Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 218 Mantou Temple

It turns out that the Tiekan Temple was originally built by the two Dukes Ning and Rong. Nowadays, there are still acres of incense land donated to prepare the elderly population in the capital for easy storage here. Among them, the Yin and Yang houses have been prepared and ready for the souls to live in. I don't want the descendants to have a prosperous population now, with rich and poor people ranging from rich to poor, or those with a temperament involved in business, and those who have a difficult and stable family life, so they live here.

All the guests who came and went were sent away, and even Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, etc. also returned to the city first. Only the Jia family and their close relatives were left in Tiejuan Temple. At this moment, Jia Zhenxu was thinking about the separation between heaven and man, and cried together again, forcing herself to arrange accommodation for everyone.

Li Weijian only thought about it for a few days and had just found a room to settle in. Wang Xifeng came over and said in a low voice: "Brother Jian, it's inconvenient for people to come and go here. I think it's better for Brother Jian to go to the steamed buns together." Stay at the nunnery."

"Mantou An?"

Wang Xifeng suddenly realized and said: "Yes, it is Shuiyue Temple. Because the steamed buns in the temple are good, it is also called Steamed Bun Temple."

Li Weijian knew that Wang Xifeng wanted to discuss the greenhouse business, so he agreed.

Wang Xifeng turned around to make arrangements, and suddenly thought that Brother Jian was fifteen or sixteen years old at the time. He was taller than Jia Lian, but he could no longer be treated as a child. Living in Mantou An like this, it is inevitable that there will be rumors in the future. Because Wang Xifeng thought about it for a while, he found Jia Rong as his companion, and then sent someone to inform Mantou Nunnery of the number of houses they were planning to buy.

At this time, the eldest grandma Li Wan returned to the city with Mrs. Wang and others. There were still several sisters-in-law from other branches in Tiekuan Temple to support them. Seeing that nothing happened, Wang Xifeng took Baoyu and Qin Zhong to Mantou Temple first.

After another long while, Jia Rong finally found Li Weijian, and the two took a carriage and horse to Shuiyue Temple. When we arrived at Deshuiyue Temple, we were greeted by a mother-in-law and a bhikshuni who told us that there were still two quiet rooms left.

One is not far from the second grandmother, and the other is outside. Jia Rong was extremely jealous of Li Weijian, and also thought that the steamed buns in this steamed bun nunnery were extremely delicious, so how could she be willing to sit next to Sister Feng? So he rushed to say: "Uncle Jian, please forgive me, my nephew has not had a good sleep in the past few days. I have to find a quiet place to live, so my nephew will occupy it first."

Li Weijian glanced at him and saw that he really had dark circles under his eyes, and couldn't help but wonder. Jia Rong should not have cared about the death of the Qin family. How could it be like this? Could it be that in the past two days, I have lost control and let myself go free with my maid?

At that moment, Li Weijian had no objection. Seeing Jia Rong go away in a hurry, Li Weijian sent the Ding brothers back to Tiekan Temple to settle down. They would come back outside to listen to orders the next morning, and then he went into the quiet room.

First, a bhikshuni brought warm water, and Li Weijian washed his hands briefly, and then another bhikshuni brought fast food. Just four side dishes and two bowl-sized steamed buns. Li Weijian only had some snacks at noon. He was hungry now, so he sat down and ate at once.

Those few vegetarian dishes are just that, the taste is just ordinary, but there is something else in the steamed buns! The inside is a mixture of pickled vegetables, dried tofu and unknown ingredients. It tastes fragrant and fresh, and it is really full of flavor.

After Li Weijian had eaten and drank enough, he called a bhikshuni to tidy things up, and in a moment he brought tea. While he was drinking tea, the old lady beside Sister Feng came over.

"Fourth Master, grandma, please come over here to discuss something."

"Okay, I'll come right away."

Li Weijian stood up, put on his outer cloak, and followed the woman to the next door. Before entering the room, he heard the laughter of Baoyu and Qin Zhong coming from the nunnery next door. He only paused briefly before entering the quiet room with his head held high.

In the quiet room, Wang Xifeng sat on the head of the kang, holding the stove and supporting the kang table with one hand. She is wearing an off-white fur coat with a golden peony pattern, a satin stand-collar shirt with a light purple border and a lake blue background and a colorful chrysanthemum pattern. The lower body is a gray and blue horse-faced skirt with floral patterns. The hair and face are just a few things, but they have all been changed. silver jewelry. Compared to the past, it was already extremely plain at this time.

