Luo Wenhu is not qualified to attend the small-scale private banquet organized by Lin Xuwen for Hu Wenmu at his private house tonight; moreover, after entering Jiangning, he must first go to Jiangning to stay behind, the deputy privy envoy, and the military Qin Chengzu to escort Hu Wenmu to Beijing.
This team of forbidden soldiers returned to the military camp and first settled the family in Jiangning City...
The Huaidong Army does not require that all the generals’ families and children must live together in Jiangning or Chongzhou. While requiring the generals’ relatives to settle in their hometowns, it encourages middle- and high-level generals to bring their families and children to their posts.[bsp; It’s just that at this time, the Huaidong Army
Most of the elite soldiers and horses were mobilized frequently as the war progressed and did not have a fixed station. The generals preferred to settle their families in Chongzhou and Jiangning where supplies were not so scarce.
When Luo Wenhu was transferred to the Military Intelligence Department, his family naturally had to move to Jiangning to settle down.
Sun Zhuang originally asked Luo Wenhu to choose two retinues to accompany him. Luo Wenhu took Zhou Sheng and Tian Su to accompany him. Later, he recommended Zhou and Tian to go to Jiangxia to enter the war training school. After he arrived in Jiangning, he was accompanied by a runner.
There are no manpower.
Luo Wenhu first asked his servants to wait inside the Chongyang Gate. He rushed to the Privy Council of the Imperial City to report to Qin Chengzu, who had stayed behind. Qin Chengzu appointed a military attache named Sun Xiangjun to lead Luo Wenhu to the Military Intelligence Department Office to meet with the generals.
The faces are familiar, Luo Wenhu will temporarily stay there to help with official duties in the future; and it is not a simple matter for Luo Wenhu and his family to settle down in Jiangning. Qin Chengzu wants Sun Xiangjun to take on the responsibility as well, and don’t call Luo Wenhu the first to come.
Jiang Ning was at a loss.
After going to the government office of the Military Intelligence Department, Sun Xiangjun left for a moment because he had to deal with an urgent matter. Luo Wenhu wandered around the imperial city at will. He never thought that he would get lost. After walking for a long time, Luo Wenhu asked for directions and returned to where he came from.
office, but Sun Xiangyang couldn't find him and left for other things.
Xiangyang City has been captured, but the end of any large-scale war will not be simple. The direct result is that the generals on the Privy Council side are so busy that Luo Wenhu holds the frame that the Military Intelligence Department gave him to prove his identity.
With a silver and bronze medal, a stack of beautifully printed military tickets and a designated residence address, he stood at the gate of the imperial city and looked at the long street outside. He was a little confused for a moment: Jiangning City was bigger than he imagined, and Sun Xiangjun could not be found.
, he didn’t even have a single copper in his pocket, he didn’t know how to find his residence in Tongtuo Lane, and he didn’t even know how to meet the young man waiting inside Chongyang Gate.
"Is Luo Wenhu Luo joining the army ahead?" A carriage came from behind and stopped at the south gate of the imperial city. An official in plainclothes lifted the curtain and poked his head out.
Luo Wenhu had seen this person just now when he was at the Military Intelligence Department office. When he heard others calling him "Master Qian", he hurriedly saluted and said: "Wenhu has seen Master Qian..."
"Master Qian, Mr. Qian, Brother Luo, just call me Qian Xiaowu," Qian Xiaowu asked with a smile, "Just now Sun Xiangjun couldn't find you in the whole yard, I didn't expect you to come here...
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"Sun Xiangjun had something urgent to do and walked away for a while, so I walked around the courtyard. Without thinking, I got lost and passed by Sun Xiangjun in the wrong place. I thought Sun Xiangjun also had something urgent to do, so I went to Chongyang Gate to pick him up myself.
We can go to Tongtuo Alley again..." Luo Wenhu couldn't remember who Qian Xiaowu was, so he just responded with a smile.
"The road is not close. There are only ten cities passing through Jiangning City, and Chongyang Gate is not the main entrance. It is difficult for ordinary people to touch the road. Moreover, on this day, the wind stung the bones, and Sun Xiangjun's bastard
, I don’t know the importance of things, how can I leave you behind? One day I will tell Mr. Qin to scold him like a bitch,” Qian Xiaowu said, “Enze and I were going to have a drink, and having fun alone is not as good as having fun with everyone.
, then I will accompany Brother Luo to pick up the family, and have someone send the banquet to Tongtuo Lane, which can be considered as a way to cleanse Brother Luo..."
Only then did Luo Wenhu see a young official sitting in the carriage. He smiled and nodded to him: "Chen Enze has met Brother Luo!"
Luo Wenhu suddenly remembered who Chen Enze and Qian Xiaowu were... One was the leader of the boys in Chongzhou, and Chen Enze, who was serving as Jiangning's military commander at that time, was definitely a disciple of the Privy Council; the other was before the rise of the Privy Council.
