Since late April, Huo Shiqi has been "living" in the courtyard of the Yanshan Inspection Division for almost two months.

What he did in Beizheng was related to major military affairs, and the Yanshan Inspection Department had no right to intervene, let alone deal with it, and the Yanshan Wei Mansion, which originally had the right to intervene in this matter, refused to take over on the grounds that "Huo Shiqi was the head of the Patrol Division", so the Inspection Department could only "protect" him strictly on the one hand, and urgently report to the imperial court on the other hand, and at the same time jointly signed a document with the Wei Government, asking the Duanzhou side to immediately transfer all the people involved in the case to Yanzhou.

Not long after he "lived" in the courtyard, around mid-May, several high-ranking officials sent by the imperial court hurried to Yanzhou, and immediately began to investigate the details of the Duanzhou Li Shen case. During this period, I also asked him several times, and he answered them one by one. The case itself is not complicated, the ins and outs are very clear, there are written confessions of the relevant people involved, and several generals who were urgently dispatched from the army by the Yanshan Wei Mansion as evidence, so the case was investigated clearly within a few days. The officials from the imperial court lit all the case files and presented them to Beijing with "four hundred miles of urgency", and then whether they should be released or sent to exiles or beheaded for public display, it depends on what kind of regulations the imperial court is. But it's been a month since the case file was sent, but Shangjing still hasn't had a clear way to deal with it, so he can only stay in the courtyard of the inspection department.

For two months, he had been in a small and inconspicuous courtyard in the courtyard. Because the disposition of the imperial court has not yet come down, he is not allowed to visit as usual, even his family is not allowed to meet. Only Shang Cheng had come to see him once at the beginning of this month, but before he could say a word, he was persuaded away by Di Xu, the patrol envoy who accompanied him. He couldn't get out of the small courtyard, and could only move in this small world that was less than ten steps long. He couldn't even casually control the small officials and miscellaneous servants of the patrol department of this small courtyard. Of course, it is even more unlikely that there will be any books like "Three Kingdoms" for him to read. The house is cleaned up at all times, not to mention books, not even a piece of paper can be seen.

Fortunately, it was not difficult for him. Without books, he can rely on his memory to let himself wander in the colorful and splendid history of the late Eastern Han Dynasty; Without pen and paper, he could find a stick and draw on the mud. Even if he can't find a stick, he can still use his fingers as a pen and learn calligraphy......

In addition to recalling the books and calligraphy he read, he would also practice his fists and feet in the yard in the morning and evening when the weather was cool. When he was a teenager, he used to learn martial arts with the elders of the clan, and before he was educated, he also longed to become the kind of chivalrous man who eliminated the tyrant in the folk tale. Unfortunately, this ideal was soon ruthlessly shattered by the teacher's precepts. However, although he can't be a chivalrous man, he still insists on practicing over the years, and he will dance whenever he has free time. According to him, even if you can't improve your fists and feet, it's a good thing to be able to keep fit.

Recalling the content of books, learning characters, and practicing fists and feet, this is basically his life now. The rest of the time he spent most of his time sitting under the eaves, shaking a fan, squinting his eyes and napping, or simply sleeping on a kang mat. During his time in the annex, he was able to eat and sleep, and he was even fatter than before. Regarding this, even the officials of the inspection department felt strange. It was probably the first time they had seen an official who was still doing this in another courtyard. It's weird, isn't this person afraid of ending up in the end?

Huo Shiqi was indeed not afraid of his lawsuit, and in the end there was no good result.

If it had been two years ago, he would not have been so calm. He is likely to be like other officials who have been imprisoned here, fearing all day long, except for regretting that he felt sorry for himself at the beginning, and then he begged for God's mercy, hoping for the moment when God would open his eyes. But now it is different, his vision and insight are far from being comparable in the past, especially what he saw and heard in the Admiralty's Mansion for half a year, which not only broadened his horizons, but also expanded his insights, and let him learn to put a special and typical thing into a broader world to judge, and think deeply from different angles......

His lawsuit is undoubtedly a special and typical thing. But Li Shen's problems are also obvious. Li Shen's withdrawal from the Baiyu River Valley can be said to be a temporary adjustment according to the change of the situation, but after the retreat, he did not inform either the Wei Fu or the Chinese army, and also informed the Wei Fu and the Chinese army that he was marching to the White Wolf Mountain in accordance with the military strategy formulated before the war. Not only that, Li Shen also secretly ordered the blockade of Duanzhou Pass and cut off the traffic between Duanyan and Yanzhou, and the madness of his actions was unbelievable. For this matter alone, it is not an exaggeration for Li Shen to be beheaded ten times!