Seeing Li Weijian come in, Sister Feng stood up with a smile: "Brother Jian is here? Sit down quickly, Ping'er, serve hot tea, and let brother Jian warm his hands."

Ping'er agreed, knowing that his grandma was going to have a secret discussion with Fourth Master Jian, so he hurriedly sent away the few talkative women, and ordered a proper maid to serve tea.

Li Weijian smiled and exchanged some greetings, lifted up his robe and sat on the edge of the kang. When the little maid served tea, Li Weijian held it in her hand and said, "Second sister-in-law, are you worried about making a living in the greenhouse?"

Wang Xifeng suddenly frowned and glanced around. Ping'er hurriedly shook his head, indicating that all irrelevant matters should be dismissed. Wang Xifeng then lowered her voice and said: "Brother Jian, I don't know, my original recipe spread, but a few distinguished nobles set up warm tents to provide themselves with fresh food in the winter... Who wants to repair the Duke's mansion? With face, he took out a lot of takeaways with prescriptions, not to mention that he also led a few wealthy businessmen to build a greenhouse outside the city!"

Li Weijian sighed: "What can I do? Even if the Duke's mansion is not repaired, this recipe cannot be saved."

How could Wang Xifeng not know? With the greedy and despicable temperament of the elder Jia She, it is unbelievable that at first the recipe cost one thousand taels, but later it turned out that it could no longer be sold, and even a hundred taels could be sold for takeout! When the time comes, it won’t be even worse than it is now!

The matter between brother Jian and the second girl became a source of trouble for the parents-in-law, who would come to ask for benefits from brother Jian from time to time. Wang Xifeng had just recently discovered that the parents-in-law still owed Brother Jian eight thousand taels of silver and had not paid back.

Wang Xifeng was extremely unwilling. Now she was determined to persuade Li Weijian that she might as well let go of the second girl. It was really not worth the gain. But Wang Xifeng also knew that for her, the warm shed business was her lifeblood, but for Li Weijian... I'm afraid it wasn't that important.

Because she secretly suppressed her anger, she only said: "It's not even the winter moon yet, and the vegetables in the greenhouse of the Duke of Guo's Mansion are constantly being sold out. Brother Jian, what do you mean-"

"Second sister-in-law, don't panic," Li Weijian said with a smile: "Since he is selling at this time, I'm afraid he planted it too early. Second sister-in-law also knows that there were fruits and vegetables on sale in the capital a few days ago. After ten days, what price can it be sold for? When the winter, twelfth, and first lunar months come, this is the peak season for Zhenzhener."

Wang Xifeng frowned and said nothing, still worried.

Li Weijian added: "Besides, as our scale has increased, the cost will naturally come down. Second sister-in-law, please don't forget that we use boilers, so the Duke of Xiu's Mansion still uses coal stoves? It's not that cold now." You still can’t tell, but in the twelfth lunar month of winter, we will burn one pound of coal to support his three pounds, and sell takeout at his expense. If there is no shortage, he will stop making a living in the greenhouse, and I will write the character "Li" upside down!"

Li Weijian's words were not high-pitched, but he was calm and confident inside, so they were very resounding. Wang Xifeng was originally uneasy, but when she heard this, she felt dizzy.

She has a strong desire for power, and she admires people who hold great power and can decide the world with one word. However, she married Jia Lian, who was happy with the situation and did not seek advancement. In addition, Li Weijian had been out of shape for more than a year, and now he was a bit taller than Jia Lian, because Sister Feng suddenly realized that in front of her was not the young scholar who was cautious and smiling when he first entered the Rongguo Mansion, but He is a powerful and powerful man!

However, after a moment, Wang Xifeng came back to her senses and couldn't help but smile: "Brother Youjian has said this, what else should I worry about? This is not the time. I'll have tea instead of wine. I wish you all the best first." Win money on the camp’s birthday!”

"Second sister-in-law please."

"Brother Jian, please!"

When the tea cup is slightly touched, there is a crisp sound. After Wang Xifeng drank a cup of warm tea, she felt so comfortable all over her body, as if the pores all over her body had dilated. I can't help but imagine that the government of Tuiguo has been squeezed out of business, and all the capital has been earned back in three or two years.

