Qi Ning raised his hand to invite Fan Dehai to use tea, Fan Dehai picked up the teacup with both hands, and Qi Ning smiled and said: "My father-in-law has a bad complexion, is the journey too hard?" ”

"Master Hou, the miscellaneous family is just tired." Fan Dehai sighed: "Hou Ye has been away from Beijing these days, and he is not clear about the affairs in the palace, I wonder if you still remember that Liu Zhen?" ”

"Liu Zhen?" Qi Ning nodded and said, "Naturally, I remember." He smiled slightly, and asked softly, "Could it be that Liu Ji is embarrassed by his father-in-law?" ”

Fan Dehai sighed: "Master Hou, the miscellaneous family is just a servant of the emperor, and it is not a big deal to embarrass the miscellaneous family." Don't hide it from the Hou Ye, this time he came to the East China Sea to deliver the decree, originally sent someone else, but that Liu Zhen said in front of the emperor, saying that the Hou Ye has made outstanding achievements, and if he sends a person to pass the decree at will, he is afraid that he will despise the Hou Ye, so he advised the emperor that the miscellaneous family would come to pass the decree .....! After a pause, he said with a smile: "In fact, the Hou Ye has made a great contribution, and the miscellaneous family can come to deliver the decree, and he is very happy in his heart, but Liu Ji is not well-intentioned, he came from the capital, it is a long way, and he received the order, the miscellaneous family has to rush to the East China Sea within four days, and it can only be a day and night journey, which is to make the miscellaneous family suffer some hardships." ”

Qi Ning frowned and said, "Then is Liu Ji too much?" ”

Fan Dehai raised his eyebrows, and immediately said: "What the Hou Ye said is that if it is just to embarrass the miscellaneous family, the miscellaneous family will not take it to heart, but Liu Ji is now wandering around the emperor all day long, bewitching the emperor to have fun, this is ..... This really made the miscellaneous family angry. ”

"Oh?" Qi Ning sneered: "He's bewitching the emperor? ”

"The emperor is very fond of the queen's mother, the queen likes dance and music, and Liu Ji just plays these things every day." Fan Dehai leaned forward slightly, and said in a low voice: "Do you remember how many musicians you met in the palace in the palace a while ago?" ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly, and Fan Dehai sneered: "After those musicians entered the palace, they were trained by the queen herself, and they ...... in Fengyi Palace almost every day!" ”

"Then the pilgrim just asked?"

"As far as the miscellaneous family knows, Zhenguo is just discussing the Northern Expedition with the important ministers of the court, and all the departments and yamen have also begun to prepare, and Zhenguo Gong will also enter the palace every day to report to the emperor." Fan Dehai frowned and said: "But the emperor only said that everything will be handled by the Duke of Zhenguo, and some trivial matters do not need to enter the palace to return." ”

Qi Ning's eyebrows locked slightly, and Fan Dehai sighed lightly: "But Zhenguo Gong goes to the palace every day, and every time he brings a few important ministers to show it together, every time Zhenguo Gong enters the palace, the emperor can only go to see him." Suddenly, he thought of something, and said: "Yes, there is still something to tell Hou Ye, when he came, the emperor mentioned the autumn hunt, and asked the miscellaneous family to tell the Hou Ye that it is necessary to catch the autumn hunt on the sixth day of the ninth month." ”

"Aki Hunting?" Qi Ning was stunned: "The sixth day of the ninth month? ”

Fan Dehai said: "Since the founding of the country of Great Chu, whenever I want to send troops, the emperor is going to hunt to strengthen morale, this time it is the prince of Zhenguo to the emperor, imploring the emperor to go out of the palace for autumn hunting, and Qin Tiansi has also chosen the date, which is set on the sixth day of the ninth month." He raised his hand and calculated, and said, "There are still eight days left, and Master Hou should be able to catch up." ”

"Zhenguo Gong Jinyan Emperor Autumn Hunting?" Qi Ning asked, "The emperor agreed?" ”

Fan Dehai nodded and said: "This is a royal rule that has existed since the founding of the country, when hunting in autumn, the emperor must personally bend his bow and shoot the hunt, the more prey he catches, the higher the morale." ”

"Where to hunt?"