Yes, he never thought that he had killed Li Shen by mistake. He believed that the imperial court would come to the same conclusion. Li Shen's death can't be blamed on others, and if you want to blame it, you can only blame Li Shen for his own madness and self-dying!

He dared to assert that he would not end up without an end!

At least the imperial court will not give him much punishment.

He was able to make such a judgment because the court had been discussing the matter of the Southern Expedition. Although there is no final conclusion on the southern expedition at present, the focus of the discussion is only on the selection of generals for the unified army and the scale of the war, and several border states such as Jiarong and Luyu in the south have also been stepping up the transfer of grain, grass and ordnance. Under such circumstances, how the imperial court handled Li Shen's case will inevitably attract people's attention. In particular, those generals who may preside over or participate in the southern expedition will pay attention to the progress and results of the "Yanshan Admiral's Mansion Unauthorized Killing of Generals". He believes that it is precisely because of these reasons that the imperial court has not made a resolution for a long time. On the one hand, this kind of thing has never happened since the founding of the Great Zhao Dynasty, and the imperial court will take it as a precedent if it is not handled well, in that case, if there is a war in the future, the generals in charge of a certain direction will completely lose their independent judgment and active decision-making, and have to rigidly implement the pre-war plan, even if it is wrong; On the other hand, the imperial court must seriously consider how to prevent Li Shen's incident from happening again. The imperial court must come up with a way to ensure that the front-line generals can give full play to their subjective initiative, and at the same time allow the smooth implementation of the major strategic policy. Therefore, before the imperial court comes up with a resolution, it must be cautious and cautious, and consider and consider......

Although he judged that the outcome of the lawsuit would not be bad, he was also fully aware that the imperial court would definitely give him a punishment. Maybe it's a penalty, maybe it's a demotion, in short, there will be a penalty.

Whenever he thinks of this, he can't help but regret it a little. It's not that I regret killing Li Shen, nor do I regret the punishment that came because of it, but I regret my actions at that time. When he was in Beizheng, he was too hasty. At that time, he had already mastered the right army of Beizheng County and most of it, and in such a situation, he should have arrested Li Shen and handed him over to the Wei Mansion or the Inspection Department to deal with, instead of claiming to kill him without authorization. Li Shen's case is ironclad, it is impossible to overturn the case no matter what, no matter where he goes, Li Shen will inevitably die in the end. But at that time, he only thought about killing people, but he forgot what the consequences of doing this would be: Li Shen was innocent of death, but in the end, he let himself and Shang Cheng fall into passivity at the same time.

Needless to say, he himself. He is still locked up in the courtyard of the Patrol Division, and he can't even get out of this small courtyard, just like a prisoner in prison. He estimated that Shang Cheng's situation would probably not be too good. The household servant surnamed Ye sent by the imperial court repeatedly asked Shang Cheng when he gave him an order, did he say that he had "the right to make decisions and act cheaply on the spot" when he was on business in Duanzhou, what was the meaning of it, and he couldn't hear it? The surname Ye is completely Xiang Zhuang Wujian is intended for Pei Gong, and he wants to implicate this matter on the monk!

His answer, of course, was no. That's what happened, and he answered with a clear conscience. When he was in Mogan, Shang Cheng had never said such a sentence!

But the surnamed Ye said that Shang Cheng himself admitted that there was such a thing, and he wrote it in the submission to the imperial court, and there would be no falsehood in black and white.

Since the surname Ye said it well, Huo Shiqi also felt that a waiter in the sixth department probably wouldn't dare to fabricate this kind of thing out of thin air, in order not to cause the monk to have a bad reputation of "lying", he had to change his words, maybe Shang Cheng said it. But he had only rushed to Mogan from Liuzhen day and night, running 600 miles in four days and three nights, and his head was dizzy on horseback, and he really couldn't remember whether Shang Cheng said it or not. Maybe Shang Cheng did tell him this, but he didn't hear it, which is also understandable. He also kindly suggested that if Ye Shilang suspected Shang Cheng of cheating in the submission, he could go to the Admiral General to inquire in person.