Just at this moment, someone suddenly called the door from outside. Ping'er opened the door to observe, then turned around and led an old nun inside.

Li Weijian had been to Shuiyue Temple before, so he knew that this old nun was the abbot Jingxu. Jingxu had seen the ceremony and saw that Li Weijian was there, so he started to greet him and refused to leave, talking in circles.

Wang Xifeng is a good person, so how can she not know that Jingxu just has something to say? He casually said, "Stop talking around. Brother Jian is not an outsider. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Na Jingxu recited the Buddha's name and hurriedly said with a flattering smile: "I have something to do. I want to go to the house to ask for help from my wife. I would like to ask my grandma for instructions first."

"what's up?"

"Amitabha! It's just that when I first became a monk in Shancai Temple in Chang'an County, there was a benefactor named Zhang who was a wealthy man. He had a daughter whose nickname was Jin Ge, who came to my temple to offer incense that year. , Unexpectedly, he met Li Yanei, the brother-in-law of the Grand Master of the Chang'an Prefecture. Li Yanei was interested in marrying Brother Jin, so he sent people to propose marriage, but he didn't expect that Brother Jin had already been hired by the former Chang'an guard son.

If the Zhang family withdraws from the marriage, they are afraid that they will not be able to defend themselves, so they say they already have a family. Unexpectedly, Mr. Li refused and insisted on marrying his daughter. The Zhang family was at a loss and was in a dilemma.

After hearing this letter, the guards did not care about the facts, so they came to insult her, saying that if her daughter was married to a family, but she was not allowed to withdraw from the wedding ceremony, she would file a lawsuit. The Zhang family was anxious, so they had to go to Beijing to find a way out, and they decided to cancel the wedding ceremony out of anger.

I think Mr. Yun is the most compatible with the family in Chang'an Jiedu now. I can ask my wife to speak to the master and send a letter to Mr. Yun and ask him to speak to the guard so that he is not afraid that the guard will not comply. If you are willing to do it, the Zhang family will even be willing to be filial and filial. "

Ping'er stepped forward to refill Li Weijian's tea. Li Weijian thanked him in a low voice, thinking to himself, this is what happened! Wang Xifeng takes control of Tieksuan Temple?

Sister Feng laughed and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just that my wife doesn't care about such things anymore."

The old nun said: "Madam, I don't care, grandma can take the initiative." When Sister Feng heard about it, she laughed and said: "I don't wait for money, nor do I do such a thing."

After hearing this, Jingxu put away his delusions and sighed for a while: "Even so, the Zhang family already knew that I came to ask for help in the house. Now they don't care about it. The Zhang family doesn't know that they don't have time to take care of it, so they don't want his thank you gift." , It’s as if the mansion doesn’t even have such an idea.”

Li Weijian had no intention of understanding this matter, but when he heard Jingxu's words, he frowned immediately. Before Wang Xifeng could speak, Li Weijian put down the tea cup and said loudly: "You old nun is so ignorant! What a mess with the second sister-in-law. Character? How could you do such a taboo thing just for a little money? Seeing that the second sister-in-law didn't answer, you actually used words to provoke her... I must have received a lot of money from that surnamed Li, right?"

What a smart person Wang Xifeng is? Originally, she knew that Jingxu had used the provoking method, but she was so arrogant that she didn't care. When he heard Li Weijian say this and saw the old man was silent, he suddenly wondered: "How did Brother Jian know?"

Li Weijian snorted coldly and said: "Second sister-in-law, I don't know, I sent my eldest wife to this place last year. I was enjoying the cool outside the temple when I saw a prodigal wandering out of the temple. I just heard what she said again, how can I return the favor? I wonder if she has already been involved with the man named Li? Even this Mantou Temple is not clean!"

A pair of triangular phoenix eyes suddenly glared angrily at the old nun Jingxu. Sister Feng was extremely angry and cursed: "What a dirty old beast, eating and using our food, and then he turned around and plotted against me! You think I am a Don’t you have a bad temper?”

Jingxu hurriedly said: "Grandma, this poor nun is wronged..."

Li Weijian snapped at the case and said, "Unjustly accused? Does that mean I lied? It's a simple matter. My second sister-in-law can trouble me to send someone to call the Ding brothers. We don't have to look far. We can tell the truth by just scanning the surrounding merchants."

