Guo Shao returned to the house by the lake, but saw Dong Sanmei squatting in the hall and rubbing the legs of a table hard, with a wooden basin of water next to it. When she heard someone coming in, she looked back and saw that it was Guo Shao, but she didn't make a sound, so she threw the rag in her hand into the basin of water and picked it up to go out.

"Dong Sanmei." Guo Shao stopped her.

Dong Sanmei lowered her head and replied with an "um".

Guo Shao remembered that her father was killed, her second brother was in prison for a capital crime, and she was the only one left in the family, and she felt very pitiful in his heart.

But I don't know if she knows these things, and she probably already knows. Even if Yulian and the others don't talk much, there are still some women who do rough work in the back garden. Although Dong Sanmei is a maid, Guo Shao personally brought her back to Tokyo from Hedong, she is young and pitiful, and she has been in the house for more than two years; Guo Shao doesn't treat everyone as an equal when he follows the local customs, but he treats Dong Sanmei differently, and treats her a little like a little sister.

Guo Shao stopped her, but he didn't know what to say, because he rarely talked to this little girl. He casually asked, "How old are you?" ”

Dong Sanmei said timidly: "Thirteen years old this year. ”

Guo Shao said casually: "Two years younger than Qingxu, you do less work, and others do it." ”

Dong Sanmei looked timid, and responded with an "um". Guo Shao sighed, looked at this girl, and felt that this little lady was beautiful for a while, not at all like when she first came from Hedong. Now her skin is getting plump day by day, because she eats well and her face is white.

Guo Shao said: "You don't have to be afraid of me, I have never beaten and scolded you, why are you afraid of me?" ”

At this moment, Dong Sanmei raised her head, looked at him and suddenly said, "Will Ah Lang drive me away?" ”

"Why did I drive you away?" When Guo Shao heard this, he immediately guessed that she already knew about Dong Bricklayer and Dong Er. He had no choice but to say again, "It's not that I don't want to save your second brother, it's just that he committed something too big for ordinary people to save." ”

Hearing Dong Sanmei, she whispered, "I know." ”

He groaned a little, then said no more, and let her go.

…… Guo Shao's mood has been up and down for a while, and he can finally breathe a sigh of relief after being nervous. In this era, there was really no entertainment that interested him too much, and at night, he asked Yang's attendant to indulge in indulgence; Because compared to Yulian and Yang, they are more open. When he usually slept in the same room with Yang, Guo Shao felt that the movement was too loud and a little too much, so he took a cloth and asked her to bite the sound not to make it too big; I didn't think much about it tonight.

As soon as it got dark, there was an unbearable sound in the house by the lake in the back garden. Yang's voice was either like a long sigh or a cry of pain, and the soft voice drifted in the breeze, and the whole house could hear it. The doors and windows of this house are wide open, and they are not soundproof at all, so they cannot be hidden at all.

In the bedroom, Yang's face and neck were covered with sweat, a wisp of green silk was on his mouth, he looked pitiful, lying sideways and panting hard, complaining coquettishly. But feeling Guo Shao hugging her from behind again, Yang couldn't help but say quietly: "I really can't stand it, it's more uncomfortable than anything, how can there be such a toss?" ”

Guo Shao didn't think so, but remembered what the prospective old man Fu Yanqing whispered, so he said proudly: "I can also control ten girls at night!" ”

After hearing this, Yang turned around softly and whispered, "Why don't you call Yulian over?" ”

Guo Shao hesitated after hearing this: "Women will resist this kind of thing? Especially a woman like Yulian, she is very shy, she never screams so loudly like you, she endures it. ”

Yang said: "If it's like a sister, it's okay. ”

Guo Shao was on the rise, a little confused, so he agreed, and said, "You put on your clothes and call her." ”

After a while, Yulian came over wearing a middle coat and a tunic, her hair was loose, but she didn't seem to be asleep. Sure enough, as soon as he came in, he said, "Can't you be quiet, for the whole garden hears!" It's a shame. ”

Guo Shao said: "Yang Yue'e can't bear it and leaves, you come and accompany me." ”

Yulian's face flushed, she pursed her lips and didn't make a sound, looked back, and then quietly walked out and bolted the door of the hall, and then came in. She and Guo Shao were already very familiar, so she took off the clothes on her back and quietly climbed onto the bed.

She came up and sat in Guo Shao's arms, and the two of them talked quietly. Unexpectedly, the back door of the hall of this room was not bolted, and Yulian did not pay attention, and after a while, the Yang family walked in and looked at Guo Shao with a smile.

When Yang walked behind him and covered Yulian's chest from behind, Yulian was startled, and her face turned red. Yang laughed softly: "Sister Yulian is so big and soft. Yulian was speechless for a moment, reached out and grabbed Yang's palm and broke it open.

……

The next day, Guo Shao continued to go straight to the Guards Division. No matter what happens, he can't let go of business, and the promising career of a military general is a barrier for him to survive.

As for Zhao Kuangyin, Guo Shao thought that his father should be worried about Ding when he died, but the emperor was most likely not allowed; Maybe Zhao Kuangyin will follow the steps and be retained as appropriate. Because Zhao Kuangyin is not a person who will put down his military position and be idle...... However, if he wants to continue the daughter of the king of Hebei, I am afraid he will have to wait for a long time.

