"The crimson cracked ice tea cup that you like the most recently was the one that the Lu family sent to Madam during the Chinese New Year last year." Grandma Zhang reminded.
The princess rushed to question Lu Fenghe and stopped, "Is that Lu's?"
"Yes, the Lu family brought it and put it in the front yard. When you came back from outside, you just asked someone to pick it up. You only asked the old slave and the eldest lady to say something."
Nanny Zhang unceremoniously exposed the princess.
"Isn't that a gift sent to the house?"
Nanny Zhang shook her head, "No, the Lu family always sends two copies, two bills, one for the house and one for the eldest lady."
Ms. Chen immediately turned around and walked back, "Let's go, let's go quickly. What will happen if people from Bailuyuan see that I am going to Fushan Hall to collect my things?"
If it hadn't been for the master walking in front, Grandma Zhang would really have been laughed to death.
A normal person would feel ashamed. After taking so many things from his daughter-in-law, why would he just leave as soon as he arrived at the princess's place? Don't let anyone see you and think of getting up to get back the things you took away.
In the next few days, Mrs. Chen still did not leave Shanfutang, but when others visited her, she did not avoid them.
Outsiders just thought she was really frightened and didn't want to move.
Only Nanny Zhang knew that the princess was afraid that Bai Luyuan would want to get up to get something.
As for Lin Qian, how could Chen stand up for Lin Qian and let her out when she herself didn't go out? That must be impossible.
On May 14th, Lu Balang finally arrived.
The first thing Zhao said when she saw Lu Balang was, "Why are we so late? Fortunately, there is no food on the boat."
Faced with his mother's accusation, Lu Balang expressed a calm expression, "There are too many boats and I can't walk."
Sure enough, he brought a lot of things. The boy from Lu's shop and the boy from Dingxi County Prince's Mansion had to go back and forth many times before transporting all the things to Dingxi County Prince's Mansion.
Initially, they were ready to rent a house, so they brought many household items, which they would not need much now that they were living in the prince's mansion.
Mrs. Shen directly opened a guest house to store the things brought by the Lu family.
Usually the princess and Lin Qian would come to the front yard to join in the fun. If they liked something, they would just let someone pick it up.
It was strange today, neither of them came, and the person who kept the goods register felt much cleaner.
During this period of time when the Lu family was in the house, the county prince acted more or less like the master.
Even if he goes out to meet friends during the day, he will definitely return home in the evening, and sometimes he will call the husband of the Lu family to Wosongju to have dinner with him.
Today, when Lu Balang arrived, the county prince naturally ordered the gentlemen to go to Wosongju.
During the dinner, they talked about Lu Balang’s hard work along the way.
Lu Balang waved his hands repeatedly, "I don't dare to take it. It's not because it's hard work. It's because there are fewer people taking boats on the open sea, and most people have switched to inland rivers."
"There are only so many goods to be transported, but there are so many ships that they can't move. There are also more disputes between shipping companies. This time I encountered two shipping companies fighting at the dock. They refused to give in to each other and were delayed.
one day."
Riku Saburo has been in Kyoto recently, and the news outside is somewhat unclear.
"what happened?"
"Taimao and Hengtong had a quarrel before about earning goods from the same tea shop. This time it seems that Hengtong's ship scratched Taimao's ship when it entered the port, and the two sides started to quarrel. One side said it was intentional, and the other side said it was intentional.
Not paying attention."
"Hongtong won't go to the open sea anymore?" Lu Erlang asked.
Lu Balang spat, "If you go to the open sea, the pirates have almost settled outside the port. Let alone fighting, they will be robbed without a chance to fight."
Shen Nanxun was shocked, "How could pirates be so rampant?"
"Hmph, I don't believe that there is no collusion between government and businessmen." It seemed that Lu Balang was getting angry on the road.
"The imperial salary is quite generous, so why take such a big risk." Lu Silang was the most pedantic among them.
"You, you, who would think that money is too little? Besides, the salary is only for officials, not for sergeants."
"But if no one goes to sea, it will be useless even if they collude." Lu Silang still didn't understand.
Lu Balang has heard more gossip on the ship these days.
"I heard that the Quanzhou Zhizhi envoy is about to retire. He has no money in his pocket. What does it matter whether the people behind him live or die?"
"Moreover, I heard that pirates are already robbing fishermen who go out to sea." Lu Balang was worried about Zhongzhong.
It is said that if you rely on the mountains, you will eat the mountains; if you rely on the sea, you will eat the sea.
There is also a section of sea area along Liangzhe Road, and the children of the Lu family still have some understanding of the life of fishermen.
The life of a fisherman is not easy, and it is also extremely risky. When a storm comes, life or death is unpredictable.
For a moment, the atmosphere on the table solidified.
Shen Nanxun said after careful consideration, "Since the installation envoy is about to retire, a new installation envoy will definitely be sent there. Maybe the situation will get better."
Obviously, these words did not cheer up the men of the Lu family.
"Dalang, you know better than us what a military commander is like now. If you can't be a military general, you will definitely not do so. If you can, you will definitely not do it."
Lu Sanlang also said: "Today generals are not as good as soldiers, and soldiers do not know generals."
Lu Silang nodded, "Except you, Shen Jiajun, who has been here since the founding of the People's Republic of China, who of the other generals really has soldiers, a smooth general, and an iron-clad sergeant?"
The county prince shouted, "Okay, okay, why do you worry about so many court affairs? Come on, come on, have another drink."
The gentlemen had a few drinks with the county prince, so the banquet was over.
Shen Nanxun felt quite heavy after hearing the words of the gentlemen of the Lu family.
The emperors of the current dynasty were working hard to weaken the military power of the generals.
In order to prevent the generals from having large-scale personal troops, generals above the governor level were transferred very frequently. During the reign of the late emperor, there was a precedent of changing officers every three months. Let alone training troops, the situation might not be fully understood yet, and they would be transferred again soon. Other places.
It's a little better now, but not much. There are very few generals who can serve for three years.
Some generals can even walk through all twenty-four routes in their lifetime.
The generals no longer have any personal soldiers, but so many Xiang troops have no fighting ability. Even in the army, the governor's voice is not as good as that of a small Wu Yilang.
Shen Nanxun knew the current situation in the army, but he didn't know it was so serious.
Although the Shen Jiajun was in dire straits, the area around Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Jun Road was the fiefdom of the Prince of Dingxi County. Over the past hundred years, the Shen Jiajun had already been formed, but it had not been stated explicitly.
Their biggest problem is insufficient wages.
Just imagine, if he is asked to change formations frequently, he may not really have that much time and energy to find ways to fill the gap in salary.
If things go on like this, it's not just a matter of not having personal soldiers.
I'm afraid that the general will not only lack dignity in front of the sergeants, but may not even get respect.
As for military training, that is really a fantasy. There are many generals who are interested in training troops, but there are not many generals who have the opportunity to train troops.
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