Jicanghai

After setting everyone up, Mingran called Shang Zuo to her flower garden.Zuo Rusu didn't know what his intention was, so he led him excitedly, and took a flower hoe casually.

At this time, the weather is not yet here, the trees are beginning to move, the greenery is slightly visible, there was nothing to see at first, but Mingran looked carefully at everything, and finally stopped in front of the three small flower pavilions made of vines and trees.This flower pavilion is composed of four flowers and trees planted in two wooden troughs. It is only more than one foot high. It was not supported by half a piece of wood, but all tangled and twisted together by vines. :"What's this?"

Zuo Susu lit them one by one with a flower hoe, with a look of color on his face: "Jiji, roses, wisteria. When I was six years old, my mother said that this place would be used as a dowry for me, so I brought someone to plant it, and it was repaired ten times in a row. It took a few years to grow up like this, doesn't it look good?"

These three kinds of flowers are not expensive and rare, but only Zuo Susu has the patience to build such an exquisite pavilion.Mingran said: "It's really good. From now on, it belongs to me. It's your wedding gift. You help to urge the flowers. They must be open on February 27. Later, I will let the big cart take them away." .”

Zuo Susu was circling around his excited mouth, and was dumbfounded when he heard this: "Huh?"

Mingran had already turned around, and told Ah Yan who was following him, "Bring someone to fetch it later, and not a single one will die."

He was so mighty and domineering without explaining, but Ah Yan didn't dare to say anything, Zuo Susu jumped up first: "Cousin, I have raised these three flower pavilions for more than ten years, and you take them away from me all at once, can you still let me go?" Let me live? You are taking officials by force and forcing the people to rebel, no, no, no, no!"

Mingran said: "Who did you learn this word from? Tsk tsk, return the government to force the people to rebel." He lowered his head and leaned closer to Zuo Susu, smiling: "Of course I will benefit you too. If your cousin-in-law bullies you in the future, just don't worry about it." Someone come and tell me, and I'm going to beat him to death."

Zuo Susu was unconvinced: "My older brothers can also beat people, and it's very convenient for me to beat people myself."

Mingran said: "Of course your brothers can beat people, but the eldest cousin will let you beat people casually? It's better for me to do it. Don't worry, I'm very measured, and I will definitely give you the places that shouldn't be broken. Keep it."

Zuo Susu said angrily: "Why are you like this? You have only been back for a few days, who taught you to come here to rob my house, is it the source of all evil, uncle?"

Mingran said: "You really guessed right, and you will get the reward later."

Mingran brought this kind of injury and disease, just like a castrated quail.According to Zuo Susu's intention, just rest on Zhuangzi for two days before leaving.Reluctantly, in the afternoon, Yi Tan came to Mingran with tears in his eyes and reported: "Master Ming, my boss has been suffering from a high fever, and the doctor saw him and took medicine, but it didn't work. He used to be unable to have a fever, and he had a fever for several days. , I almost lost my life every time. This time it looks like it won't work again, can you give me an idea?"

Ming Ranben and Zuo Susu were drinking tea and chatting. Hearing this, he turned his head and looked at him for a while, and said, "Why do you have a fever? Wet water? But I also got wet, why don't I have a fever? Yi Tan, your boss will do it alone... ... Cough, it's unexpected that a bodyguard is so delicate." He stood up and said, "Go back to the city. I'll invite the imperial doctor from the imperial hospital to see your boss, are you satisfied?"

Yi Tan didn't dare to be dissatisfied, and retreated nonchalantly, blushing.

After returning to the Yongjiang Marquis Mansion, the mansion really invited the imperial doctor to come over to diagnose Yu Jinfeng's pulse. Ming Ran accompanied him personally, and asked casually, "Is there any help?"

Before the imperial doctor could answer, Ah Yan came to the door again, with an angry expression on his face, and reported in a suppressed voice: "Master, there is a man named Wan Nianqing at the back door who sent a coffin over, specifying that it was for Yong Yong. The man from Jianghou's mansion made Brother Ah Li very angry, scolded him a few times, and even went up to beat him. The man was still not convinced and confronted him, saying that the guard Yu sent him here, saying that he had good intentions Be a donkey liver and lungs or something. Now stick to the back door and let the little one come to discuss it."

The Ah Lie he was talking about was the commander of the guards in the mansion, who had always been steady and reticent, but now he was swearing at others, it seemed that he was really angry.

Mingran hummed, and turned to look at Yu Jinfeng: "Your subordinates are really considerate. The coffin was delivered to your door before you died. The blessings you have cultivated in your life have such considerate subordinates."

