Chapter 181: Birthday Greetings
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And the father and son of the Zhen family are still talking about merging the state at this time.
I only heard Zhen Xiang ask Zhen Yidao: "Second brother, do you know the intention of the lord to vigorously purchase grain and reserve grain?"
Zhen Yi said: "The lord has always been far-sighted and unpredictable, and Yi can't guess it, but Yi thinks that there may be natural disasters next year." ”
After Zhen Yi finished speaking, Zhen Xiang thought for a while and said, "I have also stored a lot of food for my brother, I hope the lord will not miscalculate." ”
Zhen Yi said with a smile: "The entire state is stockpiling grain, what is my brother worried about?"
As soon as he heard Zhen Yi say this, Zhen Xiang smiled and said, "It seems that I am worried about my brother." ”
Immediately, Zhen Yi smiled mysteriously and said, "In a few days, the lord may also come to Yecheng." ”
Zhen Xiang thought about it, and then said, "With the financial resources of the Zhen family, the lord should come." ”
However, Zhen Mi's letter was sent out for several days, and he didn't hear that Lin Nan would come to Yecheng, and the Jinyi Wei who went back to deliver the letter did not return to Yecheng, which made Zhen Mi very depressed.
Seeing that the old lady's birthday was approaching, but Lin Nan had not arrived for a long time, everyone naturally would not let Zhen Mi go, and after a few days, everyone saw that Zhen Mi was in a bad mood, so it was not good to make fun of Zhen Mi anymore.
On October 24, the day before Mrs. Zhen's sixtieth birthday, seeing that Lin Nan had not yet come, Zhen Mi was completely discouraged, and when she thought that Lin Nan had forgotten herself after marrying Cai Yan, Zhen Mi was secretly depressed in her heart. And when everyone saw that Zhen Mi's face was not good, they didn't say a word to Lin Nan.
As a matter of fact. Lin Nan had already left Huguan at this time and arrived at the foot of Taihang Mountain.
Then. The new owner of Heifeng Village was sitting in the village drinking, and suddenly heard the little minions who were on guard report that a team of people and horses passed by at the foot of the mountain, more than 200 people, all of whom were riding horses, waving big flags, and pulling several large boxes of goods, and it seemed that he was an official.
As soon as he heard that he had come to the rich road, the owner of the village put down his wine glass and led the brothers of the whole village out of the cottage.
But. As soon as the owner of the village arrived halfway up the mountain, he saw a big red flag from a distance, and a big yellow eagle was embroidered on the flag.
於(2)dǐng(2)diǎn(2)小(2)語,.2√3.o→s_(); Yes, the lord of the village had to sigh and said: "Go back, and state soldiers and horses, we can't beat it." "With the lesson of the last time, he also knows the power of this flag.
Turning around, the lord of the village said to the little minions who reported the news: "You are new here, right?"
As soon as he heard the lord of the big village say this, the little minions were afraid of diǎn diǎn head. originally thought that this was an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but who would have thought that he would accidentally stab the hornet's nest.
But a few new leaders said: "The master of the village, there are only more than 200 people, we are a cottage." But there are more than a thousand brothers. There are so many of us, what are we afraid of? That's a few big boxes of treasures. ”
The lord of the village smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, even if we have 10,000 people, we can't beat them." They are regular soldiers. Are the Huns powerful? The Xianbei people are not powerful? They have not all been beaten down by others. ”
Immediately, the lord of the village said: "If you don't believe it. I'll take you down the mountain to see and see, but. You can only watch, not stop. ”
So, several new leaders followed the owner of the village to the bottom of the mountain with suspicion.
At the bottom of the mountain, several people hid in the dense forest, and the owner of the village took a closer look, then took a breath and said: "My grandma, thanks to not doing it, otherwise, our cottage will be over." ”
As soon as they heard the owner of the village say this, several people were even more puzzled.
One of them asked curiously, "Why did the lord of the village say that?"
At this time, the lord of the village smiled: "Oh, I forgot that you are illiterate. ”
Then, I only heard the lord of the village say: "Look at the three big flags behind that person, do you know what is written on them?"
"What's written?" the leaders asked in unison as they looked at the banner.