Wang Xifeng said nothing, but carefully observed Jingxu, and saw that his eyes were wandering, and he could only keep reciting the Buddha's name. How could he not know that what Li Weijian said was true?

Taking care of big and small affairs, as well as repairing the affairs of the Duke's mansion, Wang Xifeng was already very angry, how could she bear it now? He immediately threw the tea cup and cursed: "What a dirty seed. This is a pure place for Buddhism. I don't want to do the dirty work! I don't think you, the abbot, want to be a monk. You can find a place to travel by yourself." Go!"

Jingxu was so horrified that he begged for mercy. Wang Xifeng just ignored it, but suddenly thought of Baoyu, and asked Ping'er hurriedly: "Where is brother Baoyu?"

I wanted to send Ping'er to find Baoyu quickly, but suddenly I felt uneasy. Wang Xifeng stood up quickly and said: "No, we can't stay in this place. No matter how green and white people live here, it will be dirty and smelly!"

As he spoke, he got up to look for the jade. Seeing this, Li Weijian also followed Wang Xifeng out to look for it.

There was an old lady walking around outside. Wang Xifeng asked one of them to ask, but the old lady only said that she saw Baoyu and Qin Zhong walking back. The group of people passed through the nunnery and went straight to the back.

Coincidentally, the winter days are short and it is already dark now. Just now, Qin Zhong saw that Zhizhi'er was getting taller and more handsome, so he couldn't help but stepped forward to give him a ride, but Baoyu happened to mess him up. When night fell, Qin Zhong took advantage of the darkness and came to look for wisdom.

As soon as they arrived in the back room, they saw Zhi Zhi washing tea bowls alone in the room. Qin Zhong ran over and hugged him and kissed him.

Zhizhi stamped his feet anxiously and said, "What's this! If you do this again, I'll call you." Qin Zhong begged, "Good man, I'm dying of anxiety. If you don't obey me today, I will die here."

Zhizhi said: "What do you want? I won't listen to you until I get out of this prison and get away from these people."

Qin Zhong said: "It's easy, but water from afar can't save you from thirst." As he said that, he blew out the lamp and the whole room was dark. He hugged Zhizhi on the kang and it started to rain. That intelligence can't be thwarted in any way, and it's hard to praise, so you have to rely on him.

While they were having fun, a man came in and held them down without saying anything. The two of them didn't know who it was and were so frightened that they didn't dare to move.

The person who came was none other than Baoyu. Seeing that the two of them were so frightened that they didn't dare to say anything, they immediately let out a sneer. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard cluttered footsteps outside, and Wang Xifeng's voice came: "Brother Bao is coming from behind? It's so dark, and it doesn't look like there's anyone here?"

Baoyu blinked and immediately didn't dare to speak anymore. He could only imitate Qin Zhong and Zhi'er and hold their breath, hoping that Wang Xifeng would go away quickly.

Unexpectedly, Li Weijian said, "Second sister-in-law, look, the door is ajar, maybe Brother Bao is hiding inside." Wang Xifeng said, "Bring me a lantern."

A maid came forward with a lantern. Ping'er opened the door and the light shone in. Ping'er only glanced at them. When he saw the three people on the bed, he immediately covered his face and left with a "Ah" sound.

"What's going on?"

Ping'er's face was red with embarrassment and he just said: "Second Grandma, please don't go in... lest you get dirty——"

How could Wang Xifeng be willing to listen? He grabbed the lantern and went inside. When he saw what was going on inside, he was stunned. Qin Zhong and Zhi'er were wrapped in quilts with their arms exposed. Fortunately, Baoyu was still fully clothed.

Baoyu's energy and blood surged up, and his heart felt bitter. This really happened sooner rather than later. He tried to scare the two of them, but unexpectedly got himself involved. If the master knew this, where would his life be?

Baoyu immediately got out of bed and hurriedly explained: "Sister, it's not what you think!"

For no reason, Wang Xifeng felt nauseous! If Baoyu only found a little nun to hang out with, Wang Xifeng didn't care much. How many of the men of the Jia family are vegetarians as a gift? But together with Qin Zhong... it's really outrageous!