He didn't know it yet, Ye Xun had asked many people about this, and the answers he could get were basically the same. Everyone said that at that time, the sudden change in the military situation was urgent, and a series of military orders were conveyed, and everyone hated to grow two more feet, who had the heart to pay attention to what the general had instructed Huo Shiqi? Maybe the general said it, maybe the general didn't say it, but if he didn't say it, Lord Qin Chaye can go and ask the general.

He didn't know if the surnamed Ye had taken his suggestion later. But since he made this suggestion, the surname Ye has never bothered him again.

It is undoubtedly a happy thing to be able to make the surname Ye eat a fly.

But he was not happy at all.

Obviously, the monk has taken all the responsibility again......

In this way, the court probably won't do anything to him, and most of the punishment will fall on the monk's head. The mistake of "confusing military orders" is inevitable, and there may be the mistake of "not knowing people." At the moment, these two faults are nothing, Yanshan needs a monk to sit in charge, and he is likely to participate in the preparation of the southern expedition as an important general, and the court will not blame him heavily for this. However, at this time and at that time, it may be that at any time "confusion of military orders" will turn into "disorderly life and disturbance of the army", and "unclear knowledge of people" will become "nepotism." If someone deliberately makes things bad, these two items alone can ruin Shang Cheng's future in the army. Coupled with his inexplicable strange origins......

At the end of the day, it's all his fault. If he hadn't acted hastily in Beizheng, the monk would not have been affected by this. Now it's okay, it is estimated that the monk's Admiral Yanshan will have to continue to "take a false post" for a while and a half. ……

Alas, the monk has been on leave for more than a year and almost two years. As soon as I did it, I was on leave for a year and a half, and I thought it was unbelievable when I thought about it. Da Zhao Liguo has been in the country for more than 100 years, and it is probably the first time that the world has been groundbreaking, and before that, no one has ever taken such a long leave of office. This is not a fake prefect and county commander in Zhongyuan Prefecture, but a fake governor in Border Guanwei Town, who is in charge of the army and the people, can it be said that the imperial court is so worried about the monk and does not want to hand over Yan Shanwei to him to govern? However, it doesn't make sense. Since the imperial court is unwilling to let Shang Cheng come to supervise Yanshan, how can it be explained that he has been on leave for a year and a half? The imperial court can completely promote a new admiral. With a big Zhao, you can't even find a suitable candidate for a commander, right?

But whether it is the punishment that will come or Shang Cheng's fake position, it is something that he cannot participate in and cannot control. In addition to sitting and waiting, at most it is whining in the belly.

In his spare time, he spends most of his free time thinking about his family.

The woman must be scared again this time. Counting on her fingers, she has been following her for twenty-one years, and there are not many happy days in comfort, and more often she is either worried about firewood, rice, oil and salt, or anxious about her children's affairs. Finally, I looked forward to the improvement, and a new person was added to the family. Although she didn't say much, "but when she sees the newcomer laughing, she smells the old person crying", she is not an open-minded and refreshing person, and she will inevitably be distressed and bored a few times. He only hoped that she and Sang Niangzi could get along harmoniously, and the family would be harmonious and beautiful. It's always the old saying that everything happens to family and talent......

There are also four daughters. The third and fourth are still young, so I can't say much. The second girl has a frank temperament and a hearty temper, and it seems to be reckless in what she says and does, but in fact, most of the time she still follows the reason, and rarely behaves out of the ordinary, so he is not very worried. He's still worried about the big girl. This girl has been outside the door for three years, and when she comes back, she seems to be a completely different person, she speaks little all day long, rarely sees any smile on her face, and she is so thin that there is only a handful of bones left, as if a gust of wind can sweep her away. In the past few years, whenever he thinks of the unfortunate experience of the eldest girl, his heart is full of bitterness and remorse. These are all caused by him and his mother-in-law. If it weren't for the fact that the two of them were fascinated by ghosts at that time, how could the eldest girl marry that short-lived ghost, and how could they be filial piety for three years in her husband's house? No one knows how she got through those three years. He, the father, never asked his daughter. His mother-in-law didn't have the courage to ask. Until now, she has also mentioned to others those long and torturous years of suffering.

Alas, the two of them owe too much to their eldest daughter. What's worse is that they know what is going on with their eldest daughter, but they still don't know how to make up for it......

