Jicanghai

Mingran nodded, feeling that the opportunity was rare, so she lost her mind silently and began to imagine what to do first when she got the money. The most appropriate thing was to invite all the soldiers of Longxiang Army to sing and drink wildly.Zuo Wenhui saw that he was silent, so he poked his arm and told him to look down the building. Several officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households came down and pointed at the building. Zuo Wenhui whispered Said: "After they read it, they will inevitably have ideas, so you should be careful."

Ming Ran hummed, followed Zuo Wenhui all the way out of the Que Room, Feng Chengzhu respectfully waited at the door of the Que Room, and respectfully invited Ping Nanhou to follow him to visit the Ming Xiang.The heavenly kings of Pingnanhou's mansion were noisy and followed behind Feng Chengzhu. Seeing Zuo Wenhui come out, he just calmed down a bit. His second cousin said carelessly: "Xiaoran, it really looks good wherever the silver flowers are. You know With so many boats, can my cousin come to the boat to fish and drink every day in the future?"

Mingran: "Hehe, okay."

Zuo Wenhui shouted: "What nonsense, I don't want to see it and go back home!"

All the cousins ​​were afraid of being driven back by him, so they immediately fell silent, and hurriedly followed him forward, forgetting the only sister behind.Zuo Rusu was also about to follow, but was suddenly blocked by a bearded general, who stared at him earnestly with blue eyes, and heard him whisper: "Miss Zuo, you probably don't remember I, I am the person who dyed your cousin. That... that... I have a little brother who is very good..."

Zuo Susu was very surprised: "Huh?"

Yu Jinfeng had never dealt with the ladies of Yunjing before, so he was a little flustered for a while, but the Hou family was always as deep as the sea, and this opportunity was so rare that he couldn't miss it, so he simply fished behind him, and grabbed the timid Yi Tan and showed it to Zuo Su Su Kan: "Look, it's him, not bad, right?"

Zuo Susu was still at a loss: "What happened to him?"

Yu Jinfeng said: "Well, didn't you reconcile? I..." Suddenly there was a sharp pain in my arm. It turned out that Ming Ran grabbed my arm and pulled it back. A little bit, the flesh is torn off by you!"

Ming Ran stepped between the two of them and scolded: "What are you doing to my cousin, stand far away!"

Zuo Susu poked his head out from behind him, extremely surprised: "Brother Ran, what exactly is he going to say? How could he and I know?"

Mingran secretly thought that Zuo Wenhui could see this, but fortunately, the group of people went around to the front deck under the leadership of Feng Chengzhu, and he pushed Zuo Rusu: "Don't worry about it, go and catch up with big brother. Don't bother talking to idlers."

Seeing his gloomy face, Zuo Susu stuck out his tongue at Yu Jinfeng and Yi Tan, turned and ran away.

Mingran said: "Come here." Pulling Yu Jinfeng into an unoccupied cabin, he then reprimanded: "Do you understand the rules, how can you just block her way like this, is it okay for people to see?"

Yu Jinfeng said: "I am also kind. Didn't you say that you blamed me for beating her ex-husband that day, which led to their reconciliation? Naturally, it is my duty to find her another husband. My family, Yi Tan, fell in love with her at first sight. I will treat her well, even if she is worshiped as Guanyin Bodhisattva."

Mingran said coldly: "Shut up, even if the eldest lady of Pingnanhou's Mansion reconciles, she won't be able to turn to a seventh-rank school lieutenant."

Yu Jinfeng smiled apologetically and said, "I see that although your cousin is the daughter of the Marquis's family, she doesn't have so many pretentious problems. Don't you have such a deep family background, okay? If you are willing to let Yi Tan go and talk to Susu alone for a while If so, Rusu might not be willing."

Mingran said: "Fart. Why did I let them talk alone?" He found that since the horse thief once served in Yanhua Academy, his demands seemed to be more and more, and his words seemed to be becoming more and more inelegant , Thinking of this, I couldn't help regretting it, and my heart was extremely agitated: "You are not allowed to mention this matter again."

Yu Jinfeng stared at him silently for a moment, then suddenly said: "Okay, you think Yi Tan's official position is low, so you can find a way to promote him. We all follow you, and our future and life depend on you, so we can't marry the one we want. Your wife is also tied to you, and everyone is messed up. In the final analysis, you are incompetent at the helm and unable to teach, what do you think?"

Seeing that Mingran didn't speak, he leaned closer: "You have to give me an explanation." Then he lifted up the sleeves of his clothes to show him: "You pinched off a piece of meat just now, and it's still red here, what should I do?"

Mingran blocked his hand calmly: "If you want to be promoted to a noble, you have to have a chance. You don't even know how scarce the positions of officials in the court are. Look at how many Jinshi have been awarded in the previous military and civil examinations. You have to get an idle job to spend there, or you will be sent to a small county on the edge of the county to get an official position, and you will end up retiring and returning to your hometown to finish the job. You think your fourth-rank capital Yuhou fell from the sky, but it just makes you Followed?"

Yu Jinfeng said: "Of course it is...otherwise, how could I be so grateful to the Lord Master that I can't wait to give him my body? Let's not talk about this, Yi Tan and Susu..." Someone knocked on the door and interrupted the two People's words, followed by Ah Yan's voice: "Master, Marquis Pingnan asks Master to go out, the officials of the Ministry of War will talk to you and wait outside."

Mingran hurriedly said: "There are too many people today, let's talk about it another day."

