The New Year of the fourteenth year of the Apocalypse was spent in such a peaceful and festive atmosphere, full of dreams of getting rich, and the Marquis of Zhenwu's Mansion was no exception. The China Merchants shares that the ladies and ladies bought with their private money have paid dividends for two years.
This time, everyone's wealth increased several times, and they all became little rich women.
New Year's Eve was spent with Zeng Cheng and the children in Wuyi Lane. On the morning of New Year's Day, Liu Ziguang used the excuse of paying New Year's greetings to return to the house to take charge of the overall situation. Sisters Peng Jingrong, Peng Jingwei, Liu Xiaomao, Li Xiangjun, and all the maids
The servants, housekeepers, and nurses are all waiting to pay New Year greetings to the master.
Liu Ziguang changed his clothes and sat in the lobby, pretending to be the head of the family and accepting everyone's kneeling. First, Peng Jingrong led a group of female relatives and daughter Zhao Jiao to say blessings to the master, and then hundreds of servants came to kowtow in turn. Liu Ziguang
The butler Liu Fu standing next to him was also wearing a brand new satin dress. After the servants had finished paying their respects, he went up to hand out red envelopes. The Marquis was generous, and the new year's money given to the servants were all brand-new Rishengchang ten-tael silver notes.
, the servants took the banknotes and were very happy, and kowtowed to the Marquis to thank him.
While he was kowtowing, the emperor's reward arrived. The butler quickly arranged the incense table to receive the order. Zhu Youxiao's imperial edict commended Liu Ziguang for his contribution over the past year and rewarded him with a box of treasures. When the eunuch who delivered the order left,
After that, the female relatives immediately gathered around, asking Liu Ziguang to open the box and see what treasure the emperor had rewarded.
Liu Ziguang gently opened the golden nanmu box, and saw two one-foot-long daggers placed in the velvet-lined box. The agarwood handles had no tangs. The scabbards were orange-red and covered with silver.
The Tang grass pattern is inlaid with blue glazed beads and white pearls, and the appearance is extremely luxurious and exquisite. When I pulled out the blade, I saw that there was a layer of vague patterns on the cyan blade, and he said: "It is indeed a good knife! It's just too delicate.
Some." Liu Ziguang praised.
"It's good to be delicate, just give it to me." Peng Jingwei shouted. This girl who grew up in the Liguo Iron Works has been fond of weapons since she was a child. When she saw such a beautiful dagger, her eyes naturally lit up with gold.
"I want it too~ I want it too." When Liu Mao Mao heard Peng Jingwei's praise, she also asked for it. Her feet were jumping on the ground and her claws were scratching. Peng Jingwei directly gave her a bang on the head.
: "It's enough if you have claws. What kind of short knife do you want? This knife comes in a pair. It's most suitable for me and my sister to have one each."
Peng Jingrong frowned and said, "It would be unlucky to give you a sword during the Chinese New Year. I don't want this sword."
Liu Ziguang laughed loudly: "The emperor knew that I liked this, so he specially rewarded it. There is nothing unlucky about it. The second lady likes to share the kitten with each other."
As soon as they finished speaking, Peng Jingwei and Liu Maomao rushed towards each other and grabbed a handful. They held it in their hands and touched it as if it was something rare. After all, Peng Jingwei was a child who grew up in an arms factory. After playing with it, she wondered.
: "This knife is an antique, at least several hundred years old."
Liu Ziguang said: "The things given by the emperor are naturally valuable antiques. How can you get ordinary things? Don't worry about the antiques. Today is the first day of the new year. Don't hold it at home. Go out and walk around.
Each person was given a thousand taels of silver notes as lucky money, so you can buy whatever you want." He took out several red envelopes and stuffed them into the girls, and finally stuffed a red envelope into Zhao Jiao's swaddling clothes.
