After the New Year, Pang Gang also enjoyed a rare rest period. What made Pang Gang the most excited and happy during this period was that Kong Ruolan was pregnant. This news shocked the entire Qingzhou. All the officials in Qingzhou flocked to the residence of General Dingguo to congratulate him as if they had passed the New Year. The gifts sent by the generals and officials filled the two warehouses of the general's mansion.

Although it has been two years since this era, Pang Gang has also understood some of the ideas of people in this era. In ancient times, he attached great importance to the inheritance of offspring. The more people with status and status they valued such things, let alone officials like Pang Gang who have become the first-rank right governor Tongzhi.

Although most of the officials under Pang Gang are from poor military households and many of them have not received formal education, they are not stupid. At this moment, their future honor and disgrace are firmly connected with Pang Gang. Now Pang Gang is already a prince, and his future is foreseeable. His inheritance is naturally the top priority. As long as people with a little vision know the importance of investing in the next generation, Pang Gang has never had any offspring. This incident also made these subordinates secretly anxious. Now that the news of Kong Ruolan being pregnant as a wife has undoubtedly given many people a clear signal, it is not surprising that the general's mansion is filled with gifts sent by his subordinates so quickly.

After the news of Kong Ruolan's pregnancy came out, he suddenly became a national treasure in the eyes of everyone. Kong Ruolan's mother came to the General's Mansion with a large bag the next day, judging from the attitude that she was about to officially enter the General's Mansion. At the same time, there were more maids and mothers around Kong Ruolan. She was always served by her for twelve hours every day. The movement was so large that Ruolan was miserable. In the end, Pang Gang got angry and drove these old mothers and maids out of his private house, and finally the family became quiet.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Wei Tongen also left Qingzhou. Under the escort of two thousand infantry soldiers sent by Pang Gang, he officially came to Jinan to take office. The replacement of Wei Tongen was a Hanlin named Tang Hongbai from the former Hanlin Academy who came down from the capital. However, this Tang Hongbai and other things were no longer within Pang Gang's consideration, because Qingzhou was at this time, no matter big or small, it was firmly controlled by Pang Gang. In the eyes of many generals and officials in Qingzhou, this new Tang Hongbai was just a Bodhisattva in the temple - a decoration.

In Pang Gang's private house located in the inner courtyard, Kong Ruolan was chatting with the sisters. Pang Gang's three wives and three concubines were all here, and there were still mothers and Ling'er standing next to Ruolan, and there was laughter in the living room.

At this time, Li Xuezhu, the youngest among the sisters, said enviously: "Sister Ruolan. You are so lucky. My husband may love you even more after having a baby, right?"

Ruolan's pretty face became slightly rounder and she smiled slightly, "Miss Xuezhu, if you envy you, you can let your husband spend more time on you. I believe you will soon get pregnant with your husband's love for you!"

Li Xuezhu stuck out her tongue and smiled, "I don't want to have a baby so soon. My husband said that giving birth to a baby hurts. He asked me to ask for a baby only after I get it after I get it."

Li Xuezhu's innocent words made all the girls laugh, but only the person involved knew what the smile contained in everyone's smiles.

Qiaoer, the concubine who had just received a new house, stood beside her lady. A trace of worry flashed in her eyes. As the saying goes, there are worlds where there are people, and even her sisters are no exception. Among Pang Gang's three wives, Kong Ruolan and Wei Manfeng are the most respected. They were both conferred second-rank imperial edicts by Chongzhen. The children who are most likely to inherit Pang Gang's family business in the future will definitely be born from the children of the two of them.

Among the other girls, Li Xuezhu is a Korean princess, and her future children can be excluded. Chen Yuanyuan, Ling'er and Qiao'er's three concubines will be even more impossible for them to inherit Pang Gang's family business. Now that Kong Ruolan is pregnant, she is one step ahead of Wei Mange. As a child, Qiao'er, who grew up with Wei Mange, naturally worried about her own lady.