Yu Jinfeng said angrily: "Why don't you go and have a look first, and condemn me if you have a mouth? Well, if you really feel offended, put me in it and bury me alive, bury me alive!"

There is something strange about this remark, Mingran turned his head and said: "Go and carry it to the back garden and put it away first. If this guard Yu is really useless, just give it to him."

Yu Jinfeng shook off the hand of the imperial doctor who was checking his pulse, and struggled to get up. Yi Tan rushed up to help him. Take him away together, don't regret it."

Hearing this, Mingran immediately rushed out ahead of him calmly, and went all the way to the back door of the mansion, and saw that A-Yan and A-Yan had already carried the coffin into the back garden with people.That Wannianqing didn't wear red and green paint this time, she just dressed as a normal businessman, followed behind with a smile, and rushed up to salute when she saw Mingran.Mingran nodded, stared at the coffin for a while, then went up and knocked on it with her hands, and ordered: "Take me to the yard, and put it in the southernmost room of the west wing."

He took the coffin and followed closely behind it, just in time to meet Yu Jinfeng who was supported by Yi Tan.Ming Ran brushed past him, glanced at him sideways, and said in a gentler tone, "I will do what I say, and I will definitely find you a good wife, so you can rest assured and wait. Yi Tan, Fu Yu's guard Go back and ask the doctor to check his pulse, if you are sick and run around, you have to be careful of your body." Leaving a group of stunned people behind, he walked away.

Mingran carefully put the coffin into the east wing, and spent the whole night circling around the coffin, measuring back and forth with a wooden ruler.Ming Zhuohua and Ming Fuzhu who were serving tea and water behind him were very curious, Ming Zhuohua asked: "Master, what's so good about this coffin?"

Mingran touched the coffin and said: "This coffin is good." Seeing the two maids were even more at a loss, she pointed to the left side. There are five rooms in a row, and the three rooms on the left side are not separated. Inside are all Mingran's treasured bows Crossbows and swords: "The two bows stored in the camphor wood box on the northernmost side have always been precious and reluctant to be used. I only take them out twice a year to apply tung oil. The bow body is made of the same material as this coffin. It is made of yew wood from the Zong Kingdom. The body of the bow is made of yew wood from the Western Regions, and its toughness and tension are just right and perfect. It is a pity that the production of this product is too small, even though the original place is very rare, and it has not been allowed to circulate in the Central Plains these years. This coffin Thinking about it, it was fortunate that it was made into a coffin, so that it passed through the pass and entered the Central Plains. I counted... If the calculation is more detailed, at least a dozen can be made."

He couldn't put it down and continued to circle around, rubbing back and forth enough.After a moment, Ming Fuzhu said: "Young master, that guard Yu gave you such a gift, did he ask for something?"

Mingran said: "That's natural. I was annoying him at first, but since he expressed his sincerity, I can also show some sincerity accordingly. No matter what request he has, as long as it is not excessive, I will try my best to comply."

He went to Yu Jinfeng's residence early in the morning. Although he stayed up all night, he didn't look tired at all.Yu Jinfeng was awake, but when he saw Mingran coming, he turned his face away.Yi Tan, who had been with him all this time, hurriedly moved a top chair over, Ming Ran sat down in front of the couch, and asked, "How is today?"

Yu Jinfeng was silent, and said for a long time: "You care about my life!"

Ming Ran chuckled, her tone was very gentle and considerate: "Why don't you care, you are still my bodyguard anyway. Let me ask you a question, where did you get that coffin?"

Yu Jinfeng remained silent, and Yi Tan replied: "Ever since you left Taisheng Pass, Lord Marquis of Ming Dynasty, the boss has sent us out to inquire about all the merchants from the Western Regions, and all the acquaintances of the Thirteen Allies in the Western Regions. Where is this kind of yew from the Western Regions? After asking around, I heard that the coffin of a prince in Gaochang Kingdom was made of this. But the prince of Gaochang died just a few years ago, so the boss spent money to hire a group of grave diggers , and got the coffin out. I don’t know how you plan to dismantle it, so I just didn’t dismantle it. On the way, let the second master lie in it pretending to be dead, saying that he was going back to his hometown when there were no outsiders, and sent him all the way to Yunjing. .”

These horse thieves really can do anything, Mingran's lips twitched a few times, and smiled: "You two are quite heavy, aren't you?"

