The gift from Guangzhou Prefecture was finally delivered to Wu Yaer's case, which took much longer than the previous times.
The person who came to deliver the gift was not his acquaintance Jiang Ming, but four of his followers.
We are all acquaintances now, so there is no need to be too polite. The person in charge has a greater use, so don't waste it carelessly, especially when it's just a letter from home.
When you want something, ask Jiang Ming to come.
"It's difficult to walk on the road now," they said, with obvious scars on their bodies. "Ankang Mountain has occupied the capital, and the bandit army is all over the capital with the capital as the boundary. It separates the east and west sides, and there is not much room for walking."
Wu Ya'er took a look at the map. The map he was using now was different from the previous one. It was exquisitely and neatly hung and almost occupied a wall in the hall.
This was brought by officials from the capital for the emperor's use. The new emperor immediately gave it to Wu Ya'er.
This hall is also very gorgeous. There is enough charcoal fire in winter, and there is hot tea and rice at any time. After eating tea and rice, there is also hot water for washing hands and wiping face.
The four attendants came in and drank fragrant hot tea.
"You guys have worked hard, go down and rest first," Wu Ya'er said.
Outside the door, several attendants came in to lead the way, and there were four maids carrying new clothes and food boxes, ready to help them wash and change clothes and eat. These attendants and maids were all given by the emperor.
"We are not resting. The young lady said that the Governor is short of manpower. He will arrange for us to see what we can do." The leader of the entourage said with a simple smile, "The young lady said that we will not be allowed to have free time."
If in the past Hu Aqi would have sarcastically ridiculed you for not knowing what you are doing in this place, you should just rest in peace. Now, if Jiang Ming and the ten people are not familiar with their life and place, he will help them cross the river and kill the enemy together. He really can't say anything to refute.
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Wu Ya'er didn't care either: "You go see your injured companions first, and then go to the forward camp. You are familiar with the road, and take them to explore the surroundings."
The attendants responded happily and retreated surrounded by the attendants and maids.
Hu Aqi rubbed his nose and muttered: "If we really use them, we still don't know whether they are friends or foes."
The forward battalion is an important place and has the latest battle conditions and sphere of influence.
Wu Ya'er said: "It doesn't matter whether it's friend or foe, just use it if you can."
He looked at the baggage, which contained winter clothes and shoes. The inner clothes were fine, the outer clothes were sturdy, and there was a shiny black cloak that looked very familiar to him.
Wu Ya'er touched the inside, and there was a general here who was reading the letter and read out: "...The fur you sent can be used as lining to make two cloaks. You and your mother will have one each, thousands of miles apart.
They can also be connected..."
Lao Hu unfolded the scroll that comes with every letter. As expected, the woman sitting on the chair was wearing a bright red cloak and smiling happily.
"It's quite tricky." He muttered and curled his lips. Such good fur was only used for lining.
Wu Ya'er put the cloak aside and put away the other clothes, shoes and hats. There was still a small box left in the bag.
"...Oh, this is..." The general in charge of reading the letter glanced at the box and then the letter, "The young lady said that she will be promoted to Jiedushi, and she has a lot of time to hold a pen, so she gave me a small ornament.
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Small ornament? Everyone in the hall gathered around to look at it. Mrs. Wu was very rich. Everyone still remembered the gifts that Wang Li brought when he first came back. They were gold, tree, jade, and stones. Every time he came,
They all give gold, silver and expensive medicine...
What baby will it be this time?
Wu Yaer reached for the small box and opened it, and the eyes of everyone watching were widened.
"Toad!" Old Hu shouted.
This time it wasn't something strange and unrecognizable. Inside the box was a fist-sized green and transparent toad sitting upright.
Someone reached out and touched it, and it was soft and smooth.
Wu Ya'er smiled and said, "This is called water injection."
What is the water injection? Everyone was puzzled. Wu Yaer took the tea on the table with one hand and picked up the jade toad with the other. After looking at it for a moment, he opened the lid from behind the toad, poured the tea in, and then poured it slightly, and the toad's mouth began to drip.
Water fell into the inkstone on the table.
"The water used to pour water when grinding ink is called water injection." Wu Ya'er said.
Everyone stared at Wu Ya'er who seemed to understand and yet didn't understand: "What's the use of this thing?"
Wu Ya'er said again: "Inject water."