At this time, I only heard the lord of Dazhai say: "Hou Lin, the champion of the Han Dynasty, the general Lin of the north of the Han Town, and the assassin Shilin of the Han Dynasty." ”
After the master of the village finished speaking, several leaders said in unison: "My grandma is really a big official." ”
The master of Dazhai said: "If I guessed correctly, the young man who didn't wear armor must be the champion Hou Linnan Lin Ziyang." It's really a young man's ambition, when will I become a big official?" After speaking, he couldn't help but sigh.
After the lord of the village finished speaking, a leader also said: "I didn't expect this big official to be so young." ”
Then, another leader said: "Dazhai master, they only have more than 200 people, we should have no problem cleaning them up, right?"
The lord of the village shook his head and said: "These people are Lin Ziyang's personal soldiers, and at first glance, they are experienced in a hundred battles and extremely elite. If you look at the two people behind Lin Ziyang, they must be the generals under his command, Weinan is dignified, and he is invincible. ”
In the end, the lord of the village sighed and said: "Although there are only more than 200 people, you can look at people's body shape and footwork, and then look at people's weapons and armor, we can't beat people even if we have 20,000 people." ”
After the lord of the village sighed, several leaders also sighed.
At this time, Xu Chu and Dian Wei had also discovered the bandits in the dense forest behind them.
So, Dian Wei said behind Lin Nan: "Lord, there is a group of bandits in the dense forest, should we send them away?"
Lin Nandao: "This is the boundary of Jizhou, we can't meddle in our affairs." You go and yell at them so they don't follow anymore. ”
"No!" Dian Wei said, and then patted his horse and came to the side of the dense forest.
Taking a deep breath, Dian Wei shouted at the dense forest: "Listen to the thieves in the forest, hurry back to the mountain! If you anger my lord, be careful that Lao Tzu burns down your cottage!"
After Dian Wei finished shouting, he thought to himself: Lao Tzu was actually a little thief before, but he didn't expect to scare the little thief today.
After Dian Wei's shout, sure enough, hundreds of bandits in the woods were running towards the mountain.
And the lord of Dazhai was sighing there with a few leaders, and suddenly saw a general behind Lin Nan turn around and pat his horse in the direction where he was hiding.
When they saw that the general was very vicious, several people were shocked. I wanted to turn around and run back, but my legs and feet suddenly stopped calling.
But. A few people found that the general did not enter the forest, but only stopped next to the woods. A shout followed.
Then, a few people only felt a hurricane surging south, the branches whined, and then, there was a cold murderous aura, which made people unconsciously have goosebumps, and their bodies trembled involuntarily.
"Ahh
Helplessly, the owner of the village glanced at a few new leaders. said: "Shame on you." ”
After Dian Wei patted his horse to catch up with the team, Xu Chu said jokingly: "Bo Jian retreated from a thousand troops." ”
Dian Wei laughed and said, "How can it be so powerful?"
Xu Chu said: "Yes, the number of those bandits should be about 1,000. ”
After Xu Chu finished speaking, Lin Nan also smiled, and Dian Wei also understood what Xu Chu meant, and laughed embarrassedly.
October 25, the 60th birthday of the old lady of the Zhen family.
this day. People in Zhenfu come and go, it is very lively, and those who give gifts and worship birthday people have broken through the threshold.
And one morning. Zhen Mi looked at the door a few times, hoping that Lin Nan could come and save face for herself.
But. After waiting for a long time, I didn't hear from Lin Nan. Seeing that the birthday banquet was about to start, Zhen Mi had no choice but to return to the lobby listlessly. Hurry up and kowtow to the old lady with everyone.
After the children and grandchildren of the family kowtowed, some distant relatives and some guests came forward to pay their respects.
After everyone finished giving the salute, Zhen Xiang was just about to announce the opening of the banquet, when he heard a family member at the gate of the mansion shouting: "The champion of the Han Dynasty, the general of Zhenbei, and the history of the state assassin, Lin Nan Lin Ziyang came to pay respects." ”
As soon as this shout landed, everyone in the lobby got up and walked out, all wanting to see the Nancai of Hou, the Han champion who has become famous in recent years.
As soon as Zhen Mi heard that Lin Nan was coming, he flew out of the lobby before everyone else.
