Zhao Laoqi didn't have the arrogance of his son Zhao Wuji in his heart, he felt that it was an offense when he ran into the city, and he didn't expect Han Qian to take the time to meet them, he was already lucky to see Zhao Kuo.

He was still very restrained in front of Han Qian and the others, and when he saw Han Qian ordering Qingyun to take out the meals from the food box one by one, he was even more flattered and said:

"A few days ago, I went into the mountain to dig up a mountain ginseng, but it has been growing for dozens of years, my family Nizi said that such a thing should be dedicated to the young master, in order to thank the young master for his great kindness, I just hope it will not disturb the young master."

Han Qian glanced at Zhao Ting'er, who bowed her head and shrunk to the side silently, and saw that she was wearing an old jacket with several patches, her face was as clean as the first snow after winter, and she seemed to be shy and timid to fiddle with her clothes under the light, but she didn't expect that she took the initiative to instigate her father and brother to come into the city.

Han Qian smiled apologetically at Zhao Laoqi:

"Today, there are assassins in the Three Princes' Mansion, I waited for the Three Princes to accompany me, and I have been stranded in the Three Princes' Mansion for interrogation since the afternoon, and I have not been able to get out of my body until now, and I just returned to the house before I heard Zhao Kuo say that you are coming. Don't blame these bastards in the house for not being warm when guests come over, it's really flustered that something like this happened today - there is something slacking, please forgive Uncle Zhao! ”

"The young master is so busy, we still have to cause trouble to you, young master." Zhao Laoqian didn't understand why Han Qian explained in such detail, and said flatteredly.

"No trouble, no trouble, I rushed back and was hungry, so I just pulled you to drink with me." Han Qian laughed.

There is a difference between high and low.

Sending the ginseng into the city, Zhao Laoqi was still urged by his daughter many times before he made the trip, thinking that after finishing the matter, he would just find a corner of the street and alley to stay up all night, and wait for the city gate to open tomorrow and then return to the villa, where would he dare to drink with Han Qian at this time?

"Uncle Zhao, don't be polite in my house." Han Qian grabbed Zhao Laoqi and asked him to sit with him.

At this time, Lin Haizheng walked in with Fan Dahei, who was full of reluctance, and Han Qian asked them and Zhao Kuo to accompany Zhao Wuji to sit down; The trace of resentment in Zhao Wuji's eyes disappeared at this time, and he was still full of shame for his inexplicable resentment.

Han Qian asked Qingyun to pick out some food and accompany Zhao Ting'er to eat it in the back room.

There is no difference between the noble and the low, which can reflect Corporal Han Qian's courtesy, but when the world is open again, it is also important to pay attention to a man and a woman sitting at different tables and eating different utensils in public places.

Han Qian originally wanted to let Zhao Wuji work by his side, but he didn't expect that the reason why Zhao Wuji took the initiative to enter the city this time was because of his sister Zhao Ting'er, so he mentioned it to Zhao Laoqi during the banquet, hoping that Zhao Ting'er could stay together.

The war in the four directions was still fierce, the taxes were severe, and a large number of displaced people poured south, so that the rich land of Jianghuai was also full of hunger.

Zhao Laoqi and his son Zhao Wuji can go into the mountains to fish and hunt to supplement the family, but his wife is sick all the year round, and as a tenant, renting farmland, in addition to tenant rent, they also have to bear extremely heavy Dingkou labor, forced labor and many miscellaneous taxes, and their lives are not much better than other tenant farmers, and they are hungry and full all year round.

He mustered up the courage to bring Wuji and Ting'er into the city this time, naturally hoping that they could all stay in the Han Mansion, even if they were slaves and maids, at least they could have no worries about food and clothing.

Old Zhao was hesitating and didn't know how to speak, but Han Qian took the initiative to mention it, so excited that he knelt down to thank him.

"Uncle Zhao, don't be polite."

Among the six newly added houses in Lanting Lane, Wuli Lane, and Gushan Lane, this courtyard near the Shitang River is the largest, with a total of three entrances before and after, but Han Qian usually gathers family soldiers here at night and exercises knives and bows, and there is no bed to accommodate people to stay overnight.

After eating a jar of wine, it was already midnight and the third watch, so Han Qian asked Zhao Laoqi and Zhao Wuji to stay overnight in Zhao Kuo's house at night; And Zhao Ting'er went back to the mansion with him, and later lived in the backyard of the mansion with Qingyun and Han Laoshan, and usually took care of the mansion with Qingyun.

Zhao Ting'er didn't think that she would be able to stay tonight, so she didn't bring any bags, and bowed her head and followed Han Qian and Qingyun back to the big mansion in Han's mansion.

The mansion of the Han Mansion is also only three entrances, and it is absolutely inconspicuous among the middle and senior generals of the Manchu Dynasty, but as the residence of Han Daoxun and Han Qian, it is far more exquisite than the mansion by the river, and it is far from being able to reach the civilian mansion of the time.

It was the middle of winter, the grass and trees were withering, and there was a corner of red maple in the corner of the front yard that was bright in color, and a few bushes of green bamboo and some green plants were still in color.

Walking through the Hanging Flower Hall is the atrium of the main courtyard where Han Qian and his father Han Daoxun live, surrounded by corridors on all sides; At the corner of the courtyard between the east wing house and the main house, dig out a shallow pond with seven or eight steps of narrowness, set up a lake stone, the vines are entangled, and there are more than ten koi swimming in the shallow pool.

The open space in the courtyard, where there are no bamboo trees, is paved with polished stone slabs.

When Zhao Ting'er saw this scene, she thought that this was the style of the official eunuchs.