"There is a Pinglin town less than fifty miles southwest of the capital, and Pinglin is on the edge of the town, and there is a garrison in Pinglin Town that specializes in guarding Pinglin, and I heard that there are more than 200 people." Fan Dehai said: "Pinglin is the royal hunting ground, no one can get close to the past on weekdays, there are birds and beasts in the forest, when the first emperor was there, he had to take time to hunt in the spring and autumn of the year, this time the emperor went to Pinglin for autumn hunting. ”

"Hirabayashi Akikaku?" Qi Ning thought thoughtfully: "Who are you accompanied?" ”

"This is the Ministry of War preparing, and at the moment, it is really not clear who is accompanying the attendants." Fan Dehai shook his head and said: "When the first emperor was here, at most more than 2,000 people went at one time, and many important ministers in the court went with him, but the first emperor sometimes did not gather the ministers to go, and the miscellaneous family still remembered that one autumn, the first emperor only took Ling Zun to hunt. After thinking for a while, he said: "This autumn hunt is to show the holy power of the Holy Driving Heaven to my Great Chu soldiers, and there must be many officials who serve with me." ”

Qi Ning let out an "oh" and said with a smile: "Since the emperor has a decree, we must speed up here, my father-in-law will rest here for a day, recuperate his spirit, and if everything goes well, we will leave for Beijing the day after tomorrow." ”

Chen Ting and Xin Ci received the will, and they didn't have time to celebrate, so they began to act according to the will.

Chen Ting has collected a lot of carriages and horses, and most of the goods have been shipped, but due to the lack of carriages and horses, some have not yet been fully shipped.

This is not because the officials in the East China Sea are lazy, but because the imperial court has always had strict restrictions on local horses, and does not allow local horses to be bred in captivity.

The purpose of keeping horses in captivity at the official horse farm is to select strong war horses.

The dispute between Chu and Han, the biggest disadvantage of the Chu army, is that it suffered all the losses on the war horses, the Northern Han Dynasty has excellent varieties of war horses, not only excellent varieties but also a large number, the Northern Han cavalry has always been a regiment that makes the Chu army fearful.

The Chu army is located in the south, and the breed of war horses naturally cannot be compared with the Han army, so the Chu State secretly purchased horses from the north and sent them to the official horse farm for breeding.

The climate and conditions in the East China Sea are not suitable for raising horses, and almost all horses here are imported from other places, and every horse that flows into the East China Sea must be registered, which directly leads to the scarcity of horses in the East China Sea.

The materials seized this time were accumulated by the Donghai Jiang family for several generations, the quantity was too large, and the way to the capital was far away, Chen Ting naturally did not dare to use inferior horses to transport, in case there was a problem on the way, it was difficult for him to bear his responsibility, so he was to requisition horses everywhere on the one hand, and select horses suitable for transportation on the other hand, almost all the horses around Gulin City had been requisitioned, and there was still a shortage, Chen Ting finally directly requisitioned horses from the Donghai gentry.

At the beginning, I heard that the government was going to use horses to transport supplies, and these officials and gentry were naturally reluctant to let their mounts do such tiring work, but the imperial court had just pulled several major families in the East China Sea off the horse, and Jinyihou was still sitting in the East China Sea now, Chen Ting requisitioned horses under the banner of Jinyihou, and the officials and gentry naturally did not dare to say much.

After Chen Ting and Xin Ci asked Qi Ning for instructions, they each mobilized 500 elite soldiers, adding up to 1,000 people as an escort force, plus the convoy's transportation of strong men, the team of nearly 2,000 people was also considered to be mighty.

Although Qi Ning was riding a horse, Chen Ting also knew that the relationship between Mrs. Tian and the little marquis beside Qi Ning was not trivial, so he naturally did not dare to slack off, and carefully prepared the carriage.