In Qiao'er's opinion, the lady's father is now the governor of Shandong, and her lady's appearance, talent and family background are better than Kong Ruolan in terms of appearance, talent and family background. However, because Kong Ruolan took the lead and became a kinship with the master, the position of the wife fell on her head. Although her lady, as a flat wife, was also named a second-rank imperial edict by the emperor, it seemed that she was faintly suppressed in front of Kong Ruolan, which made Qiao'er very dissatisfied. Now that she saw the whole mansion touching her like stars holding the moon, she felt the intention of holding on to her lady's grace.

As if he felt the resentment in Qiao'er's heart, Wei Manzhen, who was talking to Kong Ruolan with a smile on his face, turned his head and looked at Qiao'er with deep meaning. Qiao'er was swept by her lady's eyes, as if her little thoughts were seen through. She lowered her head and talked to Kong Ruolan again. Only then did Wei Manzhen turn around and take Qiao'er back to her room.

When Qiao'er was asked to close the door, Wei Manqi sat lightly on the edge of the bed, looking at Qiao'er reserved and silent. Wei Manqi was born in an official family. Her education and good self-cultivation since childhood made her feel elegant and luxurious atmosphere and a bookish atmosphere. After marrying Pang Gang and being named a second-rank imperial edict, she felt even more majestic, which made people admire her.

After being stared at by Wei Manqi like this, Qiao'er couldn't help feeling relieved even though she grew up with her own lady.

Wei Manzi spoke slowly, "Qiao'er, are you dissatisfied with Ruolan's girl?"

"Uh, no, I dare not have any dissatisfaction with Sister Ruolan." Qiaoer was startled by the shock and placed her hands like a windmill and denied it repeatedly. If the concubines in the Ming Dynasty were found to be dissatisfied with Zheng, there were a hundred ways for the official family to deal with her, so how could Qiaoer dare to admit this crime?

Wei Manzi said with anger and amused look at Qiao'er and said, "Okay, Qiao'er, you grew up with me since childhood. Don't you know what you are thinking? I know you are worried that if the Ruolan girl robbed the boy with her husband, her mother would put me under her son in the future, is that right?"

"Isn't it?" Qiao'er asked dissatisfiedly, "I admit that Sister Ruolan is peaceful and kind to others, but some things are hard to fight for. Although you are the master's wife, your background and strength are not worse than anyone else. If you give birth to a boy in the future, you can inherit the master's family business. But I am not in a hurry to see you. Instead, I come over and get it dry, but it's just that Qiao'er can't figure it out."

Looking at Qiao'er's slightly raised cherry lips, Wei Manche smiled slightly, reached out to shave her little nose and gently shaved: "You little girl, you have been a bride for a few days, you are so cautious. If you have a hot eye, then let your husband put more effort into you, and you'll be fine if you give birth to one."

"Miss..." Qiao'er raised her voice and said coquettishly: "Is she worried about you? You are still joking about me like this."

"Okay. I won't say it." Wei Manqi saw Qiao'er really anxious and chuckled, "Don't worry, I know it in my heart. You are already a master. You don't even understand the master's temperament. You are still a concubine."

Wei Manqi paused and said, "Don't you see it yet? Our master doesn't care about the personal concubines at all. Why don't you make yourself feel uncomfortable? As for Ruolan's pregnancy, it's a happy event for our whole family. We should be happy. We are a family, and we can't be as petty as other jealous women. It's not like a joke to make people laugh at us. Do you understand?"

After hearing what his lady said, Qiaoer blushed and didn't say anything. After a long time, she grabbed Wei Manqi's arm and shook it and said coquettishly: "Aren't that worried?"

"Puchi." Wei Manqi smiled, and gently tapped Qiao'er's nose with her tender green onion fingers: "Okay, if you have that jealousy, it's better to put it in another place and think about everything in a good place. For example, when a girl Ruolan is pregnant, she will naturally have to sleep alone at night. You can ask the master a few more times and then steal some seeds at the same time."