Han Qian saw that the west wing room was still holding the lamp, and his father's figure was reflected on the window paper, and he was writing something on the desk.

Han Qian remembered what his father had just said, and he was worried that his father would be indignant for a while, so he now wrote down what he thought in his chest into a book and found an opportunity to hand it to Wenying Palace.

Han Qian hesitated for a while, then asked Zhao Ting'er to follow him to the west wing, stopped outside the door, and said:

"Father, Zhao Laoqi has a daughter, smart and clever, I want to stay in the house and serve the living - Zhao Ting'er, you have come to see my father......"

"Zhao Ting'er has seen the master!" Zhao Ting'er stepped forward a little rustily and said, she was very unsure whether it was in line with the rules to give such a gift.

Han Daoxun opened the door from the inside, glanced at Zhao Ting'er, and also felt that this girl seemed to be thin, but there was a beautiful color between her eyebrows and eyes, she didn't think that there was such a daughter growing up in the mountain village, so he hesitated for a while, but he thought that Qian'er's heart had changed, and he had already reached the age of marriage, even if there were girls around him, as long as he didn't indulge in it, he didn't stop anything.

"It's so late, what is my father still writing in the house?" Han Qian asked uneasily.

"I talked to you just now, and after you left, I thought about it again, I'm afraid that I will forget it tomorrow, so I should hurry up and write it down." Han Daoxun said that he didn't think Zhao Ting'er could understand anything, and he didn't deliberately tell her to avoid it.

Han Qian's head was as big as numbness, thinking that such a big thing today had not been able to attract his father's attention, but instead prompted his father's attitude to become more firm, guessing that his father should have such thoughts for a long time, so once these ideas are officially put into paper, it may be the day when the disaster of this house is coming.

"What else do you have to say?"

Han Daoxun saw that Han Qian was about to speak and stopped, and asked.

Han Qian thought to himself that since his father had made up his mind, direct persuasion would not have any effect, and there must be something else that could divert his father's attention, so he said in a deep voice: "Fan Xicheng, Zhao Kuo and others, who have followed their father for many years, are loyal to his affairs, and it is not easy for them, but as they get older, there is no considerate person in the room, and the life is rough, and the clothes are worn and unrepaired, and the children feel that their father should think more about these things for them......"

"Oh, when my father went to Beijing to take up his post, he was thinking about other things, but he neglected these, but he thought that he wanted to consider them for Fan Xicheng." Han Do-hoon nodded.

"His Royal Highness was taken to the palace, and it is estimated that it will take two days to return to the Hou Mansion, and tomorrow my father will rest, why don't you go out of the city with the child?" Han Qian asked.

"......" Han Daoxun looked at it hesitantly, Fan Xicheng, Zhao Kuo and others needed to ask the matchmaker in the city to take a trip slowly, and he couldn't understand what Han Qian meant by asking them to go out of the city tomorrow.

"......" Han Qian touched his head and said, "The child has seen the deserted people outside the Four City Gates these days, and there are many women dragging their children and daughters, which is very pitiful, thinking that there must be considerate and hard-working women who are willing to marry Fan Xicheng and Zhao Kuo as wives, and their children will also be incorporated into the family together, which will not only relieve the difficulties of some hungry people, but also make Fan Xicheng and Zhao Kuo have something to rely on for their old age, and if there is anything to send by their father's side in the future, there will be no shortage of manpower......

"......" Han Daoxun was slightly stunned, and immediately thought that Qian'er was thinking that he was thinking of lending Fan Xicheng and Zhao Kuo the opportunity to marry and recruit more children of family soldiers.

The family soldiers owned by the powerful are somewhat similar to the hereditary military household system.

For example, Han Daoxun was rewarded with 20 soldiers for his merits, and once these soldiers and horses became the family soldiers under his command, unless they were transferred, they would be the Han family's soldiers for life, and their children would be replaced by their children when they died, and their wives and daughters and slaves would be attached to the Han family.

And if Han Daoxun dies, these family soldiers will be inherited by his son Han Qian, and if it is not a crime, he shall not be deprived of this hereditary right to lead the army.

Almost half of the soldiers brought into Jinling from Guangling by Han Daoxun were alone and had no heirs, and many of them were injured and sick.

This actually directly restricts the manpower that can be used in the house, and once these soldiers die, it will directly reduce the size of the military household owned by the Han family.

From the perspective of consolidating power, the most straightforward way is to select widows with children from among the displaced people outside the city, and marry them to Fan Xicheng, Zhao Kuo and others; The heirs of these widows naturally became the children of the Han family's soldiers and became the Han family's reserve soldiers.

It's just that Han Daoxun is full of resentment that the wealthy family has private soldiers, possesses slaves and maids, and has too many farmhouses without taxes, and he is thinking that the mansion in the courtyard of Qiuhu Mountain will be distributed to the family soldiers who have followed him for many years, where is he willing to increase the slaves and maids in the house in this way?

"......" Han Daoxun looked at Han Qian, and said after a while, "As a father's official, he can't afford to support too many people." ”

"The hungry people outside the city are waiting to be fed, and they can survive if they are given food, and they don't need to spend too much money on their father," Han Qian thought that it was important to get his father out of the city tomorrow, and continued to persuade him, "And this matter can be done, or dozens of people can live, and the father often warns the children, not to be evil and small, and not to be good and small, and not to be ......."

"Okay, tomorrow my father will accompany you out of the city." Although Han Daoxun had no intention of consolidating his power, he thought that this move might allow dozens of hungry people to live outside the city, and when the time came, he could dismiss his own slaves and maids after writing a proposal, which would also show his will better, which was not necessarily a bad thing.