The Lantern Festival is the biggest festival in the Ming Dynasty. It celebrates the whole world and celebrates the whole country. Almost all government offices will have holidays on this day. Even the women in the boudoir who usually do not leave the door will go out in full dress and enjoy the rare freedom of the year.

This year's Spring Festival, the suburbs of western Beijing were extremely lively, with people coming and going on the official roads, and traffic was full of traffic. Because the Culien New Year Cup, jointly organized by Duke of Wei, Xu Pengju and other nobles, kicked off. The champion's reward is 5,000 taels of silver, and twenty powerful teams from all over the country will participate in the competition for the New Year Cup.

Now this new style of cubicle game has become popular throughout the Ming Dynasty, and it is no longer as thin as the mass base as it was at the beginning. Therefore, the threshold for national cubicle games such as the New Year Cup is getting higher and higher. All the teams that are truly qualified to participate are top-notch and powerful teams with a large number of "fans".

Emperor Jiajing is now an absolute fan. He is a team called Tieniu, with one of the best strengths. The Tieniu team's events were arranged on the first day of the game. Zhu Houcan, the boy, naturally, would not let it go. He arranged for Xu Jin to go out of the city early in the morning to watch the football match.

The game started around 8 o'clock in the morning and ended at 9:30. The Tieniu team defeated the opponent with a score of 5-2. The boy Zhu Houcan was so excited that he slapped his palms red, shouted hoarsely, and after leaving the field, he hummed with a dance: "Dog Ali Ali, huh, where are Xu Qing, Yongchun and Zhier sisters?"

Xu Jin couldn't help but feel speechless. He just watched the football so much, but now he remembered his sister. You brother is really competent and reminded him: "They don't like watching football games, so they left the venue and went shopping to watch the lanterns in the middle."

Zhu Houcong woke up and laughed, "I forgot!"

It turned out that the two princesses Yongfu and Yongchun also sneaked out of the palace with Emperor Jiajing to play today. However, this time, the consent of Empress Dowager Jiang was obtained. After all, today is the Shangyuan Festival and the freedom day for women of the Ming Dynasty, and Empress Dowager Jiang was also particularly tolerant.

In addition, Xu Jin also brought Xiaowan and Ruyi Jixiang out, but they thought the game was not good, so they left the field halfway and went shopping in the town to watch the lanterns. Since there were guards secretly following them to protect them, there was no need to worry about their safety.

"Xu Qing, shopping with women is the most boring. Why not go to Shenji Camp first and go to find Sister Xiaowan and the others for about the meal time." Zhu Houcong suggested.

Xu Jin naturally had no objection, so the king and his minister went to the Shenji Camp on the opposite hill. The Shenji Camp has now expanded to 3,000 people and is planning to continue to expand to 5,000 people. After the Spring Festival, Wang Lin'er and Xie Erjian and others will start to select soldiers.

Xu Jin and Zhu Houcong visited Shenji Camp for half a day and left the camp and headed to the lively town, preparing to meet with Xie Xiaowan and the others to find a place to have lunch.

Zhu Houcong said while walking: "Xu Qing, I think that the horse-backed Folang cannon of Sister Zhier and the single-soldier Folang cannon are good, suitable for cavalry raids when they are raided from a distance, and can also be used for rugged terrain such as mountains, rivers and valleys. I plan to let the Military Weapon Bureau try to build it."

Xu Jin nodded and said, "I agree. By the way, the emperor, I plan to put Zhier in the Military Equipment Bureau for training for a few years and improve her hands-on practice ability."

Zhu Houcong suddenly felt like he was stepped on his tail, waved his hand and shook his head and said, "No, no, sister Zhier is a girl, mixed with a group of dirty craftsmen. What kind of morality is it? She will definitely not do it, absolutely not!"

Xu Jin frowned and said, "Emperor, although Zhier is extremely talented in military equipment, as the saying goes, practice brings true knowledge and experience is obtained through hands-on experience. If she only talks on paper all day long, she may waste her talent in vain."

Zhu Houcan rolled his eyes and said, "There are so many skilled craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty. What's the point of being one more or one less? What's more? What's more? You're willing to let Sister Zhier do this cheap karma, but I can't bear to let me give up!"

In ancient times, the status of craftsmen was generally not high, not to mention that He Zhier was a girl, and she was also a girl Zhu Houxiang was concerned about, so naturally she didn't want her to hang out with other "stinky men".

"Why don't the emperor ask Zhier if she is willing? I think she likes this very much. As long as she is happy, why not?" Xu Jin advised patiently.

Zhu Houcan couldn't help but remain silent. He knew how much He Zhier liked to mess with these things. As long as Zhier made a picture, she would be completely immersed in it and ignored anyone.

"Then... why don't you let Sister Zhier go to the military battle to practice. I will ask Zhang Yong to build her an independent workshop." Zhu Houcong pondered for a moment and said.

It is said that since the flintlock rifle was created, the eunuch Lai Yi, who was in charge of the military war, has been "promoted" and has been transferred to the Imperial Horse Prison. Now the old eunuch Zhang Yong, who was appointed last year, was in charge of the military war.

Xu Jin naturally had no objection when he heard this. As long as Zhier had the opportunity to practice it, otherwise no matter how talented he was, he would only be a talk on paper, and in the end, a generation of masters would be strangled.

"Zhi'er should be very happy to know this news!" Xu Jin nodded and smiled. Zhu Hou's heart was overjoyed and laughed, "Xu Qing, don't say it first, let me tell Sister Zhi'er later!"