Of course, he is most concerned about his son, who has just turned four. He didn't have a son before, and he didn't know how many people had said cool things behind his back, but he finally had an incense heir at the age of thirty-seven, how could it be possible to say that he didn't love him. The time when the doll was born was when the army was about to start, he fought hard to receive military law, and secretly returned home in his busy schedule, driving back and forth two hundred miles in the starry night, just to be able to see the doll that had just landed, and to hug his son. The consequence of "leaving the garrison without permission" and "dereliction of duty" is 80 military sticks and one major demerit. Until now, he still has sixty military sticks that he has not received, and they are all sent to the military penalty book of the Governor's Division. He estimated that even if he was now a guerrilla general from Wupin, he would not be able to escape this fight no matter what......

When he thought of his current position, he couldn't help but feel confused and dazed. Although he changed from a civilian official to a military position last fall, and on weekdays he was also dressed as an officer with a belt and leather boots in Ge Pingkuli, but in his bones he still regarded himself as a literati. Since he was a student in Meng, it was his wish to leap into the Dragon Gate, and even if he later understood that he had not been the number of Jinshi in the imperial examination, he never had the idea of abandoning his pen and following Rong. How did he become a general in the blink of an eye? He has read "Sun Tzu", and also read some chapters of "Wei Xuanzi" and "Taigong Bingshu", and if he chats with people, he can also pull a lot of things about the art of war. But he knows more about the allusions on paper. He has some ability, he knows it well. Selection, drills, platoons, formations, and confrontations...... He couldn't do any of these things, let alone command hundreds of thousands of people to fight with real knives and guns. He didn't believe that he was a guerrilla general, and he could fight with Sun Zhongshan or Guo Biao when he turned around. If he really had that ability, he would not be a small scribe in the Yixian Yamen, and he has been doing it for more than ten years.

He remembered that the first sentence of the opening sentence of "Sun Tzu" was "Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored." When he saw this sentence at that time, he couldn't figure out the long meaning of the words. But now that he is a general, he may have the opportunity to lead the army independently, and the deep admonition in the article comes to his face. Shang Cheng once said that war is a means, a continuation of politics, a culmination of various disciplines in the field of human knowledge, and the only art aimed at destruction and destruction......

To be honest, he has known Shang Cheng for so long, and he can't understand many words that pop out of Shang Cheng's mouth, but he only vaguely understands some of the meanings. But the sentence "The Land of Death and Life, the Way of Survival" in "Sun Tzu" is very clear to him.

The land of life and death, the way of survival......

After pondering and thinking about it repeatedly, he couldn't help but admit that he Huo Shiqi was still an ordinary person after all. He didn't have the courage to face the choice of life and death without changing his expression, nor did he have the courage to face the two calmly, so he was afraid that he was not qualified to bear this guerrilla general. He thought that after he left the courtyard, maybe it would be better for him to resign from the military and become a civilian official. Compared with the boring and strict military life, he is probably more suitable for doing some down-to-earth things in the local area.

I just don't know if the imperial court will agree to his transfer back to civilian work, and I don't know if the Admiral's Office can agree......

On this day, when the sun had just climbed the treetops, he was practicing his fists and kicks in the yard, and the eldest girl and the second girl suddenly ran to the other courtyard to see him. He didn't care about anything else, so he first asked his son how he was, why the two sisters didn't bring their brother with him.

The eldest girl said aggrievedly, my mother said, the patrol department is a bad place, and she is afraid of making a mistake with her younger brother, so she is not allowed to bring it, for fear of provoking something unclean. That is, because my brother couldn't come, my mother didn't come. The mother also said that he would be able to go home in three or five days anyway, and he was not in a hurry at such a moment.

Huo Shiqi felt that what the woman said was very reasonable. The Patrol Division is indeed not a noble place, let alone a doll, it is an adult, it is better not to come.

He asked, "How is my brother?" ”

This time it was Erya who spoke: "It's so good! can eat and sleep, looks white and fat, and is naughty, just sprinkled two bubbles of urine on his second mother yesterday. And said, "When we came, my mother also asked us to ask you, my brother is four months old, and now he doesn't even have a milk name, so let you think about it and give one." ”

Huo Shiqi frowned suddenly, thought about it for a long time, and said embarrassedly: "There is no "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" here, and I can't think of what to name for a while. ”

"I gave you a milk name, and I didn't let you have a big name. The mother said that the daimyo should wait until the younger brother reaches the age of one to get up, or simply talk about it when he has to study. ”

Huo Shiqi reacted at this time.

