The box was too heavy, and the piles were too high, and Ren Yu'er and Cuihua couldn't move it or reach it. After sending Pan Er away, Han Xiufeng personally moved the boxes out and helped pack up the books in the yard together.

Ren Yu'er could see that he was different from the past, and couldn't help but ask: "Fourth brother, just now Master Pan said that you want to go back to your hometown, is this true or false?" ”

"To go home is to go home, what is true or false." Han Xiufeng put the stack of books she had sorted out into the box, straightened up and looked at the large wooden boxes that were full of books on the opposite side, and smiled knowingly: "Looking forward to the stars and the moon, looking forward to this day!" ”

"You are in such a hurry to go back to Sichuan, do you miss your sister-in-law?" Ren Yu'er asked timidly.

"I went out with your sister-in-law within half a month of getting married, and it has been almost three years since I came out in a blink of an eye. Han Xiufeng said with emotion.

The official master Ren Yu'er has not seen much, but he has never heard of those official masters, and he has never seen Master Han so dedicated, thinking that he will marry someone in the future, he said enviously: "It is a blessing that my sister-in-law can marry a husband like you." ”

"You know what, it should be my blessing to be able to marry your sister-in-law." Han Xiufeng bent down and continued to clean up, and said with a smile: "I not only miss your sister-in-law, but also the dog, which is the baby that your sister-in-law helped me give birth to." I've never seen him in the world, let alone hug him. Thinking about it, he should be going to walk and talk soon. ”

"Dog, why do you have such an ugly name?" Ren Yu'er couldn't help but ask.

"When your sister-in-law gave birth to a baby, not only did the baby almost not survive, but even your sister-in-law almost died. My father-in-law said that the baby suffered so much before he was born, and he was worried that it would not be easy to raise, so he helped take such a nickname. In fact, the name is good, I am a Xiuzi generation, and I am a Shizi generation when I come to my baby, so I once did a review of the Hanlin Academy, and later I was a master Gu who supervised the imperial history of Jiangxi Province, so I helped my baby name Shanghan Shichang. ”

"Which one sings?"

"The joy of drinking is smooth, and the meaning of a smooth career is adopted."

"This name is really good, it deserves to be called Master Hanlin."

"Master Hanlin is a Wenqu star, and my baby can be born with literary energy, so my baby is blessed." Han Xiufeng smiled proudly, thought about it and said with the wooden box: "The reason why I am in a hurry to go back to my hometown is not only because I miss your sister-in-law and baby, but also because I am worried about your sister-in-law and baby. ”

"There are no thieves in Sichuan, what do you have to worry about?" Ren Yu'er asked puzzled.

Han Xiufeng explained with a little embarrassment: "My family is different from yours, I have never been an official before, and I haven't even produced a few serious scholars, and my father-in-law is the same." My family used to be poor, but now that I am an official, I have made some money, which is a bit of a big change. I'm sure if I don't go back, no matter what good things there are at home, I will cling to my baby, and when the baby is older, no matter what he wants, my father-in-law and your sister-in-law will give it, it's not good to be too doting, it's not okay to go on like this! ”

"Fourth brother, are you worried about how much your mother will lose?"

"I'm just such a baby, that's all I have in my life, whether my Han family can become a scholarly family in the future depends on him, do you think I can not teach carefully?"

"Fourth brother, you think so far!"

"It's not that I think really far, but it's not easy for my Han family to have today, and I Han Xiufeng has to think about it."

Ren Yuer suddenly realized that Master Han was not only an official master, but also a woman's husband, a child's father, and even the hope of a family, and he pinned his hopes on the child. And now that he is an official, he has earned more or less money, and his family is more important to him than to be an official.

Thinking that time is like an arrow, and half a year will pass in a blink of an eye, Ren Yu'er suddenly felt a little reluctant in her heart, hurriedly turned her head, and was silent for a while before saying faintly: "I understand why my father is an official." ”

"It's not easy for your father, after all, it's all up to him if your Ren family wants to turn over."

"But he wants to go out to be an official in this chaos, and I'm still a little worried."

"So it's not easy for men, it's not easy for women. In this chaotic world, it is not easy to live in this world. ”

Just as he was sighing, Han Chen walked into the small courtyard with a smile: "This is reasonable, even the emperor is not easy, let alone you and me!" ”

"Brother Yuzhi, why are you here?" Han Xiufeng hurriedly got up to greet him.

Ren Yu'er's face turned red, and she hurriedly stepped forward to say a thousand blessings, and then hurriedly went to wash her hands and help make tea.

Seeing Ren Yu'er, Han Chen suddenly remembered that Han Xiufeng helped the Gongsheng surnamed Ren to seek an official at noon, and couldn't help but look at it a few more times, until Han Xiufeng beckoned him into the house, and then said with a smile: "Lord Guo is accompanied by Dean Gu and Wang Qianli, they just went to see the transportation counteroffice, the capital department and the barracks under construction, and went back to the academy to chant poetry, I couldn't even interject words there, so I could only come to you to ask for tea." ”

Han Xiufeng beckoned him to sit and asked with a smile, "Just Dean Gu and Wang Qianli?" ”

"Yu Qinghuai and Li Zhiyong are also there, I heard that they know those students from Jiaoxian, Fu'an and Anfeng, and even a few of them are their relatives, Lord Guo is very happy, and has asked them to send their families to invite."

"Invite the gentry of Jiaoxian, Fu'an, and Anfeng to come and drink?"

"Not only to eat and drink, but also to invite those gentry to watch the ceremony tomorrow."