As soon as Zhen Mi came out of the lobby, he saw that the housekeeper had already led Lin Nan through the second gate and was walking in his direction. Behind Lin Nan was Dian Wei and Xu Chu, and behind Dian Wei and Xu Chu, there were also two teams of Jinyi guards carrying boxes.
Seeing that the person she had been waiting for for a long time had finally arrived, Zhen Mi couldn't care about anything else, opened her arms, shouted "Brother Ziyang", and threw herself into Lin Nan's arms.
As soon as she threw herself into Lin Nan's arms, Zhen Mi couldn't help but sob.
Lin Nan hugged Zhen Mi while caressing her back, and said gently: "Silly girl, what are you crying about, didn't I come?"
Zhen Mi cried and said, "Then why did you come? People have been looking forward to you for several days." ”
Lin Nan said helplessly: "You also know, I'm not busy collecting grain? Moreover, on the way here, I also met a bandit." ”
"Ah, are you okay?" As soon as he heard that Lin Nan had met a bandit, Zhen Mi hurriedly asked with concern.
"Hehe, it's okay, your brother Ziyang is invincible in the world, and he is afraid of a few bandits. ”
As the two were talking, everyone from the Zhen family also came out of the lobby. Seeing such an intimate action between the two, everyone was taken aback. However, soon everyone understood that this Lin Ziyang's name of "arrogant and dignified, uninhibited" is really worthy of his reputation.
As soon as he saw that everyone in the Zhen family had come out, Lin Nan patted Zhen Mi's back and said, "Mi'er, let's go in." ”
As soon as she heard Lin Nan say this, and then turned her head to see so many people standing at the door of the lobby, Zhen Mi blushed again, so she quickly let go of the hands holding Lin Nan and flashed to the side.
As soon as Lin Nan saw Zhen Mi's shy and cute appearance, he couldn't help but take Zhen Mi's hand and walk towards the lobby.
At this time, everyone began to look at Lin Nan carefully. I saw Lin Nan wearing a bright jade crown on his head, a gold and jade belt around his waist, a brocade dress, a magnificent figure, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a heroic spirit, and between his demeanor, he actually exuded an otherworldly temperament, which made everyone secretly heartbroken.
At this time, facing everyone's envious gaze, and being held by Lin Nan, Zhen Mi's heart was also unusually sweet. Suddenly, Zhen Mi suddenly felt that she was the happiest person in her family, or the happiest person in the world. At the same time, Zhen Mi suddenly hoped that the road from the second gate to the lobby would be longer, and it would never be finished, it seems. This is not an ordinary road, but a road to happiness.
But as long as it's the road. There comes a time when it comes to an end. So, in a moment. Lin Nan came to the door.
And Zhen Yi hurriedly stepped forward at this time and introduced: "Lord, this is Yizhi's old father." As he spoke, Zhen Yi pointed to an old man standing in front of everyone in the center, an old man in a red longevity suit with a slightly fat figure.
So, Lin Nan hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lin Nan has seen the old lady. ”
In fact, even if Zhen Yi didn't introduce him, Lin Nan could guess that the old man was the old lady, after all. He's wearing a birthday suit.
Seeing that Lin Nan was so polite, the old lady hurriedly returned the ceremony and said: "Lord Lin is polite, Lord Lin can come to visit the old man in person, and the old man is very moved." ”
Lin Nan said: "The old lady is polite, Nan is the son-in-law of the Zhen family, the old lady has a big birthday, how can Nan not come to the gift?"
So, as soon as I heard Lin Nan say this. The old lady laughed and said: "Ziyang is a bold person, and the old man is not informal, Ziyang, please!" The old lady took Lin Nan's hand and entered the lobby.
Entering the lobby, Lin Nan had no choice but to sit in the first place, because although Lin Nan was young. The seniority is low, but Lin Nan is the largest official among everyone after all. The person with the highest title and the most honorable status.
Lin Nan sat down. Xu Chu and Dian Wei stood behind Lin Nan, and Zhen Mi also sat next to Lin Nan.
Although everyone felt that this was impolite, Lin Nan did not object, and everyone was not good at saying anything.
Lin Nan said: "Due to the many affairs of the state recently, I have encountered some bandits on the road, so Nan Cai came a moment late, and I hope the old lady will forgive me." ”
The old lady smiled: "It's okay, it's okay." "The heart said: You can already give me a lot of face if you come, what kind of bicycle do you want.
