Shen Lie and his concubine drank wine and chatted happily, sipping mutton and drinking wine. They looked at the red little face of his beloved wife and his concubine, and her slim figure wrapped in snow-white fur.
Shen Lie had many thoughts.
These days.
Zhang Juzheng's illness waxed and waned, and he was sometimes sober and sometimes confused. But every time he was sober, he would ask someone to write a memorial to the emperor to resign.
I never stopped writing resignation letters. I wrote one almost every few days, clamoring to resign and stay at home to recuperate.
But the emperor only has two words.
Not allowed.
Think about this.
Shen Lie couldn't help but put down his chopsticks and rubbed his forehead, sighing faintly: "The two masters and disciples... have done it again."
A teacher and a student started to get angry again.
Not to mention Shen Lie, even the ruling and opposition parties of the Ming Dynasty have long been used to it.
Think about it.
Shen Lie put down his chopsticks, hurriedly gave some instructions to his wife and concubines, then left the inner house and opened the door of the wing in the outer courtyard.
The light in the room was a little dim, but there was a charcoal basin.
Warm as spring.
Ma Jintang, a famous doctor in Dingzhou, was alone, eating a pot brought by his servants. When he saw Shen Lie coming in, he quickly stood up and clasped his fists.
Shen Lie said softly: "Are you full?"
Ma Jintang said hurriedly: "I'm full, I'm full."
He had not suffered much during the past few days under the supervision of the Shen Mansion, but he had no complaints.
Shen Lie looked calm and said softly: "Come with me."
Soon the sky became dark.
In the cold weather.
On the last night before leaving Beijing, Shen Lie sent Ma Jintang, a famous doctor from Dingzhou, to the Taishi Mansion and handed Ma Jintang to Fourth Brother Zhang.
When I came out of Taishi Mansion again...
Shen Lie raised his head and looked at the sky.
The sky was overcast.
Nowadays, we can only treat a dead horse as a living doctor. It is unrealistic to cure him. Now he only hopes that Ma Jintang can use his superb medical skills.
Let Master Taishi hold on for a few more days.
After doing all this, Shen Lie left quickly.
the next day.
Afternoon.
Tianjin Zuowei.
In the silence after snow.
In the ravine lined with military forts, smoke rises from every household, and the air is filled with the aroma of food.
After winter.
Tianjin Zuowei seems to have got rid of the impact of the great locust plague this summer, and has vaguely regained a sense of peace and tranquility.
However, the chaotic sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded on the muddy official road. More than ten horsemen came from the direction of Tongzhou and dismounted in front of the camp gate.
Shen Lie, who came on horseback, took a breath of hot air on his hands, held up the bearskin hat on his head, and waved to the cold guards on the watchtower.
Several Tianjin Zuowei guards were stunned for a moment, and then shouted ecstatically: "Master Shen is back!"
In an instant.
The whole Tianjin Zuowei boiled like boiling water.
After another moment.
As a group of red clouds floated down from the mountainside.
Little Miss Bai rushed over impatiently, and then angrily thrust her hand into Liu's waist and glared at him fiercely with her heroic and charming eyes.
The little cherry mouth opened slightly and sneered: "Nu Nu wishes Master Shen a happy birthday."
Everyone watched with burning eyes.
Shen Lie had no choice but to lower his head and touch his nose guiltily.
"cough."
The veteran Bai Guangen coughed lightly and laughed cheerfully: "You must not be rude... Mr. Shen is here, and the house is really shining."
Shen Lie waved his hand and said with a smile: "My people... don't be polite."
In fact, Shen Lie had already thought of a countermeasure, so he quickly took out a small bundle from his arms and handed it to the sulky Bai Zhenzhen.
If you are angry, just calm down.
What else could happen?
Bai Zhenzhen took the baggage and looked at the gold jewelry inside. The resentment in her belly disappeared a little, and her black and white eyes became a little more resentful.
She was so coaxed that she responded with anger and joy.
Shen Lie secretly took off his bearskin hat, wiped his sweat, and watched her hurried away.
Wang Hu came over and patted the horse: "Your Excellency is wise."
Deeply understand the essence of hugging from left to right!
Shen Lie kicked her away angrily, laughing and scolding her a few times: "I'm wise, your grandma is stupid, in this life... if I take any more concubines, I'll be like a dog!"
When all the men heard this, they burst into laughter.
Bai Guangen's wrinkled old face also twitched.
What is this word?
But I don't know why.
After leaving the big prison in the capital, Shen Lie's mood improved. He handed over his strong horse to a subordinate and talked quietly with Bai Guangen.
Shen Lie said softly: "Have the arrangements for the five hundred veterans of the Zhejiang Army been made?"
Bai Guangen patted his chest and said, "I have lived in the guard for a long time... Last month, I asked the boys to give up all the best houses."
Shen Lie nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Let's go and take a look."
As the group of people walked toward the foot of the mountain, they saw the few rows of brick and tile houses. In front and behind the houses, they saw old and weak Zhejiang soldiers with gray hair and missing arms and legs.
Five hundred old and frail men are no longer young. Although they are living under someone else's roof, they still maintain their military habits and are clearing the snow in front of and behind their houses.
The whole camp was very quiet.
In an instant.
The atmosphere of elite soldiers is coming.
Looking at those weather-beaten faces, Shen Lie's eyes were moist for some reason, and he repeatedly told Bai Guangen to take good care of these Zhejiang army remnants.
then.
Shen Lie hurriedly checked the grain and grass that Tianjin Zuowei had accumulated for this winter. As the grain warehouses were dug into the belly of the mountain, the cellars opened.
The granaries were full of potatoes and sweet potatoes rolling out.
There are also a lot of cabbage, radish, alfalfa...
Looking at these high-yielding crops filling the warehouse, Shen Lie finally showed a long-lost smile and stretched out comfortably against the sky after the snow.
Bai Guangen was equally satisfied, praising the myth of the sweet potato yielding three thousand kilograms per mu, although it was a bit unpalatable.
But I’m hungry!
In previous years, it snowed so heavily and it was so cold...
I'm just afraid that some people will inevitably be cold and hungry.
The veteran was beaming with joy at this moment. For the first time in history, Tianjin Left Guard had tens of thousands of military households and more than 2,000 soldiers without having to worry about surviving the winter.
He even gave some of the extra food to Tianjin Youwei.
Even more so.
Those cold-resistant alfalfa grew out of barren mountains that were difficult to cultivate, and even the only war horses and livestock in the guard had no worries about food and drink.
Stayed for one night in Tianjin Zuowei.
My heart felt at ease.
Shen Lie returned to Tongzhou Pier without stopping.
Another morning comes.
When Shen Lie arrived at the pier, he was shocked by the spectacular scene in front of him, but it was early in the morning and the weather was freezing.
The canal transport troops, and the civilians didn't know how many of them, were shouting loud chants, working on the canal and cutting open the frozen river.
And the mighty fleet is still flowing on the river covered with broken ice.
Water transportation is still smooth.
This lively scene made Shen Lie feel better. He planned to stay in the Yamen for a few days before going home to celebrate the New Year.
In a state of joy, Qingqi came from the official road.