Hearing his lady joking about her, Qiaoer couldn't help but "moan!" and she was so embarrassed that she fell in Wei Manfeng's arms. Her little face was ashamed as if she was a big red cloth. Her big eyes blinked, and she didn't know what she was thinking...

In the study room in the front hall of the General Dingguo’s mansion, Pang Gangzheng held the first meeting after the New Year. Huayan, Lin Feng, Dazhuang, Li Yuan, Wang Zhi and Tu Hai were also present.

Pang Gang said to everyone seriously, "The fifteenth day of the first lunar month has passed, and everyone should take their hearts back. No matter how good the results last year are, it has become a thing of the past, but this year's affairs are imminent. During the Chinese experience, the spring farming of the three garrisons in Qingzhou is about to begin. You have to arrest this matter. Now that we have more than 200,000 military households, we cannot let these people be idle. We must organize them all to hurry up and carry out spring farming and open more wastelands. Although Shandong is not a land of fish and rice, it is not a barren land. We must develop all the places as much as possible, and open more wastelands and a variety of grains. This year's grain planting area must reach more than 2 million mu, and we must ensure that water conservancy can be built wherever we plant, can you do it?"

"Yes, the official understands!" Hua Yan replied solemnly. He knew clearly that agriculture was the foundation. If there was not enough food, no matter how well it was done, it would be empty.

"Yes!" Pang Gang nodded, and then said to Lin Feng who was sitting upright, "As the governor of Qingzhou, you are responsible for the business in Qingzhou. Now our fine salt has been sold all over Shandong, but this is not enough. You must also grab the fine salt markets in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hebei and other Jiangnan. If those salt merchants are not tactful, our navy is not a decoration, and you must move when it is time to move."

"Yes!" Tu Hai hugged Lin Feng's shoulder and said, "Governor Lin, don't worry, our Qingzhou Navy is not a decoration. If there is that guy who dares to play tricks with us, I will immediately go and slap them."

Pang Gang looked at Tu Hai's proud look and said, "Tu Hai, don't be proud. After the New Year, your navy should be expanded. I have added 6,000 sailors and 150 ships to your navy. You must practice them within half a year, otherwise you, the navy commander, should not be the commander."

"Yes!" After hearing the arduous task assigned by Pang Gang for himself, Tu Hai shrank his head and stopped saying a word.

"As for the army?" Speaking of this, Pang Gang inadvertently glanced at the people around him with sharp eyes. Dazhuang, who had been sitting at the table, knew that the most important topics today were coming, and they couldn't help but straighten their chests so that they could look a little more energetic.

Pang Gang smiled and said, "Okay, the last and most important issue is coming today. Everyone has heard that we are going to recruit troops again, and the newly recruited amount is still quite large. There are more than 10,000 people. In this way, our troops will be expanded, and the current staff will no longer be suitable. Therefore, I decided to organize our troops into five battalions. Each battalion is 5,000 people, and there are two artillery battalions, which is more convenient to command and mobilize. So I decided to appoint five guerrillas from the army to uniformly manage the troops of these five battalions."

Speaking of this, Pang Gang deliberately paused. Everyone held their breath. They stared at Pang Gang's lips, hoping that he could spit out the name they wanted to hear.

Perhaps he felt that he had adjusted everyone's appetite. Pang Gang then curled his smile and said solemnly: "All the generals obey the order!"

"Crash!" All the officers in the conference room stood up and looked at Pang Gang solemnly.

Pang Gang looked at the generals and said word by word: "I will announce the appointment below! First battalion guerrilla Huang Chunsheng, second battalion guerrilla Wang Zhi, third battalion guerrilla Li Yuan, fourth battalion guerrilla Bin Shiqian, fifth battalion guerrilla Cheng Kai, artillery first battalion guerrilla Dong Guo, second battalion guerrilla Lu Kuanliang......"