Lao Hu picked up a bowl on the table and said, "Water filling, is it the same as this bowl?"
The water in this bowl is used to grind ink. Wu Yaer nodded and said yes.
"What other uses?" Old Hu asked with eyes wide open, poking his finger on the toad's big mouth.
Wu Ya'er smiled: "The water injection is for water injection."
Everyone suddenly made noises.
"What?"
"It's just a bowl."
"This is of no use."
"Is there any gold? Look through it to see if it is inlaid with gold or silver."
Several people turned around and looked around, and found that the whole body was slippery and there was nothing else. The toad had a bulging belly and grinned at them.
Wu Ya'er just laughed and said nothing. Old Hu had seen enough and threw the toad back into the box.
"Mrs. Wu is so insincere," he said, "Why send such a useless thing?"
Wu Ya'er said: "Her sincerity is not in giving me gifts."
As long as he doesn't hurt his mother, that's the greatest sincerity, and it's also the biggest deal between them.
Hu Aqi curled his lips and greeted everyone: "It's time to go."
Everyone stopped talking and laughing, and the noisy hall became quiet. Wu Ya'er picked up the letter that was thrown aside and took a look at it. Mrs. Wu's home letter was the same as before. It was long and full of nonsense.
, he pursed his lips, put down the letter from home, and looked at the toad in the box squatting with his belly in his arms.
For this woman, precious gold, silver, and jewelry were the least of her worries. Thinking of her sitting on the stone at that time, she casually presented the jewelry to the ranger without even thinking about it.
Things that are useful to others are not important to her, but this time she gave him useless things.
Wu Ya'er picked up the jade toad and looked at it. This water drop was a plaything in the study room of wealthy people. You can write with it, but you can also write without it.
In order to find this useless toy for him, she must have thought carefully.
Wu Yaer's pursed mouth broke into a smile, revealing her white teeth. She poured the jade toad gently, dripped water on the inkstone, put it down to grind the ink, picked up a pen, took a piece of paper, thought for a moment and wrote.
Sometimes he frowned, sometimes he looked at the map hanging on the wall, and sometimes he read quickly. The room was silent until the noise outside turned into footsteps approaching.
"Captain." A general saluted and pointed at the eunuch behind him, "Your Majesty has invited you."
The eunuch was not arrogant and followed the general to salute and call him "Captain".
Wu Ya'er put down the last stroke of writing, gently stroked the belly of the toad sitting at the desk, stood up, picked up the big cloak he had just received, took a step forward and put it on his body, striding out with long legs, the generals and eunuchs were busy
Follow up in crowds.
The new emperor lived in Prince Lu's Mansion, and the front hall was the court hall. Many residential buildings outside Prince Lu's Mansion were requisitioned as government offices. Whether they were gorgeous or low-rise, hanging the plaques of government offices from the capital immediately gave them momentum.
The sound of horse hooves broke the solemnity, and the officials who were coming in and out all looked over. Although it was a temporary imperial palace, there were emperor's rules here. No one could gallop here, unless they were high-ranking officials such as the prime minister...
..But when they saw the young man with a black horse and a black cloak, everyone looked away and pretended not to see anything.
"Yao'er." As soon as he entered the palace, the new emperor stood up from the dragon throne and waved, "Come quickly, come quickly."
Cui Zheng said from the side: "Your Majesty should call you Governor Wu. This is a sign of respect for your ministers."
The new emperor blamed himself and said, "I forgot again." Even though he said this, he still came over in person without following the rules. Before Wu Ya'er could pay homage, he took his hand and said, "Come on, come and see the map."
Wu Ya'er did not look at the map, but looked down at the hand holding his own. The new emperor's hand was cold and had frostbite on it.
"Your Majesty," he said.
The new emperor quickly retracted his hands and covered them with his sleeves, laughing: "It's cold here in winter, and my hands feel like this every year."
No matter how cold it is, it can't be as cold as Mobei. No matter how displeased King Lu is by the emperor, he won't be like soldiers like them running around in the ice and snow.
Wu Ya'er took off his cloak and felt the coldness in the palace. Then he looked at the court officials, all of whom were wearing thick clothes and shrank slightly.
"You don't have to look at it, Governor." Cui Zheng said, "Your Majesty has ordered that all charcoal fire food and food be given to the soldiers first, and everything in the court will be kept simple."