"Okay!" Xu Jin glanced at Lu Bing, dressed in a green hat next to him, and nodded.

Although Lu Bing was removed from his post, he has been with Zhu Houcong these days and has not reflected at home. However, this was also expected by Xu Jin. Lu Bing was Zhu Houcong's childhood friend after all. The two grew up wearing pairs of pants and had a deep relationship. Moreover, Lu Bing was also ordered to take the blame for the emperor. Therefore, although Zhu Houcong punished him on the surface, his favor for Lu Bing will increase instead of reducing, and it will be a matter of time before Lu Bing was reinstated or even promoted.

Let’s talk about Xu Jin and Zhu Hougui coming to the town and soon found the girls. They were choosing lanterns at a stall. Since today is the Lantern Festival and women’s liberation day, girls and women dressed up in costumes can be seen everywhere on the streets, so Xiaowan and the girls are all wearing bright clothes, with their appearances as one by one, which is the spring orchid and autumn chrysanthemums, which are so beautiful. The men on the street were so tempting that they stopped and watched. If there weren’t a large number of casual guards guarding the surroundings, these guys would probably have run over to chat with them.

"Sister Xiaowan, Sister Zhier!" Zhu Houcan walked over with a smile.

A pair of wonderful eyes suddenly came to the sight of the sound. Xie Xiaowan was holding the little guy Xu Kang. When she saw Xu Jin and Zhu Houcan, she couldn't help but judo: "Honey, four... cannons, I've finished watching the cui!"

"Hehe, I've finished watching it a long time ago, and I've been walking around the military camp with my brother-in-law. Kang'er, come and let my uncle hug you!" Zhu Houxiang said as he hugged Xu Kang from Xie Xiaowan's hand, but his eyes slipped towards He Zhier next to him. Unfortunately, the latter's attention was all on the lanterns in the hands of the vendor, which hurt Zhu Houxiang's boy very much.

"Ahem, does Sister Zhier like this lantern? Brother Sipao bought it for you!" Zhu Houcong leaned closer and smiled with a flattering face.

Princess Yongchun next to him rolled her eyes cutely and said sourly: "Brother Sipao, sister Zhier likes the lanterns on this street!"

The girls couldn't help but smile, and Zhu Houxiang said proudly: "Then I bought them all, there is no shortage of money!"

Yongchun said slyly: "Thank you, do you have money?"

Zhu Houcon suddenly froze. He never brought money when he went out. The emperor brought money when he went out. He said, "I mean... my brother-in-law is not short of money."

He Zhier gave Zhu Houcan a blank look and said, "Brother Sipao, you are so shameless. Use my brother's money to buy lanterns and give them to me."

The little loli Yongchun giggled, all the girls were smiling, and the boy Zhu Houcong was so embarrassed that his handsome face turned red, and he secretly vowed to bring his purse next time he went to the street.

Xu Jin smiled and rescued, "It's almost noon, everyone should be hungry, find a place to sit for a meal and then go shopping."

"Yes, yes, go for dinner!" Zhu Houcong said quickly, but the girl Yongchun was obviously unhappy, the emperor was only showing her kindness to Xie Xiaowan and He Zhier, and neglected her real sister, and continued to sarcastically said: "Xie Sipao, do you have the money to settle the bill?"

Zhu Houcong suddenly became depressed and secretly bowed to Yongchun and begged to let him go. The latter raised his chin proudly and let him go.

Although this small town in western Beijing has only emerged in recent years, there are many high-end restaurants, and there are even several large brothels. After watching the ball, those rich guests usually invite a group of like-minded friends to the brothel.

At this time, Xu Jin and others happened to pass by a brothel named Baiyu Pavilion, and several brothels who were applying powder were attracting customers outside the door. By chance, several guys dressed in young men were walking into Baiyu Pavilion. One of them reached out to the big breast of a brothel, which made the brothel "howl" with an exaggerated expression.

Seeing this, the girls were embarrassed and spat secretly and quickly turned their faces elsewhere. Xu Jin frowned because he basically knew the playboys, including Guo Shouqian, son of Guo Xun, son of Wuding Marquis Guo, Yan Shifan, son of Duke Cheng, etc. The young man who took advantage of the brothel looked familiar, but he didn't know him.

At this moment, I heard a passerby and my companion say, "Did you see it? The second son of Lingbi Marquis was Tang Xianji, the second son of Lingbi Marquis."

"It's him, this guy is almost the prince consort, and he is still visiting the kiln?"

"Hehe, it's because I want to be the prince-consort to go shopping. After becoming the prince-consort, it's hard to go shopping. Before getting married, I naturally have to go shopping. By the way, since Tang Xianji arrived in the town, he has helped Baiyulou almost every day. It is said that he has to order three women to sleep with him every time. Tsk tsk, I guess he is planning to sleep a few more before becoming the prince-consort."

"Haha, that's right. Marrying a princess is equivalent to marrying a living Bodhisattva. If you can't become an official, you can't take a concubine. You still have to look at the princess's face every day, which is so unhappy."

"No, only those who are not promising in the Ming Dynasty will marry a princess. The Marquis of Lingbi was the marquis, and he actually asked his son to be the son-in-law. He probably wanted to restore his ancestors' title."

"Well, the Marquis of Lingbi is a good plan, and it's not bad to use the second son to exchange for a Duke..."

Two passers-by were chatting while walking far away. Zhu Hougui's handsome face was already flushed at this time, and his eyes seemed to be about to spit out of fire. However, Princess Yongfu had a pretty face and a delicate body trembled slightly. I don't know if it was afraid or angry!
Chapter completed!