Most of the elite navy who had no mission for the time being returned to Aurous Hill in the winter.
The people of Jinling showed great admiration to this navy that returned from a long voyage, defeated the Wei State, touched the hearts of many people in the Chu State, and now finally triumphed.
Not only did Jinling Port be full of representatives from all walks of life and ordinary people welcoming the Navy's triumphant return when he returned, Bai Tu also personally went to the Navy's water village to express his condolences after the New Year, and promised everyone that the voyage plan would be restarted within a year.
will bring back their "comrades".
Because Gan Ning had returned, the Chu State no longer needed to hide the news, but only beautified the difficulties encountered by the navy.
As a result, the people of Chu State were also very active and wanted to welcome back other "heroes".
Of course, when heading to the Golden State, we only need some experienced elites and the other part of the navy.
After all, this is a fight against nature. The more people, the better. Due to the current war situation, Chu State will try to retain as much combat power as possible!
Gan Ning also fell into boredom because of this, and because Gan Ning returned to Jinling again and was still close to his goddaughter, he was very unhappy with Xia Houyuan!
After discovering that his goddaughter's ship model had been "confiscated", Gan Ning pretended not to care and sent several more ship models and toy soldiers to Bai Ningning. Xia Houyuan was so angry that he blew his beard and stared...
"She is indeed my goddaughter! When she grows up, she will definitely become a fierce general in the navy! Hahaha." Gan Ning looked proudly at his daughter who played with model battleships at a young age.
It is true that Bai Ningning, who has just learned to speak, is very interested in fleet toys, but on the contrary, Bai Ningning is not interested in the rag dolls that girls like more in Jinling...
Xiahou Juan couldn't refute Gan Ning's kindness, but he complained to Bai Tu, so Bai Tu was also present today.
"Ning Ning, look what dad has prepared for you? Ahem... I'm calling my daughter." Bai Tu called out first.
After Gan Ning heard this, he glanced over and asked, "Are you trying to take advantage of me?"
What Bai Tu was holding in his hand was... a customized wooden figure of Xia Houyuan!
The reason why it is a customized version is because the ones popular in the Chu Kingdom are basically their own generals. Even some unknown gilded generals will be affected by the armor just because it touches the "cuteness" of some people.
Welcome, but... Exotic Warriors obviously haven't been released in large quantities, so it would be nice if they don't go out of their way to vilify them!
However, in order to take care of Xia Houyuan's glass heart, Bai Tu specially customized this one.
Ning Ning was obviously at the age where he was working around the clock. When he saw how powerful this figure was, he immediately fell in love with it. Gan Ning on the side also curled his lips.
In fact, Gan Ning's golden and jade armor, although too fancy, is not the most popular "heroic military form". Among the more than thirty golden and jade generals in the Chu Kingdom, even with the bonus of Gan Ning's idol as the naval governor, they are only
It can barely be ranked in the top ten, but... the figure of God General Gan Ning can definitely be ranked in the top five!
After all, there are only five divine generals in the Chu Kingdom. Among them, Sun Ce's figure... has wings that break easily, so it is the least popular.
Before it was exposed, Gan Ning had considered the overall situation and did not take the initiative to publicize it. But now that it has been exposed, when Gan Ning first returned to Chu State, he went to the "Shenwei Factory" to disseminate the information about Shenwei Mode.
Enter...
For Gan Ning, those sales shares are not worth mentioning, but when this kind of show is superior, how can it be less?
Naturally, the so-called "Shenjiang Factory" is Bai Tu's private property. Of course, in theory, it is specially authorized by the generals and does not directly use the power of the King of Chu... In addition, there are also
Who can obtain the authorization of so many generals?
"My godfather's figure will be out in a few days, and I'll give you a limited edition first edition!" Gan Ning said generously.
Bai Tu thought that the problem had been solved. At least playing with figures would save him more trouble than playing with models - it would save Xia Houyuan's heart and hurt him!
However, two days later, when Bai Tu took advantage of Xia Houyuan's absence to come to see Xia Houjuan, he found that Ning Ning was having trouble again. It sounded like... Xia Houjuan had also confiscated the figure?
"What's wrong? The figurine is also heartbreaking... Ahem, the figurine has also offended Uncle Xiahou?" Bai Tu still politely called Uncle Xiahou in front of Xiahou Juan, but in fact he never really called Xiahou Yuan that way.
Especially now, I basically have to "hide" Xia Houyuan to avoid embarrassment.
"Can you tell me about Gan Ning? What did he teach Ning Ning?" Xia Houjuan said dissatisfied.
"You're not going to teach Ning Ning how to put on makeup, are you?" Bai Tu became nervous after hearing this.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, Daddy, Ning Ning wants to play War of War!" Ning Ning cried.
"What kind of war?" Bai Tu didn't quite understand.
Hearing this, Xia Houjuan simply took out the previously confiscated toys, and saw... Bai Ningning picked up the "Xia Houyuan" in one hand, and the "Explorer" in the other hand, duang, duang, duang.
stand up!
He also imitated sounds like "Ah! Huh! biu, biu, biu! boom!" without meaning in his mouth.
Xia Houjuan also said helplessly: "After all, my uncle didn't surrender to Chu. I also know that it's not good to 'slander' General Gan behind his back for my uncle's sake, but I can't teach Ning Ning like this! My uncle originally wanted to have lunch together today. Look,
After Ning Ning's 'game', I almost cried!"
