When he turned around and saw Li Xiangjun in armor, especially the group of frontier soldiers behind Li Xiangjun, the old man was immediately frightened and fell to his knees on the ground: "Young man, I didn't know that the general was coming, so please forgive me."
Although I don’t know whose general this is, it’s definitely right to call him general.
Li Xiangjun ignored the old man and just walked over to help the girl up.
I saw that this girl had a dark face, but she was tall and strong.
The clothes the girl was wearing were also in disgrace, and she could only barely cover her shame.
Through the holes in her clothes, you can clearly see the scars on the girl's body, both new and old. Obviously, this girl was often beaten severely by her father.
A weaker one would probably have been beaten to death.
Li Xiangjun sighed softly and asked: "Sister, what is your name?"
"I, my name is Ermei, and my surname is Chen." The girl glanced at Li Xiangjun timidly, and then quickly stared at her toes.
Li Xiangjun followed the second sister's gaze to her feet and saw a pair of huge feet covered with calluses.
Chen Ermei became even more cramped. Based on the aesthetics at this time, it was undoubtedly embarrassing for a woman to have such a pair of big feet, but there was no place to hide such a pair of big feet.
The old man got angry again and raised his thorns to hit him again.
Li Xiangjun became angry and shouted: "If you dare to hit anyone again, I will take you to the official!"
The old man didn't dare to hit Ermei Chen again, but he muttered in his mouth, the old man was beating his own daughter, why should he meet with an official?
Li Xiangjun then asked Chen Ermei: "Er sister, are you willing to be a soldier? If you are willing, follow me now."
"Be a soldier?" Chen Ermei asked timidly, "Isn't it true that only men can be soldiers? Women can do it too?"
"It wasn't possible before, but it is possible now." Li Xiangjun nodded and said, "The Holy One has issued an imperial edict to recruit a battalion of female soldiers in Xuzhou. This general, I am returning to Nanjing specifically to recruit female soldiers."
"Then, then..." Chen Ermei asked in a low voice, "Can I have enough to eat as a soldier?"
"Yes." Li Xiangjun laughed dumbly and added, "I can eat every meal."
"Really?" Chen Ermei's eyes showed hope, "Then I will go with you."
At this time, Old Man Chen also asked: "General, it seems you are paid as a soldier, right?"
Old Man Chen doesn't mind if his daughter becomes a soldier. Even if he doesn't become a soldier, he plans to drive him out of the house. If he becomes a soldier, he will not only lose a mouth to eat, but he may also get a salary.
"Yes, the monthly salary is five cents." Li Xiangjun nodded.
"Five cents a month?" Old man Chen couldn't help but be overjoyed. Isn't that six cents of silver a year?
"But this money is not for you." Li Xiangjun said coldly, "It is for the second sister."
"Xiao Lao is her father!" Old Chen immediately became anxious, "Her money should naturally belong to me."
"It doesn't matter what you say." Li Xiangjun said, "This is a rule set by the Holy One. Do you want to resist it?"
"Ah?" Old Man Chen was startled. He didn't dare to resist the order and wanted to behead him.
Li Xiangjun said again: "Mr. Chen, right? I will take the second sister away."
After saying that, he said to Chen Ermei: "Second sister, come with me."
After taking Chen Ermei out of the alley, Li Xiangjun planned to buy her some clothes first.
A girl of seventeen or eighteen years old was wearing rags that almost exposed her midriff, and she didn't even have to wear a pair of straw sandals on her feet. This was really outrageous.
As a result, before leaving Zhutanfang, I encountered a family holding a funeral.
A funeral is a funeral, and there are many neighbors gathered around the door and pointing, and many people are shaking their heads and sighing, seeming to sympathize with this family.
Li Xiangjun didn't want to cause trouble at first, but when he passed by the door, he heard a woman crying.
Two neighbors were talking about it, saying that the man in this family had just died, leaving only an orphaned daughter and a widowed mother. As a result, my uncle came to seize the house and wanted to drive the mother and daughter out of the house.
Hearing this, Li Xiangjun was so angry that his eyebrows stood up. This was a desperate act.
Li Xiangjun immediately took Chen Ermei, Ge Nenniang and more than 20 border troops to force their way in.
The dozen or so men and women inside who were dividing the property were suddenly startled and looked at Li Xiangjun at a loss.
Li Xiangjun glanced around and saw the coffin placed in the main room, as well as a mother and daughter kneeling in front of the coffin. Both mother and daughter were wearing heavy mourning.
My daughter is about ten years old.
The widowed mother is about twenty-five or six years old.
When Li Xiangjun was looking at it, his widowed mother also looked up.
She is still pretty, but wearing a mourning hat makes her look even more pitiful.
But what Li Xiangjun wants is not her appearance, but her body.
At that moment, Li Xiangjun asked: "I, the general, ask you, what is going on?"
The widowed mother then said sadly: "I told the general that my maiden name is Jiao and my maiden name is Guihua. She has been married to her husband's family for eleven years and has only one daughter. She is ten years old this year. She will be born this spring.
My husband was ill and spent a lot of money seeking medical treatment. In the end, he could not be saved. He left his daughter and his daughter to die three days ago. As a result, before my husband's body was cold, my husband's uncle came to the door.
Come and say that this house is the ancestral property of the Chen family and must be taken back."