He went out to meet Lin Shangshu, and when Lin Shangshu saw him, he laughed like a chrysanthemum, complimenting him enough in words, mentioning that he had a wise and clever nephew who donated his official position, and now he is resting at home, The implication is that I want my nephew to experience it.Mingran just pretended not to understand, his status was much higher than that of Lin Shangshu, seeing that he didn't answer, Lin Shangshu didn't dare to say more, so he had to go along with the rest of the officials listlessly.

As a disciple, Yu Jinfeng had been accompanying Mingran all the time. When he was about to send the group of people away, he said worriedly: "The old guy smiled sinisterly when he left just now. I don't think he will give up."

Sure enough, within two days, the lord sent two servants to summon Mingran to the palace. When he saw him, he complained: "Why haven't you come to see Gu for so many days? It's because the wings are hard. Give your cousin to me!" forget?"

Ming Ran hurriedly said: "Where is it, how dare I, my younger brother? No one can forget His Majesty if you forget it."

The lord snorted coldly, looked at him sideways for a while, and then nodded at the opposite side of the Arhat couch: "Sit down, I have something to ask you. You have also heard about the construction of warships in the Ningjiang area of ​​Cangpei, right? "

Mingran said honestly: "I heard."

Hearing this, the lord of the country slapped his hands hard on the table, causing the teacup to jump three times: "Do you think they are deceiving people too much?! Only the Mingxiang army on your side has a unified system, and the warships on his side will follow!" It’s built, and I think it’s a prelude to building a navy, and it’s deliberately playing against us! After all, if there is no Mingxiang Army, how can they make so many tricks?”

Mingran heard the words expressionlessly, but remained silent.

The lord looked at his face, and said again: "I don't blame you if you say this, you have the intention of defending Gu, which I still understand. Cangpei and Zhu Luan are friendly states, and their lord Because of his age, he insisted on occupying the name of his elder brother, so that the orphans would send them silver, brocade, this, and that at the end of each year. If it was equivalent to silver taels, it would cost tens of thousands of taels to subsidize it. Clothes, food, grooming, and grooming are only tens of thousands of taels of silver. I didn’t expect that they would not be able to buy a peaceful life. You said that if they build warships and put them in some Ningjiang area, they will stare at Yunjing every day. Your imperial brother, can't I survive this day?"

Mingran said: "Then what is His Majesty's plan?"

The lord said angrily: "I don't know. I see that you made the Ming Xiang army look good, so I ask you what you mean."

Mingran said: "This matter is sudden. I really don't mean anything, please make it clear, Your Majesty."

The king was so angry that he slapped the table again: "You play stupid with me. Well, I can't show you, I will give you a hint. Don't dig a well when you are thirsty. It is better to plan before it rains. We can't wait for their water. Build up the army, Xiaoran!"

Ming Ran could only say: "Your brother understands, you have to draw the bottom line, right?"

Hearing the words, the king wished to hug Mingran for a while, even if he was separated by a coffee table, he said with a smile: "My Xiaoran is still caring, remember not to reveal whereabouts, let them find out that you did it, or there will be too much trouble in the future So Gu can't treat you badly. You, the Longxiang Army, have practiced for a long time, and the ship has been brought back. Ping Nanhou came over to report the details to Gu. I always feel that your equipment is inferior to that of the Central Committee. The Sixth Army of the Forbidden Army is still a little weaker. How can you wrong the third aunt who is just a child like you, how about adding some generals to you?"

Mingran said: "Mingxiang Army has two Deputy Commanders, four Duyuhous, and Duyuhous are in charge of four lieutenants each, although they are not as powerful as the Sixth Army, the ministers are barely enough. The most rare thing is that these are all chosen by the younger brother himself, and they are easy to use. If you really feel that you are in short supply in the future, the younger brother will come to ask His Majesty for help."

The king said: "What do you mean, Gu's vision of picking people is not as good as yours? Gu picked someone for you, and you are not comfortable with it? Gu didn't know that you were Gu's cousin who deliberately framed you to make it awkward for you? Xiaoran Ah, you are not young anymore, can you also understand Gu's painstaking efforts? Your military salary is paid by the Ministry of War. Even if you arrange generals for you, you don't need to spend a little more money, and you will get a few more people for nothing. , what’s wrong. And they are not outsiders, there is Lin Shangshu’s nephew, cough cough... Anxiu’s son-in-law, and your little sister-in-law’s little brother Xie Jue, a very clever child, look back You must like it. Gu will add another post of deputy capital commander and two capital commanders to you, how about you arrange them all?"

Ming Ran said: "It's not that my younger brother refuses to agree to this matter, it's just that these people's status cannot be bumped against. My Ming Xiang Army is doing rough work, which is not commensurate with their status. If Your Majesty really loves them, why don't you give it to them?" Arrange a civilian job in the court to do it."

The king looked sad: "Civilian? Do you think you can stand on the Golden Luan Hall in Guna? You don't know if you don't come to the court. There are so many children of the six surnames and the officials of the court. I don't know why they are like this." Can give birth, how can there be civilian jobs for them? Don’t be alone. Look at the Shenwu Army and the Longwei Army. How many people?"

Mingran hesitated and said: "That's okay...it happens that the warships in the Ningjiang area are in the way of our eyes, so it's okay to let the three of them take people to the trial. It's just that I was thinking about this matter just now. If you want to be stealthy, you must attack at night, and if any soldiers are about to be damaged, it is best to burn the corpses on the spot so that there will be no traces left."

The king's face changed when he heard the words, and he glared at him several times: "You...they have never been on the battlefield, Xiaoran, you are too cruel! It's hard for you to look like a human, how can you be so cruel? Is it that cruel?"

Mingran said solemnly: "Being a military commander, you should be shrouded in horse leather. There is nothing cruel or cruel. If there is a war, it will only be a hundred times more cruel than what I said."