"What kind of ceremony?"

"The great gift of rebuilding the salt fishing camp, can such a big event not put incense and look at the bow, can you not beat gongs and drums and set off cannons?" Han Chen smiled and continued, "But you and I don't need to worry about these things, Dean Gu has already asked his nephew Gu Jinyan to go to Zhangluo." ”

"That's all?"

"That's not all." Han Chen took the tea from Ren Yu'er's hand and said lightly: "Lu Daming and Liang Liu, Lord Guo not only accepted them all, but also asked them to take over from Liang Jiu and the others as their personal entourage, and in a few days they will follow them to inspect the fields, and let Liang Jiu and them stay in Hai'an to train the recruits who are about to enter the camp with you." ”

Han Xiufeng realized that Guo Peilin wanted to accept the hearts of Lu Daming and others, as long as Lu Daming and Liang Liu were by their side for a month or two, then Lu Daming and other villagers would work for him with all their hearts, and they would really become his Guo Peilin's people. And leaving Liang Jiu and others, who had worked for him Guo Peilin, in Hai'an, could turn the more than 200 recruits who were about to enter the camp into his Peilin's people.

Thinking of Dean Gu, Wang Qianli and other gentry all in Fengshan at this time, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile: "It seems that I don't need to wait until the beginning of spring next year to leave." ”

Thinking that Guo Peilin had taken all the money that he and Han Si had worked so hard to manage for so long, Han Chen really felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, stared at Han Si and smiled: "Zhixing, you can really afford to put it down." ”

"Yuzhi, as the saying goes, you can't have both fish and bear's paws, not only Han Xiufeng can afford to put it down, but you also have to put it down. Believe me, sometimes a loss is a blessing, and you don't suffer either. Now that he is the ambassador of the Acting Anfeng Salt Division, what do you still want? ”

"Where do you want to go, I just think ......"

"What do you think, do you think that Master Guo doesn't treat you as his own?" Han Xiufeng asked rhetorically, put down the teacup and comforted: "Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, the reason why Lord Guo raises soldiers and trains soldiers is to prepare for the worst in advance, and secondly, he has not had the idea of waiting for a good opportunity to make contributions. In other words, it is impossible to do without soldiers in hand, and this military power will not be easily handed over to others. ”

"Also, even if I, Han Chen, am as desperate as those countrymen, I am only helping to raise food and salary, and I can't get soldiers, I can't go into battle, and I can't fight." Han Chen smiled bitterly.

"You can't say that, if you really open up like Zhang Yiguo, Lord Guo will treat you differently. But you and I are different from Zhang Yiguo, thousands of miles for officials only to make money, you and I came out to be officials to make money, not to fight with bandits. ”

"That makes sense." Han Chen thought so, and couldn't help but laugh when he thought about it.

Confirming that his fellow villagers did not have a grudge against Guo Peilin because of this, Han Xiufeng finally put his mind at ease, thought about it and asked curiously: "What's new over there in Fengshan?" ”

"The idle sect you said at noon, Lord Guo was worried that he would get in the way of staying in Hai'an, so let Pan Er take him back to Taizhou tomorrow afternoon, and let him stay in the Yunsi Yamen in the future."

"It's okay to let Jinghua go to Taizhou, but even if it's furnishings, people can't get anything."

"Don't worry, Master Guo has explained, as long as that Jinghua is obedient, don't make trouble for Yunsi, and give him a thousand taels a year."

"That's pretty much it."

Thinking of what happened today, Han Chen smiled and said: "Zhixing, Lord Guo asked you to leave at the beginning of spring next year, obviously because he was worried that if you leave now, he wouldn't be able to be the same as you and me before for a while, and twist Dean Gu and other local gentry into a rope with Liang Liu, Liang Jiu, Lu Daming, Jiang Huai, and Chen Hu. ”

"I thought about it a long time ago, so there was only one errand left for me, which was to go to Shanghai to get guns."

"When are you going to leave?"

"I originally wanted to leave in a few days, and even wanted to be a favor to send Zhang Guangcheng's family to Shanghai by the way, but then I thought that the money and grain from each field would not be shipped here until the end of the month, and I didn't have any money to buy guns from foreigners. And just like that, Dean Gu and Lu Daming may have some ideas, so I plan to leave in the middle of next month. ”

Han Xiufeng pointed to the big wooden box outside, and continued: "I don't plan to come back when I leave, after all, buying a gun is not buying rice and vegetables, even if you have money for a while, you may not be able to buy it for a while, maybe you have to wait for the seller to deliver it in Shanghai." Then there is the bandits who are now in the western expedition to the north, the west is at war, and the north is also at war, and if they want to go home, they can only go from Shanghai. ”

"Take the sand boat to go to Tianjin Wei by sea, and then return to Sichuan via Zhili, Shanxi, and Shaanxi?"

"It's not easy to come out and it's not easy to go back, if Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang go to Zhili and even the capital in one go, this road will not be able to go, and then you can only take a boat from Shanghai to Liangguang, and return to Sichuan through Yunnan and Guizhou."

Thinking that Han Si's return to his hometown might take a year and a half, Han Chen couldn't help but sigh: "It is said that the Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky, and now it is difficult to walk on the Shu Road." ”

Han Xiufeng thought so, picked up the teacup and said with a wry smile: "This army is in chaos, these big roads and trails outside are even more difficult to walk than Shu Road!" The ancients said: If you are young, you will not enter Sichuan, and you will not be able to leave Shu when you are old. After going home this time, even if I, Han Si, am poor and starving, I will not go out of Sichuan again. ”

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