The generals of the three divisions argued over the creation of a new field artillery battalion. In the end, it was Zhang Shanfu and Wang Yunzhong who decided to appoint 10 temporary centurions to train the firearms battalion first, and then decide on the candidates for the principal and deputy lieutenants according to the results of the training. Because of Chun Yuzhen's recommendation, Zhao De was arranged to be a centurion in command of 60 gunners.

The establishment of the field artillery battalion will include a gunner battalion of 300 gunners and 10 craftsmen, and a fine willow battalion of 700 infantry sergeants. The lieutenant personally commanded the gunner battalion, and the deputy lieutenant commanded the fine willow battalion. In principle, the lieutenant must obey the military orders of the lieutenant. On the battlefield, the Hosoyanagi battalion was responsible for protecting the artillery battalion. During the march, the huge baggage of the whole battalion, including a small blacksmith's shop, was scattered among the hundred-man caravanserais. Before the firearms battalion is officially reorganized, these are all secrets of the military government, and the participants, including Chun Yuzhen, are not allowed to disclose information to the public.

Before the artillery battalion was officially established, Zhao Xingde seized the opportunity to enjoy a rare vacation. In the past ten days, the roof of the house and the stable, which Li Ruoxue could not do in the past, have been renovated. He brought back a lot of colorful pebbles from outside, spread around the flower bed, the grass withered in the cold winter, and the small courtyard was also colorful. Originally, there were thick tree stumps in the small garden of the courtyard, which were left after the giant trees were cut down when the palace of the bachelor's mansion was built. Later, when the courtyard was built, the carpenter did not bother to dig up the stumps by the roots. He smoothed the surface of the stump, painted it with tung oil varnish, and turned it into an ingenious wooden table, surrounded by a few low rattan chairs for three or five friends to sit in the courtyard.

The New Year is approaching day by day, and the world of the two is filled with a stronger and stronger taste of happiness. It's a pity that all women in this world are spoiled, even the virtuous Ruoxue is no exception, she has been a little lazy recently, and after Zhao Xingde asked Ying to cook several times, he let him go. I also ordered food to make a light taste. It's a pity that Xingde is good at either shabu or barbecue, and even vegetables and mushrooms are grilled and eaten during the march. Refusing to disappoint the beauty, I had to go to the bookstore and buy a few cooking tips to study secretly.

On this day, Zhu Lingwu and Sun Xiaolian came to visit, Li Ruoxue said that she had some dizziness and fever recently, and her limbs were sore, so Zhu Lingwu volunteered to diagnose her pulse, but she felt that she was fluent and smooth like a ball, which was a sign of a slippery pulse, so she asked: "Is Mrs. Zhao Kuishui delayed?" Next to her, Sun Xiaolian let out a "ah", and her pretty face was slightly red. Zhu Lingwu glared at her disapprerovingly. She diagnoses people's pulses and prescribes medicine, how can she be as twisted and pinched as this little girl. Li Ruoxue also felt a little shy, subconsciously glanced outside and nodded.

Only then did Zhu Lingwu smile and said, "Congratulations to Mrs. Zhao, this is a happy pulse." Seeing that Li Ruoxue was stunned, Zhu Lingwu smiled and said, "Madame is pregnant." Sun Xiaolian also came back to her senses at this time, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Madame." Joy washed away the shyness like a tide, Li Ruoxue's delicate eyes were flushed, her chest was filled with great happiness, and her heart was pounding. All of her thoughts were felt by Zhu Lingwu, who was still in the pulse, and she smiled silently, sharing the great joy of her best friend.

At this time, Sun Xiaolian clapped her hands and laughed on the side: "Sister Lingwu, don't you prescribe a few pairs of fetal pills for your wife?" ”

Zhu Lingwu glared at her and said, "It's three parts poison, Mrs. Zhao is fine, how can you take medicine?" She pointed to the outside of the courtyard and teased: "It's still practical to let Zhao Xianggong cook more delicious meals." Li Ruoxue's face was feverish, and she stroked her lower abdomen that had not yet bulged with one hand, with a sweet smile on her face. Sun Xiaolian suddenly remembered, and said in a lost voice: "If Zhao Jun's envoy is Jinjue Shaoqing, and if Mrs. Zhao is a boy in her belly, she will be able to shadow the Marquis at the age of twenty." "Zhao Xingde's title is already the Marquis of Che, and he is so young, it is inevitable that he will be promoted to the title in the future.

Li Ruoxue was still immersed in joy, and she was suddenly unaware of her words. Zhu Lingwu asked with a strange feeling: "If it's a girl, can't you shadow the lord?" ”

Sun Xiaolian nodded and said, "If there are only girls, the son-in-law will be the son-in-law." While speaking, I saw Zhao Xingde walking out of the kitchen with a tablecloth and laying it on the stake table in the courtyard, the plum blossoms have bloomed the most in the past few days, the dark fragrance hits people, the wind and the sun are beautiful, and the winter is warm on the body, sitting around the courtyard under the flowers and trees to eat, there is a unique flavor.

He stepped inside, three pairs of beautiful eyes looked over, Zhao Xingde said with a smile: "The lady can invite the two girls to move to the courtyard, and I will immediately present a gourmet meal with the flavor of Lu Mei." ”

Seeing that he looked complacent and invited merit, Sun Xiaolian burst out laughing, and Zhu Lingwu couldn't help laughing, but said: "Mrs. Zhao can't stand the cold, it's better to eat in the courtyard of Moyao." Li Ruoxue also nodded.