Everyone who was named by Pang Gang stood with his head held high, his chest straight. Everyone was not surprised by these officers appointed as guerrillas. They were either the first old man to follow Pang Gang or had a skill. They deserved to be guerrillas.

After announcing the appointment, Pang Gang waved his hand and ordered everyone to sit down. Then he said, "Okay, the appointment of this officer has been read out, but the matter is not over yet! The troops of the fifth battalion are still empty, and everyone has to work hard to build them. From tomorrow on, everyone will recruit soldiers for them. After recruiting soldiers, they will have to train well. If anyone cannot practice well, don't blame me for being ruthless. Our Qingzhou army has always been able to go up and go down. No one can think of occupying the pit and not pooping, do you understand?"

Everyone was shocked and replied loudly: "Yes, follow the teachings of lord!"

As the meeting ended, the nervous recruitment began again. In Qingzhou, a strange thing happened this year, that is, the people of Qingzhou and the young and strong military households showed unusual enthusiasm for joining the army to eat food.

In other places, only those who cannot survive and village or market scoundrels will embark on this path. After all, the concept of a good man who is not a soldier and not a soldier for thousands of years has penetrated into the hearts of ordinary people. But this set does not work in Qingzhou. Qingzhou has been a place with strong people since ancient times, and the Qingzhou army that Cao Cao was famous all over the world during the Three Kingdoms is the best proof.

In addition, although the military salary of the Qingzhou army under Pang Gang is not high, the benefits are very good. Not only can the family members be assigned to more than twenty acres of land, but if they are killed, the parents of the soldiers who have been killed will be supported by the government if no one is supported, and the children will also be raised by the government. In addition, the army stipulates that 40% of all seized during the battle can be owned by individuals. Many soldiers fought with Pang Daren several times, but when they came back, they made a fortune, married their wives and built new houses, which made their neighbors envious.

Therefore, as soon as the Qingzhou conscription order was issued, many people rushed to the conscription location like they broke their heads, and the number of new recruits was soon filled.

Not to mention that Pang Gang was busy recruiting troops, just saying that the Qing Dynasty was living a very miserable life at this time.

Since Amin returned from North Korea and was defeated, all his official positions were cut off by Huang Taiji in anger and demoted them to common people. If it weren't for the brothers who were pleading for him, Amin would have been destroyed by Huang Taiji even if he had nine lives.

Although Amin was severely punished, Huang Taiji was still angry and sent Amin's whole family to Nuergandusi to fish.

This New Year, the Qing Dynasty was very different from the history of later generations. First, there was the rudeness of Ajignan invasion, and then the defeat of North Korea. The two times returned empty-handed, which made the Qing court, who was used to living by plundering, suddenly began to struggle.

In the late lunar month, in the study room of Chongzheng Hall of Shengjing Palace, Huang Taiji was sitting on a bright yellow soft couch, looking at reports flying in everywhere like snowflakes, and his thick eyebrows were frowning tightly.

After a long time, Huang Taiji sighed lightly, put the memorial in his hand on the desk, lay on the soft couch, and gently pressed his temples with both hands to relieve the faint painful head.

At this time, a light footstep came from behind, and a pair of soft little hands gently pressed on Huang Taiji's head, with a moderate tension and relaxation, which greatly relieved Huang Taiji's headache.

Huang Taiji didn't need to see who was here. He sighed softly: "Hey, Da Yu'er's craftsmanship is good, which makes people feel so comfortable."

I heard a crisp chuckling from behind, "The emperor is just to comfort me. How can I get to the top of my craftsmanship?"

With the sound of words, a pretty face that was as happy as anger appeared in front of Huang Taiji. This was a tall, pretty young woman wearing traditional clothes, about twenty-five or six years old. He was the second daughter of the Korqin tribe in Mongolia and the second daughter of Beilezhaisang. Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, Aisin Gioro, Huang Taiji, the concubine of Huang Taiji. Bumubutai, also known as the Empress Xiaozhuang who had a bright future in the later generations.

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