He took the sweat towel handed to him by the eldest girl, walked around the courtyard many times, weighed a number of words, always felt that this word was flawed, and that word was not very auspicious, in short, it was not a good sign to be kept. ”

"Screaming." Erya said. She gave her younger brother a milk name, called Pan'er, but because of this and Yang Pan'er's same name, she committed Chong Ke, and was slapped several times by Aunt Seventeen with a broom. Yang Paner is a hard-working person who can't go back to his home, how can the eldest son of the Huo family come up with such a name!

Huo Shiqi turned around several times, and finally came up with a good word: "It's called 'Shi'er'." ......'What is there is is true'; He tilted his head and searched his stomach to think about the annotations on the word "real" in the book. "That's a good name. The milk name is Shi'er, and when you learn it, you can also use it as a scientific name. Even the table word also has a piece of sincerity. He nodded as he spoke, proud of his foresight. Look, he has solved so many problems in one sentence, this is not knowledge and ability, what else can it be?

Naturally, the two daughters would not oppose his authority as a father.

He was proud for a while, and then he remembered to ask why the inspection department suddenly allowed his family to visit again.

The second girl didn't know much about this. Lately, she hasn't been home much during the day. The eldest girl didn't know very well, but said that Mrs. Di sat at home for a while the first day, and when she teased the milk doll, she seemed to say intentionally or unintentionally that they could come to "visit the prison" now, but they must not make a noise.

Speaking of this, Erya immediately answered and said: "Two days ago, the Inspectorate sent a lot of people to the south, and I heard that they were all related to Li Shen's lawsuit in Duanzhou. Dad, you didn't deport to the south, so you must be fine. ”

Huo Shiqi was noncommittal about her speculation. Li Shen's case is Li Shen's case, and his lawsuit is his lawsuit, the two seem to be the same thing, but in fact, they are very different from each other. He didn't want to talk to his two daughters. It's already very good for Er Ya to have this insight at the moment.

He suddenly thought that Erya just said that she hadn't left home recently, so what was she doing? Went to another house to watch a play and drink? He asked a little unhappily, "What are you busy with every day?" "He is locked up here, the woman is worried about him and has to take care of the doll, and the eldest girl has to take care of the housework...... He suddenly felt that the woman was really right to beat Erya's brooms, but he was angry, and he should hit him a few more times!

Erya didn't notice the change in her father's expression, she helped her sister sort out the change of clothes and bedding she brought in the house, and replied to him loudly, saying: "My brother has a mother and a second mother to take care of, and I have invited two wet nurses at home, so I can't help anything, so I go to the store to help my mother take care of it." She carried the kang mat in both hands, frowned and threw the old contempt mat with open cracks to the corner of the courtyard, clapped her hands and said, "Dad, you don't feel like you are lying on this rotten mat?" I see that the inspection department is also a poor yamen, and I don't know how many years this mat has been used, and I don't know how to change it. Seeing that the eldest girl had already spread out the contempt mat she brought, she didn't enter the house again, poured a bowl of tea for Huo Shiqi, squatted beside him, and said, "I used to earn three or four hundred yuan a year by looking at the warehouse, and I felt that it was really amazing, and I also felt that the third brother of the Gao family was really a capable person." But this time I went back to the warehouse and looked at it, and it was like that. Saying that, he flattened his mouth, obviously looking down on Gao Xiaosan, the big shopkeeper.

Huo Shiqi let out a long breath, pressed the fire that was beating in his heart, and asked her: "You said that the warehouse is not good, where is it bad?" ”

"Little third brother doesn't know how to do business."

Huo Shiqi couldn't hold back the anger after all, grabbed the pu fan at his feet and slapped it. Who does business in Yanshan who doesn't know Gao Ting Gao Xiaosan? Who doesn't envy Liu Ji Warehouse for having such a young and capable shopkeeper? Erya slanders people like this, if this word spreads, what will others think? No one would think that this was an insightful word from a little girl, but that this was the meaning of the big proprietor behind the warehouse. At that time, Gao Xiaosan will definitely not be able to do it in the warehouse anymore, and the Shang and Huo families will not be able to run the notoriety of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge!

Erya covered her head and jumped to the side, and said aggrievedly, "I'm not wrong." The little third brother also recognized the ......"