Zhao Xingde felt slightly strange and asked, "Madame is unwell?" Li Ruoxue looked at the two girls beside her, and said "um", her pretty face was slightly red. Zhao Xingde looked at Zhu Lingwu with an inquiring gaze again, and Zhu Lingwu smiled: "Mrs. Zhao is happy." As he spoke, he pushed Li Ruoxue's wrist to Zhao Xingde, as if he wanted him to take the pulse himself.

Zhao Xingde held Ruoxue Hao's wrist with both hands, and asked with surprise in his eyes: "Lady, what Miss Zhu said is true?" ”

Li Ruoxue said softly "um" again, Zhao Xingde couldn't hold back the surprise in his chest, and said loudly: "I have a child!" Dancing happily, he thanked Zhu Lingwu and Sun Xiaolian repeatedly, and after a while, he was going to pick up Li Ruoxue again, and he was so ashamed that Ruoxue's face was red, Zhu Lingwu was angry and funny, and persuaded him repeatedly: "Hugh is going to have a fetal gas." He just gave up.

He got carried away here, and the two big girls were so ashamed that their ears were red. The flavor of the reed eyebrows at noon on this day is really good. Honey gingerbread is baked just right, browned skin topped with almonds and preserves, sweet and sour pan-fried fish and ham, roasted deer breast, and porridge made of lentils, corn, pine nuts and grapes. It's a pity that the four of them didn't know what to eat, Zhao Xingde and Li Ruoxue were immersed in ecstasy, and the two girls patted their chests and laughed together after leaving Zhao's house.

After the guests left, Li Ruoxue put down her reserve, snuggled in Zhao Xingde's arms, and said coquettishly: "Xianggong, what kind of tree should we plant for the child?" ”

"Poplar tree," Zhao Xingde gently stroked his soft hair, "I'm not afraid of wind and sand, and the child is easy to feed." ”

Li Ruoxue thought about it and said in a low voice: "The concubine still likes ginkgo biloba." There are good trees in the south of the Yangtze River, which are cultivated into the sky, and the leaves are like the edge of the column, and the children peel the apricot in the armor. She recited it, and Zhao Xingde couldn't resist it, so he had to smile and say, "Then let's plant ginkgo." ”

At this time, the custom of the child will be planted a tree when he is born, and it is called the natal tree, and then carefully watered, and after a hundred years, it is also buried under the tree, and many family cemeteries are a beautiful forest, and the name engraved on each tree seems to live forever in the world.

This day is the day when Yelu Dashi enters the imperial capital, everything in the wilderness is depressed, and the southern city where the Han people live is also empty. In order to win the hearts of the army, Yelu Zhangnu, who responded to him, imitated Youzhou's actions and plundered the population and wealth of Nancheng. Beicheng was the place where the Khitan court and nobles lived, and it was also closed, and before the arrival of Yelu Dashi, Yelu Zhangnu willfully slaughtered a few households of Yelu Yanxi's dead friends, and the men were killed, and the women were distributed to their subordinates. There was an atmosphere of terror throughout the North City. Everyone was trembling and waiting for the arrival of Yelu Dashi, the new emperor of Khitan.

"Jerodunu is really not a thing." Yelu Tiege said in a deep voice, "Several families who offended him have been wiped out. The war horse seemed to sense the owner's intentions, and snorted uneasily. 300,000 troops were in the city, but Yelu Zhangnu still stationed tens of thousands of his subordinates in Shangjing, and did not personally go to the big stone tent to show his submission.

Yelu Dashi said leisurely: "He thought that there were more than two hundred Yelu nobles supporting him, so he had nothing to fear. He paused and asked, "Over there in Nanjing, the tribal leaders have robbed the slaves and wealth that should be given to me warriors, and we have to find out what these people are." "It's true that he wants to reopen the Khitan Eight Ministries, but the positions occupied by the decay of those tribes should be replaced with fresh blood.

"No problem." Yelu Tiege smiled, "Everyone is gearing up, just waiting to go back from Shangjing, and then take these old dogs under the knife." ”

While speaking, the cavalry passed through the empty street and came to the Chengtian Gate, only to see the center of the gate opened, Yelu Zhangnu standing on his horse, clasping his fists and bowing down: "The last general greets the eight generals!" The soldiers under his command all shouted: "Welcome to the Eight Generals!" ”

The generals behind Yelu Dashi were suddenly full of anger, and the eight generals were the names of Yelu Dashi when he raised his army. Since the defeat of the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi, the army has long been known as "Your Majesty". Yelu Zhangnu still uses the old name, and the generals can't help but wonder: "This old dog still uses the old name, is he dissatisfied and wants to rebel?" Several of the generals had already pressed their hands on the hilt of their swords.

Yelu was not shocked on the big stone face, and Zhu Ma said in a deep voice: "The deputy commander is exempt. ”

Yelu Zhangnu straightened up and moved the middle road out of the way, but Yelu Dashi did not enter the city immediately, but stared at Yelu Zhangnu with his eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "Are all the relatives of the faint king taken care of?" He was condescending, with incomparable majesty in his tone, and he was like the Khitan champion and gentle Da Shi Linya when he was in Beijing in the past.

Under his gaze, Yelu Zhangnu only felt a chill all over his body, and replied involuntarily: "The queen and the three concubines, the six princes, and the six princesses have all been confined in the Tianxiong Temple. "I have secretly regretted that I shouldn't have listened to the slander of others, and pretended to make a gesture in an attempt to get a bigger reward.

Yelu Dashi snorted coldly, no longer bothered with Yelu Zhangnu, rode into the inner city, dozens of generals surrounded him, tens of thousands of cavalry followed closely behind, Yelu Zhangnu was slightly stunned, and then he hurriedly followed behind, he tried his best to squeeze into the inner generals, but there was no gap. All the generals looked at this figure who was still in Beijing a day ago.