Brother has returned to Beijing.

This time it was really summoned by the father, but he didn't say what it was for.

Xu Ruliang was worried, but when he thought that Xu Rujing was wearing a soft hedgehog armor, he felt a little relieved. Selling obediently coaxed Ruyou, let him dissipate his anger, and said: "If there is nothing in the yamen, can I accompany you to play chess?" ”

"Really, when you're chattering?" Ruyou smiled, let her play by herself, and went to Minglingzhai.

Xu Ruliang followed like a little follower.

Ruyou didn't stop her, sent someone to spread Ruxiao, and supported someone to spread out the map.

Xu Ruliang was secretly looking at the side.

This is a complete picture of the Jokhang landscape, the same as the one she had seen in the palace before.

Inadvertently recalling the situation when Mu Lianxuan taught her to read the map in the past, Xu Ruliang couldn't help but feel a shake in his heart, his eyes stared at this vast land, and he seemed to hear Mu Lianxuan saying: "Ah Liang, look, this is the great rivers and mountains that you and I will protect with all my life's painstaking efforts."

"My Jokhang territory is vast, not only inherited all the relics of the previous dynasty, but also opened up to the north, snatching this large piece from the hands of Maozi of the Rakshasa country, including the Mobei tribes, the north and the southern end of the Belga Lake in the Rakshasa country.

"Ah Liang, do you know? This vast land is full of grasslands, mountains and permafrost, forming a natural border barrier, making Gyeonggi Xingqing an impregnable hinterland.

"When the emperor's grandfather decided to move the capital from Jianghan to Xingqing, it was not without the meaning of sitting in the northwest and stabilizing the territory of the north."

When he said this, Xuan Xuan's expression was so heroic and proud.

Then, however, he sighed. He said indignantly: "However, after decades of recuperation, while I am committed to stabilizing the northwest, I have also given the small countries in the south a chance to breathe and strengthen themselves!" ”

Said here. He didn't say any more, but Xu Ruliang understood what he had to say.

He wanted to say that once a small country becomes stronger, it will inevitably breed ambitions, intending to get a piece of the pie from its neighbors and cut a piece of meat.

The sixteenth year of Yonghe's southern border turmoil is ironclad evidence of the wolf's ambition of Jiaozhi State, one of the small southern countries.

About what this war means. They all knew it in their hearts, and they didn't want to look back.

Xu Ruliang just couldn't figure out why, every time Mu Lianxuan mentioned this war. Will you look at her with an apologetic look?

In a trance, the light and shadow in front of him flickered, and the attendant spread out two more pictures.

The second is a partial map of the Jiangnan Bureau.

The third one is more specific, depicting only the mountains, rivers and rivers of the rivers and lakes, Yunnan and Guizhou, and the main official roads.

Xu Ruliang came back to his senses, and it seemed that his grandfather wanted to study the route.

Just don't know what to do?

She watched in silence.

The school came in a hurry.

The students are tall and handsome. Thirty years old. The style is magnificent, very much like the shadow of your youth, and she likes to wear indigo robes all the year round, which gives people a very calm feeling.

Xu Ruliang has always been very respectful of this righteous uncle. Now he is even more grateful and guilty, and hurriedly respectfully salutes and calls "uncle" - after Ruyou died suddenly of illness in his previous life, everything in the future will be handled by Ruxiao, and even the school is doing it. It's like parent-child. However, after the death of Ruxiao. But she failed to take care of his widow and orphans, leaving them in exile and suffering so much. She felt guilty.

This belated "uncle" is a compensation for the previous life.

Ruxiao was stunned.

In the past, although Xu Ruliang was close to him, he listened to the set of lacquer carving Yan'er's "strict rules and etiquette", and only called him "Uncle Righteousness". This time, he suddenly changed his name to "uncle", which really made him a little confused.

Ruyou was also stunned, but quickly reacted, and said with a smile, "It's not in vain that you love her."

It is to feel that he deserves it, so that he can accept it calmly.

Ruxiao hurriedly responded with a "yes", revealing a child-like happy look, "Sister Dou'er knew that you were coming, so she started digging out the cinnamon brew in the cellar a few days ago, and pestered her mother to make cinnamon crisp candy cubes...... The pulp was fermented in the morning, and now it is still steaming on the stove, and when it comes out of the cage, ask her to bring it to you. ”

Cinnamon candy cubes are Qi's specialty snacks.

One autumn, when the brother and sister were going back to Beijing, the Qi family prepared a lot of tuyi gifts, including this fluffy golden candy cube.

After Xu Ruliang ate it, he liked it very much, and he reminisced day and night, as if he was sicksick.

In the summer of the second year, I came to Shaoyang again, and I had to eat it again.

To make cinnamon candy, you have to use osmanthus, but osmanthus is an autumn flower, not in summer.

Qi's Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, so Xu Ruliang can only wait for the osmanthus to bloom. From June to August, it was a long wait, and everyone lost weight, and finally ate again.

I ate it all autumn and ate it every day, and I still feel that it is not enjoyable, and I still want to eat it in the next year.

Qi is naturally willing to do it for her, but when the flowers bloom, she can't go against the sky.

At this time, Ruxiao's daughter Ru Hongdou remembered the experience of others in making wine, hiding snow water, and hiding ice, so she wondered if she could also brew some osmanthus and store it?

Later, I tried it, and the effect was really good.

And after ten months of fermentation, the sweet smell of osmanthus seems to be more fragrant.

But this year, she came early, and I don't know if the osmanthus that came out of the cellar early is still so sweet?

