Chapter 135: Don’t let down your heart

Although the matchmaker who proposed marriage was beaten out. Yan Zhizhou had almost no personal friendship with him because of this incident, Li Meng had never heard of giving gifts, which was interesting. When doing a salt administration inspection, Li Meng refused to accept gifts every time he gave gifts, and the porcelain was thrown in front of the door, which was extremely embarrassing.

However, since he was promoted to the garrison, he was also a fifth-rank military officer. At least the gifts he gave were collected into the inner house. According to the information Rossi asked, the porcelain was also smashed, but they were all quietly smashed in the inner house at night, and after the smashing, they were buried.

I don’t know what the reaction of Yan Zhizhou’s reaction was to the blood flowing outside the city gate. After killing three hundred people, I gave him a gift. Li Meng’s proposal was also one of the anecdotes in the officialdom of Laizhou Prefecture. Everyone knows that Li Meng’s wealth is not difficult to win a wife who is charming and charming.

But Li Meng was so in love with the daughter of the prefectural yamen. How did Yan Ruoran look and character make Li Erlang so obsessed? The rumors were overwhelming. In the past, when Li Meng was a patrol, there were also families with equal status to propose marriages, such as being a local big family in Jiaozhou, children of retired officials in Laizhou Prefecture, etc. Some families really made Yan Zhizhou very moved.

After Li Meng was promoted to the garrison of Jiaozhou, the people who proposed marriage and said that the matchmaker had disappeared. After killing people outside the city, those who mentioned marriage were prepared to give a heavy gift to apologize. There was nowhere to be a vague news that the Qiu family and the Peng family had also asked someone to go to Yan Zhizhou to propose marriage to Miss Yan. It was because of this reason that Li Meng sent troops to attack the two families and destroyed the whole family...

The New Year gift for the eighth year of Chongzhen was brought to the magistrate's yamen by Ning Qiangui. This time it was indeed different from before. The magistrate's family accepted the gift with a kind attitude. Compared with the coldness and hostility of the past, it was indeed in heaven and earth.

Master Ning didn't have any attitude of stopping when he saw it, and said with a smile:

"Please also pass the porcelain sent by our Lord Li to the person who should be collected. If you smash it in the inner house at night, it would be a waste..."

Hearing Master Ning's words, some of the servants and maids in the magistrate who were happily sorting out gifts there couldn't help but burst out laughing. The housekeeper of Yan Zhizhou turned around and glared at his subordinates fiercely, then turned around and smiled awkwardly:

"What my brother said is all the above things, that's what we can participate in..."

Master Ning did not continue to make sarcasm, and smiled without saying a word.

As the end of the year approaches, Yan Zhizhou's mansion has relaxed his care for Yan Ruoran. In addition to not being allowed to go out, Miss Yan was allowed to walk around the mansion at will. However, Miss Yan was very quiet and stayed in her house every day, which made Mrs. Zhizhou complain about Yan Zhizhou, saying that she had locked up her daughter stupidly.

For Miss Yan, after expressing her feelings with Li Meng, Li Meng left Jiaozhou to Henan. The contact between the two sides was interrupted for a while. This time, Li Meng came back and started to send him letters regularly. Perhaps it was sweet words and attentive intentions that had been almost done before the interruption. Now these letters are about the experiences and interesting things from the trip to Henan, and express their concerns.

Although such a letter is plain, Miss Yan feels that the relationship between the two parties has brought a lot closer, and only a confidant can say these words.

On the 25th day of the 12th lunar month, the people in the magistrate's yamen were busy all the time. Only Yan Ruoran and his confidant's maid were staying quietly in their home garden, reading books and enjoying porcelain. The confidant's maid was not old and could not be quiet at all. The lively atmosphere in the entire magistrate's mansion made her unable to stay in the house. She asked for a leave from Yan Ruoran and ran outside to play.

"Miss, I'm here to clean it up, please avoid it."

Hearing the sound outside, Miss Yan stood up and closed the bedroom door, and sat quietly on the bed. Although she was calm outside, she was extremely excited. The woman outside was the woman Su who often passed messages to them. I don’t know what she would bring this time.

However, in order not to reveal flaws, Yan Ruoran and this Su Madam have always been dissatisfied with each other. This is also the rule set by Yan Zhizhou. Except for Yan Zhizhou and his wife and Miss Yan's confidant maid, other servants cannot meet with the lady, so as not to have any trouble.

