Chapter 9: People who look up to the light

Behind every beauty in distress there is a sad and moving story.

The same is true for the twenty-two-year-old Master Xuan Jing.

She was originally the daughter of Fan Jingdong, an imperial physician in the Ming Dynasty. She was just because her father served the previous emperor of the Ming Dynasty and took the immortal medicine. After the emperor took the immortal medicine, he accidentally turned it over!

Therefore, their whole family suffered.

Her father Fan Jingdong was killed by the queen, and the male family was sold to slaves. All the women went to the royal temple to recite scriptures and pray for the deceased emperor.

She was lucky enough to be taken out of the temple in the capital by her master to become a monk in Baiyi Temple. She spent a year becoming the lord of the temple. She had been calm all these years until she met Yun Yang and then she became the lord of returning to secular life.

"A lie!"

Qian Duoduo took a bite of the crispy peach and rejected the story of Master Xuan Jing.

Since confirming her pregnancy, Qian Duoduo's mood immediately changed dramatically, from a little woman who had become a proud queen immediately.

Feng Ying nodded and said, "If Master Xuan Jing is really willing to return to secular life, it will be a good thing, but the person he chose is not very good."

Yun Zhao said angrily: "What's wrong with my brother?"

Feng Ying touched his waist, which had not changed, and said lazily: "Well, are you not accurate, husband?"

Qian Duoduo stuffed the half-eat peaches into Xiao Chu's mouth and clapped his hands, saying, "A beauty like me is worthy of a tragic past.

Forget about a woman like Master Xuan Jing.”

Feng Ying smiled and said, "How can I see it?"

Qian Duoduo said: "Value, value is very important. I have seen countless beauties in Nanjing, such as Kou Baimen, Ma Xianglan, Gu Hengbo, Dong Xiaowan, and Liu Rushi, who are like me, have been discovered by people when they were young. Whether they are in Zhangtai or in Jiaofang, they are treated well because they have a priceless face.

Where would anyone be willing to bring them into the temple and let her grow to the age of twenty-two and ignore them?

If it is true, her luck is not ordinary.

Even after she was an official, even if the queen's decree came to the bottom, she would be distorted. Those people themselves were ate human meat, and they were more courageous than the sky, so they didn't want any money they had."

Feng Ying frowned and said to Yun Zhao, "Has the Secret Spy Department inspected it?"

Yun Zhao nodded and said, "He is under the sect of Taoist Master Zhixuzi of Dongchang, and he is also one of the six concubines of Taoist Master Zhixuzi."

"Who is Zhixuzi?"

"Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the East Factory!"

Qian Duoduo waved his hand and slapped it in front of his nose twice, saying, "The eunuch also needs a concubine? But that's right. After you said this, Master Xuan Jing's story became much more real."

Yun Zhao grinned and said, "Eunuchs also need emotional comfort. Can't they pretend to be a man?

Having said that, if Yun Yang could not even rob a eunuch's concubine, I would have nothing to say."

Qian Duoduo looked at her husband and said, "Why do you know such a secret thing?"

Yun Zhao sighed and said, "This is Buck-Teen Ping's ability. She stole another concubine from Cao Huachun."

After hearing Yun Zhao say this, Qian Duoduo and Feng Ying immediately became interested and came to Yun Zhao together and whispered: "Tell me..."

Yun Zhao glanced at Xiao Chu who was eating peaches, and Yun Chun and Yun Hua who were pricking up his ears.

Qian Duoduo immediately said to the three maids with anger: "Go out and close the door."

Yun Chun said aggrievedly: "We want to hear it too."

Qian Duoduo said: "You are all yellow-flowered daughters, and they are not suitable for listening. Go out quickly!"

After the three maids left the house reluctantly, Yun Zhao spread his hands and said, "Baoya Ping refused to say it, she just described the incident, the process, and didn't say it."

"whispering sound……"

Qian Duoduo and Feng Ying waved their handkerchief together.

"Can it be a woman dressed as a man? This is impossible. Even if a man dressed as a woman, he won't be able to see it."

Qian Duoduo's eyes were circling, and God knew what dirty thoughts were turning in her heart.

Feng Ying quickly stopped Qian Duoduo's random thoughts and said to Yun Zhao: "After all, you are the generals under your command, you dare not play them."

Yun Zhao spread his hands and said, "Xu Wu thinks they have posted a message to ask about the passing, and he also expressed his admiration."

"Dirty..."

Feng Ying sneered, while Qian Duoduo said that after Buck Ya Ping replied, she must let her see it!

Yun Zhao could not meet his wives for more than an hour every day, especially after the three of them drove the maids out of the room and closed the door, Yun Niang pushed open the door and walked in unhappily.

Seeing that the three of them were intact, the frost on their faces faded away. When they pointed their fingers at their son, Yun Zhao obediently left the house and went to the outside house in disappointment.

Li Dingguo's subordinates have changed two times, and the army he commanded was the most damaged army in Lantian County and no one else was there.

However, the army he commanded was also the army that had obtained the most military merits, no one.

Yun Zhao originally planned to let Li Dingguo command the remaining Mongolian cavalry, but he flatly refused. He was only willing to take the Han people to fight. Even if the Mongolian cavalry was large, he was unwilling to ask for it. He said that he was fighting with such a group of people, and his back was always so cold that he could not fight with peace of mind.

