Wu Shigong waited for a long time, and the Runing Army's brigade arrived belatedly. They couldn't walk fast! Because the Runing Army carried too many large and small bags.
Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng's troops, as well as Yan Dingshan's cavalry troops, who were traveling with Runing's army this time, had a lot to eat along the way with the Zhu Dadian's warrant in Wu Shigong's hand.
Maybe Zhu Dadian was negligent, he did not take back the warrant. But Wu Shigong would not forget this extremely valuable artifact! On his way back, he tried his best to use it in the counties and counties along the way without any scruples. Anyway, he could do it without using it.
Invalid upon expiration.
After arriving in Jining this time, Wu Shigong was ready to make a big profit in Jining. And with Yan Dingshan, a local military attache who had been promoted to deputy general, as the leader, Wu Shigong would definitely be able to make a lot of good stuff.
In the Ming Dynasty, in order to ensure the safety and timely transportation of water transportation, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty at that time, merged the Fengyang Guard and the Yangzhou Guard into the water transportation army, with a chief soldier and several deputy chief soldiers under the command and management of the water transportation governor.
The Governor of Water Transport in the Ming Dynasty was actually a part-time official. The main official position was that of local governor. He governed Fengyang, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Luzhou, Chu, Xu, and Sanzhou. The Yamen was located in Huai'an.
Of course, the governor, who held two positions, was in charge of quite a few local guard households and soldiers. However, the water soldiers responsible for water transport were all military households of Fengyang Guard and Yangzhou Guard.
When the Ming Dynasty was founded, this arrangement was very appropriate, because the capital of the Ming Dynasty at that time was Nanjing. But after Zhu Di, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, moved the capital to Beijing, the focus of water transportation moved to the Grand Canal.
Therefore, the military households of Fengyang Guard and Yangzhou Guard like Yan Dingshan also moved to various arteries of the Grand Canal and stationed for a long time. After several generations of reproduction, they took root in their respective stations. This is what appeared in the previous article.
Tang Liu, the leader of the Cao Gang. He is also a descendant of these military families. It is just because he is a side branch that he was not selected as a Cao soldier. Otherwise, Tang Liu would not be able to live so well on the Grand Canal.
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Of course, the ancestral home of Yan Dingshan, Tang Liu and others is still in Fengyang or Yangzhou, and their hometown, ancestral graves and many relatives in the clan are still left in the local area.
The garrison of Yanding Mountain is near Jining City. As a local snake, he knows how many official warehouses there are and what valuable goods are in any official warehouse. Therefore, he will lead the way this time and everyone will go there together.
The last windfall from this expedition.
When they saw the arrival of the Runing Army brigade, the shopkeeper of the Jining branch of the Sihai Trading Company also appeared with more than a dozen of his men. In fact, they had arrived long ago and wanted to greet Wu Shigong and the Runing Army.
It was just Xue Yufei's wealthy ostentation that made them afraid to get close. As soon as Wu Shigong appeared, he got into Xue Yufei's carriage and never showed up again. So they had to wait patiently until they saw the flag of the Runing Army.
Come and meet me.
Sihai Trading Company also came here to handle the goods brought back by Runing's army. Wu Shigong no longer took care of the trivial matters of handling those goods. He just met with the shopkeeper and briefly explained to him: What kind of goods should be shipped?
To be sold in the capital; what goods should be shipped back to Runing; how many carts and manpower should be prepared to carry them in the official warehouse in Runing...
Then, Wu Shigong handed over Zhu Dadian's warrant to Zhou Xun. After saying goodbye to Yan Dingshan, Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng, he immediately took nearly a hundred guards newly transferred by Yang Rusong, together with Xue Yufei and others, and left the main force to return to you.
Ning went.
Seeing Wu Shigong's departure, Yang Rusong immediately arranged for several guards to return to Runing quickly to report the news, so that the civil and military officials of the Runing Army Headquarters and Wu Shigong's inner residence could prepare for the reception.
The leading messenger sent by Yang Rusong was a prudent person. It should be said that this messenger was a good candidate for reporting. But unexpectedly, a problem arose. And this problem was exactly what the messenger was doing
Too stable.
When the messenger arrived in Runing, he only told Wu Shigong the approximate return date and the number of people returning. He kept silent about everything else, especially when reporting to the inner house.
This messenger was not a guard brought by Wu Shigong from the capital, but was recruited and promoted by Wu Shigong after arriving in Henan. Therefore, he did not know the rules of the wealthy family.
In fact, this guard has a point. According to the understanding of his small family, the male master has brought other women from outside, so why bother talking to the inner house and acting like a crow's mouth?
Therefore, Li Xin and others in the inner house only learned from the soldiers who had returned earlier that Wu Shigong had taken in another Buddhist woman. They did not know that the mistress Xue Yufei had also returned together.
After Wu Shigong took Karelli with him, he left the group and started the last journey back home. Xue Yufei was surprised to see Karelli. She had never thought that Wu Shigong's taste was so unique.
After thinking for a long time, Xue Yufei had no choice but to interpret this unique taste as: Did Wu Shigong regard Carelli as his substitute? For this reason, Xue Yufei was secretly proud for several days. It can be seen from this that,
During the Ming Dynasty, foreigners were really discriminated against in the central powers!
