There were not that many empty houses in Jinxingfang. Gao Shao, Yang Qin, and Feng Xuan had no family members in Xiangzhou City. After discussing the matter, they stayed in the exclusive barracks of Zuo Si Scout.
After Han Qian had practiced boxing under the moonlight, he was about to wash himself off and go to bed. Hearing the ruts of wheels rolling through the alley outside, he stopped at the house where Zhang Ping and Yao Xishui lived next door.
Zhang Ping insisted on traveling and riding horses even though his left arm was disabled. Han Qian thought it was Yao Xishui who came back late at night and wondered where she had gone so late at night.
Han Qian climbed up the wooden ladder and looked into the yard next door. He saw Yao Xishui opening the door and walking in with Su Hongyu's arm in his arms with a look of joy on his face.
Yao Xishui was also very alert. As soon as Han Qian poked his head out, he raised a piece of dirt and shot it toward Han Qian's face: "Where is this little thief who climbs the wall to peek in the middle of the night and isn't afraid of being poked blind?"
Han Qian was startled and almost fell down the wooden ladder, shouting: "Oh, Yao Xishui, how could you be so confident when you peeked at me yesterday?"
"Hongyu has met Mr. Han." Su Hongyu gave Yao Xishui a hand, not to let her get angry with Han Qian, and bowed politely.
Han Qian could guess the purpose of Su Hongyu's appearance in Xiangzhou City at this time, but Su Hongyu always had a gentle and gentle demeanor, so Han Qian could not be too hostile to her.
"Miss Su has arrived in Xiangzhou today. Will we be able to enjoy the wedding banquet of Miss Su and General Li some other time?" Han Qiangong asked with a smile as he cupped his hands.
"Hongyu has the appearance of Puliu and is a low-level thief. He knows Gao and does not dislike it. He allows me to serve him, so he is satisfied. He likes wine but not wine. If Mr. Han wants to drink, Hongyu will learn to brew a few jars of good wine to entertain him.
Master Han." Su Hongyu smiled.
"The most important thing in brewing is heat, and the most important thing is to avoid going too far. Han is looking forward to the beautiful wine made by Miss Su." Han Qian said.
Yao Xishui annoyed Han Qian by chattering insinuatingly, and pulled Su Hongyu towards the backyard.
Su Hongyu smiled apologetically, gentle and charming, but Han Qian could still see a trace of sadness in her eyebrows.
Han Qian just sighed slightly in his heart.
Ever since the Marquis of Xinchang, Li Pu, and the Marquis of Zhenyuan, Yang Jian, went to Xichuan to aid Xichuan, Li Pu and Li Zhigao seemed to have reconciled as father and son. However, Su Hongyu appeared in Xiangzhou City at this time. It seemed that Li Pu was determined to return to the court with Emperor Youtian's army.
Before, Su Hongyu was stuffed next to Li Zhigao; even if Li Zhigao's wife and children were living in Xinchanghou Mansion at this time, it was not enough.
Li Zhigao and Su Hongyu were originally a very close couple, but when Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, acted like this, everything changed.
Han Qian could understand the sorrow in Su Hongyu's heart.
Han Qian walked down the wooden stairs and returned to the room. He made a cup of tea on the table and took a sip. The water was just right. He looked at Xi Rong in surprise: "When did you learn to serve others so thoughtfully? Did you see me?"
You've taken in two more maids, do you feel the pressure of competition? That's not the case. With Mrs. Xi's methods, you can deal with two maids without even catching them. Are you afraid that they really dare to rebel against you in this house?
"
Zhao Ting'er stayed in Jinling to run the money shop. During this period, Han Qian was only served by Xi Rong.
However, even if Han Qian was not worried that Xi Yin still had the desire for revenge, Xi Yin served him and served him tea and soup that were either cold or scalding hot. She served the porridge and rice with her own hands, and Han Qian could always eat a lot of sand and rinse with water.
It's either ice or hot. In short, if she encounters something unhappy, she won't serve Han Qian properly.
After Han Qian went to the front yard to practice boxing and returned to the house, he was able to drink tea with the right temperature. This was the first time.