Early the next morning, Chen Ting, Xin Ci and others were already waiting outside Gulin City, and the convoy transporting goods was already on standby outside the city.

Everyone didn't wait too long, Qi Ning had already ridden a horse and led the officials of the Criminal Department who came with him out of the city gate, Wu Dalin and other guards were divided into two teams, Tian Xuerong's carriage was in the middle, followed by several horse guards.

Seeing Qi Ning come out, Xin Ci and Chen Ting and other officials of all sizes greeted him one after another, Qi Ning had already turned over and dismounted, arched his hand and said with a smile: "Let you wait for a long time, in fact, you don't have to be so polite." ”

"Master Hou, it's been a lot of hard work along the way, Master Hou has to take care more." Chen Ting arched his hand.

Qi Ning bowed slightly, saw that Qin Yuege was also on the side, and said with a smile to Qin Yuege: "Qin Facao, there is still a shortage of manpower in the Criminal Department, if you are willing, I will discuss with Master Chen, and you will go to the Criminal Department on an errand after a while." ”

Everyone on the side knew that Qi Ning had the intention to promote Qin Yuege.

Although Qin Yuege is in charge of the criminal name in the East China Sea, but after all, it is only a local yamen, once he enters Beijing and enters the yamen of the criminal department, it is naturally not comparable to a local law, and Qi Ning is not only a hereditary marquis, but also a secretary of the criminal department, and now he personally speaks, if Qin Yuege really enters Beijing as an errand, even if it is not a fish leaping into the dragon gate, it is also a promising future.

Qin Yuege arched his hand and smiled: "Thank you Lord Hou for your appreciation, it's just that the qualifications of the lowly post are still shallow, and I want to practice here for two more years, if the Hou Ye feels that the lowly position can still do something, it is not too late to go to the capital to serve." ”

Qi Ning just smiled slightly, and didn't say much.

There are officials on the side who secretly thought in their hearts, such a great opportunity, but Qin Yuege refused in public, I am afraid that he has other thoughts, after all, the Sima family is now powerful in the court, and many people know that the contradiction between the Jinyi Qi family and the Sima family is getting deeper and deeper, and the king of Huainan has been brought down by the Sima family, who can guarantee that the Jinyi Qi family is not the next Huainan king, if Qin Yuege follows Qi Ning into Beijing, it will naturally be inseparable from Qi Ning, and once the Sima family wants to rectify the Jinyi Qi family, Qin Yuege will inevitably become the target of the Sima family.

Although staying in the East China Sea and missing a great opportunity, at least staying away from the capital, on the contrary, you can protect yourself.

But some people think that the East China Sea family has just been extinguished, but this may not be the end, several major families in the East China Sea have been entrenched in the East China Sea for hundreds of years, deep-rooted, and there may not be no remnants of the party leaking, if this group of people continues to be chaotic in the East China Sea, it will always make the East China Sea unpeaceful, Qin Yuege stayed in the East China Sea, perhaps to purge the rest of the family is unknown.

The morning sun sprinkled on the earth, and the faint light between heaven and earth looked pleasant, Qi Ning turned to Xin Ci and said, "Governor, the matter of recruiting peace....!" ”

"Don't worry, Master Hou, the humble general knows how to arrange it." Xin Ci immediately bowed his hand and said: "They are sincerely recruited by the imperial court, and the humble generals will naturally make proper arrangements, and they also hope that the news from the Hou Ye will come as soon as possible." ”

The news that Xin Ci said naturally refers to the matter of the Haibo Division, Qi Ning wants to turn Mo Yanbai and his people into trade sailors, and this matter has also been discussed with Xin Ci, although there are some risks, but if these people can really do errands for the Haibo Division, it will undoubtedly be the best result.

Qi Ning bowed his hand, everyone returned the salute, Qi Ning didn't talk nonsense, turned over and got on the horse, and glanced at Wu Dalin on the side, Wu Dalin raised his arm and said loudly: "Let's go!" ”