Guo Shao walked into the Guards Division, and everyone from the general to the official greeted him with a strange expression; When it came to the point, the generals of the various armies did not pay attention to Han Tong, the actual boss of the Guards Division, but many people paid attention to Guo Shao.

He knows the reason, it's just that he has recently been caught in the whirlpool of disputes and talked about. Guo Shao felt very embarrassed, and he felt like he was being looked at as a monkey when he stripped off his clothes and only wore a pair of underwear to the supermarket. Sometimes people can really only live a hard-headed and cheeky life, if they are afraid of being discussed, they can only hide at home and have no face to see people.

After the order, Han Tong, Gao Huaide and others and the generals will discuss in the lobby for a while, and they will meet and say a few words no matter what they have to do...... The habits formed by the generals in the battle formation are still the same when they arrive at the official office. Before the battle starts on the battle formation and after the formation, the generals of each department will always gather together to listen to the deployment and advice of the commander-in-chief.

In the lobby, seven people sat together, on two sides. The chair above was empty, and that was where Li Chongjin was sitting, but Li Chongjin was far away in Yangzhou, Huainan, so he couldn't sit on that chair. Han Tong presided over the Guards Division, and he was still nominally the deputy commander, and he was not willing to sit on that chair rashly.

In the morning, the sun is relatively flat, and the sunlight shines through the doors and windows, and it hits the upper chair. For a moment, an ordinary chair seemed to be shrouded in light.

Han Tong opened his mouth at this time: "Wang Pu of the Privy Council came to visit two days ago and told me a good thing. The imperial court will allocate 2,000 war horses to the guards, and the military expenses will be increased......"

Everyone was also happy when they heard it, and immediately talked about it, and a general of Long Jiejun said with a smile: "Our Great Zhou army is short of war horses, and the guards are even more lacking, this is really a send-off in the snow." The pen is not small, and it is 2,000 horses in one transfer! ”

Han Tong said bluntly: "The elite soldiers under the guard Ma Bu Division are exactly four compartments, and when the war horses come down, five hundred horses in one compartment will be divided equally." ”

The general's face was a little embarrassed when he spoke just now, because there were more cavalry in the Long Jie Army, so it belonged to the "Ma Jun Division", maybe he thought that most of the war horses would be transferred to the Long Jie Army. Unexpectedly, Han Tong did it simply and rudely, and directly divided it equally.

If two thousand war horses can form a group of more than a thousand elite horsemen, it is also a very powerful force. It's not too much, but five hundred can't be ignored. Cavalry, unlike infantry, is difficult to increase; Because of the consumption of raising a cavalry with a horse, it can afford to raise a whole team of infantry, and the legs of the war horse are easily injured, and the loss is relatively serious, anyway, all departments are very short of cavalry. However, in this era of lack of other means, the cavalry is completely irreplaceable, whether it is the scouts who transmit news and inquire about the military situation, or the tactical needs of the battle formation to quickly maneuver and seize the fighters, it can only be achieved by cavalry...... Therefore, the Central Plains Dynasty fed the horses with grain, and maintained a considerable number of horsemen despite the heavy burden.

At this time, Gao Huaide spoke: "The imperial court transferred horses to us, and it seems that the official family has gradually begun to pay attention to the guard division again. In the past, we couldn't compete with the iron cavalry in front of the palace, and we blamed the performance of the generals of the guard division during the battle of Gaoping for being too poor, and they fled at the first touch...... Now, thanks to the performance of the troops of the Guards Division in the Battle of Shu and the Battle of Huainan, they have shown their combat effectiveness, which has once again established an elite image in the hearts of officials and ministers. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement when they heard this, and felt that this was the truth.

Gao Huaide said again: "The guard Si Hujie's army captured Shou and Hao, and the credit and effect on the entire Huainan battlefield are not smaller than those of the palace front division; But there are so many of us, and the military expenditure is less than half of the front division of the palace. He said with a smile, "It seems that we people eat less and contribute more, and we can save money for Chinese use!" ”

Everyone laughed and looked at Guo Shao. The most important battle was the Battle of Shouzhou, which was a good thing for Guo Shao; For a while, the generals paid attention to Guo Shao's eyes, and it was no longer the strange look of gossip just now, but there was more respect and admiration. They finally remembered that Guo Shao had made a great contribution to stabilizing the status of the Guards Division.

However, people have overlooked one thing, that Gao Huaide was still the commander of the Iron Cavalry Army in front of the palace before attacking Haozhou, and he was only kicked to the guard division by Zhao Kuangyin a few months ago.

Han Tong glared and said with a cold face: "Don't be too happy, the official family is transferring horses to increase military spending, not to fatten everyone!" Once the Northern Expedition is made, we will not be able to live up to the high expectations of the officials! ”

The crowd bowed in obedience.

When Guo Shao heard this, he also felt that Han Tong was reasonable. For the Northern Expedition, Chai Rong is making full preparations...... Last time, Wang Pu said that he would have to wait for at least a year of bumper harvest, and the war should be a long time away, but the pressure came early.

Yesterday morning, Chai Rong also said in the main hall, "Whoever contributes the most to me when recovering Youzhou, I will rely on whoever I rely on more, and I will not be biased", this should not be a joke.

Guo Shao couldn't help but think: If his performance was too much worse than Zhao Kuangyin during the Northern Expedition, the situation seemed to become very unoptimistic.