that not only their family has horses, but only Zhang Yuqing has refined salt and refined iron.

Trying to show off in front of them may not be easy.

"It's wrong for us to be late." The young Hu man said, "Talk to the boss again, we will meet and talk."

Seeing the embarrassed look on Du Jingyi's face, he added, "I'm sorry for your inconvenience!"

Zhang Yuqing went out, got into the carriage and left.

Wang Chunniang asked worriedly, "Aren't we going to talk? Don't you want to buy horses?"

"Business, what you love and what I want, is not a business." Zhang Yuqing yawned, "there is a shortage of things on the grassland. They want supplies more than silver. Let's talk later Well, buying a horse is a big deal, but it can't be controlled by them."

When Lu Wei returned to Dusi Mansion, it was already dusk, and the red sunset glow painted the courtyard with a layer of warm colors.

Zhang Yuqing was holding up a small hoe to plan an open space by the wall.

"What is this for?" Lu Wei took the hoe, "Is it loose soil?"

Zhang Yuqing pointed to a small cloth bag on the window sill, and said, "Lin Heniang went back to her hometown and brought some lingxiaohua seeds. I want to try various things."

Ling Xiaohua is a climbing plant, and it will cover the entire wall and bloom full of flowers. It must be very beautiful.

"Then try it." Lu Wei answered.

Zhang Yuqing sat on a stone bench beside her and said, "There are barbarians coming to sell horses today, and I didn't talk to them about it."

Lu Wei waved his hoe and said calmly: "If you don't talk about it, don't talk about it. It must be that they can't do it. You can decide."

Zhang Yuqing curled the corners of her lips.

After loosening the soil, Lu Wei turned his head to look at Zhang Yuqing, his eyes were so soft that even the air was filled with a sweet smell.

At this moment, Du Jingyi hurried into the backyard and called, "Ma'am!"

Unexpectedly, Lu Wei was there, Du Jingyi slipped on his feet, and with a hint of surprise, he cupped his hands and bowed, "I've seen Mr. Lu!"

"What's the matter?" Zhang Yuqing got up and asked.

Du Jingyi said: "They refuse to leave, but are willing to talk to you."

Zhang Yuqing chuckled, "The day after tomorrow! Let them hang out for two days to sharpen their spirits, and let Liu Quan monitor them and find out their details!"