But Zhen Yi got up and said, "The lord is a bandit he met at the foot of Taihang Mountain?"
Lin Nan smiled: "They just followed us secretly, and they didn't stop us." However, Bo Jian shouted, and they ran back. ”
Zhen Yi said: "That's it, when Yi returned to Yecheng, he also met this gang of bandits. After being killed by General Gao Cheng for a hundred people and the big bosses, these people retreated. It may be that they learned the lesson from last time, so they didn't dare to stop it. ”
As soon as Zhen Yi finished speaking, Dian Wei shouted: "What? They have all learned a lesson, and they dare to follow us? When they go back, they must burn down their nest." ”
As soon as he heard Zhen Yi say that these bandits had already fought with the Bingzhou army, and they dared to follow them and offend the military prestige of the Bingzhou army, Dian Wei couldn't help but be very annoyed.
As soon as Dian Wei's big voice came out, everyone in the hall was in great pain, and their ears were so shocked that they were buzzing, and it took a long time to recover to normal. Lin Nan is the closest to Dian Wei, and he is the first to bear the brunt.
So, Lin Nan turned his head and blamed Dian Wei and said, "Bojian, don't be rude." ”
Afterwards, Lin Nan hurriedly saluted the old lady and said: "The generals are charging into battle, they are rough and don't understand Sven, which makes the old lady laugh." ”
The old lady smiled: "Such a fierce general, it is really invincible." Ziyang has such a fierce general under his command, and he really lives up to the name of the champion Hou. ”
After the old lady finished speaking, Lin Nan said hurriedly and modestly: "The old lady praised it falsely. ”
Immediately, Lin Nan said again: "Nan is really rude, and he hasn't presented his birthday gift yet." ”
As he spoke, Lin Nan turned his head to Dian Wei and said, "Bojian, quickly order them to present a birthday gift." ”
After Lin Nan finished speaking, Dian Wei walked out of the door, and as he walked, the armor on his body was still rattling.
After a while, I saw a few brocade guards carrying several large boxes, and at the same time, there was a one-meter-square wooden frame wrapped in red silk similar to a plaque.
After the gift was brought up, Lin Nan got up and came to the old lady and gave him a salute. At the same time, the two brocade guards also carried this piece of red silk behind Lin Nan.
I saw Lin Nan turn around and uncover the red silk and said: "My family is the richest man in Jizhou, and Ruonan takes gold and silver as a birthday gift, which is quite shabby." Therefore, Nan begged the teacher Mr. Bo Jiao to write a longevity word by hand, thinking that it was a birthday gift and dedicated it to the old lady's seat. ”
When everyone heard Lin Nan say this, they were all secretly shocked: Cai Yong is a great Confucian in the world, a master of calligraphy, and a calligraphy work by Cai Yong was priceless at that time. And Cai Yong regards himself as high and rarely gives people inscriptions.
Therefore, when everyone heard Lin Nan say that Mr. Bo Ji personally wrote a birthday character for the old lady, they were all surprised, and they all stared straight at the wooden frame, hoping that Lin Nan could turn the wooden frame and let them see it.
And when the old lady heard that this longevity word was actually written by the great Confucian Mr. Bo Jiao himself, he was also very shocked, because he was just a businessman after all. If it weren't for Lin Nan, he might not have seen Cai Yong for the rest of his life. Not to mention letting Cai Yong inscribe for himself.
In fact, Lin Nan wanted to get this longevity word. It also took a lot of effort, so I won't go into details here.
Therefore, as soon as he saw such a big gift, the old lady also got up and said: "Ziyang, such a big gift, old and decayed, I am afraid I can't afford it." ”
Lin Nan said: "The old lady is polite, this is just a piece of Nan's heart." Besides, they are members of the family. Why did the old lady say that the two families were talking again?"
As soon as he heard Lin Nan say this, the old lady smiled and said, "What Ziyang said is very true, the old man is confused. Come on, quickly hang this word in the middle hall. ”
A moment later, a "Shou" with red and gold characters was hung in the middle hall. Although everyone didn't have time to take a closer look, they didn't know whether it was true or not, but they all kept admiring.
