Song Emperor Jiangshan

Xiao Shan looked at Zhao Yuan in surprise, he had already walked around Prince Xiu’s mansion, and he could see that it was not luxurious, Xiao Shan was very worried that this would embarrass Zhao Yuan, because it was a lot of money after all: “I didn’t mean that ,I mean……"

Zhao Yuan interrupted Xiao Shan: "Although there are not many jade treasures, there are quite a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings. I will give you some tomorrow. Foreigners don't recognize antique calligraphy and paintings. You have to exchange them for silver in the interior first, and then use them to buy some ordinary ones. The porcelain, silk, tea and other things should be enough for you to load two big boats."

When Xiao Shan heard what Zhao Yuan said, he was relieved, but he still felt very sorry: "When the profits come back, I will definitely redeem them and return them to their original owners."

Zhao Yuan nodded casually, did not speak any more, and wrote on his own.Xiao Shan didn't know what to say, he saw that Zhao Yuan was seriously writing "Luo Shen Fu" stroke by stroke, so he had nothing to say: "Your Highness likes Cao Zijian?"

Zhao Yuan didn't raise his head: "I don't like it. It's just that the officials love this article very much. After I write it, I plan to give it to the officials as a Zhengdan gift."

Xiao Shan let out an oh, and understood that Zhao Yuan wanted to return to Lin'an with all his efforts.After a while, Xiao Shan said again: "It's late at night, Your Highness should rest earlier, your health is important."

Zhao Yuan put down his pen, looked up at Xiao Shan: "You refuse to leave, is there anything else?"

Xiao Shan turned his head to look elsewhere, and took a deep breath: "This time I came to see His Highness, it's not just passing by, it's because I have something to do."

Zhao Yuan said: "I know, it's for military expenses, now it's settled, you can go out."

Xiao Shan took a step forward and said, "It's not about this matter. I... came here for the matter of that day..."

Zhao Yuan's tone was light: "The official business has been finished. If it is your own private matter, I don't really want to hear it. Please go back!"

Xiao Shan said: "Are you still angry in your heart?"

Zhao Yuan said: "I don't really know what you are talking about, it's getting late, I have to rest, you go back!"

Seeing Zhao Yuan's attitude, Xiao Shan knew that he didn't want to mention what happened that day at all.

He turned around and walked out. When he reached the door, he was unwilling to just come here in vain. He reached out his hand suddenly, closed the door of the study, and turned his head: "I know you are very angry in your heart. I can't wait to cut my head into eight pieces, beheading and skinning me!"

Zhao Yuan folded his hands together, put them on the desk, raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Shan: "Since you know it, why bother to ask?"

Xiao Shan took a deep breath: "I...I think, there may be some misunderstanding...I didn't mean to offend that day."

A faint blush appeared on Zhao Yuan's face, but his words were still unceremonious: "I don't want to mention this matter again, you don't need to."

Xiao Shan felt as if he was facing a hedgehog on alert, he felt restless and wanted to turn around and leave, but he was not reconciled at all.He stepped forward, put his hands in front of Zhao Yuan's desk, and looked down at Zhao Yuan.

He originally wanted to say that I didn't have that kind of thought about you. The forced kiss that day was just a moment of anger, and there will never be any overstepping in the future.But at this time, when he saw Zhao Yuan's beautiful and slender neck from this angle, he found that it was so powerless to prepare.

Xiao Shan opened his mouth several times, but closed it several times, while Zhao Yuan maintained that posture, motionless.

Finally, Xiao Shan said: "I'm planning to marry a wife."

Zhao Yuan gave a low hum, and said: "This is a good thing, let me know when the date is fixed, so that I can send someone to send a congratulatory gift."

Xiao Shan said: "Do you really think this is a good thing? I haven't even met the other party's face, and I don't like the other party! What is there to celebrate?"

Zhao Yuan leaned back slightly, leaned on the back of the chair, looked up at Xiao Shan.

Xiao Shan saw Zhao Yuan's Adam's apple trembling slightly, and the faint candlelight reflected everything around him dimly.

The two are very close, but Xiao Shan feels that he has never been so far away from Zhao Yuan.

Xiao Shan wanted to stretch out his hand and press the person across the desk into his arms, but he couldn't.

The two looked at each other quietly like this, and each saw a trace of despair in each other's eyes.