"Dare to pout?!"

The eldest girl hurriedly dropped the matter in her hand, came over and grabbed her father, and said, "The second sister didn't lie to you, the third brother said it, and the second sister was right." The third brother has been writing letters to the semicolon shopkeepers in other places for the past few days, asking them to go back to Yanzhou, and everyone will get together and carefully calculate what to do after seeing the warehouse. ”

Erya rubbed her forehead and muttered, "I won't say anything about my mother's beating." Dad, you are a sensible person, why do you beat me? I didn't do anything wrong, so why do you keep hitting me? ”

"Do you want a reason to hit you?!" Huo Shiqi raised the fan again.

Er Ya didn't dare to say any more.

Huo Shiqi asked the eldest girl: "What happened to the warehouse?" ”

The big girl can't say what's wrong with the warehouse. Although she has experienced some twists and turns, and now she is also in charge of housework, but in the final analysis, she is still the daughter of the yamen official in Huojiabao, who can live a careful life, but she has no knowledge outside the door.

"Third brother, they really don't know how to do business." Erya said while looking at the pu fan in Huo Shiqi's hand with a weak heart, "The warehouse has opened eleven branches in the south, and it looks like there are many, but in fact, there are only two places that make money, one is Shangjing, one is Quanzhou, and the rest of the places are losing money." Seriously speaking, Quanzhou actually loses money, and there are too many bad debts. It's just that the amount of goods from Quanzhou to the Central Plains is large every year, and there are many merchants, so the warehouse can't lose this line, and no matter how difficult it is, we have to maintain it. ”

"You go on." Huo Shiqi squinted his eyes and snorted. When he turned over the warehouse, he probably looked at the account book, and the situation of the warehouse was indeed the same as what Er Ya said. However, the affairs of the warehouse have always been in charge of the mother-in-law, and the largest shareholder is Yue'er, so he neither wants to pay attention to it nor interfere. Besides, he is also a scholar, and he has a reputation for raising people, so he can't put down his identity to discuss with a group of businessmen. Even if the merchant is a fellow countryman, it can't be. What's more, Gao Xiaosan is still his nephew, he is an uncle to theorize with his nephew, in order to earn two more or two less and have a fight there, he really can't erase this face.

Seeing that his father seemed to agree with his opinion a little, Erya became happy again. She refilled her father's teapot with tea soup, squatted on the side of the small table and continued: "I asked the third brother about it, and the current business of the warehouse is to help people run pack horses and transport goods in and out of Yanshan, and the second is to make some grain, cloth, mountain goods and fur business by themselves. But the business of running pack horses is mainly on the line from Yanshan to Shangjing, and there are few other semicolons in a month, and the business is so cold, it is better to withdraw, take back all the manpower, and only do two kinds of business. ”

"Just two deals? What are the two? ”

"The freight to Shangjing can't be lost, it's the same. In addition, after gathering people from other places, we can do more business with the guards. From the Central Plains to Geping to Liuzhen, or from the Central Plains to Quzhou to Yixian, it is all right. Erya snapped her fingers and said, "There is another one, you can't do such a business as grain and cloth." There are too many people doing these transactions, and the goods cannot be sold at a price, and the front warehouse is relying on the convenience of their own pack horses and not paying for freight, so as to retain some merchants. But after careful calculation, the labor spent on these grain and cloth is far more than a few profits, and I don't think it is as good as withdrawing it. ”

Huo Shiqi glanced at her. Seeing that Erya's little face was flushed red, she couldn't help but pour cold water on her: "If you want to do business in military affairs, you have to rely on your ability." Your father, I and your monk brother, but no one will help you. ”

Erya flattened her mouth and said, "I didn't want you to help in the first place." You see, our storehouse was originally ranked No. 1 in Yanshan, and when those unprofitable semicolons were withdrawn, the local housing warehouses were sold, and then the money from the sale of the houses was used to buy more pack horses and hire more laborers, and the two, three, or four behind us together may not be able to withstand our family. Not to mention that our manpower allocation of horses is more disciplined than those ones, as long as we don't deduct the price, and the officials and guards are not blind, can we still put our store? ”

"If not, what can you do?"