And Karelli also felt Xue Yufei's kindness towards her. After the two talked, Karelli heard various anecdotes about the noble women of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the relationship between the two women was quite harmonious.
Along the way, Wu Shigong made no stops except for a brief stop in Guide Fucheng to visit Mr. Hou, and went straight to his home in Runing Prefecture.
When Wu Shigong's motorcade entered his inner house in the Runing Army Camp, Xue Yufei and Nanny Qiu were quite surprised. They never expected that Wu Shigong's inner house was not in the garrison yamen of Runing Mansion City, but was built in the military camp. However, this time
At that time, they did not have the opportunity to raise this question to Wu Shigong because they had already arrived at the inner chamber.
The civil and military officials of the Runing Army led by Deng Qifan and the servants of the inner house led by Chang Meng had already greeted them at the door of the inner house. After saluting, Wu Shigong told Deng Qifan and the others: "After dinner, Mr. Deng and Uncle Yongli come to my study.
Let’s discuss it. Others should disperse first.”
Deng Qifan and the others also knew that Wu Shigong was tired from the journey, so today's greeting was just out of courtesy. Therefore, they quickly dispersed. Wu Shigong immediately excitedly walked ahead with Xue Yufei, wanting to see his daughter earlier.
Lady and children.
As soon as they entered the screen wall of the back house, Li Xin and others were already dressed in costumes, smiling and bringing their children to greet them. The ladies were deeply blessed, and the several children who were able to walk kowtowed to their father.
Wu Shigong smiled and offered help: "We are all one family, why are we using so many courtesy? Come here and let me take a good look. We have been away for more than a year. I really miss you."
Li Xin stood up with a smile. She walked towards Wu Shigong first. Before she could speak, she saw Xue Yufei beside Wu Shigong. So Li Xin acted like a lady, took Xue Yufei's hand affectionately and said, "Husband, Xin Na"
This is my sister! Let me introduce you to some sisters. Don’t be afraid, they are all easy to get along with."
Xue Yufei was at a loss by Li Xin's sudden action. She had been pampered since she was a child and had no ability to change her mind at all, so Xue Yufei could only be stunned at this time.
When Wu Shigong entered, everyone in the inner house focused their attention on Wu Shigong. But when Li Xin spoke to Xue Yufei, the ladies began to look at Xue Yufei.
As soon as they realized that Wu Shigong's first wife, Xue Yufei, the daughter of the Hou family, had come in, Zhu Yun, Mei Yun, Xiuzhu and Qiong Niang, who knew Xue Yufei, immediately knelt down and said: "Madam!" "Miss!" and kowtowed.
And before Li Xin could react, Nanny Qiu, who was following behind, also walked around the screen wall. When she saw and heard Li Xin's rude behavior, she immediately became furious and scolded: "You are so impudent!
Madam, why don't you kneel down and salute? Do you still understand the rules?"
Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Wu Shigong immediately put a smile on his face and smoothed things over: "It's all my fault! It's all my fault! I forgot to introduce you, this is my wife Xue Yufei."
At this time, Li Xin was the most embarrassed. Her eye circles were already a little red, but she bit her lips and knelt down to kowtow to Xue Yufei. With Li Xin taking the lead, all the ladies and children also knelt down.
Unexpectedly, after the salute and greeting, Aunt Qiu was still reluctant. Because Wu Shigong's children didn't know how to address Xue Yufei at all, so they just kowtowed and said nothing.
So Aunt Qiu said sternly to the children: "You all must call me Mother."
Although the rules of the Ming Dynasty were like this, all the children of the husband must call the first wife "mother". And if a concubine gives birth to a child, even if it is the biological mother, she can only be called "aunt". But in the past, Wu Shigong was not there at all.
This rule had been implemented in my own house, and all the children also called their biological mother "mother", so at this time, those children were dumbfounded, and they didn't know what to do at all.
This scene was a bit solemn. Children are very sensitive. The newly born babies who were still held in the hands of the wet nurse immediately started crying. As soon as they heard the crying, Wu Shigong's children played
The symphony is coming.
Wu Shigong felt distressed immediately. He squeezed Xue Yufei's hand and looked at her with pleading eyes, hoping that Xue Yufei would ease the atmosphere. Xue Yufei was also a little at a loss. When she saw Wu Shigong's pleading eyes, she said:
"Everyone, get up. After I have settled down, I will meet my sisters and children with my husband."
Seeing that her young lady was let go so gently, especially Li Xin, who was the most ignorant and challenged Xue Yufei's position as a wife, Mother Qiu had no choice but to gently shake her head behind Xue Yufei.
The maids in the inner house, together with the maids Xue Yufei brought from the capital, packed up Xue Yufei's house and luggage, and also arranged her own house and maids for Karelli. Everyone settled down.
However, after this welcoming turmoil, the festive atmosphere to welcome Wu Shigong in the inner house was gone. Wu Shigong also thought to himself: "It seems that my wife has asked for too much, which is really troublesome!" (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, novels are better and updated faster!·