Zhao Yuan said: "After you get married, you will know that some things are ridiculous."

Xiao Shan sighed in his heart, he knew that the relationship between the two would never go back to the past, if time could be turned back, he would never do that kind of thing.

Xiao Shan turned around and went out, he opened the door of the study, the cold night wind rushed in and blew out the candles in the study.

The room was completely dark, Xiao Shan's voice carried a trace of forbearance: "Your Highness, I know I was wrong..."

Footsteps sounded in the room, Zhao Yuan got up and walked slowly to Xiao Shan's side.The two stood outside the door together, a bright moon in the sky reflected the shadows of the dead trees in the courtyard on the ground, like algae intertwined.

Zhao Yuan said: "Amao, I... I am very optimistic about you, and I don't want you to make a wrong move."

Xiao Shan turned around and looked at Zhao Yuan in a daze, he didn't understand at all what the person in front of him was thinking, if he really hated him, why didn't he just scold him directly.

Zhao Yuan said: "I think you should have a wider world, instead of being a sycophant. I was really angry at that day, but now the anger has dissipated. You...you better get married earlier..."

Xiao Shan nodded, feeling that something was breaking in his heart, and his voice was clearly audible: "It's not what His Highness thought. I just, I was in the army for many years, and I was just impulsive. There will be no more such things. Second time. You...you don't have to act hard and soft like this. I will marry a wife this time when I go back, so you should be relieved!"

Zhao Yuan closed his eyes slightly, and after a while, he said: "It's the best way to know how to turn back when you go astray. No one has made mistakes, and if you know your mistakes, you can correct them. There is nothing good about it..."

Xiao Shan bowed deeply to Zhao Yuan, turned around and left, he didn't look back, so he couldn't see any emotion in Zhao Yuan's eyes behind him.

Xiao Shan left early the next morning, he felt that there was no need for him to stay here.

Yu Yunwen stayed behind. The antique calligraphy and paintings borrowed by Zhao Yuan needed to be pawned, and there were still some follow-up matters to be done. Firstly, Xiao Shan didn’t have time, and secondly, he didn’t want to see Zhao Yuan at all. He felt that since there was no possibility at all, Staying a moment longer is an extra torment.It is the best policy for Yu Yunwen to stay to deal with the follow-up matters.

When Xiao Shan returned home, Wang Meiniang brought up Xiao Shan's marriage again: "Amao, is there any girl you like?"

Xiao Shan shook his head: "No, the marriage is decided by the mother."

Wang Meiniang smiled, and Xiao Shan added another sentence: "But I have to meet that girl before I can decide. I... still hope to spend my life with the person I like."

Wang Meiniang nodded again and again: "Okay, as long as you are willing to get married, Ah Mao, anything is fine!"

When Xiao Shan returned to the station, it was already early winter, and all the leaves on the trees had fallen off, leaving only bare trunks.

The training in the army is orderly, and it is still the same as when he left.Looking at the plowed wasteland, Xiao Shan thought silently: I'm afraid we won't be able to grow food this winter, and we won't be able to plant seeds until next spring.

Since there was no food, the two problems facing Xiao Shan became more and more prominent-lack of food and no winter clothes.

In terms of food, it is good to say that Xiao Shan can ask Shao Hongyuan for some support. This time he also brought some money back home, and he can buy some in the market, plus wild vegetables, which can barely support him.

But winter clothes are more troublesome. Xiao Shan looked at the soldiers under his command, who were still shivering in the cold and couldn't even open their bows, and felt a little bit battered.But he has no other good way, he can only encourage his subordinates, and in order not to cause riots in the troops, he robbed nearby farmhouses. Apart from strict discipline, Xiao Shan, like everyone else, trained in the cold weather wearing single clothes to show his strength. The meaning of sharing joys and sorrows.

In the middle of the night, the weather became very cold. Xiaoshan woke up from the cold and found that many soldiers could not sleep in such a severe night. He could only order the troops to cut down the trees on the nearby mountains and make them into charcoal fires for use in the middle of the night. Warm up when it's cold.

Because the team only cares about food and production, the training will inevitably be delayed, but this is also an unavoidable thing. During the period, Yu Yunwen came back and told Xiao Shan that Qin Chong went to sea smoothly, and he should be back in ten days.

After Xiao Shan heard the news, he felt a little comforted, but it was difficult to hold on for the past ten days.Despite Xiao Shan's repeated orders, some soldiers still sneaked out of the camp to rob nearby farmers.

