On August 15, the construction site of the provincial villa was suspended for one day, and the craftsmen and laborers had a holiday.

Mooncakes were distributed, food was improved, and many people went to the city to hang out in their rare free time. Those who live in the city also have a rare leisure time to spend the holidays with their families.

Jia Rui walked around the construction site, and when he saw that there was nothing abnormal, he went out of the city to Shuiyue Temple.

I have already driven out the work in the morning, and the holiday will start in the afternoon. People also had a rare moment of leisure.

Accompanied by Zhang Laocai, Jia Rui looked at the wine and food prepared for the workers, felt that it was not bad, and planned to go home.

Just as she was about to leave, Miaoyu came out of the temple.

"Are you leaving?"

Miaoyu's voice was not high, and she seemed to be a little reluctant.

"Go to the yamen and have a look, and then go home for the holidays. I haven't been home for more than ten days. ”

"Oh, then you go."

"Miaoyu, is there something wrong?"

"It's okay, I'll just ask casually, you go, don't delay your business."

"Okay, I'm leaving. By the way, I saw Zhang Laocai's food, it's not bad, they all praise you for your generosity. ”

"It's nothing, just a few dollars. I am happy to eat, and I am happy to do things. By the way, when I saw Miss Lin, I asked her to come over and play. Blame her. ”

"Okay."

Looking at Jia Rui's back, Miaoyu couldn't help but feel a little resentful.

On the day of the full moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, I don't know how to spend one night here, and when I admire the moon at night, there is also someone to talk to. Wouldn't it be ...... to write a few more poems?

Forget it, he is a ruthless and unrighteous person, where would he think of this, who bothers you here?

Miaoyu couldn't help but feel a little resentful in her heart.

"Miss, Uncle Rui has gone away, let's go back."

Jin Huan persuaded.

Miaoyu couldn't help but be a little annoyed.

"Dead girl, he can't go far, what's the matter with me? I didn't come out to give him it. Just your mouth. What are you doing standing stupidly? Don't go back yet. ”

Miaoyu turned and left, leaving the gold and silver rings smiling at each other.

It's obvious that you didn't leave, but you blame me at the moment?

"Yinhuan, Miss seems to be a little unhappy."

"I'm melancholy, I've been muttering something in the past two days, 'I'm a melancholy guest in the world', it's all caused by Uncle Rui's poems."

During the festival, there is a noticeable increase in pedestrians and vehicles on the streets, and the traffic is congested.

When he walked to the Ming Dynasty, Jia Rui met Qiu Liang.

This is the jurisdiction of the Nancheng Terracotta Division, and Qiu Liang is supervising here.

"Brother Qiu, isn't it Xiu Mu today, why are there so many people in the imperial city."

Daming Gate is the main gate of the imperial city, and if you look at it from here, you can see that there are many carriages, horses and sedan chairs in the imperial city.

Obviously, quite a few officials arrived in the imperial city.

"There was no one in the morning, but since noon, a lot of people have come."

"What's the urgency?"

Qiu Liang looked around, and the two walked to the side where there was no one.

"Legend has it that there is an urgent report from the northern frontier that the Tatars have made another move."

"Alas, there is a great drought in the northern grasslands this year, and I am afraid that we will go south to plunder again."

God is fair, and natural disasters are also a severe test for the survival of nomads on the grassland.

Whenever there is a drought or snowstorm, the harvest in the semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral areas of the grassland is not good, and the grass in the pastoral areas is not good, and the herdsmen's livelihood will also be greatly affected.

In the farming areas of the Han region, peasants left their homes to beg for food or receive relief from the imperial court.

The nomadic tribes on the steppe most often used to go south to the Han land to plunder.

It's not just the looting of food, but the population, the craftsmen, the livestock, all kinds of tools, everything that is useful, what can be moved, as long as you can grab it, you are unceremonious.

This has been the case for many years, even in all dynasties and dynasties in history.

There are only two situations in which they will not go south to plunder.

First, the Han people were so strong that they were so hurt that they didn't dare to go south.

The second is that when the wind and rain are smooth, the life is rich, and the Han land can trade normally, and when it is not cost-effective to plunder, they can live in peace.

