Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wu Shigong had waited for a long time before the Runing Army's brigade arrived late.They can't walk fast!Because the Runing Army carried too many large and small bags.

This time, Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng's troops who were traveling with the Runing Army, as well as Yan Dingshan's cavalry troops, relying on the warrant of Zhu Dadian in Wu Shigong's hand, had a lot of food on the road.

Perhaps Zhu Dadian was negligent, he did not take back the warrant.But Wu Shigong will never forget this artifact with extremely high gold content!On the way back, he desperately used it in the states and counties along the way without any scruples.It will expire if not used.

And after arriving in Jining this time, Wu Shigong is going to make a big fortune in Jining.And with the leadership of Yan Dingshan, a local military officer who has been promoted to deputy general, Wu Shigong will definitely be able to get a lot of good things.

In the Ming Dynasty, in order to ensure the safety and timely transportation of water transportation, Zhu Yuanzhang, the then Ming Taizu at that time, merged Fengyang Guard and Yangzhou Guard into the Water Transport Army, with one general and several deputy generals under the command and management of the Governor of Water Transport.

The governor of water transportation in the Ming Dynasty was actually a part-time job.The main official position is the local governor.The governor governs the four prefectures of Fengyang, Huai'an, Yangzhou, and Luzhou, and the three states of Chu, Xu, and He.The Yamen is located in Huai'an.

Of course, this governor who holds two positions is in charge of quite a few guards and soldiers in the local area.However, the soldiers in charge of water transportation are all military households of Fengyangwei and Yangzhouwei.

When the Ming Dynasty was founded, this arrangement was very appropriate, because Nanjing was the capital of the Ming Dynasty at that time.But when Ming Chengzu Zhu Di moved his capital to Beijing, the focus of water transportation shifted to the Grand Canal.

Therefore, the military households of Fengyangwei and Yangzhouwei like Yandingshan also moved to various main roads of the Grand Canal and stationed for a long time. After several generations of reproduction, they also took root in their respective places of residence.It is Tang Liu, the head of the Cao Gang that appeared in the previous article.He is also a descendant of these military families, but because he is a side branch, he was not selected as a soldier.Otherwise, it would be impossible for Tang Liu to enjoy himself so much on the Grand Canal.

Of course, the ancestral home of Yan Dingshan and Tang Liu is still in Fengyang or Yangzhou, and many of their hometowns, ancestral graves and relatives in the clan are still left there.

And Yan Dingshan's station is near Jining City.As a local snake, he knows how many official warehouses there are and what valuables are in which official warehouses.So this time he will lead the way, and everyone will go together to distribute the last batch of windfalls for this expedition.

And saw the arrival of the Runing Army Brigade.The shopkeeper of the Jining branch of the Four Seas Commercial Bank also appeared with a dozen of his staff.In fact, they had already arrived, and they also wanted to welcome Wu Shigong and the Runing army.

It's just that Xue Yufei's aristocratic ostentation kept them from getting close.As soon as Wu Shigong appeared, he got into Xue Yufei's carriage and never showed up again.So they had no choice but to wait patiently until they saw the banner of the Runing Army before coming to pay their respects.

The Four Seas Trading Company also came here to deal with the goods brought back by the Runing Army.And Wu Shigong no longer took care of the trivial matters of handling those goods.He just met the shopkeeper.Briefly explain to him: what goods will be shipped to the capital for sale; what goods will be shipped back to Runing; how many carts and manpower will be prepared to carry them in the official warehouse in Runing...

Then, Wu Shigong handed over Zhu Dadian's warrant to Zhou Xun, and after saying goodbye to Yan Dingshan, Chen Zhongzhi, and Jiang Cheng, he immediately took nearly a hundred guards newly transferred by Yang Rusong, together with Xue Yufei and others, to leave the main force and return to Ru Ning went.

See Wu Shigong set off.Yang Rusong also immediately arranged several guards to report back to Runing quickly, so that the civil and military officials of the Runing Army Headquarters and Wu Shigong's inner house were ready to welcome them.

The leading messenger guard Yang Rusong sent out was a prudent person.It should be said that this messenger is a very good messenger candidate.But unexpectedly, there was a problem.And the problem is that the messenger is too prudent.

When the messenger arrived in Runing, he only informed Wu Shigong of the approximate return date and the number of people returning, and he kept silent about other things.Especially when reporting to the inner house.

This messenger was not the guard Wu Shigong brought out from the capital, but was recruited and promoted by Wu Shigong after he arrived in Henan.Therefore, he didn't know the rules of the big family.

In fact, the guard is also reasonable.According to his small family's understanding, the male master brought other women from the outside, so why bother talking to the inner house as the crow's mouth?

Therefore, Li Xin and the others in the inner house only learned from the soldiers who returned earlier that Wu Shigong had taken in another woman from Fulangji, but they didn't know that Xue Yufei, the mistress, had also returned with her.

After Wu Shigong took Carelli with him, he left the brigade and started the last journey back home.Xue Yufei was surprised to see Carelli, she never thought that Wu Shigong's taste was so unique.