The farmer found the army, in order to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, Xiao Shan could only behead the soldier who went out to rob for public display, and beat his captain with a board.It is hoped that strict military orders can be adopted to put an end to this phenomenon.

But this was just Xiao Shan's own wishful thinking, because even though he killed someone, some soldiers were willing to risk their lives to grab a piece of meat from nearby farmers.

Looking at the thin soldiers who were wearing single clothes in winter, one can imagine the sadness in Xiao Shan's heart. He discussed with several lieutenants in the army, but no one had a good solution.

Xiao Shan could only keep encouraging everyone, telling them that the purpose of this army was to restore the Central Plains, defend the country, and not to harm the people.And tell them that if they persist for a few more days, winter clothes and food will arrive.

But the weather changed faster than he expected. On this day, at dusk, he found that it snowed earlier this year!

Xiao Shan was also like an ordinary soldier, wearing autumn single clothes. Fortunately, he was physically strong, and although he was cold, he was not sick.But other people are different. Fully half of the soldiers in the army fell ill.To make matters worse, Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng came to visit with their own soldiers wearing fur robes. Although they had good intentions and left some food and some winter clothes, this behavior also shook the morale of Xiao Shan's troops.

That night, more than 20 soldiers secretly ran to Zhou Hong's place, wanting to go to defect.Zhou Hong sent the more than 20 soldiers back. Those soldiers had runny noses from the cold, trembling with fear, and feared that they would be beheaded.

In the end Xiao Shan just sighed and called all the soldiers: Now that there are difficulties, those who are willing to leave will no longer be forced to stay.But the ones left behind will be my brothers in the future, who will live and die together, and will never break their promises.

The result this time was that one hundred soldiers left, but there were still eight hundred left, willing to continue.

Because of the cold weather, lack of food, and lack of clothes, Xiao Shan finally had to order to suspend daily training, but he needed to do some recreational activities. He was afraid that these people would be more difficult to control if they had nothing to do.

Xiao Shan entrusted these soldiers to sing some songs of later generations, and took the opportunity to teach them how to read and write. Starting from the thousand-character script, these soldiers learned very quickly. In a few days, most of them had already learned fifty or sixty characters. .Xiao Shan doesn't expect them to know how to write, but it's pretty good to be able to recognize them.

Li Huchen and others who sent their names under Zhao Yuan's name back then are also included in Xiao Shan's subordinates. Xiao Shan was surprised by these gangsters and hooligans. They are actually very honest and have good physical strength. You can practice riding and shooting on the martial arts field opened in the center of the camp.

Xiaoshan's troops didn't have any cavalry. The so-called cavalry and archers couldn't really ride horses. They just made wooden horses and let them practice mounting and dismounting.This is obviously very different from real horse riding, but it is also a helpless move.

That night, there was another heavy snowfall. Xiao Shan was worried that someone might freeze to death, so he got up in the middle of the night to check. After letting the soldiers drink hot soup, he suddenly saw a figure in the empty martial arts arena. Practice archery there.

This made Xiao Shan very surprised. He stood silently behind the man for a while, and saw that the man's posture was not very standard, some of the arrows he shot hit the target, and some shot to the side.

Xiao Shan thought: Such soldiers should be encouraged.

He walked over, patted the soldier on the shoulder, and said, "Your posture is not right! Give me the bow and arrow."

The little soldier turned his head, he was stunned for a moment, and then his face showed ecstasy.

Xiao Shan was also stunned, just now the snow field was far away, he couldn't see who it was, now he was standing next to him, and after a face-to-face meeting, Xiao Shan could see clearly that this person turned out to be the small restaurant called Nishang.

Nishang bowed to Xiao Shan: "I have seen the general."

Seeing that he was still working hard late at night, Xiao Shan finally felt relieved, and said: "You are not bad, but you should also pay attention to rest. It is cold now, so be careful not to get sick."

Nishang answered yes, and said: "General Xiao, the villain changed his name after that day."

Xiao Shan was a little surprised, but not surprised, because the previous name of this small restaurant was indeed too scandalous, and it should have been changed long ago.

Xiao Shan asked, "What's your name now?"

Xiaobing bowed his head respectfully: "My surname is Wu. The general taught us how to read that day. I thought Luan was good, so I named myself Wu Luan."