The girls cheered and rushed back to their rooms to dress up. Liu Ziguang also got up and went back to his room to change clothes. He had to rush back to Wuyi Alley to take his wife and children for a stroll and buy some small toys such as rattles for Liu Kangyang. This was promised to Zeng Cheng a long time ago.
Just as he was about to go out, he suddenly saw Liu Fu hurried in and said: "Master Hou, the imperial edict has arrived."
Liu Ziguang wondered why he had come again if he had just received something from the emperor. Liu Fu explained: "It's another father-in-law who came to deliver the emperor's oral instructions."
Liu Ziguang quickly put on his python robe and came out to greet him. The visitor was a young eunuch with an anxious look on his face. He didn't want Liu Fu to set up any incense table. When he saw Liu Ziguang, he said: "The emperor has spoken, and Wuhou of Xuanzhen hastily entered the palace to discuss it." Military sentiment, I admire this."
Liu Ziguang was full of doubts. Where could the military situation come from in this world of peace? However, seeing the anxious look on the little eunuch's face, he was afraid that something had really happened at the border, so he asked Liu Fu to send someone to tell the eldest princess that he would go home later, and then followed the message. The eunuch ordered to enter the palace in a hurry.
Arriving at the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzheng sat behind the Long Shu case with an angry look on his face. Memorials were thrown all over the floor in front of the case, as well as vases, brush washers, and fragments of jade Ruyi. Four young eunuchs knelt beside him tremblingly. Not daring to deal with it, Qian Qianyi and several other bachelors had already arrived, but their faces were as cold as autumn water and they said nothing.
Seeing Liu Ziguang coming in, Zhu Youxiao seemed to have found a life-saving straw, and motioned to the young eunuch to hand over a telegram to Liu Ziguang to read. Liu Ziguang took it and read it at a glance, and couldn't help being surprised: Shaanxi had been gained and lost again!
The telegram said that the Xixia people used their troops cunningly. The previous withdrawal to the Western Regions was just a ploy to lure the enemy deeper. The imperial army reached as far as the Hexi Corridor. The logistics supply line was too long. The southern soldiers were not suitable for the bitter cold of the Western Regions, so they were recruited by the Xia army. Dumplings were defeated one after another. In order to preserve his strength and fight again, Governor Yuan decisively abandoned Shaanxi and moved to Henan to defend the tiger and wolf enemy forces from the Central Plains.
After reading this, Liu Ziguang was speechless. The war situation in the west has suddenly changed, and his roles have changed too quickly. First, he was passively beaten, and then he marched straight into the battle to regain the lost territory. Just when everyone was looking forward to capturing the Hexi Corridor and restoring the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the battle situation Suddenly and dramatically, everything took a turn for the worse, with all the capital and profits being taken back. Was this farce directed by the Xixia people or by Grand Superintendent Yuan?
"Liu Aiqing, what do you think we should do about this?" Zhu Youxiao asked, uncontrollable anger and irritability could be heard in his voice. It's no wonder that too much manpower and material resources were invested in the western war, and the front and rear troops spent a fortune. Fifteen million taels of silver, and the disciples from Huguang and Henan recruited more than 200,000 people. If they can't win in this way, then it's really impossible for gods to come down to earth. The only general in Beijing is Liu Ziguang, so Zhu Youxiao put him in a panic Summoned.
"What else can we do? Naturally, we need to reorganize the army and fight again. Guanzhong is the place where China's dragon thrives. We can't hand it over to the barbarians. I have no talent, but I am willing to lead the army to the west to resist the barbarians." Liu Ziguang made an impassioned speech and asked Zhu Yu Xiao raised his eyebrows, and Long was delighted.
"Supervisor Yuan is not at the end of his rope. It is too early to change the commander at this time. As I wish, I only need to raise military pay and food and send it to Henan, so that Supervisor Yuan can reorganize his troops and fight again. Victory or failure is a matter of It is a common thing in the military, so your Majesty does not need to act too hastily, let alone rebuke the generals in front of the army, so as not to hurt the morale of the army."