Immediately, Lin Nan said: "The things in the box are all specialties of Bingzhou. Therefore, Nan brought it to everyone in the family this time to express his gratitude. ”
After Lin Nan finished speaking, the old lady hurriedly thanked him again and ordered his family to carry him down.
After sitting down again. Zhen Yi was busy introducing the Zhen family and some guests to Lin Nan, among them, Yecheng Taishou Xin Ping was also present.
Lin Nan and the others exchanged false courtesies. The birthday feast finally began.
After the birthday feast, after the guests dispersed. Lin Nan and the Zhen family, father and son, finally began to talk about business.
A few people came to the back hall and sat down. The old lady said: "Ziyang can come today, the old man is really happy." Although my family is the richest man in Jizhou and has a lot of money and grain, after all, he was born in a businessman, and most of them are not ashamed of Shilin people. ”
Lin Nan thought to himself: It's because your family has a lot of money and food that I came, otherwise, what am I doing here? Do you think your little girl is so charming?
Well, this old man is good, and he is quite self-aware.
So, after the old lady finished speaking, Lin Nan said: "The old lady is polite, in fact, Nan came this time for a reluctant invitation." ”
As soon as he heard Lin Nan say this, the old lady squinted his eyes and said, "If Ziyang has any request, just say it." "But I thought to myself, 'I knew you had come for me.'
Lin Nan said: "Nan wants to ask the old lady to help store food." ”
After Lin Nan finished speaking, the old lady said curiously: "The old man also heard that Ziyang is trying his best to reserve grain, isn't it enough for Ziyang to merge with a large state?"
Lin Nan smiled: "It's far from enough. ”
The old lady said: "I just don't know what is the use of Ziyang storing so much grain? Could it be that next year will be the year of the catastrophe?"
Lin Nandao: "Not bad. He calculated that next year would be a year of great calamity, and the sign of calamity might last for three years. Therefore, Nan will make every effort to reserve food, just in case. ”
After Lin Nan finished speaking, the old lady also said: "If this is the case, the Zhen family will also have to reserve some food for future events." ”
Lin Nan said with a smile: "If there is a big disaster next year, the price of grain will rise, so if you reserve more food, you can prevent disasters first, and you can also make a lot of money second." ”
The old lady also smiled: "Ziyang's words are reasonable. ”
Immediately, the old lady said again: "Ziyang rest assured, Ziyang's business is the Zhen family's business, and the Zhen family will do their best to help Ziyang reserve food." ”
After the old lady finished speaking, Lin Nan hurriedly saluted and said, "Thank you so much for the old lady." ”
After finishing his work, the next day, Lin Nan said goodbye to the old lady and returned to Bingzhou.
And Zhen Yi actually wanted to return to Bingzhou with Lin Nan, but Lin Nan did not agree, and deliberately gave him a few days off to rest at home for a few days. At the same time, Lin Nan also specially instructed Zhen Mi to accompany Zhen Yi at home.
After Lin Nan left, everyone in the Zhen family naturally praised Lin Nan again, and Zhen Mi was very beautiful.
A few days later, Zhen Yi's father and daughter also returned to Jinyang.
Dingyuan County, Suiyuan County, Naqi County, Karen County, and Yinshan County, because they are newly built five counties, are not ready for winter, so some livestock were frozen to death by the wind and snow, and the people suffered some economic losses.
Therefore, Lin Nan increased the financial subsidies for the newly built five counties, and at the same time, Lin Nan also taught the people of these five counties to build ondols, repair fire walls, use stoves, and make cotton clothes and shoes.
Since Lin Nan entered the state, he has encouraged invention and innovation, so after several years of fumigation, the people of the state have become accustomed to many new things. Therefore, the people of Bingzhou have become accustomed to sleeping on wooden beds in summer and sleeping on the kang in winter, and Lin Nan also got cotton seeds from the modern plane and planted cotton to make cotton clothes and shoes.
With the help of many effective measures, the wind and snow outside the Saiwai did not cause much damage to the new five counties, but the financial burden of the annexed prefecture was significantly increased, but this won the hearts of the Xiongnu and Xianbei people who were later annexed to Lin Nan.
As Cai Yan's belly grew bigger day by day, the winter of 183 AD passed unconsciously.
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