Otherwise, they will surely go south and plunder.

Now that Great Germany and Tatar are mortal enemies, Great Germany is in decline, natural disasters have occurred in the steppes, and it is inevitable to plunder from the south.

It is autumn now, the horses are in good condition, full of physical strength, and the grain in the north is also in the harvest season. It's time to come out and loot at this time.

"Alas, now that the northwestern Bandits are in turmoil, and the Northern Tatars are ready to move, I don't know if they can stop the Tatars this time."

"Isn't there an army of 200,000 people in Shanshui Pass, which should be able to stop the Tatars. Although the Tatars were strong, they were only about 200,000 men. ”

"They can't all be dispatched yet, and there are mountains and rivers that are dangerous. The imperial court spends millions of taels of military pay in northern Xinjiang every year ....... ”

"Alas, Brother Rui, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other. Shanshui Pass is known as an army of 200,000, but only God knows how many men and horses there are. ”

"You mean empty pay?"

"Naturally, the army is similar to the guard, and vacancies abound. Even if there are soldiers, whether they can fight or not is also two words. Against the grassland iron horse, it is really unpredictable. ”

"Yes, but it's not something we have to worry about, so we won't hit the capital."

"That's right, they grabbed enough, and they went back. Don't mention all these troubles. I heard that you arrested the patrol camp last night? ”

"There is such a thing, the case assigned by the tax supervisor of Chongwenmen, I just heard people shouting here. It's just that I didn't expect that Li Guerrilla was also involved. ”

"Alas, Brother Rui, Brother Wei has been mixed up in officialdom for a few years longer than you, and I will tell you a few words of confidant. There are some things that should not be taken too seriously. ”

"Officialdom is all intertwined, and you may run into hard stubble at any time. If you can, don't offend anyone, and try not to offend. ”

I don't want to offend anyone on purpose, but I don't count if I say it myself. There are some things that you can't avoid if you want to.

"Thank you, Brother Qiu, for reminding me, I'm leaving."

After taking a look at Dong'anmen, Jia Rui returned to the Yamen of the Terracotta Division.

Today, Chen Yejun was on duty during the day, and Zheng Tianlun was on duty at night, and seeing that there was nothing to do, Jia Rui went to the East Fourth Pailou Market, bought some moon cakes, wine, meat, fish and balls and went home.

asked Chen Kui to send things home, and Jia Rui carried a pack of moon cakes to visit his ancestors.

As soon as he passed the Yimen, he met Xue Pan and Jia Rong head-on.

"Ouch, isn't this Brother Rui, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I miss my brother."

Xue Pan looked extremely enthusiastic and walked up a few steps.

Since arriving in the Dongcheng Terracotta Division, Jia Rui has indeed rarely seen the two. The two of them didn't provoke him, and Jia Rui naturally didn't bother to fight them.

His current opponents are those in the officialdom, and fighting with these two rookies, Jia Rui feels a little embarrassed and lowers his level.

"Brother Pan, Brother Rong, what are you two busy with? Urgent. ”

"Oh, it's fine. Go and say hello to your ancestors and send some mooncakes. By the way, Brother Rui, you have been promoted, and we haven't congratulated you yet. ”

"When you are free one day, we will be the east, and you will be invited to eat and drink."

"It's all your own people, you're welcome. Let's go, and I'll go to my ancestors to say goodbye. ”

Jia Rui passed, and Xue Pan and Jia Rong still didn't move.

"Uncle Xue, Uncle Rui is so kind to the two of us today, and he doesn't let us invite him, do you think he is angry with us?"

"No, he's all in command, can he be so careful?"

"Alas, haven't you heard, as soon as he became an official, he knocked down Liu Baihu of the Jinyi Army."

"There are also He San, Song Si in Dongcheng, and Li Guerrilla in the patrol camp, by the way, even Guozijian didn't let him go, and he was not careful?"

"Ouch, what you said is true, so what should I do? He said he didn't need to invite him, did he really want to ask? ”

"Don't listen to him, just be polite. I think it's better to give him a meal, so that he doesn't get us in trouble. ”

"It's okay, just wait for the festival, give out a few taels of silver, and treat him well."

"Yes, you should spend money to buy peace."