Er Ya was stunned for a moment. She really didn't expect that to happen. She thought for a moment, narrowed her eyes and said, "No, no, no." I also had to use miles. Even the warehouse was sold, just in time to free up money to do big things. ”

Huo Shiqi was amused by her appearance. He asked, "You also have big things to do?" What kind of big deal is it, can you tell me no? ”

Erya looked left and right, and saw that there was no one else in the courtyard except their grandfather, so she leaned close to her father's ear and said, "There are two major events." When the army entered the grassland two months ago, didn't many people suffer from cold fever and high fever? Uncle Jiang said that a few days ago, he heard a solution from the monk's eldest brother, which may be able to prevent and treat cold fever......

Huo Shiqi came to the spirit at once. He glared at his daughter with burning eyes and asked, "Is there such a thing?" "In grassland warfare, knife wounds and sword injuries are secondary, and the lack of adaptation to water and soil is the biggest reason for attrition. There are too many mosquitoes on the grassland, and when you bite it, it is a big red bump, and you can't tell when you will have a fever and chills, and you will sweat profusely when you get hot, and it will not matter if you cover a few military blankets when you get cold, and more than half of the wounded people who are evacuated are this inexplicable reason. It is said that Da Zhao is fighting in other places, and this disease is also a tricky matter to scratch his head! Especially in the south. The miasma in the south is heavy, and the cold and fever come as soon as it is said, and the poisonous miasma is together, and sometimes the whole camp and the whole camp say that they can't get up when they lie down......

He asked anxiously, "Did you really say that the monk had a way to cure cold and heat?" ”

"It can prevent cold and fever, but it can't cure it."

If you can prevent cold and fever, that's amazing!

Huo Shiqi patted his thigh and stood up, excitedly walked around the yard, stood still in front of the second girl, and asked, "Where is Fangzi?" Have you put it away? ”

"Uncle Jiang has already given me the recipe. How to do it, the monk brother has also explained about it. Now it is necessary to find out the specific process and process. ”

"Good!" Huo Shiqi shook vigorously with a finger, paced under his feet, tightened his brows and thought about the key, and took two steps to say a word. "This recipe should be tightly closed. It's best not to put it at home, just put it in your monk's big brother's study. There are people on duty at all times for twelve hours, and there is no chance for others to steal it. Also, when you go back, tell Jiang Tuan that you must tell him that this is an important military matter, and no matter how close you are, you are not allowed to reveal it. Again, when exploring the craft, you must use trustworthy people, and it is best to look for honest and reliable people from the relatives of Huojiabao. After you go back, immediately go to your monk brother, and say that I said that it is important, let him issue an official document, and the 600-mile army will be handed over to Yi County, so that the local government will cooperate closely! By the way, Qian Laosan...... Qian Laosan's station is in Beizheng, let him send troops to Yi County! ”

The eldest girl and the second girl were frightened by his words. Two sisters, look at me, I look at you, no one knows how a prescription against cold and fever can make my father excited like this. In the end, the second girl had the courage to say, "Dad, you ...... Are you alright? ”

Huo Shiqi reacted at this time. He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly didn't know what to say.

The eldest girl bowed her head and went into the house, took out all the clothes that her father had left behind, found a wooden basin, asked the handyman for water and a few soaps, and soaked all the clothes in the wooden basin. The clothes have not been thoroughly washed for a long time, so they must be soaked thoroughly. Erya also went over to help. Both sisters pretended not to see the embarrassed look on their father's face. Erya also said to her sister: "I can't ask for this clothes, I am soaked with sweat, and I can't wash them." Or take it home and tear it apart and use it as a diaper for my brother. ”

The big girl nodded silently.

Huo Shiqi sat down again, took a sip of tea soup, calmed down, and asked, "You just said that there are two major things." What's the other piece? He has now figured it out, Er Ya can clearly explain the advantages and disadvantages of the warehouse, and obviously has some calculations in his heart; Her idea of wanting to sell the warehouse out was obviously not just a quick talk, and it must have been a lot of thought and planning for a long time. I can't say it, this matter must have been approved by my mother-in-law, and Yue'er must have nodded, even Gao Xiaosan probably didn't object. She came to tell herself now, but she was just giving herself a blow. Children respect themselves, and of course he doesn't interfere too much. But you still have to ask what you need to ask.

This time, Er Ya was more cautious, ran to the door and looked carefully at the crack in the door, to make sure that there were no outsiders nearby, and then walked back on tiptoe, leaning into his ear and whispering......