Knowing that Baoyu was the treasure of the old lady and her, she could not be offended easily, because Wang Xifeng suppressed her anger and said with a stiff smile: "Brother Bao is old, and it is normal for him to know some people and things. The old lady sent Brother Bao away." Isn't that why I'm so attractive and charming? It's just that Brother Bao doesn't want to mess around outside. Who knows if his dirty and smelly body is infected with any diseases? Go clean it up quickly. This steamed bun nunnery is so filthy, let's I can’t wait any longer.”

Baoyu responded reluctantly, intending to defend Qin Zhong, but he didn't know how to speak. He could only glance back at the two people on the bed, then turned around and walked out with his head hanging down.

Wang Xifeng didn't even look at Qin Zhong or Zhi'er, but she had to say something in front of the old lady about this matter. Qin Zhong would no longer be able to go to Rongguo Mansion in the future!

Li Weijian stopped outside from the beginning to the end. Seeing Wang Xifeng turn around, he walked side by side with him silently. Before leaving the nunnery, he said, "Brother Bao is getting older."

"Yes, we all know about the human affairs." Although Wang Xifeng knew about it, she only thought it was a nonsense like eating rouge, and never thought that it would be like this. Thinking of how he often called Baoyu to his car in the past few days, he couldn't help but feel sick.

Looking at Brother Jian next to him, he knows etiquette and observes etiquette, his eyes are clear, and he has great power... Not to mention the precious jade, the four descendants of Jia Shi Wang Xue's family counted them one by one, and there was no one who could compare with him.

Wang Xifeng was already proud and arrogant, and she hated such a filthy place the most. At the moment, she would rather wait outside than stay inside. She didn't even want the spread out bedding. She just wanted to find a place to stay as soon as possible. .

It's just that it's dark and freezing at this time. How easy is it to find a place to stay around? Ping'er was worried for a while, so he just said it would be better to open the city gate and go stay in the city.

Seeing this, Li Weijian thought briefly and said, "I do have a place. If my second sister-in-law doesn't mind the remoteness, why not stay in my garden."

Ping'er, who was at a loss what to do, clasped his hands and smiled and said, "Hey, I almost forgot about Fourth Master Jian's garden!"

Xiangshan is not far from here, and the carriage will probably take an hour to travel, but it also avoids the trouble of having nowhere to stay.

Wang Xifeng didn't want to stay for a moment longer, and immediately said: "What's the trouble? It's just a matter of getting up early, but it will trouble Brother Jian instead."

"Second sister-in-law, let's not be polite. In that case, I'll send the Ding brothers over first and have people clean up the place and come out."

At that moment, Li Weijian called Ding Rufeng and ordered him to ride fast to tell his parents first, and then he and Wang Xifeng, who were all neatly packed, took a car to the west.

No more words were said on the way, and the group of people arrived at the garden around Xu Shi. Due to the haste, only the parents and family members of the Ding brothers and two maids were left in the garden. Fortunately, Wang Xifeng brought many maids and women, and it took a long time to settle down.

Li Weijian was afraid that the others would be cold, so he quickly ordered people to cook pear soup and delivered it to them one by one, and then went to settle down.

But it was said that when Wang Xifeng moved into the guest house, he only sent the maid to serve Baoyu and placed him next door, and never left him in the house again. Ping'er brought the foot-washing water and then waited on Wang Xifeng to wash it, then turned around and the maid brought pear soup.

Ping'er brought it over and said with a smile: "Grandma, just say that Fourth Master Jian is thoughtful. Isn't that because he was afraid that everyone would be cold, so he asked someone to cook pear soup. Grandma can drink it while it's hot?"

Wang Xifeng frowned and took it, ate half of it, put it aside and said, "Brother Zhong can't stay in the house anymore. Hey... I don't know how to tell the old lady when I turn around."

Ping'er said: "To be honest, can the old lady spread this matter everywhere?"

Wang Xifeng said again: "Turn around and tell the maids and wives not to mess around!"

Ping'er agreed and served Wang Xifeng to undress. Ping'er was going to rest outside, but Wang Xifeng pulled him onto the kang together.

The master and servant turned their backs and looked as if they had fallen asleep, but in fact they both had their eyes open and had their own thoughts. Wang Xifeng suddenly remembered what Li Weijian said that day. No matter how close she was to Mrs. Wang, her parents-in-law would no longer matter. But in the end, she was still the daughter-in-law of the eldest family. Regardless of her title or family property, she always had to plan for the eldest family.