Seeing Han Qian talking nonsense in a serious manner, Xi Rong couldn't help but want to roll her eyes, walked over, picked up the tea cup and threw it out the window.
"Goodbye, it's rare to drink the tea you brewed for me. Even if you poison it, I still have to drink it." Han Qian stopped him and took the tea cup.
"Young master asked Zhao Ting'er to refine the tetrodotoxin, and he just sent a small bag to Xiangzhou City. I didn't believe Zhao Ting'er said in the letter that a tiny bit on a fingernail can poison a cow, so I picked a little bit of powder from my fingernail and mixed it in
It's in the tea soup. If you insist on drinking it, I'm just going to see if the poison is as powerful as Zhao Ting'er said." Xi Rong sneered.
Hearing Xi Rong's words, Han Qian really hesitated for a moment.
Xi Rong immediately gave Han Qian another contemptuous look and walked out. Of course, she didn't say that she thought of making him a drink because she saw Han Qian settling down the remaining three girls with a rare human touch.
Good tea…
After a few days, Liang Jun retreated to the main force of Caizhou, and successively pulled out his camps to Luoyang and Bianzhou in the north. In addition to the local troops in Xu, Cai, and Ruzhou, Liang Jun only left 40,000 soldiers on the southern front.
The camp is elite to guard against the Chu army from invading the border.
At this time, the military pressure on the northern front was completely relieved. The generals leading the army such as Chen De, Li Zhigao, Zhou Fang, Chen Jingzhou, Guo Liang, Gao Chengyuan, Zhou Shu, Chai Jian, etc. of the Longque Army, as well as the main ministers such as Zhou Yuan, all rushed back.
Come to Xiangzhou City to accept the summons.
And Han Qian is still not on the list of summons this time.
Li Zhigao had a wife and children in Jinling, and marrying Su Hongyu was just a concubine. Naturally, there would be no matchmakers or six betrothals. Taking advantage of this opportunity to visit the saint in Xiangzhou City, he set up a table of wine and food in Jinxingfang.
In addition to Zhang Ping, Yao Xishui, Chai Jian, Li Chong and others, they also invited Han Qian to come over for a drink, thus confirming Su Hongyu's status.
The third prince, Yang Yuanpu or Han Qian, privately sent Gao Shao over to inform him, and he wore casual clothes and forced himself over to drink.
Li Zhigao was cautious by nature. Even though Liang Jun's scouts no longer appeared outside Xichuan, he did not spend the night in Xiangzhou City after drinking. Instead, he prepared a carriage and surrounded it with guards, carrying the bride.
I plan to rush back to my base in Xichuan overnight.
Han Qian accompanied the third prince to see Li Zhigao to the ferry.
The waxing moon cast a clear light on the turbulent river. Han Qian stopped his horse on the river embankment and listened to the sound of the river waves lapping against the embankment.
"My father will drive back to Jinling tomorrow. I will go with him first. Master Han, will he accompany us?" Yang Yuanpu said.
"There are many complicated things in Junzhou. Mr. Shen Yang will accompany His Highness first. Han Qian will stay here for a few more days and will accompany General Guo and General Gao." Han Qian declined, insisting on staying in Xiangzhou City for a few more days.
God, I thought I would leave when Guo Liang and Gao Chengyuan's troops retreated to Jinling.
Chai Jian, Li Chong, Zhang Ping, and Yao Xishui came together to see Li Zhigao and Su Hongyu off.
When Li Chong heard Han Qian and the third prince talking in front, he couldn't help but curl his lips slightly, and couldn't help showing a trace of schadenfreude. He stood a little later and said to Chai Jian in a low voice: "This guy still knows everything.
Intelligent."
When Zhang Ping heard Li Chong's words, he looked back and said nothing.
Yao Xishui took advantage of the moonlight and saw that Han Qian's expression was a little gloomy under the moon. He also thought about how Han Qian didn't speak much at the banquet just now. He secretly thought that Han Qian had always been proud and arrogant, and this blow probably made him uncomfortable.
Bar?
When Han Qian first arrived in Xiangzhou City, he was not summoned. Many people did not think anything of it. After all, Han Qian's rank was still too low. No matter how meritorious he was, it was nothing if he was not included in the first list of summons.