Yi Tan said: "It's not light. If you say to lie down with a lighter one, no one dares to disobey him if the second leader refuses to obey him. They only dare to complain behind their backs. But Master Ming, don't worry that this is a coffin used by a dead person. We will give it to Gao Chang. The Prince changed to another coffin, and even made a special trip to save the soul of the dead on the spot, and his ghost will never haunt you."

Mingran praised: "Thirteen Kingdoms sell camels, and the reputation really lives up to it. Don't worry, I'm not afraid of ghosts coming to haunt me. Yesterday your second wife, Wan Nianqing, came from a long way away. I should treat him well, but why did he leave again?"

Yu Jinfeng said: "I let him go. There are so many of them, how can they all crowd into your mansion in a mess? Kuang Shanye's rough people don't know etiquette, and they are afraid of offending people in your mansion. I can live here, It's already Ming Xiaohou who is extra merciful, how can you not know how to advance or retreat?"

Mingran said: "You are welcome. My mansion is very big, and I am the only one in the house, so I can live there as much as possible. By the way, have you taken your morning medicine? Have you used your breakfast? Can it still be burned?" ?”

Yi Tan said, "The medicine hasn't arrived yet."

Mingran leaned forward and touched Yu Jinfeng's forehead: "It's still hot." Turning her head, she told the attendant outside the door: "Go to someone, and bring the guard Yu's breakfast and medicine earlier."

Yi Tan was going to pour out a cup of white water for Yu Jinfeng, but when he saw this, his hands trembled, and the tea cup rolled on the table with a clang.Mingran said again: "If the fever subsides and you feel that you are in good health, go to the study to find me and tell me your plan. I also need to discuss some things with you."

He got up and left, leaving behind Yi Tan who was dumbfounded. After a long time, he sighed: "Boss, he...he touched your forehead! No wonder you took so much effort to find this coffin. It turns out that there is a golden house in the coffin." , there is Yan Ruyu in the coffin, and there is a thousand bell millet in the coffin!"

Yu Jinfeng rubbed his forehead in a daze, and snorted coldly: "So what if you touch it? It's just a casual touch. These high-ranking officials have twists and turns, and they do one thing in front of the other. Don't look at it." He's pretending pretty well right now, let's wait and see."

Ming Ran must do what he says, and Yu Jinfeng was able to wander around, so he was called to the study, but he stood aside and listened as a guard.

In the study room were Wen Jiaxiu, Wen Renyu, and Ming Fuzhu and Ming Zhuohua who were doing their calculations and keeping accounts.Yu Jinfeng suddenly discovered that his two big maids were not only good-looking, but also very capable. His four beauties, Ice and Snow Butterfly Girl, were far behind.Ming Fuzhu's slender and slender hands are exceptionally agile in making calculations, and Ming Zhuohua's teeny-headed lower script is very handsome and upright, which is actually much better than her own writing.

Feeling jealous, Yu Jinfeng couldn't help swallowing, and took a few more glances.

In the end, Mingran found out, reached out to knock on the case, and glanced at him again, telling him to concentrate on listening to Wen Jiaxiu and stop staring at his beautiful girl.Yu Jinfeng only thought that he was asking for tea, so he hurriedly picked up the teapot to refill it for him, and looked very winking.

Wen Jiaxiu had a map of Yunjing spread out in front of him, and a pile of teacups, chess pieces, and Go pieces in his hand. The teacups represented building ships, the chess pieces represented seafalcon ships, and the Go pieces were light boats.He took these three things and arranged troops on the map, pointing Jiang Shan and berating Fang Qiu: "Set up the garrison according to the size of the water surface outside Yunjing City, first report forty buildings and ships, and distribute them according to twenty places. Two at each location, just drop anchor locally and sit in the center. Each location is equipped with [-] sea falcon ships, [-] light boats, and [-] garrisons. In total, there are [-] sea falcon ships, [-] light boats, and a total of [-] garrisons. Wan, we have to get rid of the former foundation of the Longxiang Army, and save as much as possible. But I think the existing ships of the Longxiang Army will have to be overhauled, which will cost a lot of money. How much is the total?"

Ming Fuzhu has already calculated: "According to the detailed list provided by Mr. Wen, plus the cost of recruiting soldiers and horses, the total is 200 million taels of silver, not including future military pay."

Mingran took over the account in front of Ming Zhuohua and looked at it. He had a headache when he read the account since he was a child, but this time he still didn't understand it, so he pushed it back calmly, and said casually: "There are quite a lot."

Wen Renyu murmured: "It's a bit much, I'm afraid it's difficult to get out. I heard that it is very difficult for the Ministry of War to allocate a normal military salary, and it has been delayed for a long time to pay back."