After finally waiting for the Su Po to clean the room, she left and closed the door. Miss Yan hurriedly ran to the living room or placed it on the desk. However, this time it was not only a letter, but also a set of porcelain. Seeing this, Miss Yan almost forgot the so-called quiet etiquette and yelled out excitedly.

There is a set of celadon utensils on the desk, but since it was secretly brought in by Mrs. Su, it obviously cannot be too large in size. It is precisely because of its smallness that it looks exquisite and beautiful. It is a blue jade Guanyin the size of a palm. Its luster and color are almost perfect. Although it is small, it is very delicate and exquisite. There are two small porcelain mandarin ducks.

The girl took these celadons in her hand and looked carefully. Although Li Meng's letter was a little plain, the celadons still had a very hot confession. Yan Ruoran bit her lower lip, walked to the desk, and began to prepare pens, inks and paper and inkstones.

"Don't let your heart down."

Li Meng saw this note that night. This was the first time Yan Ruoran wrote to him. There were only four words on the letter paper, and the font was slender and beautiful.

Seeing this letter, Li Meng suddenly felt his heart swelling, as if he was filled with something. He was indescribable, and he was indeed indescribable. After all, Li Meng had no experience of emotional life in modern times.

Li Meng stayed in the study and watched quietly, feeling the other party's feelings. However, as a general who commanded nearly 5,000 people, he wanted to have some free time, but he was afraid that he would not be satisfied. Sure enough, not long after, someone hurried over.

Logically speaking, as long as it gets dark, there will be basically no business. In ancient times, many people had severe night blindness due to nutritional problems, and various cities have severe curfew regulations. Adding up, it is still quite leisurely at night.

When Li Meng heard the sound of running outside, he was also a little surprised. He thought to himself that something had happened, so he heard the man outside say:

"Sir, the news came from Captain Zhao that there were pirates on the shore."

The captain's name seemed extremely awkward at this time. After hearing the news, Li Meng thought of this first thing he thought of. Then he realized it and hurriedly asked:

"What else is there?"

"Captain Zhao said that the pirates were all caught and there were no casualties. I wait for you to go over and deal with it. Because the military situation is urgent, I will report it to you as soon as possible."

It doesn't seem to be a big deal. Since Li Meng traveled to this era, pirates have always been a distant topic. Li Meng's impression is that his parents died in the burning, killing and looting of pirates on the shore. Li Meng, who witnessed all this, was also frightened silly.

There are also items to defend against pirates in the various responsibilities of the Jiaozhou camp, but in the past two years, there has been no news of pirate harassment. Today, this matter is not a big deal. The reason why Zhao Neng reported it solemnly was perhaps because of the past event.

In fact, there were not no casualties, but there were no people from Lingshan Guard and Jiaozhou Camp among the dead, and more than a dozen were prisoners.

During the battle with the Peng family and the Qiu family, in addition to the members of the two families who were beheaded and displayed, there were also some characters such as horse thieves and bandits who were brought to help with the fist. These people really couldn't behead them, but although they could be spared the death penalty, they could not escape the life penalty.

Originally, these horses riding horses thought that Jiaozhou camp would recruit them into the army, because they all saw that the number of cavalry in Jiaozhou camp was too rare, and the cavalry was the most important component of the army. These horse thieves thought that they were riding skills and the other party could not recruit them.

Who would have thought that Li Meng’s disposal was to send these people to the salt farm and salt fields for work. Every winter, people needed people to sort out the salt ponds and salt fields and repair them. But in winter, the land was frozen in the cold and cold, and if you work in the sea, it would easily cause frostbite. Since you have such ready-made labor in your hands, you will naturally not let it go.

The practice of transforming prisoners into soldiers may be used in the future, but Li Meng is not ready to use them now, because Jiaozhou Camp is to protect the country and protect the people, but these horses and thieves are a disaster for the side. If they are recruited together, the soldiers who fought bloodyly find that yesterday's enemy suddenly became their comrades, what they will think in their hearts will definitely affect the morale of the army.

Under the guarding of the soldiers of Jiaozhou camp, these prisoners used wooden shovels to dig sand on the beach every day, and they were extremely miserable. They said they were guards, but they didn't spend too much energy, because the salt field that needed renovation was originally a semi-closed site, and the soldiers only needed to guard one end. Then these prisoners and coolies had no other way except running into the sea. In this cold weather, people died as soon as they entered the sea, and they were still unhappy to die.
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