But Emperor Tianyou specially summoned Li Zhigao, Guo Liang, Gao Chengyuan and other front-line generals to Xiangzhou City this time. Even Zhou Dang, Chen Jingzhou and other copycat generals who had no roots before were also summoned, but Han was not included.
Qian, even a blind person can see that Han Qian's so-called miraculous achievements have actually made the Sacred Heart displeased.
And since everyone knew that Emperor Tianyou was displeased, it was natural for Han Qian to delay for a few days and not follow Emperor Tianyou, so that the three princes were the first to return to Aurous Hill.
When they saw that the boat Li Zhigao and others were on had left the ferry, Han Qian and others rushed to Xiangzhou City with the third prince surrounded.
Emperor Tianyou will have his troops return to Jinling tomorrow. Xiangzhou City is also awake all night, preparing for the dragon's ride to chase the enemy. There is a noisy scene of people and horses everywhere.
Thousands of reconnaissance cavalry also moved south along both sides of the Han River two days earlier.
Although everyone in the Chu State wanted to give a lesson to the Liang army who destroyed Jingxiang and invaded Caizhou, they were unable to do so. The top priority was to reorganize Deng and Xiang's defense line instead of going deep into the enemy's territory alone and risking a decisive battle with the Liang army.
, and it is impossible for Emperor Tianyou to leave the capital for a long time.
Even regardless of the pressure on food and grass, the weather in early May was already quite hot. In order to prevent the army from being infected with epidemic diseases on a large scale, the withdrawal of troops could not be delayed any longer.
The reconstruction plan for the Deng-Xiang defense line was officially released in early May. Du Chongtao refused to reward the merits and still appointed the governor of Xiangzhou. The general manager of the Dengzhou Military Office also led the Deng-Xiang defense envoy, and controlled the defense of Junzhou - because the newly established Junzhou
, was led by the third prince Yang Yuanpu. It is difficult to say whether Du Chongtao's authority was reduced or increased.
Junzhou was newly established, and the third prince Yang Yuanpu was appointed as the governor. At the same time, he also served as Deng Xiang's deputy defense envoy.
Chai Jian and Zhou Pang were respectively in charge of the military and political power of Junzhou. Shi, Sima and Yang Yuanpu were respectively in charge of Junzhou.
In addition to Chai Jian and Huang Pang, Li Zhigao was promoted to the deputy commander of the Longque Army due to his outstanding military exploits and was stationed in Junzhou. In addition to his daily duties as the captain of the Xichuan Army and the first general of the Longque Army, once Junzhou was in trouble
If the enemy is defeated, Li Zhigao will control the military command of Junzhou on behalf of the third prince Yang Yuanpu. During the absence of the third prince, Deng Xiang, the duties of deputy defense envoy will also be performed by Li Zhigao.
In addition to the establishment of four new garrison military mansions in Junzhou and the relocation of people to the border areas, eight garrison military mansions will also be built in deserted areas in Dengzhou and Xiangzhou.
In addition to moving 15,000 people from the three prefectures of Tanzhou, Yuezhou, and Langzhou under the jurisdiction of Tanzhou Jiedushi from Dengzhou and Junzhou, there are also 15,000 residents from Jiuzhou such as Jiang, E, Jing, Huang, Yu, and Ying.
Fifteen thousand households were relocated from Junzhou and Dengzhou to serve as military households in the newly established military camps in the two states, and each of the above states had to bear the six-month rations of the relocated households.
In exchange, the imperial court exempted the various states from paying taxes for two years.
In fact, in order to support Deng and Xiang's war, Jinling has mobilized a large amount of money and food from twelve states in the past half year.
These money and grains were originally meant to be converted into future taxes, and even two years of taxes might not be able to be converted into it. I didn't expect that the imperial court would try to trick these twelve states again.
What's more, if a large number of tax households are moved out, these states and counties will lose a lot of tax sources.
However, the three prefectures under the jurisdiction of Tanzhou Jiedushi had to bear half of the burden of relocation at once, and Tanzhou all accepted it obediently. What other options did the other prefectures and counties have except to apportion it layer by layer?