Baoyu saw that everything was getting worse and worse. Whether it was his aunt who took advantage of the old lady's presence, or whether he had not succeeded when the old lady died, Wang Xifeng was not good at everything inside and out! Wang Xifeng gradually made up her mind. In the final analysis, she still had to consider herself.

Ping'er outside is thinking again... This grandma Wang Xifeng's temperament is very similar to Mrs. Wang's when she was young. I heard that Aunt Zhou was controlled by Mrs. Wang for a year or two when she was young before she got together with the master twice. Fifty years old, childless and helpless, she only stays in her small courtyard on weekdays, and only shows up during the New Year... Ping'er then secretly thought, how could she know that Aunt Zhou was not her own today? tomorrow?

The whole night was tossing and turning, and the master and servant didn't know when they fell asleep. In the blink of an eye, it was dawn, and the sound of maids playing around could be heard outside. Wang Xifeng, who was sleepy, was worried and was about to ask the maid to scold her when she heard that the outside was covered with rime.

Wang Xifeng hurriedly got dressed. When she went out, she saw the garden covered in snow, with a stream trickling and mist rising above it. After listening to it, I realized that this stream actually contains hot springs flowing out of the mouth of the warm soup, which is why it is like this.

With Sheng Jing in front of him, the suffocating breath in his chest was exhaled, and Wang Xifeng felt that his heart suddenly became more open. What about relatives? He only talks good things to himself! In comparison, Brother Jian makes a living giving away 50,000 taels of silver!

Just as he was observing carefully, a mother-in-law suddenly came looking for him. It was Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang who were worried about Baoyu. They opened the city gate at dawn and sent people to have a look. When I arrived at Shuiyue Temple, I was empty-handed and turned around to find the garden.

Baoyu's mood was waning at this moment, and he just felt that life was boring. He was about to return to the capital with the visitor, but he missed Qin Zhong because he bit him to death and waited for another day before returning.

After breakfast, the group returned to Tieksuan Temple. Baoyu led Li Gui and others to Mantou Temple. Qin Zhong's talent was extremely weak. He had suffered from the cold yesterday, and he was secretly in love with Zhi'er, so he couldn't help but cough this morning.

Li Gui and others were afraid that they would be sick, so they only allowed Baoyu to exchange a few words with Qin Zhong through the door, and then returned to the capital obediently.

On the other side, Wang Xifeng had been seeing him for half a day, and there was nothing important happening here. Thinking that Li Weijian had just come back from a business trip to help him, and feeling grateful, he advised him not to go back to the city first... There wouldn't be much to do next.

Li Weijian thought about how he had bowed all ninety-nine times, even within one or two days, so he just said that there was nothing important and stayed to help with the funeral arrangements. When he is buried the next day, the funeral will come to an end.

When returning, the Baozhu cried and refused to go back. When Jia Zhen tried to persuade her again, the Baozhu stood up and hit the pillar. Fortunately, the mother-in-law stopped me, otherwise it would have been another dispute.

Jia Zhen had no choice but to leave her two wives to look after her, and then she and her group returned to the capital.

Li Weijian saw it, but ignored it. I just secretly thought that Baozhu must have known some hidden secrets. He was afraid that he would be silenced when he returned to Ningguo Mansion, so he would rather die than go back.

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But when Li Weijian returned home, he heard news the next day that the thirty-three surnames in Beishan were accustomed to using bows and arrows, and rarely used firecrackers. I also heard that three thousand soldiers and horses have just passed Shanhaiguan and will arrive at the camp outside the capital in a few days.

Li Weijian heard the news early, and he escorted weapons and supplies. Apart from a Beijing camp escort, the only remaining troops were these three thousand soldiers outside the pass.

Li Weijian immediately thought about it, rummaged through his home and found the rapid-fire arrow box, and hurriedly ordered the factory to build it quickly. When the owner's life was involved, the steam engine factory immediately stopped all work, and more than 800 craftsmen worked hard to build a rapid-fire quiver.

The mold had just been built, and then the message came. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of War wrote a document and assigned Counselor Li Weijian to escort supplies to Qinghai.

Li Weijian was overjoyed! When asked about the departure date, it will be ten days later. It turned out that the soldiers of the 33rd surnamed Beishan outside the Pass were tired and had to rest for a few days before continuing their journey.