Xu Ruliang couldn't help laughing and laughing at himself when he thought about it, so he thought about eating! Uncle, aunt, and cousin Dou must have thought of themselves as gluttonous cats.

Ruyou looked at her smiling and embarrassed appearance, unconsciously amused by her, waved his hand and said, "Go, go, go and play with your cousin Hongdou." ”

Xu Ruliang answered without thinking, and then walked out of the study.

As soon as I arrived outside the door, I suddenly remembered that I hadn't listened to the main story, so I sat quietly under the porch.

I heard Ruyou say with some hesitation: "I've been thinking about it for a few days, but I still can't figure out what the third prince's intentions are, do you have any ideas?" ”

What is about Xuan Xuan?

Xu Ruliang immediately remembered that Xu Rujing had said that the third prince asked his grandfather to help him do something. She pricked up her ears.

Ruxiao only said: "It's hard to say right now." ”

After that, no one spoke.

I guess you're pondering, right?

Xu Ruliang thought and waited again. But he heard Ruyou instruct Ruxiao: "You send someone to keep an eye on it." ”

If the school responds.

When I went out, I saw Xu Ruliang sitting under the porch, looking like he was almost asleep. Suspicious.

Xu Ruliang turned around and said with some grievances: "I suddenly remembered that there was a big yellow dog at the entrance of the alley, I was afraid of the big yellow dog, so I wanted to wait for my uncle to go together." ”

What is the reason for this? You can just call a personal soldier to accompany you, why wait for him?

But that's where her honesty comes in.

Ruxiao was overjoyed and said with a smile: "I still have some business now, can you wait for me a little longer?" ”

"Naturally, business matters." Xu Ruliang was cheerful and happy, and naturally became a little follower of Ruxiao. Follow Ruxiao into the Overseer's yamen.

For example, there is a person waiting outside the school's office office.

The man was dressed in a dark green soapy suit, black riding boots, and carrying a letterhead.

Look at the system is a post pawn.

But. Judging by his focused eyes and the caution with which he walked, the postman must have been just a disguise for him.

Xu Ruliang glanced at it, knowing it in his heart, but he didn't make a sound on his face. After entering the door, he wandered around the room. Take a look at the ancient books on the shelves. Touching the red tassel gun in the corner of the wall, it was simply comfortable.

If the school is straight to the point, he asks the post guard: "What news is ahead?" ”

The postman glanced cautiously at Xu Ruliang.

As the school said, "It doesn't matter. ”

Only then did the postman say: "According to the report of the prospecting horses ahead, the two relief grains and grass transported to southern Yunnan and southern Guizhou have long been enough to provide food and clothing for the people affected by the disaster in the two places. ”

"Enough already?" Ruxiao was a little puzzled, and unconsciously asked: "Is the news accurate?" ”

The postman said: "It's true. ”

Ruxiao knocked on the desk and muttered: "But six days ago, I received a grain transfer order from King Jing, saying that the grain and grass are still insufficient, and we are asked to raise 300,000 stones of grain and grass to be transported to southern Yunnan within five days......"

Xu Ruliang knew that the "grain adjustment order" was during this year's disaster relief period. In order to shorten the approval process, Emperor Yonghe granted King Jing a real-time privilege. You can dispatch any amount of grain and grass from the rivers and lakes, Liangguang and Liangdao at any time without reporting to the imperial court.

The postman said, "And the horse has found out where the surplus grain and grass are stored...... Very suspicious. ”

"How?"

"All the grain and grass are scattered and stored in various farmhouses," the postman said: "The people who guard the grain and grass are dressed as peasant households, but they are actually well-trained soldiers. According to Tanma, they are all King Jing's people. ”

"King Jing?" As he pondered, his eyes narrowed into a slit.

That's the look on his face when he thinks about things.

The postman didn't make a sound.

Xu Ruliang's mind also moved.

In terms of generation, King Jing is the younger brother of Emperor Yonghe, and he is the same great-grandfather as Emperor Yonghe.

Judging from his previous life, King Jing and his people have been guarding southern Xinjiang for many years, holding heavy troops, but they have no intention of rebellion. On the contrary, as the prince of the royal family, he is actually the most loyal to Mu Lianxuan among the many uncles.

So, at this juncture when grain and grass are in short supply, what does he do with grain and grass privately?

Ruxiao asked again: "What is the situation on Liangguang Road?" ”

The postman said: "Liangguang Road is also escorting grain and grass to southern Yunnan and southern Guangxi, and the quantity is not less than that of our side. ”

"What's the reaction of the two Guang Yuji?"

"Nope." The postman said: "On the Liangguang Road, like us, as soon as the grain and grass escorted into Guangxi entered the territory of Guangxi, it was taken over by King Jing's people, and the soldiers of Liangguang immediately went home, and there was no chance to understand the situation ahead. ”

In fact, if Mu Lianxuan hadn't suddenly asked them to do something this time, they wouldn't have been suspicious and sent secret agents to investigate, and they wouldn't have discovered this secret.

"King Jing wants this lot of grain and grass ......" Ruxiao pondered for a while, and suddenly stood up excitedly, "What about the amount of iron salt and nitrate?" ”

If grain, grass, iron, and salt are all daily necessities, nitrate is only used in firearms.

Ordinary people don't use firearms.

It is only used in army explosives.

The post guard knew what Ruxiao was asking, and his expression was also grim, and he said, "My subordinates will immediately call someone to investigate." ”

"Be quick!"

The postman went to do it immediately.

Ruxiao stomped back and forth a few times after the desk, and finally decided to go back to the Shaoguo Mansion first. (To be continued......)