Then, Qian Xiaowu, the deputy envoy in charge of the inner palace of Duke Chongguo, and there were not many generals in Jiangning city who were more important than the two of them.
How could Luo Wenhu be willing to call Qian Xiaowu and Chen Enze accompany him to pick up his child and go to Tongtuo Lane? Qian Xiaowu and Chen Enze really had nothing to do after today. They excused each other in front of the imperial city gate and half dragged and half dragged them.
Luo Wenhu asked him to get on the carriage and go to Chongyang Gate. He also asked his entourage to take military tickets and go to Tongtuo Lane to arrange some necessary daily necessities for Luo Wenhu.
Following Luo Wenhu into Jiangning was his widowed mother, a wife, a concubine, and four underage children.
Luo Wenhu knew that the Huaidong Army was not into luxury. He had already asked his mother to dismiss the other servants. There was only one old servant who was old and frail and had no ability to make a living, so he brought him to Jiangning - the monthly salary he currently received from the Huaidong Army was only
With four silver coins, I still didn't know how to support my mother, my wife, my children, my old servants, and myself, a total of nine people. Fortunately, I still had some savings.
The Privy Council designated eight alleys in the north of Zangjin Bridge to facilitate the Huaidong Army's mid-level and senior generals' families to live in small groups. Tongtuo Alley is just one of them.
It is nearly ten miles from Chongyang Gate to Tongtuo Lane of Zangjin Bridge. On the way, Qian Xiaowu called two carriages to take Luo Wenhu's family and the accompanying boxes and cages to Tongtuo Lane.
On the way, they made a special detour to let Luo Wenhu and his children get to know Jiangning City. They also passed by Chong Guogong and walked on the Zangjin Bridge. When they passed a heavily guarded courtyard, they suddenly heard a burst of rolling thunder coming from the courtyard.
Luo Wenhu was startled by the movement, wondering how thunder could occur in such winter.
Chen Enze, who was sitting in the carriage, frowned slightly and said to Qian Xiaowu: "The Ordnance Supervisor's compound should have been moved out long ago, which has caused people to panic. We should mention it when the lord comes back..."
"Can you ask my lord to agree to move something that my lord regards as a treasure? Moreover, there are thunders in the winter, and no matter how panicked the people in Jiangning city are, the sky will change. It's a good omen," Qian Xiaowu laughed and said, "But
, I went to Mr. Sun a few days ago and asked, the Military Supervisor will not give up this courtyard, but the next step of the Fire and Brimstone experiment is indeed to move out, and there is no room for the experiment in the city.
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Luo Wenhu knew that the fire-and-brimstone formula was commonly used by elixir doctors in previous dynasties. However, Emperor Qining of the previous dynasty collapsed due to the effects of the elixir technique, so the elixir technique was banned in all aspects. Since Yue Dynasty, it may be seen in the classics.
There are rough records related to the Fire and Brimstone recipe, but few people know the details——
Huaidong has promoted craftsmanship, complex learning, or alchemy in recent years. But listening to the tone of Qian Xiaowu and Chen Enze, the Privy Council took this fire and brimstone thing very seriously, but in fact, the Ordnance Supervisory Building
The courtyard was actually across the river from the Duke of Chong's Mansion, so Luo Wenhu was curious about what this fire and brimstone recipe was, but he also knew the discipline of the Huaidong Army, and some things were not easy to inquire about.
"Sun Xiangjun is really careless," Qian Xiaowu said, seeing that Luo Wenhu was a little confused when he first entered Jiangning, "I guess there must be many things that I didn't do. Brother Luo, please introduce it well: Although Jiangning is not in the north, the cold weather is not pleasant, but
You can burn the stove indoors. Now that the wars in various places have begun to subside, the prices in Jiangning's market are still very expensive. It is not easy for Brother Luo to live in Jiangning with a large family on only his monthly salary. The Duke's Office regularly transports a batch of goods from other places.
Grain, meat, flour, charcoal and other supplies are brought into Jiangning, and generals can receive a certain amount of daily necessities every month with their military coupons..."
Luo Wenhu just remembered that the stack of beautifully printed military coupons he had just received from the Military Intelligence Department turned out to have such a useful effect.
There were hundreds of military tickets with the words "one yuan", "one jiao", "two jiao" and "five jiao" written on them, which were said to be settlement expenses. However, Sun Xiangjun disappeared before he had time to introduce him clearly.
, Luo Wenhu thought at this time that "one yuan" might be equivalent to one Huaidong silver dollar, but he didn't know what "one dime" meant.
However, after listening to Qian Xiaowu's introduction, Luo Wenhu no longer had to worry about how to support his family in Jiangning. Although he could not become rich, supporting his family was not a problem - he did not expect that Lin Fu would be able to support his family outside the bank.
, intending to trial banknotes on a small scale so that banknotes can be gradually issued as an auxiliary supplement to the silver dollar system in the future.