After thinking for a long time, Xue Yufei had no choice but to understand this unique taste as: Did Wu Shigong regard Carelli as his substitute.For this reason, Xue Yufei was secretly complacent for several days.It can be seen from this that in the Ming Dynasty, foreigners were really discriminated against in the central power!

And Carelli also felt Xue Yufei's kindness towards her. After the two talked, Carelli heard various anecdotes about the noble women of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the relationship between the two women is quite harmonious.

On this road, except for a brief stop in Guide Mansion, Wu Shigong didn't stop at any other places except for a short stop in Guide Mansion, and went straight to his own home in Runing Mansion.

When Wu Shigong's convoy entered his inner house in the Runing Army camp, both Xue Yufei and Qiu Momo were quite surprised.They never thought that Wu Shigong's inner house was not in the garrison yamen in the city of Runing Mansion, but was built in the barracks.However, at this time, they did not have the opportunity to ask Wu Shigong this question, because the inner house had already arrived.

The civil and military officials of the Runing Army led by Deng Qifan and the servants of the inner house led by Chang Meng have already greeted them at the gate of the inner house.After saluting, Wu Shigong gave orders to Deng Qifan and the others: "After dinner, Mr. Deng and Uncle Yongli will come to my study to discuss. The others should leave first."

Deng Qifan and the others also knew that Wu Shigong was tired from the journey.So today's greeting is only out of courtesy.Therefore, they quickly dispersed.And Wu Shigong immediately excitedly led Xue Yufei to the front, hoping to see his wives and children earlier.

As soon as they turned to the screen wall of the back house, Li Xin and the others were already dressed in costumes, smiling and bringing the children over to welcome them.The wives were deeply blessed, and the children who were able to walk kowtowed to their father.

Wu Shigong smiled and said helplessly: "We are all a family, what are you doing with so much etiquette? Come over here and let me take a good look. You have been away for more than a year. I really miss you."

Li Xin smiled and stood up. She walked towards Wu Shigong first, and before she could speak, she saw Xue Yufei beside Wu Shigong.So Li Xin acted like a big woman, took Xue Yufei's hand affectionately and said, "This is the younger sister that my husband Xinna accepts! Let me introduce a few older sisters to you. Don't be afraid, they are easy to get along with." .”

And Xue Yufei was overwhelmed by Li Xin's sudden action.She was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, and she didn't have the ability to change at all, so Xue Yufei could only be dumbfounded at this time.

As soon as Wu Shigong entered, everyone in the inner house focused on Wu Shigong.But when Li Xin was talking to Xue Yufei, the ladies started to look at Xue Yufei.

As soon as they realized that it was Wu Shigong's original wife, Xue Yufei, daughter of the Marquis Mansion, who came in, Zhu Yun, Mei Yun, Xiuzhu and Qiongniang who knew Xue Yufei immediately knelt down and said: "Madam!" "Miss!" Kowtowed and saluted.

And before Li Xin could react, Mother Qiu who was following behind also bypassed Zhaobi. When she saw and heard Li Xin's rude behavior, she immediately flew into a rage and scolded: "Presumptuous, see Madame still kneeling down to salute? Do you still understand the rules?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Wu Shigong immediately put on a smile and smoothed things over: "It's all my fault! It's all my fault! I forgot to introduce you, this is Madam Xue Yufei."

Li Xin was the most embarrassed at this time.Her eye circles were a little red, but she bit her lip and knelt down to kowtow to Xue Yufei.With Li Xin taking the lead, all the wives and children also knelt down.

Unexpectedly, after saluting and saluting, Madam Qiu would still be relentless.Because Wu Shigong's children didn't know how to address Xue Yufei at all, so they just kowtowed and didn't make a sound.

So Qiu Momo sternly said to the children: "You all need to be called Mother."

Although the rules of the Ming Dynasty were like this, all the children of the husband must call the main wife "mother".And concubines give birth to children, even if they are biological mothers, they can only be called "Auntie".But in the past, Wu Shigong never implemented this rule in his inner house, and all the children called their biological mother "mother", so at this time those children were dumbfounded, they didn't know what to do.

This scene is a little dignified.Babies are very sensitive, those newborn babies who were still being held by the nurse immediately burst into tears, and as soon as they heard the sound of crying, Wu Shigong's children started to play a symphony of crying.

Wu Shigong felt distressed immediately, he squeezed Xue Yufei's hand, looked at her for help, and hoped that Xue Yufei would ease the atmosphere.And Xue Yufei was at a loss at first, seeing Wu Shigong's pleading eyes, she said: "Get up, wait a while and wait for the concubine to settle down, and then I will meet the younger sisters and children with my husband."

Seeing her young lady let go so lightly, especially Li Xin who was the most ignorant and challenged Xue Yufei's position as a lady, Qiu Nanny could only shake her head lightly behind Xue Yufei.

The maid in the inner house, together with the maid Xue Yufei brought from the capital, packed Xue Yufei's house and luggage, and arranged for Carelli's own house and maid.Everyone settled down.

But after this storm of welcoming, the festive atmosphere of welcoming Wu Shigong in the inner house disappeared, and Wu Shigong also thought to himself: "It seems that my wife is asking too much, it's really troublesome!" (To be continued...)