"Ahem, I'll talk to him later." Bai Tu agreed awkwardly.
Bai Tu thought for a while and then asked Xia Houjuan: "Please help me pay attention...about Xingba's marriage! Xingba is already in his thirties. He was delayed due to navy matters before. I guess that's why."
My daughter is particularly doted on."
Yes, Bai Tu suspected that Gan Ning was deliberately "competing" with Xia Houyuan for favor.
Speaking of Gan Ning, another "enemy" with whom he did not have a good relationship has recently returned to Jinling, and that is Hua Xin, who should now serve in the Han Dynasty!
Originally, Hua Xin entered the court in order to perform a performance to return the jade seal to the "Chu State" which was still the general's palace at that time. He also wanted to stay in the then Xudu court and open an eye for the "Chu State"...
Later, when the Xudu Incident and the imperial court moved westward, Hua Xin made a decisive judgment that moving with the imperial court would be of greater help to the "Chu State", so he also accompanied him as a court official.
When he was in the Chang'an court, Hua Xin was always regarded as the spokesperson of "Chu". At first, Liu Xie wanted to completely convince Hua Xin under the persuasion of Liu Ai and others, but Hua Xin did not accept the challenge at all.
Of course, because Hua Xin was still a minister of the Han Dynasty in name, and he had the great merit of presenting the seal against heaven, the Han Dynasty did not treat him badly openly, and even once wanted to help him renew his string in Chang'an...
It was precisely the existence of Hua Xin that there were actually a group of supporters of Chu learning in the Chang'an court - some were hidden, and some... nominally "only supported Chu learning, not the state of Chu, but still supported the Han Dynasty."
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It can be said that Hua Xin continued to play half the role of Cao Pi in Chang'an and even Guanzhong, but he did not have the same effect of mocking and slapping Cao Pi in the face. In terms of winning over the Guanzhong nobles, the effect was the same!
Now seeing the Chu State's war resuming, and even war with the Han Dynasty at any time, it is natural that Bai Tu is also preparing to bring Hua Xin back.
Even to be on the safe side, Bai Tu had directly ordered the Catching Guards who were lurking in Chang'an to take advantage of the chaos in the city during the New Year's Day to organize and assist Hua Xin in secretly evacuating!
In fact, the Han Dynasty might not be concerned about Hua Xin's honest resignation - after all, Hua Xin's reputation was on display here, and he had many disciples and old friends in Chang'an.
The most important thing is that although Hua Xin is the "key figure" of Chu State, he is not the "key" on the battlefield!
Detaining Hua Xin will not have any negative impact on Chu's combat effectiveness...
After all, Hua Xin is not a senior general of the Chu State, and his prestige in the Chu State is not so high that "without him, people will be very upset." On the contrary, if Hua Xin is detained, it will make the Chu State soldiers and civilians even more angry.
It's true!
However, this is only a theoretical analysis after all, and Bai Tu does not think that Liu Association is very rational.
More importantly, there is no need to "detain". Even if Hua Xin says he wants to retire, Liu Xie can still keep him. If it reaches this stage, if he wants to take Hua Xin out, he will have to
More difficult!
Therefore, Bai Tu ignored Hua Xin's own opinions and resolutely notified Catching Guard to take the people directly.
After all, if it was Hua Xin who made the decision himself, he would definitely take a gamble - if Liu Xie pinches his nose and approves his return to Chu, then it will be considered a success. If not... Chu will be able to do a lot in terms of public opinion.
First of all, Hua Xin is not too worried about his safety. Even if Liu Xie commits a crime, there will not be anyone sober from top to bottom. Besides, there are not many supporters of Chu Xue in the court now.
As for the actual situation of approaching the city... after all, it is a matter of the future. Hua Xin grows old, gets sick and dies normally, and it is not certain whether he can survive until then.
Secondly, Hua Xin was already quite old, and he hoped to "perfectly" complete his mission, both from the perspective of protecting his descendants and from the perspective of dedicating himself to the Chu State.
Otherwise, if he suddenly "disappeared", wouldn't it give the Han Dynasty and the imperial court an opportunity to criticize him morally?
However, Bai Tu obviously doesn't think so. Having dedicated so many veterans to the Chu State, if they don't have the opportunity to take them back for retirement, they will be truly imperfect.
Soon, Bai Tu will be "pleased" with his judgment, because this year's Chang'an New Year's Day, something unexpected happened!
Although it was not aimed at Hua Xin, if the arresting guards had not been prepared and took Hua Xin out of the city, it is unlikely that he would have been implicated...
Liu Bei, who was originally "caught off guard" because of the Longyou incident, finally chose to go to Chang'an to explain to Liu Xie.
Coupled with the persuasion of Liu Ai and others, Liu Xie did not immediately declare the Marquis of Qi as "rebellious".
Of course, Liu Bei was obviously not the kind of "false road attack" that Jia Xu had assumed, and he was waiting for an opportunity to seize power. Otherwise, he should have sent troops before the news about Longyou came out.
And in order to show his magnanimity, Liu Bei only brought a few hundred soldiers and did not enter the city, otherwise Liu Xie would not let him enter the capital.
However, on New Year's Eve, the city of Chang'an was in chaos...