As soon as he heard that Liu Ziguang wanted to lead the army, Qian Qianyi immediately stood up and opposed it. When he said this, other ministers also commented, saying that Xixia was not worth mentioning. He only needed to add more troops and pay them, and there would be brave men under the heavy reward. Sooner or later, Guanzhong
It is still from the Ming Dynasty, so there is no need to filter it. Some people say that we might as well follow the example of the Song Dynasty and spend some money to redeem Shaanxi. Anyway, the barbarians only want money, food and children, and they will naturally retreat when they are satisfied.
After everyone said this, Zhu Youxiao regained his composure and said to everyone: "The matter of the coaching change has been put on hold for now. You should come up with a statement quickly. Is it war or peace? How should we fight a war? How should we negotiate a peace?
I leave it to you all, Liu Aiqing, come with me and let you see my new gadget."
Liu Ziguang was speechless. The emperor who was filled with righteous indignation just now suddenly became as if nothing happened. However, since others didn't care about him because of his passionate nature, he would not imitate his direct ministers' death remonstrances. Instead, he never mentioned the war in the west and stayed with Zhu Zhu.
I started playing with tracked cars from school.
The monarch and his ministers drove the tracked car for a while on the stone floor of the palace, and they seemed to have found the feeling of racing together again. After a while, Zhu Youxiao said: "Brother-in-law, I don't see you often bringing your nephew into the palace to see the queen and me. Is that right?"
It’s not that my sister doesn’t want to let go of her child.”
Liu Ziguang said: "Yes, the child is too young and his mother is very pampered. If the Queen Mother wants to have a grandson, I will carry him into the palace someday."
Zhu Youxiao said: "The queen really misses her grandson. At this age, she should have grandsons and grandsons. It's a pity that my queen is not doing well. There has been no movement for three years. There is a lack of children in the palace."
So angry."
Liu Ziguang said: "The emperor is in his prime years, but he is afraid that he will not be able to live without a prince. If the queen cannot have children, then she will have more concubines, and there will always be a lot of sons and grandsons."
After chatting with the emperor for a while, it was already noon. Liu Ziguang declined Zhu Youxiao's banquet and hurried to his home in Wuyi Lane. Zeng Cheng had already changed into a brand new cotton robe and had been waiting for a long time. Even Liu Kuanghong was dressed up.
He was ready, wearing a small cotton-padded jacket and trousers, and a tiger head hat on his head. He looked very magical. When he saw his husband coming home, Zeng Cheng said: "My husband, I went out and bought a lot of things in the morning. I bought a big rattle for my child.
I bought you a new handkerchief and boots, and even pulled a piece of blue cloth to make a robe for you. In addition, I also did a big thing. If nothing happens, in two months we will be able to change to a three-bedroom apartment with a back garden.
We have a big house now, and our family is getting bigger and bigger, and maybe we will add some younger brothers and sisters. Our family is a bit small now."
Liu Ziguang asked curiously: "Where did you get so much money? A big house in the capital cannot be spent with a few hundred taels of silver. It costs at least ten thousand taels."
Zeng Cheng chuckled and said: "I bought the Western Region Jiebao Performance Fund, which cost three or two and a half yuan per unit. It was very cheap. Did you know that the original issue price of this fund was only one or two yuan, and it tripled in less than a month?
"More, I heard that the war in the west has been won again, and this fund is going to increase again. When we earn ten thousand taels, we will sell it and buy a big house for the gang to toss around. My husband, what do you say?"
Liu Ziguang's face darkened immediately: "When did you buy it?"
"I just bought it this morning. Aunt Zhang and Sister Li next door bought it. I didn't want to buy it at first, but they said it was a fund issued by the imperial court and it was insured. I didn't want you to go out to work hard to make money anymore, so I took it out.
I bought some with the three thousand taels of silver I saved at home, I... I won't get into trouble, right?" Zeng Cheng noticed that Liu Ziguang's expression was wrong, so he timidly replied.