In addition, the thirty-three surnames in Beishan did not just come with soldiers and horses. Behind the three thousand soldiers and horses, there were actually tens of thousands of family members! It turns out that Emperor Zhenghe learned from the experience and felt that people who are not of our race must have different hearts. That is why the various tribes in Qinghai surrendered and rebelled again, and rebelled and surrendered again.

The Thirty-three surnames in Beishan have always been obedient, and they also made great efforts to eradicate the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Zhenghe felt that they were more trustworthy than the Mongol tribes, so he simply ordered to move the Thirty-three surnames to a place with rich sea water and grass in Qing Dynasty. .

Because Dashun defeated the Rakshasa and expanded his army eastward, the thirty-three surnames in Beishan felt that the Han emperor was true to his word. When they heard that they were moving to a land with abundant water and grass, the whole family immediately moved together. After the farewell banquet, the shaman predicted that the trip would be auspicious. He immediately said goodbye to his relatives and friends with tears. After several months of traveling three to four thousand miles, he arrived near the capital.

Li Weijian was curious and didn't know what was going on with the three thousand soldiers outside the pass. That day, when I was thinking about whether to go to Beijing Camp to take a look, Qian Xue suddenly came to report that a general from Beijing Camp escorting Li Weijian was visiting.

Li Weijian hurriedly invited the person in, and when he saw it, he was an acquaintance!

"Brother Cheng?" Li Weijian blinked and said with a smile, "Could it be that Brother Cheng is still escorting me?"

Cheng Wei said with a smile: "On our trip south, the water-catching bandits got some credit, and they just happened to be promoted to the head of the department due to their merits from their humble position. I am accompanying you on this trip, so the brothers are looking forward to getting more credit."

"Hahaha, Brother Cheng, sit down quickly."

Cheng Wei sat down and served tea. The two of them were familiar with each other, so they naturally had a great time chatting with each other. When he mentioned the soldiers with the 33rd surname in Beishan, Cheng Og's expression suddenly became intriguing.

"Soldiers outside the customs, tsk..."

"Brother Cheng, have you seen this before?"

Cheng Wei muttered: "I've never seen it before, but I heard it mentioned by Zhang Brigade."

When Dashun was founded, due to the battle in Liaodong to eliminate the puppet Qing Dynasty, I saw the ferocity of the fishing and hunting men of the 33rd surname in Beishan, and I immediately started to recruit them. Therefore, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were many recruitment efforts, and even maintained a force of 2,000 soldiers outside the customs.

This army of soldiers and horses followed Dashun in the southern and northern campaigns and made many military exploits. However, these soldiers outside the Pass are fierce and fierce, but too casual. To put it bluntly, the quality of individual soldiers is extremely high. Six foreign soldiers once leveled a chieftain's village in the southwest, which shows their ferocity.

However, the military discipline of the soldiers outside the Pass is too lax. If there are too many people, the camp will be bombed for no apparent reason. After that, Dashun continued Taizong Li Guo's policy, and the army gradually became firearms, so the soldiers outside the pass gradually disappeared from sight. It was also because Jinshang was thinking of adding sand to Qinghai that he used troops outside the Guanzhong again.

I heard Cheng Wei say: "It's not that I am boasting. If ten people fight against ten people, I will definitely lose when I encounter soldiers from outside the Pass. If a hundred people fight against a hundred people, I'm afraid the outcome is uncertain. If a thousand people fight against a thousand people, I will win or not." Lose! Those three thousand soldiers outside the Pass will probably have to be broken into several units and used when they arrive in Qinghai."

Cheng Yu had a cup of tea and then left. Li Weijian returned to the inner house and was about to change his clothes and go to the Yamen. Fu Qiufang came over and said, "Sir, there are two things: one is that it will be the birthday of Mr. Zheng in two days. Although the Rongguo Mansion did not inform him, the master is We have a normal relationship, but it’s hard to pretend not to know. I have prepared a gift, and I will have to take the time to congratulate you when the time comes."

"Okay, I understand, what else?"

Fu Qiufang said: "Another happy event is that today the courier delivered a letter from Xiang Ling, saying that he left a month ago. Counting the time, I'm afraid he will be back in five or seven days. "

　It's the end of the month, please give me some monthly tickets. In addition, the book club group failed the second subject of Xu Xing again, which is a great joy and a blessing...

　　

　

(End of this chapter)