"How unreasonable!" Li Xiangjun said angrily, "Is there any royal law for this?"
"This must be Li Xiangjun and General Li Shen, right?" A Confucian scholar came forward and bowed.
"It's me, General." Li Xiangjun looked at the Confucian scholar with an unfriendly expression, "Who are you?"
"I am Liu Jiaxiang, a member of the Southern Zhili Province." The Confucian scholar said calmly, "General Li, this is a family matter of our Liu family. As a general in aid and suppression of Xuzhou, you don't seem to have anything to do with it, right?"
"That's impossible to say." Li Xiangjun said coldly.
If he is not a Qin Wang scholar, Li Xiangjun does not have so many scruples.
After speaking, Li Xiangjun asked Jiao Guihua again: "Jiao Guihua, are you willing to join the army?"
Jiao Guihua doesn't look strong, and is actually not a suitable candidate for a female soldier. However, in order to save people, Li Xiangjun can't care about that, and at worst, assigns her to the suppressing soldiers.
Jiao Guihua was stunned when she heard this, and asked in astonishment: "Can civilian women also join the army?"
"Okay." Li Xiangjun said solemnly, "As long as you nod your head, you will be a member of the Xuzhou Women's Barracks."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "But, but..." Jiao Guihua looked back at her daughter kneeling at her feet, and said with some embarrassment, "What should the daughter of a civilian girl do?"
"They can be taken to the military camp and relocated."
Li Xiangjun also risked his life to save others.
Anyway, it’s just a matter of having one more mouth, which is easier to handle.
Li Xiangjun has such a temperament and is born with a chivalrous heart.
Jiao Guihua was overjoyed when she heard this. She nodded immediately and said: "General, civilian girls are willing to join the army!"
"Okay, then you are now a member of the Xuzhou Women's Barracks." After saying this, Li Xiangjun said to Liu Jiaxiang, "Liu Xiu is the one, right? Jiao Guihua is now a female soldier under my general's command. Her affairs
This is my general’s business. Do you think I can take care of the Jiao family’s affairs now?”
As a student member, Liu Jiaxiang naturally knew about the women's barracks.
These days, the first page of Huangming Times is talking about recruiting soldiers every day, including female soldiers.
What's more, the romantic affair between Li Xiangjun and the Holy Emperor has almost become an open secret.
Now that Jiao Guihua has become a member of the female military camp, and there is Li Xiangjun supporting her behind her, it is not something that the small Liu family can handle.
"If you can take care of it, the general can take care of it."
"General Li, please see Liang. We are leaving now."
At that moment, Liu Jiaxiang signaled his uncle to put down his belongings, and then left Jiao Guihua's house dejectedly.
The neighbors watching outside the door suddenly cheered loudly and gave Li Xiangjun a thumbs up. This scene actually made Li Xiangjun a little embarrassed.
At the moment, Li Xiangjun left two border troops to help Jiao Guihua with her funeral arrangements. After she finished the funeral arrangements, he took his daughter to Wuyi Lane to find her, and then left with Ge Nenniang and others.
However, Li Xiangjun herself did not expect that these two small things would spread quickly in a short period of time and make her once again a famous celebrity in Nanjing City. However, this time, Li Xiangjun no longer relied on her stunning beauty.
, but it is because of her chivalrous heart that she cannot bear to see the ugliness in the world.
…
At the same time, the Wei Guogong Mansion on the right bank of the Qinhuai River was in turmoil.
The main door, which is rarely opened, has been opened. Ma Mingluan, the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, led a few scholars and a group of Beijing soldiers entered the room from the main door.
Wei Guogong Xu Hongji is not here.
The person who received Ma Mingluan was Xu Yinjue, the eldest son of Xu Hongji.
"Master Ma." Xu Yinjue said with a bitter face, "Please be respectful and give me a fair price."
"How can I covet your Xu family's mansion?" Ma Mingluan said with a smile, "So maliciously lowering prices will definitely not happen, but have you really thought about it?"
"I have thought about it." Xu Yinjue sighed, "I can only pay off the land and the house. Even the jewelry of the female family members in the mansion is not left. I collected them all."
While speaking, one could faintly hear the curses of the female family members.
Ma Mingluan asked expressionlessly: "How much have you collected in total?"
Xu Yinjue said: "Not counting this big house, there are about more than 3.5 million taels."
"Only three and a half million? That's really far off." Ma Mingluan said, "Including the house, it's four million taels. Among the top ten nobles in Nanjing, you are the Xu family and the Bao family.
The Duke's Zhu family has a strong family background. If you two can only raise four million taels, you will definitely not be able to raise thirty million taels."
"Master Ma." Xu Yinjue almost couldn't hold himself back and cursed loudly.
It took my Xu family more than ten generations to build this house. More than tens of millions of dollars were spent on it?
According to the market price, the two gardens on the east and west are worth millions, not to mention the magnificent house in the middle. You, Ma Mingluo, only paid 500,000 taels? Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?
What's more, why should my Xu family take the bulk of these 30 million taels?
"Not happy? It doesn't matter if you're not happy. Let me see who else can buy your house."
After Ma Mingluan finished speaking, he stood up and left. Who else would dare to buy the huge Wei Guogong Palace besides his Ministry of Internal Affairs?