Therefore, this time, when he came to Yushan, he was preparing to select some new recruits to supplement his cavalry team. The number of cavalry under his command also expanded to 1,500 due to the accumulation of military achievements.

Although this army is not large in number, including the logistics and baggage army, the total number exceeds three thousand.

Yun Zhao still doesn't understand what a cavalry like him needs those light artillery to do.

Even the lightest artillery required two mules to drag, plus gunpowder and various types of shells, which quickly reduced the maneuvering speed of his light cavalry by more than half.

Perhaps, this was the result of Li Dingguo's careful measurement, and he was responsible for his army, not Yun Zhao. Therefore, Yun Zhao finally approved Li Dingguo's suggestion that he was preparing to add fifty light artillery to the army.

However, such a new army will still require a lot of training time from planning to becoming an army to achieve uninterrupted cooperation.

After Li Dingguo formulated the training plan, two commanders of thousands of men were responsible for training the army. He and Zhang Guofeng only needed to supervise and inspect the training progress.

The military system of Lantian County is no different from the Ming army. The real commander of the Ming army should be the commander of Qianhu. During the war, the imperial court dispatched the military troops to be the generals for command. After the war, the military troops returned to their own military.

The only difference between the Lantian Army and the Ming Army is that the commanders do not need to bring their soldiers to farm. Their military expenditure and food are allocated by the county. Their daily focus is training, training, and training.

The army cannot do business, farm, or even do anything related to economic activities.

Yun Zhao has seen too many such lessons from a long history. As long as the army is infected with economic activities, its combat effectiveness will decline sharply.

This is not worth the loss...

However, Lantian County also rewards military merits very generously. Even if there is no war, the income of an ordinary soldier will exceed that of ordinary people, not to mention that once the battle begins, their income will increase greatly.

Therefore, Lantian County never uses troops easily. Once it is used, there must be sufficient returns. This return is either strategic or economic.

This requires that as long as the Lantian army goes to fight, it must win in a short time.

This is also Yun Zhao’s request for this army - come when summoned, and you will win the battle!

Zhang Guofeng returned to her small manor, sat under the eaves of the already built blue brick house and drank tea, and looked at the light green spring scenery in front of her.

A small dog lies beside him, barking at Li Dingguo in the distance from time to time.

This dog was caught when he came back. It was just weaned and was so cute that it was fed by Zhang Guofeng.

Neither Zhang Guofeng nor Li Dingguo had to farm in person. This year, there were many people coming to Guanzhong to escape famine, and they could hire very good farmers as long as they spent a little money.

Nowadays, there are about a dozen farmers working hard on their land.

Zhang Guofeng's three large tiled houses are tall and grand. There are wing rooms and warehouses on both sides. Half of the land is left in the yard with a full acre of land for orchards and vegetable gardens. A small flower bed is built on the other half of the land. The rest of the open space is covered with blue bricks. After a light rain last night, the blue bricks turned dark blue.

Plus the fat puppy under your feet is the prototype of Zhang Guofeng's dream home!

He likes to lie on the recliner and look at his home when he has nothing to do, and even if Li Dingguo invites him, he is unwilling to go.

Li Dingguo's family is much more grand. It is a three-in-one courtyard with a two-story pavilion built in the middle.

Zhang Guofeng did not envy Li Dingguo's family at all, because in such a big family, Li Dingguo was the only one.

As early as last year, the Lantian County Chief Register calculated the income with them, and they could withdraw some of the fees in advance and use them to build their own home.

Zhang Guofeng is naturally very frugal. He wants to keep the money for his wife and then keep the money for his wife and revitalize his family business.

Of course, Li Dingguo would not do this. He happily withdrew all the money he could get and then built such a large house.

This also led to the fact that after Li Dingguo returned from the battlefield, he was penniless and even owed a lot of money, and half of his monthly salary would be deducted to pay off his debts.

"Guofeng, come to my house to fish."

Li Dingguo yelled at Zhang Guofeng at the top of his throat.

Zhang Guofeng took off the straw hat covered with her face in annoyance and said, "There is not a single fish in your fish pond!"

"We brothers can go to the river to catch fish, then put it in the fish pond, and then catch it!"

Zhang Guofeng was not moved at all about Li Dingguo's stupid suggestions. After he had enough rest, he planted a few rare apple trees in the orchard. Of course, he also had to plant a few persimmon trees and walnut trees. In the future, the children were greedy. If they didn't plant more fruit trees, they would harm him from Uncle Li's family's fruits...

Just as he was imagining the future, Li Dingguo's sweaty face appeared on Zhang Guofeng's head. He lifted off the straw hat that Zhang Guofeng had buckled on his face and said, "Did you really hire a matchmaker?"

Zhang Guofeng looked at Li Dingguo's surprised face and said, "I am already twenty years old this year, so I should get married no matter how I calculate it."

"Huh? You don't even look down on any of the women in Yushan Academy? Even if they are not good-looking, you can still plan the girls in Yun Zhao's family."

Zhang Guofeng said lazily: "I just want a woman. This woman doesn't need to look good or smart. As long as she can give birth to a baby for me, I can bring me a bowl of hot rice after I get home. When the clothes are torn, I know to sew it for me. When I go to war, I can sew a few pairs of shoes that fit my feet. If I can recognize a few words, it would be best.

Are the women in Yushan Academy women?
To be continued...