"The universities run by the Privy Council in Chongzhou, Mingzhou, Jiangning and other places mainly recruit scholars from all over the country. If Brother Luo has nephews over fifteen years old, he can recommend them for admission. In addition, the Duke's Office also specializes in recruiting students in Jiangning.
, Chongzhou and other places have opened many public schools, and the children of generals and officials who are underage can enroll in the dormitory. The intention of the Duke and his wife is to encourage the female sons of various families to also enroll. However, if each family has concerns, the Lord of Hutang County
There is also a girls' school in Jiangning, and all the girls from each family are admitted to the dormitory for free; it is not recommended that each school hires private teachers..." The carriage stopped in Tongtuo Lane, in front of the independent courtyard assigned to Luo Wenhu by the Privy Council, and introduced Huai
The situation of East Public School.
In the past, the children of high-ranking officials could study at Imperial College together with the children of the clan, which was obviously not a treatment that ordinary generals could enjoy.
Although there are academies in many places, the academies teach Confucianism and are not accessible to underage children. Wealthy people usually hire teachers to run private schools to teach underage children. Luo Wenhu naturally hopes that his four underage children can learn
Reading and literacy, but hiring a private teacher is not something he can afford at this time. There are public schools and even girls' schools specifically for daughters to attend, which would be even better...
The independent courtyard has three entrances, but it is not very big. In addition to the kitchen and miscellaneous rooms, it is barely enough for eight or nine people to live in. There is also a guard room. Luo Wenhu is a brigade general, and the department will send two policemen.
The staff will take care of miscellaneous affairs and serve as bodyguards for him, and the department will specially provide him with food allowance. He is not Luo Wenhu's personal official, and Luo Wenhu does not need to pay for it.
Huaidong prohibits generals and ministers from hiring private staff to assist in handling official duties. If additional staff are required due to official duties, they can apply to Yousi for transfer. There is a hierarchy between generals and ministers, but there is no personal dependence relationship.
Luo Wenhu, Qian Xiaowu, and Chen Enze were walking slowly on the road. Qian Xiaowu and a group of people had quickly pulled a large cart of things and parked them in the yard. They spent all the military coupons Luo Wenhu had just given him.
All.
Luo Wenhu's wife, concubines, and two little daughters also felt uncomfortable and uneasy about entering Jiangning for the first time. The four-wheeled carriage brought many novel objects that they had never seen before. However, Luo Wenhu's two sons were young and had a wild temper.
The latter helped with the arrangements.
Qian Xiaowu, Chen Enze and Luo Wenhu ignored these stray matters and cleared out a quiet room. Instead, they asked someone to spread the banquet sent from a nearby restaurant, and while drinking, they talked about trivial things about Jiang Ning.
Luo Wenhu had fought with the army before and knew that Lin Fu had a unique style of governing the Huaidong Army, which was completely different from the tradition. After chatting with Qian Xiaowu and Chen Enze, he learned that the lives of the Huaidong generals in Jiangning and Chongzhou also had similar characteristics.
Traditional weather is far different.
While eating wine, a clerk came in to find Qian Xiaowu and whispered to him. Qian Xiaowu looked solemn, and Chen Enze asked: "What's the matter?"
Luo Wenhu joined the Military Intelligence Department with the rank of commanding officer, and many secrets did not need to be kept from him. Qian Xiaowu said directly: "There is news from the palace that the old witch has come up with a dirty idea again, saying that she wants to reward Huaidong generals.
The Duke, the Duke and the Count are as cheap as pickled cucumbers on the market, and they say they have to seal Shiyi. They can't let them mess around with this matter, but when the news spreads, there will always be some bad effects..."
Luo Wenhu was wondering who the "old witch" in Qian Xiaowu's words was referring to, but he also knew that the title of rewarder was not the same as Xiao Ke, so he thought, could this old witch refer to the one in the Longevity Palace?
Luo Wenhu thought to himself: If the Huaidong generals really accept the title reward from Emperor Yongxing, then they may not have the motivation to overthrow the Yuan family and establish a new dynasty. The man from Wanshou Palace probably had this idea; but he also thought,
Not only did the Privy Council have great achievements in establishing mountains and rivers, they were unparalleled in the minds of Huaidong generals and could not be replaced by anyone. However, of the two emperors before and after Yuan Yue, one emperor fled the capital and died in Wishui; the other abandoned the capital and lived an ignoble existence.
The reputation of the imperial family had already declined to the extreme during the Jiangning War. At this time, the forces in Huaixi and Sichuan and Shu were not enough to threaten and contain Huaidong. At worst, the Privy Council would directly abolish Emperor Yongxing and establish a new dynasty...
Contrary to what Luo Wenhu thought, Chen Enze scratched his forehead and said: "This old witch is a bit hateful," and said apologetically to Luo Wenhu, "Master Qian and I have to rush to the Duke's Mansion to discuss this matter.
After a quick drink, I sent it to someone else..."